View original document

The full text on this page is automatically extracted from the file linked above and may contain errors and inconsistencies.

Salinas, CA
National Compensation Survey
November 2007
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Keith Hall, Commissioner
March 2008

Preface

D

Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, 2
Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Room 4175, Washington, DC
20212–0001, call (202) 691–6199, or send an e-mail to
NCSinfo@bls.gov.
The data contained in this bulletin are also available at
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm, the BLS Internet site. Data are presented in a Portable Document Format
(PDF) file containing the core bulletin, and in an ASCII file
containing the published table formats.
Results of earlier surveys of this area are available from
BLS regional offices, the Division of Compensation Data
Analysis and Planning, or at the BLS Internet site.
Material in this bulletin is in the public domain and,
with appropriate credit, may be reproduced without permission. This information will be made available to sensory
impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202)
691–5200; Federal Relay Service: 1–800–877–8339.

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

iii

Contents

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

1

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

3
4
7
9
10
13
15
16
17
19
20
22
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

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

v

A–1
A–5
A–6
B–1

Introduction

T

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

he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the Salinas, CA, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).
Data were collected between September 2007 and January
2008; the average reference month is November 2007.
Tabulations provide information on earnings of workers in
a variety of occupations and at different work levels. Also
contained in this bulletin are information on the program, a
technical note describing survey procedures, and an appendix with detailed information on occupational classifications.
Most of the earnings estimates in this bulletin are presented as mean hourly earnings. Mean weekly and annual
earnings, and the corresponding hours, also are provided
for full-time employees in specific occupations. Some occupations, such as teachers and fire fighters, typically have
shorter or longer work schedules than do the majority of
full-time workers. The weekly and annual estimates are
useful for comparing the earnings of occupations having
different work schedules.
NCS products
The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides
comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan
provisions. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly
measure of the change in employer costs for wages and
benefits, is derived from the NCS. Employer Costs for
Employee Compensation measures employers’ average
hourly costs for wages and benefits. NCS also measures
the incidence and provisions of benefit plans. This bulletin
is limited to data on occupational wages and salaries.
Changes to the publications
The locality wage publications are undergoing a number of
significant changes. Please see the bulletins published between September 2006 and July 2007 for information on
earlier changes.
The areas covered by the publications are currently being updated to the December 2003 definitions of Combined
Statistical Areas, Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and Micropolitan Statistical Areas, as determined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This bulletin includes a new State and local government sample that
reflects the new area definition.
In appendix table 2, the total numbers of establishments
in the sampling frame are now benchmarked to the latest
available establishment counts, adjusted for establishments
that are out of scope for NCS.
1

high-level occupational aggregation. Table 19 presents
mean hourly earnings data for major industry divisions
within the private sector.
Appendix table 1 presents the number of workers represented by the survey, by high-level occupational aggregation and for all industries, private industry, and State and
local government. Appendix table 2 provides the number
of establishments in the sampling frame and the number of
responding and nonresponding establishments.

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

2

Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Salinas, CA,
November 2007
Civilian
workers
Worker and establishment
characteristics

Private industry
workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative
error2
(percent)

$21.43

4.1

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

36.02
34.93
36.76
15.50
18.40
19.01
18.01

State and local government
workers

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3

Mean

Relative
error2
(percent)

34.1

$18.81

5.1

2.8
7.1
2.3
3.9
6.2
16.8
2.6

35.3
41.1
32.2
33.0
33.3
29.2
36.6

34.22
33.32
35.27
11.78
18.25
19.01
17.61

27.34
29.46
24.65

8.7
11.2
9.9

40.0
40.0
40.0

14.45
14.88
14.06

7.2
12.1
7.3

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

22.96
15.08

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

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3

Mean
weekly
hours3

Mean

Relative
error2
(percent)

33.7

$31.41

3.0

35.8

4.0
7.8
2.4
4.9
7.2
16.8
3.4

36.6
41.5
32.1
32.1
32.5
29.2
35.9

38.48
40.35
37.95
30.00
19.31
–
19.31

3.2
15.1
3.3
4.0
2.6
–
2.6

33.8
39.8
32.4
36.9
38.9
–
38.9

27.81
–
24.88

9.0
–
10.4

40.0
–
40.0

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

33.8
32.3
35.4

13.75
14.00
13.52

7.2
10.5
7.8

33.5
32.0
35.1

22.75
–
18.85

15.6
–
6.6

38.5
–
37.9

4.1
7.3

39.7
21.5

20.26
13.60

5.3
7.3

39.9
21.6

31.90
27.11

3.0
8.0

39.0
21.0

24.95
19.36

3.1
5.7

36.1
33.0

19.64
18.56

9.6
5.5

36.4
32.9

30.15
42.61

3.2
11.1

35.8
36.4

21.25
25.22

4.2
5.9

34.1
33.2

18.42
25.22

5.2
5.9

33.7
33.2

31.41
–

3.0
–

35.8
–

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

(6)
(6)

(6)
(6)

(6)
(6)

–
–

–
–

–
–

(6)
(6)

(6)
(6)

(6)
(6)

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

18.28
20.26
28.28

5.4
8.8
3.9

32.7
34.9
36.1

18.12
17.93
23.55

5.5
10.3
8.8

32.8
34.1
37.4

–
30.46
31.56

–
10.0
3.2

–
38.9
35.2

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

Establishment characteristics

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

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

3

Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Salinas, CA,
November 2007
Total
Occupation4 and level

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

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

$21.43

4.1

$22.96

4.1

$15.08

7.3

Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Financial managers ..........................................................

40.96
32.87
47.72
43.18

7.1
4.8
13.9
9.9

40.96
32.87
47.72
43.18

7.1
4.8
13.9
9.9

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 7 .............................................................

28.72
23.09

3.9
7.1

28.72
23.09

3.9
7.1

–
–

–
–

Computer and mathematical science occupations .........

28.29

6.4

28.29

6.4

–

–

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

31.88

8.0

31.88

8.0

–

–

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

27.20

15.2

27.21

15.3

–

–

Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 9 .............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................

39.08
43.94

3.3
3.7

42.12
43.66

2.8
2.8

22.37
–

1.3
–

43.62
44.31
43.38
44.34
44.28
44.75

5.1
4.3
5.7
4.8
5.0
4.0

43.84
43.84
43.43
43.43
44.75
44.75

3.7
3.7
3.9
3.9
4.0
4.0

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

44.28
44.75

5.0
4.0

44.75
44.75

4.0
4.0

–
–

–
–

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

41.03
46.03
47.44
45.83

5.8
2.6
4.0
2.7

40.85
–
46.59
–

11.5
–
12.7
–

41.19
48.76
48.02
48.72

7.3
2.1
1.8
2.2

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

15.53
12.69
12.69

7.4
3.8
3.8

14.51
12.69
12.69

11.4
3.8
3.8

–
–
–

–
–
–

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

32.66

5.9

33.20

6.0

–

–

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................

10.79
8.18
8.07
11.64
11.81
17.03

3.9
3.9
2.5
8.7
26.5
11.8

12.26
8.76
8.23
12.18
–
17.03

3.6
3.8
4.2
9.4
–
11.8

8.02
7.79
7.82
9.25
–
–

1.3
.8
.5
7.2
–
–

19.11
14.95
12.95
7.88
7.55
7.87
8.26
7.82
7.72

4.4
11.9
7.2
1.1
1.9
2.0
.9
1.7
.5

19.11
15.04
12.98
8.21
–
–
–
8.19
–

4.4
12.3
7.7
1.8
–
–
–
2.9
–

–
–
–
7.68
7.53
–
–
7.60
–

–
–
–
1.6
.6
–
–
.9
–

7.43
8.85
10.58

1.8
9.3
6.4

–
9.20
–

–
9.1
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

8.85
10.58
8.93
8.93

9.3
6.4
4.8
4.8

9.20
–
9.00
9.00

9.1
–
6.1
6.1

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

4

Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Salinas, CA,
November 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$13.09
10.09
12.79
14.92
11.58
10.09

10.4
7.3
6.1
3.7
6.2
7.3

$13.75
9.40
13.05
–
11.80
9.40

12.2
6.2
6.2
–
9.1
6.2

$10.93
–
–
–
11.10
–

4.7
–
–
–
4.4
–

11.89
10.00
10.22
13.76
13.76
13.76
13.76

7.1
2.6
4.1
6.3
6.3
6.3
6.3

12.29
10.14
10.57
–
–
–
–

12.4
3.3
3.4
–
–
–
–

11.36
–
–
–
–
–
–

3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–

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

13.03

18.7

–

–

13.85

8.6

Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 3 .............................................................

19.01
14.58
16.49
13.81
14.71
17.32
17.76
17.32
17.76
12.21
13.77

16.8
1.0
1.2
10.8
.0
6.9
6.5
6.9
6.5
10.1
11.6

22.58
14.93
–
15.40
14.84
17.29
–
17.29
–
13.76
–

10.6
2.1
–
11.6
2.3
8.3
–
8.3
–
18.9
–

12.25
14.40
–
12.04
14.64
–
–
–
–
11.11
–

6.8
2.4
–
5.2
.1
–
–
–
–
.4
–

Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Office clerks, general ........................................................

18.01
11.89
15.77
17.69
22.61
20.84

2.6
3.5
3.6
2.8
7.5
10.5

18.52
12.36
15.72
17.69
22.87
22.91

2.2
6.5
3.5
2.8
8.3
4.2

14.79
11.03
–
–
–
–

11.6
2.8
–
–
–
–

26.04
15.97
15.49
17.75
14.48
14.77
22.05
23.20
15.65

5.7
5.4
2.9
6.3
12.7
11.0
9.4
9.2
8.0

26.04
16.43
15.25
17.84
–
–
22.95
24.56
16.35

5.7
6.1
3.1
7.1
–
–
9.0
7.7
7.3

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

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

29.46

11.2

29.46

11.2

–

–

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

24.65

9.9

24.65

9.9

–

–

Production occupations ....................................................

14.88

12.1

17.16

13.8

–

–

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 1 .............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
Level 3 .............................................................

See footnotes at end of table.

5

Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Salinas, CA,
November 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Production occupations –Continued
Level 2 .............................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$10.90

15.6

$11.34

21.0

–

–

14.06
10.13
12.70
14.98
18.31
11.35
10.13
11.79

7.3
13.7
6.1
6.2
8.2
8.1
13.7
9.0

14.92
10.78
–
14.97
–
12.07
10.78
–

8.3
17.1
–
7.5
–
9.8
17.1
–

$10.32
–
10.41
–
–
9.15
–
–

8.4
–
8.3
–
–
7.2
–
–

12.82
11.94

12.5
5.5

12.77
–

13.3
–

–
–

–
–

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the

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

6

Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Salinas,
CA, November 2007
Total
Occupation4 and level

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

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

$18.81

5.1

$20.26

5.3

$13.60

7.3

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

38.16

8.1

38.16

8.1

–

–

Business and financial operations occupations .............

28.37

5.1

28.37

5.1

–

–

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

38.34
44.92
44.41
44.53

5.1
3.4
3.8
3.6

37.67
–
–
–

9.6
–
–
–

38.84
–
–
–

10.2
–
–
–

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

13.27
12.39
12.39

5.3
3.9
3.9

12.38
12.39
12.39

3.1
3.9
3.9

–
–
–

–
–
–

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................

10.77
8.18
8.07
11.60
11.81
17.03

4.0
3.9
2.5
9.1
26.5
11.8

12.26
8.76
8.23
12.16
–
17.03

3.7
3.8
4.2
9.8
–
11.8

8.02
7.79
7.82
9.25
–
–

1.3
.8
.5
7.2
–
–

19.11
14.95
12.95
7.88
7.55
7.87
8.26
7.82
7.72

4.4
11.9
7.2
1.1
1.9
2.0
.9
1.7
.5

19.11
15.04
12.98
8.21
–
–
–
8.19
–

4.4
12.3
7.7
1.8
–
–
–
2.9
–

–
–
–
7.68
7.53
–
–
7.60
–

–
–
–
1.6
.6
–
–
.9
–

7.43
8.66
10.17

1.8
8.1
6.2

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

8.66
10.17
8.93
8.93

8.1
6.2
4.8
4.8

–
–
9.00
9.00

–
–
6.1
6.1

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

12.82
10.09
12.58
11.11
10.09

11.6
7.3
6.4
6.4
7.3

13.53
9.40
12.84
11.39
9.40

13.3
6.2
6.4
9.2
6.2

10.30
–
–
10.45
–

8.0
–
–
7.9
–

11.18
10.00
10.22

6.7
2.6
4.1

11.55
10.14
10.57

12.1
3.3
3.4

10.67
–
–

8.0
–
–

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

13.11

19.7

–

–

–

–

Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 3 .............................................................

19.01
14.58
16.49
13.81
14.71
17.32
17.76
17.32
17.76
12.21
13.77

16.8
1.0
1.2
10.8
.0
6.9
6.5
6.9
6.5
10.1
11.6

22.58
14.93
–
15.40
14.84
17.29
–
17.29
–
13.76
–

10.6
2.1
–
11.6
2.3
8.3
–
8.3
–
18.9
–

12.25
14.40
–
12.04
14.64
–
–
–
–
11.11
–

6.8
2.4
–
5.2
.1
–
–
–
–
.4
–

Office and administrative support occupations ..............

17.61

3.4

18.29

2.9

14.14

12.8

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 1 .............................................................

See footnotes at end of table.

7

Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Salinas,
CA, November 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$11.89
15.41
17.80
22.76
20.38

3.5
3.9
3.9
10.2
15.2

$12.36
15.64
17.80
23.19
23.51

6.5
4.2
3.9
12.2
7.5

$11.03
–
–
–
–

2.8
–
–
–
–

25.61
15.48
15.49
17.28
14.77
22.22
15.34

7.8
5.6
2.9
6.3
11.0
11.8
11.5

25.61
15.91
15.25
17.32
–
–
16.36

7.8
6.5
3.1
7.1
–
–
11.7

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

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

24.88

10.4

24.88

10.4

–

–

Production occupations ....................................................
Level 2 .............................................................

14.00
10.90

10.5
15.6

16.04
11.34

12.3
21.0

–
–

–
–

Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................

13.52
8.64
12.70
10.66
8.64
11.79

7.8
.2
6.1
7.4
.2
9.0

14.36
–
–
11.23
–
–

9.0
–
–
9.0
–
–

9.99
–
10.41
9.15
–
–

8.7
–
8.3
7.2
–
–

11.80
11.94

11.8
5.5

11.66
–

12.6
–

–
–

–
–

Office and administrative support occupations
–Continued
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Office clerks, general ........................................................

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the

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

8

Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Salinas, CA, November 2007
Total
Occupation4 and level

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

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

$31.41

3.0

$31.90

3.0

$27.11

8.0

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

50.17

12.5

50.17

12.5

–

–

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

32.37

13.2

–

–

–

–

Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 9 .............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................

39.26
45.48

3.9
4.1

43.12
45.19

3.1
3.0

22.37
–

1.3
–

45.22
46.17

6.0
4.8

45.62
45.62

4.2
4.2

–
–

–
–

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

33.30

6.1

33.30

6.1

–

–

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................

16.16

7.9

–

–

–

–

Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................

19.31
17.19
17.45

2.6
5.3
2.9

19.21
–
17.45

2.6
–
2.9

–
–
–

–
–
–

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

18.85

6.6

19.36

5.0

–

–

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the

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

9

Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Salinas, CA, November 2007
Total
Occupation4 and level

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

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

$21.43

4.1

$22.96

4.1

$15.08

7.3

Management occupations .................................................
Group III ............................................................
Financial managers ..........................................................

40.96
43.61
43.18

7.1
6.5
9.9

40.96
–
43.18

7.1
–
9.9

–
–
–

–
–
–

Business and financial operations occupations .............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................

28.72
25.04
34.69

3.9
4.9
4.7

28.72
–
–

3.9
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Computer and mathematical science occupations .........

28.29

6.4

28.29

6.4

–

–

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

31.88

8.0

31.88

8.0

–

–

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

27.20

15.2

27.21

15.3

–

–

Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Group III ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Group III ............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Group III ............................................................

39.08
23.21
43.94

3.3
2.2
3.7

42.12
–
–

2.8
–
–

22.37
–
–

1.3
–
–

43.62
44.31
43.38
44.34
44.28
44.75

5.1
4.3
5.7
4.8
5.0
4.0

43.84
–
43.43
–
44.75
–

3.7
–
3.9
–
4.0
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

44.28
44.75

5.0
4.0

44.75
44.75

4.0
4.0

–
–

–
–

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Group III ............................................................

41.03
27.97
47.03
47.44
47.98

5.8
4.3
4.1
4.0
4.4

40.85
–
–
46.59
–

11.5
–
–
12.7
–

41.19
–
–
48.02
48.72

7.3
–
–
1.8
2.2

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

15.53
13.50
12.69
12.69
12.69
12.69

7.4
7.7
3.8
3.8
3.8
3.8

14.51
–
12.69
–
12.69
12.69

11.4
–
3.8
–
3.8
3.8

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Protective service occupations .........................................
Group II .............................................................

32.66
33.64

5.9
5.8

33.20
–

6.0
–

–
–

–
–

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
Group II .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................

10.79
9.49
18.13

3.9
3.2
5.5

12.26
–
–

3.6
–
–

8.02
–
–

1.3
–
–

19.11
19.11
14.95
13.23
12.95
13.23
7.88
7.76
7.82
7.64

4.4
4.4
11.9
11.1
7.2
11.1
1.1
.2
1.7
.6

19.11
–
15.04
–
12.98
–
8.21
–
8.19
7.72

4.4
–
12.3
–
7.7
–
1.8
–
2.9
.1

–
–
–
–
–
–
7.68
–
7.60
7.60

–
–
–
–
–
–
1.6
–
.9
.9

7.43
7.43
8.85
8.85

1.8
1.8
9.3
9.3

–
–
9.20
–

–
–
9.1
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

8.85

9.3

9.20

9.1

–

–

See footnotes at end of table.

10

Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Salinas, CA, November 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Food preparation and serving related occupations
–Continued
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food –Continued
Group I ..............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Group I ..............................................................

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$8.85
8.93
8.93

9.3
4.8
4.8

$9.20
9.00
9.00

9.1
6.1
6.1

–
–
–

–
–
–

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

13.09
12.06
11.58
11.66

10.4
4.4
6.2
5.3

13.75
–
11.80
–

12.2
–
9.1
–

$10.93
–
11.10
–

4.7
–
4.4
–

11.89
12.08
10.00
10.00
13.76
13.76
13.76
13.76

7.1
5.6
2.6
2.6
6.3
6.3
6.3
6.3

12.29
12.08
10.14
10.14
–
–
–
–

12.4
12.1
3.3
3.3
–
–
–
–

11.36
12.09
–
–
–
–
–
–

3.7
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–

Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Group I ..............................................................

13.03
11.26

18.7
3.9

–
–

–
–

13.85
–

8.6
–

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

19.01
11.93
28.59
13.81
11.87
17.32
15.51
17.32
15.51
12.21
10.65

16.8
7.9
9.8
10.8
7.8
6.9
12.7
6.9
12.7
10.1
7.3

22.58
–
–
15.40
–
17.29
–
17.29
14.58
13.76
9.82

10.6
–
–
11.6
–
8.3
–
8.3
20.3
18.9
13.7

12.25
–
–
12.04
–
–
–
–
–
11.11
11.11

6.8
–
–
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
.4
.4

Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Group II .............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Office clerks, general ........................................................

18.01
14.70
20.08

2.6
2.8
3.6

18.52
–
–

2.2
–
–

14.79
–
–

11.6
–
–

26.04
15.97
14.31
18.99
17.75
20.04
14.48
14.48
14.77
12.79
22.05
23.20
15.65

5.7
5.4
4.7
7.6
6.3
6.2
12.7
12.7
11.0
3.8
9.4
9.2
8.0

26.04
16.43
–
–
17.84
20.04
–
–
–
–
22.95
24.56
16.35

5.7
6.1
–
–
7.1
6.2
–
–
–
–
9.0
7.7
7.3

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Group II .............................................................

29.46
30.80

11.2
14.4

29.46
–

11.2
–

–
–

–
–

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Group II .............................................................

24.65
26.11

9.9
5.9

24.65
–

9.9
–

–
–

–
–

Production occupations ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................

14.88
11.57
28.77

12.1
11.6
7.1

17.16
–
–

13.8
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

11

Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Salinas, CA, November 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$14.06
13.60
11.35
10.91

7.3
7.0
8.1
8.2

$14.92
–
12.07
–

8.3
–
9.8
–

$10.32
–
9.15
–

8.4
–
7.2
–

12.82
12.13

12.5
12.5

12.77
12.03

13.3
13.4

–
–

–
–

1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining
levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II
combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines
levels 13-15.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where

a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately

12

Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Salinas, CA, November 2007
Occupation2

10

25

Median
50

75

90

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

$8.50

$11.50

$17.77

$28.82

$37.99

Management occupations .................................................
Financial managers ..........................................................

24.88
33.33

30.53
35.63

36.47
39.92

48.65
56.40

61.82
56.40

Business and financial operations occupations .............

21.54

25.58

28.01

32.46

38.21

Computer and mathematical science occupations .........

16.08

23.13

25.93

34.13

43.05

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

17.31

28.76

32.87

32.90

44.48

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

14.84

18.28

26.13

32.52

44.64

Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................

17.91

29.53

38.70

49.87

56.29

28.39
27.56
32.24

34.15
32.66
35.21

42.23
42.23
41.58

51.44
51.69
52.14

58.66
60.91
58.13

32.24

35.21

41.58

52.14

58.13

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

24.43
34.00

31.00
40.72

42.73
47.15

50.00
54.32

57.04
62.80

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

9.50
9.42
9.42

12.00
12.00
12.00

12.60
12.45
12.45

19.62
13.15
13.15

24.55
14.25
14.25

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

21.88

26.55

34.77

37.21

44.29

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................

7.50

7.50

8.50

12.20

16.57

12.25
10.00
9.50
7.36
7.42

12.25
11.00
11.00
7.50
7.50

17.46
13.26
12.00
7.50
7.50

24.14
17.81
15.45
7.75
7.75

29.05
24.37
17.81
9.40
8.00

7.11
7.52

7.11
7.65

7.50
8.00

7.50
9.50

7.57
12.00

7.52
7.50

7.65
7.50

8.00
8.86

9.50
9.00

12.00
11.94

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

8.40
8.40

9.74
8.55

12.50
11.70

15.38
14.00

18.18
15.50

8.40
7.50
9.00
9.00

8.55
8.75
12.70
12.70

11.87
9.80
13.91
13.91

14.00
11.85
15.22
15.22

17.04
11.94
17.05
17.05

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

7.50

8.25

10.67

13.81

25.00

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

8.00
7.50
9.00
9.00
7.50

9.00
8.25
11.59
11.59
8.00

17.79
11.59
19.33
19.33
9.50

26.52
19.33
22.14
22.14
13.36

30.53
22.14
22.14
22.14
20.00

Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Office clerks, general ........................................................

12.02

14.24

17.31

20.49

25.89

20.02
11.25
14.00
10.00
8.90
14.24
14.24
11.81

22.85
14.00
16.21
10.00
13.50
18.17
19.87
12.50

25.55
15.50
17.00
14.45
13.55
22.32
24.58
15.22

27.73
17.00
20.41
14.45
14.47
27.40
27.40
17.61

29.39
20.41
22.00
21.60
21.51
28.82
28.82
18.30

See footnotes at end of table.

13

Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Salinas, CA, November 2007 — Continued
10

25

Median
50

75

90

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

$18.50

$22.00

$32.09

$36.49

$37.75

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

15.74

21.91

26.81

28.83

29.80

Production occupations ....................................................

8.75

9.89

10.49

17.17

31.24

Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................

8.40
8.05

9.63
8.40

13.90
8.83

17.77
12.90

19.89
19.89

8.40

8.79

12.90

13.03

20.89

Occupation2

1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;

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

14

Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Salinas, CA, November 2007
Occupation2

10

25

Median
50

75

90

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

$8.05

$10.00

$15.00

$25.58

$35.63

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

24.88

32.45

36.47

48.45

56.40

Business and financial operations occupations .............

21.54

25.58

28.01

32.46

37.06

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

23.34
34.00

30.75
38.65

38.65
44.91

49.27
49.51

51.39
54.32

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

9.50
9.42
9.42

12.00
12.00
12.00

12.40
12.40
12.40

13.35
13.05
13.05

16.50
13.95
13.95

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................

7.50

7.50

8.50

12.20

16.57

12.25
10.00
9.50
7.36
7.42

12.25
11.00
11.00
7.50
7.50

17.46
13.26
12.00
7.50
7.50

24.14
17.81
15.45
7.75
7.75

29.05
24.37
17.81
9.40
8.00

7.11
7.52

7.11
7.65

7.50
8.00

7.50
9.00

7.57
10.51

7.52
7.50

7.65
7.50

8.00
8.86

9.00
9.00

10.51
11.94

8.40
8.40

9.00
8.55

12.50
10.50

15.00
12.50

17.81
15.00

8.40
7.50

8.55
8.75

9.74
9.80

12.50
11.85

15.00
11.94

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

7.50

7.88

10.67

13.81

25.00

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

8.00
7.50
9.00
9.00
7.50

9.00
8.25
11.59
11.59
8.00

17.79
11.59
19.33
19.33
9.50

26.52
19.33
22.14
22.14
13.36

30.53
22.14
22.14
22.14
20.00

Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Office clerks, general ........................................................

11.81

13.50

16.50

20.02

25.89

20.02
10.59
14.00
8.90
14.24
11.81

22.85
14.00
16.21
13.50
18.00
12.50

22.85
15.20
16.21
13.55
19.87
12.50

29.36
17.00
20.41
14.47
27.40
18.13

29.39
20.41
20.41
21.51
28.82
18.13

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

14.98

22.45

27.97

29.80

29.80

Production occupations ....................................................

8.75

9.89

10.19

15.54

27.46

Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................

8.40
8.05

9.54
8.40

13.90
8.75

14.99
12.90

18.35
13.03

8.40

8.40

10.29

12.90

13.03

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

1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;

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

15

Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Salinas, CA, November 2007
Occupation2

10

25

Median
50

75

90

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

$15.93

$20.02

$28.44

$38.39

$51.94

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

28.81

30.53

56.45

69.62

69.62

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

19.60

26.13

32.52

38.81

44.67

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

17.32

26.91

40.46

50.45

57.86

27.97

35.21

44.55

53.18

62.19

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

23.16

27.33

35.52

37.21

44.29

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................

12.32

14.05

16.05

17.42

20.02

Office and administrative support occupations ..............

14.32

16.14

19.22

22.09

25.66

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

14.02

16.87

19.89

21.64

21.64

1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;

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

16

Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Salinas, CA, November 2007
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10

25

Median
50

75

90

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

$9.42

$13.36

$19.62

$30.53

$38.39

Management occupations .................................................
Financial managers ..........................................................

24.88
33.33

30.53
35.63

36.47
39.92

48.65
56.40

61.82
56.40

Business and financial operations occupations .............

21.54

25.58

28.01

32.46

38.21

Computer and mathematical science occupations .........

16.08

23.13

25.93

34.13

43.05

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

17.31

28.76

32.87

32.90

44.48

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

14.84

18.28

26.13

32.52

44.64

Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................

27.32

33.56

41.43

50.59

57.31

30.08
28.17
32.64

34.63
33.47
35.26

42.26
42.44
41.58

51.42
51.12
52.14

58.19
59.80
58.13

32.64

35.26

41.58

52.14

58.13

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

27.87
33.00

33.65
36.50

37.53
42.76

50.00
62.80

62.80
62.80

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

9.50
9.42
9.42

12.00
12.00
12.00

12.45
12.45
12.45

13.95
13.15
13.15

29.14
14.25
14.25

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

22.85

26.97

35.41

37.21

44.29

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................

7.50

8.20

10.50

16.22

20.07

12.25
10.00
9.50
7.11
7.42
7.50

12.25
11.00
11.00
7.42
7.50
7.52

17.46
14.50
12.00
7.50
7.50
8.20

24.14
17.81
15.45
8.00
7.75
10.51

29.05
24.37
17.81
10.11
10.11
12.00

7.50
7.50

7.52
8.32

8.20
8.86

10.51
9.00

12.00
11.94

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

8.55
8.40

9.80
8.55

13.91
11.85

16.54
15.00

20.02
15.92

8.55
7.50

8.55
8.73

11.87
10.20

15.00
11.85

18.12
11.94

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

7.50
7.50
9.00
9.00
7.50

12.01
9.00
11.59
11.59
7.50

23.13
13.36
19.33
19.33
10.29

30.53
22.14
22.14
22.14
13.36

37.62
23.13
22.14
22.14
23.13

Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Office clerks, general ........................................................

13.00

14.66

18.00

21.13

27.39

20.02
14.00
14.00
18.00
19.87
12.50

22.85
14.50
16.21
19.87
19.87
12.86

25.55
15.50
16.21
22.32
27.40
17.00

27.73
20.00
20.41
27.40
27.40
18.13

29.39
20.41
22.00
28.82
28.82
19.22

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

18.50

22.00

32.09

36.49

37.75

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

15.74

21.91

26.81

28.83

29.80

Production occupations ....................................................

8.75

10.19

14.00

21.96

31.24

See footnotes at end of table.

17

Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Salinas, CA, November 2007 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3

Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................

10

25

Median
50

75

90

$8.55
8.40

$12.90
8.55

$13.90
10.29

$17.77
12.90

$20.89
20.89

8.40

8.79

12.90

13.03

20.89

1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly

wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately

18

Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Salinas, CA, November 2007
Part-time workers
Occupation3
10

25

Median
50

75

90

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

$7.57

$8.16

$9.89

$15.40

$27.67

Education, training, and library occupations ..................

10.93

14.45

16.37

20.00

42.08

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

22.00
36.85

30.75
44.69

44.91
49.27

49.51
51.94

54.54
57.04

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................

7.50
7.50
7.36

7.50
7.50
7.50

7.69
7.50
7.50

8.00
7.75
7.75

8.50
8.00
8.00

8.00
8.00

9.00
9.74

9.74
10.00

12.50
12.50

12.50
14.05

8.00

9.74

12.32

12.50

14.05

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

8.79

10.31

11.56

12.75

30.00

Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................

8.00
8.00
8.00

8.25
8.25
8.25

10.00
9.50
9.00

15.00
15.00
14.40

20.00
20.00
17.80

Office and administrative support occupations ..............

9.50

11.81

13.25

17.00

25.89

Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................

8.05
8.05

8.66
8.05

9.63
8.66

10.00
8.83

15.03
9.85

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

1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly

wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately

19

Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Salinas, CA, November 2007
Hourly earnings3

Weekly earnings4

Occupation2

Annual earnings5

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Median

Mean
annual
hours

$775

39.7

$46,046

$40,292

2,006

1,689
1,866

1,500
1,796

41.2
43.2

86,873
95,242

75,849
93,408

2,121
2,206

28.01

1,176

1,154

40.9

61,147

60,000

2,129

28.29

25.93

1,163

1,041

41.1

58,078

53,934

2,053

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

31.88

32.87

1,275

1,315

40.0

66,320

68,378

2,080

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

27.21

26.13

1,073

1,045

39.4

55,796

54,350

2,051

42.12

41.43

1,492

1,469

35.4

54,886

54,391

1,303

43.84

42.26

1,589

1,540

36.2

58,261

57,559

1,329

43.43
44.75

42.44
41.58

1,627
1,552

1,630
1,487

37.5
34.7

60,198
56,346

60,366
55,671

1,386
1,259

44.75

41.58

1,552

1,487

34.7

56,346

55,671

1,259

40.85
46.59

37.53
42.76

1,623
1,838

1,501
1,710

39.7
39.5

84,379
95,587

78,062
88,941

2,066
2,052

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

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

$22.96

$19.62

$911

Management occupations ...................
Financial managers ............................

40.96
43.18

36.47
39.92

Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................

28.72

Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................

Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................

14.51

12.45

578

498

39.9

30,077

25,896

2,073

12.69

12.45

505

498

39.8

26,276

25,896

2,070

12.69

12.45

505

498

39.8

26,276

25,896

2,070

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

33.20

35.41

1,362

1,473

41.0

70,840

76,606

2,134

12.26

10.50

474

380

38.7

24,673

19,760

2,012

19.11
15.04
12.98
8.21
8.19
9.20

17.46
14.50
12.00
7.50
7.50
8.20

799
595
512
301
292
350

803
530
480
284
263
328

41.8
39.6
39.5
36.7
35.7
38.0

41,534
30,942
26,625
15,663
15,198
18,185

41,766
27,581
24,960
14,783
13,650
17,056

2,174
2,057
2,052
1,908
1,855
1,976

9.20
9.00

8.20
8.86

350
351

328
333

38.0
39.0

18,185
18,277

17,056
17,312

1,976
2,030

Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers ..
Cooks .................................................
Cooks, restaurant ...........................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Waiters and waitresses ..................
Fast food and counter workers ...........
Combined food preparation and
serving workers, including fast
food ...........................................
Dishwashers .......................................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners

13.75
11.80

13.91
11.85

525
439

544
392

38.2
37.2

27,118
22,570

27,893
19,712

1,973
1,913

12.29
10.14

11.87
10.20

492
335

475
379

40.0
33.0

25,047
17,408

18,517
19,712

2,038
1,717

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

22.58
15.40
17.29
17.29

23.13
13.36
19.33
19.33

917
603
663
663

886
534
773
773

40.6
39.2
38.3
38.3

47,679
31,378
34,453
34,453

46,057
27,789
40,206
40,206

2,111
2,037
1,993
1,993

See footnotes at end of table.

20

Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Salinas, CA, November 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3

Weekly earnings4

Occupation2

Annual earnings5

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Median

Mean
annual
hours

$412

39.8

$28,494

$21,399

2,070

741

720

40.0

38,396

37,440

2,073

25.55
15.50

1,039
657

1,022
620

39.9
40.0

54,038
34,147

53,140
32,240

2,075
2,078

17.84

16.21

712

648

39.9

37,044

33,717

2,077

22.95

22.32

932

893

40.6

48,284

46,426

2,104

24.56
16.35

27.40
17.00

1,002
654

1,096
680

40.8
40.0

51,869
34,005

56,998
35,360

2,112
2,080

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

29.46

32.09

1,179

1,284

40.0

61,285

66,747

2,080

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

24.65

26.81

986

1,073

40.0

49,915

55,472

2,025

Production occupations ......................

17.16

14.00

683

560

39.8

35,096

25,480

2,045

14.92
12.07

13.90
10.29

595
483

556
411

39.9
40.0

30,627
24,944

28,912
21,397

2,053
2,066

12.77

12.90

511

516

40.0

26,310

26,832

2,061

Sales and related occupations
–Continued
Retail salespersons ........................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Office clerks, general ..........................

Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

$13.76

$10.29

$548

18.52

18.00

26.04
16.43

1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries

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

21

Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Salinas, CA, November 2007
Hourly earnings3

Weekly earnings4

Occupation2

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Median

Mean
annual
hours

$670

39.9

$41,689

$35,048

2,058

1,593

1,459

41.8

82,858

75,849

2,172

28.01

1,170

1,154

41.2

60,817

60,000

2,144

37.67

34.00

1,504

1,360

39.9

78,200

70,720

2,076

12.38

12.40

494

496

39.9

25,703

25,792

2,076

12.39

12.40

494

496

39.9

25,694

25,792

2,074

12.39

12.40

494

496

39.9

25,694

25,792

2,074

12.26

10.11

474

380

38.7

24,650

19,760

2,011

19.11
15.04
12.98
8.21
8.19
9.00

17.46
14.50
12.00
7.50
7.50
8.86

799
595
512
301
292
351

803
530
480
284
263
333

41.8
39.6
39.5
36.7
35.7
39.0

41,534
30,942
26,625
15,663
15,198
18,277

41,766
27,581
24,960
14,783
13,650
17,312

2,174
2,057
2,052
1,908
1,855
2,030

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

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

$20.26

$17.17

$808

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

38.16

36.47

Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................

28.37

Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers ..
Cooks .................................................
Cooks, restaurant ...........................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Waiters and waitresses ..................
Dishwashers .......................................

Annual earnings5

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

13.53
11.39

13.60
11.65

515
421

522
379

38.1
37.0

26,599
21,662

27,127
19,712

1,966
1,902

11.55
10.14

8.55
10.20

462
335

342
379

40.0
33.0

23,467
17,408

18,517
19,712

2,032
1,717

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

22.58
15.40
17.29
17.29
13.76

23.13
13.36
19.33
19.33
10.29

917
603
663
663
548

886
534
773
773
412

40.6
39.2
38.3
38.3
39.8

47,679
31,378
34,453
34,453
28,494

46,057
27,789
40,206
40,206
21,399

2,111
2,037
1,993
1,993
2,070

18.29

17.31

732

692

40.0

38,076

36,001

2,082

25.61
15.91

22.85
15.20

1,021
636

914
608

39.9
40.0

53,106
33,056

47,536
31,622

2,073
2,078

17.32
16.36

16.21
17.00

692
654

648
680

39.9
40.0

35,960
34,033

33,717
35,360

2,076
2,080

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

24.88

27.97

995

1,119

40.0

50,301

58,178

2,022

Production occupations ......................

16.04

12.25

638

490

39.8

32,768

23,608

2,043

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

14.36

13.90

574

556

40.0

29,755

28,912

2,072

Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Office clerks, general ..........................

See footnotes at end of table.

22

Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Salinas, CA, November 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3

Weekly earnings4

Occupation2

Transportation and material moving
occupations –Continued
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Median

Mean
annual
hours

$372

40.0

$23,350

$19,365

2,080

411

40.0

24,253

21,397

2,080

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

$11.23

$9.31

$449

11.66

10.29

466

1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries

Annual earnings5

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

23

Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Salinas, CA, November 2007
Hourly earnings3

Weekly earnings4

Occupation2

Annual earnings5

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Median

Mean
annual
hours

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

$31.90

$29.14

$1,245

$1,166

39.0

$59,065

$55,723

1,851

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

50.17

56.45

1,988

2,258

39.6

98,829

88,665

1,970

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

43.12

42.86

1,484

1,455

34.4

53,916

54,126

1,250

45.62

44.84

1,605

1,579

35.2

57,912

57,306

1,269

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

33.30

35.52

1,367

1,473

41.0

71,065

76,606

2,134

Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................

19.21

18.82

766

752

39.9

39,306

39,087

2,046

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

19.36

20.25

761

796

39.3

37,081

41,371

1,915

1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries

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

24

Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups, Salinas, CA, November 2007
Occupational group2

Total

1-99
workers

100-499
workers

500
workers
or more

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

$18.81

$18.12

$17.93

$23.55

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

34.22
33.32
35.27
11.78
18.25
19.01
17.61
27.81
24.88
13.75
14.00
13.52

29.84
30.31
28.94
11.19
18.34
18.80
17.82
27.66
21.83
15.68
17.06
14.50

36.98
38.26
36.48
12.33
17.91
20.50
16.10
–
–
13.01
–
13.59

38.58
–
41.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

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

5.1

5.5

10.3

8.8

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

4.0
7.8
2.4
4.9
7.2
16.8
3.4
9.0
10.4
7.2
10.5
7.8

4.7
5.8
9.3
7.9
9.6
20.3
4.2
11.5
14.0
8.6
15.7
8.5

3.6
8.9
4.3
3.3
7.3
13.7
8.3
–
–
10.4
–
12.6

10.8
–
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries
paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers
and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
See appendix A for more information.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.

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

25

Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Salinas, CA, November 2007
Hourly earnings3

Weekly earnings4

Occupation2

Annual earnings5

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Median

Mean
annual
hours

$711

39.6

$41,180

$36,962

2,050

1,353

1,425

40.7

70,334

74,110

2,116

27.39

1,111

1,096

40.0

57,794

56,980

2,080

36.54

33.65

1,462

1,346

40.0

76,001

70,000

2,080

Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
Food service, tipped ...............................................
Dishwashers ...........................................................

10.85
8.20
8.45

9.00
7.50
8.86

413
293
328

360
284
333

38.1
35.7
38.9

21,480
15,242
17,073

18,720
14,783
17,312

1,979
1,858
2,021

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................

13.55
10.55

13.91
8.55

513
386

556
342

37.9
36.6

26,408
19,736

28,931
17,790

1,949
1,870

Sales and related occupations ................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................

22.97
14.43

26.52
13.36

937
563

925
534

40.8
39.0

48,747
29,261

48,100
27,789

2,122
2,028

Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................

18.39
14.99

17.31
15.20

738
600

680
608

40.1
40.0

38,382
31,175

35,360
31,622

2,087
2,080

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

21.83

22.45

873

898

40.0

43,035

46,702

1,971

Production occupations ..........................................

18.60

14.00

744

560

40.0

37,684

29,120

2,026

Transportation and material moving occupations

16.37

17.77

655

711

40.0

33,706

36,962

2,060

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

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

$20.09

$17.77

$796

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

33.24

35.63

Business and financial operations occupations ...

27.79

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

1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to

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

26

Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Salinas, CA, November 2007
Hourly earnings3

Weekly earnings4

Occupation2

Annual earnings5

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Median

Mean
annual
hours

$656

40.2

$42,419

$34,110

2,069

1,855

1,796

42.9

96,438

93,408

2,232

28.01

1,264

1,261

43.2

65,702

65,548

2,247

15.37

16.00

616

530

40.1

32,056

27,581

2,086

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners .....................

13.48
12.94
11.20

13.04
11.94
11.85

519
489
410

514
468
379

38.5
37.8
36.6

27,002
25,431
21,310

26,707
24,336
19,712

2,003
1,965
1,902

Sales and related occupations ................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................

20.84
17.99

17.75
13.00

827
713

710
520

39.7
39.6

43,026
37,081

36,920
27,040

2,065
2,061

Office and administrative support occupations ....

18.09

17.70

722

708

39.9

37,544

36,816

2,075

Production occupations ..........................................

13.80

11.20

546

430

39.6

28,393

22,360

2,058

Transportation and material moving occupations
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................

13.17
10.42

12.92
8.73

527
417

517
349

40.0
40.0

27,388
21,665

26,874
18,158

2,079
2,080

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

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

$20.51

$16.50

$825

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

43.21

39.92

Business and financial operations occupations ...

29.25

Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................

1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to

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

27

Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups, Salinas, CA,
November 2007
Union

Nonunion

Civilian
workers

Private
industry
workers

State and
local
government
workers

Civilian
workers

Private
industry
workers

State and
local
government
workers

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

$24.95

$19.64

$30.15

$19.36

$18.56

$42.61

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

36.05
27.45
37.79
20.58
18.97
18.67
19.08
29.06
–
–
16.79
19.29
15.02

31.10
–
34.64
12.41
18.49
18.67
18.24
29.99
–
–
15.05
16.87
13.61

37.15
–
38.37
28.44
19.37
–
19.37
–
–
–
22.98
–
19.08

36.00
36.68
34.98
12.78
18.21
19.09
17.56
23.23
–
24.59
13.20
12.96
13.45

34.74
34.22
35.45
11.61
18.22
19.09
17.55
23.23
–
24.59
13.21
12.96
13.47

47.90
54.16
26.80
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Occupational group3

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

3.1

9.6

3.2

5.7

5.5

11.1

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

3.8
4.8
3.7
7.7
1.5
5.0
3.3
7.7
–
–
10.0
20.2
9.6

10.3
–
12.8
3.0
1.0
5.0
9.8
6.9
–
–
13.6
23.3
13.9

3.7
–
3.6
4.4
2.6
–
2.6
–
–
–
16.9
–
5.3

4.9
8.2
3.1
9.1
8.4
19.4
3.8
7.1
–
7.1
6.5
9.5
7.9

4.8
8.4
3.2
6.4
8.4
19.4
3.8
7.1
–
7.1
6.5
9.5
8.0

11.8
9.6
19.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through
collective bargaining.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more

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

28

Table 18. Time and incentive workers1: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational
groups, Salinas, CA, November 2007
Time
Occupational group3

Incentive

Civilian
workers

Private
industry
workers

Civilian
workers

Private
industry
workers

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

$21.25

$18.42

$25.22

$25.22

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

36.00
34.86
36.76
15.48
17.16
15.52
18.05
27.34
–
24.65
14.49
14.97
14.06

34.14
33.13
35.27
11.69
16.72
15.52
17.61
27.81
–
24.88
13.79
14.08
13.52

–
–
–
–
25.39
30.66
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
25.39
30.66
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

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

4.2

5.2

5.9

5.9

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

2.9
7.4
2.3
3.9
3.5
6.8
2.9
8.7
–
9.9
7.3
12.3
7.3

4.1
8.2
2.4
4.8
4.0
6.8
4.0
9.0
–
10.4
7.3
10.7
7.8

–
–
–
–
10.1
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
10.1
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate
or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at
least partially based on productivity payments such as piece
rates, commissions, and production bonuses.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries
paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers
and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000

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

29

Table 19. Industry sector1: Mean hourly earnings2 for private industry workers by major occupational group, Salinas, CA,
November 2007
Goods producing

Service providing

Construction

Manufacturing

Trade,
transportation,
and utilities

Information

Financial
activities

Professional and
business
services

Education
and
health
services

Leisure
and
hospitality

Other
services

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

–

$14.39

–

–

–

–

$23.08

–

–

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

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

35.27
–
35.42
13.48
18.77
–
18.77

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–
–
–

12.61
13.55
10.10

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Occupational group3

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

–

16.9

–

–

–

–

2.7

–

–

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

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

2.5
–
2.8
7.7
10.9
–
10.9

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–
–
–

5.4
5.8
8.1

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS).
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.

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

30

Appendix A: Technical Note

T

Sample design
The sample for this survey area was selected using a twostage stratified design with probability proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample
selection was a probability sample of establishments. The
sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the
sampling frame by industry and ownership. The number of
sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each
sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a
probability proportional to its employment. Use of this
technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were
applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated
so that it represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy that were not selected for collection. The second stage of sample selection, detailed below,
was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled
establishment.

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

Planning for the survey
The overall design of the National Compensation Survey
(NCS) includes questions of scope, frame, and sample selection.
Survey scope
This survey covered establishments employing one worker
or more in private goods-producing industries (mining,
construction, and manufacturing); private service-providing
industries (trade, transportation, and utilities, information,
financial activities, professional and business services, education and health services, leisure and hospitality, and other
services); State governments; and local governments. Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, private households,
and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope
of the survey. For purposes of this survey, an establishment is an economic unit that produces goods or services, a
central administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing
support services to a company. For private industries in
this survey, the establishment is usually at a single physical
location. For State and local governments, an establishment
is defined as all locations of a government agency within
the sampled area.
The statistical area covered by this survey is defined by
the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as of
December 2003. The Salinas, CA, Metropolitan Statistical
Area (MSA) consists of Monterey County, CA.

Data collection
The collection of data from survey respondents required
detailed procedures. Field economists collected the data,
working out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Regional Offices and visiting each establishment surveyed.
Other contact methods, such as mail and telephone, were
used to clarify and update data.
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
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time versus parttime, union versus nonunion, and time versus incentive
4. Determination of the level of work of each job

Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample
was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State
unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of
industries within the private sector, sampling frames were
developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. Approximately
one-fifth of the sample is reselected each year.

For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers whose jobs could be characterized by the criteria

A-1

identified in the last three steps. If a specific work level
could not be determined, wages were still collected.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist. A complete list
of employees was used for sampling, with each selected
worker representing a job within the establishment.
As with the selection of establishments, the selection of
a job was based on probability proportional to its size in
the establishment. The greater the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of
selection.
The number of jobs for which data were collected in
each establishment was based on the establishment’s employment size. The number of jobs selected followed this
schedule:
Number
of employees

Number
of selected jobs

1–49
50–249
250 or more

Up to 4
6
8

The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. NCS
uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. A selected job may fall into any one of about 800
occupational classifications, from accountant to zoologist.
When workers could be classified in more than one occupation, they were classified in the occupation that required the
higher skill level. When there was no perceptible difference in skill level, the workers were classified in the occupation that described their primary activity.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major group. Occupations can fall into any of 22 major groups. Appendix B
contains a complete list of all individual occupations, classified by the major group to which they belong.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the
chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based
on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then, the
worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job,
depending on whether any part of pay was directly based
on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely
on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of
terms” section on the following page for more detail.
Occupational leveling
In the last step before wage data were collected, the work
level of each selected job was determined using a “point
factor leveling” process. Point factor leveling matches certain aspects of a job to specific levels of work with assigned point values. Points for each factor are then totaled
to determine the overall work level for the job.

A-2

The NCS program is in the process of converting from a
nine-factor to a four-factor occupational leveling system.
The conversion is being phased in via annual NCS sample
replenishment groups and will require several years for full
implementation. The four occupational leveling factors
are:
•
•
•
•

Knowledge
Job controls and complexity
Contacts (nature and purpose)
Physical environment

Each factor consists of several levels, and each level has
an associated description and assigned points. A knowledge guide for 24 families of closely related occupations
contains short definitions of the point levels of knowledge
expected for the occupations and presents relevant examples. The other three factors use identical descriptions for
all occupational categories and contain a definition of each
point level within each factor.
The description within each factor best matching the job
is chosen. The point levels within each factor are designed
to describe the thresholds of distinct levels of work. When
a job does not meet the full description of a point level, the
next lowest point level is used. Points for the four factors
are totaled to determine the overall work level. NCS publishes data for up to 15 work levels.
Most supervisory occupations are evaluated based on
their duties and responsibilities. A modified approach is
used for professional and administrative supervisors when
they direct professional work and are paid primarily to supervise. Such supervisory occupations are leveled based
on the work level of the highest position reporting to them.
For a complete description of point factor leveling, refer
to the publication “National Compensation Survey: Guide
for Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs and Pay,” available at the
BLS National Compensation Survey Internet site at
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbr0004.pdf.
Combined work levels
This bulletin includes a table which simplifies the presentation of work levels by combining them into four broad
groups. The groups were determined by combinations of
knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, physical
environment, and supervisory duties, and are meant to be
comparable across different occupations. The broad
groups and the combined work levels are:
Group
designation

Levels
combined

Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV

Levels 1–4
Levels 5–8
Levels 9–12
Levels 13–15

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.

Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
solely tied to an hourly rate or salary.

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:

Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:

•
•
•
•
•

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 or subsidized room and board
Payments made by third parties (for example, tips)
On-call pay

To calculate earnings for various periods (hourly,
weekly, and annual), data on work schedules also were collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per
day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded.
Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried
workers who are 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 whom the employer considers to be full time.
Part-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be part time.

A-3

Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied,
at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales.
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage.

•
•
•

A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation
Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations
Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed, mutually binding collective bargaining agreement

Level. A ranking within an occupation based on the requirements of the position.

Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the BLS National Office following collection.
Weighting and nonresponse
Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and
occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of
the establishment within the sample universe. Weights
were used to aggregate data for the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of
the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to
supply information. If data were not provided by a sample
member during the initial interview, the weights of responding sample members in the same or similar “cells”
were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of data for the nonrespondents equals the mean value of data for the respondents at some detailed “cell” level. Responding and
nonresponding establishments were classified into these
cells according to industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells that were additionally defined by major occupation group.
If average hourly earnings data were not provided by a
sample member during the update interview, then missing
average hourly earnings were imputed by multiplying prior
average hourly earnings by the rate of change in the average hourly earnings of respondents. The regression model
that takes into account available establishment characteris-

tics is used to derive the rate of change in the average
hourly earnings.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining
the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being
combined, individual wage rates are weighted by the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s scheduled hours of work. The sample weight reflects
the inverse of each unit’s probability of selection at each
sample selection stage and four weight adjustment factors.
The first factor adjusts for establishment nonresponse and
the second factor adjusts for occupational nonresponse.
The third factor adjusts for any special situations that may
have occurred during data collection. The fourth factor,
post-stratification, also called benchmarking, is introduced
to adjust estimated employment totals to the current counts
of employment by industry. The latest available employment counts were used to derive average hourly earnings in
this publication.
Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication.
Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make
sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented the publication of a series
that could have revealed information about a specific establishment.
Estimates of the number of workers represent the total
in all establishments within the scope of the study, and not
the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of the number
of workers obtained from the sample of establishments
serve to indicate only the relative importance of the occupational groups studied.
Percentiles
The percentiles presented in tables 6 through 10 are computed using earnings reported for individual workers in
sampled establishment jobs and their scheduled hours of
work. Establishments in the survey may report only individual-worker earnings for each sampled job. For the calculation of percentile estimates, the individual-worker
hourly earnings are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to highest.
The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution within

A-4

each published occupation. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the
rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours
are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more
than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow
the same logic.
Data reliability
The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically
selected probability sample. There are two types of errors
possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling
and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The
sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible
samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different
samples would differ from each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible
samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard
error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided
alongside the earnings data in the bulletin tables.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example,
suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all
workers were $17.75, with a relative standard error of 1.0
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is from $17.46 to $18.04
($17.75 minus and plus $0.29, where $0.29 is the product
of 1.645 times 1.0 percent times $17.75). If all possible
samples were selected to estimate the population value, the
interval from each sample would include the true population value approximately 90 percent of the time.
Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They
can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey
definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct
information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained. Although they were not specifically measured, the
nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the
extensive training of the field economists who gathered the
survey data, computer edits of the data, and detailed data
review.

Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, Salinas, CA,
November 2007

Civilian
workers

Occupational group2

Private
industry
workers

State and
local
government
workers

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

121,300

95,400

25,900

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

28,600
9,000
19,500
33,500
29,700
13,200
16,500
6,200
3,400
2,800
23,300
11,900
11,400

14,800
6,900
7,900
27,300
26,100
13,200
12,900
5,600
–
2,600
21,700
11,500
10,200

13,800
2,200
11,600
6,200
3,700
–
3,700
–
–
–
1,600
–
1,100

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.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the

2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. See appendix B for more information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.

A-5

Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Salinas, CA, November 2007

Establishments

Total

Private
industry

State and
local
government

Total in sampling frame1 ................................................

6,662

6,267

396

Total in sample ...............................................................
Responding ............................................................
Refused or unable to provide data .........................
Out of business or not in survey scope ..................

200
111
54
35

174
88
51
35

26
23
3
0

1 The list of establishments from which the
survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was
developed from State unemployment insurance
reports and is based on the 2002 North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private
industries, an establishment is usually a single
physical location. For State and local governments,
an establishment is defined as all locations of a

government entity.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.

A-6