National Compensation Survey: 

Occupational Wages in the West North 

Central Census Division, March 2001 

U.S. Department of Labor 

Elaine L. Chao, Secretary 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Kathleen P. Utgoff, Commissioner 

January 2003 

Bulletin 2553-4 
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Preface 

he National Compensation Survey (NCS) provides 

comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, 

compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed 

benefit provisions. This bulletin focuses on occupational 

earnings. 

The NCS replaced the Occupational Compensation 

Survey. The major difference between these two surveys 

is that the Occupational Compensation Survey used the 

same preselected list of occupations for all localities. The 

NCS uses a probability-based sample of establishments and 

occupations that is intended to represent more fully the 

employment patterns and occupational mix of each 

locality. 

This bulletin presents aggregated pay data from the 

metropolitan and nonmetropolitan local area surveys conducted in the West North Central census division. (See 

Technical Note.) It provides estimates of occupational pay 

for the census division, as well as selected data by worker 

and establishment characteristics. 

NCS bulletins were published for eight census 

divisions: New England, Middle Atlantic, East North 

Central, West North Central, South Atlantic, West South 

Central, Mountain, and Pacific. Estimates for the East 

South Central census division did not meet publishability 

standards. 

For additional information regarding this survey, 

contact the information staff in the BLS National Office at 

(202) 691-6199. You may also write to the Bureau of 

Labor Statistics, Division of Compensation Data Analysis 

and Planning, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Room 4175, 

Washington, DC 20212-0001, or send e-mail to 

OCLTINFO@bls.gov. 

BLS field economists 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. The survey 

could not have been conducted without the cooperation of 

the many private and government jurisdictions that 

provided pay data included in this bulletin. BLS thanks 

these respondents for their cooperation. 

The data presented in this bulletin also are displayed in 

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site at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/home.htm. Material in the 

bulletin is in the public domain and, with appropriate 

credit, may be reproduced without permission. This 

information will be made available to sensory impaired 

individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; 

Federal Relay Service: 1-800-877-8339. 

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Contents 

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Occupational Wages in the West North Central Census Division, March 2001 ..................................... 1

Tables: 

 Table 1. Summary, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected 

 characteristics, private industry and State and local government ................................................... 3 

 Table 2. Summary, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected 

 characteristics, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas ............................................................ 4 

 Table 3. Selected occupations, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for 

 full-time and part-time workers ......................................................................................... 5 

 Table 4. Selected occupations, West North Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings for 

 full-time and part-time workers .......................................................................................... 11 

 Table 5. Selected occupations, West North Central, State and local government: Mean hourly 

 earnings and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers ..................................................... 16 

 Table 6. Occupations and levels, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours, 

 private industry and State and local government ...................................................................... 19 

Technical Note ................................................................................................................ 35 

 Table A. Number of workers represented by the survey, by occupational group, West North Central ....... 37 

 Table B. Number of establishments studied by industry group and establishment 

 employment size, West North Central ................................................................................... 38 
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Occupational Wages in the West North 

Central Census Division, March 2001 

his bulletin provides March 2001 National Compensation Survey (NCS) estimates of occupational pay in 

the West North Central census division. The bulletin highlights average (mean) hourly pay for workers by seven 

characteristics: 

• Private industry and State and local government 

• Metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas 

• Selected occupations and major occupational 

groups 

• Full-time and part-time status 

• Bargaining status 

• Size of establishment 

• Work level 

Wages in the West North Central census division averaged $14.99 per hour in March 2001. Workers in private 

industry in the West North Central region averaged $14.14 

per hour, while pay of workers in State and local government averaged $19.49 per hour. The nationwide hourly 

average for all workers covered by the survey was $16.23. 

Table 1 provides an overview of average pay for workers in private industry and State and local government by 

selected worker and establishment characteristics. For example, white-collar workers in private industry averaged 

$16.85 per hour; blue-collar workers averaged $13.36; and 

service workers averaged $8.49. Corresponding averages 

in State and local government were $21.77, $15.28, and 

$13.79. Generally, average hourly earnings for private 

industry workers were lower than those for State and local 

government workers. Part of this difference can be 

explained by differences in the occupational and industrial 

mix of the two sectors. For example, professional specialty 

and technical occupations are more prevalent in State and 

local government than in private industry. Conversely, few 

State and local government workers are in goods-producing industries other than construction. 

Full-time workers in the West North Central region averaged $15.93 per hour, while part-time workers averaged 

$8.57. In private industry, full-time workers averaged 

$15.10 an hour and part-time workers averaged $8.20. For 

workers in State and local government, average hourly pay 

was $20.02 and $12.49, respectively. Full-time or parttime designation is based on the employer’s definition of 

those terms. 

Workers in the largest establishments in the region—

those with 2,500 or more employees—earned $20.38 per 

hour. Workers in the smallest establishments (1 to 99 

employees) averaged $13.06. 

Table 2 provides an overview of average pay data by 

worker and establishment characteristics in metropolitan 

and nonmetropolitan areas in the West North Central 

region. For example, white-collar workers in metropolitan 

areas averaged $18.34 per hour, blue-collar workers 

averaged $13.74, and service workers averaged $9.39. 

Corresponding averages in nonmetropolitan areas were 

$15.57, $12.46, and $9.73. See the Technical Note for 

definitions of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. 

Among the census divisions, average earnings generally 

were highest in the New England, Middle Atlantic, and 

Pacific regions. Average earnings for the census divisions, 

and for other characteristics, can be seen in tables 1 and 2. 

Full-time, part-time, and combined average pay rates 

for occupations in private industry and in State and local 

governments in the West North Central region are shown 

in tables 3, 4, and 5. These tables contain wage rates and 

mean weekly hours for individual occupations and for the 

major occupational groups. For example, all registered 

nurses averaged $20.00 per hour (table 3). Registered 

nurses in private industry averaged $19.33 (table 4), while 

their counterparts in State and local government averaged 

$21.99 per hour (table 5). Laborers, except construction, 

averaged $9.74 in private industry and $11.87 in State and 

local government. Janitors and cleaners, a service occupation, averaged $9.07 in private industry and $11.17 in 

State and local government. 

Earnings by occupational group and work level are 

shown in table 6. Generally, earnings increased as work 

levels became higher. For example, mean hourly earnings 

for white-collar workers ranged from $7.15 at level 1 to 

$59.58 at level 14. For blue-collar workers mean hourly 

earnings ranged from $8.73 at level 1 to $22.63 at level 9. 

Mean hourly earnings for service workers ranged from 

$6.82 at level 1 to $23.86 at level 10. BLS applies an 

“occupational leveling” technique with 10 criteria to 

determine the work level. The Technical Note has more 

information on occupational leveling. 

Table A in the Technical Note shows the number of 

workers represented by the surveys in the West North 

Central census division by major occupational group, such 

as professional specialty and technical, sales, and transportation and material moving. Table B shows the number of 

establishments studied in the West North Central census 

division by employment size; more establishments were 

studied in the group having 100 to 499 workers than in any 

other size category. 

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TABLE 1. Summary, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private

industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,2 March 2001

Worker and establishment characteristics,

and geographic areas

Total Private industry State and local government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error3

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error3

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error3

(percent)

Total ........................................................... $14.99 3.5 35.4 $14.14 3.4 35.1 $19.49 2.9 37.0

Worker characteristics:4

White-collar occupations5 ....................... 17.96 4.4 35.9 16.85 5.3 35.5 21.77 2.8 37.4

Professional specialty and technical ... 22.23 2.2 36.4 20.72 3.2 35.9 24.49 1.8 37.2

Executive, administrative, and

managerial ........................................ 28.48 12.0 41.3 28.45 14.6 41.7 28.60 7.8 39.8

Sales ................................................... 12.23 6.0 31.0 12.24 6.0 31.1 9.75 9.2 19.2

Administrative support ........................ 11.87 3.4 36.8 11.53 3.1 36.7 13.17 7.2 37.1

Blue-collar occupations5 ......................... 13.46 2.8 38.0 13.36 2.9 38.1 15.28 2.5 36.5

Precision production, craft, and repair 16.87 3.3 39.9 16.84 3.7 39.9 17.31 2.9 40.0

Machine operators, assemblers, and

inspectors ......................................... 12.90 4.8 38.8 12.90 4.8 38.8 – – –

Transportation and material moving ... 12.68 4.8 37.4 12.58 5.1 37.8 13.86 5.2 33.3

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers ........................ 10.27 2.4 35.7 10.14 2.4 35.7 13.08 5.3 34.7

Service occupations5 .............................. 9.48 4.3 29.8 8.49 4.1 28.7 13.79 3.4 35.8

Full time .................................................. 15.93 3.8 40.0 15.10 3.8 40.1 20.02 2.6 39.4

Part time ................................................. 8.57 2.8 19.9 8.20 2.8 19.8 12.49 5.6 20.4

Union ...................................................... 17.94 1.6 37.7 17.18 2.5 37.9 19.43 3.9 37.4

Nonunion ................................................ 14.41 4.2 34.9 13.69 3.9 34.7 19.52 3.4 36.8

Time ........................................................ 14.57 2.9 35.1 13.58 2.0 34.8 19.49 2.9 37.0

Incentive ................................................. 22.27 24.3 39.8 22.27 24.3 39.8 – – –

Establishment characteristics:

Goods producing .................................... 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 15.42 3.8 39.4 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( )

Service producing ................................... 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 13.60 4.4 33.5 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( )

1 to 99 workers7 ..................................... 13.06 6.6 33.4 12.99 6.7 33.5 18.10 15.4 30.5

100 to 499 workers ................................. 14.87 2.5 36.0 14.46 2.8 35.9 17.61 4.1 36.3

500 to 999 workers ................................. 16.53 4.5 37.8 15.86 5.5 38.2 19.97 3.4 36.0

1,000 to 2,499 workers ........................... 15.20 7.2 37.0 14.15 8.2 37.3 19.64 3.3 35.5

2,500 workers or more ............................ 20.38 2.6 38.1 20.54 4.5 37.3 20.30 3.4 38.5

Geographic areas:8

Metropolitan ............................................ 15.46 4.0 35.0 14.64 3.9 34.6 19.93 2.9 37.3

Nonmetropolitan ..................................... 12.93 4.0 36.9 11.90 4.0 37.1 17.79 5.9 35.7

New England .......................................... 17.54 1.7 35.4 16.88 2.4 35.4 23.06 1.6 35.5

Middle Atlantic ........................................ 18.72 3.2 34.7 17.88 3.9 34.5 23.42 1.7 35.4

East North Central .................................. 16.08 2.5 35.8 15.32 2.6 35.8 21.53 2.2 35.9

West North Central ................................. 14.99 3.5 35.4 14.14 3.4 35.1 19.49 2.9 37.0

South Atlantic ......................................... 15.24 2.6 36.5 14.66 3.4 36.2 18.12 1.6 38.1

East South Central ................................. – – – – – – – – –

West South Central ................................ 15.07 3.5 36.9 14.57 4.2 36.6 17.46 1.8 38.3

Mountain ................................................. 14.70 3.6 35.7 13.78 4.1 35.5 20.22 2.8 37.3

Pacific ..................................................... 17.64 1.7 35.6 16.52 2.3 35.5 23.70 1.4 35.7

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, 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 In this census division, collection was conducted between March 2000 and

January 2002. The average reference period was March 2001. 3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

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

sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see Technical Note. 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 Technical Note for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing

industries applies to private industry only. 7 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99 workers and

State and local government establishments employing 50 to 99 workers. 8 Data are presented for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area divisions as

well as eight census divisions. Average hourly earnings and mean weekly hours for

the East South Central census division did not meet publishability standards. See

Technical Note for a list of States comprising the nine census divisions.

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

publication criteria. 

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TABLE 2. Summary, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics,

metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas,2 National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001

Worker and establishment characteristics,

and geographic areas

Total Metropolitan areas Nonmetropolitan areas

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Total ............................................................ $14.99 3.5 35.4 $15.46 4.0 35.0 $12.93 4.0 36.9

Private Industry ....................................... 14.14 3.4 35.1 14.64 3.9 34.6 11.90 4.0 37.1

State and local government .................... 19.49 2.9 37.0 19.93 2.9 37.3 17.79 5.9 35.7

Worker characteristics:5

White-collar occupations6 ....................... 17.96 4.4 35.9 18.34 4.8 35.8 15.57 5.4 36.6

Professional specialty and technical ... 22.23 2.2 36.4 22.78 2.5 36.4 19.65 3.2 36.7

Executive, administrative, and

managerial ........................................ 28.48 12.0 41.3 29.20 12.8 41.4 21.54 13.3 40.5

Sales ................................................... 12.23 6.0 31.0 12.28 6.5 30.7 11.76 7.0 35.7

Administrative support ........................ 11.87 3.4 36.8 12.18 3.4 36.9 10.15 7.5 35.8

Blue-collar occupations6 ......................... 13.46 2.8 38.0 13.74 3.0 38.0 12.46 7.3 38.3

Precision production, craft, and repair 16.87 3.3 39.9 17.30 3.5 39.9 14.79 4.6 40.2

Machine operators, assemblers, and

inspectors ......................................... 12.90 4.8 38.8 13.44 5.0 38.5 12.01 9.9 39.4

Transportation and material moving ... 12.68 4.8 37.4 12.51 5.3 37.3 13.88 6.5 38.1

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers ........................ 10.27 2.4 35.7 10.34 2.6 35.9 9.98 6.1 34.8

Service occupations6 .............................. 9.48 4.3 29.8 9.39 5.2 28.3 9.73 4.3 35.2

Full time .................................................. 15.93 3.8 40.0 16.55 4.3 40.0 13.37 4.3 39.8

Part time ................................................. 8.57 2.8 19.9 8.55 3.2 19.6 8.73 3.0 21.8

Union ...................................................... 17.94 1.6 37.7 18.33 2.0 37.5 16.34 2.3 38.4

Nonunion ................................................ 14.41 4.2 34.9 14.91 4.8 34.6 12.23 4.2 36.6

Time ........................................................ 14.57 2.9 35.1 14.98 3.2 34.8 12.87 3.7 36.8

Incentive ................................................. 22.27 24.3 39.8 22.72 25.4 39.5 – – –

Establishment characteristics:

Goods producing7 .................................. 15.42 3.8 39.4 16.24 4.3 39.2 12.89 7.1 39.8

Service producing7 ................................. 13.60 4.4 33.5 14.04 5.0 33.1 11.26 4.4 35.6

1 to 99 workers8 ..................................... 13.06 6.6 33.4 13.06 7.0 33.3 13.00 8.0 35.4

100 to 499 workers ................................. 14.87 2.5 36.0 15.66 2.6 35.6 13.32 5.4 36.7

500 to 999 workers ................................. 16.53 4.5 37.8 17.40 5.8 38.3 14.56 3.8 36.7

1,000 to 2,499 workers ........................... 15.20 7.2 37.0 17.97 4.7 35.9 10.80 6.6 38.7

2,500 workers or more ............................ 20.38 2.6 38.1 20.38 2.6 38.1 – – –

Geographic areas:9

New England .......................................... 17.54 1.7 35.4 17.69 1.6 35.4 15.57 6.9 34.7

Middle Atlantic ........................................ 18.72 3.2 34.7 18.77 3.3 34.6 16.63 6.5 36.0

East North Central .................................. 16.08 2.5 35.8 16.12 2.7 35.8 15.68 3.1 36.5

West North Central ................................. 14.99 3.5 35.4 15.46 4.0 35.0 12.93 4.0 36.9

South Atlantic ......................................... 15.24 2.6 36.5 15.46 2.8 36.4 13.34 4.8 37.5

East South Central ................................. – – – – – – – – –

West South Central ................................ 15.07 3.5 36.9 15.12 3.8 36.9 14.45 3.1 36.8

Mountain ................................................. 14.70 3.6 35.7 14.41 3.9 35.6 17.56 3.4 36.9

Pacific ..................................................... 17.64 1.7 35.6 17.63 1.7 35.5 – – –

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

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

are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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 Metropolitan areas can be a Metropolitan Statistical Area or Consolidated

Metropolitan Statistical Area as defined by the Office of Management and Budget,

1994. Nonmetropolitan areas are counties that do not fit the definitions above. For

more information, see Technical Note. 3 In this census division, collection was conducted between March 2000 and

January 2002. The average reference period was March 2001. 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 Technical Note. 5 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. 6 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to

cover all workers in the civilian economy. See Technical Note for more information. 7 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing

industries applies to private industry only. 8 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99 workers and

State and local government establishments employing 50 to 99 workers. 9 Data are presented for eight census divisions. Average hourly earnings and

mean weekly hours previously published for the East South Central census division

did not meet publishability standards. See Technical Note for a list of States

comprising the nine census divisions.

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

publication criteria. 

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TABLE 3. Selected occupations, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All .......................................................................................... $14.99 3.5 35.4 $15.93 3.8 40.0 $8.57 2.8 19.9

All, excluding sales ........................................................ 15.29 3.6 35.9 16.08 3.8 39.9 9.05 3.7 20.1

White collar ...................................................................... 17.96 4.4 35.9 18.93 4.5 40.0 10.09 4.9 19.6

White collar, excluding sales ..................................... 19.44 4.4 37.4 19.87 4.5 39.9 13.47 7.3 20.2

Professional specialty and technical ......................... 22.23 2.2 36.4 22.54 2.2 39.5 18.37 8.3 18.6

Professional specialty ................................................ 23.84 2.4 37.1 24.07 2.4 39.5 20.34 11.4 19.6

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..................... 27.16 9.2 40.4 27.16 9.2 40.4 – – –

Civil engineers ................................................... 32.86 5.7 40.2 32.86 5.7 40.2 – – –

Electrical and electronic engineers .................... 28.48 3.8 40.7 28.48 3.8 40.7 – – –

Industrial engineers ........................................... 26.62 2.6 41.7 26.62 2.6 41.7 – – –

Mechanical engineers ........................................ 30.07 3.7 40.1 30.07 3.7 40.1 – – –

Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................ 24.70 17.6 40.0 24.70 17.6 40.0 – – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ................... 27.24 3.3 40.5 27.24 3.3 40.5 – – –

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........ 27.34 3.6 40.5 27.34 3.6 40.5 – – –

Operations and systems researchers and

analysts ............................................................ 23.79 6.8 40.0 23.79 6.8 40.0 – – –

Natural scientists ................................................... 19.97 3.5 40.1 19.97 3.5 40.1 – – –

Chemists, except biochemists ........................... 20.03 16.3 40.0 20.03 16.3 40.0 – – –

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ................................... 29.71 11.3 40.0 29.71 11.3 40.0 – – –

Biological and life scientists ............................... 18.95 4.7 40.0 18.95 4.7 40.0 – – –

Health related ........................................................ 21.66 2.5 35.4 21.55 2.9 39.7 22.37 3.2 21.2

Physicians .......................................................... 31.08 31.9 40.5 30.17 31.8 41.4 – – –

Registered nurses .............................................. 20.00 2.8 34.6 19.72 3.0 39.5 21.40 2.2 21.4

Pharmacists ....................................................... 31.92 4.2 38.2 32.80 3.4 40.2 – – –

Dietitians ............................................................ 14.11 12.0 29.3 – – – – – –

Respiratory therapists ........................................ 18.17 11.8 39.2 18.17 11.8 39.2 – – –

Occupational therapists ..................................... 20.92 7.8 36.5 20.74 8.7 39.2 – – –

Physical therapists ............................................. 25.00 7.3 36.3 – – – – – –

Speech therapists .............................................. 27.72 4.1 35.4 27.72 4.1 36.4 – – –

Therapists, n.e.c. ............................................... 16.93 7.3 40.0 16.93 7.3 40.0 – – –

Physicians’ assistants ........................................ 26.02 11.0 40.0 26.02 11.0 40.0 – – –

Teachers, college and university ........................... 36.03 12.7 36.7 36.61 11.9 39.6 20.34 16.8 12.1

Chemistry teachers ............................................ 32.50 3.2 40.2 32.50 3.2 40.2 – – –

Social science teachers, n.e.c. .......................... 31.56 1.2 39.3 31.55 1.2 39.6 – – –

Mathematical science teachers ......................... 29.86 19.7 39.9 29.86 19.7 39.9 – – –

Medical science teachers .................................. 29.94 17.3 39.1 30.02 17.3 40.2 – – –

Health specialties teachers ................................ 25.92 3.5 39.6 25.93 3.5 40.3 – – –

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .. 40.86 2.4 30.0 – – – – – –

Art, drama, and music teachers ......................... 37.88 13.1 37.6 38.57 12.6 40.3 – – –

Education teachers ............................................ 24.48 7.7 25.2 – – – – – –

English teachers ................................................ 26.68 7.1 29.9 – – – – – –

Theology teachers ............................................. 38.70 2.8 39.9 – – – – – –

Trade and industrial teachers ............................ 31.49 2.9 37.2 31.49 2.9 37.3 – – –

Other post-secondary teachers ......................... 26.68 8.0 33.0 26.74 8.6 38.5 25.90 6.8 12.0

Teachers, except college and university ................ 25.23 2.5 34.7 25.75 2.9 37.3 16.25 18.7 16.0

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ..................... 16.41 16.8 29.9 19.63 14.1 37.5 – – –

Elementary school teachers .............................. 27.78 3.0 36.3 27.82 3.1 36.7 23.45 10.2 16.5

Secondary school teachers ............................... 27.12 3.9 36.1 26.83 4.0 37.2 33.97 9.0 20.8

Teachers, special education .............................. 25.59 8.0 37.7 25.59 8.0 37.7 – – –

Teachers, n.e.c. ................................................. 22.65 6.5 33.4 23.41 5.6 37.8 13.64 19.7 14.1

Substitute teachers ............................................ 10.57 7.0 10.4 – – – 10.57 7.0 10.4

Vocational and educational counselors ............. 16.40 14.9 37.8 16.36 14.9 39.7 – – –

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................ 19.96 15.1 38.4 20.01 15.3 38.9 16.01 7.6 19.2

Librarians ........................................................... 19.96 15.1 38.4 20.01 15.3 38.9 16.01 7.6 19.2

Social scientists and urban planners ..................... 24.34 3.1 39.8 24.34 3.1 39.8 – – –

Economists ........................................................ 24.46 4.6 40.0 24.46 4.6 40.0 – – –

Psychologists ..................................................... 25.06 3.8 39.7 25.06 3.8 39.7 – – –

Social, recreation, and religious workers ............... 15.17 3.1 39.2 15.16 3.2 40.0 15.58 6.9 22.8

Social workers ................................................... 15.14 3.1 39.3 15.14 3.2 40.0 15.33 6.9 22.8

Lawyers and judges ............................................... 30.65 8.1 41.6 30.73 8.3 43.9 – – –

Lawyers ............................................................. 29.32 5.3 41.7 29.35 5.3 44.2 – – –

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. 18.33 14.1 34.7 17.91 9.5 40.2 20.06 45.3 22.0

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 3. Selected occupations, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. –Continued

Designers ........................................................... – – – $12.56 18.7 40.0 – – –

Actors and directors ........................................... $11.86 11.1 36.0 – – – – – –

Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist

printmakers ...................................................... 16.16 3.5 39.9 16.16 3.5 39.9 – – –

Editors and reporters ......................................... 20.77 5.1 39.7 21.13 5.7 40.8 – – –

Public relations specialists ................................. 19.27 20.3 40.1 19.27 20.3 40.1 – – –

Athletes .............................................................. 15.37 11.4 28.7 16.23 17.2 40.0 – – –

Professional, n.e.c. ............................................ 35.00 16.3 40.3 28.27 15.1 40.4 – – –

Technical ................................................................... 16.79 7.3 34.2 17.04 7.4 39.8 $15.01 7.9 17.1

Clinical laboratory technologists and

technicians ....................................................... 12.95 8.0 39.2 12.89 8.0 39.8 – – –

Radiological technicians .................................... 20.02 10.3 34.9 20.28 11.5 39.8 18.38 6.1 19.3

Licensed practical nurses .................................. 12.73 3.0 34.4 12.53 3.5 39.4 13.54 5.2 22.8

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ...... 12.38 6.6 34.4 12.64 8.1 39.7 11.48 7.3 23.5

Electrical and electronic technicians .................. 17.27 3.2 39.9 17.25 3.2 40.0 – – –

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .......................... 19.16 4.6 39.7 19.23 4.4 39.9 – – –

Drafters .............................................................. 17.78 3.4 39.2 17.59 3.6 40.0 – – –

Chemical technicians ......................................... 18.95 3.4 40.0 18.95 3.4 40.0 – – –

Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................ 15.73 1.0 40.0 15.73 1.0 40.0 – – –

Computer programmers ..................................... 22.80 5.3 39.8 23.41 4.5 40.8 – – –

Legal assistants ................................................. 18.94 10.8 39.0 19.05 10.8 39.6 – – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. .............................. 16.94 3.5 33.1 16.91 5.0 39.9 – – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... 28.48 12.0 41.3 28.50 12.0 41.7 18.28 14.3 8.4

Executives, administrators, and managers ............ 31.91 16.2 42.2 31.94 16.2 42.4 16.74 13.2 14.6

Administrators and officials, public

administration .................................................. 24.88 5.1 40.7 24.83 5.1 40.9 – – –

Financial managers ........................................... 56.55 32.6 42.0 56.55 32.6 42.0 – – –

Personnel and labor relations managers ........... 30.81 4.1 42.1 30.81 4.1 42.1 – – –

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public

relations ........................................................... 38.60 8.7 40.7 38.60 8.7 40.7 – – –

Administrators, education and related fields ...... 29.50 14.2 40.1 29.63 14.4 40.3 – – –

Managers, medicine and health ......................... 29.05 3.2 40.2 29.05 3.2 40.2 – – –

Managers, food servicing and lodging

establishments ................................................. 16.98 11.1 44.1 17.17 11.2 44.8 – – –

Managers, properties and real estate ................ 17.71 11.9 39.9 17.71 11.9 39.9 – – –

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............ 17.46 13.8 40.3 17.46 13.8 40.3 – – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................. 25.71 7.9 43.5 25.71 7.9 43.5 – – –

Management related .............................................. 19.84 6.4 39.3 19.83 6.4 40.1 – – –

Accountants and auditors .................................. 22.96 11.4 39.7 22.96 11.4 39.7 – – –

Underwriters ...................................................... 22.29 15.6 39.7 22.29 15.6 39.7 – – –

Other financial officers ....................................... 14.88 24.5 40.2 14.88 24.5 40.3 – – –

Management analysts ........................................ 22.19 8.5 40.1 22.25 8.5 40.3 – – –

Personnel, training, and labor relations

specialists ........................................................ 17.67 8.7 40.0 17.67 8.7 40.1 – – –

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ........................................................... 22.72 7.9 41.3 22.72 7.9 41.3 – – –

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ............... 20.30 9.8 40.4 20.30 9.8 40.4 – – –

Construction inspectors ..................................... 19.07 6.1 40.0 19.07 6.1 40.0 – – –

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ..................................................... 21.86 5.5 40.3 21.86 5.5 40.3 – – –

Management related, n.e.c. ............................... 20.00 5.6 36.4 19.97 5.7 40.2 – – –

Sales ............................................................................. 12.23 6.0 31.0 14.27 7.5 40.6 6.80 2.6 19.1

Supervisors, sales ............................................. 15.83 6.8 41.8 15.84 6.8 41.9 – – –

Insurance sales .................................................. 22.37 13.2 40.3 22.37 13.2 40.3 – – –

Advertising and related sales ............................. 18.62 21.6 40.3 18.62 21.6 40.3 – – –

Sales, other business services .......................... 12.13 19.1 29.4 14.92 16.7 37.8 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 3. Selected occupations, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Sales –Continued

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale .................................................. $22.46 25.5 39.9 $22.46 25.5 39.9 – – –

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .......... 16.38 19.3 45.8 16.38 19.3 45.8 – – –

Sales workers, apparel ...................................... 9.61 23.1 29.1 11.69 29.7 37.5 $6.42 8.1 21.6

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies 12.13 6.8 38.7 – – – – – –

Sales workers, parts .......................................... 11.33 8.7 38.3 12.28 6.0 41.3 – – –

Sales workers, other commodities ..................... 10.37 11.5 27.6 12.33 13.9 40.7 6.92 7.0 17.6

Sales counter clerks .......................................... 7.34 4.9 28.6 7.83 8.3 39.9 6.67 4.5 20.7

Cashiers ............................................................. 7.61 2.6 25.3 8.22 3.4 39.9 6.99 3.1 18.5

Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .. 9.93 10.8 25.9 – – – – – –

Sales support, n.e.c. .......................................... 12.48 9.1 37.2 12.92 10.0 41.0 – – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................ 11.87 3.4 36.8 12.15 3.2 39.4 9.11 4.5 22.4

Supervisors, general office ................................ 17.50 8.1 40.6 17.50 8.1 40.6 – – –

Supervisors, financial records processing ......... 16.52 12.4 41.7 16.52 12.4 41.7 – – –

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and

adjusting clerks ................................................ 15.70 7.7 39.9 15.70 7.7 39.9 – – –

Computer operators ........................................... 14.09 5.2 39.9 14.09 5.2 39.9 – – –

Secretaries ......................................................... 12.98 6.3 38.3 13.02 6.4 38.9 11.48 6.7 23.5

Stenographers ................................................... 10.81 11.9 39.3 10.81 11.9 39.3 – – –

Typists ............................................................... 11.71 5.8 39.8 11.71 5.8 39.8 – – –

Interviewers ....................................................... – – – 10.11 6.2 38.5 – – –

Hotel clerks ........................................................ 7.54 4.6 27.4 7.85 3.3 39.2 – – –

Receptionists ..................................................... 9.59 3.7 33.0 9.57 3.9 38.4 9.66 8.6 23.6

Information clerks, n.e.c. .................................... 12.81 3.4 34.6 12.96 3.9 39.9 12.38 10.3 24.7

Correspondence clerks ...................................... 13.21 8.5 40.0 13.21 8.5 40.0 – – –

Order clerks ....................................................... 12.32 9.6 38.4 12.92 6.6 39.9 – – –

Personnel clerks, except payroll and

timekeeping ..................................................... 11.45 7.0 38.9 11.42 7.2 39.4 – – –

Library clerks ..................................................... 9.81 9.5 25.0 11.44 4.2 39.0 9.03 13.0 21.4

File clerks ........................................................... 9.60 4.1 38.5 9.53 4.3 39.7 – – –

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................ 10.89 5.4 37.7 11.12 6.1 39.4 – – –

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ... 11.48 3.2 38.6 11.49 3.4 39.5 11.10 4.9 26.3

Payroll and timekeeping clerks .......................... 16.44 7.3 27.5 16.84 7.6 39.9 – – –

Billing clerks ....................................................... 12.66 6.6 37.2 12.83 6.5 38.7 – – –

Office machine operators, n.e.c. ........................ 8.53 9.1 36.2 – – – – – –

Telephone operators .......................................... 12.84 10.9 36.5 13.28 11.2 39.7 – – –

Mail clerks, except postal service ...................... 8.99 5.6 38.0 9.01 6.1 39.6 – – –

Messengers ....................................................... 8.13 7.7 28.3 – – – – – –

Dispatchers ........................................................ 14.26 6.4 38.6 14.25 6.5 39.9 – – –

Production coordinators ..................................... 17.52 3.8 39.9 17.60 3.7 40.1 – – –

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................. 11.95 9.8 39.6 11.95 9.8 39.6 – – –

Stock and inventory clerks ................................. 10.44 5.2 37.4 10.59 5.5 39.9 – – –

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers 13.96 25.2 19.8 – – – – – –

Expeditors .......................................................... 16.94 5.3 36.8 17.33 4.8 40.0 – – –

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution

clerks, n.e.c. ..................................................... 11.67 15.5 36.4 11.87 15.9 39.9 – – –

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and

investigators ..................................................... 13.59 6.5 38.7 13.60 6.6 38.9 – – –

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ... 11.44 4.0 39.5 11.51 4.2 40.0 8.77 14.2 28.1

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ........................... 13.15 6.9 39.3 13.15 6.9 39.3 – – –

Bill and account collectors ................................. 13.66 5.1 39.1 13.71 5.2 40.0 – – –

General office clerks .......................................... 11.43 5.5 36.9 11.59 6.0 39.7 10.18 3.8 23.5

Bank tellers ........................................................ 8.28 3.6 32.0 8.57 3.3 37.5 7.37 4.0 21.8

Data entry keyers ............................................... 10.70 4.2 38.8 10.83 4.5 39.9 9.27 11.0 29.6

Statistical clerks ................................................. 12.68 6.3 39.4 12.68 6.3 39.4 – – –

Teachers’ aides ................................................. 9.66 5.7 30.3 9.66 7.5 34.9 9.65 6.0 23.5

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................ 11.92 5.9 36.3 12.31 6.3 39.9 9.87 6.2 24.5

Blue collar ........................................................................ 13.46 2.8 38.0 13.83 3.1 40.1 8.34 4.2 22.2

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 3. Selected occupations, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... $16.87 3.3 39.9 $16.88 3.3 40.1 – – –

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .............. 20.07 7.4 41.5 20.07 7.4 41.5 – – –

Automobile mechanics ....................................... 15.91 6.2 40.1 15.91 6.2 40.1 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .... 13.11 6.7 40.6 13.07 6.7 40.6 – – –

Automobile body and related repairers .............. 17.43 7.7 42.6 17.43 7.7 42.6 – – –

Heavy equipment mechanics ............................. 18.97 4.4 40.1 18.97 4.4 40.1 – – –

Machinery maintenance ..................................... 17.21 9.3 39.4 17.21 9.3 39.4 – – –

Electronic repairers, communications and

industrial equipment ......................................... 18.39 5.5 39.7 18.49 5.6 40.0 – – –

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration

mechanics ........................................................ 16.40 7.7 40.0 16.40 7.7 40.0 – – –

Millwrights .......................................................... 21.02 12.8 40.0 21.02 12.8 40.0 – – –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ......................... 16.92 3.6 39.8 16.98 3.5 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ............. 19.87 7.1 40.8 19.87 7.1 40.8 – – –

Carpenters ......................................................... 17.63 5.9 39.9 17.61 5.9 40.0 – – –

Electricians ........................................................ 22.87 11.7 40.0 22.87 11.7 40.0 – – –

Electrical power installers and repairers ............ 21.26 1.9 40.0 21.26 1.9 40.0 – – –

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ............... 20.58 14.2 40.0 20.58 14.2 40.0 – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ................................. 16.35 3.6 40.9 16.35 3.6 40.9 – – –

Supervisors, production ..................................... 20.53 3.4 40.2 20.53 3.4 40.2 – – –

Tool and die makers .......................................... 22.87 3.8 40.0 22.87 3.8 40.0 – – –

Machinists .......................................................... 17.72 6.3 40.0 17.72 6.3 40.0 – – –

Sheet metal workers .......................................... 21.28 3.7 39.9 21.28 3.7 39.9 – – –

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 9.78 5.8 40.0 9.78 5.8 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ............ 14.84 21.4 40.0 14.84 21.4 40.0 – – –

Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................ 19.89 18.0 40.0 19.89 18.0 40.0 – – –

Water and sewer treatment plant operators ...... 14.71 16.6 40.0 14.71 16.6 40.0 – – –

Stationary engineers .......................................... 18.06 5.1 40.0 18.06 5.1 40.0 – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..... 12.90 4.8 38.8 13.13 4.7 39.8 – – –

Punching and stamping press operators ........... 12.46 5.7 38.9 12.48 5.8 40.0 – – –

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing

machine operators ........................................... 13.30 9.2 40.0 13.30 9.2 40.0 – – –

Numerical control machine operators ................ 16.72 10.8 40.0 16.72 10.8 40.0 – – –

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ............... 12.35 5.2 40.0 12.35 5.2 40.0 – – –

Molding and casting machine operators ............ 12.33 6.1 39.8 12.34 6.1 39.9 – – –

Printing press operators ..................................... 16.71 6.3 38.8 16.71 6.3 38.8 – – –

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators 7.25 1.4 28.4 7.15 1.7 38.9 – – –

Packaging and filling machine operators ........... 12.01 14.7 39.4 12.02 14.9 40.0 – – –

Extruding and forming machine operators ......... 11.14 15.0 39.4 11.14 15.0 39.4 – – –

Mixing and blending machine operators ............ 14.09 5.5 40.0 14.09 5.5 40.0 – – –

Painting and paint spraying machine operators 15.69 7.6 40.0 15.69 7.6 40.0 – – –

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food 15.01 3.9 40.0 15.01 3.9 40.0 – – –

Slicing and cutting machine operators ............... 14.55 11.3 39.9 14.55 11.3 39.9 – – –

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .......... 13.38 9.4 39.5 13.43 9.4 39.7 – – –

Welders and cutters ........................................... 13.33 6.6 40.0 13.33 6.6 40.0 – – –

Assemblers ........................................................ 12.62 7.5 37.1 13.45 7.0 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ................... 14.61 3.8 40.0 14.61 3.8 40.0 – – –

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners 14.22 6.3 39.4 14.35 6.1 39.9 – – –

Production testers .............................................. 17.51 8.0 40.0 17.51 8.0 40.0 – – –

Transportation and material moving ......................... 12.68 4.8 37.4 12.90 5.3 41.2 $10.42 5.6 19.3

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................ 19.83 5.0 41.7 19.83 5.0 41.7 – – –

Truck drivers ...................................................... 11.71 5.6 40.3 11.73 5.7 41.6 – – –

Driver-sales workers .......................................... 12.13 18.3 32.0 13.26 15.1 40.4 – – –

Bus drivers ......................................................... 12.78 3.9 22.4 15.09 4.6 36.3 11.79 3.2 19.2

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs .......................... 10.16 8.0 32.3 – – – – – –

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................ 7.38 6.3 29.8 7.94 5.0 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, material moving equipment ........... 20.75 4.8 42.0 20.75 4.8 42.0 – – –

Operating engineers .......................................... 17.29 3.3 40.0 17.29 3.3 40.0 – – –

Excavating and loading machine operators ....... 21.18 4.6 40.0 21.18 4.6 40.0 – – –

Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ............. 13.24 5.4 40.0 13.24 5.4 40.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 3. Selected occupations, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

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 $13.60 4.1 39.8 $13.65 4.0 39.9 – – –

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ............................................... 18.53 7.3 39.6 18.60 7.3 40.0 – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers ....................................................................... 10.27 2.4 35.7 10.80 2.0 39.7 $7.44 3.7 23.1

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ........... 19.74 4.2 40.0 19.74 4.2 40.0 – – –

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ... 10.84 5.7 31.6 11.42 6.8 40.0 8.29 15.3 16.5

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ................................................. 16.45 5.6 39.5 16.45 5.6 39.5 – – –

Helpers, construction trades .............................. 9.65 7.6 38.3 9.61 8.1 40.0 – – –

Construction laborers ......................................... 13.19 10.3 39.8 13.15 10.3 39.9 – – –

Production helpers ............................................. 10.88 6.5 38.7 11.02 5.9 39.5 – – –

Stock handlers and baggers .............................. 9.71 5.5 27.3 12.51 4.7 39.8 6.89 4.6 20.7

Machine feeders and offbearers ........................ 9.20 7.1 39.1 9.18 7.2 39.6 – – –

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ...... 11.15 5.4 37.4 11.32 5.2 39.7 9.45 9.0 24.0

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ......... 9.47 9.6 38.7 9.53 9.3 40.0 – – –

Hand packers and packagers ............................ 9.07 6.4 37.7 9.07 7.0 39.9 9.16 4.1 23.2

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................. 9.83 4.3 36.6 10.49 3.4 39.4 6.96 6.5 28.1

Service .............................................................................. 9.48 4.3 29.8 10.52 4.0 39.3 7.08 3.7 19.1

Protective service .................................................. 15.56 4.6 37.9 16.56 2.7 41.2 6.70 11.5 22.0

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ...... 18.94 9.1 49.7 18.94 9.1 49.7 – – –

Supervisors, police and detectives .................... 26.08 1.2 40.0 26.08 1.2 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, guards ........................................... 20.35 12.3 40.0 20.35 12.3 40.0 – – –

Firefighting ......................................................... 14.53 4.9 46.0 14.58 5.0 49.0 – – –

Police and detectives, public service ................. 19.24 3.9 39.8 19.25 3.9 40.0 – – –

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement

officers ............................................................. 17.76 3.3 38.6 17.93 3.1 40.0 – – –

Correctional institution officers ........................... 14.29 6.8 39.3 14.33 6.7 39.9 – – –

Guards and police, except public service .......... 9.89 12.9 32.9 – – – – – –

Protective service, n.e.c. .................................... 8.39 9.3 20.4 – – – 7.81 8.4 17.8

Food service .......................................................... 7.74 6.4 27.6 8.71 5.4 39.0 6.40 4.9 19.6

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ................... 5.37 13.7 23.3 5.65 22.1 37.4 5.16 13.9 18.0

Bartenders ......................................................... 8.84 10.2 28.6 – – – – – –

Waiters and waitresses ...................................... 3.70 8.2 22.4 3.17 5.5 36.1 4.00 10.0 18.4

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ......................... 6.36 6.8 18.7 7.27 13.6 39.3 5.93 5.9 15.0

Other food service ............................................... 8.57 4.5 29.5 9.45 3.3 39.4 7.07 3.4 20.5

Supervisors, food preparation and service ........ 9.75 8.4 35.9 10.09 8.1 41.7 – – –

Cooks ................................................................. 9.18 6.1 33.1 9.68 4.4 39.3 7.38 8.1 21.2

Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................... 7.99 3.6 26.8 7.93 2.9 39.7 8.02 4.8 22.7

Food preparation, n.e.c. ..................................... 7.61 5.6 24.5 9.05 4.3 38.7 6.65 2.9 19.7

Health service ........................................................ 10.07 10.2 29.4 10.33 11.6 39.4 9.25 5.3 16.3

Health aides, except nursing ............................. 9.30 4.3 28.0 9.72 4.3 39.7 8.14 8.2 15.4

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............ 8.91 4.2 31.9 8.91 5.3 39.2 8.90 3.2 20.9

Cleaning and building service ................................ 9.82 8.9 31.9 10.44 8.7 39.1 7.39 4.3 18.5

Supervisors, cleaning and building service

workers ............................................................ 13.88 14.4 38.3 13.93 14.2 38.7 – – –

Maids and housemen ........................................ 7.30 4.0 28.4 7.49 4.1 37.7 – – –

Janitors and cleaners ......................................... 9.79 4.3 32.1 10.41 4.1 39.7 7.61 5.0 19.1

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 3. Selected occupations, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

Personal service .................................................... $9.06 5.2 30.5 $9.43 7.3 38.5 $8.16 4.2 20.4

Supervisors, personal service ............................ 12.95 10.8 33.4 13.78 8.5 40.4 – – –

Attendants, amusement, and recreation

facilities ............................................................ 7.10 10.3 34.9 – – – 7.08 5.8 19.3

Welfare service aides ........................................ 9.27 9.8 27.5 8.43 10.4 39.9 10.67 11.0 18.1

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................. 8.27 5.6 28.2 8.79 7.1 39.2 7.86 5.8 23.0

Child care workers, n.e.c. .................................. 10.77 11.4 29.1 11.52 10.7 40.0 7.67 4.0 13.8

Service, n.e.c. .................................................... 8.82 3.0 32.6 – – – 8.28 10.3 18.1

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

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

pay for overtime, vacations, 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 Total includes full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working

either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each

establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered

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

a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 In this census division, collection was conducted between March 2000 and January

2002. The average reference period was March 2001. 4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see Technical Note. 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 Technical Note.

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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TABLE 4. Selected occupations, West North Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All .......................................................................................... $14.14 3.4 35.1 $15.10 3.8 40.1 $8.20 2.8 19.8

All, excluding sales ........................................................ 14.40 3.6 35.7 15.19 3.9 40.0 8.63 3.7 20.0

White collar ...................................................................... 16.85 5.3 35.5 17.94 5.6 40.3 9.47 5.2 19.6

White collar, excluding sales ..................................... 18.51 6.1 37.4 18.98 6.3 40.2 12.89 8.3 20.2

Professional specialty and technical ......................... 20.72 3.2 35.9 21.07 3.2 40.1 17.61 10.5 18.4

Professional specialty ................................................ 22.13 3.7 37.1 22.36 3.9 40.3 19.60 14.8 20.2

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..................... 27.23 10.3 40.4 27.23 10.3 40.4 – – –

Civil engineers ................................................... 33.63 6.0 40.2 33.63 6.0 40.2 – – –

Electrical and electronic engineers .................... 28.08 3.9 40.7 28.08 3.9 40.7 – – –

Industrial engineers ........................................... 26.62 2.7 41.7 26.62 2.7 41.7 – – –

Mechanical engineers ........................................ 30.07 3.7 40.1 30.07 3.7 40.1 – – –

Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................ 24.90 19.4 40.1 24.90 19.4 40.1 – – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ................... 28.45 4.8 40.7 28.45 4.8 40.7 – – –

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........ 28.67 5.3 40.7 28.67 5.3 40.7 – – –

Operations and systems researchers and

analysts ............................................................ 23.53 7.1 40.0 23.53 7.1 40.0 – – –

Natural scientists ................................................... 21.44 8.2 40.3 21.44 8.2 40.3 – – –

Chemists, except biochemists ........................... 20.03 16.3 40.0 20.03 16.3 40.0 – – –

Health related ........................................................ 21.27 3.4 34.6 21.26 4.0 39.7 21.30 2.0 20.5

Physicians .......................................................... 52.28 17.3 43.0 52.12 17.7 45.2 – – –

Registered nurses .............................................. 19.33 2.7 33.8 18.97 2.8 39.4 20.98 2.1 20.6

Pharmacists ....................................................... 31.94 5.1 37.7 33.15 4.0 40.4 – – –

Respiratory therapists ........................................ 18.17 11.8 39.2 18.17 11.8 39.2 – – –

Occupational therapists ..................................... 19.13 6.5 35.7 – – – – – –

Physical therapists ............................................. 24.75 7.5 36.9 – – – – – –

Therapists, n.e.c. ............................................... 16.55 7.8 40.0 16.55 7.8 40.0 – – –

Teachers, college and university ........................... 27.91 7.8 24.4 29.23 6.9 38.3 22.13 10.2 9.4

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .. 31.78 24.7 12.5 – – – – – –

Art, drama, and music teachers ......................... 27.15 17.5 30.8 26.72 19.7 38.1 – – –

Other post-secondary teachers ......................... 27.32 8.8 29.1 27.90 8.8 38.6 22.62 6.4 9.8

Teachers, except college and university ................ 13.68 7.4 31.6 14.70 7.0 39.5 – – –

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ..................... – – – 10.99 3.0 39.1 – – –

Elementary school teachers .............................. 21.07 6.7 39.0 21.03 6.8 39.4 – – –

Secondary school teachers ............................... 22.69 7.5 36.0 22.85 8.0 38.8 21.37 19.5 22.8

Teachers, n.e.c. ................................................. 15.28 12.9 29.2 16.42 10.6 39.6 12.25 27.3 17.2

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

Social scientists and urban planners ..................... 23.86 5.1 40.0 23.85 5.1 40.0 – – –

Economists ........................................................ 24.46 4.6 40.0 24.46 4.6 40.0 – – –

Social, recreation, and religious workers ............... 14.55 3.7 39.5 14.52 3.7 40.0 – – –

Social workers ................................................... 14.50 3.7 39.6 14.47 3.7 40.0 – – –

Lawyers and judges ............................................... 35.32 10.4 54.5 35.13 10.4 58.0 – – –

Lawyers ............................................................. 35.32 10.4 54.5 35.13 10.4 58.0 – – –

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. 18.28 15.0 34.5 17.83 10.4 40.2 20.13 46.6 21.8

Designers ........................................................... – – – 12.48 18.8 40.0 – – –

Actors and directors ........................................... 11.86 11.1 36.0 – – – – – –

Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist

printmakers ...................................................... 16.16 3.5 39.9 16.16 3.5 39.9 – – –

Editors and reporters ......................................... 20.77 5.1 39.7 21.13 5.7 40.8 – – –

Public relations specialists ................................. 19.41 20.5 40.1 19.41 20.5 40.1 – – –

Professional, n.e.c. ............................................ 35.22 16.3 40.3 28.41 15.4 40.4 – – –

Technical ................................................................... 17.52 8.4 33.4 17.95 8.4 39.7 14.73 9.2 16.3

Clinical laboratory technologists and

technicians ....................................................... 14.50 4.9 38.4 14.43 4.8 39.7 – – –

Radiological technicians .................................... 19.98 11.3 34.5 20.26 12.7 39.9 18.38 6.1 19.3

Licensed practical nurses .................................. 13.25 3.0 33.0 13.29 3.7 39.1 13.14 4.6 22.7

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ...... 12.00 5.0 34.4 12.25 6.0 39.6 11.16 7.6 23.6

Electrical and electronic technicians .................. 17.19 3.3 40.0 17.19 3.3 40.0 – – –

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .......................... 20.93 3.5 39.4 21.09 3.0 39.9 – – –

Drafters .............................................................. 17.57 4.6 40.0 17.57 4.6 40.0 – – –

Computer programmers ..................................... 23.15 5.6 39.8 23.83 4.7 40.9 – – –

Legal assistants ................................................. 18.98 11.3 39.6 18.98 11.3 39.6 – – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. .............................. 17.28 4.6 33.1 17.06 6.4 39.8 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 4. Selected occupations, West North Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... $28.45 14.6 41.7 $28.46 14.6 42.0 – – –

Executives, administrators, and managers ............ 31.88 19.8 42.7 31.89 19.8 42.8 – – –

Financial managers ........................................... 56.44 37.5 42.3 56.44 37.5 42.3 – – –

Personnel and labor relations managers ........... 29.38 6.2 42.4 29.38 6.2 42.4 – – –

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public

relations ........................................................... 38.60 8.7 40.7 38.60 8.7 40.7 – – –

Administrators, education and related fields ...... 25.92 9.5 39.6 26.50 9.4 40.3 – – –

Managers, medicine and health ......................... 29.26 3.3 40.2 29.26 3.3 40.2 – – –

Managers, food servicing and lodging

establishments ................................................. 17.17 11.2 44.8 17.17 11.2 44.8 – – –

Managers, properties and real estate ................ 15.81 8.6 39.9 15.81 8.6 39.9 – – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................. 25.55 8.3 43.5 25.55 8.3 43.5 – – –

Management related .............................................. 19.80 7.6 39.2 19.79 7.6 40.2 – – –

Accountants and auditors .................................. 23.53 12.2 39.7 23.53 12.2 39.7 – – –

Underwriters ...................................................... 22.29 15.6 39.7 22.29 15.6 39.7 – – –

Other financial officers ....................................... 14.32 26.1 40.3 14.33 26.2 40.3 – – –

Management analysts ........................................ 22.24 10.3 40.2 22.32 10.4 40.4 – – –

Personnel, training, and labor relations

specialists ........................................................ 17.23 8.5 40.1 17.23 8.5 40.1 – – –

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ........................................................... 22.72 7.9 41.3 22.72 7.9 41.3 – – –

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ............... 18.70 10.4 40.5 18.70 10.4 40.5 – – –

Management related, n.e.c. ............................... 21.17 4.6 35.5 21.09 4.6 40.3 – – –

Sales ............................................................................. 12.24 6.0 31.1 14.27 7.5 40.6 $6.80 2.6 19.1

Supervisors, sales ............................................. 15.84 6.8 41.8 15.85 6.8 41.9 – – –

Insurance sales .................................................. 22.37 13.2 40.3 22.37 13.2 40.3 – – –

Advertising and related sales ............................. 18.62 21.6 40.3 18.62 21.6 40.3 – – –

Sales, other business services .......................... 12.13 19.1 29.4 14.92 16.7 37.8 – – –

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale .................................................. 22.46 25.5 39.9 22.46 25.5 39.9 – – –

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .......... 16.38 19.3 45.8 16.38 19.3 45.8 – – –

Sales workers, apparel ...................................... 9.61 23.1 29.1 11.69 29.7 37.5 6.42 8.1 21.6

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies 12.13 6.8 38.7 – – – – – –

Sales workers, parts .......................................... 11.33 8.7 38.3 12.28 6.0 41.3 – – –

Sales workers, other commodities ..................... 10.38 11.6 27.6 12.33 13.9 40.7 6.92 7.0 17.6

Sales counter clerks .......................................... 7.34 4.9 28.6 7.83 8.3 39.9 6.67 4.5 20.7

Cashiers ............................................................. 7.60 2.6 25.3 8.21 3.4 39.9 6.98 3.2 18.5

Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .. 9.93 10.8 25.9 – – – – – –

Sales support, n.e.c. .......................................... 12.48 9.1 37.2 12.92 10.0 41.0 – – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................ 11.53 3.1 36.7 11.81 2.9 39.4 8.89 5.1 22.3

Supervisors, general office ................................ 17.96 11.9 40.9 17.96 11.9 40.9 – – –

Supervisors, financial records processing ......... 16.47 13.3 41.9 16.47 13.3 41.9 – – –

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and

adjusting clerks ................................................ 17.68 5.9 39.9 17.68 5.9 39.9 – – –

Computer operators ........................................... 14.21 5.3 39.9 14.21 5.3 39.9 – – –

Secretaries ......................................................... 11.91 5.7 37.8 11.90 5.8 38.4 12.18 7.7 24.1

Stenographers ................................................... 10.81 11.9 39.3 10.81 11.9 39.3 – – –

Typists ............................................................... 10.78 8.1 39.9 10.78 8.1 39.9 – – –

Hotel clerks ........................................................ 7.54 4.6 27.4 7.85 3.3 39.2 – – –

Receptionists ..................................................... 9.53 3.7 33.0 9.48 3.8 38.4 9.66 8.6 23.8

Information clerks, n.e.c. .................................... 12.52 3.9 35.9 12.98 4.5 39.9 10.97 6.1 26.8

Order clerks ....................................................... 12.32 9.6 38.4 12.92 6.6 39.9 – – –

Personnel clerks, except payroll and

timekeeping ..................................................... 11.43 7.2 38.9 11.40 7.3 39.4 – – –

File clerks ........................................................... 9.60 4.1 38.5 9.53 4.3 39.7 – – –

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................ 10.80 5.9 37.5 11.05 6.6 39.4 – – –

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ... 11.13 3.5 38.5 11.15 3.7 39.4 10.73 4.9 25.6

Payroll and timekeeping clerks .......................... 16.64 8.3 25.4 17.16 8.6 39.9 – – –

Billing clerks ....................................................... 12.42 6.9 36.8 12.60 7.0 38.5 – – –

Office machine operators, n.e.c. ........................ 8.53 9.1 36.2 – – – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 4. Selected occupations, West North Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical

–Continued

Telephone operators .......................................... $12.84 10.9 36.5 $13.28 11.2 39.7 – – –

Mail clerks, except postal service ...................... 8.99 6.3 37.8 9.00 6.9 39.6 – – –

Messengers ....................................................... 8.04 8.3 27.6 – – – – – –

Dispatchers ........................................................ 15.99 8.9 38.3 16.11 8.7 39.8 – – –

Production coordinators ..................................... 17.52 3.8 39.9 17.60 3.7 40.1 – – –

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................. 11.95 9.8 39.6 11.95 9.8 39.6 – – –

Stock and inventory clerks ................................. 10.28 5.5 37.4 10.43 5.7 40.0 – – –

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers 14.48 25.8 26.6 – – – – – –

Expeditors .......................................................... 16.94 5.3 36.8 17.33 4.8 40.0 – – –

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution

clerks, n.e.c. ..................................................... 11.66 15.6 36.4 11.86 16.0 39.9 – – –

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and

investigators ..................................................... 13.59 6.5 38.7 13.60 6.6 38.9 – – –

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ... 11.39 4.1 39.5 11.46 4.2 40.0 $8.77 14.2 28.1

Bill and account collectors ................................. 13.21 4.8 39.0 13.25 4.9 40.0 – – –

General office clerks .......................................... 10.73 4.0 36.6 10.80 4.7 39.6 10.20 5.5 23.2

Bank tellers ........................................................ 8.28 3.6 32.0 8.57 3.3 37.5 7.37 4.0 21.8

Data entry keyers ............................................... 10.97 3.6 38.5 11.16 3.7 39.8 9.27 11.0 29.6

Statistical clerks ................................................. 12.68 6.3 39.4 12.68 6.3 39.4 – – –

Teachers’ aides ................................................. 10.12 3.7 38.1 – – – – – –

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................ 11.90 6.4 36.0 12.33 7.0 40.0 9.75 6.7 24.3

Blue collar ........................................................................ 13.36 2.9 38.1 13.74 3.2 40.1 8.13 4.1 22.5

Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... 16.84 3.7 39.9 16.85 3.7 40.1 – – –

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .............. 20.00 8.1 41.6 20.00 8.1 41.6 – – –

Automobile mechanics ....................................... 15.95 6.4 40.1 15.95 6.4 40.1 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .... 12.65 7.2 40.7 12.61 7.2 40.7 – – –

Automobile body and related repairers .............. 17.43 7.7 42.6 17.43 7.7 42.6 – – –

Heavy equipment mechanics ............................. 18.99 6.9 40.2 18.99 6.9 40.2 – – –

Machinery maintenance ..................................... 17.21 9.3 39.4 17.21 9.3 39.4 – – –

Electronic repairers, communications and

industrial equipment ......................................... 19.71 3.9 40.0 19.71 3.9 40.0 – – –

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration

mechanics ........................................................ 16.42 7.8 40.0 16.42 7.8 40.0 – – –

Millwrights .......................................................... 21.02 12.8 40.0 21.02 12.8 40.0 – – –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ......................... 17.10 3.7 39.7 17.17 3.6 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ............. 24.00 7.5 42.8 24.00 7.5 42.8 – – –

Carpenters ......................................................... 17.52 6.2 39.9 17.50 6.2 40.0 – – –

Electricians ........................................................ 24.69 10.0 40.0 24.69 10.0 40.0 – – –

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ............... 20.66 14.5 40.0 20.66 14.5 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, production ..................................... 21.06 3.2 40.3 21.06 3.2 40.3 – – –

Tool and die makers .......................................... 22.87 3.8 40.0 22.87 3.8 40.0 – – –

Machinists .......................................................... 17.69 6.3 40.0 17.69 6.3 40.0 – – –

Sheet metal workers .......................................... 21.28 3.7 39.9 21.28 3.7 39.9 – – –

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 9.78 5.8 40.0 9.78 5.8 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ............ 14.84 21.4 40.0 14.84 21.4 40.0 – – –

Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................ 19.89 18.0 40.0 19.89 18.0 40.0 – – –

Stationary engineers .......................................... 18.95 5.2 40.0 18.95 5.2 40.0 – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..... 12.90 4.8 38.8 13.13 4.7 39.8 – – –

Punching and stamping press operators ........... 12.46 5.7 38.9 12.48 5.8 40.0 – – –

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing

machine operators ........................................... 13.30 9.2 40.0 13.30 9.2 40.0 – – –

Numerical control machine operators ................ 16.72 10.8 40.0 16.72 10.8 40.0 – – –

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ............... 12.35 5.2 40.0 12.35 5.2 40.0 – – –

Molding and casting machine operators ............ 12.33 6.1 39.8 12.34 6.1 39.9 – – –

Printing press operators ..................................... 16.71 6.3 38.8 16.71 6.3 38.8 – – –

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators 7.26 1.4 28.4 7.15 1.7 38.9 – – –

Packaging and filling machine operators ........... 12.01 14.7 39.4 12.02 14.9 40.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 4. Selected occupations, West North Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors

–Continued

Extruding and forming machine operators ......... $11.14 15.0 39.4 $11.14 15.0 39.4 – – –

Mixing and blending machine operators ............ 14.09 5.5 40.0 14.09 5.5 40.0 – – –

Painting and paint spraying machine operators 15.69 7.6 40.0 15.69 7.6 40.0 – – –

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food 15.01 3.9 40.0 15.01 3.9 40.0 – – –

Slicing and cutting machine operators ............... 14.55 11.3 39.9 14.55 11.3 39.9 – – –

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .......... 13.38 9.4 39.5 13.43 9.4 39.7 – – –

Welders and cutters ........................................... 13.33 6.6 40.0 13.33 6.6 40.0 – – –

Assemblers ........................................................ 12.62 7.5 37.1 13.45 7.0 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ................... 14.61 3.8 40.0 14.61 3.8 40.0 – – –

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners 14.22 6.3 39.4 14.35 6.1 39.9 – – –

Production testers .............................................. 17.51 8.0 40.0 17.51 8.0 40.0 – – –

Transportation and material moving ......................... 12.58 5.1 37.8 12.81 5.6 41.3 $9.89 6.7 19.2

Truck drivers ...................................................... 11.70 5.7 40.3 11.72 5.8 41.6 – – –

Driver-sales workers .......................................... 12.13 18.3 32.0 13.26 15.1 40.4 – – –

Bus drivers ......................................................... 11.38 2.9 20.2 – – – 11.17 2.2 19.1

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................ 7.38 6.3 29.8 7.94 5.0 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, material moving equipment ........... 20.75 4.8 42.0 20.75 4.8 42.0 – – –

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators 13.60 4.1 39.8 13.65 4.0 39.9 – – –

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ............................................... 19.42 6.8 39.6 19.51 6.9 40.0 – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers ....................................................................... 10.14 2.4 35.7 10.65 2.0 39.7 7.43 3.9 23.4

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ... 9.14 8.4 33.8 9.56 9.3 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ................................................. 16.17 6.5 39.4 16.17 6.5 39.4 – – –

Helpers, construction trades .............................. 9.65 7.6 38.3 9.61 8.1 40.0 – – –

Construction laborers ......................................... 13.31 12.4 39.7 13.27 12.4 39.9 – – –

Production helpers ............................................. 10.88 6.5 38.7 11.02 5.9 39.5 – – –

Stock handlers and baggers .............................. 9.72 5.5 27.4 12.51 4.7 39.8 6.89 4.6 20.8

Machine feeders and offbearers ........................ 9.20 7.1 39.1 9.18 7.2 39.6 – – –

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ...... 11.15 5.4 37.4 11.32 5.2 39.7 9.45 9.0 24.0

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ......... 9.47 9.6 38.7 9.53 9.3 40.0 – – –

Hand packers and packagers ............................ 9.07 6.4 37.7 9.07 7.0 39.9 9.16 4.1 23.2

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................. 9.74 4.5 36.8 10.38 3.4 39.3 6.98 6.9 28.6

Service .............................................................................. 8.49 4.1 28.7 9.30 3.8 39.0 6.91 3.8 19.0

Protective service .................................................. 10.16 12.2 32.6 – – – 6.19 8.3 23.6

Guards and police, except public service .......... 9.71 13.8 32.8 – – – – – –

Food service .......................................................... 7.70 6.7 27.7 8.71 5.6 39.1 6.29 4.9 19.7

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ................... 5.37 13.8 23.4 5.65 22.1 37.4 5.15 14.0 18.2

Bartenders ......................................................... 8.89 10.1 29.7 – – – – – –

Waiters and waitresses ...................................... 3.70 8.2 22.4 3.17 5.5 36.1 4.00 10.0 18.4

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ......................... 6.37 6.9 18.8 7.27 13.6 39.3 5.94 6.0 15.0

Other food service ............................................... 8.57 4.7 29.7 9.49 3.4 39.5 6.94 3.4 20.6

Supervisors, food preparation and service ........ 9.71 8.6 36.0 10.04 8.2 41.9 – – –

Cooks ................................................................. 9.19 6.2 33.2 9.71 4.5 39.3 7.35 8.1 21.2

Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................... 7.74 3.6 26.8 8.04 3.3 39.7 7.60 4.6 23.4

Food preparation, n.e.c. ..................................... 7.54 6.1 24.6 9.06 4.6 38.9 6.54 3.0 19.8

Health service ........................................................ 10.06 11.8 28.6 10.34 13.4 39.3 9.21 6.1 15.5

Health aides, except nursing ............................. 9.17 4.3 27.6 9.59 4.3 39.6 8.05 8.1 15.3

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............ 8.65 4.2 31.1 8.60 5.2 39.1 8.80 3.7 20.3

Cleaning and building service ................................ 8.76 4.3 30.0 9.27 4.6 38.8 7.36 4.3 18.6

Supervisors, cleaning and building service

workers ............................................................ 10.63 6.8 37.6 10.66 6.8 38.2 – – –

Maids and housemen ........................................ 7.29 4.0 28.3 7.48 4.1 37.7 – – –

Janitors and cleaners ......................................... 9.07 4.2 29.5 9.77 4.9 39.6 7.58 5.2 19.2

Personal service .................................................... 8.88 5.6 30.9 9.20 7.4 38.4 7.86 4.6 19.1

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 4. Selected occupations, West North Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Supervisors, personal service ............................ $12.95 10.8 33.4 $13.78 8.5 40.4 – – –

Attendants, amusement, and recreation

facilities ............................................................ 7.10 10.7 36.6 – – – $7.11 8.1 21.2

Welfare service aides ........................................ 8.70 10.7 27.8 7.72 7.8 39.9 10.59 14.3 17.5

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................. 7.92 6.1 28.2 8.62 8.3 39.8 – – –

Child care workers, n.e.c. .................................. 8.84 6.3 24.7 – – – 7.13 3.2 11.9

Service, n.e.c. .................................................... 8.82 3.2 32.6 – – – 8.32 10.7 18.0

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 Total includes full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working

either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each

establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered

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

a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 In this census division, collection was conducted between March 2000 and January

2002. The average reference period was March 2001. 4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see Technical Note. 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 Technical Note.

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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TABLE 5. Selected occupations, West North Central, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for

full-time and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All .......................................................................................... $19.49 2.9 37.0 $20.02 2.6 39.4 $12.49 5.6 20.4

All, excluding sales ........................................................ 19.50 2.9 37.0 20.02 2.6 39.4 12.53 5.7 20.5

White collar ...................................................................... 21.77 2.8 37.4 22.09 2.5 39.1 15.69 8.0 20.4

White collar, excluding sales ..................................... 21.79 2.8 37.5 22.09 2.5 39.1 15.82 8.1 20.6

Professional specialty and technical ......................... 24.49 1.8 37.2 24.63 1.8 38.7 21.18 6.4 19.3

Professional specialty ................................................ 25.85 1.9 37.1 25.98 1.9 38.6 22.37 7.9 18.2

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..................... 26.53 4.5 40.0 26.53 4.5 40.0 – – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ................... 23.19 2.4 40.0 23.19 2.4 40.0 – – –

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........ 23.15 2.5 40.0 23.15 2.5 40.0 – – –

Natural scientists ................................................... 19.39 1.0 40.0 19.39 1.0 40.0 – – –

Health related ........................................................ 22.59 4.7 37.5 22.18 4.4 39.7 26.52 11.7 24.8

Physicians .......................................................... 21.92 8.8 39.4 – – – – – –

Registered nurses .............................................. 21.99 3.3 37.0 21.82 3.8 39.8 23.08 4.7 25.5

Teachers, college and university ........................... 36.77 12.5 38.4 37.16 11.9 39.7 18.96 25.4 15.7

Health specialties teachers ................................ 26.24 3.9 39.6 26.26 3.9 40.3 – – –

English teachers ................................................ 27.11 7.1 37.1 – – – – – –

Trade and industrial teachers ............................ 31.53 2.8 37.3 31.53 2.8 37.3 – – –

Other post-secondary teachers ......................... 26.59 8.9 33.6 26.59 9.6 38.5 26.61 7.9 12.6

Teachers, except college and university ................ 26.63 2.7 35.2 26.81 2.7 37.0 21.43 17.0 14.0

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ..................... 26.16 8.8 35.3 26.45 9.2 36.3 – – –

Elementary school teachers .............................. 27.89 3.1 36.2 27.93 3.2 36.6 – – –

Secondary school teachers ............................... 27.22 4.0 36.1 26.91 4.1 37.2 – – –

Teachers, special education .............................. 25.61 8.0 37.7 25.61 8.0 37.7 – – –

Teachers, n.e.c. ................................................. 23.82 6.0 34.2 24.26 6.0 37.6 14.94 24.5 12.1

Substitute teachers ............................................ 10.57 7.0 10.4 – – – 10.57 7.0 10.4

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................ 24.07 6.1 37.4 24.18 6.1 38.1 – – –

Librarians ........................................................... 24.07 6.1 37.4 24.18 6.1 38.1 – – –

Social scientists and urban planners ..................... 24.69 3.7 39.7 24.69 3.7 39.7 – – –

Psychologists ..................................................... 25.06 3.8 39.7 25.06 3.8 39.7 – – –

Social, recreation, and religious workers ............... 16.50 3.6 38.6 16.58 3.8 40.0 – – –

Social workers ................................................... 16.48 3.7 38.7 16.58 3.8 40.0 – – –

Lawyers and judges ............................................... 28.82 10.7 38.1 28.99 10.9 40.0 – – –

Lawyers ............................................................. 26.74 5.3 37.9 26.84 5.2 40.0 – – –

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. 19.47 5.7 38.3 19.76 6.0 40.0 – – –

Technical ................................................................... 13.83 6.2 38.1 13.56 6.3 40.0 16.92 7.2 24.7

Licensed practical nurses .................................. 11.34 7.4 38.5 10.91 7.9 39.9 18.32 11.8 24.1

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ...... 15.74 11.2 34.5 16.17 13.6 40.9 14.27 11.3 22.4

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .......................... 17.13 4.8 40.0 17.13 4.8 40.0 – – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. .............................. 15.62 5.2 33.1 16.31 3.0 40.0 – – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... 28.60 7.8 39.8 28.69 7.9 40.4 16.71 12.8 13.8

Executives, administrators, and managers ............ 32.05 6.8 39.9 32.15 6.9 40.6 17.48 18.4 12.0

Administrators and officials, public

administration .................................................. 24.90 5.2 40.7 24.85 5.2 41.0 – – –

Administrators, education and related fields ...... 30.09 16.0 40.2 30.12 16.0 40.2 – – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................. 28.64 9.6 41.9 28.64 9.6 41.9 – – –

Management related .............................................. 20.00 6.6 39.6 20.04 6.7 39.9 – – –

Accountants and auditors .................................. 19.06 5.4 40.0 19.06 5.4 40.0 – – –

Management analysts ........................................ 22.06 14.5 40.0 22.06 14.5 40.0 – – –

Personnel, training, and labor relations

specialists ........................................................ 21.82 6.4 39.7 21.87 6.4 39.8 – – –

Construction inspectors ..................................... 19.07 6.1 40.0 19.07 6.1 40.0 – – –

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ..................................................... 21.45 7.0 39.9 21.45 7.0 39.9 – – –

Management related, n.e.c. ............................... 16.78 12.1 38.9 16.82 12.5 39.9 – – –

Sales ............................................................................. 9.75 9.2 19.2 – – – – – –

Cashiers ............................................................. 10.18 10.8 18.4 – – – – – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................ 13.17 7.2 37.1 13.44 6.9 39.3 10.14 5.0 22.6

Supervisors, general office ................................ 16.66 4.2 40.0 16.66 4.2 40.0 – – –

Secretaries ......................................................... 14.48 9.8 38.9 14.56 9.8 39.5 10.01 2.6 22.4

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 5. Selected occupations, West North Central, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for

full-time and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical

–Continued

Typists ............................................................... $11.95 6.2 39.8 $11.95 6.2 39.8 – – –

Receptionists ..................................................... 11.36 7.6 33.5 11.49 7.9 40.0 – – –

Library clerks ..................................................... 9.74 9.7 24.7 11.39 4.5 38.9 $9.02 13.1 21.4

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................ 11.82 4.6 39.3 11.89 4.7 39.8 – – –

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ... 13.87 5.4 39.0 13.95 5.8 39.9 – – –

Dispatchers ........................................................ 12.76 4.4 38.9 12.71 4.5 40.0 – – –

Stock and inventory clerks ................................. 15.67 7.6 37.0 – – – – – –

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ........................... 13.99 4.7 40.0 13.99 4.7 40.0 – – –

General office clerks .......................................... 12.74 5.3 37.4 13.03 4.5 39.9 10.15 3.0 24.1

Teachers’ aides ................................................. 9.65 5.8 30.1 9.65 7.8 34.7 9.65 6.0 23.5

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................ 12.13 6.1 38.7 12.12 6.6 39.7 – – –

Blue collar ........................................................................ 15.28 2.5 36.5 15.62 2.4 39.8 11.54 7.6 18.8

Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... 17.31 2.9 40.0 17.31 2.9 40.0 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .... 16.11 4.5 40.0 16.11 4.5 40.0 – – –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ......................... 15.08 6.1 40.0 15.08 6.1 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ............. 18.08 3.5 40.0 18.08 3.5 40.0 – – –

Electricians ........................................................ 16.83 6.3 40.0 16.83 6.3 40.0 – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ................................. 14.26 6.1 40.0 14.26 6.1 40.0 – – –

Water and sewer treatment plant operators ...... 19.05 3.5 40.0 19.05 3.5 40.0 – – –

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

Transportation and material moving ......................... 13.86 5.2 33.3 14.03 5.5 39.4 13.10 7.5 19.8

Truck drivers ...................................................... 12.46 12.3 40.0 12.46 12.3 40.0 – – –

Bus drivers ......................................................... 14.70 3.5 26.3 15.87 2.2 37.8 13.36 6.4 19.5

Operating engineers .......................................... 14.94 8.4 40.0 14.94 8.4 40.0 – – –

Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ............. 12.09 4.1 40.0 12.09 4.1 40.0 – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers ....................................................................... 13.08 5.3 34.7 13.71 4.4 40.0 7.93 13.6 16.6

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ........... 19.74 4.2 40.0 19.74 4.2 40.0 – – –

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ... 13.49 8.7 28.7 14.41 7.9 40.0 – – –

Construction laborers ......................................... 12.47 9.1 40.0 12.47 9.1 40.0 – – –

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................. 11.87 7.4 33.9 13.02 3.4 40.0 – – –

Service .............................................................................. 13.79 3.4 35.8 14.58 3.2 40.5 8.92 4.6 21.0

Protective service .................................................. 17.66 4.7 40.4 17.75 4.6 41.6 11.46 10.5 13.5

Supervisors, police and detectives .................... 26.08 1.2 40.0 26.08 1.2 40.0 – – –

Firefighting ......................................................... 14.53 4.9 46.0 14.58 5.0 49.0 – – –

Police and detectives, public service ................. 19.14 3.9 39.8 19.15 3.9 40.0 – – –

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement

officers ............................................................. 17.76 3.3 38.6 17.93 3.1 40.0 – – –

Correctional institution officers ........................... 14.29 6.8 39.3 14.33 6.7 39.9 – – –

Guards and police, except public service .......... 15.10 18.7 37.0 – – – – – –

Food service .......................................................... 8.59 3.7 24.7 8.61 4.1 37.8 8.57 5.0 18.2

Other food service ............................................... 8.69 3.7 26.1 8.61 4.1 37.8 8.77 4.7 19.4

Cooks ................................................................. 8.71 3.4 32.0 8.66 3.7 37.4 8.94 5.5 19.2

Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................... 8.85 7.9 26.5 – – – – – –

Food preparation, n.e.c. ..................................... 8.39 4.3 23.7 – – – 7.99 5.6 19.2

Health service ........................................................ 10.12 2.7 35.7 10.26 3.6 39.6 9.56 3.6 25.6

Health aides, except nursing ............................. 11.63 4.6 37.3 – – – – – –

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............ 10.06 2.9 35.6 10.21 3.8 39.6 9.49 3.4 25.6

Cleaning and building service ................................ 12.73 7.6 38.7 12.85 7.1 39.9 8.21 7.8 18.1

Supervisors, cleaning and building service

workers ............................................................ 20.58 3.5 39.8 20.58 3.5 39.8 – – –

Janitors and cleaners ......................................... 11.17 3.4 38.5 11.27 3.0 40.0 8.21 7.8 18.1

Personal service .................................................... 9.99 9.4 28.5 11.61 9.5 38.8 8.80 8.3 23.9

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 5. Selected occupations, West North Central, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for

full-time and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................. $9.00 8.3 28.0 $9.49 10.0 36.8 $8.83 10.6 25.9

Child care workers, n.e.c. .................................. 12.88 4.5 36.1 – – – 8.93 8.8 21.4

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, 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 Total includes full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working

either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each

establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered

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

a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 In this census division, collection was conducted between March 2000 and January

2002. The average reference period was March 2001. 4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see Technical Note. 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 Technical Note.

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. 

18
TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001

Occupations and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All .......................................................................................... $14.99 3.5 35.4 $14.14 3.4 35.1 $19.49 2.9 37.0

All, excluding sales ........................................................ 15.29 3.6 35.9 14.40 3.6 35.7 19.50 2.9 37.0

White collar ...................................................................... 17.96 4.4 35.9 16.85 5.3 35.5 21.77 2.8 37.4

 1 ................................................................... 7.15 2.9 25.7 7.08 3.1 25.6 8.49 5.3 26.2

 2 ................................................................... 7.94 2.9 28.4 7.70 2.8 28.0 10.13 6.5 32.0

 3 ................................................................... 8.94 2.9 31.3 8.80 2.9 31.2 11.29 4.5 33.1

 4 ................................................................... 11.11 2.4 36.8 11.02 2.9 36.7 11.51 3.7 37.2

 5 ................................................................... 13.50 2.5 38.3 13.22 2.6 38.4 14.57 3.6 37.9

 6 ................................................................... 15.90 3.1 38.8 16.14 3.2 39.0 14.94 5.3 38.2

 7 ................................................................... 18.93 2.3 38.8 17.82 3.5 39.8 21.42 3.2 36.7

 8 ................................................................... 21.14 3.5 37.9 18.98 6.4 38.4 24.15 2.2 37.4

 9 ................................................................... 24.78 2.5 39.9 24.42 3.5 40.6 25.38 2.1 38.7

10 ................................................................... 34.17 20.0 33.3 35.82 22.9 32.1 25.75 5.4 41.2

11 ................................................................... 36.28 6.7 41.2 38.04 7.9 41.6 30.66 3.7 40.1

12 ................................................................... 35.87 3.6 41.2 37.14 2.9 41.9 32.15 11.2 39.2

13 ................................................................... 53.42 22.5 40.5 65.72 26.8 40.7 39.45 4.6 40.2

14 ................................................................... 59.58 8.5 43.3 61.49 8.7 43.9 – – –

15 ................................................................... 55.10 .7 39.5 – – – – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 21.06 5.9 35.9 20.26 6.8 35.7 25.79 10.0 36.5

White collar, excluding sales ..................................... 19.44 4.4 37.4 18.51 6.1 37.4 21.79 2.8 37.5

 1 ................................................................... 7.83 5.9 28.5 7.64 6.6 29.2 8.49 5.3 26.2

 2 ................................................................... 9.16 3.1 34.3 8.89 3.0 34.7 10.15 6.7 32.9

 3 ................................................................... 9.59 3.3 35.4 9.42 3.4 35.6 11.33 4.6 33.4

 4 ................................................................... 11.20 2.4 36.2 11.10 2.9 35.9 11.52 3.7 37.2

 5 ................................................................... 13.57 3.7 37.8 13.24 3.6 37.7 14.57 3.6 37.9

 6 ................................................................... 15.32 2.9 38.3 15.45 3.1 38.3 14.94 5.3 38.2

 7 ................................................................... 19.07 2.3 38.6 17.89 3.8 39.6 21.42 3.2 36.7

 8 ................................................................... 21.30 3.4 37.7 18.85 6.8 37.9 24.15 2.2 37.4

 9 ................................................................... 24.36 1.8 39.7 23.71 2.9 40.4 25.38 2.1 38.7

10 ................................................................... 34.31 21.1 33.0 36.10 24.4 31.7 25.75 5.4 41.2

11 ................................................................... 35.64 8.0 41.0 37.72 10.1 41.4 30.66 3.7 40.1

12 ................................................................... 35.60 3.7 41.2 36.83 2.9 42.0 32.15 11.2 39.2

13 ................................................................... 53.42 22.5 40.5 65.72 26.8 40.7 39.45 4.6 40.2

14 ................................................................... 59.58 8.5 43.3 61.49 8.7 43.9 – – –

15 ................................................................... 55.10 .7 39.5 – – – – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 20.96 6.1 36.1 20.10 6.9 36.0 25.79 10.0 36.5

Professional specialty and technical ......................... 22.23 2.2 36.4 20.72 3.2 35.9 24.49 1.8 37.2

Professional specialty ................................................ 23.84 2.4 37.1 22.13 3.7 37.1 25.85 1.9 37.1

 4 ................................................................... 9.67 7.0 19.3 9.09 9.8 32.5 10.43 4.5 12.6

 5 ................................................................... 12.86 10.0 36.3 12.07 9.2 37.3 16.03 2.8 32.6

 6 ................................................................... 14.59 8.2 35.5 14.15 8.0 36.0 17.40 8.4 32.6

 7 ................................................................... 20.89 3.1 36.4 19.34 5.8 36.7 22.51 4.1 36.2

 8 ................................................................... 23.46 2.6 36.3 20.66 3.7 35.0 25.06 2.5 37.0

 9 ................................................................... 25.08 2.6 38.4 23.34 4.8 38.7 26.92 2.4 38.2

10 ................................................................... 25.75 3.1 40.3 26.95 3.8 40.1 23.76 3.7 40.5

11 ................................................................... 31.41 3.6 40.7 33.56 3.7 41.6 28.56 4.5 39.5

12 ................................................................... 32.48 5.7 40.7 34.70 3.7 42.2 28.28 12.0 38.2

13 ................................................................... 37.23 18.3 40.1 46.43 8.4 40.1 30.97 16.6 40.0

14 ................................................................... 47.78 6.1 42.7 48.77 7.5 43.5 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 22.82 9.2 33.9 22.41 12.4 33.1 24.51 13.6 37.7

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..................... 27.16 9.2 40.4 27.23 10.3 40.4 26.53 4.5 40.0

 7 ................................................................... 24.65 5.1 40.0 – – – – – –

 8 ................................................................... 26.83 2.7 40.2 26.66 2.8 40.3 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 26.52 3.3 41.0 27.02 3.0 41.4 25.20 5.6 40.0

10 ................................................................... 27.95 2.5 40.0 27.95 2.5 40.0 – – –

11 ................................................................... 31.07 2.9 40.8 31.27 3.0 40.9 – – –

12 ................................................................... 37.19 3.7 40.0 37.28 4.3 40.0 – – –

13 ................................................................... 43.24 4.1 39.9 43.24 4.1 39.9 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 36.78 7.1 40.4 36.78 7.1 40.4 – – –

Civil engineers ................................................... 32.86 5.7 40.2 33.63 6.0 40.2 – – –

Electrical and electronic engineers .................... 28.48 3.8 40.7 28.08 3.9 40.7 – – –

12 ................................................................... 34.82 1.8 40.0 – – – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued

Occupations and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Engineers, architects, and surveyors –Continued

Industrial engineers ........................................... $26.62 2.6 41.7 $26.62 2.7 41.7 – – –

Mechanical engineers ........................................ 30.07 3.7 40.1 30.07 3.7 40.1 – – –

Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................ 24.70 17.6 40.0 24.90 19.4 40.1 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 24.77 6.7 40.0 – – – – – –

 9 ................................................................... 25.73 3.5 40.2 27.23 3.3 40.3 – – –

10 ................................................................... 28.34 3.8 40.0 28.34 3.8 40.0 – – –

11 ................................................................... 31.69 4.0 40.4 31.69 4.0 40.4 – – –

12 ................................................................... 39.93 4.0 39.9 39.93 4.0 39.9 – – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ................... 27.24 3.3 40.5 28.45 4.8 40.7 $23.19 2.4 40.0

 7 ................................................................... 22.18 4.3 39.9 – – – – – –

 8 ................................................................... 22.37 8.6 40.9 22.37 8.6 40.9 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 27.61 3.1 40.3 27.50 4.3 40.4 27.84 1.9 40.0

10 ................................................................... 26.35 5.4 40.0 28.87 4.7 40.0 – – –

11 ................................................................... 32.68 4.5 44.0 33.91 3.0 44.5 – – –

12 ................................................................... 34.41 4.2 41.5 34.41 4.2 41.5 – – –

13 ................................................................... 40.61 4.1 40.0 40.61 4.1 40.0 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 31.27 8.0 40.0 31.27 8.0 40.0 – – –

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........ 27.34 3.6 40.5 28.67 5.3 40.7 23.15 2.5 40.0

 7 ................................................................... 22.18 4.3 39.9 – – – – – –

 8 ................................................................... 24.27 11.5 41.3 24.27 11.5 41.3 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 27.61 3.2 40.3 27.52 4.6 40.4 – – –

10 ................................................................... 25.91 5.6 40.0 28.42 4.9 40.0 – – –

11 ................................................................... 32.98 4.8 44.3 34.33 2.9 44.9 – – –

12 ................................................................... 34.31 4.3 41.6 34.31 4.3 41.6 – – –

13 ................................................................... 40.61 4.1 40.0 40.61 4.1 40.0 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 31.27 8.0 40.0 31.27 8.0 40.0 – – –

Operations and systems researchers and

analysts ............................................................ 23.79 6.8 40.0 23.53 7.1 40.0 – – –

Natural scientists ................................................... 19.97 3.5 40.1 21.44 8.2 40.3 19.39 1.0 40.0

 9 ................................................................... 25.37 4.7 40.0 – – – – – –

Chemists, except biochemists ........................... 20.03 16.3 40.0 20.03 16.3 40.0 – – –

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ................................... 29.71 11.3 40.0 – – – – – –

Biological and life scientists ............................... 18.95 4.7 40.0 – – – – – –

Health related ........................................................ 21.66 2.5 35.4 21.27 3.4 34.6 22.59 4.7 37.5

 5 ................................................................... 14.94 4.3 36.9 14.94 4.3 36.9 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 13.92 12.0 34.1 13.92 12.0 34.1 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 19.90 3.3 34.0 19.39 3.3 33.4 20.98 2.7 35.4

 8 ................................................................... 20.13 4.7 34.9 19.59 5.4 33.7 21.66 4.7 38.6

 9 ................................................................... 22.60 4.5 36.3 21.64 3.6 35.8 26.41 7.9 38.3

10 ................................................................... 22.65 13.3 43.5 18.94 17.1 46.0 – – –

11 ................................................................... 44.65 16.1 35.5 49.33 18.7 35.6 – – –

13 ................................................................... 32.08 41.7 40.6 – – – – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 16.68 4.3 33.2 16.66 4.3 33.9 – – –

Physicians .......................................................... 31.08 31.9 40.5 52.28 17.3 43.0 21.92 8.8 39.4

13 ................................................................... 32.10 42.1 40.6 – – – – – –

Registered nurses .............................................. 20.00 2.8 34.6 19.33 2.7 33.8 21.99 3.3 37.0

 7 ................................................................... 19.91 3.4 34.0 19.38 3.4 33.5 21.07 2.5 35.1

 8 ................................................................... 19.50 3.4 34.6 19.08 4.4 33.3 20.68 1.7 39.1

 9 ................................................................... 21.32 7.0 35.7 20.29 6.9 35.2 25.78 10.8 37.9

11 ................................................................... 31.38 13.2 33.1 – – – – – –

Pharmacists ....................................................... 31.92 4.2 38.2 31.94 5.1 37.7 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 34.08 4.8 39.6 – – – – – –

Dietitians ............................................................ 14.11 12.0 29.3 – – – – – –

Respiratory therapists ........................................ 18.17 11.8 39.2 18.17 11.8 39.2 – – –

Occupational therapists ..................................... 20.92 7.8 36.5 19.13 6.5 35.7 – – –

Physical therapists ............................................. 25.00 7.3 36.3 24.75 7.5 36.9 – – –

Speech therapists .............................................. 27.72 4.1 35.4 – – – – – –

Therapists, n.e.c. ............................................... 16.93 7.3 40.0 16.55 7.8 40.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued

Occupations and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Health related –Continued

Physicians’ assistants ........................................ $26.02 11.0 40.0 – – – – – –

Teachers, college and university ........................... 36.03 12.7 36.7 $27.91 7.8 24.4 $36.77 12.5 38.4

 7 ................................................................... 27.29 12.1 24.6 – – – 28.09 10.0 30.1

 8 ................................................................... 22.72 13.5 34.5 23.85 3.1 30.2 22.19 19.5 36.9

 9 ................................................................... 27.47 7.6 38.4 22.78 13.4 32.9 28.19 8.2 39.4

10 ................................................................... 28.21 5.9 39.2 29.15 10.8 26.4 27.99 6.9 44.0

11 ................................................................... 30.31 7.1 40.0 31.30 10.1 36.1 30.27 7.4 40.1

12 ................................................................... 34.39 7.0 38.3 30.41 10.2 34.9 – – –

13 ................................................................... 38.66 11.2 40.2 – – – 38.17 11.5 40.2

Chemistry teachers ............................................ 32.50 3.2 40.2 – – – – – –

Social science teachers, n.e.c. .......................... 31.56 1.2 39.3 – – – – – –

Mathematical science teachers ......................... 29.86 19.7 39.9 – – – – – –

Medical science teachers .................................. 29.94 17.3 39.1 – – – – – –

Health specialties teachers ................................ 25.92 3.5 39.6 – – – 26.24 3.9 39.6

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .. 40.86 2.4 30.0 31.78 24.7 12.5 – – –

Art, drama, and music teachers ......................... 37.88 13.1 37.6 27.15 17.5 30.8 – – –

Education teachers ............................................ 24.48 7.7 25.2 – – – – – –

English teachers ................................................ 26.68 7.1 29.9 – – – 27.11 7.1 37.1

Theology teachers ............................................. 38.70 2.8 39.9 – – – – – –

Trade and industrial teachers ............................ 31.49 2.9 37.2 – – – 31.53 2.8 37.3

Other post-secondary teachers ......................... 26.68 8.0 33.0 27.32 8.8 29.1 26.59 8.9 33.6

 7 ................................................................... 27.47 13.2 24.1 – – – 28.13 13.5 23.8

 8 ................................................................... 19.00 3.5 36.4 – – – – – –

11 ................................................................... 25.71 11.7 40.0 – – – – – –

Teachers, except college and university ................ 25.23 2.5 34.7 13.68 7.4 31.6 26.63 2.7 35.2

 4 ................................................................... 10.56 3.5 15.6 – – – 10.43 4.5 12.6

 5 ................................................................... 13.43 7.3 25.1 13.22 11.5 36.8 13.66 7.7 18.8

 6 ................................................................... 13.82 29.3 25.9 – – – 22.60 2.2 28.7

 7 ................................................................... 24.13 5.5 35.7 16.97 4.6 34.6 24.33 5.7 35.7

 8 ................................................................... 27.85 3.7 35.9 19.67 8.2 32.4 28.00 4.0 36.0

 9 ................................................................... 26.55 6.7 37.4 – – – 28.78 3.2 36.9

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ..................... 16.41 16.8 29.9 – – – 26.16 8.8 35.3

 8 ................................................................... 25.84 3.8 34.7 – – – 25.84 3.8 34.7

Elementary school teachers .............................. 27.78 3.0 36.3 21.07 6.7 39.0 27.89 3.1 36.2

 5 ................................................................... 19.56 10.6 25.8 22.43 13.5 40.8 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 23.53 .0 37.0 – – – 23.53 .0 37.0

 7 ................................................................... 26.32 7.1 35.8 – – – 26.37 7.1 35.8

 8 ................................................................... 27.77 4.0 36.4 – – – 27.93 4.4 36.4

 9 ................................................................... 29.91 4.2 37.1 25.06 2.5 38.3 29.98 4.2 37.1

Secondary school teachers ............................... 27.12 3.9 36.1 22.69 7.5 36.0 27.22 4.0 36.1

 5 ................................................................... 25.68 18.7 40.0 – – – – – –

 6 ................................................................... 22.52 1.9 34.0 – – – 22.52 1.9 34.0

 7 ................................................................... 24.01 7.2 37.3 – – – 24.12 7.4 37.4

 8 ................................................................... 28.87 4.3 35.4 19.05 9.4 34.8 29.08 4.2 35.4

 9 ................................................................... 29.04 6.1 35.6 – – – 29.05 6.2 35.5

Teachers, special education .............................. 25.59 8.0 37.7 – – – 25.61 8.0 37.7

 7 ................................................................... 20.77 8.6 38.7 – – – 20.77 8.6 38.7

 8 ................................................................... 31.49 4.4 34.8 – – – 31.59 4.2 34.7

 9 ................................................................... 30.34 5.1 39.5 – – – 30.38 5.1 39.5

Teachers, n.e.c. ................................................. 22.65 6.5 33.4 15.28 12.9 29.2 23.82 6.0 34.2

 5 ................................................................... 10.83 6.3 22.8 – – – 10.75 9.1 21.6

 6 ................................................................... 14.49 14.2 31.6 14.49 14.2 31.6 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 24.43 6.8 36.0 – – – 25.70 6.1 36.1

 8 ................................................................... 23.72 8.5 36.9 – – – 23.73 8.5 37.6

 9 ................................................................... 24.64 9.6 37.7 – – – 25.04 11.2 37.5

Substitute teachers ............................................ 10.57 7.0 10.4 – – – 10.57 7.0 10.4

 5 ................................................................... 10.56 13.1 11.3 – – – 10.56 13.1 11.3

Vocational and educational counselors ............. 16.40 14.9 37.8 – – – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued

Occupations and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................ $19.96 15.1 38.4 – – – $24.07 6.1 37.4

 7 ................................................................... 20.56 6.6 36.9 – – – 20.71 6.5 36.8

 8 ................................................................... 26.32 4.6 36.6 – – – 26.38 4.5 37.0

 9 ................................................................... 27.95 14.3 38.8 – – – – – –

Librarians ........................................................... 19.96 15.1 38.4 – – – 24.07 6.1 37.4

 7 ................................................................... 20.56 6.6 36.9 – – – 20.71 6.5 36.8

 8 ................................................................... 26.32 4.6 36.6 – – – 26.38 4.5 37.0

 9 ................................................................... 27.95 14.3 38.8 – – – – – –

Social scientists and urban planners ..................... 24.34 3.1 39.8 $23.86 5.1 40.0 24.69 3.7 39.7

 9 ................................................................... 23.46 4.8 39.9 24.29 4.8 40.0 – – –

Economists ........................................................ 24.46 4.6 40.0 24.46 4.6 40.0 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 24.29 4.8 40.0 24.29 4.8 40.0 – – –

Psychologists ..................................................... 25.06 3.8 39.7 – – – 25.06 3.8 39.7

Social, recreation, and religious workers ............... 15.17 3.1 39.2 14.55 3.7 39.5 16.50 3.6 38.6

 7 ................................................................... 14.82 6.6 39.0 14.85 8.0 39.8 14.68 4.2 36.0

 8 ................................................................... 15.36 2.9 38.6 – – – 15.31 3.3 39.7

 9 ................................................................... 19.20 6.4 39.3 – – – 19.06 7.0 40.0

Social workers ................................................... 15.14 3.1 39.3 14.50 3.7 39.6 16.48 3.7 38.7

 7 ................................................................... 14.78 6.8 39.1 14.84 8.1 39.8 14.55 4.1 36.4

 8 ................................................................... 15.39 2.9 38.8 – – – 15.31 3.3 39.7

 9 ................................................................... 19.11 6.5 39.2 – – – 19.06 7.0 40.0

Lawyers and judges ............................................... 30.65 8.1 41.6 35.32 10.4 54.5 28.82 10.7 38.1

12 ................................................................... 28.70 12.2 46.9 – – – – – –

Lawyers ............................................................. 29.32 5.3 41.7 35.32 10.4 54.5 26.74 5.3 37.9

12 ................................................................... 28.70 12.2 46.9 – – – – – –

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. 18.33 14.1 34.7 18.28 15.0 34.5 19.47 5.7 38.3

 6 ................................................................... 13.57 5.9 37.2 13.57 5.9 37.2 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 17.61 5.2 40.0 17.58 5.3 40.0 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 18.02 5.5 42.0 18.02 5.5 42.0 – – –

12 ................................................................... 38.05 4.2 40.0 38.05 4.2 40.0 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 19.82 21.1 31.4 19.87 23.2 30.8 – – –

Designers

 7 ................................................................... 18.16 7.6 40.0 – – – – – –

Actors and directors ........................................... 11.86 11.1 36.0 11.86 11.1 36.0 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 11.86 11.1 36.0 11.86 11.1 36.0 – – –

Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist

printmakers ...................................................... 16.16 3.5 39.9 16.16 3.5 39.9 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 16.16 3.5 39.9 16.16 3.5 39.9 – – –

Editors and reporters ......................................... 20.77 5.1 39.7 20.77 5.1 39.7 – – –

Public relations specialists ................................. 19.27 20.3 40.1 19.41 20.5 40.1 – – –

Athletes .............................................................. 15.37 11.4 28.7 – – – – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 15.37 11.4 28.7 – – – – – –

Professional, n.e.c. ............................................ 35.00 16.3 40.3 35.22 16.3 40.3 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 24.51 3.3 40.0 – – – – – –

Technical ................................................................... 16.79 7.3 34.2 17.52 8.4 33.4 13.83 6.2 38.1

 4 ................................................................... 11.68 7.1 35.2 12.83 10.9 33.1 9.83 5.9 39.1

 5 ................................................................... 13.83 2.5 35.3 13.57 2.5 35.1 15.32 5.5 36.7

 6 ................................................................... 16.38 5.0 37.4 16.85 5.0 37.4 14.92 6.3 37.3

 7 ................................................................... 17.08 3.7 37.6 17.11 4.5 38.0 16.95 5.1 36.3

 8 ................................................................... 19.19 3.1 37.0 19.99 2.6 36.3 17.17 4.4 38.9

 9 ................................................................... 25.01 4.3 39.6 26.00 3.2 39.5 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 16.90 9.2 37.4 16.90 9.2 37.4 – – –

Clinical laboratory technologists and

technicians ....................................................... 12.95 8.0 39.2 14.50 4.9 38.4 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 15.97 9.8 39.3 15.26 8.5 39.2 – – –

Radiological technicians .................................... 20.02 10.3 34.9 19.98 11.3 34.5 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 16.08 5.8 27.8 16.08 5.8 27.8 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 21.60 10.2 37.3 21.95 9.9 37.2 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued

Occupations and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Technical –Continued

Radiological technicians –Continued

 8 ................................................................... $20.47 8.2 39.2 – – – – – –

Licensed practical nurses .................................. 12.73 3.0 34.4 $13.25 3.0 33.0 $11.34 7.4 38.5

 4 ................................................................... 10.55 5.9 33.9 12.17 8.4 30.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 13.60 2.6 35.7 13.50 2.7 35.3 14.21 1.8 38.1

 6 ................................................................... 14.18 4.5 34.7 14.45 4.9 33.7 13.82 7.8 36.2

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ...... 12.38 6.6 34.4 12.00 5.0 34.4 15.74 11.2 34.5

 5 ................................................................... 12.95 2.7 35.2 12.84 2.8 35.1 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 12.66 4.4 38.1 – – – – – –

 7 ................................................................... 14.78 7.4 38.6 – – – – – –

Electrical and electronic technicians .................. 17.27 3.2 39.9 17.19 3.3 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 18.47 9.0 40.6 18.47 9.0 40.6 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 17.05 7.6 39.8 16.97 7.7 40.6 – – –

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .......................... 19.16 4.6 39.7 20.93 3.5 39.4 17.13 4.8 40.0

 7 ................................................................... 18.21 5.9 40.0 – – – – – –

 8 ................................................................... 19.88 7.2 39.9 22.31 1.6 39.9 – – –

Drafters .............................................................. 17.78 3.4 39.2 17.57 4.6 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 16.17 9.7 37.0 – – – – – –

 6 ................................................................... 17.39 4.9 40.0 17.39 4.9 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 22.34 5.7 40.0 22.64 5.5 40.0 – – –

Chemical technicians ......................................... 18.95 3.4 40.0 – – – – – –

Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................ 15.73 1.0 40.0 – – – – – –

Computer programmers ..................................... 22.80 5.3 39.8 23.15 5.6 39.8 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 21.92 4.4 41.8 22.18 4.6 41.9 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 26.73 4.3 40.1 26.73 4.3 40.1 – – –

Legal assistants ................................................. 18.94 10.8 39.0 18.98 11.3 39.6 – – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. .............................. 16.94 3.5 33.1 17.28 4.6 33.1 15.62 5.2 33.1

 7 ................................................................... 17.20 14.6 28.0 – – – – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 20.27 13.3 40.0 20.27 13.3 40.0 – – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... 28.48 12.0 41.3 28.45 14.6 41.7 28.60 7.8 39.8

 5 ................................................................... 14.22 5.8 33.6 14.72 8.0 32.2 13.01 6.7 37.5

 6 ................................................................... 14.62 4.0 40.2 14.35 4.5 40.2 17.09 3.5 39.8

 7 ................................................................... 16.70 5.3 43.7 16.56 5.5 43.9 19.36 3.0 39.8

 8 ................................................................... 16.93 13.3 41.3 16.43 15.2 41.6 20.15 5.2 39.8

 9 ................................................................... 23.40 1.4 41.8 24.08 3.3 42.5 21.55 4.7 40.1

10 ................................................................... 46.55 34.8 40.8 49.49 37.7 40.5 29.76 12.3 42.7

11 ................................................................... 39.14 11.8 41.5 40.38 13.9 41.5 34.12 3.8 41.2

12 ................................................................... 39.27 3.6 41.8 38.79 4.0 41.9 41.69 6.3 41.6

13 ................................................................... 69.94 26.2 40.9 77.78 32.4 41.1 54.64 6.1 40.4

14 ................................................................... 67.50 9.9 43.8 68.72 10.3 44.1 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 27.26 6.9 38.5 26.38 9.3 40.2 29.49 2.7 34.6

Executives, administrators, and managers ............ 31.91 16.2 42.2 31.88 19.8 42.7 32.05 6.8 39.9

 5 ................................................................... 15.47 20.8 41.3 15.87 23.2 42.9 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 13.89 3.6 40.8 13.47 4.3 40.9 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 16.46 6.4 44.7 16.39 6.5 44.8 21.11 5.2 40.0

 8 ................................................................... 17.62 15.3 42.0 17.37 17.0 42.3 19.75 7.2 39.6

 9 ................................................................... 23.37 1.8 42.7 24.37 3.9 43.7 20.65 3.8 40.1

10 ................................................................... 49.03 36.2 41.0 51.87 39.0 40.6 31.39 13.7 43.3

11 ................................................................... 40.37 12.6 41.4 41.94 14.8 41.4 34.50 3.9 41.3

12 ................................................................... 38.37 3.3 42.3 37.58 3.4 42.5 41.69 6.3 41.6

13 ................................................................... 69.99 26.2 40.9 77.87 32.4 41.1 54.64 6.1 40.4

14 ................................................................... 67.53 9.9 43.8 68.76 10.3 44.1 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 28.33 4.7 37.5 27.33 7.1 40.4 29.49 2.7 34.6

Administrators and officials, public

administration .................................................. 24.88 5.1 40.7 – – – 24.90 5.2 40.7

 9 ................................................................... 21.50 4.5 40.0 – – – 21.50 4.5 40.0

11 ................................................................... 31.07 6.5 42.4 – – – – – –

Financial managers ........................................... 56.55 32.6 42.0 56.44 37.5 42.3 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued

Occupations and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Executive, administrative, and managerial

–Continued

Executives, administrators, and managers

–Continued

Financial managers –Continued

 8 ................................................................... $21.35 9.5 40.4 $21.35 9.5 40.4 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 25.53 6.7 44.9 25.53 6.7 44.9 – – –

12 ................................................................... 37.70 6.1 44.5 37.70 6.1 44.5 – – –

Personnel and labor relations managers ........... 30.81 4.1 42.1 29.38 6.2 42.4 – – –

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public

relations ........................................................... 38.60 8.7 40.7 38.60 8.7 40.7 – – –

11 ................................................................... 34.78 8.1 40.3 34.78 8.1 40.3 – – –

12 ................................................................... 37.35 12.3 40.2 37.35 12.3 40.2 – – –

13 ................................................................... 49.82 9.6 39.6 49.82 9.6 39.6 – – –

Administrators, education and related fields ...... 29.50 14.2 40.1 25.92 9.5 39.6 $30.09 16.0 40.2

 7 ................................................................... 14.88 4.2 40.0 14.88 4.2 40.0 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 18.51 14.3 36.3 – – – – – –

 9 ................................................................... 19.46 4.3 40.2 – – – 19.37 4.1 40.2

10 ................................................................... 38.96 12.5 40.1 – – – 42.11 11.6 39.7

11 ................................................................... 36.17 4.8 40.2 – – – 35.93 4.9 40.2

12 ................................................................... 40.47 7.4 40.8 34.59 15.5 40.6 41.79 6.9 40.9

Managers, medicine and health ......................... 29.05 3.2 40.2 29.26 3.3 40.2 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 26.59 4.1 40.0 27.11 4.2 40.0 – – –

Managers, food servicing and lodging

establishments ................................................. 16.98 11.1 44.1 17.17 11.2 44.8 – – –

Managers, properties and real estate ................ 17.71 11.9 39.9 15.81 8.6 39.9 – – –

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............ 17.46 13.8 40.3 – – – – – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................. 25.71 7.9 43.5 25.55 8.3 43.5 28.64 9.6 41.9

 7 ................................................................... 17.03 8.0 46.1 17.03 8.0 46.1 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 21.60 6.1 40.7 21.35 7.1 40.8 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 24.28 2.3 44.2 24.56 2.2 44.5 – – –

11 ................................................................... 36.66 6.8 42.2 37.06 7.4 41.9 – – –

12 ................................................................... 38.76 3.5 43.3 38.58 3.7 43.1 – – –

13 ................................................................... 41.48 3.8 42.1 41.69 4.4 41.9 – – –

14 ................................................................... 77.18 17.2 44.5 77.18 17.2 44.5 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 26.59 6.7 40.4 – – – – – –

Management related .............................................. 19.84 6.4 39.3 19.80 7.6 39.2 20.00 6.6 39.6

 5 ................................................................... 13.97 4.5 32.4 14.42 6.0 30.3 13.04 7.5 37.9

 6 ................................................................... 14.90 5.1 40.0 14.69 5.4 40.0 16.95 5.0 39.8

 7 ................................................................... 17.64 3.6 40.0 17.35 4.3 40.1 18.82 3.7 39.7

 8 ................................................................... 16.11 21.5 40.5 15.20 26.1 40.6 20.43 7.0 40.0

 9 ................................................................... 23.46 2.5 39.9 23.39 3.3 39.8 23.66 3.0 40.1

10 ................................................................... 25.37 5.0 39.8 26.54 4.0 39.7 – – –

11 ................................................................... 29.82 6.7 42.1 30.00 7.3 42.3 – – –

12 ................................................................... 44.51 11.2 39.0 44.51 11.2 39.0 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 25.59 16.1 40.0 25.59 16.1 40.0 – – –

Accountants and auditors .................................. 22.96 11.4 39.7 23.53 12.2 39.7 19.06 5.4 40.0

 5 ................................................................... 17.06 9.5 40.0 – – – – – –

 7 ................................................................... 18.26 4.0 40.0 17.47 3.6 40.0 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 21.07 7.7 40.7 21.20 8.0 40.8 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 23.01 7.3 38.9 23.36 6.9 38.9 – – –

Underwriters ...................................................... 22.29 15.6 39.7 22.29 15.6 39.7 – – –

Other financial officers ....................................... 14.88 24.5 40.2 14.32 26.1 40.3 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 12.67 6.8 40.0 12.67 6.8 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 15.04 2.4 40.0 – – – – – –

 9 ................................................................... 25.30 3.3 40.0 – – – – – –

11 ................................................................... 30.54 6.8 40.0 30.54 6.8 40.0 – – –

Management analysts ........................................ 22.19 8.5 40.1 22.24 10.3 40.2 22.06 14.5 40.0

Personnel, training, and labor relations

specialists ........................................................ 17.67 8.7 40.0 17.23 8.5 40.1 21.82 6.4 39.7

 7 ................................................................... 17.30 6.3 40.0 17.30 6.8 40.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued

Occupations and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Executive, administrative, and managerial

–Continued

Management related –Continued

Personnel, training, and labor relations

specialists –Continued

 9 ................................................................... $23.34 5.0 40.5 – – – – – –

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ........................................................... 22.72 7.9 41.3 $22.72 7.9 41.3 – – –

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ............... 20.30 9.8 40.4 18.70 10.4 40.5 – – –

Construction inspectors ..................................... 19.07 6.1 40.0 – – – $19.07 6.1 40.0

 6 ................................................................... 16.58 6.0 40.0 – – – 16.58 6.0 40.0

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ..................................................... 21.86 5.5 40.3 – – – 21.45 7.0 39.9

Management related, n.e.c. ............................... 20.00 5.6 36.4 21.17 4.6 35.5 16.78 12.1 38.9

 5 ................................................................... 13.30 5.1 26.9 14.41 11.8 19.7 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 18.95 11.7 40.0 18.95 11.7 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 19.18 6.7 39.7 19.26 10.8 39.6 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 16.39 6.5 39.8 17.48 5.3 39.8 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 23.49 3.5 40.1 24.24 4.6 39.9 – – –

11 ................................................................... 28.53 4.3 43.5 – – – – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 21.57 9.1 40.3 21.57 9.1 40.3 – – –

Sales ............................................................................. 12.23 6.0 31.0 12.24 6.0 31.1 9.75 9.2 19.2

 1 ................................................................... 6.94 3.8 24.9 6.94 3.8 24.9 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 6.84 3.6 24.5 6.83 3.6 24.6 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 7.88 4.5 26.2 7.88 4.5 26.2 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.86 4.4 38.5 10.86 4.4 38.5 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 13.13 7.3 41.3 13.12 7.3 41.3 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 18.35 6.9 41.6 18.35 6.9 41.6 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 17.34 8.3 41.1 17.34 8.3 41.1 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 19.63 8.4 41.0 19.63 8.4 41.0 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 34.06 17.2 43.7 34.06 17.2 43.7 – – –

10 ................................................................... 31.91 5.3 40.1 31.91 5.3 40.1 – – –

11 ................................................................... 39.01 9.4 42.0 39.01 9.4 42.0 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 23.03 26.9 32.0 23.03 26.9 32.0 – – –

Supervisors, sales ............................................. 15.83 6.8 41.8 15.84 6.8 41.8 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 9.64 3.8 40.9 9.64 3.9 40.9 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 10.30 13.6 42.1 10.30 13.6 42.1 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 17.97 5.9 44.1 17.97 5.9 44.1 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 16.30 9.5 42.1 16.30 9.5 42.1 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 19.07 11.6 40.5 19.07 11.6 40.5 – – –

Insurance sales .................................................. 22.37 13.2 40.3 22.37 13.2 40.3 – – –

Advertising and related sales ............................. 18.62 21.6 40.3 18.62 21.6 40.3 – – –

Sales, other business services .......................... 12.13 19.1 29.4 12.13 19.1 29.4 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 20.35 12.2 40.2 20.35 12.2 40.2 – – –

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale .................................................. 22.46 25.5 39.9 22.46 25.5 39.9 – – –

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .......... 16.38 19.3 45.8 16.38 19.3 45.8 – – –

Sales workers, apparel ...................................... 9.61 23.1 29.1 9.61 23.1 29.1 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 7.37 12.2 29.2 7.37 12.2 29.2 – – –

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies 12.13 6.8 38.7 12.13 6.8 38.7 – – –

Sales workers, parts .......................................... 11.33 8.7 38.3 11.33 8.7 38.3 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.45 4.2 41.3 12.45 4.2 41.3 – – –

Sales workers, other commodities ..................... 10.37 11.5 27.6 10.38 11.6 27.6 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 7.65 2.4 26.2 7.66 2.4 26.3 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.89 4.2 35.6 10.89 4.2 35.6 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 12.28 6.8 40.6 12.28 6.8 40.6 – – –

Sales counter clerks .......................................... 7.34 4.9 28.6 7.34 4.9 28.6 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 6.03 2.3 32.9 6.03 2.3 32.9 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 8.88 2.3 33.4 8.88 2.3 33.4 – – –

Cashiers ............................................................. 7.61 2.6 25.3 7.60 2.6 25.3 10.18 10.8 18.4

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued

Occupations and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Sales –Continued

Cashiers –Continued

 1 ................................................................... $7.40 3.0 25.9 $7.40 3.0 25.9 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 6.81 5.6 25.1 6.79 5.7 25.2 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 8.08 4.3 23.9 8.08 4.3 23.9 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.24 4.7 37.0 10.25 4.7 37.1 – – –

Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .. 9.93 10.8 25.9 9.93 10.8 25.9 – – –

Sales support, n.e.c. .......................................... 12.48 9.1 37.2 12.48 9.1 37.2 – – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................ 11.87 3.4 36.8 11.53 3.1 36.7 $13.17 7.2 37.1

 1 ................................................................... 7.83 5.9 28.5 7.64 6.6 29.2 8.49 5.3 26.2

 2 ................................................................... 9.16 3.1 34.3 8.89 3.0 34.7 10.15 6.7 32.9

 3 ................................................................... 9.62 3.3 35.4 9.45 3.4 35.6 11.33 4.6 33.4

 4 ................................................................... 11.13 1.9 36.6 10.88 2.2 36.4 12.10 4.9 37.7

 5 ................................................................... 13.69 3.1 39.6 13.47 3.3 39.6 14.22 3.7 39.7

 6 ................................................................... 15.60 4.0 39.3 16.42 3.5 39.3 14.26 6.8 39.5

 7 ................................................................... 17.63 4.0 39.5 17.56 4.9 39.9 17.78 5.9 38.8

 8 ................................................................... 21.01 6.4 44.0 21.57 5.8 44.4 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 20.26 3.7 40.0 20.63 3.8 40.0 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 13.69 7.0 37.7 13.72 7.2 37.7 – – –

Supervisors, general office ................................ 17.50 8.1 40.6 17.96 11.9 40.9 16.66 4.2 40.0

 5 ................................................................... 14.99 2.4 40.0 15.04 3.0 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 20.13 17.2 40.9 – – – – – –

 8 ................................................................... 17.81 5.5 43.0 – – – – – –

Supervisors, financial records processing ......... 16.52 12.4 41.7 16.47 13.3 41.9 – – –

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and

adjusting clerks ................................................ 15.70 7.7 39.9 17.68 5.9 39.9 – – –

Computer operators ........................................... 14.09 5.2 39.9 14.21 5.3 39.9 – – –

Secretaries ......................................................... 12.98 6.3 38.3 11.91 5.7 37.8 14.48 9.8 38.9

 2 ................................................................... 10.28 9.9 34.7 – – – 11.38 11.2 32.3

 3 ................................................................... 10.00 5.4 35.8 9.42 2.6 36.0 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.10 5.5 37.6 10.14 6.8 36.6 12.42 7.3 39.0

 5 ................................................................... 14.02 5.2 39.7 13.35 4.7 39.6 15.26 5.9 39.8

 6 ................................................................... 14.56 10.1 39.3 15.49 8.3 38.3 14.07 13.3 39.9

 7 ................................................................... 18.62 4.1 39.8 16.67 2.9 39.4 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 17.03 9.0 39.6 17.38 9.9 40.0 – – –

Stenographers ................................................... 10.81 11.9 39.3 10.81 11.9 39.3 – – –

Typists ............................................................... 11.71 5.8 39.8 10.78 8.1 39.9 11.95 6.2 39.8

 4 ................................................................... 10.88 7.2 39.7 – – – 10.83 7.9 39.7

 5 ................................................................... 13.47 1.2 40.0 – – – – – –

Hotel clerks ........................................................ 7.54 4.6 27.4 7.54 4.6 27.4 – – –

Receptionists ..................................................... 9.59 3.7 33.0 9.53 3.7 33.0 11.36 7.6 33.5

 1 ................................................................... 8.86 13.4 28.6 – – – – – –

 2 ................................................................... 8.72 1.9 35.9 8.70 2.0 35.8 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.89 7.3 33.3 9.75 7.7 33.2 12.24 8.8 36.2

 4 ................................................................... 10.17 5.5 29.8 10.17 5.6 30.1 – – –

Information clerks, n.e.c. .................................... 12.81 3.4 34.6 12.52 3.9 35.9 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.36 4.8 33.5 8.97 2.9 32.8 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 13.20 4.8 36.9 13.35 6.8 35.5 – – –

Correspondence clerks ...................................... 13.21 8.5 40.0 – – – – – –

Order clerks ....................................................... 12.32 9.6 38.4 12.32 9.6 38.4 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.38 6.5 40.0 11.38 6.5 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 14.96 8.3 39.8 14.96 8.3 39.8 – – –

Personnel clerks, except payroll and

timekeeping ..................................................... 11.45 7.0 38.9 11.43 7.2 38.9 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.13 5.5 37.4 11.06 5.6 37.2 – – –

Library clerks ..................................................... 9.81 9.5 25.0 – – – 9.74 9.7 24.7

 1 ................................................................... 7.37 9.1 15.5 – – – 7.37 9.1 15.5

 3 ................................................................... 8.36 13.0 26.5 – – – 8.34 13.3 26.3

 4 ................................................................... 11.11 9.5 21.9 – – – 11.10 9.7 21.7

File clerks ........................................................... 9.60 4.1 38.5 9.60 4.1 38.5 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued

Occupations and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical

–Continued

File clerks –Continued

 2 ................................................................... $9.26 1.6 39.8 $9.26 1.6 39.8 – – –

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................ 10.89 5.4 37.7 10.80 5.9 37.5 $11.82 4.6 39.3

 3 ................................................................... 9.99 4.6 37.1 9.98 4.6 37.2 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.35 5.4 37.8 11.25 5.9 37.6 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 14.54 3.9 40.7 15.03 3.7 40.9 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 16.37 15.1 39.4 – – – – – –

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ... 11.48 3.2 38.6 11.13 3.5 38.5 13.87 5.4 39.0

 2 ................................................................... 10.90 9.4 38.4 10.89 10.4 38.2 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.35 4.6 37.4 10.33 4.7 37.4 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.65 3.8 38.7 10.29 3.4 38.9 12.89 3.3 37.5

 5 ................................................................... 11.47 8.3 39.6 11.40 8.5 39.6 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 12.89 9.3 37.4 – – – – – –

 7 ................................................................... 16.37 3.0 39.8 16.51 3.7 39.7 15.93 2.1 40.0

Payroll and timekeeping clerks .......................... 16.44 7.3 27.5 16.64 8.3 25.4 – – –

Billing clerks ....................................................... 12.66 6.6 37.2 12.42 6.9 36.8 – – –

Office machine operators, n.e.c. ........................ 8.53 9.1 36.2 8.53 9.1 36.2 – – –

Telephone operators .......................................... 12.84 10.9 36.5 12.84 10.9 36.5 – – –

Mail clerks, except postal service ...................... 8.99 5.6 38.0 8.99 6.3 37.8 – – –

Messengers ....................................................... 8.13 7.7 28.3 8.04 8.3 27.6 – – –

Dispatchers ........................................................ 14.26 6.4 38.6 15.99 8.9 38.3 12.76 4.4 38.9

 4 ................................................................... 14.72 17.1 40.0 – – – – – –

 5 ................................................................... 13.33 12.9 38.4 – – – – – –

Production coordinators ..................................... 17.52 3.8 39.9 17.52 3.8 39.9 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 19.72 2.3 40.3 19.72 2.3 40.3 – – –

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................. 11.95 9.8 39.6 11.95 9.8 39.6 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.16 7.2 39.6 9.06 6.7 39.6 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.38 1.9 39.3 10.38 1.9 39.3 – – –

Stock and inventory clerks ................................. 10.44 5.2 37.4 10.28 5.5 37.4 15.67 7.6 37.0

 3 ................................................................... 9.77 7.1 35.3 9.77 7.1 35.3 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.92 9.1 37.5 10.41 8.0 37.3 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 12.63 5.8 40.0 12.63 5.8 40.0 – – –

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers 13.96 25.2 19.8 14.48 25.8 26.6 – – –

Expeditors .......................................................... 16.94 5.3 36.8 16.94 5.3 36.8 – – –

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution

clerks, n.e.c. ..................................................... 11.67 15.5 36.4 11.66 15.6 36.4 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.11 7.7 25.5 – – – – – –

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and

investigators ..................................................... 13.59 6.5 38.7 13.59 6.5 38.7 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.00 6.5 38.6 11.00 6.5 38.6 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 17.40 2.9 38.7 17.40 2.9 38.7 – – –

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ... 11.44 4.0 39.5 11.39 4.1 39.5 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.19 4.0 39.8 10.19 4.0 39.8 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.24 4.9 39.4 11.10 4.7 39.3 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 12.87 14.9 39.7 12.87 14.9 39.7 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 15.27 4.2 40.0 – – – – – –

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ........................... 13.15 6.9 39.3 – – – 13.99 4.7 40.0

 6 ................................................................... 13.39 4.0 40.0 – – – 13.39 4.0 40.0

Bill and account collectors ................................. 13.66 5.1 39.1 13.21 4.8 39.0 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 15.00 3.6 40.0 – – – – – –

General office clerks .......................................... 11.43 5.5 36.9 10.73 4.0 36.6 12.74 5.3 37.4

 1 ................................................................... 8.28 10.2 30.3 8.07 11.8 32.4 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 10.05 4.0 36.0 9.70 4.9 33.3 10.47 7.2 39.9

 3 ................................................................... 9.91 3.1 36.3 9.56 3.1 36.4 11.32 6.6 35.6

 4 ................................................................... 11.87 4.5 38.3 11.21 2.9 39.2 13.38 7.7 36.3

 5 ................................................................... 14.30 2.2 39.3 15.05 6.0 37.7 13.98 1.2 40.0

 6 ................................................................... 16.01 7.4 40.0 17.50 5.1 40.0 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 13.36 6.5 36.5 13.36 6.5 36.5 – – –

Bank tellers ........................................................ 8.28 3.6 32.0 8.28 3.6 32.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued

Occupations and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical

–Continued

Bank tellers –Continued

 2 ................................................................... $7.09 4.6 28.5 $7.09 4.6 28.5 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 8.05 5.9 31.3 8.05 5.9 31.3 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 9.53 4.1 36.9 9.53 4.1 36.9 – – –

Data entry keyers ............................................... 10.70 4.2 38.8 10.97 3.6 38.5 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.91 6.8 36.0 9.91 6.8 36.0 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.68 4.1 38.7 – – – – – –

 4 ................................................................... 9.97 5.3 39.3 10.54 2.4 39.0 – – –

Statistical clerks ................................................. 12.68 6.3 39.4 12.68 6.3 39.4 – – –

Teachers’ aides ................................................. 9.66 5.7 30.3 10.12 3.7 38.1 $9.65 5.8 30.1

 1 ................................................................... 8.26 7.3 27.4 – – – 8.26 7.3 27.4

 2 ................................................................... 9.63 9.2 32.8 – – – 9.64 9.2 32.8

 3 ................................................................... 9.38 9.5 25.3 – – – 9.38 9.6 25.2

 4 ................................................................... 11.35 8.6 31.3 – – – 11.46 9.6 30.6

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................ 11.92 5.9 36.3 11.90 6.4 36.0 12.13 6.1 38.7

 3 ................................................................... 11.01 5.5 38.8 10.63 7.1 39.3 12.48 7.9 37.4

 4 ................................................................... 11.77 5.8 33.2 11.89 6.1 32.4 10.97 4.6 39.4

 5 ................................................................... 11.56 9.6 39.7 11.57 9.7 39.7 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 15.30 3.9 40.0 14.84 3.7 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 16.41 3.9 40.4 16.70 3.2 40.4 – – –

Blue collar ........................................................................ 13.46 2.8 38.0 13.36 2.9 38.1 15.28 2.5 36.5

 1 ................................................................... 8.73 3.3 32.7 8.75 3.3 33.0 7.60 9.9 18.9

 2 ................................................................... 9.99 3.0 35.5 9.96 3.1 35.9 12.71 10.0 20.0

 3 ................................................................... 11.71 3.2 38.4 11.67 3.2 38.6 12.98 6.0 35.3

 4 ................................................................... 11.81 2.7 37.9 11.78 2.8 38.0 12.75 4.5 36.0

 5 ................................................................... 14.69 1.9 40.2 14.68 2.0 40.4 14.82 4.7 37.9

 6 ................................................................... 15.78 1.6 41.2 15.91 1.8 41.3 14.31 6.1 40.0

 7 ................................................................... 19.11 3.1 40.0 19.38 3.7 40.1 16.51 3.9 39.8

 8 ................................................................... 21.76 2.7 40.1 21.92 2.4 40.2 21.04 9.4 40.0

 9 ................................................................... 22.63 5.1 40.2 22.62 5.6 40.2 22.75 3.4 40.0

Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... 16.87 3.3 39.9 16.84 3.7 39.9 17.31 2.9 40.0

 1 ................................................................... 9.14 5.0 35.2 9.14 5.0 35.2 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 8.36 4.6 40.0 8.32 4.6 40.0 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.83 3.3 38.8 11.77 3.3 38.7 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 14.99 4.9 39.9 14.93 5.1 39.9 16.01 5.0 40.0

 6 ................................................................... 15.19 2.7 40.7 15.18 2.8 40.7 15.34 3.7 40.0

 7 ................................................................... 19.26 3.9 40.0 19.49 4.3 40.0 17.06 2.4 39.9

 8 ................................................................... 21.86 2.9 40.0 22.03 2.5 40.0 21.17 9.8 40.0

 9 ................................................................... 22.06 5.1 40.1 21.96 5.3 40.1 23.62 2.5 40.0

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .............. 20.07 7.4 41.5 20.00 8.1 41.6 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 19.35 13.3 41.2 19.66 14.1 41.3 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 24.35 5.5 40.2 24.73 5.6 40.2 – – –

Automobile mechanics ....................................... 15.91 6.2 40.1 15.95 6.4 40.1 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 13.99 10.6 40.1 14.03 11.0 40.1 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .... 13.11 6.7 40.6 12.65 7.2 40.7 16.11 4.5 40.0

 6 ................................................................... 11.99 8.4 41.0 11.65 8.9 41.1 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 16.99 5.0 40.0 16.34 6.0 40.0 – – –

Automobile body and related repairers .............. 17.43 7.7 42.6 17.43 7.7 42.6 – – –

Heavy equipment mechanics ............................. 18.97 4.4 40.1 18.99 6.9 40.2 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 18.90 4.6 40.1 18.99 6.9 40.2 – – –

Industrial machinery repairers

 5 ................................................................... 17.62 9.2 39.7 17.62 9.2 39.7 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 18.61 10.0 40.0 18.61 10.0 40.0 – – –

Machinery maintenance ..................................... 17.21 9.3 39.4 17.21 9.3 39.4 – – –

Electronic repairers, communications and

industrial equipment ......................................... 18.39 5.5 39.7 19.71 3.9 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 19.02 10.3 39.4 – – – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued

Occupations and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration

mechanics ........................................................ $16.40 7.7 40.0 $16.42 7.8 40.0 – – –

Millwrights .......................................................... 21.02 12.8 40.0 21.02 12.8 40.0 – – –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ......................... 16.92 3.6 39.8 17.10 3.7 39.7 $15.08 6.1 40.0

 5 ................................................................... 16.13 4.7 39.1 – – – – – –

 6 ................................................................... 14.73 3.5 40.0 14.61 5.0 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 17.69 4.1 40.0 17.73 4.3 40.0 17.08 5.3 40.0

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ............. 19.87 7.1 40.8 24.00 7.5 42.8 18.08 3.5 40.0

Carpenters ......................................................... 17.63 5.9 39.9 17.52 6.2 39.9 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 18.94 3.9 39.9 18.98 4.2 39.9 – – –

Electricians ........................................................ 22.87 11.7 40.0 24.69 10.0 40.0 16.83 6.3 40.0

 7 ................................................................... 22.85 13.4 40.0 – – – – – –

 8 ................................................................... 23.41 7.7 40.0 – – – – – –

 9 ................................................................... 23.07 4.2 40.0 – – – – – –

Electrical power installers and repairers ............ 21.26 1.9 40.0 – – – – – –

 7 ................................................................... 21.26 1.9 40.0 – – – – – –

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ............... 20.58 14.2 40.0 20.66 14.5 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 25.20 3.9 40.0 25.20 3.9 40.0 – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ................................. 16.35 3.6 40.9 – – – 14.26 6.1 40.0

 7 ................................................................... 17.11 9.9 43.0 – – – – – –

Supervisors, production ..................................... 20.53 3.4 40.2 21.06 3.2 40.3 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 14.59 4.7 40.0 14.59 4.7 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 16.99 3.2 40.6 18.25 9.6 40.9 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 21.87 4.9 40.0 21.44 4.5 40.0 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 24.34 4.1 40.2 24.19 4.6 40.2 – – –

Tool and die makers .......................................... 22.87 3.8 40.0 22.87 3.8 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 24.35 4.6 40.0 24.35 4.6 40.0 – – –

Machinists .......................................................... 17.72 6.3 40.0 17.69 6.3 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 16.88 6.5 40.0 16.88 6.5 40.0 – – –

Sheet metal workers .......................................... 21.28 3.7 39.9 21.28 3.7 39.9 – – –

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 9.78 5.8 40.0 9.78 5.8 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ............ 14.84 21.4 40.0 14.84 21.4 40.0 – – –

Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................ 19.89 18.0 40.0 19.89 18.0 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 22.35 6.1 40.0 22.35 6.1 40.0 – – –

Water and sewer treatment plant operators ...... 14.71 16.6 40.0 – – – 19.05 3.5 40.0

 7 ................................................................... 19.44 4.8 40.0 – – – 19.44 4.8 40.0

Stationary engineers .......................................... 18.06 5.1 40.0 18.95 5.2 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 18.56 4.6 40.0 18.59 5.3 40.0 – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..... 12.90 4.8 38.8 12.90 4.8 38.8 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 9.60 3.2 39.0 9.60 3.2 39.0 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 10.38 6.3 35.6 10.38 6.3 35.6 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 14.77 4.1 40.0 14.77 4.1 40.0 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.73 3.9 39.9 12.73 3.9 39.9 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 14.50 2.9 40.0 14.50 2.9 40.0 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 15.79 3.1 39.9 15.79 3.1 39.9 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 17.85 2.1 39.9 17.85 2.1 39.9 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 21.90 7.2 40.0 21.90 7.2 40.0 – – –

Punching and stamping press operators ........... 12.46 5.7 38.9 12.46 5.7 38.9 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 13.76 8.6 40.0 13.76 8.6 40.0 – – –

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing

machine operators ........................................... 13.30 9.2 40.0 13.30 9.2 40.0 – – –

Numerical control machine operators ................ 16.72 10.8 40.0 16.72 10.8 40.0 – – –

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ............... 12.35 5.2 40.0 12.35 5.2 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 13.84 4.9 40.0 13.84 4.9 40.0 – – –

Molding and casting machine operators ............ 12.33 6.1 39.8 12.33 6.1 39.8 – – –

Printing press operators ..................................... 16.71 6.3 38.8 16.71 6.3 38.8 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 14.28 6.5 38.9 14.28 6.5 38.9 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 19.31 5.6 39.9 19.31 5.6 39.9 – – –

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators 7.25 1.4 28.4 7.26 1.4 28.4 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued

Occupations and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors

–Continued

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators

–Continued

 1 ................................................................... $7.18 2.0 37.1 $7.18 2.0 37.2 – – –

Packaging and filling machine operators ........... 12.01 14.7 39.4 12.01 14.7 39.4 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 13.92 4.8 40.0 13.92 4.8 40.0 – – –

Extruding and forming machine operators ......... 11.14 15.0 39.4 11.14 15.0 39.4 – – –

Mixing and blending machine operators ............ 14.09 5.5 40.0 14.09 5.5 40.0 – – –

Painting and paint spraying machine operators 15.69 7.6 40.0 15.69 7.6 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 13.31 4.5 40.0 13.31 4.5 40.0 – – –

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food 15.01 3.9 40.0 15.01 3.9 40.0 – – –

Slicing and cutting machine operators ............... 14.55 11.3 39.9 14.55 11.3 39.9 – – –

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .......... 13.38 9.4 39.5 13.38 9.4 39.5 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 9.38 5.5 35.4 9.38 5.5 35.4 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.92 8.1 39.9 10.92 8.1 39.9 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 15.30 7.1 40.0 15.30 7.1 40.0 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 16.60 5.8 40.0 16.60 5.8 40.0 – – –

Welders and cutters ........................................... 13.33 6.6 40.0 13.33 6.6 40.0 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 9.32 7.5 40.0 9.32 7.5 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 14.34 5.6 40.0 14.34 5.6 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 16.70 3.6 40.0 16.70 3.6 40.0 – – –

Assemblers ........................................................ 12.62 7.5 37.1 12.62 7.5 37.1 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.37 11.3 31.5 9.37 11.3 31.5 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 18.48 7.5 40.0 18.48 7.5 40.0 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 15.38 6.6 40.0 15.38 6.6 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 14.33 4.9 39.9 14.33 4.9 39.9 – – –

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ................... 14.61 3.8 40.0 14.61 3.8 40.0 – – –

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners 14.22 6.3 39.4 14.22 6.3 39.4 – – –

Production testers .............................................. 17.51 8.0 40.0 17.51 8.0 40.0 – – –

Transportation and material moving ......................... 12.68 4.8 37.4 12.58 5.1 37.8 $13.86 5.2 33.3

 1 ................................................................... 8.27 4.7 31.8 8.19 4.8 32.1 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 11.83 4.7 30.4 11.60 4.6 33.2 13.23 12.4 20.3

 3 ................................................................... 10.64 4.8 36.8 10.47 4.6 37.0 13.56 8.9 32.5

 4 ................................................................... 11.75 6.9 36.1 11.67 7.2 36.1 13.60 4.3 34.6

 5 ................................................................... 14.72 3.2 41.4 14.70 3.4 42.3 14.94 2.8 34.3

 6 ................................................................... 17.61 6.0 45.6 18.67 4.8 47.1 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 19.12 12.3 41.6 21.87 9.2 42.6 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 26.06 9.5 41.1 26.79 10.3 41.3 – – –

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................ 19.83 5.0 41.7 – – – – – –

Truck drivers ...................................................... 11.71 5.6 40.3 11.70 5.7 40.3 12.46 12.3 40.0

 2 ................................................................... 12.30 7.4 32.3 11.57 7.5 31.7 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.74 3.6 38.2 9.76 3.5 38.2 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.46 10.5 40.3 10.37 10.8 40.3 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 14.29 4.6 42.6 14.32 4.6 42.7 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 18.37 5.4 47.8 18.37 5.4 47.8 – – –

Driver-sales workers .......................................... 12.13 18.3 32.0 12.13 18.3 32.0 – – –

Bus drivers ......................................................... 12.78 3.9 22.4 11.38 2.9 20.2 14.70 3.5 26.3

 2 ................................................................... 11.21 5.7 24.2 – – – 12.02 12.6 18.5

 3 ................................................................... 14.43 5.1 28.6 – – – 15.86 3.3 28.9

 4 ................................................................... 12.20 3.4 17.8 11.97 2.7 17.4 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 15.33 1.8 32.3 – – – 15.19 1.5 31.4

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs .......................... 10.16 8.0 32.3 – – – – – –

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................ 7.38 6.3 29.8 7.38 6.3 29.8 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 7.92 5.2 39.0 7.92 5.2 39.0 – – –

Supervisors, material moving equipment ........... 20.75 4.8 42.0 20.75 4.8 42.0 – – –

Operating engineers .......................................... 17.29 3.3 40.0 – – – 14.94 8.4 40.0

Excavating and loading machine operators ....... 21.18 4.6 40.0 – – – – – –

Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ............. 13.24 5.4 40.0 – – – 12.09 4.1 40.0

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators 13.60 4.1 39.8 13.60 4.1 39.8 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued

Occupations and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

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

 2 ................................................................... $12.76 7.9 40.0 $12.76 7.9 40.0 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 13.94 7.1 40.0 13.94 7.1 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 13.88 5.3 40.0 13.88 5.3 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ............................................... 18.53 7.3 39.6 19.42 6.8 39.6 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 16.27 11.0 40.0 17.95 7.8 40.0 – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers ....................................................................... 10.27 2.4 35.7 10.14 2.4 35.7 $13.08 5.3 34.7

 1 ................................................................... 8.48 4.6 31.0 8.50 4.6 31.3 6.62 5.5 17.4

 2 ................................................................... 9.68 4.3 35.8 9.67 4.3 36.0 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 11.34 4.5 39.0 11.30 4.7 39.0 12.07 4.3 40.0

 4 ................................................................... 11.24 4.1 38.3 11.23 4.3 38.3 11.51 5.0 35.9

 5 ................................................................... 14.23 2.9 39.2 14.35 2.4 38.9 13.99 9.8 40.0

 6 ................................................................... 16.32 5.1 40.0 17.54 4.0 40.0 14.84 4.1 40.0

 7 ................................................................... 19.21 5.8 36.5 18.52 4.2 35.6 – – –

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ........... 19.74 4.2 40.0 – – – 19.74 4.2 40.0

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ... 10.84 5.7 31.6 9.14 8.4 33.8 13.49 8.7 28.7

 1 ................................................................... 7.10 3.6 22.9 – – – – – –

 3 ................................................................... 12.12 6.1 36.7 – – – – – –

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ................................................. 16.45 5.6 39.5 16.17 6.5 39.4 – – –

Helpers, construction trades .............................. 9.65 7.6 38.3 9.65 7.6 38.3 – – –

Construction laborers ......................................... 13.19 10.3 39.8 13.31 12.4 39.7 12.47 9.1 40.0

 2 ................................................................... 14.83 12.0 39.8 14.83 12.0 39.8 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 15.92 10.9 39.7 – – – 12.02 7.8 40.0

Production helpers ............................................. 10.88 6.5 38.7 10.88 6.5 38.7 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 8.19 15.6 37.4 8.19 15.6 37.4 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 10.12 2.1 37.4 10.12 2.1 37.4 – – –

Stock handlers and baggers .............................. 9.71 5.5 27.3 9.72 5.5 27.4 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 7.20 7.1 23.0 7.20 7.1 23.1 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.24 9.9 25.2 9.24 9.9 25.2 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 12.71 6.7 38.3 12.72 6.7 38.3 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 13.11 6.7 36.2 13.11 6.7 36.2 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 13.85 2.8 37.2 13.85 2.8 37.2 – – –

Machine feeders and offbearers ........................ 9.20 7.1 39.1 9.20 7.1 39.1 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 11.47 9.0 40.0 11.47 9.0 40.0 – – –

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ...... 11.15 5.4 37.4 11.15 5.4 37.4 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 9.72 3.4 35.7 9.72 3.4 35.7 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.10 3.1 37.3 9.10 3.1 37.3 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 14.54 11.5 38.6 14.54 11.5 38.6 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.06 9.0 39.5 12.06 9.0 39.5 – – –

Garage and service station related

 3 ................................................................... 12.14 20.3 37.9 12.14 20.3 37.9 – – –

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ......... 9.47 9.6 38.7 9.47 9.6 38.7 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 8.53 6.2 37.9 8.53 6.2 37.9 – – –

Hand packers and packagers ............................ 9.07 6.4 37.7 9.07 6.4 37.7 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 9.11 4.8 33.8 9.11 4.8 33.8 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.34 13.0 40.0 9.34 13.0 40.0 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.71 6.3 40.0 10.71 6.3 40.0 – – –

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................. 9.83 4.3 36.6 9.74 4.5 36.8 11.87 7.4 33.9

 1 ................................................................... 8.43 10.3 34.3 8.48 10.4 34.5 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.47 3.4 38.0 9.46 3.4 38.5 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 12.42 5.7 38.9 12.46 6.6 38.7 12.19 7.7 40.0

 5 ................................................................... 14.42 4.3 40.0 14.64 5.2 40.0 – – –

Service .............................................................................. 9.48 4.3 29.8 8.49 4.1 28.7 13.79 3.4 35.8

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued

Occupations and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

 1 ................................................................... $6.82 3.9 23.2 $6.72 4.5 22.9 $8.08 4.6 27.3

 2 ................................................................... 7.46 6.1 29.7 6.91 6.1 29.0 9.58 4.8 32.3

 3 ................................................................... 8.78 5.7 30.2 8.54 6.5 29.9 10.83 4.1 32.4

 4 ................................................................... 10.33 3.4 36.3 9.84 3.8 35.8 12.23 3.9 38.1

 5 ................................................................... 12.36 5.6 36.6 11.92 7.5 35.2 13.18 3.7 39.6

 6 ................................................................... 12.66 4.3 40.4 11.90 5.3 40.6 13.87 5.5 40.3

 7 ................................................................... 17.40 4.5 30.3 – – – 19.08 1.7 41.9

 8 ................................................................... 18.41 6.6 39.9 17.39 9.3 35.2 18.71 8.1 41.6

 9 ................................................................... 20.32 4.8 39.9 – – – 20.24 4.9 39.9

10 ................................................................... 23.86 4.6 43.0 – – – 23.86 4.6 43.0

Not able to be leveled .................................... 9.31 2.5 35.9 9.21 2.6 35.9 – – –

Protective service .................................................. 15.56 4.6 37.9 10.16 12.2 32.6 17.66 4.7 40.4

 2 ................................................................... 6.91 16.2 27.3 – – – 12.18 7.7 36.0

 3 ................................................................... 10.71 3.7 25.3 10.55 5.5 28.6 – – –

 4 ................................................................... – – – – – – 15.08 7.1 37.6

 5 ................................................................... 12.18 2.6 40.6 – – – 12.24 3.0 40.8

 6 ................................................................... 13.68 5.0 40.4 – – – 13.87 5.7 40.4

 7 ................................................................... 18.34 3.3 42.7 – – – 18.47 3.4 42.8

 8 ................................................................... 18.74 8.1 39.9 – – – 18.80 8.4 41.7

 9 ................................................................... 20.28 4.9 39.9 – – – 20.24 4.9 39.9

10 ................................................................... 23.77 5.0 43.2 – – – 23.77 5.0 43.2

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ...... 18.94 9.1 49.7 – – – – – –

Supervisors, police and detectives .................... 26.08 1.2 40.0 – – – 26.08 1.2 40.0

 9 ................................................................... 25.27 1.7 40.0 – – – 25.27 1.7 40.0

Supervisors, guards ........................................... 20.35 12.3 40.0 – – – – – –

Firefighting ......................................................... 14.53 4.9 46.0 – – – 14.53 4.9 46.0

 7 ................................................................... 16.00 6.1 51.6 – – – 16.00 6.1 51.6

Police and detectives, public service ................. 19.24 3.9 39.8 – – – 19.14 3.9 39.8

 6 ................................................................... 16.05 6.3 40.2 – – – 16.05 6.3 40.2

 7 ................................................................... 20.19 2.2 39.6 – – – 20.19 2.2 39.6

 9 ................................................................... 18.97 4.0 39.9 – – – 18.97 4.0 39.9

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement

officers ............................................................. 17.76 3.3 38.6 – – – 17.76 3.3 38.6

 7 ................................................................... 17.56 4.8 40.0 – – – 17.56 4.8 40.0

Correctional institution officers ........................... 14.29 6.8 39.3 – – – 14.29 6.8 39.3

 5 ................................................................... 12.02 2.9 40.0 – – – 12.02 2.9 40.0

 6 ................................................................... 13.69 5.4 37.4 – – – 13.69 5.4 37.4

Guards and police, except public service .......... 9.89 12.9 32.9 9.71 13.8 32.8 15.10 18.7 37.0

 3 ................................................................... 10.69 3.9 30.8 10.55 5.5 28.6 – – –

Protective service, n.e.c. .................................... 8.39 9.3 20.4 – – – – – –

 2 ................................................................... 7.25 6.1 22.4 – – – – – –

Food service .......................................................... 7.74 6.4 27.6 7.70 6.7 27.7 8.59 3.7 24.7

 1 ................................................................... 6.14 6.1 21.3 5.99 6.9 21.1 7.78 3.3 23.7

 2 ................................................................... 6.46 12.9 27.7 6.26 13.9 28.1 9.20 5.0 23.4

 3 ................................................................... 8.42 12.7 27.8 8.41 12.9 27.7 9.27 6.7 36.4

 4 ................................................................... 8.54 4.3 33.0 8.52 4.2 33.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 10.71 4.2 39.8 10.67 4.4 39.9 12.10 8.9 35.0

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ................... 5.37 13.7 23.3 5.37 13.8 23.4 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 4.61 12.8 18.4 4.59 12.9 18.6 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 5.34 31.3 30.1 5.34 31.4 30.2 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 6.70 21.3 24.5 6.70 21.3 24.5 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 6.61 18.5 30.4 6.61 18.5 30.4 – – –

Bartenders ......................................................... 8.84 10.2 28.6 8.89 10.1 29.7 – – –

Waiters and waitresses ...................................... 3.70 8.2 22.4 3.70 8.2 22.4 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 4.05 17.5 18.9 4.05 17.5 18.9 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 3.31 9.5 27.5 3.31 9.5 27.5 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 3.35 8.4 24.5 3.35 8.4 24.5 – – –

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ......................... 6.36 6.8 18.7 6.37 6.9 18.8 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 6.09 6.7 17.1 6.09 6.7 17.1 – – –

Other food service ............................................... 8.57 4.5 29.5 8.57 4.7 29.7 8.69 3.7 26.1

 1 ................................................................... 7.08 2.3 23.5 6.97 2.6 23.2 7.88 3.3 26.0

 2 ................................................................... 7.50 5.6 25.8 7.25 4.8 26.2 9.27 4.7 23.7

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued

Occupations and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

Food service –Continued

Other food service –Continued

 3 ................................................................... $8.91 12.3 28.9 $8.90 12.6 28.8 $9.27 6.7 36.4

 4 ................................................................... 8.71 4.5 33.2 8.68 4.5 33.3 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 11.00 3.8 40.1 10.96 4.0 40.3 12.10 8.9 35.0

Supervisors, food preparation and service ........ 9.75 8.4 35.9 9.71 8.6 36.0 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 7.77 5.3 22.3 7.77 5.3 22.3 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 12.38 7.4 42.5 12.36 8.2 43.8 – – –

Cooks ................................................................. 9.18 6.1 33.1 9.19 6.2 33.2 8.71 3.4 32.0

 1 ................................................................... 6.82 7.8 26.2 6.73 8.5 26.7 7.59 1.8 22.0

 2 ................................................................... 7.37 6.7 27.7 7.34 6.5 27.4 7.94 7.3 35.0

 3 ................................................................... 9.32 18.9 26.2 9.34 19.6 25.9 8.83 3.8 36.7

 4 ................................................................... 8.87 5.2 36.3 8.85 5.2 36.4 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 10.73 4.7 39.6 10.72 4.8 39.7 – – –

Food counter, fountain, and related ................... 7.01 4.9 26.8 6.98 5.0 27.1 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 6.63 5.5 23.5 6.63 5.5 23.5 – – –

Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................... 7.99 3.6 26.8 7.74 3.6 26.8 8.85 7.9 26.5

 1 ................................................................... 7.89 4.4 26.8 7.86 5.8 25.1 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 7.98 8.8 27.1 7.32 7.4 30.6 – – –

Food preparation, n.e.c. ..................................... 7.61 5.6 24.5 7.54 6.1 24.6 8.39 4.3 23.7

 1 ................................................................... 6.99 3.0 22.5 6.90 3.2 22.5 7.87 4.2 23.1

 2 ................................................................... 7.42 8.5 24.8 7.16 8.7 24.8 9.27 5.6 24.8

 3 ................................................................... 9.17 6.0 32.6 9.17 6.0 32.6 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 7.30 9.6 18.1 – – – – – –

Health service ........................................................ 10.07 10.2 29.4 10.06 11.8 28.6 10.12 2.7 35.7

 1 ................................................................... 7.43 8.0 26.3 7.31 7.7 25.9 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.13 4.3 33.3 8.88 4.3 32.2 9.56 4.6 35.3

 3 ................................................................... 8.54 5.8 29.7 8.44 5.8 29.7 10.53 7.0 29.4

 4 ................................................................... 10.30 2.8 35.9 10.31 4.3 34.4 10.28 2.4 39.8

 5 ................................................................... 11.02 7.3 36.5 10.80 7.7 35.0 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 8.36 10.5 30.7 8.33 10.5 30.6 – – –

Health aides, except nursing ............................. 9.30 4.3 28.0 9.17 4.3 27.6 11.63 4.6 37.3

 3 ................................................................... 8.56 5.5 23.6 8.54 5.5 23.6 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.68 5.0 38.4 10.85 4.9 38.3 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 11.19 7.7 37.0 – – – – – –

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............ 8.91 4.2 31.9 8.65 4.2 31.1 10.06 2.9 35.6

 1 ................................................................... 7.31 9.0 25.3 7.16 8.5 24.8 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.21 4.3 33.3 8.98 4.3 32.0 9.55 4.6 35.3

 3 ................................................................... 8.54 6.0 31.4 8.42 5.9 31.5 10.49 7.1 29.5

 4 ................................................................... 10.27 3.0 35.7 10.24 4.7 34.0 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 8.25 10.6 30.4 8.25 10.6 30.4 – – –

Cleaning and building service ................................ 9.82 8.9 31.9 8.76 4.3 30.0 12.73 7.6 38.7

 1 ................................................................... 7.56 3.2 27.0 7.47 3.4 26.3 8.71 9.3 39.7

 2 ................................................................... 9.61 2.3 32.6 9.19 5.8 29.8 10.10 3.8 36.6

 3 ................................................................... 10.47 2.4 37.9 9.62 4.4 37.1 11.86 4.1 39.2

 4 ................................................................... 11.30 2.4 37.2 – – – 12.19 .8 39.9

 5 ................................................................... 11.46 14.9 36.4 – – – 15.19 3.2 39.4

 6 ................................................................... 12.65 8.9 39.9 12.58 9.0 39.9 – – –

Supervisors, cleaning and building service

workers ............................................................ 13.88 14.4 38.3 10.63 6.8 37.6 20.58 3.5 39.8

 6 ................................................................... 12.63 9.2 40.0 12.63 9.2 40.0 – – –

Maids and housemen ........................................ 7.30 4.0 28.4 7.29 4.0 28.3 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 6.96 2.7 27.8 6.94 2.7 27.7 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 8.42 2.4 27.5 8.42 2.4 27.5 – – –

Janitors and cleaners ......................................... 9.79 4.3 32.1 9.07 4.2 29.5 11.17 3.4 38.5

 1 ................................................................... 7.96 3.9 26.5 7.86 4.5 25.4 8.75 10.2 39.8

 2 ................................................................... 10.04 3.0 34.0 9.94 9.1 30.4 10.10 3.8 36.6

 3 ................................................................... 10.90 2.9 37.5 10.12 2.5 36.2 11.86 4.1 39.2

 4 ................................................................... 11.39 3.0 37.7 – – – 12.20 .9 39.9

 5 ................................................................... 14.57 4.2 40.0 – – – 15.26 3.9 40.0

Personal service .................................................... 9.06 5.2 30.5 8.88 5.6 30.9 9.99 9.4 28.5

 1 ................................................................... 7.65 5.4 20.6 7.71 6.0 20.7 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued

Occupations and level

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

 2 ................................................................... $6.72 6.0 31.1 $6.52 5.7 31.7 $7.54 2.7 29.0

 3 ................................................................... 8.29 3.1 32.7 8.24 3.6 35.2 8.58 6.1 23.1

 4 ................................................................... 9.83 5.8 37.9 9.48 6.3 38.6 11.79 10.5 34.4

 5 ................................................................... 18.18 16.4 28.6 – – – – – –

 6 ................................................................... 11.89 16.0 36.2 11.97 16.6 36.7 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 16.83 16.4 40.0 16.83 16.4 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, personal service ............................ 12.95 10.8 33.4 12.95 10.8 33.4 – – –

Attendants, amusement, and recreation

facilities ............................................................ 7.10 10.3 34.9 7.10 10.7 36.6 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 7.35 9.4 28.5 – – – – – –

Welfare service aides ........................................ 9.27 9.8 27.5 8.70 10.7 27.8 – – –

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................. 8.27 5.6 28.2 7.92 6.1 28.2 9.00 8.3 28.0

 2 ................................................................... 7.71 2.9 29.4 7.98 4.5 29.8 7.65 3.0 29.3

 3 ................................................................... 8.34 5.8 27.8 – – – 8.68 6.9 27.7

 4 ................................................................... 9.22 8.7 38.6 – – – – – –

Child care workers, n.e.c. .................................. 10.77 11.4 29.1 8.84 6.3 24.7 12.88 4.5 36.1

 1 ................................................................... 7.69 7.5 12.4 – – – – – –

Service, n.e.c. .................................................... 8.82 3.0 32.6 8.82 3.2 32.6 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 8.18 6.2 31.3 – – – – – –

 2 ................................................................... 7.08 4.7 24.6 7.19 4.0 24.0 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.90 6.7 35.3 10.87 8.0 35.0 – – –

1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see Technical Note. 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 the Technical Note for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They

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

pay for overtime, vacations, 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. 4 In this census division, collection was conducted between March 2000 and January

2002. The average reference period was March 2001. 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 Technical Note.

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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Technical Note 

he data in this bulletin are based on the National Compensation Survey (NCS) conducted by the Bureau of 

Labor Statistics (BLS) throughout the year. The surveys 

are locality-based and cover establishments in private Industry and State and local governments. Bulletins are issued for individual localities when sufficient data meet 

publication standards. Agriculture, private households, and 

the Federal Government are excluded from the scope of the 

survey. 

Survey scope. In the West North Central census division, 

the NCS studied 1,491 establishments representing approximately 6,707,500 workers within the scope of the survey. 

Beginning with the 1999 NCS, private sector establishments with one or more workers are included in the survey. 

State and local governments with 50 or more workers also 

are included. The number of workers represented by the 

survey is shown in table A, and the number of establishments is shown in table B. 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. 

Sampling frame. The list of establishments from which the 

survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from the State unemployment insurance reports. The 

reference month for the public sector is June 1994. Due to 

the volatility of industries within the private sector, sampling frames were developed using the most recent month 

of reference available at the time the sample was selected. 

The reference month for the private sector varied by area. 

Sample design and data collection. The sample for this 

survey was selected using a three-stage design. The first 

stage consisted of the selection of areas. The nationwide 

NCS sample consists of 154 metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas that represent the Nation’s 326 metropolitan 

statistical areas and the remaining portions of the 50 States. 

Metropolitan areas are designated Metropolitan Statistical 

Areas (MSA) or Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSA), as defined in 1994 by the U.S. Office of 

Management and Budget. Nonmetropolitan areas are 

counties that do not fit the metropolitan area definition. 

The NCS areas that contribute to the West North 

Central census division are: 

Clinton County, IA 

Des Moines County, IA 

Goodhue County, MN 

Griggs County, ND 

Iowa City, IA, MSA 

Kansas City, MO-KS, MSA 

Lewis County, MO 

Lincoln, NE, MSA 

Logan County, NE 

Madison County, NE 

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, MSA 

Seward County, NE 

Springfield, MO, MSA 

St. Louis, MO-IL, MSA 

Tama County, IA 

Ward County, ND 

In the second stage, the sample of establishments was 

drawn by first stratifying the sampling frame by ownership 

and industry. 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 the establishment’s chance of selection. Weights were applied to each 

establishment when the data were tabulated so that the 

establishment represents similar units (by industry and 

employment size) in the economy that were not selected 

for data collection. 

The third stage of sample selection was a probability 

sample of occupations within a sampled establishment. In 

the West North Central region, data were collected 

between March 2000 and January 2002, with an average 

reference period of March 2001. 

Occupational selection and classification. Identification 

of the occupations for which wage data were collected was 

a four-step 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 vs. part-time, 

union vs. nonunion, and time vs. 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 

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each establishment by the BLS field economist during a 

personal visit. A complete list of employees was used for 

sampling, with each selected worker representing a job 

within the establishment. As with the selection of establishments, the selection of a job was based on probability 

proportional to its size in the establishment. The greater 

the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of selection. 

The second step of the process entailed classifying the 

selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The 

NCS 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. For cases in which 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. 

In step three, certain other job characteristics of the 

chosen workers 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 or 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 or a nonunion job. 

The fourth step in the job classification procedure was 

to determine the work level of each of the establishment's 

selected jobs, using an “occupational leveling” process. 

This process, involving discussions between the BLS field 

economist and the respondent, ranks and compares all selected establishment occupations using 10 leveling factors. 

For more information on occupational leveling and an example of how to use the criteria for leveling a job, see 

appendixes C and D of any published NCS locality bulletin 

or visit http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm on the 

Word Wide Web. The Web site also has a link to the NCS 

job descriptions. 

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 of estimates from 

all possible samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is 

the standard error divided by the estimate. Tables in this 

bulletin provide RSE data for indicated series. 

The relative standard error can be used to calculate a 

“confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example, suppose the mean hourly earnings for all workers 

were $16.23 per hour with a relative standard error of 1.0 

percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the 

confidence interval for this estimate is $15.96 to $16.50 

($16.23 x 1.645 x 0.010 = $0.2670, round to $0.27); 

($16.23 - .27 = $15.96; $16.23 + .27 = $16.50). If all 

possible samples were selected to estimate the population 

value, the interval from each sample would include the true 

population value approximately 90 percent of the time. 

Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They 

can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey 

definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct 

information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data 

obtained. Although such errors were not specifically measured, efforts were made to minimize nonsampling errors 

through the extensive training of field economists who 

gathered survey data by personal visit, computer editing of 

the data, and detailed data review. 

Census area divisions. Data are tabulated by census divisions defined as follows: New England—Connecticut, 

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, and 

Rhode Island; Middle Atlantic—New Jersey, New York, 

and Pennsylvania; East North Central—Illinois, Indiana, 

Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central—

Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South 

Dakota, and Nebraska; South Atlantic—Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East 

South Central—Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and 

Tennessee; West South Central—Arkansas, Louisiana, 

Oklahoma, and Texas; Mountain—Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada; 

and Pacific—Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii, and 

Alaska. Some census divisions include CMSAs and MSAs 

that cross State lines. In the West North Central census 

division, the St. Louis MSA includes parts of Missouri and 

Illinois and the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA includes parts 

of Minnesota and Wisconsin. 
TABLE A. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, by occupational group,2 West North

Central, National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001

Occupational group All industries Private industry State and local

government

All ............................................................................................. 6,707,500 5,596,100 1,111,400

All, excluding sales ............................................................... 5,957,600 4,848,600 1,109,000

White collar ......................................................................... 3,247,900 2,477,100 770,800

White collar, excluding sales ............................................ 2,498,100 1,729,600 768,400

Professional specialty and technical ................................. 1,116,900 634,700 482,200

Professional specialty occupations ............................... 865,200 428,100 437,100

Technical occupations .................................................. 251,700 206,700 45,000

Executive, administrative, and managerial ....................... 423,100 343,100 80,100

Sales ................................................................................. 749,800 747,500 2,400

Administrative support, including clerical .......................... 958,000 751,900 206,200

Blue collar ........................................................................... 2,120,700 2,004,800 115,900

Precision production, craft, and repair .............................. 631,500 586,300 45,200

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. 480,200 480,100 –

Transportation and material moving ................................. 424,800 384,200 40,600

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 584,200 554,200 30,000

Service ................................................................................. 1,338,900 1,114,200 224,700

1 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

with 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.

For more information, see Technical Note. 3 In this census division, collection was conducted between

March 2000 and January 2002. The average reference period

was March 2001. 

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data

did not meet publication criteria. 

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TABLE B. Number of establishments studied by industry group and establishment employment size, West North Central, National

Compensation Survey,1 March 2001

Industry division

Number of establishments studied

Total 1 to 99

workers2

100 to

499

workers

500 to

999

workers

1,000 to

2,499

workers

2,500 to

4,999

workers

5,000 or

more

workers

All ...................................................................................................................... 1,491 551 595 150 98 52 45

Private Industry ............................................................................................ 1,276 522 508 120 67 30 29

Goods-producing industries ....................................................................... 351 111 146 50 18 11 15

Mining .................................................................................................... 6 5 1 ––––

Construction ........................................................................................... 68 44 19 4 1 – –

Manufacturing ........................................................................................ 277 62 126 46 17 11 15

Durable goods ................................................................................... 159 36 66 29 11 7 10

Nondurable goods ............................................................................. 118 26 60 17645

Service-producing industries ..................................................................... 925 411 362 70 49 19 14

Transportation and utilities ..................................................................... 109 36 41 15827

Wholesale trade ..................................................................................... 66 39 20 7 – – –

Retail trade ............................................................................................ 218 133 75 7 2 1–

Finance, insurance and real estate ........................................................ 110 63 19 7 12 3 6

Services ................................................................................................. 422 140 207 34 27 13 1

State and local government ........................................................................ 215 29 87 30 31 22 16

1 In this census division, collection was conducted between March 2000 and January

2002. The average reference period was March 2001. 2 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99 workers and State and

local government establishments employing 50 to 99 workers. 

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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