National Compensation Survey:

Occupational Wages in the

New England Census Division, 1998

U.S. Department of Labor

Alexis M. Herman, Secretary

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner

August 2000

Bulletin 2530-7
Preface

The National Compensation Survey (NCS) provides comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, and detailed benefit provisions. It integrates three Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) programs—the

Occupational Compensation Survey (OCS), the Employment

Cost Index (ECI), and the Employee Benefits Survey (EBS).

OCS provides data on occupational earnings; the ECI measures changes in labor costs, as well as average hourly

employer costs for employee compensation; and the EBS

provides information on detailed benefit provisions. When

fully integrated, the NCS will provide data on benefit costs

and provisions as well as wages. This bulletin, a product of

the first phase of the NCS, focuses on occupational earnings.

The NCS replaced the Occupational Compensation Survey (OCS) with the release of the 1997 data. 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 more fully represent the employment patterns and occupational mix of each locality.

This bulletin presents aggregate pay data from the metropolitan and nonmetropolitan local area surveys conducted

in the New England census division. (See Technical Note).

It provides estimates of occupational pay for the census

division, as well as selected data on worker and establishment characteristics.

NCS bulletins are published for each of the nine census

divisions: New England, Middle Atlantic, East North Central, West North Central, South Atlantic, East South Central,

West South Central, Mountain, and Pacific. (See Technical

Note.) Data also are published for some individual localities,

as well as for the entire United States. The census division

publications may be useful to NCS data users in localities for

which separate data were not published.

For additional information regarding the National Compensation Survey, contact the information staff in the BLS

National Office at (202) 691-6199. You can 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.

The Bureau’s Office of Compensation and Working Conditions developed and produced this bulletin. The Directorate of Survey Processing coordinated the data file formation

and tabulations. Field economists from the Bureau’s regional

offices, under the direction of the Assistant Regional Commissioners for Operations, collected the survey data. The

Bureau thanks all survey respondents for their cooperation,

without which this bulletin would not have been possible.

The data presented in this bulletin also are displayed in a

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Contents

Occupational Wages in the New England Census Division, 1998......................................................................... 1

Tables:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Table 4. Selected occupations, New England, private indsutry: Mean hourly earnings for full-time

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

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

and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers ........................................................................................ 15

Table 6. Occupations and levels, New England: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours,

private industry and State and local goverment ................................................................................................. 17

Technical note ......................................................................................................................................................... 32

Table A. Number of establishment represented by the survey and number studied by industry group

and establishment employment size, New England ............................................................................................ 34

Table B. Number of workers represented by survey, by occupational group, New England ............................. 35

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Overview

Occupational Wages in the

New England Census Division, 1998

This bulletin provides 1998 National Compensation Survey

(NCS) estimates of occupational pay in the New England

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 New England census division averaged

$17.38 per hour during 1998. Workers in metropolitan areas

in the New England region averaged $17.75 per hour, while

pay of workers in nonmetropolitan areas averaged $14.75 per

hour. The nationwide hourly average for all workers covered

by the survey was $15.72.

Table 1 provides an overview of average pay for workers

in private industry and State and local government by selected worker and establishment characteristics. For example,

white-collar workers in private industry averaged $20.38 per

hour; blue-collar workers averaged $12.97; and service workers, $8.84. Corresponding averages in State and local government were $24.20, $16.59, and $15.57. Generally, average

hourly earnings for private industry workers were lower than

those for State and local government workers. Part of this

difference can be explained by differences in the occupational and industrial mix of the two sectors. For example,

professional specialty and technical occupations are proportionately more prevalent in State and local government

than in private industry. With the exception of the construction industry, few State and local government workers are in

goods-producing industries.

Table 2 provides an overview of average pay data by

worker and establishment characteristics in metropolitan and

nonmetropolitan areas. For example, white-collar workers in

metropolitan areas averaged $21.35 per hour; blue-collar

workers averaged $13.80; and service workers, $10.90.

Corresponding averages in nonmetropolitan areas were

$19.67, $10.00, and $8.24. See the Technical Note for definitions of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. Fulltime workers in the New England region averaged $18.38

per hour while part-time workers averaged $10.55. In metropolitan areas, pay of full-time workers averaged $18.76

an hour, and part-time workers averaged $10.55. For workers in nonmetropolitan areas, average hourly pay was

$15.57 and $10.57, respectively. Full-time or part-time designation is determined by the employer.

Workers in the largest establishments, those with 2,500 or

more employees, earned an average of $21.29. Workers in

the smallest establishments studied (50-99 employees) averaged $12.90.

Among the nine census divisions, average earnings were

generally highest in the New England, Middle Atlantic, and

Pacific regions. Average earnings for all 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 government 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. All registered

nurses, for example, averaged $21.82 per hour (table 3). Registered nurses in private industry averaged $21.56 (table 4),

while their counterparts in State and local government averaged $24.35 per hour (table 5). Laborers, except construction, averaged $9.83 in private industry and $14.14 in State

and local government. Janitors and cleaners, a service occupation, averaged $9.51 in private industry and $12.55 in State

and local government.

Earnings by occupational group and work level are shown

in table 6. In determining the work level, the Bureau applies

a “generic leveling” technique to all occupations selected

during the collection process, using 10 criteria to level occupations. Use of this technique tends to show higher pay at

higher levels. For example, mean hourly earnings for whitecollar workers ranged from $6.99 at level 1 to $56.84 at level

14. For blue-collar workers mean hourly earnings ranged

from $8.11 at level 1 to $24.76 at level 9 (the highest for that

occupational group). Mean hourly earnings for service work1
ers ranged from $7.54 at level 1 to $26.64 at level 10. The

Technical Note has more information on generic leveling.

Table A in the Technical Note shows the number of establishments studied in the New England census division by

employment size; more establishments were studied in the

100- to 499-worker group than in any other size category.

This table also shows the number of establishments represented. Table B in the Technical Note shows the number of

workers represented by the surveys in the New England

census division by major occupational groups, such as professional specialty and technical, sales, and transportation

and material moving.

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Table 1. Summary, New England: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry

and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,2 1998

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

error

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error

(percent)

Total ........................................................... $17.38 1.4 35.1 $16.50 1.7 35.0 $21.35 1.3 35.5

Worker characteristics:3

White-collar occupations4 ....................... 21.17 1.4 35.5 20.38 1.7 35.7 24.20 1.8 34.6

Professional specialty and technical ... 25.65 1.2 35.0 24.32 1.5 35.3 29.34 2.3 34.3

Executive, administrative, and

managerial ........................................ 28.54 2.1 39.7 28.60 2.4 40.4 28.25 3.7 36.8

Sales ................................................... 14.56 7.1 30.3 14.53 7.2 30.2 15.72 5.5 35.7

Administrative support ........................ 12.93 1.7 35.9 12.83 1.8 36.5 13.31 3.0 34.0

Blue-collar occupations4 ......................... 13.24 2.6 37.7 12.97 2.7 37.6 16.59 2.7 39.4

Precision production, craft, and repair 17.72 2.1 39.9 17.67 2.4 39.9 18.06 4.2 39.9

Machine operators, assemblers, and

inspectors ......................................... 11.04 3.1 38.6 10.95 3.1 38.6 16.52 8.4 38.6

Transportation and material moving ... 14.91 2.7 37.7 14.63 3.1 37.5 16.76 3.7 38.6

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers ........................ 10.46 4.5 33.6 10.20 5.1 33.1 13.28 3.0 39.3

Service occupations4 .............................. 10.56 1.6 30.8 8.84 1.4 29.2 15.57 1.7 36.7

Full time .................................................. 18.38 1.5 39.1 17.55 1.9 39.5 21.77 1.4 37.5

Part time ................................................. 10.55 1.8 20.6 10.27 2.0 20.8 13.93 5.3 18.6

Union ...................................................... 19.06 1.2 35.4 15.80 2.2 34.3 21.48 1.6 36.2

Nonunion ................................................ 16.77 1.9 35.0 16.61 2.0 35.1 20.68 3.8 32.4

Time ........................................................ 17.36 1.4 35.1 16.46 1.7 35.0 21.35 1.3 35.5

Incentive ................................................. 18.57 15.1 34.0 18.57 15.1 34.0 – – –

Establishment characteristics:

Goods producing .................................... 5 ( ) 5 ( ) 5 ( ) 17.04 3.3 39.5 5 ( ) 5 ( ) 5 ( )

Service producing ................................... 5 ( ) 5 ( ) 5 ( ) 16.22 1.8 33.0 5 ( ) 5 ( ) 5 ( )

50-99 workers6 ....................................... 12.90 5.7 33.1 12.79 5.9 33.1 15.97 3.9 34.8

100-499 workers ..................................... 16.27 1.8 34.5 15.59 2.0 34.5 20.46 3.0 34.6

500-999 workers ..................................... 19.61 2.4 37.0 18.99 3.0 37.3 21.90 2.1 35.8

1000-2499 workers ................................. 20.55 4.3 36.4 20.00 5.4 36.7 22.52 3.2 35.5

2500 workers or more ............................. 21.29 1.8 36.5 20.79 2.6 36.5 21.99 2.1 36.5

Geographic areas:7

Metropolitan ............................................ 17.75 1.2 35.2 16.88 1.5 35.1 21.71 1.2 35.6

Nonmetropolitan ..................................... 14.75 3.6 34.2 13.70 6.0 33.9 19.04 1.1 35.5

New England .......................................... 17.38 1.4 35.1 16.50 1.7 35.0 21.35 1.3 35.5

Middle Atlantic ........................................ 18.10 1.5 35.8 17.14 1.8 35.8 21.72 1.6 35.5

East North Central .................................. 16.08 .8 36.2 15.44 .9 36.3 19.32 1.5 35.7

West North Central ................................. 14.85 1.6 36.5 14.05 1.9 36.3 17.87 1.2 37.0

South Atlantic ......................................... 14.40 1.0 37.1 13.82 1.1 36.9 16.22 1.4 38.0

East South Central ................................. 11.87 2.3 37.7 11.21 2.6 37.9 15.93 2.2 36.8

West South Central ................................ 14.62 1.8 37.2 14.27 2.3 36.9 15.63 1.2 38.0

Mountain ................................................. 14.58 2.7 36.4 13.30 2.9 36.4 18.32 2.9 36.4

Pacific ..................................................... 17.86 1.3 36.2 16.82 1.7 36.4 21.26 1.0 35.5

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

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

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

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

the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 In this census division, collection was conducted between May 1998 and April

1999. The average reference period was November 1998. 3 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.

4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to

cover all workers in the civilian economy. See Technical Note for more information. 5 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing

industries applies to private industry only. 6 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments

with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 7 Data are presented for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area divisions as

well as 9 census area divisions. See Technical Note for a list of survey areas in

each census area division and the States comprising the 9 census area divisions.

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

publication criteria. 

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Table 2. Summary, New England: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, metropolitan and

nonmetropolitan areas,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1998

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

error

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error

(percent)

Total ............................................................ $17.38 1.4 35.1 $17.75 1.2 35.2 $14.75 3.6 34.2

Private Industry ....................................... 16.50 1.7 35.0 16.88 1.5 35.1 13.70 6.0 33.9

State and local government .................... 21.35 1.3 35.5 21.71 1.2 35.6 19.04 1.1 35.5

Worker characteristics:4

White-collar occupations5 ....................... 21.17 1.4 35.5 21.35 1.5 35.5 19.67 1.2 35.8

Professional specialty and technical ... 25.65 1.2 35.0 26.12 1.3 35.1 22.58 1.2 34.1

Executive, administrative, and

managerial ........................................ 28.54 2.1 39.7 28.71 2.3 39.5 27.02 3.0 41.2

Sales ................................................... 14.56 7.1 30.3 14.49 7.6 30.0 15.61 5.0 34.4

Administrative support ........................ 12.93 1.7 35.9 13.12 1.6 35.9 11.29 5.5 36.3

Blue-collar occupations5 ......................... 13.24 2.6 37.7 13.80 1.4 37.6 10.00 9.6 38.7

Precision production, craft, and repair 17.72 2.1 39.9 17.92 2.3 39.9 15.57 2.8 40.4

Machine operators, assemblers, and

inspectors ......................................... 11.04 3.1 38.6 11.57 1.6 38.5 9.12 7.9 38.8

Transportation and material moving ... 14.91 2.7 37.7 14.93 2.7 37.7 – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers ........................ 10.46 4.5 33.6 10.93 3.9 33.0 7.98 6.5 37.3

Service occupations5 .............................. 10.56 1.6 30.8 10.90 1.7 31.6 8.24 1.5 26.2

Full time .................................................. 18.38 1.5 39.1 18.76 1.3 39.1 15.57 4.9 39.5

Part time ................................................. 10.55 1.8 20.6 10.55 2.0 20.7 10.57 5.3 20.3

Union ...................................................... 19.06 1.2 35.4 19.03 1.3 35.3 19.39 3.1 36.7

Nonunion ................................................ 16.77 1.9 35.0 17.26 1.7 35.2 13.73 5.4 33.7

Time ........................................................ 17.36 1.4 35.1 17.73 1.2 35.2 14.78 3.6 34.2

Incentive ................................................. 18.57 15.1 34.0 19.13 15.6 34.2 – – –

Establishment characteristics:

Goods producing6 .................................. 17.04 3.3 39.5 17.59 2.5 39.5 13.64 14.7 39.4

Service producing6 ................................. 16.22 1.8 33.0 16.53 2.0 33.3 13.73 .3 31.1

50-99 workers7 ....................................... 12.90 5.7 33.1 14.11 5.5 33.3 9.44 3.7 32.8

100-499 workers ..................................... 16.27 1.8 34.5 16.34 2.0 34.7 15.75 5.0 33.3

500-999 workers ..................................... 19.61 2.4 37.0 19.05 2.9 36.7 22.42 .3 38.4

1000-2499 workers ................................. 20.55 4.3 36.4 20.55 4.3 36.4 – – –

2500 workers or more ............................. 21.29 1.8 36.5 21.48 1.6 36.4 – – –

Geographic areas:8

New England .......................................... 17.38 1.4 35.1 17.75 1.2 35.2 14.75 3.6 34.2

Middle Atlantic ........................................ 18.10 1.5 35.8 18.39 1.6 35.7 13.58 1.6 36.2

East North Central .................................. 16.08 .8 36.2 16.55 .8 36.2 13.55 1.3 36.5

West North Central ................................. 14.85 1.6 36.5 15.83 2.4 36.5 12.10 2.3 36.4

South Atlantic ......................................... 14.40 1.0 37.1 14.89 .7 37.0 12.00 4.4 37.7

East South Central ................................. 11.87 2.3 37.7 13.88 2.2 36.9 9.97 4.3 38.6

West South Central ................................ 14.62 1.8 37.2 14.86 2.1 37.2 13.08 5.6 37.1

Mountain ................................................. 14.58 2.7 36.4 14.73 3.4 36.5 13.99 3.3 36.0

Pacific ..................................................... 17.86 1.3 36.2 18.04 1.3 36.2 14.96 2.8 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 Metropolitan areas can be a Metropolitan Statistical Area or Consolidated

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

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

more information, see Technical Note. 3 In this census division, collection was conducted between May 1998 and April

1999. The average reference period was November 1998. 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 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments

with fewer than 50 workers due to reduction in staff from the time of sampling to

data collection. 8 See Technical Note for a list of survey areas in each census area division and

the States comprising the 9 census area 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, New England: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 1998

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 .......................................................................................... $17.38 1.4 35.1 $18.38 1.5 39.1 $10.55 1.8 20.6

All excluding sales ......................................................... 17.55 1.4 35.4 18.38 1.5 39.1 11.16 2.0 20.6

White collar ...................................................................... 21.17 1.4 35.5 22.08 1.4 38.8 13.76 2.8 21.0

White collar excluding sales ...................................... 21.87 1.3 36.2 22.36 1.3 38.7 16.65 2.7 21.2

Professional specialty and technical ......................... 25.65 1.2 35.0 26.32 1.2 38.2 20.42 2.3 21.2

Professional specialty ................................................ 27.73 1.2 34.9 28.45 1.3 37.9 21.96 3.4 21.3

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..................... 29.91 1.9 39.9 29.91 1.9 39.9 – – –

Chemical engineers ........................................... 30.27 3.7 40.0 30.27 3.7 40.0 – – –

Civil engineers ................................................... 26.65 6.9 38.9 26.65 6.9 38.9 – – –

Electrical and electronic engineers .................... 32.04 3.3 40.1 32.04 3.3 40.1 – – –

Industrial engineers ........................................... 26.85 3.9 40.8 26.85 3.9 40.8 – – –

Mechanical engineers ........................................ 26.67 3.7 40.8 26.67 3.7 40.8 – – –

Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................ 30.58 3.2 39.6 30.58 3.2 39.6 – – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ................... 29.23 3.0 39.6 29.23 3.0 39.6 – – –

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........ 29.87 3.3 39.6 29.87 3.3 39.7 – – –

Operations and systems researchers and

analysts ............................................................ 24.51 4.9 39.3 24.51 4.9 39.3 – – –

Natural scientists ................................................... 28.98 8.1 37.4 28.89 8.3 38.7 – – –

Chemists, except biochemists ........................... 29.88 17.2 38.8 29.88 17.2 38.8 – – –

Medical scientists ............................................... 28.36 12.9 35.4 27.96 13.7 39.6 – – –

Health related ........................................................ 24.01 2.4 31.9 24.64 3.1 38.9 22.63 4.0 22.8

Physicians .......................................................... 43.64 9.8 38.3 43.44 13.2 42.4 – – –

Registered nurses .............................................. 21.82 1.2 30.9 22.30 1.5 38.3 20.97 1.5 22.9

Pharmacists ....................................................... 26.37 2.5 34.4 27.22 3.1 40.1 – – –

Dietitians ............................................................ 17.93 3.6 30.6 – – – – – –

Respiratory therapists ........................................ 19.36 3.1 34.5 19.40 3.6 39.4 – – –

Occupational therapists ..................................... 22.12 6.0 33.8 – – – – – –

Physical therapists ............................................. 23.09 7.0 32.8 – – – 31.48 14.5 15.0

Therapists, n.e.c. ............................................... 20.53 10.5 32.8 – – – – – –

Physicians’ assistants ........................................ 33.08 4.7 40.0 33.16 4.8 40.6 – – –

Teachers, college and university ........................... 39.87 3.1 34.8 40.54 3.1 37.1 29.11 15.3 17.4

Engineering teachers ......................................... 51.82 21.0 27.8 – – – – – –

Medical science teachers .................................. 40.95 5.0 34.5 – – – – – –

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .. 51.77 14.2 35.1 51.97 14.3 36.0 – – –

Art, drama, and music teachers ......................... 34.02 6.0 34.9 35.06 5.8 38.0 – – –

Education teachers ............................................ 43.91 14.7 35.6 44.75 13.4 36.9 – – –

English teachers ................................................ 40.43 7.6 34.7 40.81 7.7 35.4 – – –

Foreign language teachers ................................ 35.05 10.1 34.8 36.34 10.3 38.0 – – –

Trade and industrial teachers ............................ 29.13 4.7 36.6 – – – – – –

Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified 35.61 11.0 33.3 36.60 11.2 35.0 – – –

Teachers, post secondary, n.e.c. ....................... 38.31 7.4 37.3 38.36 7.4 38.0 – – –

Teachers, except college and university ................ 30.65 2.7 32.6 31.15 2.7 34.6 20.39 8.4 15.0

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ..................... 25.22 13.7 33.8 25.98 13.7 35.5 – – –

Elementary school teachers .............................. 32.45 2.6 34.0 32.45 2.6 34.0 – – –

Secondary school teachers ............................... 31.10 4.4 34.7 31.19 4.4 35.0 22.75 4.0 19.8

Teachers, special education .............................. 28.95 5.0 34.4 28.95 5.0 34.4 – – –

Teachers, n.e.c. ................................................. 30.27 11.6 25.1 32.60 9.4 35.8 21.83 16.0 12.0

Substitute teachers ............................................ 9.24 11.1 15.7 – – – 8.11 4.3 13.5

Vocational and educational counselors ............. 28.58 4.7 32.5 27.52 10.4 35.9 31.73 17.3 25.4

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................ 22.78 8.2 35.5 22.94 8.6 37.2 19.35 12.3 17.3

Librarians ........................................................... 22.80 8.8 36.6 22.86 9.1 37.4 – – –

Social scientists and urban planners ..................... 21.35 10.6 31.0 22.69 7.2 36.6 – – –

Economists ........................................................ 20.98 17.2 39.6 20.98 17.2 39.6 – – –

Psychologists ..................................................... – – – 21.96 13.3 34.9 – – –

Social, recreation, and religious workers ............... 16.77 4.0 34.6 16.82 4.2 37.7 16.24 5.7 18.7

Social workers ................................................... 16.89 4.2 35.0 16.93 4.3 37.7 16.41 6.4 19.7

Recreation workers ............................................ 14.28 7.6 27.5 – – – – – –

Lawyers and judges ............................................... 33.75 5.8 40.0 33.61 6.0 40.1 – – –

Lawyers ............................................................. 32.61 6.0 40.2 32.49 6.2 40.3 – – –

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. 21.65 5.8 36.3 22.28 5.8 39.1 15.52 13.0 21.6

Technical writers ................................................ 28.09 7.9 32.8 28.98 8.0 39.7 – – –

Designers ........................................................... 23.40 12.7 37.3 24.29 12.5 39.8 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 1998–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. –Continued

Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist

printmakers ...................................................... $15.84 6.4 37.9 – – – – – –

Editors and reporters ......................................... 22.18 15.0 39.2 $22.18 15.0 39.2 – – –

Public relations specialists ................................. 19.91 8.7 37.9 20.11 9.4 38.0 – – –

Athletes .............................................................. 15.79 22.7 25.0 – – – – – –

Professional, n.e.c. ............................................ 23.39 12.2 36.2 26.24 7.1 38.6 – – –

Technical ................................................................... 17.91 2.7 35.5 18.27 2.9 39.5 $15.37 3.5 20.8

Clinical laboratory technologists and

technicians ....................................................... 15.92 4.4 35.8 16.01 4.9 39.4 15.20 4.9 20.0

Radiological technicians .................................... 21.52 5.6 29.4 22.20 7.4 39.1 20.16 5.7 19.7

Licensed practical nurses .................................. 15.79 1.7 29.3 16.28 1.8 39.0 15.05 2.8 21.3

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ...... 14.39 5.0 32.9 14.68 6.3 39.7 13.33 6.3 20.2

Electrical and electronic technicians .................. 18.53 2.9 39.5 18.53 2.9 39.5 – – –

Mechanical engineering technicians .................. 19.25 4.4 40.0 19.25 4.4 40.0 – – –

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .......................... 21.03 6.7 37.4 21.14 6.9 39.7 – – –

Drafters .............................................................. 18.81 3.1 40.0 18.81 3.1 40.0 – – –

Chemical technicians ......................................... 14.93 5.7 39.7 – – – – – –

Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................ 15.73 4.4 39.3 15.71 4.4 39.3 – – –

Computer programmers ..................................... 24.57 7.6 39.0 24.66 7.8 39.4 – – –

Legal assistants ................................................. 20.33 13.1 39.3 20.33 13.1 39.3 – – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. .............................. 20.48 7.3 39.0 20.56 7.4 39.8 – – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... 28.54 2.1 39.7 28.60 2.1 40.0 20.09 3.9 17.5

Executives, administrators, and managers ............ 33.54 2.4 39.9 33.62 2.4 40.3 20.94 5.8 14.0

Legislators ......................................................... 25.86 4.5 18.6 – – – 26.41 4.1 6.3

Administrators and officials, public

administration .................................................. 26.51 8.1 37.0 26.48 8.1 38.5 – – –

Financial managers ........................................... 34.47 3.8 40.2 34.61 3.8 40.4 – – –

Personnel and labor relations managers ........... 25.82 25.3 46.3 25.82 25.3 46.3 – – –

Purchasing managers ........................................ 32.04 8.8 41.6 32.04 8.8 41.6 – – –

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public

relations ........................................................... 40.55 8.4 40.9 40.55 8.4 40.9 – – –

Administrators, education and related fields ...... 34.78 5.5 37.7 34.93 5.5 38.3 – – –

Managers, medicine and health ......................... 29.98 6.8 39.5 30.64 6.9 40.1 – – –

Managers, food servicing and lodging

establishments ................................................. 19.21 5.7 44.1 19.21 5.7 44.1 – – –

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............ 21.83 10.8 39.7 21.83 10.8 39.7 – – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................. 37.36 3.4 40.5 37.36 3.4 40.5 – – –

Management related .............................................. 21.21 1.8 39.4 21.22 1.8 39.6 19.16 5.8 24.1

Accountants and auditors .................................. 20.01 3.3 39.2 19.99 3.3 39.4 – – –

Underwriters ...................................................... 24.04 11.1 38.6 24.04 11.1 38.6 – – –

Other financial officers ....................................... 24.27 3.2 39.6 24.31 3.2 39.9 – – –

Management analysts ........................................ 24.72 5.8 39.2 24.67 5.8 39.3 – – –

Personnel, training, and labor relations

specialists ........................................................ 19.99 5.4 39.8 19.99 5.4 39.8 – – –

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ........................................................... 23.55 7.4 41.3 23.55 7.4 41.3 – – –

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ............... 20.84 5.2 40.0 20.84 5.2 40.0 – – –

Construction inspectors ..................................... 23.58 2.7 39.7 – – – – – –

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ..................................................... 21.97 3.1 36.3 22.47 2.9 38.5 – – –

Management related, n.e.c. ............................... 20.98 4.3 39.6 21.01 4.4 39.7 – – –

Sales ............................................................................. 14.56 7.1 30.3 18.46 7.9 40.0 7.18 1.9 20.7

Supervisors, sales ............................................. 18.99 9.4 41.8 18.99 9.4 41.8 – – –

Insurance sales .................................................. 25.35 4.2 39.8 25.35 4.2 39.8 – – –

Securities and financial services sales .............. 29.47 24.5 41.4 29.47 24.5 41.4 – – –

Advertising and related sales ............................. 20.42 6.7 39.9 21.15 8.7 41.3 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 1998–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Sales –Continued

Sales, other business services .......................... $26.68 25.8 39.8 $26.68 25.8 39.8 – – –

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale .................................................. 29.61 16.1 40.5 29.61 16.1 40.5 – – –

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .......... 20.63 17.2 42.9 20.63 17.2 42.9 – – –

Sales workers, apparel ...................................... 7.19 3.5 28.2 – – – – – –

Sales workers, other commodities ..................... 10.50 10.5 27.6 12.65 11.7 38.7 $7.38 4.6 19.5

Sales counter clerks .......................................... 9.90 8.0 28.1 – – – 8.43 7.7 20.6

Cashiers ............................................................. 7.81 3.7 24.0 10.09 6.8 38.6 6.88 1.9 20.8

Sales support, n.e.c. .......................................... 13.96 6.6 38.1 14.72 3.9 40.8 – – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................ 12.93 1.7 35.9 13.21 1.7 38.5 10.05 2.9 21.4

Supervisors, general office ................................ 17.26 4.8 39.6 17.24 4.9 40.8 – – –

Supervisors, financial records processing ......... 19.33 7.4 39.3 19.33 7.4 39.3 – – –

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and

adjusting clerks ................................................ 20.33 1.2 39.2 20.33 1.2 39.2 – – –

Computer operators ........................................... 15.64 4.7 37.6 15.83 4.9 38.8 – – –

Secretaries ......................................................... 14.65 1.7 36.7 14.78 1.8 38.4 12.69 4.7 21.7

Typists ............................................................... 12.98 3.2 33.9 13.31 2.6 36.4 – – –

Interviewers ....................................................... 11.60 2.3 32.7 11.77 2.8 39.5 11.05 2.2 20.7

Hotel clerks ........................................................ 9.28 4.8 31.7 9.14 4.2 37.6 – – –

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ..... 13.74 2.4 37.6 14.22 5.1 40.0 12.31 6.2 31.7

Receptionists ..................................................... 9.68 3.6 35.0 9.86 4.3 38.8 8.81 2.4 23.5

Information clerks, n.e.c. .................................... 14.07 10.0 35.2 14.29 11.3 37.5 – – –

Correspondence clerks ...................................... 12.44 9.8 34.4 12.44 9.5 37.8 – – –

Order clerks ....................................................... 12.56 4.8 37.1 13.02 4.4 39.5 8.38 9.6 24.2

Personnel clerks, except payroll and

timekeeping ..................................................... 13.42 6.9 33.9 13.97 5.9 39.2 – – –

Library clerks ..................................................... 12.24 7.3 31.9 12.80 7.9 35.3 9.64 13.6 22.1

File clerks ........................................................... 8.73 6.9 34.3 8.83 8.2 39.8 – – –

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................ 11.54 4.4 36.5 11.71 4.8 38.4 10.03 4.6 25.6

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ... 12.97 2.0 36.2 13.15 2.1 38.8 10.45 9.2 18.6

Payroll and timekeeping clerks .......................... 12.87 5.8 37.1 12.91 6.4 38.5 – – –

Billing clerks ....................................................... 11.29 4.4 38.6 11.26 4.4 39.7 – – –

Duplicating machine operators .......................... 10.07 3.2 35.7 – – – – – –

Telephone operators .......................................... 10.57 5.9 30.7 11.18 5.2 39.1 8.24 4.2 16.8

Mail clerks, except postal service ...................... 8.79 4.7 28.2 9.51 5.3 38.5 – – –

Dispatchers ........................................................ 10.48 16.5 32.2 11.20 15.6 40.0 – – –

Production coordinators ..................................... 16.37 5.9 39.5 16.37 5.9 39.5 – – –

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................. 12.05 5.8 38.5 12.72 3.7 40.0 – – –

Stock and inventory clerks ................................. 14.19 2.4 38.9 14.31 2.4 39.3 – – –

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution

clerks, n.e.c. ..................................................... 11.73 3.0 35.9 11.95 2.5 39.7 – – –

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and

investigators ..................................................... 15.35 2.4 38.3 15.35 2.4 38.3 – – –

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ... 13.10 3.7 36.2 13.16 3.5 39.4 12.56 7.6 21.9

Bill and account collectors ................................. 12.93 4.4 39.6 12.93 4.4 39.6 – – –

General office clerks .......................................... 12.68 2.1 35.7 13.00 2.1 38.2 9.19 4.7 20.9

Data entry keyers ............................................... 10.58 5.2 37.1 10.82 5.6 38.3 8.46 5.2 29.1

Statistical clerks ................................................. 11.82 6.3 32.9 12.50 4.8 39.2 – – –

Teachers’ aides ................................................. 10.28 5.3 32.8 10.13 5.0 34.5 12.33 23.4 19.9

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................ 13.52 4.4 34.2 14.39 4.6 38.1 8.80 9.8 22.1

Blue collar ........................................................................ 13.24 2.6 37.7 13.59 2.5 39.9 7.65 3.2 20.1

Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... 17.72 2.1 39.9 17.71 2.1 40.0 19.48 7.8 21.4

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .............. 24.03 2.6 40.5 24.03 2.6 40.5 – – –

Automobile mechanics ....................................... 17.90 4.3 39.5 17.90 4.3 39.5 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .... 19.07 7.2 40.3 19.07 7.2 40.3 – – –

Industrial machinery repairers ........................... 16.11 4.1 39.9 16.11 4.1 39.9 – – –

Machinery maintenance ..................................... 13.25 4.5 40.0 13.25 4.5 40.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 1998–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

Electronic repairers, communications and

industrial equipment ......................................... $13.69 14.2 38.7 $13.29 14.1 39.2 – – –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ......................... 17.40 4.3 39.7 17.40 4.3 39.7 – – –

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ............. 16.73 6.1 40.0 16.73 6.1 40.0 – – –

Carpenters ......................................................... 19.81 4.9 39.7 19.81 4.9 39.7 – – –

Electricians ........................................................ 20.52 9.4 40.0 20.52 9.4 40.0 – – –

Electrical power installers and repairers ............ 23.58 2.8 40.0 23.58 2.8 40.0 – – –

Painters, construction and maintenance ............ 17.15 5.3 40.0 17.16 5.3 40.0 – – –

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ............... 20.66 4.2 40.0 20.66 4.2 40.0 – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ................................. 14.94 11.1 39.9 14.94 11.1 39.9 – – –

Supervisors, production ..................................... 18.37 3.5 40.6 18.37 3.5 40.6 – – –

Tool and die makers .......................................... 17.28 5.2 40.0 17.28 5.2 40.0 – – –

Machinists .......................................................... 17.49 2.9 40.0 17.49 2.9 40.0 – – –

Sheet metal workers .......................................... 17.26 5.1 40.0 17.26 5.1 40.0 – – –

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 12.13 4.4 40.0 12.13 4.4 40.0 – – –

Butchers and meat cutters ................................. 12.85 10.4 38.2 12.75 10.5 40.0 – – –

Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................ 15.04 6.7 39.7 15.06 6.8 40.0 – – –

Water and sewer treatment plant operators ...... 17.78 2.9 40.0 17.78 2.9 40.0 – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..... 11.04 3.1 38.6 11.16 2.7 39.9 $6.76 7.7 17.5

Lathe and turning machine operators ................ 16.13 3.8 40.0 16.13 3.8 40.0 – – –

Punching and stamping press operators ........... 10.27 2.2 39.5 10.26 2.2 40.0 – – –

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing

machine operators ........................................... 8.19 10.5 40.0 8.19 10.5 40.0 – – –

Numerical control machine operators ................ 14.18 1.1 40.0 14.18 1.1 40.0 – – –

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ............... 12.88 4.1 40.0 12.88 4.1 40.0 – – –

Molding and casting machine operators ............ 10.72 6.3 39.9 10.72 6.3 39.9 – – –

Metal plating machine operators ........................ 12.64 4.2 40.0 12.64 4.2 40.0 – – –

Heat treating equipment operators .................... 13.14 7.5 40.0 13.14 7.5 40.0 – – –

Printing press operators ..................................... 14.40 4.9 38.7 14.59 4.8 39.8 – – –

Photoengravers and lithographers ..................... 13.90 12.7 39.7 13.90 12.7 39.7 – – –

Winding and twisting machine operators ........... 10.16 .0 39.8 10.16 .0 39.8 – – –

Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine

operators .......................................................... 10.56 .5 39.8 10.56 .5 39.8 – – –

Textile sewing machine operators ..................... 9.83 5.9 40.0 9.83 5.9 40.0 – – –

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators 8.18 6.1 32.4 8.45 8.6 39.7 – – –

Packaging and filling machine operators ........... 10.43 6.4 39.8 10.43 6.4 39.8 – – –

Extruding and forming machine operators ......... 10.07 5.1 39.2 10.07 5.1 39.2 – – –

Mixing and blending machine operators ............ 13.01 7.2 40.0 13.01 7.2 40.0 – – –

Compressing and compacting machine

operators .......................................................... 10.70 9.9 34.1 – – – – – –

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food 14.57 4.9 39.2 14.57 4.9 39.2 – – –

Slicing and cutting machine operators ............... 10.89 9.6 40.0 10.89 9.6 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .......... 10.52 6.6 38.8 10.72 5.3 39.9 – – –

Welders and cutters ........................................... 14.78 3.3 40.0 14.78 3.3 40.0 – – –

Assemblers ........................................................ 9.89 2.4 34.9 10.10 2.5 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ................... 8.53 5.9 40.0 8.53 5.9 40.0 – – –

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners 11.01 4.9 39.8 11.01 4.9 39.8 – – –

Production testers .............................................. 12.41 2.7 40.0 12.41 2.7 40.0 – – –

Transportation and material moving ......................... 14.91 2.7 37.7 15.31 2.7 40.0 9.89 6.2 22.1

Truck drivers ...................................................... 15.09 3.3 38.5 15.35 3.4 39.9 9.64 5.9 21.8

Bus drivers ......................................................... 14.43 5.6 33.5 15.01 7.2 39.8 12.42 6.5 21.7

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................ 14.87 7.2 38.1 15.09 8.3 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, material moving equipment ........... 16.57 8.7 44.0 16.57 8.7 44.0 – – –

Excavating and loading machine operators ....... 23.92 4.9 40.0 23.92 4.9 40.0 – – –

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators 12.68 4.1 38.7 12.79 4.3 39.5 – – –

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ............................................... 13.77 5.0 40.0 13.77 5.0 40.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 1998–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 ....................................................................... $10.46 4.5 33.6 $11.25 5.4 39.8 $7.24 2.3 20.5

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ... 12.10 5.6 40.1 12.71 3.2 40.0 – – –

Construction laborers ......................................... 17.41 9.6 40.0 17.41 9.6 40.0 – – –

Production helpers ............................................. 8.12 18.9 39.6 8.12 18.9 39.6 – – –

Stock handlers and baggers .............................. 8.80 3.1 28.3 10.32 3.7 39.2 6.61 2.2 20.2

Machine feeders and offbearers ........................ 8.78 16.6 37.5 8.87 17.5 40.0 – – –

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ...... 11.04 5.9 32.4 11.38 7.5 39.8 9.99 7.8 20.6

Hand packers and packagers ............................ 8.53 5.4 32.6 9.10 5.8 40.0 6.21 3.8 18.6

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................. 10.36 4.0 36.3 10.81 4.6 39.8 7.71 2.1 23.8

Service .............................................................................. 10.56 1.6 30.8 11.87 1.7 39.0 7.27 2.1 20.2

Protective service .................................................. 14.75 4.4 36.2 15.68 4.3 40.2 8.01 2.1 20.9

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ...... 22.79 2.1 41.7 22.79 2.1 41.7 – – –

Supervisors, police and detectives .................... 24.54 6.0 39.6 24.54 6.0 39.6 – – –

Supervisors, guards ........................................... 16.08 11.2 38.4 16.08 11.2 38.4 – – –

Firefighting ......................................................... 17.70 3.3 43.4 17.71 3.3 43.6 – – –

Police and detectives, public service ................. 18.47 1.7 38.7 18.67 1.7 39.7 – – –

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement

officers ............................................................. 16.35 7.0 39.2 16.48 7.2 39.3 – – –

Crossing guards ................................................. 9.50 3.8 15.6 – – – 9.50 3.8 15.6

Guards and police, except public service .......... 8.90 3.1 33.6 9.29 3.9 39.6 7.66 1.8 22.7

Protective service, n.e.c. .................................... 8.25 3.1 17.2 – – – 8.25 3.1 17.2

Food service .......................................................... 7.65 2.5 26.5 9.42 3.2 38.5 5.46 2.7 19.2

Supervisors, food preparation and service ........ 14.70 3.4 42.3 14.85 3.3 43.0 – – –

Bartenders ......................................................... 6.79 12.1 25.2 7.61 15.3 34.8 5.90 18.5 19.3

Waiters and waitresses ...................................... 4.05 13.2 23.5 5.75 19.1 36.8 2.94 5.7 19.0

Cooks ................................................................. 10.08 2.5 30.8 10.67 3.1 38.2 8.44 3.5 19.9

Food counter, fountain, and related ................... 6.88 7.3 21.9 – – – 6.78 9.4 20.6

Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................... 7.05 3.9 27.4 7.85 6.5 38.5 6.17 4.3 20.8

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ......................... 5.73 4.3 19.6 – – – 5.46 6.1 14.5

Food preparation, n.e.c. ..................................... 7.75 2.5 25.9 8.43 3.4 38.1 7.01 2.4 19.3

Health service ........................................................ 10.14 1.0 31.4 10.33 1.0 38.8 9.63 2.9 20.9

Health aides, except nursing ............................. 9.75 2.1 27.8 10.22 2.7 39.1 8.64 4.6 16.5

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............ 10.20 1.1 32.2 10.32 1.1 38.7 9.87 3.1 22.3

Cleaning and building service ................................ 10.31 2.4 33.1 11.01 2.6 38.8 7.97 2.5 22.3

Supervisors, cleaning and building service

workers ............................................................ 16.37 11.6 38.4 18.04 8.2 39.3 – – –

Maids and housemen ........................................ 7.97 2.7 33.7 7.79 2.2 36.4 9.40 13.0 21.1

Janitors and cleaners ......................................... 10.36 2.8 32.8 11.22 3.0 39.2 7.82 2.5 22.1

Personal service .................................................... 10.41 5.9 27.2 11.82 7.2 37.2 8.33 5.7 19.5

Supervisors, personal service ............................ 12.85 5.6 41.0 13.55 6.7 40.0 – – –

Welfare service aides ........................................ 10.77 6.7 22.5 11.75 5.9 39.5 9.67 11.3 15.1

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................. 7.16 4.8 30.9 7.24 7.6 39.4 – – –

Child care workers, n.e.c. .................................. 8.83 5.9 26.4 10.00 3.1 38.7 7.58 4.6 19.7

Service, n.e.c. .................................................... 10.36 5.0 29.1 11.36 4.6 38.8 8.58 10.5 20.2

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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as

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

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

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

a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 In this census division, collection was conducted between May 1998 and April 1999.

The average reference period was November 1998. 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, New England, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 1998

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 .......................................................................................... $16.50 1.7 35.0 $17.55 1.9 39.5 $10.27 2.0 20.8

All excluding sales ......................................................... 16.64 1.7 35.4 17.50 1.8 39.5 10.89 2.1 20.8

White collar ...................................................................... 20.38 1.7 35.7 21.36 1.8 39.6 13.46 3.2 21.3

White collar excluding sales ...................................... 21.17 1.6 36.7 21.64 1.7 39.5 16.64 3.1 21.7

Professional specialty and technical ......................... 24.32 1.5 35.3 24.94 1.6 39.3 20.40 2.7 21.3

Professional specialty ................................................ 26.70 1.6 35.1 27.47 1.6 39.2 22.00 4.2 21.5

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..................... 30.04 2.0 40.3 30.04 2.0 40.3 – – –

Chemical engineers ........................................... 30.27 3.7 40.0 30.27 3.7 40.0 – – –

Civil engineers ................................................... 24.30 8.6 41.1 24.30 8.6 41.1 – – –

Electrical and electronic engineers .................... 32.06 3.4 40.1 32.06 3.4 40.1 – – –

Industrial engineers ........................................... 26.85 3.9 40.8 26.85 3.9 40.8 – – –

Mechanical engineers ........................................ 26.67 3.7 40.8 26.67 3.7 40.8 – – –

Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................ 30.88 3.6 40.0 30.88 3.6 40.0 – – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ................... 29.54 3.0 39.7 29.54 3.0 39.7 – – –

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........ 30.16 3.4 39.7 30.16 3.4 39.7 – – –

Operations and systems researchers and

analysts ............................................................ 25.02 4.8 39.5 25.02 4.8 39.5 – – –

Natural scientists ................................................... 30.21 10.9 37.7 30.12 11.2 39.5 – – –

Chemists, except biochemists ........................... 29.97 17.8 38.8 29.97 17.8 38.8 – – –

Medical scientists ............................................... 30.27 17.5 33.2 29.88 19.5 39.4 – – –

Health related ........................................................ 23.96 2.6 31.6 24.66 3.4 38.9 22.50 4.3 22.7

Physicians .......................................................... 45.44 8.9 37.7 45.60 12.9 41.1 – – –

Registered nurses .............................................. 21.56 1.3 30.6 21.97 1.7 38.3 20.87 1.6 23.0

Pharmacists ....................................................... 26.37 2.5 34.4 27.22 3.1 40.1 – – –

Dietitians ............................................................ 17.89 3.8 30.2 – – – – – –

Respiratory therapists ........................................ 19.76 3.2 33.5 19.90 4.0 39.3 – – –

Occupational therapists ..................................... 22.12 6.0 33.8 – – – – – –

Physical therapists ............................................. 23.09 7.0 32.8 – – – 31.48 14.5 15.0

Physicians’ assistants ........................................ 33.08 4.7 40.0 33.16 4.8 40.6 – – –

Teachers, college and university ........................... 43.26 5.0 33.6 43.66 5.1 36.4 37.13 16.0 15.5

Medical science teachers .................................. 40.95 5.0 34.5 – – – – – –

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .. 61.64 11.7 32.0 – – – – – –

Art, drama, and music teachers ......................... 32.52 8.0 34.0 32.72 8.2 38.8 – – –

English teachers ................................................ 41.65 12.3 32.8 42.31 12.6 33.9 – – –

Foreign language teachers ................................ 34.03 12.9 34.1 – – – – – –

Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified 37.09 12.6 34.6 37.09 12.6 34.6 – – –

Teachers, post secondary, n.e.c. ....................... 49.40 11.2 36.5 49.49 11.1 37.1 – – –

Teachers, except college and university ................ 19.97 5.9 28.5 20.47 6.7 38.1 17.33 8.4 12.3

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ..................... 10.33 3.1 33.7 10.51 3.1 38.7 – – –

Elementary school teachers .............................. 25.30 11.0 39.3 25.30 11.0 39.3 – – –

Secondary school teachers ............................... 25.09 5.2 33.6 25.35 5.9 36.4 22.75 4.0 19.8

Teachers, special education .............................. 21.34 17.4 38.4 21.34 17.4 38.4 – – –

Teachers, n.e.c. ................................................. 17.48 5.6 17.1 18.29 3.4 39.7 16.49 11.5 10.1

Vocational and educational counselors ............. 23.09 4.3 34.6 – – – – – –

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................ 23.82 5.3 34.4 24.11 5.5 37.5 – – –

Librarians ........................................................... 24.00 6.0 36.6 24.10 6.3 37.9 – – –

Social scientists and urban planners ..................... 18.36 12.1 29.0 18.68 12.2 37.1 – – –

Economists ........................................................ 20.98 17.2 39.6 20.98 17.2 39.6 – – –

Social, recreation, and religious workers ............... 14.06 4.3 33.3 13.70 4.3 37.9 16.55 6.8 18.0

Social workers ................................................... 14.02 4.5 33.7 13.66 4.5 37.9 16.45 7.1 19.1

Lawyers and judges ............................................... 33.70 7.9 45.8 33.50 8.6 46.2 – – –

Lawyers ............................................................. 33.70 7.9 45.8 33.50 8.6 46.2 – – –

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. 22.37 5.8 37.4 22.87 6.0 39.1 16.74 13.8 24.9

Technical writers ................................................ 28.09 7.9 32.8 28.98 8.0 39.7 – – –

Designers ........................................................... 23.48 12.8 37.3 24.39 12.5 39.8 – – –

Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist

printmakers ...................................................... 15.84 6.4 37.9 – – – – – –

Editors and reporters ......................................... 22.18 15.0 39.2 22.18 15.0 39.2 – – –

Public relations specialists ................................. 21.99 9.8 37.8 22.63 10.3 37.5 – – –

Professional, n.e.c. ............................................ 23.39 12.2 36.2 26.24 7.1 38.6 – – –

Technical ................................................................... 17.87 2.8 35.7 18.21 3.1 39.6 15.41 3.7 20.8

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 1998–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

Clinical laboratory technologists and

technicians ....................................................... $15.93 4.5 35.9 $16.00 5.0 39.5 $15.25 5.0 20.0

Radiological technicians .................................... 21.52 5.6 29.4 22.20 7.4 39.1 20.16 5.7 19.7

Licensed practical nurses .................................. 15.87 1.8 28.6 16.51 1.7 38.9 15.05 2.8 21.3

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ...... 13.73 4.0 33.6 13.86 4.9 39.9 13.18 6.3 20.4

Electrical and electronic technicians .................. 18.55 3.1 39.7 18.55 3.1 39.7 – – –

Mechanical engineering technicians .................. 19.25 4.4 40.0 19.25 4.4 40.0 – – –

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .......................... 21.57 7.1 37.3 21.72 7.2 39.9 – – –

Drafters .............................................................. 18.81 3.1 40.0 18.81 3.1 40.0 – – –

Chemical technicians ......................................... 14.93 5.7 39.7 – – – – – –

Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................ 16.04 6.1 39.2 16.04 6.1 39.2 – – –

Computer programmers ..................................... 24.85 7.9 39.1 24.95 8.0 39.6 – – –

Legal assistants ................................................. 18.19 9.7 39.5 18.19 9.7 39.5 – – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. .............................. 20.26 7.8 39.8 20.26 7.8 39.8 – – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... 28.60 2.4 40.4 28.65 2.4 40.5 19.83 4.1 25.3

Executives, administrators, and managers ............ 34.05 2.9 40.7 34.15 2.9 40.9 – – –

Financial managers ........................................... 34.73 4.2 40.5 34.89 4.2 40.7 – – –

Personnel and labor relations managers ........... 25.82 25.3 46.3 25.82 25.3 46.3 – – –

Purchasing managers ........................................ 32.04 8.8 41.6 32.04 8.8 41.6 – – –

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public

relations ........................................................... 40.55 8.4 40.9 40.55 8.4 40.9 – – –

Administrators, education and related fields ...... 31.90 9.4 36.6 32.27 9.6 38.2 – – –

Managers, medicine and health ......................... 29.08 7.9 39.5 29.83 8.1 40.2 – – –

Managers, food servicing and lodging

establishments ................................................. 19.21 5.7 44.1 19.21 5.7 44.1 – – –

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............ 21.95 11.1 39.7 21.95 11.1 39.7 – – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................. 37.79 3.6 40.7 37.79 3.6 40.7 – – –

Management related .............................................. 21.41 2.0 39.9 21.42 2.0 40.0 – – –

Accountants and auditors .................................. 20.10 3.8 39.5 20.08 3.8 39.6 – – –

Underwriters ...................................................... 24.04 11.1 38.6 24.04 11.1 38.6 – – –

Other financial officers ....................................... 24.40 3.3 39.7 24.44 3.3 40.0 – – –

Management analysts ........................................ 24.68 6.6 39.4 24.63 6.6 39.6 – – –

Personnel, training, and labor relations

specialists ........................................................ 20.21 5.8 40.1 20.21 5.8 40.1 – – –

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ........................................................... 23.55 7.4 41.3 23.55 7.4 41.3 – – –

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ............... 20.84 5.2 40.0 20.84 5.2 40.0 – – –

Management related, n.e.c. ............................... 21.25 5.2 40.5 21.25 5.2 40.5 – – –

Sales ............................................................................. 14.53 7.2 30.2 18.51 8.1 40.0 7.10 1.9 20.6

Supervisors, sales ............................................. 19.03 9.7 41.9 19.03 9.7 41.9 – – –

Insurance sales .................................................. 25.35 4.2 39.8 25.35 4.2 39.8 – – –

Securities and financial services sales .............. 29.47 24.5 41.4 29.47 24.5 41.4 – – –

Advertising and related sales ............................. 20.42 6.7 39.9 21.15 8.7 41.3 – – –

Sales, other business services .......................... 26.68 25.8 39.8 26.68 25.8 39.8 – – –

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale .................................................. 29.61 16.1 40.5 29.61 16.1 40.5 – – –

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .......... 20.63 17.2 42.9 20.63 17.2 42.9 – – –

Sales workers, apparel ...................................... 7.19 3.5 28.2 – – – – – –

Sales workers, other commodities ..................... 10.49 10.6 27.5 12.68 12.1 38.7 7.38 4.6 19.5

Sales counter clerks .......................................... 9.90 8.0 28.1 – – – 8.43 7.7 20.6

Cashiers ............................................................. 7.37 3.9 23.6 9.04 8.3 38.5 6.76 1.8 20.7

Sales support, n.e.c. .......................................... 13.96 6.6 38.1 14.72 3.9 40.8 – – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................ 12.83 1.8 36.5 13.14 1.8 39.1 9.89 2.9 22.2

Supervisors, general office ................................ 17.12 4.8 39.6 17.10 5.0 40.8 – – –

Supervisors, financial records processing ......... 19.33 7.4 39.3 19.33 7.4 39.3 – – –

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and

adjusting clerks ................................................ 20.33 1.2 39.2 20.33 1.2 39.2 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 1998–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

Computer operators ........................................... $15.64 4.9 37.6 $15.83 5.0 38.8 – – –

Secretaries ......................................................... 14.15 1.9 37.0 14.26 2.0 38.9 $12.73 4.9 23.2

Typists ............................................................... 12.65 9.2 29.1 – – – – – –

Interviewers ....................................................... 11.66 2.8 31.4 11.91 3.6 39.8 11.04 2.3 20.6

Hotel clerks ........................................................ 9.28 4.8 31.7 9.14 4.2 37.6 – – –

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ..... 13.74 2.4 37.6 14.22 5.1 40.0 12.31 6.2 31.7

Receptionists ..................................................... 9.59 3.7 36.1 9.73 4.5 39.0 8.79 2.7 25.6

Information clerks, n.e.c. .................................... 13.75 11.3 34.8 13.96 13.0 37.4 – – –

Correspondence clerks ...................................... 12.44 9.8 34.4 12.44 9.5 37.8 – – –

Order clerks ....................................................... 12.56 4.8 37.1 13.02 4.4 39.5 8.38 9.6 24.2

Personnel clerks, except payroll and

timekeeping ..................................................... 13.75 6.6 39.0 13.80 6.7 39.6 – – –

Library clerks ..................................................... 11.71 9.5 33.9 12.30 8.8 36.6 – – –

File clerks ........................................................... 8.73 6.9 34.3 8.83 8.2 39.8 – – –

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................ 11.34 4.7 37.0 11.55 5.2 38.6 9.43 2.6 26.7

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ... 12.43 2.3 36.0 12.64 2.3 39.1 9.60 7.3 17.0

Payroll and timekeeping clerks .......................... 12.61 7.1 37.4 12.63 8.0 39.3 – – –

Billing clerks ....................................................... 11.29 4.4 38.6 11.26 4.4 39.7 – – –

Duplicating machine operators .......................... 10.07 3.2 35.7 – – – – – –

Telephone operators .......................................... 10.64 5.9 31.6 11.17 5.2 39.0 8.26 4.8 17.1

Mail clerks, except postal service ...................... 8.71 4.6 28.0 9.39 5.3 38.5 – – –

Production coordinators ..................................... 16.37 5.9 39.5 16.37 5.9 39.5 – – –

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................. 12.05 5.8 38.5 12.72 3.7 40.0 – – –

Stock and inventory clerks ................................. 13.94 1.7 39.1 14.07 1.7 39.6 – – –

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution

clerks, n.e.c. ..................................................... 11.65 3.5 35.1 11.92 3.0 39.6 – – –

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and

investigators ..................................................... 15.35 2.4 38.3 15.35 2.4 38.3 – – –

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ... 13.15 3.7 36.5 13.16 3.5 39.4 13.05 8.2 22.1

Bill and account collectors ................................. 12.93 4.4 39.6 12.93 4.4 39.6 – – –

General office clerks .......................................... 12.19 3.1 35.6 12.62 3.2 38.6 8.63 3.1 21.6

Data entry keyers ............................................... 9.70 4.1 37.2 9.81 4.8 38.8 8.83 3.0 28.6

Statistical clerks ................................................. 11.84 6.3 32.9 12.50 4.8 39.2 – – –

Teachers’ aides ................................................. 10.54 9.3 35.0 10.57 9.3 36.3 – – –

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................ 12.78 6.2 34.1 13.63 6.8 38.6 8.67 10.7 21.8

Blue collar ........................................................................ 12.97 2.7 37.6 13.33 2.7 39.9 7.58 3.1 20.0

Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... 17.67 2.4 39.9 17.66 2.4 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .............. 23.97 2.7 40.6 23.97 2.7 40.6 – – –

Automobile mechanics ....................................... 17.64 5.1 39.4 17.64 5.1 39.4 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .... 18.64 8.0 40.4 18.64 8.0 40.4 – – –

Industrial machinery repairers ........................... 16.11 4.1 39.9 16.11 4.1 39.9 – – –

Machinery maintenance ..................................... 13.25 4.5 40.0 13.25 4.5 40.0 – – –

Electronic repairers, communications and

industrial equipment ......................................... 13.68 15.7 38.5 13.24 15.6 39.1 – – –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ......................... 16.99 3.8 39.7 16.99 3.8 39.7 – – –

Carpenters ......................................................... 20.73 5.3 39.9 20.73 5.3 39.9 – – –

Electricians ........................................................ 20.94 11.3 40.0 20.94 11.3 40.0 – – –

Electrical power installers and repairers ............ 23.51 3.2 40.0 23.51 3.2 40.0 – – –

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ............... 21.72 3.3 40.0 21.72 3.3 40.0 – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ................................. 19.57 12.8 40.0 19.57 12.8 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, production ..................................... 18.37 3.5 40.6 18.37 3.5 40.6 – – –

Tool and die makers .......................................... 17.28 5.2 40.0 17.28 5.2 40.0 – – –

Machinists .......................................................... 17.49 2.9 40.0 17.49 2.9 40.0 – – –

Sheet metal workers .......................................... 17.26 5.1 40.0 17.26 5.1 40.0 – – –

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 12.13 4.4 40.0 12.13 4.4 40.0 – – –

Butchers and meat cutters ................................. 12.85 10.4 38.2 12.75 10.5 40.0 – – –

Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................ 15.06 6.8 40.0 15.06 6.8 40.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 1998–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..... $10.95 3.1 38.6 $11.07 2.7 39.9 $6.75 7.7 17.5

Lathe and turning machine operators ................ 16.13 3.8 40.0 16.13 3.8 40.0 – – –

Punching and stamping press operators ........... 10.27 2.2 39.5 10.26 2.2 40.0 – – –

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing

machine operators ........................................... 8.19 10.5 40.0 8.19 10.5 40.0 – – –

Numerical control machine operators ................ 14.18 1.1 40.0 14.18 1.1 40.0 – – –

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ............... 12.88 4.1 40.0 12.88 4.1 40.0 – – –

Molding and casting machine operators ............ 10.72 6.3 39.9 10.72 6.3 39.9 – – –

Metal plating machine operators ........................ 12.64 4.2 40.0 12.64 4.2 40.0 – – –

Heat treating equipment operators .................... 13.14 7.5 40.0 13.14 7.5 40.0 – – –

Printing press operators ..................................... 14.40 4.9 38.7 14.59 4.8 39.8 – – –

Photoengravers and lithographers ..................... 13.90 12.7 39.7 13.90 12.7 39.7 – – –

Winding and twisting machine operators ........... 10.16 .0 39.8 10.16 .0 39.8 – – –

Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine

operators .......................................................... 10.56 .5 39.8 10.56 .5 39.8 – – –

Textile sewing machine operators ..................... 9.83 5.9 40.0 9.83 5.9 40.0 – – –

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators 7.94 4.9 31.9 – – – – – –

Packaging and filling machine operators ........... 10.43 6.4 39.8 10.43 6.4 39.8 – – –

Extruding and forming machine operators ......... 10.07 5.1 39.2 10.07 5.1 39.2 – – –

Mixing and blending machine operators ............ 13.01 7.2 40.0 13.01 7.2 40.0 – – –

Compressing and compacting machine

operators .......................................................... 10.70 9.9 34.1 – – – – – –

Slicing and cutting machine operators ............... 10.89 9.6 40.0 10.89 9.6 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .......... 10.39 6.4 38.8 10.59 5.2 40.0 – – –

Welders and cutters ........................................... 14.56 3.9 40.0 14.56 3.9 40.0 – – –

Assemblers ........................................................ 9.89 2.4 34.9 10.10 2.5 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ................... 8.53 5.9 40.0 8.53 5.9 40.0 – – –

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners 11.01 4.9 39.8 11.01 4.9 39.8 – – –

Production testers .............................................. 12.41 2.7 40.0 12.41 2.7 40.0 – – –

Transportation and material moving ......................... 14.63 3.1 37.5 15.05 3.1 40.0 9.63 6.2 21.7

Truck drivers ...................................................... 15.23 3.5 38.5 15.46 3.6 39.9 9.88 9.2 21.3

Bus drivers ......................................................... 12.30 7.5 32.3 12.47 9.0 40.0 – – –

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................ 14.38 6.0 38.0 – – – – – –

Supervisors, material moving equipment ........... 16.57 8.7 44.0 16.57 8.7 44.0 – – –

Excavating and loading machine operators ....... 24.25 4.9 40.0 24.25 4.9 40.0 – – –

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators 12.65 4.2 38.7 12.76 4.4 39.5 – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers ....................................................................... 10.20 5.1 33.1 11.00 6.2 39.7 7.23 2.5 20.5

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ... 11.46 9.8 40.3 12.45 7.2 40.0 – – –

Construction laborers ......................................... 21.15 8.0 40.0 21.15 8.0 40.0 – – –

Production helpers ............................................. 8.12 18.9 39.6 8.12 18.9 39.6 – – –

Stock handlers and baggers .............................. 8.80 3.1 28.3 10.32 3.7 39.2 6.61 2.2 20.2

Machine feeders and offbearers ........................ 8.78 16.6 37.5 8.87 17.5 40.0 – – –

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ...... 11.03 5.9 32.4 11.38 7.6 39.8 9.99 7.8 20.6

Hand packers and packagers ............................ 8.53 5.4 32.6 9.10 5.8 40.0 6.21 3.8 18.6

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................. 9.83 4.6 36.1 10.20 4.8 39.8 7.67 2.4 23.5

Service .............................................................................. 8.84 1.4 29.2 9.80 1.6 38.5 7.13 2.3 20.4

Protective service .................................................. 8.93 3.9 33.3 9.34 4.8 39.6 7.63 1.9 22.2

Supervisors, guards ........................................... 13.78 16.2 40.0 13.78 16.2 40.0 – – –

Guards and police, except public service .......... 8.66 3.0 33.3 9.01 3.7 39.6 7.64 1.9 22.7

Food service .......................................................... 7.51 2.7 26.5 9.27 3.4 38.5 5.40 2.8 19.4

Supervisors, food preparation and service ........ 14.70 3.4 42.3 14.86 3.4 43.1 – – –

Bartenders ......................................................... 6.79 12.1 25.2 7.61 15.3 34.8 5.90 18.5 19.3

Waiters and waitresses ...................................... 4.05 13.2 23.5 5.75 19.1 36.8 2.94 5.7 19.0

Cooks ................................................................. 9.88 2.8 30.2 10.48 3.5 38.4 8.42 3.5 19.9

Food counter, fountain, and related ................... 6.82 7.3 21.7 – – – 6.77 9.5 20.5

Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................... 7.03 4.0 27.7 7.85 6.5 38.5 6.08 4.2 21.0

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ......................... 5.73 4.3 19.6 – – – 5.46 6.1 14.5

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 1998–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

Food preparation, n.e.c. ..................................... $7.52 2.8 26.6 $8.07 3.8 38.1 $6.94 2.5 20.2

Health service ........................................................ 9.79 1.1 30.2 9.88 1.0 38.5 9.61 3.0 20.8

Health aides, except nursing ............................. 9.67 2.3 27.4 10.14 2.9 39.2 8.62 4.8 16.4

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............ 9.79 1.3 30.9 9.76 .9 38.4 9.84 3.2 22.2

Cleaning and building service ................................ 9.47 2.7 31.9 10.15 3.0 38.4 7.76 1.9 22.4

Supervisors, cleaning and building service

workers ............................................................ 14.94 11.5 37.8 17.08 5.0 39.0 – – –

Maids and housemen ........................................ 7.93 2.7 33.6 7.75 2.2 36.3 9.40 13.0 21.1

Janitors and cleaners ......................................... 9.51 3.3 31.3 10.45 3.8 39.0 7.57 1.4 22.2

Personal service .................................................... 10.17 6.9 27.3 11.45 8.6 37.1 8.29 6.5 19.7

Supervisors, personal service ............................ 12.11 1.7 41.1 – – – – – –

Welfare service aides ........................................ 10.31 8.5 21.0 11.08 8.1 39.3 9.67 11.3 15.1

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................. – – – 7.23 7.8 39.6 – – –

Child care workers, n.e.c. .................................. 8.49 6.4 28.8 9.56 4.0 39.5 7.39 3.5 22.5

Service, n.e.c. .................................................... 10.25 5.8 30.7 10.88 3.6 39.2 8.69 14.6 20.0

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

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

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

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

weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as

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

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

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

a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 In this census division, collection was conducted between May 1998 and April 1999.

The average reference period was November 1998. 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, New England, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and

part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1998

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 .......................................................................................... $21.35 1.3 35.5 $21.77 1.4 37.5 $13.93 5.3 18.6

All excluding sales ......................................................... 21.39 1.3 35.5 21.80 1.4 37.5 13.98 5.4 18.4

White collar ...................................................................... 24.20 1.8 34.6 24.62 1.9 36.3 16.47 5.7 18.7

White collar excluding sales ...................................... 24.29 1.8 34.6 24.69 1.9 36.3 16.65 5.9 18.5

Professional specialty and technical ......................... 29.34 2.3 34.3 29.82 2.3 35.7 20.57 6.4 20.0

Professional specialty ................................................ 29.95 2.3 34.4 30.35 2.3 35.6 21.67 6.7 20.0

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..................... 28.81 3.8 37.1 28.81 3.8 37.1 – – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ................... – – – – – – – – –

Natural scientists ................................................... 25.82 8.1 36.9 25.82 8.1 36.9 – – –

Health related ........................................................ 24.49 3.9 34.7 24.48 4.8 39.0 24.54 4.2 24.3

Registered nurses .............................................. 24.35 2.8 33.8 24.53 3.2 38.0 23.36 5.1 20.9

Teachers, college and university ........................... 35.80 1.9 36.3 36.81 2.2 37.9 18.44 4.0 20.9

Teachers, post secondary, n.e.c. ....................... 33.04 2.1 37.6 33.07 2.1 38.4 – – –

Teachers, except college and university ................ 32.01 3.0 33.2 32.34 3.1 34.3 22.33 15.1 17.5

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ..................... 35.12 6.3 33.9 35.12 6.3 33.9 – – –

Elementary school teachers .............................. 32.71 2.6 33.9 32.71 2.6 33.9 – – –

Secondary school teachers ............................... 31.76 4.8 34.8 31.76 4.8 34.8 – – –

Teachers, special education .............................. 30.27 4.9 33.7 30.27 4.9 33.7 – – –

Teachers, n.e.c. ................................................. 35.74 7.3 31.4 36.41 6.0 34.9 – – –

Substitute teachers ............................................ 9.24 11.1 15.7 – – – 8.11 4.3 13.5

Vocational and educational counselors ............. 30.00 5.6 32.0 29.06 12.8 35.3 – – –

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................ 21.79 15.2 36.6 21.87 15.5 36.9 – – –

Librarians ........................................................... 21.79 15.2 36.6 21.87 15.5 36.9 – – –

Social scientists and urban planners ..................... 27.25 6.9 35.8 27.01 6.7 36.0 – – –

Social, recreation, and religious workers ............... 21.09 4.0 37.0 21.31 4.2 37.5 – – –

Social workers ................................................... 21.21 4.1 37.3 21.31 4.2 37.5 – – –

Lawyers and judges ............................................... 33.78 8.1 36.9 33.68 8.1 37.0 – – –

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. 15.04 1.1 29.0 – – – – – –

Technical ................................................................... 18.48 5.9 33.7 19.15 6.6 38.4 14.87 8.7 20.3

Licensed practical nurses .................................. 14.98 4.1 37.8 14.95 4.5 39.7 – – –

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ...... 20.05 16.3 28.3 23.51 16.3 38.3 – – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... 28.25 3.7 36.8 28.35 3.7 38.0 20.68 9.3 10.3

Executives, administrators, and managers ............ 31.69 3.5 37.0 31.70 3.5 38.4 29.12 9.3 4.6

Legislators ......................................................... 25.86 4.5 18.6 – – – 26.41 4.1 6.3

Administrators and officials, public

administration .................................................. 27.25 8.2 36.8 27.21 8.2 38.4 – – –

Financial managers ........................................... 32.16 2.7 37.6 32.16 2.7 37.6 – – –

Administrators, education and related fields ...... 36.27 6.2 38.3 36.27 6.2 38.3 – – –

Managers, medicine and health ......................... 33.83 13.5 39.7 33.83 13.5 39.7 – – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................. 32.86 7.0 38.3 32.86 7.0 38.3 – – –

Management related .............................................. 19.82 2.5 36.4 19.90 2.5 37.1 17.09 2.3 21.7

Accountants and auditors .................................. 19.31 3.6 37.6 19.30 3.6 37.6 – – –

Personnel, training, and labor relations

specialists ........................................................ 17.18 5.6 35.6 – – – – – –

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ..................................................... 20.56 3.9 32.9 – – – – – –

Management related, n.e.c. ............................... 19.87 8.6 36.0 19.95 9.0 36.8 – – –

Sales ............................................................................. 15.72 5.5 35.7 16.64 5.6 39.5 – – –

Cashiers ............................................................. 16.14 6.7 34.6 17.84 6.9 40.0 – – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................ 13.31 3.0 34.0 13.48 3.2 36.3 10.96 8.8 17.9

Secretaries ......................................................... 16.21 3.0 35.8 16.26 3.0 37.0 – – –

Typists ............................................................... 13.06 3.2 35.2 13.18 3.0 36.2 – – –

Interviewers ....................................................... 11.39 3.1 38.3 – – – – – –

Receptionists ..................................................... 11.01 5.9 24.4 – – – 8.93 3.9 16.0

Library clerks ..................................................... 12.87 10.2 29.9 13.56 12.9 33.6 11.11 4.7 23.3

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................ 14.54 2.6 30.2 14.58 3.2 35.1 – – –

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ... 15.21 3.0 36.9 15.27 3.1 37.4 – – –

Dispatchers ........................................................ 15.54 5.5 33.0 15.77 5.7 39.8 – – –

Stock and inventory clerks ................................. 15.59 8.4 37.5 15.59 8.4 37.5 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 5. Selected occupations, New England, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and

part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1998–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

General office clerks .......................................... $13.49 1.8 36.0 $13.57 1.9 37.6 $11.74 5.5 18.1

Teachers’ aides ................................................. 10.28 5.4 32.8 10.13 5.1 34.5 12.33 23.5 20.0

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................ 16.79 2.6 34.9 17.49 .9 36.4 – – –

Blue collar ........................................................................ 16.59 2.7 39.4 16.70 2.7 39.8 10.65 15.8 24.7

Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... 18.06 4.2 39.9 18.06 4.2 39.9 – – –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ......................... 18.07 8.2 39.8 18.07 8.2 39.8 – – –

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ............. 16.29 9.5 40.0 16.29 9.5 40.0 – – –

Electricians ........................................................ 19.14 5.8 40.0 19.14 5.8 40.0 – – –

Painters, construction and maintenance ............ 15.78 6.2 40.0 15.78 6.2 40.0 – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ................................. 12.16 9.5 39.9 12.16 9.5 39.9 – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..... 16.52 8.4 38.6 16.53 8.4 39.0 – – –

Transportation and material moving ......................... 16.76 3.7 38.6 17.06 3.9 39.8 – – –

Truck drivers ...................................................... 13.38 4.5 37.9 13.88 4.8 40.0 – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers ....................................................................... 13.28 3.0 39.3 13.42 3.2 40.0 7.97 1.0 24.8

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ... 12.91 1.5 40.0 12.94 1.6 40.0 – – –

Construction laborers ......................................... 12.89 4.2 40.0 12.89 4.2 40.0 – – –

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................. 14.14 10.0 37.5 15.03 10.1 39.8 – – –

Service .............................................................................. 15.57 1.7 36.7 16.06 1.7 40.0 9.28 3.3 17.9

Protective service .................................................. 18.32 1.6 38.2 18.76 1.6 40.5 9.21 1.7 17.6

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ...... 22.79 2.1 41.7 22.79 2.1 41.7 – – –

Supervisors, police and detectives .................... 24.54 6.0 39.6 24.54 6.0 39.6 – – –

Firefighting ......................................................... 17.70 3.3 43.4 17.71 3.3 43.6 – – –

Police and detectives, public service ................. 18.47 1.7 38.7 18.67 1.7 39.7 – – –

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement

officers ............................................................. 16.35 7.0 39.2 16.48 7.2 39.3 – – –

Crossing guards ................................................. 9.50 3.8 15.6 – – – 9.50 3.8 15.6

Guards and police, except public service .......... 13.50 6.9 39.1 13.64 7.2 39.6 – – –

Protective service, n.e.c. .................................... 8.45 1.7 19.4 – – – 8.45 1.7 19.4

Food service .......................................................... 10.66 2.9 26.4 11.67 2.9 37.5 7.81 4.2 14.5

Cooks ................................................................. 11.95 5.4 37.0 11.96 5.5 37.1 – – –

Food preparation, n.e.c. ..................................... 9.61 3.5 21.7 10.97 .0 37.8 7.63 4.7 13.4

Health service ........................................................ 11.72 2.2 38.5 11.79 2.3 39.7 10.33 4.6 24.7

Health aides, except nursing ............................. 10.71 2.8 33.3 11.04 .9 38.2 – – –

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............ 11.80 2.3 39.0 11.84 2.4 39.8 10.74 2.9 26.5

Cleaning and building service ................................ 12.90 3.6 37.7 13.01 3.7 39.7 11.16 6.6 20.8

Janitors and cleaners ......................................... 12.55 2.9 37.5 12.64 3.1 39.7 11.16 6.6 20.8

Personal service .................................................... 11.99 5.4 26.4 14.10 5.8 38.0 8.61 5.0 17.8

Child care workers, n.e.c. .................................. 10.74 2.8 17.9 – – – 8.83 8.9 10.8

Service, n.e.c. .................................................... 10.84 8.9 23.9 – – – – – –

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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as

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

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

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

a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 In this census division, collection was conducted between May 1998 and April 1999.

The average reference period was November 1998. 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. Occupations 1 and levels,2 New England: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998

Occupations and levels

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 .......................................................................................... $17.38 1.4 35.1 $16.50 1.7 35.0 $21.35 1.3 35.5

All excluding sales ......................................................... 17.55 1.4 35.4 16.64 1.7 35.4 21.39 1.3 35.5

White collar ...................................................................... 21.17 1.4 35.5 20.38 1.7 35.7 24.20 1.8 34.6

 1 ................................................................... 6.99 1.0 22.2 6.83 1.0 22.3 9.49 4.7 19.7

 2 ................................................................... 8.39 2.0 29.1 8.08 2.2 28.4 9.45 4.8 31.9

 3 ................................................................... 10.60 1.9 33.8 10.10 2.2 33.8 12.38 2.0 34.0

 4 ................................................................... 12.24 1.2 35.8 11.98 1.3 36.2 13.63 2.4 34.2

 5 ................................................................... 14.12 1.5 35.6 13.90 1.6 36.1 15.57 2.7 32.9

 6 ................................................................... 16.06 2.1 36.7 15.79 2.3 37.1 17.68 2.2 34.6

 7 ................................................................... 19.27 1.9 36.1 18.41 1.0 36.3 22.72 5.6 35.2

 8 ................................................................... 20.15 1.6 35.9 19.46 1.7 36.3 23.86 3.6 34.2

 9 ................................................................... 26.19 1.7 36.5 23.24 2.1 37.5 31.16 2.9 35.0

10 ................................................................... 26.57 1.5 38.3 26.40 1.5 38.1 27.50 4.7 39.8

11 ................................................................... 31.03 1.4 38.7 30.86 1.9 39.2 31.65 2.1 37.1

12 ................................................................... 39.05 2.4 39.0 39.28 2.9 39.4 37.99 2.0 37.3

13 ................................................................... 48.90 2.2 38.3 48.70 2.3 38.4 50.71 3.3 37.7

14 ................................................................... 56.84 5.9 41.2 58.01 6.5 40.5 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 24.33 4.2 36.8 25.26 5.1 39.4 22.25 6.0 31.9

White collar excluding sales ...................................... 21.87 1.3 36.2 21.17 1.6 36.7 24.29 1.8 34.6

 1 ................................................................... 7.90 2.0 24.1 7.40 3.0 25.8 9.53 4.8 19.7

 2 ................................................................... 9.03 3.3 32.8 8.82 4.0 33.2 9.47 5.0 32.0

 3 ................................................................... 10.71 2.1 34.4 10.33 2.4 34.6 11.97 2.0 33.7

 4 ................................................................... 12.44 1.3 36.1 12.17 1.4 36.6 13.64 2.4 34.1

 5 ................................................................... 14.15 1.5 35.4 13.93 1.6 35.8 15.50 2.7 32.8

 6 ................................................................... 16.21 1.9 36.5 15.94 2.1 36.8 17.74 2.2 34.5

 7 ................................................................... 19.27 1.9 36.0 18.39 1.0 36.2 22.75 5.6 35.1

 8 ................................................................... 20.48 1.7 35.4 19.76 1.8 35.7 23.86 3.6 34.2

 9 ................................................................... 26.03 1.5 36.3 22.75 1.4 37.2 31.16 2.9 35.0

10 ................................................................... 26.47 1.6 38.1 26.26 1.6 37.8 27.50 4.7 39.8

11 ................................................................... 30.71 1.2 38.6 30.42 1.6 39.1 31.65 2.1 37.1

12 ................................................................... 38.52 2.3 39.0 38.63 2.8 39.3 37.99 2.0 37.3

13 ................................................................... 48.81 2.1 38.2 48.59 2.3 38.3 50.71 3.3 37.7

14 ................................................................... 56.84 5.9 41.2 58.01 6.5 40.5 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 24.28 4.2 36.7 25.19 5.2 39.4 22.25 6.0 31.9

Professional specialty and technical ......................... 25.65 1.2 35.0 24.32 1.5 35.3 29.34 2.3 34.3

Professional specialty ................................................ 27.73 1.2 34.9 26.70 1.6 35.1 29.95 2.3 34.4

 5 ................................................................... 11.79 2.6 28.4 11.91 2.7 33.1 11.17 7.4 16.9

 6 ................................................................... 18.24 7.8 32.8 17.39 9.8 32.5 22.17 6.0 33.8

 7 ................................................................... 20.83 3.5 33.0 18.97 1.3 32.6 25.20 6.0 34.0

 8 ................................................................... 22.27 1.8 32.9 21.35 2.0 32.6 24.95 4.2 33.8

 9 ................................................................... 27.58 2.0 34.8 22.88 2.3 34.9 31.87 3.3 34.7

10 ................................................................... 26.97 2.2 37.0 26.62 2.1 36.5 28.86 8.5 40.1

11 ................................................................... 30.69 1.1 38.1 30.68 1.8 38.5 30.75 2.3 36.5

12 ................................................................... 39.02 2.0 37.8 38.53 2.5 38.0 41.18 .7 36.6

13 ................................................................... 50.64 3.5 35.5 50.07 4.0 35.5 57.37 1.0 35.6

14 ................................................................... 56.11 8.5 38.3 56.18 8.7 38.3 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 25.14 5.6 36.6 25.90 7.1 38.1 23.53 7.3 33.8

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..................... 29.91 1.9 39.9 30.04 2.0 40.3 28.81 3.8 37.1

 7 ................................................................... 20.42 3.1 40.7 20.42 3.1 40.7 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 20.71 1.7 40.0 20.71 1.7 40.0 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 24.67 1.3 40.4 24.46 1.4 40.6 – – –

10 ................................................................... 27.28 2.6 40.4 27.28 2.6 40.4 – – –

11 ................................................................... 30.54 1.7 39.4 30.75 2.3 40.1 – – –

12 ................................................................... 37.34 1.5 40.0 37.34 1.5 40.0 – – –

13 ................................................................... 45.34 3.9 40.0 45.34 3.9 40.0 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 35.14 11.8 40.0 35.52 12.4 40.0 – – –

Aerospace engineers

12 ................................................................... 37.32 4.4 40.0 37.32 4.4 40.0 – – –

Chemical engineers ........................................... 30.27 3.7 40.0 30.27 3.7 40.0 – – –

Civil engineers ................................................... 26.65 6.9 38.9 24.30 8.6 41.1 – – –

Electrical and electronic engineers .................... 32.04 3.3 40.1 32.06 3.4 40.1 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 24.43 1.9 40.4 23.91 2.1 40.4 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

17
Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 New England: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued

Occupations and levels

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

Electrical and electronic engineers –Continued

11 ................................................................... $31.64 2.7 40.0 $31.64 2.7 40.0 – – –

Industrial engineers ........................................... 26.85 3.9 40.8 26.85 3.9 40.8 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 24.21 2.8 41.7 24.21 2.8 41.7 – – –

12 ................................................................... 34.64 3.5 39.8 34.64 3.5 39.8 – – –

Mechanical engineers ........................................ 26.67 3.7 40.8 26.67 3.7 40.8 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 24.87 5.2 40.0 24.87 5.2 40.0 – – –

Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................ 30.58 3.2 39.6 30.88 3.6 40.0 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 24.99 2.5 40.0 24.99 2.5 40.0 – – –

10 ................................................................... 26.55 4.8 40.0 26.55 4.8 40.0 – – –

11 ................................................................... 30.62 3.0 38.7 32.60 3.6 40.0 – – –

12 ................................................................... 37.73 2.8 40.0 37.73 2.8 40.0 – – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ................... 29.23 3.0 39.6 29.54 3.0 39.7 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 19.93 3.5 38.5 19.93 3.5 38.5 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 24.47 2.0 39.6 24.93 1.9 39.9 – – –

10 ................................................................... 28.87 2.6 39.3 28.87 2.6 39.3 – – –

11 ................................................................... 30.15 2.2 40.1 30.17 2.2 40.1 – – –

12 ................................................................... 34.04 2.5 39.4 34.04 2.5 39.4 – – –

13 ................................................................... 44.73 5.5 40.0 44.73 5.5 40.0 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 31.23 12.5 39.8 31.23 12.5 39.8 – – –

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........ 29.87 3.3 39.6 30.16 3.4 39.7 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 19.89 3.4 38.6 19.89 3.4 38.6 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 24.74 2.0 39.7 25.14 2.2 40.0 – – –

10 ................................................................... 28.87 2.6 39.3 28.87 2.6 39.3 – – –

11 ................................................................... 30.56 1.8 40.1 30.58 1.8 40.1 – – –

12 ................................................................... 34.25 2.7 39.3 34.25 2.7 39.3 – – –

13 ................................................................... 44.73 5.5 40.0 44.73 5.5 40.0 – – –

Operations and systems researchers and

analysts ............................................................ 24.51 4.9 39.3 25.02 4.8 39.5 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 21.38 6.5 38.5 22.20 6.2 38.8 – – –

Natural scientists ................................................... 28.98 8.1 37.4 30.21 10.9 37.7 $25.82 8.1 36.9

11 ................................................................... 28.09 7.7 36.5 25.69 6.8 37.3 – – –

13 ................................................................... 45.53 5.9 36.0 45.53 5.9 36.0 – – –

Chemists, except biochemists ........................... 29.88 17.2 38.8 29.97 17.8 38.8 – – –

Medical scientists ............................................... 28.36 12.9 35.4 30.27 17.5 33.2 – – –

Health related ........................................................ 24.01 2.4 31.9 23.96 2.6 31.6 24.49 3.9 34.7

 6 ................................................................... 20.40 6.9 32.6 20.66 6.9 32.2 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 19.74 .9 29.6 19.56 1.0 29.6 23.45 3.4 29.7

 8 ................................................................... 22.42 2.1 31.0 22.16 2.4 30.8 24.25 5.2 31.8

 9 ................................................................... 22.65 1.9 32.9 22.42 2.0 32.4 24.51 3.9 37.3

10 ................................................................... 24.28 5.1 37.6 25.18 3.2 35.8 – – –

11 ................................................................... 28.06 2.8 35.1 27.67 2.8 35.5 29.57 7.4 33.5

12 ................................................................... 52.08 17.2 31.8 52.08 17.2 31.8 – – –

14 ................................................................... 74.56 10.2 35.1 76.35 10.7 34.9 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 23.30 10.5 37.5 23.38 10.7 37.5 – – –

Physicians .......................................................... 43.64 9.8 38.3 45.44 8.9 37.7 – – –

14 ................................................................... 74.56 10.2 35.1 76.35 10.7 34.9 – – –

Registered nurses .............................................. 21.82 1.2 30.9 21.56 1.3 30.6 24.35 2.8 33.8

 6 ................................................................... 20.90 7.1 32.8 21.23 7.1 32.4 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 19.68 1.2 29.1 19.50 1.2 29.0 23.50 4.1 30.0

 8 ................................................................... 22.38 2.3 30.4 22.08 2.6 30.5 25.70 6.6 29.7

 9 ................................................................... 22.58 1.8 31.6 22.36 2.1 30.8 23.92 2.9 37.3

10 ................................................................... 25.74 2.6 35.6 25.44 2.6 35.0 – – –

11 ................................................................... 25.49 1.8 35.6 25.24 3.1 35.6 26.24 5.4 35.6

Pharmacists ....................................................... 26.37 2.5 34.4 26.37 2.5 34.4 – – –

Dietitians ............................................................ 17.93 3.6 30.6 17.89 3.8 30.2 – – –

Respiratory therapists ........................................ 19.36 3.1 34.5 19.76 3.2 33.5 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 19.08 3.4 35.2 19.08 3.4 35.2 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 New England: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued

Occupations and levels

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Health related –Continued

Occupational therapists ..................................... $22.12 6.0 33.8 $22.12 6.0 33.8 – – –

Physical therapists ............................................. 23.09 7.0 32.8 23.09 7.0 32.8 – – –

Therapists, n.e.c. ............................................... 20.53 10.5 32.8 – – – – – –

Physicians’ assistants ........................................ 33.08 4.7 40.0 33.08 4.7 40.0 – – –

Teachers, college and university ........................... 39.87 3.1 34.8 43.26 5.0 33.6 $35.80 1.9 36.3

 7 ................................................................... 12.60 1.9 13.7 13.84 5.6 12.1 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 29.53 4.1 34.3 34.17 8.0 30.6 27.66 4.0 36.1

10 ................................................................... 34.36 3.1 31.7 33.71 4.5 26.5 34.89 4.3 37.8

11 ................................................................... 34.34 2.8 37.4 35.61 4.7 37.5 32.20 4.7 37.1

12 ................................................................... 45.97 2.4 35.7 51.57 3.9 33.1 41.55 .9 38.0

13 ................................................................... 63.56 7.1 33.0 63.51 8.5 32.7 – – –

Engineering teachers ......................................... 51.82 21.0 27.8 – – – – – –

Medical science teachers .................................. 40.95 5.0 34.5 40.95 5.0 34.5 – – –

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .. 51.77 14.2 35.1 61.64 11.7 32.0 – – –

Art, drama, and music teachers ......................... 34.02 6.0 34.9 32.52 8.0 34.0 – – –

10 ................................................................... 40.56 10.9 24.1 – – – – – –

Education teachers ............................................ 43.91 14.7 35.6 – – – – – –

English teachers ................................................ 40.43 7.6 34.7 41.65 12.3 32.8 – – –

12 ................................................................... 43.56 6.9 37.5 – – – – – –

Foreign language teachers ................................ 35.05 10.1 34.8 34.03 12.9 34.1 – – –

Trade and industrial teachers ............................ 29.13 4.7 36.6 – – – – – –

Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified 35.61 11.0 33.3 37.09 12.6 34.6 – – –

Teachers, post secondary, n.e.c. ....................... 38.31 7.4 37.3 49.40 11.2 36.5 33.04 2.1 37.6

 9 ................................................................... 25.73 2.9 30.3 – – – – – –

10 ................................................................... 34.32 1.8 38.5 – – – – – –

11 ................................................................... 31.94 3.5 37.1 – – – 31.92 3.6 37.1

Teachers, except college and university ................ 30.65 2.7 32.6 19.97 5.9 28.5 32.01 3.0 33.2

 5 ................................................................... 11.12 5.3 21.7 11.89 6.4 31.0 9.27 6.6 12.6

 6 ................................................................... 20.42 7.7 25.3 9.78 6.6 20.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 27.92 4.4 34.1 24.59 8.9 33.9 28.23 5.4 34.1

 8 ................................................................... 29.16 6.2 33.0 23.22 4.7 31.2 30.51 7.2 33.5

 9 ................................................................... 32.84 3.8 33.9 22.45 6.0 31.1 33.57 4.1 34.2

10 ................................................................... 31.32 14.4 32.2 31.34 14.7 32.1 – – –

11 ................................................................... 33.14 4.8 28.4 32.08 11.8 26.0 – – –

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ..................... 25.22 13.7 33.8 10.33 3.1 33.7 35.12 6.3 33.9

 9 ................................................................... 33.66 6.7 34.5 – – – 37.24 5.4 33.8

Elementary school teachers .............................. 32.45 2.6 34.0 25.30 11.0 39.3 32.71 2.6 33.9

 7 ................................................................... 28.32 4.0 34.2 – – – 28.11 4.2 34.1

 9 ................................................................... 33.67 2.8 34.1 – – – 34.04 2.9 33.9

Secondary school teachers ............................... 31.10 4.4 34.7 25.09 5.2 33.6 31.76 4.8 34.8

 7 ................................................................... 28.27 7.9 34.1 – – – 28.45 8.1 34.0

 8 ................................................................... 33.00 3.7 32.3 22.99 4.7 31.3 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 31.67 5.7 35.1 25.70 6.4 34.5 32.30 6.1 35.2

Teachers, special education .............................. 28.95 5.0 34.4 21.34 17.4 38.4 30.27 4.9 33.7

 9 ................................................................... 29.28 4.8 34.0 – – – 30.18 5.4 33.7

Teachers, n.e.c. ................................................. 30.27 11.6 25.1 17.48 5.6 17.1 35.74 7.3 31.4

 5 ................................................................... 13.86 5.9 20.8 – – – – – –

 8 ................................................................... 20.10 3.9 30.0 – – – – – –

 9 ................................................................... 36.81 6.7 29.3 – – – 37.07 6.4 34.2

Substitute teachers ............................................ 9.24 11.1 15.7 – – – 9.24 11.1 15.7

 5 ................................................................... 8.46 2.2 12.1 – – – 8.46 2.2 12.1

Vocational and educational counselors ............. 28.58 4.7 32.5 23.09 4.3 34.6 30.00 5.6 32.0

 8 ................................................................... 18.74 16.8 34.8 – – – – – –

 9 ................................................................... 36.31 13.5 28.0 – – – – – –

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................ 22.78 8.2 35.5 23.82 5.3 34.4 21.79 15.2 36.6

 9 ................................................................... 25.44 9.9 36.3 – – – 27.58 9.8 35.2

Librarians ........................................................... 22.80 8.8 36.6 24.00 6.0 36.6 21.79 15.2 36.6

 9 ................................................................... 25.44 9.9 36.3 – – – 27.58 9.8 35.2

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 New England: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued

Occupations and levels

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

Social scientists and urban planners ..................... $21.35 10.6 31.0 $18.36 12.1 29.0 $27.25 6.9 35.8

Economists ........................................................ 20.98 17.2 39.6 20.98 17.2 39.6 – – –

Social, recreation, and religious workers ............... 16.77 4.0 34.6 14.06 4.3 33.3 21.09 4.0 37.0

 5 ................................................................... 10.61 .8 35.5 – – – – – –

 7 ................................................................... 15.54 5.8 36.3 12.84 5.8 35.7 19.40 7.2 37.3

 8 ................................................................... 16.92 3.1 37.4 15.36 4.4 38.4 19.84 2.9 35.6

 9 ................................................................... 20.07 6.7 31.0 17.71 4.5 27.6 23.55 6.5 37.6

Social workers ................................................... 16.89 4.2 35.0 14.02 4.5 33.7 21.21 4.1 37.3

 7 ................................................................... 15.57 6.4 37.3 12.45 6.4 37.4 19.40 7.2 37.3

 8 ................................................................... 16.93 3.2 37.2 15.24 4.8 38.2 19.84 2.9 35.6

 9 ................................................................... 20.12 6.9 31.5 17.70 4.6 28.2 23.55 6.5 37.6

Recreation workers ............................................ 14.28 7.6 27.5 – – – – – –

Lawyers and judges ............................................... 33.75 5.8 40.0 33.70 7.9 45.8 33.78 8.1 36.9

Lawyers ............................................................. 32.61 6.0 40.2 33.70 7.9 45.8 – – –

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. 21.65 5.8 36.3 22.37 5.8 37.4 15.04 1.1 29.0

 7 ................................................................... 17.11 4.7 37.5 17.20 5.0 37.5 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 18.21 7.7 39.3 18.90 10.5 39.0 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 21.16 3.9 36.5 21.16 4.0 36.8 – – –

11 ................................................................... 31.92 4.2 39.4 31.92 4.2 39.4 – – –

12 ................................................................... 36.55 4.6 37.5 36.55 4.6 37.5 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 17.16 8.1 33.5 17.90 7.3 38.9 – – –

Technical writers ................................................ 28.09 7.9 32.8 28.09 7.9 32.8 – – –

Designers ........................................................... 23.40 12.7 37.3 23.48 12.8 37.3 – – –

Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist

printmakers ...................................................... 15.84 6.4 37.9 15.84 6.4 37.9 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 15.84 6.4 37.9 15.84 6.4 37.9 – – –

Editors and reporters ......................................... 22.18 15.0 39.2 22.18 15.0 39.2 – – –

Public relations specialists ................................. 19.91 8.7 37.9 21.99 9.8 37.8 – – –

Athletes .............................................................. 15.79 22.7 25.0 – – – – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 15.79 22.7 25.0 – – – – – –

Professional, n.e.c. ............................................ 23.39 12.2 36.2 23.39 12.2 36.2 – – –

Technical ................................................................... 17.91 2.7 35.5 17.87 2.8 35.7 18.48 5.9 33.7

 3 ................................................................... 11.68 4.1 30.6 11.76 4.3 31.4 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.97 2.4 32.2 12.72 2.4 32.7 14.99 3.3 28.6

 5 ................................................................... 15.41 3.9 32.1 15.33 4.1 31.9 17.04 3.5 37.0

 6 ................................................................... 16.59 1.7 34.1 16.48 1.8 34.3 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 18.48 2.7 38.6 18.58 2.7 38.5 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 18.47 3.5 38.1 18.40 3.7 38.2 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 23.42 1.8 39.4 23.27 1.9 39.4 – – –

11 ................................................................... 36.26 10.4 38.3 36.94 11.7 38.2 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 20.14 14.2 35.4 17.50 10.5 40.5 – – –

Clinical laboratory technologists and

technicians ....................................................... 15.92 4.4 35.8 15.93 4.5 35.9 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.05 1.7 36.2 11.92 1.5 36.8 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 12.34 5.6 31.8 12.25 5.7 31.6 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 16.74 3.9 39.0 16.74 3.9 39.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 16.82 11.6 36.4 16.82 11.6 36.4 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 17.50 6.2 37.0 17.50 6.2 37.0 – – –

Radiological technicians .................................... 21.52 5.6 29.4 21.52 5.6 29.4 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 20.18 3.0 31.9 20.18 3.0 31.9 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 25.38 9.0 30.3 25.38 9.0 30.3 – – –

Licensed practical nurses .................................. 15.79 1.7 29.3 15.87 1.8 28.6 14.98 4.1 37.8

 4 ................................................................... 15.42 2.8 32.3 15.53 2.6 31.4 14.88 4.4 38.1

 5 ................................................................... 15.93 2.9 27.8 15.90 3.0 27.4 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 16.80 4.4 29.3 16.89 4.3 28.7 – – –

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ...... 14.39 5.0 32.9 13.73 4.0 33.6 20.05 16.3 28.3

 3 ................................................................... 10.29 2.4 27.1 – – – – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.06 3.6 29.2 11.73 2.3 30.7 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 New England: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued

Occupations and levels

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Technical –Continued

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c.

–Continued

 5 ................................................................... $12.77 11.0 37.6 – – – – – –

 6 ................................................................... 15.56 6.6 32.9 $15.08 6.0 32.8 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 18.09 4.8 36.1 18.09 4.8 36.1 – – –

Electrical and electronic technicians .................. 18.53 2.9 39.5 18.55 3.1 39.7 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 16.08 3.1 39.3 15.64 3.4 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 18.94 1.9 39.9 18.94 1.9 39.9 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 19.29 4.0 38.7 19.54 4.0 38.8 – – –

Mechanical engineering technicians .................. 19.25 4.4 40.0 19.25 4.4 40.0 – – –

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .......................... 21.03 6.7 37.4 21.57 7.1 37.3 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 23.55 6.8 40.0 23.97 6.9 40.0 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 21.20 8.6 39.8 21.06 9.4 40.0 – – –

Drafters .............................................................. 18.81 3.1 40.0 18.81 3.1 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 19.28 7.1 40.0 19.28 7.1 40.0 – – –

Chemical technicians ......................................... 14.93 5.7 39.7 14.93 5.7 39.7 – – –

Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................ 15.73 4.4 39.3 16.04 6.1 39.2 – – –

Computer programmers ..................................... 24.57 7.6 39.0 24.85 7.9 39.1 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 22.57 4.2 38.1 22.53 4.3 38.1 – – –

Legal assistants ................................................. 20.33 13.1 39.3 18.19 9.7 39.5 – – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. .............................. 20.48 7.3 39.0 20.26 7.8 39.8 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 20.72 4.3 39.8 20.72 4.3 39.8 – – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... 28.54 2.1 39.7 28.60 2.4 40.4 $28.25 3.7 36.8

 5 ................................................................... 14.93 6.6 38.9 13.53 1.3 39.7 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 16.26 3.5 40.0 16.36 4.4 41.5 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 17.68 1.2 38.5 17.38 1.0 39.1 18.83 3.4 36.6

 8 ................................................................... 18.56 3.3 38.8 18.36 3.6 39.4 20.09 3.5 34.7

 9 ................................................................... 22.67 2.5 40.2 22.48 2.8 40.6 23.93 2.7 37.6

10 ................................................................... 25.53 3.3 40.1 25.47 3.8 40.2 25.79 3.3 39.4

11 ................................................................... 30.12 1.9 39.6 29.03 2.0 40.3 33.02 4.0 37.9

12 ................................................................... 38.07 4.0 40.3 38.84 4.8 40.8 34.49 2.5 38.0

13 ................................................................... 47.60 2.6 40.2 47.59 2.8 40.4 47.73 2.6 38.8

14 ................................................................... 57.31 8.0 43.3 59.43 8.9 42.4 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 29.26 6.7 36.2 30.23 8.0 42.3 25.89 7.5 24.3

Executives, administrators, and managers ............ 33.54 2.4 39.9 34.05 2.9 40.7 31.69 3.5 37.0

 6 ................................................................... 16.53 6.0 41.7 16.53 6.0 41.7 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 17.08 1.5 38.3 17.19 1.9 39.1 16.84 8.9 36.7

 8 ................................................................... 18.93 3.6 40.5 18.77 4.1 41.2 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 22.92 4.2 40.4 22.56 4.8 41.1 24.97 3.3 37.1

10 ................................................................... 26.18 3.2 40.0 26.29 3.8 40.2 25.87 3.5 39.4

11 ................................................................... 31.25 2.0 39.3 30.27 2.1 40.1 33.13 4.1 37.9

12 ................................................................... 39.49 4.0 40.4 40.88 4.8 41.1 34.49 2.5 38.0

13 ................................................................... 47.41 2.7 40.4 47.36 3.0 40.6 47.73 2.6 38.8

14 ................................................................... 57.37 8.1 43.4 59.51 9.0 42.4 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 35.71 6.3 32.0 38.59 7.1 40.5 29.28 5.9 21.8

Legislators ......................................................... 25.86 4.5 18.6 – – – 25.86 4.5 18.6

Not able to be leveled .................................... 25.86 4.5 18.6 – – – 25.86 4.5 18.6

Administrators and officials, public

administration .................................................. 26.51 8.1 37.0 – – – 27.25 8.2 36.8

 9 ................................................................... 24.31 3.0 37.2 – – – 24.31 3.0 37.2

Financial managers ........................................... 34.47 3.8 40.2 34.73 4.2 40.5 32.16 2.7 37.6

 9 ................................................................... 21.77 2.8 39.4 21.51 3.0 39.6 – – –

11 ................................................................... 31.96 3.6 40.6 31.54 4.3 41.4 – – –

12 ................................................................... 35.93 6.5 41.5 37.68 6.4 42.6 – – –

13 ................................................................... 47.03 2.9 40.6 47.04 2.9 40.6 – – –

Personnel and labor relations managers ........... 25.82 25.3 46.3 25.82 25.3 46.3 – – –

Purchasing managers ........................................ 32.04 8.8 41.6 32.04 8.8 41.6 – – –

12 ................................................................... 38.70 2.9 43.3 38.70 2.9 43.3 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

21
Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 New England: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued

Occupations and levels

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

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public

relations ........................................................... $40.55 8.4 40.9 $40.55 8.4 40.9 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 25.28 8.8 42.0 25.28 8.8 42.0 – – –

12 ................................................................... 38.34 3.2 39.7 38.34 3.2 39.7 – – –

13 ................................................................... 47.13 6.3 42.2 47.13 6.3 42.2 – – –

Administrators, education and related fields ...... 34.78 5.5 37.7 31.90 9.4 36.6 $36.27 6.2 38.3

 9 ................................................................... 25.41 4.7 32.9 24.07 3.6 31.8 – – –

10 ................................................................... 27.04 10.5 37.4 – – – – – –

11 ................................................................... 33.22 6.2 37.7 – – – 35.05 5.7 37.6

12 ................................................................... 38.55 3.5 37.3 40.73 7.5 39.9 36.68 1.3 35.4

13 ................................................................... 43.98 2.7 39.6 – – – – – –

Managers, medicine and health ......................... 29.98 6.8 39.5 29.08 7.9 39.5 33.83 13.5 39.7

 9 ................................................................... 21.38 5.8 39.5 21.34 5.9 39.5 – – –

11 ................................................................... 30.54 2.5 39.6 30.82 3.6 39.4 – – –

12 ................................................................... 36.92 9.0 40.1 34.46 10.8 40.4 – – –

Managers, food servicing and lodging

establishments ................................................. 19.21 5.7 44.1 19.21 5.7 44.1 – – –

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............ 21.83 10.8 39.7 21.95 11.1 39.7 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 14.40 8.7 39.0 – – – – – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................. 37.36 3.4 40.5 37.79 3.6 40.7 32.86 7.0 38.3

 7 ................................................................... 20.54 4.4 37.6 19.44 5.5 39.4 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 20.68 4.6 42.8 20.68 4.6 42.8 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 25.34 4.9 40.6 25.52 5.3 40.7 – – –

10 ................................................................... 27.84 3.8 40.5 27.92 3.8 40.5 – – –

11 ................................................................... 31.51 2.3 39.3 31.10 2.7 39.8 – – –

12 ................................................................... 43.46 8.1 41.1 43.65 8.2 41.2 – – –

13 ................................................................... 46.04 3.0 40.2 46.10 3.2 40.1 – – –

14 ................................................................... 55.65 7.7 41.9 55.79 8.0 41.9 – – –

Management related .............................................. 21.21 1.8 39.4 21.41 2.0 39.9 19.82 2.5 36.4

 5 ................................................................... 15.08 6.5 38.9 13.68 1.1 39.6 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 16.11 4.6 39.1 16.23 6.8 41.3 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 17.92 1.6 38.6 17.45 1.2 39.1 20.41 3.5 36.4

 8 ................................................................... 18.48 3.8 38.5 18.28 4.2 39.1 20.15 4.6 34.2

 9 ................................................................... 22.37 1.6 40.0 22.39 1.7 40.2 22.24 6.9 38.5

10 ................................................................... 23.43 5.1 40.3 23.40 5.3 40.4 – – –

11 ................................................................... 26.18 3.2 40.8 26.14 3.3 40.8 – – –

12 ................................................................... 32.16 7.1 39.7 32.16 7.1 39.7 – – –

13 ................................................................... 51.01 6.3 38.4 51.01 6.3 38.4 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 22.47 7.0 42.1 23.21 7.6 43.9 – – –

Accountants and auditors .................................. 20.01 3.3 39.2 20.10 3.8 39.5 19.31 3.6 37.6

 5 ................................................................... 16.10 8.7 37.3 – – – – – –

 7 ................................................................... 17.87 1.5 38.3 17.77 1.9 38.3 19.18 5.9 37.5

 8 ................................................................... 17.99 2.2 39.0 17.77 2.1 39.3 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 21.46 2.0 39.9 21.46 2.0 39.9 – – –

11 ................................................................... 25.53 10.6 40.5 25.23 12.0 40.6 – – –

Underwriters ...................................................... 24.04 11.1 38.6 24.04 11.1 38.6 – – –

Other financial officers ....................................... 24.27 3.2 39.6 24.40 3.3 39.7 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 16.83 3.7 37.3 16.41 2.9 37.3 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 22.60 1.9 37.1 22.60 1.9 37.1 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 21.89 9.0 41.0 21.89 9.0 41.0 – – –

Management analysts ........................................ 24.72 5.8 39.2 24.68 6.6 39.4 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 22.63 3.4 39.4 – – – – – –

Personnel, training, and labor relations

specialists ........................................................ 19.99 5.4 39.8 20.21 5.8 40.1 17.18 5.6 35.6

 7 ................................................................... 16.56 2.3 41.1 16.56 2.3 41.1 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 16.34 9.1 39.7 16.35 9.2 39.8 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 22.65 3.7 40.0 22.65 3.7 40.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

22
Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 New England: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued

Occupations and levels

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

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ........................................................... $23.55 7.4 41.3 $23.55 7.4 41.3 – – –

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ............... 20.84 5.2 40.0 20.84 5.2 40.0 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 21.35 6.5 40.0 21.35 6.5 40.0 – – –

Construction inspectors ..................................... 23.58 2.7 39.7 – – – – – –

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ..................................................... 21.97 3.1 36.3 – – – $20.56 3.9 32.9

Management related, n.e.c. ............................... 20.98 4.3 39.6 21.25 5.2 40.5 19.87 8.6 36.0

 5 ................................................................... 14.31 1.3 42.8 14.32 1.3 43.6 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 15.15 6.6 38.3 15.82 9.2 39.7 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 18.01 3.3 38.9 17.82 4.2 40.1 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 18.82 4.1 38.5 18.08 4.2 38.9 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 23.06 3.2 39.6 22.85 3.6 40.0 – – –

11 ................................................................... 24.99 5.6 42.1 24.99 5.6 42.1 – – –

Sales ............................................................................. 14.56 7.1 30.3 14.53 7.2 30.2 15.72 5.5 35.7

 1 ................................................................... 6.69 .8 21.6 6.68 .8 21.6 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 6.95 2.3 23.2 6.93 2.3 23.1 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.93 4.2 31.0 8.86 2.4 30.2 16.65 5.3 37.3

 4 ................................................................... 10.99 3.9 34.2 10.98 3.9 34.1 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 13.73 4.7 38.2 13.58 4.6 38.2 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 14.38 7.9 39.8 14.38 8.1 39.8 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 19.04 7.3 41.0 19.17 7.7 41.0 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 16.99 6.2 41.7 16.99 6.2 41.7 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 29.53 18.0 40.6 29.53 18.0 40.6 – – –

10 ................................................................... 28.06 5.3 41.3 28.06 5.3 41.3 – – –

11 ................................................................... 35.93 9.7 40.4 35.93 9.7 40.4 – – –

12 ................................................................... 57.39 13.2 40.0 57.39 13.2 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, sales ............................................. 18.99 9.4 41.8 19.03 9.7 41.9 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 14.60 6.0 41.7 14.19 5.5 41.7 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 15.42 1.2 39.8 – – – – – –

 8 ................................................................... 13.70 4.7 43.2 13.70 4.7 43.2 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 24.17 13.6 41.1 24.17 13.6 41.1 – – –

10 ................................................................... 27.32 16.0 46.2 27.32 16.0 46.2 – – –

Insurance sales .................................................. 25.35 4.2 39.8 25.35 4.2 39.8 – – –

Securities and financial services sales .............. 29.47 24.5 41.4 29.47 24.5 41.4 – – –

Advertising and related sales ............................. 20.42 6.7 39.9 20.42 6.7 39.9 – – –

Sales, other business services .......................... 26.68 25.8 39.8 26.68 25.8 39.8 – – –

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale .................................................. 29.61 16.1 40.5 29.61 16.1 40.5 – – –

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .......... 20.63 17.2 42.9 20.63 17.2 42.9 – – –

Sales workers, apparel ...................................... 7.19 3.5 28.2 7.19 3.5 28.2 – – –

Sales workers, other commodities ..................... 10.50 10.5 27.6 10.49 10.6 27.5 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 6.93 2.3 21.0 6.93 2.3 21.0 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 7.08 3.1 23.8 7.08 3.1 23.8 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.07 5.6 30.4 9.77 6.9 29.2 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 9.75 6.3 30.0 9.75 6.3 30.0 – – –

Sales counter clerks .......................................... 9.90 8.0 28.1 9.90 8.0 28.1 – – –

Cashiers ............................................................. 7.81 3.7 24.0 7.37 3.9 23.6 16.14 6.7 34.6

 1 ................................................................... 6.62 .5 21.2 6.61 .5 21.2 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 6.61 1.9 22.4 6.57 2.0 22.4 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.06 5.8 30.7 8.61 2.3 29.7 18.01 5.5 37.2

Sales support, n.e.c. .......................................... 13.96 6.6 38.1 13.96 6.6 38.1 – – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................ 12.93 1.7 35.9 12.83 1.8 36.5 13.31 3.0 34.0

 1 ................................................................... 7.90 2.0 24.1 7.40 3.0 25.8 9.53 4.8 19.7

 2 ................................................................... 9.03 3.3 32.9 8.82 4.0 33.3 9.46 5.0 32.0

 3 ................................................................... 10.69 2.1 34.7 10.30 2.5 35.0 11.98 2.1 33.9

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 New England: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued

Occupations and levels

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

 4 ................................................................... $12.37 1.5 37.0 $12.08 1.6 37.5 $13.60 2.5 35.0

 5 ................................................................... 14.03 1.7 37.3 13.76 1.9 37.4 15.51 1.7 36.5

 6 ................................................................... 15.53 1.8 37.8 15.30 1.9 38.4 16.78 4.6 34.8

 7 ................................................................... 18.29 1.9 38.4 18.04 2.2 38.6 19.52 2.2 37.2

 8 ................................................................... 17.47 4.4 41.1 17.48 4.5 41.1 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 22.53 5.1 39.4 22.54 5.1 39.4 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 15.33 6.3 38.3 15.20 8.2 38.7 – – –

Supervisors, general office ................................ 17.26 4.8 39.6 17.12 4.8 39.6 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 18.66 6.7 37.7 18.34 7.1 37.6 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 18.19 1.7 40.4 18.15 1.8 40.5 – – –

Supervisors, financial records processing ......... 19.33 7.4 39.3 19.33 7.4 39.3 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 15.71 5.7 39.1 15.71 5.7 39.1 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 27.09 9.1 39.2 27.09 9.1 39.2 – – –

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and

adjusting clerks ................................................ 20.33 1.2 39.2 20.33 1.2 39.2 – – –

Computer operators ........................................... 15.64 4.7 37.6 15.64 4.9 37.6 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 13.48 3.7 35.6 13.48 3.7 35.5 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 14.55 8.5 36.3 14.35 9.3 36.2 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 16.10 9.7 38.2 16.10 9.7 38.2 – – –

Secretaries ......................................................... 14.65 1.7 36.7 14.15 1.9 37.0 16.21 3.0 35.8

 2 ................................................................... 9.56 1.6 31.2 – – – – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.42 5.0 34.5 10.38 5.2 34.5 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.80 3.2 37.0 12.29 1.8 37.8 15.08 9.0 33.8

 5 ................................................................... 14.12 2.0 36.1 13.73 2.9 36.1 15.07 2.7 36.1

 6 ................................................................... 15.95 2.1 37.7 15.58 2.5 37.9 16.93 1.8 37.5

 7 ................................................................... 18.76 4.7 37.9 18.68 6.1 37.8 19.03 4.3 38.3

Typists ............................................................... 12.98 3.2 33.9 12.65 9.2 29.1 13.06 3.2 35.2

 3 ................................................................... 12.19 5.3 31.0 – – – 12.61 4.3 33.2

 4 ................................................................... 14.22 1.6 36.6 – – – – – –

Interviewers ....................................................... 11.60 2.3 32.7 11.66 2.8 31.4 11.39 3.1 38.3

 3 ................................................................... 10.53 3.5 29.1 10.49 3.6 29.4 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.66 3.1 33.0 11.83 3.3 32.0 – – –

Hotel clerks ........................................................ 9.28 4.8 31.7 9.28 4.8 31.7 – – –

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ..... 13.74 2.4 37.6 13.74 2.4 37.6 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.79 8.8 36.6 12.79 8.8 36.6 – – –

Receptionists ..................................................... 9.68 3.6 35.0 9.59 3.7 36.1 11.01 5.9 24.4

 2 ................................................................... 8.67 4.5 34.9 8.54 4.4 37.2 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.55 1.8 32.9 9.49 2.2 33.4 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.64 6.3 37.2 11.50 6.9 37.3 – – –

Information clerks, n.e.c. .................................... 14.07 10.0 35.2 13.75 11.3 34.8 – – –

Correspondence clerks ...................................... 12.44 9.8 34.4 12.44 9.8 34.4 – – –

Order clerks ....................................................... 12.56 4.8 37.1 12.56 4.8 37.1 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.07 7.1 32.1 10.07 7.1 32.1 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.71 3.3 38.2 12.71 3.3 38.2 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 12.37 4.3 40.0 12.37 4.3 40.0 – – –

Personnel clerks, except payroll and

timekeeping ..................................................... 13.42 6.9 33.9 13.75 6.6 39.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 14.89 8.0 38.5 14.89 8.0 38.5 – – –

Library clerks ..................................................... 12.24 7.3 31.9 11.71 9.5 33.9 12.87 10.2 29.9

File clerks ........................................................... 8.73 6.9 34.3 8.73 6.9 34.3 – – –

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................ 11.54 4.4 36.5 11.34 4.7 37.0 14.54 2.6 30.2

 2 ................................................................... 9.25 4.5 34.2 9.25 4.5 34.2 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.21 1.9 37.4 9.18 1.9 37.5 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.94 7.2 39.5 12.94 7.4 39.6 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 13.43 4.8 36.7 12.98 5.1 37.1 – – –

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ... 12.97 2.0 36.2 12.43 2.3 36.0 15.21 3.0 36.9

 2 ................................................................... 9.21 3.7 31.7 9.21 3.7 31.7 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.97 3.3 33.4 10.88 3.8 32.9 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.34 2.8 37.9 11.92 2.9 38.0 14.08 5.5 37.6

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 New England: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued

Occupations and levels

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

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks

–Continued

 5 ................................................................... $14.62 2.7 37.0 $13.40 3.3 37.4 $16.88 8.9 36.3

 6 ................................................................... 14.94 6.4 39.8 14.70 6.5 39.9 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 18.68 3.9 38.0 18.38 4.3 38.0 – – –

Payroll and timekeeping clerks .......................... 12.87 5.8 37.1 12.61 7.1 37.4 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.46 6.9 38.7 11.40 8.1 39.4 – – –

Billing clerks ....................................................... 11.29 4.4 38.6 11.29 4.4 38.6 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.53 2.6 39.1 10.53 2.6 39.1 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.45 5.6 37.4 10.45 5.6 37.4 – – –

Duplicating machine operators .......................... 10.07 3.2 35.7 10.07 3.2 35.7 – – –

Telephone operators .......................................... 10.57 5.9 30.7 10.64 5.9 31.6 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 10.82 8.4 30.8 10.96 8.1 32.6 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.92 8.6 30.5 10.90 8.7 30.4 – – –

Mail clerks, except postal service ...................... 8.79 4.7 28.2 8.71 4.6 28.0 – – –

Dispatchers ........................................................ 10.48 16.5 32.2 – – – 15.54 5.5 33.0

 4 ................................................................... 12.18 6.2 33.6 – – – 13.48 5.2 29.8

Production coordinators ..................................... 16.37 5.9 39.5 16.37 5.9 39.5 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 18.74 4.9 39.2 18.74 4.9 39.2 – – –

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................. 12.05 5.8 38.5 12.05 5.8 38.5 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.97 14.0 36.6 9.97 14.0 36.6 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.40 5.7 39.6 12.40 5.7 39.6 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 14.39 3.5 40.0 14.39 3.5 40.0 – – –

Stock and inventory clerks ................................. 14.19 2.4 38.9 13.94 1.7 39.1 15.59 8.4 37.5

 3 ................................................................... 11.57 5.8 38.7 11.50 6.2 38.7 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 14.35 4.0 39.8 14.43 4.8 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 15.73 3.8 39.2 15.27 1.8 40.0 – – –

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution

clerks, n.e.c. ..................................................... 11.73 3.0 35.9 11.65 3.5 35.1 – – –

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and

investigators ..................................................... 15.35 2.4 38.3 15.35 2.4 38.3 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 11.23 1.5 39.3 11.23 1.5 39.3 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.98 2.8 39.2 12.98 2.8 39.2 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 14.04 3.0 36.4 14.04 3.0 36.4 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 15.54 2.6 37.8 15.54 2.6 37.8 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 17.24 4.3 39.0 17.24 4.3 39.0 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 21.34 2.4 38.7 21.34 2.4 38.7 – – –

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ... 13.10 3.7 36.2 13.15 3.7 36.5 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.18 3.0 36.5 10.18 3.0 36.5 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.95 5.8 36.0 12.95 5.8 36.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 13.39 6.4 36.0 13.39 6.4 36.0 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 14.09 4.9 38.4 14.09 4.9 38.4 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 16.61 4.1 40.0 16.61 4.1 40.0 – – –

Bill and account collectors ................................. 12.93 4.4 39.6 12.93 4.4 39.6 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 12.22 3.1 39.6 12.22 3.1 39.6 – – –

General office clerks .......................................... 12.68 2.1 35.7 12.19 3.1 35.6 13.49 1.8 36.0

 2 ................................................................... 9.99 5.5 31.7 8.85 2.4 31.2 11.99 1.4 32.5

 3 ................................................................... 12.10 4.0 34.2 11.37 6.9 33.2 12.87 2.0 35.4

 4 ................................................................... 12.60 3.5 37.7 11.59 4.9 38.1 14.10 2.3 37.2

 5 ................................................................... 14.23 2.0 39.2 13.77 1.4 39.2 – – –

Data entry keyers ............................................... 10.58 5.2 37.1 9.70 4.1 37.2 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 8.54 1.9 37.3 8.54 1.9 37.3 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.89 8.1 36.6 9.44 7.3 36.3 – – –

Statistical clerks ................................................. 11.82 6.3 32.9 11.84 6.3 32.9 – – –

Teachers’ aides ................................................. 10.28 5.3 32.8 10.54 9.3 35.0 10.28 5.4 32.8

 2 ................................................................... 8.91 3.7 33.7 – – – 8.91 3.7 33.7

 3 ................................................................... 11.02 5.1 33.1 – – – 11.05 5.1 33.0

 4 ................................................................... 11.98 1.4 32.9 – – – 11.97 1.5 32.8

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................ 13.52 4.4 34.2 12.78 6.2 34.1 16.79 2.6 34.9

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 New England: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued

Occupations and levels

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

Administrative support, n.e.c. –Continued

 1 ................................................................... $6.80 7.4 23.0 – – – – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.30 2.6 35.7 $10.30 2.6 35.7 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 13.17 5.8 36.8 13.44 6.9 36.7 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 15.05 5.7 36.3 14.28 11.3 36.8 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 19.05 11.1 36.3 – – – – – –

Blue collar ........................................................................ 13.24 2.6 37.7 12.97 2.7 37.6 $16.59 2.7 39.4

 1 ................................................................... 8.11 7.1 31.4 8.06 7.2 31.4 11.46 9.1 31.9

 2 ................................................................... 9.68 3.7 36.6 9.65 3.8 36.6 11.09 4.5 39.2

 3 ................................................................... 10.99 3.5 39.5 10.93 3.6 39.5 12.97 5.1 39.9

 4 ................................................................... 12.63 2.2 39.4 12.49 2.4 39.4 13.88 4.2 39.5

 5 ................................................................... 14.99 2.4 39.9 14.71 2.6 39.9 17.19 3.9 39.5

 6 ................................................................... 16.75 4.0 39.6 16.67 4.5 39.6 17.39 4.0 39.8

 7 ................................................................... 19.06 1.5 39.9 19.01 1.6 39.9 19.28 4.1 39.8

 8 ................................................................... 20.11 2.8 40.3 20.02 2.9 40.3 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 24.76 2.9 39.9 25.35 2.5 39.9 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 19.34 5.0 39.7 22.07 6.1 39.6 – – –

Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... 17.72 2.1 39.9 17.67 2.4 39.9 18.06 4.2 39.9

 1 ................................................................... 11.06 5.2 40.0 11.06 5.2 40.0 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 10.19 6.7 40.0 10.39 6.9 40.0 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.29 6.7 40.0 10.32 7.2 40.0 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.39 4.6 39.5 12.32 4.9 39.5 13.34 3.6 39.7

 5 ................................................................... 14.57 3.8 39.9 14.29 4.3 40.0 15.99 5.4 39.7

 6 ................................................................... 17.00 7.3 39.9 16.90 7.8 39.9 18.49 1.2 39.5

 7 ................................................................... 19.58 1.5 39.9 19.56 1.5 39.9 19.70 4.0 40.0

 8 ................................................................... 20.23 2.9 40.3 20.13 3.0 40.3 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 24.37 3.6 39.9 24.95 3.1 39.9 – – –

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .............. 24.03 2.6 40.5 23.97 2.7 40.6 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 25.71 3.5 39.6 – – – – – –

Automobile mechanics ....................................... 17.90 4.3 39.5 17.64 5.1 39.4 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 18.51 5.3 39.5 18.06 6.2 39.3 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .... 19.07 7.2 40.3 18.64 8.0 40.4 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 20.86 7.2 40.0 20.68 8.7 40.0 – – –

Industrial machinery repairers ........................... 16.11 4.1 39.9 16.11 4.1 39.9 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 13.16 1.7 39.7 13.16 1.7 39.7 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 16.68 2.9 39.7 16.68 2.9 39.7 – – –

Machinery maintenance ..................................... 13.25 4.5 40.0 13.25 4.5 40.0 – – –

Electronic repairers, communications and

industrial equipment ......................................... 13.69 14.2 38.7 13.68 15.7 38.5 – – –

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration

mechanics

 7 ................................................................... 19.07 4.7 40.0 19.18 5.0 40.0 – – –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ......................... 17.40 4.3 39.7 16.99 3.8 39.7 18.07 8.2 39.8

 7 ................................................................... 20.54 4.4 39.8 – – – – – –

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ............. 16.73 6.1 40.0 – – – 16.29 9.5 40.0

Carpenters ......................................................... 19.81 4.9 39.7 20.73 5.3 39.9 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 20.58 5.5 40.0 – – – – – –

Electricians ........................................................ 20.52 9.4 40.0 20.94 11.3 40.0 19.14 5.8 40.0

 7 ................................................................... 17.52 4.1 40.0 16.66 4.1 40.0 18.85 6.6 40.0

Electrical power installers and repairers ............ 23.58 2.8 40.0 23.51 3.2 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 23.17 4.2 40.0 22.96 5.0 40.0 – – –

Painters, construction and maintenance ............ 17.15 5.3 40.0 – – – 15.78 6.2 40.0

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ............... 20.66 4.2 40.0 21.72 3.3 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 21.44 4.1 40.0 22.97 1.4 40.0 – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ................................. 14.94 11.1 39.9 19.57 12.8 40.0 12.16 9.5 39.9

 4 ................................................................... 14.78 14.1 39.7 – – – – – –

 5 ................................................................... 16.18 10.0 40.0 – – – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 New England: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued

Occupations and levels

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued

Supervisors, production ..................................... $18.37 3.5 40.6 $18.37 3.5 40.6 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 18.30 5.3 41.7 18.30 5.3 41.7 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 24.03 3.4 39.8 24.03 3.4 39.8 – – –

Tool and die makers .......................................... 17.28 5.2 40.0 17.28 5.2 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 17.20 3.7 40.0 17.20 3.7 40.0 – – –

Machinists .......................................................... 17.49 2.9 40.0 17.49 2.9 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 17.14 5.0 40.0 17.14 5.0 40.0 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 19.98 1.4 40.0 19.98 1.4 40.0 – – –

Sheet metal workers .......................................... 17.26 5.1 40.0 17.26 5.1 40.0 – – –

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 12.13 4.4 40.0 12.13 4.4 40.0 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 11.06 5.5 40.0 11.06 5.5 40.0 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.36 7.3 40.0 12.36 7.3 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 13.07 6.6 40.0 13.07 6.6 40.0 – – –

Butchers and meat cutters ................................. 12.85 10.4 38.2 12.85 10.4 38.2 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 18.41 4.4 34.0 18.41 4.4 34.0 – – –

Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................ 15.04 6.7 39.7 15.06 6.8 40.0 – – –

Water and sewer treatment plant operators ...... 17.78 2.9 40.0 – – – – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..... 11.04 3.1 38.6 10.95 3.1 38.6 $16.52 8.4 38.6

 1 ................................................................... 7.78 4.8 33.6 7.78 4.8 33.7 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.20 1.7 39.3 9.19 1.7 39.3 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.45 4.6 39.9 10.45 4.6 39.9 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.76 3.5 39.8 11.70 3.6 39.8 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 13.80 1.7 39.9 13.80 1.7 39.9 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 15.12 2.5 38.7 15.07 2.7 38.6 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 16.86 3.3 39.7 16.66 3.1 39.8 – – –

Lathe and turning machine operators ................ 16.13 3.8 40.0 16.13 3.8 40.0 – – –

Punching and stamping press operators ........... 10.27 2.2 39.5 10.27 2.2 39.5 – – –

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing

machine operators ........................................... 8.19 10.5 40.0 8.19 10.5 40.0 – – –

Numerical control machine operators ................ 14.18 1.1 40.0 14.18 1.1 40.0 – – –

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ............... 12.88 4.1 40.0 12.88 4.1 40.0 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.81 13.9 40.0 10.81 13.9 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 13.38 2.3 40.0 13.38 2.3 40.0 – – –

Molding and casting machine operators ............ 10.72 6.3 39.9 10.72 6.3 39.9 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.30 6.0 40.0 9.30 6.0 40.0 – – –

Metal plating machine operators ........................ 12.64 4.2 40.0 12.64 4.2 40.0 – – –

Heat treating equipment operators .................... 13.14 7.5 40.0 13.14 7.5 40.0 – – –

Printing press operators ..................................... 14.40 4.9 38.7 14.40 4.9 38.7 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 17.18 4.5 39.8 17.18 4.5 39.8 – – –

Photoengravers and lithographers ..................... 13.90 12.7 39.7 13.90 12.7 39.7 – – –

Winding and twisting machine operators ........... 10.16 .0 39.8 10.16 .0 39.8 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.53 2.3 39.9 10.53 2.3 39.9 – – –

Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine

operators .......................................................... 10.56 .5 39.8 10.56 .5 39.8 – – –

Textile sewing machine operators ..................... 9.83 5.9 40.0 9.83 5.9 40.0 – – –

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators 8.18 6.1 32.4 7.94 4.9 31.9 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 7.84 5.0 35.4 7.84 5.0 35.4 – – –

Packaging and filling machine operators ........... 10.43 6.4 39.8 10.43 6.4 39.8 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 11.61 6.9 40.0 11.61 6.9 40.0 – – –

Extruding and forming machine operators ......... 10.07 5.1 39.2 10.07 5.1 39.2 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 12.37 7.0 40.0 12.37 7.0 40.0 – – –

Mixing and blending machine operators ............ 13.01 7.2 40.0 13.01 7.2 40.0 – – –

Compressing and compacting machine

operators .......................................................... 10.70 9.9 34.1 10.70 9.9 34.1 – – –

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food 14.57 4.9 39.2 – – – – – –

Slicing and cutting machine operators ............... 10.89 9.6 40.0 10.89 9.6 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .......... 10.52 6.6 38.8 10.39 6.4 38.8 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.19 3.5 40.0 9.19 3.5 40.0 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.53 5.7 39.8 10.53 5.7 39.8 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 New England: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued

Occupations and levels

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

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

–Continued

 4 ................................................................... $12.83 4.6 40.0 $12.83 4.6 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 13.18 2.6 40.0 13.18 2.6 40.0 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 14.42 6.7 40.0 14.42 6.7 40.0 – – –

Welders and cutters ........................................... 14.78 3.3 40.0 14.56 3.9 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 15.72 5.2 40.0 15.72 5.2 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 15.04 4.4 40.0 – – – – – –

Assemblers ........................................................ 9.89 2.4 34.9 9.89 2.4 34.9 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 7.15 5.1 25.5 7.15 5.1 25.5 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 8.61 3.4 40.0 8.61 3.4 40.0 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.03 3.2 40.0 10.03 3.2 40.0 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.40 6.9 39.8 10.40 6.9 39.8 – – –

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ................... 8.53 5.9 40.0 8.53 5.9 40.0 – – –

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners 11.01 4.9 39.8 11.01 4.9 39.8 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.57 5.2 39.7 10.57 5.2 39.7 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.74 7.0 40.0 10.74 7.0 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 11.81 8.1 39.4 11.81 8.1 39.4 – – –

Production testers .............................................. 12.41 2.7 40.0 12.41 2.7 40.0 – – –

Transportation and material moving ......................... 14.91 2.7 37.7 14.63 3.1 37.5 $16.76 3.7 38.6

 1 ................................................................... 8.68 10.9 28.7 8.71 11.5 29.0 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 10.07 5.6 32.2 9.73 5.9 31.7 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 12.84 3.9 39.1 12.88 4.2 39.0 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 14.73 2.8 38.4 14.61 2.9 38.3 15.88 8.9 39.1

 5 ................................................................... 18.37 6.2 39.9 18.11 7.8 40.1 19.29 6.4 39.0

 6 ................................................................... 18.24 3.8 40.0 18.50 3.7 40.0 17.42 7.5 40.0

 7 ................................................................... 20.01 9.5 41.7 20.01 9.5 41.7 – – –

Truck drivers ...................................................... 15.09 3.3 38.5 15.23 3.5 38.5 13.38 4.5 37.9

 2 ................................................................... 11.22 5.6 40.0 – – – – – –

 3 ................................................................... 12.68 4.9 38.7 12.75 5.5 38.5 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 15.23 3.2 39.5 15.32 3.4 39.5 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 17.06 9.5 39.5 17.06 9.5 39.5 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 18.76 3.6 40.0 18.71 3.7 40.0 – – –

Bus drivers ......................................................... 14.43 5.6 33.5 12.30 7.5 32.3 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 13.42 4.9 34.8 – – – – – –

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................ 14.87 7.2 38.1 14.38 6.0 38.0 – – –

Supervisors, material moving equipment ........... 16.57 8.7 44.0 16.57 8.7 44.0 – – –

Excavating and loading machine operators ....... 23.92 4.9 40.0 24.25 4.9 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 24.19 5.9 40.0 24.19 5.9 40.0 – – –

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators 12.68 4.1 38.7 12.65 4.2 38.7 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 12.16 6.2 39.6 12.16 6.2 39.6 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 13.56 7.0 40.0 13.56 7.0 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ............................................... 13.77 5.0 40.0 – – – – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers ....................................................................... 10.46 4.5 33.6 10.20 5.1 33.1 13.28 3.0 39.3

 1 ................................................................... 8.07 11.8 29.4 7.98 12.1 29.3 12.09 8.4 35.1

 2 ................................................................... 10.32 9.7 33.3 10.29 10.0 33.2 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 11.66 4.5 38.6 11.47 4.9 38.5 13.81 7.4 39.8

 4 ................................................................... 12.79 3.2 39.3 12.60 3.9 39.1 13.26 5.8 39.8

 5 ................................................................... 14.24 5.3 39.2 14.20 6.0 39.1 – – –

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ... 12.10 5.6 40.1 11.46 9.8 40.3 12.91 1.5 40.0

 3 ................................................................... 10.80 6.7 40.3 9.93 7.5 40.4 – – –

Construction laborers ......................................... 17.41 9.6 40.0 21.15 8.0 40.0 12.89 4.2 40.0

 3 ................................................................... 18.95 7.7 40.0 – – – – – –

 4 ................................................................... 13.37 5.7 40.0 – – – 12.62 5.7 40.0

Production helpers ............................................. 8.12 18.9 39.6 8.12 18.9 39.6 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 New England: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued

Occupations and levels

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

Stock handlers and baggers .............................. $8.80 3.1 28.3 $8.80 3.1 28.3 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 7.25 2.7 22.7 7.25 2.7 22.7 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 7.53 3.4 26.7 7.53 3.4 26.7 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.02 7.6 36.1 9.02 7.6 36.1 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.63 7.3 39.4 11.63 7.3 39.4 – – –

Machine feeders and offbearers ........................ 8.78 16.6 37.5 8.78 16.6 37.5 – – –

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ...... 11.04 5.9 32.4 11.03 5.9 32.4 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 7.68 .8 29.9 7.68 .8 29.9 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 10.14 9.2 29.1 10.14 9.2 29.1 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 11.90 7.1 37.1 11.90 7.1 37.1 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 13.22 13.0 36.3 13.22 13.0 36.3 – – –

Hand packers and packagers ............................ 8.53 5.4 32.6 8.53 5.4 32.6 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 7.18 3.5 27.2 7.18 3.5 27.2 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.22 13.5 40.0 9.22 13.5 40.0 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.43 3.3 40.0 10.43 3.3 40.0 – – –

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................. 10.36 4.0 36.3 9.83 4.6 36.1 $14.14 10.0 37.5

 1 ................................................................... 7.26 2.2 31.5 7.03 1.6 31.4 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.43 1.4 36.9 9.43 1.4 36.9 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 11.98 8.6 39.9 11.25 10.5 40.0 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 13.75 6.2 39.6 13.14 5.5 39.8 – – –

Service .............................................................................. 10.56 1.6 30.8 8.84 1.4 29.2 15.57 1.7 36.7

 1 ................................................................... 7.54 2.4 26.0 7.21 2.3 25.8 10.33 5.1 27.9

 2 ................................................................... 8.24 2.6 29.4 7.47 3.4 28.0 11.31 1.8 36.5

 3 ................................................................... 9.24 2.5 30.3 8.85 2.7 29.7 12.22 3.2 35.4

 4 ................................................................... 10.94 2.7 33.3 10.28 2.6 33.6 13.51 3.2 31.9

 5 ................................................................... 14.92 3.7 37.6 12.06 6.6 35.7 17.19 2.7 39.2

 6 ................................................................... 15.84 3.2 38.0 13.42 4.1 35.8 18.06 2.7 40.2

 7 ................................................................... 19.24 2.6 40.0 17.50 7.6 37.4 19.98 2.0 41.3

 8 ................................................................... 18.21 3.5 41.6 18.73 3.7 42.7 17.86 4.7 41.0

 9 ................................................................... 22.77 6.0 40.2 – – – 22.82 6.4 40.2

10 ................................................................... 26.64 9.9 40.1 – – – 26.64 9.9 40.1

Not able to be leveled .................................... 9.90 6.7 40.1 – – – – – –

Protective service .................................................. 14.75 4.4 36.2 8.93 3.9 33.3 18.32 1.6 38.2

 1 ................................................................... 7.04 4.2 32.2 7.04 4.5 33.9 6.97 3.4 20.2

 2 ................................................................... 8.30 6.8 29.8 8.16 7.9 31.8 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 8.67 3.9 30.1 8.46 3.3 30.8 10.32 8.4 25.6

 4 ................................................................... 12.45 4.9 30.9 11.72 4.3 34.0 13.66 5.6 26.8

 5 ................................................................... 17.26 2.8 39.3 12.93 7.3 40.0 17.73 2.8 39.2

 6 ................................................................... 17.80 2.5 40.2 – – – 18.06 2.7 40.2

 7 ................................................................... 19.92 1.9 41.3 – – – 19.94 2.0 41.3

 8 ................................................................... 18.01 4.5 40.8 – – – 17.86 4.7 41.0

 9 ................................................................... 22.27 6.5 40.2 – – – 22.27 6.5 40.2

10 ................................................................... 26.64 9.9 40.1 – – – 26.64 9.9 40.1

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ...... 22.79 2.1 41.7 – – – 22.79 2.1 41.7

Supervisors, police and detectives .................... 24.54 6.0 39.6 – – – 24.54 6.0 39.6

Supervisors, guards ........................................... 16.08 11.2 38.4 13.78 16.2 40.0 – – –

Firefighting ......................................................... 17.70 3.3 43.4 – – – 17.70 3.3 43.4

 5 ................................................................... 18.54 7.0 43.5 – – – 18.54 7.0 43.5

 6 ................................................................... 16.93 4.6 41.9 – – – 16.93 4.6 41.9

Police and detectives, public service ................. 18.47 1.7 38.7 – – – 18.47 1.7 38.7

 5 ................................................................... 17.80 3.8 37.7 – – – 17.80 3.8 37.7

 6 ................................................................... 18.62 3.8 39.4 – – – 18.62 3.8 39.4

 7 ................................................................... 19.79 2.4 39.9 – – – 19.79 2.4 39.9

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement

officers ............................................................. 16.35 7.0 39.2 – – – 16.35 7.0 39.2

Crossing guards ................................................. 9.50 3.8 15.6 – – – 9.50 3.8 15.6

Guards and police, except public service .......... 8.90 3.1 33.6 8.66 3.0 33.3 13.50 6.9 39.1

 1 ................................................................... 7.04 4.5 33.9 7.04 4.5 33.9 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 New England: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued

Occupations and levels

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

Guards and police, except public service

–Continued

 2 ................................................................... $8.35 8.0 32.2 $8.34 8.1 32.2 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 8.64 4.1 31.6 8.46 3.3 31.3 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.22 2.5 33.3 12.22 2.5 33.3 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 13.02 4.9 40.0 – – – – – –

Protective service, n.e.c. .................................... 8.25 3.1 17.2 – – – $8.45 1.7 19.4

 3 ................................................................... 9.13 5.9 11.3 – – – – – –

Food service .......................................................... 7.65 2.5 26.5 7.51 2.7 26.5 10.66 2.9 26.4

 1 ................................................................... 6.11 3.0 22.4 6.03 3.1 23.0 8.07 4.7 14.5

 2 ................................................................... 5.78 7.6 25.0 5.53 8.6 24.7 10.11 4.2 32.1

 3 ................................................................... 7.25 5.2 27.5 7.21 5.3 27.5 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 9.73 8.6 32.2 9.46 10.1 32.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 11.24 4.7 35.5 11.24 4.7 35.5 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 13.86 4.7 44.5 13.86 4.7 44.5 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 16.63 7.3 44.2 16.63 7.3 44.2 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 18.62 4.4 43.4 18.62 4.4 43.4 – – –

Supervisors, food preparation and service ........ 14.70 3.4 42.3 14.70 3.4 42.3 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 16.78 8.2 44.6 16.78 8.2 44.6 – – –

Bartenders ......................................................... 6.79 12.1 25.2 6.79 12.1 25.2 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 7.20 10.5 26.1 7.20 10.5 26.1 – – –

Waiters and waitresses ...................................... 4.05 13.2 23.5 4.05 13.2 23.5 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 3.32 10.0 22.5 3.32 10.0 22.5 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 4.39 20.0 24.2 4.39 20.0 24.2 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 3.71 16.7 22.1 3.71 16.7 22.1 – – –

Cooks ................................................................. 10.08 2.5 30.8 9.88 2.8 30.2 11.95 5.4 37.0

 2 ................................................................... 8.48 1.3 26.6 8.42 1.1 24.0 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.14 1.8 28.5 9.10 1.8 28.3 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.49 4.6 33.1 10.40 5.6 33.1 – – –

Food counter, fountain, and related ................... 6.88 7.3 21.9 6.82 7.3 21.7 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 6.18 4.0 21.4 6.16 4.0 21.3 – – –

Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................... 7.05 3.9 27.4 7.03 4.0 27.7 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 5.84 4.2 21.9 5.83 4.2 22.3 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 7.22 2.4 25.9 7.13 2.2 26.4 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 7.46 7.0 39.5 7.46 7.0 39.5 – – –

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ......................... 5.73 4.3 19.6 5.73 4.3 19.6 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 6.02 5.0 18.3 6.02 5.0 18.3 – – –

Food preparation, n.e.c. ..................................... 7.75 2.5 25.9 7.52 2.8 26.6 9.61 3.5 21.7

 1 ................................................................... 7.42 3.3 24.1 7.36 3.5 25.8 8.11 5.1 14.7

 2 ................................................................... 7.65 3.7 25.9 7.08 4.1 25.0 11.18 .5 33.4

 3 ................................................................... 8.36 6.2 32.1 8.36 6.2 32.1 – – –

Health service ........................................................ 10.14 1.0 31.4 9.79 1.1 30.2 11.72 2.2 38.5

 1 ................................................................... 7.73 1.3 20.9 7.72 1.3 20.5 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.98 2.2 32.4 9.36 4.0 29.9 11.26 1.2 39.2

 3 ................................................................... 10.05 .9 30.4 9.71 1.0 29.4 12.06 3.8 37.6

 4 ................................................................... 10.56 2.9 33.7 10.26 2.0 33.4 13.42 12.2 37.0

 5 ................................................................... 10.63 4.2 36.8 10.38 4.3 36.3 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 11.00 7.5 32.7 11.00 7.5 32.7 – – –

Health aides, except nursing ............................. 9.75 2.1 27.8 9.67 2.3 27.4 10.71 2.8 33.3

 1 ................................................................... 7.67 1.0 20.4 7.67 1.0 20.4 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.08 6.4 26.0 9.08 6.4 26.0 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 8.91 1.3 28.8 8.74 1.2 29.2 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.61 3.4 31.6 10.54 3.9 30.7 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 11.57 5.5 36.6 11.58 6.2 36.2 – – –

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............ 10.20 1.1 32.2 9.79 1.3 30.9 11.80 2.3 39.0

 2 ................................................................... 10.05 2.2 33.0 9.39 4.4 30.4 11.26 1.2 39.2

 3 ................................................................... 10.17 1.0 30.5 9.81 1.0 29.4 12.29 3.6 39.3

 4 ................................................................... 10.45 3.3 33.9 10.09 2.0 33.6 13.99 12.4 36.6

Cleaning and building service ................................ 10.31 2.4 33.1 9.47 2.7 31.9 12.90 3.6 37.7

 1 ................................................................... 8.69 2.8 29.6 8.19 2.9 28.5 11.33 4.9 38.0

 2 ................................................................... 9.94 4.7 36.7 8.87 4.8 35.7 12.21 3.3 38.9

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 New England: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued

Occupations and levels

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

Cleaning and building service –Continued

 3 ................................................................... $11.78 4.3 39.2 $11.36 5.1 39.0 $13.20 8.6 39.6

 4 ................................................................... 14.14 2.8 34.9 13.75 3.7 39.0 14.35 4.0 33.0

 5 ................................................................... 13.98 7.1 40.2 – – – – – –

Supervisors, cleaning and building service

workers ............................................................ 16.37 11.6 38.4 14.94 11.5 37.8 – – –

Maids and housemen ........................................ 7.97 2.7 33.7 7.93 2.7 33.6 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 7.37 1.4 33.6 7.34 2.1 33.4 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.08 5.0 33.0 9.04 5.4 32.5 – – –

Janitors and cleaners ......................................... 10.36 2.8 32.8 9.51 3.3 31.3 12.55 2.9 37.5

 1 ................................................................... 9.03 3.4 28.7 8.46 3.5 27.2 11.40 5.1 38.0

 2 ................................................................... 10.03 5.2 37.2 8.85 5.4 36.3 12.27 3.3 38.9

 3 ................................................................... 12.02 4.5 39.7 11.60 5.5 39.7 13.21 8.6 39.6

 4 ................................................................... 14.15 2.9 34.6 13.83 3.9 39.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 13.77 8.0 40.2 – – – – – –

Personal service .................................................... 10.41 5.9 27.2 10.17 6.9 27.3 11.99 5.4 26.4

 1 ................................................................... 6.88 3.1 17.4 6.37 1.5 18.0 8.53 5.3 15.9

 2 ................................................................... 7.65 4.5 25.4 7.61 4.9 25.6 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.05 3.8 28.5 9.16 7.0 26.9 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 9.78 5.3 33.6 9.57 6.1 34.8 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 16.45 27.3 29.0 16.47 31.9 28.1 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 12.89 4.4 30.6 12.89 4.4 30.6 – – –

Supervisors, personal service ............................ 12.85 5.6 41.0 12.11 1.7 41.1 – – –

Welfare service aides ........................................ 10.77 6.7 22.5 10.31 8.5 21.0 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 8.92 7.1 23.9 8.92 7.1 23.9 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 11.09 8.8 25.6 10.06 9.5 22.2 – – –

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................. 7.16 4.8 30.9 – – – – – –

Child care workers, n.e.c. .................................. 8.83 5.9 26.4 8.49 6.4 28.8 10.74 2.8 17.9

 1 ................................................................... 7.68 6.5 13.7 – – – 8.74 8.3 11.6

 2 ................................................................... 7.82 7.8 29.9 – – – – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.24 2.6 28.4 – – – – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.58 3.6 31.5 10.54 3.9 30.7 – – –

Service, n.e.c. .................................................... 10.36 5.0 29.1 10.25 5.8 30.7 10.84 8.9 23.9

 2 ................................................................... 7.75 8.1 21.7 7.70 10.9 22.3 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.61 6.4 30.5 – – – – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.46 7.1 32.4 – – – – – –

1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see Technical Note. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based

on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned

based on the occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the

overall level of the occupation. See the Technical Note for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They

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

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

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

weighted by hours. 4 In this census division, collection was conducted between May 1998 and April 1999.

The average reference period was November 1998. 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

1

 Establishments classified as employing between 50 and 99 workers may include establishments with fewer than 50 workers because

staff reductions may have taken place between the time of sampling

and the time of data collection.

The data in this bulletin are based on the National Compensation Survey (NCS) conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics 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 New England census division, the NCS

studied 945 establishments with 50 or more workers,1 representing 16,400 establishments within the scope of the survey. (See table A.) The number of workers represented by

the survey 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

industry, an establishment is usually at a single physical

location. For State and local government, 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 is March 1996.

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 Office of Management and Budget. Nonmetropolitan areas are counties that

do not fit the metropolitan area definition.

The NCS locality areas that contribute to the New England census division are:

Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA

Cheshire County, NH

Grafton County, NH

Hartford, CT MSA

Orange County, VT

Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA

 MSA

Springfield, MA MSA

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

establish-ment’s employment, the greater its 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 which were not selected for collection.

The third stage of sample selection was a probability

sample of occupations within a sampled establishment. In

New England, collection was conducted between May 1998

and April 1999 with an average reference period of November 1998. Additional information about the area sample and

method of estimation is available in the National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States,

1998, Bulletin 2529.

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,

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with each selected worker representing a job within the establishment. As with the selection of establishments, the

selection of a job was based on probability proportional to

its size in the establishment. The greater the number of people

working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance

of selection.

The second step of the process entailed classifying the

selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The

National Compensation Survey occupational classification

system is based on the 1990 Census of Population. A selected job may fall into any one of about 480 occupational

classifications, from accountant to wood lathe operator. In

cases where a job’s duties overlapped two or more census

classification codes, the duties used to set the wage level

were used to classify the job. Classification by primary duties was the fallback.

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 versus incentive job, depending on whether any part of pay was directly based on

the actual production of the workers, 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 a generic leveling process. This process,

involving discussions between the Bureau’s field economist

and the respondent, ranks and compares all selected establishment occupations using 10 leveling factors. For more

information on generic leveling and an example of how to

use the criteria for leveling a job, see appendix C and appendix D at http:www.bls.gov/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins. This website 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 result of 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 was

$15.09 per hour with a relative standard error of 0.6 percent

for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence

interval for this estimate is $15.24 to $14.94 ($15.09 x 1.645 x

0.006 = $0.149, rounded to $0.15); ($15.09 + .15 = $15.24;

$15.09 - .15 = $14.94). If all possible samples were selected to

estimate the population value, the interval from each sample

would include the true population value approximately 90

percent of the time.

Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They can

stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained.

A Technical Reinterview Program done in all survey areas

will be used in the development of a formal quality assessment process to help compute nonsampling error. Although

they also 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 Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical

Areas (CMSAs) and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)

that cross State lines.

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Table A. Number of establishments represented by the survey and number studied by industry group and establishment

employment size, New England, National Compensation Survey, 1998

Industry division

Number of

establishments represented1

Number of establishments studied

Total 50 - 99

workers

100 - 499

workers

500 - 999

workers

1000 -

2,499

workers

2,500 -

4,999

workers

5,000 or

more

workers

All .................................................................................................... 16,400 945 232 446 127 91 30 19

Private Industry .......................................................................... 14,900 821 218 391 103 76 21 12

Goods-producing industries ..................................................... 4,400 227 56 106 37 21 5 2

Mining .................................................................................. 2 ( ) 3 2 1 ––––

Construction ......................................................................... 300 18 8 9 – 1 – –

Manufacturing ...................................................................... 4,000 206 46 96 37 20 5 2

Durable goods ................................................................. 2,400 149 29 66 29 18 5 2

Fabricated metal products, except machinery and

transportation equipment ....................................... 400 20 6 9 5 – – –

Industrial and commercial machinery and computer

equipment .............................................................. 300 23 3 11 5 4 – –

Electronic and electrical equipment ............................. 400 26 5 125211

Transportation equipment ............................................ 100 17 252341

Measuring, analyzing, and controlling instruments ...... 200 22 187 6 – –

Nondurable goods ........................................................... 1,600 57 17 30 8 2 – –

Food and kindred products .......................................... 200 10 4 5 1 – – –

Printing, publishing, and allied industries ..................... 400 22 5 12 3 2 – –

Chemicals and allied products ..................................... 2 ( ) 5 1 3 1 –––

Service-producing industries ................................................... 10,600 594 162 285 66 55 16 10

Transportation and utilities ................................................... 700 44 13 1965 1 –

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 700 28 10 14 2 2 – –

Retail trade .......................................................................... 3,500 137 58 6765 1 –

Finance, insurance and real estate ...................................... 800 64 11 29 10 10 1 3

Depository institutions ...................................................... 300 16 461 4 – 1

Insurance carriers ............................................................ 200 30 2 147511

Services ............................................................................... 5,000 321 70 156 42 33 13 7

Business services ............................................................ 1,000 52 13 3332 1 –

Educational services ........................................................ 300 65 17 23 17233

Health services ................................................................ 1,700 130 15 62 16 24 9 4

Hospitals ...................................................................... 400 63 2 11 13 24 9 4

Engineering, accounting, research, management, and

related services .......................................................... 300 12 351 3 – –

State and local government ...................................................... 1,500 124 14 55 24 15 9 7

Health services ................................................................ 100 16 191221

Hospitals ...................................................................... 2 ( ) 6 – 112 2 –

1 Number of establishments represented by the survey rounded to the nearest 100. 2 Number of establishments represented by the survey is fewer than 50.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups

may include data for categories not shown separately.

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Table B. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, by occupational group,2 New England,

National Compensation Survey,3 1998

Occupational group All industries Private industry State and local

government

All ............................................................................................. 2,895,900 2,319,600 576,300

All excluding sales ................................................................ 2,711,300 2,138,500 572,800

White collar ......................................................................... 1,685,500 1,278,100 407,400

White collar excluding sales ............................................. 1,500,900 1,097,100 403,800

Professional specialty and technical ................................. 735,900 503,400 232,500

Professional specialty occupations ............................... 594,500 372,300 222,300

Technical occupations .................................................. 141,300 131,100 10,200

Executive, administrative, and managerial ....................... 258,600 206,700 51,900

Sales ................................................................................. 184,600 181,000 3,600

Administrative support, including clerical .......................... 506,400 387,000 119,500

Blue collar ........................................................................... 645,400 599,500 45,900

Precision production, craft, and repair .............................. 172,800 150,200 22,700

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. 257,100 253,000 4,000

Transportation and material moving ................................. 69,300 60,900 8,300

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 146,200 135,400 10,800

Service ................................................................................. 565,100 442,000 123,100

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, collection was conducted between

May 1998 and April 1999. The average reference period was

November 1998.

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