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Occupational Wages in the

Pacific Census Division, 1997

Summary 00-8

This report provides estimates of occupational pay from the

1997 National Compensation Survey (NCS) for the Pacific

census division. It highlights average (mean) hourly pay for

workers in six areas:

• Private industry and State and local government

• Metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas

• Selected occupations and major occupational groups

• Full- and part-time wages

• Bargaining status

• Size of establishment

Wages in the Pacific census division averaged $16.88

per hour during 1997. Workers in private industry in the

Pacific region averaged $15.89 per hour, whereas hourly

pay of workers in State and local government averaged

$20.23. Nationwide, pay of all workers covered by the survey averaged $15.09 an hour.

NCS summary reports are published for each of the nine

census regions: New England, Middle Atlantic, East North

Central, West North Central, South Atlantic, East South

Central, West South Central, Mountain, and Pacific. Data

also are published for some individual localities. These

summary reports are a new product of the National Compensation Survey and may be useful to NCS data users in

localities where separate NCS studies are not published.

Table 1 in this summary provides an overview of average pay data for worker and establishment characteristics,

and geographic area by private industry and State and local

government. For example, white-collar workers in private

industry averaged $19.94 per hour; blue-collar workers averaged $12.74, and service workers, $7.99. Corresponding

averages in State and local government were $21.55, $17.35,

and $16.97. Generally, average hourly earnings for private

industry workers were lower than 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. In State and local government, for example,

professional specialty and technical occupations are

proportionately more prevalent than in private industry. With

the exception of the construction industry, few State

and local government workers are in goods-producing

industries.

Full-time workers in the Pacific region averaged $17.71 per

hour whereas part-time workers averaged $10.30. In private

industry, full-time workers averaged $16.76 an hour, and parttime workers averaged $9.26. For workers in State and local

government, average hourly pay was $20.89 and $14.37, respectively, for full and part time workers. NCS classifies employees as full or part time based on the employer’s classification.

Workers in large establishments in the Pacific region,

that is, establishments with 2,500 or more employees, had

the highest average hourly pay at $20.98. Workers in the

smallest establishment-size category studied (50-99) averaged $14.49.

Table 2 shows that workers in metropolitan areas averaged $17.06 per hour, whereas the average pay for workers

in nonmetropolitan areas, was $13.37. Table 2 also shows

that most of the time, regardless of employee or establishment chararcteristics, pay tends to be higher in metropolitan areas than in nonmetropolitan areas. (See the Technical

Note for definitions of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan

areas.)

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 the individual

occupations and for the major occupational groups. Following are examples of average hourly earnings for combined full- and part-time workers within the occupational

groups of white-collar, blue-collar, and service workers. All

registered nurses, for example, averaged $23.28 per hour

(table 3). Registered nurses in private industry averaged

$22.80 per hour (table 4), whereas those in State and local

government averaged $24.60 (table 5). Laborers, except

construction, averaged $8.96 in private industry and $13.05

in State and local government. Janitors and cleaners, a service occupation, averaged $7.80 in private industry and

$12.66 in State and local government.

Average pay for some workers in white-collar occupations,

mainly in the health care field, was higher for part-time work
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than for full-time work. Full-time registered nurses averaged

$22.39 per hour in private industry whereas their part-time

counterparts averaged $24.12. Full-time physicians averaged

$45.04 and part-time physicians averaged $48.58. However,

these exceptions did not show up in blue-collar and service

occupations. Laborers, except construction, averaged $9.42

and $6.75 for full- and part-time work, respectively. Full-time

janitors averaged $8.03 an hour whereas janitors working parttime averaged $6.50.

Earnings by occupational group and level are shown in

table 6. Generally, the levels tend to show higher pay at

higher work levels. The Bureau uses a generic leveling

technique with 10 criteria to assign a level to an occupation. The Technical Note has more information on generic

leveling and generic leveling criteria. Table A in the Technical Note shows the number of establishments studied in

the Pacific census division by employment size; most companies were in the 100-499 worker size class. It also shows

the number of establishments represented. Table B in the

Technical Note shows the number of workers represented

by the surveys in the Pacific census division by major occupational groups such as professional specialty and technical, sales, and transportation and material moving.
Table 1. Summary, Pacific: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and

State and local government, National Compensation Survey,2 1997

Worker and establishment characteristics,

and geographic areas

Total Private industry State and local government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error3

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error3

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error3

(percent)

Total ........................................................... $16.88 1.5 36.2 $15.89 1.8 36.4 $20.23 1.7 35.5

Worker characteristics:4

White-collar occupations5 ....................... 20.39 1.6 36.3 19.94 1.9 36.7 21.55 1.6 35.2

Professional specialty and technical ... 25.53 1.4 35.8 25.06 1.8 36.9 26.24 1.9 34.2

Executive, administrative, and

managerial ........................................ 29.06 2.1 40.3 30.08 2.5 40.6 25.57 2.6 39.3

Sales ................................................... 14.82 5.1 32.8 14.85 5.2 32.8 11.57 7.3 29.9

Administrative support ........................ 12.48 1.1 36.2 12.21 1.3 36.7 13.16 1.7 35.1

Blue-collar occupations5 ......................... 13.14 2.1 37.9 12.74 2.2 37.8 17.35 2.7 38.2

Precision production, craft, and repair 17.62 2.4 39.6 17.26 2.7 39.6 20.40 2.6 39.8

Machine operators, assemblers, and

inspectors ......................................... 10.44 2.4 39.2 10.41 2.4 39.2 13.88 17.3 38.6

Transportation and material moving ... 13.66 2.7 36.7 13.30 3.2 36.9 15.50 3.1 35.8

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers ........................ 9.52 2.0 35.2 9.11 2.2 35.0 14.02 3.9 38.1

Service occupations5 .............................. 10.47 2.1 33.3 7.99 1.4 32.6 16.97 3.3 35.4

Full time .................................................. 17.71 1.5 39.8 16.76 1.9 39.9 20.89 1.8 39.4

Part time ................................................. 10.30 2.1 21.1 9.26 2.4 21.8 14.37 3.3 18.8

Union ...................................................... 18.07 1.3 36.1 15.59 2.5 36.2 20.17 1.7 36.0

Nonunion ................................................ 16.32 2.0 36.2 15.96 2.1 36.4 20.43 2.9 34.0

Time ........................................................ 16.81 1.4 36.1 15.76 1.8 36.3 20.23 1.7 35.5

Incentive ................................................. 19.10 10.2 37.3 19.10 10.2 37.3 – – –

Establishment characteristics:

Goods producing .................................... 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 17.62 2.8 39.7 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( )

Service producing ................................... 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 15.16 2.1 35.1 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( )

50-99 workers7 ....................................... 14.49 4.2 35.7 14.33 4.5 35.7 18.75 2.8 35.6

100-499 workers ..................................... 14.62 2.0 36.2 14.26 2.3 36.3 18.49 1.9 35.6

500-999 workers ..................................... 17.81 3.8 36.6 17.14 4.9 37.7 20.34 3.0 33.1

1000-2499 workers ................................. 19.39 3.3 34.9 18.22 4.9 35.5 21.64 3.3 33.9

2500 workers or more ............................. 20.98 1.6 36.9 22.06 2.4 37.4 20.25 2.1 36.6

Geographic areas:8

Metropolitan ............................................ 17.06 1.5 36.2 16.09 1.8 36.4 20.42 1.9 35.5

Nonmetropolitan ..................................... 13.37 2.9 36.1 11.37 3.0 36.2 17.68 2.1 35.9

New England .......................................... 16.96 1.8 35.1 16.29 2.1 35.0 20.14 2.1 35.2

Middle Atlantic ........................................ 17.42 1.5 35.7 16.47 1.7 35.8 21.25 1.5 35.5

East North Central .................................. 15.45 .9 36.2 14.85 1.0 36.3 18.51 1.3 35.8

West North Central ................................. 14.44 1.8 36.3 13.70 2.2 36.2 17.24 .8 36.8

South Atlantic ......................................... 13.73 1.4 37.0 13.20 1.8 36.7 15.47 1.4 37.9

East South Central ................................. 11.88 2.3 37.8 11.34 2.5 38.0 15.22 1.7 36.9

West South Central ................................ 13.82 1.0 37.2 13.45 1.2 37.0 14.96 1.3 37.8

Mountain ................................................. 14.04 1.9 36.5 12.97 2.6 36.4 17.42 1.9 36.5

Pacific ..................................................... 16.88 1.5 36.2 15.89 1.8 36.4 20.23 1.7 35.5

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

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

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

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

the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 In this census division, collection was conducted between October 1996 and

April 1998. The average reference period was May 1997. 3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

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

sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see Technical Note. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule

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

whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers

are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages

are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates,

commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to

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

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

with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 8 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, Pacific: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, metropolitan and

nonmetropolitan areas,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1997

Worker and establishment characteristics,

and geographic areas

Total Metropolitan areas Nonmetropolitan areas

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Total ............................................................ $16.88 1.5 36.2 $17.06 1.5 36.2 $13.37 2.9 36.1

Private Industry ....................................... 15.89 1.8 36.4 16.09 1.8 36.4 11.37 3.0 36.2

State and local government .................... 20.23 1.7 35.5 20.42 1.9 35.5 17.68 2.1 35.9

Worker characteristics:5

White-collar occupations6 ....................... 20.39 1.6 36.3 20.56 1.6 36.3 16.17 2.2 35.7

Professional specialty and technical ... 25.53 1.4 35.8 25.72 1.4 35.8 21.15 .9 34.5

Executive, administrative, and

managerial ........................................ 29.06 2.1 40.3 29.27 2.2 40.2 21.20 2.6 42.2

Sales ................................................... 14.82 5.1 32.8 14.89 5.3 32.9 12.56 4.1 29.8

Administrative support ........................ 12.48 1.1 36.2 12.52 1.1 36.2 11.65 2.4 36.7

Blue-collar occupations6 ......................... 13.14 2.1 37.9 13.25 2.1 37.9 11.60 5.6 37.4

Precision production, craft, and repair 17.62 2.4 39.6 17.75 2.5 39.6 15.10 1.4 39.8

Machine operators, assemblers, and

inspectors ......................................... 10.44 2.4 39.2 10.39 2.5 39.3 11.01 8.7 37.8

Transportation and material moving ... 13.66 2.7 36.7 13.92 2.7 36.9 10.94 3.5 34.5

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers ........................ 9.52 2.0 35.2 9.51 2.2 35.1 9.60 3.0 36.9

Service occupations6 .............................. 10.47 2.1 33.3 10.53 2.2 33.3 9.17 .9 34.4

Full time .................................................. 17.71 1.5 39.8 17.91 1.5 39.8 13.90 4.3 39.8

Part time ................................................. 10.30 2.1 21.1 10.37 2.3 21.2 8.92 1.7 20.2

Union ...................................................... 18.07 1.3 36.1 18.19 1.4 36.1 15.46 1.2 35.2

Nonunion ................................................ 16.32 2.0 36.2 16.52 2.0 36.2 12.52 .5 36.5

Time ........................................................ 16.81 1.4 36.1 16.99 1.4 36.1 13.34 2.8 36.2

Incentive ................................................. 19.10 10.2 37.3 19.26 10.4 37.6 14.66 32.6 30.4

Establishment characteristics:

Goods producing7 .................................. 17.62 2.8 39.7 17.94 2.6 39.6 – – –

Service producing7 ................................. 15.16 2.1 35.1 15.33 2.2 35.2 10.82 3.0 34.0

50-99 workers8 ....................................... 14.49 4.2 35.7 14.64 4.5 35.8 12.27 2.2 34.8

100-499 workers ..................................... 14.62 2.0 36.2 14.68 2.1 36.2 13.78 3.2 36.5

500-999 workers ..................................... 17.81 3.8 36.6 18.29 3.8 36.7 13.09 7.0 36.0

1000-2499 workers ................................. 19.39 3.3 34.9 19.41 3.3 34.9 – – –

2500 workers or more ............................. 20.98 1.6 36.9 20.98 1.6 36.9 – – –

Geographic areas:9

New England .......................................... 16.96 1.8 35.1 17.42 1.8 35.2 13.75 5.3 34.0

Middle Atlantic ........................................ 17.42 1.5 35.7 17.75 1.3 35.7 12.22 7.4 36.1

East North Central .................................. 15.45 .9 36.2 15.90 1.0 36.2 12.98 1.3 36.4

West North Central ................................. 14.44 1.8 36.3 15.40 2.2 36.3 11.82 3.7 36.2

South Atlantic ......................................... 13.73 1.4 37.0 14.17 1.7 36.9 11.56 4.0 37.4

East South Central ................................. 11.88 2.3 37.8 13.60 1.6 37.0 10.22 3.7 38.7

West South Central ................................ 13.82 1.0 37.2 14.13 1.2 37.2 11.88 4.0 37.3

Mountain ................................................. 14.04 1.9 36.5 14.17 2.4 36.4 13.51 2.4 36.6

Pacific ..................................................... 16.88 1.5 36.2 17.06 1.5 36.2 13.37 2.9 36.1

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

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

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

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

the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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 October 1996 and

April 1998. The average reference period was May 1997. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

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

sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see Technical Note. 5 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule

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

whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers

are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages

are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates,

commissions, and production bonuses. 6 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to

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

industries applies to private industry only. 8 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. 9 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, Pacific: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 1997

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 .......................................................................................... $16.88 1.5 36.2 $17.71 1.5 39.8 $10.30 2.1 21.1

All excluding sales ......................................................... 17.03 1.5 36.4 17.77 1.5 39.8 10.67 2.3 21.3

White collar ...................................................................... 20.39 1.6 36.3 21.19 1.5 39.8 13.04 2.9 20.2

White collar excluding sales ...................................... 21.14 1.5 36.8 21.70 1.4 39.8 14.92 3.0 20.1

Professional specialty and technical ......................... 25.53 1.4 35.8 25.86 1.5 39.3 21.88 2.3 17.8

Professional specialty ................................................ 27.33 1.3 35.5 27.66 1.4 39.3 23.52 2.3 16.8

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..................... 30.06 1.3 40.2 30.09 1.3 40.4 25.03 11.8 22.7

Architects ........................................................... 32.45 16.3 41.7 32.59 16.8 42.8 – – –

Aerospace engineers ......................................... 32.15 5.6 40.0 32.15 5.6 40.0 – – –

Metallurgical and materials engineers ............... 24.08 6.9 40.0 24.08 6.9 40.0 – – –

Nuclear engineers .............................................. 32.45 1.1 40.7 32.45 1.1 40.7 – – –

Civil engineers ................................................... 28.54 4.9 40.0 28.54 4.9 40.0 – – –

Electrical and electronic engineers .................... 31.00 2.7 40.4 31.14 2.7 40.6 – – –

Industrial engineers ........................................... 26.17 3.4 40.4 26.17 3.4 40.4 – – –

Mechanical engineers ........................................ 28.33 3.9 39.2 28.33 3.9 40.5 – – –

Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................ 30.35 2.3 40.1 30.36 2.3 40.3 – – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ................... 28.51 3.6 40.1 28.52 3.6 40.2 – – –

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........ 28.82 3.7 40.1 28.83 3.7 40.2 – – –

Operations and systems researchers and

analysts ............................................................ 25.03 7.3 40.0 25.03 7.3 40.0 – – –

Natural scientists ................................................... 25.32 3.4 40.8 25.27 3.4 41.0 – – –

Chemists, except biochemists ........................... 26.07 5.1 40.5 26.07 5.1 40.5 – – –

Geologists and geodesists ................................. 19.40 22.5 46.6 19.40 22.5 46.6 – – –

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ................................... 28.97 3.0 40.0 28.97 3.0 40.0 – – –

Biological and life scientists ............................... 22.70 3.1 40.0 22.70 3.1 40.0 – – –

Medical scientists ............................................... 22.20 7.7 40.2 21.77 8.1 41.4 – – –

Health related ........................................................ 23.93 1.6 32.9 23.65 1.9 39.2 24.92 2.1 21.0

Physicians .......................................................... 35.85 13.3 38.6 34.78 14.8 44.4 48.32 4.4 15.2

Registered nurses .............................................. 23.28 .9 32.4 22.87 1.0 38.7 24.53 2.1 21.4

Pharmacists ....................................................... 33.57 3.7 31.7 34.20 4.3 39.3 31.28 3.8 18.6

Dietitians ............................................................ 18.45 5.3 35.5 17.56 5.8 40.0 – – –

Respiratory therapists ........................................ 17.99 4.8 31.9 17.95 5.3 39.2 18.21 4.1 15.2

Occupational therapists ..................................... 22.17 10.2 30.5 20.93 11.8 38.7 26.77 13.2 17.0

Physical therapists ............................................. 22.75 3.2 34.2 22.21 2.7 39.9 25.38 7.4 20.0

Speech therapists .............................................. 24.89 6.5 32.1 24.29 7.3 36.0 – – –

Therapists, n.e.c. ............................................... 16.80 10.0 34.6 17.05 11.5 39.3 15.60 10.2 22.2

Physicians’ assistants ........................................ 23.13 21.8 38.6 23.74 22.7 40.0 – – –

Teachers, college and university ........................... 33.51 2.7 27.6 34.25 2.8 41.0 30.10 5.6 11.0

Biological science teachers ............................... 41.63 19.0 27.2 42.24 20.4 40.0 – – –

Chemistry teachers ............................................ 47.52 16.6 40.0 47.52 16.6 40.0 – – –

Psychology teachers .......................................... 32.43 9.4 33.0 35.48 6.7 39.4 – – –

Social science teachers, n.e.c. .......................... 36.09 5.9 33.7 36.53 6.2 39.3 – – –

Engineering teachers ......................................... 36.00 6.2 45.0 36.01 6.6 52.6 – – –

Mathematical science teachers ......................... 36.07 5.3 21.0 37.19 5.8 40.0 31.32 4.6 7.0

Medical science teachers .................................. 33.52 11.7 45.6 33.98 12.3 53.7 – – –

Health specialities teachers ............................... 25.64 12.5 30.8 26.59 10.6 39.8 – – –

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .. 38.21 10.0 25.5 39.16 10.9 38.6 31.30 11.8 7.4

Art, drama, and music teachers ......................... 31.92 3.6 31.6 33.12 3.9 39.6 25.86 23.0 15.7

Physical education teachers .............................. 37.99 7.3 14.8 – – – 31.16 7.9 7.0

Education teachers ............................................ 32.11 21.3 33.3 – – – – – –

English teachers ................................................ 30.04 5.7 20.4 29.81 7.6 39.6 30.58 7.7 9.6

Foreign language teachers ................................ 31.63 11.3 26.6 – – – 34.11 17.0 17.2

Trade and industrial teachers ............................ 28.77 9.3 30.3 28.92 10.0 40.2 – – –

Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified 29.36 6.1 31.1 29.25 6.6 40.0 30.47 7.9 9.8

Teachers, post secondary, n.e.c. ....................... 32.31 4.6 23.0 33.13 4.5 37.5 30.11 8.6 11.3

Teachers, except college and university ................ 27.88 2.1 32.8 28.41 2.2 36.6 20.45 6.6 13.4

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ..................... 15.65 13.1 33.1 14.80 12.9 39.1 24.62 6.7 12.7

Elementary school teachers .............................. 29.38 2.7 35.5 29.42 2.7 36.2 25.64 12.4 12.9

Secondary school teachers ............................... 30.78 2.5 35.8 30.82 2.6 36.4 28.59 13.9 18.8

Teachers, special education .............................. 29.41 3.6 35.9 29.44 3.6 36.6 28.23 5.8 19.9

Teachers, n.e.c. ................................................. 24.34 5.5 25.0 25.43 6.3 36.7 21.38 12.0 13.5

Substitute teachers ............................................ 15.00 5.3 12.9 – – – 15.10 5.3 12.7

Vocational and educational counselors ............. 26.86 10.4 37.0 26.96 10.5 37.8 19.23 16.1 13.8

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 1997–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

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................ $24.14 4.5 37.4 $24.48 4.5 39.2 – – –

Librarians ........................................................... 24.59 4.8 36.4 25.04 4.8 38.4 – – –

Archivists and curators ...................................... 22.06 10.2 42.8 22.06 10.2 42.8 – – –

Social scientists and urban planners ..................... 23.53 6.5 37.1 23.60 6.4 40.3 $22.35 27.2 16.2

Economists ........................................................ 26.38 10.5 42.8 26.38 10.5 42.8 – – –

Psychologists ..................................................... 21.82 9.5 34.1 21.75 9.7 39.0 22.35 27.2 16.2

Urban planners .................................................. 24.14 5.0 40.0 24.14 5.0 40.0 – – –

Social, recreation, and religious workers ............... 17.49 5.5 37.5 17.42 6.2 41.1 18.33 6.3 17.9

Social workers ................................................... 18.73 5.0 37.9 18.67 5.3 40.0 19.47 5.3 21.9

Recreation workers ............................................ 14.00 8.2 29.9 14.64 8.4 40.0 8.76 9.8 9.7

Lawyers and judges ............................................... 35.78 7.7 41.7 35.78 7.7 41.7 – – –

Lawyers ............................................................. 35.47 8.1 41.7 35.48 8.2 41.8 – – –

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. 27.57 10.4 36.0 28.72 10.8 41.6 17.65 14.6 16.7

Technical writers ................................................ 24.39 7.4 38.9 24.38 7.6 40.1 – – –

Designers ........................................................... 24.09 11.3 40.6 24.31 11.4 41.9 – – –

Musicians and composers ................................. 44.38 36.6 15.7 – – – – – –

Actors and directors ........................................... 32.27 24.8 33.3 33.63 28.2 44.5 – – –

Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist

printmakers ...................................................... 29.22 23.6 41.5 29.35 23.7 42.2 – – –

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. 11.98 12.8 24.3 – – – – – –

Editors and reporters ......................................... 27.69 19.2 40.1 27.86 20.1 41.8 – – –

Public relations specialists ................................. 22.93 10.3 39.8 22.93 10.3 39.8 – – –

Professional, n.e.c. ............................................ 25.22 10.2 40.5 25.00 10.9 41.4 – – –

Technical ................................................................... 18.48 2.4 37.0 18.72 2.5 39.4 16.09 3.9 22.8

Clinical laboratory technologists and

technicians ....................................................... 17.87 3.9 37.4 17.63 4.0 39.9 20.10 8.8 23.8

Health record technologists and technicians ..... 13.50 7.4 35.4 13.72 8.7 39.8 12.42 8.3 22.8

Radiological technicians .................................... 19.53 2.2 32.2 18.88 2.8 39.6 20.63 4.3 24.5

Licensed practical nurses .................................. 14.51 1.2 33.9 14.52 1.4 38.9 14.43 2.5 20.5

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ...... 15.31 3.1 36.5 15.49 3.3 39.7 13.87 4.9 22.3

Electrical and electronic technicians .................. 19.98 3.5 39.5 19.97 3.6 40.1 20.32 17.6 28.0

Mechanical engineering technicians .................. 19.83 4.4 39.9 19.83 4.4 39.9 – – –

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .......................... 18.27 4.8 39.2 18.43 4.9 40.0 – – –

Drafters .............................................................. 18.00 6.5 39.7 17.83 6.7 40.0 – – –

Surveying and mapping technicians .................. 23.03 8.2 40.0 23.03 8.2 40.0 – – –

Biological technicians ........................................ 13.13 10.9 32.9 14.03 12.0 40.0 – – –

Chemical technicians ......................................... 19.35 10.7 40.5 19.35 10.7 40.5 – – –

Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................ 19.70 5.2 38.8 19.73 5.2 39.4 – – –

Airplane pilots and navigators ............................ 53.96 19.4 26.3 53.96 19.4 26.3 – – –

Broadcast equipment operators ......................... 13.85 14.8 36.9 14.29 17.0 39.7 – – –

Computer programmers ..................................... 22.23 5.2 39.4 22.67 5.3 40.3 – – –

Legal assistants ................................................. 14.93 12.7 39.3 15.42 11.7 39.2 – – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. .............................. 19.07 8.2 38.0 19.25 8.5 40.1 15.24 9.0 18.1

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... 29.06 2.1 40.3 29.12 2.2 40.7 24.49 12.0 23.1

Executives, administrators, and managers ............ 33.81 2.8 40.7 33.83 2.8 41.0 32.16 14.6 21.0

Legislators ......................................................... 33.55 20.7 11.8 – – – – – –

Administrators and officials, public

administration .................................................. 29.15 5.5 39.7 28.91 5.5 40.1 – – –

Financial managers ........................................... 34.80 4.1 40.1 34.89 4.1 40.6 – – –

Personnel and labor relations managers ........... 32.27 5.1 40.6 32.27 5.1 40.6 – – –

Purchasing managers ........................................ 31.48 5.3 40.3 31.48 5.3 40.3 – – –

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public

relations ........................................................... 38.43 5.9 41.6 38.43 5.9 41.6 – – –

Administrators, education and related fields ...... 32.43 3.5 39.4 32.18 3.6 40.5 – – –

Managers, medicine and health ......................... 30.82 4.3 39.4 30.79 4.4 40.1 – – –

Managers, food servicing and lodging

establishments ................................................. 16.06 7.8 44.6 16.06 7.8 44.6 – – –

Managers, properties and real estate ................ 26.13 19.9 41.2 26.57 20.5 42.2 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Executive, administrative, and managerial

–Continued

Executives, administrators, and managers

–Continued

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............ $22.20 6.8 39.4 $21.49 5.9 41.0 – – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................. 36.58 4.9 41.1 36.60 4.9 41.2 – – –

Management related .............................................. 22.10 2.0 39.7 22.16 2.0 40.1 $18.58 10.1 25.1

Accountants and auditors .................................. 21.07 2.1 39.9 21.02 2.1 40.0 – – –

Underwriters ...................................................... 24.63 10.6 38.7 24.63 10.6 38.7 – – –

Other financial officers ....................................... 25.74 10.0 40.4 26.01 10.1 40.7 – – –

Management analysts ........................................ 24.62 5.0 39.8 24.60 5.1 40.1 – – –

Personnel, training, and labor relations

specialists ........................................................ 20.38 3.8 39.4 20.66 3.7 40.2 – – –

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ........................................................... 21.35 8.1 39.8 21.35 8.1 39.8 – – –

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ............... 20.85 2.9 40.1 20.87 2.9 40.5 – – –

Construction inspectors ..................................... 24.56 2.8 39.9 24.56 2.8 39.9 – – –

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ..................................................... 21.84 6.1 40.0 21.84 6.1 40.0 – – –

Management related, n.e.c. ............................... 21.56 2.7 39.3 21.62 2.8 40.1 19.28 5.8 21.2

Sales ............................................................................. 14.82 5.1 32.8 16.80 5.4 40.0 7.99 2.4 20.2

Supervisors, sales ............................................. 19.35 7.1 41.3 19.39 7.1 41.5 – – –

Insurance sales .................................................. 18.39 10.8 40.2 18.39 10.8 40.2 – – –

Real estate sales ............................................... 50.11 20.4 41.6 50.11 20.4 41.6 – – –

Securities and financial services sales .............. 26.36 37.1 39.7 26.45 37.5 40.0 – – –

Advertising and related sales ............................. 18.15 9.1 39.0 18.50 9.4 40.7 10.58 18.7 20.8

Sales, other business services .......................... 15.93 10.0 37.9 16.19 10.3 40.2 9.20 27.1 15.1

Sales engineers ................................................. 28.06 8.5 40.0 28.06 8.5 40.0 – – –

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale .................................................. 28.03 5.2 41.2 28.03 5.2 41.2 – – –

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .......... 18.17 11.0 41.3 18.20 11.0 41.8 – – –

Sales workers, apparel ...................................... 8.90 6.7 25.4 10.20 9.0 38.5 7.55 5.7 18.8

Sales workers, shoes ......................................... 10.42 5.0 28.6 11.69 3.9 40.3 8.88 8.6 21.2

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .. 9.05 6.6 25.4 10.50 8.4 37.9 7.79 5.0 19.8

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ... 12.89 7.6 39.4 12.99 7.4 39.7 – – –

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies 13.44 10.6 39.6 13.65 10.7 40.2 – – –

Sales workers, parts .......................................... 15.16 10.3 40.0 15.22 10.3 40.2 – – –

Sales workers, other commodities ..................... 11.80 15.0 31.6 13.45 17.2 38.7 7.14 3.2 20.8

Sales counter clerks .......................................... 8.37 11.5 27.2 9.89 6.1 38.9 7.50 16.1 23.2

Cashiers ............................................................. 10.06 2.7 30.7 10.84 3.1 39.2 8.72 3.9 22.3

Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .. – – – 11.89 12.3 40.0 – – –

Sales support, n.e.c. .......................................... 13.26 8.2 32.5 15.00 7.8 39.9 – – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................ 12.48 1.1 36.2 12.87 1.0 39.7 9.61 2.1 21.9

Supervisors, general office ................................ 17.05 2.7 40.0 17.10 2.7 40.3 – – –

Supervisors, financial records processing ......... 18.59 4.6 39.5 18.59 4.6 39.5 – – –

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and

adjusting clerks ................................................ 19.36 5.6 40.6 19.36 5.6 40.6 – – –

Computer operators ........................................... 15.31 7.0 39.4 15.29 7.1 39.7 – – –

Secretaries ......................................................... 14.02 1.6 38.2 14.22 1.6 39.7 11.38 3.7 25.1

Stenographers ................................................... 15.80 7.9 36.8 15.83 9.1 39.8 15.51 7.5 20.6

Typists ............................................................... 12.22 3.3 38.2 12.36 3.5 39.7 10.11 4.6 24.5

Interviewers ....................................................... 10.83 4.7 35.6 10.59 5.3 39.7 – – –

Hotel clerks ........................................................ 8.86 6.7 38.3 8.89 7.0 39.7 – – –

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ..... 12.08 7.8 37.2 11.94 7.8 40.0 13.17 15.3 24.3

Receptionists ..................................................... 9.52 2.5 35.5 9.81 2.7 39.5 7.65 5.0 21.3

Information clerks, n.e.c. .................................... 11.08 2.4 33.6 11.74 3.0 39.8 10.02 3.7 26.9

Order clerks ....................................................... 11.08 3.0 36.1 11.40 3.0 39.8 8.18 5.0 19.6

Personnel clerks, except payroll and

timekeeping ..................................................... 13.41 4.1 39.7 13.38 4.1 40.1 – – –

Library clerks ..................................................... 11.76 4.8 29.7 12.18 6.8 38.1 10.87 3.3 20.3

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 1997–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

File clerks ........................................................... $8.56 4.6 33.5 $8.82 5.3 39.8 $7.44 6.9 19.7

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................ 12.14 3.3 38.3 12.32 3.1 39.6 9.61 9.6 25.8

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ... 12.68 1.6 39.1 12.77 1.6 39.8 9.80 6.1 24.1

Payroll and timekeeping clerks .......................... 12.97 3.4 39.5 13.01 3.4 39.8 – – –

Billing clerks ....................................................... 11.25 3.5 39.1 11.30 3.5 40.0 – – –

Billing, posting, and calculating machine

operators .......................................................... 9.82 6.0 31.7 – – – – – –

Office machine operators, n.e.c. ........................ 9.61 12.1 38.4 9.88 12.0 39.9 – – –

Telephone operators .......................................... 9.81 5.5 38.0 10.16 5.5 39.5 7.37 2.8 29.7

Mail clerks, except postal service ...................... 8.78 5.7 39.1 8.81 6.0 39.9 – – –

Messengers ....................................................... 11.32 8.8 36.2 11.39 9.7 39.1 – – –

Dispatchers ........................................................ 15.52 6.3 38.6 15.63 6.4 39.7 – – –

Production coordinators ..................................... 15.50 4.7 39.5 15.52 4.7 39.7 – – –

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................. 11.08 4.3 38.1 11.28 4.3 39.8 7.59 10.1 22.2

Stock and inventory clerks ................................. 11.52 3.2 35.8 11.98 2.7 39.9 7.93 10.0 19.8

Meter readers .................................................... 15.83 7.3 39.0 16.04 7.4 40.0 – – –

Expeditors .......................................................... 14.54 11.3 39.7 14.68 11.3 40.0 – – –

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution

clerks, n.e.c. ..................................................... 13.59 6.7 36.6 14.50 7.0 39.9 9.12 5.5 26.2

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and

investigators ..................................................... 14.01 5.7 39.2 14.04 5.7 39.3 – – –

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ... 13.64 8.7 39.0 13.77 8.7 40.0 10.40 5.4 24.0

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ........................... 13.52 3.2 39.7 13.53 3.2 39.8 – – –

Bill and account collectors ................................. 11.98 5.0 38.9 12.06 5.0 39.7 – – –

General office clerks .......................................... 11.68 1.9 35.0 12.15 1.7 39.7 8.99 5.0 20.9

Bank tellers ........................................................ 8.97 1.8 21.4 9.71 2.8 39.7 8.79 1.3 19.3

Data entry keyers ............................................... 11.20 4.0 37.0 11.41 4.2 39.6 9.17 5.1 22.7

Statistical clerks ................................................. 12.71 12.6 35.3 12.91 13.1 39.7 10.31 10.4 15.1

Teachers’ aides ................................................. 10.40 3.4 24.3 10.06 4.5 35.9 10.53 4.2 21.8

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................ 13.39 2.3 36.6 13.87 2.3 40.0 8.81 7.1 20.1

Blue collar ........................................................................ 13.14 2.1 37.9 13.47 2.1 39.9 8.51 3.6 22.4

Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... 17.62 2.4 39.6 17.65 2.4 39.9 14.49 22.4 24.2

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .............. 23.92 2.9 40.2 23.92 2.9 40.2 – – –

Automobile mechanics ....................................... 16.80 4.3 39.6 16.82 4.3 39.6 – – –

Automobile mechanic apprentices ..................... 10.16 13.4 39.1 10.24 13.4 39.6 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .... 17.66 2.6 40.0 17.66 2.6 40.0 – – –

Aircraft engine mechanics ................................. 18.86 5.0 40.0 18.86 5.0 40.0 – – –

Automobile body and related repairers .............. 13.34 13.1 40.0 13.34 13.1 40.0 – – –

Aircraft mechanics, except engine ..................... 20.75 1.2 40.0 20.75 1.2 40.0 – – –

Heavy equipment mechanics ............................. 18.41 8.3 40.0 18.41 8.3 40.0 – – –

Industrial machinery repairers ........................... 18.38 2.8 39.3 18.38 2.8 39.3 – – –

Machinery maintenance ..................................... 11.55 11.5 39.8 11.55 11.5 39.8 – – –

Electronic repairers, communications and

industrial equipment ......................................... 17.64 5.6 39.7 17.70 5.6 40.0 – – –

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration

mechanics ........................................................ 20.50 12.5 37.4 17.50 6.0 39.8 – – –

Millwrights .......................................................... 17.53 5.7 40.0 17.53 5.7 40.0 – – –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ......................... 16.03 4.0 39.5 16.11 4.0 39.9 – – –

Supervisors, electricians and power

transmission installers ..................................... 29.22 9.4 39.3 29.22 9.4 39.3 – – –

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and

steamfitters ...................................................... 26.31 6.1 40.0 26.31 6.1 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ............. 23.56 8.2 39.5 23.55 8.4 40.0 – – –

Carpenters ......................................................... 19.23 3.7 38.2 19.36 3.6 38.5 – – –

Carpenter apprentices ....................................... 13.23 7.5 40.0 13.23 7.5 40.0 – – –

Electricians ........................................................ 21.32 6.9 40.0 21.32 6.9 40.0 – – –

Electrician apprentices ....................................... 15.11 4.6 40.0 15.11 4.6 40.0 – – –

Electrical power installers and repairers ............ 24.13 3.7 40.0 24.13 3.7 40.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 1997–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

Painters, construction and maintenance ............ $13.83 17.5 40.0 $13.83 17.5 40.0 – – –

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ............... 17.20 13.0 40.0 17.20 13.0 40.0 – – –

Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices 14.16 7.3 40.0 14.16 7.3 40.0 – – –

Structural metal workers .................................... 22.72 8.7 34.9 – – – – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ................................. 14.99 8.6 39.9 15.00 8.6 40.0 – – –

Drillers, oil well ................................................... 16.22 8.5 41.3 16.22 8.5 41.3 – – –

Supervisors, production ..................................... 21.65 6.6 40.1 21.65 6.6 40.1 – – –

Tool and die makers .......................................... 17.47 7.5 40.5 17.47 7.5 40.5 – – –

Machinists .......................................................... 19.11 4.1 39.9 19.11 4.1 39.9 – – –

Layout workers .................................................. 15.82 5.0 40.0 15.82 5.0 40.0 – – –

Sheet metal workers .......................................... 23.53 7.2 40.0 23.53 7.2 40.0 – – –

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 9.39 5.4 39.3 9.47 5.2 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ............ 14.96 14.2 39.8 14.96 14.2 39.8 – – –

Butchers and meat cutters ................................. 12.53 8.4 39.1 12.49 8.6 39.6 – – –

Bakers ................................................................ 11.58 6.1 37.1 11.77 6.6 39.4 – – –

Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................ 16.38 6.3 40.0 16.40 6.3 40.3 – – –

Water and sewer treatment plant operators ...... 19.20 3.6 40.0 19.20 3.6 40.0 – – –

Stationary engineers .......................................... 20.87 3.6 40.0 20.87 3.6 40.0 – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..... 10.44 2.4 39.2 10.51 2.4 39.8 $7.36 5.8 22.3

Punching and stamping press operators ........... 11.05 14.4 40.0 11.05 14.4 40.0 – – –

Drilling and boring machine operators ............... 14.62 15.3 39.9 14.62 15.3 39.9 – – –

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing

machine operators ........................................... 9.51 9.0 40.2 9.51 9.0 40.2 – – –

Numerical control machine operators ................ 15.44 7.9 40.0 15.44 7.9 40.0 – – –

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ............... 11.48 10.1 39.6 11.48 10.1 39.6 – – –

Molding and casting machine operators ............ 8.35 10.8 39.6 8.67 11.7 39.8 – – –

Metal plating machine operators ........................ 9.89 9.1 39.8 9.89 9.1 39.8 – – –

Printing press operators ..................................... 15.57 9.4 38.2 15.56 9.6 38.9 – – –

Photoengravers and lithographers ..................... 13.90 11.9 39.0 13.90 11.9 39.0 – – –

Typesetters and compositors ............................. 13.52 10.3 39.1 13.52 10.3 39.1 – – –

Textile cutting machine operators ...................... 9.25 7.8 40.0 9.25 7.8 40.0 – – –

Textile sewing machine operators ..................... 7.01 5.6 38.5 7.03 5.7 39.1 – – –

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators 7.50 3.4 36.9 7.55 3.2 39.2 – – –

Cementing and gluing machine operators ......... 8.69 13.3 40.0 8.69 13.3 40.0 – – –

Packaging and filling machine operators ........... 9.72 7.6 35.0 9.78 9.0 39.9 – – –

Extruding and forming machine operators ......... 10.87 3.1 40.0 10.87 3.1 40.0 – – –

Mixing and blending machine operators ............ 10.39 9.8 40.1 10.39 9.8 40.1 – – –

Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine

operators .......................................................... 15.20 2.9 40.0 15.20 2.9 40.0 – – –

Painting and paint spraying machine operators 11.11 13.3 39.9 11.11 13.3 39.9 – – –

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food 12.12 7.2 39.6 12.13 7.3 40.0 – – –

Crushing and grinding machine operators ......... 12.68 7.9 40.0 12.68 7.9 40.0 – – –

Slicing and cutting machine operators ............... 9.83 10.5 38.2 10.45 10.2 39.9 – – –

Photographic process machine operators ......... 11.55 13.4 37.7 11.52 14.1 39.4 – – –

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .......... 10.60 3.9 39.3 10.66 3.9 40.0 – – –

Welders and cutters ........................................... 14.77 6.8 40.0 14.77 6.8 40.0 – – –

Solders and braziers .......................................... 8.71 9.3 40.0 8.71 9.3 40.0 – – –

Assemblers ........................................................ 9.65 4.4 39.0 9.71 4.5 39.9 6.59 6.3 18.5

Hand cutting and trimming ................................. 6.02 13.9 40.0 6.02 13.9 40.0 – – –

Hand molding, casting, and forming .................. 8.40 15.8 38.6 – – – – – –

Hand painting, coating, and decorating ............. 10.15 22.0 40.0 10.15 22.0 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ................... 8.52 6.7 39.5 8.59 6.7 40.1 – – –

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners 11.22 6.9 39.6 11.24 7.0 40.0 – – –

Production testers .............................................. 11.45 7.9 40.0 11.45 7.9 40.0 – – –

Graders and sorters, except agricultural ............ 11.41 8.2 38.9 11.41 8.2 38.9 – – –

Transportation and material moving ......................... 13.66 2.7 36.7 14.15 3.0 40.1 9.76 3.7 21.8

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................ 19.49 6.5 40.4 19.49 6.5 40.4 – – –

Truck drivers ...................................................... 14.07 3.6 39.1 14.15 3.7 40.3 12.20 9.4 21.5

Driver-sales workers .......................................... 11.59 8.6 35.7 12.55 8.0 40.0 6.92 15.0 23.6

See footnotes at end of table.

9
Table 3. Selected occupations, Pacific: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Transportation and material moving –Continued

Bus drivers ......................................................... $12.31 5.0 30.5 $13.62 5.2 38.8 $10.56 4.5 23.7

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs .......................... 8.56 8.7 26.4 8.87 10.0 39.3 – – –

Parking lot attendants ........................................ 7.40 10.6 31.8 8.32 13.7 40.0 6.13 4.8 24.7

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................ 7.19 14.3 28.9 7.42 18.6 39.8 – – –

Railroad conductors and yardmasters ............... 25.21 15.8 41.6 25.21 15.8 41.6 – – –

Locomotive operating ........................................ 22.97 13.3 42.0 22.97 13.3 42.0 – – –

Sailors and deckhands ...................................... 18.69 9.0 38.0 19.32 9.5 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, material moving equipment ........... 14.89 6.7 42.3 14.89 6.7 42.3 – – –

Operating engineers .......................................... 20.05 2.8 40.0 20.05 2.8 40.0 – – –

Crane and tower operators ................................ 18.35 15.0 40.0 18.35 15.0 40.0 – – –

Excavating and loading machine operators ....... 14.24 12.5 40.0 14.24 12.5 40.0 – – –

Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ............. 16.07 11.8 40.0 16.07 11.8 40.0 – – –

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators 11.76 4.2 38.6 11.91 4.5 40.1 – – –

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ............................................... 14.74 9.7 37.1 15.09 10.2 39.8 – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers ....................................................................... 9.52 2.0 35.2 9.88 2.3 39.8 7.71 3.0 22.5

Nursery workers ................................................. 6.82 4.2 40.6 6.94 4.3 40.3 – – –

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ........... 17.86 5.0 40.2 17.57 5.9 40.2 – – –

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ... 11.79 6.2 38.2 12.02 6.4 39.9 6.87 14.4 20.4

Animal caretakers, except farm ......................... 11.74 7.1 36.2 11.94 7.3 40.0 – – –

Inspectors, agricultural products ........................ 7.43 1.6 33.0 – – – – – –

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ................................................. 14.91 5.6 40.0 14.91 5.6 40.0 – – –

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ..................... 11.54 9.9 39.1 11.55 9.9 39.9 – – –

Helpers, construction trades .............................. 10.55 8.1 37.9 10.90 9.5 40.0 – – –

Construction laborers ......................................... 12.16 8.8 38.8 12.43 9.3 40.0 – – –

Production helpers ............................................. 8.00 4.1 37.8 7.97 4.2 39.5 8.56 7.8 19.6

Stock handlers and baggers .............................. 9.08 6.2 29.2 10.22 7.3 38.8 7.66 5.5 22.3

Machine feeders and offbearers ........................ 9.95 8.9 38.0 9.82 8.9 38.9 – – –

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ...... 10.05 4.7 33.2 10.30 5.8 39.9 9.13 5.6 20.5

Garage and service station related .................... 9.28 10.9 32.9 9.33 14.0 40.0 – – –

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ......... 6.92 7.2 38.3 7.03 8.3 40.4 5.93 6.8 26.2

Hand packers and packagers ............................ 7.70 3.9 36.8 7.79 4.2 39.7 6.95 6.2 22.9

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................. 9.47 4.1 35.8 9.96 5.0 39.9 6.76 3.9 22.9

Service .............................................................................. 10.47 2.1 33.3 11.52 2.3 39.5 7.06 2.0 22.1

Protective service .................................................. 15.59 5.6 37.6 17.00 4.9 40.9 7.32 6.7 25.5

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ...... 22.75 4.3 50.1 22.75 4.3 50.1 – – –

Supervisors, police and detectives .................... 29.26 4.1 40.4 29.26 4.1 40.4 – – –

Supervisors, guards ........................................... 18.72 15.4 38.7 19.24 15.1 40.1 – – –

Fire inspection and fire prevention ..................... 15.85 14.3 43.9 15.85 14.3 43.9 – – –

Firefighting ......................................................... 15.82 9.9 33.5 17.52 5.0 50.6 – – –

Police and detectives, public service ................. 23.13 2.8 39.2 23.19 2.8 39.9 – – –

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement

officers ............................................................. 19.70 4.5 40.0 20.02 3.9 40.0 – – –

Correctional institution officers ........................... 17.53 2.8 40.0 17.53 2.8 40.0 – – –

Crossing guards ................................................. 10.10 14.5 19.6 – – – 10.10 14.5 19.6

Guards and police, except public service .......... 7.89 4.7 36.4 8.35 5.8 39.6 6.85 3.9 30.8

Protective service, n.e.c. .................................... 13.45 10.8 28.8 14.44 11.4 40.0 8.80 10.3 12.3

Food service .......................................................... 7.30 2.0 30.0 8.06 2.3 39.0 6.15 1.7 22.3

Supervisors, food preparation and service ........ 12.03 4.0 38.8 12.26 3.8 40.3 – – –

Bartenders ......................................................... 6.83 4.1 31.1 7.95 3.4 36.1 5.93 2.9 28.0

Waiters and waitresses ...................................... 5.40 2.1 26.6 5.69 3.7 37.1 5.17 1.7 21.8

Cooks ................................................................. 9.02 3.2 36.8 9.23 3.5 40.0 7.82 4.1 25.4

Food counter, fountain, and related ................... 6.53 5.9 27.0 6.85 9.4 39.2 6.17 5.4 20.0

Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................... 7.79 2.9 32.0 7.78 3.4 39.0 7.81 5.6 23.1

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ......................... 5.89 4.6 27.5 6.34 7.9 37.2 5.60 5.1 23.6

Food preparation, n.e.c. ..................................... 6.77 3.1 28.2 7.12 3.6 39.2 6.37 3.5 21.5

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 1997–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

Health service ........................................................ $9.28 2.3 34.4 $9.22 2.6 39.1 $9.63 3.5 20.9

Health aides, except nursing ............................. 11.10 2.3 33.3 11.22 2.5 39.6 10.51 4.9 18.5

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............ 8.65 2.5 34.8 8.54 2.8 38.9 9.30 3.4 22.0

Cleaning and building service ................................ 8.95 3.1 36.3 9.24 3.2 39.7 6.82 4.7 22.3

Supervisors, cleaning and building service

workers ............................................................ 12.55 8.7 40.4 12.56 8.7 40.7 – – –

Maids and housemen ........................................ 7.55 3.5 34.9 7.65 3.7 38.6 6.68 7.6 19.4

Janitors and cleaners ......................................... 8.94 4.1 36.2 9.26 4.1 39.8 6.81 5.4 22.8

Personal service .................................................... 9.67 3.1 27.2 10.87 4.2 36.4 7.94 5.7 19.9

Supervisors, personal service ............................ 13.25 7.9 38.6 13.94 6.7 41.0 – – –

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ....................... 8.44 3.4 35.2 – – – – – –

Attendants, amusement, and recreation

facilities ............................................................ 6.53 3.6 27.2 6.48 3.5 35.8 6.60 6.7 20.7

Ushers ............................................................... 5.59 3.3 10.8 – – – 5.59 3.3 10.8

Public transportation attendants ........................ 24.60 12.0 25.4 24.66 12.1 25.5 – – –

Baggage porters and bellhops ........................... 8.08 9.5 35.5 7.16 9.3 39.6 11.02 17.4 26.7

Welfare service aides ........................................ 7.71 8.1 26.4 8.97 6.2 41.1 6.28 7.4 18.8

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................. 8.46 3.2 27.9 8.51 4.2 38.1 8.41 3.7 21.8

Child care workers, n.e.c. .................................. 9.99 7.9 23.7 11.82 12.3 37.4 8.83 7.4 19.2

Service, n.e.c. .................................................... 8.87 9.2 28.3 9.26 5.6 39.3 8.34 20.7 20.5

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 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 October 1996 and April

1998. The average reference period was May 1997. 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, Pacific, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 1997

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All .......................................................................................... $15.89 1.8 36.4 $16.76 1.9 39.9 $9.26 2.4 21.8

All excluding sales ......................................................... 15.99 1.8 36.8 16.75 1.9 39.9 9.52 2.8 22.2

White collar ...................................................................... 19.94 1.9 36.7 20.84 1.9 40.1 11.71 3.4 20.9

White collar excluding sales ...................................... 20.93 1.8 37.6 21.50 1.8 40.1 13.92 3.9 21.3

Professional specialty and technical ......................... 25.06 1.8 36.9 25.40 1.9 39.9 21.08 2.6 19.6

Professional specialty ................................................ 27.17 2.0 36.9 27.54 2.1 40.2 22.75 3.0 18.6

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..................... 30.43 1.4 40.1 30.47 1.4 40.3 25.03 11.8 22.7

Architects ........................................................... 33.34 16.8 41.9 33.53 17.3 43.1 – – –

Aerospace engineers ......................................... 32.15 5.6 40.0 32.15 5.6 40.0 – – –

Metallurgical and materials engineers ............... 24.08 6.9 40.0 24.08 6.9 40.0 – – –

Nuclear engineers .............................................. 32.45 1.1 40.7 32.45 1.1 40.7 – – –

Civil engineers ................................................... 31.63 7.4 40.2 31.63 7.4 40.2 – – –

Electrical and electronic engineers .................... 31.01 2.7 40.4 31.15 2.8 40.6 – – –

Industrial engineers ........................................... 26.18 3.4 40.4 26.18 3.4 40.4 – – –

Mechanical engineers ........................................ 28.18 4.0 39.2 28.17 4.1 40.5 – – –

Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................ 30.74 2.3 39.8 30.75 2.3 40.0 – – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ................... 29.34 3.7 40.2 29.34 3.7 40.2 – – –

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........ 29.79 3.9 40.2 29.80 3.9 40.2 – – –

Operations and systems researchers and

analysts ............................................................ 25.03 7.3 40.0 25.03 7.3 40.0 – – –

Natural scientists ................................................... 27.78 3.2 40.6 27.71 3.3 40.8 – – –

Chemists, except biochemists ........................... 26.93 8.7 41.0 26.93 8.7 41.0 – – –

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ................................... 30.95 3.3 40.0 30.95 3.3 40.0 – – –

Biological and life scientists ............................... 23.10 5.1 40.0 23.10 5.1 40.0 – – –

Medical scientists ............................................... 21.43 9.7 40.3 20.42 8.9 41.4 – – –

Health related ........................................................ 23.64 2.1 32.3 23.41 2.5 38.7 24.41 2.6 20.5

Physicians .......................................................... 45.32 14.9 34.4 45.04 16.3 40.5 48.58 7.2 12.5

Registered nurses .............................................. 22.80 1.2 32.1 22.39 1.2 38.4 24.12 2.8 21.0

Pharmacists ....................................................... 33.14 4.9 29.6 34.00 6.1 39.0 30.93 3.9 18.2

Dietitians ............................................................ 17.93 6.4 35.2 16.47 6.0 40.0 – – –

Respiratory therapists ........................................ 17.92 5.2 32.1 17.88 5.8 39.2 18.17 4.5 15.7

Occupational therapists ..................................... 22.85 13.3 29.8 21.69 14.0 38.8 – – –

Physical therapists ............................................. 23.16 4.0 33.4 22.47 3.5 39.9 26.23 7.4 19.5

Therapists, n.e.c. ............................................... 14.57 7.2 33.5 14.26 8.5 39.5 15.60 10.2 22.2

Physicians’ assistants ........................................ 21.38 30.6 38.0 – – – – – –

Teachers, college and university ........................... 35.55 7.8 33.8 37.19 8.2 38.9 24.28 9.6 17.8

Psychology teachers .......................................... 32.07 13.9 30.4 37.08 8.3 39.0 – – –

Engineering teachers ......................................... 27.38 8.1 28.0 – – – – – –

Health specialities teachers ............................... 20.96 30.3 26.3 – – – – – –

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .. 39.57 13.8 33.3 40.73 14.1 38.1 – – –

English teachers ................................................ 25.68 16.9 25.1 – – – – – –

Foreign language teachers ................................ 26.86 15.4 32.7 – – – – – –

Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified 25.24 8.1 39.1 25.13 8.3 40.0 – – –

Teachers, post secondary, n.e.c. ....................... 29.48 6.6 33.5 29.69 7.4 38.6 28.38 14.4 20.0

Teachers, except college and university ................ 15.14 5.5 31.6 15.04 5.8 39.7 16.02 9.8 11.3

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ..................... 10.73 6.7 39.2 10.73 6.8 39.9 11.20 18.0 18.8

Elementary school teachers .............................. 14.94 8.1 38.1 14.97 8.4 39.3 14.18 14.6 21.9

Secondary school teachers ............................... 20.62 10.7 36.7 20.66 11.2 39.5 19.89 7.6 15.3

Teachers, n.e.c. ................................................. 17.23 9.7 21.0 17.65 11.7 40.0 16.31 12.4 10.2

Substitute teachers ............................................ 9.71 8.9 12.8 – – – 9.71 8.9 12.8

Vocational and educational counselors ............. 13.01 5.0 38.1 12.91 5.1 39.9 14.96 9.2 20.2

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................ 22.14 7.2 37.9 23.27 6.3 41.4 – – –

Librarians ........................................................... 20.65 7.9 35.0 22.26 4.4 39.5 – – –

Social scientists and urban planners ..................... 22.38 9.0 36.1 22.32 8.9 41.1 22.98 30.6 15.6

Economists ........................................................ 26.35 10.7 42.8 26.35 10.7 42.8 – – –

Psychologists ..................................................... 17.65 11.8 30.3 16.42 11.2 38.8 22.98 30.6 15.6

Social, recreation, and religious workers ............... 12.89 9.0 39.9 12.52 11.2 44.5 18.65 15.8 15.3

Social workers ................................................... 15.40 7.7 36.0 15.50 7.9 39.8 14.05 17.5 15.0

Recreation workers ............................................ 10.81 5.0 40.0 10.81 5.0 40.0 – – –

Lawyers and judges ............................................... 39.58 7.7 41.8 39.60 7.7 41.9 – – –

Lawyers ............................................................. 39.58 7.7 41.8 39.60 7.7 41.9 – – –

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. 28.56 10.9 36.1 29.78 11.2 41.5 16.86 17.6 16.1

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 1997–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

Technical writers ................................................ $24.39 7.4 38.9 $24.38 7.6 40.1 – – –

Designers ........................................................... 24.13 11.3 40.6 24.35 11.5 41.9 – – –

Actors and directors ........................................... 32.27 24.8 33.3 33.63 28.2 44.5 – – –

Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist

printmakers ...................................................... 31.04 23.2 41.8 31.23 23.2 42.7 – – –

Editors and reporters ......................................... 28.16 19.5 40.1 28.37 20.5 41.9 – – –

Public relations specialists ................................. 22.02 13.7 39.8 22.02 13.7 39.8 – – –

Professional, n.e.c. ............................................ 27.47 10.5 39.9 27.52 10.7 40.3 – – –

Technical ................................................................... 19.02 2.1 37.1 19.24 2.3 39.3 $16.60 4.2 22.8

Clinical laboratory technologists and

technicians ....................................................... 17.97 4.5 37.2 17.70 4.6 39.8 20.12 9.2 24.2

Health record technologists and technicians ..... 13.34 8.2 36.6 13.56 9.2 39.8 11.83 7.2 23.4

Radiological technicians .................................... 19.13 2.3 32.8 18.70 2.7 39.6 19.90 3.3 25.1

Licensed practical nurses .................................. 14.26 1.8 33.2 14.27 2.1 38.6 14.20 2.5 19.6

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ...... 15.04 4.8 35.3 15.39 5.3 39.5 13.06 5.4 21.9

Electrical and electronic technicians .................. 19.75 3.7 39.4 19.73 3.8 40.1 20.32 17.6 28.0

Mechanical engineering technicians .................. 19.80 4.6 39.9 19.80 4.6 39.9 – – –

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .......................... 19.13 6.3 39.7 19.18 6.3 40.0 – – –

Drafters .............................................................. 16.40 8.9 39.5 16.09 9.1 40.0 – – –

Biological technicians ........................................ 15.81 15.0 40.0 15.81 15.0 40.0 – – –

Chemical technicians ......................................... 19.40 10.8 40.5 19.40 10.8 40.5 – – –

Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................ 20.56 3.2 40.0 20.56 3.2 40.0 – – –

Airplane pilots and navigators ............................ 58.07 21.7 25.3 58.07 21.7 25.3 – – –

Broadcast equipment operators ......................... 12.36 8.6 36.8 – – – – – –

Computer programmers ..................................... 22.16 5.8 39.4 22.66 5.9 40.4 – – –

Legal assistants ................................................. 17.94 5.6 38.7 17.94 5.6 38.7 – – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. .............................. 20.47 10.2 39.2 20.66 10.3 40.1 12.74 5.2 20.1

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... 30.08 2.5 40.6 30.17 2.5 40.8 22.28 15.8 25.6

Executives, administrators, and managers ............ 34.64 3.2 41.0 34.70 3.2 41.3 27.56 20.6 24.4

Financial managers ........................................... 34.89 4.3 40.0 34.99 4.3 40.6 – – –

Personnel and labor relations managers ........... 32.00 5.6 40.5 32.00 5.6 40.5 – – –

Purchasing managers ........................................ 31.86 6.4 40.4 31.86 6.4 40.4 – – –

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public

relations ........................................................... 38.67 5.9 41.6 38.67 5.9 41.6 – – –

Administrators, education and related fields ...... 23.48 9.4 40.0 23.50 9.5 40.1 – – –

Managers, medicine and health ......................... 30.12 4.9 39.0 30.07 5.0 39.8 – – –

Managers, food servicing and lodging

establishments ................................................. 16.52 8.6 45.7 16.52 8.6 45.7 – – –

Managers, properties and real estate ................ 26.08 20.6 41.3 26.54 21.3 42.3 – – –

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............ 22.35 7.7 39.3 21.54 6.7 41.2 – – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................. 37.41 5.1 41.3 37.41 5.1 41.3 – – –

Management related .............................................. 22.51 2.5 39.8 22.58 2.6 40.2 18.20 13.7 26.7

Accountants and auditors .................................. 21.05 2.3 40.0 20.99 2.3 40.0 – – –

Underwriters ...................................................... 24.63 10.6 38.7 24.63 10.6 38.7 – – –

Other financial officers ....................................... 25.81 10.6 40.3 26.10 10.8 40.6 – – –

Management analysts ........................................ 24.62 6.3 40.2 24.62 6.3 40.2 – – –

Personnel, training, and labor relations

specialists ........................................................ 20.22 5.4 39.7 20.58 5.2 40.3 – – –

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ........................................................... 20.77 10.0 39.9 20.77 10.0 39.9 – – –

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ............... 21.11 2.9 40.1 21.13 3.0 40.5 – – –

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ..................................................... 27.90 10.6 39.8 27.90 10.6 39.8 – – –

Management related, n.e.c. ............................... 22.49 3.0 39.4 22.55 3.0 40.2 19.97 7.6 21.8

Sales ............................................................................. 14.85 5.2 32.8 16.84 5.4 40.0 7.97 2.4 20.2

Supervisors, sales ............................................. 19.38 7.1 41.3 19.42 7.1 41.5 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 1997–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

Insurance sales .................................................. $18.39 10.8 40.2 $18.39 10.8 40.2 – – –

Real estate sales ............................................... 50.11 20.4 41.6 50.11 20.4 41.6 – – –

Securities and financial services sales .............. 26.36 37.1 39.7 26.45 37.5 40.0 – – –

Advertising and related sales ............................. 18.15 9.1 39.0 18.50 9.4 40.7 $10.58 18.7 20.8

Sales, other business services .......................... 16.10 10.0 37.9 16.37 10.3 40.2 9.20 27.1 15.1

Sales engineers ................................................. 28.06 8.5 40.0 28.06 8.5 40.0 – – –

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale .................................................. 28.03 5.2 41.2 28.03 5.2 41.2 – – –

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .......... 18.17 11.0 41.3 18.20 11.0 41.8 – – –

Sales workers, apparel ...................................... 8.90 6.7 25.4 10.20 9.0 38.5 7.55 5.7 18.8

Sales workers, shoes ......................................... 10.42 5.0 28.6 11.69 3.9 40.3 8.88 8.6 21.2

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .. 9.05 6.6 25.4 10.50 8.4 37.9 7.79 5.0 19.8

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ... 12.89 7.6 39.4 12.99 7.4 39.7 – – –

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies 13.44 10.6 39.6 13.65 10.7 40.2 – – –

Sales workers, parts .......................................... 15.16 10.3 40.0 15.22 10.3 40.2 – – –

Sales workers, other commodities ..................... 11.79 15.1 31.6 13.43 17.3 38.7 7.13 3.2 20.8

Sales counter clerks .......................................... 8.37 11.5 27.2 9.89 6.1 38.9 7.50 16.1 23.2

Cashiers ............................................................. 10.04 2.7 30.8 10.82 3.1 39.2 8.68 4.0 22.4

Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .. – – – 11.89 12.3 40.0 – – –

Sales support, n.e.c. .......................................... 13.26 8.2 32.5 15.00 7.8 39.9 – – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................ 12.21 1.3 36.7 12.60 1.2 39.8 8.94 2.3 22.2

Supervisors, general office ................................ 16.87 3.6 40.2 16.95 3.6 40.5 – – –

Supervisors, financial records processing ......... 18.56 4.7 39.5 18.56 4.7 39.5 – – –

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and

adjusting clerks ................................................ 19.15 7.1 40.7 19.15 7.1 40.7 – – –

Computer operators ........................................... 15.07 7.7 39.7 15.07 7.7 39.7 – – –

Secretaries ......................................................... 14.08 2.1 38.1 14.26 2.3 39.8 11.61 4.7 24.4

Stenographers ................................................... 14.20 5.4 39.2 14.28 5.6 40.0 – – –

Typists ............................................................... 12.72 7.0 35.4 13.39 8.3 39.7 10.05 4.6 24.7

Interviewers ....................................................... 10.50 5.1 36.0 10.22 5.3 39.6 – – –

Hotel clerks ........................................................ 8.86 6.7 38.3 8.89 7.0 39.7 – – –

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ..... 12.05 7.9 37.1 11.90 7.8 40.0 13.17 15.3 24.3

Receptionists ..................................................... 9.44 2.6 35.4 9.76 2.7 39.5 7.36 3.7 21.2

Information clerks, n.e.c. .................................... 10.83 2.5 33.5 11.39 3.1 39.8 10.01 3.8 27.1

Order clerks ....................................................... 10.82 3.0 36.0 11.12 3.0 39.8 8.20 5.1 19.5

Personnel clerks, except payroll and

timekeeping ..................................................... 13.26 4.9 39.6 13.22 5.0 40.1 – – –

Library clerks ..................................................... 15.90 8.7 36.8 16.26 8.4 39.8 9.87 4.7 16.4

File clerks ........................................................... 8.02 4.2 33.6 8.22 4.9 39.8 7.09 7.2 19.5

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................ 12.29 4.7 37.9 12.65 4.4 39.6 9.07 10.8 27.5

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ... 12.39 1.9 39.1 12.48 1.9 39.7 9.63 6.4 25.9

Payroll and timekeeping clerks .......................... 13.05 4.1 39.5 13.11 4.1 39.8 – – –

Billing clerks ....................................................... 11.05 4.0 38.9 11.10 4.0 40.0 – – –

Billing, posting, and calculating machine

operators .......................................................... 9.82 6.0 31.7 – – – – – –

Office machine operators, n.e.c. ........................ 9.61 12.1 38.4 9.88 12.0 39.9 – – –

Telephone operators .......................................... 9.20 4.2 37.7 9.50 4.3 39.5 7.37 2.8 29.7

Mail clerks, except postal service ...................... 9.43 4.3 38.6 9.51 4.5 39.8 – – –

Messengers ....................................................... 11.32 8.9 36.7 11.39 9.7 39.1 – – –

Dispatchers ........................................................ 12.19 8.0 37.8 12.31 8.8 40.1 – – –

Production coordinators ..................................... 15.52 4.7 39.5 15.54 4.7 39.8 – – –

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................. 10.99 4.5 38.1 11.20 4.5 39.8 7.59 10.1 22.2

Stock and inventory clerks ................................. 11.37 3.2 35.7 11.81 3.0 39.8 7.89 9.7 19.5

Meter readers .................................................... 15.23 9.8 40.0 15.23 9.8 40.0 – – –

Expeditors .......................................................... 14.54 11.3 39.7 14.68 11.3 40.0 – – –

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution

clerks, n.e.c. ..................................................... 13.43 7.2 36.5 14.36 7.5 39.8 9.12 5.5 26.2

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and

investigators ..................................................... 14.01 5.7 39.2 14.04 5.7 39.3 – – –

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ... 13.44 9.2 39.0 13.57 9.4 40.0 10.40 5.4 24.0

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 1997–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

Bill and account collectors ................................. $11.70 5.3 38.8 $11.78 5.3 39.6 – – –

General office clerks .......................................... 11.10 2.6 34.1 11.77 2.5 39.6 $8.15 5.6 21.0

Bank tellers ........................................................ 8.97 1.8 21.4 9.71 2.8 39.7 8.79 1.3 19.3

Data entry keyers ............................................... 10.73 5.3 36.3 10.94 5.8 39.5 9.20 5.2 22.7

Statistical clerks ................................................. 12.76 12.9 35.8 12.89 13.5 39.7 10.92 10.6 15.0

Teachers’ aides ................................................. 9.83 22.8 30.9 10.78 27.9 39.5 7.93 6.1 21.6

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................ 12.74 2.8 36.5 13.34 2.7 40.0 7.42 7.8 20.9

Blue collar ........................................................................ 12.74 2.2 37.8 13.07 2.3 39.9 8.31 3.9 22.4

Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... 17.26 2.7 39.6 17.29 2.7 39.9 14.81 22.7 24.5

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .............. 23.71 3.3 40.2 23.71 3.3 40.2 – – –

Automobile mechanics ....................................... 16.61 4.6 39.5 16.63 4.6 39.6 – – –

Automobile mechanic apprentices ..................... 10.16 13.4 39.1 10.24 13.4 39.6 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .... 17.47 3.4 40.0 17.47 3.4 40.0 – – –

Aircraft engine mechanics ................................. 18.86 5.0 40.0 18.86 5.0 40.0 – – –

Automobile body and related repairers .............. 13.20 13.3 40.0 13.20 13.3 40.0 – – –

Aircraft mechanics, except engine ..................... 20.75 1.2 40.0 20.75 1.2 40.0 – – –

Heavy equipment mechanics ............................. 18.03 11.4 40.0 18.03 11.4 40.0 – – –

Industrial machinery repairers ........................... 18.11 2.8 39.2 18.11 2.8 39.2 – – –

Machinery maintenance ..................................... 11.55 11.5 39.8 11.55 11.5 39.8 – – –

Electronic repairers, communications and

industrial equipment ......................................... 17.01 7.2 39.7 17.07 7.2 40.0 – – –

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration

mechanics ........................................................ 21.92 17.7 35.8 16.60 6.8 39.7 – – –

Millwrights .......................................................... 17.53 5.7 40.0 17.53 5.7 40.0 – – –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ......................... 15.55 4.4 39.8 15.55 4.5 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, electricians and power

transmission installers ..................................... 29.22 9.4 39.3 29.22 9.4 39.3 – – –

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ............. 21.16 8.2 38.6 20.98 8.6 40.0 – – –

Carpenters ......................................................... 19.12 4.3 37.9 19.27 4.2 38.2 – – –

Carpenter apprentices ....................................... 13.23 7.5 40.0 13.23 7.5 40.0 – – –

Electricians ........................................................ 21.59 7.4 40.0 21.59 7.4 40.0 – – –

Electrician apprentices ....................................... 14.88 4.7 40.0 14.88 4.7 40.0 – – –

Electrical power installers and repairers ............ 22.74 8.5 40.0 22.74 8.5 40.0 – – –

Painters, construction and maintenance ............ 11.49 20.6 40.0 11.49 20.6 40.0 – – –

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ............... 16.41 14.7 40.0 16.41 14.7 40.0 – – –

Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices 13.81 9.5 40.0 13.81 9.5 40.0 – – –

Structural metal workers .................................... 22.72 8.7 34.9 – – – – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ................................. 14.29 16.1 39.9 14.30 16.1 40.0 – – –

Drillers, oil well ................................................... 16.22 8.5 41.3 16.22 8.5 41.3 – – –

Supervisors, production ..................................... 21.40 6.8 40.1 21.40 6.8 40.1 – – –

Tool and die makers .......................................... 17.47 7.5 40.5 17.47 7.5 40.5 – – –

Machinists .......................................................... 19.11 4.1 39.9 19.11 4.1 39.9 – – –

Layout workers .................................................. 15.82 5.0 40.0 15.82 5.0 40.0 – – –

Sheet metal workers .......................................... 23.53 7.2 40.0 23.53 7.2 40.0 – – –

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 9.39 5.4 39.3 9.47 5.2 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ............ 14.96 14.2 39.8 14.96 14.2 39.8 – – –

Butchers and meat cutters ................................. 12.53 8.4 39.1 12.49 8.6 39.6 – – –

Bakers ................................................................ 11.58 6.1 37.1 11.77 6.6 39.4 – – –

Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................ 16.30 6.4 40.0 16.32 6.5 40.3 – – –

Water and sewer treatment plant operators ...... 14.51 4.9 40.0 14.51 4.9 40.0 – – –

Stationary engineers .......................................... 20.51 4.5 40.0 20.51 4.5 40.0 – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..... 10.41 2.4 39.2 10.48 2.5 39.8 7.33 5.8 22.4

Punching and stamping press operators ........... 11.05 14.4 40.0 11.05 14.4 40.0 – – –

Drilling and boring machine operators ............... 14.62 15.3 39.9 14.62 15.3 39.9 – – –

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing

machine operators ........................................... 9.51 9.0 40.2 9.51 9.0 40.2 – – –

Numerical control machine operators ................ 15.44 7.9 40.0 15.44 7.9 40.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors

–Continued

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ............... $11.48 10.1 39.6 $11.48 10.1 39.6 – – –

Molding and casting machine operators ............ 8.35 10.8 39.6 8.67 11.7 39.8 – – –

Metal plating machine operators ........................ 9.89 9.1 39.8 9.89 9.1 39.8 – – –

Printing press operators ..................................... 15.91 9.6 38.1 15.90 9.8 38.8 – – –

Photoengravers and lithographers ..................... 13.90 11.9 39.0 13.90 11.9 39.0 – – –

Typesetters and compositors ............................. 13.52 10.3 39.1 13.52 10.3 39.1 – – –

Textile cutting machine operators ...................... 9.25 7.8 40.0 9.25 7.8 40.0 – – –

Textile sewing machine operators ..................... 7.01 5.6 38.5 7.03 5.7 39.1 – – –

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators 7.09 3.3 37.0 7.17 3.3 39.0 – – –

Cementing and gluing machine operators ......... 8.69 13.3 40.0 8.69 13.3 40.0 – – –

Packaging and filling machine operators ........... 9.72 7.6 35.0 9.78 9.0 39.9 – – –

Extruding and forming machine operators ......... 10.87 3.1 40.0 10.87 3.1 40.0 – – –

Mixing and blending machine operators ............ 10.39 9.8 40.1 10.39 9.8 40.1 – – –

Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine

operators .......................................................... 15.20 2.9 40.0 15.20 2.9 40.0 – – –

Painting and paint spraying machine operators 11.11 13.3 39.9 11.11 13.3 39.9 – – –

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food 12.12 7.2 39.6 12.13 7.3 40.0 – – –

Crushing and grinding machine operators ......... 12.68 7.9 40.0 12.68 7.9 40.0 – – –

Slicing and cutting machine operators ............... 9.83 10.5 38.2 10.45 10.2 39.9 – – –

Photographic process machine operators ......... 11.55 13.4 37.7 11.52 14.1 39.4 – – –

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .......... 10.51 3.8 39.3 10.57 3.8 40.0 – – –

Welders and cutters ........................................... 14.48 6.9 40.0 14.48 6.9 40.0 – – –

Solders and braziers .......................................... 8.71 9.3 40.0 8.71 9.3 40.0 – – –

Assemblers ........................................................ 9.65 4.4 39.0 9.71 4.5 39.9 $6.59 6.3 18.5

Hand cutting and trimming ................................. 6.02 13.9 40.0 6.02 13.9 40.0 – – –

Hand molding, casting, and forming .................. 8.40 15.8 38.6 – – – – – –

Hand painting, coating, and decorating ............. 10.15 22.0 40.0 10.15 22.0 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ................... 8.52 6.7 39.5 8.59 6.7 40.1 – – –

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners 11.22 6.9 39.6 11.24 7.0 40.0 – – –

Production testers .............................................. 11.45 7.9 40.0 11.45 7.9 40.0 – – –

Graders and sorters, except agricultural ............ 11.41 8.2 38.9 11.41 8.2 38.9 – – –

Transportation and material moving ......................... 13.30 3.2 36.9 13.81 3.4 40.3 9.07 4.3 21.8

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................ 18.82 9.4 40.6 18.82 9.4 40.6 – – –

Truck drivers ...................................................... 13.93 3.8 39.0 14.01 4.0 40.4 12.15 9.6 21.6

Driver-sales workers .......................................... 11.47 8.7 35.6 12.44 8.2 40.0 6.92 15.0 23.6

Bus drivers ......................................................... 9.34 3.0 27.1 8.73 4.8 39.6 – – –

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs .......................... 8.56 8.7 26.4 8.87 10.0 39.3 – – –

Parking lot attendants ........................................ 7.38 10.7 31.8 8.28 13.8 40.0 6.13 4.8 24.7

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................ 6.75 13.4 28.4 6.86 17.5 39.8 – – –

Supervisors, material moving equipment ........... 14.89 6.7 42.3 14.89 6.7 42.3 – – –

Operating engineers .......................................... 20.04 3.6 40.0 20.04 3.6 40.0 – – –

Crane and tower operators ................................ 18.35 15.0 40.0 18.35 15.0 40.0 – – –

Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ............. 18.18 10.9 40.0 18.18 10.9 40.0 – – –

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators 11.76 4.2 38.6 11.91 4.5 40.1 – – –

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ............................................... 13.75 10.8 36.7 14.07 11.6 39.8 – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers ....................................................................... 9.11 2.2 35.0 9.42 2.5 39.7 7.68 3.1 22.5

Nursery workers ................................................. 6.82 4.2 40.6 6.94 4.3 40.3 – – –

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ... 9.16 6.3 37.4 9.39 6.4 39.8 5.62 3.1 19.4

Animal caretakers, except farm ......................... 11.71 9.6 35.0 11.99 10.3 40.0 – – –

Inspectors, agricultural products ........................ 7.43 1.6 33.0 – – – – – –

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ................................................. 15.03 7.3 40.0 15.03 7.3 40.0 – – –

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ..................... 9.89 10.2 39.9 9.89 10.2 39.9 – – –

Helpers, construction trades .............................. 9.59 5.1 37.5 9.92 6.1 40.0 – – –

Construction laborers ......................................... 11.76 10.6 39.5 11.78 10.7 40.0 – – –

Production helpers ............................................. 7.98 4.3 38.8 7.99 4.4 39.5 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers –Continued

Stock handlers and baggers .............................. $9.08 6.2 29.2 $10.22 7.3 38.8 $7.66 5.5 22.3

Machine feeders and offbearers ........................ 9.95 8.9 38.0 9.82 8.9 38.9 – – –

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ...... 9.98 4.8 33.1 10.22 5.9 39.9 9.13 5.6 20.5

Garage and service station related .................... 9.23 11.1 32.8 9.26 14.4 40.0 – – –

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ......... 6.89 7.2 38.2 7.00 8.3 40.4 5.93 6.8 26.2

Hand packers and packagers ............................ 7.70 3.9 36.8 7.79 4.2 39.7 6.95 6.2 22.9

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................. 8.96 3.9 35.4 9.42 4.7 39.9 6.75 3.9 23.0

Service .............................................................................. 7.99 1.4 32.6 8.50 1.6 39.0 6.62 1.9 22.8

Protective service .................................................. 8.08 5.1 36.2 8.57 6.2 39.8 6.95 4.5 29.9

Supervisors, guards ........................................... 13.08 12.8 37.9 13.32 13.6 40.2 – – –

Guards and police, except public service .......... 7.71 4.6 36.4 8.11 5.7 39.7 6.82 3.7 30.7

Protective service, n.e.c. .................................... 9.69 15.2 25.6 10.96 18.5 40.1 6.89 5.5 14.2

Food service .......................................................... 7.02 1.7 30.2 7.79 2.1 38.9 5.83 1.5 22.4

Supervisors, food preparation and service ........ 11.81 5.6 38.6 12.08 5.6 40.4 – – –

Bartenders ......................................................... 6.83 4.1 31.1 7.95 3.4 36.1 5.93 2.9 28.0

Waiters and waitresses ...................................... 5.40 2.1 26.6 5.69 3.7 37.1 5.17 1.7 21.8

Cooks ................................................................. 8.75 3.2 37.2 8.94 3.5 40.0 7.61 4.7 26.1

Food counter, fountain, and related ................... 6.11 3.7 26.0 6.21 5.6 39.0 6.03 5.5 20.0

Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................... 7.58 3.0 33.2 7.74 3.4 39.0 7.12 6.0 23.1

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ......................... 5.87 4.6 27.8 6.34 7.9 37.2 5.56 5.1 23.9

Food preparation, n.e.c. ..................................... 6.31 2.7 28.7 6.75 3.4 39.2 5.74 2.3 21.4

Health service ........................................................ 8.84 2.6 34.3 8.76 2.9 38.9 9.30 4.4 20.8

Health aides, except nursing ............................. 10.69 2.5 32.5 10.73 2.8 39.4 10.51 6.1 18.2

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............ 8.33 2.8 34.9 8.23 3.1 38.8 8.88 4.1 21.8

Cleaning and building service ................................ 7.93 2.8 35.9 8.15 2.9 39.6 6.50 4.6 22.3

Supervisors, cleaning and building service

workers ............................................................ 11.24 6.3 40.6 11.25 6.4 40.9 – – –

Maids and housemen ........................................ 7.34 3.6 35.0 7.46 3.9 38.5 6.33 5.4 19.7

Janitors and cleaners ......................................... 7.80 3.9 35.8 8.03 4.1 39.8 6.50 5.3 22.8

Personal service .................................................... 9.56 4.4 28.3 10.80 4.6 36.4 7.36 8.1 20.2

Supervisors, personal service ............................ 13.25 7.9 38.6 13.94 6.7 41.0 – – –

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ....................... 8.44 3.4 35.2 – – – – – –

Attendants, amusement, and recreation

facilities ............................................................ 6.44 3.5 28.9 6.47 3.5 35.8 6.38 7.5 22.2

Ushers ............................................................... 5.59 3.3 10.8 – – – 5.59 3.3 10.8

Public transportation attendants ........................ 24.66 12.1 25.5 24.66 12.1 25.5 – – –

Baggage porters and bellhops ........................... 8.08 9.5 35.5 7.16 9.3 39.6 11.02 17.4 26.7

Welfare service aides ........................................ 7.42 9.1 26.2 8.76 8.1 41.5 6.22 7.4 19.7

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................. 8.10 2.3 32.7 – – – 7.65 5.1 23.5

Child care workers, n.e.c. .................................. 8.15 9.8 25.9 9.86 8.1 40.0 6.77 8.9 20.2

Service, n.e.c. .................................................... 8.52 10.6 28.8 8.63 5.4 39.8 8.36 24.2 20.9

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 October 1996 and April

1998. The average reference period was May 1997. 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, Pacific, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and

part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1997

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 .......................................................................................... $20.23 1.7 35.5 $20.89 1.8 39.4 $14.37 3.3 18.8

All excluding sales ......................................................... 20.26 1.7 35.5 20.91 1.7 39.4 14.41 3.3 18.8

White collar ...................................................................... 21.55 1.6 35.2 22.10 1.7 39.0 16.48 3.6 18.6

White collar excluding sales ...................................... 21.59 1.6 35.2 22.13 1.6 39.0 16.57 3.6 18.5

Professional specialty and technical ......................... 26.24 1.9 34.2 26.54 2.0 38.3 22.99 3.8 15.8

Professional specialty ................................................ 27.53 1.5 33.9 27.80 1.6 38.1 24.45 3.3 15.0

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..................... 26.84 3.5 41.0 26.84 3.5 41.0 – – –

Civil engineers ................................................... 26.94 4.6 40.0 26.94 4.6 40.0 – – –

Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................ 26.09 10.2 43.9 26.09 10.2 43.9 – – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ................... 24.09 5.9 39.9 24.07 5.9 40.3 – – –

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........ 24.09 5.9 39.9 24.07 5.9 40.3 – – –

Natural scientists ................................................... 21.38 6.1 41.2 21.40 6.1 41.4 – – –

Chemists, except biochemists ........................... 25.14 2.6 40.0 25.14 2.6 40.0 – – –

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ................................... 21.00 2.8 40.2 21.00 2.8 40.2 – – –

Health related ........................................................ 24.71 2.2 34.6 24.28 2.6 40.5 26.38 2.8 22.3

Physicians .......................................................... 25.96 15.9 44.1 24.05 16.5 49.5 – – –

Registered nurses .............................................. 24.60 1.1 33.2 24.26 1.8 39.6 25.57 1.8 22.5

Dietitians ............................................................ 20.03 6.4 36.6 – – – – – –

Respiratory therapists ........................................ 18.70 7.0 29.5 – – – – – –

Occupational therapists ..................................... 20.84 15.8 31.9 – – – – – –

Speech therapists .............................................. 24.19 7.8 35.1 24.08 8.3 36.1 – – –

Teachers, college and university ........................... 32.93 2.5 26.3 33.35 2.5 41.8 31.19 6.1 10.3

Biological science teachers ............................... 33.22 3.7 22.1 – – – – – –

Chemistry teachers ............................................ 37.73 4.9 40.0 37.73 4.9 40.0 – – –

Engineering teachers ......................................... 36.42 6.5 46.4 36.42 6.9 53.3 – – –

Mathematical science teachers ......................... 36.50 5.2 21.4 37.19 5.8 40.0 33.09 2.5 6.5

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .. 35.23 2.6 16.9 – – – 35.97 10.7 5.8

Art, drama, and music teachers ......................... 34.06 2.2 28.3 – – – – – –

Physical education teachers .............................. 38.59 6.4 14.7 – – – – – –

English teachers ................................................ 31.84 4.6 19.0 – – – – – –

Foreign language teachers ................................ 40.50 6.7 19.7 – – – – – –

Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified 31.46 8.0 28.1 31.60 8.8 40.0 30.53 8.6 9.4

Teachers, post secondary, n.e.c. ....................... 32.88 5.1 21.7 33.94 4.9 37.2 30.31 9.3 10.8

Teachers, except college and university ................ 29.46 1.9 32.9 30.00 2.0 36.2 21.36 7.2 13.9

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ..................... 24.17 4.6 26.1 23.57 6.2 37.5 – – –

Elementary school teachers .............................. 29.92 2.7 35.4 29.94 2.7 36.1 27.30 12.5 12.1

Secondary school teachers ............................... 31.54 2.3 35.8 31.55 2.4 36.1 31.09 13.4 20.1

Teachers, special education .............................. 29.93 3.5 35.7 29.97 3.6 36.4 – – –

Teachers, n.e.c. ................................................. 26.71 5.6 26.8 27.84 6.7 35.8 23.42 13.2 15.5

Substitute teachers ............................................ 15.05 5.3 12.9 – – – 15.14 5.3 12.7

Vocational and educational counselors ............. 29.38 10.2 36.8 29.40 10.2 37.4 – – –

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................ 25.00 5.5 37.2 24.98 7.6 38.3 – – –

Librarians ........................................................... 25.80 5.6 36.9 25.81 7.6 38.1 – – –

Social scientists and urban planners ..................... 25.27 7.8 38.7 25.41 7.8 39.3 18.37 12.8 22.1

Psychologists ..................................................... 25.56 9.9 38.3 25.75 10.1 39.1 18.37 12.8 22.1

Urban planners .................................................. 24.14 5.0 40.0 24.14 5.0 40.0 – – –

Social, recreation, and religious workers ............... 19.10 5.2 36.8 19.17 5.6 40.0 18.25 6.7 18.8

Social workers ................................................... 19.31 5.6 38.2 19.23 6.0 40.0 20.36 5.7 23.7

Recreation workers ............................................ 16.44 5.8 25.0 18.27 3.7 40.0 8.76 9.8 9.7

Lawyers and judges ............................................... 31.85 10.8 41.5 31.85 10.8 41.5 – – –

Lawyers ............................................................. 30.79 12.0 41.7 30.79 12.0 41.7 – – –

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. 18.59 9.7 35.0 17.97 11.0 42.7 21.14 16.5 20.0

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. 14.79 6.0 21.5 – – – – – –

Professional, n.e.c. ............................................ 18.53 17.1 42.1 16.45 17.1 45.6 – – –

Technical ................................................................... 16.72 4.8 36.9 16.95 4.9 39.8 14.80 7.4 22.9

Clinical laboratory technologists and

technicians ....................................................... 17.37 7.0 38.7 17.30 7.2 40.0 – – –

Health record technologists and technicians ..... 14.85 10.7 27.9 – – – – – –

Radiological technicians .................................... 21.81 10.2 29.5 – – – 23.91 8.4 22.4

Licensed practical nurses .................................. 15.36 1.3 36.5 15.38 1.3 39.9 15.29 6.3 25.1

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ...... 15.73 2.6 38.6 15.64 2.7 40.0 – – –

Electrical and electronic technicians .................. 24.57 6.1 40.0 24.57 6.1 40.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1997–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

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .......................... $16.95 5.5 38.4 $17.25 5.6 40.0 – – –

Biological technicians ........................................ 10.42 6.6 27.9 – – – – – –

Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................ 16.68 3.9 35.0 16.69 4.1 37.5 – – –

Computer programmers ..................................... 22.77 8.7 39.7 22.77 8.7 39.7 – – –

Legal assistants ................................................. 11.59 9.7 40.0 – – – – – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. .............................. 16.44 7.5 36.0 16.43 8.1 39.9 $16.53 9.7 17.2

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... 25.57 2.6 39.3 25.50 2.6 40.0 30.19 12.1 18.4

Executives, administrators, and managers ............ 30.23 3.9 39.2 30.03 4.0 40.1 44.03 14.2 15.3

Legislators ......................................................... 33.55 20.7 11.8 – – – – – –

Administrators and officials, public

administration .................................................. 29.15 5.5 39.7 28.91 5.5 40.1 – – –

Financial managers ........................................... 33.27 7.8 40.5 33.27 7.8 40.5 – – –

Personnel and labor relations managers ........... 34.22 8.0 41.4 34.22 8.0 41.4 – – –

Administrators, education and related fields ...... 35.80 3.1 39.1 35.54 3.1 40.6 – – –

Managers, medicine and health ......................... 34.13 7.1 41.6 34.13 7.1 41.6 – – –

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............ 21.21 8.7 40.0 21.21 8.7 40.0 – – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................. 27.29 11.8 39.6 27.39 12.0 40.1 – – –

Management related .............................................. 21.06 2.3 39.4 21.08 2.4 40.0 19.55 10.0 21.8

Accountants and auditors .................................. 21.13 4.8 39.8 21.11 4.8 40.0 – – –

Management analysts ........................................ 24.60 3.7 38.6 24.51 4.1 40.0 – – –

Personnel, training, and labor relations

specialists ........................................................ 20.62 5.2 39.0 20.78 5.3 40.0 – – –

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ............... 18.19 1.9 40.1 18.19 1.9 40.1 – – –

Construction inspectors ..................................... 24.58 2.9 39.8 24.58 2.9 39.8 – – –

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ..................................................... 20.14 6.1 40.0 20.14 6.1 40.0 – – –

Management related, n.e.c. ............................... 19.53 4.8 38.9 19.57 4.9 39.9 – – –

Sales ............................................................................. 11.57 7.3 29.9 12.42 10.4 40.0 9.76 4.9 19.5

Cashiers ............................................................. 10.72 5.1 26.9 – – – 9.81 5.0 19.8

Administrative support, including clerical ................ 13.16 1.7 35.1 13.58 1.7 39.6 10.83 2.9 21.5

Supervisors, general office ................................ 17.29 4.7 39.7 17.30 4.7 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and

adjusting clerks ................................................ 20.10 7.8 40.0 20.10 7.8 40.0 – – –

Computer operators ........................................... 17.81 6.0 36.3 – – – – – –

Secretaries ......................................................... 13.85 3.1 38.3 14.10 2.9 39.7 10.82 3.1 26.9

Stenographers ................................................... 17.21 12.8 35.0 17.36 14.6 39.7 – – –

Typists ............................................................... 12.00 3.8 39.5 12.01 3.8 39.7 – – –

Receptionists ..................................................... 11.57 5.2 36.7 11.02 3.2 40.0 – – –

Information clerks, n.e.c. .................................... 13.58 4.7 35.4 14.18 4.2 40.0 – – –

Order clerks ....................................................... 16.27 8.7 37.3 16.96 8.8 40.0 – – –

Personnel clerks, except payroll and

timekeeping ..................................................... 13.85 7.6 40.0 13.85 7.6 40.0 – – –

Library clerks ..................................................... 11.03 3.4 28.7 11.11 5.2 37.6 10.90 3.4 20.4

File clerks ........................................................... 11.76 7.2 32.5 12.68 3.6 40.0 – – –

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................ 11.96 2.9 38.7 11.95 2.9 39.7 – – –

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ... 13.79 3.0 39.1 13.80 3.0 39.9 – – –

Payroll and timekeeping clerks .......................... 12.72 4.9 39.4 12.70 4.9 40.0 – – –

Billing clerks ....................................................... 12.06 7.1 40.0 12.06 7.1 40.0 – – –

Dispatchers ........................................................ 17.09 6.6 38.9 17.07 6.7 39.5 – – –

Stock and inventory clerks ................................. 13.04 6.9 36.3 13.78 5.9 40.0 – – –

Meter readers .................................................... 16.88 9.6 37.3 17.67 9.4 40.0 – – –

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ... 21.03 6.0 40.0 21.03 6.0 40.0 – – –

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ........................... 13.78 3.9 39.7 13.79 3.9 39.9 – – –

General office clerks .......................................... 12.45 2.1 36.3 12.63 2.0 39.8 10.95 6.5 20.8

Data entry keyers ............................................... 12.55 1.9 39.3 12.59 1.9 39.7 – – –

Teachers’ aides ................................................. 10.42 3.4 24.2 10.00 4.3 35.7 10.56 4.2 21.8

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................ 14.60 3.0 36.6 14.82 3.2 39.9 12.10 8.1 18.6

See footnotes at end of table.

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

part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1997–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 ........................................................................ $17.35 2.7 38.2 $17.67 2.8 39.8 $11.37 5.1 21.6

Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... 20.40 2.6 39.8 20.45 2.6 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .............. 25.34 5.7 40.0 25.34 5.7 40.0 – – –

Automobile mechanics ....................................... 19.57 4.1 40.0 19.57 4.1 40.0 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .... 18.30 3.6 40.0 18.30 3.6 40.0 – – –

Industrial machinery repairers ........................... 22.66 4.9 40.0 22.66 4.9 40.0 – – –

Electronic repairers, communications and

industrial equipment ......................................... 20.86 2.2 39.9 20.86 2.2 39.9 – – –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ......................... 17.60 8.6 38.5 17.95 8.6 39.8 – – –

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ............. 25.03 10.6 40.0 25.03 10.6 40.0 – – –

Electricians ........................................................ 20.31 7.2 40.0 20.31 7.2 40.0 – – –

Electrical power installers and repairers ............ 25.07 3.3 40.0 25.07 3.3 40.0 – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ................................. 15.80 3.6 39.9 15.81 3.6 40.0 – – –

Water and sewer treatment plant operators ...... 20.07 3.5 40.0 20.07 3.5 40.0 – – –

Stationary engineers .......................................... 22.55 6.4 39.9 22.55 6.4 39.9 – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..... 13.88 17.3 38.6 13.92 17.6 40.0 – – –

Transportation and material moving ......................... 15.50 3.1 35.8 15.88 3.5 39.3 12.80 2.3 21.8

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................ 21.30 2.0 40.0 21.30 2.0 40.0 – – –

Truck drivers ...................................................... 15.93 2.9 39.5 15.95 2.9 40.0 – – –

Bus drivers ......................................................... 14.10 4.7 33.0 14.47 5.8 38.7 12.77 2.5 21.7

Operating engineers .......................................... 20.09 3.7 40.0 20.09 3.7 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ............................................... 19.88 8.6 39.0 20.14 8.5 40.0 – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers ....................................................................... 14.02 3.9 38.1 14.37 4.3 40.0 8.61 7.0 21.8

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ... 15.02 5.1 39.2 15.16 5.1 40.0 – – –

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ..................... 16.24 4.4 36.9 16.39 4.1 40.0 – – –

Construction laborers ......................................... 13.76 11.3 36.5 15.67 1.9 40.0 – – –

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................. 13.05 9.0 39.4 13.08 9.1 40.0 – – –

Service .............................................................................. 16.97 3.3 35.4 18.15 3.3 40.8 9.38 4.2 19.1

Protective service .................................................. 20.66 2.9 38.6 21.16 2.6 41.5 9.13 21.8 14.9

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ...... 22.80 4.3 50.2 22.80 4.3 50.2 – – –

Supervisors, police and detectives .................... 29.29 4.1 40.4 29.29 4.1 40.4 – – –

Firefighting ......................................................... 15.82 9.9 33.5 17.52 5.0 50.6 – – –

Police and detectives, public service ................. 23.14 2.8 39.3 23.19 2.8 39.9 – – –

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement

officers ............................................................. 19.70 4.5 40.0 20.02 3.9 40.0 – – –

Correctional institution officers ........................... 17.53 2.8 40.0 17.53 2.8 40.0 – – –

Crossing guards ................................................. 10.10 14.5 19.6 – – – 10.10 14.5 19.6

Guards and police, except public service .......... 11.93 6.6 37.4 12.67 3.3 37.7 – – –

Protective service, n.e.c. .................................... 14.56 11.8 29.8 15.25 12.5 40.0 – – –

Food service .......................................................... 10.27 4.3 28.7 11.30 7.0 39.8 9.04 2.7 21.6

Supervisors, food preparation and service ........ 13.07 8.4 40.0 13.07 8.4 40.0 – – –

Cooks ................................................................. 12.13 8.1 32.7 13.18 6.0 39.8 9.22 4.9 21.9

Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................... 9.90 4.0 23.8 – – – 9.80 4.1 22.8

Food preparation, n.e.c. ..................................... 9.18 3.1 25.8 10.19 1.9 39.4 8.62 3.6 21.6

Health service ........................................................ 11.50 4.7 34.7 11.59 5.4 39.9 11.05 2.7 21.6

Health aides, except nursing ............................. 12.09 5.6 35.5 12.31 5.3 40.0 10.51 5.3 19.8

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............ 11.01 5.5 34.1 10.93 6.9 39.8 11.30 2.9 22.5

Cleaning and building service ................................ 12.90 3.7 37.9 13.16 3.7 39.9 9.26 6.3 22.0

Supervisors, cleaning and building service

workers ............................................................ 16.89 17.7 40.0 16.89 17.7 40.0 – – –

Maids and housemen ........................................ 11.04 6.9 33.1 – – – – – –

Janitors and cleaners ......................................... 12.66 3.6 37.9 12.93 3.6 40.0 9.05 6.1 22.8

Personal service .................................................... 10.12 5.8 23.4 11.29 12.1 35.9 9.34 3.7 19.0

Attendants, amusement, and recreation

facilities ............................................................ 7.81 6.6 15.5 – – – 7.78 6.8 15.3

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................. 8.68 5.1 25.6 8.72 8.4 36.4 8.65 4.6 21.3

See footnotes at end of table.

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

part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Child care workers, n.e.c. .................................. $12.83 9.5 20.9 $16.29 12.5 32.7 $11.35 4.4 18.2

Service, n.e.c. .................................................... 11.07 10.0 25.4 13.49 11.2 36.1 8.24 8.0 18.8

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

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

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

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

weighted by hours. 2 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 October 1996 and April

1998. The average reference period was May 1997. 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. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 1997

Occupational group and level

Total Private industry State and local government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All .......................................................................................... $16.88 1.5 36.2 $15.89 1.8 36.4 $20.23 1.7 35.5

All excluding sales ......................................................... 17.03 1.5 36.4 15.99 1.8 36.8 20.26 1.7 35.5

White collar ...................................................................... 20.39 1.6 36.3 19.94 1.9 36.7 21.55 1.6 35.2

1 ..................................................................... 6.61 2.1 27.1 6.55 2.3 26.9 7.37 4.2 31.4

2 ..................................................................... 8.64 2.1 29.6 8.54 2.5 30.8 9.27 2.5 23.9

3 ..................................................................... 9.83 1.2 31.6 9.60 1.3 31.6 10.83 2.1 31.6

4 ..................................................................... 11.74 1.0 36.6 11.63 1.1 36.9 12.13 1.7 35.6

5 ..................................................................... 13.97 1.7 37.7 14.01 1.8 38.4 13.86 2.8 35.9

6 ..................................................................... 16.67 2.5 37.5 15.83 1.9 38.7 18.61 6.2 35.2

7 ..................................................................... 18.32 1.2 37.7 18.08 1.5 38.3 18.84 2.3 36.4

8 ..................................................................... 21.33 1.5 37.6 20.14 1.3 38.4 24.03 3.6 35.9

9 ..................................................................... 25.66 1.4 36.5 24.26 2.1 37.9 27.23 1.7 35.1

10 ................................................................... 26.54 1.9 38.1 26.34 2.8 40.0 26.83 2.3 35.7

11 ................................................................... 30.63 1.5 40.0 31.01 1.5 40.1 29.47 3.8 39.9

12 ................................................................... 37.06 3.1 39.6 37.42 3.6 40.5 34.98 3.0 34.9

13 ................................................................... 45.78 2.3 38.6 46.09 2.6 39.4 43.96 3.1 34.6

14 ................................................................... 53.46 3.4 42.3 55.68 3.4 41.8 43.18 7.1 44.6

15 ................................................................... 89.00 11.0 41.9 89.00 11.0 41.9 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 30.23 14.6 34.9 33.12 17.4 34.5 21.86 8.6 36.1

White collar excluding sales ...................................... 21.14 1.5 36.8 20.93 1.8 37.6 21.59 1.6 35.2

1 ..................................................................... 6.84 3.2 27.1 6.78 3.6 26.7 7.27 4.2 31.4

2 ..................................................................... 8.82 1.9 31.4 8.73 2.4 33.7 9.27 2.5 23.9

3 ..................................................................... 10.04 1.1 33.7 9.77 1.1 34.4 10.82 2.2 31.8

4 ..................................................................... 11.90 .9 37.0 11.82 1.0 37.6 12.12 1.7 35.6

5 ..................................................................... 13.95 1.8 37.5 13.98 2.1 38.3 13.88 2.6 35.9

6 ..................................................................... 16.53 2.6 37.3 15.48 1.2 38.4 18.61 6.2 35.2

7 ..................................................................... 18.42 1.3 37.5 18.19 1.6 38.0 18.84 2.3 36.4

8 ..................................................................... 21.32 1.6 37.3 19.94 1.3 38.0 24.03 3.6 35.9

9 ..................................................................... 25.39 1.0 36.4 23.65 1.1 37.8 27.23 1.7 35.1

10 ................................................................... 26.33 1.9 38.0 25.93 2.8 40.0 26.83 2.3 35.7

11 ................................................................... 30.38 1.5 39.9 30.71 1.5 39.9 29.47 3.8 39.9

12 ................................................................... 36.29 1.7 39.6 36.53 1.9 40.5 34.98 3.0 34.9

13 ................................................................... 45.24 2.1 38.6 45.46 2.4 39.4 43.96 3.1 34.6

14 ................................................................... 53.19 3.4 42.3 55.37 3.4 41.8 43.18 7.1 44.6

15 ................................................................... 89.00 11.0 41.9 89.00 11.0 41.9 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 30.88 14.6 35.2 34.14 17.3 34.8 21.86 8.6 36.1

Professional specialty and technical ......................... 25.53 1.4 35.8 25.06 1.8 36.9 26.24 1.9 34.2

Professional specialty ................................................ 27.33 1.3 35.5 27.17 2.0 36.9 27.53 1.5 33.9

4 ..................................................................... 12.09 9.8 31.0 12.12 10.3 32.3 – – –

5 ..................................................................... 13.89 4.0 29.0 14.59 5.0 33.4 12.47 3.8 22.9

6 ..................................................................... 21.76 8.2 32.1 15.22 4.6 35.3 27.59 7.6 29.7

7 ..................................................................... 20.82 3.1 33.8 19.89 4.1 35.5 22.46 4.3 31.1

8 ..................................................................... 23.38 2.3 35.2 20.97 1.8 35.7 26.30 3.7 34.7

9 ..................................................................... 26.52 1.3 34.9 23.93 1.2 36.0 28.21 1.9 34.2

10 ................................................................... 26.19 2.9 36.2 25.27 4.5 39.4 27.19 3.5 33.4

11 ................................................................... 30.03 2.2 39.5 30.83 1.9 39.5 28.37 5.3 39.6

12 ................................................................... 35.95 1.9 38.4 36.26 1.9 40.3 34.33 5.3 30.9

13 ................................................................... 44.00 4.3 37.3 44.00 4.9 38.9 44.00 6.5 30.4

14 ................................................................... 45.98 4.6 42.2 49.75 4.5 39.5 39.00 7.5 48.3

Not able to be leveled .................................... 31.17 13.7 32.7 34.82 18.0 30.0 24.80 7.5 38.6

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..................... 30.06 1.3 40.2 30.43 1.4 40.1 26.84 3.5 41.0

5 ..................................................................... 18.29 3.3 39.6 18.32 3.6 39.6 – – –

6 ..................................................................... 18.95 5.2 40.0 18.76 6.7 40.0 – – –

7 ..................................................................... 23.41 3.2 40.0 23.35 3.3 40.0 – – –

8 ..................................................................... 21.41 3.7 39.8 21.41 3.7 39.8 – – –

9 ..................................................................... 25.60 1.8 40.1 25.68 2.1 40.1 25.12 3.4 39.9

10 ................................................................... 27.07 4.0 40.7 28.02 2.4 39.0 24.00 12.1 47.3

11 ................................................................... 30.84 1.6 40.2 30.96 1.7 40.3 29.89 4.5 39.9

12 ................................................................... 35.86 1.7 40.3 35.90 1.8 40.3 – – –

13 ................................................................... 41.64 3.1 40.9 41.68 3.2 40.9 – – –

14 ................................................................... 46.70 3.8 40.0 46.70 3.8 40.0 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 30.85 6.8 39.2 33.36 4.8 38.7 – – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ................... 28.51 3.6 40.1 29.34 3.7 40.2 24.09 5.9 39.9

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 1997–Continued

Occupational group and level

Total Private industry State and local government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Mathematical and computer scientists –Continued

6 ..................................................................... $17.15 5.8 39.9 $17.15 5.8 39.9 – – –

7 ..................................................................... 19.95 3.9 40.0 20.98 4.1 39.9 $18.35 2.1 40.0

8 ..................................................................... 23.90 3.4 39.8 23.92 3.5 39.8 – – –

9 ..................................................................... 25.41 3.0 40.1 25.83 3.2 40.2 22.49 1.0 39.9

10 ................................................................... 27.19 2.9 39.3 27.14 3.0 39.8 27.28 6.1 38.6

11 ................................................................... 30.62 3.6 40.6 32.00 3.3 40.4 24.86 4.7 41.5

12 ................................................................... 36.56 4.4 40.2 36.79 4.4 40.2 – – –

13 ................................................................... 42.24 3.7 41.1 42.24 3.7 41.1 – – –

Natural scientists ................................................... 25.32 3.4 40.8 27.78 3.2 40.6 21.38 6.1 41.2

7 ..................................................................... 18.14 6.8 40.8 18.43 7.9 41.0 – – –

8 ..................................................................... 20.97 4.6 39.5 21.31 5.9 40.7 – – –

9 ..................................................................... 22.60 2.3 40.4 21.96 2.1 41.3 22.85 3.0 40.0

10 ................................................................... 20.70 10.0 41.9 – – – – – –

11 ................................................................... 26.51 8.0 41.7 30.61 2.7 40.6 – – –

12 ................................................................... 35.37 5.0 40.0 35.92 5.0 40.1 – – –

13 ................................................................... 38.68 6.3 40.0 38.68 6.3 40.0 – – –

Health related ........................................................ 23.93 1.6 32.9 23.64 2.1 32.3 24.71 2.2 34.6

5 ..................................................................... 14.05 5.4 30.3 13.48 3.9 29.3 – – –

6 ..................................................................... 17.39 8.9 26.6 18.17 9.7 24.7 – – –

7 ..................................................................... 20.12 3.0 31.1 20.03 3.5 30.0 20.45 5.5 36.0

8 ..................................................................... 21.39 2.3 32.4 21.09 2.7 32.3 22.79 5.5 32.6

9 ..................................................................... 23.23 1.1 32.6 22.97 1.5 32.5 23.79 1.7 32.9

10 ................................................................... 25.77 4.2 36.5 24.51 4.2 36.2 28.08 7.3 37.2

11 ................................................................... 27.20 3.4 34.0 27.60 4.8 32.0 26.30 3.2 39.8

12 ................................................................... 32.81 8.6 40.1 34.49 8.0 37.5 31.09 15.6 43.0

13 ................................................................... 52.57 5.0 25.2 53.73 6.2 21.7 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 32.16 24.8 36.6 – – – – – –

Teachers, college and university ........................... 33.51 2.7 27.6 35.55 7.8 33.8 32.93 2.5 26.3

6 ..................................................................... 14.84 3.3 22.5 – – – 15.20 2.9 19.6

7 ..................................................................... 17.65 11.0 20.8 15.56 7.4 26.3 – – –

8 ..................................................................... 28.53 21.1 21.2 17.93 13.2 35.2 30.43 21.1 19.8

9 ..................................................................... 30.11 7.1 20.1 19.14 6.0 33.5 31.72 5.9 18.9

10 ................................................................... 29.39 2.7 22.8 26.73 12.1 29.6 29.71 2.9 22.1

11 ................................................................... 36.22 6.5 36.4 39.84 14.1 37.1 33.96 3.0 36.0

12 ................................................................... 40.54 3.9 22.5 46.16 6.0 35.4 38.72 4.8 20.2

13 ................................................................... 41.45 8.0 25.2 39.95 9.4 32.5 42.24 10.5 22.5

14 ................................................................... 37.03 4.6 45.6 – – – – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 32.95 9.5 47.3 – – – – – –

Teachers, except college and university ................ 27.88 2.1 32.8 15.14 5.5 31.6 29.46 1.9 32.9

4 ..................................................................... 8.78 2.8 26.9 – – – – – –

5 ..................................................................... 11.59 4.9 21.2 11.58 7.2 27.8 11.60 5.7 15.6

6 ..................................................................... 26.48 9.2 29.7 12.51 4.7 33.5 30.07 6.6 28.8

7 ..................................................................... 22.54 11.6 28.8 13.28 6.1 37.1 27.46 6.2 25.8

8 ..................................................................... 26.77 4.1 35.1 15.75 6.7 34.9 27.67 4.2 35.1

9 ..................................................................... 30.14 2.4 34.3 20.61 9.2 32.3 30.41 2.4 34.4

10 ................................................................... 30.84 8.3 33.6 23.79 17.6 36.2 31.37 8.6 33.4

11 ................................................................... 29.62 16.5 39.7 28.33 16.0 39.4 29.74 17.9 39.7

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................ 24.14 4.5 37.4 22.14 7.2 37.9 25.00 5.5 37.2

7 ..................................................................... 18.55 5.9 38.5 – – – – – –

8 ..................................................................... 19.82 3.5 39.5 – – – – – –

9 ..................................................................... 23.08 3.5 39.7 21.73 4.3 39.9 23.60 4.4 39.7

11 ................................................................... 32.97 1.1 37.4 – – – – – –

Social scientists and urban planners ..................... 23.53 6.5 37.1 22.38 9.0 36.1 25.27 7.8 38.7

6 ..................................................................... 15.08 4.3 37.5 – – – – – –

7 ..................................................................... 19.49 5.5 41.4 – – – – – –

9 ..................................................................... 22.98 15.6 35.9 17.72 9.7 34.1 28.30 16.1 37.9

10 ................................................................... 21.76 10.6 39.4 – – – 24.00 9.9 39.1

11 ................................................................... 31.77 5.7 36.1 – – – 31.40 5.0 39.6

Social, religious, and recreation workers ............... 17.49 5.5 37.5 12.89 9.0 39.9 19.10 5.2 36.8

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 1997–Continued

Occupational group and level

Total Private industry State and local government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Social, religious, and recreation workers

–Continued

5 ..................................................................... $11.66 2.0 31.4 – – – $11.89 1.3 30.5

6 ..................................................................... 13.81 5.8 35.2 $12.11 6.2 31.6 – – –

7 ..................................................................... 16.75 3.0 39.7 12.58 7.2 38.4 17.36 3.1 40.0

8 ..................................................................... 16.79 7.1 39.6 13.96 11.4 40.1 19.09 6.3 39.2

9 ..................................................................... 20.71 6.1 36.4 17.62 10.9 29.0 21.02 6.4 37.4

10 ................................................................... 16.75 20.3 44.2 13.27 25.4 51.9 – – –

11 ................................................................... 17.63 27.9 43.3 – – – 25.07 3.5 36.5

Lawyers and judges ............................................... 35.78 7.7 41.7 39.58 7.7 41.8 31.85 10.8 41.5

11 ................................................................... 29.66 6.7 40.6 – – – 32.07 5.5 39.7

12 ................................................................... 39.10 7.6 41.1 42.04 8.0 42.0 35.24 10.0 40.0

13 ................................................................... 54.25 13.9 44.8 55.40 17.3 43.6 – – –

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. 27.57 10.4 36.0 28.56 10.9 36.1 18.59 9.7 35.0

5 ..................................................................... 15.65 7.1 39.8 15.71 7.3 39.8 – – –

6 ..................................................................... 14.30 11.4 36.6 14.30 12.3 36.4 – – –

7 ..................................................................... 20.21 12.7 40.5 20.61 13.3 40.5 – – –

8 ..................................................................... 21.23 4.5 39.2 21.35 4.6 39.1 – – –

9 ..................................................................... 23.88 3.2 39.1 23.64 3.2 39.1 – – –

10 ................................................................... 24.65 9.6 43.2 26.33 7.6 42.3 – – –

11 ................................................................... 30.80 7.3 41.7 30.87 7.4 41.7 – – –

12 ................................................................... 35.58 8.1 44.4 37.08 5.8 45.1 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 33.47 22.1 29.9 36.57 23.0 29.6 18.02 13.9 31.1

Technical ................................................................... 18.48 2.4 37.0 19.02 2.1 37.1 16.72 4.8 36.9

2 ..................................................................... 10.02 9.5 34.1 9.96 10.5 33.7 – – –

3 ..................................................................... 10.35 4.1 33.6 10.45 4.4 36.9 – – –

4 ..................................................................... 11.98 4.4 35.7 12.58 4.3 35.3 10.44 4.6 36.7

5 ..................................................................... 14.63 2.9 36.5 14.92 2.7 36.5 13.55 4.3 36.4

6 ..................................................................... 16.75 2.0 36.5 16.92 2.1 37.1 16.02 5.7 34.3

7 ..................................................................... 18.34 2.5 37.4 18.64 3.3 36.9 17.72 3.0 38.6

8 ..................................................................... 20.29 3.0 38.2 20.61 2.5 38.2 19.35 5.8 38.2

9 ..................................................................... 24.38 4.6 38.2 24.69 5.2 37.9 22.25 3.8 39.9

10 ................................................................... 23.04 5.5 40.1 23.42 5.4 40.1 22.10 13.1 40.0

11 ................................................................... 40.66 12.0 37.5 40.66 12.0 37.5 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 18.06 6.4 34.6 18.20 7.1 38.2 – – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... 29.06 2.1 40.3 30.08 2.5 40.6 25.57 2.6 39.3

5 ..................................................................... 13.41 2.7 38.8 13.45 3.2 38.6 13.26 3.7 39.6

6 ..................................................................... 15.22 2.9 40.4 15.28 3.5 40.7 15.09 5.2 39.6

7 ..................................................................... 17.33 1.6 40.0 17.18 1.9 40.3 17.74 3.2 39.3

8 ..................................................................... 18.34 1.9 40.5 18.16 2.3 40.9 19.01 3.7 39.1

9 ..................................................................... 23.23 1.3 39.9 23.32 1.6 40.1 23.00 2.1 39.4

10 ................................................................... 26.97 2.0 40.3 27.15 3.0 40.5 26.71 2.5 40.0

11 ................................................................... 30.27 1.9 40.6 29.92 2.2 40.6 31.62 3.3 40.7

12 ................................................................... 36.58 2.7 40.7 36.74 3.1 40.7 35.63 3.1 40.3

13 ................................................................... 44.72 2.0 40.1 44.86 2.3 40.4 43.93 2.8 38.1

14 ................................................................... 57.74 3.9 42.4 57.85 4.1 43.0 56.30 5.4 36.1

15 ................................................................... 90.97 11.8 41.9 90.97 11.8 41.9 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 42.61 23.7 38.5 45.21 25.3 40.1 24.16 16.5 30.0

Executives, administrators, and managers ............ 33.81 2.8 40.7 34.64 3.2 41.0 30.23 3.9 39.2

5 ..................................................................... 10.26 14.2 36.3 10.26 14.2 36.3 – – –

6 ..................................................................... 12.81 5.0 43.7 12.60 8.1 46.6 – – –

7 ..................................................................... 16.39 3.6 40.8 16.46 4.2 41.1 – – –

8 ..................................................................... 16.87 3.0 41.8 16.90 3.2 41.9 16.47 9.3 40.0

9 ..................................................................... 23.67 1.8 40.0 23.60 2.0 40.2 23.95 3.9 39.4

10 ................................................................... 27.75 3.0 40.5 28.09 4.2 40.9 27.28 3.7 40.0

11 ................................................................... 31.19 2.2 40.8 30.72 2.7 40.8 32.77 3.2 40.8

12 ................................................................... 36.26 1.7 40.7 36.21 2.0 40.9 36.54 2.3 39.8

13 ................................................................... 44.93 2.1 40.1 45.12 2.4 40.4 43.93 2.8 38.1

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 1997–Continued

Occupational group and level

Total Private industry State and local government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Executive, administrative, and managerial

–Continued

Executives, administrators, and managers

–Continued

14 ................................................................... $58.04 4.0 42.5 $58.18 4.2 43.1 $56.30 5.4 36.1

15 ................................................................... 90.97 11.8 41.9 90.97 11.8 41.9 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 52.67 28.6 38.5 53.10 29.2 40.7 37.12 19.1 12.9

Management related .............................................. 22.10 2.0 39.7 22.51 2.5 39.8 21.06 2.3 39.4

5 ..................................................................... 13.71 2.5 39.1 13.85 2.9 38.9 13.26 3.7 39.6

6 ..................................................................... 15.97 2.5 39.5 15.93 3.2 39.5 16.09 3.8 39.3

7 ..................................................................... 17.74 1.5 39.7 17.52 1.9 39.9 18.27 2.4 39.0

8 ..................................................................... 19.32 2.3 39.7 19.29 2.9 40.0 19.38 3.6 39.0

9 ..................................................................... 22.89 1.7 39.8 23.08 2.3 40.1 22.53 2.6 39.4

10 ................................................................... 25.57 1.6 39.9 25.52 2.3 39.9 25.64 3.2 40.0

11 ................................................................... 27.51 2.4 39.9 27.75 2.6 39.9 26.04 5.5 40.0

12 ................................................................... 38.65 15.5 40.4 40.04 16.6 39.9 – – –

13 ................................................................... 39.60 4.6 40.0 39.60 4.6 40.0 – – –

14 ................................................................... 50.98 7.6 40.1 50.98 7.6 40.1 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 22.57 9.1 38.6 22.85 9.9 38.5 21.94 19.4 38.9

Sales ............................................................................. 14.82 5.1 32.8 14.85 5.2 32.8 11.57 7.3 29.9

1 ..................................................................... 6.37 2.5 27.1 6.33 2.5 27.0 – – –

2 ..................................................................... 7.87 6.9 23.5 7.87 6.9 23.5 – – –

3 ..................................................................... 9.33 3.2 27.6 9.30 3.2 27.7 11.05 2.0 25.2

4 ..................................................................... 11.12 2.8 35.1 11.11 2.8 35.1 – – –

5 ..................................................................... 14.10 2.8 38.7 14.15 2.6 38.6 – – –

6 ..................................................................... 18.09 9.8 40.3 18.09 9.8 40.3 – – –

7 ..................................................................... 16.97 3.6 40.8 16.98 3.7 40.8 – – –

8 ..................................................................... 21.41 4.4 40.9 21.41 4.4 40.9 – – –

9 ..................................................................... 34.65 20.3 41.1 34.81 20.4 41.1 – – –

10 ................................................................... 29.51 9.1 40.2 29.51 9.1 40.2 – – –

11 ................................................................... 34.02 6.2 41.8 34.02 6.2 41.8 – – –

12 ................................................................... 60.60 15.9 40.2 60.60 15.9 40.2 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 11.31 18.2 29.4 11.31 18.2 29.4 – – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................ 12.48 1.1 36.2 12.21 1.3 36.7 13.16 1.7 35.1

1 ..................................................................... 6.83 3.2 27.1 6.78 3.6 26.7 7.27 4.2 31.4

2 ..................................................................... 8.82 1.9 31.4 8.72 2.4 33.7 9.27 2.5 23.9

3 ..................................................................... 10.04 1.1 33.8 9.75 1.1 34.4 10.84 2.2 32.1

4 ..................................................................... 11.89 .9 37.2 11.77 1.1 37.8 12.23 1.4 35.6

5 ..................................................................... 13.88 2.1 38.9 13.77 2.9 39.3 14.11 2.5 38.1

6 ..................................................................... 14.99 1.3 39.0 15.03 1.5 39.3 14.91 2.1 38.3

7 ..................................................................... 17.18 1.3 39.5 17.23 1.6 39.6 17.08 2.3 39.3

8 ..................................................................... 19.87 4.5 40.2 19.71 5.4 40.3 20.61 6.5 39.8

9 ..................................................................... 19.78 2.6 39.5 19.44 3.1 39.5 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 13.41 8.6 36.5 14.02 9.2 36.8 11.81 15.8 35.6

Blue collar ........................................................................ 13.14 2.1 37.9 12.74 2.2 37.8 17.35 2.7 38.2

1 ..................................................................... 6.96 2.4 34.4 6.92 2.5 34.4 9.28 6.1 31.6

2 ..................................................................... 8.63 2.3 36.5 8.55 2.3 36.5 11.65 11.2 36.3

3 ..................................................................... 10.17 2.6 37.9 10.02 2.8 38.1 12.51 3.9 35.3

4 ..................................................................... 12.01 2.6 37.9 11.83 2.8 38.0 13.79 3.8 36.7

5 ..................................................................... 14.18 3.2 39.3 13.89 3.7 39.5 16.26 2.6 38.3

6 ..................................................................... 17.19 2.5 39.9 17.23 2.7 39.9 16.88 2.7 39.9

7 ..................................................................... 19.49 1.3 39.7 19.16 1.4 39.7 21.16 2.7 40.0

8 ..................................................................... 23.32 2.9 40.0 23.34 3.2 40.0 23.13 4.9 40.0

9 ..................................................................... 26.54 4.0 40.0 26.40 4.6 40.0 27.65 4.3 40.0

10 ................................................................... 28.11 3.8 41.5 28.29 4.0 41.7 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 16.13 15.3 39.2 14.54 14.4 39.5 – – –

Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... 17.62 2.4 39.6 17.26 2.7 39.6 20.40 2.6 39.8

1 ..................................................................... 7.37 15.4 38.7 7.37 15.7 39.5 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 1997–Continued

Occupational group and level

Total Private industry State and local government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued

2 ..................................................................... $8.31 5.7 38.5 $8.15 5.6 38.4 – – –

3 ..................................................................... 10.23 7.1 39.4 10.13 7.2 39.4 – – –

4 ..................................................................... 13.41 7.1 39.2 13.27 7.7 39.1 $15.91 4.6 39.6

5 ..................................................................... 14.93 5.6 39.6 14.82 6.2 39.6 16.23 5.1 40.0

6 ..................................................................... 18.40 2.9 40.0 18.54 3.1 40.0 17.29 5.2 39.8

7 ..................................................................... 19.68 1.4 39.7 19.36 1.5 39.6 21.17 3.0 40.0

8 ..................................................................... 23.51 3.1 40.0 23.51 3.3 40.0 23.54 5.7 40.0

9 ..................................................................... 26.50 4.5 40.2 26.33 5.2 40.2 27.73 4.4 40.0

10 ................................................................... 28.20 3.8 41.6 28.29 4.0 41.7 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 21.90 10.0 40.0 19.75 7.6 40.0 – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..... 10.44 2.4 39.2 10.41 2.4 39.2 13.88 17.3 38.6

1 ..................................................................... 6.57 3.7 38.4 6.50 3.8 38.4 – – –

2 ..................................................................... 8.05 3.0 39.0 8.05 3.0 39.0 – – –

3 ..................................................................... 9.77 4.1 39.2 9.77 4.1 39.2 – – –

4 ..................................................................... 10.95 3.1 39.0 10.95 3.1 39.1 – – –

5 ..................................................................... 11.87 2.5 39.7 11.86 2.5 39.7 – – –

6 ..................................................................... 14.71 4.2 39.8 14.71 4.2 39.8 – – –

7 ..................................................................... 18.27 2.8 39.8 18.08 2.9 39.8 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 9.37 28.4 39.4 9.37 28.4 39.4 – – –

Transportation and material moving ......................... 13.66 2.7 36.7 13.30 3.2 36.9 15.50 3.1 35.8

1 ..................................................................... 7.71 5.3 30.0 7.71 5.3 30.1 – – –

2 ..................................................................... 9.17 11.2 34.3 9.15 11.3 34.5 – – –

3 ..................................................................... 11.53 3.9 35.9 11.24 4.9 36.7 12.66 2.2 33.3

4 ..................................................................... 12.35 4.3 36.4 12.11 4.7 36.8 13.67 6.2 34.5

5 ..................................................................... 15.49 2.6 38.5 15.17 3.2 39.4 16.37 4.4 36.3

6 ..................................................................... 17.44 5.4 40.0 17.63 6.0 40.0 16.06 5.3 40.0

7 ..................................................................... 20.83 3.8 40.0 20.89 4.8 40.0 20.69 7.0 40.0

8 ..................................................................... 23.15 2.3 40.0 – – – – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers ....................................................................... 9.52 2.0 35.2 9.11 2.2 35.0 14.02 3.9 38.1

1 ..................................................................... 7.03 3.0 33.0 7.00 3.1 33.0 9.27 10.5 29.5

2 ..................................................................... 9.02 3.1 34.9 8.90 3.1 34.8 11.20 13.1 36.7

3 ..................................................................... 10.14 4.3 36.8 9.92 4.7 36.8 12.54 7.6 36.4

4 ..................................................................... 11.58 4.2 37.3 11.24 4.6 36.9 13.33 4.0 40.0

5 ..................................................................... 14.18 3.7 38.8 13.41 4.7 38.4 16.13 3.5 40.0

6 ..................................................................... 14.97 5.5 39.5 14.09 5.8 39.3 16.80 5.7 40.0

7 ..................................................................... 16.56 4.4 40.0 15.64 4.0 40.0 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 9.97 21.7 36.9 9.40 24.2 38.1 – – –

Service .............................................................................. 10.47 2.1 33.3 7.99 1.4 32.6 16.97 3.3 35.4

1 ..................................................................... 6.54 1.6 31.0 6.33 1.7 31.4 9.35 2.3 27.2

2 ..................................................................... 7.55 2.7 31.4 7.33 3.0 31.8 9.51 4.5 28.7

3 ..................................................................... 8.25 2.7 31.3 7.56 2.2 32.1 11.34 5.3 28.4

4 ..................................................................... 10.45 2.5 35.3 9.83 2.9 35.2 12.63 3.7 35.5

5 ..................................................................... 12.06 3.7 35.3 10.73 4.6 35.4 13.84 4.9 35.3

6 ..................................................................... 15.29 5.3 37.1 12.48 5.1 34.5 17.08 8.2 39.0

7 ..................................................................... 18.75 2.2 39.6 15.47 6.1 37.0 19.58 2.3 40.3

8 ..................................................................... 20.27 4.2 41.4 15.52 6.0 40.7 21.49 4.6 41.6

9 ..................................................................... 23.42 2.0 41.8 16.80 16.0 41.7 24.02 1.6 41.8

10 ................................................................... 27.77 3.3 40.5 – – – 28.04 3.2 40.5

Not able to be leveled .................................... 12.43 16.2 35.0 9.93 9.6 38.0 18.95 19.6 29.0

Protective service .................................................. 15.59 5.6 37.6 8.08 5.1 36.2 20.66 2.9 38.6

1 ..................................................................... 5.75 6.3 35.7 5.70 6.1 36.1 – – –

2 ..................................................................... 7.54 4.0 34.6 7.39 3.4 34.8 13.16 12.7 30.6

3 ..................................................................... 7.44 6.6 32.2 7.18 5.6 36.7 9.37 17.4 17.1

4 ..................................................................... 10.97 13.4 38.8 8.85 17.0 38.1 14.48 8.5 40.1

5 ..................................................................... 13.26 6.1 35.8 10.49 5.5 37.3 14.80 7.2 35.0

6 ..................................................................... 18.21 8.4 40.8 14.83 13.8 32.6 18.38 8.8 41.3

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local

government, National Compensation Survey,4 1997–Continued

Occupational group and level

Total Private industry State and local government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

Protective service –Continued

7 ..................................................................... $19.97 2.2 40.4 $18.53 2.2 38.7 $20.06 2.3 40.5

8 ..................................................................... 21.45 4.5 41.6 – – – 21.49 4.6 41.6

9 ..................................................................... 23.92 1.6 41.7 – – – 24.02 1.6 41.8

10 ................................................................... 27.96 3.2 40.5 – – – 28.04 3.2 40.5

Food service ......................................................... 7.30 2.0 30.0 7.02 1.7 30.2 10.27 4.3 28.7

1 ..................................................................... 5.83 1.9 28.1 5.74 1.9 28.4 9.04 3.2 21.6

2 ..................................................................... 6.84 2.9 28.9 6.53 2.5 29.2 8.99 4.1 27.1

3 ..................................................................... 7.01 2.8 28.5 6.67 2.6 28.5 9.53 1.4 28.0

4 ..................................................................... 8.76 3.9 35.0 8.69 4.0 35.2 10.75 2.9 31.0

5 ..................................................................... 10.32 5.0 38.8 9.43 5.5 39.2 13.16 7.0 37.7

6 ..................................................................... 12.27 5.5 42.5 11.66 4.5 42.9 – – –

7 ..................................................................... 12.74 6.1 40.5 12.75 6.9 40.6 – – –

8 ..................................................................... 17.39 3.2 40.8 17.39 3.2 40.8 – – –

Health service ....................................................... 9.28 2.3 34.4 8.84 2.6 34.3 11.50 4.7 34.7

1 ..................................................................... 7.23 7.2 33.6 7.23 7.8 33.2 – – –

2 ..................................................................... 7.77 2.9 33.0 7.74 3.1 32.8 8.06 6.0 34.8

3 ..................................................................... 8.32 3.5 33.9 7.98 3.5 34.2 10.33 3.4 32.1

4 ..................................................................... 10.14 3.1 36.4 9.55 3.5 36.4 12.47 6.7 36.4

5 ..................................................................... 12.46 4.2 33.2 12.02 5.3 33.1 14.19 3.8 33.5

6 ..................................................................... 13.44 1.9 34.2 – – – – – –

Cleaning and building service ................................ 8.95 3.1 36.3 7.93 2.8 35.9 12.90 3.7 37.9

1 ..................................................................... 7.27 2.9 35.6 6.97 2.7 35.8 10.41 3.2 33.5

2 ..................................................................... 8.82 6.1 34.8 8.52 7.7 34.4 11.44 2.4 39.1

3 ..................................................................... 10.43 6.3 37.0 8.85 5.9 36.0 13.67 8.0 39.2

4 ..................................................................... 11.19 5.3 38.8 10.36 9.7 38.7 12.03 2.7 38.9

5 ..................................................................... 12.41 3.5 39.8 11.12 3.2 39.7 14.18 2.3 40.0

6 ..................................................................... 14.80 7.6 40.0 14.24 6.5 40.1 – – –

7 ..................................................................... 14.63 5.2 42.0 14.12 11.5 44.5 – – –

Personal service .................................................... 9.67 3.1 27.2 9.56 4.4 28.3 10.12 5.8 23.4

1 ..................................................................... 6.05 3.7 22.3 5.70 3.3 22.6 7.24 5.0 21.2

2 ..................................................................... 6.93 4.3 26.1 6.64 4.0 27.5 8.21 13.2 21.1

3 ..................................................................... 8.46 4.0 24.3 7.97 4.2 25.9 10.02 3.5 20.1

4 ..................................................................... 11.44 10.6 30.4 11.49 11.9 31.7 11.08 6.4 22.9

5 ..................................................................... 10.89 13.8 30.4 11.54 21.7 29.1 9.78 7.3 32.8

6 ..................................................................... 12.20 9.0 28.1 12.49 11.1 29.3 11.27 9.1 24.8

7 ..................................................................... 17.05 12.4 32.7 16.79 16.7 31.5 – – –

8 ..................................................................... 13.17 3.5 42.0 13.17 3.5 42.0 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 9.17 14.3 34.0 8.36 11.4 39.8 – – –

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 October 1996 and April

1998. The average reference period was May 1997. 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. Occupational groups may include data for levels not shown separately.

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Technical Note

The data in this report 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 Pacific census division, the NCS studied 2,258 establishments with 50 or more workers,1 representing about 43,900 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.

The sampling frame was reviewed prior to the survey and,

when necessary, missing establishments were added, outof-business and out-of-scope establishments were removed,

and addresses, employment levels, industry classification,

and other information were updated.

Sample design and data collection. The sample for this survey was selected using a three stage design. The first stage

consists of the selection of areas. The nationwide NCS

sample includes 149 metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas that represent the Nation’s 326 metropolitan statistical

areas (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget)

and the remaining portions of the 48 contiguous 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.

 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 NCS locality areas that contribute to the Pacific census division are:

Clatsop County, OR

Crook County, OR

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA

 CMSA

Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA

Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA MSA

Sacramento-Yolo, CA CMSA

Salinas, CA MSA

San Diego, CA MSA

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA

 CMSA

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSA

Skagit County, WA

Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA MSA

Wasco County, OR

In the second stage, the sample of establishments is drawn

by first stratifying the sampling frame by industry and ownership. The number of sample establishments allocated to

each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum

employment. Each sampled establishment is selected within

a stratum with a probability proportional to its employment.

Use of this technique means that the larger an establishment’s

employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights

are applied to each establishment when the data are tabulated so the establishment represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy that are not

selected for collection.

The third stage of sample selection is a probability sample

of occupations within a sampled establishment. In the Pacific region, collection was conducted between October 1996

and April 1998 with an average reference period of May

1997. The combined average payroll reference month for

all surveys that contributed to the national estimates is August 1997. Additional information about the area sample

and method of estimation is available in the BLS publication, National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages

in the United States, 1997, Bulletin 2519.

Occupational selection and classification. Identification of

the occupations for which wage data are collected is a fourstep process:

1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs

2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the

Census of Population system

3. Characterization of jobs as full time v. part time, union

v. nonunion, and time v. incentive
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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 report provide

RSE data for indicated series.

The 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 is $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, round 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 conducted in

all survey areas will be used to develop a formal quality

assessment process to help compute nonsampling error.

Although they also are not specifically measured, efforts

are made to minimize nonsampling errors by the extensive

training of field economists who gather survey data, edit

the data by computer, and provide a detailed review of the

data.

Census area divisions. Census divisions providing data are

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.2

 Some

census divisions include Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSAs) and Metropolitan Statistical Areas

(MSAs) that cross State lines.

 2 Although Alaska and Hawaii are included in the Pacific Census Division,

the 1997 NCS excluded these States.

4. Determination of the level of work of each job

For each occupation, wage data are collected for those

workers who meet all the criteria identified in the last three

steps. Special procedures are developed for jobs for which

a correct classification or level cannot be determined.

In step one, the jobs to be sampled are selected at each

establishment by the BLS field economist during a personal visit. A complete list of employees is used for sampling, with each selected worker representing a job within

the establishment. As with the selection of establishments,

the selection of a job is 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 entails 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 overlap two or more census classification codes, the duties used to set the wage level are

used to classify the job. Classification by primary duties is

the fallback.

In step three, certain other job characteristics of the chosen workers are identified. First, the worker is identified as

holding either a full- or part-time job, based on the

establishment’s definition of those terms. Then the worker

is classified as having a time versus incentive job, depending on whether any part of pay is directly based on the actual production of the workers, rather than solely on hours

worked. Finally, the worker is identified as being in a union

job or a nonunion job.

The fourth step in the job classification procedure is 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 using the criteria for leveling a job, see appendixes C and

D at www.bls.gov/compub.htm or any of our published NCS

bulletins. This web site also has a link to the NCS job descriptions.

Data reliability. The data in this summary 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.
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Additional information about the National Compensation Survey, including a list of occupational classifications,

is available by calling (202) 691-6199. You may also write

to the Bureau of Labor Statistics at: Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, 2 Massachusetts Ave., NE,

Room 4175, Washington, DC 20212-0001, or send e-mail

to OCLTINFO@bls.gov.

The data contained in this summary are also available on

the Internet through the BLS site http://stats.bls.gov/

comhome.htm. Data are in three formats: An ASCII file

containing the published table formats; an ASCII file containing positional columns of data for manipulation as a

data base or spreadsheet; and a Portable Document Format

(PDF) containing the entire summary.

Material in this summary is in the public domain and,

with appropriate credit, may be reproduced without permission. This information is available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Information Relay Service: 1-800-877-8339.
Table A. Number of establishments represented by the survey and number studied by industry group and establishment

employment size, Pacific, National Compensation Survey, 1997

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 .................................................................................................... 43,900 2,258 693 935 234 244 84 68

Private Industry .......................................................................... 40,800 1,948 674 863 179 159 40 33

Goods-producing industries ..................................................... 8,900 505 124 238 65 47 16 15

Mining .................................................................................. 100 26 7 15 3 1 – –

Construction ......................................................................... 1,600 55 27 24 4 – – –

Manufacturing ...................................................................... 7,300 424 90 199 58 46 16 15

Durable goods ................................................................. 3,800 272 53 116 39 37 12 15

Fabricated metal products, except machinery and

transportation equipment ....................................... 600 26 6 18 2 – – –

Industrial and commercial machinery and computer

equipment .............................................................. 200 30 3 124911

Electronic and electrical equipment ............................. 1,100 74 16 30 11 11 3 3

Transportation equipment ............................................ 200 43 3 11 6 10 4 9

Measuring, analyzing, and controlling instruments ...... 500 40 6 186532

Nondurable goods ........................................................... 3,500 152 37 83 19 9 4 –

Food and kindred products .......................................... 1,000 48 13 25 8 2 – –

Printing, publishing, and allied industries ..................... 500 31 4 17 4 5 1–

Chemicals and allied products ..................................... 300 18 1 8 6 1 2–

Service-producing industries ................................................... 31,900 1,443 550 625 114 112 24 18

Transportation and utilities ................................................... 2,900 134 47 50 14 18 3 2

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 2,900 96 44 46 3 2 1–

Retail trade .......................................................................... 11,200 351 186 144 14 7 – –

Finance, insurance and real estate ...................................... 2,500 117 28 55 8 19 1 6

Depository institutions ...................................................... 600 38 4 163816

Insurance carriers ............................................................ 700 32 8 14 4 6 – –

Services ............................................................................... 12,300 745 245 330 75 66 19 10

Business services ............................................................ 3,300 139 39 71 11 14 3 1

Educational services ........................................................ 600 136 59 609521

Health services ................................................................ 2,900 201 47 87 23 31 9 4

Hospitals ...................................................................... 600 76 2 17 16 29 8 4

Engineering, accounting, research, management, and

related services .......................................................... 1,100 59 21 207731

State and local government ...................................................... 3,000 310 19 72 55 85 44 35

Health services ................................................................ 100 34 2 4 4 12 8 4

Hospitals ...................................................................... 100 26 – 2 4 10 6 4

1 Number of establishments represented by the survey rounded to the nearest 100. 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 Pacific,

National Compensation Survey,3 1997

Occupational group All industries Private industry State and local

government

All ............................................................................................. 8,773,100 6,562,000 2,211,100

All excluding sales ................................................................ 8,124,300 5,920,200 2,204,000

White collar ......................................................................... 5,107,200 3,496,400 1,610,800

White collar excluding sales ............................................. 4,458,300 2,854,600 1,603,700

Professional specialty and technical ................................. 1,903,400 1,019,900 883,500

Professional specialty occupations ............................... 1,564,400 761,100 803,400

Technical occupations .................................................. 339,000 258,900 80,100

Executive, administrative, and managerial ....................... 816,200 624,000 192,200

Sales ................................................................................. 648,900 641,800 7,100

Administrative support, including clerical .......................... 1,738,700 1,210,700 528,000

Blue collar ........................................................................... 2,141,500 1,953,000 188,500

Precision production, craft, and repair .............................. 701,400 621,200 80,100

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. 527,900 523,400 4,500

Transportation and material moving ................................. 319,000 261,300 57,700

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 593,200 547,100 46,100

Service ................................................................................. 1,524,500 1,112,600 411,900

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

October 1996 and April 1998. The average reference period was

May 1997.

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