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Occupational Wages in the East

North Central Census Division, 1997

Summary 00-1

This report provides estimates of occupational pay from the

1997 National Compensation Survey (NCS) in the East North

Central census division. It highlights average (mean) hourly

pay for workers in six areas:

• Private industry and State and local government

• Metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area

• Selected occupations and major occupational groups

• Full- and part-time wages

• Bargaining status

• Size of establishment

Wages in the East North Central (ENC) census division

averaged $15.45 per hour during 1997. Workers in private industry in the ENC region averaged $14.85 per hour, whereas

hourly pay of workers in State and local government averaged $18.51. 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 $18.28 per hour; blue-collar workers averaged

$13.28, and service workers averaged $7.63. Corresponding

averages in State and local government were $21.26, $14.46,

and $13.40. 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 ENC region averaged $16.20 per

hour whereas part-time workers averaged $8.65. In private

industry, full-time workers averaged $15.62 an hour, and parttime workers averaged $8.28. For workers in State and local

government, average hourly pay was $19.02 and $11.55,

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 East North Central

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

earned $20.13 per hour. Workers in the smallest establishment-size category studied (50-99) averaged $12.45.

Table 2 shows that workers in metropolitan areas averaged $15.90 per hour, more than the average pay for workers

in nonmetropolitan areas, $12.98. Table 2 also shows that,

most of the time, regardless of employee or establishment

characteristics, 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 governments are shown in tables 3, 4, and 5. These tables contain

wage rates and mean weekly hours for individual occupations and for major occupational groups. Following are examples of average hourly earnings for combined full- and

part-time workers within the occupational groups of white

collar, blue collar, and services. All registered nurses averaged $19.00 per hour (table 3). Registered nurses in private

industry averaged $18.98 (table 4), whereas those in State

and local government averaged $19.10 per hour (table 5). Laborers, except construction, averaged $9.80 in private industry and $10.46 in State and local government. Janitors and

cleaners, a service occupation, averaged $9.02 in private industry and $10.80 in State and local government.

Average pay for full-time workers is generally higher than

pay for workers on a part-time schedule. Sometimes, average

pay for part-time work is higher than for full-time work, mainly

among workers in the health care field. For example, among all

industries, full-time physicians averaged $41.30 an hour while

part-time physicians averaged $67.82.
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Earnings by occupational group and level are shown in

table 6. Usually, 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 ENC 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 workersrepresented by the surveys in the ENC

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

and material moving.
Table 1. Summary, East North Central: 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 ........................................................... $15.45 0.9 36.2 $14.85 1.0 36.3 $18.51 1.3 35.8

Worker characteristics:4

White-collar occupations5 ....................... 18.92 1.1 36.4 18.28 1.4 36.5 21.26 1.2 35.7

Professional specialty and technical ... 22.99 1.0 35.8 21.66 1.4 36.2 25.66 1.4 35.0

Executive, administrative, and

managerial ........................................ 26.88 1.1 39.9 27.33 1.3 40.3 24.47 1.8 37.9

Sales ................................................... 14.15 6.0 31.9 14.16 6.0 31.9 12.58 9.9 28.6

Administrative support ........................ 11.48 1.0 36.7 11.45 1.2 36.8 11.61 1.6 36.3

Blue-collar occupations5 ......................... 13.35 1.1 38.3 13.28 1.3 38.4 14.46 1.3 36.4

Precision production, craft, and repair 17.20 1.2 39.9 17.28 1.3 39.9 16.39 1.8 39.4

Machine operators, assemblers, and

inspectors ......................................... 12.25 1.9 39.8 12.25 1.9 39.8 11.90 7.8 39.5

Transportation and material moving ... 14.06 1.8 36.4 14.12 2.0 37.2 13.70 2.2 32.0

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers ........................ 10.40 2.0 34.7 10.27 2.2 34.5 12.25 3.3 37.8

Service occupations5 .............................. 9.26 1.3 31.3 7.63 1.2 29.8 13.40 2.4 35.6

Full time .................................................. 16.20 .9 39.6 15.62 1.1 39.8 19.02 1.4 38.5

Part time ................................................. 8.65 1.4 20.4 8.28 1.9 20.7 11.55 2.8 18.3

Union ...................................................... 16.70 1.0 37.5 15.29 1.3 37.9 19.50 1.3 36.9

Nonunion ................................................ 14.94 1.3 35.7 14.72 1.3 35.8 17.06 3.0 34.3

Time ........................................................ 15.37 .8 36.1 14.71 .9 36.2 18.51 1.3 35.8

Incentive ................................................. 17.17 5.4 38.1 17.17 5.4 38.1 – – –

Establishment characteristics:

Goods producing .................................... 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 16.04 1.3 39.8 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( )

Service producing ................................... 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 13.91 1.8 33.9 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( )

50-99 workers7 ....................................... 12.45 2.1 34.7 12.31 2.2 34.6 14.83 9.5 36.0

100-499 workers ..................................... 14.03 1.6 36.2 13.52 1.9 36.4 18.25 2.5 34.6

500-999 workers ..................................... 15.95 2.5 36.5 15.22 3.0 36.9 18.55 2.3 35.5

1000-2499 workers ................................. 17.22 2.9 36.1 16.83 3.3 36.5 19.01 3.3 34.3

2500 workers or more ............................. 20.13 1.0 37.6 20.75 3.7 37.7 19.04 1.8 37.5

Geographic areas:8

Metropolitan ............................................ 15.90 1.0 36.2 15.31 1.1 36.2 19.10 1.0 35.7

Nonmetropolitan ..................................... 12.98 1.3 36.4 12.10 1.2 36.5 16.20 4.2 36.0

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

May 1998. The average reference period was August 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, East North Central: 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 ............................................................ $15.45 0.9 36.2 $15.90 1.0 36.2 $12.98 1.3 36.4

Private Industry ....................................... 14.85 1.0 36.3 15.31 1.1 36.2 12.10 1.2 36.5

State and local government .................... 18.51 1.3 35.8 19.10 1.0 35.7 16.20 4.2 36.0

Worker characteristics:5

White-collar occupations6 ....................... 18.92 1.1 36.4 19.26 1.2 36.4 16.28 2.6 35.7

Professional specialty and technical ... 22.99 1.0 35.8 23.14 1.1 35.8 22.03 3.5 35.5

Executive, administrative, and

managerial ........................................ 26.88 1.1 39.9 27.53 1.2 40.0 19.77 5.7 39.0

Sales ................................................... 14.15 6.0 31.9 14.67 6.2 32.5 8.42 5.2 26.7

Administrative support ........................ 11.48 1.0 36.7 11.68 1.2 36.6 10.10 1.9 37.4

Blue-collar occupations6 ......................... 13.35 1.1 38.3 13.70 1.3 38.1 11.93 1.1 38.9

Precision production, craft, and repair 17.20 1.2 39.9 17.69 1.2 39.9 14.56 2.3 40.0

Machine operators, assemblers, and

inspectors ......................................... 12.25 1.9 39.8 12.62 2.1 39.8 11.13 2.4 39.6

Transportation and material moving ... 14.06 1.8 36.4 14.41 2.0 36.1 12.25 1.4 37.5

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers ........................ 10.40 2.0 34.7 10.23 2.4 34.4 11.21 2.3 36.4

Service occupations6 .............................. 9.26 1.3 31.3 9.38 1.4 31.2 8.71 3.8 31.6

Full time .................................................. 16.20 .9 39.6 16.72 1.0 39.6 13.39 1.5 39.5

Part time ................................................. 8.65 1.4 20.4 8.66 1.5 20.5 8.56 3.0 19.9

Union ...................................................... 16.70 1.0 37.5 16.92 1.0 37.4 15.60 2.9 38.1

Nonunion ................................................ 14.94 1.3 35.7 15.49 1.4 35.7 11.78 2.0 35.7

Time ........................................................ 15.37 .8 36.1 15.80 .9 36.1 13.04 1.3 36.4

Incentive ................................................. 17.17 5.4 38.1 17.73 5.4 38.2 10.40 14.4 36.8

Establishment characteristics:

Goods producing7 .................................. 16.04 1.3 39.8 16.94 1.0 39.8 12.76 2.2 39.9

Service producing7 ................................. 13.91 1.8 33.9 14.21 2.0 34.2 10.85 2.6 31.4

50-99 workers8 ....................................... 12.45 2.1 34.7 12.88 2.3 34.7 10.40 2.3 34.6

100-499 workers ..................................... 14.03 1.6 36.2 14.48 1.9 36.3 12.20 1.2 36.0

500-999 workers ..................................... 15.95 2.5 36.5 16.08 2.5 36.4 15.39 7.5 37.4

1000-2499 workers ................................. 17.22 2.9 36.1 17.37 1.8 35.5 – – –

2500 workers or more ............................. 20.13 1.0 37.6 20.13 1.0 37.6 – – –

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

May 1998. The average reference period was August 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, East North Central: 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 .......................................................................................... $15.45 0.9 36.2 $16.20 0.9 39.6 $8.65 1.4 20.4

All excluding sales ......................................................... 15.52 .8 36.5 16.17 .8 39.5 8.97 1.6 20.4

White collar ...................................................................... 18.92 1.1 36.4 19.68 1.1 39.4 11.16 2.6 20.5

White collar excluding sales ...................................... 19.49 1.0 37.0 19.95 1.0 39.3 13.26 2.8 20.5

Professional specialty and technical ......................... 22.99 1.0 35.8 23.38 1.1 38.7 18.29 3.0 18.7

Professional specialty ................................................ 24.61 1.1 35.7 25.01 1.2 38.5 19.67 3.3 18.6

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..................... 27.10 1.5 40.3 27.10 1.5 40.4 – – –

Architects ........................................................... 23.24 6.3 39.7 23.30 6.3 40.0 – – –

Metallurgical and materials engineers ............... 29.67 4.5 40.0 29.67 4.5 40.0 – – –

Civil engineers ................................................... 23.86 4.0 39.4 23.86 4.0 39.4 – – –

Electrical and electronic engineers .................... 27.85 4.3 40.3 27.85 4.3 40.3 – – –

Industrial engineers ........................................... 24.01 2.6 40.5 24.02 2.6 40.5 – – –

Mechanical engineers ........................................ 26.13 4.4 40.6 26.10 4.4 40.7 – – –

Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................ 28.05 2.0 40.2 28.07 2.0 40.3 – – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ................... 27.55 3.1 39.7 27.57 3.1 39.8 23.78 9.5 25.4

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........ 26.96 2.5 39.8 26.97 2.6 40.0 25.38 8.4 27.9

Operations and systems researchers and

analysts ............................................................ 29.15 7.7 39.4 29.21 7.6 39.6 – – –

Actuaries ............................................................ 31.43 11.3 38.3 31.43 11.3 38.3 – – –

Natural scientists ................................................... 23.33 8.0 38.9 23.42 8.3 40.2 – – –

Chemists, except biochemists ........................... 28.95 6.5 40.3 28.95 6.5 40.3 – – –

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ................................... 22.94 8.4 39.2 23.08 8.5 40.0 – – –

Agricultural and food scientists .......................... 23.81 9.2 40.0 23.81 9.2 40.0 – – –

Medical scientists ............................................... 14.95 12.2 37.6 14.72 12.4 39.2 – – –

Health related ........................................................ 21.51 1.4 32.9 21.49 1.8 39.6 21.59 3.8 20.2

Physicians .......................................................... 44.10 10.9 37.5 41.30 11.2 43.2 67.82 6.5 17.6

Registered nurses .............................................. 19.00 1.4 32.1 18.96 1.7 39.2 19.12 1.4 20.7

Pharmacists ....................................................... 26.92 2.7 31.4 26.25 2.2 40.0 29.52 8.5 17.2

Dietitians ............................................................ 16.74 2.9 36.7 16.55 3.2 40.0 18.69 4.4 20.1

Respiratory therapists ........................................ 16.07 1.4 31.7 16.13 1.8 39.3 15.86 2.6 18.1

Occupational therapists ..................................... 23.76 4.8 32.7 24.58 4.2 39.6 20.06 12.6 18.4

Physical therapists ............................................. 24.47 5.4 34.8 23.97 5.9 39.8 27.93 8.7 18.7

Speech therapists .............................................. 24.76 5.2 33.4 25.20 6.4 38.5 22.70 4.5 20.6

Therapists, n.e.c. ............................................... 15.44 4.7 36.7 15.64 5.1 38.7 13.07 2.9 22.5

Physicians’ assistants ........................................ 24.44 15.8 30.5 – – – – – –

Teachers, college and university ........................... 32.76 3.4 33.8 33.50 3.5 38.4 23.32 5.9 13.3

Biological science teachers ............................... 32.01 8.8 35.7 33.76 7.6 38.2 – – –

Chemistry teachers ............................................ 32.54 7.2 29.4 34.55 5.4 35.7 – – –

Psychology teachers .......................................... 32.50 14.9 39.8 32.50 14.9 39.8 – – –

History teachers ................................................. 27.00 12.7 43.7 27.00 12.7 43.7 – – –

Social science teachers, n.e.c. .......................... 30.73 9.4 39.3 30.73 9.4 39.3 – – –

Engineering teachers ......................................... 47.31 18.8 39.7 47.32 18.8 40.0 – – –

Mathematical science teachers ......................... 37.50 2.3 34.6 38.27 2.2 39.9 18.56 9.6 8.0

Computer science teachers ............................... 38.33 3.8 32.0 – – – – – –

Medical science teachers .................................. 39.33 24.7 44.4 38.47 25.2 44.9 – – –

Health specialities teachers ............................... 32.33 8.7 39.6 32.50 8.9 42.1 24.92 7.5 10.7

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .. 35.24 13.7 22.4 37.40 12.8 35.0 22.70 19.9 7.2

Art, drama, and music teachers ......................... 28.81 9.0 34.5 28.81 10.1 39.8 28.82 6.4 15.9

Physical education teachers .............................. 25.91 8.1 32.1 26.07 8.5 34.4 – – –

Education teachers ............................................ 35.13 8.1 37.3 35.14 8.0 37.8 – – –

English teachers ................................................ 32.05 9.4 37.3 32.19 9.4 38.6 – – –

Foreign language teachers ................................ 28.21 13.5 33.6 28.98 14.3 41.0 – – –

Theology teachers ............................................. 28.61 13.9 39.5 28.61 13.9 39.5 – – –

Trade and industrial teachers ............................ 27.93 16.1 19.0 – – – – – –

Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified 29.44 9.7 24.7 31.65 8.9 39.1 22.32 11.1 11.3

Teachers, post secondary, n.e.c. ....................... 28.41 6.0 27.4 29.87 7.0 33.9 22.15 3.0 15.1

Teachers, except college and university ................ 26.71 1.6 33.6 27.47 1.7 36.0 14.71 6.7 16.2

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ..................... 18.33 9.1 33.1 20.09 8.6 36.7 9.33 23.9 22.0

Elementary school teachers .............................. 28.29 2.1 35.1 28.44 2.1 35.7 22.76 12.0 20.5

Secondary school teachers ............................... 28.94 2.8 36.1 29.03 2.8 36.5 21.35 14.2 18.0

Teachers, special education .............................. 26.70 4.2 36.2 26.89 4.2 36.3 – – –

Teachers, n.e.c. ................................................. 27.75 4.8 29.0 29.25 4.8 35.2 15.87 9.3 12.0

Substitute teachers ............................................ 10.02 7.2 18.6 – – – 10.11 4.8 14.6

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3. Selected occupations, East North Central: 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

Teachers, except college and university

–Continued

Vocational and educational counselors ............. $20.10 8.0 36.9 $20.47 8.5 38.7 $15.23 1.3 22.8

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................ 19.51 7.0 34.6 19.72 7.5 38.7 16.97 9.2 14.9

Librarians ........................................................... 20.30 7.1 35.6 20.51 7.6 38.9 17.49 9.5 16.9

Archivists and curators ...................................... 14.84 11.4 29.6 14.88 12.3 37.3 – – –

Social scientists and urban planners ..................... 21.45 7.5 37.7 21.44 7.7 39.3 21.83 15.2 13.6

Economists ........................................................ 20.27 5.3 39.4 20.20 5.5 40.0 – – –

Psychologists ..................................................... 25.42 8.8 37.0 25.55 9.0 38.6 – – –

Urban planners .................................................. 19.28 2.4 39.9 19.28 2.4 39.9 – – –

Social, recreation, and religious workers ............... 14.91 2.6 37.8 15.02 2.6 38.9 11.72 8.6 21.4

Social workers ................................................... 15.11 2.6 37.9 15.15 2.7 38.8 13.36 6.2 19.6

Recreation workers ............................................ 10.77 11.6 36.0 11.46 11.0 38.9 – – –

Clergy ................................................................ 15.69 15.0 38.3 16.54 14.2 40.9 – – –

Religious workers, n.e.c. .................................... 17.71 10.7 37.4 – – – – – –

Lawyers and judges ............................................... 37.29 13.8 38.0 37.80 14.1 39.8 25.66 8.0 18.7

Lawyers ............................................................. 37.94 14.0 38.3 38.48 14.3 39.8 25.22 8.8 20.6

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. 20.45 4.8 38.4 20.65 5.0 39.6 12.86 7.1 17.8

Technical writers ................................................ 19.12 5.0 38.6 19.51 4.9 39.8 – – –

Designers ........................................................... 21.42 7.6 39.7 21.42 7.6 39.7 – – –

Actors and directors ........................................... 17.97 20.0 40.0 17.97 20.0 40.0 – – –

Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist

printmakers ...................................................... 13.45 8.3 39.5 13.45 8.3 39.5 – – –

Photographers ................................................... 16.16 7.4 39.6 16.26 7.5 39.6 – – –

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. 12.91 8.8 24.3 – – – – – –

Editors and reporters ......................................... 18.18 9.0 40.1 18.18 9.0 40.2 – – –

Public relations specialists ................................. 22.03 10.3 39.5 22.18 10.3 39.7 – – –

Athletes .............................................................. 25.34 16.0 33.8 26.63 13.3 39.9 7.65 11.3 11.0

Professional, n.e.c. ............................................ 21.16 7.0 38.8 21.27 7.2 40.0 17.16 9.3 18.6

Technical ................................................................... 17.28 2.0 36.1 17.58 2.1 39.3 13.81 3.5 19.0

Clinical laboratory technologists and

technicians ....................................................... 14.56 2.9 34.5 14.66 3.5 39.6 14.02 6.2 20.5

Health record technologists and technicians ..... 11.77 5.1 34.4 11.59 5.8 39.5 12.98 10.3 18.5

Radiological technicians .................................... 16.01 3.4 30.8 16.16 4.1 39.5 15.60 5.9 19.4

Licensed practical nurses .................................. 12.43 2.2 34.0 12.23 2.4 39.3 13.51 2.6 19.8

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ...... 12.71 2.7 31.9 13.10 3.0 39.8 10.90 4.5 16.6

Electrical and electronic technicians .................. 18.74 2.5 39.1 18.91 2.4 40.2 – – –

Industrial engineering technicians ..................... 14.32 8.8 40.0 14.32 8.8 40.0 – – –

Mechanical engineering technicians .................. 19.58 5.0 40.7 19.58 5.0 40.7 – – –

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .......................... 20.26 3.4 39.4 20.34 3.3 39.6 – – –

Drafters .............................................................. 17.46 4.4 39.9 17.49 4.4 40.0 – – –

Surveying and mapping technicians .................. 15.60 9.8 38.7 15.60 9.8 38.7 – – –

Biological technicians ........................................ 17.44 19.5 40.0 17.44 19.5 40.0 – – –

Chemical technicians ......................................... 16.03 4.0 39.1 16.09 4.1 39.8 – – –

Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................ 17.22 5.6 33.5 16.07 3.9 39.9 – – –

Airplane pilots and navigators ............................ 71.12 29.1 25.3 71.12 29.1 25.3 – – –

Broadcast equipment operators ......................... 11.23 13.0 37.7 11.59 13.9 40.0 – – –

Computer programmers ..................................... 21.07 2.2 39.2 20.96 2.1 39.5 – – –

Legal assistants ................................................. 19.55 6.1 38.3 19.68 6.1 39.3 – – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. .............................. 17.64 6.5 39.4 17.67 6.5 39.6 12.38 4.3 20.2

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... 26.88 1.1 39.9 26.92 1.2 40.3 20.92 9.0 17.3

Executives, administrators, and managers ............ 30.75 1.5 40.2 30.80 1.6 40.7 23.07 15.4 13.3

Legislators ......................................................... 23.18 33.2 5.5 – – – 23.27 36.6 5.0

Administrators and officials, public

administration .................................................. 25.67 3.9 38.7 25.73 3.7 39.7 – – –

Financial managers ........................................... 29.98 3.5 40.1 30.04 3.5 40.2 – – –

Personnel and labor relations managers ........... 32.62 4.1 41.8 32.62 4.1 41.8 – – –

Purchasing managers ........................................ 30.78 5.7 40.0 30.78 5.7 40.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3. Selected occupations, East North Central: 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, marketing, advertising, and public

relations ........................................................... $35.94 4.4 41.2 $35.96 4.4 41.2 – – –

Administrators, education and related fields ...... 31.08 3.8 39.7 31.09 3.8 40.0 $29.79 21.7 22.4

Managers, medicine and health ......................... 27.76 3.0 39.7 27.73 3.0 40.0 – – –

Managers, food servicing and lodging

establishments ................................................. 15.69 5.7 45.0 15.66 5.7 45.3 – – –

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............ 19.07 7.6 39.5 19.22 7.7 40.8 – – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................. 33.35 2.3 40.8 33.36 2.4 40.8 – – –

Management related .............................................. 21.53 1.1 39.5 21.55 1.1 39.7 18.60 5.6 25.3

Accountants and auditors .................................. 18.09 8.0 39.8 18.09 8.0 39.9 – – –

Underwriters ...................................................... 26.54 20.6 38.6 26.54 20.6 38.6 – – –

Other financial officers ....................................... 22.03 4.0 39.6 22.03 4.0 39.8 – – –

Management analysts ........................................ 22.43 4.8 39.0 22.31 4.8 39.3 – – –

Personnel, training, and labor relations

specialists ........................................................ 21.00 3.3 39.2 21.07 3.3 39.8 16.43 6.6 21.8

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ........................................................... 19.84 8.9 40.8 19.85 8.9 41.4 – – –

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ............... 23.18 3.8 39.8 23.29 3.8 39.8 – – –

Construction inspectors ..................................... 19.05 6.2 39.4 19.09 6.3 39.6 – – –

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ..................................................... 17.17 3.0 39.5 17.17 3.0 39.5 – – –

Management related, n.e.c. ............................... 24.57 2.0 39.2 24.62 2.1 39.4 20.24 6.8 29.8

Sales ............................................................................. 14.15 6.0 31.9 16.84 6.4 40.1 6.60 1.2 20.2

Supervisors, sales ............................................. 17.68 4.8 39.6 17.89 4.8 40.4 – – –

Insurance sales .................................................. 21.15 18.8 32.7 22.91 16.6 38.0 – – –

Real estate sales ............................................... 26.44 17.6 38.2 26.44 17.6 38.2 – – –

Securities and financial services sales .............. 37.95 11.7 40.4 37.95 11.7 40.4 – – –

Advertising and related sales ............................. 16.79 15.3 37.8 17.26 16.4 39.7 – – –

Sales, other business services .......................... 27.05 30.6 39.3 27.47 30.6 40.0 – – –

Sales engineers ................................................. 30.76 15.8 41.3 30.76 15.8 41.3 – – –

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale .................................................. 26.06 7.3 41.0 26.06 7.3 41.0 – – –

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .......... 16.63 8.1 43.2 16.63 8.1 43.2 – – –

Sales workers, apparel ...................................... 6.58 5.2 27.2 7.40 9.4 38.8 5.88 2.0 21.7

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .. 11.43 9.7 33.7 12.62 7.0 40.3 8.53 5.3 24.1

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ... 12.11 17.7 36.3 13.00 16.5 40.4 – – –

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies 8.91 10.0 35.4 9.37 9.9 39.8 – – –

Sales workers, parts .......................................... 14.08 6.4 40.0 14.22 6.4 40.5 – – –

Sales workers, other commodities ..................... 9.14 5.6 29.1 10.79 7.7 39.6 6.83 1.5 21.2

Sales counter clerks .......................................... 8.01 7.2 27.3 9.40 4.0 40.6 6.08 6.3 18.8

Cashiers ............................................................. 7.04 1.9 25.3 7.82 3.9 38.6 6.46 1.4 20.2

Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .. 9.26 9.1 19.5 – – – 6.86 6.3 14.1

Sales support, n.e.c. .......................................... 11.54 5.5 38.9 11.79 5.5 40.0 7.59 6.2 26.9

Administrative support, including clerical ................ 11.48 1.0 36.7 11.78 1.0 39.3 8.62 2.2 22.6

Supervisors, general office ................................ 15.41 3.3 39.7 15.47 3.4 39.7 – – –

Supervisors, computer equipment operators ..... 20.35 10.9 39.8 20.35 10.9 39.8 – – –

Supervisors, financial records processing ......... 17.82 6.9 39.6 17.82 6.9 39.6 – – –

Chief communications operators ....................... 13.66 9.2 40.0 13.66 9.2 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and

adjusting clerks ................................................ 16.51 5.0 40.4 16.53 5.1 40.5 – – –

Computer operators ........................................... 13.78 4.9 39.6 13.78 4.9 39.7 – – –

Secretaries ......................................................... 12.48 1.5 37.7 12.56 1.5 39.2 11.14 6.8 23.1

Stenographers ................................................... 12.11 4.1 33.6 12.82 4.3 38.2 9.97 3.4 24.5

Typists ............................................................... 11.14 3.5 36.5 11.59 3.8 39.1 8.55 4.0 26.7

Interviewers ....................................................... 9.76 2.6 32.9 10.21 1.3 39.8 8.22 4.9 20.9

Hotel clerks ........................................................ 7.93 2.7 33.4 8.39 4.0 39.6 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3. Selected occupations, East North Central: 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

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ..... $12.78 8.4 34.3 $13.37 8.8 40.0 $10.25 8.0 21.3

Receptionists ..................................................... 9.09 3.0 34.2 9.31 3.1 39.8 8.12 5.4 21.2

Information clerks, n.e.c. .................................... 12.05 9.9 36.2 12.37 9.8 38.8 8.07 4.0 19.6

Correspondence clerks ...................................... 13.61 6.4 39.2 13.63 6.4 39.6 – – –

Order clerks ....................................................... 11.06 2.4 38.0 11.27 2.5 39.9 8.48 6.7 24.0

Personnel clerks, except payroll and

timekeeping ..................................................... 12.59 4.1 37.4 12.64 4.3 39.3 11.52 3.2 18.0

Library clerks ..................................................... 9.47 4.1 28.5 10.13 6.1 38.1 7.78 5.7 17.3

File clerks ........................................................... 8.95 3.6 33.4 9.25 3.8 39.1 7.50 3.6 19.5

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................ 11.18 2.9 37.2 11.32 3.0 39.2 9.37 6.8 22.2

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ... 11.19 2.3 37.4 11.52 1.8 39.2 7.27 8.1 24.0

Payroll and timekeeping clerks .......................... 13.14 3.9 37.9 13.41 4.0 39.7 7.88 4.4 20.2

Billing clerks ....................................................... 11.22 4.4 37.9 11.46 4.4 39.6 8.67 2.6 25.8

Cost and rate clerks ........................................... 11.04 7.3 35.1 11.14 7.7 39.1 – – –

Billing, posting, and calculating machine

operators .......................................................... 8.30 8.9 35.5 8.27 10.8 39.5 – – –

Duplicating machine operators .......................... 12.87 10.4 38.8 12.94 10.5 39.1 – – –

Mail preparing and paper handling machine

operators .......................................................... 8.62 3.4 33.4 8.71 3.9 38.9 – – –

Office machine operators, n.e.c. ........................ 9.24 6.1 39.6 9.62 6.5 39.4 – – –

Telephone operators .......................................... 12.08 4.8 34.8 12.68 9.8 39.0 8.31 3.7 20.7

Mail clerks, except postal service ...................... 8.39 5.4 34.9 8.66 6.5 38.9 7.24 6.6 24.5

Messengers ....................................................... 9.41 10.1 38.3 9.83 10.8 39.2 – – –

Dispatchers ........................................................ 10.89 5.7 37.8 11.22 6.2 40.3 7.71 7.1 23.5

Production coordinators ..................................... 15.07 3.1 39.8 15.12 3.1 39.9 – – –

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................. 11.43 6.4 39.4 11.45 6.6 40.0 – – –

Stock and inventory clerks ................................. 10.63 3.8 34.0 11.36 2.6 39.9 6.86 3.5 19.4

Meter readers .................................................... 13.48 6.0 39.0 13.61 5.8 40.0 – – –

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers 16.09 7.5 39.6 16.18 7.5 40.0 – – –

Expeditors .......................................................... 12.55 3.0 38.7 12.68 6.2 40.0 – – –

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution

clerks, n.e.c. ..................................................... 13.37 8.2 39.0 13.55 8.2 40.1 8.42 10.8 22.1

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and

investigators ..................................................... 14.23 7.0 38.2 14.08 6.3 38.6 – – –

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ... 11.21 3.2 37.9 11.39 3.2 39.7 8.90 5.1 24.0

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ........................... 12.61 4.9 37.1 13.01 4.8 40.0 – – –

Bill and account collectors ................................. 10.52 3.2 38.2 10.68 3.0 40.0 7.84 5.4 22.4

General office clerks .......................................... 10.45 1.5 36.3 10.77 1.6 39.3 7.92 3.0 22.7

Bank tellers ........................................................ 7.91 5.0 34.6 8.05 6.1 39.7 7.33 2.0 22.6

Data entry keyers ............................................... 9.70 3.7 36.4 9.95 4.1 39.3 7.68 3.9 23.0

Statistical clerks ................................................. 10.47 5.5 36.8 10.47 5.9 39.3 – – –

Teachers’ aides ................................................. 9.18 3.5 30.8 9.45 4.0 34.7 8.19 3.9 21.9

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................ 11.47 2.5 36.1 11.69 2.7 39.3 9.73 3.5 22.0

Blue collar ........................................................................ 13.35 1.1 38.3 13.67 1.1 40.0 7.66 2.7 21.6

Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... 17.20 1.2 39.9 17.22 1.2 40.0 11.56 11.3 20.5

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .............. 22.26 4.1 40.5 22.26 4.1 40.5 – – –

Automobile mechanics ....................................... 17.09 9.9 40.4 17.09 9.9 40.4 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .... 17.06 4.5 40.0 17.07 4.5 40.2 – – –

Aircraft engine mechanics ................................. 21.26 4.5 40.0 21.26 4.5 40.0 – – –

Automobile body and related repairers .............. 21.41 8.5 40.8 21.41 8.5 40.8 – – –

Aircraft mechanics, except engine ..................... 20.74 2.2 40.0 20.74 2.2 40.0 – – –

Heavy equipment mechanics ............................. 15.95 7.4 40.0 15.95 7.4 40.0 – – –

Industrial machinery repairers ........................... 16.62 2.9 40.0 16.62 2.9 40.0 – – –

Machinery maintenance ..................................... 14.18 2.1 39.8 14.19 2.1 39.9 – – –

Electronic repairers, communications and

industrial equipment ......................................... 14.40 5.7 40.0 14.40 5.7 40.0 – – –

Data processing equipment repairers ................ 14.74 5.5 38.6 14.84 5.4 39.0 – – –

Household appliance and power tool repairers – – – 15.77 6.5 40.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3. Selected occupations, East North Central: 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

Telephone installers and repairers .................... $14.06 6.5 39.8 $14.06 6.5 39.8 – – –

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration

mechanics ........................................................ 15.54 5.5 38.8 15.52 5.8 40.0 – – –

Office machine repairers .................................... 13.65 8.8 39.7 13.65 8.8 39.7 – – –

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ........... 16.14 6.3 37.0 16.64 6.0 39.6 – – –

Millwrights .......................................................... 18.43 8.2 40.2 18.43 8.2 40.2 – – –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ......................... 16.42 2.3 39.9 16.45 2.3 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, carpenters and related workers .... 23.28 5.1 40.0 23.28 5.1 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, electricians and power

transmission installers ..................................... 26.04 4.7 40.4 26.04 4.7 40.4 – – –

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and

steamfitters ...................................................... 25.39 5.3 40.1 25.39 5.3 40.1 – – –

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ............. 20.72 4.7 39.8 20.72 4.7 39.8 – – –

Carpenters ......................................................... 18.09 6.4 39.9 18.08 6.4 40.0 – – –

Electricians ........................................................ 19.40 2.6 40.2 19.41 2.6 40.2 – – –

Electrician apprentices ....................................... 12.48 4.2 41.0 12.48 4.2 41.0 – – –

Electrical power installers and repairers ............ 22.02 3.9 40.0 22.02 3.9 40.0 – – –

Painters, construction and maintenance ............ 19.16 4.6 40.0 19.16 4.6 40.0 – – –

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ............... 21.06 2.5 40.3 21.06 2.5 40.3 – – –

Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices 14.89 12.7 44.5 14.89 12.7 44.5 – – –

Concrete and terrazzo finishers ......................... 21.53 8.5 40.0 21.53 8.5 40.0 – – –

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment

operators .......................................................... 20.53 9.9 40.5 20.53 9.9 40.5 – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ................................. 19.16 12.8 39.2 19.17 12.8 39.3 – – –

Supervisors, production ..................................... 18.47 5.5 40.6 18.47 5.5 40.6 – – –

Tool and die makers .......................................... 19.61 3.5 40.1 19.61 3.5 40.1 – – –

Tool and die maker apprentices ........................ 17.05 7.7 39.7 17.05 7.7 39.7 – – –

Precision assemblers, metal .............................. 16.59 5.5 40.5 16.59 5.5 40.5 – – –

Machinists .......................................................... 15.80 2.4 40.0 15.75 2.5 40.5 – – –

Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ... 16.90 5.9 40.2 16.90 5.9 40.2 – – –

Sheet metal workers .......................................... 17.56 10.2 40.0 17.56 10.2 40.0 – – –

Cabinet makers and bench carpenters .............. 12.03 6.6 40.0 12.03 6.6 40.0 – – –

Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers ..... 16.80 8.1 40.1 16.80 8.1 40.1 – – –

Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters ...... 23.25 7.2 40.0 23.25 7.2 40.0 – – –

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 9.82 14.0 39.6 9.88 14.2 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ............ 15.20 4.2 40.0 15.20 4.2 40.0 – – –

Butchers and meat cutters ................................. 9.94 15.8 39.9 9.93 15.8 40.0 – – –

Bakers ................................................................ 8.09 5.6 33.2 8.37 6.0 39.7 – – –

Food batchmakers ............................................. 12.55 11.3 40.0 12.55 11.3 40.0 – – –

Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................ 17.24 3.8 40.2 17.24 3.8 40.2 – – –

Water and sewer treatment plant operators ...... 14.60 2.5 40.0 14.60 2.5 40.0 – – –

Power plant operators ........................................ 21.55 5.2 39.9 21.55 5.2 39.9 – – –

Stationary engineers .......................................... 19.69 5.4 39.5 19.69 5.4 39.6 – – –

Miscellaneous plant and system operators,

n.e.c. ................................................................ 16.58 6.5 40.0 16.58 6.5 40.0 – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..... 12.25 1.9 39.8 12.32 1.8 40.0 $6.62 4.3 26.8

Lathe and turning machine set-up operators ..... 14.40 3.2 40.0 14.40 3.2 40.0 – – –

Lathe and turning machine operators ................ 12.48 6.8 40.1 12.48 6.8 40.1 – – –

Milling and planing machine operators .............. 14.73 6.6 40.0 14.73 6.6 40.0 – – –

Punching and stamping press operators ........... 13.42 3.3 39.9 13.46 3.3 40.0 – – –

Rolling machine operators ................................. 13.58 9.1 41.3 13.58 9.1 41.3 – – –

Drilling and boring machine operators ............... 10.27 14.7 40.0 10.27 14.7 40.0 – – –

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing

machine operators ........................................... 11.59 4.7 39.8 11.63 4.8 40.0 – – –

Forging machine operators ................................ 12.09 3.3 40.0 12.09 3.3 40.0 – – –

Numerical control machine operators ................ 12.14 5.2 40.0 12.14 5.2 40.0 – – –

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ............... 13.82 3.9 40.2 13.82 3.9 40.2 – – –

Molding and casting machine operators ............ 10.11 3.6 39.9 10.12 3.6 39.9 – – –

Metal plating machine operators ........................ 11.84 8.7 41.7 11.84 8.7 41.7 – – –

Sawing machine operators ................................ 11.09 4.2 42.3 11.09 4.2 42.3 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

9
Table 3. Selected occupations, East North Central: 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

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors

–Continued

Printing press operators ..................................... $13.64 7.0 39.7 $13.64 7.0 39.7 – – –

Photoengravers and lithographers ..................... 15.86 7.5 37.4 16.42 6.7 39.4 – – –

Typesetters and compositors ............................. 11.11 13.0 38.6 – – – – – –

Textile cutting machine operators ...................... 13.43 12.3 40.0 13.43 12.3 40.0 – – –

Textile sewing machine operators ..................... 9.49 18.2 33.6 10.40 18.0 40.0 – – –

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators 7.05 3.6 37.4 7.06 4.0 39.5 $6.93 6.4 25.0

Cementing and gluing machine operators ......... 12.16 7.4 40.0 12.16 7.4 40.0 – – –

Packaging and filling machine operators ........... 12.61 5.7 38.6 12.84 5.0 40.0 – – –

Extruding and forming machine operators ......... 11.17 3.2 40.0 11.17 3.2 40.0 – – –

Mixing and blending machine operators ............ 13.29 3.2 40.0 13.29 3.2 40.1 – – –

Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine

operators .......................................................... 15.44 3.9 40.4 15.44 3.9 40.4 – – –

Compressing and compacting machine

operators .......................................................... 11.07 7.0 40.0 11.07 7.0 40.0 – – –

Painting and paint spraying machine operators 11.87 4.2 40.2 11.87 4.2 40.2 – – –

Roasting and baking machine operators, food .. 13.41 10.2 38.5 13.45 10.5 40.0 – – –

Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine

operators .......................................................... 12.76 13.7 40.0 12.76 13.7 40.0 – – –

Folding machine operators ................................ 12.42 4.4 40.0 12.42 4.4 40.0 – – –

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food 13.43 14.1 40.0 13.43 14.1 40.0 – – –

Crushing and grinding machine operators ......... 11.92 10.6 40.1 11.92 10.6 40.1 – – –

Slicing and cutting machine operators ............... 13.28 4.7 39.9 13.28 4.7 40.0 – – –

Photographic process machine operators ......... 12.47 10.9 39.5 12.57 10.9 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .......... 11.53 4.2 39.9 11.55 4.2 40.0 7.53 7.5 29.1

Welders and cutters ........................................... 14.14 2.5 40.0 14.16 2.5 40.0 – – –

Solders and braziers .......................................... 10.09 20.8 39.9 10.09 20.8 39.9 – – –

Assemblers ........................................................ 12.79 4.0 39.7 12.95 3.9 40.0 6.02 4.0 31.2

Hand cutting and trimming ................................. 6.88 7.0 40.0 6.88 7.0 40.0 – – –

Hand molding, casting, and forming .................. 12.77 8.8 40.0 12.77 8.8 40.0 – – –

Hand painting, coating, and decorating ............. 9.54 12.3 40.0 9.54 12.3 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ................... 10.53 7.7 40.0 10.54 7.7 40.1 – – –

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners 11.05 4.6 39.9 11.06 4.6 40.1 – – –

Production testers .............................................. 12.95 8.0 40.0 12.95 8.0 40.0 – – –

Graders and sorters, except agricultural ............ 9.20 6.7 40.0 9.20 6.7 40.0 – – –

Transportation and material moving ......................... 14.06 1.8 36.4 14.58 1.7 40.3 9.96 5.1 20.5

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................ 16.14 9.0 39.9 16.16 9.0 40.3 – – –

Truck drivers ...................................................... 15.48 2.9 40.3 15.63 3.0 41.3 11.27 6.6 24.2

Driver-sales workers .......................................... 13.78 8.1 36.3 14.50 7.0 40.0 – – –

Bus drivers ......................................................... 12.39 4.0 25.3 13.74 3.0 36.3 11.32 6.7 20.4

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs .......................... 8.05 10.2 32.5 9.55 11.7 40.0 6.02 3.8 25.9

Parking lot attendants ........................................ 6.79 9.3 22.7 – – – 5.69 5.3 18.3

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................ 8.10 9.6 26.4 10.04 10.2 38.7 5.87 3.2 19.3

Railroad conductors and yardmasters ............... 19.64 2.3 40.0 19.64 2.3 40.0 – – –

Locomotive operating ........................................ 17.29 9.7 41.7 17.29 9.7 41.7 – – –

Supervisors, material moving equipment ........... 18.86 8.4 41.2 18.86 8.4 41.2 – – –

Operating engineers .......................................... 19.26 7.0 40.3 19.26 7.0 40.3 – – –

Crane and tower operators ................................ 14.42 4.4 40.4 14.42 4.4 40.4 – – –

Excavating and loading machine operators ....... 16.86 5.9 40.1 16.86 5.9 40.1 – – –

Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ............. 17.82 17.0 40.7 17.82 17.0 40.7 – – –

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators 12.46 1.8 39.7 12.51 1.9 39.9 8.25 7.7 23.4

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ............................................... 14.04 5.7 35.9 14.51 5.7 40.1 – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers ....................................................................... 10.40 2.0 34.7 11.13 2.0 39.8 6.84 2.0 21.5

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ........... 17.64 12.8 40.0 17.64 12.8 40.0 – – –

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ... 10.48 5.0 35.6 11.34 5.3 39.6 6.68 2.7 24.6

Animal caretakers, except farm ......................... 13.12 8.7 38.3 13.24 7.9 38.7 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3. Selected occupations, East North Central: 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

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers –Continued

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ................................................. $14.34 5.4 39.4 $14.46 5.5 40.2 – – –

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ..................... 13.92 5.5 39.4 14.01 5.5 40.2 – – –

Helpers, construction trades .............................. 12.96 16.7 39.5 13.60 16.4 40.0 – – –

Construction laborers ......................................... 15.55 5.2 39.8 15.55 5.2 39.8 – – –

Production helpers ............................................. 10.86 4.6 39.2 11.02 4.4 40.0 $6.84 3.8 26.3

Garbage collectors ............................................. 11.97 17.1 39.3 – – – – – –

Stock handlers and baggers .............................. 8.95 1.7 29.1 10.37 1.6 39.4 6.37 2.3 19.7

Machine feeders and offbearers ........................ 9.44 4.0 39.3 9.56 4.1 40.0 – – –

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ...... 12.45 7.3 34.0 13.10 7.7 39.5 9.62 4.5 21.2

Garage and service station related .................... 11.56 20.6 35.0 12.58 19.8 39.7 – – –

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ......... 10.05 6.1 37.4 10.07 6.4 39.6 9.81 17.3 20.6

Hand packers and packagers ............................ 8.42 4.0 38.9 8.58 4.2 40.0 6.25 5.2 28.8

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................. 9.88 4.0 35.7 10.68 2.8 39.9 6.17 3.5 24.1

Service .............................................................................. 9.26 1.3 31.3 10.30 1.4 39.1 6.20 1.1 19.7

Protective service .................................................. 14.51 2.8 36.7 15.11 2.8 41.2 8.09 3.5 16.8

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ...... 17.29 4.1 50.7 17.29 4.1 51.0 – – –

Supervisors, police and detectives .................... 23.75 5.8 40.0 23.75 5.8 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, guards ........................................... 14.33 9.5 37.6 14.51 9.2 38.6 – – –

Firefighting ......................................................... 15.49 3.6 44.6 15.71 3.4 50.3 8.82 7.4 10.2

Police and detectives, public service ................. 19.31 2.5 39.3 19.37 2.4 39.8 – – –

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement

officers ............................................................. 14.37 3.9 39.6 14.39 3.9 39.8 – – –

Correctional institution officers ........................... 13.63 4.1 38.5 13.73 4.1 39.2 – – –

Crossing guards ................................................. 6.88 11.4 13.2 – – – 6.88 11.4 13.2

Guards and police, except public service .......... 8.30 4.5 31.9 8.31 5.7 39.5 8.26 5.0 18.4

Protective service, n.e.c. .................................... 10.15 12.7 25.9 12.02 14.3 39.3 6.88 4.5 16.2

Food service .......................................................... 6.64 2.1 27.9 7.66 2.3 38.2 5.22 1.8 20.3

Supervisors, food preparation and service ........ 10.77 2.6 38.2 11.04 2.6 40.1 7.70 2.7 24.7

Bartenders ......................................................... 6.35 7.0 26.0 7.23 10.8 36.5 5.56 7.1 20.6

Waiters and waitresses ...................................... 3.31 6.0 25.6 3.63 10.2 37.2 3.03 3.9 20.2

Cooks ................................................................. 8.36 2.3 33.2 8.69 2.2 38.0 7.02 3.2 21.9

Food counter, fountain, and related ................... 5.55 3.4 22.9 6.09 5.8 36.8 5.25 3.7 19.0

Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................... 7.00 3.0 29.1 7.37 3.0 38.4 6.43 3.8 21.2

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ......................... 4.58 5.3 18.7 5.24 11.6 36.3 4.42 5.7 16.7

Food preparation, n.e.c. ..................................... 6.53 2.4 27.0 7.19 3.0 38.5 5.90 1.9 21.0

Health service ........................................................ 8.38 1.4 33.3 8.50 1.7 38.5 7.84 1.9 20.6

Health aides, except nursing ............................. 9.37 2.6 33.9 9.48 2.7 37.9 8.59 6.5 19.0

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............ 7.98 1.5 33.0 8.07 1.9 38.8 7.67 1.9 21.1

Cleaning and building service ................................ 9.35 1.7 34.4 9.92 1.6 39.5 6.66 3.1 21.2

Supervisors, cleaning and building service

workers ............................................................ 12.72 4.7 40.0 12.74 4.7 40.2 – – –

Maids and housemen ........................................ 6.40 1.6 31.3 6.47 2.1 38.7 6.22 2.0 21.1

Janitors and cleaners ......................................... 9.65 1.7 34.6 10.22 1.5 39.5 6.79 3.7 21.3

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3. Selected occupations, East North Central: 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 .................................................... $8.87 3.3 26.9 $9.89 4.6 36.9 $6.81 1.7 17.4

Supervisors, personal service ............................ 13.46 10.7 37.8 13.59 10.8 38.9 – – –

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ....................... 9.82 10.7 37.0 10.20 11.0 39.6 – – –

Attendants, amusement, and recreation

facilities ............................................................ 6.25 2.0 22.6 – – – 6.44 2.1 20.2

Guides ............................................................... 7.56 7.7 29.4 – – – – – –

Ushers ............................................................... 6.22 5.8 17.0 – – – 6.22 5.8 17.0

Public transportation attendants ........................ 31.17 6.4 19.3 32.61 6.4 19.5 – – –

Baggage porters and bellhops ........................... 9.09 19.0 36.6 8.99 22.7 40.0 – – –

Welfare service aides ........................................ 7.10 3.9 29.5 7.44 4.7 38.8 6.16 5.4 17.8

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................. 7.30 5.8 27.3 7.48 7.5 38.0 6.92 4.8 17.4

Child care workers, n.e.c. .................................. 8.59 3.8 24.7 9.45 5.6 39.0 7.29 2.0 16.0

Service, n.e.c. .................................................... 8.24 3.9 27.1 9.14 4.8 38.5 6.53 3.2 17.3

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

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

pay for overtime, vacations, 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 May

1998. The average reference period was August 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, East North Central, 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 .......................................................................................... $14.85 1.0 36.3 $15.62 1.1 39.8 $8.28 1.9 20.7

All excluding sales ......................................................... 14.89 .9 36.6 15.56 .9 39.8 8.59 2.1 20.8

White collar ...................................................................... 18.28 1.4 36.5 19.11 1.5 39.8 10.74 2.9 20.8

White collar excluding sales ...................................... 18.92 1.3 37.4 19.39 1.2 39.8 13.06 3.3 21.2

Professional specialty and technical ......................... 21.66 1.4 36.2 21.98 1.4 39.7 18.50 3.6 19.2

Professional specialty ................................................ 23.37 1.5 36.3 23.68 1.6 39.8 20.33 4.0 19.4

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..................... 27.25 1.5 40.4 27.25 1.5 40.4 – – –

Metallurgical and materials engineers ............... 29.67 4.5 40.0 29.67 4.5 40.0 – – –

Civil engineers ................................................... 22.38 4.8 40.0 22.38 4.8 40.0 – – –

Electrical and electronic engineers .................... 28.85 4.9 40.4 28.85 4.9 40.4 – – –

Industrial engineers ........................................... 24.01 2.6 40.5 24.02 2.6 40.5 – – –

Mechanical engineers ........................................ 26.14 4.5 40.6 26.11 4.5 40.7 – – –

Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................ 28.17 2.0 40.3 28.19 2.0 40.3 – – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ................... 27.84 3.1 39.8 27.86 3.2 39.9 24.94 8.7 26.0

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........ 27.35 2.6 39.9 27.35 2.6 40.0 27.30 4.0 29.6

Operations and systems researchers and

analysts ............................................................ 29.10 7.8 39.4 29.16 7.8 39.6 – – –

Actuaries ............................................................ 31.43 11.3 38.3 31.43 11.3 38.3 – – –

Natural scientists ................................................... 25.49 9.4 38.9 25.63 9.8 40.5 – – –

Chemists, except biochemists ........................... 28.98 6.5 40.3 28.98 6.5 40.3 – – –

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ................................... 27.21 9.8 38.4 27.72 9.8 40.1 – – –

Medical scientists ............................................... 18.38 8.8 35.6 18.04 9.6 39.8 – – –

Health related ........................................................ 21.39 1.3 32.2 21.28 1.6 39.7 21.76 3.9 20.2

Physicians .......................................................... 46.37 12.6 36.1 42.87 14.0 43.5 67.82 6.5 17.6

Registered nurses .............................................. 18.98 1.2 31.7 18.94 1.5 39.4 19.10 1.5 20.7

Pharmacists ....................................................... 27.24 2.7 30.8 26.58 2.1 40.0 29.52 8.5 17.2

Dietitians ............................................................ 16.39 4.3 35.8 16.06 5.0 40.0 18.89 5.1 20.2

Respiratory therapists ........................................ 16.10 1.5 31.5 16.17 1.9 39.4 15.86 2.6 18.1

Occupational therapists ..................................... 23.89 3.9 32.7 24.07 4.3 40.0 22.94 4.7 16.7

Physical therapists ............................................. 24.05 5.7 34.9 23.46 6.2 39.8 28.23 9.6 18.8

Speech therapists .............................................. 21.35 3.5 33.0 20.72 3.4 40.0 – – –

Therapists, n.e.c. ............................................... 15.61 5.6 36.5 15.81 6.0 38.5 13.52 2.2 23.7

Physicians’ assistants ........................................ 24.44 15.8 30.5 – – – – – –

Teachers, college and university ........................... 31.57 6.3 36.5 31.71 6.3 41.1 28.58 16.1 10.6

Biological science teachers ............................... 29.50 8.1 37.7 29.50 8.1 37.7 – – –

Engineering teachers ......................................... 34.31 5.4 38.5 34.31 5.4 38.5 – – –

Mathematical science teachers ......................... 30.35 6.7 41.1 30.47 6.7 42.8 – – –

Medical science teachers .................................. 39.55 26.9 44.9 38.61 27.6 45.4 – – –

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .. – – – 32.13 8.7 39.7 – – –

Art, drama, and music teachers ......................... 29.72 13.6 32.1 29.92 16.1 40.3 28.69 7.2 15.7

Education teachers ............................................ 27.80 3.5 36.5 27.83 3.5 38.1 – – –

English teachers ................................................ 23.30 5.8 35.4 23.36 5.9 37.3 – – –

Foreign language teachers ................................ 28.39 13.8 35.6 28.99 14.4 41.1 – – –

Theology teachers ............................................. 24.91 12.9 39.5 24.91 12.9 39.5 – – –

Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified 27.39 12.6 28.5 28.54 14.9 38.0 20.77 24.8 11.7

Teachers, post secondary, n.e.c. ....................... 25.95 12.4 30.5 26.41 12.5 36.1 18.41 9.4 8.7

Teachers, except college and university ................ 15.36 3.5 31.4 16.33 3.2 37.9 9.50 15.1 15.5

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ..................... 10.14 18.0 33.3 11.01 17.4 38.7 – – –

Elementary school teachers .............................. 17.95 2.0 35.1 18.03 2.0 36.9 16.19 7.9 17.9

Secondary school teachers ............................... 20.23 3.8 36.3 20.33 3.9 37.5 – – –

Teachers, n.e.c. ................................................. 14.59 12.4 16.5 17.41 11.9 39.4 10.29 16.2 8.8

Substitute teachers ............................................ 8.65 2.3 9.7 – – – 8.65 2.3 9.7

Vocational and educational counselors ............. 16.87 11.6 39.2 16.96 11.7 39.8 – – –

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................ 17.08 4.6 33.0 16.98 4.8 39.0 – – –

Librarians ........................................................... 17.40 4.8 35.4 17.16 5.0 39.2 – – –

Archivists and curators ...................................... 14.07 13.9 20.0 15.09 12.7 37.4 – – –

Social scientists and urban planners ..................... 19.91 4.8 36.3 19.82 4.9 39.6 21.83 15.2 13.6

Economists ........................................................ 20.69 5.3 39.4 20.64 5.5 40.0 – – –

Psychologists ..................................................... 19.05 8.5 35.8 18.91 8.9 39.2 – – –

Social, recreation, and religious workers ............... 13.09 1.8 37.6 13.17 1.8 38.9 11.35 11.9 21.1

Social workers ................................................... 13.14 1.7 37.6 13.15 1.7 38.9 13.01 6.6 19.5

Recreation workers ............................................ – – – 9.99 11.1 39.6 – – –

Clergy ................................................................ 15.93 15.3 40.8 16.54 14.2 40.9 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4. Selected occupations, East North Central, 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

Social, recreation, and religious workers

–Continued

Religious workers, n.e.c. .................................... $17.71 10.7 37.4 – – – – – –

Lawyers and judges ............................................... 46.90 16.6 40.6 $46.90 16.6 40.6 – – –

Lawyers ............................................................. 46.90 16.6 40.6 46.90 16.6 40.6 – – –

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. 19.84 5.3 38.8 19.98 5.4 39.6 $13.29 7.0 19.2

Technical writers ................................................ 19.12 5.0 38.6 19.51 4.9 39.8 – – –

Designers ........................................................... 21.45 7.6 39.7 21.45 7.6 39.7 – – –

Actors and directors ........................................... 17.97 20.0 40.0 17.97 20.0 40.0 – – –

Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist

printmakers ...................................................... 13.45 8.3 39.5 13.45 8.3 39.5 – – –

Photographers ................................................... 16.16 7.4 39.6 16.26 7.5 39.6 – – –

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. 12.82 11.0 22.6 – – – – – –

Editors and reporters ......................................... 18.26 9.1 40.2 18.25 9.1 40.2 – – –

Public relations specialists ................................. 23.03 14.6 39.8 23.03 14.6 39.8 – – –

Athletes .............................................................. 16.14 7.1 30.8 17.12 7.3 39.5 7.30 11.2 10.2

Professional, n.e.c. ............................................ 20.17 5.1 39.4 20.19 5.2 40.0 – – –

Technical ................................................................... 17.51 2.2 35.9 17.87 2.3 39.3 13.83 3.7 18.9

Clinical laboratory technologists and

technicians ....................................................... 15.03 2.2 34.1 15.23 2.8 39.6 14.09 6.4 20.4

Health record technologists and technicians ..... 11.25 4.8 34.5 11.14 5.6 39.4 – – –

Radiological technicians .................................... 16.11 3.6 30.8 16.26 4.4 39.5 15.69 6.0 19.4

Licensed practical nurses .................................. 12.43 2.4 33.7 12.22 2.7 39.2 13.49 2.7 19.5

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ...... 12.51 2.7 31.5 12.89 3.0 39.7 10.92 4.5 16.7

Electrical and electronic technicians .................. 19.03 2.3 39.1 19.20 2.3 40.3 – – –

Industrial engineering technicians ..................... 14.32 8.8 40.0 14.32 8.8 40.0 – – –

Mechanical engineering technicians .................. 19.58 5.0 40.7 19.58 5.0 40.7 – – –

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .......................... 20.56 4.3 40.0 20.62 4.3 40.1 – – –

Drafters .............................................................. 17.46 4.4 39.9 17.49 4.4 40.0 – – –

Chemical technicians ......................................... 16.01 4.2 39.1 16.08 4.3 39.8 – – –

Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................ – – – 16.54 2.6 39.9 – – –

Airplane pilots and navigators ............................ 71.12 29.1 25.3 71.12 29.1 25.3 – – –

Broadcast equipment operators ......................... 11.41 13.4 37.6 11.81 14.5 40.0 – – –

Computer programmers ..................................... 21.13 2.3 39.3 21.01 2.2 39.5 – – –

Legal assistants ................................................. 20.60 5.8 38.5 20.70 5.9 39.2 – – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. .............................. 18.09 8.7 39.8 18.10 8.8 39.9 – – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... 27.33 1.3 40.3 27.37 1.3 40.4 19.45 8.8 25.1

Executives, administrators, and managers ............ 31.29 1.8 40.9 31.31 1.8 41.0 22.63 19.1 23.7

Financial managers ........................................... 30.03 3.5 40.1 30.10 3.6 40.2 – – –

Personnel and labor relations managers ........... 32.79 4.2 41.9 32.79 4.2 41.9 – – –

Purchasing managers ........................................ 30.83 5.7 40.0 30.83 5.7 40.0 – – –

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public

relations ........................................................... 36.09 4.4 41.2 36.09 4.4 41.2 – – –

Administrators, education and related fields ...... 25.41 10.0 42.6 25.50 10.0 42.9 – – –

Managers, medicine and health ......................... 27.04 3.5 39.8 27.00 3.5 40.2 – – –

Managers, food servicing and lodging

establishments ................................................. 15.69 5.9 45.3 15.72 5.9 45.5 – – –

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............ 19.59 10.1 41.0 19.63 10.1 41.2 – – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................. 33.68 2.4 40.9 33.69 2.4 40.9 – – –

Management related .............................................. 22.03 1.2 39.6 22.06 1.2 39.7 17.86 5.7 25.8

Accountants and auditors .................................. 17.88 8.7 39.9 17.87 8.7 40.0 – – –

Underwriters ...................................................... 26.54 20.6 38.6 26.54 20.6 38.6 – – –

Other financial officers ....................................... 22.16 4.2 39.6 22.16 4.2 39.8 – – –

Management analysts ........................................ 22.09 5.3 39.3 22.09 5.3 39.3 – – –

Personnel, training, and labor relations

specialists ........................................................ 21.43 3.7 39.3 21.51 3.8 39.8 16.64 7.3 22.9

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ........................................................... 19.95 9.1 40.8 19.96 9.1 41.4 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4. Selected occupations, East North Central, 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

Executive, administrative, and managerial

–Continued

Management related –Continued

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ............... $24.35 4.2 39.8 $24.50 4.2 39.8 – – –

Construction inspectors ..................................... 21.88 7.1 40.0 21.88 7.1 40.0 – – –

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ..................................................... 20.34 5.9 40.4 20.34 5.9 40.4 – – –

Management related, n.e.c. ............................... 25.39 2.3 39.3 25.45 2.3 39.4 $19.81 9.1 30.7

Sales ............................................................................. 14.16 6.0 31.9 16.86 6.5 40.1 6.59 1.2 20.3

Supervisors, sales ............................................. 17.68 4.8 39.6 17.89 4.8 40.4 – – –

Insurance sales .................................................. 21.15 18.8 32.7 22.91 16.6 38.0 – – –

Real estate sales ............................................... 26.44 17.6 38.2 26.44 17.6 38.2 – – –

Securities and financial services sales .............. 37.95 11.7 40.4 37.95 11.7 40.4 – – –

Advertising and related sales ............................. 16.73 15.6 37.7 17.20 16.8 39.6 – – –

Sales, other business services .......................... 27.06 30.6 39.3 27.48 30.6 40.0 – – –

Sales engineers ................................................. 30.76 15.8 41.3 30.76 15.8 41.3 – – –

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale .................................................. 26.06 7.3 41.0 26.06 7.3 41.0 – – –

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .......... 16.63 8.1 43.2 16.63 8.1 43.2 – – –

Sales workers, apparel ...................................... 6.58 5.2 27.2 7.40 9.4 38.8 5.88 2.0 21.7

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .. 11.43 9.7 33.7 12.62 7.0 40.3 8.53 5.3 24.1

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ... 12.11 17.7 36.3 13.00 16.5 40.4 – – –

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies 8.91 10.0 35.4 9.37 9.9 39.8 – – –

Sales workers, parts .......................................... 14.08 6.4 40.0 14.22 6.4 40.5 – – –

Sales workers, other commodities ..................... 9.14 5.6 29.1 10.79 7.7 39.6 6.83 1.5 21.2

Sales counter clerks .......................................... 8.01 7.2 27.3 9.40 4.0 40.6 6.08 6.3 18.8

Cashiers ............................................................. 6.95 1.8 25.3 7.65 3.7 38.5 6.44 1.4 20.2

Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .. 9.30 9.1 19.7 – – – 6.88 6.4 14.2

Sales support, n.e.c. .......................................... 11.51 5.5 38.9 11.76 5.6 40.0 7.59 6.2 26.9

Administrative support, including clerical ................ 11.45 1.2 36.8 11.77 1.2 39.5 8.59 2.5 22.9

Supervisors, general office ................................ 15.32 4.9 39.8 15.40 5.0 39.8 – – –

Supervisors, computer equipment operators ..... 20.45 11.0 39.8 20.45 11.0 39.8 – – –

Supervisors, financial records processing ......... 17.85 7.2 39.6 17.85 7.2 39.6 – – –

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and

adjusting clerks ................................................ 16.66 5.6 40.7 16.68 5.6 40.8 – – –

Computer operators ........................................... 13.51 4.9 39.8 13.51 4.9 39.8 – – –

Secretaries ......................................................... 12.79 2.0 37.7 12.89 2.0 39.3 11.29 8.2 23.9

Stenographers ................................................... 11.27 4.0 32.6 11.93 5.3 39.3 9.97 3.4 24.5

Typists ............................................................... 11.47 4.4 36.4 12.08 4.2 38.8 8.45 4.3 27.8

Interviewers ....................................................... 9.52 2.7 32.9 9.95 1.7 39.8 8.17 5.0 21.2

Hotel clerks ........................................................ 7.93 2.7 33.4 8.39 4.0 39.6 – – –

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ..... 12.78 8.4 34.3 13.37 8.8 40.0 10.25 8.0 21.3

Receptionists ..................................................... 8.93 2.8 34.3 9.11 2.9 39.9 8.17 5.6 21.5

Information clerks, n.e.c. .................................... 12.03 10.1 36.2 12.35 10.0 38.8 8.08 4.1 19.5

Correspondence clerks ...................................... 13.61 6.4 39.2 13.63 6.4 39.6 – – –

Order clerks ....................................................... 11.06 2.4 38.0 11.26 2.6 39.9 8.48 6.7 24.0

Personnel clerks, except payroll and

timekeeping ..................................................... 12.20 4.7 36.8 12.24 4.9 39.5 11.52 3.2 18.0

Library clerks ..................................................... 10.13 8.1 30.5 11.45 6.8 39.2 7.19 4.0 20.4

File clerks ........................................................... 8.90 3.6 33.3 9.20 3.9 39.2 7.50 3.6 19.5

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................ 10.82 2.5 36.9 10.95 2.6 39.4 9.45 7.0 22.3

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ... 11.04 2.8 37.2 11.40 2.1 39.2 7.09 7.6 23.7

Payroll and timekeeping clerks .......................... 12.90 4.1 37.8 13.19 4.2 39.8 7.88 4.4 20.2

Billing clerks ....................................................... 11.21 4.6 37.8 11.45 4.6 39.6 8.63 2.8 25.7

Cost and rate clerks ........................................... 11.04 7.3 35.1 11.14 7.7 39.1 – – –

Billing, posting, and calculating machine

operators .......................................................... 8.30 8.9 35.5 8.27 10.8 39.5 – – –

Duplicating machine operators .......................... 11.52 10.4 38.2 11.60 10.5 38.7 – – –

Mail preparing and paper handling machine

operators .......................................................... 8.62 3.4 33.4 8.71 3.9 38.9 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4. Selected occupations, East North Central, 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

Office machine operators, n.e.c. ........................ $8.78 5.1 39.5 $9.05 6.6 39.2 – – –

Telephone operators .......................................... 12.34 4.6 34.5 13.02 9.5 38.9 $8.31 3.7 20.7

Mail clerks, except postal service ...................... 8.27 5.5 34.8 8.54 6.7 38.9 7.24 6.6 24.5

Messengers ....................................................... 9.39 10.9 38.7 9.81 11.7 39.2 – – –

Dispatchers ........................................................ 10.90 7.8 39.3 10.95 7.7 40.7 – – –

Production coordinators ..................................... 15.07 3.1 39.8 15.12 3.1 39.9 – – –

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................. 11.43 6.4 39.4 11.45 6.6 40.0 – – –

Stock and inventory clerks ................................. 10.55 4.0 33.9 11.30 2.7 40.0 6.86 3.5 19.4

Meter readers .................................................... 13.86 5.8 38.9 14.03 5.5 40.0 – – –

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers 16.22 7.9 39.5 16.31 7.9 40.0 – – –

Expeditors .......................................................... 12.55 3.0 38.7 12.69 6.2 40.0 – – –

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution

clerks, n.e.c. ..................................................... 13.37 8.2 39.1 13.55 8.2 40.1 8.42 10.8 22.1

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and

investigators ..................................................... 14.23 7.0 38.2 14.08 6.3 38.6 – – –

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ... 11.12 3.3 38.0 11.31 3.3 39.7 8.70 5.1 24.3

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ........................... 10.68 4.1 34.8 10.79 4.5 40.0 – – –

Bill and account collectors ................................. 10.48 3.2 38.2 10.64 3.1 40.0 7.84 5.4 22.4

General office clerks .......................................... 10.04 2.0 35.9 10.40 2.1 39.4 7.80 3.2 22.8

Bank tellers ........................................................ 7.91 5.0 34.6 8.05 6.1 39.7 7.33 2.0 22.6

Data entry keyers ............................................... 9.56 4.1 36.2 9.83 4.5 39.5 7.68 3.9 23.0

Statistical clerks ................................................. 10.41 6.6 36.7 10.41 7.2 39.8 – – –

Teachers’ aides ................................................. 6.55 3.8 24.6 – – – 6.31 4.6 22.2

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................ 11.51 2.6 36.2 11.71 2.8 39.5 9.98 3.7 22.2

Blue collar ........................................................................ 13.28 1.3 38.4 13.61 1.3 40.0 7.32 3.0 21.6

Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... 17.28 1.3 39.9 17.30 1.3 40.1 11.40 21.1 20.7

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .............. 22.88 4.1 40.6 22.88 4.1 40.6 – – –

Automobile mechanics ....................................... 17.33 11.4 40.5 17.33 11.4 40.5 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .... 17.24 5.4 40.0 17.25 5.4 40.2 – – –

Aircraft engine mechanics ................................. 21.26 4.5 40.0 21.26 4.5 40.0 – – –

Automobile body and related repairers .............. 21.41 8.5 40.8 21.41 8.5 40.8 – – –

Aircraft mechanics, except engine ..................... 20.74 2.2 40.0 20.74 2.2 40.0 – – –

Heavy equipment mechanics ............................. 16.24 8.5 40.0 16.24 8.5 40.0 – – –

Industrial machinery repairers ........................... 16.62 2.9 40.0 16.62 2.9 40.0 – – –

Machinery maintenance ..................................... 14.24 2.1 40.0 14.25 2.1 40.1 – – –

Electronic repairers, communications and

industrial equipment ......................................... 14.40 5.7 40.0 14.40 5.7 40.0 – – –

Data processing equipment repairers ................ 14.74 5.5 38.6 14.84 5.4 39.0 – – –

Household appliance and power tool repairers – – – 15.77 6.5 40.0 – – –

Telephone installers and repairers .................... 14.06 6.5 39.8 14.06 6.5 39.8 – – –

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration

mechanics ........................................................ 15.32 9.3 40.0 15.32 9.3 40.0 – – –

Office machine repairers .................................... 13.30 10.2 39.7 13.30 10.2 39.7 – – –

Millwrights .......................................................... 18.43 8.3 40.2 18.43 8.3 40.2 – – –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ......................... 16.63 2.5 39.8 16.66 2.5 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, carpenters and related workers .... 23.28 5.1 40.0 23.28 5.1 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, electricians and power

transmission installers ..................................... 26.04 4.7 40.4 26.04 4.7 40.4 – – –

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ............. 21.21 5.4 39.8 21.21 5.4 39.8 – – –

Carpenters ......................................................... 18.10 7.0 39.9 18.09 7.1 40.0 – – –

Electricians ........................................................ 19.46 2.8 40.2 19.48 2.8 40.2 – – –

Electrician apprentices ....................................... 12.48 4.2 41.0 12.48 4.2 41.0 – – –

Electrical power installers and repairers ............ 22.45 3.9 40.0 22.45 3.9 40.0 – – –

Painters, construction and maintenance ............ 19.85 5.6 40.0 19.85 5.6 40.0 – – –

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ............... 21.57 2.3 40.4 21.57 2.3 40.4 – – –

Concrete and terrazzo finishers ......................... 21.65 8.6 40.0 21.65 8.6 40.0 – – –

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment

operators .......................................................... 21.79 7.8 40.6 21.79 7.8 40.6 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4. Selected occupations, East North Central, 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

Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued

Supervisors, production ..................................... $18.49 5.6 40.6 $18.49 5.6 40.6 – – –

Tool and die makers .......................................... 19.61 3.5 40.1 19.61 3.5 40.1 – – –

Tool and die maker apprentices ........................ 17.05 7.7 39.7 17.05 7.7 39.7 – – –

Precision assemblers, metal .............................. 16.59 5.5 40.5 16.59 5.5 40.5 – – –

Machinists .......................................................... 15.73 2.4 40.0 15.68 2.4 40.5 – – –

Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ... 16.90 5.9 40.2 16.90 5.9 40.2 – – –

Sheet metal workers .......................................... 17.56 10.2 40.0 17.56 10.2 40.0 – – –

Cabinet makers and bench carpenters .............. 11.47 4.2 40.0 11.47 4.2 40.0 – – –

Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers ..... 16.80 8.1 40.1 16.80 8.1 40.1 – – –

Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters ...... 23.25 7.2 40.0 23.25 7.2 40.0 – – –

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 9.82 14.0 39.6 9.88 14.2 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ............ 15.22 4.2 40.0 15.22 4.2 40.0 – – –

Butchers and meat cutters ................................. 9.94 15.8 39.9 9.93 15.8 40.0 – – –

Bakers ................................................................ 8.09 5.6 33.2 8.37 6.0 39.7 – – –

Food batchmakers ............................................. 12.55 11.3 40.0 12.55 11.3 40.0 – – –

Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................ 17.23 3.9 40.2 17.23 3.9 40.2 – – –

Power plant operators ........................................ 21.19 5.4 40.0 21.19 5.4 40.0 – – –

Stationary engineers .......................................... 20.39 5.5 39.8 20.41 5.5 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous plant and system operators,

n.e.c. ................................................................ 16.70 6.8 40.0 16.70 6.8 40.0 – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..... 12.25 1.9 39.8 12.32 1.8 40.0 $6.61 4.3 26.9

Lathe and turning machine set-up operators ..... 14.40 3.2 40.0 14.40 3.2 40.0 – – –

Lathe and turning machine operators ................ 12.48 6.8 40.1 12.48 6.8 40.1 – – –

Milling and planing machine operators .............. 14.73 6.6 40.0 14.73 6.6 40.0 – – –

Punching and stamping press operators ........... 13.42 3.3 39.9 13.46 3.3 40.0 – – –

Rolling machine operators ................................. 13.58 9.1 41.3 13.58 9.1 41.3 – – –

Drilling and boring machine operators ............... 10.27 14.7 40.0 10.27 14.7 40.0 – – –

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing

machine operators ........................................... 11.59 4.7 39.8 11.63 4.8 40.0 – – –

Forging machine operators ................................ 12.09 3.3 40.0 12.09 3.3 40.0 – – –

Numerical control machine operators ................ 12.14 5.2 40.0 12.14 5.2 40.0 – – –

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ............... 13.82 3.9 40.2 13.82 3.9 40.2 – – –

Molding and casting machine operators ............ 10.11 3.6 39.9 10.12 3.6 39.9 – – –

Metal plating machine operators ........................ 11.84 8.7 41.7 11.84 8.7 41.7 – – –

Sawing machine operators ................................ 11.09 4.2 42.3 11.09 4.2 42.3 – – –

Printing press operators ..................................... 13.66 7.1 39.7 13.66 7.1 39.7 – – –

Photoengravers and lithographers ..................... 15.86 7.5 37.4 16.42 6.7 39.4 – – –

Textile cutting machine operators ...................... 13.43 12.3 40.0 13.43 12.3 40.0 – – –

Textile sewing machine operators ..................... 9.49 18.2 33.6 10.40 18.0 40.0 – – –

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators 6.91 3.6 37.2 6.91 4.1 39.5 6.93 6.4 25.0

Cementing and gluing machine operators ......... 12.16 7.4 40.0 12.16 7.4 40.0 – – –

Packaging and filling machine operators ........... 12.61 5.7 38.6 12.84 5.0 40.0 – – –

Extruding and forming machine operators ......... 11.17 3.2 40.0 11.17 3.2 40.0 – – –

Mixing and blending machine operators ............ 13.29 3.2 40.0 13.29 3.2 40.1 – – –

Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine

operators .......................................................... 15.44 3.9 40.4 15.44 3.9 40.4 – – –

Compressing and compacting machine

operators .......................................................... 11.07 7.0 40.0 11.07 7.0 40.0 – – –

Painting and paint spraying machine operators 11.87 4.2 40.2 11.87 4.2 40.2 – – –

Roasting and baking machine operators, food .. 13.41 10.2 38.5 13.45 10.5 40.0 – – –

Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine

operators .......................................................... 12.76 13.7 40.0 12.76 13.7 40.0 – – –

Folding machine operators ................................ 12.42 4.4 40.0 12.42 4.4 40.0 – – –

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food 13.31 14.2 40.0 13.31 14.2 40.0 – – –

Crushing and grinding machine operators ......... 11.92 10.6 40.1 11.92 10.6 40.1 – – –

Slicing and cutting machine operators ............... 13.28 4.7 39.9 13.28 4.7 40.0 – – –

Photographic process machine operators ......... 12.47 10.9 39.5 12.57 10.9 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .......... 11.52 4.2 39.9 11.54 4.2 40.0 7.53 7.5 29.1

Welders and cutters ........................................... 14.15 2.5 40.0 14.18 2.5 40.0 – – –

Solders and braziers .......................................... 10.09 20.8 39.9 10.09 20.8 39.9 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4. Selected occupations, East North Central, 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

Assemblers ........................................................ $12.79 4.0 39.7 $12.95 3.9 40.0 $6.02 4.0 31.2

Hand cutting and trimming ................................. 6.88 7.0 40.0 6.88 7.0 40.0 – – –

Hand molding, casting, and forming .................. 12.77 8.8 40.0 12.77 8.8 40.0 – – –

Hand painting, coating, and decorating ............. 9.25 12.8 40.0 9.25 12.8 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ................... 10.53 7.7 40.0 10.54 7.7 40.1 – – –

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners 11.05 4.6 39.9 11.06 4.6 40.1 – – –

Production testers .............................................. 12.95 8.0 40.0 12.95 8.0 40.0 – – –

Graders and sorters, except agricultural ............ 9.20 6.7 40.0 9.20 6.7 40.0 – – –

Transportation and material moving ......................... 14.12 2.0 37.2 14.63 2.0 40.6 9.11 7.9 20.4

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................ 14.68 11.4 40.1 14.71 11.4 40.6 – – –

Truck drivers ...................................................... 15.67 3.1 40.4 15.83 3.1 41.4 11.46 6.4 24.9

Driver-sales workers .......................................... 13.78 8.1 36.3 14.50 7.0 40.0 – – –

Bus drivers ......................................................... 10.51 12.4 21.5 10.36 21.1 40.0 10.54 14.2 19.7

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs .......................... 8.05 10.2 32.5 9.55 11.7 40.0 6.02 3.8 25.9

Parking lot attendants ........................................ 6.55 9.8 21.6 – – – 5.69 5.3 18.3

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................ 7.12 6.5 25.2 8.54 7.2 38.7 5.87 3.2 19.3

Railroad conductors and yardmasters ............... 19.64 2.3 40.0 19.64 2.3 40.0 – – –

Locomotive operating ........................................ 17.34 10.0 41.8 17.34 10.0 41.8 – – –

Supervisors, material moving equipment ........... 18.86 8.4 41.2 18.86 8.4 41.2 – – –

Operating engineers .......................................... 21.71 5.0 40.5 21.71 5.0 40.5 – – –

Crane and tower operators ................................ 14.42 4.4 40.4 14.42 4.4 40.4 – – –

Excavating and loading machine operators ....... 17.28 7.2 40.2 17.28 7.2 40.2 – – –

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators 12.46 1.9 39.7 12.50 1.9 39.9 8.25 7.7 23.4

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ............................................... 13.96 6.0 35.6 14.47 6.2 40.1 – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers ....................................................................... 10.27 2.2 34.5 11.01 2.2 39.8 6.83 2.1 21.3

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ... 8.93 7.8 35.3 9.36 8.9 39.9 6.98 1.3 23.2

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ................................................. 13.67 4.8 39.4 13.79 5.0 40.2 – – –

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ..................... 13.93 6.1 40.2 13.93 6.1 40.2 – – –

Helpers, construction trades .............................. 12.98 16.7 39.5 13.60 16.4 40.0 – – –

Construction laborers ......................................... 15.75 5.6 39.8 15.75 5.6 39.8 – – –

Production helpers ............................................. 10.85 4.6 39.2 11.02 4.4 40.0 6.84 3.8 26.3

Stock handlers and baggers .............................. 8.93 1.7 29.1 10.34 1.6 39.4 6.37 2.3 19.7

Machine feeders and offbearers ........................ 9.44 4.0 39.3 9.56 4.1 40.0 – – –

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ...... 12.43 7.4 34.0 13.08 7.8 39.5 9.62 4.5 21.2

Garage and service station related .................... 11.59 24.5 34.4 12.87 23.3 40.0 – – –

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ......... 10.05 6.1 37.4 10.07 6.4 39.6 9.81 17.3 20.6

Hand packers and packagers ............................ 8.42 4.0 38.9 8.58 4.2 40.0 6.25 5.2 28.8

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................. 9.80 4.5 35.3 10.68 3.3 39.9 6.15 3.5 24.0

Service .............................................................................. 7.63 1.2 29.8 8.40 1.4 38.6 5.96 1.2 20.0

Protective service .................................................. 8.18 4.3 31.6 8.30 5.6 39.7 7.73 4.2 18.3

Supervisors, guards ........................................... 12.60 11.1 38.0 12.84 10.8 40.1 – – –

Guards and police, except public service .......... 7.75 3.9 32.0 7.71 5.0 39.6 7.89 4.8 18.6

Protective service, n.e.c. .................................... 7.78 17.7 19.4 – – – 6.48 5.2 15.8

Food service .......................................................... 6.45 2.4 27.8 7.51 2.6 38.5 5.08 2.0 20.4

Supervisors, food preparation and service ........ 10.83 2.8 38.7 11.12 2.7 40.8 7.60 2.4 24.9

Bartenders ......................................................... 6.35 7.0 26.0 7.23 10.8 36.5 5.56 7.1 20.6

Waiters and waitresses ...................................... 3.31 6.0 25.6 3.63 10.2 37.2 3.03 3.9 20.2

Cooks ................................................................. 8.12 2.9 33.3 8.51 2.8 38.6 6.64 2.7 22.0

Food counter, fountain, and related ................... 5.54 3.5 23.0 6.09 5.8 36.8 5.24 3.8 19.1

Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................... 7.00 3.3 28.7 7.45 3.0 38.5 6.40 3.8 21.3

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ......................... 4.58 5.3 18.7 5.24 11.6 36.3 4.42 5.7 16.7

Food preparation, n.e.c. ..................................... 6.32 2.7 27.4 7.00 3.5 38.8 5.69 1.6 21.4

Health service ........................................................ 8.00 1.1 32.7 8.07 1.2 38.5 7.73 2.0 20.8

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4. Selected occupations, East North Central, 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)

Service –Continued

Health service –Continued

Health aides, except nursing ............................. $8.72 2.2 33.4 $8.81 2.4 37.7 $8.14 6.9 18.8

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............ 7.73 1.2 32.5 7.76 1.2 38.8 7.64 1.9 21.2

Cleaning and building service ................................ 8.65 2.2 32.9 9.29 2.0 39.4 6.40 2.5 21.0

Supervisors, cleaning and building service

workers ............................................................ 12.05 5.0 40.0 12.08 5.1 40.2 – – –

Maids and housemen ........................................ 6.37 1.6 31.3 6.44 2.1 38.7 6.21 2.0 21.1

Janitors and cleaners ......................................... 9.02 2.5 33.0 9.75 2.1 39.5 6.46 3.0 20.9

Personal service .................................................... 8.73 4.4 27.2 9.78 5.6 36.6 6.58 2.1 17.8

Supervisors, personal service ............................ 11.69 9.6 39.3 11.70 9.7 39.7 – – –

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ....................... 9.73 11.2 36.9 10.12 11.6 39.5 – – –

Attendants, amusement, and recreation

facilities ............................................................ 5.76 2.8 16.5 – – – 5.64 3.4 13.6

Ushers ............................................................... 6.22 5.8 17.0 – – – 6.22 5.8 17.0

Public transportation attendants ........................ 34.40 3.5 17.8 – – – – – –

Baggage porters and bellhops ........................... 9.09 19.0 36.6 8.99 22.7 40.0 – – –

Welfare service aides ........................................ 6.96 3.4 29.1 7.30 3.4 39.0 6.14 5.4 18.2

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................. 6.25 5.0 25.6 6.30 6.5 39.5 6.17 3.1 15.8

Child care workers, n.e.c. .................................. 8.10 4.4 27.8 8.65 6.2 39.1 7.18 4.6 18.7

Service, n.e.c. .................................................... 7.62 2.5 27.3 8.36 3.1 38.9 6.46 3.4 18.5

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 May

1998. The average reference period was August 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, East North Central, 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 .......................................................................................... $18.51 1.3 35.8 $19.02 1.4 38.5 $11.55 2.8 18.3

All excluding sales ......................................................... 18.52 1.3 35.8 19.02 1.4 38.5 11.58 2.8 18.3

White collar ...................................................................... 21.26 1.2 35.7 21.66 1.3 37.8 14.03 3.6 18.1

White collar excluding sales ...................................... 21.29 1.2 35.8 21.68 1.3 37.8 14.14 3.7 18.1

Professional specialty and technical ......................... 25.66 1.4 35.0 26.08 1.5 37.0 17.53 4.0 17.1

Professional specialty ................................................ 26.53 1.6 34.8 26.99 1.6 36.8 17.81 4.1 16.8

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..................... 24.04 3.0 39.4 24.05 3.0 39.4 – – –

Civil engineers ................................................... 25.72 5.6 38.6 25.72 5.6 38.6 – – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ................... 22.32 7.3 38.7 22.42 7.3 39.1 – – –

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........ 21.79 7.9 38.6 21.89 7.9 39.0 – – –

Natural scientists ................................................... 16.22 9.7 39.1 16.27 10.0 39.5 – – –

Biological and life scientists ............................... 19.76 5.7 32.8 – – – – – –

Health related ........................................................ 22.14 4.4 36.7 22.42 4.8 39.1 18.48 5.7 20.6

Physicians .......................................................... 37.16 13.3 42.5 37.16 13.3 42.5 – – –

Registered nurses .............................................. 19.10 4.9 35.9 19.06 5.4 38.6 19.61 4.1 20.2

Dietitians ............................................................ 17.43 1.6 38.6 17.43 1.6 40.0 – – –

Speech therapists .............................................. 29.58 6.3 34.0 30.69 6.7 36.9 – – –

Therapists, n.e.c. ............................................... 15.17 8.3 37.1 15.36 8.9 39.1 – – –

Teachers, college and university ........................... 33.35 3.6 32.7 34.42 3.9 37.2 21.99 3.8 14.2

Biological science teachers ............................... 34.42 14.1 34.0 – – – – – –

Chemistry teachers ............................................ 31.46 8.7 28.6 – – – – – –

Social science teachers, n.e.c. .......................... 30.27 9.8 38.8 30.27 9.8 38.8 – – –

Engineering teachers ......................................... 50.07 19.2 40.0 50.09 19.2 40.3 – – –

Mathematical science teachers ......................... 39.18 2.1 33.3 – – – – – –

Health specialities teachers ............................... 27.46 10.0 35.0 27.52 10.3 37.9 25.64 7.0 10.3

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .. 36.72 17.5 26.6 – – – – – –

Art, drama, and music teachers ......................... 27.65 11.8 38.3 – – – – – –

Education teachers ............................................ 37.96 6.3 37.6 37.96 6.3 37.6 – – –

English teachers ................................................ 32.48 9.5 37.4 32.62 9.5 38.7 – – –

Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified 30.46 12.9 23.1 – – – 22.73 12.5 11.2

Teachers, post secondary, n.e.c. ....................... 29.40 6.4 26.3 31.61 7.4 32.9 22.51 3.5 16.2

Teachers, except college and university ................ 28.28 1.8 33.9 28.85 1.9 35.8 16.88 7.3 16.5

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ..................... 29.78 6.7 32.9 30.03 7.0 34.7 – – –

Elementary school teachers .............................. 29.17 2.3 35.0 29.30 2.3 35.6 23.87 13.1 21.0

Secondary school teachers ............................... 29.78 2.9 36.1 29.84 3.0 36.4 22.93 17.9 17.4

Teachers, special education .............................. 28.15 4.9 36.0 28.39 4.9 36.1 – – –

Teachers, n.e.c. ................................................. 28.78 4.8 30.8 29.86 4.8 35.0 17.79 7.8 13.8

Substitute teachers ............................................ 10.09 7.4 19.4 – – – 10.23 5.0 15.2

Vocational and educational counselors ............. 20.69 9.3 36.5 21.15 9.9 38.5 – – –

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................ 20.90 9.3 35.6 21.32 9.8 38.5 16.22 9.8 19.5

Librarians ........................................................... 22.10 8.8 35.7 22.68 8.9 38.8 15.82 11.7 19.4

Social scientists and urban planners ..................... 22.81 13.4 39.1 22.81 13.4 39.1 – – –

Psychologists ..................................................... 31.44 11.0 38.2 31.44 11.0 38.2 – – –

Urban planners .................................................. 19.28 2.4 39.9 19.28 2.4 39.9 – – –

Social, recreation, and religious workers ............... 17.07 4.0 38.0 17.19 4.1 38.8 12.41 10.0 22.0

Social workers ................................................... 17.49 4.1 38.3 17.52 4.1 38.8 – – –

Recreation workers ............................................ 11.78 11.2 35.2 12.07 12.6 38.6 10.42 14.2 24.8

Lawyers and judges ............................................... 27.23 5.5 35.7 27.38 6.1 39.0 25.66 8.0 18.7

Lawyers ............................................................. 27.65 6.0 36.1 27.88 6.7 38.9 25.22 8.8 20.6

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. 24.82 6.6 36.2 25.63 8.6 39.7 11.78 19.9 14.9

Public relations specialists ................................. 20.60 12.2 39.0 20.93 12.3 39.6 – – –

Athletes .............................................................. 28.54 9.8 35.0 – – – – – –

Professional, n.e.c. ............................................ 26.11 19.9 36.1 – – – – – –

Technical ................................................................... 15.52 4.6 37.8 15.60 4.8 39.1 13.42 5.0 21.2

Clinical laboratory technologists and

technicians ....................................................... 10.10 6.5 38.9 10.06 6.5 40.0 – – –

Radiological technicians .................................... 14.30 5.2 32.5 14.54 5.9 39.6 – – –

Licensed practical nurses .................................. 12.43 3.3 36.8 12.24 3.8 39.9 13.68 5.9 24.5

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ...... 14.87 11.1 37.7 15.04 11.3 40.4 – – –

Electrical and electronic technicians .................. 13.57 2.1 38.9 13.59 2.2 39.5 – – –

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .......................... 19.18 7.4 37.4 19.31 7.2 37.9 – – –

Surveying and mapping technicians .................. 14.71 13.0 38.3 14.71 13.0 38.3 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 5. Selected occupations, East North Central, 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

Computer programmers ..................................... $20.09 9.6 38.0 $20.18 10.4 39.7 – – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. .............................. 16.36 9.7 38.3 16.43 9.9 38.8 $12.50 5.4 21.9

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... 24.47 1.8 37.9 24.50 1.9 39.4 22.93 17.5 12.1

Executives, administrators, and managers ............ 28.15 2.1 37.2 28.26 2.0 39.5 23.33 22.1 10.6

Legislators ......................................................... 23.18 33.2 5.5 – – – 23.27 36.6 5.0

Administrators and officials, public

administration .................................................. 25.33 3.8 38.6 25.38 3.6 39.7 – – –

Financial managers ........................................... 23.74 3.8 39.9 23.74 3.8 39.9 – – –

Administrators, education and related fields ...... 33.20 3.4 38.7 33.19 3.4 39.1 – – –

Managers, medicine and health ......................... 31.47 20.0 39.2 31.47 20.0 39.2 – – –

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............ 17.78 8.9 36.2 18.16 9.0 39.5 – – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................. 27.20 6.4 40.0 27.22 6.4 40.0 – – –

Management related .............................................. 18.57 2.5 39.0 18.53 2.6 39.3 – – –

Accountants and auditors .................................. 20.01 5.8 38.9 20.01 5.8 38.9 – – –

Other financial officers ....................................... 20.15 5.9 39.9 20.15 5.9 39.9 – – –

Personnel, training, and labor relations

specialists ........................................................ 18.40 6.4 38.8 18.45 6.5 39.5 – – –

Construction inspectors ..................................... 18.44 7.7 39.3 18.47 7.9 39.5 – – –

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ..................................................... 16.13 4.1 39.2 16.13 4.1 39.2 – – –

Management related, n.e.c. ............................... 19.69 5.1 38.6 19.66 5.2 38.8 – – –

Sales ............................................................................. 12.58 9.9 28.6 14.25 11.2 40.0 7.74 14.9 15.6

Cashiers ............................................................. 11.26 11.6 26.6 12.59 13.5 40.0 8.07 16.1 14.8

Administrative support, including clerical ................ 11.61 1.6 36.3 11.83 1.7 38.4 8.80 2.4 21.1

Supervisors, general office ................................ 15.59 2.7 39.4 15.60 2.7 39.4 – – –

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and

adjusting clerks ................................................ 15.12 5.1 37.7 15.12 5.1 37.7 – – –

Computer operators ........................................... 14.70 8.7 39.0 14.71 8.7 39.1 – – –

Secretaries ......................................................... 11.80 1.7 37.8 11.84 1.8 39.0 10.51 8.9 20.3

Stenographers ................................................... 14.42 3.2 36.4 14.42 3.2 36.4 – – –

Typists ............................................................... 10.22 4.3 36.9 10.34 4.8 39.7 – – –

Interviewers ....................................................... 11.90 10.3 33.7 12.30 9.9 40.0 – – –

Receptionists ..................................................... 11.99 8.2 31.0 13.01 5.9 38.3 7.03 3.2 16.1

Personnel clerks, except payroll and

timekeeping ..................................................... 13.59 11.5 39.0 13.59 11.5 39.0 – – –

Library clerks ..................................................... 9.32 4.4 28.0 9.85 6.6 37.8 7.92 6.9 16.7

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................ 12.23 8.5 38.3 12.29 8.5 38.7 – – –

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ... 11.94 2.3 38.4 12.06 2.4 39.1 9.04 2.8 27.9

Payroll and timekeeping clerks .......................... 15.92 5.2 38.5 15.92 5.2 38.5 – – –

Billing clerks ....................................................... 11.58 4.4 38.6 11.60 4.5 39.2 – – –

Dispatchers ........................................................ 10.88 8.1 36.9 11.41 9.4 40.0 7.76 7.4 25.3

Stock and inventory clerks ................................. 12.22 3.5 38.1 12.28 3.6 38.3 – – –

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ... 13.81 4.6 34.9 14.12 4.8 40.0 – – –

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ........................... 13.60 5.5 38.4 14.13 4.6 40.0 – – –

General office clerks .......................................... 11.43 2.3 37.5 11.58 2.3 38.9 8.64 7.1 22.4

Data entry keyers ............................................... 10.84 4.1 38.4 10.84 4.1 38.4 – – –

Teachers’ aides ................................................. 9.41 3.5 31.5 9.50 4.1 34.6 8.95 3.2 21.8

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................ 11.31 6.8 35.8 11.61 7.3 38.5 8.43 8.4 21.4

Blue collar ........................................................................ 14.46 1.3 36.4 14.85 1.4 39.3 10.86 3.0 21.9

Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... 16.39 1.8 39.4 16.42 1.8 39.7 – – –

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .............. 18.09 8.8 39.9 18.09 8.8 39.9 – – –

Automobile mechanics ....................................... 15.70 3.2 40.0 15.70 3.2 40.0 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .... 16.23 3.6 40.0 16.23 3.6 40.0 – – –

Heavy equipment mechanics ............................. 14.59 10.2 40.0 14.59 10.2 40.0 – – –

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ........... 14.57 7.6 35.8 15.11 7.1 39.4 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 5. Selected occupations, East North Central, 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 –Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ......................... $15.36 3.8 40.0 $15.36 3.8 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ............. 17.94 4.3 39.6 17.94 4.3 39.6 – – –

Carpenters ......................................................... 18.02 14.5 40.0 18.02 14.5 40.0 – – –

Electricians ........................................................ 18.67 7.9 39.8 18.67 7.9 39.8 – – –

Painters, construction and maintenance ............ 16.69 6.2 39.9 16.69 6.2 39.9 – – –

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ............... 17.85 6.5 39.7 17.85 6.5 39.7 – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ................................. 14.42 7.4 39.2 14.43 7.4 39.3 – – –

Water and sewer treatment plant operators ...... 15.31 2.8 40.0 15.31 2.8 40.0 – – –

Stationary engineers .......................................... 18.83 8.5 39.1 18.83 8.5 39.1 – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..... 11.90 7.8 39.5 11.93 7.9 40.0 – – –

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators 8.91 5.7 40.0 8.91 5.7 40.0 – – –

Transportation and material moving ......................... 13.70 2.2 32.0 14.23 2.3 38.1 $11.98 3.1 21.0

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................ 19.10 8.2 39.5 19.10 8.2 39.5 – – –

Truck drivers ...................................................... 13.19 4.0 38.5 13.32 4.1 40.0 – – –

Bus drivers ......................................................... 13.30 2.5 27.7 14.20 2.4 35.8 12.07 3.2 21.1

Operating engineers .......................................... 16.12 9.4 40.0 16.12 9.4 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ............................................... 14.88 8.8 40.0 14.88 8.8 40.0 – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers ....................................................................... 12.25 3.3 37.8 12.78 3.9 39.6 6.95 5.0 26.1

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ... 11.74 5.3 35.8 12.97 4.2 39.4 6.45 4.2 25.8

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ..................... 13.88 7.1 33.9 14.80 4.4 40.0 – – –

Construction laborers ......................................... 13.53 6.6 40.0 13.53 6.6 40.0 – – –

Garbage collectors ............................................. 11.97 17.1 39.3 – – – – – –

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................. 10.46 4.9 38.8 10.68 5.1 40.0 6.85 6.5 26.6

Service .............................................................................. 13.40 2.4 35.6 13.92 2.6 40.1 8.29 2.3 17.1

Protective service .................................................. 16.91 1.9 39.1 17.21 1.9 41.7 8.92 4.8 14.2

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ...... 17.29 4.1 50.7 17.29 4.1 51.0 – – –

Supervisors, police and detectives .................... 23.75 5.8 40.0 23.75 5.8 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, guards ........................................... 16.51 13.1 37.0 16.51 13.1 37.0 – – –

Firefighting ......................................................... 15.49 3.6 44.6 15.71 3.4 50.3 8.82 7.4 10.2

Police and detectives, public service ................. 19.31 2.5 39.3 19.37 2.4 39.8 – – –

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement

officers ............................................................. 14.41 3.9 39.6 14.44 3.9 39.8 – – –

Correctional institution officers ........................... 13.63 4.1 38.5 13.73 4.1 39.2 – – –

Crossing guards ................................................. 6.88 11.4 13.2 – – – 6.88 11.4 13.2

Guards and police, except public service .......... 13.77 5.8 31.3 13.89 6.5 38.5 13.14 11.8 15.9

Protective service, n.e.c. .................................... 11.01 14.1 29.4 12.22 15.7 39.2 7.28 6.7 16.6

Food service .......................................................... 8.94 2.9 29.0 9.10 3.9 35.7 8.44 3.5 18.1

Supervisors, food preparation and service ........ 10.27 7.1 33.9 10.31 7.5 34.9 – – –

Cooks ................................................................. 9.57 2.3 32.5 9.50 2.5 35.4 9.96 5.1 21.5

Food counter, fountain, and related ................... 6.34 7.6 11.3 – – – 6.34 7.6 11.3

Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................... 6.94 3.8 34.4 – – – – – –

Food preparation, n.e.c. ..................................... 8.46 4.0 24.0 8.77 6.2 35.7 8.10 3.9 17.3

Health service ........................................................ 10.32 6.1 36.2 10.36 6.5 38.6 9.77 6.3 18.8

Health aides, except nursing ............................. 11.78 1.3 35.9 11.84 1.5 38.8 11.10 3.3 20.2

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............ 9.49 8.7 36.4 9.55 9.2 38.6 8.48 7.0 17.7

Cleaning and building service ................................ 10.96 2.2 38.2 11.08 2.3 39.6 8.95 8.4 23.7

Supervisors, cleaning and building service

workers ............................................................ 14.07 8.6 40.2 14.07 8.6 40.2 – – –

Maids and housemen ........................................ 7.97 4.6 33.6 – – – – – –

Janitors and cleaners ......................................... 10.80 2.2 38.1 10.92 2.3 39.6 8.96 8.5 23.9

Personal service .................................................... 9.29 4.8 26.2 10.20 5.9 37.5 7.45 3.1 16.3

Attendants, amusement, and recreation

facilities ............................................................ 6.35 2.2 24.5 – – – 6.59 2.2 22.3

Welfare service aides ........................................ 8.16 22.0 32.7 8.17 22.6 37.8 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 5. Selected occupations, East North Central, 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

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................. $8.90 3.5 30.4 $9.08 4.5 36.0 $8.44 5.0 21.7

Child care workers, n.e.c. .................................. 9.22 5.7 21.6 10.62 6.9 38.9 7.41 4.6 13.7

Service, n.e.c. .................................................... 10.72 6.4 26.3 11.40 5.9 37.4 7.18 7.4 10.3

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

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

pay for overtime, vacations, 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 May

1998. The average reference period was August 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. 

23
Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 East North Central: 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 .......................................................................................... $15.45 0.9 36.2 $14.85 1.0 36.3 $18.51 1.3 35.8

All excluding sales ......................................................... 15.52 .8 36.5 14.89 .9 36.6 18.52 1.3 35.8

White collar ...................................................................... 18.92 1.1 36.4 18.28 1.4 36.5 21.26 1.2 35.7

1 ..................................................................... 6.62 1.4 26.1 6.61 1.4 26.3 6.84 3.2 23.4

2 ..................................................................... 8.37 1.5 30.0 8.32 1.6 29.8 8.72 3.1 31.4

3 ..................................................................... 9.19 1.0 34.1 9.04 1.3 34.0 10.21 1.5 34.8

4 ..................................................................... 11.02 1.2 37.0 10.95 1.3 36.9 11.31 3.6 37.6

5 ..................................................................... 13.00 1.9 36.9 13.08 2.1 37.3 12.62 2.9 35.1

6 ..................................................................... 14.81 1.7 37.7 14.53 1.4 38.1 15.75 5.1 36.5

7 ..................................................................... 17.57 1.1 37.6 16.90 1.1 37.9 19.52 2.3 36.7

8 ..................................................................... 20.07 1.7 36.7 18.66 1.7 37.2 24.40 3.5 35.1

9 ..................................................................... 23.90 .8 37.0 21.75 1.1 37.9 27.43 1.5 35.5

10 ................................................................... 26.17 2.1 38.9 26.48 2.4 39.3 24.30 3.2 36.6

11 ................................................................... 30.35 1.4 38.7 30.59 1.6 39.0 29.08 2.1 37.0

12 ................................................................... 34.32 1.1 40.2 34.61 1.2 40.5 32.87 2.5 38.7

13 ................................................................... 47.36 5.5 39.9 50.17 6.8 40.3 39.29 4.2 38.9

14 ................................................................... 51.15 3.5 41.3 51.30 3.8 41.8 49.32 8.8 36.3

15 ................................................................... 66.28 7.2 41.3 67.82 7.5 41.8 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 27.14 4.4 35.8 27.09 5.0 36.9 27.37 9.2 31.6

White collar excluding sales ...................................... 19.49 1.0 37.0 18.92 1.3 37.4 21.29 1.2 35.8

1 ..................................................................... 7.26 1.8 29.5 7.32 2.0 30.5 6.92 3.3 24.9

2 ..................................................................... 8.64 1.7 32.2 8.65 1.9 32.4 8.59 2.9 31.3

3 ..................................................................... 9.57 1.0 35.7 9.46 1.2 35.9 10.18 1.4 34.8

4 ..................................................................... 11.13 1.1 37.6 11.07 1.1 37.6 11.31 3.6 37.6

5 ..................................................................... 12.72 1.4 36.6 12.74 1.5 37.1 12.62 2.9 35.0

6 ..................................................................... 14.82 1.7 37.6 14.51 1.3 38.0 15.75 5.1 36.5

7 ..................................................................... 17.40 1.1 37.4 16.59 .9 37.6 19.52 2.3 36.7

8 ..................................................................... 19.90 1.7 36.4 18.25 1.2 36.8 24.41 3.5 35.1

9 ..................................................................... 23.87 .8 36.9 21.61 1.1 37.9 27.44 1.5 35.5

10 ................................................................... 25.43 1.9 38.8 25.64 2.1 39.2 24.30 3.2 36.6

11 ................................................................... 30.09 1.3 38.5 30.29 1.6 38.8 29.08 2.1 37.0

12 ................................................................... 34.08 1.1 40.2 34.33 1.2 40.5 32.87 2.5 38.7

13 ................................................................... 45.00 2.4 39.9 47.06 3.0 40.3 39.29 4.2 38.9

14 ................................................................... 51.18 3.5 41.3 51.34 3.8 41.8 49.32 8.8 36.3

15 ................................................................... 66.28 7.2 41.3 67.82 7.5 41.8 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 27.99 4.5 35.6 28.15 5.1 36.8 27.37 9.2 31.6

Professional specialty and technical ......................... 22.99 1.0 35.8 21.66 1.4 36.2 25.66 1.4 35.0

Professional specialty ................................................ 24.61 1.1 35.7 23.37 1.5 36.3 26.53 1.6 34.8

4 ..................................................................... 9.69 8.5 24.2 10.87 12.6 22.7 8.04 6.2 26.7

5 ..................................................................... 11.60 5.1 32.2 11.14 4.9 33.6 12.00 8.3 31.0

6 ..................................................................... 16.37 5.9 34.2 13.47 3.8 35.0 20.55 9.9 33.1

7 ..................................................................... 19.05 1.9 35.5 16.94 1.6 35.6 21.97 3.9 35.2

8 ..................................................................... 21.90 2.5 33.7 18.90 1.8 33.5 26.41 4.0 33.9

9 ..................................................................... 24.83 1.0 35.5 21.08 1.6 36.2 28.41 1.5 34.9

10 ................................................................... 24.14 2.6 37.8 24.27 3.1 38.3 23.54 6.5 35.7

11 ................................................................... 28.68 1.2 38.0 28.92 1.4 38.5 27.67 3.3 36.0

12 ................................................................... 34.22 2.0 39.9 34.44 2.3 40.3 33.26 3.4 38.1

13 ................................................................... 40.85 4.9 38.9 43.15 7.4 39.0 38.15 5.4 38.8

14 ................................................................... 51.28 8.3 40.3 50.38 9.6 41.5 58.44 9.6 32.8

15 ................................................................... 59.07 8.3 42.6 64.09 8.3 45.7 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 26.66 5.7 35.8 25.44 5.9 35.7 30.48 12.8 36.4

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..................... 27.10 1.5 40.3 27.25 1.5 40.4 24.04 3.0 39.4

5 ..................................................................... 17.99 2.9 40.0 17.99 2.9 40.0 – – –

6 ..................................................................... 18.51 2.9 40.0 18.51 2.9 40.0 – – –

7 ..................................................................... 19.54 4.0 39.9 19.63 4.0 40.0 – – –

8 ..................................................................... 20.66 2.5 40.1 20.38 2.2 40.1 – – –

9 ..................................................................... 23.04 1.9 40.3 23.07 1.9 40.3 22.43 6.9 39.6

10 ................................................................... 25.96 2.5 40.3 25.79 2.4 40.3 – – –

11 ................................................................... 28.90 2.0 40.3 29.35 2.0 40.4 24.57 3.1 39.4

12 ................................................................... 31.97 2.9 40.9 32.02 2.9 40.9 – – –

13 ................................................................... 37.43 4.4 40.0 37.43 4.4 40.0 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 29.63 10.2 40.6 29.63 10.2 40.6 – – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ................... 27.55 3.1 39.7 27.84 3.1 39.8 22.32 7.3 38.7

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 East North Central: 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 ..................................................................... $17.17 5.1 38.2 $17.50 4.9 38.8 – – –

7 ..................................................................... 18.93 3.8 39.5 18.63 3.9 39.5 – – –

8 ..................................................................... 21.15 8.5 39.8 21.84 10.1 40.4 – – –

9 ..................................................................... 25.02 1.9 39.4 25.09 1.9 39.4 – – –

10 ................................................................... 26.35 4.0 41.3 26.35 4.1 41.4 – – –

11 ................................................................... 31.06 4.5 39.8 31.26 4.5 39.7 – – –

12 ................................................................... 35.80 5.5 40.0 35.85 5.7 40.0 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 32.11 16.6 39.9 32.11 16.6 39.9 – – –

Natural scientists ................................................... 23.33 8.0 38.9 25.49 9.4 38.9 $16.22 9.7 39.1

6 ..................................................................... 13.82 5.1 40.0 – – – – – –

7 ..................................................................... 17.10 4.4 39.7 16.99 4.5 39.7 – – –

8 ..................................................................... 20.47 14.7 40.2 23.47 10.2 41.3 – – –

9 ..................................................................... 21.72 3.6 39.8 22.74 3.8 39.7 20.46 3.5 40.0

11 ................................................................... 29.37 3.3 40.0 29.54 3.3 40.0 – – –

12 ................................................................... 36.57 6.4 39.3 36.57 6.4 39.3 – – –

13 ................................................................... 25.24 25.8 38.6 – – – – – –

Health related ........................................................ 21.51 1.4 32.9 21.39 1.3 32.2 22.14 4.4 36.7

5 ..................................................................... 12.25 3.5 29.1 12.73 6.8 26.2 – – –

6 ..................................................................... 16.84 3.4 31.4 17.28 2.9 30.3 14.75 4.4 37.7

7 ..................................................................... 17.47 3.7 32.5 17.85 2.4 31.4 15.88 9.5 38.1

8 ..................................................................... 18.99 1.4 31.6 18.82 1.2 31.1 20.17 5.7 35.1

9 ..................................................................... 19.89 2.2 33.6 19.30 2.2 33.0 23.34 4.1 36.9

10 ................................................................... 22.43 6.4 36.6 23.77 5.9 35.5 18.14 14.0 40.9

11 ................................................................... 24.96 4.5 32.2 25.11 4.7 32.7 22.89 4.4 26.7

12 ................................................................... 51.11 9.5 37.0 51.11 9.5 37.0 – – –

13 ................................................................... 52.70 12.6 35.0 69.09 9.8 27.6 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 26.27 12.3 35.9 26.82 12.9 35.5 – – –

Teachers, college and university ........................... 32.76 3.4 33.8 31.57 6.3 36.5 33.35 3.6 32.7

7 ..................................................................... 17.57 6.8 28.6 – – – 15.29 5.2 26.5

8 ..................................................................... 29.71 11.9 17.5 – – – 29.64 12.4 16.4

9 ..................................................................... 26.24 9.0 24.2 23.01 6.6 22.6 26.78 10.6 24.5

10 ................................................................... 21.03 7.3 30.4 19.72 4.4 32.1 33.52 5.5 20.2

11 ................................................................... 27.12 4.4 34.8 24.64 4.2 35.1 28.93 5.7 34.6

12 ................................................................... 33.89 3.7 38.1 33.00 6.2 38.9 34.24 4.0 37.8

13 ................................................................... 38.08 1.7 41.0 41.10 4.1 45.6 36.97 1.5 39.5

14 ................................................................... 54.19 6.4 38.8 49.46 2.2 48.2 58.77 9.8 32.7

Not able to be leveled .................................... 34.23 25.3 36.9 – – – – – –

Teachers, except college and university ................ 26.71 1.6 33.6 15.36 3.5 31.4 28.28 1.8 33.9

4 ..................................................................... 7.86 8.3 20.6 – – – 8.62 15.8 23.6

5 ..................................................................... 10.50 17.0 27.5 7.60 9.5 30.8 13.25 17.8 24.9

6 ..................................................................... 21.10 11.1 30.0 11.31 5.3 29.9 24.98 12.1 30.1

7 ..................................................................... 23.36 4.6 34.6 17.13 9.9 35.5 24.31 5.4 34.4

8 ..................................................................... 29.66 4.4 32.7 15.86 2.3 29.7 31.26 4.3 33.1

9 ..................................................................... 28.99 1.6 35.0 20.20 2.7 34.7 29.64 1.7 35.0

10 ................................................................... 34.32 11.4 38.1 22.53 9.8 32.6 – – –

11 ................................................................... 30.09 9.1 36.2 – – – 32.35 8.2 34.9

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................ 19.51 7.0 34.6 17.08 4.6 33.0 20.90 9.3 35.6

5 ..................................................................... 11.19 1.0 34.7 11.05 2.5 36.6 – – –

6 ..................................................................... 12.18 6.4 34.8 – – – 12.92 4.7 34.3

7 ..................................................................... 14.34 4.1 36.3 – – – 14.80 4.6 35.2

8 ..................................................................... 19.30 14.8 35.9 – – – 20.26 16.2 35.4

9 ..................................................................... 20.81 6.2 30.8 18.87 6.0 26.1 22.16 8.6 35.3

10 ................................................................... 18.10 5.4 38.1 – – – 18.64 8.5 35.0

11 ................................................................... 25.72 12.5 37.8 – – – 28.17 8.6 37.8

Social scientists and urban planners ..................... 21.45 7.5 37.7 19.91 4.8 36.3 22.81 13.4 39.1

7 ..................................................................... 17.79 7.7 39.5 – – – – – –

8 ..................................................................... 18.32 4.3 39.9 16.00 4.9 39.8 – – –

9 ..................................................................... 23.70 8.9 38.0 19.26 10.2 37.2 26.88 10.2 38.6

10 ................................................................... 20.02 5.1 38.8 19.75 6.0 38.5 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 East North Central: 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 scientists and urban planners –Continued

11 ................................................................... $32.82 9.9 33.2 – – – – – –

Social, religious, and recreation workers ............... 14.91 2.6 37.8 $13.09 1.8 37.6 $17.07 4.0 38.0

4 ..................................................................... 7.53 4.1 32.2 – – – – – –

5 ..................................................................... 11.38 3.7 38.1 10.10 9.7 37.9 11.64 3.9 38.2

6 ..................................................................... 12.56 8.4 38.6 9.93 4.8 38.9 15.69 5.1 38.2

7 ..................................................................... 13.56 1.9 37.5 12.90 2.3 37.5 15.23 2.2 37.6

8 ..................................................................... 15.66 4.2 38.1 13.22 5.5 37.8 16.89 3.4 38.2

9 ..................................................................... 16.43 3.3 38.2 15.20 4.0 37.4 18.77 4.7 39.8

10 ................................................................... 18.81 11.3 36.2 15.53 10.8 35.9 24.56 9.7 36.7

11 ................................................................... 24.86 16.2 36.0 16.11 5.5 37.4 34.19 10.6 34.6

Lawyers and judges ............................................... 37.29 13.8 38.0 46.90 16.6 40.6 27.23 5.5 35.7

10 ................................................................... 29.84 13.5 33.4 – – – – – –

11 ................................................................... 26.32 10.2 38.6 – – – 22.55 5.3 37.3

12 ................................................................... 30.77 5.0 40.0 31.10 6.7 41.1 30.06 6.5 37.7

13 ................................................................... 57.32 16.7 36.3 65.50 20.4 38.6 – – –

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. 20.45 4.8 38.4 19.84 5.3 38.8 24.82 6.6 36.2

5 ..................................................................... 13.04 8.4 38.0 13.08 8.6 38.0 – – –

6 ..................................................................... 12.97 10.8 39.0 13.02 11.2 39.2 – – –

7 ..................................................................... 17.66 4.6 39.5 17.18 3.3 39.5 22.13 23.7 40.0

8 ..................................................................... 17.93 2.2 39.6 18.25 1.4 39.7 – – –

9 ..................................................................... 20.61 4.4 38.3 20.73 4.6 39.3 – – –

10 ................................................................... 25.38 12.7 40.5 27.52 14.1 40.6 – – –

11 ................................................................... 26.24 4.6 39.7 26.75 4.1 39.6 – – –

12 ................................................................... 28.91 7.1 42.6 28.91 7.1 42.6 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 23.31 7.9 35.6 21.06 11.5 35.5 28.85 7.6 35.8

Technical ................................................................... 17.28 2.0 36.1 17.51 2.2 35.9 15.52 4.6 37.8

2 ..................................................................... 8.74 12.0 38.6 8.75 12.3 38.9 – – –

3 ..................................................................... 9.52 3.9 30.7 9.56 4.2 30.2 – – –

4 ..................................................................... 11.51 2.3 36.0 11.39 2.5 35.9 12.86 4.9 36.7

5 ..................................................................... 12.56 2.3 34.4 12.78 2.5 34.0 11.25 3.8 36.8

6 ..................................................................... 14.67 1.8 36.6 14.93 1.9 36.5 12.26 10.2 37.6

7 ..................................................................... 16.95 2.1 36.6 17.04 2.4 36.3 16.36 2.7 38.6

8 ..................................................................... 19.96 1.9 38.1 20.08 2.2 38.0 18.83 4.4 38.7

9 ..................................................................... 22.33 2.6 38.9 22.66 3.1 39.1 21.11 1.6 38.5

10 ................................................................... 29.00 11.8 38.2 29.76 13.0 38.5 – – –

11 ................................................................... 48.28 15.0 32.8 48.28 15.0 32.8 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 15.81 12.0 30.6 15.72 13.5 29.7 – – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... 26.88 1.1 39.9 27.33 1.3 40.3 24.47 1.8 37.9

5 ..................................................................... 13.39 2.7 38.5 13.47 2.9 39.0 12.91 8.2 36.0

6 ..................................................................... 15.02 2.7 39.7 15.05 3.0 40.1 14.90 5.1 37.6

7 ..................................................................... 16.11 1.4 40.2 16.22 1.8 40.4 15.78 2.1 39.5

8 ..................................................................... 17.06 1.7 40.1 16.81 1.8 40.2 18.56 3.7 39.7

9 ..................................................................... 22.17 1.3 39.9 22.18 1.5 40.1 22.13 2.3 39.0

10 ................................................................... 26.36 2.2 39.8 26.53 2.4 40.1 25.29 3.3 37.7

11 ................................................................... 29.96 1.2 39.8 29.77 1.3 40.1 30.86 2.3 38.3

12 ................................................................... 33.88 1.5 40.5 34.12 1.5 40.7 32.61 4.5 39.2

13 ................................................................... 47.24 2.2 41.3 47.77 2.5 41.5 43.04 7.2 39.5

14 ................................................................... 51.13 3.3 41.7 51.77 3.6 41.9 41.96 3.9 39.8

15 ................................................................... 68.68 8.9 40.9 68.66 9.0 41.0 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 37.41 6.3 35.5 40.48 6.4 39.3 26.07 11.5 26.1

Executives, administrators, and managers ............ 30.75 1.5 40.2 31.29 1.8 40.9 28.15 2.1 37.2

5 ..................................................................... 11.90 7.0 35.5 12.08 10.4 37.5 – – –

6 ..................................................................... 14.17 5.3 41.3 14.36 5.8 41.5 – – –

7 ..................................................................... 15.44 2.5 42.0 15.15 3.6 43.0 16.05 3.2 39.9

8 ..................................................................... 18.50 3.0 40.3 18.42 3.2 40.4 19.21 5.7 39.5

9 ..................................................................... 22.14 1.8 40.2 21.94 2.2 40.5 23.11 3.3 38.7

10 ................................................................... 27.06 2.8 40.1 27.12 3.0 40.2 26.36 5.4 38.2

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 East North Central: 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

11 ................................................................... $29.74 1.5 40.0 $29.25 1.7 40.6 $31.54 2.2 38.2

12 ................................................................... 34.24 1.5 40.7 34.61 1.6 41.0 32.64 4.5 39.2

13 ................................................................... 46.42 2.5 41.8 46.95 2.9 42.1 43.04 7.2 39.5

14 ................................................................... 51.74 3.5 41.9 52.50 3.7 42.1 41.96 3.9 39.8

15 ................................................................... 70.53 9.1 41.0 70.53 9.3 41.0 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 41.05 8.4 33.4 44.80 9.4 39.6 29.53 7.4 22.6

Management related .............................................. 21.53 1.1 39.5 22.03 1.2 39.6 18.57 2.5 39.0

5 ..................................................................... 13.66 2.8 39.2 13.66 3.0 39.3 13.64 9.6 38.5

6 ..................................................................... 15.24 3.1 39.3 15.22 3.5 39.7 15.32 5.1 37.1

7 ..................................................................... 16.41 1.8 39.4 16.62 1.7 39.5 15.58 5.0 39.2

8 ..................................................................... 16.28 7.8 40.0 15.86 8.6 40.0 18.34 8.3 39.7

9 ..................................................................... 22.21 1.4 39.6 22.46 1.6 39.6 20.68 2.3 39.4

10 ................................................................... 24.76 2.4 39.2 24.82 3.0 39.8 24.61 3.6 37.5

11 ................................................................... 30.48 7.2 39.3 30.83 7.2 39.3 – – –

12 ................................................................... 31.60 2.6 39.3 31.63 2.6 39.2 – – –

14 ................................................................... 44.46 8.4 40.0 44.46 8.4 40.0 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 31.94 16.9 39.1 34.63 13.5 38.9 – – –

Sales ............................................................................. 14.15 6.0 31.9 14.16 6.0 31.9 12.58 9.9 28.6

1 ..................................................................... 6.18 1.4 24.1 6.18 1.4 24.3 5.86 6.0 13.3

2 ..................................................................... 7.52 4.2 24.7 7.43 4.1 24.6 – – –

3 ..................................................................... 7.39 2.3 28.0 7.31 2.4 27.9 11.50 13.9 33.7

4 ..................................................................... 10.40 4.9 34.2 10.40 4.9 34.2 – – –

5 ..................................................................... 14.79 8.6 38.6 14.79 8.6 38.6 – – –

6 ..................................................................... 14.73 5.6 39.5 14.73 5.6 39.5 – – –

7 ..................................................................... 20.13 5.9 41.2 20.13 5.9 41.2 – – –

8 ..................................................................... 22.07 7.4 40.8 22.10 7.4 40.8 – – –

9 ..................................................................... 25.00 4.6 40.1 25.14 4.6 40.1 – – –

10 ................................................................... 33.12 9.8 40.2 33.12 9.8 40.2 – – –

11 ................................................................... 34.25 7.3 40.7 34.25 7.3 40.7 – – –

12 ................................................................... 42.25 6.8 40.3 42.25 6.8 40.3 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 14.15 10.5 37.7 14.15 10.5 37.7 – – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................ 11.48 1.0 36.7 11.45 1.2 36.8 11.61 1.6 36.3

1 ..................................................................... 7.26 1.8 29.5 7.32 2.0 30.5 6.92 3.3 24.9

2 ..................................................................... 8.64 1.7 32.3 8.65 1.9 32.5 8.59 2.9 31.3

3 ..................................................................... 9.58 1.0 35.8 9.47 1.2 36.0 10.20 1.4 34.8

4 ..................................................................... 11.11 1.2 38.0 11.05 1.2 38.0 11.33 3.7 37.9

5 ..................................................................... 12.91 1.8 38.2 12.83 2.0 38.4 13.32 2.4 37.3

6 ..................................................................... 14.05 1.2 39.2 14.46 1.6 39.4 12.92 1.7 38.9

7 ..................................................................... 16.10 1.1 39.2 16.11 1.3 39.2 16.08 1.5 39.0

8 ..................................................................... 17.87 3.1 40.1 18.17 3.4 40.1 16.19 5.7 40.0

9 ..................................................................... 20.85 7.2 38.7 20.93 7.7 38.6 – – –

10 ................................................................... 22.37 4.7 39.4 22.37 4.7 39.4 – – –

11 ................................................................... 34.11 13.2 37.6 34.11 13.2 37.6 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 12.41 5.6 36.7 12.44 5.9 36.9 12.10 9.3 34.6

Blue collar ........................................................................ 13.35 1.1 38.3 13.28 1.3 38.4 14.46 1.3 36.4

1 ..................................................................... 7.90 2.0 33.2 7.87 2.0 33.2 9.01 6.4 34.8

2 ..................................................................... 9.72 2.9 37.3 9.60 3.0 37.4 12.07 4.3 35.1

3 ..................................................................... 12.99 2.6 38.6 13.03 2.7 38.9 11.96 2.7 32.0

4 ..................................................................... 12.98 1.5 39.7 12.96 1.6 39.9 13.59 2.2 33.8

5 ..................................................................... 13.97 1.6 39.4 13.92 1.8 39.7 14.50 2.3 37.0

6 ..................................................................... 15.92 2.0 40.9 15.96 2.1 40.9 15.30 2.4 39.7

7 ..................................................................... 19.11 .9 39.9 19.30 1.0 40.0 17.52 1.9 39.6

8 ..................................................................... 21.36 1.9 40.6 21.41 2.0 40.6 20.01 7.6 39.6

9 ..................................................................... 22.64 3.6 40.1 22.63 3.7 40.1 23.09 5.8 40.1

10 ................................................................... 33.73 15.2 43.2 33.73 15.2 43.2 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 East North Central: 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

Not able to be leveled .................................... $13.77 9.3 38.7 $13.83 10.2 38.6 – – –

Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... 17.20 1.2 39.9 17.28 1.3 39.9 $16.39 1.8 39.4

1 ..................................................................... 8.19 15.4 39.2 8.19 15.4 39.2 – – –

2 ..................................................................... 8.42 9.5 38.2 8.41 9.5 38.2 – – –

3 ..................................................................... 11.17 3.5 39.3 11.00 3.7 39.2 – – –

4 ..................................................................... 13.19 5.3 39.9 13.25 5.5 40.0 12.03 14.1 39.1

5 ..................................................................... 14.14 2.0 39.8 14.05 2.0 40.0 14.72 5.3 38.7

6 ..................................................................... 16.18 3.3 39.9 16.22 3.6 40.0 15.72 3.4 39.7

7 ..................................................................... 19.28 .9 39.9 19.50 1.0 40.0 17.44 2.1 39.6

8 ..................................................................... 21.40 2.1 40.6 21.45 2.2 40.6 19.99 7.8 39.6

9 ..................................................................... 22.67 3.8 40.2 22.66 3.9 40.2 23.07 7.7 40.1

10 ................................................................... 33.73 15.2 43.2 33.73 15.2 43.2 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 16.08 10.4 40.0 16.50 14.3 40.0 – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..... 12.25 1.9 39.8 12.25 1.9 39.8 11.90 7.8 39.5

1 ..................................................................... 7.80 3.6 38.3 7.79 3.6 38.3 – – –

2 ..................................................................... 9.42 2.8 39.7 9.42 2.8 39.7 – – –

3 ..................................................................... 13.42 3.2 39.9 13.43 3.2 39.9 – – –

4 ..................................................................... 12.73 1.9 40.0 12.73 1.9 40.0 – – –

5 ..................................................................... 13.00 1.9 40.0 13.00 1.9 40.0 – – –

6 ..................................................................... 15.15 3.4 40.0 15.16 3.4 40.0 – – –

7 ..................................................................... 17.05 2.7 39.9 17.11 2.7 39.9 – – –

8 ..................................................................... 19.35 7.4 40.0 19.35 7.4 40.0 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 11.29 21.9 38.3 11.29 21.9 38.3 – – –

Transportation and material moving ......................... 14.06 1.8 36.4 14.12 2.0 37.2 13.70 2.2 32.0

1 ..................................................................... 7.34 3.6 26.7 7.31 3.6 26.5 – – –

2 ..................................................................... 11.47 4.1 33.1 10.83 5.9 33.1 14.01 4.5 33.1

3 ..................................................................... 12.89 2.0 34.5 13.08 2.4 35.8 11.92 2.6 29.5

4 ..................................................................... 13.97 2.4 38.5 13.96 3.9 39.8 14.06 3.7 29.9

5 ..................................................................... 16.04 3.8 37.4 16.49 4.4 38.2 14.24 4.8 34.4

6 ..................................................................... 17.77 3.5 48.3 17.89 3.6 48.6 – – –

7 ..................................................................... 20.99 5.7 40.4 21.17 6.5 40.5 19.83 2.9 40.0

9 ..................................................................... 25.15 9.2 40.0 25.15 9.2 40.0 – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers ....................................................................... 10.40 2.0 34.7 10.27 2.2 34.5 12.25 3.3 37.8

1 ..................................................................... 7.97 2.1 31.0 7.94 2.2 30.9 8.99 7.2 34.3

2 ..................................................................... 9.69 3.6 35.8 9.71 3.9 35.6 9.37 7.7 38.3

3 ..................................................................... 12.00 5.1 37.6 11.99 5.3 37.5 12.23 5.1 38.5

4 ..................................................................... 12.57 3.2 39.2 12.45 3.5 39.2 13.66 2.7 39.4

5 ..................................................................... 14.34 4.4 39.4 14.32 5.0 39.4 14.55 4.7 39.0

6 ..................................................................... 13.87 4.7 39.9 13.75 9.3 40.0 14.31 1.9 39.4

7 ..................................................................... 17.40 2.2 38.9 17.14 3.5 38.2 17.78 2.8 40.0

Not able to be leveled .................................... 12.82 10.0 37.6 12.82 10.0 37.6 – – –

Service .............................................................................. 9.26 1.3 31.3 7.63 1.2 29.8 13.40 2.4 35.6

1 ..................................................................... 6.52 1.8 26.1 6.25 1.8 26.2 8.60 4.7 25.1

2 ..................................................................... 7.10 2.1 30.0 6.65 2.1 29.5 9.32 5.0 32.9

3 ..................................................................... 8.07 1.7 32.2 7.54 1.8 31.7 10.12 2.5 34.4

4 ..................................................................... 9.71 2.0 34.3 9.21 2.8 33.6 10.95 2.1 35.9

5 ..................................................................... 12.22 2.7 34.6 11.88 4.4 33.9 12.77 1.9 35.9

6 ..................................................................... 14.33 2.6 39.8 13.13 3.7 37.9 14.90 3.2 40.8

7 ..................................................................... 16.00 3.1 38.8 13.77 6.5 33.0 16.63 3.1 40.8

8 ..................................................................... 19.61 2.2 40.3 15.30 11.7 40.6 19.93 2.1 40.3

9 ..................................................................... 21.09 3.4 42.2 – – – 21.37 3.2 42.2

10 ................................................................... 23.80 11.8 42.4 – – – 23.80 11.8 42.4

Not able to be leveled .................................... 10.75 7.6 33.6 9.61 4.4 34.4 15.44 16.5 30.8

Protective service .................................................. 14.51 2.8 36.7 8.18 4.3 31.6 16.91 1.9 39.1

1 ..................................................................... 7.25 10.9 25.1 7.58 14.0 32.3 5.92 4.7 13.3

2 ..................................................................... 6.83 3.7 31.2 6.67 3.7 32.6 8.46 10.5 21.9

3 ..................................................................... 8.32 8.4 32.6 7.08 5.3 32.0 12.30 6.7 34.7

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 East North Central: 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

4 ..................................................................... $9.69 7.7 34.1 $8.92 12.8 34.0 $10.64 4.6 34.3

5 ..................................................................... 12.46 3.6 34.4 10.02 5.9 27.9 13.17 3.2 36.8

6 ..................................................................... 15.37 3.4 40.5 16.17 5.6 33.9 15.32 3.7 41.0

7 ..................................................................... 16.61 3.1 39.2 16.59 5.4 18.9 16.62 3.3 40.8

8 ..................................................................... 20.05 2.1 40.4 – – – 20.05 2.1 40.4

9 ..................................................................... 21.40 3.1 42.1 – – – 21.37 3.2 42.2

10 ................................................................... 23.80 11.8 42.4 – – – 23.80 11.8 42.4

Not able to be leveled .................................... 13.75 11.6 35.1 – – – – – –

Food service ......................................................... 6.64 2.1 27.9 6.45 2.4 27.8 8.94 2.9 29.0

1 ..................................................................... 5.48 1.5 23.5 5.32 1.5 23.5 8.27 4.1 23.9

2 ..................................................................... 5.51 3.1 27.8 5.39 3.4 27.8 7.68 6.4 28.7

3 ..................................................................... 6.87 4.6 30.1 6.56 5.5 30.2 9.12 2.3 29.5

4 ..................................................................... 8.81 3.5 35.0 8.69 4.2 34.9 9.60 4.1 36.1

5 ..................................................................... 9.66 5.7 36.3 9.59 6.3 36.7 10.49 6.1 32.1

6 ..................................................................... 12.71 6.4 40.6 12.71 6.7 40.8 – – –

7 ..................................................................... 12.92 4.2 40.4 12.88 4.2 40.4 – – –

8 ..................................................................... 14.78 6.1 36.6 15.41 8.3 40.0 – – –

Health service ....................................................... 8.38 1.4 33.3 8.00 1.1 32.7 10.32 6.1 36.2

1 ..................................................................... 7.10 2.2 30.8 7.01 2.5 29.8 – – –

2 ..................................................................... 7.43 2.5 33.9 7.46 2.4 33.8 7.25 9.5 35.0

3 ..................................................................... 8.04 1.5 32.9 7.89 1.3 32.5 9.53 6.0 36.6

4 ..................................................................... 9.43 3.7 33.0 8.88 2.0 32.7 11.59 3.4 34.6

5 ..................................................................... 12.04 2.5 36.2 10.71 3.5 35.5 12.75 2.0 36.5

6 ..................................................................... 12.19 2.9 34.8 13.17 9.0 24.5 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 8.74 3.4 37.6 8.74 3.4 37.6 – – –

Cleaning and building service ................................ 9.35 1.7 34.4 8.65 2.2 32.9 10.96 2.2 38.2

1 ..................................................................... 7.57 2.3 31.8 7.28 2.7 31.2 10.22 6.2 38.4

2 ..................................................................... 9.71 3.3 33.7 9.21 5.0 31.8 10.47 2.2 37.0

3 ..................................................................... 10.00 2.8 37.6 9.26 2.9 36.7 10.58 4.9 38.4

4 ..................................................................... 11.21 2.3 39.1 9.57 3.2 38.7 12.02 2.2 39.3

5 ..................................................................... 12.65 4.5 39.9 12.55 5.1 39.8 13.07 3.5 40.0

6 ..................................................................... 13.17 3.4 40.0 12.85 3.8 40.0 – – –

7 ..................................................................... 17.76 3.9 40.0 17.09 4.6 40.0 18.81 3.7 40.0

Personal service .................................................... 8.87 3.3 26.9 8.73 4.4 27.2 9.29 4.8 26.2

1 ..................................................................... 6.70 7.3 20.4 6.01 1.9 20.9 7.67 12.9 19.9

2 ..................................................................... 7.00 3.6 25.9 6.41 4.8 25.4 8.89 7.1 27.8

3 ..................................................................... 7.76 2.5 29.2 7.57 3.0 29.7 8.56 4.8 27.6

4 ..................................................................... 10.55 7.5 32.4 10.77 9.4 31.6 10.00 8.4 34.6

5 ..................................................................... 14.84 12.0 28.4 15.82 15.5 27.8 11.76 6.8 30.3

6 ..................................................................... 12.17 5.0 38.8 11.71 4.8 38.4 – – –

7 ..................................................................... 13.64 16.2 33.2 13.23 17.6 32.3 – – –

8 ..................................................................... 14.90 14.5 39.2 – – – – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 8.65 10.9 25.0 – – – – – –

1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see Technical Note. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based

on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned

based on the occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the

overall level of the occupation. See the Technical Note for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They

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

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

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

weighted by hours. 4 In this census division, collection was conducted between October 1996 and May

1998. The average reference period was August 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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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 East North Central census division, the

NCS studied 3,255 establishments with 50 or more workers,1 representing 61,600 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, out-of-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.

Technical Note

The NCS locality areas that contribute to the East North Central census division are:

Bloomington-Normal, IL MSA

Bloomington, IN MSA

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA

Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA

Cleveland-Akron, OH CMSA

Columbus, OH MSA

Dayton-Springfield, OH MSA

Delta County, MI

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA

Elkhart-Goshen, IN MSA

Fond du Lac County, WI

Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI MSA

Green Lake County, WI

Henderson County, IL

Indianapolis, IN MSA

Jefferson County, IN

Juneau County, WI

Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI MSA

Marshall County, IN

Milwaukee-Racine, WI CMSA

Monroe County, OH

Morgan County, IL

Rockford, IL MSA

Sauk County, WI

Seneca County, OH

Wayne County, OH

Youngstown-Warren, OH MSA

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 East

North Central region, collection was conducted between October 1996 and May 1998 with an average reference period

of August 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 pub-

 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.
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lication, 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

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.

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,
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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.

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.

 2

 Although Alaska and Hawaii are included in the Pacific Census Division, the 1997 NCS excluded these States.
Table A. Number of establishments represented by the survey and number studied by industry group and establishment

employment size, East North Central, 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 .................................................................................................... 61,600 3,255 851 1,425 438 341 138 62

Private Industry .......................................................................... 56,100 2,764 801 1,233 325 263 111 31

Goods-producing industries ..................................................... 18,200 950 216 434 127 100 59 14

Mining .................................................................................. 100 20 12 8 ––––

Construction ......................................................................... 2,100 83 46 36 1 – – –

Manufacturing ...................................................................... 16,000 847 158 390 126 100 59 14

Durable goods ................................................................. 11,900 631 115 278 93 81 53 11

Fabricated metal products, except machinery and

transportation equipment ....................................... 1,900 107 21 55 11 15 5 –

Industrial and commercial machinery and computer

equipment .............................................................. 2,900 137 36 65 21 9 6 –

Electronic and electrical equipment ............................. 1,300 60 9 26 14731

Transportation equipment ............................................ 1,000 128 10 30 18 30 33 7

Measuring, analyzing, and controlling instruments ...... 500 34 4 17 6 7 – –

Nondurable goods ........................................................... 4,100 216 43 112 33 19 6 3

Food and kindred products .......................................... 800 51 14 23 10 4 – –

Printing, publishing, and allied industries ..................... 1,100 59 12 29 10 5 3 –

Chemicals and allied products ..................................... 800 41 9 176612

Service-producing industries ................................................... 38,000 1,814 585 799 198 163 52 17

Transportation and utilities ................................................... 3,500 170 47 70 27 19 3 4

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 3,300 105 40 53 8 4 – –

Retail trade .......................................................................... 13,200 445 206 181 33 19 5 1

Finance, insurance and real estate ...................................... 2,700 158 38 55 33 15 10 7

Depository institutions ...................................................... 1,200 58 15 19 12354

Insurance carriers ............................................................ 600 58 7 22 14843

Services ............................................................................... 15,300 936 254 440 97 106 34 5

Business services ............................................................ 3,600 182 50 91 24 16 1 –

Educational services ........................................................ 900 153 61 68 14 8 2 –

Health services ................................................................ 4,500 385 56 173 47 75 29 5

Hospitals ...................................................................... 700 187 3 40 36 74 29 5

Engineering, accounting, research, management, and

related services .......................................................... 900 44 18 17 4 3 2–

State and local government ...................................................... 5,400 491 50 192 113 78 27 31

Health services ................................................................ 200 42 6 13 12533

Hospitals ...................................................................... 100 24 149433

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 East North

Central, National Compensation Survey,3 1997

Occupational group All industries Private industry State and local

government

All ............................................................................................. 12,243,100 9,982,000 2,261,100

All excluding sales ................................................................ 11,544,700 9,290,900 2,253,800

White collar ......................................................................... 5,950,100 4,478,300 1,471,900

White collar excluding sales ............................................. 5,251,700 3,787,100 1,464,600

Professional specialty and technical ................................. 2,292,500 1,403,600 888,800

Professional specialty occupations ............................... 1,835,300 999,600 835,700

Technical occupations .................................................. 457,200 404,100 53,100

Executive, administrative, and managerial ....................... 1,020,100 843,500 176,700

Sales ................................................................................. 698,400 691,100 7,300

Administrative support, including clerical .......................... 1,939,100 1,540,000 399,100

Blue collar ........................................................................... 4,266,100 4,014,800 251,300

Precision production, craft, and repair .............................. 1,032,300 941,300 91,000

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. 1,746,700 1,742,200 4,600

Transportation and material moving ................................. 532,100 435,000 97,100

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 955,000 896,300 58,700

Service ................................................................................. 2,026,900 1,489,000 537,900

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 May 1998. The average reference period was

August 1997.

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