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Los Angeles–Riverside–
Orange County, CA
National Compensation Survey
July 1999
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Alexis M. Herman, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner
May 2000
Bulletin 3100–25

Preface

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Data Analysis and Planning, or at the BLS Internet site.
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ata shown in this bulletin were collected as part of the
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) National Compensation Survey (NCS). The survey could not have been
conducted without the cooperation of the many private
firms and government jurisdictions that provided pay data
included in this bulletin. The Bureau thanks these respondents for their cooperation.
Field economists of the Bureau of Labor Statistics collected and reviewed the survey data. The Office of Compensation and Working Conditions, in cooperation with the
Office of Field Operations and the Office of Technology
and Survey Processing in the BLS National Office, designed the survey, processed the data, and prepared the
survey for publication.
For additional information regarding this survey, please
contact any BLS regional office at the address and telephone number listed on the back cover of this bulletin.
You may also write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics at:
Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning,

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Contents

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

1

Tables:
1–1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected worker and establishment
characteristics, private industry, and State and local government ................................................
2–1. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, all workers, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
2–2. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
2–3. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, part-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
3–1. Mean weekly earnings and hours: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
3–2. Mean annual earnings and hours: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ....................................................................................................
4–1. Selected occupations and levels, all workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
4–2. Selected occupations and levels, full-time workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
4–3. Selected occupations and levels, part-time workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
5–1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group............................
5–2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group, private industry.............
5–3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group,
private industry.............................................................................................................................
6–1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers:
Selected occupations, all industries ..............................................................................................
6–2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers:
Selected occupations, private industry..........................................................................................
6–3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers:
Selected occupations, State and local government .......................................................................
6–4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, full-time workers:
Selected occupations, all industries ..............................................................................................
6–5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, part-time workers:
Selected occupations, all industries ..............................................................................................

2
3
7
11
13
18
23
34
43
46
47
48
49
53
57
59
63

Appendixes:
A. Technical Note.................................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey, by occupational group............
Appendix table 2. Number of establishments represented and studied..........................................
Appendix table 3. Median work levels for selected occupations...................................................
B. Occupational Classifications............................................................................................................
C. Generic Leveling Criteria.................................................................................................................
D. Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs ...........................................................................................................

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A–1
A–5
A–6
A–7
B–1
C–1
D–1

Introduction

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detailed occupations within all industries, private industry,
and State and local government. Table 2–2 presents the
same type of information for full-time workers only. Table
2–3 provides similar data for workers designated as parttime.
Table 3–1 provides mean weekly earnings data, with
relative standard errors, and weekly hours for full-time employees in specific occupations across all industries, private
industry, and State and local government. Table 3–2 provides annual earnings, relative standard errors, and annual
hours for full-time employees in specific occupations.
Table 4–1 provides mean hourly earnings data by work
level for occupational groups and for detailed occupations.
Separate data are also shown for private industry and government workers. Table 4–2 provides work level data for
full-time workers. Table 4–3 provides similar data for
workers designated as part-time.
Table 5–1 presents mean hourly earnings data for selected worker characteristics by major occupational groups.
The worker characteristics include full-time or part-time
designation, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive
pay. Table 5–2 presents mean hourly earnings data for
major industry divisions by occupational groups; these estimates are limited to the private sector. Table 5–3 presents mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment sizes by major occupational groups; these estimates
also are limited to the private sector.
Tables 6–1 through 6–5 present hourly wage percentiles
that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for each
published occupation. Data are provided for the 10th,
25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles for detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, State and local
government, full-time workers, and part-time workers.
These iterations correspond to those presented in tables 2–
1, 2–2, and 2–3. For each published occupation, these percentiles relate to the average hourly earnings of jobs surveyed in establishments. The percentiles do not relate to
the hourly earnings of individual workers in these establishment jobs.
Appendix table 1 provides the employment scope of
this survey. The occupation employment estimates relate
to all employers in the area, rather than just to those surveyed. Appendix table 2 presents the number of establishments studied by industry group and employment size. The
median work levels for published occupations are presented in appendix table 3.

he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the Los Angeles–Riverside–Orange County, CA, metropolitan area. Tabulations provide information on earnings of workers in a variety of occupations and at different
work levels. Also contained in this bulletin are information
on the program, a technical note describing survey procedures, and several appendixes with detailed information on
occupational classifications and the generic leveling methodology.
NCS products
The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides data
on occupational wages and employee benefits for localities,
broad geographic regions, and the Nation as a whole. The
Employment Cost Index, a quarterly measure of the change
in employer costs for wages and benefits, is derived from
the NCS. Another product, Employer Costs for Employee
Compensation, measures employers’ average hourly costs
for total compensation, that is, wages and benefits. Still
another NCS product measures the incidence of benefit
plans and their provisions. This bulletin is limited to data
on occupational wages and salaries.
About the tables
The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These
earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 480 detailed occupations are used to describe all occupations in
the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households), as explained in Appendix
A. Data are not shown for any occupations if they would
raise concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable
estimates.
Table 1–1 presents an overview of all tables in this
bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative
standard errors are given for all industries, private industry,
and State and local government for selected worker and
establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics
include major occupational group, full-time or part-time
status, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive pay.
Establishment characteristics include goods and service
producing and size of establishment.
Table 2–1 presents estimates of mean hourly earnings,
and the relative standard errors associated with them, for

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Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999
Total

Private industry

Hourly earnings

State and local government

Hourly earnings

Worker and establishment characteristics

Mean
weekly
hours3

Mean

Relative
error2
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3

Mean

Relative
error2
(percent)

Mean
weekly
hours3

Mean

Relative
error2
(percent)

$18.40

2.6

36.4

$17.21

3.4

36.9

$23.41

2.0

34.5

22.67
29.00
32.04
16.47
13.47
13.36
19.52

2.8
2.3
5.6
9.9
1.6
4.2
4.4

36.3
35.9
39.8
31.7
36.5
38.6
39.9

22.20
28.09
32.91
16.48
13.08
12.83
18.97

3.6
3.4
6.4
9.9
2.0
4.6
5.2

37.0
37.6
40.3
31.8
37.1
38.6
39.8

24.14
30.76
27.73
–
14.57
21.09
23.53

2.4
2.4
5.9
–
2.2
4.6
4.8

34.3
32.9
37.9
–
34.9
39.7
39.9

10.18
13.41

4.9
11.1

39.8
37.2

10.11
12.77

5.0
13.1

39.8
37.0

–
18.59

–
8.1

–
38.5

9.65
11.76

4.1
5.3

36.5
33.5

9.32
8.60

4.3
3.5

36.3
33.6

15.88
21.86

5.2
4.7

40.0
33.2

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

19.19
10.53

2.7
4.0

39.5
20.2

18.00
9.36

3.5
4.2

39.7
21.5

24.18
15.54

2.1
7.4

38.7
16.3

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

20.65
17.59

2.7
3.5

36.2
36.5

16.80
17.28

5.3
3.8

37.0
36.9

23.72
22.40

2.5
4.4

35.6
31.3

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

18.36
19.25

2.7
12.3

36.3
39.0

17.09
19.25

3.6
12.3

36.8
39.0

23.41
–

2.0
–

34.5
–

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

(6)
(6)

(6)
(6)

(6)
(6)

–
–

–
–

–
–

(6)
(6)

(6)
(6)

(6)
(6)

50-99 workers7 .......................................................
100-499 workers .....................................................
500 workers or more ...............................................

15.81
15.14
21.94

11.7
4.5
2.6

36.9
36.7
36.0

15.65
15.00
20.86

12.0
4.6
4.1

36.9
37.1
36.7

23.23
19.37
23.69

6.6
11.7
2.1

36.9
27.9
35.0

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

Establishment characteristics:

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based
on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are
determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on
hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially

based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production
bonuses.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing
industries applies to private industry only.
7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with
fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria. 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.

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Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999
Total
Occupation3

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

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

$18.40
18.53

2.6
2.7

$17.21
17.27

3.4
3.6

$23.41
23.42

2.0
2.0

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

22.67
23.45

2.8
2.9

22.20
23.19

3.6
3.9

24.14
24.16

2.4
2.4

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Aerospace engineers ............................................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Pharmacists ..........................................................
Respiratory therapists ...........................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .....
Education teachers ...............................................
English teachers ...................................................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Substitute teachers ...............................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
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, n.e.c. ...............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ...................................
Computer programmers .......................................
Legal assistants ....................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................

29.00
31.05
34.13
35.18
30.19
34.16
25.60
29.59
34.67
28.53
28.51

2.3
2.2
2.2
4.4
9.1
5.6
6.8
6.7
2.4
3.2
3.7

28.09
30.39
34.36
35.18
–
34.10
–
28.94
34.67
29.48
29.70

3.4
3.4
2.2
4.4
–
5.7
–
6.9
2.4
2.6
3.1

30.76
32.08
30.15
–
28.49
–
–
–
–
25.00
25.00

2.4
2.5
6.0
–
4.6
–
–
–
–
5.7
5.7

28.62
28.82
26.26
48.01
24.61
34.79
19.74
37.34
47.40
47.46
34.96
37.93
31.48
13.02
34.11
34.33
30.41
32.26
18.21
27.43
–
33.05
31.66
20.89
21.71
13.86
42.37
42.37

4.4
6.8
3.8
19.8
2.4
9.1
2.9
4.6
26.7
37.3
3.9
3.3
3.7
6.0
4.1
2.2
7.2
12.5
4.4
16.0
–
8.6
18.0
11.7
12.3
17.4
8.3
8.3

28.62
30.55
26.44
–
24.68
34.79
19.74
37.13
47.56
47.46
–
37.17
16.44
–
15.35
24.08
–
18.76
–
–
–
–
–
21.50
–
–
–
–

4.4
7.3
4.3
–
2.7
9.1
2.9
13.4
27.7
37.3
–
15.9
7.7
–
2.8
5.8
–
12.4
–
–
–
–
–
11.8
–
–
–
–

–
25.95
25.19
–
24.19
–
–
37.43
–
–
–
38.04
34.56
–
35.79
34.77
–
39.57
18.25
31.43
–
31.66
–
20.69
21.02
–
–
–

–
6.0
7.5
–
2.5
–
–
3.8
–
–
–
3.0
2.4
–
3.1
2.2
–
4.8
4.3
13.7
–
19.5
–
15.2
16.1
–
–
–

36.23
32.48
47.75
22.33
21.54
19.67
20.46
14.66
16.61
21.38
21.96
16.07
27.79
20.89
24.44

13.5
20.7
18.5
8.2
4.8
11.6
3.8
2.2
4.6
6.4
10.5
4.7
5.6
12.1
11.3

36.85
32.48
47.75
23.23
22.06
20.18
20.46
14.55
16.60
21.15
22.15
–
–
20.89
25.18

13.5
20.7
18.5
8.6
5.5
12.4
3.8
2.2
6.9
6.5
12.9
–
–
12.1
13.1

–
–
–
–
18.71
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.07
–
–
20.83

–
–
–
–
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.7
–
–
4.7

Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration

32.04
37.11
38.26

5.6
7.5
12.9

32.91
37.94
–

6.4
8.4
–

27.73
32.44
38.26

5.9
9.7
12.9

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation3

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

$35.85
33.25

7.7
9.0

$35.45
31.01

8.2
9.9

–
–

–
–

41.50
37.08
32.36

12.4
8.4
5.2

42.10
24.66
32.67

12.6
14.4
5.3

–
$46.30
–

–
3.6
–

17.84
29.44
40.25
23.89
23.54
24.07
25.36

14.2
11.9
13.2
2.2
3.8
5.7
8.1

–
29.46
42.08
24.39
23.62
24.07
25.40

–
12.4
14.1
2.4
4.4
5.7
8.7

–
–
27.42
21.82
–
–
–

–
–
15.8
4.6
–
–
–

19.85
23.93
26.34

8.5
4.9
4.8

21.76
23.94
–

10.2
4.9
–

–
–
25.88

–
–
6.2

24.86
23.80

6.4
3.6

–
24.27

–
4.0

–
20.98

–
2.8

Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, 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, parts .............................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. .............................................

16.47
31.23
16.92

9.9
28.6
22.5

16.48
31.23
16.92

9.9
28.6
22.5

–
–
–

–
–
–

26.12
22.06
7.01
7.85
18.42
12.74
10.15
14.26

11.8
7.9
4.6
11.5
11.1
13.2
7.0
9.9

26.12
22.06
7.01
7.85
18.42
12.74
10.13
14.26

11.8
7.9
4.6
11.5
11.1
13.2
7.1
9.9

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ...............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Interviewers ..........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ......................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Duplicating machine operators .............................
Telephone operators ............................................
Mail clerks, except postal service .........................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Production coordinators ........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Meter readers .......................................................

13.47
18.44

1.6
4.5

13.08
18.35

2.0
6.7

14.57
18.56

2.2
5.4

19.95
16.37
14.06
11.27
13.44
10.68
11.33
11.49
12.45
13.63
13.20
13.93
14.20
12.27
11.32
10.31
18.52
16.35
9.99
11.41
17.55

12.7
2.8
5.0
4.6
7.3
3.8
4.2
7.1
5.2
4.5
5.9
3.0
4.8
10.6
7.8
7.1
5.0
9.1
5.2
7.9
12.0

–
16.31
–
–
13.44
10.63
11.32
10.91
12.45
13.92
13.39
13.70
14.21
10.76
10.08
10.47
–
16.37
9.99
11.16
–

–
3.1
–
–
7.3
3.9
4.4
5.9
5.2
13.6
10.8
3.4
6.1
4.5
6.8
7.5
–
9.2
5.2
7.1
–

–
16.65
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.58
13.02
15.49
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
4.5
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
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. ....................
Management related .................................................
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, n.e.c. ..................................

See footnotes at end of table.

4

Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation3

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

$10.23

12.9

$10.23

12.9

–

–

16.90
15.56
13.66
13.26
12.35
9.01
12.69
15.22
11.77
13.48

18.0
6.5
4.8
4.3
2.9
.9
3.8
14.6
5.2
5.0

16.90
15.19
–
12.89
11.21
9.01
12.29
15.22
11.60
12.91

18.0
7.0
–
5.6
4.4
.9
5.3
14.6
20.5
5.2

–
–
$14.48
–
13.65
–
–
–
11.79
16.26

–
–
0.8
–
3.4
–
–
–
5.3
6.4

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

13.36

4.2

12.83

4.6

21.09

4.6

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Machinery maintenance .......................................
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 ........................................
Machinists .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Butchers and meat cutters ....................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........

19.52
26.88
19.16
17.76
14.33

4.4
6.6
8.1
9.5
14.1

18.97
26.59
18.98
16.44
14.33

5.2
7.3
8.5
9.0
14.1

23.53
–
–
–
–

4.8
–
–
–
–

21.02
17.44
19.36
25.39
13.81
19.10
16.74
25.94
18.99
10.26
9.30
16.70
21.53

7.5
9.4
7.5
4.6
17.0
8.1
9.7
12.8
5.2
14.3
16.9
10.1
5.8

20.62
16.52
18.10
–
11.26
–
16.74
25.51
18.99
10.26
9.30
16.47
–

10.6
10.7
7.8
–
9.4
–
9.7
13.9
5.2
14.3
16.9
10.5
–

–
–
–
–
–
16.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.55

–
–
–
–
–
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.9

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Printing press operators .......................................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Photographic process machine operators ............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ......................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..

10.18
7.20
14.30
7.78
10.49
10.71
9.82
15.71
9.81
7.45
10.93

4.9
8.2
15.1
6.1
8.9
11.1
9.9
21.8
6.1
2.3
7.3

10.11
7.20
14.30
7.78
10.49
10.71
9.46
14.65
9.81
7.45
10.93

5.0
8.2
15.1
6.1
8.9
11.1
9.7
23.5
6.1
2.3
7.3

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ..............................................

13.41
12.34
10.43

11.1
10.0
12.5

12.77
11.73
10.43

13.1
10.9
12.5

18.59
–
–

8.1
–
–

13.93

15.3

11.74

5.2

–

–

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 .................................

9.65
13.56

4.1
8.8

9.32
–

4.3
–

15.88
–

5.2
–

15.64
10.65
8.97
8.05
10.31

5.3
17.8
9.5
10.4
12.6

15.64
–
8.80
8.05
10.31

5.3
–
9.3
10.4
12.6

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

White collar –Continued
Administrative support, 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 .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Statistical clerks ....................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................

See footnotes at end of table.

5

Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation3

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

$9.24
8.57
8.15
7.48
11.07

14.0
9.0
7.8
5.7
6.8

$9.24
8.57
8.15
7.48
10.25

14.0
9.0
7.8
5.7
7.7

–
–
–
–
$15.81

–
–
–
–
6.8

11.76
18.45
26.05

5.3
11.4
4.3

8.60
8.17
–

3.5
7.6
–

21.86
25.54
26.05

4.7
4.5
4.3

22.96
7.96
8.11
6.11
7.68
5.86
6.02
8.84
15.91
9.83
6.72
8.50
7.50
9.28
12.45
8.54
8.77

4.2
6.4
3.4
1.8
7.4
1.1
2.4
4.0
6.6
6.5
4.6
8.3
4.5
4.7
3.7
4.4
5.5

–
7.78
7.85
6.11
7.68
5.86
6.02
8.55
15.85
9.80
6.72
8.04
7.08
8.97
12.07
8.41
8.09

–
6.0
3.6
1.8
7.4
1.1
2.4
4.2
8.2
6.6
4.6
9.6
4.7
4.9
5.0
4.6
5.1

22.96
–
11.82
–
–
–
–
11.82
–
–
–
–
10.47
12.25
–
–
13.18

4.2
–
6.2
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
–
5.8
5.0
–
–
5.2

12.42
7.59
8.60
10.72
7.39
24.31
9.50
10.02
7.73

13.1
5.0
7.1
11.1
6.8
25.1
3.1
10.4
9.0

11.23
7.59
7.85
10.70
7.33
24.31
–
10.03
7.44

14.5
5.0
6.8
12.2
7.2
25.1
–
13.7
8.2

–
–
12.52
10.85
–
–
10.22
9.96
–

–
–
3.1
9.4
–
–
7.1
6.9
–

Blue collar –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 .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Bartenders ............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Other food service ..................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around

a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 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.

6

Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999
Total
Occupation3

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

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

$19.19
19.18

2.7
2.8

$18.00
17.91

3.5
3.7

$24.18
24.18

2.1
2.1

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

23.56
23.99

2.8
2.9

23.18
23.71

3.7
3.9

24.78
24.78

2.6
2.6

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Aerospace engineers ............................................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .....
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
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 ........................
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, n.e.c. ...............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Computer programmers .......................................
Legal assistants ....................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................

29.35
31.43
34.13
35.18
30.19
34.16
25.60
29.59
34.67
28.53
28.51

2.4
2.3
2.2
4.4
9.1
5.6
6.8
6.7
2.4
3.2
3.7

28.42
30.77
34.36
35.18
–
34.10
–
28.94
34.67
29.48
29.70

3.5
3.5
2.2
4.4
–
5.7
–
6.9
2.4
2.6
3.1

31.21
32.49
30.15
–
28.49
–
–
–
–
25.00
25.00

2.5
2.6
6.0
–
4.6
–
–
–
–
5.7
5.7

28.62
28.82
26.36
47.95
24.67
38.69
47.56
40.24
32.06
34.20
34.39
30.41
32.77
27.45
–
32.94
21.17
21.77
42.37
42.37

4.4
6.8
4.1
20.4
2.5
5.6
27.7
4.2
3.9
4.1
2.2
7.2
14.9
16.1
–
9.0
12.0
12.6
8.3
8.3

28.62
30.55
26.52
–
24.72
37.80
47.56
39.36
16.45
15.44
24.48
–
19.05
–
–
–
21.71
24.60
–
–

4.4
7.3
4.6
–
2.9
12.5
27.7
15.6
8.0
2.8
6.3
–
13.8
–
–
–
13.3
7.4
–
–

–
25.95
25.42
–
24.38
39.17
–
40.42
35.36
35.85
34.77
–
–
31.44
–
31.66
21.00
21.02
–
–

–
6.0
8.0
–
2.7
5.3
–
4.0
2.5
3.1
2.2
–
–
13.8
–
19.5
15.3
16.1
–
–

39.08
32.48
49.31
22.33
21.86
19.67
20.43
14.62
16.74
21.34
22.51
27.79
20.89
24.44

12.0
20.7
17.9
8.2
4.9
11.6
4.0
2.5
4.7
6.5
10.9
5.6
12.1
11.3

39.92
32.48
49.31
23.23
22.30
20.18
20.43
14.50
16.80
21.11
22.85
–
20.89
25.18

11.7
20.7
17.9
8.6
5.7
12.4
4.0
2.6
7.1
6.6
13.5
–
12.1
13.1

–
–
–
–
19.35
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.83

–
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.7

31.97
37.07
40.93
35.85
33.25

5.6
7.6
7.1
7.7
9.0

32.83
37.86
–
35.45
31.01

6.4
8.5
–
8.2
9.9

27.64
32.49
40.93
–
–

6.0
10.1
7.1
–
–

41.50
36.31
31.82

12.4
8.9
5.4

42.10
24.66
32.13

12.6
14.4
5.6

–
45.87
–

–
3.9
–

17.84
27.07

14.2
11.0

–
26.99

–
11.6

–
–

–
–

Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
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. ...............
See footnotes at end of table.

7

Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation3

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

$40.25
23.90
23.54
24.07
25.36

13.2
2.2
3.8
5.7
8.1

$42.08
24.40
23.62
24.07
25.40

14.1
2.4
4.4
5.7
8.7

$27.42
21.82
–
–
–

15.8
4.6
–
–
–

19.85
23.93
26.34

8.5
4.9
4.8

21.76
23.94
–

10.2
4.9
–

–
–
25.88

–
–
6.2

24.86
23.81

6.4
3.6

–
24.29

–
4.0

–
20.98

–
2.8

Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Sales workers, parts .............................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. .............................................

19.27
31.23
18.78

10.3
28.6
19.0

19.27
31.23
18.78

10.3
28.6
19.0

–
–
–

–
–
–

26.49
22.06
18.42
14.62
10.19
14.51

12.3
7.9
11.1
14.1
9.7
9.8

26.49
22.06
18.42
14.62
10.19
14.51

12.3
7.9
11.1
14.1
9.7
9.8

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ...............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Interviewers ..........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library 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 ....................................
Meter readers .......................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................

13.81
18.46

1.7
4.5

13.42
18.38

2.1
6.8

14.98
18.56

2.4
5.4

19.95
16.57
14.06
11.27
13.68
10.89
11.75
12.45
13.63
13.11
14.10
14.20
11.32
10.38
19.14
16.35
10.04
11.42
18.32

12.7
2.9
5.0
4.6
7.6
3.8
8.0
5.2
4.8
6.0
3.1
4.8
7.8
7.2
3.1
9.1
5.5
8.3
12.5

–
16.56
–
–
13.68
10.89
11.11
12.45
–
13.21
13.84
14.21
10.08
10.55
–
16.37
10.04
11.16
–

–
3.2
–
–
7.6
3.8
6.6
5.2
–
11.6
3.4
6.1
6.8
7.6
–
9.2
5.5
7.5
–

–
16.65
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.02
15.99
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.5
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

16.90
15.73
13.66
13.43
12.68
12.85
11.67
14.01

18.0
6.5
4.8
3.9
3.1
3.8
6.3
5.4

16.90
15.35
–
13.09
11.65
12.48
12.11
13.39

18.0
7.0
–
5.0
4.8
5.2
21.9
5.5

–
–
14.48
–
13.72
–
–
17.02

–
–
.8
–
3.6
–
–
5.2

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

13.60

4.3

13.05

4.7

21.12

4.6

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................

19.55
26.88

4.4
6.6

19.00
26.59

5.2
7.3

23.53
–

4.8
–

White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
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, n.e.c. ..................................

See footnotes at end of table.

8

Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation3

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

$19.19
17.76
14.33

8.2
9.5
14.1

$19.01
16.44
14.33

8.5
9.0
14.1

–
–
–

–
–
–

21.02
17.44
19.36
25.39
13.81
19.10
16.74
25.94
18.99
10.26
16.90
21.53

7.5
9.4
7.5
4.6
17.0
8.1
9.7
12.8
5.2
14.3
10.3
5.8

20.62
16.52
18.10
–
11.26
–
16.74
25.51
18.99
10.26
16.67
–

10.6
10.7
7.8
–
9.4
–
9.7
13.9
5.2
14.3
10.6
–

–
–
–
–
–
$16.88
–
–
–
–
–
21.55

–
–
–
–
–
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
5.9

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Printing press operators .......................................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Photographic process machine operators ............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ......................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..

10.18
7.21
14.30
7.78
10.49
10.71
9.82
15.71
9.81
7.45
10.93

4.9
8.3
15.1
6.1
8.9
11.1
9.9
21.8
6.1
2.3
7.3

10.11
7.21
14.30
7.78
10.49
10.71
9.46
14.65
9.81
7.45
10.93

5.0
8.3
15.1
6.1
8.9
11.1
9.7
23.5
6.1
2.3
7.3

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..

13.80
12.39
10.68

11.8
10.4
13.4

13.15
11.75
10.68

14.0
11.4
13.4

18.69
–
–

8.4
–
–

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. ....................

9.85
13.56

4.3
8.8

9.47
–

4.5
–

15.88
–

5.2
–

15.64
10.65
8.84
8.05
10.54
9.24
8.60
8.23
7.54
12.41

5.3
17.8
9.2
10.4
13.7
14.0
10.5
7.6
6.3
6.9

15.64
–
8.66
8.05
10.54
9.24
8.60
8.23
7.54
11.52

5.3
–
9.1
10.4
13.7
14.0
10.5
7.6
6.3
8.6

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.81

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.8

Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Other food service ..................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................

12.75
19.38
26.05

6.0
11.7
4.3

9.02
8.34
–

4.2
8.9
–

23.55
26.45
26.05

3.9
3.7
4.3

23.37
8.05
8.82
6.37
5.81
6.11
9.35
16.78
10.04
6.32

3.3
7.5
4.3
3.0
.5
4.1
4.7
4.0
6.8
3.1

–
7.90
8.55
6.37
5.81
6.11
9.06
16.98
10.01
6.32

–
7.2
4.4
3.0
.5
4.1
4.9
4.9
7.0
3.1

23.37
–
12.73
–
–
–
12.73
–
–
–

3.3
–
7.0
–
–
–
7.0
–
–
–

Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Machinery maintenance .......................................
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 ........................................
Machinists .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........

See footnotes at end of table.

9

Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation3

Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Other food service –Continued
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

$8.31
7.96
9.31
12.67
8.57
8.89

9.1
4.9
5.3
3.8
5.1
6.0

$8.04
7.54
9.00
12.30
8.44
8.16

9.6
4.7
5.5
5.0
5.2
5.6

–
–
$12.41
–
–
13.29

–
–
5.4
–
–
5.2

12.42
7.76
8.67
11.90
25.78
7.87

13.1
5.4
7.7
14.9
22.3
11.2

11.23
7.76
7.85
11.80
25.78
7.54

14.5
5.4
7.5
15.0
22.3
9.6

–
–
12.61
–
–
–

–
–
3.1
–
–
–

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 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. See appendix B for more information.

4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 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.

10

Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings1, part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999
Total
Occupation3

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

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

$10.53
11.01

4.0
4.5

$9.36
9.66

4.2
5.1

$15.54
15.57

7.4
7.5

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

12.93
15.33

5.4
5.6

11.20
13.68

6.4
7.9

17.77
17.85

7.9
7.9

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Substitute teachers ...............................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................

22.80
24.59
25.11
23.95
33.68
32.99
23.30
20.18
30.37
18.21
–
–

6.3
6.3
4.3
3.9
3.6
3.4
15.1
10.9
16.0
4.4
–
–

20.65
22.22
25.55
24.26
26.92
–
16.16
20.18
16.34
–
–
–

7.5
8.9
4.8
4.4
36.3
–
10.2
10.9
14.3
–
–
–

25.19
26.80
–
–
34.14
33.66
24.12
–
–
18.25
–
–

9.4
7.9
–
–
3.2
3.2
15.7
–
–
4.3
–
–

16.23
14.37
14.87

26.2
9.4
4.5

16.23
15.71
–

26.2
6.3
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

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

39.22
39.75
–

17.8
17.8
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

31.25
31.25
–

34.2
34.2
–

Sales ................................................................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ....
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................

8.34
7.25
7.52
10.10

5.7
9.7
3.5
7.1

8.31
7.25
7.52
10.06

5.7
9.7
3.5
7.3

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
General office clerks .............................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................

10.38
12.74
8.57
9.83
11.82
7.34

3.4
6.5
11.7
7.5
6.9
9.6

9.52
12.74
7.73
9.08
–
7.28

3.6
6.5
9.2
9.3
–
11.6

11.98
–
–
12.39
11.89
–

5.5
–
–
8.0
7.0
–

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

8.99

6.3

8.94

6.3

–

–

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................

–

–

–

–

–

–

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

–

–

–

–

–

–

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

10.03

7.8

9.78

7.6

–

–

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................

8.51
9.77
7.84

7.1
13.2
6.2

8.51
9.77
7.84

7.1
13.2
6.2

–
–
–

–
–
–

Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Other food service ..................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities

7.32
7.07
6.61
5.89
5.89
5.90
7.21
7.19
6.65
9.00
8.29
7.53
7.96
8.20
7.48

2.8
6.6
2.7
1.1
1.5
1.9
4.7
10.9
4.2
7.4
7.1
5.3
6.0
6.1
6.8

6.97
–
6.35
5.89
5.89
5.90
6.80
7.19
6.21
8.76
8.19
7.39
7.80
7.62
–

2.5
–
2.4
1.1
1.5
1.9
4.5
10.9
2.4
8.0
7.7
5.5
6.1
6.5
–

9.26
–
10.02
–
–
–
10.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.92
–

8.6
–
4.6
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.1
–

See footnotes at end of table.

11

Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings1, part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation3

Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

$9.62
8.22
7.34

5.7
10.6
11.0

–
$7.01
7.14

–
4.6
10.9

$10.22
9.96
–

7.1
6.9
–

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
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. See appendix B for more information.

4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 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 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999
Total
Occupation3

Weekly earnings

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

State and local
government

Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean
weekly
hours5

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

$759
758

2.7
2.8

39.5
39.5

$715
711

3.6
3.8

39.7
39.7

$936
936

2.1
2.1

38.7
38.7

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

931
946

2.9
3.0

39.5
39.4

926
946

3.8
4.1

40.0
39.9

944
944

2.4
2.4

38.1
38.1

1,132
1,210

2.6
2.6

38.6
38.5

1,128
1,235

3.8
3.9

39.7
40.1

1,138
1,175

2.2
2.3

36.5
36.2

1,373
1,407
1,208

2.3
4.4
9.1

40.2
40.0
40.0

1,383
1,407
–

2.3
4.4
–

40.3
40.0
–

1,206
–
1,139

6.0
–
4.6

40.0
–
40.0

1,385
1,007
1,208
1,387

5.2
7.2
7.8
2.4

40.6
39.3
40.8
40.0

1,384
–
1,184
1,387

5.3
–
8.3
2.4

40.6
–
40.9
40.0

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

1,147

3.2

40.2

1,186

2.7

40.2

1,000

5.7

40.0

1,147

3.8

40.2

1,197

3.2

40.3

1,000

5.7

40.0

1,145
1,153
1,027
1,918
955
1,460

4.4
6.8
4.3
20.4
2.8
4.7

40.0
40.0
39.0
40.0
38.7
37.7

1,145
1,222
1,029
–
952
1,413

4.4
7.3
4.8
–
3.2
10.1

40.0
40.0
38.8
–
38.5
37.4

–
1,038
1,017
–
975
1,486

–
6.0
8.0
–
2.7
4.8

–
40.0
40.0
–
40.0
37.9

1,724

18.7

36.2

1,724

18.7

36.2

–

–

–

1,511

4.0

37.5

1,493

18.1

37.9

1,514

3.1

37.5

1,115
1,167
1,188
1,121
1,100

3.0
3.4
2.7
4.7
9.8

34.8
34.1
34.5
36.9
33.6

655
613
983
–
755

7.9
2.4
6.4
–
13.6

39.8
39.7
40.2
–
39.6

1,198
1,208
1,195
–
–

1.9
2.9
2.7
–
–

33.9
33.7
34.4
–
–

1,002

11.3

36.5

–

–

–

1,117

8.6

35.5

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1,289

8.1

39.1

–

–

–

1,210

16.9

38.2

847
871
1,849
1,849

12.0
12.6
12.1
12.1

40.0
40.0
43.6
43.6

868
984
–
–

13.3
7.4
–
–

40.0
40.0
–
–

840
841
–
–

15.3
16.1
–
–

40.0
40.0
–
–

1,687
1,453
2,167
893
847

14.1
26.8
22.6
8.2
4.2

43.2
44.8
43.9
40.0
38.7

1,730
1,453
2,167
929
861

13.8
26.8
22.6
8.6
4.8

43.3
44.8
43.9
40.0
38.6

–
–
–
–
764

–
–
–
–
5.3

–
–
–
–
39.5

784
817
572

11.7
4.0
3.0

39.8
40.0
39.1

804
817
566

12.5
4.0
3.1

39.8
40.0
39.0

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

667

4.8

39.8

668

7.3

39.7

–

–

–

Professional specialty and
technical ......................................
Professional specialty .....................
Engineers, architects, and
surveyors ..............................
Aerospace engineers ..............
Civil engineers ........................
Electrical and electronic
engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers ................
Mechanical engineers .............
Engineers, n.e.c. .....................
Mathematical and computer
scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts
and scientists ....................
Operations and systems
researchers and analysts
Natural scientists ........................
Health related .............................
Physicians ..............................
Registered nurses ..................
Teachers, college and university
Business, commerce, and
marketing teachers ...........
Other post-secondary
teachers ............................
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 ................................
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, n.e.c. .................
Technical ........................................
Clinical laboratory
technologists and
technicians ........................
Radiological technicians .........
Licensed practical nurses .......
Health technologists and
technicians, n.e.c. .............
See footnotes at end of table.

13

Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation3

State and local
government

Private industry

Weekly earnings

Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5

Mean

$848
900
1,112
836
977

6.5
10.9
5.6
12.1
11.3

39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

$838
914
–
836
1,007

6.6
13.5
–
12.1
13.1

39.7
40.0
–
40.0
40.0

–
–
–
–
$833

–
–
–
–
4.7

–
–
–
–
40.0

1,291

5.8

40.4

1,327

6.6

40.4

1,108

6.2

40.1

1,506

7.7

40.6

1,540

8.6

40.7

1,307

10.4

40.2

1,637
1,415

7.1
7.5

40.0
39.5

–
1,399

–
8.0

–
39.5

1,637
–

7.1
–

40.0
–

1,356

8.8

40.8

1,272

9.9

41.0

–

–

–

1,712

13.6

41.3

1,739

13.8

41.3

–

–

–

1,478

10.1

40.7

990

14.5

40.2

1,888

5.9

41.2

1,272

5.4

40.0

1,284

5.6

40.0

–

–

–

747

14.1

41.9

–

–

–

–

–

–

1,122

9.0

41.4

1,120

9.5

41.5

–

–

–

1,640
955
937
1,000
1,010

13.5
2.3
3.7
5.6
7.9

40.7
40.0
39.8
41.5
39.8

1,719
975
939
1,000
1,011

14.4
2.5
4.2
5.6
8.6

40.9
40.0
39.7
41.5
39.8

1,097
872
–
–
–

15.8
4.7
–
–
–

40.0
39.9
–
–
–

798

8.7

40.2

877

10.5

40.3

–

–

–

946
1,047

4.5
5.4

39.5
39.7

946
–

4.5
–

39.5
–

–
1,026

–
7.1

–
39.7

994
943

6.4
3.8

40.0
39.6

–
961

–
4.3

–
39.6

–
837

–
2.9

–
39.9

777
1,325
751

10.6
32.9
19.0

40.3
42.4
40.0

777
1,325
751

10.6
32.9
19.0

40.3
42.4
40.0

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

1,060

12.3

40.0

1,060

12.3

40.0

–

–

–

940
743

7.8
11.1

42.6
40.4

940
743

7.8
11.1

42.6
40.4

–
–

–
–

–
–

577
405
579

14.6
9.7
9.9

39.4
39.7
39.9

577
405
579

14.6
9.7
9.9

39.4
39.7
39.9

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean
weekly
hours5

Relative
error4
(percent)

White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and
technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Electrical and electronic
technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c.
Computer programmers .........
Legal assistants ......................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ...................................
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. .................................
Management related ...................
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, n.e.c. ....
Sales ..................................................
Supervisors, sales ..................
Sales, other business services
Sales representatives, mining,
manufacturing, and
wholesale ..........................
Sales workers, motor vehicles
and boats ..........................
Sales workers, parts ...............
Sales workers, other
commodities .....................
Cashiers .................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ...............
See footnotes at end of table.

14

Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation3

Weekly earnings

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

State and local
government

Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean
weekly
hours5

White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including
clerical .........................................
Supervisors, general office .....
Supervisors, distribution,
scheduling, and adjusting
clerks ................................
Secretaries .............................
Typists ....................................
Interviewers ............................
Transportation ticket and
reservation agents ............
Receptionists ..........................
Order clerks ............................
Personnel clerks, except
payroll and timekeeping ....
Library 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 ......
Meter readers .........................
Insurance adjusters,
examiners, and
investigators .....................
Investigators and adjusters,
except insurance ..............
Eligibility clerks, social welfare
Bill and account collectors ......
General office clerks ...............
Data entry keyers ...................
Teachers’ aides ......................
Administrative support, n.e.c.
Blue collar .............................................
Precision production, craft, and
repair ............................................
Supervisors, mechanics and
repairers ...........................
Automobile mechanics ...........
Industrial machinery repairers
Machinery maintenance .........
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 ........................

$549
749

1.7
3.8

39.7
40.6

$534
755

2.1
5.4

39.8
41.1

$595
742

2.5
5.4

39.7
40.0

836
663
562
433

13.7
3.0
5.0
6.8

41.9
40.0
40.0
38.4

–
663
–
–

–
3.3
–
–

–
40.0
–
–

–
666
–
–

–
6.5
–
–

–
40.0
–
–

547
423
470

7.6
4.4
8.0

40.0
38.9
40.0

547
423
444

7.6
4.4
6.6

40.0
38.9
40.0

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

498
545
523

5.2
4.8
5.8

40.0
40.0
39.9

498
–
525

5.2
–
11.2

40.0
–
39.8

–
–
521

–
–
4.5

–
–
40.0

559
568
453

3.1
4.8
7.8

39.7
40.0
40.0

549
568
403

3.4
6.1
6.8

39.7
40.0
40.0

638
–
–

4.9
–
–

39.9
–
–

411
754
654

6.7
3.4
9.1

39.6
39.4
40.0

417
–
655

7.1
–
9.2

39.5
–
40.0

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

401
453
733

5.5
8.0
12.5

39.9
39.7
40.0

401
443
–

5.5
7.1
–

39.9
39.7
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

666

17.5

39.4

666

17.5

39.4

–

–

–

622
546
522
500
512
428
560

6.7
4.8
3.3
3.1
3.7
9.2
5.4

39.5
40.0
38.8
39.4
39.8
36.7
40.0

606
–
505
457
496
454
536

7.3
–
3.5
4.8
5.2
23.4
5.6

39.5
–
38.6
39.2
39.8
37.4
40.0

–
579
–
544
–
–
681

–
.8
–
3.6
–
–
5.2

–
40.0
–
39.7
–
–
40.0

542

4.3

39.9

520

4.7

39.9

844

4.6

40.0

782

4.4

40.0

760

5.2

40.0

940

4.8

39.9

1,076
768
710
573

6.6
8.2
9.5
14.1

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

1,065
760
657
573

7.3
8.5
9.0
14.1

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

823

8.4

39.1

799

11.8

38.7

–

–

–

687
764
1,016

9.3
7.4
4.6

39.4
39.5
40.0

653
711
–

10.3
7.1
–

39.5
39.3
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

552
750
692

17.0
8.1
9.3

40.0
39.3
41.3

450
–
692

9.4
–
9.3

40.0
–
41.3

–
675
–

–
7.2
–

–
40.0
–

See footnotes at end of table.

15

Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation3

State and local
government

Private industry

Weekly earnings

Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean
weekly
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

$1,045
760

12.7
5.2

40.3
40.0

$1,027
760

13.8
5.2

40.3
40.0

–
–

–
–

–
–

410

14.3

40.0

410

14.3

40.0

–

–

–

686

11.3

40.6

677

11.7

40.6

–

–

–

861

5.8

40.0

–

–

–

5.9

40.0

405

4.9

39.8

402

4.9

39.8

–

–

–

288
563

8.3
14.2

40.0
39.4

288
563

8.3
14.2

40.0
39.4

–
–

–
–

–
–

309

6.1

39.7

309

6.1

39.7

–

–

–

420

9.1

40.1

420

9.1

40.1

–

–

–

414

10.8

38.6

414

10.8

38.6

–

–

–

385
629
391

9.9
21.8
6.1

39.2
40.0
39.9

371
586
391

9.7
23.5
6.1

39.2
40.0
39.9

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

298

2.3

40.0

298

2.3

40.0

–

–

–

437

7.3

40.0

437

7.3

40.0

–

–

–

552
496

11.8
10.4

40.0
40.0

526
470

14.0
11.4

40.0
40.0

747
–

8.4
–

40.0
–

427

13.4

40.0

427

13.4

40.0

–

–

–

392

4.3

39.9

377

4.4

39.8

635

5.2

40.0

542

8.8

40.0

–

–

–

–

–

–

626

5.3

40.0

626

5.3

40.0

–

–

–

416
354
319
420

18.5
9.2
9.8
13.7

39.1
40.0
39.7
39.9

–
347
319
420

–
9.1
9.8
13.7

–
40.0
39.7
39.9

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

366

13.8

39.6

366

13.8

39.6

–

–

–

343

10.5

39.9

343

10.5

39.9

–

–

–

329
301

7.6
6.3

40.0
40.0

329
301

7.6
6.3

40.0
40.0

–
–

–
–

–
–

493

6.6

39.8

457

8.1

39.7

633

6.8

40.0

498

6.0

39.1

348

3.7

38.6

952

4.4

40.4

Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and
repair –Continued
Supervisors, production ..........
Machinists ...............................
Electrical and electronic
equipment assemblers .....
Inspectors, testers, and
graders .............................
Water and sewer treatment
plant operators ..................
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors ............................
Molding and casting machine
operators ..........................
Printing press operators .........
Textile sewing machine
operators ..........................
Mixing and blending machine
operators ..........................
Photographic process
machine operators ............
Miscellaneous machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters ................
Assemblers .............................
Miscellaneous hand working,
n.e.c. .................................
Production inspectors,
checkers and examiners ...
Transportation and material
moving .........................................
Truck drivers ...........................
Industrial truck and tractor
equipment operators .........
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 ...................................................
See footnotes at end of table.

16

$862

Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation3

Weekly earnings

Mean

Service –Continued
Protective service .......................
Police and detectives, public
service ..............................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law
enforcement officers .........
Guards and police, except
public service ....................
Food service ...............................
Waiters, waitresses, and
bartenders ..........................
Waiters and waitresses ..........
Waiters’/Waitresses’
assistants ..........................
Other food service ....................
Supervisors, food preparation
and service .......................
Cooks .....................................
Food counter, fountain, and
related ...............................
Kitchen workers, food
preparation .......................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .........
Health service .............................
Health aides, except nursing ..
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .........................
Cleaning and building service .....
Supervisors, cleaning and
building service workers ...
Maids and housemen .............
Janitors and cleaners .............
Personal service .........................
Public transportation
attendants .........................
Service, n.e.c. .........................

Relative
error4
(percent)

State and local
government

Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5

Mean

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

8.8

39.7

$1,079

4.4

40.8

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean
weekly
hours5

$783

12.0

40.4

1,029

4.6

39.5

–

–

–

1,029

4.6

39.5

935

3.3

40.0

–

–

–

935

3.3

40.0

320
343

7.4
4.9

39.7
38.9

314
333

7.0
5.1

39.7
38.9

–
493

–
8.3

–
38.7

233
212

5.3
7.3

36.6
36.5

233
212

5.3
7.3

36.6
36.5

–
–

–
–

–
–

230
369

3.9
5.3

37.7
39.5

230
358

3.9
5.6

37.7
39.5

–
493

–
8.3

–
38.7

669
408

4.0
9.6

39.8
40.7

676
407

4.9
9.9

39.8
40.7

–
–

–
–

–
–

236

3.3

37.3

236

3.3

37.3

–

–

–

328
310
361
507

9.4
5.1
5.7
3.8

39.4
39.0
38.8
40.0

317
296
348
492

9.9
5.5
5.9
5.0

39.4
39.2
38.7
40.0

–
–
496
–

–
–
5.4
–

–
–
40.0
–

330
354

5.5
5.9

38.5
39.8

325
325

5.6
5.5

38.4
39.8

–
532

–
5.2

–
40.0

497
305
347
421

13.1
5.6
7.7
10.5

40.0
39.2
40.0
35.4

449
305
314
419

14.5
5.6
7.5
10.7

40.0
39.2
40.0
35.5

–
–
504
–

–
–
3.1
–

–
–
40.0
–

633
311

6.7
10.3

24.6
39.5

633
302

6.7
9.6

24.6
40.0

–
–

–
–

–
–

1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly 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 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. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

$332

Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
5 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, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational
groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 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.

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Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999
Total
Occupation3

Annual earnings

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

State and local
government

Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean
annual
hours5

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

$38,506
38,410

2.7
2.8

2,007
2,002

$37,033
36,809

3.6
3.8

2,058
2,055

$43,975
43,975

2.1
2.1

1,819
1,819

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

46,624
47,221

2.9
3.0

1,979
1,968

48,000
49,035

3.8
4.1

2,071
2,068

42,935
42,935

2.4
2.4

1,732
1,732

53,916
56,406

2.6
2.6

1,837
1,794

58,209
63,503

3.8
3.9

2,048
2,064

47,539
48,239

2.2
2.3

1,523
1,485

71,419
73,166
62,798

2.3
4.4
9.1

2,092
2,080
2,080

71,921
73,166
–

2.3
4.4
–

2,093
2,080
–

62,715
–
59,250

6.0
–
4.6

2,080
–
2,080

72,045
52,354
62,825
72,107

5.2
7.2
7.8
2.4

2,109
2,045
2,123
2,080

71,947
–
61,589
72,121

5.3
–
8.3
2.4

2,110
–
2,128
2,080

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

59,632

3.2

2,090

61,695

2.7

2,093

51,995

5.7

2,080

59,653

3.8

2,092

62,253

3.2

2,096

51,995

5.7

2,080

59,523
59,951
53,265
99,745
49,491
59,117

4.4
6.8
4.3
20.4
2.8
4.7

2,080
2,080
2,021
2,080
2,006
1,528

59,523
63,544
53,506
–
49,501
56,481

4.4
7.3
4.8
–
3.2
10.1

2,080
2,080
2,017
–
2,003
1,494

–
53,986
51,867
–
49,430
60,606

–
6.0
8.0
–
2.7
4.8

–
2,080
2,040
–
2,028
1,547

60,642

18.7

1,275

60,642

18.7

1,275

–

–

–

62,091

4.0

1,543

65,413

18.1

1,662

61,469

3.1

1,521

43,028
43,237
43,978
48,093
45,396

3.0
3.4
2.7
4.7
9.8

1,342
1,264
1,279
1,581
1,385

31,811
28,413
38,988
–
36,689

7.9
2.4
6.4
–
13.6

1,934
1,840
1,593
–
1,926

44,576
44,105
44,132
–
–

1.9
2.9
2.7
–
–

1,260
1,230
1,269
–
–

42,868

11.3

1,562

–

–

–

45,655

8.6

1,452

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

60,726

8.1

1,843

–

–

–

51,848

16.9

1,638

44,029
45,287
96,133
96,133

12.0
12.6
12.1
12.1

2,080
2,080
2,269
2,269

45,160
51,175
–
–

13.3
7.4
–
–

2,080
2,080
–
–

43,671
43,724
–
–

15.3
16.1
–
–

2,080
2,080
–
–

87,661
75,402
112,686
46,438
43,898

14.1
26.8
22.6
8.2
4.2

2,243
2,322
2,285
2,080
2,008

89,895
75,402
112,686
48,308
44,794

13.8
26.8
22.6
8.6
4.8

2,252
2,322
2,285
2,080
2,008

–
–
–
–
38,833

–
–
–
–
5.3

–
–
–
–
2,007

40,767
42,484
29,722

11.7
4.0
3.0

2,072
2,080
2,033

41,786
42,484
29,428

12.5
4.0
3.1

2,071
2,080
2,030

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

34,675

4.8

2,072

34,729

7.3

2,067

–

–

–

Professional specialty and
technical ......................................
Professional specialty .....................
Engineers, architects, and
surveyors ..............................
Aerospace engineers ..............
Civil engineers ........................
Electrical and electronic
engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers ................
Mechanical engineers .............
Engineers, n.e.c. .....................
Mathematical and computer
scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts
and scientists ....................
Operations and systems
researchers and analysts
Natural scientists ........................
Health related .............................
Physicians ..............................
Registered nurses ..................
Teachers, college and university
Business, commerce, and
marketing teachers ...........
Other post-secondary
teachers ............................
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 ................................
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, n.e.c. .................
Technical ........................................
Clinical laboratory
technologists and
technicians ........................
Radiological technicians .........
Licensed practical nurses .......
Health technologists and
technicians, n.e.c. .............
See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation3

Annual earnings

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

State and local
government

Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean
annual
hours5

White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and
technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Electrical and electronic
technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c.
Computer programmers .........
Legal assistants ......................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ...................................
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. .................................
Management related ...................
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, n.e.c. ....
Sales ..................................................
Supervisors, sales ..................
Sales, other business services
Sales representatives, mining,
manufacturing, and
wholesale ..........................
Sales workers, motor vehicles
and boats ..........................
Sales workers, parts ...............
Sales workers, other
commodities .....................
Cashiers .................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ...............

$44,084
46,820
57,803
43,449
50,827

6.5
10.9
5.6
12.1
11.3

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

$43,584
47,531
–
43,449
52,377

6.6
13.5
–
12.1
13.1

2,065
2,080
–
2,080
2,080

–
–
–
–
$43,324

–
–
–
–
4.7

–
–
–
–
2,080

66,564

5.8

2,082

68,990

6.6

2,101

54,976

6.2

1,989

77,263

7.7

2,084

80,075

8.6

2,115

62,436

10.4

1,921

85,143
73,597

7.1
7.5

2,080
2,053

–
72,728

–
8.0

–
2,051

85,143
–

7.1
–

2,080
–

70,507

8.8

2,120

66,145

9.9

2,133

–

–

–

89,038

13.6

2,146

90,443

13.8

2,148

–

–

–

70,081

10.1

1,930

51,089

14.5

2,072

83,828

5.9

1,828

66,126

5.4

2,078

66,767

5.6

2,078

–

–

–

32,944

14.1

1,847

–

–

–

–

–

–

58,326

9.0

2,155

58,249

9.5

2,158

–

–

–

85,187
49,656
48,746
51,995
52,522

13.5
2.3
3.7
5.6
7.9

2,117
2,078
2,071
2,161
2,071

89,406
50,705
48,810
51,995
52,586

14.4
2.5
4.2
5.6
8.6

2,125
2,078
2,066
2,161
2,070

56,550
45,321
–
–
–

15.8
4.7
–
–
–

2,062
2,077
–
–
–

41,498

8.7

2,091

45,622

10.5

2,097

–

–

–

49,197
54,433

4.5
5.4

2,056
2,066

49,211
–

4.5
–

2,056
–

–
53,365

–
7.1

–
2,062

51,701
49,038

6.4
3.8

2,080
2,059

–
49,957

–
4.3

–
2,057

–
43,512

–
2.9

–
2,074

40,315
68,925
39,070

10.6
32.9
19.0

2,093
2,207
2,080

40,315
68,925
39,070

10.6
32.9
19.0

2,093
2,207
2,080

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

55,103

12.3

2,080

55,103

12.3

2,080

–

–

–

48,863
38,648

7.8
11.1

2,215
2,099

48,863
38,648

7.8
11.1

2,215
2,099

–
–

–
–

–
–

29,988
20,752
30,095

14.6
9.7
9.9

2,051
2,036
2,074

29,988
20,752
30,095

14.6
9.7
9.9

2,051
2,036
2,074

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

19

Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation3

Annual earnings

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

State and local
government

Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean
annual
hours5

White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including
clerical .........................................
Supervisors, general office .....
Supervisors, distribution,
scheduling, and adjusting
clerks ................................
Secretaries .............................
Typists ....................................
Interviewers ............................
Transportation ticket and
reservation agents ............
Receptionists ..........................
Order clerks ............................
Personnel clerks, except
payroll and timekeeping ....
Library 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 ......
Meter readers .........................
Insurance adjusters,
examiners, and
investigators .....................
Investigators and adjusters,
except insurance ..............
Eligibility clerks, social welfare
Bill and account collectors ......
General office clerks ...............
Data entry keyers ...................
Teachers’ aides ......................
Administrative support, n.e.c.
Blue collar .............................................
Precision production, craft, and
repair ............................................
Supervisors, mechanics and
repairers ...........................
Automobile mechanics ...........
Industrial machinery repairers
Machinery maintenance .........
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 ........................

$28,274
38,969

1.7
3.8

2,048
2,112

$27,713
39,268

2.1
5.4

2,065
2,137

$29,924
38,594

2.5
5.4

1,998
2,080

43,489
34,288
29,242
22,520

13.7
3.0
5.0
6.8

2,180
2,069
2,079
1,998

–
34,453
–
–

–
3.3
–
–

–
2,081
–
–

–
33,552
–
–

–
6.5
–
–

–
2,016
–
–

28,455
21,943
24,431

7.6
4.4
8.0

2,080
2,014
2,080

28,455
21,943
23,108

7.6
4.4
6.6

2,080
2,014
2,080

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

25,889
27,533
26,421

5.2
4.8
5.8

2,079
2,020
2,016

25,889
–
27,197

5.2
–
11.2

2,079
–
2,059

–
–
25,764

–
–
4.5

–
–
1,979

29,093
29,537
23,551

3.1
4.8
7.8

2,064
2,080
2,080

28,541
29,546
20,971

3.4
6.1
6.8

2,063
2,080
2,080

33,152
–
–

4.9
–
–

2,073
–
–

21,363
39,196
34,013

6.7
3.4
9.1

2,058
2,048
2,080

21,689
–
34,048

7.1
–
9.2

2,055
–
2,080

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

20,845
23,574
38,098

5.5
8.0
12.5

2,076
2,065
2,080

20,845
23,036
–

5.5
7.1
–

2,076
2,064
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

34,638

17.5

2,050

34,638

17.5

2,050

–

–

–

32,329
28,407
27,120
25,695
26,608
16,776
28,841

6.7
4.8
3.3
3.1
3.7
9.2
5.4

2,055
2,080
2,019
2,027
2,070
1,438
2,059

31,531
–
26,276
23,753
25,795
21,429
27,616

7.3
–
3.5
4.8
5.2
23.4
5.6

2,054
–
2,007
2,039
2,067
1,769
2,062

–
30,120
–
27,639
–
–
34,768

–
.8
–
3.6
–
–
5.2

–
2,080
–
2,014
–
–
2,042

28,009

4.3

2,060

26,874

4.7

2,059

43,690

4.6

2,068

40,612

4.4

2,077

39,471

5.2

2,077

48,864

4.8

2,077

55,961
39,918
36,940
29,810

6.6
8.2
9.5
14.1

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

55,371
39,542
34,188
29,810

7.3
8.5
9.0
14.1

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

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

42,780

8.4

2,035

41,537

11.8

2,014

–

–

–

34,867
39,741
52,807

9.3
7.4
4.6

1,999
2,052
2,080

32,848
36,957
–

10.3
7.1
–

1,988
2,042
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

28,728
38,999
35,997

17.0
8.1
9.3

2,080
2,042
2,150

23,422
–
35,997

9.4
–
9.3

2,080
–
2,150

–
35,113
–

–
7.2
–

–
2,080
–

See footnotes at end of table.

20

Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation3

Annual earnings

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

State and local
government

Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean
annual
hours5

Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and
repair –Continued
Supervisors, production ..........
Machinists ...............................
Electrical and electronic
equipment assemblers .....
Inspectors, testers, and
graders .............................
Water and sewer treatment
plant operators ..................
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors ............................
Molding and casting machine
operators ..........................
Printing press operators .........
Textile sewing machine
operators ..........................
Mixing and blending machine
operators ..........................
Photographic process
machine operators ............
Miscellaneous machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters ................
Assemblers .............................
Miscellaneous hand working,
n.e.c. .................................
Production inspectors,
checkers and examiners ...
Transportation and material
moving .........................................
Truck drivers ...........................
Industrial truck and tractor
equipment operators .........
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 ...................................................

$54,316
39,500

12.7
5.2

2,094
2,080

$53,427
39,500

13.8
5.2

2,095
2,080

–
–

–
–

–
–

21,346

14.3

2,080

21,346

14.3

2,080

–

–

–

35,692

11.3

2,112

35,215

11.7

2,113

–

–

–

44,783

5.8

2,080

–

–

–

5.9

2,080

20,997

4.9

2,062

20,838

4.9

2,062

–

–

–

15,000
29,271

8.3
14.2

2,080
2,047

15,000
29,271

8.3
14.2

2,080
2,047

–
–

–
–

–
–

16,045

6.1

2,064

16,045

6.1

2,064

–

–

–

21,866

9.1

2,085

21,866

9.1

2,085

–

–

–

21,513

10.8

2,009

21,513

10.8

2,009

–

–

–

20,039
32,685
20,211

9.9
21.8
6.1

2,040
2,080
2,061

19,288
30,477
20,211

9.7
23.5
6.1

2,039
2,080
2,061

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

15,495

2.3

2,080

15,495

2.3

2,080

–

–

–

22,724

7.3

2,080

22,724

7.3

2,080

–

–

–

28,106
25,730

11.8
10.4

2,036
2,076

26,807
24,389

14.0
11.4

2,039
2,076

37,699
–

8.4
–

2,018
–

20,510

13.4

1,920

20,510

13.4

1,920

–

–

–

20,094

4.3

2,040

19,300

4.4

2,038

33,030

5.2

2,080

28,208

8.8

2,080

–

–

–

–

–

–

32,531

5.3

2,080

32,531

5.3

2,080

–

–

–

21,626
18,382
16,614
21,853

18.5
9.2
9.8
13.7

2,031
2,080
2,064
2,074

–
18,022
16,614
21,853

–
9.1
9.8
13.7

–
2,080
2,064
2,074

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

19,032

13.8

2,059

19,032

13.8

2,059

–

–

–

16,601

10.5

1,930

16,601

10.5

1,930

–

–

–

16,559
15,671

7.6
6.3

2,011
2,079

16,559
15,671

7.6
6.3

2,011
2,079

–
–

–
–

–
–

25,658

6.6

2,067

23,783

8.1

2,064

32,893

6.8

2,080

25,736

6.0

2,018

18,051

3.7

2,001

48,728

4.4

2,069

See footnotes at end of table.

21

$44,819

Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation3

Annual earnings

Mean

Service –Continued
Protective service .......................
Police and detectives, public
service ..............................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law
enforcement officers .........
Guards and police, except
public service ....................
Food service ...............................
Waiters, waitresses, and
bartenders ..........................
Waiters and waitresses ..........
Waiters’/Waitresses’
assistants ..........................
Other food service ....................
Supervisors, food preparation
and service .......................
Cooks .....................................
Food counter, fountain, and
related ...............................
Kitchen workers, food
preparation .......................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .........
Health service .............................
Health aides, except nursing ..
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .........................
Cleaning and building service .....
Supervisors, cleaning and
building service workers ...
Maids and housemen .............
Janitors and cleaners .............
Personal service .........................
Public transportation
attendants .........................
Service, n.e.c. .........................

Relative
error4
(percent)

State and local
government

Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5

Mean

$17,239

Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5

Mean

8.8

2,067

$55,956

4.4

2,115

Relative
error4
(percent)

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean
annual
hours5

$40,633

12.0

2,096

53,491

4.6

2,053

–

–

–

53,491

4.6

2,053

48,618

3.3

2,080

–

–

–

48,618

3.3

2,080

16,558
17,566

7.4
4.9

2,057
1,992

16,328
17,286

7.0
5.1

2,066
2,022

–
20,922

–
8.3

–
1,644

12,112
11,011

5.3
7.3

1,902
1,896

12,112
11,011

5.3
7.3

1,902
1,896

–
–

–
–

–
–

11,976
18,814

3.9
5.3

1,961
2,013

11,976
18,593

3.9
5.6

1,961
2,052

–
20,922

–
8.3

–
1,644

33,614
21,093

4.0
9.6

2,003
2,101

35,140
21,176

4.9
9.9

2,070
2,115

–
–

–
–

–
–

12,268

3.3

1,941

12,268

3.3

1,941

–

–

–

16,683
15,615
18,785
26,347

9.4
5.1
5.7
3.8

2,008
1,962
2,017
2,080

16,474
15,301
18,087
25,592

9.9
5.5
5.9
5.0

2,049
2,030
2,010
2,080

–
–
25,817
–

–
–
5.4
–

–
–
2,080
–

17,163
18,255

5.5
5.9

2,003
2,053

16,877
16,750

5.6
5.5

1,999
2,051

–
27,386

–
5.2

–
2,061

25,828
15,841
17,798
21,768

13.1
5.6
7.7
10.5

2,080
2,040
2,052
1,829

23,365
15,841
16,103
21,667

14.5
5.6
7.5
10.7

2,080
2,040
2,051
1,836

–
–
25,950
–

–
–
3.1
–

–
–
2,058
–

32,914
15,943

6.7
10.3

1,277
2,025

32,914
15,469

6.7
9.6

1,277
2,051

–
–

–
–

–
–

1 Earnings are the straight-time annual 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 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. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational
groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 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.

22

Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

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

$18.40
18.53

2.6
2.7

$17.21
17.27

3.4
3.6

$23.41
23.42

2.0
2.0

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

22.67
7.17
9.44
10.83
12.39
15.50
17.84
20.03
24.08
29.72
28.62
34.18
38.62
50.01
58.15
52.61
23.45
7.54
9.73
10.89
12.86
14.82
16.81
19.87
24.10
29.14
28.78
34.24
38.81
50.01
58.15
52.61

2.8
3.7
4.6
3.2
2.6
2.3
6.0
2.8
3.5
2.9
2.3
2.5
2.6
3.7
8.3
31.4
2.9
5.4
4.5
1.9
2.0
2.0
3.4
2.7
3.7
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
3.7
8.3
31.4

22.20
7.17
9.33
10.52
12.16
15.65
18.04
20.37
22.35
28.21
28.35
33.16
37.98
49.95
58.39
58.16
23.19
7.54
9.66
10.46
12.68
14.80
16.38
20.17
22.17
27.00
28.54
33.18
38.18
49.95
58.39
58.16

3.6
3.8
5.3
3.8
3.1
2.7
8.3
3.6
2.6
5.0
2.5
2.4
3.0
4.0
8.9
30.0
3.9
5.6
5.4
2.1
2.6
2.5
3.0
3.4
2.6
3.5
2.6
2.4
3.0
4.0
8.9
30.0

24.14
–
10.08
12.29
13.42
14.87
17.47
19.08
29.29
31.63
29.75
37.38
43.06
–
–
23.36
24.16
–
10.08
12.30
13.42
14.87
17.47
19.08
29.29
31.63
29.75
37.38
43.06
–
–
23.36

2.4
–
5.0
2.7
2.7
2.9
6.9
2.6
6.7
2.9
5.7
6.2
4.8
–
–
15.3
2.4
–
5.0
2.7
2.7
2.9
6.9
2.6
6.7
2.9
5.7
6.2
4.8
–
–
15.3

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

29.00
31.05
13.76
19.61
23.19
26.02
30.39
28.81
34.25
40.23
47.98
54.44
40.00
34.13
27.13
28.78
28.12
32.17
39.62
47.37
50.31
35.18
31.91
39.13
30.19
34.16
29.06
32.83
25.60

2.3
2.2
4.4
18.1
7.2
5.3
2.4
3.0
3.3
3.3
2.9
6.6
14.6
2.2
6.8
2.3
3.1
2.9
4.7
3.1
7.0
4.4
4.0
2.6
9.1
5.6
3.8
7.6
6.8

28.09
30.39
13.97
14.44
23.37
22.28
26.27
28.47
33.32
39.56
47.60
53.93
41.63
34.36
27.13
29.15
28.14
32.01
39.72
47.37
50.31
35.18
31.91
39.13
–
34.10
29.06
–
–

3.4
3.4
6.7
10.8
8.6
2.4
2.4
3.3
2.1
3.8
3.0
7.9
14.4
2.2
6.8
2.5
3.4
3.0
4.8
3.1
7.0
4.4
4.0
2.6
–
5.7
3.8
–
–

30.76
32.08
13.51
24.50
22.40
32.41
32.69
29.77
35.73
44.75
–
–
–
30.15
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.49
–
–
–
–

2.4
2.5
4.7
15.8
6.7
6.1
2.9
6.9
7.6
6.2
–
–
–
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

23

Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$29.59
34.67
29.74
29.87
33.17
37.11
28.53
26.94
27.50
32.30
32.56
28.51
27.12
28.10
32.21

6.7
2.4
4.2
3.5
1.2
3.6
3.2
5.7
5.2
2.1
7.4
3.7
6.0
5.8
2.7

$28.94
34.67
29.77
29.87
33.17
37.11
29.48
28.47
–
32.77
31.78
29.70
28.86
–
32.80

6.9
2.4
4.2
3.5
1.2
3.6
2.6
5.7
–
1.7
8.2
3.1
5.8
–
2.1

–
–
–
–
–
–
$25.00
–
–
–
–
25.00
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–

28.62
28.82
26.26
22.11
22.21
24.40
26.41
29.82
43.36
48.01
24.61
22.84
22.83
24.58
27.07
34.79
19.74
37.34
20.15
30.64
37.75
36.10
49.35
47.40
47.46
34.96
37.93
25.20
37.84
35.87
45.92
31.48
13.82
21.03
19.38
32.09
34.94
35.65
39.76
13.02
34.11
23.60
32.20

4.4
6.8
3.8
5.1
2.6
2.2
4.3
5.2
7.7
19.8
2.4
4.5
2.9
2.2
5.1
9.1
2.9
4.6
11.8
9.8
4.5
4.7
8.4
26.7
37.3
3.9
3.3
3.7
4.4
4.6
4.2
3.7
8.9
22.6
15.4
6.4
2.8
3.9
8.7
6.0
4.1
8.5
3.8

28.62
30.55
26.44
–
22.12
24.69
26.96
30.70
40.89
–
24.68
–
22.75
24.73
27.28
34.79
19.74
37.13
20.44
–
36.11
–
56.61
47.56
47.46
–
37.17
–
–
–
–
16.44
13.88
–
–
19.27
19.51
–
–
–
15.35
–
–

4.4
7.3
4.3
–
2.6
2.6
5.2
6.4
6.5
–
2.7
–
3.0
2.7
5.7
9.1
2.9
13.4
5.5
–
11.6
–
28.5
27.7
37.3
–
15.9
–
–
–
–
7.7
10.2
–
–
9.2
16.4
–
–
–
2.8
–
–

–
25.95
25.19
–
–
23.48
–
–
–
–
24.19
–
–
24.07
–
–
–
37.43
–
30.38
38.24
37.54
47.19
–
–
–
38.04
–
38.24
36.98
45.92
34.56
–
26.40
27.06
33.57
35.51
–
–
–
35.79
–
–

–
6.0
7.5
–
–
3.3
–
–
–
–
2.5
–
–
3.3
–
–
–
3.8
–
10.9
4.4
4.6
5.2
–
–
–
3.0
–
4.4
4.7
4.2
2.4
–
13.5
7.7
6.4
2.6
–
–
–
3.1
–
–

White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Engineers, architects, and surveyors –Continued
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Pharmacists ..........................................................
Respiratory therapists ...........................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .....
Education teachers ...............................................
English teachers ...................................................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.

24

Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$35.68
34.33
31.21
35.13
30.41
32.26
14.02
36.14
38.37
18.21
27.43
–
33.05
31.66
20.89
18.71
28.17
21.71
28.17
13.86
42.37
42.37

3.5
2.2
4.9
2.6
7.2
12.5
21.4
15.4
6.5
4.4
16.0
–
8.6
18.0
11.7
3.6
5.8
12.3
5.8
17.4
8.3
8.3

–
$24.08
21.99
–
–
18.76
14.35
–
25.64
–
–
–
–
–
21.50
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
5.8
4.0
–
–
12.4
25.2
–
11.8
–
–
–
–
–
11.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

$36.61
34.77
–
35.25
–
39.57
–
–
–
18.25
31.43
–
31.66
–
20.69
–
–
21.02
–
–
–
–

2.3
2.2
–
2.6
–
4.8
–
–
–
4.3
13.7
–
19.5
–
15.2
–
–
16.1
–
–
–
–

36.23
26.27
43.34
32.48
47.75
22.33
21.54
13.25
15.03
19.62
19.43
23.15
35.19
28.15
19.67
20.46
14.66
14.85
14.53
16.61
15.90
21.38
23.03
24.66
21.96
18.74
16.07
27.79
20.89
24.44
19.72
25.93

13.5
15.0
15.0
20.7
18.5
8.2
4.8
4.5
4.5
7.3
3.5
3.9
19.3
7.0
11.6
3.8
2.2
2.9
3.8
4.6
2.1
6.4
7.7
7.6
10.5
8.3
4.7
5.6
12.1
11.3
5.5
8.7

36.85
26.27
43.34
32.48
47.75
23.23
22.06
13.33
15.03
19.75
19.87
23.35
36.79
–
20.18
20.46
14.55
14.85
14.27
16.60
–
21.15
23.04
24.25
22.15
–
–
–
20.89
25.18
–
–

13.5
15.0
15.0
20.7
18.5
8.6
5.5
5.4
4.5
8.9
3.7
4.2
20.6
–
12.4
3.8
2.2
2.9
4.0
6.9
–
6.5
7.7
8.2
12.9
–
–
–
12.1
13.1
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
18.71
–
–
–
17.91
21.52
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.07
–
–
20.83
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
5.8
–
–
–
5.7
10.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.7
–
–
4.7
–
–

32.04
16.97

5.6
12.8

32.91
–

6.4
–

27.73
–

5.9
–

White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, except college and university –Continued
Elementary school teachers –Continued
9 ......................................................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
5 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Substitute teachers ...............................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Social workers ......................................................
9 ......................................................................
Recreation workers ...............................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
7 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Designers .............................................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Professional, n.e.c. ...............................................
Technical ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
7 ......................................................................
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
7 ......................................................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ...................................
Computer programmers .......................................
Legal assistants ....................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
6 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
5 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.

25

Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$16.88
18.03
21.65
25.96
28.83
33.92
37.59
50.33
60.55
37.11
16.86
21.26
27.58
29.24
35.00
38.69
50.69
61.90
176.53
38.26
35.85
25.98
33.17
33.76
34.47
33.25

7.1
3.0
5.6
3.5
3.9
3.3
3.7
5.8
12.0
7.5
5.7
12.2
6.5
4.9
3.5
3.7
5.9
12.1
48.0
12.9
7.7
5.1
8.6
6.5
7.5
9.0

$16.94
17.83
21.34
25.90
28.64
32.67
36.98
50.33
60.83
37.94
15.76
20.95
26.83
28.85
33.52
38.16
50.70
62.23
–
–
35.45
25.98
33.17
33.65
34.44
31.01

10.9
3.6
7.0
4.0
4.0
3.5
4.2
6.1
12.1
8.4
7.8
13.4
7.3
5.1
4.0
4.3
6.2
12.2
–
–
8.2
5.1
8.6
7.0
7.6
9.9

–
$18.59
22.86
26.20
–
42.68
41.64
–
–
32.44
–
–
–
–
42.68
41.64
–
–
–
38.26
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
5.4
4.5
7.1
–
3.8
6.4
–
–
9.7
–
–
–
–
3.8
6.4
–
–
–
12.9
–
–
–
–
–
–

41.50
37.08
45.68
42.51
32.36
32.72

12.4
8.4
4.6
9.2
5.2
5.5

42.10
24.66
31.52
30.92
32.67
32.72

12.6
14.4
6.3
13.7
5.3
5.5

–
46.30
–
–
–
–

–
3.6
–
–
–
–

17.84
29.44
40.25
24.60
28.82
27.97
36.30
37.88
46.40
66.62
23.89
16.97
18.57
18.78
21.96
24.76
28.05
30.19
30.70
23.54
18.65
25.10
24.07
19.68
25.36
27.71

14.2
11.9
13.2
15.7
10.3
10.2
5.1
4.7
7.2
10.9
2.2
12.8
7.0
3.4
3.0
3.4
6.2
4.1
4.8
3.8
4.7
3.1
5.7
5.0
8.1
3.9

–
29.46
42.08
24.77
28.09
27.93
36.25
38.15
46.40
66.62
24.39
–
18.34
18.83
21.75
25.10
28.25
30.19
30.70
23.62
18.19
24.27
24.07
19.68
25.40
–

–
12.4
14.1
17.4
12.0
10.3
5.3
5.4
7.2
10.9
2.4
–
9.3
3.5
3.8
3.7
6.4
4.1
4.8
4.4
6.3
4.3
5.7
5.0
8.7
–

–
–
27.42
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.82
–
–
18.54
–
23.73
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
15.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
10.0
–
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
11 ......................................................................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments ................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Management related .................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
9 ......................................................................
Management analysts ..........................................
9 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.

26

Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$19.85
23.93
26.34

8.5
4.9
4.8

$21.76
23.94
–

10.2
4.9
–

–
–
$25.88

–
–
6.2

24.86
23.80
18.09
21.32
24.84
29.57

6.4
3.6
2.6
3.9
5.7
7.0

–
24.27
18.12
20.98
25.00
29.57

–
4.0
2.7
8.2
6.0
7.0

–
20.98
–
–
–
–

–
2.8
–
–
–
–

Sales ................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
8 ......................................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
5 ......................................................................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ....
3 ......................................................................
Sales workers, parts .............................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
5 ......................................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. .............................................
6 ......................................................................

16.47
6.57
10.67
10.96
18.86
27.35
23.87
42.42
32.89
31.23
16.92

9.9
2.1
11.1
8.5
6.5
32.6
9.8
15.5
10.7
28.6
22.5

16.48
6.57
10.66
10.96
18.86
27.35
23.87
42.42
32.89
31.23
16.92

9.9
2.1
11.2
8.5
6.5
32.6
9.8
15.5
10.7
28.6
22.5

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

26.12
29.48
22.06
22.88
7.01
7.85
7.91
18.42
12.74
20.65
10.15
6.83
9.83
10.94
14.26
15.82

11.8
14.1
7.9
13.2
4.6
11.5
8.0
11.1
13.2
11.0
7.0
2.9
6.8
18.2
9.9
9.1

26.12
29.48
22.06
22.88
7.01
7.85
7.91
18.42
12.74
20.65
10.13
6.83
9.78
10.94
14.26
15.82

11.8
14.1
7.9
13.2
4.6
11.5
8.0
11.1
13.2
11.0
7.1
2.9
7.0
18.2
9.9
9.1

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ...............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................

13.47
7.54
9.73
10.94
12.84
14.89
15.92
19.01
21.58
18.44
18.75
18.30

1.6
5.4
4.5
2.0
2.1
2.3
2.0
2.2
7.4
4.5
3.9
7.8

13.08
7.54
9.66
10.49
12.65
14.81
15.97
19.24
21.26
18.35
–
–

2.0
5.6
5.4
2.1
2.7
2.9
2.8
2.9
8.2
6.7
–
–

14.57
–
10.08
12.45
13.44
15.17
15.84
18.62
–
18.56
–
–

2.2
–
5.0
2.7
2.8
2.9
2.8
3.1
–
5.4
–
–

19.95
16.37
12.64
12.99
15.74
16.63

12.7
2.8
6.9
3.9
4.4
5.7

–
16.31
12.10
13.07
15.70
16.67

–
3.1
8.5
3.1
5.0
6.2

–
16.65
–
–
–
–

–
6.5
–
–
–
–

White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Management related –Continued
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Construction inspectors ........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................

See footnotes at end of table.

27

Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$19.43
14.06
11.27
13.44
10.68
8.68
11.03
11.33
11.49
12.58
12.45
13.63
13.20
12.80
12.49
13.93
10.36
12.51
14.02
16.83
17.10
14.20
13.79
12.27
11.32
10.31
18.52
16.35
21.10
9.99
9.54
10.87
11.41
17.55

3.7
5.0
4.6
7.3
3.8
2.0
3.9
4.2
7.1
6.7
5.2
4.5
5.9
5.1
4.7
3.0
3.0
3.8
4.1
2.7
13.4
4.8
4.4
10.6
7.8
7.1
5.0
9.1
3.1
5.2
5.0
2.8
7.9
12.0

$19.74
–
–
13.44
10.63
8.68
11.03
11.32
10.91
11.96
12.45
13.92
13.39
–
–
13.70
–
12.41
13.67
16.53
18.10
14.21
13.66
10.76
10.08
10.47
–
16.37
21.10
9.99
9.54
10.87
11.16
–

5.0
–
–
7.3
3.9
2.0
3.9
4.4
5.9
5.4
5.2
13.6
10.8
–
–
3.4
–
4.1
4.7
3.0
15.6
6.1
5.8
4.5
6.8
7.5
–
9.2
3.1
5.2
5.0
2.8
7.1
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$13.58
13.02
–
–
15.49
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
4.5
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

10.23
8.85

12.9
6.9

10.23
8.85

12.9
6.9

–
–

–
–

16.90
15.56
13.47
16.51
13.66
13.26
12.35
7.02
9.87
12.10
12.24
13.99
16.31
17.72
9.01
12.69
9.38
11.06
14.23
15.22
11.77
9.99

18.0
6.5
6.1
7.6
4.8
4.3
2.9
9.4
5.4
4.0
3.4
3.8
4.2
6.4
.9
3.8
3.1
5.9
2.5
14.6
5.2
5.9

16.90
15.19
13.05
16.51
–
12.89
11.21
7.02
9.63
11.30
11.27
14.38
–
–
9.01
12.29
9.38
11.06
14.59
15.22
11.60
–

18.0
7.0
6.3
7.6
–
5.6
4.4
9.4
6.4
6.9
3.3
5.9
–
–
.9
5.3
3.1
5.9
4.2
14.6
20.5
–

–
–
–
–
14.48
–
13.65
–
–
12.72
13.26
13.48
16.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.79
9.99

–
–
–
–
.8
–
3.4
–
–
4.3
6.1
3.3
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.3
5.9

White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Secretaries –Continued
7 ......................................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Interviewers ..........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ......................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
4 ......................................................................
Duplicating machine operators .............................
Telephone operators ............................................
Mail clerks, except postal service .........................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Production coordinators ........................................
7 ......................................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Meter readers .......................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. ...................................................
4 ......................................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Statistical clerks ....................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
2 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Teachers’ aides –Continued
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................

$11.46
12.99
13.48
9.85
12.59
15.90
13.90
18.68

2.8
7.5
5.0
7.0
6.0
5.9
6.8
1.7

–
–
$12.91
9.38
12.59
15.35
–
18.65

–
–
5.2
7.7
6.1
6.5
–
1.4

$11.70
12.91
16.26
–
–
–
–
–

1.9
7.6
6.4
–
–
–
–
–

Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................

13.36
7.41
8.51
10.05
12.96
13.92
18.58
20.71
23.26
30.25

4.2
4.4
3.0
5.4
9.7
5.7
6.2
3.2
4.4
9.3

12.83
7.40
8.38
9.95
12.62
13.69
18.79
19.77
23.10
29.89

4.6
4.4
2.7
5.5
10.7
6.2
6.6
3.9
4.9
10.5

21.09
–
–
15.87
17.18
17.03
16.00
24.72
24.45
33.82

4.6
–
–
15.8
4.5
5.6
7.2
4.5
5.9
1.6

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
8 ......................................................................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
7 ......................................................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
7 ......................................................................
Machinery maintenance .......................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
7 ......................................................................
Carpenters ............................................................
7 ......................................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..............
Construction trades, n.e.c. ....................................
Drillers, oil well ......................................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Machinists .............................................................
7 ......................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Butchers and meat cutters ....................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
7 ......................................................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
7 ......................................................................

19.52
7.46
9.92
14.96
15.73
21.40
21.16
24.05
30.40
26.88
26.58
19.16
20.09
17.76
18.37
14.33

4.4
4.9
8.3
17.0
6.8
6.6
3.3
4.7
9.6
6.6
5.9
8.1
10.9
9.5
10.2
14.1

18.97
7.46
9.91
14.87
15.56
21.68
20.33
23.98
30.04
26.59
–
18.98
19.79
16.44
–
14.33

5.2
4.9
8.3
18.9
7.5
6.6
4.0
5.4
10.8
7.3
–
8.5
11.9
9.0
–
14.1

23.53
–
–
–
17.84
–
24.50
24.45
33.82
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

4.8
–
–
–
6.9
–
5.2
5.9
1.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

21.02
17.44
19.88
19.36
19.11
25.39
13.81
19.10
16.74
25.94
20.72
31.88
18.99
20.17
10.26
9.30
16.70
17.77
21.53
22.91

7.5
9.4
10.9
7.5
10.2
4.6
17.0
8.1
9.7
12.8
12.7
17.9
5.2
3.2
14.3
16.9
10.1
6.9
5.8
3.2

20.62
16.52
18.34
18.10
16.91
–
11.26
–
16.74
25.51
20.72
–
18.99
20.17
10.26
9.30
16.47
17.22
–
–

10.6
10.7
9.7
7.8
10.9
–
9.4
–
9.7
13.9
12.7
–
5.2
3.2
14.3
16.9
10.5
7.0
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.55
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.9
–

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
1 ......................................................................

10.18
7.43

4.9
7.9

10.11
7.40

5.0
8.0

–
–

–
–

White collar –Continued

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$8.06
9.20
10.04
10.98
16.29
18.35
7.20
14.30
7.78
7.35
10.49
10.71
9.82
7.35
10.34
15.71
21.91
9.81
8.21
9.08
10.61
11.03
7.45
10.93

3.3
5.0
7.8
7.1
7.7
6.9
8.2
15.1
6.1
7.2
8.9
11.1
9.9
8.7
16.5
21.8
10.7
6.1
5.5
10.8
8.2
6.2
2.3
7.3

$8.06
9.20
10.04
10.98
16.29
17.49
7.20
14.30
7.78
7.35
10.49
10.71
9.46
7.35
10.34
14.65
–
9.81
8.21
9.08
10.61
11.03
7.45
10.93

3.3
5.0
7.8
7.1
7.7
7.2
8.2
15.1
6.1
7.2
8.9
11.1
9.7
8.7
16.5
23.5
–
6.1
5.5
10.8
8.2
6.2
2.3
7.3

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

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

Transportation and material moving ............................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Truck drivers .........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ..............................................

13.41
7.18
8.53
11.52
15.37
16.92
22.81
12.34
10.02
13.10
10.43

11.1
6.3
8.1
9.3
19.3
8.2
7.6
10.0
7.1
18.0
12.5

12.77
7.18
8.53
11.37
14.97
–
–
11.73
10.02
11.64
10.43

13.1
6.3
8.1
9.7
23.1
–
–
10.9
7.1
21.8
12.5

$18.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

8.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

13.93

15.3

11.74

5.2

–

–

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. ................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers ........................
Construction laborers ...........................................
Production helpers ................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................

9.65
7.36
9.35
10.57
12.72
14.48
16.27
14.59
13.56

4.1
3.9
5.1
8.7
8.5
7.4
8.6
7.3
8.8

9.32
7.35
9.01
10.38
12.36
13.69
–
14.59
–

4.3
3.9
4.7
9.1
9.2
8.1
–
7.3
–

15.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

15.64
10.65
8.97
8.05
7.66
7.73
10.31
6.92
9.10
12.44

5.3
17.8
9.5
10.4
7.2
7.3
12.6
8.1
6.2
19.5

15.64
–
8.80
8.05
7.66
7.73
10.31
6.92
9.10
12.44

5.3
–
9.3
10.4
7.2
7.3
12.6
8.1
6.2
19.5

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Printing press operators .......................................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
2 ......................................................................
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Photographic process machine operators ............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Welders and cutters ..............................................
7 ......................................................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ......................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..

See footnotes at end of table.

30

Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$11.92
9.24
8.57
7.34
10.35
10.76
8.15
7.96
7.48
6.99
7.12
11.07
7.26
11.18
9.26

16.2
14.0
9.0
10.1
11.6
11.6
7.8
9.3
5.7
4.2
6.2
6.8
3.3
8.3
5.9

$11.92
9.24
8.57
7.34
10.35
10.76
8.15
7.96
7.48
6.99
7.12
10.25
7.17
10.03
9.18

16.2
14.0
9.0
10.1
11.6
11.6
7.8
9.3
5.7
4.2
6.2
7.7
3.2
7.9
5.6

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$15.81
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.8
–
–
–

11.76
7.08
7.75
8.79
11.41
11.90
16.52
22.97
22.37
27.21
32.19
18.45
8.41
12.14
23.64
23.90
27.55
32.45
26.05
28.24

5.3
3.0
2.6
3.7
4.9
7.6
6.4
8.5
7.3
6.1
4.6
11.4
7.9
11.8
4.9
5.4
6.1
4.6
4.3
4.2

8.60
6.88
7.58
8.44
11.22
11.51
14.56
21.38
–
–
–
8.17
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

3.5
2.9
2.5
3.5
5.6
9.3
7.3
24.6
–
–
–
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

21.86
10.84
10.53
10.97
12.52
12.89
–
23.80
23.90
27.55
32.45
25.54
–
–
24.13
23.90
27.55
32.45
26.05
28.24

4.7
3.3
8.3
8.8
3.1
11.7
–
5.1
5.4
6.1
4.6
4.5
–
–
5.2
5.4
6.1
4.6
4.3
4.2

22.96
7.96
13.09
8.11
6.69
7.49
8.65
10.63
12.27
13.99
6.11
5.94
5.84
6.38
7.68
5.86
5.88
5.84
6.02
5.99
8.84

4.2
6.4
8.2
3.4
5.0
5.0
5.9
9.0
15.2
11.7
1.8
1.7
1.2
6.4
7.4
1.1
1.8
1.3
2.4
2.7
4.0

–
7.78
–
7.85
6.65
7.26
8.25
10.42
–
13.99
6.11
5.94
5.84
6.38
7.68
5.86
5.88
5.84
6.02
5.99
8.55

–
6.0
–
3.6
5.2
5.1
6.2
10.6
–
11.7
1.8
1.7
1.2
6.4
7.4
1.1
1.8
1.3
2.4
2.7
4.2

22.96
–
–
11.82
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.82

4.2
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2

Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Stock handlers and baggers –Continued
4 ......................................................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ...........................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
2 ......................................................................
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
3 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
9 ......................................................................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
5 ......................................................................
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Bartenders ............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
1 ......................................................................
Other food service ..................................................
See footnotes at end of table.

31

Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Other food service –Continued
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
1 ......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
5 ......................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$7.00
8.23
9.45
11.30
15.91
9.83
9.72
11.19
6.72
5.99
8.50
7.50
6.93
8.52
9.59
9.28
7.92
7.87
9.40
13.34
12.45
13.23
8.54
7.91
7.65
8.79
8.77
7.78
8.11
9.86
12.57

6.1
4.8
4.8
8.1
6.6
6.5
5.8
9.9
4.6
2.0
8.3
4.5
4.3
8.6
10.5
4.7
4.2
6.8
7.9
1.4
3.7
2.3
4.4
4.2
6.8
6.2
5.5
5.8
15.0
6.7
3.9

$6.95
7.99
9.05
11.19
15.85
9.80
9.72
11.19
6.72
5.99
8.04
7.08
6.83
–
–
8.97
7.82
7.84
8.66
13.43
12.07
–
8.41
7.81
7.62
8.48
8.09
7.39
6.81
9.29
12.24

6.3
5.1
5.4
9.9
8.2
6.6
5.8
9.9
4.6
2.0
9.6
4.7
4.5
–
–
4.9
4.2
6.8
5.8
1.7
5.0
–
4.6
4.3
6.8
5.7
5.1
5.4
6.7
7.0
5.3

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$10.47
–
–
–
12.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.18
12.21
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.8
–
–
–
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
3.3
–
–
–

12.42
7.59
7.18
8.60
7.97
8.13
10.63

13.1
5.0
4.5
7.1
7.7
18.3
5.8

11.23
7.59
7.18
7.85
7.46
6.45
9.94

14.5
5.0
4.5
6.8
7.1
6.4
5.3

–
–
–
12.52
12.21
–
–

–
–
–
3.1
3.3
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

32

Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Service –Continued
Personal service .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
1 ......................................................................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
1 ......................................................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
1 ......................................................................

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$10.72
6.48
7.40
9.98
13.43
7.39
24.31
9.50
8.45
10.02
7.25
7.73
6.18

11.1
3.9
2.6
6.0
12.9
6.8
25.1
3.1
5.5
10.4
6.0
9.0
1.9

$10.70
6.21
7.35
9.57
13.47
7.33
24.31
–
–
10.03
–
7.44
–

12.2
1.9
2.6
7.0
13.4
7.2
25.1
–
–
13.7
–
8.2
–

$10.85
8.25
–
11.50
–
–
–
10.22
–
9.96
–
–
–

9.4
4.7
–
6.6
–
–
–
7.1
–
6.9
–
–
–

1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which 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 rank within
each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information.
3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
4 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.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
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.

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Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July
1999
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

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

$19.19
19.18

2.7
2.8

$18.00
17.91

3.5
3.7

$24.18
24.18

2.1
2.1

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

23.56
7.87
9.44
11.50
12.62
15.54
17.86
20.06
24.19
29.79
28.48
34.19
38.54
49.93
58.15
60.47
23.99
8.20
9.67
11.11
12.94
14.85
16.77
19.90
24.22
29.16
28.64
34.25
38.73
49.93
58.15
60.47

2.8
6.5
5.7
3.3
2.6
2.4
6.2
2.9
3.5
3.0
2.3
2.5
2.6
3.9
8.3
28.1
2.9
8.0
5.9
2.2
2.1
2.1
3.5
2.7
3.7
2.4
2.4
2.5
2.7
3.9
8.3
28.1

23.18
7.87
9.39
11.25
12.44
15.68
18.09
20.42
22.38
28.36
28.35
33.15
37.93
49.90
58.39
66.65
23.71
8.20
9.63
10.68
12.79
14.82
16.40
20.22
22.18
27.08
28.54
33.17
38.14
49.90
58.39
66.65

3.7
6.5
6.0
4.0
3.1
2.8
8.5
3.6
2.6
5.1
2.5
2.4
3.0
4.1
8.9
25.5
3.9
8.0
6.2
2.3
2.7
2.5
3.1
3.4
2.6
3.6
2.6
2.4
3.0
4.1
8.9
25.5

24.78
–
–
12.59
13.43
14.95
17.40
19.02
29.71
31.63
29.06
37.51
43.02
–
–
–
24.78
–
–
12.59
13.43
14.95
17.40
19.02
29.71
31.63
29.06
37.51
43.02
–
–
–

2.6
–
–
2.9
2.9
3.0
7.5
2.7
6.6
2.9
5.9
6.4
5.1
–
–
–
2.6
–
–
2.9
2.9
3.0
7.5
2.7
6.6
2.9
5.9
6.4
5.1
–
–
–

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

29.35
31.43
13.92
19.57
23.19
26.42
30.51
28.57
34.26
40.21
47.96
54.44
45.01
34.13
27.13
28.78
28.12
32.17
39.62
47.37
50.31
35.18
31.91
39.13
30.19
34.16
29.06
32.83
25.60

2.4
2.3
4.9
21.0
7.4
5.4
2.5
3.1
3.4
3.4
2.9
6.6
11.4
2.2
6.8
2.3
3.1
2.9
4.7
3.1
7.0
4.4
4.0
2.6
9.1
5.6
3.8
7.6
6.8

28.42
30.77
14.11
14.42
23.36
22.33
26.40
28.47
33.29
39.56
47.58
53.93
47.95
34.36
27.13
29.15
28.14
32.01
39.72
47.37
50.31
35.18
31.91
39.13
–
34.10
29.06
–
–

3.5
3.5
6.9
10.8
8.7
2.5
2.5
3.3
2.1
3.8
3.0
7.9
9.3
2.2
6.8
2.5
3.4
3.0
4.8
3.1
7.0
4.4
4.0
2.6
–
5.7
3.8
–
–

31.21
32.49
–
26.32
22.32
33.23
32.75
28.90
35.81
45.08
–
–
–
30.15
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.49
–
–
–
–

2.5
2.6
–
16.0
7.7
5.8
3.1
7.3
8.0
6.8
–
–
–
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July
1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$29.59
34.67
29.74
29.87
33.17
37.11
28.53
26.94
27.50
32.30
32.56
28.51
27.12
28.10
32.21

6.7
2.4
4.2
3.5
1.2
3.6
3.2
5.7
5.2
2.1
7.4
3.7
6.0
5.8
2.7

$28.94
34.67
29.77
29.87
33.17
37.11
29.48
28.47
–
32.77
31.78
29.70
28.86
–
32.80

6.9
2.4
4.2
3.5
1.2
3.6
2.6
5.7
–
1.7
8.2
3.1
5.8
–
2.1

–
–
–
–
–
–
$25.00
–
–
–
–
25.00
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–

28.62
28.82
26.36
21.99
22.12
24.35
26.41
30.10
43.36
47.95
24.67
22.77
24.55
27.07
38.69
29.16
37.59
36.64
50.76
47.56
40.24
37.67
36.44
32.06
14.09
21.37
19.43
33.02
35.11
35.84
39.76
34.20
23.90
32.34
35.73
34.39
35.14
30.41
32.77
36.31
27.45
–
32.94

4.4
6.8
4.1
5.2
2.6
2.4
4.3
5.3
7.7
20.4
2.5
3.0
2.5
5.1
5.6
11.7
6.0
5.8
9.5
27.7
4.2
6.4
5.9
3.9
10.7
27.8
15.6
6.1
2.9
3.8
8.7
4.1
8.0
3.8
3.5
2.2
2.6
7.2
14.9
15.3
16.1
–
9.0

28.62
30.55
26.52
22.45
22.01
24.70
26.96
–
40.89
–
24.72
22.67
24.74
27.28
37.80
–
36.11
–
56.61
47.56
39.36
–
–
16.45
14.09
–
–
19.44
–
–
–
15.44
–
–
–
24.48
–
–
19.05
–
–
–
–

4.4
7.3
4.6
4.8
2.7
2.9
5.2
–
6.5
–
2.9
3.1
3.0
5.7
12.5
–
11.6
–
28.5
27.7
15.6
–
–
8.0
10.7
–
–
10.0
–
–
–
2.8
–
–
–
6.3
–
–
13.8
–
–
–
–

–
25.95
25.42
–
–
23.36
–
–
–
–
24.38
–
23.95
–
39.17
–
–
38.84
48.58
–
40.42
–
38.18
35.36
–
–
27.06
34.57
35.66
–
–
35.85
–
–
36.68
34.77
35.25
–
–
–
31.44
–
31.66

–
6.0
8.0
–
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
2.7
–
3.4
–
5.3
–
–
6.0
5.9
–
4.0
–
6.3
2.5
–
–
7.7
6.3
2.6
–
–
3.1
–
–
2.4
2.2
2.6
–
–
–
13.8
–
19.5

White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Engineers, architects, and surveyors –Continued
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .....
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Elementary school teachers .................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
8 ......................................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
See footnotes at end of table.

35

Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July
1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$21.17
28.17
21.77
28.17
42.37
42.37

12.0
5.8
12.6
5.8
8.3
8.3

$21.71
–
24.60
–
–
–

13.3
–
7.4
–
–
–

$21.00
–
21.02
–
–
–

15.3
–
16.1
–
–
–

39.08
26.27
32.48
49.31
22.33
21.86
13.32
15.02
19.54
19.62
23.15
35.19
28.15
19.67
20.43
14.62
14.59
14.69
16.74
15.87
21.34
23.03
24.66
22.51
18.74
27.79
20.89
24.44
19.72
25.93

12.0
15.0
20.7
17.9
8.2
4.9
4.4
4.7
7.7
3.3
3.9
19.3
7.0
11.6
4.0
2.5
2.8
4.8
4.7
2.1
6.5
7.7
7.6
10.9
8.3
5.6
12.1
11.3
5.5
8.7

39.92
26.27
32.48
49.31
23.23
22.30
13.42
15.02
19.67
20.12
23.35
36.79
–
20.18
20.43
14.50
14.59
–
16.80
–
21.11
23.04
24.25
22.85
–
–
20.89
25.18
–
–

11.7
15.0
20.7
17.9
8.6
5.7
5.3
4.7
9.5
3.3
4.2
20.6
–
12.4
4.0
2.6
2.8
–
7.1
–
6.6
7.7
8.2
13.5
–
–
12.1
13.1
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
19.35
–
–
–
17.91
21.52
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.83
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
–
5.8
10.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.7
–
–

31.97
16.97
16.88
18.06
21.65
25.97
28.83
33.93
37.46
50.20
60.55
37.07
16.93
21.26
27.58
29.24
35.02
38.55
50.58
61.90
40.93
35.85

5.6
12.8
7.1
3.0
5.6
3.5
3.9
3.3
3.8
6.2
12.0
7.6
5.6
12.2
6.5
4.9
3.5
3.8
6.3
12.1
7.1
7.7

32.83
–
16.94
17.83
21.34
25.91
28.64
32.67
36.88
50.26
60.83
37.86
15.76
20.95
26.83
28.85
33.54
38.06
50.64
62.23
–
35.45

6.4
–
10.9
3.6
7.0
4.0
4.0
3.5
4.2
6.4
12.1
8.5
7.8
13.4
7.3
5.1
4.0
4.3
6.5
12.2
–
8.2

27.64
–
–
18.72
22.86
26.20
–
42.68
41.39
–
–
32.49
–
–
–
–
42.68
41.39
–
–
40.93
–

6.0
–
–
5.5
4.5
7.1
–
3.8
6.6
–
–
10.1
–
–
–
–
3.8
6.6
–
–
7.1
–

White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
9 ......................................................................
Social workers ......................................................
9 ......................................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
7 ......................................................................
Designers .............................................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Professional, n.e.c. ...............................................
Technical ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
7 ......................................................................
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
7 ......................................................................
Computer programmers .......................................
Legal assistants ....................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
6 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
See footnotes at end of table.

36

Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July
1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$25.98
33.17
33.76
34.47
33.25

5.1
8.6
6.5
7.5
9.0

$25.98
33.17
33.65
34.44
31.01

5.1
8.6
7.0
7.6
9.9

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

41.50
36.31
45.68
42.03
31.82

12.4
8.9
4.6
10.4
5.4

42.10
24.66
31.52
30.92
32.13

12.6
14.4
6.3
13.7
5.6

–
$45.87
–
–
–

–
3.9
–
–
–

17.84
27.07
40.25
24.60
28.82
27.97
36.30
37.88
46.40
66.62
23.90
16.97
18.57
18.78
21.96
24.77
28.05
30.19
30.70
23.54
18.65
25.10
24.07
19.68
25.36
27.71

14.2
11.0
13.2
15.7
10.3
10.2
5.1
4.7
7.2
10.9
2.2
12.8
7.0
3.4
3.0
3.4
6.2
4.1
4.8
3.8
4.7
3.1
5.7
5.0
8.1
3.9

–
26.99
42.08
24.77
28.09
27.93
36.25
38.15
46.40
66.62
24.40
–
18.34
18.83
21.75
25.12
28.25
30.19
30.70
23.62
18.19
24.27
24.07
19.68
25.40
–

–
11.6
14.1
17.4
12.0
10.3
5.3
5.4
7.2
10.9
2.4
–
9.3
3.5
3.8
3.7
6.4
4.1
4.8
4.4
6.3
4.3
5.7
5.0
8.7
–

–
–
27.42
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.82
–
–
18.54
–
23.73
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
15.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
10.0
–
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

19.85
23.93
26.34

8.5
4.9
4.8

21.76
23.94
–

10.2
4.9
–

–
–
25.88

–
–
6.2

24.86
23.81
18.09
21.32
24.89
29.57

6.4
3.6
2.6
3.9
5.7
7.0

–
24.29
18.12
20.98
25.06
29.57

–
4.0
2.7
8.2
6.0
7.0

–
20.98
–
–
–
–

–
2.8
–
–
–
–

19.27
13.44
11.51
19.01
28.45
23.87
43.61
32.89

10.3
12.4
9.0
6.5
33.9
9.8
14.4
10.7

19.27
13.44
11.51
19.01
28.45
23.87
43.61
32.89

10.3
12.4
9.0
6.5
33.9
9.8
14.4
10.7

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
Financial managers –Continued
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments ................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Management related .................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
9 ......................................................................
Management analysts ..........................................
9 ......................................................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Construction inspectors ........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Sales ................................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.

37

Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July
1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$31.23
18.78

28.6
19.0

$31.23
18.78

28.6
19.0

–
–

–
–

26.49
29.48
22.06
22.88
18.42
14.62
10.06
10.19
9.86
10.70
14.51
15.82

12.3
14.1
7.9
13.2
11.1
14.1
14.2
9.7
5.9
20.3
9.8
9.1

26.49
29.48
22.06
22.88
18.42
14.62
10.06
10.19
9.86
10.70
14.51
15.82

12.3
14.1
7.9
13.2
11.1
14.1
14.2
9.7
5.9
20.3
9.8
9.1

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

13.81
8.20
9.67
11.15
12.93
14.90
15.94
19.00
21.58
18.46
18.75
18.30

1.7
8.0
5.9
2.2
2.2
2.4
2.1
2.2
7.4
4.5
3.9
7.8

13.42
8.20
9.63
10.72
12.77
14.81
16.04
19.24
21.26
18.38
–
–

2.1
8.0
6.2
2.4
2.8
3.0
2.8
2.9
8.2
6.8
–
–

$14.98
–
–
12.59
13.45
15.17
15.78
18.59
–
18.56
–
–

2.4
–
–
2.9
3.0
2.9
2.9
3.1
–
5.4
–
–

19.95
16.57
13.37
12.96
15.75
16.67
19.43
14.06
11.27
13.68
10.89
11.06
11.75
13.05
12.45
13.63
13.11
12.59
12.49
14.10
12.75
14.02
16.83
17.10
14.20
13.79
11.32
10.38
19.14
16.35
21.10
10.04

12.7
2.9
5.6
4.6
4.6
5.7
3.7
5.0
4.6
7.6
3.8
3.9
8.0
6.2
5.2
4.8
6.0
4.7
4.7
3.1
3.8
4.1
2.7
13.4
4.8
4.4
7.8
7.2
3.1
9.1
3.1
5.5

–
16.56
–
13.06
15.71
16.71
19.74
–
–
13.68
10.89
11.06
11.11
12.40
12.45
–
13.21
–
–
13.84
12.67
13.67
16.53
18.10
14.21
13.66
10.08
10.55
–
16.37
21.10
10.04

–
3.2
–
3.6
5.2
6.3
5.0
–
–
7.6
3.8
3.9
6.6
4.4
5.2
–
11.6
–
–
3.4
4.0
4.7
3.0
15.6
6.1
5.8
6.8
7.6
–
9.2
3.1
5.5

–
16.65
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.02
–
–
15.99
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.5
–
–
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
8 ......................................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
5 ......................................................................
Sales workers, parts .............................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
4 ......................................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. .............................................
6 ......................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ...............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Interviewers ..........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
3 ......................................................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
4 ......................................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Mail clerks, except postal service .........................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Production coordinators ........................................
7 ......................................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
See footnotes at end of table.

38

Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July
1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks –Continued
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Meter readers .......................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
2 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
3 ......................................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................

$9.56
10.87
11.42
18.32

5.0
2.8
8.3
12.5

$9.56
10.87
11.16
–

5.0
2.8
7.5
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

16.90
15.73
13.78
16.62
13.66
13.43
12.68
9.46
12.40
12.12
13.99
16.31
17.72
12.85
9.41
14.39
11.67
11.31
14.01
12.59
15.90
18.68

18.0
6.5
5.7
7.4
4.8
3.9
3.1
5.0
4.2
3.5
3.8
4.2
6.4
3.8
3.1
2.3
6.3
4.5
5.4
6.0
5.9
1.7

16.90
15.35
–
16.62
–
13.09
11.65
9.20
11.90
11.24
14.38
–
–
12.48
9.41
–
12.11
–
13.39
12.59
15.35
18.65

18.0
7.0
–
7.4
–
5.0
4.8
5.4
8.2
3.4
5.9
–
–
5.2
3.1
–
21.9
–
5.5
6.1
6.5
1.4

–
–
–
–
$14.48
–
13.72
–
12.70
13.09
13.48
16.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.02
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
0.8
–
3.6
–
4.4
6.3
3.3
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
–
–
–

Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................

13.60
7.46
8.46
9.98
13.14
13.92
18.58
20.75
23.26
30.25

4.3
5.1
3.1
5.2
10.1
5.8
6.2
3.2
4.4
9.3

13.05
7.44
8.32
9.88
12.80
13.69
18.79
19.80
23.10
29.89

4.7
5.2
2.8
5.3
11.2
6.3
6.6
3.9
4.9
10.5

21.12
–
–
–
17.18
17.03
16.00
24.72
24.45
33.82

4.6
–
–
–
4.5
5.6
7.2
4.5
5.9
1.6

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
8 ......................................................................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
7 ......................................................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
7 ......................................................................
Machinery maintenance .......................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
7 ......................................................................
Carpenters ............................................................

19.55
7.46
9.92
15.15
15.73
21.40
21.21
24.05
30.40
26.88
26.58
19.19
20.09
17.76
18.37
14.33

4.4
4.9
8.3
17.1
6.8
6.6
3.3
4.7
9.6
6.6
5.9
8.2
10.9
9.5
10.2
14.1

19.00
7.46
9.90
15.08
15.56
21.68
20.38
23.98
30.04
26.59
–
19.01
19.79
16.44
–
14.33

5.2
4.9
8.3
19.1
7.5
6.6
4.0
5.4
10.8
7.3
–
8.5
11.9
9.0
–
14.1

23.53
–
–
–
17.84
–
24.50
24.45
33.82
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

4.8
–
–
–
6.9
–
5.2
5.9
1.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

21.02
17.44
19.88
19.36

7.5
9.4
10.9
7.5

20.62
16.52
18.34
18.10

10.6
10.7
9.7
7.8

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

39

Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July
1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Carpenters –Continued
7 ......................................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..............
Construction trades, n.e.c. ....................................
Drillers, oil well ......................................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Machinists .............................................................
7 ......................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
7 ......................................................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
7 ......................................................................

$19.11
25.39
13.81
19.10
16.74
25.94
20.72
31.88
18.99
20.17
10.26
16.90
17.77
21.53
22.91

10.2
4.6
17.0
8.1
9.7
12.8
12.7
17.9
5.2
3.2
14.3
10.3
6.9
5.8
3.2

$16.91
–
11.26
–
16.74
25.51
20.72
–
18.99
20.17
10.26
16.67
17.22
–
–

10.9
–
9.4
–
9.7
13.9
12.7
–
5.2
3.2
14.3
10.6
7.0
–
–

–
–
–
$16.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.55
–

–
–
–
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.9
–

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Printing press operators .......................................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
2 ......................................................................
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Photographic process machine operators ............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Welders and cutters ..............................................
7 ......................................................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ......................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..

10.18
7.43
8.06
9.20
10.04
10.98
16.29
18.35
7.21
14.30
7.78
7.35
10.49
10.71
9.82
7.35
10.34
15.71
21.91
9.81
8.21
9.08
10.61
11.03
7.45
10.93

4.9
7.9
3.3
5.0
7.8
7.1
7.7
6.9
8.3
15.1
6.1
7.2
8.9
11.1
9.9
8.7
16.5
21.8
10.7
6.1
5.5
10.8
8.2
6.2
2.3
7.3

10.11
7.40
8.06
9.20
10.04
10.98
16.29
17.49
7.21
14.30
7.78
7.35
10.49
10.71
9.46
7.35
10.34
14.65
–
9.81
8.21
9.08
10.61
11.03
7.45
10.93

5.0
8.0
3.3
5.0
7.8
7.1
7.7
7.2
8.3
15.1
6.1
7.2
8.9
11.1
9.7
8.7
16.5
23.5
–
6.1
5.5
10.8
8.2
6.2
2.3
7.3

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

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

Transportation and material moving ............................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Truck drivers .........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..

13.80
8.55
11.59
16.10
22.86
12.39
13.03
10.68

11.8
8.7
9.7
20.3
7.6
10.4
18.6
13.4

13.15
8.55
11.59
15.77
–
11.75
11.46
10.68

14.0
8.7
9.7
24.8
–
11.4
22.1
13.4

18.69
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

8.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................

9.85
7.46
9.30
10.48
13.06
14.48
16.27
14.59

4.3
5.0
5.6
8.5
9.7
7.4
8.6
7.3

9.47
7.45
8.91
10.26
12.67
13.69
–
14.59

4.5
5.0
5.1
8.8
10.7
8.1
–
7.3

15.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Blue collar –Continued

See footnotes at end of table.

40

Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July
1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$13.56

8.8

–

–

–

–

15.64
10.65
8.84
8.05
7.66
7.73
10.54
8.61
11.99
9.24
8.60
7.24
10.29
8.23
8.07
7.54
7.07
12.41
11.23

5.3
17.8
9.2
10.4
7.2
7.3
13.7
4.7
21.3
14.0
10.5
12.3
11.6
7.6
9.1
6.3
5.4
6.9
9.3

$15.64
–
8.66
8.05
7.66
7.73
10.54
8.61
11.99
9.24
8.60
7.24
10.29
8.23
8.07
7.54
7.07
11.52
9.89

5.3
–
9.1
10.4
7.2
7.3
13.7
4.7
21.3
14.0
10.5
12.3
11.6
7.6
9.1
6.3
5.4
8.6
9.4

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$15.81
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.8
–

12.75
7.25
7.97
8.94
11.60
12.24
16.52
23.01
22.37
27.21
32.19
19.38
13.67
23.64
23.90
27.55
32.45
26.05
28.24

6.0
3.7
3.3
4.7
5.3
7.6
6.4
8.4
7.3
6.1
4.6
11.7
5.6
4.9
5.4
6.1
4.6
4.3
4.2

9.02
7.05
7.79
8.59
11.42
11.52
14.56
21.42
–
–
–
8.34
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

4.2
3.6
2.8
4.3
5.9
9.3
7.3
24.8
–
–
–
8.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

23.55
12.38
–
12.28
12.79
14.69
–
23.80
23.90
27.55
32.45
26.45
–
24.13
23.90
27.55
32.45
26.05
28.24

3.9
3.3
–
5.3
3.4
3.4
–
5.1
5.4
6.1
4.6
3.7
–
5.2
5.4
6.1
4.6
4.3
4.2

23.37
8.05
8.82
6.94
7.91
9.69
11.01
12.27
13.99
6.37
5.96
5.81
6.11
6.11
9.35
7.26
8.22

3.3
7.5
4.3
6.3
6.8
5.0
8.2
15.2
11.7
3.0
2.7
.5
4.1
4.1
4.7
6.9
6.6

–
7.90
8.55
6.94
7.66
9.35
10.87
–
13.99
6.37
5.96
5.81
6.11
6.11
9.06
7.26
7.97

–
7.2
4.4
6.3
7.0
5.6
9.4
–
11.7
3.0
2.7
.5
4.1
4.1
4.9
6.9
6.8

23.37
–
12.73
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.73
–
–

3.3
–
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.0
–
–

Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. ................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers ........................
Construction laborers ...........................................
Production helpers ................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ...........................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
2 ......................................................................
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
1 ......................................................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
2 ......................................................................
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
9 ......................................................................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
1 ......................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
1 ......................................................................
Other food service ..................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.

41

Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July
1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Other food service –Continued
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
1 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
5 ......................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Personal service .......................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$9.79
11.30
16.78
10.04
10.01
11.19
6.32
8.31
7.96
7.24
9.31
8.04
7.68
9.38
13.38
12.67
13.30
8.57
8.04
7.40
8.79
8.89
7.85
8.11
10.00
12.57

5.2
8.5
4.0
6.8
5.8
9.9
3.1
9.1
4.9
4.5
5.3
4.3
7.4
8.1
1.4
3.8
2.4
5.1
4.3
7.1
6.2
6.0
6.4
15.0
7.4
3.9

$9.43
11.19
16.98
10.01
10.01
11.19
6.32
8.04
7.54
7.24
9.00
7.92
7.68
8.60
13.43
12.30
–
8.44
7.92
7.40
8.48
8.16
7.43
6.81
9.37
12.24

5.9
9.9
4.9
7.0
5.8
9.9
3.1
9.6
4.7
4.5
5.5
4.4
7.4
5.9
1.7
5.0
–
5.2
4.4
7.1
5.7
5.6
6.0
6.7
8.0
5.3

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$12.41
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.29
12.38
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
3.3
–
–
–

12.42
7.76
7.33
8.67
8.00
8.13
11.03
11.90
9.42
13.96
25.78
7.87

13.1
5.4
4.9
7.7
8.3
18.3
6.3
14.9
9.3
15.5
22.3
11.2

11.23
7.76
7.33
7.85
7.46
6.45
10.33
11.80
9.42
13.96
25.78
7.54

14.5
5.4
4.9
7.5
7.8
6.4
5.9
15.0
9.3
15.5
22.3
9.6

–
–
–
12.61
12.38
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
3.1
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which 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 rank within
each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 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.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
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.

42

Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July
1999
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

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

$10.53
11.01

4.0
4.5

$9.36
9.66

4.2
5.1

$15.54
15.57

7.4
7.5

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

12.93
6.58
9.44
8.84
10.65
13.76
17.43
18.66
20.69
27.83
37.59
33.93
44.32
15.33
15.33
6.61
9.92
9.76
12.01
13.71
17.68
18.66
20.69
28.43
37.59
33.93
44.32
15.33

5.4
3.0
7.4
5.5
5.4
5.4
4.3
7.8
5.3
9.0
3.3
9.0
2.3
21.3
5.6
5.4
4.6
2.5
4.1
5.9
5.1
7.8
5.3
8.8
3.3
9.0
2.3
21.3

11.20
6.55
9.12
8.42
9.96
14.14
15.95
16.90
21.63
23.69
–
–
–
15.93
13.68
6.54
9.81
9.16
11.35
14.22
15.58
16.90
21.63
24.48
–
–
–
15.93

6.4
3.0
10.4
6.1
5.9
5.5
9.7
11.8
5.3
6.9
–
–
–
24.7
7.9
5.7
6.5
2.0
4.9
5.9
20.7
11.8
5.3
6.5
–
–
–
24.7

17.77
–
10.01
11.19
13.32
–
–
20.60
–
31.52
37.59
–
43.58
–
17.85
–
10.01
11.16
13.32
–
–
20.60
–
31.52
37.59
–
43.58
–

7.9
–
6.6
4.0
6.2
–
–
5.4
–
10.5
3.3
–
3.5
–
7.9
–
6.6
4.3
6.2
–
–
5.4
–
10.5
3.3
–
3.5
–

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Health related ...........................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
10 ......................................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
5 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
5 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Substitute teachers ...............................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................

22.80
24.59
12.22
23.21
20.69
28.52
37.59
34.14
41.76
16.18
25.11
23.31
24.85
23.95
24.85
33.68
31.37
38.14
41.76
32.99
38.14
23.30
12.80
18.36
31.73
20.18
30.37
11.12
35.34
18.21
–
–

6.3
6.3
8.5
6.6
5.3
8.8
3.3
9.7
3.1
27.6
4.3
3.0
6.0
3.9
6.0
3.6
10.2
3.1
3.1
3.4
3.1
15.1
7.9
2.5
13.9
10.9
16.0
5.3
6.2
4.4
–
–

20.65
22.22
10.62
–
21.63
24.63
–
–
–
16.18
25.55
23.31
24.64
24.26
24.64
26.92
–
–
–
–
–
16.16
10.62
–
22.41
20.18
16.34
–
22.49
–
–
–

7.5
8.9
5.0
–
5.3
6.5
–
–
–
27.6
4.8
3.0
6.4
4.4
6.4
36.3
–
–
–
–
–
10.2
5.0
–
9.3
10.9
14.3
–
9.7
–
–
–

25.19
26.80
–
–
–
31.52
37.59
–
41.76
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.14
29.86
38.14
41.76
33.66
38.14
24.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.25
–
–

9.4
7.9
–
–
–
10.5
3.3
–
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
10.8
3.1
3.1
3.2
3.1
15.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.3
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

43

Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July
1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Technical ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................

$16.23
16.20
14.37
15.59
14.87

26.2
28.0
9.4
7.4
4.5

$16.23
16.20
15.71
–
–

26.2
28.0
6.3
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

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

39.22
39.75
–

17.8
17.8
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

$31.25
31.25
–

34.2
34.2
–

Sales ................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ....
3 ......................................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................

8.34
6.55
8.02
7.25
7.91
7.52
10.10
6.83
9.81

5.7
2.8
9.2
9.7
8.0
3.5
7.1
3.1
11.5

8.31
6.55
7.95
7.25
7.91
7.52
10.06
6.83
9.71

5.7
2.8
9.3
9.7
8.0
3.5
7.3
3.1
12.1

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
General office clerks .............................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................

10.38
6.61
9.92
9.80
12.03
12.74
13.13
8.57
9.83
6.70
11.51
9.83
11.82
9.97
11.77
12.91
7.34

3.4
5.4
4.6
2.7
4.1
6.5
5.7
11.7
7.5
10.4
11.3
4.6
6.9
6.4
3.1
7.6
9.6

9.52
6.54
9.81
9.16
11.34
12.74
13.13
7.73
9.08
6.70
–
9.33
–
–
–
–
7.28

3.6
5.7
6.5
2.0
5.0
6.5
5.7
9.2
9.3
10.4
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
11.6

11.98
–
10.01
11.76
13.39
–
–
–
12.39
–
–
–
11.89
9.97
11.77
12.91
–

5.5
–
6.6
3.4
6.3
–
–
–
8.0
–
–
–
7.0
6.4
3.1
7.6
–

Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................

8.99
7.15
9.42
11.24

6.3
2.9
7.4
13.9

8.94
7.15
9.42
11.02

6.3
2.9
7.4
14.8

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................

–

–

–

–

–

–

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

–

–

–

–

–

–

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

10.03

7.8

9.78

7.6

–

–

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
1 ......................................................................

8.51
7.05
9.71
11.32
9.77
6.35
9.96
7.84
6.86

7.1
3.1
7.7
15.2
13.2
2.6
9.6
6.2
2.9

8.51
7.05
9.71
11.32
9.77
6.35
9.96
7.84
6.86

7.1
3.1
7.7
15.2
13.2
2.6
9.6
6.2
2.9

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

White collar –Continued

See footnotes at end of table.

44

Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July
1999 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
2 ......................................................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
1 ......................................................................
Other food service ..................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
1 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
3 ......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
Personal service .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
1 ......................................................................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
1 ......................................................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$7.32
6.56
7.23
8.35
9.42
7.07
6.61
6.13
7.13
6.94
5.89
5.90
5.84
5.89
5.84
5.90
5.76
7.21
6.29
8.24
8.25
7.19
6.65
6.38
9.00
8.76
8.29
8.76
7.53
7.25
7.96
7.70
8.20
6.81
7.41
10.52
7.48
9.62
8.45
8.22
7.25
7.34

2.8
2.7
4.0
6.1
8.6
6.6
2.7
1.9
6.2
7.0
1.1
2.0
1.5
1.5
1.6
1.9
.0
4.7
3.4
5.4
5.3
10.9
4.2
4.1
7.4
5.1
7.1
5.1
5.3
5.9
6.0
6.9
6.1
5.5
4.8
7.0
6.8
5.7
5.5
10.6
6.0
11.0

$6.97
6.35
7.08
7.90
–
–
6.35
6.00
6.92
6.61
5.89
5.90
5.84
5.89
5.84
5.90
5.76
6.80
6.06
8.03
–
7.19
6.21
6.03
8.76
–
8.19
–
7.39
7.07
7.80
7.48
7.62
6.26
7.31
9.81
–
–
–
7.01
–
7.14

2.5
2.2
4.1
6.3
–
–
2.4
1.4
6.4
6.5
1.1
2.0
1.5
1.5
1.6
1.9
.0
4.5
2.2
6.4
–
10.9
2.4
2.0
8.0
–
7.7
–
5.5
6.0
6.1
6.9
6.5
1.2
4.7
10.1
–
–
–
4.6
–
10.9

$9.26
8.78
–
9.58
–
–
10.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.92
8.25
–
11.50
–
10.22
–
9.96
–
–

8.6
4.0
–
14.3
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.1
4.7
–
6.6
–
7.1
–
6.9
–
–

1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which 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 rank within
each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 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.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
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.

45

Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 National
Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999
Private industry and State and local government
Occupational group

Full-time
workers3

Part-time
workers3

Union4

Nonunion4

Time5

Incentive5

Mean
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................

$19.19
19.18

$10.53
11.01

$20.65
20.84

$17.59
17.66

$18.36
18.67

$19.25
13.60

White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................

23.56
23.99

12.93
15.33

22.86
23.32

22.60
23.50

22.57
23.51

24.81
18.06

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

29.35
31.43
21.86
31.97
19.27
13.81

22.80
24.59
14.37
39.22
8.34
10.38

30.52
31.59
23.22
23.85
13.04
14.73

28.19
30.71
21.09
32.92
16.85
12.97

29.02
31.05
21.53
31.94
11.95
13.51

–
–
–
–
26.60
–

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

13.60
19.55
10.18
13.80
9.85

8.99
–
–
10.03
8.51

18.79
22.87
15.08
17.85
13.55

11.50
17.55
9.51
10.23
8.52

13.43
19.66
10.27
13.27
9.64

12.56
17.61
9.61
–
–

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

12.75

7.32

17.27

8.94

11.77

–

Relative error6 (percent)
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................

2.7
2.8

4.0
4.5

2.7
2.8

3.5
3.7

2.7
2.7

12.3
10.6

White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................

2.8
2.9

5.4
5.6

2.7
2.7

3.6
3.8

2.8
2.9

14.1
28.7

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

2.4
2.3
4.9
5.6
10.3
1.7

6.3
6.3
9.4
17.8
5.7
3.4

2.7
2.4
15.8
7.8
8.8
2.3

3.4
3.4
4.3
5.9
10.6
1.9

2.3
2.2
4.9
5.6
5.5
1.6

–
–
–
–
13.6
–

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

4.3
4.4
4.9
11.8
4.3

6.3
–
–
7.8
7.1

4.9
3.3
11.6
13.4
6.0

3.8
5.2
5.0
8.8
3.2

4.4
4.6
5.5
12.1
4.1

10.1
11.1
9.4
–
–

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

6.0

2.8

8.9

5.2

5.3

–

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 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.
6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. 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

Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private industry, National Compensation
Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999
Full-time and part-time workers
Goods-producing industries3
Occupational group

All private
industries

Total

Mining

Construction

Manufacturing

Service-producing industries4

Total

TransportFinance,
Wholesale
ation and
insurance,
and retail
public utiland real
trade
ities
estate

Services

Mean
All occupations .............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................................

$17.21
17.27

–
–

$26.02 $19.44
26.05 19.44

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

White collar ...............................................................
White-collar excluding sales ...............................

22.20
23.19

–
–

38.64
39.11

25.79
26.13

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

28.09
30.39
22.06
32.91
16.48
13.08

–
–
–
–
–
–

31.00
34.46
27.42
53.57
–
15.40

–
–
–
31.61
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

12.83
18.97
10.11
12.77

–
–
–
–

17.62
20.17
–
–

18.20
20.58
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

9.32

–

–

10.45

–

–

–

–

–

–

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

8.60

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Relative error5 (percent)
All occupations .............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................................

3.4
3.6

–
–

10.2
10.3

12.4
12.5

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

White collar ...............................................................
White-collar excluding sales ...............................

3.6
3.9

–
–

10.0
10.1

17.6
18.2

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

3.4
3.4
5.5
6.4
9.9
2.0

–
–
–
–
–
–

7.0
6.3
10.9
9.5
–
8.3

–
–
–
13.4
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

4.6
5.2
5.0
13.1

–
–
–
–

5.3
8.2
–
–

14.1
10.7
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

4.3

–

–

5.5

–

–

–

–

–

–

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

3.5

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

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. See appendix B for more information.
3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing.
4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale
and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services.

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

47

Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999
Full-time and part-time workers
100 workers or more
Occupational group

All private
industry
workers

50 - 99
workers3

Total

100 - 499
workers

500
workers or
more

Mean
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................

$17.21
17.27

$15.65
15.42

$17.60
17.71

$15.00
14.73

$20.86
21.27

White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................

22.20
23.19

22.48
24.15

22.14
23.02

19.43
19.87

24.59
25.49

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

28.09
30.39
22.06
32.91
16.48
13.08

27.02
32.67
–
41.66
17.42
12.34

28.25
30.14
22.68
31.31
16.10
13.23

23.82
24.59
22.45
30.77
17.62
12.84

30.19
32.09
22.86
31.71
12.14
13.73

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

12.83
18.97
10.11
12.77
9.32

10.97
15.99
9.07
8.78
8.21

13.38
19.87
10.44
13.40
9.66

11.94
17.53
9.96
12.98
9.03

17.13
23.64
12.18
14.36
11.81

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

8.60

7.47

8.96

8.35

9.61

Relative error4 (percent)
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................

3.4
3.6

12.0
13.5

3.2
3.3

4.6
4.8

4.1
4.2

White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................

3.6
3.9

15.6
18.5

2.9
2.9

5.4
5.8

3.1
2.9

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

3.4
3.4
5.5
6.4
9.9
2.0

17.9
19.0
–
28.5
12.9
3.2

2.9
2.9
6.4
3.7
13.2
2.2

6.0
7.3
9.4
6.8
16.1
3.5

3.0
2.7
9.2
4.0
6.7
2.7

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

4.6
5.2
5.0
13.1
4.3

5.4
7.2
4.5
14.0
5.8

5.5
5.8
6.2
14.0
5.1

5.2
5.9
6.4
19.6
4.4

10.4
5.8
12.2
13.9
13.4

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

3.5

4.4

4.3

4.1

7.8

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations,
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. See
appendix B for more information.
3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain
establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between
survey sampling and collection.

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

48

Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999
Occupation3

10

25

Median
50

75

90

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

$6.75
6.75

$9.33
9.44

$14.74
14.89

$24.08
24.37

$33.98
34.01

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

9.62
10.57

12.80
13.61

18.63
19.70

29.59
30.38

38.93
39.85

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Aerospace engineers ............................................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Pharmacists ..........................................................
Respiratory therapists ...........................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .....
Education teachers ...............................................
English teachers ...................................................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Substitute teachers ...............................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
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, n.e.c. ...............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ...................................
Computer programmers .......................................
Legal assistants ....................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................

15.00
18.52
25.70
23.57
22.59
22.22
17.11
25.70
27.13
23.15
22.60

20.90
23.50
27.27
28.40
26.45
26.39
24.32
25.70
30.42
24.08
24.08

27.27
30.65
32.36
36.61
26.98
31.96
27.11
27.74
32.88
29.07
27.30

35.21
36.47
39.70
41.45
29.89
37.39
28.96
35.00
39.19
31.23
32.47

42.71
43.84
48.79
43.20
43.67
53.37
29.83
36.79
43.86
34.32
34.43

23.15
22.11
20.00
14.25
20.60
20.27
17.17
24.11
25.16
27.01
30.76
27.44
14.97
9.50
26.15
31.20
20.04
13.91
12.14
11.81
–
16.29
16.29
12.99
12.99
8.23
28.96
28.96

24.80
25.00
21.37
19.05
21.51
32.18
19.16
29.13
27.24
28.70
30.76
32.11
29.64
12.88
31.51
33.18
23.86
24.79
17.58
20.52
–
33.30
18.17
12.99
16.58
11.04
37.76
37.76

30.36
25.51
23.61
63.08
23.68
38.24
20.30
36.47
42.78
30.32
31.71
36.47
33.70
12.88
35.22
33.95
33.35
37.92
18.52
33.09
–
34.91
41.61
19.70
20.14
11.04
47.00
47.00

30.85
35.21
27.00
65.00
26.50
38.40
20.36
42.53
45.58
30.55
42.08
42.53
37.00
13.90
37.00
35.97
35.58
42.71
19.50
38.49
–
41.61
43.39
28.60
29.67
19.23
48.10
48.10

32.67
37.33
34.50
73.20
28.67
46.05
21.86
49.27
111.66
120.92
42.08
49.27
41.43
17.51
41.89
37.44
36.69
43.84
21.50
38.49
–
43.39
43.39
29.67
29.67
22.12
57.11
57.11

12.02
14.36
17.58
12.64
13.19
11.66
17.88
12.66
13.19
15.00
16.12
13.64
23.93
15.93
17.30

19.38
17.70
36.07
17.55
15.49
11.83
18.21
13.67
14.66
16.00
16.12
14.69
25.90
15.99
19.78

35.18
40.67
48.08
20.82
19.96
23.71
21.11
14.56
15.71
21.28
19.51
17.09
28.50
18.27
21.85

46.80
43.47
71.17
25.87
24.00
25.48
21.75
16.19
17.61
23.95
23.09
17.09
31.25
26.62
24.61

57.70
44.37
71.17
30.92
29.98
25.95
22.94
16.55
22.15
29.98
27.13
17.78
31.25
26.62
38.45

16.96
16.92
29.38
21.94
23.22

20.67
24.85
29.38
26.27
28.36

27.95
32.99
41.83
33.41
32.78

36.78
42.93
45.35
40.76
42.02

48.08
55.00
46.88
48.85
42.02

Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 —
Continued
10

25

Median
50

75

90

$22.37
17.00
23.79

$25.49
24.60
27.28

$33.56
40.15
31.85

$57.69
45.71
37.33

$57.73
52.96
40.52

12.69
16.82
17.89
16.96
16.87
15.47
17.62

13.46
16.92
24.97
18.78
19.23
18.24
18.08

15.29
27.25
33.98
23.65
24.06
22.68
25.47

15.29
34.18
42.93
28.01
26.45
29.57
30.47

31.50
45.15
55.29
32.29
29.43
35.62
32.72

14.19
19.51
17.80

14.42
20.41
27.09

17.67
23.23
27.09

24.76
27.03
27.97

26.57
27.40
28.16

18.86
16.84

24.07
18.37

24.07
21.63

25.95
29.81

35.91
32.35

6.47
14.60
6.00

7.75
16.14
9.04

12.44
17.56
13.32

19.85
27.60
27.61

29.59
106.00
29.59

15.35
13.56
6.36
6.01
13.10
6.57
5.97
9.74

18.50
17.31
6.45
6.01
13.15
7.40
6.94
12.28

20.84
21.56
6.72
7.75
18.86
8.70
9.48
13.25

34.62
24.90
6.72
9.21
22.97
14.43
12.43
17.60

38.30
35.72
9.17
9.50
22.97
20.61
16.30
18.85

8.83
14.80

10.77
16.08

12.90
18.14

15.80
19.15

18.62
22.72

11.50
11.49
12.24
10.15
10.46
8.67
10.04
6.85
9.40
12.23
9.07
10.57
11.00
9.91
8.66
6.60
14.43
8.30
7.18
9.62
12.35

16.07
14.15
12.24
10.50
10.46
9.17
11.20
8.50
10.85
12.23
12.15
11.80
13.18
10.36
9.00
8.61
18.70
12.90
8.50
9.62
12.50

20.00
15.89
13.96
10.50
13.53
10.58
11.27
11.11
12.04
13.57
12.16
13.30
13.82
11.30
10.53
11.08
19.65
15.90
9.46
10.00
16.80

26.14
18.98
14.48
12.14
15.22
12.21
11.59
12.80
13.54
14.82
14.94
15.66
16.83
16.29
13.35
11.48
19.65
20.56
11.50
13.23
17.74

28.73
20.83
14.89
13.04
18.63
13.59
14.63
15.60
16.69
15.78
16.58
18.14
17.32
16.29
16.23
13.51
20.05
23.29
12.12
15.00
25.70

7.59

8.17

8.17

10.87

10.87

11.14
10.88
10.56

11.22
13.75
13.59

14.01
15.04
14.36

19.66
18.62
14.38

26.86
18.62
14.40

Occupation3

White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –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 .................................................
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, n.e.c. ..................................
Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, 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, parts .............................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. .............................................
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ...............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Interviewers ..........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ......................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Duplicating machine operators .............................
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 .............................
See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 —
Continued
10

25

Median
50

75

90

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Statistical clerks ....................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................

$9.49
8.00
8.41
9.15
7.50
8.21
8.83

$12.73
9.98
8.76
10.61
9.98
10.20
10.60

$13.28
12.21
8.76
13.83
18.44
11.33
13.00

$14.70
14.53
9.54
14.20
18.44
12.16
15.99

$14.70
16.28
10.15
15.84
18.71
16.68
19.23

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

6.50

7.56

10.88

17.63

24.37

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Machinery maintenance .......................................
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 ........................................
Machinists .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Butchers and meat cutters ....................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........

10.00
18.42
12.33
12.60
9.04

14.08
23.00
15.30
13.83
10.37

19.88
26.31
17.40
16.17
13.00

24.37
29.69
22.99
21.91
16.75

28.94
34.76
28.49
26.30
23.77

15.99
10.63
13.00
18.80
9.00
14.28
12.92
13.52
13.55
6.72
6.00
10.70
17.62

16.73
14.05
17.00
23.18
10.00
15.17
12.92
18.00
17.72
7.06
6.00
12.12
17.62

21.08
16.94
19.00
25.58
10.50
18.43
15.32
22.00
19.20
10.00
7.53
14.73
21.67

23.15
21.18
22.23
28.41
20.28
22.19
21.50
34.93
20.16
10.71
15.37
21.78
22.85

29.52
25.00
24.14
29.57
20.28
24.44
22.89
42.67
24.12
16.27
15.93
24.75
24.97

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Printing press operators .......................................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Photographic process machine operators ............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ......................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..

6.38
6.18
8.17
6.50
8.00
8.35
5.75
8.07
6.46
7.07
8.63

7.08
6.18
9.72
6.63
8.20
8.60
7.25
8.07
7.32
7.07
8.73

8.73
6.18
12.00
7.99
8.90
8.66
8.08
12.36
9.66
7.58
9.38

11.97
8.00
19.91
8.42
11.00
14.36
9.52
24.82
11.71
7.70
12.28

16.21
9.41
27.26
9.50
13.36
16.35
14.15
24.82
12.99
8.25
13.70

Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ..............................................

6.83
7.20
6.75

8.00
8.00
6.75

11.10
11.15
10.30

17.08
17.02
11.10

23.03
19.03
17.08

10.16

11.14

11.68

13.67

26.17

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. ....................

6.00
10.00

6.75
11.90

8.39
12.15

11.25
17.13

15.53
18.58

12.46
5.91
6.25
6.00
6.00
6.10
5.75
6.50
6.03
7.00

14.22
6.35
8.44
6.47
6.70
6.19
6.25
7.00
6.50
8.26

15.07
9.97
8.44
7.74
9.00
7.30
7.01
7.56
6.94
9.48

16.83
12.71
8.54
8.00
12.08
13.47
10.46
8.62
9.07
14.18

18.50
21.58
11.89
9.55
18.46
13.47
13.79
10.52
9.33
17.57

Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................

5.84
6.12

6.42
7.61

8.14
20.32

13.60
25.94

24.62
32.78

Occupation3

White collar –Continued

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 —
Continued
10

25

Median
50

75

90

$20.53

$22.72

$26.57

$27.00

$31.69

17.22
6.12
5.75
5.75
5.75
5.75
5.75
5.84
10.72
6.31
5.75
6.49
5.75
6.47
10.43
6.47
5.75

23.08
6.81
5.84
5.75
5.75
5.75
5.75
6.49
15.00
8.25
5.84
6.94
6.04
7.02
10.49
7.00
6.28

24.62
7.61
7.00
5.75
8.43
5.75
5.80
8.05
16.25
10.30
6.06
7.47
7.25
8.64
13.24
7.78
7.07

24.62
7.67
9.40
6.23
8.55
5.83
6.23
10.46
18.20
11.75
7.33
9.96
8.05
11.35
13.93
9.46
10.44

24.62
11.23
12.07
7.22
9.16
6.29
7.22
13.60
18.55
13.60
9.13
10.95
10.10
13.75
14.15
12.81
13.69

6.10
5.75
5.75
6.00
5.75
13.26
8.68
6.50
6.00

8.33
6.28
6.25
6.25
5.75
14.04
9.00
7.10
6.00

12.45
6.98
7.03
8.69
6.49
17.40
9.36
10.66
6.50

13.69
8.93
10.16
11.01
8.94
34.76
9.36
11.01
7.51

20.78
10.38
13.82
17.40
10.31
42.36
12.20
14.81
14.00

Occupation3

Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Bartenders ............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Other food service ..................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled
establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the
distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for
its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an
occupation, one-tenth of the occupation’s employment are found in
sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less,
and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations
of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.

3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified.
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately. 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.

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Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999
Private industry
Occupation3
10

25

Median
50

75

90

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

$6.50
6.50

$8.43
8.44

$13.24
13.28

$22.00
22.22

$32.31
32.32

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

9.00
10.00

12.04
12.88

18.12
19.29

27.71
29.16

38.74
39.70

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Aerospace engineers ............................................
Electrical and electronic 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 ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Pharmacists ..........................................................
Respiratory therapists ...........................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .....
Education teachers ...............................................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Designers .............................................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Professional, n.e.c. ...............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Legal assistants ....................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................

14.66
17.11
25.70
23.57
22.22
25.70
27.13
23.29
23.29

20.36
22.94
27.27
28.40
26.39
25.70
30.42
26.00
26.13

25.75
28.18
32.55
36.61
31.48
27.74
32.88
29.73
29.73

33.10
35.21
39.85
41.45
37.39
35.00
39.19
32.47
32.70

43.11
46.98
49.27
43.20
53.37
36.79
43.86
34.32
34.43

23.15
23.18
20.00
20.59
20.27
17.17
21.43
25.16
27.01
16.54
10.00
13.83
20.05
10.00
–
–
11.04
–

24.80
25.00
21.44
21.51
32.18
19.16
27.24
27.24
28.70
28.11
12.88
14.43
20.05
13.91
–
–
15.25
–

30.36
33.33
24.29
24.29
38.24
20.30
30.32
42.97
30.32
32.11
14.43
15.00
22.93
15.19
–
–
18.70
–

30.85
35.21
27.23
26.67
38.40
20.36
42.36
45.58
30.55
57.18
18.52
15.00
27.49
24.79
–
–
28.60
–

32.67
37.33
34.99
29.00
46.05
21.86
57.18
111.66
120.92
57.18
26.94
16.53
28.91
27.90
–
–
40.16
–

12.02
14.36
17.58
12.64
13.19
11.66
17.88
12.66
12.13
15.00
16.12
15.93
16.17

20.00
17.70
36.07
20.82
15.00
11.83
18.21
13.67
13.67
15.50
16.12
15.99
19.78

35.90
40.67
48.08
25.38
20.48
23.71
21.11
14.56
16.01
20.73
19.51
18.27
24.02

48.08
43.47
71.17
27.71
24.00
25.48
21.75
15.52
17.74
23.91
22.63
26.62
32.65

57.70
44.37
71.17
30.92
31.05
25.95
22.94
16.55
18.70
29.98
41.30
26.62
42.00

16.96
17.00
21.94
20.36

21.63
24.97
25.53
23.22

28.85
32.77
30.47
30.20

36.98
42.93
40.60
32.78

50.00
56.30
49.03
33.21

22.37
12.76
23.79
16.82
18.75
16.87
16.74
15.47
17.62

28.88
17.00
27.33
16.92
26.16
18.51
20.05
18.24
18.08

33.56
19.99
33.60
27.25
34.52
24.06
24.06
22.68
25.66

57.69
27.09
37.33
34.18
43.89
29.57
26.44
29.57
30.47

57.73
36.64
40.52
45.15
56.30
33.19
30.00
35.62
32.72

14.42
19.51
16.84

14.42
20.41
18.32

23.52
23.23
23.65

26.25
27.03
29.98

26.57
27.40
32.35

Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 —
Continued
Private industry
Occupation3
10

25

Median
50

75

90

Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, 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, parts .............................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. .............................................

$6.47
14.60
6.00

$7.75
16.14
9.04

$12.53
17.56
13.32

$19.85
27.60
27.61

$29.59
106.00
29.59

15.35
13.56
6.36
6.01
13.10
6.57
5.97
9.74

18.50
17.31
6.45
6.01
13.15
7.40
6.94
12.28

20.84
21.56
6.72
7.75
18.86
8.70
9.30
13.25

34.62
24.90
6.72
9.21
22.97
14.43
12.43
17.60

38.30
35.72
9.17
9.50
22.97
20.61
16.30
18.85

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ......................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Duplicating machine operators .............................
Telephone operators ............................................
Mail clerks, except postal service .........................
Production coordinators ........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. ...................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Statistical clerks ....................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................

8.50
14.80
11.49
10.46
8.67
10.04
6.85
9.40
8.79
8.34
10.50
11.00
8.83
8.66
6.60
8.30
7.18
9.62

10.36
16.08
13.75
10.46
9.17
11.20
8.44
10.85
8.79
10.43
11.54
12.53
10.36
9.00
9.79
12.90
8.50
9.62

12.32
17.31
15.50
13.53
10.58
11.27
11.11
12.04
16.05
12.95
12.65
13.18
10.96
10.00
11.08
15.90
9.46
10.00

15.44
20.07
17.98
15.22
12.21
11.27
12.80
13.54
16.05
15.24
15.25
16.83
11.30
10.53
11.48
20.56
11.50
11.71

18.44
22.72
21.92
18.63
13.30
14.63
15.60
16.69
16.05
21.33
18.14
17.32
12.32
10.53
13.51
23.29
12.12
14.00

7.59

8.17

8.17

10.87

10.87

11.14
10.88
9.49
7.36
8.41
8.83
7.50
7.50
8.83

11.22
13.75
12.73
9.00
8.76
10.00
9.98
7.71
10.60

14.01
15.04
13.28
10.69
8.76
12.00
18.44
9.58
12.00

19.66
18.62
14.70
12.56
9.54
14.20
18.44
18.35
15.44

26.86
18.62
14.70
16.48
10.15
16.31
18.71
18.35
18.32

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

6.48

7.43

10.35

16.77

23.55

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Machinery maintenance .......................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Carpenters ............................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..............
Drillers, oil well ......................................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Machinists .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Butchers and meat cutters ....................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................

9.04
18.42
12.33
12.60
9.04

13.48
23.00
15.30
13.83
10.37

18.71
26.31
17.40
16.17
13.00

23.77
29.69
20.33
16.17
16.75

28.41
29.90
28.49
21.91
23.77

15.99
10.63
13.00
9.00
12.92
13.52
13.55
6.72
6.00
10.70

15.99
12.86
15.23
9.00
12.92
18.00
17.72
7.06
6.00
12.12

16.73
16.94
18.71
10.12
15.32
20.91
19.20
10.00
7.53
14.73

21.08
21.18
22.22
13.85
21.50
33.31
20.16
10.71
15.37
20.55

29.52
24.83
22.23
16.03
22.89
42.67
24.12
16.27
15.93
24.75

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

6.37

7.08

8.63

11.84

15.43

White collar –Continued

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 —
Continued
Private industry
Occupation3
10

25

Median
50

75

90

$6.18
8.17
6.50
8.00
8.35
5.75
8.07
6.46
7.07
8.63

$6.18
9.72
6.63
8.20
8.60
6.83
8.07
7.32
7.07
8.73

$6.18
12.00
7.99
8.90
8.66
8.08
12.36
9.66
7.58
9.38

$8.00
19.91
8.42
11.00
14.36
9.52
18.26
11.71
7.70
12.28

$9.41
27.26
9.50
13.36
16.35
14.15
24.82
12.99
8.25
13.70

6.75
7.20
6.75

7.53
7.89
6.75

10.33
10.33
10.30

17.02
16.01
11.10

22.65
19.03
17.08

10.16

10.16

11.14

12.98

13.67

Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Printing press operators .......................................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Photographic process machine operators ............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ......................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ..............................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
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. ....................

6.00

6.70

8.00

10.78

14.32

12.46
6.25
6.00
6.00
6.10
5.75
6.50
6.03
6.99

14.22
8.44
6.47
6.70
6.19
6.25
7.00
6.50
7.42

15.07
8.44
7.74
9.00
7.30
7.01
7.56
6.94
9.16

16.83
8.54
8.00
12.08
13.47
10.46
8.62
9.07
11.93

18.50
11.89
9.55
18.46
13.47
13.79
10.52
9.33
17.57

Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Bartenders ............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Other food service ..................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............

5.75
6.12
6.12
5.75
5.75
5.75
5.75
5.75
5.84
7.63
6.31
5.75
6.49
5.75
6.47
10.12
6.47

6.25
6.81
6.12
5.84
5.75
5.75
5.75
5.75
6.31
15.00
8.25
5.84
6.94
6.00
7.02
10.45
6.93

7.42
7.61
7.61
6.78
5.75
8.43
5.75
5.80
7.47
16.25
10.18
6.06
7.38
6.71
7.84
12.10
7.78

9.46
7.67
7.67
8.43
6.23
8.55
5.83
6.23
9.96
18.20
11.75
7.33
9.96
8.05
10.23
14.15
9.29

13.24
11.23
9.75
11.51
7.22
9.16
6.29
7.22
12.60
18.55
13.60
9.13
9.96
8.21
13.26
14.86
12.81

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 —
Continued
Private industry
Occupation3

Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................

10

25

Median
50

75

90

$5.75

$6.25

$6.98

$9.53

$12.02

6.10
5.75
5.75
6.00
5.75
13.26
6.50
6.00

8.33
6.28
6.25
6.25
5.75
14.04
6.50
6.00

11.60
6.98
6.42
7.99
6.49
17.40
11.01
6.25

13.00
8.93
9.35
11.01
8.94
34.76
11.01
7.51

13.69
10.38
11.00
17.40
10.31
42.36
14.81
9.12

1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled
establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the
distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for
its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an
occupation, one-tenth of the occupation’s employment are found in
sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less,
and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations
of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.

3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified.
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately. 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.

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Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999
State and local
government
Occupation3
10

25

Median
50

75

90

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

$12.15
12.15

$14.40
14.40

$21.43
21.44

$31.17
31.17

$37.92
37.92

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

12.22
12.23

14.38
14.38

20.52
20.52

33.66
33.66

40.00
40.00

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Substitute teachers ...............................................
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. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ...................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................

17.25
20.14
25.62
25.62
22.60
22.60
22.11
19.05
21.37
25.18
27.44
26.64
29.83
32.30
32.50
12.14
20.52
–
16.29
12.99
12.99
–

23.47
25.51
26.98
26.98
24.08
24.08
22.11
21.37
22.87
32.28
32.62
32.33
33.02
33.18
37.92
17.58
20.52
–
18.17
12.99
12.99
–

32.33
33.47
26.98
26.98
24.08
24.08
25.51
23.47
23.47
36.59
36.59
35.22
35.22
33.95
42.71
18.52
37.53
–
41.61
20.14
20.14
–

36.47
37.44
36.00
29.89
24.08
24.08
25.51
25.08
25.08
42.53
42.53
37.92
38.74
35.98
42.71
19.50
38.49
–
43.39
29.67
29.67
–

42.53
42.71
36.00
29.89
36.41
36.41
32.97
30.19
26.40
49.07
49.07
42.71
44.66
40.77
43.84
21.50
38.49
–
43.39
29.67
29.67
–

–
13.64
13.64
17.30

–
15.49
14.69
19.12

–
17.30
17.09
20.19

–
22.15
17.09
21.85

–
25.85
17.78
24.56

Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Construction inspectors ........................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................

15.29
15.29
29.38
38.89
17.89
17.67
17.80
18.85

17.89
17.89
29.38
44.90
17.89
18.80
27.09
21.60

24.17
34.50
41.83
45.71
29.95
21.60
27.09
21.60

34.50
42.28
45.35
51.00
34.50
26.45
28.16
21.60

45.46
46.88
46.88
54.12
42.28
26.88
28.16
21.60

Sales ................................................................................

–

–

–

–

–

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
General office clerks .............................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................

11.24
15.23
14.15
12.23
12.15
12.84
14.36
11.72
9.30
12.38

12.24
17.69
14.37
12.23
12.15
14.26
14.36
11.95
10.72
13.51

14.16
18.14
17.30
13.57
12.15
16.22
14.36
12.73
11.42
16.38

16.29
18.37
19.17
14.82
13.30
17.38
14.40
15.53
12.16
20.17

19.17
19.04
19.17
15.78
15.15
19.97
14.40
15.94
16.68
20.69

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

14.28

15.86

20.70

25.70

29.67

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ....................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........

16.60
14.28
17.62

20.28
15.17
17.62

22.99
15.85
21.67

28.92
16.60
22.85

29.67
22.19
24.97

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

–

–

–

–

–

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

12.84

15.34

18.54

21.98

26.17

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 —
Continued
State and local
government
Occupation3
10

25

Median
50

75

90

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................

$12.22
14.18

$14.18
14.51

$14.51
14.51

$17.13
16.72

$21.58
22.85

Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Food service .............................................................
Other food service ..................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................

10.57
18.37
20.53

13.84
22.56
22.72

22.72
24.62
26.57

26.71
29.80
27.00

32.78
35.59
31.69

17.22
8.86
8.86
8.67
9.39
9.94
9.94
7.53
7.94
8.27

23.08
10.11
10.11
8.90
11.45
12.14
11.75
8.68
8.68
8.94

24.62
11.47
11.47
10.91
12.66
13.23
13.06
10.60
9.59
10.66

24.62
12.07
12.07
11.88
13.45
14.04
13.84
10.94
12.20
10.94

24.62
17.16
17.16
11.88
13.93
15.62
14.06
14.25
13.61
10.94

Blue collar –Continued

1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled
establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the
distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for
its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an
occupation, one-tenth of the occupation’s employment are found in
sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less,
and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations
of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.

3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified.
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately. 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.

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Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999
Occupation3

10

25

Median
50

75

90

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

$7.03
7.03

$10.06
10.04

$15.50
15.53

$24.83
24.97

$34.76
34.76

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

10.66
11.03

13.75
14.02

19.85
20.41

30.10
30.98

40.00
40.17

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Aerospace engineers ............................................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .....
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
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 ........................
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, n.e.c. ...............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Computer programmers .......................................
Legal assistants ....................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................

15.49
19.30
25.70
23.57
22.59
22.22
17.11
25.70
27.13
23.15
22.60

21.37
24.08
27.27
28.40
26.45
26.39
24.32
25.70
30.42
24.08
24.08

27.55
31.07
32.36
36.61
26.98
31.96
27.11
27.74
32.88
29.07
27.30

35.22
36.59
39.70
41.45
29.89
37.39
28.96
35.00
39.19
31.23
32.47

42.71
43.94
48.79
43.20
43.67
53.37
29.83
36.79
43.86
34.32
34.43

23.15
22.11
19.81
14.25
20.60
24.11
25.16
31.27
15.00
26.15
31.20
20.04
13.91
11.81
–
16.29
12.99
12.99
28.96
28.96

24.80
25.00
21.37
19.05
21.63
30.55
27.24
33.09
29.83
31.51
33.18
23.86
24.79
20.52
–
33.30
15.25
16.58
37.76
37.76

30.36
25.51
23.68
63.08
23.68
35.64
42.97
36.59
33.95
35.22
33.95
33.35
42.71
33.09
–
34.91
20.14
20.14
47.00
47.00

30.85
35.21
26.80
65.00
26.50
49.07
45.58
49.07
37.00
37.00
35.97
35.58
42.71
38.49
–
41.61
28.60
29.67
48.10
48.10

32.67
37.33
34.50
73.20
28.67
50.95
111.66
49.87
41.89
44.66
37.44
36.69
43.84
38.49
–
43.39
29.67
29.67
57.11
57.11

16.82
14.36
18.45
12.64
13.61
11.66
17.88
12.66
13.19
15.00
16.12
23.93
15.93
17.30

23.46
17.70
36.07
17.55
15.49
11.83
18.21
13.67
14.66
15.50
18.20
25.90
15.99
19.78

36.07
40.67
48.08
20.82
20.26
23.71
21.11
14.66
15.79
21.28
22.05
28.50
18.27
21.85

48.08
43.47
71.17
25.87
24.00
25.48
21.75
15.52
17.74
23.95
23.09
31.25
26.62
24.61

57.70
44.37
71.17
30.92
29.98
25.95
22.94
16.55
22.15
29.98
41.30
31.25
26.62
38.45

17.00
17.00
29.38
21.94
23.22

20.67
24.85
41.83
26.27
28.36

27.88
32.78
41.83
33.41
32.78

36.23
42.68
46.88
40.76
42.02

48.08
55.29
46.88
48.85
42.02

22.37
17.00
23.79

25.49
24.60
27.28

33.56
40.15
31.85

57.69
45.71
37.33

57.73
52.96
40.52

12.69
16.82
17.89
16.96
16.87

13.46
16.92
24.97
18.78
19.23

15.29
27.25
33.98
23.65
24.06

15.29
30.98
42.93
28.01
26.45

31.50
45.15
55.29
32.29
29.43

Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
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. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 —
Continued
10

25

Median
50

75

90

$15.47
17.62

$18.24
18.08

$22.68
25.47

$29.57
30.47

$35.62
32.72

14.19
19.51
17.80

14.42
20.41
27.09

17.67
23.23
27.09

24.76
27.03
27.97

26.57
27.40
28.16

18.86
16.84

24.07
18.37

24.07
21.63

25.95
29.81

35.91
32.35

7.67
14.60
9.04

10.34
16.14
10.34

15.18
17.56
17.71

22.36
27.60
27.61

35.72
106.00
29.59

15.35
13.56
13.10
7.40
5.85
11.30

20.82
17.31
13.15
8.24
6.94
12.38

20.84
21.56
18.86
11.33
10.06
13.25

34.62
24.90
22.97
15.03
12.23
17.60

38.30
35.72
22.97
24.85
16.30
18.85

9.30
14.80

11.06
16.08

13.44
18.14

15.99
19.15

18.83
22.72

Occupation3

White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Management related –Continued
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, n.e.c. ..................................
Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Sales workers, parts .............................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. .............................................
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ...............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Interviewers ..........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library 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 ....................................
Meter readers .......................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................

11.50
11.50
12.24
10.15
10.46
8.67
6.85
9.40
12.23
9.07
10.75
11.00
8.66
6.60
16.24
8.30
7.18
9.62
12.50

16.07
14.19
12.24
10.50
10.87
9.17
8.44
10.85
12.23
12.15
12.16
13.18
9.00
8.61
18.70
12.90
8.50
9.62
16.66

20.00
16.40
13.96
10.50
13.77
11.00
12.54
12.04
13.57
12.15
13.50
13.82
10.53
11.08
19.65
15.90
9.92
10.00
16.80

26.14
19.17
14.48
12.14
15.22
12.21
13.06
13.54
14.82
14.74
15.80
16.83
13.35
11.48
19.65
20.56
11.50
13.23
25.70

28.73
20.96
14.89
13.04
18.63
13.59
15.60
16.69
15.78
16.58
18.14
17.32
16.23
13.51
22.10
23.29
12.12
15.00
25.70

11.14
11.19
10.56
12.73
8.70
9.15
7.71
10.54

11.22
13.75
13.59
12.73
10.84
12.00
10.72
11.06

14.01
15.04
14.36
13.28
12.27
13.89
11.98
13.34

19.66
18.62
14.38
14.70
14.96
14.20
11.98
16.00

26.86
18.62
14.40
14.70
16.48
15.84
16.99
19.25

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

6.56

7.77

11.28

18.42

24.38

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Machinery maintenance .......................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Carpenters ............................................................

10.00
18.42
12.33
12.60
9.04

14.21
23.00
15.30
13.83
10.37

19.92
26.31
17.40
16.17
13.00

24.37
29.69
22.99
21.91
16.75

28.94
34.76
28.49
26.30
23.77

15.99
10.63
13.00

16.73
14.05
17.00

21.08
16.94
19.00

23.15
21.18
22.23

29.52
25.00
24.14

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 —
Continued
10

25

Median
50

75

90

Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Electricians ...........................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..............
Construction trades, n.e.c. ....................................
Drillers, oil well ......................................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Machinists .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........

$18.80
9.00
14.28
12.92
13.52
13.55
6.72
10.70
17.62

$23.18
10.00
15.17
12.92
18.00
17.72
7.06
12.12
17.62

$25.58
10.50
18.43
15.32
22.00
19.20
10.00
14.73
21.67

$28.41
20.28
22.19
21.50
34.93
20.16
10.71
21.78
22.85

$29.57
20.28
24.44
22.89
42.67
24.12
16.27
24.75
24.97

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Printing press operators .......................................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Photographic process machine operators ............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ......................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..

6.38
6.18
8.17
6.50
8.00
8.35
5.75
8.07
6.46
7.07
8.63

7.08
6.18
9.72
6.63
8.20
8.60
7.25
8.07
7.32
7.07
8.73

8.73
6.18
12.00
7.99
8.90
8.66
8.08
12.36
9.66
7.58
9.38

11.97
8.00
19.91
8.42
11.00
14.36
9.52
24.82
11.71
7.70
12.28

16.21
9.41
27.26
9.50
13.36
16.35
14.15
24.82
12.99
8.25
13.70

Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..

6.83
7.20
6.75

8.00
8.00
6.75

11.15
11.15
10.30

18.54
17.02
11.10

27.83
19.03
18.07

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. ....................

6.00
10.00

6.75
11.90

8.53
12.15

11.90
17.13

16.72
18.58

12.46
5.91
6.25
6.00
6.00
6.10
5.75
6.50
6.03
8.39

14.22
6.35
8.44
6.47
7.02
6.19
6.25
7.00
6.41
9.16

15.07
9.97
8.44
7.74
9.00
7.30
6.75
7.56
7.07
11.53

16.83
12.71
8.54
8.00
11.81
13.47
10.69
8.62
9.07
15.53

18.50
21.58
11.89
9.55
18.46
13.47
13.79
10.52
9.33
18.21

Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Other food service ..................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............

6.00
6.12
20.53

6.85
7.67
22.72

9.12
21.00
26.57

14.79
26.57
27.00

25.94
32.78
31.69

21.11
6.12
5.75
5.75
5.75
5.75
6.06
14.79
6.31
5.75
6.49
6.04
6.47
10.45
6.47

23.08
6.12
6.29
5.75
5.75
5.75
6.94
15.00
8.30
5.75
6.94
6.50
7.20
10.49
7.00

24.62
7.61
7.92
5.83
5.75
5.80
8.05
16.25
10.54
6.06
7.38
8.05
8.53
13.24
7.78

24.62
7.67
10.54
6.25
5.85
6.25
10.72
18.20
11.75
7.25
9.96
8.05
11.45
13.93
9.46

24.62
11.23
13.84
8.43
6.00
7.22
14.54
18.55
13.60
7.33
9.96
10.70
13.80
14.15
12.81

Occupation3

Blue collar –Continued

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 —
Continued
10

25

Median
50

75

90

$5.93

$6.33

$7.03

$10.68

$13.82

6.10
6.28
5.75
6.00
13.26
6.00

8.33
6.46
6.25
6.50
14.04
6.00

12.45
6.98
7.03
9.36
17.40
7.00

13.69
8.93
10.43
14.00
34.76
7.51

20.78
10.38
13.82
18.45
42.36
14.00

Occupation3

Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled
establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the
distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for
its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an
occupation, one-tenth of the occupation’s employment are found in
sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less,
and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations
of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips.
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. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified.
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately. 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.

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Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999
Occupation3

10

25

Median
50

75

90

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

$5.80
5.75

$6.50
6.50

$8.26
8.76

$11.13
11.47

$16.68
18.52

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

6.01
7.72

7.39
9.00

9.73
11.24

14.56
17.39

23.00
30.49

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Substitute teachers ...............................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................

9.61
9.88
20.88
20.00
25.18
26.09
12.14
11.29
10.25
12.14
–
–

14.56
18.52
21.97
21.00
27.44
27.44
17.25
15.51
24.26
17.58
–
–

20.88
22.46
22.98
22.98
36.47
36.47
19.50
19.96
37.92
18.52
–
–

30.49
33.93
27.30
24.90
39.80
38.51
31.24
19.96
37.92
19.50
–
–

37.92
38.51
32.18
30.49
41.00
41.00
37.92
36.90
37.92
21.50
–
–

5.75
9.61
12.20

9.23
11.82
14.31

9.88
14.00
14.56

16.75
16.74
16.74

40.00
21.00
16.74

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

10.00
10.00
–

16.45
31.14
–

46.77
46.77
–

52.00
52.00
–

54.12
54.12
–

Sales ................................................................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ....
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................

5.86
6.01
6.44
6.00

6.47
6.01
6.87
7.14

7.14
6.88
7.27
8.70

9.21
8.75
8.38
12.43

12.43
9.21
8.78
16.30

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
General office clerks .............................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................

7.26
7.61
5.75
5.75
9.30
5.75

8.50
11.50
6.18
6.98
9.58
5.75

9.58
13.00
8.43
9.50
11.24
7.03

11.75
15.50
9.50
12.47
12.35
9.18

14.53
15.89
9.50
14.53
16.68
9.18

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

6.42

6.92

7.53

10.46

14.87

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................

–

–

–

–

–

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

–

–

–

–

–

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

7.53

9.38

9.38

9.66

14.87

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................

6.32
5.89
6.70

6.70
6.47
6.99

7.19
10.19
7.19

10.46
12.08
8.26

12.08
15.38
10.88

Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Other food service ..................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............

5.75
5.75
5.75
5.75
5.75
5.75
5.75
5.84
5.75
6.40
6.40

5.82
6.35
5.75
5.75
5.75
5.75
5.84
5.84
6.00
6.95
6.40

6.50
6.81
5.84
5.75
5.75
5.75
6.63
6.15
6.00
8.68
8.68

8.25
6.81
6.71
5.82
5.82
6.23
8.25
9.13
6.71
10.23
9.50

10.00
9.80
8.67
6.29
6.29
6.23
9.40
9.40
8.67
12.40
10.23

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 —
Continued
10

25

Median
50

75

90

$5.75
5.75
6.24
6.00
7.94
6.48
6.25

$5.75
7.07
6.25
6.27
8.69
6.50
6.25

$7.07
7.07
7.50
7.53
9.00
7.50
6.25

$8.14
9.72
9.00
8.94
9.80
10.66
7.50

$10.01
10.57
10.94
8.94
13.61
10.94
9.32

Occupation3

Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled
establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the
distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for
its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an
occupation, one-tenth of the occupation’s employment are found in
sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less,
and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations
of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips.
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. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified.
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately. 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.

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Appendix A: Technical Note

T

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 that were not selected for collection. See appendix table 2 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.

his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained
in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for
the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing
the data. Although this section answers some questions
commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive
description of all the steps required to produce the data.

Planning for the survey
The overall design of the survey includes questions of
scope, frame, and sample selection.
Survey scope
This survey 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 is an
economic unit that produces goods or services, a central
administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing support
services to a company. For private industries in this survey, the establishment is usually at a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is
defined as all locations of a government entity.
The Los Angeles–Riverside–Orange County, CA, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Los Angeles, Orange,
Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura Counties.

Data collection
The collection of data from survey respondents required
detailed procedures. Field economists collected the data,
working out of the Regional Office and visiting each establishment surveyed. Other contact methods, such as mail
and telephone, were used to follow-up and update data.
Occupational selection and classification
Identification of the occupations for which wage data were
to be collected was a multistep process:
1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs
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

Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample
was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State
unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of
industries within the private sector, sampling frames were
developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. The sampling
frame was reviewed prior to the survey and, when necessary, missing establishments were added, out-of-business
and out-of-scope establishments were removed, and addresses, employment levels, industry classification, and
other information were updated.

For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers who met all the criteria identified in the last three
steps. Special procedures were developed for jobs for
which a correct classification or level could not be determined.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist during a personal
visit. A complete list of employees was used for sampling,
with each selected worker representing a job within the es-

Sample design
The sample for this survey area was selected using a two-

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tablishment.
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

Number
of selected jobs

50–99
100–249
250–999
1000–2,499
2,500+

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
MOGs:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

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

Appendix B contains a complete list of all individual
occupations, classified by the MOG to which they belong.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the
chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based
on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then, the
worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job,
depending on whether any part of pay was directly based
on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely
on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as
being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition
of Terms” section on the following page for more detail.
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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.
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:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

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
the written description that best matched the job. Within
each occupation, the points for nine factors (supervisory
duties was excluded) were recorded and totaled. The total
determines the overall level of the occupation. Appendix
table 3 presents median 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 job
with its associated leveling factors, and a guide to help data
users evaluate jobs in their firms
Wage data collected in prior surveys using the new generic leveling method were evaluated by BLS researchers
using regression techniques. For each of the major occupational groups, wages were compared to the 10 generic
level factors (and levels within those factors). The analysis
showed that several of the generic level factors, most notably knowledge and supervision received, had strong explanatory power for wages. That is, as the levels within a
given factor increased, the wages also increased. For additional information on generic leveling see Brooks Pierce,
“Using the National Compensation Survey to Predict Wage
Rates,” Compensation and Working Conditions, Winter
1999, pp. 8–16.

Collection period
Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60
metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period.
For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the
establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables
reflects the average date of this information for all sample
units.
Earnings
Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time
hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings:
•
•
•
•
•

Incentive pay, including commissions, production
bonuses, and piece rates
Cost-of-living allowances
Hazard pay
Payments of income deferred due to participation
in a salary reduction plan
Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight
or passengers

The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for
working a schedule that varies from the norm, such
as night or weekend work
Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends
Bonuses not directly tied to production (such as
Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses)
Uniform and tool allowances
Free room and board
Payments made by third parties (for example, bonuses given by manufacturers to department store
salespeople, referral incentives in real estate)
On-call pay

To calculate earnings for various periods (hourly,
weekly, and annual), data on work schedules also were
collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per
day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded.
Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried
workers, exempt from overtime provisions, often work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical number of
hours actually worked was collected.
Definition of terms
Full-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be full time.
Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied,
at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales.
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Level. A ranking of an occupation based on the requirements of the position. (See the description in the technical
note on generic leveling through point factor analysis for
more details on the leveling process.)
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.
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
tied to an hourly rate or salary, and not to a specific level of
production.
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
•
•
•

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

Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the Bureau’s National
Office following collection.
Weighting and nonresponse
Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and
occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of
the establishment within the sample universe. Weights
were used to aggregate the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to supply
information. If data were not provided by a sample member, 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 that were additionally defined by
major occupation group and job level.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero. If only partial data were given by a sam-

ple establishment or occupation, or data were missing, the
response was treated as a refusal.
Survey response

Total in sample
Responding
Out of business or not in
survey scope
Unable or refused to provide data

Establishments
877
478
105
294

Some surveys may have a high nonresponse rate for the
all industries or private industry iterations. Such instances
are noted in the bulletin table footnotes.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining
the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being
combined, individual wage rates are weighted by: the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s scheduled hours of work.
The percentiles presented in tables 6–1 through 6–5 are
computed using average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. Establishments in
the survey may report either individual-worker earnings or
average wage rates for each sampled job. If individualworker earnings are provided, an average hourly wage rate
is computed for the job and used in the calculation of percentile estimates. The average hourly wages for each sampled job are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from
lowest to highest.
The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example,
at the 10th percentile, 10 percent of a published occupation’s employment is in sampled establishment jobs that
had average hourly wages at the 10th percentile or less for
that occupation. Note that the percentiles in previous NCS
bulletins for this area were calculated from individualworker earnings rather than from average wages for sampled establishment jobs. Data users should keep this difference in mind.
Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication.
Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make
sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented the publication of a series
that could have revealed information about a specific establishment.

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Estimates of the number of workers represent the total
in all establishments within the scope of the study, and not
the number actually surveyed. Because occupational
structures among establishments differ, estimates of the
number of workers obtained from the sample of establishments serve to indicate only the relative importance of the
occupational groups studied.
Data reliability
The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically
selected probability sample. There are two types of errors
possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling
and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The
sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible
samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different
samples would differ from each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all
possible samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the
standard error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided alongside the earnings data in the bulletin tables.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example,
suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all
workers were $12.79, with 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 (1.645
times 3.6 percent = 5.922 percent times $12.27, plus or minus $0.76). 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.

Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, by occupational group,2
National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999
Full-time and part-time workers
Occupational group
Total

Private industry

State and local
government

All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................

2,890,200
2,683,200

2,244,100
2,038,200

646,100
645,000

White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................

1,676,700
1,469,700

1,199,100
993,200

477,600
476,600

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

608,200
496,000
112,200
284,400
207,000
577,100

348,400
254,300
94,100
232,300
205,900
412,400

259,700
241,700
18,100
52,100
–
164,700

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

721,100
225,100
223,700
69,400
202,800

675,700
198,000
222,100
61,900
193,700

45,400
27,100
–
7,500
9,100

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

492,400

369,300

123,100

1 The number of workers represented by the survey are
rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers
provide a description of size and composition of the labor force
included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for
comparison to other statistical series to measure employment
trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were
included in the survey.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.

See appendix B for more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data
did not meet publication criteria. 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.

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Appendix table 2. Number of establishments represented by survey and the number studied by industry division and
establishment employment size, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999
Number of establishments studied
Industry

All industries .......................................................................................
Private industry ...............................................................................
Goods-producing industries ........................................................
Mining .....................................................................................
Construction ...........................................................................
Manufacturing .........................................................................
Service-producing industries ......................................................
Transportation and public utilities ...........................................
Wholesale and retail trade ......................................................
Finance, insurance and real estate ........................................
Services ..................................................................................
State and local government ............................................................

Number of
establishments repreTotal studied
sented1

14,900
14,400
3,700
(3)
500
3,200
10,600
900
4,900
900
4,000
500

1 Number of establishments represented by the survey rounded to the nearest 100.
2 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with
fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection.
3 Number of establishments represented by the survey is fewer than 50.

478
421
115
13
10
92
306
23
94
28
161
57

100 workers or more
50 - 99
workers2

122
119
27
4
3
20
92
4
43
6
39
3

100 - 499
workers

Total

356
302
88
9
7
72
214
19
51
22
122
54

188
180
61
8
7
46
119
12
42
4
61
8

500 workers
or more
168
122
27
1
–
26
95
7
9
18
61
46

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

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Appendix table 3. Median work levels for all workers, full-time and part-time
workers:1 Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey,
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999
All
Full-time Part-time
workers workers workers

Occupation2

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

5
5

5
6

3
3

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

7
7

7
7

3
4

Professional specialty and technical ......................................
Professional specialty .............................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .................................
Aerospace engineers ......................................................
Civil engineers ................................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .................................
Industrial engineers ........................................................
Mechanical engineers .....................................................
Engineers, n.e.c. .............................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts and scientists .....................
Operations and systems researchers and analysts ........
Natural scientists ................................................................
Health related .....................................................................
Physicians ......................................................................
Registered nurses ..........................................................
Pharmacists ....................................................................
Respiratory therapists .....................................................
Teachers, college and university ........................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ...............
Education teachers .........................................................
English teachers .............................................................
Other post-secondary teachers ......................................
Teachers, except college and university ............................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ..................................
Elementary school teachers ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ............................................
Teachers, special education ...........................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ..............................................................
Substitute teachers .........................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ..........................
Librarians, archivists, and curators .....................................
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, n.e.c. .........................................................
Technical ................................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ...........
Radiological technicians .................................................
Licensed practical nurses ...............................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ..................
Electrical and electronic technicians ...............................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .......................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. .............................................
Computer programmers .................................................
Legal assistants ..............................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..........................................

9
9
11
12
10
11
10
11
11
9
9
10
11
9
13
9
11
8
11
12
9
10
11
9
7
9
9
9
9
6
10
–
10
9
8
9
6
11
11

9
9
11
12
10
11
10
11
11
9
9
10
11
9
12
9
–
–
11
12
–
–
11
9
–
9
9
9
8
–
10
–
10
–
8
9
–
11
11

9
9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9
–
9
–
–
10
–
–
–
10
9
–
–
8
–
9
6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
11
–
8
7
5
7
7
7
7
7
6
9
6
7

5
11
–
8
7
5
7
6
7
7
7
–
9
6
7

–
–
–
–
5
–
–
7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............................
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 ...................

9
11
12
11
11
12
11

9
11
12
11
11
12
11

11
11
–
–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

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Appendix table 3. Median work levels for all workers, full-time and part-time
workers:1 Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey,
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 — Continued
All
Full-time Part-time
workers workers workers

Occupation2

White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers –Continued
Managers, medicine and health .....................................
Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments ...
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. .........................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ..............................
Management related ...........................................................
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, n.e.c. ............................................
Sales ..........................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ..........................................................
Sales, 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, parts .......................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ..................................
Cashiers .........................................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. .......................................................
Administrative support, including clerical .............................
Supervisors, general office .............................................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting
clerks ........................................................................
Secretaries .....................................................................
Typists ............................................................................
Interviewers ....................................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .................
Receptionists ..................................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................
Order clerks ....................................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping .........
Library clerks ..................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. .....................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .......................................
Duplicating machine operators .......................................
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 .......................................................
Bank tellers .....................................................................
Data entry keyers ...........................................................
Statistical clerks ..............................................................
Teachers’ aides ..............................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. .........................................
See footnotes at end of table.

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11
6
10
11
9
9
9
9
9
8
8
9
9

11
6
9
11
9
9
9
9
9
8
8
9
9

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

4
8
4

4
8
5

3
–
–

8
5
3
3
4
4
3
6

8
5
–
–
4
4
4
6

–
–
–
3
–
4
3
–

4
7

4
7

3
–

7
6
5
3
5
3
3
3
5
3
4
5
4
3
2
2
7
6
3
3
4

7
6
5
3
5
3
–
4
5
3
4
5
4
–
2
2
7
6
3
3
4

–
4
–
–
–
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

4
5
5
6
5
3
3
4
4
3
4

–
5
5
6
6
4
–
4
–
3
4

–
–
–
–
–
2
–
–
–
3
1

Appendix table 3. Median work levels for all workers, full-time and part-time
workers:1 Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey,
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 — Continued
All
Full-time Part-time
workers workers workers

Occupation2

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

4

4

2

Precision production, craft, and repair ..................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ...........................
Automobile mechanics ...................................................
Industrial machinery repairers ........................................
Machinery maintenance .................................................
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 ..................................................
Machinists .......................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............
Butchers and meat cutters ..............................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders .....................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ...................

7
8
7
7
5

7
8
7
7
5

–
–
–
–
–

7
6
7
7
3
5
3
8
7
3
3
6
7

7
6
7
7
3
5
3
8
7
3
–
6
7

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..................
Molding and casting machine operators .........................
Printing press operators .................................................
Textile sewing machine operators ..................................
Mixing and blending machine operators .........................
Photographic process machine operators ......................
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .......................
Welders and cutters ........................................................
Assemblers .....................................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ............

3
1
4
2
3
4
2
5
3
1
4

3
1
4
2
3
4
2
5
3
1
4

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Transportation and material moving ......................................
Truck drivers ...................................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ............
Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,
n.e.c. .........................................................................

4
4
2

4
4
3

4
–
–

4

–

–

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. ..............................

2
5

2
5

1
–

7
2
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
2

7
2
1
2
3
2
1
2
2
3

–
–
–
–
2
–
–
–
–
1

Service ...........................................................................................
Protective service ...............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ..............................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ......
Guards and police, except public service .......................
Food service .......................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ................................
Bartenders ......................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ..................................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ......................................
Other food service ............................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service .....................
Cooks .............................................................................

2
5
8
9
2
1
1
3
2
1
1
6
3

3
7
8
9
2
1
1
–
1
1
2
6
3

2
3
–
–
–
2
2
–
2
1
1
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

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Appendix table 3. Median work levels for all workers, full-time and part-time
workers:1 Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey,
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, July 1999 — Continued
All
Full-time Part-time
workers workers workers

Occupation2

Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Other food service –Continued
Food counter, fountain, and related ................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .................................................
Health service .....................................................................
Health aides, except nursing ..........................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants .........................
Cleaning and building service .............................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers .......
Maids and housemen .....................................................
Janitors and cleaners .....................................................
Personal service .................................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ...........
Public transportation attendants .....................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..............................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ...............................................
Service, n.e.c. .................................................................
1 Employees are classified as working either a
full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition
used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with
a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified
as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 A classification system including about 480
individual occupations is used to cover all workers in
the civilian economy. The occupations titled authors,

1
1
1
3
4
3
1
4
1
1
2
2
6
3
2
1

1
1
1
3
5
3
1
4
1
1
4
–
6
–
–
2

1
–
1
3
–
3
1
–
–
1
2
2
–
2
2
1

musicians, actors, painters, photographers, dancers,
artists, athletes, and legislators cannot be assigned a
work level. See appendix B for more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported
or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c.
means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational
groups may include data for categories not shown
separately.

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