Seattle–Tacoma–Bremerton, WA

National Compensation Survey

July 1999

_________________________________________________________________________________________

U.S. Department of Labor

Alexis M. Herman, Secretary

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner

May 2000

Bulletin 3100–10
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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

firms and government jurisdictions that provided pay data

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

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

Office of Field Operations and the Office of Technology

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

survey for publication.

For additional information regarding this survey, please

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

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

Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning,

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

ocltinfo@bls.gov.

The data contained in this bulletin are also available at

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Data are in three formats: An ASCII file containing the

published table formats; an ASCII file containing positional

columns of data for manipulation as a data base or spreadsheet; and a Portable Document Format (PDF) file containing the entire bulletin.

Results of earlier surveys of this area are also available

from BLS regional offices, the Division of Compensation

Data Analysis and Planning, or at the BLS Internet site.

Material in this bulletin is in the public domain and,

with appropriate credit, may be reproduced without permission. This information will be made available to sensory

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Contents

Page

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

Tables:

1–1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected worker and establishment

 characteristics, private industry, and State and local government ................................................ 2

2–1. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, all workers, private industry,

 and State and local government.................................................................................................... 3

2–2. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry,

 and State and local government.................................................................................................... 6

2–3. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, part-time workers, private industry,

 and State and local government.................................................................................................... 9

3–1. Mean weekly earnings and hours: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry,

 and State and local government.................................................................................................... 11

3–2. Mean annual earnings and hours: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry,

 and State and local government.................................................................................................... 15

4–1. Selected occupations and levels, all workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry,

 and State and local government.................................................................................................... 19

4–2. Selected occupations and levels, full-time workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry,

 and State and local government.................................................................................................... 27

4–3. Selected occupations and levels, part-time workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry,

 and State and local government.................................................................................................... 34

5–1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group............................ 37

5–2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group, private industry............. 38

5–3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group,

 private industry............................................................................................................................. 39

6–1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers:

 Selected occupations, all industries .............................................................................................. 40

6–2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers:

 Selected occupations, private industry.......................................................................................... 43

6–3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers:

 Selected occupations, State and local government ....................................................................... 46

6–4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, full-time workers:

 Selected occupations, all industries .............................................................................................. 48

6–5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, part-time workers:

 Selected occupations, all industries .............................................................................................. 51

Appendixes:

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

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

 Appendix table 2. Number of establishments represented and studied.......................................... A – 6

 Appendix table 3. Median work levels for selected occupations................................................... A – 7

B. Occupational Classifications............................................................................................................ B – 1

C. Generic Leveling Criteria................................................................................................................. C – 1

D. Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs ........................................................................................................... D – 1
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Introduction

he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for

the Seattle–Tacoma–Bremerton, WA, metropolitan

area. Tabulations provide information on earnings of

workers in a variety of occupations and at different work

levels. Also contained in this bulletin are information on

the program, a technical note describing survey procedures,

and several appendixes with detailed information on occupational classifications and the generic leveling methodology.

NCS products

The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides data

on occupational wages and employee benefits for localities,

broad geographic regions, and the Nation as a whole. The

Employment Cost Index, a quarterly measure of the change

in employer costs for wages and benefits, is derived from

the NCS. Another product, Employer Costs for Employee

Compensation, measures employers’ average hourly costs

for total compensation, that is, wages and benefits. Still

another NCS product measures the incidence of benefit

plans and their provisions. This bulletin is limited to data

on occupational wages and salaries.

About the tables

The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These

earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations,

holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 480 detailed occupations are used to describe all occupations in

the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households), as explained in Appendix

A. Data are not shown for any occupations if they would

raise concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable

estimates.

Table 1–1 presents an overview of all tables in this

bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative

standard errors are given for all industries, private industry,

and State and local government for selected worker and

establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics

include major occupational group, full-time or part-time

status, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive pay.

Establishment characteristics include goods and service

producing and size of establishment.

Table 2–1 presents estimates of mean hourly earnings,

and the relative standard errors associated with them, for

detailed occupations within all industries, private industry,

and State and local government. Table 2–2 presents the

same type of information for full-time workers only. Table

2–3 provides similar data for workers designated as parttime.

Table 3–1 provides mean weekly earnings data, with

relative standard errors, and weekly hours for full-time employees in specific occupations across all industries, private

industry, and State and local government. Table 3–2 provides annual earnings, relative standard errors, and annual

hours for full-time employees in specific occupations.

Table 4–1 provides mean hourly earnings data by work

level for occupational groups and for detailed occupations.

Separate data are also shown for private industry and government workers. Table 4–2 provides work level data for

full-time workers. Table 4–3 provides similar data for

workers designated as part-time.

Table 5–1 presents mean hourly earnings data for selected worker characteristics by major occupational groups.

The worker characteristics include full-time or part-time

designation, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive

pay. Table 5–2 presents mean hourly earnings data for

major industry divisions by occupational groups; these estimates are limited to the private sector. Table 5–3 presents mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment sizes by major occupational groups; these estimates

also are limited to the private sector.

Tables 6–1 through 6–5 present hourly wage percentiles

that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for each

published occupation. Data are provided for the 10th,

25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles for detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, State and local

government, full-time workers, and part-time workers.

These iterations correspond to those presented in tables 2–

1, 2–2, and 2–3. For each published occupation, these percentiles relate to the average hourly earnings of jobs surveyed in establishments. The percentiles do not relate to

the hourly earnings of individual workers in these establishment jobs.

Appendix table 1 provides the employment scope of

this survey. The occupation employment estimates relate

to all employers in the area, rather than just to those surveyed. Appendix table 2 presents the number of establishments studied by industry group and employment size. The

median work levels for published occupations are presented in appendix table 3.

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Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999

Worker and establishment characteristics

Total Private industry State and local government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours3

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours3

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 3

Relative

error2

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error2

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error2

(percent)

Total ........................................................................... $18.63 3.1 36.4 $17.83 3.9 36.5 $21.67 2.2 35.8

Worker characteristics:4

White-collar occupations5 ....................................... 21.95 4.1 36.7 21.46 5.5 37.2 23.42 2.7 35.4

Professional specialty and technical ................... 27.04 7.2 36.0 27.68 10.8 36.2 25.96 2.2 35.7

Executive, administrative, and managerial ......... 28.74 3.0 39.7 28.73 3.1 39.7 28.75 8.1 39.5

Sales ................................................................... 14.66 7.5 35.6 14.67 7.5 35.6 – – –

Administrative support ........................................ 13.56 1.7 36.4 13.59 2.1 37.6 13.43 1.7 32.5

Blue-collar occupations5 ......................................... 16.37 2.2 37.9 16.13 2.5 38.0 18.28 3.2 36.8

Precision production, craft, and repair ................ 19.96 2.4 39.6 19.84 2.6 39.6 21.00 4.5 40.0

Machine operators, assemblers, and

inspectors ......................................................... 13.63 4.1 39.8 13.63 4.1 39.8 – – –

Transportation and material moving ................... 16.13 5.7 37.1 15.79 7.4 37.9 17.46 3.9 34.4

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers,

and laborers ...................................................... 11.97 4.1 33.5 11.52 4.6 33.1 15.04 3.5 36.9

Service occupations5 .............................................. 10.98 4.0 33.5 9.28 3.7 32.6 17.39 4.3 36.9

Full time .................................................................. 19.37 3.2 39.6 18.59 4.1 39.6 22.43 2.4 39.6

Part time ................................................................. 12.13 3.8 21.3 10.91 4.6 21.4 16.03 5.0 20.9

Union ...................................................................... 20.42 5.7 36.1 20.42 9.1 36.5 20.43 1.7 35.5

Nonunion ................................................................ 17.38 2.4 36.6 16.64 2.5 36.6 25.93 6.0 37.0

Time ........................................................................ 18.59 3.2 36.3 17.74 4.1 36.4 21.67 2.2 35.8

Incentive ................................................................. 19.73 7.9 38.7 19.73 7.9 38.7 – – –

Establishment characteristics:

Goods producing .................................................... 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 20.31 2.3 39.8 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( )

Service producing ................................................... 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 () – – – 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( )

50-99 workers7 ....................................................... 14.73 4.0 36.8 14.56 4.1 36.7 – – –

100-499 workers ..................................................... 15.20 3.4 35.7 14.94 3.7 35.9 19.77 4.4 33.3

500 workers or more ............................................... 22.44 4.8 36.7 22.75 7.2 37.2 21.94 2.4 36.0

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, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is

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

weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover

all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing

industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with

fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 

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

criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND

PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS

LIMITATION IN MIND. 

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Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,

National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

All ............................................................................................. $18.63 3.1 $17.83 3.9 $21.67 2.2

All excluding sales ............................................................ 18.91 3.1 18.12 4.1 21.68 2.2

White collar ......................................................................... 21.95 4.1 21.46 5.5 23.42 2.7

White collar excluding sales ......................................... 22.92 4.3 22.72 5.9 23.43 2.7

Professional specialty and technical ............................ 27.04 7.2 27.68 10.8 25.96 2.2

Professional specialty ................................................... 28.64 8.5 29.57 13.5 27.28 2.3

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... ––––––

Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... 28.97 9.8 28.97 9.8 – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... 27.28 4.0 27.84 4.1 22.91 1.6

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... 27.56 4.2 28.21 4.3 22.91 1.6

Natural scientists ...................................................... 26.63 6.5 30.21 5.6 – –

Medical scientists ................................................. 30.17 5.8 30.17 5.8 – –

Health related ........................................................... 25.02 4.9 25.23 7.3 24.68 5.0

Physicians ............................................................ 47.99 31.9 – – – –

Registered nurses ................................................ 23.96 1.8 23.41 2.2 25.19 2.8

Therapists, n.e.c. .................................................. 14.75 5.2 14.38 5.4 – –

Teachers, college and university .............................. 35.16 7.3 24.96 5.4 – –

Other post-secondary teachers ............................ 28.29 4.7 – – – –

Teachers, except college and university .................. 26.28 4.7 13.01 10.7 28.72 1.5

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................ 14.24 19.0 10.12 3.4 – –

Elementary school teachers ................................. 28.96 1.7 18.77 11.4 29.18 1.7

Secondary school teachers .................................. 28.79 1.8 21.10 7.2 29.19 1.8

Teachers, special education ................................. 29.23 3.8 – – 29.23 3.8

Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................... 25.88 4.0 – – – –

Substitute teachers ............................................... 13.17 2.9 – – – –

Vocational and educational counselors ................ 23.05 12.6 – – – –

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... ––––––

Social scientists and urban planners ........................ 19.91 13.8 17.73 17.8 25.35 6.5

Psychologists ........................................................ 18.60 19.8 – – – –

Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. 18.36 5.1 14.93 8.6 20.21 4.5

Social workers ...................................................... 18.21 5.2 14.93 8.6 20.04 4.4

Lawyers and judges .................................................. 35.07 7.2 35.24 9.7 34.70 9.4

Lawyers ................................................................ 34.20 7.1 35.24 9.7 31.36 6.7

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ – – – – 21.05 18.2

Designers ............................................................. 19.10 2.3 19.10 2.3 – –

Editors and reporters ............................................ 19.20 9.2 20.11 11.9 – –

Technical ...................................................................... 21.02 6.7 22.12 8.2 17.56 3.0

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians 16.48 8.3 14.36 5.3 19.50 5.8

Radiological technicians ....................................... 17.96 1.6 – – – –

Licensed practical nurses ..................................... 15.18 1.7 15.10 2.1 – –

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........ 15.03 3.8 14.59 9.0 – –

Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... 20.22 10.3 20.22 10.3 – –

Drafters ................................................................. 18.28 6.3 18.28 6.3 – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................ 18.16 11.1 17.95 12.9 – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 28.74 3.0 28.73 3.1 28.75 8.1

Executives, administrators, and managers ............... 32.78 3.9 32.15 3.9 35.95 11.7

Financial managers .............................................. 27.40 6.8 27.40 6.8 – –

Personnel and labor relations managers .............. 37.29 5.7 35.86 6.0 – –

Purchasing managers ........................................... 35.40 4.7 35.80 5.2 – –

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public

relations .......................................................... 42.67 12.5 42.67 12.5 – –

Administrators, education and related fields ......... 34.09 4.7 18.16 10.2 37.12 3.1

Managers, medicine and health ........................... 25.91 15.1 25.91 15.1 – –

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............... 22.48 22.4 22.48 22.4 – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... 34.41 3.4 34.35 3.5 – –

Management related ................................................. 23.08 2.8 22.96 3.5 23.34 4.3

Accountants and auditors ..................................... 22.04 6.8 22.10 9.4 – –

Other financial officers .......................................... 25.14 11.5 25.93 11.2 – –

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .................. 19.93 4.6 20.51 5.0 – –

Management related, n.e.c. .................................. 23.08 8.3 22.84 9.9 23.52 14.8

Sales ................................................................................ 14.66 7.5 14.67 7.5 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,

National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Sales –Continued

Supervisors, sales ................................................ $19.44 18.6 $19.44 18.6 – –

Sales, other business services ............................. 15.48 13.9 15.48 13.9 – –

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale ................................................. 28.17 33.8 28.17 33.8 – –

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. 20.36 6.9 20.36 6.9 – –

Sales workers, parts ............................................. 15.37 6.9 15.37 6.9 – –

Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 9.72 7.0 9.72 7.0 – –

Cashiers ............................................................... 10.56 8.2 10.56 8.3 – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................... 13.56 1.7 13.59 2.1 $13.43 1.7

Supervisors, general office ................................... 17.62 5.9 17.02 7.2 – –

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and

adjusting clerks ............................................... 17.12 4.3 17.12 4.3 – –

Secretaries ........................................................... 14.45 3.5 14.77 4.4 13.47 2.6

Stenographers ...................................................... 13.72 1.3 – – – –

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... 13.34 4.2 13.15 4.0 – –

Receptionists ........................................................ 10.50 4.9 10.33 5.2 – –

Information clerks, n.e.c. ...................................... 11.18 6.0 10.49 4.6 – –

Order clerks .......................................................... 13.47 5.7 13.47 5.7 – –

Library clerks ........................................................ 11.10 7.5 – – – –

File clerks ............................................................. 9.83 8.1 9.64 9.9 – –

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................... 13.70 4.8 13.84 6.0 – –

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 13.04 5.4 12.72 6.5 14.52 4.8

Billing clerks .......................................................... 14.45 7.1 13.10 6.8 – –

Production coordinators ........................................ 22.55 16.3 22.55 16.3 – –

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... 15.65 14.2 15.65 14.2 – –

Stock and inventory clerks .................................... 16.17 8.5 16.16 9.4 – –

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and

investigators ................................................... 13.12 .5 13.12 .5 – –

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ..... 12.70 7.1 12.70 7.1 – –

General office clerks ............................................. 13.12 3.5 13.04 4.6 13.30 5.0

Data entry keyers ................................................. 11.73 6.3 11.73 6.3 – –

Teachers’ aides .................................................... 10.65 1.4 – – 10.65 1.4

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 12.89 3.7 12.93 5.1 12.81 3.5

Blue collar ........................................................................... 16.37 2.2 16.13 2.5 18.28 3.2

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ 19.96 2.4 19.84 2.6 21.00 4.5

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. 22.07 4.4 21.86 4.5 – –

Automobile mechanics ......................................... 19.61 6.5 19.58 6.7 – –

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....... 21.96 6.3 22.23 6.8 – –

Industrial machinery repairers .............................. 18.94 7.6 18.94 7.6 – –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... 17.83 7.9 18.16 11.6 – –

Electricians ........................................................... 26.62 5.4 26.87 6.4 – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................... 17.50 5.1 – – – –

Supervisors, production ........................................ 18.87 8.1 18.87 8.1 – –

Machinists ............................................................. 20.74 7.7 20.74 7.7 – –

Stationary engineers ............................................. 18.92 3.8 – – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ 13.63 4.1 13.63 4.1 – –

Numerical control machine operators ................... 19.26 14.0 19.26 14.0 – –

Molding and casting machine operators ............... 11.54 10.7 11.54 10.7 – –

Printing press operators ....................................... 14.55 10.4 14.55 10.4 – –

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. 12.27 12.3 12.27 12.3 – –

Welders and cutters .............................................. 16.18 4.3 16.18 4.3 – –

Assemblers ........................................................... 14.54 5.2 14.54 5.2 – –

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .. 16.75 11.8 16.75 11.8 – –

Transportation and material moving ............................ 16.13 5.7 15.79 7.4 17.46 3.9

Truck drivers ......................................................... 16.33 5.9 16.29 6.2 – –

Bus drivers ............................................................ 14.40 7.5 – – 15.31 7.0

Parking lot attendants ........................................... 7.53 4.1 7.45 3.9 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,

National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Transportation and material moving –Continued

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................... $10.28 15.2 $10.28 15.2 – –

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. 16.35 15.5 16.35 15.5 – –

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. .............................................. 18.80 9.0 19.28 13.3 $17.81 4.2

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 11.97 4.1 11.52 4.6 15.04 3.5

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...... 12.94 9.2 – – – –

Construction laborers ........................................... 16.42 4.6 – – – –

Production helpers ................................................ 11.54 14.5 11.54 14.5 – –

Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 9.71 11.4 9.71 11.4 – –

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... 12.35 8.4 12.35 8.4 – –

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............ 9.53 8.9 9.53 8.9 – –

Hand packers and packagers ............................... 11.61 10.8 11.61 10.8 – –

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 11.89 8.2 11.92 8.5 – –

Service ................................................................................. 10.98 4.0 9.28 3.7 17.39 4.3

Protective service ..................................................... 15.13 12.6 8.55 12.6 21.66 4.6

Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... 30.18 2.1 – – 30.18 2.1

Firefighting ............................................................ 21.53 4.4 – – 21.53 4.4

Police and detectives, public service .................... 23.63 3.4 – – 23.63 3.4

Guards and police, except public service ............. 8.62 13.7 8.57 13.8 – –

Food service ............................................................. 8.06 2.3 7.86 2.3 10.79 6.0

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... 6.52 6.0 6.52 6.0 – –

Waiters and waitresses ........................................ 6.10 3.9 6.10 3.9 – –

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................ 6.23 4.7 6.23 4.7 – –

Other food service .................................................. 8.83 3.7 8.61 3.7 10.79 6.0

Supervisors, food preparation and service ........... 11.80 8.5 11.51 8.9 – –

Cooks ................................................................... 9.70 5.2 9.47 5.5 – –

Food counter, fountain, and related ...................... 7.44 4.2 – – – –

Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ 7.58 3.1 7.56 3.2 – –

Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... 8.53 3.4 8.14 3.2 – –

Health service ........................................................... 9.69 3.7 9.30 4.0 12.59 3.3

Health aides, except nursing ................................ 10.86 7.0 10.70 8.8 – –

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 9.49 3.8 9.08 3.8 12.89 3.8

Cleaning and building service ................................... 9.93 3.4 9.22 2.9 12.62 2.2

Supervisors, cleaning and building service

workers ........................................................... 13.95 7.0 13.94 7.7 – –

Maids and housemen ........................................... 8.14 4.2 8.11 4.3 – –

Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 9.82 3.9 8.94 3.0 12.62 2.3

Personal service ....................................................... 12.72 11.4 12.88 12.3 10.86 5.4

Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities 7.52 1.9 7.52 1.9 – –

Welfare service aides ........................................... 8.30 9.9 – – – –

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................... 10.21 9.2 – – – –

Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................... 8.80 7.6 – – 9.64 1.3

Service, n.e.c. ....................................................... 9.32 9.4 9.32 9.4 – –

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

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

are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the

number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used

to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

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

a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

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

publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall

occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN

THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS

WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. 

5
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

All ............................................................................................. $19.37 3.2 $18.59 4.1 $22.43 2.4

All excluding sales ............................................................ 19.61 3.3 18.83 4.3 22.43 2.4

White collar ......................................................................... 22.57 4.4 22.05 5.7 24.20 3.0

White collar excluding sales ......................................... 23.40 4.6 23.10 6.2 24.20 3.0

Professional specialty and technical ............................ 27.52 7.8 28.42 11.7 26.02 2.4

Professional specialty ................................................... 29.01 9.3 30.14 14.6 27.36 2.5

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... ––––––

Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... 28.97 9.8 28.97 9.8 – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... 27.28 4.0 27.84 4.1 22.91 1.6

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... 27.56 4.2 28.21 4.3 22.91 1.6

Natural scientists ...................................................... 26.63 6.5 30.21 5.6 – –

Medical scientists ................................................. 30.17 5.8 30.17 5.8 – –

Health related ........................................................... 24.86 6.6 25.08 10.9 24.59 6.1

Registered nurses ................................................ 23.52 2.6 22.69 3.2 25.24 4.1

Teachers, college and university .............................. 35.40 9.3 25.37 5.7 – –

Teachers, except college and university .................. 26.60 4.9 12.06 9.2 28.92 1.4

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................ 13.98 19.4 – – – –

Elementary school teachers ................................. 28.91 1.7 18.77 11.4 29.14 1.7

Secondary school teachers .................................. 28.84 1.8 20.96 7.4 29.23 1.8

Teachers, special education ................................. 29.23 3.8 – – 29.23 3.8

Vocational and educational counselors ................ 25.73 9.7 – – – –

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... ––––––

Social scientists and urban planners ........................ 18.99 11.3 – – 25.35 6.5

Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. 18.33 5.9 15.12 8.7 – –

Social workers ...................................................... 18.15 6.1 15.12 8.7 – –

Lawyers and judges .................................................. 35.14 7.3 35.35 9.9 34.70 9.4

Lawyers ................................................................ 34.26 7.2 35.35 9.9 31.36 6.7

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ ––––––

Designers ............................................................. 19.10 2.3 19.10 2.3 – –

Editors and reporters ............................................ 19.24 9.3 20.11 11.9 – –

Technical ...................................................................... 21.83 7.2 23.22 8.8 17.66 3.3

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians 16.52 9.3 – – 19.50 5.8

Licensed practical nurses ..................................... 15.53 1.8 15.44 2.6 – –

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........ 14.68 4.5 – – – –

Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... 21.89 7.5 21.89 7.5 – –

Drafters ................................................................. 18.11 6.2 18.11 6.2 – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................ 18.16 11.1 17.95 12.9 – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 28.79 3.0 28.77 3.2 28.87 8.2

Executives, administrators, and managers ............... 32.80 3.9 32.17 3.9 35.95 11.7

Financial managers .............................................. 27.59 7.0 27.59 7.0 – –

Personnel and labor relations managers .............. 37.29 5.7 35.86 6.0 – –

Purchasing managers ........................................... 35.40 4.7 35.80 5.2 – –

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public

relations .......................................................... 42.67 12.5 42.67 12.5 – –

Administrators, education and related fields ......... 34.09 4.7 18.16 10.2 37.12 3.1

Managers, medicine and health ........................... 25.91 15.1 25.91 15.1 – –

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............... 22.48 22.4 22.48 22.4 – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... 34.41 3.4 34.35 3.5 – –

Management related ................................................. 23.09 2.8 22.96 3.5 23.39 4.3

Accountants and auditors ..................................... 21.96 6.9 22.10 9.4 – –

Other financial officers .......................................... 25.14 11.5 25.93 11.2 – –

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .................. 19.93 4.6 20.51 5.0 – –

Management related, n.e.c. .................................. 23.12 8.6 22.88 10.5 23.52 14.8

Sales ................................................................................ 15.84 8.4 15.84 8.4 – –

Supervisors, sales ................................................ 19.44 18.6 19.44 18.6 – –

Sales, other business services ............................. 16.31 15.6 16.31 15.6 – –

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale ................................................. 28.17 33.8 28.17 33.8 – –

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. 20.36 6.9 20.36 6.9 – –

Sales workers, parts ............................................. 15.37 6.9 15.37 6.9 – –

Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 10.42 6.9 10.42 6.9 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Sales –Continued

Cashiers ............................................................... $11.45 10.2 $11.45 10.2 – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................... 13.86 1.9 13.80 2.2 $14.16 2.1

Supervisors, general office ................................... 17.67 6.1 17.02 7.2 – –

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and

adjusting clerks ............................................... 17.12 4.3 17.12 4.3 – –

Secretaries ........................................................... 14.69 3.7 14.93 4.4 13.70 3.2

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... 13.57 5.7 13.32 5.3 – –

Receptionists ........................................................ 10.78 5.5 10.61 5.9 – –

Information clerks, n.e.c. ...................................... 11.17 6.6 10.32 5.1 – –

Order clerks .......................................................... 13.77 5.8 13.77 5.8 – –

File clerks ............................................................. 9.83 8.1 9.64 9.9 – –

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................... 13.81 4.9 13.93 6.0 – –

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 13.03 5.5 12.70 6.6 14.52 4.8

Billing clerks .......................................................... 14.57 7.4 13.17 7.3 – –

Production coordinators ........................................ 22.55 16.3 22.55 16.3 – –

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... 15.82 14.6 15.82 14.6 – –

Stock and inventory clerks .................................... 16.38 8.5 16.27 9.3 – –

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and

investigators ................................................... 13.22 1.0 13.22 1.0 – –

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ..... 12.70 7.1 12.70 7.1 – –

General office clerks ............................................. 13.51 3.7 13.25 4.6 14.32 4.8

Data entry keyers ................................................. 11.85 6.4 11.85 6.4 – –

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 13.09 3.8 13.20 5.2 12.86 3.9

Blue collar ........................................................................... 16.81 2.2 16.58 2.4 18.82 3.3

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ 20.01 2.4 19.89 2.6 21.00 4.5

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. 22.07 4.4 21.86 4.5 – –

Automobile mechanics ......................................... 19.61 6.5 19.58 6.7 – –

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....... 21.96 6.3 22.23 6.8 – –

Industrial machinery repairers .............................. 18.94 7.6 18.94 7.6 – –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... 17.83 7.9 18.16 11.6 – –

Electricians ........................................................... 26.62 5.4 26.87 6.4 – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................... 17.50 5.1 – – – –

Supervisors, production ........................................ 18.87 8.1 18.87 8.1 – –

Machinists ............................................................. 20.74 7.7 20.74 7.7 – –

Stationary engineers ............................................. 18.92 3.8 – – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ 13.62 4.1 13.62 4.1 – –

Numerical control machine operators ................... 19.26 14.0 19.26 14.0 – –

Molding and casting machine operators ............... 11.54 10.7 11.54 10.7 – –

Printing press operators ....................................... 14.55 10.4 14.55 10.4 – –

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. 12.27 12.3 12.27 12.3 – –

Welders and cutters .............................................. 16.18 4.3 16.18 4.3 – –

Assemblers ........................................................... 14.54 5.2 14.54 5.2 – –

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .. 16.75 11.8 16.75 11.8 – –

Transportation and material moving ............................ 16.76 5.5 16.38 7.1 18.43 4.4

Truck drivers ......................................................... 16.42 6.0 16.37 6.2 – –

Bus drivers ............................................................ 15.69 9.9 – – 16.27 9.3

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................... 10.90 16.1 10.90 16.1 – –

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. 16.35 15.5 16.35 15.5 – –

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. .............................................. 18.98 9.2 19.28 13.3 – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 12.93 4.0 12.51 4.5 15.34 3.1

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...... 13.04 9.3 – – – –

Construction laborers ........................................... 16.42 4.6 – – – –

Production helpers ................................................ 11.54 14.5 11.54 14.5 – –

Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 11.70 4.4 11.70 4.4 – –

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... 14.18 10.5 14.18 10.5 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

7
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers

–Continued

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............ $9.90 9.6 $9.90 9.6 – –

Hand packers and packagers ............................... 11.95 11.0 11.95 11.0 – –

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 12.19 8.6 12.14 8.7 – –

Service ................................................................................. 11.81 4.5 9.80 4.4 $18.34 4.3

Protective service ..................................................... 15.81 13.0 8.75 13.8 22.28 4.1

Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... 30.18 2.1 – – 30.18 2.1

Firefighting ............................................................ 21.53 4.4 – – 21.53 4.4

Police and detectives, public service .................... 23.63 3.4 – – 23.63 3.4

Guards and police, except public service ............. 8.81 15.0 8.77 15.1 – –

Food service ............................................................. 8.77 3.3 8.53 3.0 12.02 6.2

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... 7.02 7.9 7.02 7.9 – –

Waiters and waitresses ........................................ 6.31 5.6 6.31 5.6 – –

Other food service .................................................. 9.53 4.6 9.26 4.6 12.02 6.2

Supervisors, food preparation and service ........... 11.80 8.5 11.51 8.9 – –

Cooks ................................................................... 10.04 4.3 9.79 4.4 – –

Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... 8.33 4.4 7.80 3.5 – –

Health service ........................................................... 9.65 3.9 9.20 4.3 12.57 3.4

Health aides, except nursing ................................ 11.02 7.7 – – – –

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 9.42 3.9 8.92 3.8 12.89 3.8

Cleaning and building service ................................... 9.97 3.6 9.21 3.1 12.87 1.9

Supervisors, cleaning and building service

workers ........................................................... 13.95 7.0 13.94 7.7 – –

Maids and housemen ........................................... 7.72 4.1 7.72 4.1 – –

Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 9.85 4.0 8.94 3.1 12.83 1.9

Personal service ....................................................... 14.64 13.3 14.75 13.8 – –

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

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

are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the

number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a

worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time

employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where

a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used

to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.

4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

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

a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

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

publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall

occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN

THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS

WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. 

8
Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings1, part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

All ............................................................................................. $12.13 3.8 $10.91 4.6 $16.03 5.0

All excluding sales ............................................................ 12.59 4.0 11.35 5.0 16.07 5.0

White collar ......................................................................... 15.86 4.1 14.82 5.5 17.88 5.5

White collar excluding sales ......................................... 17.70 3.7 17.53 4.8 17.95 5.6

Professional specialty and technical ............................ 22.80 3.6 21.46 4.4 25.42 6.6

Professional specialty ................................................... 25.28 3.3 24.44 3.3 26.57 7.1

Health related ........................................................... 25.41 6.4 25.50 8.3 25.14 1.2

Registered nurses ................................................ 24.73 1.3 24.60 1.6 25.09 1.3

Teachers, college and university .............................. 34.42 9.0 23.52 14.1 – –

Teachers, except college and university .................. 20.83 10.2 17.89 9.9 23.34 15.8

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... ––––––

Social scientists and urban planners ........................ 24.71 44.3 24.71 44.3 – –

Psychologists ........................................................ 24.71 44.3 24.71 44.3 – –

Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. 18.48 4.7 – – – –

Social workers ...................................................... 18.48 4.7 – – – –

Lawyers and judges .................................................. ––––––

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ ––––––

Technical ...................................................................... 14.76 5.9 14.47 6.8 – –

Licensed practical nurses ..................................... 14.56 2.6 14.64 2.8 – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 21.69 8.2 – – – –

Executives, administrators, and managers ............... ––––––

Management related ................................................. ––––––

Sales ................................................................................ 7.75 4.5 7.71 4.6 – –

Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 7.31 11.9 7.31 11.9 – –

Cashiers ............................................................... 8.05 4.6 7.97 4.7 – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................... 11.15 2.2 10.83 2.9 11.47 3.1

Secretaries ........................................................... 12.16 4.9 10.55 2.9 – –

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... 12.69 4.6 12.69 4.6 – –

Receptionists ........................................................ 9.05 8.0 9.05 8.0 – –

Library clerks ........................................................ 9.09 6.9 – – – –

General office clerks ............................................. 10.74 7.3 10.11 4.4 11.05 10.0

Teachers’ aides .................................................... 10.56 1.6 – – 10.56 1.6

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 10.12 12.7 – – – –

Blue collar ........................................................................... 9.31 6.0 8.51 6.8 13.10 2.7

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

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

Transportation and material moving ............................ 11.15 7.8 9.74 12.2 13.56 .9

Bus drivers ............................................................ 12.90 3.2 – – 13.58 .9

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 7.72 5.5 7.70 5.6 – –

Service ................................................................................. 7.79 3.2 7.51 3.1 9.92 4.2

Protective service ..................................................... 8.39 12.7 7.16 7.0 – –

Guards and police, except public service ............. 7.24 8.1 – – – –

Food service ............................................................. 7.14 3.3 7.00 3.4 9.14 4.6

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... 6.02 3.9 6.02 3.9 – –

Waiters and waitresses ........................................ 5.92 4.4 5.92 4.4 – –

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................ 6.33 6.6 6.33 6.6 – –

Other food service .................................................. 7.83 3.5 7.67 3.4 9.14 4.6

Cooks ................................................................... 8.09 13.4 – – – –

Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ 7.49 3.4 7.47 3.4 – –

Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... 8.86 4.1 8.70 4.9 – –

Health service ........................................................... 9.99 4.7 9.92 4.8 – –

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 10.01 5.4 10.01 5.4 – –

Cleaning and building service ................................... 9.24 4.5 9.45 4.6 8.44 10.0

Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 8.80 8.2 9.11 9.5 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

9
Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings1, part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Service –Continued

Personal service ....................................................... $7.90 5.7 $7.46 6.1 $10.02 3.5

Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................... 8.86 7.7 – – 9.64 1.3

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

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

are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the

number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a

worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time

employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where

a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used

to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.

4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

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

a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

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

publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall

occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN

THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS

WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. 

10
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours5

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours5

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 5

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

All ............................................................... $768 3.3 39.6 $737 4.2 39.6 $888 2.4 39.6

All excluding sales .............................. 777 3.4 39.6 746 4.4 39.6 888 2.4 39.6

White collar ........................................... 894 4.4 39.6 876 5.8 39.7 951 2.9 39.3

White collar excluding sales ........... 927 4.7 39.6 918 6.3 39.7 951 2.9 39.3

Professional specialty and

technical ...................................... 1,082 8.0 39.3 1,124 11.9 39.6 1,014 2.3 39.0

Professional specialty ..................... 1,144 9.5 39.4 1,201 14.9 39.9 1,062 2.4 38.8

Engineers, architects, and

surveyors .............................. – – – – – – – – –

Electrical and electronic

engineers .......................... 1,159 9.8 40.0 1,159 9.8 40.0 – – –

Mathematical and computer

scientists ............................... 1,089 4.0 39.9 1,112 4.1 40.0 911 1.4 39.8

Computer systems analysts

and scientists .................... 1,100 4.2 39.9 1,127 4.3 39.9 911 1.4 39.8

Natural scientists ........................ 1,065 6.5 40.0 1,208 5.6 40.0 – – –

Medical scientists ................... 1,207 5.8 40.0 1,207 5.8 40.0 – – –

Health related ............................. 987 6.8 39.7 997 11.3 39.7 976 5.9 39.7

Registered nurses .................. 935 2.5 39.8 903 3.3 39.8 1,000 3.6 39.6

Teachers, college and university 1,405 9.3 39.7 973 6.0 38.4 – – –

Teachers, except college and

university .............................. 1,011 4.5 38.0 480 9.0 39.8 1,092 1.3 37.8

Prekindergarten and

kindergarten ...................... 555 18.8 39.7 – – – – – –

Elementary school teachers ... 1,087 1.7 37.6 737 11.2 39.3 1,095 1.7 37.6

Secondary school teachers .... 1,087 1.9 37.7 827 7.7 39.4 1,099 2.0 37.6

Teachers, special education ... 1,098 3.2 37.6 – – – 1,098 3.2 37.6

Vocational and educational

counselors ........................ 1,006 9.3 39.1 – – – – – –

Librarians, archivists, and

curators ................................. – – – – – – – – –

Social scientists and urban

planners ................................ 742 12.1 39.0 – – – 1,003 5.7 39.6

Social, recreation, and religious

workers ................................. 732 5.9 40.0 603 8.7 39.9 – – –

Social workers ........................ 725 6.1 40.0 603 8.7 39.9 – – –

Lawyers and judges .................... 1,347 8.9 38.3 1,343 12.0 38.0 1,355 10.0 39.1

Lawyers .................................. 1,309 8.7 38.2 1,343 12.0 38.0 1,218 6.6 38.8

Writers, authors, entertainers,

athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ..................................... – – – – – – – – –

Designers ............................... 764 2.3 40.0 764 2.3 40.0 – – –

Editors and reporters .............. 744 8.6 38.7 769 11.1 38.2 – – –

Technical ........................................ 851 6.6 39.0 898 8.0 38.7 707 3.3 40.0

Clinical laboratory

technologists and

technicians ........................ 661 9.3 40.0 – – – 780 5.8 40.0

Licensed practical nurses ....... 621 1.8 40.0 618 2.6 40.0 – – –

Health technologists and

technicians, n.e.c. ............. 587 4.5 40.0 – – – – – –

Electrical and electronic

technicians ........................ 876 7.5 40.0 876 7.5 40.0 – – –

Drafters ................................... 724 6.2 40.0 724 6.2 40.0 – – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. .. 716 12.2 39.4 706 14.1 39.4 – – –

Executive, administrative, and

managerial ................................... 1,153 3.0 40.1 1,153 3.2 40.1 1,154 8.2 40.0

Executives, administrators, and

managers .............................. 1,315 3.9 40.1 1,290 4.0 40.1 1,438 11.7 40.0

Financial managers ................ 1,097 7.0 39.8 1,097 7.0 39.8 – – –

Personnel and labor relations

managers .......................... 1,461 6.5 39.2 1,398 6.9 39.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours5

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours5

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 5

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Executive, administrative, and

managerial –Continued

Executives, administrators, and

managers –Continued

Purchasing managers ............. $1,416 4.7 40.0 $1,432 5.2 40.0 – – –

Managers, marketing,

advertising, and public

relations ............................ 1,738 14.1 40.7 1,738 14.1 40.7 – – –

Administrators, education and

related fields ..................... 1,360 4.7 39.9 716 10.1 39.4 $1,485 3.1 40.0

Managers, medicine and

health ................................ 1,036 15.1 40.0 1,036 15.1 40.0 – – –

Managers, service

organizations, n.e.c. ......... 915 21.3 40.7 915 21.3 40.7 – – –

Managers and administrators,

n.e.c. ................................. 1,378 3.4 40.0 1,376 3.5 40.0 – – –

Management related ................... 924 2.8 40.0 919 3.5 40.0 934 4.4 39.9

Accountants and auditors ....... 878 6.9 40.0 884 9.4 40.0 – – –

Other financial officers ............ 1,006 11.5 40.0 1,037 11.2 40.0 – – –

Purchasing agents and

buyers, n.e.c. .................... 797 4.6 40.0 821 5.0 40.0 – – –

Management related, n.e.c. .... 928 8.4 40.1 920 10.2 40.2 941 14.8 40.0

Sales .................................................. 629 8.2 39.7 629 8.2 39.7 – – –

Supervisors, sales .................. 820 17.4 42.2 820 17.4 42.2 – – –

Sales, other business services 665 15.9 40.8 665 15.9 40.8 – – –

Sales representatives, mining,

manufacturing, and

wholesale .......................... 1,127 33.8 40.0 1,127 33.8 40.0 – – –

Sales workers, motor vehicles

and boats .......................... 844 7.8 41.5 844 7.8 41.5 – – –

Sales workers, parts ............... 621 7.3 40.4 621 7.3 40.4 – – –

Sales workers, other

commodities ..................... 394 7.4 37.8 394 7.4 37.8 – – –

Cashiers ................................. 443 9.1 38.7 443 9.1 38.7 – – –

Administrative support, including

clerical ......................................... 550 1.8 39.7 548 2.2 39.7 562 2.1 39.7

Supervisors, general office ..... 696 5.5 39.4 674 6.7 39.6 – – –

Supervisors, distribution,

scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ................................ 680 4.2 39.7 680 4.2 39.7 – – –

Secretaries ............................. 582 3.5 39.6 590 4.2 39.5 548 3.2 40.0

Transportation ticket and

reservation agents ............ 543 5.7 40.0 533 5.3 40.0 – – –

Receptionists .......................... 428 5.5 39.7 421 5.8 39.7 – – –

Information clerks, n.e.c. ........ 447 6.6 40.0 413 5.1 40.0 – – –

Order clerks ............................ 551 5.8 40.0 551 5.8 40.0 – – –

File clerks ............................... 383 7.2 39.0 373 8.6 38.7 – – –

Records clerks, n.e.c. ............. 547 5.0 39.6 555 6.1 39.8 – – –

Bookkeepers, accounting and

auditing clerks ................... 515 4.9 39.5 502 5.9 39.5 575 4.2 39.6

Billing clerks ............................ 583 7.4 40.0 527 7.3 40.0 – – –

Production coordinators .......... 902 16.3 40.0 902 16.3 40.0 – – –

Traffic, shipping and receiving

clerks ................................ 626 14.9 39.6 626 14.9 39.6 – – –

Stock and inventory clerks ...... 655 8.5 40.0 651 9.3 40.0 – – –

Insurance adjusters,

examiners, and

investigators ..................... 522 1.0 39.5 522 1.0 39.5 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours5

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours5

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 5

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including

clerical –Continued

Investigators and adjusters,

except insurance .............. $508 7.1 40.0 $508 7.1 40.0 – – –

General office clerks ............... 537 3.7 39.7 527 4.7 39.7 $570 4.5 39.8

Data entry keyers ................... 459 5.5 38.7 459 5.5 38.7 – – –

Administrative support, n.e.c. 521 3.8 39.8 523 5.1 39.6 515 3.9 40.0

Blue collar ............................................. 669 2.2 39.8 660 2.5 39.8 750 3.3 39.8

Precision production, craft, and

repair ............................................ 795 2.6 39.8 790 2.8 39.7 840 4.5 40.0

Supervisors, mechanics and

repairers ........................... 916 5.5 41.5 909 5.8 41.6 – – –

Automobile mechanics ........... 784 6.5 40.0 783 6.7 40.0 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary

engine mechanics ............. 878 6.3 40.0 889 6.8 40.0 – – –

Industrial machinery repairers 758 7.6 40.0 758 7.6 40.0 – – –

Mechanics and repairers,

n.e.c. ................................. 713 7.9 40.0 726 11.6 40.0 – – –

Electricians ............................. 1,065 5.4 40.0 1,075 6.4 40.0 – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ...... 700 5.1 40.0 – – – – – –

Supervisors, production .......... 755 8.1 40.0 755 8.1 40.0 – – –

Machinists ............................... 830 7.7 40.0 830 7.7 40.0 – – –

Stationary engineers ............... 757 3.8 40.0 – – – – – –

Machine operators, assemblers,

and inspectors ............................ 544 4.1 39.9 544 4.1 39.9 – – –

Numerical control machine

operators .......................... 770 14.0 40.0 770 14.0 40.0 – – –

Molding and casting machine

operators .......................... 447 12.6 38.8 447 12.6 38.8 – – –

Printing press operators ......... 582 10.3 40.0 582 10.3 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous machine

operators, n.e.c. ................ 491 12.3 40.0 491 12.3 40.0 – – –

Welders and cutters ................ 647 4.3 40.0 647 4.3 40.0 – – –

Assemblers ............................. 582 5.2 40.0 582 5.2 40.0 – – –

Production inspectors,

checkers and examiners ... 670 11.8 40.0 670 11.8 40.0 – – –

Transportation and material

moving ......................................... 671 5.5 40.0 657 7.0 40.1 730 4.5 39.6

Truck drivers ........................... 660 5.7 40.2 659 5.9 40.3 – – –

Bus drivers .............................. 617 10.4 39.3 – – – 639 9.7 39.3

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ..... 436 16.1 40.0 436 16.1 40.0 – – –

Industrial truck and tractor

equipment operators ......... 654 15.5 40.0 654 15.5 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous material

moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ................ 759 9.2 40.0 771 13.3 40.0 – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers ................. 511 4.4 39.5 493 4.9 39.4 613 3.1 40.0

Groundskeepers and

gardeners, except farm ..... 521 9.3 40.0 – – – – – –

Construction laborers ............. 653 4.6 39.8 – – – – – –

Production helpers .................. 461 14.5 40.0 461 14.5 40.0 – – –

Stock handlers and baggers ... 438 7.0 37.4 438 7.0 37.4 – – –

Freight, stock, and material

handlers, n.e.c. ................. 565 10.5 39.8 565 10.5 39.8 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours5

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours5

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 5

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers

–Continued

Vehicle washers and

equipment cleaners .......... $396 9.6 40.0 $396 9.6 40.0 – – –

Hand packers and packagers 478 11.0 40.0 478 11.0 40.0 – – –

Laborers, except construction,

n.e.c. ................................. 486 8.6 39.9 484 8.8 39.9 – – –

Service ................................................... 464 4.4 39.3 380 3.9 38.8 $748 4.6 40.8

Protective service ....................... 641 13.5 40.6 348 13.7 39.8 921 4.6 41.3

Supervisors, police and

detectives ......................... 1,207 2.1 40.0 – – – 1,207 2.1 40.0

Firefighting .............................. 998 4.7 46.3 – – – 998 4.7 46.3

Police and detectives, public

service .............................. 945 3.4 40.0 – – – 945 3.4 40.0

Guards and police, except

public service .................... 351 14.9 39.9 351 15.1 40.0 – – –

Food service ............................... 346 3.2 39.5 337 3.0 39.5 476 6.6 39.6

Waiters, waitresses, and

bartenders .......................... 271 9.2 38.6 271 9.2 38.6 – – –

Waiters and waitresses .......... 242 6.4 38.4 242 6.4 38.4 – – –

Other food service .................... 380 4.7 39.9 370 4.8 40.0 476 6.6 39.6

Supervisors, food preparation

and service ....................... 496 10.4 42.0 487 11.3 42.3 – – –

Cooks ..................................... 392 4.5 39.0 383 4.6 39.1 – – –

Food preparation, n.e.c. ......... 325 5.4 39.0 303 5.5 38.8 – – –

Health service ............................. 377 4.3 39.1 358 4.7 38.9 503 3.4 40.0

Health aides, except nursing .. 441 7.7 40.0 – – – – – –

Nursing aides, orderlies and

attendants ......................... 366 4.2 38.9 346 4.2 38.8 515 3.8 40.0

Cleaning and building service ..... 398 3.6 40.0 368 3.1 40.0 515 1.9 40.0

Supervisors, cleaning and

building service workers ... 558 7.0 40.0 557 7.7 40.0 – – –

Maids and housemen ............. 309 4.1 40.0 309 4.1 40.0 – – –

Janitors and cleaners ............. 394 4.0 40.0 357 3.1 39.9 513 1.9 40.0

Personal service ......................... 514 9.5 35.1 515 9.9 34.9 – – –

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

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

are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the

number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule

based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a

35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one

establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is

the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to

cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

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

sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a

week, exclusive of overtime.

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

publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational

groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY,

THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY

EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. 

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Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours5

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours5

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 5

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

All ............................................................... $39,110 3.3 2,019 $38,214 4.2 2,056 $42,308 2.4 1,887

All excluding sales .............................. 39,532 3.4 2,016 38,688 4.4 2,055 42,308 2.4 1,887

White collar ........................................... 45,024 4.4 1,995 45,392 5.8 2,059 44,014 2.9 1,819

White collar excluding sales ........... 46,488 4.7 1,986 47,542 6.3 2,058 44,014 2.9 1,819

Professional specialty and

technical ...................................... 52,241 8.0 1,898 57,839 11.9 2,035 44,418 2.3 1,707

Professional specialty ..................... 54,159 9.5 1,867 61,580 14.9 2,043 45,403 2.4 1,660

Engineers, architects, and

surveyors .............................. – – – – – – – – –

Electrical and electronic

engineers .......................... 60,261 9.8 2,080 60,261 9.8 2,080 – – –

Mathematical and computer

scientists ............................... 56,640 4.0 2,076 57,833 4.1 2,078 47,368 1.4 2,068

Computer systems analysts

and scientists .................... 57,222 4.2 2,076 58,602 4.3 2,077 47,368 1.4 2,068

Natural scientists ........................ 55,391 6.5 2,080 62,838 5.6 2,080 – – –

Medical scientists ................... 62,751 5.8 2,080 62,751 5.8 2,080 – – –

Health related ............................. 50,345 6.8 2,025 51,827 11.3 2,066 48,598 5.9 1,977

Registered nurses .................. 47,650 2.5 2,026 46,979 3.3 2,071 48,947 3.6 1,940

Teachers, college and university 58,018 9.3 1,639 40,855 6.0 1,611 – – –

Teachers, except college and

university .............................. 38,795 4.5 1,458 23,336 9.0 1,935 40,581 1.3 1,403

Prekindergarten and

kindergarten ...................... 26,684 18.8 1,909 – – – – – –

Elementary school teachers ... 40,415 1.7 1,398 28,285 11.2 1,507 40,668 1.7 1,395

Secondary school teachers .... 40,175 1.9 1,393 32,765 7.7 1,563 40,503 2.0 1,386

Teachers, special education ... 41,502 3.2 1,420 – – – 41,502 3.2 1,420

Vocational and educational

counselors ........................ 40,441 9.3 1,572 – – – – – –

Librarians, archivists, and

curators ................................. – – – – – – – – –

Social scientists and urban

planners ................................ 37,555 12.1 1,977 – – – 48,285 5.7 1,904

Social, recreation, and religious

workers ................................. 37,327 5.9 2,036 31,347 8.7 2,074 – – –

Social workers ........................ 36,941 6.1 2,035 31,347 8.7 2,074 – – –

Lawyers and judges .................... 70,030 8.9 1,993 69,832 12.0 1,976 70,468 10.0 2,031

Lawyers .................................. 68,090 8.7 1,987 69,832 12.0 1,976 63,323 6.6 2,019

Writers, authors, entertainers,

athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ..................................... – – – – – – – – –

Designers ............................... 39,729 2.3 2,080 39,729 2.3 2,080 – – –

Editors and reporters .............. 35,804 8.6 1,861 36,064 11.1 1,793 – – –

Technical ........................................ 44,277 6.6 2,029 46,716 8.0 2,012 36,738 3.3 2,080

Clinical laboratory

technologists and

technicians ........................ 34,366 9.3 2,080 – – – 40,551 5.8 2,080

Licensed practical nurses ....... 32,303 1.8 2,080 32,115 2.6 2,080 – – –

Health technologists and

technicians, n.e.c. ............. 30,544 4.5 2,080 – – – – – –

Electrical and electronic

technicians ........................ 45,558 7.5 2,081 45,558 7.5 2,081 – – –

Drafters ................................... 37,672 6.2 2,080 37,672 6.2 2,080 – – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. .. 37,244 12.2 2,051 36,720 14.1 2,046 – – –

Executive, administrative, and

managerial ................................... 59,873 3.0 2,080 59,954 3.2 2,084 59,592 8.2 2,064

Executives, administrators, and

managers .............................. 68,256 3.9 2,081 67,098 4.0 2,086 74,009 11.7 2,058

Financial managers ................ 57,058 7.0 2,068 57,058 7.0 2,068 – – –

Personnel and labor relations

managers .......................... 75,991 6.5 2,038 72,718 6.9 2,028 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours5

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours5

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 5

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Executive, administrative, and

managerial –Continued

Executives, administrators, and

managers –Continued

Purchasing managers ............. $73,637 4.7 2,080 $74,472 5.2 2,080 – – –

Managers, marketing,

advertising, and public

relations ............................ 90,366 14.1 2,118 90,366 14.1 2,118 – – –

Administrators, education and

related fields ..................... 68,992 4.7 2,024 37,206 10.1 2,049 $74,936 3.1 2,019

Managers, medicine and

health ................................ 53,894 15.1 2,080 53,894 15.1 2,080 – – –

Managers, service

organizations, n.e.c. ......... 47,576 21.3 2,116 47,576 21.3 2,116 – – –

Managers and administrators,

n.e.c. ................................. 71,640 3.4 2,082 71,533 3.5 2,082 – – –

Management related ................... 47,975 2.8 2,077 47,798 3.5 2,081 48,379 4.4 2,069

Accountants and auditors ....... 45,677 6.9 2,080 45,964 9.4 2,080 – – –

Other financial officers ............ 52,297 11.5 2,080 53,944 11.2 2,080 – – –

Purchasing agents and

buyers, n.e.c. .................... 40,621 4.6 2,038 42,671 5.0 2,080 – – –

Management related, n.e.c. .... 48,234 8.4 2,086 47,832 10.2 2,090 48,914 14.8 2,080

Sales .................................................. 32,733 8.2 2,066 32,733 8.2 2,066 – – –

Supervisors, sales .................. 42,641 17.4 2,194 42,641 17.4 2,194 – – –

Sales, other business services 34,575 15.9 2,120 34,575 15.9 2,120 – – –

Sales representatives, mining,

manufacturing, and

wholesale .......................... 58,593 33.8 2,080 58,593 33.8 2,080 – – –

Sales workers, motor vehicles

and boats .......................... 43,908 7.8 2,157 43,908 7.8 2,157 – – –

Sales workers, parts ............... 32,287 7.3 2,101 32,287 7.3 2,101 – – –

Sales workers, other

commodities ..................... 20,495 7.4 1,966 20,495 7.4 1,966 – – –

Cashiers ................................. 23,044 9.1 2,012 23,044 9.1 2,012 – – –

Administrative support, including

clerical ......................................... 28,443 1.8 2,053 28,473 2.2 2,064 28,298 2.1 1,998

Supervisors, general office ..... 36,214 5.5 2,049 35,065 6.7 2,061 – – –

Supervisors, distribution,

scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ................................ 35,371 4.2 2,066 35,371 4.2 2,066 – – –

Secretaries ............................. 29,698 3.5 2,022 30,666 4.2 2,054 26,096 3.2 1,905

Transportation ticket and

reservation agents ............ 28,233 5.7 2,080 27,711 5.3 2,080 – – –

Receptionists .......................... 22,265 5.5 2,065 21,888 5.8 2,063 – – –

Information clerks, n.e.c. ........ 23,228 6.6 2,080 21,459 5.1 2,080 – – –

Order clerks ............................ 28,638 5.8 2,080 28,638 5.8 2,080 – – –

File clerks ............................... 19,914 7.2 2,026 19,416 8.6 2,014 – – –

Records clerks, n.e.c. ............. 28,456 5.0 2,061 28,839 6.1 2,070 – – –

Bookkeepers, accounting and

auditing clerks ................... 26,713 4.9 2,050 26,099 5.9 2,056 29,449 4.2 2,028

Billing clerks ............................ 30,306 7.4 2,080 27,398 7.3 2,080 – – –

Production coordinators .......... 46,907 16.3 2,080 46,907 16.3 2,080 – – –

Traffic, shipping and receiving

clerks ................................ 32,550 14.9 2,057 32,550 14.9 2,057 – – –

Stock and inventory clerks ...... 34,064 8.5 2,080 33,848 9.3 2,080 – – –

Insurance adjusters,

examiners, and

investigators ..................... 27,126 1.0 2,052 27,126 1.0 2,052 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours5

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours5

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 5

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including

clerical –Continued

Investigators and adjusters,

except insurance .............. $26,424 7.1 2,080 $26,424 7.1 2,080 – – –

General office clerks ............... 27,917 3.7 2,067 27,379 4.7 2,066 $29,648 4.5 2,070

Data entry keyers ................... 23,847 5.5 2,013 23,847 5.5 2,013 – – –

Administrative support, n.e.c. 26,840 3.8 2,050 27,204 5.1 2,061 26,043 3.9 2,025

Blue collar ............................................. 34,691 2.2 2,063 34,289 2.5 2,068 38,030 3.3 2,020

Precision production, craft, and

repair ............................................ 41,276 2.6 2,063 41,093 2.8 2,066 42,820 4.5 2,039

Supervisors, mechanics and

repairers ........................... 47,637 5.5 2,158 47,285 5.8 2,163 – – –

Automobile mechanics ........... 40,781 6.5 2,080 40,734 6.7 2,080 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary

engine mechanics ............. 45,680 6.3 2,080 46,242 6.8 2,080 – – –

Industrial machinery repairers 39,393 7.6 2,080 39,393 7.6 2,080 – – –

Mechanics and repairers,

n.e.c. ................................. 35,797 7.9 2,008 37,790 11.6 2,081 – – –

Electricians ............................. 55,374 5.4 2,080 55,883 6.4 2,080 – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ...... 36,400 5.1 2,080 – – – – – –

Supervisors, production .......... 39,240 8.1 2,080 39,240 8.1 2,080 – – –

Machinists ............................... 43,168 7.7 2,081 43,168 7.7 2,081 – – –

Stationary engineers ............... 39,348 3.8 2,080 – – – – – –

Machine operators, assemblers,

and inspectors ............................ 28,270 4.1 2,076 28,270 4.1 2,076 – – –

Numerical control machine

operators .......................... 40,055 14.0 2,080 40,055 14.0 2,080 – – –

Molding and casting machine

operators .......................... 23,255 12.6 2,015 23,255 12.6 2,015 – – –

Printing press operators ......... 30,264 10.3 2,080 30,264 10.3 2,080 – – –

Miscellaneous machine

operators, n.e.c. ................ 25,530 12.3 2,080 25,530 12.3 2,080 – – –

Welders and cutters ................ 33,646 4.3 2,080 33,646 4.3 2,080 – – –

Assemblers ............................. 30,239 5.2 2,080 30,239 5.2 2,080 – – –

Production inspectors,

checkers and examiners ... 34,839 11.8 2,080 34,839 11.8 2,080 – – –

Transportation and material

moving ......................................... 34,675 5.5 2,068 34,182 7.0 2,087 36,715 4.5 1,992

Truck drivers ........................... 34,205 5.7 2,084 34,275 5.9 2,093 – – –

Bus drivers .............................. 30,448 10.4 1,940 – – – 31,385 9.7 1,930

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ..... 22,674 16.1 2,080 22,674 16.1 2,080 – – –

Industrial truck and tractor

equipment operators ......... 34,011 15.5 2,080 34,011 15.5 2,080 – – –

Miscellaneous material

moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ................ 39,469 9.2 2,080 40,111 13.3 2,080 – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers ................. 26,358 4.4 2,038 25,501 4.9 2,038 31,232 3.1 2,036

Groundskeepers and

gardeners, except farm ..... 25,614 9.3 1,965 – – – – – –

Construction laborers ............. 32,509 4.6 1,980 – – – – – –

Production helpers .................. 23,995 14.5 2,080 23,995 14.5 2,080 – – –

Stock handlers and baggers ... 22,756 7.0 1,945 22,756 7.0 1,945 – – –

Freight, stock, and material

handlers, n.e.c. ................. 29,364 10.5 2,071 29,364 10.5 2,071 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation3

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours5

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours5

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 5

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers

–Continued

Vehicle washers and

equipment cleaners .......... $20,596 9.6 2,080 $20,596 9.6 2,080 – – –

Hand packers and packagers 24,855 11.0 2,080 24,855 11.0 2,080 – – –

Laborers, except construction,

n.e.c. ................................. 25,264 8.6 2,073 25,161 8.8 2,073 – – –

Service ................................................... 23,993 4.4 2,032 19,776 3.9 2,018 $38,162 4.6 2,080

Protective service ....................... 33,250 13.5 2,104 18,098 13.7 2,068 47,636 4.6 2,138

Supervisors, police and

detectives ......................... 62,773 2.1 2,080 – – – 62,773 2.1 2,080

Firefighting .............................. 51,875 4.7 2,409 – – – 51,875 4.7 2,409

Police and detectives, public

service .............................. 49,142 3.4 2,080 – – – 49,142 3.4 2,080

Guards and police, except

public service .................... 18,148 14.9 2,060 18,251 15.1 2,080 – – –

Food service ............................... 17,969 3.2 2,049 17,513 3.0 2,053 23,964 6.6 1,994

Waiters, waitresses, and

bartenders .......................... 14,079 9.2 2,006 14,079 9.2 2,006 – – –

Waiters and waitresses .......... 12,598 6.4 1,997 12,598 6.4 1,997 – – –

Other food service .................... 19,713 4.7 2,068 19,227 4.8 2,077 23,964 6.6 1,994

Supervisors, food preparation

and service ....................... 25,793 10.4 2,186 25,313 11.3 2,199 – – –

Cooks ..................................... 20,185 4.5 2,011 19,892 4.6 2,032 – – –

Food preparation, n.e.c. ......... 16,904 5.4 2,029 15,730 5.5 2,017 – – –

Health service ............................. 19,598 4.3 2,032 18,621 4.7 2,025 26,153 3.4 2,080

Health aides, except nursing .. 22,927 7.7 2,080 – – – – – –

Nursing aides, orderlies and

attendants ......................... 19,049 4.2 2,023 17,975 4.2 2,015 26,803 3.8 2,080

Cleaning and building service ..... 20,552 3.6 2,062 19,134 3.1 2,078 25,799 1.9 2,004

Supervisors, cleaning and

building service workers ... 29,021 7.0 2,080 28,985 7.7 2,080 – – –

Maids and housemen ............. 16,050 4.1 2,080 16,050 4.1 2,080 – – –

Janitors and cleaners ............. 20,283 4.0 2,059 18,568 3.1 2,077 25,692 1.9 2,002

Personal service ......................... 26,496 9.5 1,810 26,732 9.9 1,813 – – –

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

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

are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the

number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule

based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a

35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one

establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is

the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to

cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

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

sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,

exclusive of overtime.

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

publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational

groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY,

THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY

EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. 

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Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All ............................................................................................. $18.63 3.1 $17.83 3.9 $21.67 2.2

All excluding sales ............................................................ 18.91 3.1 18.12 4.1 21.68 2.2

White collar ......................................................................... 21.95 4.1 21.46 5.5 23.42 2.7

 1 ...................................................................... 7.28 5.6 7.27 5.8 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 10.00 8.8 10.05 9.3 9.19 5.1

 3 ...................................................................... 10.57 3.0 10.17 3.2 12.76 4.4

 4 ...................................................................... 13.24 2.3 13.32 2.6 12.69 2.1

 5 ...................................................................... 14.71 2.7 14.83 3.4 14.33 2.5

 6 ...................................................................... 16.32 2.7 16.25 3.0 17.02 4.3

 7 ...................................................................... 18.83 2.4 19.07 2.8 17.79 2.0

 8 ...................................................................... 21.81 2.7 20.82 2.9 24.71 4.9

 9 ...................................................................... 25.70 2.0 25.93 3.2 25.45 2.0

10 ...................................................................... 27.45 3.3 27.52 4.6 27.38 4.7

11 ...................................................................... 31.38 4.5 32.59 5.9 29.07 4.9

12 ...................................................................... 36.64 2.7 36.61 3.0 36.81 5.2

13 ...................................................................... 44.07 5.4 ––––

14 ...................................................................... 53.52 5.2 58.09 7.0 – –

White collar excluding sales ......................................... 22.92 4.3 22.72 5.9 23.43 2.7

 1 ...................................................................... 8.13 6.4 ––––

 2 ...................................................................... 10.76 8.4 10.89 8.9 9.19 5.1

 3 ...................................................................... 11.40 3.1 11.00 3.7 12.83 4.5

 4 ...................................................................... 13.26 2.1 13.37 2.4 12.69 2.1

 5 ...................................................................... 14.51 3.1 14.58 4.2 14.33 2.5

 6 ...................................................................... 16.26 2.8 16.17 3.1 17.02 4.3

 7 ...................................................................... 18.70 2.5 18.93 3.0 17.79 2.0

 8 ...................................................................... 21.78 2.8 20.74 2.9 24.71 4.9

 9 ...................................................................... 25.35 1.8 25.24 2.9 25.45 2.0

10 ...................................................................... 27.23 3.5 27.08 5.1 27.38 4.7

11 ...................................................................... 31.30 4.7 32.53 6.2 29.07 4.9

12 ...................................................................... 36.64 2.7 36.61 3.0 36.81 5.2

13 ...................................................................... 43.14 5.3 ––––

14 ...................................................................... 53.52 5.2 58.09 7.0 – –

Professional specialty and technical ............................ 27.04 7.2 27.68 10.8 25.96 2.2

Professional specialty ................................................... 28.64 8.5 29.57 13.5 27.28 2.3

 5 ...................................................................... 15.88 10.0 15.88 10.5 – –

 6 ...................................................................... 15.44 5.9 15.47 6.1 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 20.06 6.2 20.31 6.8 – –

 8 ...................................................................... 23.72 3.5 21.85 4.3 26.86 4.5

 9 ...................................................................... 25.64 2.1 25.23 3.6 25.94 2.4

10 ...................................................................... 26.30 4.4 25.25 8.7 26.89 5.0

11 ...................................................................... 29.35 3.0 29.46 2.2 29.14 7.6

12 ...................................................................... 36.31 3.8 36.85 4.2 – –

13 ...................................................................... 44.61 6.7 44.29 7.0 – –

14 ...................................................................... 47.55 4.2 ––––

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 261.97 42.6 ––––

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... – –––––

Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... 28.97 9.8 28.97 9.8 – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... 27.28 4.0 27.84 4.1 22.91 1.6

 7 ...................................................................... 22.48 9.7 22.95 10.1 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 29.03 6.9 30.33 6.8 – –

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... 27.56 4.2 28.21 4.3 22.91 1.6

 7 ...................................................................... 20.80 8.2 21.17 8.9 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 29.26 6.9 30.65 6.8 – –

Natural scientists ...................................................... 26.63 6.5 30.21 5.6 – –

Medical scientists ................................................. 30.17 5.8 30.17 5.8 – –

Health related ........................................................... 25.02 4.9 25.23 7.3 24.68 5.0

 8 ...................................................................... 20.83 6.9 20.85 7.4 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 24.15 2.7 24.24 4.1 24.04 3.3

Physicians ............................................................ 47.99 31.9 ––––

Registered nurses ................................................ 23.96 1.8 23.41 2.2 25.19 2.8

 8 ...................................................................... 22.95 3.6 23.18 3.8 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 24.63 2.1 24.08 2.8 25.46 2.9

Therapists, n.e.c. .................................................. 14.75 5.2 14.38 5.4 – –

Teachers, college and university .............................. 35.16 7.3 24.96 5.4 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Teachers, college and university –Continued

 9 ...................................................................... $26.27 3.4 ––––

11 ...................................................................... 26.21 7.2 $26.21 7.2 – –

Other post-secondary teachers ............................ 28.29 4.7 ––––

Teachers, except college and university .................. 26.28 4.7 13.01 10.7 $28.72 1.5

 6 ...................................................................... 13.51 3.3 13.51 3.3 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 18.65 11.2 18.65 11.2 – –

 8 ...................................................................... 28.33 3.3 15.38 11.7 28.89 3.1

 9 ...................................................................... 28.32 1.7 22.27 11.2 28.56 1.6

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................ 14.24 19.0 10.12 3.4 – –

Elementary school teachers ................................. 28.96 1.7 18.77 11.4 29.18 1.7

 8 ...................................................................... 28.09 3.0 ––––

 9 ...................................................................... 29.25 1.9 – – 29.23 1.9

Secondary school teachers .................................. 28.79 1.8 21.10 7.2 29.19 1.8

 8 ...................................................................... 30.06 1.7 – – 30.73 .9

 9 ...................................................................... 28.62 1.9 – – 28.61 2.0

Teachers, special education ................................. 29.23 3.8 – – 29.23 3.8

 9 ...................................................................... 28.36 3.8 – – 28.36 3.8

Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................... 25.88 4.0 ––––

 9 ...................................................................... 25.88 2.1 ––––

Substitute teachers ............................................... 13.17 2.9 ––––

Vocational and educational counselors ................ 23.05 12.6 ––––

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... – –––––

Social scientists and urban planners ........................ 19.91 13.8 17.73 17.8 25.35 6.5

 9 ...................................................................... 19.14 8.7 17.53 7.8 – –

Psychologists ........................................................ 18.60 19.8 ––––

Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. 18.36 5.1 14.93 8.6 20.21 4.5

 9 ...................................................................... 20.15 4.5 ––––

Social workers ...................................................... 18.21 5.2 14.93 8.6 20.04 4.4

Lawyers and judges .................................................. 35.07 7.2 35.24 9.7 34.70 9.4

Lawyers ................................................................ 34.20 7.1 35.24 9.7 31.36 6.7

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ – – – – 21.05 18.2

 7 ...................................................................... 18.05 4.8 ––––

 9 ...................................................................... 22.66 8.0 ––––

Designers ............................................................. 19.10 2.3 19.10 2.3 – –

Editors and reporters ............................................ 19.20 9.2 20.11 11.9 – –

Technical ...................................................................... 21.02 6.7 22.12 8.2 17.56 3.0

 4 ...................................................................... 13.08 3.3 12.94 3.4 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 14.63 3.9 14.28 5.1 15.43 1.8

 6 ...................................................................... 17.50 4.0 17.57 6.2 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 17.97 3.8 17.92 6.0 18.04 3.5

 8 ...................................................................... 20.33 4.2 ––––

 9 ...................................................................... 28.41 14.8 31.40 16.7 – –

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians 16.48 8.3 14.36 5.3 19.50 5.8

Radiological technicians ....................................... 17.96 1.6 ––––

Licensed practical nurses ..................................... 15.18 1.7 15.10 2.1 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 15.11 1.9 15.09 2.4 – –

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........ 15.03 3.8 14.59 9.0 – –

Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... 20.22 10.3 20.22 10.3 – –

Drafters ................................................................. 18.28 6.3 18.28 6.3 – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................ 18.16 11.1 17.95 12.9 – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 28.74 3.0 28.73 3.1 28.75 8.1

 5 ...................................................................... 11.70 19.3 11.70 19.3 – –

 6 ...................................................................... 15.47 5.7 15.47 5.7 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 18.54 3.6 18.52 4.0 18.69 4.6

 8 ...................................................................... 19.26 4.3 19.46 5.1 18.60 6.3

 9 ...................................................................... 24.18 3.7 24.57 4.8 23.23 3.5

10 ...................................................................... 30.40 4.7 30.34 6.5 – –

11 ...................................................................... 29.21 3.2 29.34 3.5 29.00 6.5

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued

12 ...................................................................... $36.22 3.3 $35.78 3.7 $39.01 4.6

14 ...................................................................... 62.14 6.5 62.14 6.5 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 25.51 8.0 ––––

Executives, administrators, and managers ............... 32.78 3.9 32.15 3.9 35.95 11.7

 7 ...................................................................... 17.11 6.1 17.11 6.1 – –

 8 ...................................................................... 19.55 8.4 19.55 8.4 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 26.25 4.6 26.58 5.0 – –

10 ...................................................................... 32.32 2.2 32.32 2.2 – –

11 ...................................................................... 31.79 4.3 30.93 5.1 34.52 5.3

12 ...................................................................... 37.46 2.8 37.18 3.1 39.01 4.6

13 ...................................................................... 41.51 5.8 ––––

14 ...................................................................... 64.64 6.7 64.64 6.7 – –

Financial managers .............................................. 27.40 6.8 27.40 6.8 – –

Personnel and labor relations managers .............. 37.29 5.7 35.86 6.0 – –

Purchasing managers ........................................... 35.40 4.7 35.80 5.2 – –

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public

relations .......................................................... 42.67 12.5 42.67 12.5 – –

Administrators, education and related fields ......... 34.09 4.7 18.16 10.2 37.12 3.1

11 ...................................................................... 36.04 4.7 ––––

12 ...................................................................... 37.78 4.5 – – 37.89 4.5

Managers, medicine and health ........................... 25.91 15.1 25.91 15.1 – –

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............... 22.48 22.4 22.48 22.4 – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... 34.41 3.4 34.35 3.5 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 27.87 4.0 27.86 4.1 – –

11 ...................................................................... 31.92 7.4 31.94 7.6 – –

12 ...................................................................... 37.78 4.0 37.66 4.1 – –

Management related ................................................. 23.08 2.8 22.96 3.5 23.34 4.3

 6 ...................................................................... 16.12 7.1 16.12 7.1 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 18.76 3.6 18.77 4.0 18.69 4.6

 8 ...................................................................... 19.03 4.3 19.34 5.5 18.60 6.3

 9 ...................................................................... 21.28 3.2 20.92 5.0 – –

11 ...................................................................... 26.87 3.4 27.21 4.0 – –

Accountants and auditors ..................................... 22.04 6.8 22.10 9.4 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 17.45 2.9 17.50 2.9 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 21.87 2.1 ––––

Other financial officers .......................................... 25.14 11.5 25.93 11.2 – –

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .................. 19.93 4.6 20.51 5.0 – –

Management related, n.e.c. .................................. 23.08 8.3 22.84 9.9 23.52 14.8

 7 ...................................................................... 16.05 5.3 15.59 5.4 – –

 8 ...................................................................... 17.05 3.0 ––––

Sales ................................................................................ 14.66 7.5 14.67 7.5 – –

 1 ...................................................................... 7.10 6.2 7.10 6.2 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 6.89 2.1 6.89 2.1 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 8.84 4.4 8.83 4.5 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 13.17 6.7 13.17 6.7 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 15.78 4.1 15.78 4.1 – –

 6 ...................................................................... 16.55 7.7 16.55 7.7 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 21.12 6.0 21.12 6.0 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 53.83 21.3 53.83 21.3 – –

Supervisors, sales ................................................ 19.44 18.6 19.44 18.6 – –

Sales, other business services ............................. 15.48 13.9 15.48 13.9 – –

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale ................................................. 28.17 33.8 28.17 33.8 – –

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. 20.36 6.9 20.36 6.9 – –

Sales workers, parts ............................................. 15.37 6.9 15.37 6.9 – –

Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 9.72 7.0 9.72 7.0 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 9.31 6.7 9.31 6.7 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 9.12 6.6 9.12 6.6 – –

Cashiers ............................................................... 10.56 8.2 10.56 8.3 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 8.59 5.8 8.52 6.0 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical ................... $13.56 1.7 $13.59 2.1 $13.43 1.7

 1 ...................................................................... 8.13 6.4 ––––

 2 ...................................................................... 10.76 8.4 10.89 8.9 9.19 5.1

 3 ...................................................................... 11.44 3.3 11.03 3.8 12.89 4.7

 4 ...................................................................... 13.37 2.1 13.53 2.5 12.65 2.2

 5 ...................................................................... 14.18 3.2 14.31 4.8 13.96 2.8

 6 ...................................................................... 16.42 4.6 16.39 4.8 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 18.14 3.9 18.47 4.3 16.48 3.3

Supervisors, general office ................................... 17.62 5.9 17.02 7.2 – –

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and

adjusting clerks ............................................... 17.12 4.3 17.12 4.3 – –

Secretaries ........................................................... 14.45 3.5 14.77 4.4 13.47 2.6

 3 ...................................................................... 10.47 3.9 ––––

 4 ...................................................................... 13.01 6.1 13.09 8.3 12.81 2.0

 5 ...................................................................... 13.45 2.4 13.15 2.5 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 18.38 4.7 18.88 4.9 – –

Stenographers ...................................................... 13.72 1.3 ––––

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... 13.34 4.2 13.15 4.0 – –

Receptionists ........................................................ 10.50 4.9 10.33 5.2 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 10.17 4.8 10.17 4.8 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 11.34 7.1 ––––

Information clerks, n.e.c. ...................................... 11.18 6.0 10.49 4.6 – –

Order clerks .......................................................... 13.47 5.7 13.47 5.7 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 13.80 7.1 13.80 7.1 – –

Library clerks ........................................................ 11.10 7.5 ––––

File clerks ............................................................. 9.83 8.1 9.64 9.9 – –

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................... 13.70 4.8 13.84 6.0 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 14.17 8.1 ––––

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 13.04 5.4 12.72 6.5 14.52 4.8

 3 ...................................................................... 10.65 7.4 10.65 7.4 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 12.94 2.8 12.75 3.1 13.54 5.1

 5 ...................................................................... 14.65 5.1 13.73 4.8 – –

Billing clerks .......................................................... 14.45 7.1 13.10 6.8 – –

Production coordinators ........................................ 22.55 16.3 22.55 16.3 – –

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... 15.65 14.2 15.65 14.2 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 16.51 17.3 16.51 17.3 – –

Stock and inventory clerks .................................... 16.17 8.5 16.16 9.4 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 16.69 14.7 ––––

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and

investigators ................................................... 13.12 .5 13.12 .5 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 13.21 1.5 13.21 1.5 – –

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ..... 12.70 7.1 12.70 7.1 – –

General office clerks ............................................. 13.12 3.5 13.04 4.6 13.30 5.0

 2 ...................................................................... 9.05 7.6 ––––

 3 ...................................................................... 13.31 10.9 14.50 16.7 11.75 3.3

 4 ...................................................................... 13.55 3.5 13.46 4.0 14.13 6.4

 5 ...................................................................... 13.70 4.9 ––––

Data entry keyers ................................................. 11.73 6.3 11.73 6.3 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 12.09 9.9 12.09 9.9 – –

Teachers’ aides .................................................... 10.65 1.4 – – 10.65 1.4

 3 ...................................................................... 10.82 2.3 – – 10.82 2.3

 4 ...................................................................... 10.57 1.8 – – 10.57 1.8

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 12.89 3.7 12.93 5.1 12.81 3.5

 4 ...................................................................... 11.95 3.1 11.76 4.7 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 13.56 7.9 ––––

Blue collar ........................................................................... 16.37 2.2 16.13 2.5 18.28 3.2

 1 ...................................................................... 8.46 7.1 8.46 7.1 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 10.23 6.0 10.20 6.1 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 13.44 4.6 13.17 5.5 14.79 3.7

 4 ...................................................................... 15.23 2.7 15.04 3.0 16.48 5.3

 5 ...................................................................... 16.19 4.8 16.06 5.6 16.93 3.6

 6 ...................................................................... 19.40 3.6 19.29 4.1 20.17 1.8

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

 7 ...................................................................... $21.35 2.4 $21.29 2.6 $21.82 4.4

 8 ...................................................................... 24.97 4.0 24.97 4.0 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 23.38 4.7 23.24 4.8 – –

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ 19.96 2.4 19.84 2.6 21.00 4.5

 3 ...................................................................... 13.52 4.4 ––––

 4 ...................................................................... 15.58 4.8 15.58 4.8 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 16.68 6.5 16.46 8.3 – –

 6 ...................................................................... 19.86 4.9 19.81 5.4 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 21.59 2.7 21.53 3.0 22.01 4.8

 8 ...................................................................... 23.92 3.9 23.92 3.9 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 23.24 4.8 23.24 4.8 – –

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. 22.07 4.4 21.86 4.5 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 22.94 5.7 22.94 5.7 – –

Automobile mechanics ......................................... 19.61 6.5 19.58 6.7 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 18.31 4.6 18.22 4.7 – –

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....... 21.96 6.3 22.23 6.8 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 22.65 7.3 22.98 7.4 – –

Industrial machinery repairers .............................. 18.94 7.6 18.94 7.6 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 20.55 7.8 20.55 7.8 – –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... 17.83 7.9 18.16 11.6 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 17.56 3.0 17.86 4.1 – –

Electricians ........................................................... 26.62 5.4 26.87 6.4 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 26.99 5.5 ––––

Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................... 17.50 5.1 ––––

Supervisors, production ........................................ 18.87 8.1 18.87 8.1 – –

Machinists ............................................................. 20.74 7.7 20.74 7.7 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 20.93 8.2 20.93 8.2 – –

Stationary engineers ............................................. 18.92 3.8 ––––

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ 13.63 4.1 13.63 4.1 – –

 1 ...................................................................... 9.69 12.7 9.69 12.7 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 10.53 10.4 10.53 10.4 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 11.38 5.4 11.38 5.4 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 15.23 4.8 15.23 4.8 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 13.69 4.1 13.69 4.1 – –

 6 ...................................................................... 15.24 3.5 15.24 3.5 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 19.01 6.5 19.01 6.5 – –

Numerical control machine operators ................... 19.26 14.0 19.26 14.0 – –

Molding and casting machine operators ............... 11.54 10.7 11.54 10.7 – –

Printing press operators ....................................... 14.55 10.4 14.55 10.4 – –

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. 12.27 12.3 12.27 12.3 – –

Welders and cutters .............................................. 16.18 4.3 16.18 4.3 – –

Assemblers ........................................................... 14.54 5.2 14.54 5.2 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 12.38 20.5 12.38 20.5 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 14.42 10.5 14.42 10.5 – –

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .. 16.75 11.8 16.75 11.8 – –

Transportation and material moving ............................ 16.13 5.7 15.79 7.4 17.46 3.9

 2 ...................................................................... 8.68 6.1 8.68 6.1 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 15.04 8.3 15.35 9.3 13.19 1.0

 4 ...................................................................... 14.70 7.0 13.68 8.0 16.45 8.3

 5 ...................................................................... 17.81 7.1 18.09 8.7 16.80 5.0

 6 ...................................................................... 20.71 3.6 20.98 4.7 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 22.28 5.1 ––––

Truck drivers ......................................................... 16.33 5.9 16.29 6.2 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 14.63 10.8 14.35 11.6 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 16.70 9.1 16.70 9.1 – –

Bus drivers ............................................................ 14.40 7.5 – – 15.31 7.0

 4 ...................................................................... 14.67 12.9 – – 16.08 12.2

 5 ...................................................................... 14.95 2.3 – – 14.95 2.3

Parking lot attendants ........................................... 7.53 4.1 7.45 3.9 – –

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................... 10.28 15.2 10.28 15.2 – –

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. 16.35 15.5 16.35 15.5 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Transportation and material moving –Continued

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

–Continued

 5 ...................................................................... $20.47 21.2 $20.47 21.2 – –

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. .............................................. 18.80 9.0 19.28 13.3 $17.81 4.2

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 11.97 4.1 11.52 4.6 15.04 3.5

 1 ...................................................................... 7.72 5.8 7.72 5.8 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 10.17 8.4 10.07 8.9 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 13.30 6.7 12.55 9.3 14.60 4.3

 4 ...................................................................... 15.41 3.9 15.10 4.9 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 14.33 3.2 14.19 3.1 – –

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...... 12.94 9.2 ––––

Construction laborers ........................................... 16.42 4.6 ––––

Production helpers ................................................ 11.54 14.5 11.54 14.5 – –

Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 9.71 11.4 9.71 11.4 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 10.32 15.0 10.32 15.0 – –

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... 12.35 8.4 12.35 8.4 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 12.33 14.2 12.33 14.2 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 15.94 7.0 15.94 7.0 – –

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............ 9.53 8.9 9.53 8.9 – –

 1 ...................................................................... 8.91 13.3 8.91 13.3 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 9.67 16.1 9.67 16.1 – –

Hand packers and packagers ............................... 11.61 10.8 11.61 10.8 – –

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 11.89 8.2 11.92 8.5 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 7.93 10.9 7.93 10.9 – –

Service ................................................................................. 10.98 4.0 9.28 3.7 17.39 4.3

 1 ...................................................................... 8.02 4.0 7.76 3.1 11.77 10.3

 2 ...................................................................... 7.64 3.6 7.48 3.6 11.27 3.3

 3 ...................................................................... 9.05 3.6 8.57 3.1 11.40 4.5

 4 ...................................................................... 10.95 10.4 10.75 11.8 12.28 3.2

 5 ...................................................................... 15.65 9.5 15.94 14.0 15.08 5.3

 6 ...................................................................... 17.62 7.5 14.15 8.2 21.36 7.6

 7 ...................................................................... 22.51 3.5 – – 22.51 3.5

 8 ...................................................................... 25.84 4.5 ––––

 9 ...................................................................... 29.73 4.6 – – 29.73 4.6

Protective service ..................................................... 15.13 12.6 8.55 12.6 21.66 4.6

 3 ...................................................................... 9.39 5.9 9.07 5.8 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 15.09 7.2 – – 15.26 7.5

 6 ...................................................................... 21.59 7.1 ––––

 7 ...................................................................... 22.83 3.5 – – 22.83 3.5

 9 ...................................................................... 29.73 4.6 – – 29.73 4.6

Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... 30.18 2.1 – – 30.18 2.1

Firefighting ............................................................ 21.53 4.4 – – 21.53 4.4

Police and detectives, public service .................... 23.63 3.4 – – 23.63 3.4

 7 ...................................................................... 23.53 4.5 – – 23.53 4.5

Guards and police, except public service ............. 8.62 13.7 8.57 13.8 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 9.84 11.1 ––––

Food service ............................................................. 8.06 2.3 7.86 2.3 10.79 6.0

 1 ...................................................................... 6.99 2.2 6.99 2.2 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 7.28 2.7 7.18 2.7 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 7.22 5.6 6.87 5.8 9.61 4.9

 4 ...................................................................... 9.94 6.3 9.90 6.7 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 10.24 7.3 9.94 7.2 – –

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... 6.52 6.0 6.52 6.0 – –

 1 ...................................................................... 6.54 7.1 6.54 7.1 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 6.02 5.4 6.02 5.4 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 5.85 3.9 5.85 3.9 – –

Waiters and waitresses ........................................ 6.10 3.9 6.10 3.9 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 6.00 5.8 6.00 5.8 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 5.68 3.7 5.68 3.7 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

Food service –Continued

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders –Continued

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................ $6.23 4.7 $6.23 4.7 – –

Other food service .................................................. 8.83 3.7 8.61 3.7 $10.79 6.0

 1 ...................................................................... 7.13 1.1 7.13 1.1 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 7.71 3.1 7.60 2.7 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 8.99 3.0 8.73 3.5 9.61 4.9

 4 ...................................................................... 10.54 3.3 10.53 3.6 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 11.08 9.2 ––––

Supervisors, food preparation and service ........... 11.80 8.5 11.51 8.9 – –

Cooks ................................................................... 9.70 5.2 9.47 5.5 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 10.52 3.4 10.51 3.8 – –

Food counter, fountain, and related ...................... 7.44 4.2 ––––

Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ 7.58 3.1 7.56 3.2 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 8.74 4.5 ––––

Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... 8.53 3.4 8.14 3.2 – –

 1 ...................................................................... 6.90 2.9 6.90 2.9 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 8.55 4.2 8.43 3.9 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 9.58 3.3 ––––

Health service ........................................................... 9.69 3.7 9.30 4.0 12.59 3.3

 2 ...................................................................... 8.47 9.5 8.24 9.9 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 9.38 2.9 9.35 3.0 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 11.60 3.7 11.43 5.6 11.99 2.6

Health aides, except nursing ................................ 10.86 7.0 10.70 8.8 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 11.96 5.6 ––––

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 9.49 3.8 9.08 3.8 12.89 3.8

 2 ...................................................................... 8.46 9.8 8.21 10.3 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 9.31 3.1 9.28 3.1 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 11.30 3.9 10.85 4.5 – –

Cleaning and building service ................................... 9.93 3.4 9.22 2.9 12.62 2.2

 1 ...................................................................... 8.89 5.3 8.52 3.5 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 8.79 4.1 8.52 4.2 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 10.95 5.8 9.86 5.1 12.60 1.0

 4 ...................................................................... 11.70 2.9 10.92 2.4 – –

Supervisors, cleaning and building service

workers ........................................................... 13.95 7.0 13.94 7.7 – –

Maids and housemen ........................................... 8.14 4.2 8.11 4.3 – –

Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 9.82 3.9 8.94 3.0 12.62 2.3

 1 ...................................................................... 8.96 5.6 8.58 3.7 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 9.03 4.6 8.74 4.6 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 11.10 6.5 9.58 5.1 12.60 1.0

 4 ...................................................................... 11.93 3.8 ––––

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

Personal service ....................................................... $12.72 11.4 $12.88 12.3 $10.86 5.4

 1 ...................................................................... 5.95 2.9 ––––

 2 ...................................................................... 6.19 7.5 6.19 7.5 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 9.21 6.7 8.96 8.6 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 14.84 19.4 15.25 20.4 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 21.20 19.0 21.20 19.0 – –

Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities 7.52 1.9 7.52 1.9 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 7.76 1.7 7.76 1.7 – –

Welfare service aides ........................................... 8.30 9.9 ––––

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................... 10.21 9.2 ––––

Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................... 8.80 7.6 – – 9.64 1.3

Service, n.e.c. ....................................................... 9.32 9.4 9.32 9.4 – –

1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is

used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more

information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is

evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work

environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s rank within

each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the

occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to

employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and

hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,

nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay

of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"

around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix

A.

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

meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall

occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.

IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES

AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS

FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET

THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. 

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Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and

State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All ............................................................................................. $19.37 3.2 $18.59 4.1 $22.43 2.4

All excluding sales ............................................................ 19.61 3.3 18.83 4.3 22.43 2.4

White collar ......................................................................... 22.57 4.4 22.05 5.7 24.20 3.0

 2 ...................................................................... 10.25 10.7 10.25 10.8 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 10.87 3.7 10.51 3.7 13.97 6.4

 4 ...................................................................... 13.45 2.5 13.47 2.7 13.27 2.4

 5 ...................................................................... 14.83 2.9 14.97 3.5 14.37 2.7

 6 ...................................................................... 16.27 2.8 16.20 3.0 17.05 5.5

 7 ...................................................................... 19.04 2.4 19.33 2.7 17.82 2.1

 8 ...................................................................... 21.84 3.0 20.64 3.1 25.32 5.2

 9 ...................................................................... 25.91 2.1 26.26 3.4 25.55 2.2

10 ...................................................................... 27.21 3.6 27.78 4.9 26.49 5.1

11 ...................................................................... 31.40 4.7 32.66 6.0 28.96 5.0

12 ...................................................................... 36.27 2.7 36.18 2.9 36.81 5.2

13 ...................................................................... 43.54 5.4 ––––

14 ...................................................................... 53.68 5.4 58.09 7.0 – –

White collar excluding sales ......................................... 23.40 4.6 23.10 6.2 24.20 3.0

 2 ...................................................................... 11.20 10.1 11.21 10.2 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 11.50 3.7 11.08 4.0 13.97 6.4

 4 ...................................................................... 13.44 2.3 13.46 2.6 13.27 2.4

 5 ...................................................................... 14.63 3.3 14.73 4.4 14.37 2.7

 6 ...................................................................... 16.20 2.9 16.10 3.1 17.05 5.5

 7 ...................................................................... 18.91 2.5 19.19 2.9 17.82 2.1

 8 ...................................................................... 21.81 3.0 20.54 3.1 25.32 5.2

 9 ...................................................................... 25.53 1.9 25.52 3.1 25.55 2.2

10 ...................................................................... 26.93 3.8 27.36 5.6 26.49 5.1

11 ...................................................................... 31.32 4.8 32.60 6.3 28.96 5.0

12 ...................................................................... 36.27 2.7 36.18 2.9 36.81 5.2

13 ...................................................................... 42.57 5.3 ––––

14 ...................................................................... 53.68 5.4 58.09 7.0 – –

Professional specialty and technical ............................ 27.52 7.8 28.42 11.7 26.02 2.4

Professional specialty ................................................... 29.01 9.3 30.14 14.6 27.36 2.5

 5 ...................................................................... 16.21 9.9 16.23 10.4 – –

 6 ...................................................................... 15.54 6.5 15.57 6.7 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 20.37 6.2 20.69 6.8 – –

 8 ...................................................................... 24.10 4.1 21.58 5.2 27.88 4.7

 9 ...................................................................... 25.94 2.2 25.70 3.8 26.12 2.6

10 ...................................................................... 25.59 4.9 25.23 10.1 25.78 5.2

11 ...................................................................... 29.22 3.1 29.39 2.2 28.90 8.1

12 ...................................................................... 35.23 3.5 35.59 3.8 – –

13 ...................................................................... 42.39 5.3 41.86 5.3 – –

14 ...................................................................... 47.37 4.4 ––––

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... – –––––

Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... 28.97 9.8 28.97 9.8 – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... 27.28 4.0 27.84 4.1 22.91 1.6

 7 ...................................................................... 22.48 9.7 22.95 10.1 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 29.03 6.9 30.33 6.8 – –

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... 27.56 4.2 28.21 4.3 22.91 1.6

 7 ...................................................................... 20.80 8.2 21.17 8.9 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 29.26 6.9 30.65 6.8 – –

Natural scientists ...................................................... 26.63 6.5 30.21 5.6 – –

Medical scientists ................................................. 30.17 5.8 30.17 5.8 – –

Health related ........................................................... 24.86 6.6 25.08 10.9 24.59 6.1

 8 ...................................................................... 18.84 10.7 18.56 12.4 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 24.04 3.6 24.34 5.5 23.71 4.0

Registered nurses ................................................ 23.52 2.6 22.69 3.2 25.24 4.1

 8 ...................................................................... 21.47 4.7 ––––

 9 ...................................................................... 24.54 3.0 23.86 3.6 25.70 4.6

Teachers, college and university .............................. 35.40 9.3 25.37 5.7 – –

11 ...................................................................... 25.62 6.6 25.62 6.6 – –

Teachers, except college and university .................. 26.60 4.9 12.06 9.2 28.92 1.4

 7 ...................................................................... 18.65 11.2 18.65 11.2 – –

 8 ...................................................................... 29.39 2.0 15.38 11.7 30.06 1.5

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and

State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 —

Continued

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Teachers, except college and university –Continued

 9 ...................................................................... $28.49 1.6 – – $28.54 1.6

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................ 13.98 19.4 ––––

Elementary school teachers ................................. 28.91 1.7 $18.77 11.4 29.14 1.7

 8 ...................................................................... 28.09 3.0 ––––

 9 ...................................................................... 29.21 1.9 – – 29.18 2.0

Secondary school teachers .................................. 28.84 1.8 20.96 7.4 29.23 1.8

 8 ...................................................................... 30.06 1.7 – – 30.73 .9

 9 ...................................................................... 28.66 2.0 – – 28.66 2.0

Teachers, special education ................................. 29.23 3.8 – – 29.23 3.8

 9 ...................................................................... 28.36 3.8 – – 28.36 3.8

Vocational and educational counselors ................ 25.73 9.7 ––––

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... – –––––

Social scientists and urban planners ........................ 18.99 11.3 – – 25.35 6.5

 9 ...................................................................... 20.35 8.4 ––––

Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. 18.33 5.9 15.12 8.7 – –

Social workers ...................................................... 18.15 6.1 15.12 8.7 – –

Lawyers and judges .................................................. 35.14 7.3 35.35 9.9 34.70 9.4

Lawyers ................................................................ 34.26 7.2 35.35 9.9 31.36 6.7

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ – –––––

 7 ...................................................................... 18.05 4.8 ––––

 9 ...................................................................... 22.66 8.0 ––––

Designers ............................................................. 19.10 2.3 19.10 2.3 – –

Editors and reporters ............................................ 19.24 9.3 20.11 11.9 – –

Technical ...................................................................... 21.83 7.2 23.22 8.8 17.66 3.3

 4 ...................................................................... 12.88 3.0 ––––

 5 ...................................................................... 14.68 4.7 14.23 6.4 – –

 6 ...................................................................... 17.27 3.9 17.12 5.3 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 18.60 2.8 19.02 3.0 18.08 3.6

 8 ...................................................................... 20.34 4.2 ––––

 9 ...................................................................... 28.41 14.8 31.40 16.7 – –

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians 16.52 9.3 – – 19.50 5.8

Licensed practical nurses ..................................... 15.53 1.8 15.44 2.6 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 15.48 2.1 ––––

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........ 14.68 4.5 ––––

Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... 21.89 7.5 21.89 7.5 – –

Drafters ................................................................. 18.11 6.2 18.11 6.2 – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................ 18.16 11.1 17.95 12.9 – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 28.79 3.0 28.77 3.2 28.87 8.2

 5 ...................................................................... 11.70 19.3 11.70 19.3 – –

 6 ...................................................................... 15.47 5.7 15.47 5.7 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 18.57 3.6 18.55 4.0 18.69 4.6

 8 ...................................................................... 19.25 4.3 19.45 5.2 18.60 6.3

 9 ...................................................................... 24.16 3.7 24.57 4.8 23.15 3.5

10 ...................................................................... 30.40 4.7 30.34 6.5 – –

11 ...................................................................... 29.25 3.2 29.40 3.5 29.00 6.5

12 ...................................................................... 36.22 3.3 35.78 3.7 39.01 4.6

14 ...................................................................... 62.14 6.5 62.14 6.5 – –

Executives, administrators, and managers ............... 32.80 3.9 32.17 3.9 35.95 11.7

 7 ...................................................................... 17.11 6.1 17.11 6.1 – –

 8 ...................................................................... 19.53 8.6 19.53 8.6 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 26.25 4.6 26.58 5.0 – –

10 ...................................................................... 32.32 2.2 32.32 2.2 – –

11 ...................................................................... 31.79 4.3 30.93 5.1 34.52 5.3

12 ...................................................................... 37.46 2.8 37.18 3.1 39.01 4.6

13 ...................................................................... 41.51 5.8 ––––

14 ...................................................................... 64.64 6.7 64.64 6.7 – –

Financial managers .............................................. 27.59 7.0 27.59 7.0 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and

State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 —

Continued

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued

Executives, administrators, and managers

–Continued

Personnel and labor relations managers .............. $37.29 5.7 $35.86 6.0 – –

Purchasing managers ........................................... 35.40 4.7 35.80 5.2 – –

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public

relations .......................................................... 42.67 12.5 42.67 12.5 – –

Administrators, education and related fields ......... 34.09 4.7 18.16 10.2 $37.12 3.1

11 ...................................................................... 36.04 4.7 ––––

12 ...................................................................... 37.78 4.5 – – 37.89 4.5

Managers, medicine and health ........................... 25.91 15.1 25.91 15.1 – –

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............... 22.48 22.4 22.48 22.4 – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... 34.41 3.4 34.35 3.5 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 27.87 4.0 27.86 4.1 – –

11 ...................................................................... 31.92 7.4 31.94 7.6 – –

12 ...................................................................... 37.78 4.0 37.66 4.1 – –

Management related ................................................. 23.09 2.8 22.96 3.5 23.39 4.3

 6 ...................................................................... 16.12 7.1 16.12 7.1 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 18.80 3.6 18.81 4.0 18.69 4.6

 8 ...................................................................... 19.03 4.3 19.34 5.5 18.60 6.3

 9 ...................................................................... 21.18 3.3 20.92 5.0 – –

11 ...................................................................... 26.92 3.4 ––––

Accountants and auditors ..................................... 21.96 6.9 22.10 9.4 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 17.45 2.9 17.50 2.9 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 21.66 1.9 ––––

Other financial officers .......................................... 25.14 11.5 25.93 11.2 – –

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .................. 19.93 4.6 20.51 5.0 – –

Management related, n.e.c. .................................. 23.12 8.6 22.88 10.5 23.52 14.8

 7 ...................................................................... 16.13 5.5 ––––

 8 ...................................................................... 17.05 3.0 ––––

Sales ................................................................................ 15.84 8.4 15.84 8.4 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 9.23 5.2 9.23 5.2 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 13.48 6.8 13.48 6.8 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 15.85 4.1 15.85 4.1 – –

 6 ...................................................................... 16.55 7.7 16.55 7.7 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 21.12 6.0 21.12 6.0 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 53.83 21.3 53.83 21.3 – –

Supervisors, sales ................................................ 19.44 18.6 19.44 18.6 – –

Sales, other business services ............................. 16.31 15.6 16.31 15.6 – –

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale ................................................. 28.17 33.8 28.17 33.8 – –

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. 20.36 6.9 20.36 6.9 – –

Sales workers, parts ............................................. 15.37 6.9 15.37 6.9 – –

Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 10.42 6.9 10.42 6.9 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 9.35 6.5 9.35 6.5 – –

Cashiers ............................................................... 11.45 10.2 11.45 10.2 – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................... 13.86 1.9 13.80 2.2 14.16 2.1

 2 ...................................................................... 11.20 10.1 11.21 10.2 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 11.55 3.9 11.12 4.2 14.22 7.0

 4 ...................................................................... 13.58 2.2 13.62 2.6 13.30 2.5

 5 ...................................................................... 14.27 3.4 14.43 4.8 13.96 3.1

 6 ...................................................................... 16.39 4.7 16.35 4.9 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 18.15 3.9 18.48 4.3 16.48 3.4

Supervisors, general office ................................... 17.67 6.1 17.02 7.2 – –

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and

adjusting clerks ............................................... 17.12 4.3 17.12 4.3 – –

Secretaries ........................................................... 14.69 3.7 14.93 4.4 13.70 3.2

 4 ...................................................................... 13.13 6.6 13.25 8.6 12.77 2.5

 5 ...................................................................... 13.40 2.6 13.13 2.5 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 18.38 4.7 18.88 4.9 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and

State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 —

Continued

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... $13.57 5.7 $13.32 5.3 – –

Receptionists ........................................................ 10.78 5.5 10.61 5.9 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 10.14 5.0 10.14 5.0 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 11.34 7.1 ––––

Information clerks, n.e.c. ...................................... 11.17 6.6 10.32 5.1 – –

Order clerks .......................................................... 13.77 5.8 13.77 5.8 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 13.80 7.1 13.80 7.1 – –

File clerks ............................................................. 9.83 8.1 9.64 9.9 – –

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................... 13.81 4.9 13.93 6.0 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 14.30 8.4 ––––

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 13.03 5.5 12.70 6.6 $14.52 4.8

 3 ...................................................................... 10.51 7.5 10.51 7.5 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 12.94 2.8 12.75 3.1 13.54 5.1

 5 ...................................................................... 14.65 5.1 13.73 4.8 – –

Billing clerks .......................................................... 14.57 7.4 13.17 7.3 – –

Production coordinators ........................................ 22.55 16.3 22.55 16.3 – –

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... 15.82 14.6 15.82 14.6 – –

Stock and inventory clerks .................................... 16.38 8.5 16.27 9.3 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 17.21 14.3 ––––

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and

investigators ................................................... 13.22 1.0 13.22 1.0 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 13.21 1.5 13.21 1.5 – –

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ..... 12.70 7.1 12.70 7.1 – –

General office clerks ............................................. 13.51 3.7 13.25 4.6 14.32 4.8

 3 ...................................................................... 14.87 13.8 16.28 18.1 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 13.73 3.4 13.60 3.9 14.65 5.8

 5 ...................................................................... 13.45 6.3 ––––

Data entry keyers ................................................. 11.85 6.4 11.85 6.4 – –

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 13.09 3.8 13.20 5.2 12.86 3.9

 4 ...................................................................... 11.97 3.1 11.78 4.7 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 13.56 7.9 ––––

Blue collar ........................................................................... 16.81 2.2 16.58 2.4 18.82 3.3

 1 ...................................................................... 9.12 8.5 9.12 8.5 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 10.62 6.3 10.60 6.5 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 13.66 4.9 13.38 5.7 15.26 3.6

 4 ...................................................................... 15.38 2.7 15.17 2.9 16.85 5.4

 5 ...................................................................... 16.26 4.9 16.06 5.7 17.78 3.7

 6 ...................................................................... 19.40 3.6 19.29 4.1 20.17 1.8

 7 ...................................................................... 21.35 2.4 21.29 2.6 21.82 4.4

 8 ...................................................................... 24.97 4.0 24.97 4.0 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 23.38 4.7 23.24 4.8 – –

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ 20.01 2.4 19.89 2.6 21.00 4.5

 3 ...................................................................... 13.52 4.4 ––––

 4 ...................................................................... 15.58 4.8 15.58 4.8 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 16.68 6.5 16.46 8.3 – –

 6 ...................................................................... 19.86 4.9 19.81 5.4 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 21.59 2.7 21.53 3.0 22.01 4.8

 8 ...................................................................... 23.92 3.9 23.92 3.9 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 23.24 4.8 23.24 4.8 – –

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. 22.07 4.4 21.86 4.5 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 22.94 5.7 22.94 5.7 – –

Automobile mechanics ......................................... 19.61 6.5 19.58 6.7 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 18.31 4.6 18.22 4.7 – –

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....... 21.96 6.3 22.23 6.8 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 22.65 7.3 22.98 7.4 – –

Industrial machinery repairers .............................. 18.94 7.6 18.94 7.6 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 20.55 7.8 20.55 7.8 – –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... 17.83 7.9 18.16 11.6 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 17.56 3.0 17.86 4.1 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and

State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 —

Continued

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued

Electricians ........................................................... $26.62 5.4 $26.87 6.4 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 26.99 5.5 ––––

Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................... 17.50 5.1 ––––

Supervisors, production ........................................ 18.87 8.1 18.87 8.1 – –

Machinists ............................................................. 20.74 7.7 20.74 7.7 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 20.93 8.2 20.93 8.2 – –

Stationary engineers ............................................. 18.92 3.8 ––––

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ 13.62 4.1 13.62 4.1 – –

 1 ...................................................................... 9.69 12.7 9.69 12.7 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 10.53 10.4 10.53 10.4 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 11.38 5.4 11.38 5.4 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 15.23 4.8 15.23 4.8 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 13.64 4.1 13.64 4.1 – –

 6 ...................................................................... 15.24 3.5 15.24 3.5 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 19.01 6.5 19.01 6.5 – –

Numerical control machine operators ................... 19.26 14.0 19.26 14.0 – –

Molding and casting machine operators ............... 11.54 10.7 11.54 10.7 – –

Printing press operators ....................................... 14.55 10.4 14.55 10.4 – –

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. 12.27 12.3 12.27 12.3 – –

Welders and cutters .............................................. 16.18 4.3 16.18 4.3 – –

Assemblers ........................................................... 14.54 5.2 14.54 5.2 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 12.38 20.5 12.38 20.5 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 14.42 10.5 14.42 10.5 – –

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .. 16.75 11.8 16.75 11.8 – –

Transportation and material moving ............................ 16.76 5.5 16.38 7.1 $18.43 4.4

 2 ...................................................................... 9.21 6.1 9.21 6.1 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 15.42 8.8 15.60 9.3 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 15.30 7.5 14.18 9.2 17.07 8.3

 5 ...................................................................... 18.12 7.5 18.13 8.8 18.08 5.9

 6 ...................................................................... 20.71 3.6 20.98 4.7 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 22.28 5.1 ––––

Truck drivers ......................................................... 16.42 6.0 16.37 6.2 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 14.64 11.1 14.35 11.9 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 16.73 9.2 16.73 9.2 – –

Bus drivers ............................................................ 15.69 9.9 – – 16.27 9.3

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................... 10.90 16.1 10.90 16.1 – –

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. 16.35 15.5 16.35 15.5 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 20.47 21.2 20.47 21.2 – –

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. .............................................. 18.98 9.2 19.28 13.3 – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 12.93 4.0 12.51 4.5 15.34 3.1

 1 ...................................................................... 8.54 9.3 8.54 9.3 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 10.70 9.8 10.61 10.5 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 14.01 6.5 13.37 10.3 14.88 3.3

 4 ...................................................................... 15.43 3.9 15.12 4.9 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 14.33 3.2 14.19 3.1 – –

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...... 13.04 9.3 ––––

Construction laborers ........................................... 16.42 4.6 ––––

Production helpers ................................................ 11.54 14.5 11.54 14.5 – –

Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 11.70 4.4 11.70 4.4 – –

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... 14.18 10.5 14.18 10.5 – –

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............ 9.90 9.6 9.90 9.6 – –

Hand packers and packagers ............................... 11.95 11.0 11.95 11.0 – –

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 12.19 8.6 12.14 8.7 – –

Service ................................................................................. 11.81 4.5 9.80 4.4 18.34 4.3

 1 ...................................................................... 8.50 4.5 8.17 3.1 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and

State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 —

Continued

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

 2 ...................................................................... $7.81 4.2 $7.61 4.2 $11.65 1.9

 3 ...................................................................... 9.45 3.9 8.93 3.1 12.21 2.6

 4 ...................................................................... 11.13 11.5 10.92 13.2 12.32 3.3

 5 ...................................................................... 16.57 9.5 16.89 13.9 15.90 1.9

 6 ...................................................................... 17.62 7.6 13.99 8.7 21.36 7.6

 7 ...................................................................... 22.51 3.5 – – 22.51 3.5

 8 ...................................................................... 25.84 4.5 ––––

 9 ...................................................................... 29.73 4.6 – – 29.73 4.6

Protective service ..................................................... 15.81 13.0 8.75 13.8 22.28 4.1

 5 ...................................................................... 16.31 3.0 – – 16.64 3.4

 6 ...................................................................... 21.59 7.1 ––––

 7 ...................................................................... 22.83 3.5 – – 22.83 3.5

 9 ...................................................................... 29.73 4.6 – – 29.73 4.6

Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... 30.18 2.1 – – 30.18 2.1

Firefighting ............................................................ 21.53 4.4 – – 21.53 4.4

Police and detectives, public service .................... 23.63 3.4 – – 23.63 3.4

 7 ...................................................................... 23.53 4.5 – – 23.53 4.5

Guards and police, except public service ............. 8.81 15.0 8.77 15.1 – –

Food service ............................................................. 8.77 3.3 8.53 3.0 12.02 6.2

 1 ...................................................................... 7.11 3.4 7.11 3.4 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 7.36 4.1 7.26 4.1 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 7.33 6.8 6.96 6.3 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 10.56 2.6 10.53 2.7 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 10.29 8.0 ––––

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... 7.02 7.9 7.02 7.9 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 5.94 4.1 5.94 4.1 – –

Waiters and waitresses ........................................ 6.31 5.6 6.31 5.6 – –

Other food service .................................................. 9.53 4.6 9.26 4.6 12.02 6.2

 2 ...................................................................... 7.74 3.6 7.62 2.9 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 9.40 3.7 ––––

 4 ...................................................................... 10.56 3.4 10.53 3.6 – –

Supervisors, food preparation and service ........... 11.80 8.5 11.51 8.9 – –

Cooks ................................................................... 10.04 4.3 9.79 4.4 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 10.55 3.5 10.51 3.8 – –

Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... 8.33 4.4 7.80 3.5 – –

Health service ........................................................... 9.65 3.9 9.20 4.3 12.57 3.4

 2 ...................................................................... 8.41 9.4 8.11 9.6 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 9.26 3.0 9.23 3.0 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 11.84 4.0 ––––

Health aides, except nursing ................................ 11.02 7.7 ––––

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 9.42 3.9 8.92 3.8 12.89 3.8

 2 ...................................................................... 8.39 9.7 ––––

 3 ...................................................................... 9.18 3.0 9.14 3.1 – –

Cleaning and building service ................................... 9.97 3.6 9.21 3.1 12.87 1.9

 1 ...................................................................... 8.92 5.4 8.52 3.5 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 8.76 4.3 8.47 4.5 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 11.16 5.9 9.97 6.0 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 11.69 3.0 ––––

Supervisors, cleaning and building service

workers ........................................................... 13.95 7.0 13.94 7.7 – –

Maids and housemen ........................................... 7.72 4.1 7.72 4.1 – –

Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 9.85 4.0 8.94 3.1 12.83 1.9

 1 ...................................................................... 9.00 5.7 8.58 3.7 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 9.02 4.8 8.70 5.0 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 11.12 6.6 9.58 5.1 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 11.93 3.8 ––––

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and

State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 —

Continued

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

Personal service ....................................................... $14.64 13.3 $14.75 13.8 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 6.24 9.2 6.24 9.2 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 15.23 19.9 15.72 21.1 – –

1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is

used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more

information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is

evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work

environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s rank within

each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the

occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a

worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time

employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,

where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to

employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and

hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,

nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay

of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"

around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix

A.

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

meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall

occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.

IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES

AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS

FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET

THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. 

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Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and

State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All ............................................................................................. $12.13 3.8 $10.91 4.6 $16.03 5.0

All excluding sales ............................................................ 12.59 4.0 11.35 5.0 16.07 5.0

White collar ......................................................................... 15.86 4.1 14.82 5.5 17.88 5.5

 1 ...................................................................... 6.77 6.8 6.71 7.1 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 9.03 6.5 9.07 8.3 8.89 4.6

 3 ...................................................................... 9.59 4.4 8.78 4.4 11.44 4.8

 4 ...................................................................... 11.41 3.1 11.43 4.7 11.40 3.3

 5 ...................................................................... 13.17 3.6 12.82 4.7 13.93 3.1

 6 ...................................................................... 17.13 4.9 17.24 7.3 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 13.18 13.3 12.95 14.4 – –

 8 ...................................................................... 21.50 6.3 22.82 5.6 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 23.33 4.7 22.13 7.8 24.45 5.5

10 ...................................................................... 29.99 7.5 ––––

11 ...................................................................... 30.53 3.5 29.43 5.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 15.94 13.7 15.88 24.5 – –

White collar excluding sales ......................................... 17.70 3.7 17.53 4.8 17.95 5.6

 2 ...................................................................... 9.28 6.1 9.43 7.6 8.89 4.6

 3 ...................................................................... 10.98 3.7 10.29 3.6 11.51 4.9

 4 ...................................................................... 11.88 2.1 12.28 2.7 11.40 3.3

 5 ...................................................................... 13.18 3.7 12.81 5.0 13.93 3.1

 6 ...................................................................... 17.13 4.9 17.24 7.3 – –

 7 ...................................................................... 13.18 13.3 12.95 14.4 – –

 8 ...................................................................... 21.50 6.3 22.82 5.6 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 23.33 4.7 22.13 7.8 24.45 5.5

10 ...................................................................... 29.99 7.5 ––––

11 ...................................................................... 30.53 3.5 29.43 5.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 15.94 13.7 15.88 24.5 – –

Professional specialty and technical ............................ 22.80 3.6 21.46 4.4 25.42 6.6

Professional specialty ................................................... 25.28 3.3 24.44 3.3 26.57 7.1

 5 ...................................................................... 10.78 10.0 10.78 10.0 – –

 6 ...................................................................... 14.54 10.2 14.54 10.2 – –

 8 ...................................................................... 21.71 6.6 22.98 5.8 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 23.27 4.8 22.13 7.8 24.38 5.7

11 ...................................................................... 31.45 1.4 ––––

Health related ........................................................... 25.41 6.4 25.50 8.3 25.14 1.2

 8 ...................................................................... 22.82 6.0 22.82 6.0 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 24.48 1.9 23.98 3.0 25.14 1.2

Registered nurses ................................................ 24.73 1.3 24.60 1.6 25.09 1.3

 8 ...................................................................... 24.06 3.4 24.06 3.4 – –

 9 ...................................................................... 24.80 1.4 24.57 2.2 25.09 1.3

Teachers, college and university .............................. 34.42 9.0 23.52 14.1 – –

Teachers, except college and university .................. 20.83 10.2 17.89 9.9 23.34 15.8

 9 ...................................................................... 25.01 11.0 21.21 14.8 – –

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... – –––––

Social scientists and urban planners ........................ 24.71 44.3 24.71 44.3 – –

Psychologists ........................................................ 24.71 44.3 24.71 44.3 – –

Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. 18.48 4.7 ––––

Social workers ...................................................... 18.48 4.7 ––––

Lawyers and judges .................................................. – –––––

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ – –––––

Technical ...................................................................... 14.76 5.9 14.47 6.8 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 13.33 5.6 12.95 5.1 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 14.37 1.2 14.45 1.3 – –

Licensed practical nurses ..................................... 14.56 2.6 14.64 2.8 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 14.27 1.4 14.36 1.5 – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 21.69 8.2 ––––

Executives, administrators, and managers ............... – –––––

Management related ................................................. – –––––

Sales ................................................................................ 7.75 4.5 7.71 4.6 – –

 1 ...................................................................... 6.68 7.1 6.68 7.1 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and

State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 —

Continued

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Sales –Continued

 3 ...................................................................... $8.14 5.3 $8.07 5.4 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 8.20 2.6 8.20 2.6 – –

Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 7.31 11.9 7.31 11.9 – –

Cashiers ............................................................... 8.05 4.6 7.97 4.7 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 8.24 5.5 8.14 5.7 – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................... 11.15 2.2 10.83 2.9 $11.47 3.1

 2 ...................................................................... 9.28 6.1 9.43 7.6 8.89 4.6

 3 ...................................................................... 10.98 3.7 10.28 3.6 11.51 4.9

 4 ...................................................................... 11.58 2.2 12.02 3.2 11.19 3.1

 5 ...................................................................... 12.93 6.4 ––––

Secretaries ........................................................... 12.16 4.9 10.55 2.9 – –

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... 12.69 4.6 12.69 4.6 – –

Receptionists ........................................................ 9.05 8.0 9.05 8.0 – –

Library clerks ........................................................ 9.09 6.9 ––––

General office clerks ............................................. 10.74 7.3 10.11 4.4 11.05 10.0

 3 ...................................................................... 10.32 3.4 ––––

Teachers’ aides .................................................... 10.56 1.6 – – 10.56 1.6

 4 ...................................................................... 10.55 2.0 – – 10.55 2.0

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 10.12 12.7 ––––

Blue collar ........................................................................... 9.31 6.0 8.51 6.8 13.10 2.7

 1 ...................................................................... 6.56 4.7 6.56 4.7 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 8.11 3.8 8.11 3.8 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 10.91 5.6 10.02 6.4 – –

 4 ...................................................................... 12.32 2.4 ––––

 5 ...................................................................... 14.51 2.6 ––––

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

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

Transportation and material moving ............................ 11.15 7.8 9.74 12.2 13.56 .9

 3 ...................................................................... 12.03 7.3 ––––

 4 ...................................................................... 12.36 2.5 ––––

 5 ...................................................................... 14.21 1.6 ––––

Bus drivers ............................................................ 12.90 3.2 – – 13.58 .9

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 7.72 5.5 7.70 5.6 – –

 1 ...................................................................... 6.56 4.7 6.56 4.7 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 8.43 4.7 8.43 4.7 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 10.05 7.2 ––––

Service ................................................................................. 7.79 3.2 7.51 3.1 9.92 4.2

 1 ...................................................................... 6.76 3.0 6.68 3.2 7.98 9.5

 2 ...................................................................... 7.20 3.6 7.14 3.6 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 8.04 5.4 7.65 6.3 9.69 3.7

 4 ...................................................................... 9.33 12.1 9.24 12.6 – –

 5 ...................................................................... 10.05 6.6 9.32 6.7 – –

Protective service ..................................................... 8.39 12.7 7.16 7.0 – –

Guards and police, except public service ............. 7.24 8.1 ––––

Food service ............................................................. 7.14 3.3 7.00 3.4 9.14 4.6

 1 ...................................................................... 6.90 3.3 6.90 3.3 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 7.21 3.6 7.11 3.7 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 7.13 7.4 6.80 8.2 9.05 6.4

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... 6.02 3.9 6.02 3.9 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 5.82 1.5 5.82 1.5 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 5.76 5.1 5.76 5.1 – –

Waiters and waitresses ........................................ 5.92 4.4 5.92 4.4 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 5.54 3.9 5.54 3.9 – –

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................ 6.33 6.6 6.33 6.6 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and

State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 —

Continued

Occupation and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

Food service –Continued

Other food service .................................................. $7.83 3.5 $7.67 3.4 $9.14 4.6

 2 ...................................................................... 7.68 4.8 ––––

 3 ...................................................................... 8.69 4.2 8.53 5.6 9.05 6.4

Cooks ................................................................... 8.09 13.4 ––––

Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ 7.49 3.4 7.47 3.4 – –

Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... 8.86 4.1 8.70 4.9 – –

 3 ...................................................................... 9.18 4.8 ––––

Health service ........................................................... 9.99 4.7 9.92 4.8 – –

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 10.01 5.4 10.01 5.4 – –

Cleaning and building service ................................... 9.24 4.5 9.45 4.6 8.44 10.0

 2 ...................................................................... 9.17 9.5 9.16 9.7 – –

Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 8.80 8.2 9.11 9.5 – –

 2 ...................................................................... 9.17 9.5 9.16 9.7 – –

Personal service ....................................................... 7.90 5.7 7.46 6.1 10.02 3.5

 1 ...................................................................... 5.95 2.9 ––––

 3 ...................................................................... 8.77 6.8 ––––

Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................... 8.86 7.7 – – 9.64 1.3

1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is

used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more

information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is

evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work

environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s rank within

each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the

occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a

worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time

employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,

where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to

employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and

hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,

nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay

of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"

around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix

A.

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

meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall

occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.

IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES

AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS

FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET

THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. 

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Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 National

Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999

Occupational group

Private industry and State and local government

Full-time

workers3

Part-time

workers3 Union4 Nonunion4 Time5 Incentive5

Mean

All occupations ....................................................................... $19.37 $12.13 $20.42 $17.38 $18.59 $19.73

All excluding sales ........................................................ 19.61 12.59 20.80 17.54 18.92 18.67

White collar ......................................................................... 22.57 15.86 23.84 20.97 21.98 21.33

White-collar excluding sales ......................................... 23.40 17.70 25.00 21.78 22.91 23.88

Professional specialty and technical ................................. 27.52 22.80 30.16 23.88 27.04 –

Professional specialty ................................................... 29.01 25.28 31.77 25.50 28.64 –

Technical ...................................................................... 21.83 14.76 24.25 17.60 21.02 –

Executive, administrative, and managerial ....................... 28.79 21.69 23.02 29.15 28.75 –

Sales ................................................................................. 15.84 7.75 11.35 15.75 12.43 20.87

Administrative support, including clerical .......................... 13.86 11.15 14.54 13.06 13.50 –

Blue collar ........................................................................... 16.81 9.31 18.38 13.70 16.24 18.65

Precision production, craft, and repair .............................. 20.01 – 20.55 18.92 19.65 24.37

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. 13.62 – 16.68 11.19 13.72 –

Transportation and material moving ................................. 16.76 11.15 19.13 11.70 16.23 14.24

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 12.93 7.72 13.22 10.53 11.85 14.20

Service ................................................................................. 11.81 7.79 15.01 8.39 10.99 –

Relative error6 (percent)

All occupations ....................................................................... 3.2 3.8 5.7 2.4 3.2 7.9

All excluding sales ........................................................ 3.3 4.0 5.6 2.5 3.2 9.0

White collar ......................................................................... 4.4 4.1 9.7 2.2 4.2 9.8

White-collar excluding sales ......................................... 4.6 3.7 9.8 2.3 4.4 6.8

Professional specialty and technical ................................. 7.8 3.6 12.1 3.3 7.2 –

Professional specialty ................................................... 9.3 3.3 14.6 3.7 8.5 –

Technical ...................................................................... 7.2 5.9 10.0 5.8 6.7 –

Executive, administrative, and managerial ....................... 3.0 8.2 5.2 3.1 3.0 –

Sales ................................................................................. 8.4 4.5 11.5 7.8 6.8 11.9

Administrative support, including clerical .......................... 1.9 2.2 3.0 2.0 1.7 –

Blue collar ........................................................................... 2.2 6.0 2.7 3.0 2.3 10.6

Precision production, craft, and repair .............................. 2.4 – 3.0 3.5 2.5 7.7

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. 4.1 – 4.3 3.9 4.0 –

Transportation and material moving ................................. 5.5 7.8 4.7 6.4 5.8 15.6

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 4.0 5.5 5.9 4.7 4.3 9.3

Service ................................................................................. 4.5 3.2 6.8 2.5 4.0 –

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. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is

used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more

information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a

worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time

employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,

where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through

collective bargaining.

5 Time workers’ wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary;

incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on

productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production

bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"

around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix

A.

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

meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE

FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR

SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS

SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN

MIND. 

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Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private industry, National Compensation

Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999

Occupational group

Full-time and part-time workers

All private

industries

Goods-producing industries3 Service-producing industries4

Total Mining

ConstructionManufacturing

Total

Transportation and

public utilities

Wholesale

and retail

trade

Finance,

insurance,

and real

estate

Services

Mean

All occupations ............................................................. $17.83 $20.31 – – $20.07 – – – – –

All excluding sales .............................................. 18.12 20.30 – – 20.05 – – – – –

White collar ............................................................... 21.46 24.16 – – 24.08 – – – – –

White-collar excluding sales ............................... 22.72 24.31 – – 24.23 – – – – –

Professional specialty and technical ....................... 27.68 ––––– – – – –

Professional specialty ......................................... 29.57 ––––– – – – –

Technical ............................................................ 22.12 ––––– – – – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............. 28.73 29.04 – – 28.58 – – – – –

Sales ....................................................................... 14.67 20.92 – – 20.92 – – – – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................ 13.59 15.16 – – 15.19 – – – – –

Blue collar ................................................................. 16.13 16.90 – – 16.07 – – – – –

Precision production, craft, and repair .................... 19.84 20.21 – – 19.63 – – – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .... 13.63 13.91 – – 13.91 – – – – –

Transportation and material moving ....................... 15.79 17.71 – – 14.51 – – – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers ............................................................. 11.52 12.80 – – 11.13 – – – – –

Service ....................................................................... 9.28 ––––– – – – –

Relative error5 (percent)

All occupations ............................................................. 3.9 2.3 – – 2.5 – – – – –

All excluding sales .............................................. 4.1 2.3 – – 2.5 – – – – –

White collar ............................................................... 5.5 2.6 – – 2.7 – – – – –

White-collar excluding sales ............................... 5.9 2.6 – – 2.7 – – – – –

Professional specialty and technical ....................... 10.8 ––––– – – – –

Professional specialty ......................................... 13.5 ––––– – – – –

Technical ............................................................ 8.2 ––––– – – – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............. 3.1 3.6 – – 3.7 – – – – –

Sales ....................................................................... 7.5 20.7 – – 20.7 – – – – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................ 2.1 4.5 – – 4.7 – – – – –

Blue collar ................................................................. 2.5 3.0 – – 2.9 – – – – –

Precision production, craft, and repair .................... 2.6 3.3 – – 2.8 – – – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .... 4.1 4.0 – – 4.0 – – – – –

Transportation and material moving ....................... 7.4 9.5 – – 6.8 – – – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers ............................................................. 4.6 9.4 – – 7.4 – – – – –

Service ....................................................................... 3.7 ––––– – – – –

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. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover

all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale

and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services.

5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of

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

estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

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

criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND

PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS

LIMITATION IN MIND. 

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Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private

industry, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999

Occupational group

Full-time and part-time workers

All private

industry

workers

50 - 99

workers3

100 workers or more

Total 100 - 499

workers

500

workers or

more

Mean

All occupations ....................................................................... $17.83 $14.56 $18.69 $14.94 $22.75

All excluding sales ........................................................ 18.12 14.63 18.96 14.90 23.08

White collar ......................................................................... 21.46 17.29 22.34 17.75 25.64

White-collar excluding sales ......................................... 22.72 18.80 23.35 18.40 26.31

Professional specialty and technical ................................. 27.68 20.57 28.24 20.15 32.51

Professional specialty ................................................... 29.57 19.68 30.06 21.61 34.50

Technical ...................................................................... 22.12 21.38 22.25 15.38 25.92

Executive, administrative, and managerial ....................... 28.73 26.25 29.28 26.28 30.71

Sales ................................................................................. 14.67 14.16 14.97 15.35 –

Administrative support, including clerical .......................... 13.59 13.57 13.59 13.07 14.01

Blue collar ........................................................................... 16.13 14.73 16.60 15.08 19.24

Precision production, craft, and repair .............................. 19.84 18.62 20.28 19.79 –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. 13.63 11.86 14.02 12.28 –

Transportation and material moving ................................. 15.79 13.08 16.91 15.54 20.92

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 11.52 10.51 11.86 11.75 12.36

Service ................................................................................. 9.28 8.10 9.66 8.69 11.66

Relative error4 (percent)

All occupations ....................................................................... 3.9 4.1 4.6 3.7 7.2

All excluding sales ........................................................ 4.1 4.5 4.8 3.9 7.0

White collar ......................................................................... 5.5 5.1 6.3 4.0 8.9

White-collar excluding sales ......................................... 5.9 5.5 6.6 4.1 8.8

Professional specialty and technical ................................. 10.8 7.7 11.4 6.4 14.2

Professional specialty ................................................... 13.5 13.3 13.9 7.1 17.4

Technical ...................................................................... 8.2 8.1 9.4 5.0 10.9

Executive, administrative, and managerial ....................... 3.1 11.1 2.9 4.8 3.4

Sales ................................................................................. 7.5 8.5 10.9 10.3 –

Administrative support, including clerical .......................... 2.1 3.3 2.5 4.2 3.1

Blue collar ........................................................................... 2.5 3.8 3.0 4.7 3.2

Precision production, craft, and repair .............................. 2.6 3.4 3.1 6.0 –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. 4.1 8.3 4.5 4.6 –

Transportation and material moving ................................. 7.4 9.0 8.5 11.7 11.5

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 4.6 6.5 5.6 6.6 10.5

Service ................................................................................. 3.7 2.7 4.8 4.5 10.2

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. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual

occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See

appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain

establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between

survey sampling and collection. 

4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error

expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a

"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information

about RSEs, see appendix A.

 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did

not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY

EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. 

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Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, all

industries, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999

Occupation3 10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ............................................................................................. $8.00 $11.00 $16.03 $23.06 $30.33

All excluding sales ............................................................ 8.23 11.32 16.51 23.61 30.50

White collar ......................................................................... 10.03 13.13 18.73 26.69 33.65

White collar excluding sales ......................................... 11.18 13.96 19.41 27.56 33.99

Professional specialty and technical ............................ 14.77 18.50 24.24 29.44 35.27

Professional specialty ................................................... 16.48 19.76 25.60 30.21 36.26

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... –––––

Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... 19.36 22.40 24.29 34.55 39.75

Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... 18.59 22.33 26.51 31.63 36.26

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... 18.73 23.15 26.51 31.63 36.26

Natural scientists ...................................................... 21.26 22.26 23.61 29.98 41.76

Medical scientists ................................................. 13.09 22.26 29.98 31.96 42.39

Health related ........................................................... 17.81 20.89 24.18 25.74 30.50

Physicians ............................................................ 17.81 17.81 48.68 66.77 90.00

Registered nurses ................................................ 18.32 22.14 24.27 25.60 26.79

Therapists, n.e.c. .................................................. 11.98 13.05 15.02 15.15 19.44

Teachers, college and university .............................. 21.12 26.92 31.73 49.82 52.44

Other post-secondary teachers ............................ 21.33 23.00 28.40 30.98 40.58

Teachers, except college and university .................. 12.67 25.61 28.17 30.70 31.48

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................ 9.44 9.70 10.00 15.64 25.36

Elementary school teachers ................................. 25.65 27.93 29.42 30.42 31.08

Secondary school teachers .................................. 25.78 27.54 28.85 31.00 32.05

Teachers, special education ................................. 25.39 25.78 30.34 31.25 33.29

Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................... 20.65 26.20 26.20 26.20 31.11

Substitute teachers ............................................... 13.07 13.07 13.07 14.00 14.00

Vocational and educational counselors ................ 13.87 14.13 28.80 28.80 32.85

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... –––––

Social scientists and urban planners ........................ 9.66 15.54 17.78 21.66 29.07

Psychologists ........................................................ 9.66 9.66 15.97 19.13 31.53

Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. 12.51 16.00 19.23 19.23 19.41

Social workers ...................................................... 12.51 16.00 19.23 19.23 19.41

Lawyers and judges .................................................. 25.64 25.64 30.09 45.11 48.56

Lawyers ................................................................ 25.64 25.64 30.09 45.11 45.87

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ –––––

Designers ............................................................. 17.65 18.00 18.99 18.99 21.22

Editors and reporters ............................................ 15.05 16.81 17.58 19.66 30.40

Technical ...................................................................... 12.38 14.98 17.98 20.46 25.91

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians 10.23 11.59 19.31 20.08 21.84

Radiological technicians ....................................... 17.23 17.69 17.98 17.98 19.06

Licensed practical nurses ..................................... 13.54 14.24 15.12 16.06 16.50

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........ 11.82 13.51 14.98 15.01 16.93

Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... 8.29 18.34 19.17 25.91 26.69

Drafters ................................................................. 13.80 16.10 19.29 20.46 22.00

Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................ 11.26 14.45 18.00 21.69 26.02

Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 16.82 21.26 27.19 33.92 42.27

Executives, administrators, and managers ............... 18.91 24.42 33.08 39.35 47.05

Financial managers .............................................. 21.25 21.25 26.44 32.33 37.93

Personnel and labor relations managers .............. 28.85 33.63 36.01 43.47 43.47

Purchasing managers ........................................... 26.98 33.05 35.14 36.17 43.27

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public

relations .......................................................... 33.08 33.08 36.06 40.87 71.82

Administrators, education and related fields ......... 18.00 32.92 35.14 39.98 42.27

Managers, medicine and health ........................... 14.50 14.97 24.03 34.23 51.00

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............... 14.53 14.53 19.71 21.12 40.87

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... 24.04 28.85 33.65 40.38 44.34

Management related ................................................. 16.44 18.25 22.69 26.82 30.52

Accountants and auditors ..................................... 16.32 18.01 21.26 23.20 33.38

Other financial officers .......................................... 16.44 17.58 20.24 28.85 31.73

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .................. 15.82 16.82 19.67 23.08 25.06

Management related, n.e.c. .................................. 15.45 17.20 19.36 30.52 32.05

Sales ................................................................................ 6.88 8.88 12.25 16.39 24.90

Supervisors, sales ................................................ 9.57 10.85 15.66 21.32 28.00

Sales, other business services ............................. 9.83 9.83 13.30 19.57 27.56

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale ................................................. 13.75 13.75 18.85 34.65 79.61

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, all

industries, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation3 10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Sales –Continued

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. $13.72 $15.50 $21.25 $24.90 $28.60

Sales workers, parts ............................................. 9.50 13.94 16.55 17.21 17.82

Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 5.85 8.00 8.88 10.85 14.20

Cashiers ............................................................... 6.69 7.27 9.28 15.10 15.26

Administrative support, including clerical ................... 9.32 11.18 13.00 15.30 18.19

Supervisors, general office ................................... 13.77 14.35 19.28 19.94 21.76

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and

adjusting clerks ............................................... 15.00 15.43 17.62 17.78 18.46

Secretaries ........................................................... 10.74 12.49 13.84 16.63 18.89

Stenographers ...................................................... 12.96 12.97 14.00 14.00 14.25

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... 11.47 11.94 12.25 14.30 18.06

Receptionists ........................................................ 7.35 9.00 10.00 11.43 13.89

Information clerks, n.e.c. ...................................... 8.12 9.94 10.65 12.52 13.28

Order clerks .......................................................... 9.50 11.34 13.26 15.05 18.13

Library clerks ........................................................ 7.92 8.24 11.71 13.33 14.05

File clerks ............................................................. 7.08 7.69 10.68 12.30 12.36

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................... 10.08 12.05 13.71 14.63 17.31

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 8.61 11.19 12.54 14.37 16.43

Billing clerks .......................................................... 12.15 12.21 13.00 17.47 17.47

Production coordinators ........................................ 13.83 13.98 18.82 31.85 32.51

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... 9.32 10.95 12.91 23.76 27.01

Stock and inventory clerks .................................... 10.44 13.74 15.30 21.02 22.17

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and

investigators ................................................... 10.91 11.84 13.12 14.32 14.32

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ..... 9.20 10.03 12.23 15.18 15.56

General office clerks ............................................. 8.75 10.72 13.09 15.17 15.78

Data entry keyers ................................................. 8.91 10.30 11.75 12.69 16.93

Teachers’ aides .................................................... 9.95 10.17 10.68 11.06 11.55

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 10.70 11.87 12.69 13.49 16.84

Blue collar ........................................................................... 8.46 11.96 16.30 19.98 24.54

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ 14.40 16.75 19.39 23.06 26.22

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. 18.71 19.94 22.00 24.69 25.31

Automobile mechanics ......................................... 15.92 16.80 18.31 20.16 25.50

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....... 17.98 20.10 20.85 21.62 28.63

Industrial machinery repairers .............................. 14.69 15.78 18.38 20.14 25.45

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... 13.90 15.64 17.44 18.56 27.51

Electricians ........................................................... 22.21 24.64 27.00 29.00 29.00

Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................... 16.18 16.18 17.38 20.06 20.06

Supervisors, production ........................................ 14.00 14.40 16.82 23.40 26.65

Machinists ............................................................. 14.00 18.18 21.00 25.44 26.71

Stationary engineers ............................................. 16.18 18.01 18.81 19.39 21.57

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ 8.00 10.00 13.18 17.05 19.32

Numerical control machine operators ................... 10.78 14.00 22.82 24.57 24.57

Molding and casting machine operators ............... 7.93 8.91 10.31 15.68 17.29

Printing press operators ....................................... 9.85 11.33 13.94 17.41 19.13

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. 8.18 8.57 12.10 14.24 17.75

Welders and cutters .............................................. 13.43 14.64 16.07 18.38 18.38

Assemblers ........................................................... 8.87 11.82 14.50 17.76 19.98

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .. 9.68 12.37 18.04 21.70 21.70

Transportation and material moving ............................ 8.50 11.06 16.08 19.59 23.47

Truck drivers ......................................................... 10.00 13.90 17.08 19.45 21.45

Bus drivers ............................................................ 11.76 11.96 13.84 15.40 19.60

Parking lot attendants ........................................... 6.75 7.04 7.04 7.72 8.25

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................... 7.26 7.50 9.58 10.30 20.99

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. 9.00 9.00 14.38 18.50 28.95

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. .............................................. 12.95 15.75 18.35 19.22 31.35

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 6.60 8.00 11.67 15.40 17.48

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...... 8.46 8.46 15.68 16.40 17.05

Construction laborers ........................................... 15.40 15.40 15.97 15.97 21.84

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, all

industries, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation3 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers

–Continued

Production helpers ................................................ $6.88 $9.84 $9.84 $9.84 $21.92

Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 5.81 5.95 7.47 13.40 15.35

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... 7.50 9.02 12.64 15.62 17.35

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............ 6.66 7.25 8.47 10.56 12.19

Hand packers and packagers ............................... 8.24 9.00 11.32 13.12 17.91

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 6.60 9.93 12.05 13.81 14.21

Service ................................................................................. 6.31 7.10 8.99 12.05 19.54

Protective service ..................................................... 6.50 7.10 15.87 22.74 24.88

Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... 28.52 28.52 28.95 30.90 34.89

Firefighting ............................................................ 19.37 19.54 21.63 23.40 23.40

Police and detectives, public service .................... 18.50 22.74 23.36 24.68 27.94

Guards and police, except public service ............. 6.50 6.53 7.10 7.50 13.44

Food service ............................................................. 5.70 6.31 7.30 9.31 11.32

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... 5.15 5.70 5.75 6.87 9.06

Waiters and waitresses ........................................ 5.15 5.70 5.70 6.26 8.48

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................ 5.69 5.69 5.94 6.00 8.00

Other food service .................................................. 6.84 7.20 8.12 9.75 12.00

Supervisors, food preparation and service ........... 9.13 9.13 12.45 13.05 15.40

Cooks ................................................................... 6.90 8.12 9.50 11.38 12.00

Food counter, fountain, and related ...................... 6.61 6.84 6.84 7.86 9.31

Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ 7.03 7.03 7.20 7.30 9.29

Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... 6.75 7.83 8.37 9.73 10.50

Health service ........................................................... 7.35 8.50 9.23 10.93 12.44

Health aides, except nursing ................................ 6.53 9.55 10.45 13.00 13.00

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 7.35 8.50 9.10 10.64 12.14

Cleaning and building service ................................... 7.25 8.33 8.99 12.01 12.88

Supervisors, cleaning and building service

workers ........................................................... 11.01 12.24 12.78 15.50 18.23

Maids and housemen ........................................... 6.62 7.06 7.70 9.21 10.21

Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 8.00 8.33 8.99 11.98 12.71

Personal service ....................................................... 5.21 6.60 9.53 12.19 27.89

Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities 5.21 5.21 7.00 7.97 8.00

Welfare service aides ........................................... 6.50 6.50 8.80 9.89 9.89

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................... 8.21 8.21 9.81 11.47 13.94

Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................... 6.18 6.60 9.63 9.63 9.81

Service, n.e.c. ....................................................... 6.12 6.55 9.75 11.51 11.51

1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled

establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the

distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for

its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an

occupation, one-tenth of the occupation’s employment are found in

sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less,

and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations

of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly

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

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

Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,

nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 

3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations

is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for

more information.

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

meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified.

Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown

separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL

INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS

SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN

MIND. 

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Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private

industry, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999

Occupation3

Private industry

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ............................................................................................. $7.50 $9.94 $15.10 $21.62 $29.44

All excluding sales ............................................................ 7.67 10.12 15.40 22.01 29.72

White collar ......................................................................... 9.57 12.50 17.58 25.47 33.92

White collar excluding sales ......................................... 10.63 13.26 18.51 26.51 34.41

Professional specialty and technical ............................ 13.09 17.78 23.00 28.46 36.26

Professional specialty ................................................... 13.84 18.72 25.09 29.82 37.02

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... –––––

Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... 19.36 22.40 24.29 34.55 39.75

Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... 18.73 23.83 27.30 32.26 37.10

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... 19.42 23.83 27.30 32.26 37.10

Natural scientists ...................................................... 13.09 22.26 29.98 31.96 42.39

Medical scientists ................................................. 13.09 22.26 29.98 31.96 42.39

Health related ........................................................... 15.02 19.27 24.27 25.74 30.50

Registered nurses ................................................ 18.09 21.33 24.27 25.49 26.03

Therapists, n.e.c. .................................................. 11.98 13.05 13.27 15.15 19.44

Teachers, college and university .............................. 19.76 22.16 23.00 30.00 31.73

Teachers, except college and university .................. 9.44 10.00 10.00 13.87 22.97

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................ 9.44 9.44 10.00 10.00 10.00

Elementary school teachers ................................. 12.84 13.70 15.11 21.51 37.90

Secondary school teachers .................................. 13.50 14.50 21.81 24.00 34.99

Social scientists and urban planners ........................ 9.66 9.66 15.97 18.72 20.45

Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. 12.51 12.51 14.05 16.92 17.62

Social workers ...................................................... 12.51 12.51 14.05 16.92 17.62

Lawyers and judges .................................................. 25.64 25.64 30.09 45.11 48.75

Lawyers ................................................................ 25.64 25.64 30.09 45.11 48.75

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ –––––

Designers ............................................................. 17.65 18.00 18.99 18.99 21.22

Editors and reporters ............................................ 14.93 17.58 17.58 23.00 30.40

Technical ...................................................................... 11.44 14.60 18.02 22.00 26.69

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians 10.23 10.23 12.30 16.08 20.08

Licensed practical nurses ..................................... 13.54 14.08 15.00 16.06 16.50

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........ 11.82 11.82 13.51 14.77 15.01

Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... 8.29 18.34 19.17 25.91 26.69

Drafters ................................................................. 13.80 16.10 19.29 20.46 22.00

Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................ 11.26 12.50 18.00 22.20 27.00

Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 16.51 20.24 27.24 33.92 41.79

Executives, administrators, and managers ............... 18.27 24.42 32.69 37.44 44.34

Financial managers .............................................. 21.25 21.25 26.44 32.33 37.93

Personnel and labor relations managers .............. 28.85 33.63 36.01 36.01 37.04

Purchasing managers ........................................... 26.98 35.14 35.14 36.17 43.27

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public

relations .......................................................... 33.08 33.08 36.06 40.87 71.82

Administrators, education and related fields ......... 11.82 12.36 15.74 21.58 24.04

Managers, medicine and health ........................... 14.50 14.97 24.03 34.23 51.00

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............... 14.53 14.53 19.71 21.12 40.87

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... 24.04 28.85 33.65 39.58 44.34

Management related ................................................. 16.44 18.01 21.89 25.47 31.21

Accountants and auditors ..................................... 13.61 16.98 19.02 27.25 33.38

Other financial officers .......................................... 16.44 18.53 22.69 28.85 32.45

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .................. 16.82 17.33 20.64 23.08 25.06

Management related, n.e.c. .................................. 14.14 16.51 22.36 30.36 32.05

Sales ................................................................................ 6.88 8.88 12.25 16.39 24.90

Supervisors, sales ................................................ 9.57 10.85 15.66 21.32 28.00

Sales, other business services ............................. 9.83 9.83 13.30 19.57 27.56

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale ................................................. 13.75 13.75 18.85 34.65 79.61

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. 13.72 15.50 21.25 24.90 28.60

Sales workers, parts ............................................. 9.50 13.94 16.55 17.21 17.82

Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 5.85 8.00 8.88 10.85 14.20

Cashiers ............................................................... 6.69 7.27 9.28 15.10 15.26

Administrative support, including clerical ................... 9.00 11.00 13.00 15.54 18.89

Supervisors, general office ................................... 13.77 14.35 15.61 19.86 21.76

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private

industry, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation3

Private industry

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and

adjusting clerks ............................................... $15.00 $15.43 $17.62 $17.78 $18.46

Secretaries ........................................................... 10.00 12.58 14.18 16.92 18.89

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... 11.47 11.94 12.25 14.30 17.63

Receptionists ........................................................ 7.35 9.00 9.90 11.43 12.87

Information clerks, n.e.c. ...................................... 8.12 9.94 10.63 10.98 12.39

Order clerks .......................................................... 9.50 11.34 13.26 15.05 18.13

File clerks ............................................................. 7.08 7.69 7.79 12.30 12.36

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................... 10.08 12.05 13.71 17.30 17.31

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 8.61 11.00 12.36 13.36 15.12

Billing clerks .......................................................... 11.68 12.21 12.52 13.00 20.33

Production coordinators ........................................ 13.83 13.98 18.82 31.85 32.51

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... 9.32 10.95 12.91 23.76 27.01

Stock and inventory clerks .................................... 10.10 13.74 15.30 21.02 22.17

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and

investigators ................................................... 10.91 11.84 13.12 14.32 14.32

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ..... 9.20 10.03 12.23 15.18 15.56

General office clerks ............................................. 8.75 10.61 13.10 15.54 15.78

Data entry keyers ................................................. 8.91 10.30 11.75 12.69 16.93

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 10.33 11.03 12.69 13.49 16.84

Blue collar ........................................................................... 8.18 11.30 15.92 19.94 24.54

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ 14.00 16.28 19.06 23.68 26.21

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. 18.71 19.94 21.76 23.76 25.31

Automobile mechanics ......................................... 15.21 16.80 18.31 20.16 25.50

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....... 17.21 20.10 21.50 23.06 28.63

Industrial machinery repairers .............................. 14.69 15.78 18.38 20.14 25.45

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... 13.00 14.91 17.38 20.62 27.51

Electricians ........................................................... 22.21 24.64 29.00 29.00 29.00

Supervisors, production ........................................ 14.00 14.40 16.82 23.40 26.65

Machinists ............................................................. 14.00 18.18 21.00 25.44 26.71

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ 8.00 10.00 13.18 17.05 19.32

Numerical control machine operators ................... 10.78 14.00 22.82 24.57 24.57

Molding and casting machine operators ............... 7.93 8.91 10.31 15.68 17.29

Printing press operators ....................................... 9.85 11.33 13.94 17.41 19.13

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. 8.18 8.57 12.10 14.24 17.75

Welders and cutters .............................................. 13.43 14.64 16.07 18.38 18.38

Assemblers ........................................................... 8.87 11.82 14.50 17.76 19.98

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .. 9.68 12.37 18.04 21.70 21.70

Transportation and material moving ............................ 7.75 10.14 15.63 19.45 24.29

Truck drivers ......................................................... 9.25 13.90 16.93 19.45 21.45

Parking lot attendants ........................................... 6.75 7.04 7.04 7.72 8.25

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................... 7.26 7.50 9.58 10.30 20.99

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. 9.00 9.00 14.38 18.50 28.95

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. .............................................. 12.66 14.25 18.35 18.46 31.85

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 6.50 7.50 10.49 14.21 17.91

Production helpers ................................................ 6.88 9.84 9.84 9.84 21.92

Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 5.81 5.95 7.47 13.40 15.35

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... 7.50 9.02 12.64 15.62 17.35

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............ 6.66 7.25 8.47 10.56 12.19

Hand packers and packagers ............................... 8.24 9.00 11.32 13.12 17.91

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 6.60 9.93 12.05 13.81 14.21

Service ................................................................................. 6.12 7.03 8.33 9.73 12.27

Protective service ..................................................... 6.50 6.53 7.10 8.53 13.44

Guards and police, except public service ............. 6.50 6.53 7.10 7.47 13.44

Food service ............................................................. 5.70 6.31 7.20 9.13 10.60

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... 5.15 5.70 5.75 6.87 9.06

Waiters and waitresses ........................................ 5.15 5.70 5.70 6.26 8.48

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private

industry, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation3

Private industry

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Food service –Continued

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders –Continued

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................ $5.69 $5.69 $5.94 $6.00 $8.00

Other food service .................................................. 6.84 7.20 7.86 9.50 12.00

Supervisors, food preparation and service ........... 9.13 9.13 12.00 12.98 15.40

Cooks ................................................................... 6.71 8.00 9.50 11.32 12.00

Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ 7.03 7.03 7.20 7.30 9.29

Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... 6.50 7.36 7.85 8.52 9.73

Health service ........................................................... 6.75 8.25 9.09 10.45 11.80

Health aides, except nursing ................................ 6.53 9.55 10.45 13.00 13.00

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 6.75 8.25 9.00 9.88 11.05

Cleaning and building service ................................... 7.06 8.32 8.79 9.49 11.89

Supervisors, cleaning and building service

workers ........................................................... 11.01 11.85 12.78 15.50 18.23

Maids and housemen ........................................... 6.62 7.06 7.70 9.21 10.21

Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 7.23 8.33 8.50 9.39 10.93

Personal service ....................................................... 5.21 6.55 9.09 12.19 27.89

Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities 5.21 5.21 7.00 7.97 8.00

Service, n.e.c. ....................................................... 6.12 6.55 9.75 11.51 11.51

1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled

establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the

distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for

its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an

occupation, one-tenth of the occupation’s employment are found in

sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less,

and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations

of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly

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

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

Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,

nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 

3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations

is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for

more information.

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

meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified.

Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown

separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL

INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS

SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN

MIND. 

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Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, State and

local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999

Occupation3

State and local

 government

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ............................................................................................. $12.07 $14.98 $20.77 $27.04 $31.41

All excluding sales ............................................................ 12.09 14.98 20.77 27.04 31.48

White collar ......................................................................... 12.46 16.44 22.68 28.85 33.29

White collar excluding sales ......................................... 12.48 16.56 22.68 28.85 33.29

Professional specialty and technical ............................ 17.24 20.89 25.74 30.21 33.07

Professional specialty ................................................... 19.23 21.66 27.24 30.84 33.53

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... –––––

Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... 18.59 21.45 22.33 26.17 26.17

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... 18.59 21.45 22.33 26.17 26.17

Natural scientists ...................................................... –––––

Health related ........................................................... 18.40 21.32 23.69 25.60 33.40

Registered nurses ................................................ 21.07 23.69 24.24 25.60 29.66

Teachers, college and university .............................. –––––

Teachers, except college and university .................. 25.39 27.24 28.80 30.90 31.57

Elementary school teachers ................................. 26.28 27.93 29.42 30.42 31.08

Secondary school teachers .................................. 26.06 27.54 28.85 31.00 32.05

Teachers, special education ................................. 25.39 25.78 30.34 31.25 33.29

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... –––––

Social scientists and urban planners ........................ 21.51 21.51 25.19 27.93 31.53

Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. 19.23 19.23 19.23 19.41 19.41

Social workers ...................................................... 19.23 19.23 19.23 19.41 19.41

Lawyers and judges .................................................. 23.49 28.00 33.79 37.03 48.56

Lawyers ................................................................ 23.49 28.00 33.79 36.66 37.03

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ 11.99 16.81 16.81 32.61 32.61

Technical ...................................................................... 14.98 15.61 17.24 19.18 21.69

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians 12.95 19.31 19.31 21.84 21.84

Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 19.36 22.68 25.82 33.62 47.05

Executives, administrators, and managers ............... 22.68 28.14 35.14 43.47 49.52

Administrators, education and related fields ......... 32.92 33.71 35.64 41.16 42.27

Management related ................................................. 17.94 21.26 22.71 26.82 30.52

Management related, n.e.c. .................................. 15.85 17.94 19.36 30.52 30.52

Sales ................................................................................ –––––

Administrative support, including clerical ................... 10.64 11.65 13.09 14.86 16.85

Secretaries ........................................................... 11.65 12.18 13.01 13.87 16.44

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 11.19 13.55 14.15 16.28 17.73

General office clerks ............................................. 10.16 11.01 13.09 15.17 16.20

Teachers’ aides .................................................... 9.95 10.17 10.68 11.06 11.55

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 11.87 11.87 12.48 13.00 14.42

Blue collar ........................................................................... 13.51 15.40 17.48 20.58 22.59

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ 16.81 17.44 20.51 22.59 27.00

Transportation and material moving ............................ 12.90 13.94 18.33 19.60 20.77

Bus drivers ............................................................ 11.85 13.48 14.10 16.88 19.60

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. .............................................. 16.08 17.07 17.77 19.22 20.10

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 9.10 14.93 15.70 16.40 17.48

Service ................................................................................. 10.50 12.42 15.87 22.91 25.45

Protective service ..................................................... 15.87 18.50 22.74 24.38 27.94

Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... 28.52 28.52 28.95 30.90 34.89

Firefighting ............................................................ 19.37 19.54 21.63 23.40 23.40

Police and detectives, public service .................... 18.50 22.74 23.36 24.68 27.94

Food service ............................................................. 9.24 9.58 10.50 11.38 14.31

Other food service .................................................. 9.24 9.58 10.50 11.38 14.31

Health service ........................................................... 10.34 11.56 12.42 13.74 14.81

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 10.55 12.14 12.42 14.81 14.81

Cleaning and building service ................................... 11.79 12.05 12.71 13.13 13.68

Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 11.79 12.05 12.71 12.97 13.68

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, State and

local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation3

State and local

 government

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Personal service ....................................................... $9.63 $9.63 $9.81 $11.47 $13.94

Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................... 9.63 9.63 9.63 9.81 9.81

1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled

establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the

distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for

its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an

occupation, one-tenth of the occupation’s employment are found in

sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less,

and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations

of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly

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

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

Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,

nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 

3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations

is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for

more information.

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

meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified.

Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown

separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL

INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS

SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN

MIND. 

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Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all

industries, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999

Occupation3 10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ............................................................................................. $8.50 $12.00 $17.05 $23.83 $30.84

All excluding sales ............................................................ 8.68 12.20 17.38 24.14 31.00

White collar ......................................................................... 10.85 13.80 19.17 27.54 33.99

White collar excluding sales ......................................... 11.54 14.32 19.97 28.14 34.41

Professional specialty and technical ............................ 15.05 18.72 24.28 29.79 35.95

Professional specialty ................................................... 16.92 19.97 25.74 30.50 36.26

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... –––––

Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... 19.36 22.40 24.29 34.55 39.75

Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... 18.59 22.33 26.51 31.63 36.26

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... 18.73 23.15 26.51 31.63 36.26

Natural scientists ...................................................... 21.26 22.26 23.61 29.98 41.76

Medical scientists ................................................. 13.09 22.26 29.98 31.96 42.39

Health related ........................................................... 17.81 19.38 23.02 26.10 30.50

Registered nurses ................................................ 18.09 21.06 24.18 25.49 26.95

Teachers, college and university .............................. 21.12 27.69 33.53 50.39 52.44

Teachers, except college and university .................. 12.82 25.96 28.26 30.82 31.48

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................ 9.44 9.44 10.00 13.84 25.36

Elementary school teachers ................................. 25.65 27.63 29.42 30.42 31.08

Secondary school teachers .................................. 25.78 27.54 28.85 31.00 32.05

Teachers, special education ................................. 25.39 25.78 30.34 31.25 33.29

Vocational and educational counselors ................ 13.87 15.34 28.80 31.86 32.85

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... –––––

Social scientists and urban planners ........................ 9.66 15.54 18.72 21.66 27.93

Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. 12.51 16.00 19.23 19.23 21.93

Social workers ...................................................... 12.51 16.00 19.23 19.23 19.23

Lawyers and judges .................................................. 25.64 25.64 30.09 45.11 48.56

Lawyers ................................................................ 25.64 25.64 30.09 45.11 45.87

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ –––––

Designers ............................................................. 17.65 18.00 18.99 18.99 21.22

Editors and reporters ............................................ 15.05 16.81 17.58 19.66 30.40

Technical ...................................................................... 12.64 15.61 18.02 20.70 26.02

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians 10.23 11.59 19.31 20.08 21.84

Licensed practical nurses ..................................... 14.85 15.00 15.61 16.08 16.50

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........ 11.82 13.29 14.98 14.98 14.98

Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... 18.34 18.34 19.91 25.91 26.69

Drafters ................................................................. 13.80 16.10 19.29 20.46 22.00

Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................ 11.26 14.45 18.00 21.69 26.02

Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 16.82 21.26 27.19 33.92 42.27

Executives, administrators, and managers ............... 18.91 24.56 33.08 39.35 47.05

Financial managers .............................................. 21.25 23.74 26.44 32.33 37.93

Personnel and labor relations managers .............. 28.85 33.63 36.01 43.47 43.47

Purchasing managers ........................................... 26.98 33.05 35.14 36.17 43.27

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public

relations .......................................................... 33.08 33.08 36.06 40.87 71.82

Administrators, education and related fields ......... 18.00 32.92 35.14 39.98 42.27

Managers, medicine and health ........................... 14.50 14.97 24.03 34.23 51.00

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............... 14.53 14.53 19.71 21.12 40.87

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... 24.04 28.85 33.65 40.38 44.34

Management related ................................................. 16.44 18.25 22.64 26.82 30.53

Accountants and auditors ..................................... 16.32 18.01 21.26 22.71 33.38

Other financial officers .......................................... 16.44 17.58 20.24 28.85 31.73

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .................. 15.82 16.82 19.67 23.08 25.06

Management related, n.e.c. .................................. 15.45 17.18 19.36 30.52 32.05

Sales ................................................................................ 7.50 9.57 13.72 17.16 25.96

Supervisors, sales ................................................ 9.57 10.85 15.66 21.32 28.00

Sales, other business services ............................. 9.83 11.84 13.33 20.90 27.56

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale ................................................. 13.75 13.75 18.85 34.65 79.61

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. 13.72 15.50 21.25 24.90 28.60

Sales workers, parts ............................................. 9.50 13.94 16.55 17.21 17.82

Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 8.00 8.88 9.57 10.85 14.20

Cashiers ............................................................... 6.69 7.27 12.25 15.13 15.26

Administrative support, including clerical ................... 9.73 11.50 13.28 15.54 18.89

Supervisors, general office ................................... 13.77 14.35 19.28 19.94 21.76

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all

industries, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation3 10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and

adjusting clerks ............................................... $15.00 $15.43 $17.62 $17.78 $18.46

Secretaries ........................................................... 11.00 12.58 14.00 16.85 18.89

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... 11.47 11.94 13.55 14.30 18.72

Receptionists ........................................................ 8.65 9.00 10.00 12.00 14.50

Information clerks, n.e.c. ...................................... 8.12 9.94 10.63 12.52 13.28

Order clerks .......................................................... 9.50 11.50 14.20 16.15 19.50

File clerks ............................................................. 7.08 7.69 10.68 12.30 12.36

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................... 10.08 12.05 13.71 14.63 17.31

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 8.61 11.19 12.54 14.32 16.43

Billing clerks .......................................................... 12.21 12.21 13.00 17.47 17.47

Production coordinators ........................................ 13.83 13.98 18.82 31.85 32.51

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... 9.32 10.95 12.91 23.76 27.01

Stock and inventory clerks .................................... 11.14 13.74 15.47 21.02 22.17

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and

investigators ................................................... 10.91 11.84 13.12 14.32 14.32

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ..... 9.20 10.03 12.23 15.18 15.56

General office clerks ............................................. 9.29 11.21 13.96 15.54 15.79

Data entry keyers ................................................. 8.91 10.30 11.75 12.69 16.93

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 10.77 11.87 12.69 13.95 16.84

Blue collar ........................................................................... 9.00 12.69 16.89 20.16 24.60

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ 14.41 16.80 19.39 23.40 26.22

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. 18.71 19.94 22.00 24.69 25.31

Automobile mechanics ......................................... 15.92 16.80 18.31 20.16 25.50

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....... 17.98 20.10 20.85 21.62 28.63

Industrial machinery repairers .............................. 14.69 15.78 18.38 20.14 25.45

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... 13.90 15.64 17.44 18.56 27.51

Electricians ........................................................... 22.21 24.64 27.00 29.00 29.00

Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................... 16.18 16.18 17.38 20.06 20.06

Supervisors, production ........................................ 14.00 14.40 16.82 23.40 26.65

Machinists ............................................................. 14.00 18.18 21.00 25.44 26.71

Stationary engineers ............................................. 16.18 18.01 18.81 19.39 21.57

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ 8.00 10.00 13.18 17.05 19.32

Numerical control machine operators ................... 10.78 14.00 22.82 24.57 24.57

Molding and casting machine operators ............... 7.93 8.91 10.31 15.68 17.29

Printing press operators ....................................... 9.85 11.33 13.94 17.41 19.13

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. 8.18 8.57 12.10 14.24 17.75

Welders and cutters .............................................. 13.43 14.64 16.07 18.38 18.38

Assemblers ........................................................... 8.87 11.82 14.50 17.76 19.98

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .. 9.68 12.37 18.04 21.70 21.70

Transportation and material moving ............................ 9.00 11.06 17.08 19.60 24.29

Truck drivers ......................................................... 10.00 13.90 17.44 19.45 21.45

Bus drivers ............................................................ 11.76 13.48 15.40 19.60 19.60

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................... 7.20 8.50 9.58 10.44 20.99

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. 9.00 9.00 14.38 18.50 28.95

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. .............................................. 12.66 15.75 18.35 19.22 31.35

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 7.00 9.26 13.09 15.70 17.91

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...... 8.46 8.46 15.68 16.40 17.05

Construction laborers ........................................... 15.40 15.40 15.97 15.97 21.84

Production helpers ................................................ 6.88 9.84 9.84 9.84 21.92

Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 5.95 8.25 12.59 15.35 15.60

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... 7.50 12.92 13.72 17.26 19.56

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............ 6.66 7.48 8.79 11.67 16.33

Hand packers and packagers ............................... 9.00 9.00 11.32 13.12 17.91

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 6.60 10.27 13.09 13.81 14.21

Service ................................................................................. 6.62 7.85 9.29 12.90 22.85

Protective service ..................................................... 7.10 7.10 15.88 22.91 25.45

Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... 28.52 28.52 28.95 30.90 34.89

Firefighting ............................................................ 19.37 19.54 21.63 23.40 23.40

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all

industries, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation3 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Protective service –Continued

Police and detectives, public service .................... $18.50 $22.74 $23.36 $24.68 $27.94

Guards and police, except public service ............. 6.50 7.10 7.10 7.50 17.64

Food service ............................................................. 5.73 6.84 8.37 10.55 12.00

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... 5.15 5.70 6.31 9.00 10.55

Waiters and waitresses ........................................ 5.15 5.70 5.73 6.31 9.00

Other food service .................................................. 6.84 7.85 9.13 11.06 12.98

Supervisors, food preparation and service ........... 9.13 9.13 12.45 13.05 15.40

Cooks ................................................................... 8.00 9.00 9.75 11.38 12.00

Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... 6.50 7.85 7.85 9.12 10.50

Health service ........................................................... 7.35 8.50 9.10 10.64 12.52

Health aides, except nursing ................................ 6.53 10.45 11.56 13.00 13.00

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 7.35 8.25 9.09 10.40 12.31

Cleaning and building service ................................... 7.25 8.33 8.99 12.05 12.88

Supervisors, cleaning and building service

workers ........................................................... 11.01 12.24 12.78 15.50 18.23

Maids and housemen ........................................... 6.62 7.06 7.25 8.40 9.21

Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 8.00 8.33 8.99 12.01 12.79

Personal service ....................................................... 5.21 7.97 9.81 27.89 27.89

1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled

establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the

distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for

its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an

occupation, one-tenth of the occupation’s employment are found in

sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less,

and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations

of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly

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

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

Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,

nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,

a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a

full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in

another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations

is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for

more information.

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

meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified.

Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown

separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL

INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS

SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN

MIND. 

50
Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all

industries, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999

Occupation3 10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ............................................................................................. $5.85 $7.20 $9.64 $13.51 $24.51

All excluding sales ............................................................ 6.12 7.20 10.17 13.96 24.72

White collar ......................................................................... 7.35 9.64 12.70 20.18 25.82

White collar excluding sales ......................................... 9.05 10.80 14.09 23.60 26.52

Professional specialty and technical ............................ 12.93 15.00 22.15 25.60 31.88

Professional specialty ................................................... 13.07 19.41 25.00 26.03 33.89

Health related ........................................................... 19.19 23.39 25.25 25.60 28.02

Registered nurses ................................................ 21.99 23.60 25.36 25.60 26.03

Teachers, college and university .............................. 21.33 26.92 28.40 49.82 49.82

Teachers, except college and university .................. 12.00 13.07 24.51 27.76 32.49

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... –––––

Social scientists and urban planners ........................ 8.45 12.85 13.12 16.48 64.01

Psychologists ........................................................ 8.45 12.85 13.12 16.48 64.01

Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. 18.54 19.41 19.41 19.41 19.41

Social workers ...................................................... 18.54 19.41 19.41 19.41 19.41

Lawyers and judges .................................................. –––––

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ –––––

Technical ...................................................................... 10.50 13.54 14.52 16.93 18.00

Licensed practical nurses ..................................... 13.54 13.83 14.24 14.52 16.39

Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 15.73 15.73 23.19 25.82 25.82

Executives, administrators, and managers ............... –––––

Management related ................................................. –––––

Sales ................................................................................ 5.71 6.61 7.35 9.05 9.88

Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 5.58 5.58 6.00 7.50 11.84

Cashiers ............................................................... 6.61 7.25 7.50 9.28 9.88

Administrative support, including clerical ................... 8.30 9.95 10.80 12.43 14.09

Secretaries ........................................................... 9.83 11.44 12.29 13.84 13.84

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... 11.24 12.01 12.25 12.25 16.47

Receptionists ........................................................ 6.88 7.35 9.45 10.30 10.84

Library clerks ........................................................ 7.64 7.92 8.24 9.72 13.33

General office clerks ............................................. 8.30 9.32 10.28 11.39 14.86

Teachers’ aides .................................................... 9.91 10.17 10.64 11.06 11.55

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 6.80 7.33 10.70 12.48 12.48

Blue collar ........................................................................... 5.85 7.04 8.00 11.96 13.94

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

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

Transportation and material moving ............................ 7.04 7.26 11.96 13.56 14.10

Bus drivers ............................................................ 11.96 11.96 12.90 13.94 14.10

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 5.81 6.50 7.43 8.75 10.12

Service ................................................................................. 5.70 6.50 7.20 9.25 10.77

Protective service ..................................................... 6.50 6.50 6.53 11.10 11.10

Guards and police, except public service ............. 6.50 6.50 6.53 6.53 10.24

Food service ............................................................. 5.69 5.75 7.03 7.36 9.45

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... 5.15 5.69 5.70 5.87 8.00

Waiters and waitresses ........................................ 5.15 5.15 5.70 5.81 6.26

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................ 5.69 5.69 5.70 7.00 8.00

Other food service .................................................. 6.63 7.03 7.20 9.24 9.73

Cooks ................................................................... 5.80 6.71 6.71 9.39 12.11

Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ 7.03 7.03 7.20 7.20 9.29

Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... 6.95 7.36 9.24 9.73 10.43

Health service ........................................................... 7.80 9.00 10.50 11.05 11.63

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 7.80 9.00 10.74 11.05 11.63

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all

industries, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation3 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Cleaning and building service ................................... $6.70 $8.60 $9.20 $10.21 $11.89

Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 6.50 6.70 8.60 9.96 11.99

Personal service ....................................................... 5.48 6.18 7.75 8.82 9.81

Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................... 6.18 7.72 9.63 9.63 9.81

1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled

establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the

distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for

its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an

occupation, one-tenth of the occupation’s employment are found in

sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less,

and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations

of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly

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

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

Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,

nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,

a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a

full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in

another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations

is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for

more information.

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

meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified.

Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown

separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL

INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS

SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN

MIND. 

52
A-1

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 the steps required to produce the data.

Planning for the survey

The overall design of the survey includes questions of

scope, frame, and sample selection.

Survey scope

This survey covered establishments employing 50 workers

or more in goods-producing industries (mining, construction and manufacturing); service-producing industries

(transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary

services; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance,

and real estate; and services industries); and State and local

governments. Agriculture, private households, and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope of the survey. For purposes of this survey, an establishment is an

economic unit that produces goods or services, a central

administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing support

services to a company. For private industries in this survey, the establishment is usually at a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is

defined as all locations of a government entity.

The Seattle–Tacoma–Bremerton, WA, Metropolitan

Statistical Area includes Island, King, Kitsap, Pierce, Snohomish, and Thurston Counties.

Sampling frame

The list of establishments from which the survey sample

was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State

unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of

industries within the private sector, sampling frames were

developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. The sampling

frame was reviewed prior to the survey and, when necessary, missing establishments were added, out-of-business

and out-of-scope establishments were removed, and addresses, employment levels, industry classification, and

other information were updated.

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. See appendix table 2 for a count of establishments

in the survey by employment size. The second stage of

sample selection, detailed below, was a probability sample

of occupations within a sampled establishment.

Data collection

The collection of data from survey respondents required

detailed procedures. Field economists collected the data,

working out of the Regional Office and visiting each establishment surveyed. Other contact methods, such as mail

and telephone, were used to follow-up and update data.

Occupational selection and classification

Identification of the occupations for which wage data were

to be collected was a multistep process:

1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs

2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the

Census of Population system

3. Characterization of jobs as full-time v. part-time,

union v. nonunion, and time v. incentive

4. Determination of the level of work of each job

For each occupation, wage data were collected for those

workers who met all the criteria identified in the last three

steps. Special procedures were developed for jobs for

which a correct classification or level could not be determined.

In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each

establishment by the BLS field economist during a personal

visit. A complete list of employees was used for sampling,

with each selected worker representing a job within the esT
A-2

tablishment.

As with the selection of establishments, the selection of

a job was based on probability proportional to its size in

the establishment. The greater the number of people

working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance

of selection.

The number of jobs collected in each establishment was

based on an establishment’s employment size as shown in

the following schedule:

Number

of employees

Number

of selected jobs

50–99 8

100–249 10

250–999 12

1000–2,499 16

2,500+ 20

The second step of the process entailed classifying the

selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The

National Compensation Survey occupational classification

system is based on the 1990 Census of Population. A selected job may fall into any one of about 480 occupational

classifications, from accountant to wood lathe operator. In

cases where a job’s duties overlapped two or more census

classification codes, the duties used to set the wage level

were used to classify the job. Classification by primary

duties was the fallback.

Each occupational classification is an element of a

broader classification known as a major occupational group

(MOG). Occupations can fall into any of the following

MOGs:

• Professional specialty and technical

• Executive, administrative, and managerial

• Sales

• Administrative support, including clerical

• Precision production, craft, and repair

• Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors

• Transportation and material moving

• Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers

• Service occupations

Appendix B contains a complete list of all individual

occupations, classified by the MOG to which they belong.

In step three, certain other job characteristics of the

chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based

on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then, the

worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job,

depending on whether any part of pay was directly based

on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely

on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as

being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition

of Terms” section on the following page for more detail.

Generic leveling through point factor analysis

In the last step before wage data were collected, the work

level of each selected job was determined using a “generic

leveling” process. Generic leveling ranks and compares all

occupations randomly selected in an establishment using

the same criteria.

For this survey, the level of each occupation in an establishment was determined by an analysis of each of 10

leveling factors. Nine of these factors are drawn from the

U.S. Government Office of Personnel Management’s Factor Evaluation System, which is the underlying structure for

evaluation of General Schedule Federal employees. The

tenth factor, supervisory duties, attempts to account for the

effect of supervisory duties. It is considered experimental.

The 10 factors are:

• Knowledge

• Supervision received

• Guidelines

• Complexity

• Scope and effect

• Personal contacts

• Purpose of contacts

• Physical demands

• Work environment

• Supervisory duties

Each factor contains a number of levels, and each level

has an associated written description and point value. The

number and range of points differ among the factors. For

each factor, an occupation was assigned a level based on

the written description that best matched the job. Within

each occupation, the points for nine factors (supervisory

duties was excluded) were recorded and totaled. The total

determines the overall level of the occupation. Appendix

table 3 presents median work levels for published occupational groups and selected occupations. A description of

the levels for each factor is shown in appendix C.

Tabulations of levels of work for occupations in the

survey follow the Federal Government’s white-collar General Schedule. Point ranges for each of the 15 levels are

shown in appendix D. It also includes an example of a job

with its associated leveling factors, and a guide to help data

users evaluate jobs in their firms

Wage data collected in prior surveys using the new generic leveling method were evaluated by BLS researchers

using regression techniques. For each of the major occupational groups, wages were compared to the 10 generic

level factors (and levels within those factors). The analysis

showed that several of the generic level factors, most notably knowledge and supervision received, had strong explanatory power for wages. That is, as the levels within a

given factor increased, the wages also increased. For additional information on generic leveling see Brooks Pierce,

“Using the National Compensation Survey to Predict Wage

Rates,” Compensation and Working Conditions, Winter

1999, pp. 8–16.
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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 room and board

• Payments made by third parties (for example, bonuses given by manufacturers to department store

salespeople, referral incentives in real estate)

• On-call pay

To calculate earnings for various periods (hourly,

weekly, and annual), data on work schedules also were

collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per

day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded.

Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried

workers, exempt from overtime provisions, often work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical number of

hours actually worked was collected.

Definition of terms

Full-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be full time.

Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied,

at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales.

Level. A ranking of an occupation based on the requirements of the position. (See the description in the technical

note on generic leveling through point factor analysis for

more details on the leveling process.)

Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not

meeting the conditions for union coverage (see below).

Part-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be part time.

Straight-time. Time worked at the standard rate of pay for

the job.

Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are

tied to an hourly rate or salary, and not to a specific level of

production.

Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation

when all of the following conditions are met:

• A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation

• Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations

• Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed, mutually binding collective

bargaining agreement

 Processing and analyzing the data

Data were processed and analyzed at the Bureau’s National

Office following collection.

Weighting and nonresponse

Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and

occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of

the establishment within the sample universe. Weights

were used to aggregate the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to supply

information. If data were not provided by a sample member, the weights of responding sample members in the same

or similar “cells” were adjusted to account for the missing

data. This technique assumes that the mean value of the

nonrespondents equals the mean value of the respondents at

some detailed “cell” level. Responding and nonresponding

establishments were classified into these cells according to

industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments

were classified into cells that were additionally defined by

major occupation group and job level.

Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights

changed to zero. If only partial data were given by a sam-
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ple establishment or occupation, or data were missing, the

response was treated as a refusal.

Survey response

Establishments

 Total in sample 535

Responding 312

Out of business or not in

 survey scope 31

Unable or refused to pro-

 vide data 192

Some surveys may have a high nonresponse rate for the

all industries or private industry iterations. Such instances

are noted in the bulletin table footnotes.

Estimation

The wage series in the tables are computed by combining

the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being

combined, individual wage rates are weighted by: the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s scheduled hours of work.

The percentiles presented in tables 6–1 through 6–5 are

computed using average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. Establishments in

the survey may report either individual-worker earnings or

average wage rates for each sampled job. If individualworker earnings are provided, an average hourly wage rate

is computed for the job and used in the calculation of percentile estimates. The average hourly wages for each sampled job are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from

lowest to highest.

The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example,

at the 10th percentile, 10 percent of a published occupation’s employment is in sampled establishment jobs that

had average hourly wages at the 10th percentile or less for

that occupation. Note that the percentiles in previous NCS

bulletins for this area were calculated from individualworker earnings rather than from average wages for sampled establishment jobs. Data users should keep this difference in mind.

Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication.

Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make

sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented the publication of a series

that could have revealed information about a specific establishment.

Estimates of the number of workers represent the total

in all establishments within the scope of the study, and not

the number actually surveyed. Because occupational

structures among establishments differ, estimates of the

number of workers obtained from the sample of establishments serve to indicate only the relative importance of the

occupational groups studied.

Data reliability

The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically

selected probability sample. There are two types of errors

possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling

and nonsampling.

Sampling errors occur because observations come only

from a sample and not from an entire population. The

sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible

samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different

samples would differ from each other.

A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all

possible samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the

standard error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided alongside the earnings data in the bulletin tables.

The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example,

suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all

workers were $12.79, with a relative standard error of 3.6

percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is $13.55 to $12.03 (1.645

times 3.6 percent = 5.922 percent times $12.27, plus or minus $0.76). If all possible samples were selected to estimate the population value, the interval from each sample

would include the true population value approximately 90

percent of the time.

Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They

can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey

definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct

information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data

obtained. A Technical Reinterview Program done in all

survey areas will be used in the development of a formal

quality assessment process to help compute nonsampling

error. Although they were not specifically measured, the

nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the

extensive training of the field economists who gathered the

survey data by personal visit, computer edits of the data,

and detailed data review.
Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, by occupational group,2

National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999

Occupational group

Full-time and part-time workers

Total Private industry State and local 

government

All occupations ....................................................................... 809,200 624,900 184,300

All excluding sales ........................................................ 755,000 571,000 184,100

White collar ......................................................................... 463,800 332,200 131,600

White-collar excluding sales ......................................... 409,600 278,300 131,400

Professional specialty and technical ................................. 198,200 117,500 80,700

Professional specialty ................................................... 160,600 88,400 72,100

Technical ...................................................................... 37,600 29,000 8,600

Executive, administrative, and managerial ....................... 77,000 59,500 17,500

Sales ................................................................................. 54,100 53,900 –

Administrative support, including clerical .......................... 134,500 101,300 33,200

Blue collar ........................................................................... 197,400 174,100 23,300

Precision production, craft, and repair .............................. 73,000 65,300 7,700

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. 39,600 39,600 –

Transportation and material moving ................................. 46,200 35,000 11,100

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 38,600 34,100 4,500

Service ................................................................................. 148,000 118,600 29,400

1 The number of workers represented by the survey are

rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers

provide a description of size and composition of the labor force

included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for

comparison to other statistical series to measure employment

trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were

included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual

occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.

See appendix B for more information.

 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data

did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET

THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. 

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Appendix table 2. Number of establishments represented by survey and the number studied by industry division and

establishment employment size, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999

Industry

Number of

establishments represented1

Number of establishments studied

Total studied 50 - 99

workers2

100 workers or more

Total 100 - 499

workers

500 workers

or more

All industries ....................................................................................... 4,100 312 83 229 138 91

Private industry ............................................................................... 3,900 263 81 182 125 57

Goods-producing industries ........................................................ 700 75 20 55 34 21

Mining ..................................................................................... 3 () 2 2 – – –

Construction ........................................................................... 200 8 4 4 4 –

Manufacturing ......................................................................... 600 65 14 51 30 21

Service-producing industries ...................................................... 3,200 188 61 127 91 36

Transportation and public utilities ........................................... 200 21 8 13 7 6

Wholesale and retail trade ...................................................... 1,400 50 30 20 17 3

Finance, insurance and real estate ........................................ 300 14 3 11 4 7

Services .................................................................................. 1,200 103 20 83 63 20

State and local government ............................................................ 200 49 2 47 13 34

1 Number of establishments represented by the survey rounded to the nearest 100. 2 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with

fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 3 Number of establishments represented by the survey is fewer than 50.

 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry

groups may include data for categories not shown separately.

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Appendix table 3. Median work levels for all workers, full-time and part-time

workers:1 Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey,

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999

Occupation2 All

workers

Full-time

workers

Part-time

workers

All ....................................................................................................... 5 5 3

All excluding sales ...................................................................... 5 6 3

White collar ................................................................................... 7 7 4

White collar excluding sales ................................................... 8 8 5

Professional specialty and technical ...................................... 9 9 9

Professional specialty ............................................................. 9 9 9

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. – – –

Electrical and electronic engineers ................................. 9 9 –

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 9 9 –

Computer systems analysts and scientists ..................... 9 9 –

Natural scientists ................................................................ 11 11 –

Medical scientists ........................................................... 12 12 –

Health related ..................................................................... 9 9 9

Physicians ...................................................................... 12 – –

Registered nurses .......................................................... 9 9 9

Therapists, n.e.c. ............................................................ 8 – –

Teachers, college and university ........................................ 10 12 10

Other post-secondary teachers ...................................... 10 – –

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 9 9 6

Prekindergarten and kindergarten .................................. 5 5 –

Elementary school teachers ........................................... 9 9 –

Secondary school teachers ............................................ 9 9 –

Teachers, special education ........................................... 9 9 –

Teachers, n.e.c. .............................................................. 5 – –

Substitute teachers ......................................................... 8 – –

Vocational and educational counselors .......................... 9 10 –

Librarians, archivists, and curators ..................................... – – –

Social scientists and urban planners .................................. 9 9 6

Psychologists .................................................................. 9 – 6

Social, recreation, and religious workers ............................ 9 9 9

Social workers ................................................................ 9 9 9

Lawyers and judges ............................................................ 11 11 –

Lawyers .......................................................................... 11 11 –

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ............................................................................. – – –

Designers ....................................................................... 8 8 –

Editors and reporters ...................................................... 7 7 –

Technical ................................................................................ 7 7 5

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ........... 8 8 –

Radiological technicians ................................................. 6 – –

Licensed practical nurses ............................................... 5 5 5

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 5 5 –

Electrical and electronic technicians ............................... 8 8 –

Drafters ........................................................................... 7 7 –

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 7 7 –

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............................ 10 10 8

Executives, administrators, and managers ......................... 11 11 –

Financial managers ........................................................ 9 10 –

Personnel and labor relations managers ........................ 12 12 –

Purchasing managers ..................................................... 12 12 –

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations 12 12 –

Administrators, education and related fields ................... 11 11 –

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 11 11 –

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ......................... 7 7 –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .............................. 12 12 –

Management related ........................................................... 9 9 –

Accountants and auditors ............................................... 9 9 –

Other financial officers .................................................... 9 9 –

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ............................ 8 8 –

Management related, n.e.c. ............................................ 8 9 –

Sales .......................................................................................... 4 4 3

Supervisors, sales .......................................................... 5 5 –

Sales, other business services ....................................... 5 5 –

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and

wholesale .................................................................. 7 7 –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Appendix table 3. Median work levels for all workers, full-time and part-time

workers:1 Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey,

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation2 All

workers

Full-time

workers

Part-time

workers

White collar –Continued

Sales –Continued

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ....................... 5 5 –

Sales workers, parts ....................................................... 5 5 –

Sales workers, other commodities .................................. 3 3 1

Cashiers ......................................................................... 3 4 3

Administrative support, including clerical ............................. 4 4 3

Supervisors, general office ............................................. 6 6 –

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ........................................................................ 7 7 –

Secretaries ..................................................................... 5 5 4

Stenographers ................................................................ 4 – –

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. 4 4 4

Receptionists .................................................................. 3 3 2

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 3 3 –

Order clerks .................................................................... 4 4 –

Library clerks .................................................................. 4 – 2

File clerks ....................................................................... 3 3 –

Records clerks, n.e.c. ..................................................... 4 4 –

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ................ 4 4 –

Billing clerks .................................................................... 4 4 –

Production coordinators .................................................. 7 7 –

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. 4 4 –

Stock and inventory clerks .............................................. 4 4 –

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 4 4 –

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 7 7 –

General office clerks ....................................................... 4 4 3

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 4 4 –

Teachers’ aides .............................................................. 4 – 4

Administrative support, n.e.c. ......................................... 4 5 –

Blue collar ..................................................................................... 5 5 2

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 7 7 –

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ........................... 9 9 –

Automobile mechanics ................................................... 7 7 –

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................. 7 7 –

Industrial machinery repairers ........................................ 7 7 –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 7 7 –

Electricians ..................................................................... 7 7 –

Construction trades, n.e.c. .............................................. 6 6 –

Supervisors, production .................................................. 7 7 –

Machinists ....................................................................... 7 7 –

Stationary engineers ....................................................... 7 7 –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .................. 4 4 –

Numerical control machine operators ............................. 6 6 –

Molding and casting machine operators ......................... 3 3 –

Printing press operators ................................................. 7 7 –

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ....................... 2 2 –

Welders and cutters ........................................................ 6 6 –

Assemblers ..................................................................... 4 4 –

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ............ 4 4 –

Transportation and material moving ...................................... 4 5 4

Truck drivers ................................................................... 5 5 –

Bus drivers ...................................................................... 4 4 4

Parking lot attendants ..................................................... 2 – –

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................. 2 3 –

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ............ 4 4 –

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ......................................................................... 4 4 –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .......... 2 3 1

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ................ 4 4 –

Construction laborers ..................................................... 4 4 –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Appendix table 3. Median work levels for all workers, full-time and part-time

workers:1 Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey,

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, July 1999 — Continued

Occupation2 All

workers

Full-time

workers

Part-time

workers

Blue collar –Continued

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers

–Continued

Production helpers .......................................................... 2 2 –

Stock handlers and baggers ........................................... 2 2 –

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ................... 3 4 –

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ...................... 2 2 –

Hand packers and packagers ......................................... 2 2 –

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .............................. 3 4 –

Service ........................................................................................... 3 3 2

Protective service ............................................................... 4 5 2

Supervisors, police and detectives ................................. 8 8 –

Firefighting ...................................................................... 7 7 –

Police and detectives, public service .............................. 7 7 –

Guards and police, except public service ....................... 4 4 2

Food service ....................................................................... 2 3 2

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ................................ 3 3 3

Waiters and waitresses .................................................. 3 3 3

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ...................................... 1 – 2

Other food service ............................................................ 2 3 2

Supervisors, food preparation and service ..................... 5 5 –

Cooks ............................................................................. 4 4 3

Food counter, fountain, and related ................................ 2 – –

Kitchen workers, food preparation .................................. 2 – 2

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 2 2 2

Health service ..................................................................... 3 3 3

Health aides, except nursing .......................................... 4 4 –

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ......................... 3 3 3

Cleaning and building service ............................................. 2 2 3

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ....... 5 5 –

Maids and housemen ..................................................... 2 2 –

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 2 2 2

Personal service ................................................................. 3 4 3

Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ........... 3 – –

Welfare service aides ..................................................... 5 – –

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 3 – –

Child care workers, n.e.c. ............................................... 3 – 3

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................. 3 – –

1 Employees are classified as working either a

full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition

used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with

a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a

full-time employee in one establishment, but classified

as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is

the minimum full-time schedule. 2 A classification system including about 480

individual occupations is used to cover all workers in

the civilian economy. The occupations titled authors,

musicians, actors, painters, photographers, dancers,

artists, athletes, and legislators cannot be assigned a

work level. See appendix B for more information.

 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported

or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c.

means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational

groups may include data for categories not shown

separately. 

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