National Compensation Survey: 

Occupational Wages in the Mountain 

Census Division, July 2002 

U.S. Department of Labor 

Elaine L. Chao, Secretary 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Kathleen P. Utgoff, Commissioner 

September 2003 

Bulletin 2562-8 
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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 (OCS) in 1996. The major difference between these 

two surveys is that the OCS 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 Mountain Census Division. (See Technical 

Note.) The bulletin provides estimates of occupational pay 

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

and establishment characteristics. 

NCS bulletins are published for nine census divisions: 

New England, Middle Atlantic, East North Central, West 

North Central, South Atlantic, East South Central, West 

South Central, Mountain, and Pacific. 

For additional information regarding this survey, contact the information staff in the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

(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. 

Data presented in this bulletin also are displayed in a 

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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 Mountain Census Division, July 2002 .................................................... 1

Tables: 

 Table 1. Summary, Mountain: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected characteristics, 

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

 Table 2. Summary, Mountain: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected characteristics, 

 metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas ............................................................................... 4 

 Table 3. Selected occupations, Mountain: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for full-time and 

 part-time workers ......................................................................................................... 5 

 Table 4. Selected occupations, Mountain, private industry: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and 

 part-time workers ........................................................................................................... 10 

 Table 5. Selected occupations, Mountain, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings and 

 weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers ..................................................................... 14 

 Table 6. Occupations and levels, Mountain: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours, private industry 

 and State and local government .......................................................................................... 16 

Technical Note ................................................................................................................ 30 

 Table A. Number of workers represented by the survey, by occupational group, Mountain ................... 32 

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

 employment size, Mountain .............................................................................................. 33 
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Occupational Wages in the Mountain 

Census Division, July 2002 

his bulletin provides July 2002 National Compensation 

Survey (NCS) estimates of occupational pay in the 

Mountain 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 Mountain Census Division averaged 

$15.67 per hour in July 2002. Workers in private industry 

in the Mountain region averaged $14.67 per hour, while 

pay of workers in State and local government averaged 

$21.50 per hour. The nationwide hourly average for all 

workers covered by the survey was $17.18. 

Table 1 in this bulletin 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 $17.73 per hour; blue-collar workers averaged $14.09; and service occupations, $7.86. Corresponding averages in State and local government were $24.31, 

$15.84, and $15.13. Overall 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 Mountain region averaged 

$16.57 per hour, while part-time workers averaged $9.74. 

In private industry, full-time workers averaged $15.58 an 

hour, and part-time workers averaged $9.17. For workers 

in State and local government, average hourly pay was 

$21.97 and $15.91, respectively. Full-time or part-time 

designation is based on the employer’s definition of those 

terms. 

In the Mountain region, workers in large establishments—that is, establishments with 2,500 or more workers—had average hourly pay of $23.34. Workers in the 

smallest establishment-size category studied (1 to 99 employees) averaged $13.49. 

Table 2 shows that workers in metropolitan areas averaged $15.67 per hour, while the average pay for workers in 

nonmetropolitan areas was $15.70. (See the Technical 

Note for definitions of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan 

areas.) 

Among census divisions, average earnings generally 

were highest in the Middle Atlantic, Pacific, and New 

England regions. Average earnings for 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 Mountain region are shown in tables 3, 

4, and 5. These tables contain wage rates and mean weekly 

hours for individual occupations and for major 

occupational groups. For example, all registered nurses 

averaged $24.74 per hour (table 3). Registered nurses in 

private industry averaged $24.81 (table 4), while their 

counterparts in State and local government averaged 

$23.70 per hour (table 5). Secretaries averaged $13.53 in 

private industry and $13.27 in State and local governments. 

Janitors and cleaners, a service occupation, averaged $9.05 

in private industry and $10.71 in State and local government. 

Earnings by occupational group and level are shown in 

table 6. In determining the work level, the Bureau of 

Labor Statistics applies an occupational leveling technique to occupations selected during the collection process, 

using 10 criteria to level occupations. Usually, results tend 

to show higher pay at higher levels. In this region, average 

hourly earnings of white-collar workers ranged from $7.19 

for work level 1 to $57.14 for level 14. Average earnings 

of blue-collar workers ranged from $8.22 (level 1) to 

$27.79 (level 9); service workers’ average earnings ranged 

from $6.33 (level 1) to $31.64 (level 10). (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 Mountain 

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 Mountain Census Division by 

employment size; more establishments were studied in the 

group having 1 to 99 workers than in any other size category. 

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TABLE 1. Summary, Mountain: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and

State and local government, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2002

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 ........................................................... $15.67 3.6 35.5 $14.67 2.6 35.2 $21.50 3.2 37.1

Worker characteristics:4

White-collar occupations5 ....................... 18.98 1.3 36.0 17.73 1.5 35.8 24.31 2.6 37.1

Professional specialty and technical ... 25.41 6.1 36.1 23.56 5.4 36.0 29.13 3.5 36.3

Executive, administrative, and

managerial ........................................ 28.43 3.5 40.6 29.10 4.0 40.9 26.43 3.7 39.9

Sales ................................................... 14.15 2.9 34.8 14.16 2.8 34.8 12.09 22.8 26.6

Administrative support ........................ 12.22 2.2 35.1 12.02 2.4 34.7 13.44 2.1 37.3

Blue-collar occupations5 ......................... 14.18 2.4 37.5 14.09 2.3 37.5 15.84 4.7 38.2

Precision production, craft, and repair 17.33 2.4 39.7 17.22 2.1 39.7 19.16 11.3 40.0

Machine operators, assemblers, and

inspectors ......................................... 11.39 5.3 38.3 11.38 5.3 38.3 – – –

Transportation and material moving ... 14.17 8.5 34.9 14.25 9.8 34.7 13.60 7.8 36.5

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers ........................ 10.68 1.9 35.3 10.62 2.0 35.2 12.10 7.7 37.6

Service occupations5 .............................. 8.99 2.5 31.9 7.86 2.4 31.2 15.13 6.4 36.3

Full time .................................................. 16.57 4.8 39.6 15.58 3.7 39.6 21.97 3.6 39.4

Part time ................................................. 9.74 2.3 21.1 9.17 2.6 21.1 15.91 17.4 21.7

Union ...................................................... 19.30 10.0 37.1 17.89 5.4 36.8 21.68 16.7 37.5

Nonunion ................................................ 15.30 3.4 35.3 14.44 2.7 35.1 21.45 3.0 36.9

Time ........................................................ 15.41 4.1 35.4 14.31 3.2 35.2 21.50 3.2 37.1

Incentive ................................................. 21.26 1.9 36.7 21.26 1.9 36.7 – – –

Establishment characteristics:

Goods producing .................................... 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 17.86 3.0 39.3 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( )

Service producing ................................... 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 13.69 2.3 34.1 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( )

1 to 99 workers7 ..................................... 13.49 2.2 34.4 13.42 2.3 34.4 16.25 3.3 37.2

100 to 499 workers ................................. 16.12 3.0 36.3 15.68 3.5 36.2 19.11 2.9 36.9

500 to 999 workers ................................. 16.67 10.6 37.0 16.21 14.2 36.9 18.03 5.3 37.2

1,000 to 2,499 workers ........................... 18.46 11.5 37.6 16.97 15.4 37.3 21.32 1.7 38.2

2,500 workers or more ............................ 23.34 8.8 36.7 20.49 15.5 37.2 25.39 1.6 36.3

Geographic areas:8

Metropolitan ............................................ 15.67 4.2 35.5 14.83 2.9 35.3 22.82 3.0 36.9

Nonmetropolitan ..................................... 15.70 1.3 35.7 13.31 7.5 34.7 19.37 7.9 37.3

New England .......................................... 18.61 2.9 34.4 17.73 3.5 34.2 24.55 2.6 35.8

Middle Atlantic ........................................ 19.79 1.8 34.8 18.93 1.5 34.7 24.69 1.9 35.4

East North Central .................................. 17.42 1.2 35.7 16.64 1.3 35.6 22.47 2.3 35.9

West North Central ................................. 16.11 4.1 35.3 15.31 4.3 35.0 20.40 3.5 37.2

South Atlantic ......................................... 15.97 1.9 36.4 15.38 2.4 36.1 18.84 1.2 38.0

East South Central ................................. 14.19 5.0 37.1 13.67 5.3 37.1 17.94 4.3 37.2

West South Central ................................ 15.39 1.5 36.6 14.81 1.6 36.3 18.24 1.4 38.2

Mountain ................................................. 15.67 3.6 35.5 14.67 2.6 35.2 21.50 3.2 37.1

Pacific ..................................................... 19.08 1.8 35.8 18.01 2.4 35.9 24.87 .8 35.6

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

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

are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, data were collected between December 2001 and

January 2003. The average reference period was July 2002. 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 nine census divisions. See Technical Note for a list of States making up 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, Mountain: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, metropolitan and

nonmetropolitan areas,2 National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002

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 ............................................................ $15.67 3.6 35.5 $15.67 4.2 35.5 $15.70 1.3 35.7

Private Industry ....................................... 14.67 2.6 35.2 14.83 2.9 35.3 13.31 7.5 34.7

State and local government .................... 21.50 3.2 37.1 22.82 3.0 36.9 19.37 7.9 37.3

Worker characteristics:5

White-collar occupations6 ....................... 18.98 1.3 36.0 18.95 1.4 36.0 19.19 4.4 36.2

Professional specialty and technical ... 25.41 6.1 36.1 25.24 7.5 36.3 26.24 3.7 35.2

Executive, administrative, and

managerial ........................................ 28.43 3.5 40.6 28.71 4.0 40.7 26.77 7.3 40.3

Sales ................................................... 14.15 2.9 34.8 14.52 3.2 35.0 10.31 5.8 33.1

Administrative support ........................ 12.22 2.2 35.1 12.39 2.3 34.8 11.16 5.3 37.0

Blue-collar occupations6 ......................... 14.18 2.4 37.5 14.03 2.6 37.4 15.23 8.2 38.3

Precision production, craft, and repair 17.33 2.4 39.7 17.40 2.8 39.7 16.83 3.4 40.0

Machine operators, assemblers, and

inspectors ......................................... 11.39 5.3 38.3 11.29 5.5 38.2 13.50 16.3 40.0

Transportation and material moving ... 14.17 8.5 34.9 13.06 6.8 33.9 17.88 13.6 38.8

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers ........................ 10.68 1.9 35.3 10.83 2.8 35.4 9.67 5.5 34.9

Service occupations6 .............................. 8.99 2.5 31.9 9.01 3.0 31.7 8.89 2.7 32.7

Full time .................................................. 16.57 4.8 39.6 16.57 5.6 39.6 16.58 2.1 39.6

Part time ................................................. 9.74 2.3 21.1 9.68 2.7 21.0 10.13 6.1 22.0

Union ...................................................... 19.30 10.0 37.1 19.54 12.5 37.0 18.08 7.1 37.4

Nonunion ................................................ 15.30 3.4 35.3 15.28 3.9 35.3 15.41 2.2 35.5

Time ........................................................ 15.41 4.1 35.4 15.37 4.8 35.4 15.61 1.9 35.5

Incentive ................................................. 21.26 1.9 36.7 21.60 2.3 36.1 18.40 15.2 41.7

Establishment characteristics:

Goods producing7 .................................. 17.86 3.0 39.3 – – – – – –

Service producing7 ................................. 13.69 2.3 34.1 – – – – – –

1 to 99 workers8 ..................................... 13.49 2.2 34.4 13.45 2.6 34.3 13.82 5.4 35.1

100 to 499 workers ................................. 16.12 3.0 36.3 16.52 2.1 36.7 14.45 14.4 34.9

500 to 999 workers ................................. 16.67 10.6 37.0 16.92 12.8 37.0 15.65 9.9 37.2

1,000 to 2,499 workers ........................... 18.46 11.5 37.6 18.13 13.2 37.7 20.78 .9 36.9

2,500 workers or more ............................ 23.34 8.8 36.7 23.03 10.0 36.3 – – –

Geographic areas:9

New England .......................................... 18.61 2.9 34.4 18.99 2.9 34.4 14.66 9.4 34.5

Middle Atlantic ........................................ 19.79 1.8 34.8 19.97 1.8 34.8 15.83 3.8 34.9

East North Central .................................. 17.42 1.2 35.7 17.73 1.3 35.6 15.11 3.4 36.3

West North Central ................................. 16.11 4.1 35.3 16.82 4.7 35.3 13.38 6.2 35.3

South Atlantic ......................................... 15.97 1.9 36.4 16.26 2.1 36.3 13.83 3.4 37.1

East South Central ................................. 14.19 5.0 37.1 15.06 4.0 36.5 12.37 11.5 38.5

West South Central ................................ 15.39 1.5 36.6 15.49 1.7 36.7 14.45 6.5 36.3

Mountain ................................................. 15.67 3.6 35.5 15.67 4.2 35.5 15.70 1.3 35.7

Pacific ..................................................... 19.08 1.8 35.8 19.22 1.9 35.9 16.10 1.6 34.8

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

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

are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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 A metropolitan area can be a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) or

Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) as defined by the Office of

Management and Budget, 1994. Nonmetropolitan areas are counties that do not fit

the definitions above. 3 In this census division, data were collected between December 2001 and

January 2003. The average reference period was July 2002. 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 metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area divisions as

well as nine census divisions. See Technical Note for a list of States making up 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, Mountain: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2002

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 .......................................................................................... $15.67 3.6 35.5 $16.57 4.8 39.6 $9.74 2.3 21.1

All, excluding sales ........................................................ 15.85 4.4 35.6 16.69 5.8 39.4 10.00 2.9 21.1

White collar ...................................................................... 18.98 1.3 36.0 19.86 2.3 39.9 12.49 5.7 21.1

White collar, excluding sales ..................................... 20.20 2.3 36.4 20.85 3.8 39.6 14.47 9.8 21.1

Professional specialty and technical ......................... 25.41 6.1 36.1 25.63 6.9 39.0 23.02 4.7 19.9

Professional specialty ................................................ 27.60 3.1 36.1 27.99 3.4 39.2 23.39 3.9 19.6

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..................... 31.49 3.9 40.8 31.52 4.2 41.0 – – –

Civil engineers ................................................... 32.36 9.6 39.9 32.29 9.8 40.0 – – –

Electrical and electronic engineers .................... 31.66 5.6 40.5 31.66 5.6 40.5 – – –

Industrial engineers ........................................... 28.36 5.6 41.1 – – – – – –

Mechanical engineers ........................................ 36.31 6.5 42.6 36.31 6.5 42.6 – – –

Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................ 29.34 6.0 40.3 29.34 6.0 40.3 – – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ................... 29.72 5.4 40.6 29.72 5.4 40.6 – – –

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........ 30.83 5.4 40.6 30.83 5.4 40.6 – – –

Operations and systems researchers and

analysts ............................................................ 23.83 8.4 40.7 23.83 8.4 40.7 – – –

Natural scientists ................................................... 28.25 10.8 39.8 28.31 11.2 40.2 – – –

Geologists and geodesists ................................. 39.70 15.8 40.0 39.70 15.8 40.0 – – –

Biological and life scientists ............................... 30.06 12.4 38.0 30.63 15.5 40.4 – – –

Medical scientists ............................................... 23.51 4.0 39.7 23.51 4.0 39.7 – – –

Health related ........................................................ 27.28 5.6 34.6 27.91 8.9 38.5 24.94 4.9 25.3

Physicians .......................................................... 50.96 14.7 37.6 51.16 15.7 40.5 – – –

Registered nurses .............................................. 24.74 5.2 33.7 25.23 8.7 37.9 23.13 3.4 24.9

Pharmacists ....................................................... 39.99 4.0 37.6 39.89 3.8 39.9 – – –

Dietitians ............................................................ 19.75 8.6 34.5 – – – – – –

Respiratory therapists ........................................ 18.22 3.3 39.1 18.19 3.3 39.5 – – –

Occupational therapists ..................................... 24.15 2.0 35.7 – – – – – –

Physical therapists ............................................. 27.17 3.3 35.6 – – – – – –

Speech therapists .............................................. 24.56 10.1 37.8 – – – – – –

Teachers, college and university ........................... 38.63 3.6 30.9 40.76 4.6 37.2 26.12 15.3 15.5

Engineering teachers ......................................... 58.63 33.4 30.8 – – – – – –

Computer science teachers ............................... 30.46 10.4 34.4 – – – – – –

Health specialties teachers ................................ 51.05 15.5 31.1 51.61 15.8 32.1 – – –

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .. 33.65 6.2 38.5 33.72 6.2 39.3 – – –

Other post-secondary teachers ......................... 33.06 11.0 27.5 35.06 9.3 40.5 – – –

Teachers, except college and university ................ 25.10 10.6 35.3 25.55 10.2 37.5 16.87 7.6 17.1

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ..................... 13.36 35.3 36.9 13.86 33.0 38.2 – – –

Elementary school teachers .............................. 27.68 8.6 36.0 27.85 8.5 37.3 23.52 9.3 19.4

Secondary school teachers ............................... 28.87 6.3 37.1 28.88 6.3 37.5 – – –

Teachers, special education .............................. 19.56 14.8 37.9 19.43 15.3 38.6 – – –

Teachers, n.e.c. ................................................. 18.30 14.8 29.4 19.67 12.4 39.5 11.94 5.1 13.4

Substitute teachers ............................................ 12.10 5.9 15.1 – – – 12.10 5.9 15.1

Vocational and educational counselors ............. 25.36 34.3 33.2 25.21 35.9 34.1 – – –

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................ 22.67 33.6 37.1 22.70 35.2 38.7 – – –

Librarians ........................................................... 22.70 35.2 38.7 22.70 35.2 38.7 – – –

Social scientists and urban planners ..................... 30.12 16.4 38.5 29.96 17.4 40.2 – – –

Psychologists ..................................................... 31.94 17.3 37.6 31.84 19.1 40.0 – – –

Social, recreation, and religious workers ............... 16.70 12.3 37.9 16.55 12.8 39.0 20.76 14.1 21.5

Social workers ................................................... 16.60 13.5 38.1 16.43 14.1 38.9 21.65 15.8 23.6

Recreation workers ............................................ 18.82 13.5 35.6 18.98 13.4 40.0 – – –

Lawyers and judges ............................................... 39.83 20.3 47.1 39.83 20.3 47.4 – – –

Lawyers ............................................................. 34.06 16.9 49.7 34.06 16.9 49.7 – – –

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. 20.96 3.1 31.8 21.31 3.8 40.1 16.43 13.1 8.5

Designers ........................................................... 19.97 17.7 41.0 20.15 18.8 42.0 – – –

Editors and reporters ......................................... 18.87 5.7 39.1 18.77 5.7 39.6 – – –

Public relations specialists ................................. 32.16 12.7 39.4 32.16 12.7 39.4 – – –

Professional, n.e.c. ............................................ 26.97 2.5 32.4 26.99 2.7 40.0 – – –

Technical ................................................................... 19.01 12.2 36.1 18.74 13.4 38.6 21.92 9.3 21.1

Clinical laboratory technologists and

technicians ....................................................... 16.85 3.5 37.7 16.38 2.4 40.0 – – –

Radiological technicians .................................... 20.79 8.4 35.0 21.22 8.2 39.7 – – –

Licensed practical nurses .................................. 16.20 2.5 37.4 16.24 3.3 39.3 15.84 3.8 25.8

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–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

Technical –Continued

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ...... $13.64 14.8 30.1 $13.13 6.2 37.6 $16.09 25.3 15.5

Electrical and electronic technicians .................. 15.04 27.6 37.4 14.81 26.6 39.8 – – –

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .......................... 20.69 9.3 38.6 18.15 8.4 40.0 – – –

Drafters .............................................................. 18.03 11.1 40.0 18.03 11.1 40.0 – – –

Surveying and mapping technicians .................. 20.81 9.0 40.0 20.81 9.0 40.0 – – –

Computer programmers ..................................... 29.52 8.1 40.0 29.52 8.1 40.0 – – –

Legal assistants ................................................. 16.02 2.5 39.2 16.02 2.5 39.2 – – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. .............................. 19.95 7.2 40.5 19.95 7.2 40.5 – – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... 28.43 3.5 40.6 28.49 3.6 41.0 – – –

Executives, administrators, and managers ............ 30.80 3.5 41.1 30.89 3.6 41.6 – – –

Administrators and officials, public

administration .................................................. 29.02 5.9 41.0 29.02 5.9 41.0 – – –

Financial managers ........................................... 29.57 8.3 40.7 29.57 8.3 40.7 – – –

Personnel and labor relations managers ........... 34.07 7.5 41.4 34.07 7.5 41.4 – – –

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public

relations ........................................................... 37.80 5.0 44.6 37.91 5.2 44.9 – – –

Administrators, education and related fields ...... 35.05 6.9 34.9 37.23 5.1 40.0 – – –

Managers, medicine and health ......................... 28.48 16.2 39.9 28.47 16.2 40.0 – – –

Managers, food servicing and lodging

establishments ................................................. 18.33 5.6 43.8 18.33 5.6 43.8 – – –

Managers, properties and real estate ................ 26.28 20.9 40.0 26.28 20.9 40.0 – – –

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............ 22.69 4.2 41.0 22.69 4.2 41.0 – – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................. 33.17 6.9 41.7 33.17 6.9 41.7 – – –

Management related .............................................. 22.67 4.0 39.5 22.69 3.9 39.7 – – –

Accountants and auditors .................................. 20.58 9.7 40.8 20.58 9.7 40.8 – – –

Other financial officers ....................................... 31.02 17.7 40.1 31.02 17.7 40.1 – – –

Management analysts ........................................ 21.99 14.3 40.0 21.99 14.3 40.0 – – –

Personnel, training, and labor relations

specialists ........................................................ 20.44 6.1 40.8 20.44 6.1 40.8 – – –

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ............... 22.30 14.5 39.9 22.30 14.5 39.9 – – –

Construction inspectors ..................................... 22.66 3.4 40.0 22.66 3.4 40.0 – – –

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ..................................................... 24.41 13.4 36.0 24.89 12.9 40.0 – – –

Management related, n.e.c. ............................... 21.30 8.0 40.0 21.30 8.0 40.0 – – –

Sales ............................................................................. 14.15 2.9 34.8 15.52 3.7 40.9 8.30 7.2 21.2

Supervisors, sales ............................................. 17.53 8.6 42.8 17.54 8.7 42.9 – – –

Insurance sales .................................................. 26.26 23.3 43.7 26.26 23.3 43.7 – – –

Securities and financial services sales .............. 32.15 30.5 39.8 32.33 30.5 40.0 – – –

Advertising and related sales ............................. 12.99 15.9 39.5 12.97 16.2 40.0 – – –

Sales, other business services .......................... 17.82 6.3 38.4 19.43 12.0 40.5 – – –

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale .................................................. 21.46 28.1 40.4 21.46 28.1 40.4 – – –

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .......... 21.43 18.2 48.1 21.43 18.2 48.1 – – –

Sales workers, apparel ...................................... 7.83 3.6 20.7 – – – 7.27 3.8 18.3

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies 12.11 7.5 40.9 12.26 8.4 42.3 – – –

Sales workers, parts .......................................... 13.23 5.0 40.5 13.23 5.0 40.5 – – –

Sales workers, other commodities ..................... 12.04 9.0 29.5 14.34 7.9 40.0 7.33 1.3 19.2

Sales counter clerks .......................................... 9.15 9.8 35.7 9.18 11.3 37.6 – – –

Cashiers ............................................................. 9.04 3.3 31.6 9.55 5.5 39.3 7.80 12.9 21.4

Sales support, n.e.c. .......................................... 10.75 17.2 26.0 14.62 20.6 40.5 – – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................ 12.22 2.2 35.1 12.59 1.5 39.6 10.25 5.5 21.7

Supervisors, general office ................................ 15.80 9.8 39.6 15.80 9.8 39.8 – – –

Supervisors, financial records processing ......... 16.56 21.7 40.0 16.56 21.7 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and

adjusting clerks ................................................ 16.33 10.2 43.2 16.33 10.2 43.2 – – –

Computer operators ........................................... 18.47 5.4 40.0 18.47 5.4 40.0 – – –

Secretaries ......................................................... 13.47 1.6 36.1 13.59 1.4 39.8 12.80 7.8 23.8

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–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

Stenographers ................................................... $13.76 4.1 40.0 $13.76 4.1 40.0 – – –

Interviewers ....................................................... 11.97 3.6 38.4 11.92 3.6 40.0 – – –

Hotel clerks ........................................................ 9.00 3.1 32.7 9.11 5.7 39.6 – – –

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ..... – – – – – – $12.46 21.6 21.5

Receptionists ..................................................... 9.59 6.6 28.8 10.70 5.5 39.5 – – –

Information clerks, n.e.c. .................................... 10.13 3.6 33.3 10.26 4.7 39.3 – – –

Order clerks ....................................................... 10.87 5.9 36.1 11.49 6.8 39.9 8.01 5.9 25.1

Personnel clerks, except payroll and

timekeeping ..................................................... 14.46 1.3 40.0 14.46 1.3 40.0 – – –

Library clerks ..................................................... 12.29 6.4 31.9 13.08 7.6 39.7 9.30 4.3 18.3

File clerks ........................................................... 9.51 3.7 34.1 9.52 4.5 40.0 9.49 2.7 25.7

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................ 12.63 9.4 37.1 12.12 6.4 39.2 – – –

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ... 12.79 2.7 37.7 13.03 3.7 40.0 10.21 4.3 23.4

Payroll and timekeeping clerks .......................... 15.45 6.5 24.5 14.90 5.6 40.0 – – –

Billing clerks ....................................................... 10.61 5.5 38.7 – – – – – –

Telephone operators .......................................... 13.19 19.9 35.3 – – – – – –

Mail clerks, except postal service ...................... 12.20 13.9 37.6 12.62 9.5 39.7 – – –

Dispatchers ........................................................ 13.43 14.3 38.7 13.62 15.4 39.9 – – –

Production coordinators ..................................... 14.43 24.8 31.2 15.38 19.2 40.0 – – –

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................. 13.09 18.3 40.0 13.09 18.3 40.0 – – –

Stock and inventory clerks ................................. 11.64 6.0 35.3 11.53 6.6 40.0 12.20 10.7 22.0

Expeditors .......................................................... 12.14 10.6 40.0 12.14 10.6 40.0 – – –

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution

clerks, n.e.c. ..................................................... 11.30 21.4 38.4 11.40 21.3 39.3 – – –

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and

investigators ..................................................... 16.94 21.1 39.2 16.94 21.1 39.2 – – –

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ... 12.46 4.1 38.3 12.50 4.4 39.0 11.23 3.7 26.0

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ........................... 15.34 15.7 40.0 15.34 15.7 40.0 – – –

Bill and account collectors ................................. 10.39 8.4 32.8 10.51 9.7 37.4 – – –

General office clerks .......................................... 12.17 6.3 34.7 12.36 6.2 39.6 11.05 17.3 20.2

Bank tellers ........................................................ 8.97 1.8 34.5 8.76 2.5 39.3 9.97 3.8 21.9

Data entry keyers ............................................... 10.50 5.3 38.3 10.58 6.5 39.9 – – –

Teachers’ aides ................................................. 9.23 7.6 25.8 9.00 8.2 33.0 9.53 10.1 20.2

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................ 11.59 6.6 30.0 11.67 9.3 38.7 11.26 5.7 15.6

Blue collar ........................................................................ 14.18 2.4 37.5 14.62 2.6 40.0 8.53 11.1 21.0

Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... 17.33 2.4 39.7 17.35 2.4 40.1 16.41 10.4 24.9

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .............. 28.36 9.6 41.0 28.36 9.6 41.0 – – –

Automobile mechanics ....................................... 19.52 5.9 41.1 19.52 5.9 41.1 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .... 17.36 11.3 40.0 17.36 11.3 40.0 – – –

Aircraft engine mechanics ................................. 18.79 11.1 40.0 18.79 11.1 40.0 – – –

Heavy equipment mechanics ............................. 20.25 2.7 39.7 20.33 3.0 40.0 – – –

Industrial machinery repairers ........................... 19.41 6.5 38.2 19.41 6.5 38.2 – – –

Machinery maintenance ..................................... 17.80 11.2 40.0 17.80 11.2 40.0 – – –

Electronic repairers, communications and

industrial equipment ......................................... 19.71 14.5 40.0 19.71 14.5 40.0 – – –

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration

mechanics ........................................................ 15.72 5.4 40.0 15.72 5.4 40.0 – – –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ......................... 17.27 1.8 40.0 17.27 1.8 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ............. 17.75 6.0 40.0 17.75 6.0 40.0 – – –

Carpenters ......................................................... 19.55 10.5 39.7 19.75 10.3 40.0 – – –

Electricians ........................................................ 21.98 9.1 40.0 21.98 9.1 40.0 – – –

Electrical power installers and repairers ............ 26.79 5.7 40.0 26.79 5.7 40.0 – – –

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ............... 20.82 10.9 39.9 20.82 10.9 39.9 – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ................................. 13.01 11.9 39.6 13.03 12.1 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, production ..................................... 19.82 15.1 40.3 19.82 15.1 40.3 – – –

Machinists .......................................................... 18.29 2.0 39.9 18.29 2.0 39.9 – – –

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 14.67 4.7 34.2 13.02 11.6 40.0 – – –

Butchers and meat cutters ................................. 15.56 4.2 36.4 15.89 3.2 39.5 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–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 –Continued

Bakers ................................................................ $11.64 3.3 38.4 $11.64 3.8 40.0 – – –

Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................ 19.52 5.3 41.0 19.52 5.3 41.0 – – –

Water and sewer treatment plant operators ...... 21.10 11.2 40.0 21.10 11.2 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous plant and system operators,

n.e.c. ................................................................ 23.98 3.2 40.0 23.98 3.2 40.0 – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..... 11.39 5.3 38.3 11.62 5.9 39.9 $8.18 3.4 24.3

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ............... 12.20 7.6 40.0 12.20 7.6 40.0 – – –

Printing press operators ..................................... 16.57 6.3 39.9 16.57 6.3 39.9 – – –

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators 10.16 7.5 39.8 10.16 7.6 39.9 – – –

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .......... 11.99 10.5 39.7 12.10 13.0 40.0 – – –

Welders and cutters ........................................... 16.52 7.7 40.0 16.52 7.7 40.0 – – –

Assemblers ........................................................ 11.22 5.5 39.3 11.27 5.4 40.0 9.48 10.0 24.7

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ................... 12.52 7.9 37.1 12.73 9.2 40.0 – – –

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners 13.23 4.9 39.4 13.23 4.9 39.4 – – –

Transportation and material moving ......................... 14.17 8.5 34.9 14.92 7.7 40.4 7.58 8.8 16.0

Truck drivers ...................................................... 14.22 11.0 40.0 14.30 10.8 40.7 – – –

Driver-sales workers .......................................... 8.18 20.8 26.8 – – – – – –

Bus drivers ......................................................... 12.09 2.9 28.7 12.98 10.8 39.3 11.01 10.8 21.7

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs .......................... 8.73 5.2 13.5 – – – – – –

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................ 8.56 8.3 29.6 9.53 4.7 40.0 – – –

Operating engineers .......................................... 12.05 12.8 40.0 12.05 12.8 40.0 – – –

Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ............. 17.37 3.1 40.1 17.37 3.1 40.1 – – –

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators 15.46 15.9 39.9 15.49 15.9 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ............................................... 15.48 8.7 40.0 15.48 8.7 40.0 – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers ....................................................................... 10.68 1.9 35.3 11.24 1.1 39.4 7.72 8.5 22.7

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ... 9.90 5.7 34.1 9.75 7.5 38.6 10.29 10.1 26.3

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ................................................. 18.38 9.6 40.0 18.38 9.6 40.0 – – –

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ..................... 14.04 4.7 38.6 14.43 5.9 40.0 – – –

Helpers, construction trades .............................. 10.08 1.6 40.0 10.08 1.6 40.0 – – –

Construction laborers ......................................... 10.69 3.6 38.3 10.69 3.7 38.4 – – –

Production helpers ............................................. 10.14 3.8 39.9 10.11 4.3 40.0 – – –

Stock handlers and baggers .............................. 8.96 8.7 28.7 10.76 9.5 39.4 6.54 9.6 21.1

Machine feeders and offbearers ........................ 14.48 6.2 39.6 14.48 6.2 39.6 – – –

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ...... 10.71 6.3 36.7 10.77 8.2 39.8 – – –

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ......... 9.93 6.3 33.4 11.17 8.2 40.0 – – –

Hand packers and packagers ............................ 11.18 14.1 37.7 11.46 12.9 39.9 6.80 14.5 20.4

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................. 9.98 7.9 35.0 10.60 6.2 40.0 8.01 8.7 25.1

Service .............................................................................. 8.99 2.5 31.9 9.72 5.9 38.2 6.75 1.9 21.2

Protective service .................................................. 17.15 5.6 34.7 18.08 5.9 41.3 9.64 2.2 15.1

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ...... 25.28 3.4 50.6 25.28 3.4 50.6 – – –

Supervisors, police and detectives .................... 27.05 10.9 41.1 27.05 10.9 41.1 – – –

Supervisors, guards ........................................... 16.60 14.7 36.7 17.38 12.2 39.7 – – –

Firefighting ......................................................... 15.41 10.5 42.9 17.29 5.9 49.0 – – –

Police and detectives, public service ................. 22.85 4.5 39.4 22.84 4.5 40.0 – – –

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement

officers ............................................................. 20.03 2.7 40.2 20.03 2.7 40.2 – – –

Correctional institution officers ........................... 14.35 11.8 40.0 14.35 11.8 40.0 – – –

Guards and police, except public service .......... 9.58 4.6 31.8 9.52 2.1 39.7 9.78 16.5 19.6

Protective service, n.e.c. .................................... 13.08 13.1 11.7 14.83 16.1 39.6 – – –

Food service .......................................................... 6.96 3.4 30.2 7.46 2.4 37.1 5.94 2.3 21.8

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ................... 5.08 18.1 29.0 5.40 15.6 37.2 4.53 20.9 21.0

Bartenders ......................................................... 7.17 10.0 31.7 7.89 12.4 38.7 6.11 5.1 25.1

Waiters and waitresses ...................................... 4.39 16.8 28.3 4.66 10.6 36.8 3.96 24.2 20.8

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–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

Food service –Continued

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders –Continued

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ......................... $5.54 16.5 29.2 $5.62 20.9 37.2 $5.28 2.9 17.3

Other food service ............................................... 7.83 3.0 30.8 8.32 6.5 37.1 6.71 2.3 22.3

Supervisors, food preparation and service ........ 11.32 5.0 40.1 11.64 5.3 41.2 – – –

Cooks ................................................................. 9.40 4.8 33.3 9.88 6.1 37.5 7.34 7.3 22.7

Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................... 7.94 3.8 28.4 8.19 7.6 37.9 7.41 2.1 18.7

Food preparation, n.e.c. ..................................... 6.80 4.2 29.3 7.43 6.2 38.1 6.28 1.6 24.7

Health service ........................................................ 10.32 4.4 33.9 10.32 3.7 38.8 10.33 9.7 22.7

Health aides, except nursing ............................. 9.62 3.8 36.7 9.54 2.5 39.1 11.36 3.4 15.4

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............ 10.19 3.6 33.1 10.25 2.4 39.2 10.02 9.3 22.8

Cleaning and building service ................................ 9.38 3.3 36.2 9.51 4.3 39.2 8.20 8.0 21.2

Supervisors, cleaning and building service

workers ............................................................ 14.94 22.9 40.0 14.94 22.9 40.0 – – –

Maids and housemen ........................................ 7.51 2.2 38.6 7.51 2.2 39.8 – – –

Janitors and cleaners ......................................... 9.65 3.5 35.3 9.85 4.4 38.9 8.24 8.5 21.3

Personal service .................................................... 9.13 8.2 31.5 9.70 11.0 37.8 7.26 3.9 20.4

Supervisors, personal service ............................ 15.37 8.8 40.2 15.37 8.8 40.2 – – –

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ....................... 12.02 15.8 31.6 12.32 14.9 36.9 – – –

Attendants, amusement, and recreation

facilities ............................................................ 6.69 3.4 35.1 6.72 3.4 39.3 6.53 7.1 21.2

Public transportation attendants ........................ 27.27 5.5 19.8 27.55 5.3 19.8 – – –

Baggage porters and bellhops ........................... 6.54 16.5 38.6 6.41 20.5 40.0 – – –

Welfare service aides ........................................ 9.66 8.9 31.4 9.93 8.2 38.6 – – –

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................. 8.42 2.3 27.1 9.34 3.4 37.8 6.89 4.1 18.4

Child care workers, n.e.c. .................................. 8.54 6.4 28.5 8.82 6.4 40.0 7.99 4.7 18.1

Service, n.e.c. .................................................... 7.87 4.4 26.9 9.53 6.7 39.1 7.01 3.6 23.2

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

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

pay for overtime, vacations, 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, data were collected between December 2001 and January

2003. The average reference period was July 2002. 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, Mountain, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2002

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 .......................................................................................... $14.67 2.6 35.2 $15.58 3.7 39.6 $9.17 2.6 21.1

All, excluding sales ........................................................ 14.75 3.3 35.3 15.59 4.7 39.5 9.35 2.6 21.1

White collar ...................................................................... 17.73 1.5 35.8 18.66 1.0 40.1 11.55 1.9 20.9

White collar, excluding sales ..................................... 18.90 1.6 36.1 19.60 2.4 39.9 13.37 5.3 20.7

Professional specialty and technical ......................... 23.56 5.4 36.0 23.71 6.0 39.4 21.84 4.4 18.7

Professional specialty ................................................ 25.60 2.5 36.3 25.91 2.6 39.9 22.35 2.4 18.7

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..................... 31.98 4.2 40.9 32.02 4.5 41.1 – – –

Civil engineers ................................................... 32.33 13.3 39.8 32.23 13.7 40.0 – – –

Electrical and electronic engineers .................... 31.66 5.6 40.5 31.66 5.6 40.5 – – –

Industrial engineers ........................................... 28.36 5.6 41.1 – – – – – –

Mechanical engineers ........................................ 36.31 6.5 42.6 36.31 6.5 42.6 – – –

Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................ 31.23 6.0 40.0 31.23 6.0 40.0 – – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ................... 30.26 5.6 40.7 30.26 5.6 40.7 – – –

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........ 31.61 5.2 40.7 31.61 5.2 40.7 – – –

Operations and systems researchers and

analysts ............................................................ 23.83 8.4 40.7 23.83 8.4 40.7 – – –

Natural scientists ................................................... 30.99 6.1 38.6 31.21 6.7 39.5 – – –

Biological and life scientists ............................... 34.10 5.7 35.2 – – – – – –

Health related ........................................................ 25.99 3.6 34.7 26.41 6.3 38.4 24.32 4.4 25.1

Physicians .......................................................... 46.28 30.3 38.9 44.80 33.5 41.1 – – –

Registered nurses .............................................. 24.81 5.9 34.0 25.32 10.0 37.8 23.17 3.6 25.6

Pharmacists ....................................................... 39.99 4.0 37.6 39.89 3.8 39.9 – – –

Respiratory therapists ........................................ 18.22 3.3 39.1 18.19 3.3 39.5 – – –

Occupational therapists ..................................... 24.15 2.0 35.7 – – – – – –

Teachers, college and university ........................... – – – 25.36 14.0 43.0 – – –

Teachers, except college and university ................ 14.55 16.1 35.1 14.98 15.6 38.7 9.72 21.3 17.2

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ..................... 8.91 16.8 36.6 9.20 15.1 38.3 – – –

Elementary school teachers .............................. 18.96 14.8 39.7 19.09 16.6 42.1 – – –

Secondary school teachers ............................... 26.05 11.3 40.7 26.05 11.3 40.7 – – –

Teachers, n.e.c. ................................................. 16.06 25.6 26.5 17.61 25.9 39.0 11.95 6.2 14.3

Vocational and educational counselors ............. 16.66 14.9 36.0 16.66 14.9 36.0 – – –

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

Social scientists and urban planners ..................... 31.01 25.6 39.4 31.36 25.1 40.3 – – –

Social, recreation, and religious workers ............... 15.39 16.1 37.9 15.22 16.7 38.7 21.38 14.6 22.2

Social workers ................................................... 15.40 16.7 38.3 15.22 17.1 38.7 – – –

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

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. 19.77 4.8 31.9 20.01 6.0 40.1 – – –

Designers ........................................................... 19.97 17.7 41.0 20.15 18.8 42.0 – – –

Editors and reporters ......................................... 18.87 5.7 39.1 18.77 5.7 39.6 – – –

Public relations specialists ................................. 23.82 20.1 39.2 – – – – – –

Technical ................................................................... 18.90 15.9 35.5 18.77 16.6 38.3 20.52 11.8 18.8

Clinical laboratory technologists and

technicians ....................................................... 16.70 3.4 37.7 – – – – – –

Radiological technicians .................................... 20.81 8.6 35.1 21.22 8.2 39.7 – – –

Licensed practical nurses .................................. 16.38 3.3 37.7 16.38 4.5 39.6 16.40 4.4 26.0

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ...... 13.42 17.5 28.9 12.75 6.2 37.1 16.09 25.3 15.5

Electrical and electronic technicians .................. 14.83 28.8 37.0 – – – – – –

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .......................... 16.84 15.6 40.0 16.84 15.6 40.0 – – –

Drafters .............................................................. 17.40 15.6 40.0 17.40 15.6 40.0 – – –

Computer programmers ..................................... 29.52 8.7 40.0 29.52 8.7 40.0 – – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. .............................. 18.96 12.7 41.1 18.96 12.7 41.1 – – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... 29.10 4.0 40.9 29.17 4.2 41.3 – – –

Executives, administrators, and managers ............ 31.36 3.1 41.4 31.49 3.3 42.0 – – –

Financial managers ........................................... 30.08 10.3 41.0 30.08 10.3 41.0 – – –

Personnel and labor relations managers ........... 31.59 9.9 41.6 31.59 9.9 41.6 – – –

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public

relations ........................................................... 37.80 5.0 44.6 37.91 5.2 44.9 – – –

Administrators, education and related fields ...... – – – 34.70 21.9 40.0 – – –

Managers, medicine and health ......................... 33.31 5.0 39.8 33.34 4.9 40.0 – – –

Managers, food servicing and lodging

establishments ................................................. 18.29 5.6 43.8 18.29 5.6 43.8 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–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

–Continued

Executives, administrators, and managers

–Continued

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............ $22.84 3.8 41.1 $22.84 3.8 41.1 – – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................. 34.32 4.1 41.9 34.32 4.1 41.9 – – –

Management related .............................................. 23.33 6.2 39.6 23.33 6.2 39.6 – – –

Accountants and auditors .................................. 22.21 8.1 41.6 22.21 8.1 41.6 – – –

Other financial officers ....................................... 31.53 18.3 40.1 31.53 18.3 40.1 – – –

Management analysts ........................................ 24.02 4.4 40.0 24.02 4.4 40.0 – – –

Personnel, training, and labor relations

specialists ........................................................ 21.10 5.5 41.3 21.10 5.5 41.3 – – –

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ............... 22.30 14.5 39.9 22.30 14.5 39.9 – – –

Management related, n.e.c. ............................... 20.30 9.4 40.0 20.30 9.4 40.0 – – –

Sales ............................................................................. 14.16 2.8 34.8 15.53 3.5 41.0 $8.30 7.2 21.2

Supervisors, sales ............................................. 17.53 8.6 42.8 17.54 8.7 42.9 – – –

Insurance sales .................................................. 26.26 23.3 43.7 26.26 23.3 43.7 – – –

Securities and financial services sales .............. 32.15 30.5 39.8 32.33 30.5 40.0 – – –

Advertising and related sales ............................. 12.99 15.9 39.5 12.97 16.2 40.0 – – –

Sales, other business services .......................... 17.78 6.2 38.4 19.39 11.9 40.5 – – –

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale .................................................. 21.46 28.1 40.4 21.46 28.1 40.4 – – –

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .......... 21.43 18.2 48.1 21.43 18.2 48.1 – – –

Sales workers, apparel ...................................... 7.83 3.6 20.7 – – – 7.27 3.8 18.3

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies 12.11 7.5 40.9 12.26 8.4 42.3 – – –

Sales workers, parts .......................................... 13.23 5.0 40.5 13.23 5.0 40.5 – – –

Sales workers, other commodities ..................... 12.06 9.1 29.6 14.34 7.9 40.0 7.34 1.2 19.3

Sales counter clerks .......................................... 9.15 9.8 35.7 9.18 11.3 37.6 – – –

Cashiers ............................................................. 9.03 3.4 31.7 9.55 5.7 39.5 7.78 12.9 21.4

Sales support, n.e.c. .......................................... 10.75 17.2 26.0 14.62 20.6 40.5 – – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................ 12.02 2.4 34.7 12.37 1.7 39.6 10.24 5.5 21.5

Supervisors, general office ................................ 15.47 9.1 39.6 15.46 9.2 39.7 – – –

Supervisors, financial records processing ......... 14.90 25.5 40.0 14.90 25.5 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and

adjusting clerks ................................................ 16.33 10.2 43.2 16.33 10.2 43.2 – – –

Computer operators ........................................... 17.91 10.4 40.0 17.91 10.4 40.0 – – –

Secretaries ......................................................... 13.53 2.0 35.4 13.65 1.9 39.7 13.00 7.3 24.0

Stenographers ................................................... 13.76 4.1 40.0 13.76 4.1 40.0 – – –

Interviewers ....................................................... 11.97 3.6 38.4 11.92 3.6 40.0 – – –

Hotel clerks ........................................................ 9.00 3.1 32.7 9.11 5.7 39.6 – – –

Receptionists ..................................................... 9.62 6.9 28.5 10.85 5.3 39.5 – – –

Information clerks, n.e.c. .................................... 9.95 4.6 33.2 10.00 6.6 39.3 – – –

Order clerks ....................................................... 10.78 6.1 36.0 11.40 6.8 39.9 8.01 5.9 25.1

Personnel clerks, except payroll and

timekeeping ..................................................... 14.62 1.2 40.0 14.62 1.2 40.0 – – –

File clerks ........................................................... 9.52 3.8 34.3 9.52 4.5 40.0 – – –

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................ 13.60 8.8 36.0 12.87 7.3 39.7 – – –

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ... 12.61 3.1 37.3 12.87 4.1 40.0 10.21 4.3 23.4

Payroll and timekeeping clerks .......................... 15.45 6.5 24.5 14.90 5.6 40.0 – – –

Telephone operators .......................................... 13.19 19.9 35.3 – – – – – –

Mail clerks, except postal service ...................... 12.20 13.9 37.6 12.62 9.5 39.7 – – –

Dispatchers ........................................................ 14.72 10.0 34.6 16.15 13.7 39.6 – – –

Production coordinators ..................................... 13.53 13.5 30.8 14.41 8.3 40.0 – – –

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................. 13.09 18.3 40.0 13.09 18.3 40.0 – – –

Stock and inventory clerks ................................. 10.83 4.0 35.3 10.84 4.3 40.0 – – –

Expeditors .......................................................... 12.14 10.6 40.0 12.14 10.6 40.0 – – –

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution

clerks, n.e.c. ..................................................... 11.30 21.4 38.4 11.40 21.3 39.3 – – –

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and

investigators ..................................................... 16.94 21.1 39.2 16.94 21.1 39.2 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–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

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ... $12.32 4.0 38.3 $12.36 4.3 38.9 $11.23 3.7 26.0

Bill and account collectors ................................. 10.20 7.3 32.4 10.26 8.7 37.2 – – –

General office clerks .......................................... 11.84 7.5 33.6 12.02 7.0 39.5 11.03 17.7 20.2

Bank tellers ........................................................ 8.97 1.8 34.5 8.76 2.5 39.3 9.97 3.8 21.9

Data entry keyers ............................................... 10.50 5.3 38.3 10.58 6.5 39.9 – – –

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................ 10.64 8.9 29.1 10.70 12.1 38.5 10.36 3.3 13.6

Blue collar ........................................................................ 14.09 2.3 37.5 14.53 2.6 40.0 8.34 11.9 20.8

Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... 17.22 2.1 39.7 17.24 2.1 40.1 16.41 10.4 24.9

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .............. 28.40 9.8 41.1 28.40 9.8 41.1 – – –

Automobile mechanics ....................................... 19.97 5.6 41.3 19.97 5.6 41.3 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .... 16.56 12.5 40.0 16.56 12.5 40.0 – – –

Aircraft engine mechanics ................................. 18.79 11.1 40.0 18.79 11.1 40.0 – – –

Heavy equipment mechanics ............................. 20.04 3.8 39.7 20.12 4.0 40.0 – – –

Industrial machinery repairers ........................... 19.41 6.5 38.2 19.41 6.5 38.2 – – –

Machinery maintenance ..................................... 17.18 12.2 40.0 17.18 12.2 40.0 – – –

Electronic repairers, communications and

industrial equipment ......................................... 21.04 12.1 40.0 21.04 12.1 40.0 – – –

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration

mechanics ........................................................ 15.35 5.5 40.0 15.35 5.5 40.0 – – –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ......................... 16.83 4.5 40.0 16.83 4.5 40.0 – – –

Carpenters ......................................................... 19.86 10.7 39.7 20.09 10.4 40.0 – – –

Electricians ........................................................ 22.27 9.3 40.0 22.27 9.3 40.0 – – –

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ............... 20.82 11.0 39.9 20.82 11.0 39.9 – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ................................. 13.02 12.7 39.6 13.04 12.9 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, production ..................................... 19.85 17.2 40.3 19.85 17.2 40.3 – – –

Machinists .......................................................... 18.22 2.0 39.9 18.22 2.0 39.9 – – –

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 14.67 4.7 34.2 13.02 11.6 40.0 – – –

Butchers and meat cutters ................................. 15.56 4.2 36.4 15.89 3.2 39.5 – – –

Bakers ................................................................ 11.64 3.3 38.4 11.64 3.8 40.0 – – –

Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................ 19.69 6.7 41.3 19.69 6.7 41.3 – – –

Miscellaneous plant and system operators,

n.e.c. ................................................................ 24.03 3.1 40.0 24.03 3.1 40.0 – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..... 11.38 5.3 38.3 11.61 5.9 39.9 8.18 3.4 24.3

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ............... 12.20 7.6 40.0 12.20 7.6 40.0 – – –

Printing press operators ..................................... 16.57 6.3 39.9 16.57 6.3 39.9 – – –

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators 10.16 7.8 39.8 10.16 7.8 39.9 – – –

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .......... 11.99 10.5 39.7 12.10 13.0 40.0 – – –

Welders and cutters ........................................... 16.40 8.0 40.0 16.40 8.0 40.0 – – –

Assemblers ........................................................ 11.22 5.5 39.3 11.27 5.4 40.0 9.48 10.0 24.7

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ................... 12.52 7.9 37.1 12.73 9.2 40.0 – – –

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners 13.23 4.9 39.4 13.23 4.9 39.4 – – –

Transportation and material moving ......................... 14.25 9.8 34.7 15.08 8.6 40.5 6.68 6.8 15.2

Truck drivers ...................................................... 14.22 11.2 40.0 14.30 11.0 40.7 – – –

Driver-sales workers .......................................... 8.18 20.8 26.8 – – – – – –

Bus drivers ......................................................... 10.95 1.4 25.5 – – – – – –

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs .......................... 8.73 5.2 13.5 – – – – – –

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................ 8.40 8.1 29.4 9.32 3.4 40.0 – – –

Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ............. 17.59 5.2 40.1 17.59 5.2 40.1 – – –

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators 15.46 15.9 39.9 15.49 15.9 40.0 – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers ....................................................................... 10.62 2.0 35.2 11.18 .9 39.4 7.62 8.5 22.4

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ... 9.61 6.6 33.1 9.38 6.1 38.0 – – –

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ................................................. 18.38 9.6 40.0 18.38 9.6 40.0 – – –

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ..................... 13.66 8.0 40.0 13.66 8.0 40.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–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

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers –Continued

Helpers, construction trades .............................. $10.03 1.4 40.0 $10.03 1.4 40.0 – – –

Construction laborers ......................................... 10.57 4.5 38.3 10.57 4.5 38.3 – – –

Production helpers ............................................. 10.14 3.8 39.9 10.11 4.3 40.0 – – –

Stock handlers and baggers .............................. 8.89 8.8 28.6 10.68 9.5 39.4 $6.55 9.7 21.0

Machine feeders and offbearers ........................ 14.48 6.2 39.6 14.48 6.2 39.6 – – –

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ...... 10.71 6.2 36.7 10.76 8.2 39.8 – – –

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ......... 9.83 5.5 33.3 11.07 7.4 40.0 – – –

Hand packers and packagers ............................ 11.18 14.1 37.7 11.46 12.9 39.9 6.80 14.5 20.4

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................. 9.84 8.3 34.9 10.44 6.9 40.0 8.01 8.7 25.1

Service .............................................................................. 7.86 2.4 31.2 8.32 4.2 37.7 6.65 2.3 21.4

Protective service .................................................. 9.85 3.0 25.2 9.99 4.4 39.7 9.55 3.3 14.4

Supervisors, guards ........................................... 16.16 25.0 35.7 – – – – – –

Guards and police, except public service .......... 9.51 4.9 31.7 9.43 2.0 39.7 9.74 16.9 19.5

Food service .......................................................... 6.90 3.8 30.5 7.40 2.5 37.1 5.84 3.0 22.1

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ................... 5.08 18.0 29.0 5.40 15.6 37.2 4.52 20.8 21.0

Bartenders ......................................................... 7.16 9.9 31.8 7.89 12.4 38.7 6.07 5.0 25.2

Waiters and waitresses ...................................... 4.39 16.8 28.3 4.66 10.6 36.8 3.96 24.2 20.8

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ......................... 5.54 16.5 29.2 5.62 20.9 37.2 5.28 2.9 17.3

Other food service ............................................... 7.78 2.9 31.3 8.27 6.3 37.1 6.62 2.3 22.9

Supervisors, food preparation and service ........ 11.05 3.5 40.1 11.38 3.9 41.4 – – –

Cooks ................................................................. 9.43 5.0 33.9 9.89 6.2 37.5 7.30 8.0 23.4

Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................... 7.90 4.6 30.5 8.13 8.7 37.8 7.41 2.4 21.6

Food preparation, n.e.c. ..................................... 6.76 4.2 29.4 7.44 6.2 38.1 6.16 1.4 24.6

Health service ........................................................ 10.21 5.1 33.0 10.14 4.2 38.6 10.42 10.1 22.6

Health aides, except nursing ............................. 9.55 6.0 35.1 9.42 3.7 38.6 11.36 3.4 15.4

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............ 10.03 3.9 32.5 10.01 2.4 39.1 10.09 9.8 22.7

Cleaning and building service ................................ 8.85 2.7 35.2 8.95 4.1 38.8 8.23 8.1 21.5

Supervisors, cleaning and building service

workers ............................................................ 14.52 27.5 40.0 14.52 27.5 40.0 – – –

Maids and housemen ........................................ 7.56 2.4 38.4 7.56 2.4 39.8 – – –

Janitors and cleaners ......................................... 9.05 3.2 33.7 9.22 5.8 38.2 8.29 8.7 21.7

Personal service .................................................... 9.00 8.4 31.7 9.55 11.2 37.8 7.11 5.3 20.5

Supervisors, personal service ............................ 14.40 3.9 40.2 14.40 3.9 40.2 – – –

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ....................... 12.02 15.8 31.6 12.32 14.9 36.9 – – –

Attendants, amusement, and recreation

facilities ............................................................ 6.60 3.3 36.1 6.71 3.3 39.3 5.69 8.9 22.2

Public transportation attendants ........................ 27.27 5.5 19.8 27.55 5.3 19.8 – – –

Baggage porters and bellhops ........................... 6.54 16.5 38.6 6.41 20.5 40.0 – – –

Welfare service aides ........................................ 9.48 8.7 29.1 9.83 8.0 38.0 – – –

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................. 8.42 2.6 27.2 9.33 4.0 37.7 6.75 4.8 18.0

Child care workers, n.e.c. .................................. 8.53 6.8 28.7 8.79 6.7 40.0 7.98 5.2 18.0

Service, n.e.c. .................................................... 7.86 4.3 27.0 9.53 6.7 39.1 6.99 3.7 23.2

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

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

pay for overtime, vacations, 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, data were collected between December 2001 and January

2003. The average reference period was July 2002. 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, Mountain, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and

part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002

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 .......................................................................................... $21.50 3.2 37.1 $21.97 3.6 39.4 $15.91 17.4 21.7

All, excluding sales ........................................................ 21.54 3.4 37.1 21.99 3.8 39.4 15.99 17.6 21.7

White collar ...................................................................... 24.31 2.6 37.1 24.63 2.8 38.9 20.07 14.5 23.1

White collar, excluding sales ..................................... 24.38 2.8 37.2 24.68 3.1 38.9 20.27 14.7 23.2

Professional specialty and technical ......................... 29.13 3.5 36.3 29.47 3.7 38.3 25.41 10.6 22.9

Professional specialty ................................................ 30.90 2.5 35.9 31.37 2.7 38.1 25.32 10.5 21.4

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..................... 28.38 9.3 40.4 28.38 9.3 40.4 – – –

Civil engineers ................................................... 32.40 4.5 40.1 32.40 4.5 40.1 – – –

Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................ 26.85 12.3 40.7 26.85 12.3 40.7 – – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ................... 25.03 5.8 39.8 25.03 5.8 39.8 – – –

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........ 25.03 5.8 39.8 25.03 5.8 39.8 – – –

Natural scientists ................................................... 26.40 12.8 40.7 26.40 12.8 40.7 – – –

Health related ........................................................ 35.35 16.8 34.0 38.73 19.5 39.2 27.52 8.4 26.0

Registered nurses .............................................. 23.70 5.1 30.8 24.06 6.8 38.8 – – –

Teachers, college and university ........................... 40.17 3.9 35.0 41.71 5.1 36.9 28.52 10.5 25.3

Health specialties teachers ................................ 51.08 15.5 31.6 51.61 15.8 32.1 – – –

Other post-secondary teachers ......................... 34.63 8.9 36.9 35.08 9.7 40.5 – – –

Teachers, except college and university ................ 27.41 5.8 35.4 27.77 5.5 37.3 19.72 9.4 17.1

Elementary school teachers .............................. 27.82 9.0 35.9 27.99 8.9 37.3 23.67 9.6 19.4

Secondary school teachers ............................... 28.89 6.3 37.1 28.90 6.3 37.5 – – –

Teachers, special education .............................. 19.43 26.8 36.3 – – – – – –

Teachers, n.e.c. ................................................. 21.43 4.2 34.7 – – – – – –

Substitute teachers ............................................ 12.15 6.1 14.9 – – – 12.15 6.1 14.9

Vocational and educational counselors ............. 37.10 11.7 30.0 – – – – – –

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................ 22.70 35.2 38.7 22.70 35.2 38.7 – – –

Librarians ........................................................... 22.70 35.2 38.7 22.70 35.2 38.7 – – –

Social scientists and urban planners ..................... 28.40 3.3 37.0 27.02 7.3 40.0 – – –

Psychologists ..................................................... 27.98 .7 36.7 – – – – – –

Social, recreation, and religious workers ............... 21.00 4.9 37.6 21.07 5.3 39.8 – – –

Social workers ................................................... 21.03 5.7 37.2 21.12 6.2 39.7 – – –

Lawyers and judges ............................................... 49.31 11.5 41.9 49.31 11.5 42.4 – – –

Lawyers ............................................................. 40.08 4.3 44.3 40.08 4.3 44.3 – – –

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. 30.67 18.5 30.6 – – – – – –

Technical ................................................................... 19.41 3.1 38.8 18.62 3.6 39.8 – – –

Licensed practical nurses .................................. 15.18 4.1 35.7 – – – – – –

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .......................... 22.88 18.0 37.8 19.39 14.1 40.0 – – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... 26.43 3.7 39.9 26.46 3.7 40.1 – – –

Executives, administrators, and managers ............ 29.00 7.5 40.2 29.00 7.5 40.2 – – –

Administrators and officials, public

administration .................................................. 29.02 5.9 41.0 29.02 5.9 41.0 – – –

Financial managers ........................................... 28.28 5.7 40.0 28.28 5.7 40.0 – – –

Administrators, education and related fields ...... 37.82 1.7 40.0 37.82 1.7 40.0 – – –

Managers, medicine and health ......................... 25.52 25.1 40.0 25.52 25.1 40.0 – – –

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............ 21.55 20.7 40.0 21.55 20.7 40.0 – – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................. 21.45 8.2 39.4 21.45 8.2 39.4 – – –

Management related .............................................. 20.92 7.0 39.1 20.99 7.1 40.0 – – –

Accountants and auditors .................................. 18.85 7.7 40.0 18.85 7.7 40.0 – – –

Construction inspectors ..................................... 23.04 4.2 40.0 23.04 4.2 40.0 – – –

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ..................................................... 18.98 11.8 33.6 19.45 11.2 40.0 – – –

Management related, n.e.c. ............................... 23.57 6.1 40.0 23.57 6.1 40.0 – – –

Sales ............................................................................. 12.09 22.8 26.6 – – – – – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................ 13.44 2.1 37.3 13.73 2.1 39.2 10.39 9.4 24.5

Secretaries ......................................................... 13.27 4.0 38.9 13.41 3.0 40.0 – – –

Receptionists ..................................................... 8.94 5.8 38.4 – – – – – –

Library clerks ..................................................... 12.29 6.4 31.9 13.08 7.6 39.7 9.30 4.3 18.3

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................ 11.39 12.2 38.7 11.39 12.2 38.7 – – –

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ... 14.02 2.4 40.0 14.02 2.4 40.0 – – –

Dispatchers ........................................................ 13.09 15.7 39.9 13.09 15.8 40.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 5. Selected occupations, Mountain, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and

part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–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

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ........................... $16.76 9.7 40.0 $16.76 9.7 40.0 – – –

General office clerks .......................................... 13.38 7.3 39.5 13.39 7.4 40.0 – – –

Teachers’ aides ................................................. 8.90 5.8 30.3 9.00 8.2 33.0 $8.71 2.6 26.0

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................ 16.73 12.3 36.1 17.88 17.3 40.0 – – –

Blue collar ........................................................................ 15.84 4.7 38.2 16.22 4.2 39.9 11.47 5.6 25.6

Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... 19.16 11.3 40.0 19.16 11.3 40.0 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .... 20.27 3.7 40.0 20.27 3.7 40.0 – – –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ......................... 18.96 12.6 40.0 18.96 12.6 40.0 – – –

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

Transportation and material moving ......................... 13.60 7.8 36.5 13.75 9.1 39.9 12.58 2.0 23.0

Bus drivers ......................................................... 12.67 6.5 30.7 12.73 10.6 39.4 12.58 2.0 23.0

Operating engineers .......................................... 12.05 12.8 40.0 12.05 12.8 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ............................................... 15.32 6.4 40.0 15.32 6.4 40.0 – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers ....................................................................... 12.10 7.7 37.6 12.70 9.0 40.0 9.81 5.6 30.6

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ... 10.49 9.7 36.5 – – – – – –

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................. 13.76 7.9 40.0 13.76 7.9 40.0 – – –

Service .............................................................................. 15.13 6.4 36.3 15.88 5.6 40.8 8.32 2.7 18.1

Protective service .................................................. 20.01 4.3 40.7 20.27 4.8 41.8 10.09 10.7 20.1

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ...... 25.28 3.4 50.6 25.28 3.4 50.6 – – –

Supervisors, police and detectives .................... 27.05 10.9 41.1 27.05 10.9 41.1 – – –

Firefighting ......................................................... 17.28 5.9 48.8 17.29 5.9 49.0 – – –

Police and detectives, public service ................. 22.87 4.6 40.0 22.87 4.6 40.0 – – –

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement

officers ............................................................. 20.03 2.7 40.2 20.03 2.7 40.2 – – –

Correctional institution officers ........................... 14.35 11.8 40.0 14.35 11.8 40.0 – – –

Protective service, n.e.c. .................................... 12.83 11.8 28.1 14.94 18.2 39.6 10.31 10.9 20.9

Food service .......................................................... 8.96 8.9 22.3 10.52 12.1 38.6 7.79 4.0 16.9

Other food service ............................................... 8.95 9.0 22.3 10.52 12.1 38.6 7.76 3.9 16.9

Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................... 8.31 7.8 17.3 – – – – – –

Food preparation, n.e.c. ..................................... 7.64 6.7 26.4 – – – 7.71 6.9 25.8

Health service ........................................................ 10.85 8.0 38.4 10.97 9.4 39.6 – – –

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............ 11.17 13.0 37.2 11.44 14.0 39.3 – – –

Cleaning and building service ................................ 10.61 3.2 38.7 10.68 3.3 40.0 – – –

Janitors and cleaners ......................................... 10.71 4.2 38.6 10.79 4.3 40.0 – – –

Personal service .................................................... 11.61 14.2 27.5 13.73 15.3 39.7 8.75 9.0 19.4

Attendants, amusement, and recreation

facilities ............................................................ 9.34 4.8 19.7 – – – 9.44 6.5 18.5

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................. 8.42 3.8 26.3 9.49 2.1 38.6 – – –

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

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

pay for overtime, vacations, 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, data were collected between December 2001 and January

2003. The average reference period was July 2002. 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 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002

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 .......................................................................................... $15.67 3.6 35.5 $14.67 2.6 35.2 $21.50 3.2 37.1

All, excluding sales ........................................................ 15.85 4.4 35.6 14.75 3.3 35.3 21.54 3.4 37.1

White collar ...................................................................... 18.98 1.3 36.0 17.73 1.5 35.8 24.31 2.6 37.1

 1 ................................................................... 7.19 1.6 28.4 7.16 2.0 28.9 8.56 5.6 17.5

 2 ................................................................... 9.12 4.8 30.5 9.06 5.3 30.3 9.68 9.3 32.6

 3 ................................................................... 9.97 2.1 32.4 9.94 2.2 32.3 10.49 6.9 33.8

 4 ................................................................... 12.65 3.5 36.3 12.58 3.8 36.0 13.16 4.6 38.9

 5 ................................................................... 15.13 2.9 38.2 15.22 4.6 38.2 14.71 8.7 38.1

 6 ................................................................... 15.98 4.9 38.6 15.76 5.9 38.6 16.85 4.8 38.3

 7 ................................................................... 19.30 3.1 38.5 18.39 5.5 39.1 21.91 4.2 37.0

 8 ................................................................... 23.36 10.1 37.3 23.86 11.5 37.1 21.74 6.1 38.0

 9 ................................................................... 26.46 5.6 37.9 25.62 3.4 38.4 27.94 6.3 37.0

10 ................................................................... 33.89 7.1 39.7 35.81 7.1 40.3 28.91 7.2 38.2

11 ................................................................... 35.88 4.2 39.7 38.33 4.4 41.1 31.67 3.0 37.3

12 ................................................................... 41.01 5.4 40.6 42.57 4.1 42.3 38.44 10.7 38.0

13 ................................................................... 55.06 4.2 38.3 59.70 8.3 39.2 50.85 2.0 37.6

14 ................................................................... 57.14 2.5 37.5 55.06 4.7 40.3 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 18.10 12.2 35.0 16.99 11.1 34.9 36.95 14.0 37.5

White collar, excluding sales ..................................... 20.20 2.3 36.4 18.90 1.6 36.1 24.38 2.8 37.2

 1 ................................................................... 8.04 4.8 25.7 7.92 5.8 26.7 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.50 5.6 32.7 9.48 6.0 32.7 9.71 10.9 33.0

 3 ................................................................... 10.45 3.5 33.1 10.45 3.7 33.0 10.49 7.0 34.0

 4 ................................................................... 12.35 4.0 35.7 12.18 4.9 35.1 13.16 4.6 38.9

 5 ................................................................... 15.01 3.8 37.7 15.09 6.4 37.6 14.71 8.7 38.1

 6 ................................................................... 15.42 5.2 38.3 14.96 6.1 38.2 16.85 4.8 38.3

 7 ................................................................... 19.52 3.4 37.8 18.50 6.3 38.2 21.91 4.2 37.0

 8 ................................................................... 24.08 8.3 35.7 25.11 9.2 34.7 21.74 6.1 38.0

 9 ................................................................... 26.11 6.0 37.8 25.00 2.8 38.3 27.94 6.3 37.0

10 ................................................................... 33.84 8.4 39.6 35.89 8.9 40.3 28.92 7.4 38.2

11 ................................................................... 35.30 4.8 39.0 37.77 5.4 40.3 31.67 3.0 37.3

12 ................................................................... 41.01 5.4 40.6 42.57 4.1 42.3 38.44 10.7 38.0

13 ................................................................... 55.06 4.2 38.3 59.70 8.3 39.2 50.85 2.0 37.6

14 ................................................................... 57.14 2.5 37.5 55.06 4.7 40.3 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 18.28 13.9 35.1 17.01 12.1 34.9 36.95 14.0 37.5

Professional specialty and technical ......................... 25.41 6.1 36.1 23.56 5.4 36.0 29.13 3.5 36.3

Professional specialty ................................................ 27.60 3.1 36.1 25.60 2.5 36.3 30.90 2.5 35.9

 5 ................................................................... 13.64 7.4 35.1 13.42 9.6 35.9 14.11 15.3 33.5

 6 ................................................................... 17.09 5.4 34.2 16.69 6.7 34.7 21.19 7.5 29.4

 7 ................................................................... 20.24 6.1 36.6 18.33 10.4 37.8 24.23 5.1 34.4

 8 ................................................................... 23.82 1.7 33.6 23.63 2.4 32.0 24.20 4.4 37.5

 9 ................................................................... 26.58 9.0 36.8 24.77 4.9 37.3 28.86 7.1 36.3

10 ................................................................... 29.56 3.6 39.3 29.53 5.1 40.7 29.59 9.3 37.6

11 ................................................................... 33.64 5.5 38.6 34.41 4.6 41.5 32.61 7.0 35.3

12 ................................................................... 38.52 9.5 38.4 38.50 3.3 40.8 38.53 15.3 36.9

13 ................................................................... 53.68 5.6 38.4 56.43 12.3 40.3 51.42 1.2 37.0

14 ................................................................... 57.21 3.7 36.5 53.73 5.3 40.0 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 30.68 14.3 31.4 27.28 17.9 31.2 61.04 26.7 33.3

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..................... 31.49 3.9 40.8 31.98 4.2 40.9 28.38 9.3 40.4

 8 ................................................................... 24.87 4.1 40.0 26.20 3.7 40.0 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 28.57 3.7 41.4 28.25 3.8 41.6 – – –

10 ................................................................... 30.06 4.8 42.4 30.07 4.9 42.5 – – –

11 ................................................................... 34.17 4.6 40.6 34.74 5.1 40.7 – – –

12 ................................................................... 39.20 1.7 40.9 39.51 1.7 41.0 – – –

13 ................................................................... 48.34 6.4 40.0 48.34 6.4 40.0 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 33.56 9.3 38.3 33.56 9.3 38.3 – – –

Civil engineers ................................................... 32.36 9.6 39.9 32.33 13.3 39.8 32.40 4.5 40.1

12 ................................................................... 37.44 1.6 39.0 – – – – – –

Electrical and electronic engineers .................... 31.66 5.6 40.5 31.66 5.6 40.5 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 26.78 4.7 40.0 26.78 4.7 40.0 – – –

11 ................................................................... 39.49 5.9 41.5 39.49 5.9 41.5 – – –

Industrial engineers ........................................... 28.36 5.6 41.1 28.36 5.6 41.1 – – –

Mechanical engineers ........................................ 36.31 6.5 42.6 36.31 6.5 42.6 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–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

Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................ $29.34 6.0 40.3 $31.23 6.0 40.0 $26.85 12.3 40.7

 9 ................................................................... 30.65 2.3 40.0 – – – – – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ................... 29.72 5.4 40.6 30.26 5.6 40.7 25.03 5.8 39.8

 7 ................................................................... 21.93 14.9 40.0 21.93 14.9 40.0 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 24.08 4.3 40.0 23.94 4.4 40.0 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 28.69 6.4 40.6 30.85 4.2 40.8 23.28 8.3 40.0

10 ................................................................... 35.57 5.0 41.9 35.57 5.0 41.9 – – –

11 ................................................................... 37.23 4.1 40.8 37.93 5.2 41.0 – – –

12 ................................................................... 38.58 3.0 40.4 39.04 3.2 40.4 – – –

13 ................................................................... 53.56 3.4 41.1 53.56 3.4 41.1 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 24.27 14.5 40.9 24.27 14.5 40.9 – – –

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........ 30.83 5.4 40.6 31.61 5.2 40.7 25.03 5.8 39.8

 7 ................................................................... 24.33 13.2 40.0 24.33 13.2 40.0 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 26.03 4.7 40.0 25.95 5.2 40.0 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 28.94 7.3 40.3 31.42 5.2 40.4 23.28 8.3 40.0

10 ................................................................... 35.82 5.3 42.0 35.82 5.3 42.0 – – –

11 ................................................................... 38.25 5.8 41.1 39.31 8.0 41.2 – – –

12 ................................................................... 38.58 3.0 40.4 39.04 3.2 40.4 – – –

13 ................................................................... 53.56 3.4 41.1 53.56 3.4 41.1 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 24.75 15.1 41.1 24.75 15.1 41.1 – – –

Operations and systems researchers and

analysts ............................................................ 23.83 8.4 40.7 23.83 8.4 40.7 – – –

Natural scientists ................................................... 28.25 10.8 39.8 30.99 6.1 38.6 26.40 12.8 40.7

 9 ................................................................... 25.33 5.1 38.9 25.62 6.1 38.9 – – –

13 ................................................................... 42.35 9.7 43.1 – – – – – –

Geologists and geodesists ................................. 39.70 15.8 40.0 – – – – – –

Biological and life scientists ............................... 30.06 12.4 38.0 34.10 5.7 35.2 – – –

Medical scientists ............................................... 23.51 4.0 39.7 – – – – – –

Health related ........................................................ 27.28 5.6 34.6 25.99 3.6 34.7 35.35 16.8 34.0

 5 ................................................................... 18.13 13.6 33.0 19.05 11.1 32.2 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 22.05 4.1 34.9 22.08 4.2 34.9 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 23.11 3.1 33.2 23.28 3.8 32.9 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 23.82 2.2 34.6 23.35 2.3 35.1 26.55 3.7 32.0

10 ................................................................... 27.18 26.5 34.6 27.45 27.9 35.9 – – –

11 ................................................................... 35.31 5.8 33.4 35.74 6.2 33.1 – – –

12 ................................................................... 57.46 9.3 40.7 – – – – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 48.08 17.4 39.0 48.08 17.4 39.0 – – –

Physicians .......................................................... 50.96 14.7 37.6 46.28 30.3 38.9 – – –

Registered nurses .............................................. 24.74 5.2 33.7 24.81 5.9 34.0 23.70 5.1 30.8

 7 ................................................................... 21.86 6.0 32.1 21.86 6.0 32.1 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 23.03 3.6 33.2 23.20 4.3 32.8 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 23.34 2.2 34.3 23.23 2.5 34.9 24.45 2.6 29.0

10 ................................................................... 31.56 7.7 36.3 31.56 7.7 36.3 – – –

11 ................................................................... 24.28 13.1 24.4 – – – – – –

Pharmacists ....................................................... 39.99 4.0 37.6 39.99 4.0 37.6 – – –

11 ................................................................... 40.47 5.8 39.6 40.47 5.8 39.6 – – –

Dietitians ............................................................ 19.75 8.6 34.5 – – – – – –

Respiratory therapists ........................................ 18.22 3.3 39.1 18.22 3.3 39.1 – – –

Occupational therapists ..................................... 24.15 2.0 35.7 24.15 2.0 35.7 – – –

Physical therapists ............................................. 27.17 3.3 35.6 – – – – – –

 9 ................................................................... 27.68 1.4 32.8 – – – – – –

Speech therapists .............................................. 24.56 10.1 37.8 – – – – – –

Teachers, college and university ........................... 38.63 3.6 30.9 – – – 40.17 3.9 35.0

 9 ................................................................... 36.12 26.9 36.6 – – – 45.69 13.9 33.0

10 ................................................................... 33.16 5.7 37.5 26.96 13.6 38.5 – – –

11 ................................................................... 33.88 7.6 33.9 – – – 33.76 7.9 33.8

12 ................................................................... 32.78 6.9 35.8 – – – – – –

13 ................................................................... 54.12 1.4 35.2 – – – 54.12 1.4 35.2

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–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

Teachers, college and university –Continued

Not able to be leveled .................................... $76.08 21.0 19.7 $29.18 10.6 8.3 – – –

Engineering teachers ......................................... 58.63 33.4 30.8 – – – – – –

Computer science teachers ............................... 30.46 10.4 34.4 – – – – – –

Health specialties teachers ................................ 51.05 15.5 31.1 – – – $51.08 15.5 31.6

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .. 33.65 6.2 38.5 – – – – – –

11 ................................................................... 33.70 6.4 39.4 – – – – – –

Other post-secondary teachers ......................... 33.06 11.0 27.5 – – – 34.63 8.9 36.9

12 ................................................................... 32.76 6.9 35.9 – – – – – –

Teachers, except college and university ................ 25.10 10.6 35.3 14.55 16.1 35.1 27.41 5.8 35.4

 5 ................................................................... 11.87 5.9 27.2 13.19 13.9 20.6 11.46 4.9 30.3

 6 ................................................................... 13.12 13.8 34.2 12.82 13.4 34.3 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 22.86 7.1 35.5 17.79 11.0 39.3 24.91 6.8 34.2

 8 ................................................................... 24.94 7.4 36.4 – – – 26.11 9.9 36.4

 9 ................................................................... 29.40 6.9 36.6 22.14 10.8 37.4 29.59 6.7 36.5

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ..................... 13.36 35.3 36.9 8.91 16.8 36.6 – – –

Elementary school teachers .............................. 27.68 8.6 36.0 18.96 14.8 39.7 27.82 9.0 35.9

 7 ................................................................... 24.80 9.5 34.1 – – – 24.79 9.6 34.1

 8 ................................................................... 24.54 8.5 37.4 – – – 24.73 10.3 37.2

 9 ................................................................... 30.24 7.7 36.2 29.43 4.0 38.3 30.25 7.7 36.2

Secondary school teachers ............................... 28.87 6.3 37.1 26.05 11.3 40.7 28.89 6.3 37.1

 7 ................................................................... 25.93 7.4 39.7 – – – 25.99 7.7 39.7

 8 ................................................................... 29.84 4.8 36.0 – – – 29.84 4.8 36.0

 9 ................................................................... 29.81 7.0 36.8 – – – 29.81 7.0 36.8

Teachers, special education .............................. 19.56 14.8 37.9 – – – 19.43 26.8 36.3

Teachers, n.e.c. ................................................. 18.30 14.8 29.4 16.06 25.6 26.5 21.43 4.2 34.7

 5 ................................................................... 13.24 13.5 19.9 13.24 13.6 20.0 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 14.66 19.6 36.6 – – – – – –

Substitute teachers ............................................ 12.10 5.9 15.1 – – – 12.15 6.1 14.9

 5 ................................................................... 12.80 9.5 17.9 – – – 13.07 10.6 17.7

Vocational and educational counselors ............. 25.36 34.3 33.2 16.66 14.9 36.0 37.10 11.7 30.0

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................ 22.67 33.6 37.1 – – – 22.70 35.2 38.7

Librarians ........................................................... 22.70 35.2 38.7 – – – 22.70 35.2 38.7

Social scientists and urban planners ..................... 30.12 16.4 38.5 31.01 25.6 39.4 28.40 3.3 37.0

Psychologists ..................................................... 31.94 17.3 37.6 – – – 27.98 .7 36.7

Social, recreation, and religious workers ............... 16.70 12.3 37.9 15.39 16.1 37.9 21.00 4.9 37.6

 5 ................................................................... 12.37 4.1 38.8 – – – – – –

 8 ................................................................... 26.18 14.6 38.9 – – – – – –

 9 ................................................................... 20.95 4.9 36.9 – – – 21.45 6.5 38.3

Social workers ................................................... 16.60 13.5 38.1 15.40 16.7 38.3 21.03 5.7 37.2

 5 ................................................................... 12.37 4.1 38.8 – – – – – –

 8 ................................................................... 26.18 14.6 38.9 – – – – – –

 9 ................................................................... 21.12 5.3 38.3 – – – 21.45 6.5 38.3

Recreation workers ............................................ 18.82 13.5 35.6 – – – – – –

Lawyers and judges ............................................... 39.83 20.3 47.1 – – – 49.31 11.5 41.9

Lawyers ............................................................. 34.06 16.9 49.7 – – – 40.08 4.3 44.3

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. 20.96 3.1 31.8 19.77 4.8 31.9 30.67 18.5 30.6

 5 ................................................................... 10.88 7.3 39.5 10.88 7.3 39.5 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 15.65 9.5 35.8 15.65 9.5 35.8 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 26.39 8.2 38.7 26.39 8.2 38.7 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 22.04 8.0 39.6 22.04 8.0 39.6 – – –

11 ................................................................... 35.16 2.2 40.0 35.16 2.2 40.0 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 19.42 14.2 20.2 19.77 19.1 20.4 – – –

Designers ........................................................... 19.97 17.7 41.0 19.97 17.7 41.0 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 19.71 11.0 34.4 19.71 11.0 34.4 – – –

Editors and reporters ......................................... 18.87 5.7 39.1 18.87 5.7 39.1 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 10.43 13.1 39.2 10.43 13.1 39.2 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 15.68 10.4 38.9 15.68 10.4 38.9 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–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

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. –Continued

Public relations specialists ................................. $32.16 12.7 39.4 $23.82 20.1 39.2 – – –

Professional, n.e.c. ............................................ 26.97 2.5 32.4 – – – – – –

Technical ................................................................... 19.01 12.2 36.1 18.90 15.9 35.5 $19.41 3.1 38.8

 3 ................................................................... 12.00 6.6 26.9 12.00 6.6 26.9 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.29 4.6 31.2 12.27 5.2 30.3 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 15.77 23.0 36.7 15.66 26.2 36.7 16.99 9.1 36.9

 6 ................................................................... 15.43 10.8 38.4 14.39 13.0 37.6 17.30 7.1 39.9

 7 ................................................................... 20.51 5.0 39.8 20.81 4.2 39.7 19.90 7.5 40.0

 8 ................................................................... 22.45 3.7 33.2 22.34 5.3 32.0 22.77 2.3 37.5

 9 ................................................................... 26.18 4.7 34.7 25.53 7.1 34.5 – – –

10 ................................................................... 29.52 5.2 35.5 28.85 6.1 33.7 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 18.32 14.9 39.3 18.36 14.8 39.5 – – –

Clinical laboratory technologists and

technicians ....................................................... 16.85 3.5 37.7 16.70 3.4 37.7 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 11.47 5.6 34.7 11.47 5.6 34.7 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.55 2.3 40.0 11.55 2.3 40.0 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 20.53 6.2 37.0 – – – – – –

Radiological technicians .................................... 20.79 8.4 35.0 20.81 8.6 35.1 – – –

Licensed practical nurses .................................. 16.20 2.5 37.4 16.38 3.3 37.7 15.18 4.1 35.7

 5 ................................................................... 16.07 3.0 34.0 16.81 3.4 33.7 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 16.15 4.3 38.6 16.21 5.5 38.5 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 17.91 3.3 39.9 17.96 3.3 39.9 – – –

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ...... 13.64 14.8 30.1 13.42 17.5 28.9 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.04 8.7 25.2 10.54 10.9 22.3 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 15.87 18.5 37.3 15.87 18.5 37.3 – – –

Electrical and electronic technicians .................. 15.04 27.6 37.4 14.83 28.8 37.0 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 16.65 8.8 39.4 – – – – – –

 7 ................................................................... 21.14 4.7 40.0 21.02 4.3 40.0 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 23.31 7.2 27.2 23.21 7.5 27.1 – – –

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .......................... 20.69 9.3 38.6 16.84 15.6 40.0 22.88 18.0 37.8

 7 ................................................................... 17.76 6.5 40.1 – – – – – –

Drafters .............................................................. 18.03 11.1 40.0 17.40 15.6 40.0 – – –

Surveying and mapping technicians .................. 20.81 9.0 40.0 – – – – – –

Computer programmers ..................................... 29.52 8.1 40.0 29.52 8.7 40.0 – – –

Legal assistants ................................................. 16.02 2.5 39.2 – – – – – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. .............................. 19.95 7.2 40.5 18.96 12.7 41.1 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 20.00 3.3 40.0 – – – – – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... 28.43 3.5 40.6 29.10 4.0 40.9 26.43 3.7 39.9

 5 ................................................................... 16.50 4.2 39.9 16.66 6.4 39.9 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 16.23 7.1 37.7 15.82 13.0 40.3 16.51 3.2 36.2

 7 ................................................................... 17.98 8.4 38.7 17.85 9.6 38.5 18.64 5.5 40.0

 8 ................................................................... 25.99 26.7 40.5 29.77 27.5 41.1 16.04 7.6 39.1

 9 ................................................................... 25.21 2.3 40.8 25.55 3.0 41.0 24.40 3.0 40.5

10 ................................................................... – – – – – – 26.32 4.0 40.0

11 ................................................................... 34.07 3.1 41.9 36.51 3.5 43.0 30.47 4.4 40.3

12 ................................................................... 42.85 4.8 42.3 44.11 5.5 42.8 38.25 6.3 40.5

13 ................................................................... 53.72 5.2 39.9 58.28 4.1 39.8 – – –

14 ................................................................... 56.93 5.0 40.7 56.93 5.0 40.7 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 23.72 17.3 40.7 22.54 15.5 40.8 31.17 23.1 40.0

Executives, administrators, and managers ............ 30.80 3.5 41.1 31.36 3.1 41.4 29.00 7.5 40.2

 5 ................................................................... 16.81 11.2 40.0 16.81 11.2 40.0 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 14.36 8.4 39.9 14.36 8.4 39.9 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 20.98 6.5 37.2 21.12 7.1 37.0 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 20.28 9.6 40.9 23.52 9.0 42.2 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 26.25 2.8 42.1 26.92 3.8 42.7 24.56 3.3 40.8

10 ................................................................... – – – – – – 26.08 5.5 40.0

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–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

11 ................................................................... $34.96 2.9 42.0 $37.50 4.0 43.1 $30.83 4.5 40.4

12 ................................................................... 44.18 4.1 42.6 46.10 4.7 43.3 38.25 6.3 40.5

13 ................................................................... 53.85 5.4 39.7 58.84 3.6 39.5 – – –

14 ................................................................... 57.98 6.9 40.1 57.98 6.9 40.1 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 25.11 17.8 41.0 23.32 17.6 41.2 – – –

Administrators and officials, public

administration .................................................. 29.02 5.9 41.0 – – – 29.02 5.9 41.0

 9 ................................................................... 25.62 5.9 41.5 – – – 25.62 5.9 41.5

11 ................................................................... 32.10 5.0 40.9 – – – 32.10 5.0 40.9

Financial managers ........................................... 29.57 8.3 40.7 30.08 10.3 41.0 28.28 5.7 40.0

 9 ................................................................... 25.32 7.6 40.3 – – – – – –

11 ................................................................... 35.03 15.3 42.0 – – – – – –

12 ................................................................... 43.36 10.9 40.1 53.06 5.9 40.2 – – –

Personnel and labor relations managers ........... 34.07 7.5 41.4 31.59 9.9 41.6 – – –

11 ................................................................... 37.35 4.9 41.6 – – – – – –

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public

relations ........................................................... 37.80 5.0 44.6 37.80 5.0 44.6 – – –

12 ................................................................... 42.17 11.1 48.8 42.17 11.1 48.8 – – –

Administrators, education and related fields ...... 35.05 6.9 34.9 – – – 37.82 1.7 40.0

11 ................................................................... 33.46 7.3 40.0 35.58 6.0 40.0 33.37 7.6 40.0

12 ................................................................... 39.68 4.6 40.0 – – – 40.26 4.9 40.0

Managers, medicine and health ......................... 28.48 16.2 39.9 33.31 5.0 39.8 25.52 25.1 40.0

 9 ................................................................... 28.98 10.3 39.1 – – – – – –

12 ................................................................... 39.09 3.9 40.0 – – – – – –

Managers, food servicing and lodging

establishments ................................................. 18.33 5.6 43.8 18.29 5.6 43.8 – – –

Managers, properties and real estate ................ 26.28 20.9 40.0 – – – – – –

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............ 22.69 4.2 41.0 22.84 3.8 41.1 21.55 20.7 40.0

 9 ................................................................... 23.66 13.3 43.0 – – – – – –

11 ................................................................... 32.02 14.9 41.1 – – – – – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................. 33.17 6.9 41.7 34.32 4.1 41.9 21.45 8.2 39.4

 7 ................................................................... 20.52 4.3 42.5 20.52 4.3 42.5 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 20.62 19.8 41.7 24.02 18.4 44.3 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 26.45 6.0 43.1 26.84 5.6 43.4 – – –

11 ................................................................... 35.55 5.2 43.0 36.72 5.9 43.5 – – –

12 ................................................................... 48.03 5.0 41.1 48.13 5.4 40.8 – – –

13 ................................................................... 58.70 2.5 39.4 58.70 2.5 39.4 – – –

14 ................................................................... 53.80 6.1 40.4 53.80 6.1 40.4 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 30.25 22.3 40.2 31.19 19.8 40.3 – – –

Management related .............................................. 22.67 4.0 39.5 23.33 6.2 39.6 20.92 7.0 39.1

 5 ................................................................... 15.89 5.9 39.7 16.24 8.2 39.6 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 16.87 6.9 37.0 18.29 13.0 40.9 16.51 3.2 36.2

 7 ................................................................... 15.53 13.5 40.0 14.68 12.8 40.0 18.42 7.5 40.0

 8 ................................................................... 33.67 32.6 40.0 36.33 33.6 40.0 20.74 5.5 40.0

 9 ................................................................... 22.59 4.6 37.9 21.85 6.4 37.0 24.05 3.4 40.0

10 ................................................................... 26.86 9.1 44.0 – – – – – –

11 ................................................................... 28.66 2.5 40.8 28.41 .5 41.8 – – –

12 ................................................................... 33.44 .9 40.7 33.44 .9 40.7 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 20.21 15.4 39.9 20.75 13.8 39.9 – – –

Accountants and auditors .................................. 20.58 9.7 40.8 22.21 8.1 41.6 18.85 7.7 40.0

 7 ................................................................... 17.68 10.6 40.6 17.57 10.7 40.7 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 24.66 10.1 40.2 25.57 16.6 40.3 – – –

Other financial officers ....................................... 31.02 17.7 40.1 31.53 18.3 40.1 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 23.37 5.1 40.0 23.37 5.1 40.0 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 21.45 16.3 39.8 21.45 16.3 39.8 – – –

Management analysts ........................................ 21.99 14.3 40.0 24.02 4.4 40.0 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 19.32 7.6 40.0 – – – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–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 ........................................................ $20.44 6.1 40.8 $21.10 5.5 41.3 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 23.03 10.0 40.3 – – – – – –

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ............... 22.30 14.5 39.9 22.30 14.5 39.9 – – –

Construction inspectors ..................................... 22.66 3.4 40.0 – – – $23.04 4.2 40.0

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ..................................................... 24.41 13.4 36.0 – – – 18.98 11.8 33.6

Management related, n.e.c. ............................... 21.30 8.0 40.0 20.30 9.4 40.0 23.57 6.1 40.0

 7 ................................................................... 16.15 13.0 40.0 – – – – – –

 8 ................................................................... 21.82 8.4 40.0 21.93 9.4 40.0 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 23.99 8.8 40.4 – – – – – –

Sales ............................................................................. 14.15 2.9 34.8 14.16 2.8 34.8 12.09 22.8 26.6

 1 ................................................................... 7.00 1.8 29.1 7.00 1.8 29.3 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 7.59 1.7 24.0 7.49 3.1 23.8 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.31 5.1 31.5 9.31 5.1 31.5 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 13.36 7.4 38.0 13.36 7.4 38.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 15.74 3.2 41.0 15.74 3.2 41.0 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 19.40 9.5 40.5 19.40 9.5 40.5 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 17.93 10.1 43.3 17.93 10.1 43.3 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 20.86 12.2 44.5 20.86 12.2 44.5 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 35.19 14.1 41.1 35.19 14.1 41.1 – – –

10 ................................................................... 34.61 12.2 40.9 – – – – – –

11 ................................................................... 41.46 4.4 46.6 41.56 4.3 46.6 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 16.88 5.0 34.8 16.88 5.0 34.8 – – –

Supervisors, sales ............................................. 17.53 8.6 42.8 17.53 8.6 42.8 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 13.35 3.8 39.2 13.35 3.8 39.2 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 15.06 8.5 44.4 15.06 8.5 44.4 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 21.57 7.9 47.7 21.57 7.9 47.7 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 24.58 8.4 42.1 24.58 8.4 42.1 – – –

Insurance sales .................................................. 26.26 23.3 43.7 26.26 23.3 43.7 – – –

Securities and financial services sales .............. 32.15 30.5 39.8 32.15 30.5 39.8 – – –

Advertising and related sales ............................. 12.99 15.9 39.5 12.99 15.9 39.5 – – –

Sales, other business services .......................... 17.82 6.3 38.4 17.78 6.2 38.4 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 26.60 10.0 41.8 26.60 10.0 41.8 – – –

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale .................................................. 21.46 28.1 40.4 21.46 28.1 40.4 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 24.57 9.4 41.7 24.57 9.4 41.7 – – –

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .......... 21.43 18.2 48.1 21.43 18.2 48.1 – – –

Sales workers, apparel ...................................... 7.83 3.6 20.7 7.83 3.6 20.7 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 8.03 4.6 21.0 8.03 4.6 21.0 – – –

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies 12.11 7.5 40.9 12.11 7.5 40.9 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.32 2.7 40.2 11.32 2.7 40.2 – – –

Sales workers, parts .......................................... 13.23 5.0 40.5 13.23 5.0 40.5 – – –

Sales workers, other commodities ..................... 12.04 9.0 29.5 12.06 9.1 29.6 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 7.44 6.0 20.6 7.44 6.0 20.6 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 8.60 9.6 30.0 8.60 9.6 30.0 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.52 9.5 32.8 11.52 9.5 32.8 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 11.40 10.2 36.2 11.40 10.2 36.2 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 19.32 7.3 40.7 19.32 7.3 40.7 – – –

Sales counter clerks .......................................... 9.15 9.8 35.7 9.15 9.8 35.7 – – –

Cashiers ............................................................. 9.04 3.3 31.6 9.03 3.4 31.7 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 7.06 1.9 32.3 7.06 1.9 32.3 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 7.81 9.3 30.7 7.57 4.4 30.8 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.39 8.8 31.2 9.38 8.9 31.2 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.95 5.0 37.3 12.95 5.0 37.3 – – –

Sales support, n.e.c. .......................................... 10.75 17.2 26.0 10.75 17.2 26.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–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 ................ $12.22 2.2 35.1 $12.02 2.4 34.7 $13.44 2.1 37.3

 1 ................................................................... 8.21 4.7 25.8 8.11 5.8 26.9 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.55 5.4 32.5 9.53 5.8 32.4 9.71 10.9 33.0

 3 ................................................................... 10.43 3.6 33.3 10.42 3.8 33.1 10.49 7.0 34.5

 4 ................................................................... 12.34 3.8 36.0 12.15 4.5 35.4 13.19 4.8 38.8

 5 ................................................................... 14.76 5.1 38.5 14.86 4.8 38.2 14.47 7.2 39.5

 6 ................................................................... 14.84 2.1 39.4 14.81 2.2 39.4 15.06 3.5 38.9

 7 ................................................................... 19.01 4.6 38.6 18.23 2.0 37.6 19.99 7.7 40.0

 8 ................................................................... 18.57 10.1 39.9 16.93 11.1 39.9 – – –

Supervisors, general office ................................ 15.80 9.8 39.6 15.47 9.1 39.6 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 13.55 6.6 39.4 12.55 3.9 39.4 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 21.73 14.2 40.3 – – – – – –

Supervisors, financial records processing ......... 16.56 21.7 40.0 14.90 25.5 40.0 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 19.65 3.3 40.0 – – – – – –

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and

adjusting clerks ................................................ 16.33 10.2 43.2 16.33 10.2 43.2 – – –

Computer operators ........................................... 18.47 5.4 40.0 17.91 10.4 40.0 – – –

Secretaries ......................................................... 13.47 1.6 36.1 13.53 2.0 35.4 13.27 4.0 38.9

 3 ................................................................... 11.67 4.9 28.8 11.60 4.2 28.2 11.95 11.6 31.4

 4 ................................................................... 13.51 3.2 36.6 13.56 3.0 35.7 13.36 7.0 40.0

 5 ................................................................... 13.53 3.9 38.6 13.97 6.4 37.7 12.93 1.4 40.0

 6 ................................................................... 13.35 7.3 39.8 13.31 7.8 39.8 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 18.23 4.6 39.1 18.00 5.0 38.9 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 15.65 7.6 39.3 15.65 7.6 39.3 – – –

Stenographers ................................................... 13.76 4.1 40.0 13.76 4.1 40.0 – – –

Interviewers ....................................................... 11.97 3.6 38.4 11.97 3.6 38.4 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 11.39 1.8 37.4 11.39 1.8 37.4 – – –

Hotel clerks ........................................................ 9.00 3.1 32.7 9.00 3.1 32.7 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.38 12.4 28.1 9.38 12.4 28.1 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 8.65 3.6 33.3 8.65 3.6 33.3 – – –

Receptionists ..................................................... 9.59 6.6 28.8 9.62 6.9 28.5 8.94 5.8 38.4

 2 ................................................................... 10.28 11.6 27.5 10.50 11.4 26.8 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.86 9.2 37.5 9.84 9.8 37.4 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.69 6.4 36.4 11.66 6.8 36.1 – – –

Information clerks, n.e.c. .................................... 10.13 3.6 33.3 9.95 4.6 33.2 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.15 1.4 39.2 10.15 1.4 39.2 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.06 5.7 38.1 12.06 5.7 38.1 – – –

Order clerks ....................................................... 10.87 5.9 36.1 10.78 6.1 36.0 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 13.29 1.2 39.6 13.01 3.7 39.6 – – –

Personnel clerks, except payroll and

timekeeping ..................................................... 14.46 1.3 40.0 14.62 1.2 40.0 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 13.75 4.4 40.0 13.75 4.4 40.0 – – –

Library clerks ..................................................... 12.29 6.4 31.9 – – – 12.29 6.4 31.9

 4 ................................................................... 14.66 9.7 37.1 – – – 14.66 9.7 37.1

File clerks ........................................................... 9.51 3.7 34.1 9.52 3.8 34.3 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.76 5.3 32.4 9.77 5.3 32.7 – – –

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................ 12.63 9.4 37.1 13.60 8.8 36.0 11.39 12.2 38.7

 3 ................................................................... 11.91 6.2 39.5 11.82 6.8 39.5 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 13.62 15.4 32.1 – – – – – –

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ... 12.79 2.7 37.7 12.61 3.1 37.3 14.02 2.4 40.0

 3 ................................................................... 10.66 9.6 34.7 10.66 9.6 34.7 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.37 5.5 36.8 12.28 6.4 36.3 12.90 6.3 40.0

 5 ................................................................... 14.67 5.5 38.6 – – – 14.82 7.1 40.0

 6 ................................................................... 15.04 6.6 38.2 15.25 8.4 37.7 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 11.30 21.2 39.7 11.30 21.2 39.7 – – –

Payroll and timekeeping clerks .......................... 15.45 6.5 24.5 15.45 6.5 24.5 – – –

Billing clerks ....................................................... 10.61 5.5 38.7 – – – – – –

Telephone operators .......................................... 13.19 19.9 35.3 13.19 19.9 35.3 – – –

Mail clerks, except postal service ...................... 12.20 13.9 37.6 12.20 13.9 37.6 – – –

Dispatchers ........................................................ 13.43 14.3 38.7 14.72 10.0 34.6 13.09 15.7 39.9

 4 ................................................................... 10.67 10.5 38.5 – – – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–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

Dispatchers –Continued

 5 ................................................................... $17.96 8.8 40.0 – – – – – –

Production coordinators ..................................... 14.43 24.8 31.2 $13.53 13.5 30.8 – – –

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................. 13.09 18.3 40.0 13.09 18.3 40.0 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 14.40 1.7 40.0 14.40 1.7 40.0 – – –

Stock and inventory clerks ................................. 11.64 6.0 35.3 10.83 4.0 35.3 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 11.45 8.0 38.4 10.94 7.1 40.0 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.65 14.9 38.9 10.45 7.0 38.5 – – –

Expeditors .......................................................... 12.14 10.6 40.0 12.14 10.6 40.0 – – –

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution

clerks, n.e.c. ..................................................... 11.30 21.4 38.4 11.30 21.4 38.4 – – –

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and

investigators ..................................................... 16.94 21.1 39.2 16.94 21.1 39.2 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 14.49 5.4 39.5 14.49 5.4 39.5 – – –

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ... 12.46 4.1 38.3 12.32 4.0 38.3 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 11.49 4.6 38.5 11.49 4.6 38.5 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.91 5.8 37.8 11.86 6.0 37.8 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 14.55 4.9 39.7 13.92 8.5 39.7 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 18.62 3.8 40.0 18.62 3.8 40.0 – – –

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ........................... 15.34 15.7 40.0 – – – $16.76 9.7 40.0

Bill and account collectors ................................. 10.39 8.4 32.8 10.20 7.3 32.4 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.64 8.8 29.2 11.64 8.8 29.2 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 11.63 9.3 32.4 11.63 9.3 32.4 – – –

General office clerks .......................................... 12.17 6.3 34.7 11.84 7.5 33.6 13.38 7.3 39.5

 1 ................................................................... 8.15 10.8 28.4 8.15 10.8 28.4 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.88 4.4 34.5 9.19 4.8 33.0 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 11.16 6.4 34.1 11.17 6.9 33.7 11.06 4.9 39.2

 4 ................................................................... 12.11 6.8 33.8 11.23 9.8 31.5 13.94 7.0 39.9

 5 ................................................................... 15.93 15.8 39.4 15.80 19.9 39.2 16.44 7.7 40.0

 6 ................................................................... 14.42 7.4 35.4 – – – – – –

 7 ................................................................... 16.76 3.3 34.1 16.76 3.3 34.1 – – –

Bank tellers ........................................................ 8.97 1.8 34.5 8.97 1.8 34.5 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 8.38 2.9 39.0 8.38 2.9 39.0 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.78 2.7 25.3 9.78 2.7 25.3 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 9.01 4.5 35.5 9.01 4.5 35.5 – – –

Data entry keyers ............................................... 10.50 5.3 38.3 10.50 5.3 38.3 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.78 4.7 35.2 9.78 4.7 35.2 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.90 6.9 38.8 9.90 6.9 38.8 – – –

Teachers’ aides ................................................. 9.23 7.6 25.8 – – – 8.90 5.8 30.3

 2 ................................................................... 8.47 4.1 26.4 – – – 8.48 4.9 28.2

 3 ................................................................... 8.88 11.1 31.7 – – – 8.88 11.1 31.7

 4 ................................................................... 11.25 8.4 20.5 – – – – – –

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................ 11.59 6.6 30.0 10.64 8.9 29.1 16.73 12.3 36.1

 3 ................................................................... 8.56 11.6 19.8 8.54 13.6 19.5 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.26 2.1 32.7 12.06 3.0 33.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 16.03 6.4 38.1 14.53 6.5 40.0 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 9.68 7.7 36.3 9.68 7.7 36.3 – – –

Blue collar ........................................................................ 14.18 2.4 37.5 14.09 2.3 37.5 15.84 4.7 38.2

 1 ................................................................... 8.22 4.4 29.9 8.17 4.5 29.9 13.32 9.4 29.0

 2 ................................................................... 9.98 4.1 36.0 9.94 4.0 36.1 11.54 6.0 33.4

 3 ................................................................... 12.28 3.2 39.0 12.37 3.3 39.1 10.45 5.8 38.2

 4 ................................................................... 13.34 4.7 39.6 13.40 5.0 39.8 12.73 8.8 36.9

 5 ................................................................... 14.44 1.9 39.1 14.38 1.7 39.1 15.33 4.8 38.3

 6 ................................................................... 16.77 3.8 40.1 16.81 4.1 40.1 16.37 7.9 40.0

 7 ................................................................... 20.28 1.9 40.3 20.30 2.4 40.3 19.96 6.6 40.0

 8 ................................................................... 23.63 9.5 40.0 23.89 10.4 40.0 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 27.79 4.9 39.8 28.07 5.2 39.8 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 14.30 11.5 38.4 14.28 11.8 38.4 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–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 ...................... $17.33 2.4 39.7 $17.22 2.1 39.7 $19.16 11.3 40.0

 2 ................................................................... 10.52 11.7 39.8 10.52 11.7 39.8 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 12.47 3.0 39.9 12.47 3.0 39.9 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 13.32 2.6 39.2 13.11 3.6 39.1 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 14.41 1.8 38.8 14.35 1.9 38.8 15.99 8.1 40.0

 6 ................................................................... 16.84 6.0 40.0 16.94 6.3 40.0 16.20 8.8 40.0

 7 ................................................................... 20.43 2.3 40.3 20.41 2.9 40.3 20.73 6.7 40.0

 8 ................................................................... 23.88 9.9 40.0 24.18 10.8 39.9 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 26.77 5.2 39.8 26.99 5.3 39.8 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 15.92 19.6 39.8 15.94 19.9 39.8 – – –

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .............. 28.36 9.6 41.0 28.40 9.8 41.1 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 28.92 5.9 40.0 28.92 5.9 40.0 – – –

Automobile mechanics ....................................... 19.52 5.9 41.1 19.97 5.6 41.3 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 21.27 3.2 41.9 21.37 4.3 42.0 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .... 17.36 11.3 40.0 16.56 12.5 40.0 20.27 3.7 40.0

 7 ................................................................... 20.10 6.9 40.0 20.00 11.0 40.0 – – –

Aircraft engine mechanics ................................. 18.79 11.1 40.0 18.79 11.1 40.0 – – –

Heavy equipment mechanics ............................. 20.25 2.7 39.7 20.04 3.8 39.7 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 20.28 6.7 40.0 20.28 6.7 40.0 – – –

Industrial machinery repairers ........................... 19.41 6.5 38.2 19.41 6.5 38.2 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 19.23 12.2 40.0 19.23 12.2 40.0 – – –

Machinery maintenance ..................................... 17.80 11.2 40.0 17.18 12.2 40.0 – – –

Electronic repairers, communications and

industrial equipment ......................................... 19.71 14.5 40.0 21.04 12.1 40.0 – – –

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration

mechanics ........................................................ 15.72 5.4 40.0 15.35 5.5 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 16.43 8.0 40.0 16.13 6.9 40.0 – – –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ......................... 17.27 1.8 40.0 16.83 4.5 40.0 18.96 12.6 40.0

 5 ................................................................... 15.29 8.6 40.0 14.10 2.4 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 20.48 5.9 40.0 20.42 7.0 40.0 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 16.25 8.5 40.0 16.25 8.5 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ............. 17.75 6.0 40.0 – – – – – –

Carpenters ......................................................... 19.55 10.5 39.7 19.86 10.7 39.7 – – –

Electricians ........................................................ 21.98 9.1 40.0 22.27 9.3 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 23.19 6.0 40.0 23.67 4.5 40.0 – – –

Electrical power installers and repairers ............ 26.79 5.7 40.0 – – – – – –

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ............... 20.82 10.9 39.9 20.82 11.0 39.9 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 22.56 5.4 39.9 22.56 5.4 39.9 – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ................................. 13.01 11.9 39.6 13.02 12.7 39.6 – – –

Supervisors, production ..................................... 19.82 15.1 40.3 19.85 17.2 40.3 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 18.23 9.8 40.3 16.66 4.2 40.3 – – –

Machinists .......................................................... 18.29 2.0 39.9 18.22 2.0 39.9 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 18.39 7.2 39.7 – – – – – –

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 14.67 4.7 34.2 14.67 4.7 34.2 – – –

Butchers and meat cutters ................................. 15.56 4.2 36.4 15.56 4.2 36.4 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 17.69 1.1 38.1 17.69 1.1 38.1 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 17.19 1.0 39.5 17.19 1.0 39.5 – – –

Bakers ................................................................ 11.64 3.3 38.4 11.64 3.3 38.4 – – –

Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................ 19.52 5.3 41.0 19.69 6.7 41.3 – – –

Water and sewer treatment plant operators ...... 21.10 11.2 40.0 – – – – – –

Miscellaneous plant and system operators,

n.e.c. ................................................................ 23.98 3.2 40.0 24.03 3.1 40.0 – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..... 11.39 5.3 38.3 11.38 5.3 38.3 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 8.13 7.0 34.0 8.13 7.0 34.0 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.36 2.1 39.5 9.34 2.1 39.5 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 11.75 3.2 39.3 11.75 3.2 39.3 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.14 2.9 39.9 12.14 2.9 39.9 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 14.60 3.2 39.7 14.60 3.2 39.7 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 15.42 .9 40.0 15.42 .9 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 18.44 5.9 40.0 18.25 6.7 40.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–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

Not able to be leveled .................................... $11.12 15.7 36.8 $11.12 15.7 36.8 – – –

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ............... 12.20 7.6 40.0 12.20 7.6 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 13.30 5.0 40.0 13.30 5.0 40.0 – – –

Printing press operators ..................................... 16.57 6.3 39.9 16.57 6.3 39.9 – – –

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators 10.16 7.5 39.8 10.16 7.8 39.8 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 7.63 3.6 38.8 7.63 3.6 38.8 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.03 1.1 39.8 8.96 .4 39.8 – – –

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .......... 11.99 10.5 39.7 11.99 10.5 39.7 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 9.45 .9 40.0 9.45 .9 40.0 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 10.08 5.5 40.0 10.08 5.5 40.0 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 12.55 1.9 38.4 12.55 1.9 38.4 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.65 5.4 40.0 12.65 5.4 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 16.12 13.0 40.0 16.12 13.0 40.0 – – –

Welders and cutters ........................................... 16.52 7.7 40.0 16.40 8.0 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 19.81 9.6 40.0 – – – – – –

Assemblers ........................................................ 11.22 5.5 39.3 11.22 5.5 39.3 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.50 9.3 38.8 9.50 9.3 38.8 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 11.26 7.0 39.2 11.26 7.0 39.2 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.57 9.0 40.0 12.57 9.0 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 12.72 7.7 39.9 12.72 7.7 39.9 – – –

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ................... 12.52 7.9 37.1 12.52 7.9 37.1 – – –

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners 13.23 4.9 39.4 13.23 4.9 39.4 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.24 3.0 40.0 12.24 3.0 40.0 – – –

Transportation and material moving ......................... 14.17 8.5 34.9 14.25 9.8 34.7 $13.60 7.8 36.5

 1 ................................................................... 7.09 8.7 18.3 7.09 8.7 18.3 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.37 7.3 31.7 9.22 7.3 31.8 12.60 1.8 29.6

 3 ................................................................... 13.73 12.4 39.4 14.01 13.1 39.7 11.42 9.2 36.4

 4 ................................................................... 14.54 11.4 40.0 15.06 12.5 40.9 12.07 7.5 36.3

 5 ................................................................... 15.91 1.6 39.3 16.18 1.3 40.2 14.68 4.4 35.8

 6 ................................................................... 19.84 9.8 40.8 20.27 11.3 41.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 21.14 9.5 40.0 23.84 18.1 40.0 17.97 8.0 40.0

Not able to be leveled .................................... 17.24 10.5 40.0 17.24 10.5 40.0 – – –

Truck drivers ...................................................... 14.22 11.0 40.0 14.22 11.2 40.0 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.95 6.6 39.3 9.95 6.6 39.3 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 15.33 11.9 40.0 15.33 12.0 40.0 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 14.93 17.8 41.9 14.94 17.9 41.9 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 16.48 1.7 39.8 16.61 1.5 39.8 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 19.25 17.1 41.5 19.25 17.1 41.5 – – –

Driver-sales workers .......................................... 8.18 20.8 26.8 8.18 20.8 26.8 – – –

Bus drivers ......................................................... 12.09 2.9 28.7 10.95 1.4 25.5 12.67 6.5 30.7

 2 ................................................................... 10.42 14.2 23.3 – – – 12.60 1.8 29.6

 3 ................................................................... 11.16 7.9 36.0 – – – 11.11 8.1 36.2

 4 ................................................................... 13.72 6.8 26.9 – – – 14.62 3.9 28.8

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs .......................... 8.73 5.2 13.5 8.73 5.2 13.5 – – –

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................ 8.56 8.3 29.6 8.40 8.1 29.4 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 7.76 6.8 24.9 7.76 6.8 24.9 – – –

Operating engineers .......................................... 12.05 12.8 40.0 – – – 12.05 12.8 40.0

Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ............. 17.37 3.1 40.1 17.59 5.2 40.1 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 16.21 3.3 40.5 – – – – – –

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators 15.46 15.9 39.9 15.46 15.9 39.9 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 14.94 8.3 40.0 14.94 8.3 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ............................................... 15.48 8.7 40.0 – – – 15.32 6.4 40.0

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers ....................................................................... 10.68 1.9 35.3 10.62 2.0 35.2 12.10 7.7 37.6

 1 ................................................................... 8.40 4.5 32.1 8.33 4.6 32.2 13.32 9.4 29.0

 2 ................................................................... 10.71 6.0 34.9 10.70 6.3 34.9 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–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

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers –Continued

 3 ................................................................... $11.46 4.1 37.5 $11.73 4.8 37.2 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.36 1.8 39.1 12.37 1.9 39.1 $12.06 5.1 39.3

 5 ................................................................... 12.61 5.3 39.8 12.17 2.3 39.8 15.34 5.7 40.0

Not able to be leveled .................................... 11.71 6.5 36.4 11.71 6.5 36.4 – – –

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ... 9.90 5.7 34.1 9.61 6.6 33.1 10.49 9.7 36.5

 1 ................................................................... 9.29 6.8 32.3 9.15 7.2 33.7 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.56 3.2 35.7 9.97 1.6 30.3 – – –

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ................................................. 18.38 9.6 40.0 18.38 9.6 40.0 – – –

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ..................... 14.04 4.7 38.6 13.66 8.0 40.0 – – –

Helpers, construction trades .............................. 10.08 1.6 40.0 10.03 1.4 40.0 – – –

Construction laborers ......................................... 10.69 3.6 38.3 10.57 4.5 38.3 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 9.75 11.0 40.0 9.75 11.0 40.0 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.27 6.7 38.6 – – – – – –

 3 ................................................................... 12.50 9.1 40.0 12.49 9.3 40.0 – – –

Production helpers ............................................. 10.14 3.8 39.9 10.14 3.8 39.9 – – –

Stock handlers and baggers .............................. 8.96 8.7 28.7 8.89 8.8 28.6 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 6.52 8.9 23.3 6.52 8.9 23.3 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 8.11 8.9 31.4 7.92 7.2 31.0 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 11.09 6.3 32.2 11.09 6.3 32.2 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.83 8.8 36.1 13.01 8.7 36.1 – – –

Machine feeders and offbearers ........................ 14.48 6.2 39.6 14.48 6.2 39.6 – – –

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ...... 10.71 6.3 36.7 10.71 6.2 36.7 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.90 5.7 29.7 9.90 5.7 29.7 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 16.02 2.2 39.8 16.19 2.4 39.8 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.49 16.4 39.9 12.49 16.4 39.9 – – –

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ......... 9.93 6.3 33.4 9.83 5.5 33.3 – – –

Hand packers and packagers ............................ 11.18 14.1 37.7 11.18 14.1 37.7 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 7.47 5.5 32.0 7.47 5.5 32.0 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 13.69 6.7 39.6 13.69 6.7 39.6 – – –

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................. 9.98 7.9 35.0 9.84 8.3 34.9 13.76 7.9 40.0

 1 ................................................................... 8.87 10.8 34.4 8.82 11.6 34.4 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 10.90 8.7 31.8 10.63 6.8 31.7 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 11.26 4.5 39.2 11.26 4.5 39.2 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.83 .9 40.0 11.77 .9 40.0 – – –

Service .............................................................................. 8.99 2.5 31.9 7.86 2.4 31.2 15.13 6.4 36.3

 1 ................................................................... 6.33 3.0 28.3 6.22 3.6 28.3 8.62 7.1 29.7

 2 ................................................................... 7.42 3.0 28.9 7.36 3.4 29.7 8.23 4.0 22.0

 3 ................................................................... 8.21 5.4 32.0 7.90 4.6 31.3 10.20 5.3 37.3

 4 ................................................................... 10.51 5.7 35.9 10.45 6.2 35.7 10.86 4.9 37.5

 5 ................................................................... 11.85 5.3 40.1 10.54 4.3 39.6 13.94 6.3 40.9

 6 ................................................................... 16.67 5.1 38.0 15.13 4.0 35.7 18.55 3.8 41.3

 7 ................................................................... 17.71 4.6 39.5 12.96 12.1 34.7 19.30 2.3 41.4

 8 ................................................................... 23.01 2.4 37.3 – – – 22.98 2.9 41.2

 9 ................................................................... 26.22 8.1 41.6 – – – 26.22 8.1 41.6

10 ................................................................... 31.64 4.3 43.6 – – – 31.66 4.3 43.6

Protective service .................................................. 17.15 5.6 34.7 9.85 3.0 25.2 20.01 4.3 40.7

 2 ................................................................... 9.08 2.2 32.2 9.07 2.5 32.4 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.35 2.1 20.4 9.24 2.0 18.4 9.71 10.0 31.8

 4 ................................................................... 10.81 6.0 35.9 10.57 4.9 37.7 11.51 7.3 31.5

 5 ................................................................... 14.09 12.0 41.4 9.63 2.4 39.3 15.59 5.9 42.2

 6 ................................................................... 19.27 4.9 40.8 – – – 19.22 5.1 42.2

 7 ................................................................... 18.53 7.0 39.2 – – – 19.89 1.9 41.5

 8 ................................................................... 23.15 2.7 37.2 – – – 22.98 2.9 41.2

 9 ................................................................... 25.97 8.5 41.7 – – – 25.97 8.5 41.7

10 ................................................................... 31.64 4.3 43.6 – – – 31.66 4.3 43.6

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ...... 25.28 3.4 50.6 – – – 25.28 3.4 50.6

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–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

Protective service –Continued

Supervisors, police and detectives .................... $27.05 10.9 41.1 – – – $27.05 10.9 41.1

Supervisors, guards ........................................... 16.60 14.7 36.7 $16.16 25.0 35.7 – – –

Firefighting ......................................................... 15.41 10.5 42.9 – – – 17.28 5.9 48.8

 6 ................................................................... 17.00 13.3 48.8 – – – 17.00 13.3 48.8

 7 ................................................................... 13.34 24.9 36.9 – – – 18.26 5.0 49.8

Police and detectives, public service ................. 22.85 4.5 39.4 – – – 22.87 4.6 40.0

 6 ................................................................... 20.83 6.3 36.3 – – – 20.76 6.7 40.0

 7 ................................................................... 20.52 2.8 40.0 – – – 20.52 2.8 40.0

 9 ................................................................... 26.02 5.8 40.0 – – – 26.02 5.8 40.0

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement

officers ............................................................. 20.03 2.7 40.2 – – – 20.03 2.7 40.2

 7 ................................................................... 19.49 4.1 40.2 – – – 19.49 4.1 40.2

Correctional institution officers ........................... 14.35 11.8 40.0 – – – 14.35 11.8 40.0

Guards and police, except public service .......... 9.58 4.6 31.8 9.51 4.9 31.7 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.12 2.4 32.7 9.12 2.4 32.7 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 8.81 1.9 29.6 8.66 1.4 29.3 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.67 5.4 39.9 10.62 5.2 39.9 – – –

Protective service, n.e.c. .................................... 13.08 13.1 11.7 – – – 12.83 11.8 28.1

 3 ................................................................... – – – – – – 11.25 11.3 24.4

 4 ................................................................... 10.49 7.2 26.3 – – – – – –

Food service .......................................................... 6.96 3.4 30.2 6.90 3.8 30.5 8.96 8.9 22.3

 1 ................................................................... 5.94 5.1 27.9 5.90 5.2 28.0 8.25 4.2 23.4

 2 ................................................................... 6.67 3.4 25.5 6.59 3.4 26.7 7.83 4.4 15.4

 3 ................................................................... 6.98 8.3 32.8 6.93 9.2 32.7 8.31 10.2 33.7

 4 ................................................................... 9.76 6.6 36.0 9.76 6.6 36.1 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 10.75 6.5 42.1 10.38 7.2 42.6 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 12.90 4.9 39.7 12.90 4.9 39.7 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 14.94 4.3 40.8 16.41 8.8 41.3 – – –

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ................... 5.08 18.1 29.0 5.08 18.0 29.0 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 4.71 14.9 27.2 4.71 14.9 27.2 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 5.18 15.7 26.8 5.18 15.7 26.8 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 5.25 20.6 33.1 5.25 20.6 33.1 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 6.61 4.0 31.4 – – – – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 5.29 29.2 23.9 5.29 29.2 23.9 – – –

Bartenders ......................................................... 7.17 10.0 31.7 7.16 9.9 31.8 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 7.77 7.5 36.2 7.77 7.5 36.2 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 6.61 4.0 31.4 – – – – – –

Waiters and waitresses ...................................... 4.39 16.8 28.3 4.39 16.8 28.3 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 4.25 14.8 26.5 4.25 14.8 26.5 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 4.89 21.0 27.2 4.89 21.0 27.2 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 4.20 17.1 32.2 4.20 17.1 32.2 – – –

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ......................... 5.54 16.5 29.2 5.54 16.5 29.2 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 5.37 18.0 28.9 5.37 18.0 28.9 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 6.61 16.8 30.7 6.61 16.8 30.7 – – –

Other food service ............................................... 7.83 3.0 30.8 7.78 2.9 31.3 8.95 9.0 22.3

 1 ................................................................... 6.66 2.7 28.3 6.62 2.7 28.5 8.25 4.2 23.4

 2 ................................................................... 7.40 2.6 25.0 7.36 2.9 26.6 7.83 4.4 15.4

 3 ................................................................... 9.17 3.6 32.4 9.25 3.4 32.2 8.31 10.2 33.7

 4 ................................................................... 10.30 5.6 36.9 10.30 5.6 36.9 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 10.96 6.6 42.2 10.60 5.3 42.7 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 12.90 4.9 39.7 12.90 4.9 39.7 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 14.94 4.3 40.8 16.41 8.8 41.3 – – –

Supervisors, food preparation and service ........ 11.32 5.0 40.1 11.05 3.5 40.1 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 12.88 11.3 40.4 12.88 11.3 40.4 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 14.21 7.3 40.9 – – – – – –

Cooks ................................................................. 9.40 4.8 33.3 9.43 5.0 33.9 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 7.33 6.8 28.2 7.31 7.3 29.6 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.35 8.0 33.7 10.39 8.5 33.7 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.11 9.0 36.7 10.11 9.0 36.7 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 10.50 9.0 39.7 10.52 9.2 40.0 – – –

Food counter, fountain, and related ................... 6.52 3.3 29.9 6.50 3.1 30.1 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–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

Food counter, fountain, and related –Continued

 1 ................................................................... $6.61 4.1 23.9 $6.52 5.1 24.1 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 7.02 8.3 16.6 7.02 8.3 16.6 – – –

Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................... 7.94 3.8 28.4 7.90 4.6 30.5 $8.31 7.8 17.3

 1 ................................................................... 7.11 3.3 29.6 7.11 3.3 29.6 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 8.16 6.8 22.7 8.27 7.2 28.2 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 8.71 6.0 28.6 8.60 7.1 27.1 – – –

Food preparation, n.e.c. ..................................... 6.80 4.2 29.3 6.76 4.2 29.4 7.64 6.7 26.4

 1 ................................................................... 6.59 4.5 29.6 6.55 4.7 29.7 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 6.93 3.1 26.5 6.82 2.3 26.7 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 6.95 2.9 30.8 6.98 3.9 31.1 – – –

Health service ........................................................ 10.32 4.4 33.9 10.21 5.1 33.0 10.85 8.0 38.4

 1 ................................................................... 7.95 3.1 34.9 7.95 3.1 34.9 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.32 2.5 31.3 9.33 2.7 31.3 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.53 8.8 30.4 10.45 9.6 30.1 11.20 13.4 33.5

 4 ................................................................... 10.87 5.3 36.6 11.11 4.6 35.9 10.05 9.3 39.1

 5 ................................................................... 10.47 11.3 38.7 – – – 11.90 16.2 40.0

Health aides, except nursing ............................. 9.62 3.8 36.7 9.55 6.0 35.1 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 8.70 7.4 35.6 8.70 7.4 35.6 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.74 6.7 26.0 10.74 6.7 26.0 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.02 4.7 39.9 9.91 11.2 39.8 – – –

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............ 10.19 3.6 33.1 10.03 3.9 32.5 11.17 13.0 37.2

 2 ................................................................... 9.46 4.0 30.5 9.48 4.2 30.5 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.51 9.4 30.9 10.42 10.4 30.7 11.20 13.4 33.5

 4 ................................................................... 10.28 3.3 36.5 10.64 4.3 36.1 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 11.01 16.9 38.4 – – – – – –

Cleaning and building service ................................ 9.38 3.3 36.2 8.85 2.7 35.2 10.61 3.2 38.7

 1 ................................................................... 7.75 2.2 33.8 7.49 2.0 33.3 8.83 9.1 35.9

 2 ................................................................... 8.50 2.5 34.8 8.47 2.6 34.2 8.62 4.3 37.6

 3 ................................................................... 9.85 4.3 38.8 8.86 4.1 37.5 10.73 4.7 40.0

 4 ................................................................... 12.53 2.7 40.0 12.58 1.9 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 13.95 4.2 40.0 – – – – – –

 6 ................................................................... 15.71 15.8 40.0 – – – – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 9.29 7.6 37.3 9.29 7.6 37.3 – – –

Supervisors, cleaning and building service

workers ............................................................ 14.94 22.9 40.0 14.52 27.5 40.0 – – –

Maids and housemen ........................................ 7.51 2.2 38.6 7.56 2.4 38.4 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 7.33 2.4 39.4 7.38 3.1 39.2 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 7.94 2.8 39.8 7.94 2.8 39.8 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 7.01 2.0 33.4 7.01 2.0 33.4 – – –

Janitors and cleaners ......................................... 9.65 3.5 35.3 9.05 3.2 33.7 10.71 4.2 38.6

 1 ................................................................... 8.05 4.5 30.6 7.56 2.2 29.9 9.99 5.2 33.6

 2 ................................................................... 8.66 3.8 33.5 8.67 4.3 32.5 8.62 4.3 37.6

 3 ................................................................... 10.15 3.7 39.4 9.33 5.9 38.6 10.73 4.7 40.0

 4 ................................................................... 11.89 10.3 40.0 11.59 15.2 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 14.15 4.8 40.0 – – – – – –

Personal service .................................................... 9.13 8.2 31.5 9.00 8.4 31.7 11.61 14.2 27.5

 1 ................................................................... 6.39 4.9 23.5 6.38 5.0 23.8 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 6.96 4.7 33.2 6.89 5.4 34.5 7.97 8.3 20.4

 3 ................................................................... 8.60 10.9 33.1 8.61 11.3 32.9 8.44 9.8 38.3

 4 ................................................................... 9.78 15.1 32.8 9.76 15.5 32.8 10.33 12.3 31.2

 5 ................................................................... 11.82 7.6 38.5 11.90 8.9 38.3 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 17.06 10.7 32.3 17.09 11.1 32.7 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 9.73 6.6 33.7 9.11 8.4 33.5 – – –

Supervisors, personal service ............................ 15.37 8.8 40.2 14.40 3.9 40.2 – – –

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ....................... 12.02 15.8 31.6 12.02 15.8 31.6 – – –

Attendants, amusement, and recreation

facilities ............................................................ 6.69 3.4 35.1 6.60 3.3 36.1 9.34 4.8 19.7

 1 ................................................................... 6.51 1.9 30.9 6.50 2.2 34.6 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 6.59 1.8 36.2 6.52 1.9 37.3 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–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

Attendants, amusement, and recreation

facilities –Continued

 3 ................................................................... $6.29 15.6 33.7 $6.28 15.6 33.7 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 6.99 6.1 39.2 6.85 5.3 39.6 – – –

Public transportation attendants ........................ 27.27 5.5 19.8 27.27 5.5 19.8 – – –

Baggage porters and bellhops ........................... 6.54 16.5 38.6 6.54 16.5 38.6 – – –

Welfare service aides ........................................ 9.66 8.9 31.4 9.48 8.7 29.1 – – –

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................. 8.42 2.3 27.1 8.42 2.6 27.2 $8.42 3.8 26.3

 1 ................................................................... 6.87 5.1 16.6 6.87 5.1 16.6 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 8.16 8.9 32.2 7.89 10.7 31.4 – – –

Child care workers, n.e.c. .................................. 8.54 6.4 28.5 8.53 6.8 28.7 – – –

Service, n.e.c. .................................................... 7.87 4.4 26.9 7.86 4.3 27.0 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 6.41 4.7 20.6 6.41 4.7 20.6 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.26 11.0 34.9 10.26 11.0 34.9 – – –

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, and so forth. 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, data were collected between December 2001 and January

2003. The average reference period was July 2002. 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 Mountain Census Division, the NCS 

studied 1,367 establishments representing approximately 

5,098,600 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 Mountain Census 

Division are: 

Bannock County, ID 

Carson City County, NV 

Cheyenne County, CO 

Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, CMSA 

Fergus County, MT 

Fort Collins-Loveland, CO, MSA 

Great Falls, MT, MSA 

Lincoln County, WY 

Phoenix-Mesa, AZ, MSA 

Reno, NV, MSA 

Yavapai County, AZ 

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 Mountain region, data were collected between 

December 2001 and January 2003, with an average reference period of July 2002. 

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 

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 

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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, 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 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 World 

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 $17.18 per hour, with a relative standard error of 0.8 

percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the 

confidence interval for this estimate is $16.90 to $17.46 

($17.18 x 1.645 x 0.008 = $0.2828, round to $0.28); 

($17.18 - .28 = $16.90; $17.18 + .28 = $17.46). 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. These 

errors 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 by 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. 
TABLE A. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, by occupational group,2 Mountain,

National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002

Occupational group All industries Private industry State and local

government

All ............................................................................................. 5,098,600 4,314,000 784,600

All, excluding sales ............................................................... 4,556,100 3,776,600 779,500

White collar ......................................................................... 2,659,500 2,111,700 547,800

White collar, excluding sales ............................................ 2,117,100 1,574,300 542,800

Professional specialty and technical ................................. 854,600 533,900 320,600

Professional specialty occupations ............................... 651,700 369,800 281,800

Technical occupations .................................................. 202,900 164,100 38,800

Executive, administrative, and managerial ....................... 331,200 244,900 86,300

Sales ................................................................................. 542,400 537,400 5,000

Administrative support, including clerical .......................... 931,300 795,400 135,900

Blue collar ........................................................................... 1,304,200 1,231,600 72,600

Precision production, craft, and repair .............................. 515,800 486,800 28,900

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. 230,600 229,200 –

Transportation and material moving ................................. 237,000 206,700 30,300

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 320,800 308,800 12,000

Service ................................................................................. 1,134,900 970,700 164,100

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, data were collected between

December 2001 and January 2003. The average reference period

was July 2002. 

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TABLE B. Number of establishments studied by industry group and establishment employment size, Mountain, National

Compensation Survey,1 July 2002

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 ...................................................................................................................... 1,367 624 424 116 125 55 23

Private Industry ............................................................................................ 1,241 608 386 94 99 41 13

Goods-producing industries ....................................................................... 272 132 96 19 12 12 1

Mining .................................................................................................... 23 8 12 3 – – –

Construction ........................................................................................... 79 58 19 2 – – –

Manufacturing ........................................................................................ 170 66 65 14 12 12 1

Durable goods ................................................................................... 98 31 38 10 10 8 1

Nondurable goods ............................................................................. 72 35 27 4 2 4 –

Service-producing industries ..................................................................... 969 476 290 75 87 29 12

Transportation and utilities ..................................................................... 93 33 25 7 18 5 5

Wholesale trade ..................................................................................... 64 41 19 2 1 1 –

Retail trade ............................................................................................ 247 160 70 15 1 1 –

Finance, insurance and real estate ........................................................ 114 61 26 10 7 7 3

Services ................................................................................................. 451 181 150 41 60 15 4

State and local government ........................................................................ 126 16 38 22 26 14 10

1 In this census division, collection was conducted between December 2001 and

January 2003. The average reference period was July 2002. 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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