San Diego–Carlsbad–San Marcos, CA 

National Compensation Survey 

December 2006 

_________________________________________________________________________________________ 

U.S. Department of Labor 

Elaine L. Chao, Secretary 

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Philip L. Rones, Deputy Commissioner 

September 2007 

Bulletin 3140–16
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Preface

ata shown in this bulletin were collected as part of the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) National Compensation Survey (NCS). The survey could not have been conducted without the cooperation of the many private establishments and government agencies that provided pay data 

included in this bulletin. The Bureau thanks these respondents for their cooperation. 

 Field economists of the Bureau of Labor Statistics collected and reviewed the survey data. The Office of Compensation and Working Conditions, in cooperation with the 

Office of Field Operations and the Office of Technology 

and Survey Processing in the BLS National Office, designed the survey, processed the data, and prepared the 

survey for publication. 

 For additional information regarding this survey, please 

contact any BLS regional office at the address and telephone number listed on the back cover of this bulletin. 

You may also write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics at: 

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20212–0001, call (202) 691–6199, or send an e-mail to 

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 The data contained in this bulletin are also available at 

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(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 

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Contents

Page 

Introduction................................................................................................................................................ 1 

Tables: 

 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for selected worker 

 and establishment characteristics.................................................................................................. 3 

 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers 

 by work levels............................................................................................................................... 4 

 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers 

 by work levels............................................................................................................................... 10 

 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers 

 by work levels............................................................................................................................... 15 

 5. Combined work levels for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time 

 and part-time workers................................................................................................................... 16 

 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles................................................................................... 21 

 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles ...................................................................... 24 

 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles .................................................... 27 

 9. Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles .................................................................... 28 

10. Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles.................................................................... 31 

11. Full-time civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual 

 earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................ 32 

12. Full-time private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual 

 earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................ 36 

13. Full-time State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual 

 earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................ 39 

14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings of private industry establishments 

 for major occupational groups...................................................................................................... 40 

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 .................... 41 

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 .................... 43 

17. Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups .................. 45 

18. Time and incentive workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups .................... 46 

19. Industry sector: Mean hourly earnings for private industry workers 

 by major occupational group ........................................................................................................ 47 

Appendixes: 

 A. Technical Note............................................................................................................................... A – 1 

 Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey ................................................ A – 5 

 Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response........................................................................ A – 6 

 B. Standard Occupational Classification System................................................................................ B – 1 
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Introduction

he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for 

the San Diego–Carlsbad–San Marcos, CA, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Data were collected between June 

2006 and July 2007; the average reference month is December 2006. 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. 

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 

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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 

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. 
Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, San

Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006

Worker and establishment

characteristics

Civilian

workers

Private industry

workers

State and local government

workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours3

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours3

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours3

Mean

Relative

error2

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error2

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error2

(percent)

All workers .......................................................... $21.65 3.0 35.0 $20.85 3.5 34.7 $26.57 3.5 36.9

Worker characteristics4,5

Management, professional, and related ........... 35.28 2.8 37.8 36.01 3.6 38.5 32.95 3.8 35.9

Management, business, and financial .......... 39.20 4.3 40.2 39.23 4.9 40.2 39.06 8.7 40.0

Professional and related ............................... 33.90 3.2 37.1 34.74 4.1 37.8 31.54 5.2 35.1

Service .............................................................. 12.41 4.4 30.1 10.17 2.8 28.8 21.82 6.8 37.4

Sales and office ................................................ 16.70 4.5 34.5 16.62 4.9 34.2 17.49 5.6 37.8

Sales and related .......................................... 16.75 6.9 32.9 16.80 7.0 32.8 – – –

Office and administrative support ................. 16.66 4.8 35.6 16.48 5.6 35.3 17.79 4.3 37.7

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ................................................... 21.00 5.3 38.4 20.79 5.6 38.3 24.40 2.6 40.0

Construction and extraction ......................... 20.19 9.6 37.7 19.94 10.0 37.5 24.36 4.6 40.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair ............ 22.17 3.4 39.6 22.02 3.5 39.6 – – –

Production, transportation, and material

moving ............................................................ 15.23 4.5 35.2 14.96 4.4 35.1 21.19 13.0 37.9

Production .................................................... 16.75 5.2 38.1 16.50 5.3 38.0 – – –

Transportation and material moving ............. 13.45 7.6 32.3 13.08 7.9 32.1 18.99 14.2 36.9

Full time ............................................................ 23.55 3.1 39.6 22.89 3.6 39.7 27.14 3.8 39.2

Part time ........................................................... 11.47 5.7 21.4 11.06 5.9 21.5 18.32 19.1 19.9

Union ................................................................ 24.53 4.0 36.2 22.29 5.9 35.9 26.71 4.3 36.4

Nonunion .......................................................... 20.95 3.5 34.7 20.66 3.7 34.5 26.24 8.6 38.0

Time .................................................................. 21.35 3.2 34.9 20.44 3.8 34.6 26.57 3.5 36.9

Incentive ........................................................... 27.84 8.6 36.1 27.84 8.6 36.1 – – –

Establishment characteristics

Goods producing .............................................. 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 () – – – 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( )

Service providing .............................................. 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 () – – – 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( )

1-99 workers ..................................................... 19.99 6.9 34.1 20.01 7.0 34.0 – – –

100-499 workers ............................................... 20.74 7.4 34.5 20.22 7.9 34.5 34.25 1.9 36.1

500 workers or more ......................................... 25.57 2.6 37.1 24.80 3.4 37.5 26.45 3.9 36.7

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They

include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium

pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is

computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,

weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of

the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample

estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,

exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based

on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are

determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on

hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially

based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production

bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational

Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing

industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North

American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication

criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San

Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All workers .............................................................................. $21.65 3.0 $23.55 3.1 $11.47 5.7

Management occupations ................................................. 44.85 5.6 44.85 5.6 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 29.67 13.6 29.67 13.6 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 48.32 9.1 48.32 9.1 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 57.67 15.6 57.67 15.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 50.91 9.3 50.91 9.3 – –

General and operations managers ................................... 56.84 17.6 56.84 17.6 – –

Financial managers .......................................................... 59.29 20.0 59.29 20.0 – –

Education administrators .................................................. 38.10 18.3 38.10 18.3 – –

Engineering managers ..................................................... 61.87 9.3 61.87 9.3 – –

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 28.79 4.9 28.82 5.0 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.67 5.2 – – – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 24.18 5.1 24.18 5.1 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 26.82 4.3 26.82 4.3 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 37.63 10.1 37.63 10.1 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 33.80 17.2 33.80 17.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 30.88 13.7 30.88 13.7 – –

Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... 26.51 15.4 26.52 15.4 – –

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ................................................................... 26.26 7.6 26.26 7.6 – –

Accountants and auditors ................................................. 26.24 3.7 26.24 3.7 – –

Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 32.24 13.0 32.24 13.0 – –

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 43.08 5.7 45.46 8.9 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 32.43 7.1 33.10 7.6 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 49.81 3.5 49.81 3.5 – –

Computer software engineers .......................................... 55.51 8.6 55.51 8.6 – –

Computer software engineers, applications ................. 55.56 9.1 55.56 9.1 – –

Computer support specialists ........................................... 43.60 21.4 43.60 21.4 – –

Network and computer systems administrators ................ 29.82 11.6 – – – –

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 39.30 5.3 40.07 5.5 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 37.11 6.0 37.11 6.0 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 42.79 11.4 42.79 11.4 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 42.64 2.4 42.64 2.4 – –

Engineers ......................................................................... 44.39 6.0 44.60 6.0 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 37.37 6.5 37.37 6.5 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 42.64 2.4 42.64 2.4 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 45.12 4.9 – – – –

Electrical and electronics engineers ............................. 40.36 9.0 40.36 9.0 – –

Electrical engineers .................................................. 39.91 1.9 39.91 1.9 – –

Mechanical engineers ................................................... 41.58 3.3 41.58 3.3 – –

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 29.44 15.2 31.21 15.3 – –

Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ......... 22.96 9.9 – – – –

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 24.93 15.3 24.93 15.3 – –

Life scientists .................................................................... 25.09 18.5 25.09 18.5 – –

Biological scientists ...................................................... 27.04 22.2 27.04 22.2 – –

Physical scientists ............................................................ 28.92 17.5 28.92 17.5 – –

Community and social services occupations .................. 22.53 15.2 23.66 14.6 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 14.38 10.6 14.96 9.6 – –

Counselors ....................................................................... 17.06 22.3 17.26 21.9 – –

Social workers .................................................................. 21.06 11.5 21.06 11.5 – –

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists 27.90 21.7 – – – –

Legal occupations .............................................................. 32.61 6.7 32.61 6.7 – –

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 32.73 3.7 34.81 5.6 20.30 24.2

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.29 2.4 13.88 3.8 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 16.56 6.8 – – – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 26.55 19.0 26.55 19.0 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 40.49 6.6 40.56 7.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 32.36 6.2 34.54 4.4 18.03 17.5

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San

Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... $38.14 8.8 $38.40 9.1 $24.53 17.8

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 33.74 5.6 – – 24.53 17.8

Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................ 34.72 4.4 34.99 5.0 – –

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 34.98 6.9 36.50 9.2 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 14.76 6.2 – – – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 40.30 7.0 40.41 7.4 – –

Preschool and kindergarten teachers ........................... 18.29 18.5 16.89 16.0 – –

Preschool teachers, except special education ......... 18.29 18.5 16.89 16.0 – –

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 36.74 7.2 37.61 8.9 – –

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 36.53 7.2 37.40 9.0 – –

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 37.37 9.0 42.08 6.6 – –

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 37.37 9.0 42.08 6.6 – –

Other teachers and instructors ......................................... 32.06 6.0 – – – –

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 27.24 20.5 26.61 22.9 – –

Designers ......................................................................... 26.93 9.7 24.89 8.6 – –

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 31.09 7.0 30.42 7.2 39.27 14.5

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.04 10.3 – – – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.69 5.6 18.69 5.6 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 22.00 3.2 21.75 4.0 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 36.09 16.4 30.54 17.2 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 28.86 9.1 28.76 9.3 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 33.09 4.5 33.03 4.6 – –

Registered nurses ............................................................ 39.02 5.2 37.26 4.1 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 33.06 5.7 32.96 6.0 – –

Therapists ......................................................................... 30.89 8.4 30.86 8.4 – –

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............. 28.23 3.1 27.56 4.1 – –

Radiologic technologists and technicians ..................... 29.82 1.2 – – – –

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 17.43 10.2 17.43 10.2 – –

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 21.81 1.9 21.95 1.8 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 21.61 2.5 21.72 2.7 – –

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 14.02 5.5 14.79 5.9 10.50 8.8

Level 2 ............................................................. 11.36 8.2 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.89 8.8 11.97 8.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.65 6.4 13.66 7.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.34 3.9 18.34 3.9 – –

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 12.67 4.2 12.83 4.4 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.89 8.8 11.97 8.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.24 5.3 13.38 5.5 – –

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 12.15 5.4 12.27 5.7 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.89 8.8 11.97 8.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. – – 12.51 2.1 – –

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 13.76 8.4 14.03 9.2 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.88 10.5 13.80 11.6 – –

Medical assistants ........................................................ 12.87 7.8 – – – –

Protective service occupations ......................................... 25.87 8.0 27.72 8.4 10.45 6.6

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.11 8.2 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.74 6.5 13.88 7.7 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 31.33 4.4 31.33 4.4 – –

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ 12.60 5.2 13.40 7.2 – –

Security guards ............................................................. 12.60 5.2 13.40 7.2 – –

Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................ 13.07 6.4 – – – –

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 9.19 4.0 10.70 2.6 7.94 1.8

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.00 1.4 9.11 6.0 7.41 1.5

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.23 5.4 8.85 7.7 7.87 3.0

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.26 3.9 10.60 3.0 8.24 1.4

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.53 5.6 12.34 6.2 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San

Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and

serving workers .......................................................... $15.26 19.5 – – – –

Cooks ............................................................................... 11.79 3.4 $11.93 3.7 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.53 2.1 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.15 5.2 12.31 6.3 – –

Cooks, restaurant ......................................................... 10.83 4.1 10.95 2.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.22 3.9 11.39 1.2 – –

Food preparation workers ................................................. 10.12 5.1 10.29 4.9 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.64 2.2 – – – –

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 7.36 .9 8.35 1.2 $7.08 0.2

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.80 3.5 – – 7.11 1.6

Level 2 ............................................................. 6.91 2.4 6.90 1.4 6.92 2.9

Level 3 ............................................................. 7.22 1.8 – – 7.19 1.2

Bartenders .................................................................... 7.14 .5 – – 7.12 2.5

Waiters and waitresses ................................................ 7.08 .2 – – 7.10 .5

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.20 1.4 – – 7.20 1.4

Level 2 ............................................................. 6.96 3.1 – – 6.97 3.2

Level 3 ............................................................. 7.15 1.7 – – 7.15 1.7

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender

helpers .................................................................... 7.96 3.7 – – 7.01 1.5

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.03 3.1 – – 7.04 1.9

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 8.65 6.8 – – 8.47 4.2

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.97 4.8 – – 8.01 6.0

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.84 9.7 – – 9.35 9.3

Level 3 ............................................................. 7.93 5.6 – – 8.00 7.2

Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... 9.16 7.3 – – 8.96 3.8

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.02 5.4 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.20 11.2 – – – –

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and

coffee shop ............................................................. 7.73 2.0 – – 7.74 2.5

Dishwashers ..................................................................... 8.28 4.1 9.50 6.9 7.34 4.5

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.50 8.8 – – – –

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee

shop ............................................................................ 8.45 4.8 – – – –

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 11.14 7.3 11.22 8.0 9.67 5.4

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.70 3.8 8.64 4.9 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.73 10.0 9.65 10.3 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.61 7.3 11.61 7.3 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 17.63 8.5 17.63 8.5 – –

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 11.14 5.6 11.27 6.1 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.05 5.7 9.02 7.2 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.63 9.8 9.65 10.3 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.08 11.5 12.08 11.5 – –

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 11.94 6.8 12.09 7.8 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 10.42 11.5 10.98 12.0 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.08 11.5 12.08 11.5 – –

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... 8.37 1.7 8.19 2.6 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.29 2.0 8.07 3.2 – –

Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... 11.13 15.2 11.08 15.8 – –

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .................. 11.22 16.9 – – – –

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 12.79 5.6 14.14 9.5 11.62 6.2

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.39 3.3 – – 9.38 4.0

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.53 16.4 – – 12.30 30.4

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.82 16.8 11.37 17.5 – –

Gaming services workers ................................................. 10.12 18.5 10.12 18.5 – –

Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related

workers ....................................................................... 8.39 3.2 – – 8.36 4.1

Amusement and recreation attendants ......................... 8.39 3.2 – – 8.36 4.1

Child care workers ............................................................ 15.75 11.6 – – 11.02 24.4

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 16.75 6.9 18.66 8.5 10.25 11.0

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San

Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Sales and related occupations –Continued

Level 1 ............................................................. $7.70 5.7 – – $7.57 4.4

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.68 2.5 – – 8.26 1.5

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.91 4.4 $11.78 4.3 8.54 4.2

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.95 4.5 14.03 3.4 13.60 11.1

Level 5 ............................................................. 27.38 14.6 28.03 15.3 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.58 21.4 20.58 21.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 27.17 19.9 29.70 25.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 18.17 27.0 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... 16.63 12.9 16.82 14.1 – –

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 12.35 2.2 13.76 7.8 9.59 9.7

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.70 5.7 – – 7.57 4.4

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.68 2.5 – – 8.26 1.5

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.98 4.3 11.96 3.9 8.54 4.2

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.04 7.1 14.10 5.0 13.87 13.1

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 11.25 9.6 11.89 4.0 10.33 17.5

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.35 .2 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.40 5.2 10.92 2.6 9.13 8.6

Cashiers ................................................................... 11.24 10.0 11.92 4.3 10.33 17.5

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.35 .2 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.43 5.4 11.00 2.5 9.13 8.6

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 14.45 12.8 – – – –

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 13.00 10.6 14.91 13.6 8.76 2.2

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.11 3.5 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.27 15.1 13.19 9.7 7.74 1.2

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.75 4.7 13.40 1.3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 11.32 11.3 – – – –

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 16.66 4.8 17.40 4.9 11.94 2.9

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.62 4.4 10.55 6.2 10.70 3.3

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.15 3.6 13.35 3.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.53 5.5 15.66 6.0 14.03 6.1

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.93 3.4 18.17 3.0 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 23.10 7.7 23.25 7.5 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 26.50 10.6 27.03 10.9 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 29.78 4.2 29.78 4.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 13.94 7.6 13.96 8.5 13.77 5.5

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ................................... 25.33 9.6 25.33 9.6 – –

Financial clerks ................................................................. 16.82 3.6 16.99 3.8 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.32 1.3 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 16.74 5.7 16.89 6.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.96 7.7 17.96 7.7 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.25 6.7 19.25 6.7 – –

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 16.83 4.5 17.04 4.6 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 17.14 3.8 17.61 3.1 – –

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..................................... 16.70 14.4 16.70 14.4 – –

Customer service representatives .................................... 20.06 12.7 20.55 12.6 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 16.18 2.6 16.73 2.7 – –

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 12.30 7.5 12.90 6.8 10.50 6.7

Level 2 ............................................................. 11.17 9.2 11.57 8.9 – –

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... 11.53 5.9 – – – –

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ 13.90 17.1 – – – –

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 16.69 11.2 16.87 12.5 15.07 6.9

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.71 10.6 12.71 10.7 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.44 7.4 18.44 7.0 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.92 7.3 21.67 6.5 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.61 8.5 22.21 9.6 – –

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 21.11 4.8 21.27 4.9 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.05 6.3 – – – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.65 11.5 21.24 13.2 – –

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 15.87 4.9 16.29 5.7 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.50 6.1 14.53 6.2 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.29 9.6 18.89 8.9 – –

Data entry and information processing workers ............... 14.42 5.9 15.44 4.4 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San

Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Word processors and typists ........................................ $15.66 4.5 $15.74 4.5 – –

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 15.39 10.7 15.67 11.1 $12.38 5.6

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.75 3.6 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 17.22 4.9 17.22 4.9 – –

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 20.19 9.6 20.66 8.6 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 19.52 5.9 19.52 5.9 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 20.04 7.9 20.04 7.9 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 21.78 5.7 21.78 5.7 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 27.95 10.9 27.95 10.9 – –

Carpenters ........................................................................ 18.70 5.6 18.70 5.6 – –

Construction laborers ....................................................... 17.89 5.8 18.09 6.1 – –

Construction equipment operators ................................... 31.10 8.6 31.10 8.6 – –

Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers ........... 24.57 1.4 24.74 .0 – –

Electricians ....................................................................... 18.99 7.3 18.99 7.3 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 22.17 3.4 22.33 3.9 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 19.22 5.3 19.22 5.3 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 24.12 10.0 24.12 10.0 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 24.32 8.2 24.32 8.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 21.05 15.6 21.05 15.6 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,

and repairers .............................................................. 28.31 5.7 28.31 5.7 – –

Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. 21.51 3.4 21.51 3.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.96 6.0 20.96 6.0 – –

Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 20.07 3.4 20.07 3.4 – –

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... 19.07 5.6 19.07 5.6 – –

Maintenance workers, machinery ................................. 19.46 4.8 19.46 4.8 – –

Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair

workers ....................................................................... 15.31 16.7 16.08 14.6 – –

Production occupations .................................................... 16.75 5.2 17.48 3.7 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.72 8.8 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.57 3.0 9.57 3.0 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.83 5.9 13.83 5.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 16.09 4.3 16.12 4.4 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 19.97 2.5 20.00 2.5 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.19 2.5 20.19 2.5 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 24.11 7.3 24.11 7.3 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ....................................................... 33.56 6.5 33.56 6.5 – –

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical

assemblers ................................................................. 12.23 18.8 12.01 19.7 – –

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... 13.78 8.4 14.50 7.8 – –

Machinists ......................................................................... 23.06 .3 23.06 .3 – –

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... 21.65 4.1 21.65 4.1 – –

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... 15.99 13.2 18.19 8.4 – –

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 14.79 3.4 15.78 4.4 – –

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 13.45 7.6 14.65 7.0 9.54 6.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.36 .8 8.78 2.5 7.64 1.7

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.00 3.1 9.84 5.6 10.19 1.3

Level 3 ............................................................. 14.20 6.3 14.33 6.8 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 18.82 8.5 18.94 8.7 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 22.48 4.7 22.48 4.7 – –

Bus drivers ........................................................................ 12.83 14.3 – – – –

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 17.61 6.6 17.85 6.6 – –

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 20.27 9.1 20.27 9.1 – –

Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ 17.85 5.2 17.89 5.2 – –

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 10.24 5.2 10.89 8.4 9.39 8.7

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.17 2.5 – – 7.69 1.8

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.80 4.0 9.14 6.3 10.53 .9

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.20 8.5 13.62 10.9 – –

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................ 9.58 5.9 9.58 5.9 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San

Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ $10.32 5.4 $11.37 8.7 $9.23 9.2

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.92 2.2 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.45 6.4 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.19 8.6 – – – –

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.

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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San

Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All workers .............................................................................. $20.85 3.5 $22.89 3.6 $11.06 5.9

Management occupations ................................................. 43.47 5.9 43.47 5.9 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 29.67 13.6 29.67 13.6 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 48.40 9.9 48.40 9.9 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 57.23 17.2 57.23 17.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 49.58 10.8 49.58 10.8 – –

General and operations managers ................................... 54.21 21.3 54.21 21.3 – –

Financial managers .......................................................... 59.99 21.5 59.99 21.5 – –

Education administrators .................................................. 31.39 21.5 31.39 21.5 – –

Engineering managers ..................................................... 63.88 10.2 63.88 10.2 – –

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 29.03 6.4 29.07 6.4 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 24.18 5.1 24.18 5.1 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 28.06 4.0 28.06 4.0 – –

Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... 27.10 18.7 27.13 18.8 – –

Accountants and auditors ................................................. 26.17 3.9 26.17 3.9 – –

Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 32.24 13.0 32.24 13.0 – –

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 44.88 4.8 47.84 8.1 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 32.47 10.8 – – – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 49.81 3.5 49.81 3.5 – –

Computer software engineers .......................................... 55.51 8.6 55.51 8.6 – –

Computer software engineers, applications ................. 55.56 9.1 55.56 9.1 – –

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 39.63 5.3 40.44 5.6 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 37.37 7.6 37.37 7.6 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 42.79 11.4 42.79 11.4 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 42.64 2.4 42.64 2.4 – –

Engineers ......................................................................... 44.72 6.1 44.94 6.1 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 37.37 7.6 37.37 7.6 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 42.64 2.4 42.64 2.4 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 45.57 5.1 – – – –

Electrical and electronics engineers ............................. 40.36 9.0 40.36 9.0 – –

Electrical engineers .................................................. 39.91 1.9 39.91 1.9 – –

Mechanical engineers ................................................... 42.63 3.6 42.63 3.6 – –

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 29.67 15.6 31.56 15.6 – –

Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ......... 22.96 9.9 – – – –

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 24.38 19.9 24.38 19.9 – –

Life scientists .................................................................... 25.99 22.6 25.99 22.6 – –

Legal occupations .............................................................. 33.06 7.4 33.06 7.4 – –

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 29.12 12.6 29.42 12.8 24.07 12.2

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 24.58 28.1 24.95 28.8 – –

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 27.30 21.6 26.74 23.4 – –

Designers ......................................................................... 26.93 9.7 24.89 8.6 – –

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 32.16 3.2 31.38 2.1 39.27 14.5

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.04 10.3 – – – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 19.69 5.0 19.69 5.0 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 22.00 3.2 21.75 4.0 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 36.15 17.5 30.11 19.1 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 30.47 7.0 30.40 7.2 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 35.85 3.3 35.89 3.5 – –

Registered nurses ............................................................ 41.63 3.3 39.52 2.4 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 35.40 6.9 35.44 7.8 – –

Therapists ......................................................................... 32.11 7.1 32.09 7.1 – –

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............. 28.23 3.1 27.56 4.1 – –

Radiologic technologists and technicians ..................... 29.82 1.2 – – – –

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 19.75 3.4 19.75 3.4 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San

Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... $21.81 1.9 $21.95 1.8 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 21.61 2.5 21.72 2.7 – –

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 13.93 6.3 14.81 6.7 $10.37 8.6

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.15 2.3 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.40 6.8 13.40 7.5 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.34 3.9 18.34 3.9 – –

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 12.11 2.4 12.23 2.3 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.15 2.3 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. – – 12.51 2.1 – –

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 11.78 4.3 11.87 4.4 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.15 2.3 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. – – 12.51 2.1 – –

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 14.03 9.4 14.37 10.1 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.88 10.8 13.80 11.6 – –

Protective service occupations ......................................... 12.50 4.0 13.60 8.6 10.69 6.3

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.97 9.2 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.90 5.9 – – – –

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ 12.55 6.9 13.85 11.5 – –

Security guards ............................................................. 12.55 6.9 13.85 11.5 – –

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 9.00 4.8 10.48 2.7 7.88 1.7

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.88 1.0 8.90 5.7 7.41 1.5

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.78 2.7 7.99 6.3 7.69 1.9

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.26 4.0 10.60 3.0 8.22 1.4

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.53 5.6 12.34 6.2 – –

Cooks ............................................................................... 11.79 3.4 11.93 3.7 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.53 2.1 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.15 5.2 12.31 6.3 – –

Cooks, restaurant ......................................................... 10.83 4.1 10.95 2.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.22 3.9 11.39 1.2 – –

Food preparation workers ................................................. 10.17 6.0 10.39 5.7 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.64 2.2 – – – –

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 7.33 .8 8.30 1.2 7.08 .2

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.75 3.4 – – 7.11 1.6

Level 2 ............................................................. 6.91 2.4 6.90 1.4 6.92 2.9

Level 3 ............................................................. 7.22 1.8 – – 7.19 1.2

Bartenders .................................................................... 7.14 .5 – – 7.12 2.5

Waiters and waitresses ................................................ 7.08 .2 – – 7.10 .5

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.20 1.4 – – 7.20 1.4

Level 2 ............................................................. 6.96 3.1 – – 6.97 3.2

Level 3 ............................................................. 7.15 1.7 – – 7.15 1.7

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender

helpers .................................................................... 7.90 3.7 – – 7.01 1.5

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.98 3.1 – – 7.04 1.9

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 8.14 3.5 – – 8.23 3.3

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.97 4.8 – – 8.01 6.0

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.65 2.7 – – 8.79 4.6

Level 3 ............................................................. 7.83 5.4 – – – –

Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... 8.41 3.4 – – 8.59 1.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.02 5.4 – – – –

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and

coffee shop ............................................................. 7.73 2.0 – – 7.74 2.5

Dishwashers ..................................................................... 8.05 3.0 9.14 7.5 7.34 4.5

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.09 7.2 – – – –

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee

shop ............................................................................ 8.45 4.8 – – – –

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 9.74 4.4 9.76 5.1 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.26 1.3 8.16 1.7 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.10 7.7 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.55 4.4 10.55 4.4 – –

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 9.78 4.5 9.84 5.1 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San

Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Building cleaning workers –Continued

Level 1 ............................................................. $8.41 2.5 $8.28 3.3 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.54 8.6 10.54 8.6 – –

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 10.32 6.0 10.43 7.0 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.73 9.3 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.54 8.6 10.54 8.6 – –

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... 8.37 1.7 8.19 2.6 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.29 2.0 8.07 3.2 – –

Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... 9.66 7.0 – – – –

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .................. 9.59 7.6 – – – –

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 12.10 5.5 13.26 9.1 $11.52 6.7

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.44 3.3 – – 9.44 4.1

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.66 17.5 – – 12.37 39.1

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.23 4.2 – – – –

Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related

workers ....................................................................... 8.39 3.2 – – 8.36 4.1

Amusement and recreation attendants ......................... 8.39 3.2 – – 8.36 4.1

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 16.80 7.0 18.76 8.5 10.25 11.0

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.70 5.7 – – 7.57 4.4

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.68 2.5 – – 8.26 1.5

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.94 4.4 11.85 4.3 8.54 4.2

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.97 4.6 14.06 3.6 13.60 11.1

Level 5 ............................................................. 27.38 14.6 28.03 15.3 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.58 21.4 20.58 21.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 27.17 19.9 29.70 25.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 18.17 27.0 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... 16.63 12.9 16.82 14.1 – –

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 12.36 2.2 13.82 8.0 9.59 9.7

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.70 5.7 – – 7.57 4.4

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.68 2.5 – – 8.26 1.5

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.01 4.3 12.03 4.0 8.54 4.2

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.07 7.3 14.15 5.4 13.87 13.1

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 11.24 10.0 11.92 4.3 10.33 17.5

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.35 .2 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.43 5.4 11.00 2.5 9.13 8.6

Cashiers ................................................................... 11.24 10.0 11.92 4.3 10.33 17.5

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.35 .2 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.43 5.4 11.00 2.5 9.13 8.6

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 14.45 12.8 – – – –

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 13.00 10.6 14.91 13.6 8.76 2.2

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.11 3.5 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.27 15.1 13.19 9.7 7.74 1.2

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.75 4.7 13.40 1.3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 11.32 11.3 – – – –

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 16.48 5.6 17.31 5.7 11.69 2.6

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.59 4.5 10.53 6.5 10.66 3.3

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.19 3.8 13.38 4.1 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.28 6.1 15.41 6.6 13.74 6.3

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.91 4.1 18.26 3.7 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 24.39 6.9 24.60 6.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 26.52 11.0 27.07 11.4 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 13.30 5.7 13.27 6.0 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ................................... 25.38 10.4 25.38 10.4 – –

Financial clerks ................................................................. 16.43 3.6 16.60 3.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 16.05 6.2 16.18 6.6 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.96 7.7 17.96 7.7 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.05 7.3 19.05 7.3 – –

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 16.59 5.1 16.81 5.3 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 16.69 4.8 17.14 4.1 – –

Customer service representatives .................................... 20.06 12.7 20.55 12.6 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 16.18 2.6 16.73 2.7 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San

Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ $11.82 8.1 $12.31 7.8 $10.50 6.7

Level 2 ............................................................. 11.17 9.2 11.57 8.9 – –

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... 11.53 5.9 – – – –

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ 13.90 17.1 – – – –

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 15.79 12.5 15.96 14.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.24 9.8 12.24 9.9 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.87 7.4 18.36 5.7 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.61 8.2 21.46 7.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.17 8.8 21.77 10.2 – –

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 19.93 5.0 20.10 5.1 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 19.96 12.2 – – – –

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 14.90 5.8 15.24 7.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.94 6.2 13.96 6.3 – –

Data entry and information processing workers ............... 13.69 7.5 14.90 6.4 – –

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 15.28 12.0 15.52 12.2 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.55 1.8 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 17.87 2.7 17.87 2.7 – –

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 19.94 10.0 20.43 9.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 19.54 6.3 19.54 6.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 19.68 8.9 19.68 8.9 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 21.38 5.4 21.38 5.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 28.06 11.4 28.06 11.4 – –

Carpenters ........................................................................ 18.70 5.6 18.70 5.6 – –

Construction laborers ....................................................... 17.89 5.8 18.09 6.1 – –

Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers ........... 24.57 1.4 24.74 .0 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 22.02 3.5 22.18 4.1 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.24 5.3 18.24 5.3 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 24.11 10.3 24.11 10.3 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 24.18 8.4 24.18 8.4 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 21.11 17.0 21.11 17.0 – –

Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. 20.54 4.5 20.54 4.5 – –

Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 19.14 2.0 19.14 2.0 – –

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... 18.69 6.7 18.69 6.7 – –

Maintenance workers, machinery ................................. 19.46 4.8 19.46 4.8 – –

Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair

workers ....................................................................... 15.31 16.7 16.08 14.6 – –

Production occupations .................................................... 16.50 5.3 17.24 3.8 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.72 8.8 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.57 3.0 9.57 3.0 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.62 6.9 13.62 6.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 16.09 4.3 16.12 4.4 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 19.57 2.6 19.60 2.5 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.19 2.5 20.19 2.5 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 24.11 7.3 24.11 7.3 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ....................................................... 33.22 7.9 33.22 7.9 – –

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical

assemblers ................................................................. 12.23 18.8 12.01 19.7 – –

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... 13.78 8.4 14.50 7.8 – –

Machinists ......................................................................... 23.06 .3 23.06 .3 – –

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... 20.65 1.2 20.65 1.2 – –

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... 15.99 13.2 18.19 8.4 – –

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 14.79 3.4 15.78 4.4 – –

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 13.08 7.9 14.28 7.4 9.41 6.6

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.36 .8 8.78 2.5 7.64 1.7

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.02 3.2 9.85 6.2 10.19 1.3

Level 3 ............................................................. 14.10 6.8 14.27 7.1 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 18.18 10.2 18.29 10.6 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 22.26 5.8 22.26 5.8 – –

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 17.61 6.6 17.85 6.6 – –

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 20.27 9.1 20.27 9.1 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San

Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ $16.86 3.5 – – – –

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 10.24 5.2 $10.89 8.4 $9.39 8.7

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.17 2.5 – – 7.69 1.8

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.80 4.0 9.14 6.3 10.53 .9

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.20 8.5 13.62 10.9 – –

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................ 9.58 5.9 9.58 5.9 – –

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 10.32 5.4 11.37 8.7 9.23 9.2

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.92 2.2 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.45 6.4 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.19 8.6 – – – –

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.

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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work

levels3, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All workers .............................................................................. $26.57 3.5 $27.14 3.8 $18.32 19.1

Management occupations ................................................. 57.75 5.0 57.75 5.0 – –

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 28.25 6.9 28.25 6.9 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 25.84 5.8 25.84 5.8 – –

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 26.54 17.6 26.54 17.6 – –

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 34.47 2.6 37.82 5.1 19.75 28.0

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 32.25 11.6 36.71 5.3 – –

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 44.16 5.8 44.89 4.8 – –

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 27.48 30.9 27.48 30.9 – –

Protective service occupations ......................................... 30.72 5.8 30.94 6.3 – –

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 12.92 14.2 – – – –

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 16.07 2.0 16.13 2.3 – –

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 15.39 1.5 15.45 1.4 – –

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 16.02 7.0 16.10 7.0 – –

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 15.06 16.7 15.24 17.0 – –

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 17.79 4.3 17.93 4.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 17.35 8.0 17.44 8.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.00 4.1 17.79 3.1 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 18.31 8.8 18.31 8.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 15.61 20.3 – – – –

Financial clerks ................................................................. 19.26 7.1 19.26 7.1 – –

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 21.00 11.0 20.93 11.3 – –

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 18.76 9.6 18.76 9.6 – –

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 24.36 4.6 24.36 4.6 – –

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 18.99 14.2 19.10 15.2 – –

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.

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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, San

Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All workers .............................................................................. $21.65 3.0 $23.55 3.1 $11.47 5.7

Management occupations ................................................. 44.85 5.6 44.85 5.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.49 11.0 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 44.38 6.7 – – – –

Group IV ........................................................... 67.33 4.4 – – – –

General and operations managers ................................... 56.84 17.6 56.84 17.6 – –

Financial managers .......................................................... 59.29 20.0 59.29 20.0 – –

Education administrators .................................................. 38.10 18.3 38.10 18.3 – –

Engineering managers ..................................................... 61.87 9.3 61.87 9.3 – –

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 28.79 4.9 28.82 5.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 22.55 5.0 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 32.23 5.0 – – – –

Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... 26.51 15.4 26.52 15.4 – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.67 13.9 – – – –

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ................................................................... 26.26 7.6 26.26 7.6 – –

Group III ............................................................ 26.26 7.6 – – – –

Accountants and auditors ................................................. 26.24 3.7 26.24 3.7 – –

Group II ............................................................. 24.24 4.2 24.24 4.2 – –

Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 32.24 13.0 32.24 13.0 – –

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 43.08 5.7 45.46 8.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 31.59 5.6 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 48.14 5.9 – – – –

Computer software engineers .......................................... 55.51 8.6 55.51 8.6 – –

Group III ............................................................ 50.23 1.8 – – – –

Computer software engineers, applications ................. 55.56 9.1 55.56 9.1 – –

Group III ............................................................ 49.93 2.6 49.93 2.6 – –

Computer support specialists ........................................... 43.60 21.4 43.60 21.4 – –

Network and computer systems administrators ................ 29.82 11.6 – – – –

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 39.30 5.3 40.07 5.5 – –

Group II ............................................................. 24.37 4.7 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 45.36 8.6 – – – –

Engineers ......................................................................... 44.39 6.0 44.60 6.0 – –

Group III ............................................................ 46.17 8.9 – – – –

Electrical and electronics engineers ............................. 40.36 9.0 40.36 9.0 – –

Group III ............................................................ 41.62 12.1 – – – –

Electrical engineers .................................................. 39.91 1.9 39.91 1.9 – –

Mechanical engineers ................................................... 41.58 3.3 41.58 3.3 – –

Group III ............................................................ 42.43 4.9 42.43 4.9 – –

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 29.44 15.2 31.21 15.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 24.69 4.0 – – – –

Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ......... 22.96 9.9 – – – –

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 24.93 15.3 24.93 15.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 22.31 6.2 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 26.75 15.6 – – – –

Life scientists .................................................................... 25.09 18.5 25.09 18.5 – –

Biological scientists ...................................................... 27.04 22.2 27.04 22.2 – –

Physical scientists ............................................................ 28.92 17.5 28.92 17.5 – –

Community and social services occupations .................. 22.53 15.2 23.66 14.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 16.69 13.1 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 32.17 10.3 – – – –

Counselors ....................................................................... 17.06 22.3 17.26 21.9 – –

Social workers .................................................................. 21.06 11.5 21.06 11.5 – –

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists 27.90 21.7 – – – –

Legal occupations .............................................................. 32.61 6.7 32.61 6.7 – –

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 32.73 3.7 34.81 5.6 20.30 24.2

Group I .............................................................. 13.76 4.1 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.37 6.3 – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, San

Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Education, training, and library occupations –Continued

Group III ............................................................ $41.39 5.2 – – – –

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 38.14 8.8 $38.40 9.1 $24.53 17.8

Group III ............................................................ 45.11 3.2 – – – –

Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................ 34.72 4.4 34.99 5.0 – –

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 34.98 6.9 36.50 9.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.89 11.9 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 40.30 7.0 – – – –

Preschool and kindergarten teachers ........................... 18.29 18.5 16.89 16.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.29 18.5 – – – –

Preschool teachers, except special education ......... 18.29 18.5 16.89 16.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.29 18.5 16.89 16.0 – –

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 36.74 7.2 37.61 8.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.62 15.4 – – – –

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 36.53 7.2 37.40 9.0 – –

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 37.37 9.0 42.08 6.6 – –

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 37.37 9.0 42.08 6.6 – –

Other teachers and instructors ......................................... 32.06 6.0 – – – –

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 27.24 20.5 26.61 22.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 16.87 25.6 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 29.97 7.4 – – – –

Designers ......................................................................... 26.93 9.7 24.89 8.6 – –

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 31.09 7.0 30.42 7.2 39.27 14.5

Group I .............................................................. 13.32 7.5 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 27.42 8.8 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 41.38 8.6 – – – –

Registered nurses ............................................................ 39.02 5.2 37.26 4.1 – –

Group II ............................................................. 46.25 21.0 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 37.63 4.6 37.71 4.7 – –

Therapists ......................................................................... 30.89 8.4 30.86 8.4 – –

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............. 28.23 3.1 27.56 4.1 – –

Group II ............................................................. 28.23 3.1 – – – –

Radiologic technologists and technicians ..................... 29.82 1.2 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 29.82 1.2 – – – –

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 17.43 10.2 17.43 10.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.13 4.5 – – – –

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 21.81 1.9 21.95 1.8 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.86 1.7 21.95 1.8 – –

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 14.02 5.5 14.79 5.9 10.50 8.8

Group I .............................................................. 12.55 4.0 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 32.64 26.9 – – – –

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 12.67 4.2 12.83 4.4 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.65 4.2 – – – –

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 12.15 5.4 12.27 5.7 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.11 5.4 12.24 5.7 – –

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 13.76 8.4 14.03 9.2 – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.25 9.1 – – – –

Medical assistants ........................................................ 12.87 7.8 – – – –

Protective service occupations ......................................... 25.87 8.0 27.72 8.4 10.45 6.6

Group I .............................................................. 12.62 3.9 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 29.54 4.6 – – – –

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ 12.60 5.2 13.40 7.2 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.44 6.7 – – – –

Security guards ............................................................. 12.60 5.2 13.40 7.2 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.44 6.7 13.15 7.8 – –

Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................ 13.07 6.4 – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, San

Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ $9.19 4.0 $10.70 2.6 $7.94 1.8

Group I .............................................................. 8.99 4.5 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and

serving workers .......................................................... 15.26 19.5 – – – –

Cooks ............................................................................... 11.79 3.4 11.93 3.7 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.79 3.4 – – – –

Cooks, restaurant ......................................................... 10.83 4.1 10.95 2.9 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.83 4.1 10.95 2.9 – –

Food preparation workers ................................................. 10.12 5.1 10.29 4.9 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.12 5.1 10.29 4.9 – –

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 7.36 .9 8.35 1.2 7.08 .2

Group I .............................................................. 7.36 .9 – – – –

Bartenders .................................................................... 7.14 .5 – – 7.12 2.5

Group I .............................................................. 7.14 .5 – – 7.12 2.5

Waiters and waitresses ................................................ 7.08 .2 – – 7.10 .5

Group I .............................................................. 7.08 .2 – – 7.10 .5

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender

helpers .................................................................... 7.96 3.7 – – 7.01 1.5

Group I .............................................................. 7.96 3.7 – – 7.01 1.5

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 8.65 6.8 – – 8.47 4.2

Group I .............................................................. 8.65 6.8 – – – –

Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... 9.16 7.3 – – 8.96 3.8

Group I .............................................................. 9.16 7.3 – – 8.96 3.8

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and

coffee shop ............................................................. 7.73 2.0 – – 7.74 2.5

Group I .............................................................. 7.73 2.0 – – 7.74 2.5

Dishwashers ..................................................................... 8.28 4.1 9.50 6.9 7.34 4.5

Group I .............................................................. 8.28 4.1 9.50 6.9 7.34 4.5

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee

shop ............................................................................ 8.45 4.8 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 8.45 4.8 – – – –

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 11.14 7.3 11.22 8.0 9.67 5.4

Group I .............................................................. 10.61 8.4 – – – –

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 11.14 5.6 11.27 6.1 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.62 8.0 – – – –

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 11.94 6.8 12.09 7.8 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.35 9.6 11.49 10.4 – –

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... 8.37 1.7 8.19 2.6 – –

Group I .............................................................. 8.37 1.7 8.19 2.6 – –

Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... 11.13 15.2 11.08 15.8 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.57 12.8 – – – –

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .................. 11.22 16.9 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.61 14.4 – – – –

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 12.79 5.6 14.14 9.5 11.62 6.2

Group I .............................................................. 11.48 10.0 – – – –

Gaming services workers ................................................. 10.12 18.5 10.12 18.5 – –

Group I .............................................................. 9.31 14.4 – – – –

Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related

workers ....................................................................... 8.39 3.2 – – 8.36 4.1

Group I .............................................................. 8.39 3.2 – – – –

Amusement and recreation attendants ......................... 8.39 3.2 – – 8.36 4.1

Group I .............................................................. 8.39 3.2 – – 8.36 4.1

Child care workers ............................................................ 15.75 11.6 – – 11.02 24.4

Group I .............................................................. 15.02 24.0 – – 11.02 24.4

Recreation and fitness workers

Group I .............................................................. 12.27 16.0 – – – –

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 16.75 6.9 18.66 8.5 10.25 11.0

Group I .............................................................. 11.72 2.6 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 24.63 10.2 – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, San

Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... $16.63 12.9 $16.82 14.1 – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.70 14.4 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers

Group II ............................................................. 17.51 14.4 17.62 15.7 – –

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 12.35 2.2 13.76 7.8 $9.59 9.7

Group I .............................................................. 11.38 2.9 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 23.06 16.8 – – – –

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 11.25 9.6 11.89 4.0 10.33 17.5

Group I .............................................................. 11.48 11.7 – – – –

Cashiers ................................................................... 11.24 10.0 11.92 4.3 10.33 17.5

Group I .............................................................. 11.47 12.3 12.48 6.6 10.38 18.6

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 14.45 12.8 – – – –

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 13.00 10.6 14.91 13.6 8.76 2.2

Group I .............................................................. 11.08 8.2 12.59 9.4 8.71 2.0

Group II ............................................................. 22.65 20.7 22.65 20.7 – –

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 16.66 4.8 17.40 4.9 11.94 2.9

Group I .............................................................. 13.73 4.0 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.67 5.5 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ................................... 25.33 9.6 25.33 9.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 25.30 9.7 25.30 9.7 – –

Financial clerks ................................................................. 16.82 3.6 16.99 3.8 – –

Group I .............................................................. 16.16 5.3 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.57 5.2 – – – –

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 16.83 4.5 17.04 4.6 – –

Group I .............................................................. 15.94 6.2 16.16 6.7 – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.37 7.8 18.37 7.8 – –

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..................................... 16.70 14.4 16.70 14.4 – –

Customer service representatives .................................... 20.06 12.7 20.55 12.6 – –

Group I .............................................................. 15.85 3.3 16.24 3.5 – –

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 12.30 7.5 12.90 6.8 10.50 6.7

Group I .............................................................. 12.07 7.9 12.59 7.4 10.51 7.0

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... 11.53 5.9 – – – –

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ 13.90 17.1 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.90 17.1 – – – –

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 16.69 11.2 16.87 12.5 15.07 6.9

Group I .............................................................. 12.72 10.5 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.86 5.0 – – – –

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 21.11 4.8 21.27 4.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.11 4.8 21.27 4.9 – –

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 15.87 4.9 16.29 5.7 – –

Group I .............................................................. 14.49 6.0 14.51 6.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 16.93 8.8 18.81 8.1 – –

Data entry and information processing workers ............... 14.42 5.9 15.44 4.4 – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.54 9.1 – – – –

Word processors and typists ........................................ 15.66 4.5 15.74 4.5 – –

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 15.39 10.7 15.67 11.1 12.38 5.6

Group I .............................................................. 13.48 11.1 13.70 11.4 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.98 11.1 19.98 11.1 – –

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 20.19 9.6 20.66 8.6 – –

Group I .............................................................. 16.44 8.8 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 23.48 9.3 – – – –

Carpenters ........................................................................ 18.70 5.6 18.70 5.6 – –

Construction laborers ....................................................... 17.89 5.8 18.09 6.1 – –

Group I .............................................................. 18.07 6.3 18.53 6.7 – –

Construction equipment operators ................................... 31.10 8.6 31.10 8.6 – –

Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers ........... 24.57 1.4 24.74 .0 – –

Electricians ....................................................................... 18.99 7.3 18.99 7.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.69 5.9 20.69 5.9 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 22.17 3.4 22.33 3.9 – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.10 4.9 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 23.28 4.3 – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, San

Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,

and repairers .............................................................. $28.31 5.7 $28.31 5.7 – –

Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. 21.51 3.4 21.51 3.4 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.51 3.4 – – – –

Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 20.07 3.4 20.07 3.4 – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.07 3.4 20.07 3.4 – –

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... 19.07 5.6 19.07 5.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.64 7.8 – – – –

Maintenance workers, machinery ................................. 19.46 4.8 19.46 4.8 – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.68 8.0 20.68 8.0 – –

Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair

workers ....................................................................... 15.31 16.7 16.08 14.6 – –

Production occupations .................................................... 16.75 5.2 17.48 3.7 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.31 6.9 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 22.56 3.7 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ....................................................... 33.56 6.5 33.56 6.5 – –

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical

assemblers ................................................................. 12.23 18.8 12.01 19.7 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.76 15.7 – – – –

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... 13.78 8.4 14.50 7.8 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.83 13.4 – – – –

Machinists ......................................................................... 23.06 .3 23.06 .3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 23.06 .3 23.06 .3 – –

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... 21.65 4.1 21.65 4.1 – –

Group II ............................................................. 22.96 6.1 – – – –

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... 15.99 13.2 18.19 8.4 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.69 23.1 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.78 7.9 19.78 7.9 – –

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 14.79 3.4 15.78 4.4 – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.53 5.1 – – – –

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 13.45 7.6 14.65 7.0 $9.54 6.9

Group I .............................................................. 11.91 6.8 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 23.07 3.9 – – – –

Bus drivers ........................................................................ 12.83 14.3 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.83 14.3 – – – –

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 17.61 6.6 17.85 6.6 – –

Group I .............................................................. 16.21 13.4 – – – –

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 20.27 9.1 20.27 9.1 – –

Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ 17.85 5.2 17.89 5.2 – –

Group I .............................................................. 16.86 3.5 – – – –

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 10.24 5.2 10.89 8.4 9.39 8.7

Group I .............................................................. 10.22 5.2 – – – –

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................ 9.58 5.9 9.58 5.9 – –

Group I .............................................................. 9.58 5.9 9.58 5.9 – –

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 10.32 5.4 11.37 8.7 9.23 9.2

Group I .............................................................. 10.30 5.4 11.33 8.8 9.23 9.2

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.

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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $8.38 $11.25 $17.31 $27.00 $41.05

Management occupations ................................................. 18.78 29.86 42.31 56.25 78.64

General and operations managers ................................... 23.80 46.36 57.27 78.85 78.85

Financial managers .......................................................... 38.46 38.46 38.46 81.25 101.23

Education administrators .................................................. 18.78 22.21 42.51 42.51 58.58

Engineering managers ..................................................... 37.40 55.87 61.96 67.79 83.15

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 19.95 23.65 26.44 32.07 41.70

Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... 15.45 18.93 24.05 32.12 39.90

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ................................................................... 21.63 22.36 24.98 32.07 32.07

Accountants and auditors ................................................. 21.30 25.00 26.44 27.54 32.16

Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 21.56 23.56 28.77 46.81 53.77

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 24.04 30.19 41.30 55.00 65.00

Computer software engineers .......................................... 40.14 47.60 55.00 61.41 70.00

Computer software engineers, applications ................. 40.14 46.92 55.00 62.00 70.00

Computer support specialists ........................................... 21.11 22.77 41.30 49.45 69.59

Network and computer systems administrators ................ 24.04 24.04 25.45 32.54 43.39

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 22.50 28.70 37.02 51.92 62.50

Engineers ......................................................................... 28.70 31.51 43.27 60.02 62.50

Electrical and electronics engineers ............................. 29.28 32.50 35.66 52.21 52.21

Electrical engineers .................................................. 33.56 33.98 35.66 44.59 51.12

Mechanical engineers ................................................... 35.77 37.32 39.77 47.40 49.08

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 18.00 22.50 25.00 38.25 41.40

Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ......... 14.00 20.00 25.00 25.00 28.70

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 15.00 17.63 21.15 28.89 36.54

Life scientists .................................................................... 15.38 17.35 20.88 27.55 33.65

Biological scientists ...................................................... 15.14 17.31 21.64 28.85 38.46

Physical scientists ............................................................ 20.95 21.15 25.35 30.31 40.46

Community and social services occupations .................. 10.56 12.58 20.47 29.51 39.60

Counselors ....................................................................... 9.50 11.00 13.71 22.76 26.71

Social workers .................................................................. 12.52 15.98 20.47 26.84 30.33

Miscellaneous community and social service

specialists ................................................................... 9.71 12.00 29.51 39.60 41.36

Legal occupations .............................................................. 20.04 24.00 31.19 36.92 47.90

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 14.25 18.03 30.97 43.52 53.40

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 18.02 20.67 36.60 48.08 58.33

Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................ 17.79 19.27 30.53 42.60 56.52

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 16.14 23.40 35.33 45.28 54.15

Preschool and kindergarten teachers ........................... 11.66 14.20 15.52 17.54 32.69

Preschool teachers, except special education ......... 11.66 14.20 15.52 17.54 32.69

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 16.19 29.62 36.37 44.74 54.68

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 16.19 29.62 36.13 44.74 54.68

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 16.14 18.04 41.48 45.28 54.62

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 16.14 18.04 41.48 45.28 54.62

Other teachers and instructors ......................................... 22.50 27.41 32.51 36.66 41.60

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 8.55 11.45 23.69 34.37 48.08

Designers ......................................................................... 19.20 20.00 30.00 30.00 35.95

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 15.11 20.90 28.84 40.11 49.37

Registered nurses ............................................................ 29.12 30.00 36.75 43.10 50.50

Therapists ......................................................................... 22.14 26.04 30.68 38.00 39.52

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............. 16.28 25.50 28.21 33.26 36.57

Radiologic technologists and technicians ..................... 26.03 27.22 29.24 31.75 33.27

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 10.00 14.89 17.25 21.00 21.00

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 19.00 20.90 21.82 22.91 24.02

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006

— Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... $9.50 $10.49 $12.25 $15.97 $17.00

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 10.00 10.75 12.25 14.11 16.27

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 10.00 10.60 12.00 12.85 15.63

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 8.00 10.00 13.98 16.58 18.50

Medical assistants ........................................................ 10.00 10.82 12.30 14.33 16.41

Protective service occupations ......................................... 10.96 13.43 27.12 34.05 35.99

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ 9.75 10.96 12.73 13.43 16.40

Security guards ............................................................. 9.75 10.96 12.73 13.43 16.40

Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................ 7.66 9.00 14.00 16.98 19.26

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 6.75 7.25 8.00 11.00 12.50

First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and

serving workers .......................................................... 11.00 12.00 12.50 20.19 24.56

Cooks ............................................................................... 9.00 10.30 12.00 13.03 13.55

Cooks, restaurant ......................................................... 9.00 9.00 11.00 12.50 12.50

Food preparation workers ................................................. 8.21 8.70 9.50 11.25 13.50

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.50 8.92

Bartenders .................................................................... 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.50 7.50

Waiters and waitresses ................................................ 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.50 7.50

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender

helpers .................................................................... 6.75 6.75 7.50 9.00 9.50

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 6.75 7.50 8.00 9.08 12.25

Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... 6.75 7.50 8.42 10.29 12.25

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and

coffee shop ............................................................. 6.75 7.25 7.50 8.00 8.75

Dishwashers ..................................................................... 6.75 7.50 7.61 9.98 10.44

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee

shop ............................................................................ 6.75 6.75 8.00 10.00 10.00

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 7.65 8.00 10.00 12.60 16.92

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 7.50 8.25 10.00 12.70 16.92

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 7.65 8.75 11.00 14.76 16.96

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... 7.00 7.50 8.25 9.00 10.00

Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... 7.79 7.79 9.27 11.17 18.57

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .................. 7.79 7.79 8.78 13.50 19.11

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 7.71 9.10 11.03 14.00 20.02

Gaming services workers ................................................. 7.25 7.71 10.05 12.00 13.00

Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related

workers ....................................................................... 7.50 7.58 8.50 8.51 10.30

Amusement and recreation attendants ......................... 7.50 7.58 8.50 8.51 10.30

Child care workers ............................................................ 7.75 9.00 17.60 19.37 24.52

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 8.00 9.65 13.09 19.23 27.25

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... 13.09 13.09 13.47 20.52 22.20

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 7.55 8.60 10.50 14.50 18.42

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 8.00 8.35 9.80 12.51 18.39

Cashiers ................................................................... 7.95 8.30 9.79 12.28 18.39

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 9.65 11.25 13.16 15.28 15.28

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 7.50 8.50 10.90 15.01 24.44

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 10.00 11.78 15.60 19.92 26.63

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ................................... 15.83 21.97 28.61 28.61 30.83

Financial clerks ................................................................. 12.00 13.66 16.61 18.78 22.46

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 12.00 15.15 16.61 18.46 22.05

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..................................... 10.15 10.15 18.78 21.61 22.46

Customer service representatives .................................... 13.17 16.00 17.97 26.65 27.28

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 9.30 10.26 11.50 14.25 17.36

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... 8.81 9.75 10.10 13.00 15.11

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ 8.00 8.50 11.50 20.11 20.11

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 10.00 11.61 15.00 20.92 24.70

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 14.81 18.02 20.52 24.62 27.31

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 11.61 13.76 15.00 17.31 22.49

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006

— Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Data entry and information processing workers ............... $9.97 $12.00 $14.13 $17.15 $17.60

Word processors and typists ........................................ 13.33 14.13 15.74 17.15 18.21

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 9.00 11.00 15.00 17.75 21.64

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 12.71 16.00 18.82 24.50 30.60

Carpenters ........................................................................ 16.00 16.60 16.60 20.82 27.66

Construction laborers ....................................................... 10.64 13.00 18.00 21.65 24.52

Construction equipment operators ................................... 20.04 31.40 34.54 34.54 34.54

Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers ........... 22.00 23.15 24.86 26.00 28.00

Electricians ....................................................................... 12.60 17.32 18.90 22.18 26.13

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 13.00 16.50 22.15 28.93 29.93

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,

and repairers .............................................................. 25.40 26.40 26.43 30.40 32.47

Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. 17.00 18.50 21.00 24.00 26.71

Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 16.50 17.72 18.50 22.50 24.60

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... 13.25 15.50 18.34 22.74 23.93

Maintenance workers, machinery ................................. 14.19 16.13 17.91 23.93 28.88

Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair

workers ....................................................................... 8.75 13.00 13.00 18.70 25.58

Production occupations .................................................... 8.25 9.75 15.78 20.10 26.09

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ....................................................... 15.00 26.09 32.20 46.32 48.80

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical

assemblers ................................................................. 8.75 8.75 12.00 13.45 16.27

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... 8.25 8.50 11.25 16.81 25.99

Machinists ......................................................................... 18.04 19.92 22.00 22.00 31.06

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... 14.69 20.17 24.15 24.60 24.60

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... 7.50 9.32 17.39 18.00 26.24

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 8.85 9.50 14.85 20.00 20.49

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 7.74 9.00 10.88 18.65 22.95

Bus drivers ........................................................................ 9.30 10.00 11.25 14.00 19.58

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 9.00 10.88 19.05 22.49 24.64

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 10.00 18.85 21.51 22.49 27.15

Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ 12.56 14.96 18.65 18.92 22.95

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 7.17 7.74 9.31 11.73 15.10

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................ 8.00 8.20 9.42 10.39 12.56

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 7.17 7.74 9.31 11.73 15.77

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.

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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA,

December 2006

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $8.13 $10.82 $16.58 $25.81 $40.00

Management occupations ................................................. 16.92 28.81 40.87 54.97 74.52

General and operations managers ................................... 23.80 28.81 47.02 78.85 78.85

Financial managers .......................................................... 38.46 38.46 38.46 82.83 101.23

Education administrators .................................................. 14.77 22.21 32.50 42.51 42.51

Engineering managers ..................................................... 44.56 59.71 61.96 69.71 83.15

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 18.93 23.56 26.65 32.07 41.70

Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... 15.45 18.93 25.66 38.22 40.19

Accountants and auditors ................................................. 21.30 25.00 26.44 26.82 32.16

Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 21.56 23.56 28.77 46.81 53.77

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 25.00 30.19 44.77 56.37 65.00

Computer software engineers .......................................... 40.14 47.60 55.00 61.41 70.00

Computer software engineers, applications ................. 40.14 46.92 55.00 62.00 70.00

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 22.00 28.70 37.62 52.21 62.50

Engineers ......................................................................... 28.70 31.73 43.74 60.02 62.50

Electrical and electronics engineers ............................. 29.28 32.50 35.66 52.21 52.21

Electrical engineers .................................................. 33.56 33.98 35.66 44.59 51.12

Mechanical engineers ................................................... 35.77 36.55 40.62 47.63 49.33

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 17.00 22.50 27.05 38.25 41.40

Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ......... 14.00 20.00 25.00 25.00 28.70

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 14.56 17.31 20.99 27.55 36.06

Life scientists .................................................................... 15.00 17.31 21.68 28.35 36.06

Legal occupations .............................................................. 20.04 24.00 33.65 36.92 47.90

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 15.15 17.19 20.67 37.14 48.08

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 14.20 15.67 17.19 34.59 45.28

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 8.55 11.45 24.54 34.31 48.08

Designers ......................................................................... 19.20 20.00 30.00 30.00 35.95

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 17.89 21.82 29.66 41.51 47.19

Registered nurses ............................................................ 30.00 34.30 41.51 44.86 50.50

Therapists ......................................................................... 22.22 28.84 31.98 38.05 40.55

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............. 16.28 25.50 28.21 33.26 36.57

Radiologic technologists and technicians ..................... 26.03 27.22 29.24 31.75 33.27

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 15.49 17.25 19.25 21.00 21.00

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 19.00 20.90 21.82 22.91 24.02

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 9.50 10.35 12.23 14.94 17.69

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 10.00 10.58 12.00 12.54 14.85

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 10.00 10.54 11.90 12.45 13.77

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 8.00 9.50 14.59 16.58 18.50

Protective service occupations ......................................... 8.74 10.09 11.54 13.43 18.46

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ 8.74 10.09 12.00 14.19 18.06

Security guards ............................................................. 8.74 10.09 12.00 14.19 18.06

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 6.75 7.00 8.00 10.61 12.50

Cooks ............................................................................... 9.00 10.30 12.00 13.03 13.55

Cooks, restaurant ......................................................... 9.00 9.00 11.00 12.50 12.50

Food preparation workers ................................................. 8.21 8.70 9.50 11.25 13.50

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.50 8.92

Bartenders .................................................................... 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.50 7.50

Waiters and waitresses ................................................ 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.50 7.50

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender

helpers .................................................................... 6.75 6.75 7.50 9.00 9.50

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 6.75 7.25 7.85 8.52 9.77

Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... 6.75 7.50 8.15 8.85 10.29

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA,

December 2006 — Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and

coffee shop ............................................................. $6.75 $7.25 $7.50 $8.00 $8.75

Dishwashers ..................................................................... 6.75 7.50 7.50 8.50 10.04

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee

shop ............................................................................ 6.75 6.75 8.00 10.00 10.00

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 7.50 7.79 9.00 11.00 12.96

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 7.50 8.00 9.00 11.00 12.87

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 7.50 8.15 9.69 11.73 15.67

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... 7.00 7.50 8.25 9.00 10.00

Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... 7.79 7.79 8.78 10.91 13.50

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .................. 7.79 7.79 8.78 10.91 13.50

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 7.92 9.02 10.00 14.00 18.05

Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related

workers ....................................................................... 7.50 7.58 8.50 8.51 10.30

Amusement and recreation attendants ......................... 7.50 7.58 8.50 8.51 10.30

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 8.00 9.65 13.09 19.84 27.65

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... 13.09 13.09 13.47 20.52 22.20

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 7.50 8.50 10.50 14.51 18.42

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 7.95 8.30 9.79 12.28 18.39

Cashiers ................................................................... 7.95 8.30 9.79 12.28 18.39

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 9.65 11.25 13.16 15.28 15.28

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 7.50 8.50 10.90 15.01 24.44

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 10.00 11.54 15.39 18.94 26.65

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ................................... 15.83 22.35 28.61 28.61 28.90

Financial clerks ................................................................. 11.50 13.56 16.61 18.46 20.97

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 12.00 15.15 16.50 18.27 20.29

Customer service representatives .................................... 13.17 16.00 17.97 26.65 27.28

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 9.30 10.26 11.00 13.75 15.00

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... 8.81 9.75 10.10 13.00 15.11

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ 8.00 8.50 11.50 20.11 20.11

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 10.00 10.00 15.00 18.43 23.75

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 14.81 16.75 18.43 23.60 25.68

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 11.61 13.50 15.00 16.74 19.23

Data entry and information processing workers ............... 9.97 12.00 13.33 16.35 17.36

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 9.00 10.00 15.00 17.75 21.64

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 12.60 15.77 18.00 23.37 30.60

Carpenters ........................................................................ 16.00 16.60 16.60 20.82 27.66

Construction laborers ....................................................... 10.64 13.00 18.00 21.65 24.52

Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers ........... 22.00 23.15 24.86 26.00 28.00

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 13.00 16.16 21.30 28.93 29.93

Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. 17.00 18.00 21.00 22.69 24.00

Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 16.50 17.50 18.50 22.50 22.69

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... 13.25 14.19 16.50 21.90 23.93

Maintenance workers, machinery ................................. 14.19 16.13 17.91 23.93 28.88

Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair

workers ....................................................................... 8.75 13.00 13.00 18.70 25.58

Production occupations .................................................... 8.25 9.60 15.53 20.00 26.09

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ....................................................... 15.00 26.09 26.09 48.80 48.80

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical

assemblers ................................................................. 8.75 8.75 12.00 13.45 16.27

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... 8.25 8.50 11.25 16.81 25.99

Machinists ......................................................................... 18.04 19.92 22.00 22.00 31.06

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... 14.69 14.69 20.17 24.15 24.15

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... 7.50 9.32 17.39 18.00 26.24

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 8.85 9.50 14.85 20.00 20.49

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 7.74 8.79 10.50 16.87 22.49

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA,

December 2006 — Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. $9.00 $10.88 $19.05 $22.49 $24.64

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 10.00 18.85 21.51 22.49 27.15

Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ 12.49 14.21 18.65 18.65 18.92

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 7.17 7.74 9.31 11.73 15.10

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................ 8.00 8.20 9.42 10.39 12.56

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 7.17 7.74 9.31 11.73 15.77

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.

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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos,

CA, December 2006

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $12.13 $16.00 $23.06 $33.71 $44.74

Management occupations ................................................. 35.05 45.94 58.58 64.19 81.90

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 21.63 23.65 24.98 30.77 37.52

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 15.90 17.83 25.51 32.32 41.33

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 13.63 21.71 33.82 45.00 55.70

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 28.36 32.85 44.04 52.05 60.04

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 10.30 14.89 22.14 29.73 75.39

Protective service occupations ......................................... 16.98 23.80 32.96 34.61 41.36

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 9.29 9.50 12.25 12.25 24.56

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 10.30 12.87 16.08 19.48 21.90

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 10.25 12.20 15.64 18.65 21.36

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 11.50 12.87 15.64 18.90 21.36

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 7.58 12.00 14.33 18.78 25.00

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 11.47 14.18 16.86 20.98 24.04

Financial clerks ................................................................. 12.94 16.00 20.08 22.46 22.90

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 14.18 15.02 22.36 25.00 30.41

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 14.18 14.18 16.04 22.79 24.45

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 19.46 20.88 23.40 26.13 28.15

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 9.67 14.50 22.42 22.95 23.88

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.

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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA,

December 2006

Occupation3

Full-time workers

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $9.75 $13.09 $19.02 $28.93 $42.79

Management occupations ................................................. 18.78 29.86 42.31 56.25 78.64

General and operations managers ................................... 23.80 46.36 57.27 78.85 78.85

Financial managers .......................................................... 38.46 38.46 38.46 81.25 101.23

Education administrators .................................................. 18.78 22.21 42.51 42.51 58.58

Engineering managers ..................................................... 37.40 55.87 61.96 67.79 83.15

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 19.92 23.65 26.44 32.07 41.70

Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... 15.45 18.93 24.05 32.12 39.90

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ................................................................... 21.63 22.36 24.98 32.07 32.07

Accountants and auditors ................................................. 21.30 25.00 26.44 27.54 32.16

Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 21.56 23.56 28.77 46.81 53.77

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 29.12 31.89 43.39 56.37 65.00

Computer software engineers .......................................... 40.14 47.60 55.00 61.41 70.00

Computer software engineers, applications ................. 40.14 46.92 55.00 62.00 70.00

Computer support specialists ........................................... 21.11 22.77 41.30 49.45 69.59

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 23.06 28.70 37.62 52.21 62.50

Engineers ......................................................................... 28.70 31.63 43.39 60.02 62.50

Electrical and electronics engineers ............................. 29.28 32.50 35.66 52.21 52.21

Electrical engineers .................................................. 33.56 33.98 35.66 44.59 51.12

Mechanical engineers ................................................... 35.77 37.32 39.77 47.40 49.08

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 20.00 25.00 30.52 38.25 41.40

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 15.00 17.63 21.15 28.89 36.54

Life scientists .................................................................... 15.38 17.35 20.88 27.55 33.65

Biological scientists ...................................................... 15.14 17.31 21.64 28.85 38.46

Physical scientists ............................................................ 20.95 21.15 25.35 30.31 40.46

Community and social services occupations .................. 11.50 14.00 22.84 30.33 40.26

Counselors ....................................................................... 9.50 11.00 13.71 23.26 26.71

Social workers .................................................................. 12.52 15.98 20.47 26.84 30.33

Legal occupations .............................................................. 20.04 24.00 31.19 36.92 47.90

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 15.45 20.09 33.63 45.28 55.64

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 18.02 20.67 37.14 48.08 58.67

Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................ 17.79 19.50 30.56 43.08 56.52

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 16.19 26.23 36.15 45.28 55.44

Preschool and kindergarten teachers ........................... 11.66 14.20 15.52 17.54 19.22

Preschool teachers, except special education ......... 11.66 14.20 15.52 17.54 19.22

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 16.19 30.03 35.95 46.60 55.18

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 16.19 30.03 35.19 46.54 55.18

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 26.64 36.42 43.52 49.24 56.01

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 26.64 36.42 43.52 49.24 56.01

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 8.55 11.45 20.00 30.64 48.08

Designers ......................................................................... 19.20 20.00 24.54 30.00 30.00

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 14.89 20.54 28.01 38.62 47.19

Registered nurses ............................................................ 29.12 30.00 36.36 43.03 47.19

Therapists ......................................................................... 22.14 25.83 30.68 38.00 39.58

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............. 16.28 21.99 28.01 33.26 36.57

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 10.00 14.89 17.25 21.00 21.00

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 19.37 21.05 22.00 23.05 24.02

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 10.00 11.15 12.85 16.02 18.50

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 10.15 11.15 12.25 14.67 16.98

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 10.00 10.75 12.20 13.23 15.97

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA,

December 2006 — Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ $8.75 $10.82 $14.22 $16.58 $18.50

Protective service occupations ......................................... 12.12 18.46 30.64 34.43 36.34

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ 10.00 12.73 12.73 14.46 18.50

Security guards ............................................................. 10.00 12.73 12.73 14.46 18.50

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 7.50 8.70 10.44 12.25 13.25

Cooks ............................................................................... 9.00 10.66 12.00 13.03 13.55

Cooks, restaurant ......................................................... 9.00 9.00 12.00 12.50 12.50

Food preparation workers ................................................. 8.44 9.00 9.50 11.25 12.88

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 6.75 6.85 8.84 9.00 10.14

Dishwashers ..................................................................... 7.50 7.61 10.04 10.40 10.97

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 7.65 8.00 10.00 12.87 16.93

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 7.50 8.25 10.25 12.87 16.92

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 7.70 8.75 11.26 15.64 17.11

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... 7.00 7.50 8.25 8.70 9.29

Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... 7.79 7.79 9.27 11.15 18.57

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 7.71 9.10 13.41 17.60 24.35

Gaming services workers ................................................. 7.25 7.71 10.05 12.00 13.00

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 9.36 11.00 14.00 21.49 31.09

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... 13.09 13.09 13.47 20.52 23.32

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 8.75 9.79 11.46 15.39 20.28

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 8.81 9.68 10.72 13.50 18.42

Cashiers ................................................................... 8.81 9.68 10.56 13.50 18.42

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 8.35 9.95 12.50 16.10 25.71

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 10.00 13.33 16.39 20.50 26.65

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ................................... 15.83 21.97 28.61 28.61 30.83

Financial clerks ................................................................. 12.00 15.09 16.77 18.89 22.46

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 12.00 15.39 16.61 18.46 22.09

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..................................... 10.15 10.15 18.78 21.61 22.46

Customer service representatives .................................... 15.00 16.33 18.00 26.65 27.28

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 9.74 11.00 11.50 15.00 17.53

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 10.00 11.61 15.55 21.73 25.14

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 14.81 18.43 20.92 24.70 27.31

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 11.61 13.88 15.00 17.42 22.79

Data entry and information processing workers ............... 13.33 14.04 15.74 17.36 18.12

Word processors and typists ........................................ 13.33 14.13 15.74 17.38 18.21

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 9.00 11.89 15.00 18.81 21.64

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 13.00 16.01 19.89 24.61 31.25

Carpenters ........................................................................ 16.00 16.60 16.60 20.82 27.66

Construction laborers ....................................................... 12.00 13.50 18.00 21.65 25.00

Construction equipment operators ................................... 20.04 31.40 34.54 34.54 34.54

Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers ........... 22.66 23.15 24.86 26.00 28.00

Electricians ....................................................................... 12.60 17.32 18.90 22.18 26.13

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 13.00 16.91 22.50 28.93 29.93

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,

and repairers .............................................................. 25.40 26.40 26.43 30.40 32.47

Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. 17.00 18.50 21.00 24.00 26.71

Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 16.50 17.72 18.50 22.50 24.60

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... 13.25 15.50 18.34 22.74 23.93

Maintenance workers, machinery ................................. 14.19 16.13 17.91 23.93 28.88

Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair

workers ....................................................................... 13.00 13.00 13.00 19.51 26.85

Production occupations .................................................... 8.32 11.25 16.81 20.49 26.24

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ....................................................... 15.00 26.09 32.20 46.32 48.80

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA,

December 2006 — Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical

assemblers ................................................................. $8.75 $8.75 $12.00 $13.29 $15.73

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... 8.25 9.00 13.70 17.77 25.99

Machinists ......................................................................... 18.04 19.92 22.00 22.00 31.06

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... 14.69 20.17 24.15 24.60 24.60

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... 12.01 17.32 18.00 19.50 26.24

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 9.39 13.00 16.52 20.00 20.49

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 8.25 9.00 12.00 20.11 24.01

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 9.00 11.00 19.05 22.49 24.68

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 10.00 18.85 21.51 22.49 27.15

Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ 12.75 15.14 18.65 18.92 22.95

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 7.74 8.16 9.74 12.00 15.92

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................ 8.00 8.20 9.42 10.39 12.56

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 7.74 7.74 10.90 13.97 15.92

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.

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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA,

December 2006

Occupation3

Part-time workers

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $6.75 $7.50 $9.31 $12.50 $18.00

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 11.45 13.33 17.19 22.25 37.44

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 18.12 18.13 20.91 26.88 45.47

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 19.00 22.69 36.39 45.63 72.00

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 8.67 9.50 10.00 10.71 12.23

Protective service occupations ......................................... 7.66 9.00 10.09 12.00 13.43

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 6.75 6.75 7.50 8.00 10.58

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.50 7.50

Bartenders .................................................................... 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.50 7.50

Waiters and waitresses ................................................ 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.50 7.50

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender

helpers .................................................................... 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.50 7.50

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 6.75 7.25 8.00 9.00 10.58

Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... 6.75 7.00 8.52 9.77 10.65

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and

coffee shop ............................................................. 6.75 7.25 7.50 8.00 9.00

Dishwashers ..................................................................... 6.75 6.75 7.50 8.00 8.00

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 7.16 8.50 9.00 11.00 13.50

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 7.75 9.02 10.00 14.00 14.00

Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related

workers ....................................................................... 7.50 7.51 7.58 8.70 10.35

Amusement and recreation attendants ......................... 7.50 7.51 7.58 8.70 10.35

Child care workers ............................................................ 7.50 7.75 8.00 10.90 22.09

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 7.00 7.75 8.50 10.65 18.39

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 7.00 7.50 8.10 9.85 15.65

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 7.50 8.00 8.06 10.70 18.39

Cashiers ................................................................... 7.50 8.00 8.06 10.70 18.39

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 6.75 7.25 8.10 9.50 11.00

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 9.00 9.97 11.52 13.66 15.45

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 9.00 9.30 10.75 10.99 12.00

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 10.00 13.76 15.00 16.82 17.18

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 9.32 10.00 12.00 14.72 14.72

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 7.17 7.34 9.31 10.33 12.50

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 7.17 7.17 9.31 9.99 12.56

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 7.17 7.17 8.70 9.50 12.50

1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,

a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a

full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in

another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are

calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are

scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours

are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the

same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth

of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the

75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate

shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly

wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They

include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.

Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;

nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more

information.

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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and

annual hours, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

All workers ................................................ $23.55 $19.02 $934 $761 39.6 $47,764 $39,520 2,028

Management occupations ................... 44.85 42.31 1,833 1,701 40.9 94,461 88,427 2,106

General and operations managers ..... 56.84 57.27 2,273 2,291 40.0 118,219 119,122 2,080

Financial managers ............................ 59.29 38.46 2,626 1,923 44.3 136,567 100,001 2,303

Education administrators .................... 38.10 42.51 1,521 1,701 39.9 73,739 88,427 1,935

Engineering managers ....................... 61.87 61.96 2,475 2,479 40.0 128,699 128,883 2,080

Business and financial operations

occupations .................................... 28.82 26.44 1,157 1,058 40.1 60,142 54,999 2,087

Buyers and purchasing agents ........... 26.52 24.05 1,078 981 40.6 56,043 51,002 2,113

Human resources, training, and labor

relations specialists ...................... 26.26 24.98 1,050 999 40.0 54,617 51,960 2,080

Accountants and auditors ................... 26.24 26.44 1,055 1,058 40.2 54,836 54,999 2,090

Financial analysts and advisors .......... 32.24 28.77 1,286 1,151 39.9 66,858 59,842 2,074

Computer and mathematical science

occupations .................................... 45.46 43.39 1,785 1,711 39.3 92,799 88,991 2,041

Computer software engineers ............ 55.51 55.00 2,154 2,081 38.8 112,012 108,200 2,018

Computer software engineers,

applications ............................... 55.56 55.00 2,152 2,063 38.7 111,915 107,250 2,014

Computer support specialists ............. 43.60 41.30 1,635 1,652 37.5 85,003 85,904 1,950

Architecture and engineering

occupations .................................... 40.07 37.62 1,606 1,505 40.1 82,505 76,500 2,059

Engineers ........................................... 44.60 43.39 1,788 1,735 40.1 91,933 90,243 2,061

Electrical and electronics

engineers .................................. 40.36 35.66 1,614 1,427 40.0 83,951 74,181 2,080

Electrical engineers .................... 39.91 35.66 1,596 1,427 40.0 83,009 74,181 2,080

Mechanical engineers ..................... 41.58 39.77 1,663 1,591 40.0 86,482 82,728 2,080

Engineering technicians, except

drafters ......................................... 31.21 30.52 1,248 1,221 40.0 63,758 63,482 2,043

Life, physical, and social science

occupations .................................... 24.93 21.15 997 846 40.0 51,620 44,000 2,071

Life scientists ...................................... 25.09 20.88 1,004 835 40.0 51,542 43,000 2,054

Biological scientists ........................ 27.04 21.64 1,082 865 40.0 55,250 44,712 2,043

Physical scientists .............................. 28.92 25.35 1,157 1,014 40.0 60,149 52,722 2,080

Community and social services

occupations .................................... 23.66 22.84 941 914 39.8 48,426 47,507 2,047

Counselors ......................................... 17.26 13.71 682 549 39.5 34,047 28,525 1,972

Social workers .................................... 21.06 20.47 838 819 39.8 43,574 42,578 2,069

Legal occupations ................................ 32.61 31.19 1,273 1,248 39.0 66,211 64,873 2,031

Education, training, and library

occupations .................................... 34.81 33.63 1,310 1,257 37.6 53,979 51,114 1,551

Postsecondary teachers ..................... 38.40 37.14 1,490 1,442 38.8 67,117 55,449 1,748

Miscellaneous postsecondary

teachers .................................... 34.99 30.56 1,363 1,216 39.0 63,019 50,546 1,801

Primary, secondary, and special

education school teachers ............ 36.50 36.15 1,352 1,384 37.1 51,688 51,243 1,416

Preschool and kindergarten

teachers .................................... 16.89 15.52 642 621 38.0 31,687 31,512 1,876

Preschool teachers, except

special education .................. 16.89 15.52 642 621 38.0 31,687 31,512 1,876

Elementary and middle school

teachers .................................... 37.61 35.95 1,366 1,384 36.3 50,402 51,751 1,340

Elementary school teachers,

except special education ...... 37.40 35.19 1,357 1,384 36.3 50,106 51,751 1,340

Secondary school teachers ............ 42.08 43.52 1,548 1,556 36.8 58,613 57,575 1,393

Secondary school teachers,

except special and vocational

education .............................. 42.08 43.52 1,548 1,556 36.8 58,613 57,575 1,393

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and

annual hours, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Arts, design, entertainment, sports,

and media occupations .................. $26.61 $20.00 $1,045 $800 39.3 $53,519 $41,600 2,012

Designers ........................................... 24.89 24.54 996 982 40.0 51,772 51,039 2,080

Healthcare practitioner and technical

occupations .................................... 30.42 28.01 1,192 1,071 39.2 61,961 55,702 2,037

Registered nurses .............................. 37.26 36.36 1,453 1,435 39.0 75,580 74,610 2,028

Therapists ........................................... 30.86 30.68 1,223 1,227 39.6 63,581 63,814 2,060

Diagnostic related technologists and

technicians .................................... 27.56 28.01 1,103 1,120 40.0 57,333 58,261 2,080

Health diagnosing and treating

practitioner support technicians .... 17.43 17.25 697 690 40.0 36,255 35,880 2,080

Licensed practical and licensed

vocational nurses .......................... 21.95 22.00 837 842 38.1 43,523 43,784 1,983

Healthcare support occupations ......... 14.79 12.85 568 501 38.4 29,552 26,042 1,997

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health

aides ............................................. 12.83 12.25 494 470 38.5 25,666 24,440 2,001

Nursing aides, orderlies, and

attendants ................................. 12.27 12.20 469 454 38.3 24,413 23,608 1,989

Miscellaneous healthcare support

occupations .................................. 14.03 14.22 534 539 38.1 27,776 28,018 1,980

Protective service occupations ........... 27.72 30.64 1,116 1,261 40.3 57,197 64,620 2,063

Security guards and gaming

surveillance officers ...................... 13.40 12.73 473 382 35.3 22,510 16,548 1,680

Security guards ............................... 13.40 12.73 473 382 35.3 22,510 16,548 1,680

Food preparation and serving related

occupations .................................... 10.70 10.44 423 401 39.5 21,766 20,550 2,035

Cooks ................................................. 11.93 12.00 471 480 39.5 24,509 24,960 2,054

Cooks, restaurant ........................... 10.95 12.00 428 461 39.1 22,261 23,988 2,033

Food preparation workers ................... 10.29 9.50 411 380 40.0 21,398 19,760 2,079

Food service, tipped ........................... 8.35 8.84 332 354 39.8 17,284 18,387 2,071

Dishwashers ....................................... 9.50 10.04 379 401 39.9 19,711 20,877 2,076

Building and grounds cleaning and

maintenance occupations ............. 11.22 10.00 443 400 39.4 22,836 20,800 2,035

Building cleaning workers ................... 11.27 10.25 442 400 39.3 22,768 20,946 2,020

Janitors and cleaners, except

maids and housekeeping

cleaners .................................... 12.09 11.26 483 450 40.0 24,787 22,880 2,051

Maids and housekeeping

cleaners .................................... 8.19 8.25 299 320 36.5 15,562 16,640 1,899

Grounds maintenance workers ........... 11.08 9.27 443 371 40.0 23,049 19,282 2,080

Personal care and service

occupations .................................... 14.14 13.41 542 493 38.3 27,627 24,960 1,953

Gaming services workers ................... 10.12 10.05 405 402 40.0 21,058 20,904 2,080

Sales and related occupations ............ 18.66 14.00 745 540 39.9 38,748 28,080 2,076

First-line supervisors/managers, sales

workers ......................................... 16.82 13.47 686 539 40.8 35,697 28,007 2,122

Retail sales workers ........................... 13.76 11.46 543 449 39.5 28,258 23,369 2,053

Cashiers, all workers ...................... 11.89 10.72 457 420 38.4 23,739 21,840 1,996

Cashiers ..................................... 11.92 10.56 456 420 38.3 23,712 21,840 1,990

Retail salespersons ........................ 14.91 12.50 601 480 40.3 31,260 24,960 2,097

Office and administrative support

occupations .................................... 17.40 16.39 690 655 39.6 35,844 34,081 2,060

First-line supervisors/managers of

office and administrative support

workers ......................................... 25.33 28.61 989 1,144 39.0 51,419 59,505 2,030

Financial clerks ................................... 16.99 16.77 680 671 40.0 35,336 34,884 2,080

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and

annual hours, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Bookkeeping, accounting, and

auditing clerks ........................... $17.04 $16.61 $682 $664 40.0 $35,441 $34,543 2,080

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ....... 16.70 18.78 668 751 40.0 34,733 39,071 2,080

Customer service representatives ...... 20.55 18.00 820 720 39.9 42,630 37,440 2,075

Receptionists and information clerks .. 12.90 11.50 514 460 39.9 26,737 23,920 2,073

Secretaries and administrative

assistants ...................................... 16.87 15.55 674 656 39.9 35,025 34,133 2,076

Executive secretaries and

administrative assistants .......... 21.27 20.92 862 850 40.5 44,832 44,200 2,107

Secretaries, except legal, medical,

and executive ........................... 16.29 15.00 651 600 40.0 33,876 31,200 2,080

Data entry and information processing

workers ......................................... 15.44 15.74 605 623 39.2 31,435 32,402 2,036

Word processors and typists .......... 15.74 15.74 630 630 40.0 32,737 32,737 2,080

Office clerks, general .......................... 15.67 15.00 620 600 39.6 32,244 31,200 2,057

Construction and extraction

occupations .................................... 20.66 19.89 824 796 39.9 42,490 40,479 2,057

Carpenters .......................................... 18.70 16.60 748 664 40.0 38,900 34,524 2,080

Construction laborers ......................... 18.09 18.00 719 720 39.7 37,165 37,440 2,055

Construction equipment operators ..... 31.10 34.54 1,226 1,382 39.4 60,786 66,317 1,954

Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers,

and tapers ..................................... 24.74 24.86 990 994 40.0 51,469 51,707 2,080

Electricians ......................................... 18.99 18.90 757 756 39.8 39,352 39,312 2,072

Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations .................................... 22.33 22.50 893 900 40.0 46,438 46,800 2,080

First-line supervisors/managers of

mechanics, installers, and

repairers ....................................... 28.31 26.43 1,133 1,057 40.0 58,890 54,974 2,080

Automotive technicians and

repairers ....................................... 21.51 21.00 861 840 40.0 44,749 43,680 2,080

Automotive service technicians and

mechanics ................................ 20.07 18.50 803 740 40.0 41,751 38,488 2,080

Industrial machinery installation,

repair, and maintenance

workers ......................................... 19.07 18.34 763 734 40.0 39,661 38,147 2,080

Maintenance workers, machinery ... 19.46 17.91 778 716 40.0 40,470 37,253 2,080

Miscellaneous installation,

maintenance, and repair

workers ......................................... 16.08 13.00 643 520 40.0 33,443 27,040 2,080

Production occupations ...................... 17.48 16.81 695 667 39.8 36,149 34,694 2,068

First-line supervisors/managers of

production and operating

workers ......................................... 33.56 32.20 1,334 1,151 39.7 69,363 59,846 2,067

Electrical, electronics, and

electromechanical assemblers ..... 12.01 12.00 480 480 40.0 24,977 24,960 2,080

Miscellaneous assemblers and

fabricators ..................................... 14.50 13.70 580 548 40.0 30,166 28,496 2,080

Machinists ........................................... 23.06 22.00 923 880 40.0 47,974 45,760 2,080

Welding, soldering, and brazing

workers ......................................... 21.65 24.15 866 966 40.0 45,031 50,232 2,080

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,

and weighers ................................ 18.19 18.00 726 720 39.9 37,736 37,440 2,074

Miscellaneous production workers ..... 15.78 16.52 621 604 39.3 32,282 31,408 2,045

Transportation and material moving

occupations .................................... 14.65 12.00 574 480 39.2 29,723 24,960 2,028

Driver/sales workers and truck

drivers ........................................... 17.85 19.05 695 762 38.9 36,146 39,624 2,025

Truck drivers, heavy and

tractor-trailer ............................. 20.27 21.51 774 860 38.2 40,236 44,739 1,985

Industrial truck and tractor operators .. 17.89 18.65 677 653 37.8 35,194 33,943 1,967

Laborers and material movers, hand .. 10.89 9.74 432 384 39.6 22,438 19,984 2,061

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and

annual hours, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Cleaners of vehicles and

equipment ................................. $9.58 $9.42 $383 $377 40.0 $19,926 $19,594 2,080

Laborers and freight, stock, and

material movers, hand .............. 11.37 10.90 449 412 39.5 23,361 21,424 2,054

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.

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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean

weekly and annual hours, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

All workers ................................................ $22.89 $18.20 $909 $721 39.7 $47,122 $37,606 2,059

Management occupations ................... 43.47 40.87 1,781 1,692 41.0 92,315 88,001 2,124

General and operations managers ..... 54.21 47.02 2,168 1,881 40.0 112,748 97,802 2,080

Financial managers ............................ 59.99 38.46 2,675 1,923 44.6 139,096 100,001 2,319

Education administrators .................... 31.39 32.50 1,252 1,300 39.9 63,019 62,396 2,007

Engineering managers ....................... 63.88 61.96 2,555 2,479 40.0 132,872 128,883 2,080

Business and financial operations

occupations .................................... 29.07 26.65 1,169 1,071 40.2 60,764 55,704 2,090

Buyers and purchasing agents ........... 27.13 25.66 1,107 1,026 40.8 57,583 53,371 2,123

Accountants and auditors ................... 26.17 26.44 1,052 1,058 40.2 54,708 54,999 2,091

Financial analysts and advisors .......... 32.24 28.77 1,286 1,151 39.9 66,858 59,842 2,074

Computer and mathematical science

occupations .................................... 47.84 47.60 1,873 1,904 39.1 97,388 99,000 2,036

Computer software engineers ............ 55.51 55.00 2,154 2,081 38.8 112,012 108,200 2,018

Computer software engineers,

applications ............................... 55.56 55.00 2,152 2,063 38.7 111,915 107,250 2,014

Architecture and engineering

occupations .................................... 40.44 38.25 1,621 1,530 40.1 83,239 76,500 2,058

Engineers ........................................... 44.94 44.71 1,802 1,790 40.1 92,622 93,059 2,061

Electrical and electronics

engineers .................................. 40.36 35.66 1,614 1,427 40.0 83,951 74,181 2,080

Electrical engineers .................... 39.91 35.66 1,596 1,427 40.0 83,009 74,181 2,080

Mechanical engineers ..................... 42.63 40.62 1,705 1,625 40.0 88,677 84,479 2,080

Engineering technicians, except

drafters ......................................... 31.56 31.63 1,262 1,265 40.0 64,421 65,790 2,041

Life, physical, and social science

occupations .................................... 24.38 20.99 975 840 40.0 50,701 43,659 2,080

Life scientists ...................................... 25.99 21.68 1,040 867 40.0 54,056 45,101 2,080

Legal occupations ................................ 33.06 33.65 1,282 1,346 38.8 66,688 70,000 2,017

Education, training, and library

occupations .................................... 29.42 20.45 1,147 808 39.0 54,809 41,999 1,863

Primary, secondary, and special

education school teachers ............ 24.95 17.31 941 652 37.7 40,369 35,009 1,618

Arts, design, entertainment, sports,

and media occupations .................. 26.74 20.00 1,060 800 39.6 55,137 41,600 2,062

Designers ........................................... 24.89 24.54 996 982 40.0 51,772 51,039 2,080

Healthcare practitioner and technical

occupations .................................... 31.38 29.24 1,221 1,154 38.9 63,495 59,987 2,023

Registered nurses .............................. 39.52 41.05 1,528 1,576 38.7 79,451 81,931 2,010

Therapists ........................................... 32.09 31.98 1,270 1,279 39.6 66,022 66,518 2,057

Diagnostic related technologists and

technicians .................................... 27.56 28.01 1,103 1,120 40.0 57,333 58,261 2,080

Health diagnosing and treating

practitioner support technicians .... 19.75 19.25 790 770 40.0 41,078 40,040 2,080

Licensed practical and licensed

vocational nurses .......................... 21.95 22.00 837 842 38.1 43,523 43,784 1,983

Healthcare support occupations ......... 14.81 12.47 565 488 38.2 29,401 25,376 1,986

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health

aides ............................................. 12.23 12.00 467 450 38.2 24,292 23,400 1,987

Nursing aides, orderlies, and

attendants ................................. 11.87 11.99 452 440 38.1 23,504 22,880 1,980

Miscellaneous healthcare support

occupations .................................. 14.37 14.88 544 548 37.8 28,283 28,496 1,968

Protective service occupations ........... 13.60 12.00 544 480 40.0 28,278 24,960 2,080

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean

weekly and annual hours, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Security guards and gaming

surveillance officers ...................... $13.85 $13.66 $554 $546 40.0 $28,798 $28,413 2,080

Security guards ............................... 13.85 13.66 554 546 40.0 28,798 28,413 2,080

Food preparation and serving related

occupations .................................... 10.48 10.25 415 401 39.6 21,562 20,877 2,058

Cooks ................................................. 11.93 12.00 471 480 39.5 24,509 24,960 2,054

Cooks, restaurant ........................... 10.95 12.00 428 461 39.1 22,261 23,988 2,033

Food preparation workers ................... 10.39 9.50 415 380 40.0 21,599 19,760 2,079

Food service, tipped ........................... 8.30 8.92 330 347 39.8 17,174 18,020 2,070

Dishwashers ....................................... 9.14 9.50 365 380 39.9 18,962 19,760 2,075

Building and grounds cleaning and

maintenance occupations ............. 9.76 8.90 383 351 39.3 19,929 18,262 2,043

Building cleaning workers ................... 9.84 9.00 384 360 39.0 19,966 18,720 2,029

Janitors and cleaners, except

maids and housekeeping

cleaners .................................... 10.43 9.75 417 390 40.0 21,681 20,280 2,080

Maids and housekeeping

cleaners .................................... 8.19 8.25 299 320 36.5 15,562 16,640 1,899

Personal care and service

occupations .................................... 13.26 11.50 519 443 39.1 26,975 23,059 2,035

Sales and related occupations ............ 18.76 14.08 749 541 39.9 38,945 28,125 2,076

First-line supervisors/managers, sales

workers ......................................... 16.82 13.47 686 539 40.8 35,697 28,007 2,122

Retail sales workers ........................... 13.82 11.46 545 449 39.5 28,364 23,351 2,053

Cashiers, all workers ...................... 11.92 10.56 456 420 38.3 23,712 21,840 1,990

Cashiers ..................................... 11.92 10.56 456 420 38.3 23,712 21,840 1,990

Retail salespersons ........................ 14.91 12.50 601 480 40.3 31,260 24,960 2,097

Office and administrative support

occupations .................................... 17.31 16.33 685 653 39.6 35,633 33,958 2,058

First-line supervisors/managers of

office and administrative support

workers ......................................... 25.38 28.61 989 1,144 39.0 51,421 59,505 2,026

Financial clerks ................................... 16.60 16.61 664 664 40.0 34,525 34,543 2,080

Bookkeeping, accounting, and

auditing clerks ........................... 16.81 16.61 672 664 40.0 34,962 34,543 2,080

Customer service representatives ...... 20.55 18.00 820 720 39.9 42,630 37,440 2,075

Receptionists and information clerks .. 12.31 11.50 490 460 39.8 25,499 23,920 2,072

Secretaries and administrative

assistants ...................................... 15.96 15.00 637 613 39.9 33,106 31,886 2,075

Executive secretaries and

administrative assistants .......... 20.10 18.43 817 737 40.7 42,508 38,328 2,114

Secretaries, except legal, medical,

and executive ........................... 15.24 15.00 610 600 40.0 31,698 31,200 2,080

Data entry and information processing

workers ......................................... 14.90 14.13 577 565 38.7 30,010 29,390 2,014

Office clerks, general .......................... 15.52 15.00 613 600 39.5 31,879 31,200 2,055

Construction and extraction

occupations .................................... 20.43 18.90 814 756 39.9 41,978 39,312 2,055

Carpenters .......................................... 18.70 16.60 748 664 40.0 38,900 34,524 2,080

Construction laborers ......................... 18.09 18.00 719 720 39.7 37,165 37,440 2,055

Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers,

and tapers ..................................... 24.74 24.86 990 994 40.0 51,469 51,707 2,080

Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations .................................... 22.18 21.44 887 858 40.0 46,137 44,595 2,080

Automotive technicians and

repairers ....................................... 20.54 21.00 822 840 40.0 42,726 43,680 2,080

Automotive service technicians and

mechanics ................................ 19.14 18.50 765 740 40.0 39,806 38,488 2,080

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean

weekly and annual hours, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Industrial machinery installation,

repair, and maintenance

workers ......................................... $18.69 $16.50 $748 $660 40.0 $38,881 $34,320 2,080

Maintenance workers, machinery ... 19.46 17.91 778 716 40.0 40,470 37,253 2,080

Miscellaneous installation,

maintenance, and repair

workers ......................................... 16.08 13.00 643 520 40.0 33,443 27,040 2,080

Production occupations ...................... 17.24 16.81 685 656 39.8 35,641 34,089 2,067

First-line supervisors/managers of

production and operating

workers ......................................... 33.22 26.09 1,319 1,044 39.7 68,586 54,267 2,065

Electrical, electronics, and

electromechanical assemblers ..... 12.01 12.00 480 480 40.0 24,977 24,960 2,080

Miscellaneous assemblers and

fabricators ..................................... 14.50 13.70 580 548 40.0 30,166 28,496 2,080

Machinists ........................................... 23.06 22.00 923 880 40.0 47,974 45,760 2,080

Welding, soldering, and brazing

workers ......................................... 20.65 20.17 826 807 40.0 42,948 41,954 2,080

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,

and weighers ................................ 18.19 18.00 726 720 39.9 37,736 37,440 2,074

Miscellaneous production workers ..... 15.78 16.52 621 604 39.3 32,282 31,408 2,045

Transportation and material moving

occupations .................................... 14.28 11.50 562 467 39.4 29,226 24,274 2,047

Driver/sales workers and truck

drivers ........................................... 17.85 19.05 695 762 38.9 36,146 39,624 2,025

Truck drivers, heavy and

tractor-trailer ............................. 20.27 21.51 774 860 38.2 40,236 44,739 1,985

Laborers and material movers, hand .. 10.89 9.74 432 384 39.6 22,438 19,984 2,061

Cleaners of vehicles and

equipment ................................. 9.58 9.42 383 377 40.0 19,926 19,594 2,080

Laborers and freight, stock, and

material movers, hand .............. 11.37 10.90 449 412 39.5 23,361 21,424 2,054

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.

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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings

and mean weekly and annual hours, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

All workers ................................................ $27.14 $23.69 $1,063 $946 39.2 $50,928 $47,102 1,876

Management occupations ................... 57.75 58.58 2,310 2,343 40.0 112,961 102,169 1,956

Business and financial operations

occupations .................................... 28.25 24.98 1,130 999 40.0 58,758 51,960 2,080

Life, physical, and social science

occupations .................................... 26.54 25.51 1,061 1,020 40.0 54,241 47,341 2,044

Education, training, and library

occupations .................................... 37.82 37.44 1,396 1,353 36.9 53,625 52,478 1,418

Postsecondary teachers ..................... 44.89 44.81 1,684 1,690 37.5 65,792 66,827 1,466

Healthcare practitioner and technical

occupations .................................... 27.48 22.14 1,099 885 40.0 57,150 46,045 2,080

Protective service occupations ........... 30.94 32.96 1,247 1,348 40.3 63,722 70,108 2,060

Building and grounds cleaning and

maintenance occupations ............. 16.13 16.08 645 643 40.0 32,409 33,035 2,009

Building cleaning workers ................... 15.45 15.64 618 626 40.0 30,823 27,107 1,995

Janitors and cleaners, except

maids and housekeeping

cleaners .................................... 16.10 15.64 644 626 40.0 31,953 29,245 1,985

Personal care and service

occupations .................................... 15.24 14.88 569 520 37.4 28,361 26,112 1,861

Office and administrative support

occupations .................................... 17.93 17.16 717 687 40.0 37,087 35,360 2,069

Financial clerks ................................... 19.26 20.08 771 803 40.0 40,068 41,766 2,080

Secretaries and administrative

assistants ...................................... 20.93 22.19 837 887 40.0 43,544 46,145 2,080

Secretaries, except legal, medical,

and executive ........................... 18.76 16.04 750 642 40.0 39,015 33,363 2,080

Construction and extraction

occupations .................................... 24.36 23.40 974 936 40.0 50,672 48,664 2,080

Transportation and material moving

occupations .................................... 19.10 22.42 707 791 37.0 35,014 33,527 1,833

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.

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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments

for major occupational groups, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006

Occupational group2 Total 1-99

workers

100-499

workers

500

workers

or more

All workers .................................................................... $20.85 $20.01 $20.22 $24.80

Management, professional, and related ..................... 36.01 36.26 37.51 33.93

Management, business, and financial .................... 39.23 34.17 43.15 44.00

Professional and related ......................................... 34.74 37.11 35.22 30.27

Service ........................................................................ 10.17 9.56 10.44 13.10

Sales and office .......................................................... 16.62 16.44 16.05 19.11

Sales and related .................................................... 16.80 17.81 15.78 14.99

Office and administrative support ........................... 16.48 15.11 16.29 19.79

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 20.79 20.08 21.61 23.51

Construction and extraction ................................... 19.94 19.53 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 22.02 21.43 22.15 23.74

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 14.96 14.74 13.82 17.94

Production .............................................................. 16.50 16.77 14.32 19.03

Transportation and material moving ....................... 13.08 11.52 13.45 15.31

Relative error3 (percent)

All workers .................................................................... 3.5 7.0 7.9 3.4

Management, professional, and related ..................... 3.6 5.3 8.2 7.3

Management, business, and financial .................... 4.9 9.6 11.5 8.0

Professional and related ......................................... 4.1 5.5 7.9 5.8

Service ........................................................................ 2.8 4.5 4.8 4.4

Sales and office .......................................................... 4.9 6.0 6.8 6.7

Sales and related .................................................... 7.0 9.1 6.9 17.5

Office and administrative support ........................... 5.6 7.3 9.9 6.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 5.6 7.6 7.4 4.6

Construction and extraction ................................... 10.0 9.7 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 3.5 10.3 9.5 5.3

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 4.4 11.6 8.7 3.3

Production .............................................................. 5.3 13.2 13.1 3.2

Transportation and material moving ....................... 7.9 16.0 7.8 8.0

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.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that

data did not meet publication criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation

Survey.

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Table 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, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

All workers .................................................................... $22.36 $17.48 $890 $700 39.8 $46,007 $36,421 2,058

Management occupations ....................................... 35.74 38.46 1,492 1,692 41.7 77,115 83,200 2,158

Business and financial operations occupations ... 26.42 25.00 1,086 1,000 41.1 56,456 52,000 2,137

Computer and mathematical science

occupations ........................................................ 51.96 49.52 2,010 2,040 38.7 104,515 106,080 2,011

Computer software engineers ................................ 60.34 59.62 2,313 2,250 38.3 120,273 117,000 1,993

Computer software engineers, applications ....... 60.34 59.62 2,313 2,250 38.3 120,273 117,000 1,993

Architecture and engineering occupations ........... 40.71 38.25 1,633 1,530 40.1 83,261 76,500 2,045

Engineers ............................................................... 46.85 52.21 1,883 2,088 40.2 95,788 108,588 2,044

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations ........................................................ 17.55 11.45 694 458 39.5 36,081 23,822 2,056

Healthcare practitioner and technical

occupations ........................................................ 28.34 28.84 1,099 1,092 38.8 57,145 56,758 2,016

Healthcare support occupations ............................. 17.08 13.70 653 528 38.2 33,959 27,456 1,989

Food preparation and serving related

occupations ........................................................ 10.13 9.50 400 380 39.5 20,786 19,760 2,053

Cooks ..................................................................... 11.46 12.00 451 480 39.4 23,457 24,960 2,047

Cooks, restaurant ............................................... 10.83 12.00 422 461 39.0 21,945 23,988 2,026

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations ........................................................ 9.60 8.78 372 351 38.7 19,327 18,262 2,013

Building cleaning workers ....................................... 10.10 9.50 381 360 37.7 19,802 18,720 1,961

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ................................. 11.30 11.00 452 440 40.0 23,503 22,880 2,080

Sales and related occupations ................................ 21.15 16.10 848 648 40.1 44,072 33,686 2,084

Retail sales workers ............................................... 12.93 11.17 493 440 38.1 25,636 22,859 1,983

Cashiers, all workers .......................................... 11.06 9.79 379 391 34.2 19,690 20,357 1,780

Cashiers ......................................................... 11.06 9.79 379 391 34.2 19,690 20,357 1,780

Retail salespersons ............................................ 14.21 13.50 581 473 40.9 30,201 24,570 2,126

Office and administrative support occupations .... 15.51 15.00 614 600 39.6 31,915 31,200 2,058

Financial clerks ....................................................... 16.70 17.00 668 680 40.0 34,744 35,360 2,080

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ... 17.02 17.00 681 680 40.0 35,392 35,360 2,080

Receptionists and information clerks ...................... 12.41 11.50 497 460 40.0 25,818 23,920 2,080

Secretaries and administrative assistants .............. 14.41 13.88 575 555 39.9 29,910 28,864 2,076

Office clerks, general .............................................. 14.35 15.00 569 600 39.7 29,611 31,200 2,063

Construction and extraction occupations ............. 20.07 18.00 803 720 40.0 41,267 37,440 2,057

Carpenters .............................................................. 18.70 16.60 748 664 40.0 38,900 34,524 2,080

Construction laborers ............................................. 17.22 16.01 689 640 40.0 35,593 33,295 2,067

Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations ........................................................ 21.78 22.50 871 900 40.0 45,302 46,800 2,080

Production occupations .......................................... 16.79 16.22 671 620 40.0 34,891 32,240 2,078

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean

weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006 —

Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Transportation and material moving

occupations ........................................................ $11.98 $10.00 $475 $384 39.7 $24,700 $19,984 2,063

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ................... 14.59 11.00 584 440 40.0 30,352 22,880 2,080

Laborers and material movers, hand ...................... 10.06 8.79 394 351 39.2 20,512 18,262 2,038

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.

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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean

weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

All workers .................................................................... $23.40 $18.93 $928 $757 39.7 $48,195 $39,354 2,060

Management occupations ....................................... 52.63 48.14 2,110 1,926 40.1 109,724 100,131 2,085

Financial managers ................................................ 79.84 82.15 3,237 3,300 40.5 168,331 171,621 2,108

Engineering managers ........................................... 60.36 60.98 2,414 2,439 40.0 125,550 126,838 2,080

Business and financial operations occupations ... 30.03 28.77 1,198 1,151 39.9 62,273 59,842 2,074

Buyers and purchasing agents ............................... 32.91 32.45 1,316 1,298 40.0 68,451 67,496 2,080

Accountants and auditors ....................................... 26.92 26.78 1,074 1,071 39.9 55,859 55,704 2,075

Computer and mathematical science

occupations ........................................................ 40.59 40.14 1,624 1,606 40.0 84,425 83,500 2,080

Computer software engineers ................................ 43.85 42.78 1,754 1,711 40.0 91,215 88,991 2,080

Computer software engineers, applications ....... 41.23 40.14 1,649 1,606 40.0 85,767 83,500 2,080

Architecture and engineering occupations ........... 40.00 36.59 1,600 1,463 40.0 83,203 76,097 2,080

Engineers ............................................................... 42.78 38.94 1,711 1,558 40.0 88,981 80,995 2,080

Engineering technicians, except drafters ................ 23.41 20.00 936 800 40.0 48,685 41,600 2,080

Life, physical, and social science occupations ..... 25.63 21.15 1,025 846 40.0 53,310 44,000 2,080

Life scientists .......................................................... 25.99 21.68 1,040 867 40.0 54,056 45,101 2,080

Education, training, and library occupations ........ 30.56 20.67 1,215 827 39.8 61,173 43,000 2,002

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ............................................................ 25.59 17.33 1,015 693 39.6 47,563 36,483 1,859

Healthcare practitioner and technical

occupations ........................................................ 32.21 30.00 1,255 1,173 38.9 65,243 60,990 2,025

Registered nurses .................................................. 40.27 41.66 1,561 1,614 38.8 81,192 83,907 2,016

Therapists ............................................................... 31.94 32.54 1,257 1,302 39.3 65,349 67,683 2,046

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ... 27.56 28.01 1,103 1,120 40.0 57,333 58,261 2,080

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians ........................................................ 20.15 17.60 806 704 40.0 41,912 36,608 2,080

Licensed practical and licensed vocational

nurses ............................................................... 21.95 22.00 837 842 38.1 43,523 43,784 1,983

Healthcare support occupations ............................. 13.04 12.25 497 470 38.1 25,865 24,440 1,983

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .......... 11.87 11.90 444 420 37.4 23,100 21,840 1,947

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ............ 11.87 11.90 444 420 37.4 23,100 21,840 1,947

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ...... 15.44 14.59 618 584 40.0 32,124 30,347 2,080

Protective service occupations ............................... 13.64 12.00 546 480 40.0 28,378 24,960 2,080

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers .. 13.97 13.69 559 548 40.0 29,053 28,475 2,080

Security guards ................................................... 13.97 13.69 559 548 40.0 29,053 28,475 2,080

Food preparation and serving related

occupations ........................................................ 11.29 10.44 450 417 39.8 23,385 21,694 2,072

Cooks ..................................................................... 13.51 13.00 540 520 40.0 28,088 27,040 2,079

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations ........................................................ 9.93 9.00 397 360 40.0 20,645 18,720 2,078

Building cleaning workers ....................................... 9.67 8.90 386 356 40.0 20,086 18,512 2,078

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ................................. 9.93 9.10 397 364 40.0 20,652 18,928 2,079

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ..................... 8.61 8.55 343 340 39.9 17,849 17,680 2,072

Personal care and service occupations ................. 14.01 13.65 546 537 39.0 28,400 27,899 2,027

Sales and related occupations ................................ 16.38 12.52 652 497 39.8 33,889 25,846 2,069

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ..... 20.60 19.92 818 789 39.7 42,531 41,038 2,065

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales

workers ......................................................... 20.12 19.68 800 765 39.8 41,590 39,800 2,067

Retail sales workers ............................................... 14.15 11.50 566 457 40.0 29,419 23,774 2,080

Cashiers, all workers .......................................... 12.19 10.77 485 430 39.8 25,239 22,381 2,070

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean

weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006 —

Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Cashiers ......................................................... $12.19 $10.77 $485 $430 39.8 $25,239 $22,381 2,070

Retail salespersons ............................................ 15.16 12.17 608 480 40.1 31,638 24,960 2,086

Office and administrative support occupations .... 18.72 16.77 741 671 39.6 38,527 34,884 2,058

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ......................... 25.45 28.61 989 1,144 38.8 51,403 59,505 2,020

Financial clerks ....................................................... 16.52 16.61 661 664 40.0 34,368 34,543 2,080

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ... 16.56 16.61 662 664 40.0 34,450 34,543 2,080

Secretaries and administrative assistants .............. 19.98 20.30 795 808 39.8 41,366 42,026 2,071

Executive secretaries and administrative

assistants ...................................................... 23.05 23.69 914 930 39.7 47,553 48,360 2,063

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and

executive ...................................................... 16.83 16.41 673 656 40.0 35,004 34,133 2,079

Data entry and information processing workers ..... 14.90 14.13 577 565 38.7 30,010 29,390 2,014

Office clerks, general .............................................. 17.30 15.43 679 612 39.3 35,323 31,803 2,042

Construction and extraction occupations ............. 21.57 21.22 851 844 39.4 44,230 43,909 2,050

Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations ........................................................ 22.52 21.32 901 853 40.0 46,834 44,346 2,080

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and

maintenance workers ....................................... 20.14 20.38 806 815 40.0 41,895 42,390 2,080

Maintenance workers, machinery ....................... 19.62 16.13 785 645 40.0 40,820 33,559 2,080

Line installers and repairers ................................... 29.46 29.93 1,178 1,197 40.0 61,277 62,244 2,080

Production occupations .......................................... 17.60 16.81 697 667 39.6 36,233 34,694 2,059

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ............. 17.28 16.81 691 672 40.0 35,933 34,965 2,080

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ................ 20.40 20.17 816 807 40.0 42,428 41,954 2,080

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and

weighers ........................................................... 18.98 18.73 755 744 39.8 39,285 38,667 2,070

Transportation and material moving

occupations ........................................................ 15.54 15.10 609 604 39.2 31,680 31,408 2,038

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ................... 21.89 21.51 826 860 37.7 42,932 44,739 1,961

Laborers and material movers, hand ...................... 11.55 10.30 462 412 40.0 24,001 21,424 2,078

Laborers and freight, stock, and material

movers, hand ................................................ 12.53 13.22 501 529 40.0 26,058 27,498 2,080

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.

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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups, San

Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006

Occupational group3

Union Nonunion

Civilian

workers

Private

industry

workers

State and

local

government

workers

Civilian

workers

Private

industry

workers

State and

local

government

workers

All workers .................................................................... $24.53 $22.29 $26.71 $20.95 $20.66 $26.24

Management, professional, and related ..................... 31.93 30.98 32.13 36.09 36.24 34.70

Management, business, and financial .................... 31.33 – – 39.55 39.33 40.90

Professional and related ......................................... 31.97 31.25 32.12 34.54 34.95 29.43

Service ........................................................................ 20.59 13.47 23.38 10.46 9.93 17.88

Sales and office .......................................................... 19.39 20.06 18.64 16.33 16.37 15.09

Sales and related .................................................... – – – 16.75 16.80 –

Office and administrative support ........................... 20.09 – 18.64 16.01 16.03 15.70

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 25.92 26.27 24.28 18.77 18.73 –

Construction and extraction ................................... 24.52 24.60 24.16 18.40 18.35 –

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 27.64 – – 19.34 19.30 –

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 19.57 19.02 23.27 13.53 13.57 –

Production .............................................................. 23.02 22.63 – 15.10 15.10 –

Transportation and material moving ....................... 17.28 16.60 21.73 11.23 11.26 –

Relative error4 (percent)

All workers .................................................................... 4.0 5.9 4.3 3.5 3.7 8.6

Management, professional, and related ..................... 4.4 13.6 4.4 3.3 3.5 10.4

Management, business, and financial .................... 16.1 – – 4.4 4.9 10.4

Professional and related ......................................... 4.6 13.3 4.8 4.0 4.1 15.8

Service ........................................................................ 9.4 10.2 8.3 3.7 3.0 18.0

Sales and office .......................................................... 6.5 11.2 2.5 5.2 5.3 14.4

Sales and related .................................................... – – – 7.5 7.6 –

Office and administrative support ........................... 7.2 – 2.5 5.6 5.9 13.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 8.1 9.9 3.0 3.5 3.5 –

Construction and extraction ................................... 15.9 19.4 5.9 4.9 4.9 –

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 2.4 – – 2.9 2.9 –

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 7.5 8.4 8.3 4.6 4.6 –

Production .............................................................. 3.6 2.6 – 6.6 6.6 –

Transportation and material moving ....................... 12.4 14.3 3.4 4.7 4.8 –

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.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet

publication criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 18. Time and incentive workers1: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational

groups, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006

Occupational group3

Time Incentive

Civilian

workers

Private

industry

workers

Civilian

workers

Private

industry

workers

All workers .................................................................... $21.35 $20.44 $27.84 $27.84

Management, professional, and related ..................... 35.18 35.88 41.50 41.50

Management, business, and financial .................... 39.22 39.26 38.56 38.56

Professional and related ......................................... 33.79 34.59 – –

Service ........................................................................ 12.40 10.14 – –

Sales and office .......................................................... 15.17 14.92 27.10 27.10

Sales and related .................................................... 13.57 13.60 27.62 27.62

Office and administrative support ........................... 16.05 15.76 – –

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 21.02 20.80 – –

Construction and extraction ................................... – 19.94 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 22.23 22.07 – –

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 15.12 14.85 – –

Production .............................................................. 16.75 16.50 – –

Transportation and material moving ....................... 13.14 12.72 – –

Relative error4 (percent)

All workers .................................................................... 3.2 3.8 8.6 8.6

Management, professional, and related ..................... 2.9 3.7 17.1 17.1

Management, business, and financial .................... 4.7 5.4 28.5 28.5

Professional and related ......................................... 3.2 4.1 – –

Service ........................................................................ 4.4 2.8 – –

Sales and office .......................................................... 2.8 3.1 10.2 10.2

Sales and related .................................................... 6.8 6.9 12.7 12.7

Office and administrative support ........................... 3.9 4.5 – –

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 5.4 5.6 – –

Construction and extraction ................................... – 10.0 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 3.7 3.8 – –

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 4.8 4.8 – –

Production .............................................................. 5.2 5.3 – –

Transportation and material moving ....................... 9.3 9.9 – –

1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate

or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at

least partially based on productivity payments such as piece

rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries

paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living

adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for

overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers

and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.

See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000

Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See

appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error

expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to

calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.

For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that

data did not meet publication criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation

Survey.

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Table 19. Industry sector1: Mean hourly earnings2 for private industry workers by major occupational group, San

Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006

Occupational group3

Goods producing Service providing

ConstructionManufacturing

Trade,

transportation,

and utilities

InformationFinancial

activities

Professional and

business

services

Education

and

health

services

Leisure

and

hospitality

Other

services

All workers ................................................ – $22.31 – $34.29 –––––

Management, professional, and

related ............................................... – 36.90 – 48.41 –––––

Management, business, and

financial ........................................ – 41.42 –––––––

Professional and related ..................... – 33.94 – 44.13 –––––

Service .................................................... – ––––––––

Sales and office ...................................... – 18.30 –––––––

Sales and related ................................ – ––––––––

Office and administrative support ....... – 18.04 –––––––

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................... – 20.39 –––––––

Installation, maintenance, and repair .. – 21.07 –––––––

Production, transportation, and material

moving .............................................. – 16.70 –––––––

Production .......................................... – 16.79 –––––––

Transportation and material moving ... – 16.25 –––––––

Relative error4 (percent)

All workers ................................................ – 7.0 – 4.0 –––––

Management, professional, and

related ............................................... – 4.2 – .7 –––––

Management, business, and

financial ........................................ – 6.8 –––––––

Professional and related ..................... – 2.9 – .8 –––––

Service .................................................... – ––––––––

Sales and office ...................................... – 1.4 –––––––

Sales and related ................................ – ––––––––

Office and administrative support ....... – 8.1 –––––––

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................... – 2.7 –––––––

Installation, maintenance, and repair .. – 2.8 –––––––

Production, transportation, and material

moving .............................................. – 2.1 –––––––

Production .......................................... – 4.8 –––––––

Transportation and material moving ... – 13.8 –––––––

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.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication

criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Appendix A: Technical Note 

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 San Diego–Carlsbad–San Marcos, 

CA, Metropolitan Statistical Area consists of San Diego 

County, CA. 

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. 

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. 

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 

 For each occupation, wage data were collected for those 

workers whose jobs could be characterized by the criteria 

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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 Up to 4 

50–249 6 

250 or more 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. 

 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 Levels 1–4 

Group II Levels 5–8 

Group III Levels 9–12 

Group IV Levels 13–15 
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Collection period

Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60 

metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period. 

For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables reflects the average date of this information for all sample 

units. 

Earnings

Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time 

hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings: 

• Incentive pay, including commissions, production 

bonuses, and piece rates 

• Cost-of-living allowances 

• Hazard pay 

• Payments of income deferred due to participation 

in a salary reduction plan 

• Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight 

or passengers 

 The following forms of payments were not considered 

part of straight-time earnings: 

• Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for 

working a schedule that varies from the norm, such 

as night or weekend work 

• Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends 

• Bonuses not directly tied to production (such as 

Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses) 

• Uniform and tool allowances 

• Free 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. 

Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are 

solely tied to an hourly rate or salary. 

Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied, 

at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales. 

Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not 

meeting the conditions for union coverage. 

Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation 

when all of the following conditions are met: 

• A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation 

• Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations 

• Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed, mutually binding collective bargaining agreement

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

 Processing and analyzing the data

Data were processed and analyzed at the BLS National Office following collection. 

Weighting and nonresponse

Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and 

occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of 

the establishment within the sample universe. Weights 

were used to aggregate data for the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of 

the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to 

supply information. If data were not provided by a sample 

member during the initial interview, the weights of responding sample members in the same or similar “cells” 

were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of data for the 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-
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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 

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, San

Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA, December 2006

Occupational group2 Civilian

workers

Private

industry

workers

State and

local

government

workers

All workers .................................................................... 1,266,000 1,082,100 183,900

Management, professional, and related ..................... 348,100 250,400 97,800

Management, business, and financial .................... 81,500 67,300 14,200

Professional and related ......................................... 266,700 183,100 83,500

Service ........................................................................ 270,500 227,000 43,500

Sales and office .......................................................... 370,400 341,400 28,900

Sales and related .................................................... 155,600 154,300 –

Office and administrative support ........................... 214,800 187,200 27,600

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 145,600 137,400 8,200

Construction and extraction ................................... 87,700 83,100 4,600

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 57,900 54,300 –

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 131,300 125,800 5,500

Production .............................................................. 65,400 63,800 –

Transportation and material moving ....................... 65,800 62,000 3,900

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.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or

that data did not meet publication criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National

Compensation Survey.

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Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, San Diego-Carlsbad-San

Marcos, CA, December 2006

Establishments Total Private

industry

State and

local

government

Total in sampling frame1 ................................................ 61,698 60,813 885

Total in sample ............................................................... 525 481 44

Responding ............................................................ 307 269 38

Refused or unable to provide data ......................... 148 142 6

Out of business or not in survey scope .................. 70 70 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.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or

that data did not meet publication criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National

Compensation Survey.

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