NC BL 03/00/1999 Table: Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, Bulletin 3090-12, January 1997 Table A-1. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, all workers(2), all industries, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 All industries Occupation(3) Percentiles Mean RSE 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All occupations....................................................... $16.62 2.3% $6.00 $8.40 $13.22 $21.25 $30.43 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 16.74 2.3 6.00 8.50 13.39 21.45 30.90 White-collar occupations............................................ 20.73 2.4 8.50 11.66 16.85 25.89 36.65 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 21.50 2.3 9.42 12.38 17.96 26.68 37.53 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 26.37 2.2 13.62 18.63 24.23 31.88 41.91 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 28.36 2.3 16.31 20.72 26.25 34.19 43.61 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.24 2.2 22.60 25.33 29.23 36.10 43.25 Civil engineers............................................. 30.12 7.8 23.08 26.55 27.47 34.42 41.77 Industrial engineers........................................ 25.02 4.5 18.63 23.35 24.04 26.83 31.25 Mechanical engineers........................................ 28.04 6.1 22.60 26.01 30.08 32.43 33.67 Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 30.56 3.5 23.65 25.39 28.90 34.78 41.00 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.38 9.6 19.24 22.12 27.18 34.00 45.00 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.03 9.9 19.64 23.06 27.63 34.62 45.00 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 23.20 9.1 14.25 17.25 21.11 32.55 32.55 Natural scientists............................................ 25.46 5.8 17.62 21.91 25.63 31.36 31.88 Chemists, except biochemists................................ 24.31 2.3 19.89 23.31 24.53 24.69 28.09 Health related occupations.................................... 24.13 3.5 17.00 20.00 22.60 25.56 30.00 Physicians.................................................. 47.62 19.4 12.98 16.97 57.70 65.00 67.31 Registered nurses........................................... 22.78 1.4 18.00 20.00 22.73 25.06 27.49 Pharmacists................................................. 36.25 7.2 30.00 30.91 34.98 42.69 44.52 Respiratory therapists...................................... 17.91 6.6 13.75 15.14 18.36 20.53 21.13 Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.02 4.4 20.19 27.95 34.49 40.63 45.99 Business, commerce and marketing teachers................... 45.02 12.6 30.67 34.49 45.45 55.32 59.87 Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified............. 35.55 8.7 28.69 30.83 33.84 36.84 46.60 Teachers, post secondary N.E.C.............................. 34.89 5.1 21.47 28.45 35.06 40.10 44.49 Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.46 4.7 13.73 19.51 27.04 36.74 45.15 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 12.48 6.4 8.75 10.58 10.58 14.46 16.07 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.04 7.0 15.36 21.38 27.04 37.36 45.15 Secondary school teachers................................... 34.08 3.9 22.45 27.04 34.11 39.74 47.15 Teachers, special education................................. 26.50 5.8 17.48 20.00 25.20 32.19 37.30 Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 26.90 11.1 13.07 19.18 27.16 34.03 37.78 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 28.45 20.7 12.87 18.15 22.47 40.59 49.02 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 19.07 2.8 16.23 18.30 19.15 19.22 20.11 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 26.26 11.6 15.90 18.72 20.60 31.57 42.22 Psychologists............................................... 25.61 14.0 15.29 18.65 20.60 33.91 42.91 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.64 14.1 11.55 11.55 18.68 24.49 27.27 Social workers.............................................. 19.36 15.0 11.55 12.90 19.19 25.83 27.27 Recreation workers.......................................... 12.97 15.6 7.00 9.62 11.42 17.36 19.19 Lawyers and judges............................................ 39.35 9.6 25.62 30.92 36.03 51.42 54.54 Lawyers..................................................... 39.35 9.6 25.62 30.92 36.03 51.42 54.54 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 30.98 12.0 12.98 16.88 27.93 38.48 50.00 Designers................................................... 27.60 17.4 13.29 14.42 27.00 36.25 43.45 Editors and reporters....................................... $42.02 27.2% $15.38 $21.04 $32.99 $80.00 $80.00 Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 21.43 7.2 14.18 16.33 21.00 25.69 28.75 Technical occupations........................................... 18.60 3.9 11.25 13.27 16.75 21.00 26.40 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.64 7.0 10.91 12.29 17.62 21.96 25.37 Radiological technicians.................................... 19.09 3.5 16.91 18.00 18.00 20.91 21.50 Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.17 2.8 12.00 12.62 14.00 16.00 16.67 Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 14.72 3.4 10.58 11.65 15.06 16.59 20.56 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.09 6.3 12.86 17.00 20.19 25.50 29.09 Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 18.33 8.3 9.89 15.96 19.22 21.30 22.01 Drafters.................................................... 14.98 15.8 6.50 12.00 13.27 22.93 24.71 Science technicians, N.E.C.................................. 16.35 5.0 14.13 14.26 15.23 17.11 20.50 Computer programmers........................................ 21.04 8.4 11.30 18.75 21.75 24.98 26.68 Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 25.34 18.7 15.14 17.05 20.41 25.00 40.00 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 30.01 4.2 15.50 18.63 25.64 34.54 45.67 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 34.47 5.5 15.73 21.95 29.91 40.23 50.52 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 38.70 10.2 27.17 36.36 42.99 44.74 44.74 Financial managers.......................................... 35.75 5.8 20.19 25.64 32.47 41.80 57.69 Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 31.79 7.0 16.25 21.63 31.60 38.46 40.38 Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations....... 34.54 8.1 19.23 22.96 32.47 45.67 50.52 Administrators, education and related fields................ 30.75 6.4 15.58 22.69 33.24 35.16 42.59 Managers, medicine and health............................... 29.52 5.1 19.99 24.30 31.00 34.55 35.52 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 17.21 14.6 12.79 13.53 14.06 15.63 29.75 Managers, service organizations, N.E.C...................... 25.24 11.3 16.83 17.73 21.63 26.00 41.63 Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 37.26 9.5 15.86 21.92 29.91 43.13 61.06 Management related occupations................................ 22.71 4.0 14.68 17.31 20.81 25.96 30.65 Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.90 3.1 15.28 17.33 20.25 24.51 26.44 Other financial officers.................................... 29.67 19.4 15.68 17.05 21.81 30.29 43.35 Management analysts......................................... 24.27 6.5 14.30 19.37 24.10 28.21 30.43 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.14 8.5 12.50 15.61 18.32 22.06 30.82 Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 20.33 4.6 13.70 17.96 19.25 21.63 27.03 Construction inspectors..................................... 25.42 4.2 19.26 24.95 26.51 27.07 27.32 Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction..... 23.29 5.6 16.39 20.94 23.88 24.23 28.85 Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 21.62 3.7 13.68 16.38 19.97 26.44 31.25 Sales occupations................................................. 14.98 9.8 5.85 7.15 11.24 15.83 25.55 Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 23.90 17.1 10.45 13.36 16.72 25.75 55.75 Sales occupations, other business services.................. 13.42 7.9 11.82 11.82 11.83 14.52 15.39 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 28.36 6.4 16.03 20.00 26.00 32.21 42.77 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 18.63 19.8 8.82 10.26 12.86 20.79 30.51 Sales workers, apparel...................................... 8.14 12.2 5.30 5.75 7.00 10.00 12.05 Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings............... 8.61 4.9 6.79 7.75 8.40 9.15 10.00 Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.20 7.9 5.51 6.50 8.00 12.10 18.75 Sales counter clerks........................................ 7.64 14.8 5.00 5.50 6.00 11.30 11.30 Cashiers.................................................... 9.50 5.3 5.25 6.45 8.65 11.80 15.40 Sales support occupations, N.E.C............................ 12.66 9.7 5.90 9.91 12.27 14.74 17.85 Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 12.44 1.9 7.88 9.75 12.00 14.70 17.85 Supervisors, general office................................. $16.61 4.4% $12.98 $14.26 $16.69 $18.16 $19.11 Supervisors, financial records processing................... 17.67 7.1 13.40 14.94 15.75 20.76 23.08 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 18.23 11.2 10.65 14.83 17.24 24.17 26.82 Computer operators.......................................... 17.14 10.2 12.75 13.38 16.83 23.05 23.91 Secretaries................................................. 14.65 2.8 10.83 12.00 14.35 16.81 19.04 Typists..................................................... 12.64 5.2 10.00 11.50 12.99 13.85 14.29 Interviewers................................................ 10.07 7.7 7.61 8.75 9.42 11.26 13.58 Hotel clerks................................................ 9.68 18.9 5.75 6.50 8.55 14.50 14.75 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 11.48 6.3 7.80 9.38 11.24 13.25 15.04 Receptionists............................................... 9.11 4.4 6.92 7.69 8.53 10.00 12.50 Information clerks, N.E.C................................... 10.85 3.5 8.78 9.44 10.72 12.40 13.56 Order clerks................................................ 10.97 5.2 7.75 9.10 10.80 12.21 14.62 Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping............. 12.67 7.5 8.25 9.71 12.69 15.54 15.87 Library clerks.............................................. 14.06 11.1 8.07 10.43 14.47 18.72 18.72 File clerks................................................. 7.46 6.7 6.25 6.50 6.72 7.53 11.50 Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 12.49 6.1 10.00 10.93 11.21 13.59 16.49 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.00 2.2 9.86 11.44 12.50 15.00 16.52 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 12.88 4.3 10.58 11.24 12.50 14.50 15.30 Billing clerks.............................................. 9.97 4.4 7.50 8.71 10.37 11.07 12.00 Telephone operators......................................... 9.78 9.6 6.92 8.00 8.30 11.94 15.90 Mail clerks except postal service........................... 8.60 7.2 6.53 7.45 8.18 9.84 11.06 Dispatchers................................................. 17.14 5.5 13.71 15.66 17.95 18.93 18.93 Production coordinators..................................... 15.25 6.6 10.48 12.28 14.30 19.05 21.12 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.57 10.4 5.75 8.25 10.50 12.63 14.74 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.07 5.8 6.95 8.24 10.53 13.85 15.40 Meter readers............................................... 14.62 14.7 10.67 11.43 12.19 19.47 23.11 Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C.................................................... 11.09 14.0 8.00 8.50 10.20 12.00 23.65 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 16.63 14.8 10.30 11.67 15.68 19.93 24.49 Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 14.57 11.1 8.94 10.96 15.11 18.79 18.79 Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 13.23 1.1 9.50 12.67 13.39 13.39 15.55 Bill and account collectors................................. 11.39 6.5 8.23 8.75 11.71 13.44 15.28 General office clerks....................................... 10.99 2.8 7.00 8.80 11.21 13.00 15.03 Data entry keyers........................................... 12.00 4.1 8.00 9.62 12.96 13.70 15.49 Statistical clerks.......................................... 10.56 12.8 6.46 7.19 11.29 13.50 15.00 Teachers' aides............................................. 10.50 5.0 7.14 8.53 10.31 11.64 14.74 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 13.03 4.0 8.96 10.50 12.50 15.25 18.17 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 12.18 4.0 5.44 7.00 10.15 16.50 21.56 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 17.85 4.2 8.36 12.88 18.75 21.56 25.47 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.50 2.8 20.19 22.10 24.51 28.98 29.31 Automobile mechanics........................................ 16.49 8.2 11.00 14.00 14.42 19.06 21.34 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 16.93 2.4 14.92 15.78 17.12 17.12 19.13 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 16.92 7.1 12.66 13.80 16.30 20.05 21.54 Machinery maintenance occupations........................... 12.80 13.4 8.00 8.34 11.24 15.94 20.83 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ $20.80 2.4% $17.95 $21.25 $21.48 $21.51 $21.59 Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 14.94 6.5 7.72 10.58 14.79 17.80 22.20 Carpenters.................................................. 18.59 4.9 15.00 17.25 18.90 21.00 21.52 Electricians................................................ 22.27 6.3 17.32 18.26 21.45 25.21 29.02 Painters, construction and maintenance...................... 12.60 26.7 5.50 5.50 13.00 19.79 19.79 Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. 19.15 4.3 15.59 16.65 20.65 20.65 21.57 Drillers, oil well.......................................... 16.22 8.1 12.40 13.05 15.30 19.78 20.85 Supervisors, production occupations......................... 21.53 11.6 11.67 14.18 18.72 30.25 35.98 Machinists.................................................. 18.80 7.7 13.76 15.25 17.25 22.61 24.09 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 8.46 11.6 5.50 6.00 7.00 9.86 12.60 Butchers and meat cutters................................... 10.31 14.0 6.50 7.00 8.50 14.83 16.68 Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 17.06 9.7 10.50 11.45 15.75 22.14 22.76 Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 20.94 4.1 18.38 18.38 21.34 21.35 24.46 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.14 4.2 5.00 6.00 8.05 11.00 14.76 Punching and stamping press operators....................... 8.90 10.0 6.00 7.03 8.74 9.37 12.29 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 8.52 12.4 5.38 6.66 7.70 11.85 11.85 Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C........................ 6.70 5.3 5.25 5.80 6.60 7.24 8.00 Molding and casting machine operators....................... 6.71 9.0 4.75 5.20 5.70 7.80 9.84 Printing press operators.................................... 15.91 14.8 7.91 11.15 13.05 22.19 26.00 Textile cutting machine operators........................... 9.07 9.1 5.75 7.25 9.63 11.00 12.00 Textile sewing machine operators............................ 7.01 6.7 4.82 5.44 6.89 8.24 9.55 Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 9.82 15.8 6.00 6.40 9.65 11.92 14.83 Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 9.29 11.7 5.00 6.97 8.15 10.00 12.32 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 10.36 20.5 4.75 5.25 10.42 14.76 14.77 Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 9.07 10.0 5.00 6.15 7.70 9.75 16.37 Welders and cutters......................................... 13.81 18.2 7.30 8.19 11.35 22.22 23.39 Assemblers.................................................. 8.38 7.2 5.00 5.50 7.67 10.46 11.78 Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C............... 8.59 9.3 6.00 6.55 8.64 9.90 12.00 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 9.61 6.5 5.25 7.41 9.75 11.53 13.61 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 11.31 4.3 6.50 8.00 10.34 13.99 17.35 Truck drivers............................................... 11.40 7.2 6.00 7.50 10.93 14.66 17.42 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.40 6.7 6.55 9.54 10.69 13.01 17.30 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C.... 11.94 13.9 9.38 9.38 10.24 12.76 13.62 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.77 3.1 5.00 6.00 7.92 10.25 14.16 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 11.02 10.3 5.50 7.30 10.75 15.26 16.91 Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, N.E.C.................................................... 14.72 8.2 8.76 12.50 15.63 17.08 20.40 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 10.42 16.3 5.00 5.50 10.00 14.98 18.41 Construction laborers....................................... 9.36 9.7 7.00 8.10 8.25 9.50 14.77 Production helpers.......................................... 7.09 6.2 4.75 5.43 7.34 8.40 9.47 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.37 10.5 5.00 6.00 8.00 11.50 17.56 Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 9.57 12.2 5.15 6.22 8.70 12.38 12.70 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 8.80 8.5 4.75 5.75 8.40 10.53 14.32 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 7.34 7.2 5.25 6.00 7.26 7.50 10.00 Hand packers and packagers.................................. $7.42 6.6% $4.90 $5.00 $7.00 $8.82 $10.22 Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 8.71 6.1 5.25 6.00 7.51 10.00 13.57 Service occupations................................................. 10.14 4.3 4.87 5.50 7.55 11.42 21.12 Protective service occupations................................ 16.07 9.5 5.50 7.00 15.80 23.41 27.98 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 31.38 5.8 25.85 29.51 31.15 31.67 39.10 Firefighting occupations.................................... 12.74 36.4 4.75 4.89 16.55 19.91 21.58 Police and detectives, public service....................... 22.66 5.4 15.55 18.95 22.52 25.85 29.45 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 21.05 5.6 15.80 19.76 23.41 23.41 23.41 Correctional institution officers........................... 17.71 8.4 12.58 14.27 16.47 22.13 22.13 Guards and police except public service..................... 7.33 6.1 4.75 6.00 6.60 8.20 10.89 Food service occupations...................................... 7.01 3.3 4.75 5.00 5.95 8.50 10.94 Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 12.78 7.6 6.00 11.09 12.50 15.45 17.04 Bartenders.................................................. 6.87 9.4 4.75 5.00 7.55 8.00 8.81 Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.90 2.1 4.25 4.75 4.75 5.00 5.15 Cooks....................................................... 8.75 5.8 5.50 6.50 8.50 10.90 12.25 Food counter, fountain, and related occupations............. 6.58 9.9 4.75 5.00 5.50 8.60 9.09 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.65 5.0 5.60 6.50 7.40 8.69 10.11 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.12 2.5 4.75 4.75 5.00 5.15 6.00 Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 6.24 4.8 4.75 5.00 5.50 7.15 8.63 Health service occupations.................................... 8.44 3.3 5.83 6.50 8.07 9.64 11.74 Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.45 4.9 8.00 8.65 9.93 12.60 14.29 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.07 3.7 5.75 6.40 7.57 9.15 10.76 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 7.65 3.5 4.75 5.50 7.10 9.09 11.72 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 10.58 11.0 6.10 6.90 10.78 13.00 15.31 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.57 4.3 5.00 5.50 6.21 7.75 8.20 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.55 4.9 4.75 5.35 7.10 9.02 11.37 Personal service occupations.................................. 9.30 5.6 5.00 5.50 7.82 10.49 14.54 Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities............. 6.77 8.4 4.75 4.75 6.00 8.00 9.80 Public transportation attendants............................ 20.73 16.2 9.78 14.14 15.55 24.49 40.82 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 8.45 2.1 7.21 7.82 8.00 9.36 10.15 Child care workers, N.E.C................................... 8.71 13.3 5.25 6.00 9.36 10.70 12.22 Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 7.33 10.2 5.00 5.00 6.00 8.00 13.41 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, 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. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL AND PRIVATE INDUSTRIES EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table A-2. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, all workers(2), private industry and State and local government, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Percentiles Percentiles Mean RSE Mean RSE 10 25 Median 75 90 10 25 Median 75 90 50 50 All occupations....................................................... $15.59 2.9% $5.50 $7.72 $12.00 $19.66 $28.88 $21.35 2.5% $11.01 $13.39 $19.22 $26.82 $36.03 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 15.64 2.9 5.50 7.75 12.05 19.95 29.01 21.36 2.5 11.02 13.39 19.24 26.82 36.03 White-collar occupations............................................ 20.23 3.1 8.00 11.09 16.07 24.93 35.23 22.45 2.8 11.22 13.39 19.38 28.30 39.08 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 21.16 3.0 9.00 11.97 17.31 26.03 36.65 22.47 2.8 11.24 13.39 19.41 28.33 39.08 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 25.30 3.1 12.87 17.33 23.21 30.45 40.01 28.37 3.0 16.31 20.63 26.68 35.43 43.78 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 27.64 3.3 15.05 20.00 25.33 32.55 42.69 29.45 3.2 17.62 21.86 27.27 36.07 45.15 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.36 2.3 22.50 25.10 29.55 36.60 43.78 29.28 4.1 26.55 27.47 27.47 29.90 32.43 Civil engineers............................................. - - - - - - - 28.78 4.5 26.55 27.47 27.47 28.57 29.80 Industrial engineers........................................ 25.02 4.6 18.63 23.28 24.04 26.85 31.25 - - - - - - - Mechanical engineers........................................ 27.61 6.5 21.25 23.02 28.40 31.97 33.67 - - - - - - - Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 30.56 3.5 23.65 25.38 28.88 34.78 41.00 - - - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.31 9.8 19.14 22.75 28.51 35.00 45.00 23.28 5.9 19.64 21.27 23.06 23.06 29.89 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.19 9.8 19.44 24.04 29.00 36.82 47.50 23.28 5.9 19.64 21.27 23.06 23.06 29.89 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 23.20 9.1 14.25 17.25 21.11 32.55 32.55 - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ 25.38 9.2 16.20 20.00 24.69 31.36 31.88 25.61 4.2 21.91 24.53 25.77 25.77 28.09 Health related occupations.................................... 24.23 3.9 17.00 20.00 22.73 26.00 30.16 23.55 7.4 18.17 19.98 22.00 23.33 27.55 Physicians.................................................. 54.57 18.2 16.97 41.10 57.70 67.31 81.92 - - - - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 22.81 1.6 17.57 20.00 22.74 25.28 27.84 22.56 2.5 19.36 20.96 22.25 23.41 26.40 Pharmacists................................................. 36.20 7.6 30.00 30.91 34.96 42.69 44.52 - - - - - - - Respiratory therapists...................................... 17.82 6.8 13.75 15.14 18.36 20.53 21.12 - - - - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.57 11.2 17.00 22.56 34.38 44.87 57.74 34.84 4.6 22.51 29.57 34.70 39.24 44.49 Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified............. - - - - - - - 35.70 9.7 28.23 30.14 33.14 36.84 48.40 Teachers, post secondary N.E.C.............................. - - - - - - - 35.48 5.2 23.89 30.54 35.31 40.28 44.49 Teachers, except college and university....................... 14.66 7.4 9.56 10.58 13.07 16.07 24.23 31.01 4.1 18.72 22.83 29.18 38.66 47.15 Elementary school teachers.................................. 13.66 9.2 9.85 10.57 13.27 15.29 17.51 30.19 7.1 18.60 22.47 27.74 38.33 45.23 Secondary school teachers................................... 20.92 4.9 15.05 16.83 19.79 24.23 28.09 34.74 3.8 23.79 27.28 34.88 40.69 47.15 Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 16.55 11.7 9.56 11.00 14.86 21.46 26.98 30.73 11.5 19.18 23.45 32.24 35.74 43.13 Vocational and educational counselors....................... - - - - - - - 32.65 19.1 19.06 19.91 29.73 47.15 49.02 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - 28.71 18.9 14.49 16.31 28.96 41.91 43.78 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - - 19.38 15.0 11.55 12.90 19.19 25.83 27.27 Social workers.............................................. - - - - - - - 19.61 15.8 11.55 12.90 19.91 27.27 27.27 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 31.31 12.2 12.20 17.30 28.95 38.48 50.00 - - - - - - - Designers................................................... 27.60 17.4 13.29 14.42 27.00 36.25 43.45 - - - - - - - Editors and reporters....................................... 42.02 27.2 15.38 21.04 32.99 80.00 80.00 - - - - - - - Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 21.30 7.2 13.94 17.03 21.98 25.69 27.23 - - - - - - - Technical occupations........................................... 18.70 4.5 11.15 13.00 16.67 20.99 27.00 18.07 5.3 13.10 15.29 17.22 21.43 24.71 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.69 7.4 10.81 12.74 17.62 21.24 25.53 - - - - - - - Radiological technicians.................................... 19.09 3.5 16.91 18.00 18.00 20.91 21.50 - - - - - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.13 2.9 12.00 12.59 13.75 16.00 16.67 - - - - - - - Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 13.83 4.6 10.07 11.15 13.01 16.35 19.53 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic technicians....................... $20.91 6.5% $12.82 $16.76 $20.19 $25.00 $29.09 - - - - - - - Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 17.63 10.7 9.89 14.31 19.00 21.13 22.85 - - - - - - - Drafters.................................................... 11.45 8.8 6.50 8.17 12.00 13.27 14.00 - - - - - - - Science technicians, N.E.C.................................. - - - - - - - $15.59 4.2% $13.78 $14.26 $14.36 $16.82 $18.41 Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 28.20 21.8 14.96 17.05 21.65 30.08 45.00 18.47 5.0 15.29 16.91 18.38 20.41 22.33 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 30.80 4.7 15.50 19.10 26.00 35.09 47.98 25.81 6.4 15.73 18.06 24.51 33.22 39.45 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 35.47 6.0 16.83 22.50 29.91 41.49 53.85 28.85 9.7 13.53 15.73 29.94 37.03 44.49 Administrators and officials, public administration......... - - - - - - - 38.70 10.2 27.17 36.36 42.99 44.74 44.74 Financial managers.......................................... 35.63 6.0 20.19 25.64 32.47 41.53 61.06 38.31 10.7 27.25 31.79 41.92 45.23 45.23 Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 31.06 8.3 16.25 21.45 31.60 38.46 43.50 - - - - - - - Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations....... 35.08 8.1 18.27 24.04 35.23 46.15 50.52 - - - - - - - Administrators, education and related fields................ 24.28 14.5 14.20 15.58 22.50 26.81 48.08 34.92 4.1 25.33 31.98 34.10 37.51 41.54 Managers, medicine and health............................... 29.86 5.4 19.99 24.85 31.80 34.55 36.22 - - - - - - - Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 19.83 14.5 13.27 14.06 15.40 29.33 29.75 - - - - - - - Managers, service organizations, N.E.C...................... 25.56 11.6 16.83 17.73 21.63 26.00 41.63 - - - - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 38.82 9.8 17.50 22.73 30.00 43.75 61.54 24.30 17.4 15.73 15.73 21.09 29.94 37.03 Management related occupations................................ 22.99 4.7 14.40 16.90 21.20 26.44 31.25 21.30 4.3 16.99 18.32 19.97 24.51 25.08 Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.69 3.2 14.90 17.12 20.19 23.50 26.75 21.69 8.0 16.74 17.98 24.51 25.08 25.08 Other financial officers.................................... 29.67 19.4 15.68 17.05 21.81 30.29 43.35 - - - - - - - Management analysts......................................... 24.35 7.2 14.07 17.87 24.30 28.21 30.59 - - - - - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.21 11.1 11.95 13.94 20.75 25.47 35.14 - - - - - - - Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 20.33 4.6 13.70 17.96 19.25 21.63 27.46 - - - - - - - Construction inspectors..................................... - - - - - - - 24.98 5.6 19.26 24.99 26.51 26.51 27.07 Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 21.71 4.1 13.41 16.15 20.81 26.87 31.25 21.09 7.3 18.03 19.97 19.97 19.97 24.10 Sales occupations................................................. 15.00 9.8 5.85 7.10 11.24 15.83 25.55 - - - - - - - Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 23.90 17.1 10.45 13.36 16.72 25.75 55.75 - - - - - - - Sales occupations, other business services.................. 13.42 7.9 11.82 11.82 11.83 14.52 15.39 - - - - - - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 28.36 6.4 16.03 20.00 26.00 32.21 42.77 - - - - - - - Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 18.63 19.8 8.82 10.26 12.86 20.79 30.51 - - - - - - - Sales workers, apparel...................................... 8.14 12.2 5.30 5.75 7.00 10.00 12.05 - - - - - - - Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings............... 8.61 4.9 6.79 7.75 8.40 9.15 10.00 - - - - - - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.20 7.9 5.51 6.50 8.00 12.10 18.75 - - - - - - - Sales counter clerks........................................ 7.64 14.8 5.00 5.50 6.00 11.30 11.30 - - - - - - - Cashiers.................................................... 9.49 5.4 5.25 6.35 8.55 11.80 15.40 - - - - - - - Sales support occupations, N.E.C............................ 12.66 9.7 5.90 9.91 12.27 14.74 17.85 - - - - - - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 12.15 2.4 7.50 9.24 11.71 14.50 17.87 13.42 2.4 9.80 11.21 13.02 14.99 17.85 Supervisors, general office................................. 15.94 5.6 12.98 13.85 15.58 18.14 18.94 17.79 6.6 14.26 15.57 17.74 18.16 19.29 Supervisors, financial records processing................... 17.67 7.1 13.40 14.94 15.75 20.76 23.08 - - - - - - - Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 16.44 11.9 10.65 11.54 15.00 20.00 24.17 - - - - - - - Computer operators.......................................... 17.14 10.2 12.75 13.38 16.83 23.05 23.91 - - - - - - - Secretaries................................................. 14.59 3.0 10.50 11.75 14.13 16.58 19.56 14.91 6.5 11.88 12.53 15.15 17.73 17.73 Interviewers................................................ 10.02 8.4 7.61 8.75 9.27 11.00 13.58 - - - - - - - Hotel clerks................................................ 9.68 18.9 5.75 6.50 8.55 14.50 14.75 - - - - - - - Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 11.48 6.3 7.80 9.38 11.24 13.25 15.04 - - - - - - - Receptionists............................................... 8.99 4.6 6.92 7.50 8.50 10.00 11.73 - - - - - - - Information clerks, N.E.C................................... $10.85 3.7% $8.75 $9.42 $10.68 $12.40 $13.58 - - - - - - - Order clerks................................................ 10.48 5.4 7.60 8.96 10.26 12.08 13.03 - - - - - - - Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping............. 12.67 7.5 8.25 9.71 12.69 15.54 15.87 - - - - - - - Library clerks.............................................. - - - - - - - $11.65 10.3% $8.07 $8.07 $12.25 $14.35 $15.32 File clerks................................................. 7.46 6.7 6.25 6.50 6.72 7.53 11.50 - - - - - - - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 12.91 9.5 9.00 10.42 11.00 15.17 19.79 12.00 4.5 11.21 11.21 11.21 12.61 14.28 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.72 2.4 9.53 11.18 12.42 14.19 15.94 15.39 4.8 12.14 13.51 15.06 17.96 18.65 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 13.21 4.2 10.58 11.64 14.00 14.50 15.30 - - - - - - - Billing clerks.............................................. 9.97 4.4 7.50 8.71 10.37 11.07 12.00 - - - - - - - Telephone operators......................................... 8.25 3.4 6.92 7.75 8.23 9.28 9.50 - - - - - - - Mail clerks except postal service........................... 8.61 8.3 6.53 7.12 8.18 9.84 11.06 - - - - - - - Production coordinators..................................... 15.28 6.6 10.00 12.28 14.30 19.05 21.12 - - - - - - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.57 10.4 5.75 8.25 10.50 12.63 14.74 - - - - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.95 5.9 6.95 8.24 10.53 13.85 15.40 - - - - - - - Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C.................................................... 11.09 14.0 8.00 8.50 10.20 12.00 23.65 - - - - - - - Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 16.63 14.8 10.30 11.67 15.68 19.93 24.49 - - - - - - - Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 14.37 11.9 8.94 10.95 14.42 18.79 18.79 - - - - - - - Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... - - - - - - - 13.44 1.2 12.67 13.39 13.39 13.39 14.54 Bill and account collectors................................. 11.00 7.2 8.00 8.63 11.25 13.00 14.27 - - - - - - - General office clerks....................................... 9.82 4.0 6.10 7.50 9.59 12.00 13.66 12.47 3.3 9.80 11.13 11.83 13.64 15.74 Data entry keyers........................................... 11.68 5.5 7.56 8.76 11.50 14.77 16.01 - - - - - - - Statistical clerks.......................................... 10.56 12.8 6.46 7.19 11.29 13.50 15.00 - - - - - - - Teachers' aides............................................. - - - - - - - 10.52 5.0 8.28 8.70 10.31 11.64 14.41 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 12.31 3.9 8.12 10.32 12.00 14.26 17.69 16.02 5.4 12.49 14.41 14.86 19.19 20.03 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 11.76 4.4 5.25 7.00 9.84 15.50 21.44 19.14 5.3 11.72 14.98 19.49 21.84 27.96 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 17.41 4.8 8.00 12.50 18.00 21.56 24.09 21.88 4.7 15.60 18.38 21.00 26.81 27.96 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.41 2.9 20.19 22.69 24.51 28.98 29.09 - - - - - - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 16.29 8.5 11.00 13.50 14.42 18.98 21.00 - - - - - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 15.93 5.9 12.50 13.80 16.30 18.75 20.05 - - - - - - - Machinery maintenance occupations........................... 12.80 13.4 8.00 8.34 11.24 15.94 20.83 - - - - - - - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 14.37 7.2 6.50 10.58 14.30 17.67 21.08 17.25 13.7 7.72 14.16 17.46 20.41 26.81 Carpenters.................................................. 18.02 6.1 13.50 16.50 18.90 20.58 21.52 - - - - - - - Electricians................................................ 22.30 8.8 17.32 19.53 20.21 23.67 29.02 22.23 8.5 16.79 17.64 21.45 25.49 27.84 Painters, construction and maintenance...................... 9.84 25.9 5.50 5.50 6.50 14.00 17.45 - - - - - - - Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. - - - - - - - 16.69 4.9 14.85 15.59 16.04 17.37 20.58 Drillers, oil well.......................................... 16.22 8.1 12.40 13.05 15.30 19.78 20.85 - - - - - - - Supervisors, production occupations......................... 21.07 12.5 11.16 13.77 18.42 27.47 35.98 - - - - - - - Machinists.................................................. 18.80 7.7 13.76 15.25 17.25 22.61 24.09 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 8.46 11.6 5.50 6.00 7.00 9.86 12.60 - - - - - - - Butchers and meat cutters................................... 10.31 14.0 6.50 7.00 8.50 14.83 16.68 - - - - - - - Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 16.91 10.0 10.40 11.42 15.75 22.14 22.76 - - - - - - - Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... - - - - - - - 20.98 4.2 18.38 18.38 21.34 21.35 24.46 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.08 4.2 5.00 6.00 8.02 11.00 14.32 - - - - - - - Punching and stamping press operators....................... $8.90 10.0% $6.00 $7.03 $8.74 $9.37 $12.29 - - - - - - - Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 8.52 12.4 5.38 6.66 7.70 11.85 11.85 - - - - - - - Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C........................ 6.70 5.3 5.25 5.80 6.60 7.24 8.00 - - - - - - - Molding and casting machine operators....................... 6.71 9.0 4.75 5.20 5.70 7.80 9.84 - - - - - - - Printing press operators.................................... 15.91 14.8 7.91 11.15 13.05 22.19 26.00 - - - - - - - Textile cutting machine operators........................... 9.07 9.1 5.75 7.25 9.63 11.00 12.00 - - - - - - - Textile sewing machine operators............................ 7.01 6.7 4.82 5.44 6.89 8.24 9.55 - - - - - - - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 9.82 15.8 6.00 6.40 9.65 11.92 14.83 - - - - - - - Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 9.29 11.7 5.00 6.97 8.15 10.00 12.32 - - - - - - - Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 10.36 20.5 4.75 5.25 10.42 14.76 14.77 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 8.66 9.4 5.00 6.15 7.70 9.64 14.00 - - - - - - - Welders and cutters......................................... 13.01 19.4 7.30 8.05 10.86 17.00 23.39 - - - - - - - Assemblers.................................................. 8.38 7.2 5.00 5.50 7.67 10.46 11.78 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C............... 8.59 9.3 6.00 6.55 8.64 9.90 12.00 - - - - - - - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 9.61 6.5 5.25 7.41 9.75 11.53 13.61 - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 10.80 4.2 6.18 7.75 10.08 13.43 16.79 $15.55 12.6% $8.00 $12.61 $15.56 $17.35 $21.54 Truck drivers............................................... 10.90 7.8 5.85 7.00 10.30 14.28 17.42 - - - - - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.40 6.7 6.55 9.54 10.69 13.01 17.30 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C.... 10.43 4.5 9.38 9.38 10.14 10.34 12.90 - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.53 3.2 5.00 6.00 7.80 10.00 13.53 14.51 6.5 10.00 12.17 13.57 15.95 19.49 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 9.03 13.6 5.25 6.00 10.75 11.05 11.05 - - - - - - - Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, N.E.C.................................................... 14.72 8.2 8.76 12.50 15.63 17.08 20.40 - - - - - - - Construction laborers....................................... 9.27 9.8 7.00 8.10 8.25 9.00 14.77 - - - - - - - Production helpers.......................................... 7.09 6.2 4.75 5.43 7.34 8.40 9.47 - - - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.37 10.5 5.00 6.00 8.00 11.50 17.56 - - - - - - - Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 9.57 12.2 5.15 6.22 8.70 12.38 12.70 - - - - - - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 8.80 8.5 4.75 5.75 8.40 10.53 14.32 - - - - - - - Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 7.34 7.2 5.25 6.00 7.26 7.50 10.00 - - - - - - - Hand packers and packagers.................................. 7.42 6.6 4.90 5.00 7.00 8.82 10.22 - - - - - - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 8.10 5.7 5.05 5.85 7.20 9.15 12.56 13.93 8.0 10.00 12.17 13.57 15.22 21.18 Service occupations................................................. 7.55 2.1 4.75 5.25 6.62 8.55 11.12 18.59 5.0 9.09 11.72 18.59 24.19 29.51 Protective service occupations................................ 7.75 8.2 4.75 6.00 6.75 8.49 11.26 21.67 5.0 12.58 17.81 22.13 25.35 31.15 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... - - - - - - - 31.38 5.8 25.85 29.51 31.15 31.67 39.10 Firefighting occupations.................................... - - - - - - - 12.74 36.4 4.75 4.89 16.55 19.91 21.58 Police and detectives, public service....................... - - - - - - - 22.66 5.4 15.55 18.95 22.52 25.85 29.45 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... - - - - - - - 21.05 5.6 15.80 19.76 23.41 23.41 23.41 Correctional institution officers........................... - - - - - - - 17.71 8.4 12.58 14.27 16.47 22.13 22.13 Guards and police except public service..................... 7.11 5.9 4.75 6.00 6.50 7.75 10.30 - - - - - - - Food service occupations...................................... 6.75 3.5 4.75 5.00 5.50 7.72 10.50 9.76 4.1 8.14 9.09 9.09 11.09 11.17 Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 13.38 9.1 6.00 11.32 15.00 15.47 17.79 - - - - - - - Bartenders.................................................. 6.87 9.4 4.75 5.00 7.55 8.00 8.81 - - - - - - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.90 2.1 4.25 4.75 4.75 5.00 5.15 - - - - - - - Cooks....................................................... 8.69 5.9 5.50 6.50 8.35 10.50 12.25 - - - - - - - Food counter, fountain, and related occupations............. $5.92 6.0% $4.75 $5.00 $5.21 $6.70 $7.60 - - - - - - - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.31 4.7 5.50 6.50 7.30 8.25 9.30 $10.20 2.5% $6.74 $9.30 $10.11 $10.43 $13.38 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.12 2.5 4.75 4.75 5.00 5.15 6.00 - - - - - - - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 6.01 5.0 4.75 5.00 5.50 6.55 8.25 8.92 6.2 7.69 7.97 8.45 9.61 11.17 Health service occupations.................................... 8.17 3.4 5.75 6.40 7.88 9.27 10.69 11.90 5.6 8.93 10.54 12.16 14.29 14.30 Health aides, except nursing................................ 9.49 3.1 7.79 8.33 9.45 10.23 12.48 - - - - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.98 3.8 5.68 6.30 7.43 9.00 10.67 10.22 6.2 8.30 8.93 10.09 11.56 12.40 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 7.24 3.2 4.75 5.40 6.65 8.16 10.47 11.37 3.1 8.86 10.10 11.42 12.60 13.41 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 10.25 12.5 6.10 6.90 10.50 12.60 14.88 - - - - - - - Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.57 4.3 5.00 5.50 6.21 7.75 8.20 - - - - - - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.08 4.4 4.75 5.17 6.65 8.05 10.00 11.18 3.1 8.78 9.90 11.37 12.12 13.30 Personal service occupations.................................. 9.23 6.1 4.98 5.50 7.60 10.49 14.54 9.90 8.6 6.40 7.82 9.36 10.99 11.87 Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities............. 6.70 8.8 4.75 4.75 6.00 8.00 9.80 - - - - - - - Public transportation attendants............................ 20.73 16.2 9.78 14.14 15.55 24.49 40.82 - - - - - - - Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ - - - - - - - 8.79 5.8 5.78 7.21 9.36 9.85 10.85 Child care workers, N.E.C................................... 8.13 18.2 5.15 5.50 7.00 10.49 12.48 - - - - - - - Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 6.97 9.9 5.00 5.00 6.00 8.00 10.47 - - - - - - - 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, 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. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL AND PRIVATE INDUSTRIES EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table A-3. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers(2), all industries, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 All industries Full-time Part-time Occupation(3) Percentiles Percentiles Mean RSE Mean RSE 10 25 Median 75 90 10 25 Median 75 90 50 50 All occupations....................................................... $17.37 2.4% $6.25 $9.07 $14.04 $21.77 $31.30 $9.87 3.7% $4.87 $5.50 $7.65 $10.69 $17.22 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 17.37 2.4 6.25 9.07 14.20 21.98 31.36 10.26 4.3 4.75 5.50 8.00 11.00 19.51 White-collar occupations............................................ 21.54 2.5 9.50 12.34 17.73 26.49 37.75 12.68 4.7 5.55 7.14 9.50 15.17 25.48 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 21.99 2.4 10.00 12.75 18.46 27.04 38.46 14.94 5.3 7.14 8.31 11.02 18.36 28.90 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 26.74 2.3 13.85 19.00 24.53 32.15 42.44 21.77 4.8 9.92 15.13 20.00 26.42 35.74 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 28.72 2.4 16.59 21.11 26.55 34.55 44.08 23.85 4.9 11.72 18.00 22.00 29.14 35.74 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.30 2.2 22.60 25.33 29.23 36.13 43.27 - - - - - - - Civil engineers............................................. 30.12 7.8 23.08 26.55 27.47 34.42 41.77 - - - - - - - Industrial engineers........................................ 25.02 4.5 18.63 23.35 24.04 26.83 31.25 - - - - - - - Mechanical engineers........................................ 27.88 6.2 22.30 26.01 29.25 32.43 33.67 - - - - - - - Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 30.56 3.5 23.65 25.39 28.90 34.78 41.00 - - - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.38 9.6 19.24 22.12 27.18 34.00 45.00 - - - - - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.03 9.9 19.64 23.06 27.63 34.62 45.00 - - - - - - - Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 23.20 9.1 14.25 17.25 21.11 32.55 32.55 - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ 25.46 5.8 17.62 21.91 25.63 31.36 31.88 - - - - - - - Chemists, except biochemists................................ 24.31 2.3 19.89 23.31 24.53 24.69 28.09 - - - - - - - Health related occupations.................................... 24.20 4.2 16.97 19.96 22.57 25.00 30.16 23.85 3.9 18.36 20.00 22.84 26.25 30.00 Physicians.................................................. 47.54 20.1 12.98 16.97 57.70 65.00 67.31 - - - - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 22.74 1.4 17.75 20.61 22.76 24.78 27.08 22.92 3.7 18.92 20.00 22.23 26.25 27.93 Respiratory therapists...................................... 17.84 7.2 13.75 14.72 18.39 20.53 20.86 - - - - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.89 5.0 21.47 29.61 35.06 41.60 48.08 31.46 4.9 16.30 25.44 33.17 38.77 41.20 Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified............. 35.60 9.5 28.23 31.07 33.84 36.84 46.60 - - - - - - - Teachers, post secondary N.E.C.............................. 35.95 5.3 24.71 30.94 35.53 39.88 44.49 30.94 7.5 16.28 19.12 31.25 40.88 42.09 Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.84 5.1 13.73 19.96 27.28 37.23 47.15 23.06 12.6 16.50 17.22 19.51 31.50 35.74 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.09 7.0 15.59 21.38 27.04 37.37 45.15 - - - - - - - Secondary school teachers................................... 34.15 3.8 22.47 27.04 34.11 39.76 47.15 - - - - - - - Teachers, special education................................. 26.50 5.8 17.48 20.00 25.20 32.19 37.30 - - - - - - - Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 26.40 13.7 13.07 19.18 25.38 33.30 42.52 28.56 13.3 11.72 20.00 32.53 35.74 36.24 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 28.50 20.8 12.87 18.15 22.32 41.27 49.02 - - - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 19.07 2.8 16.23 18.30 19.15 19.22 20.11 - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 25.52 11.9 15.90 18.72 20.60 30.15 42.17 - - - - - - - Psychologists............................................... 24.70 14.6 15.29 18.65 20.60 31.57 42.22 - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.76 14.1 11.55 11.68 18.68 24.49 27.27 - - - - - - - Social workers.............................................. 19.36 15.0 11.55 12.90 19.19 25.83 27.27 - - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ 39.35 9.6 25.62 30.92 36.03 51.42 54.54 - - - - - - - Lawyers..................................................... 39.35 9.6 25.62 30.92 36.03 51.42 54.54 - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 32.71 11.5 13.75 19.95 30.00 38.92 50.53 18.35 29.0 5.86 7.87 8.98 30.56 36.00 Designers................................................... 27.60 17.4 13.29 14.42 27.00 36.25 43.45 - - - - - - - Editors and reporters....................................... 42.02 27.2 15.38 21.04 32.99 80.00 80.00 - - - - - - - Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. $20.66 6.9% $13.94 $16.15 $20.43 $25.64 $27.12 - - - - - - - Technical occupations........................................... 18.99 4.0 11.49 13.69 17.05 21.43 26.70 $13.75 6.1% $9.02 $11.30 $13.33 $16.00 $17.98 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.71 7.0 10.91 12.29 17.86 21.96 25.50 - - - - - - - Radiological technicians.................................... 19.27 4.1 15.60 18.00 18.61 20.91 22.72 - - - - - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.16 3.4 12.00 12.60 13.99 16.00 16.67 14.19 3.3 12.00 12.85 14.12 15.50 16.11 Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 14.91 3.5 10.63 11.93 15.76 16.75 20.56 13.33 7.5 7.86 11.00 12.50 15.06 21.00 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.15 6.3 12.86 17.35 20.19 25.88 29.09 - - - - - - - Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 18.33 8.3 9.89 15.96 19.22 21.30 22.01 - - - - - - - Drafters.................................................... 14.98 15.8 6.50 12.00 13.27 22.93 24.71 - - - - - - - Science technicians, N.E.C.................................. 16.34 5.4 13.78 14.26 15.18 17.11 21.16 - - - - - - - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 25.51 18.8 15.23 17.05 20.41 25.00 40.00 - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 29.95 4.2 15.50 18.58 25.64 34.33 45.67 36.83 10.9 18.90 30.00 33.71 50.00 50.00 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 34.39 5.5 15.73 21.85 29.81 40.06 50.52 43.02 8.1 30.00 33.71 46.21 50.00 50.00 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 38.70 10.2 27.17 36.36 42.99 44.74 44.74 - - - - - - - Financial managers.......................................... 35.80 5.8 20.19 25.64 32.47 41.80 60.10 - - - - - - - Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 31.79 7.0 16.25 21.63 31.60 38.46 40.38 - - - - - - - Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations....... 34.54 8.1 19.23 22.96 32.47 45.67 50.52 - - - - - - - Administrators, education and related fields................ 29.99 6.7 15.58 22.50 31.66 34.57 40.65 - - - - - - - Managers, medicine and health............................... 29.34 5.4 19.99 24.30 28.77 34.55 35.67 - - - - - - - Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 17.21 14.6 12.79 13.53 14.06 15.63 29.75 - - - - - - - Managers, service organizations, N.E.C...................... 23.00 9.2 16.83 17.73 21.35 26.00 38.76 - - - - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 37.26 9.5 15.86 21.92 29.91 43.13 61.06 - - - - - - - Management related occupations................................ 22.70 4.1 14.64 17.25 20.81 25.93 30.65 - - - - - - - Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.79 3.1 15.28 17.31 20.19 24.51 26.44 - - - - - - - Other financial officers.................................... 29.67 19.4 15.68 17.05 21.81 30.29 43.35 - - - - - - - Management analysts......................................... 24.27 6.5 14.30 19.37 24.10 28.21 30.43 - - - - - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.14 8.5 12.50 15.61 18.32 22.06 30.82 - - - - - - - Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 20.33 4.6 13.70 17.96 19.25 21.63 27.03 - - - - - - - Construction inspectors..................................... 25.42 4.2 19.26 24.95 26.51 27.07 27.32 - - - - - - - Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction..... 23.29 5.6 16.39 20.94 23.88 24.23 28.85 - - - - - - - Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 21.67 3.7 13.41 16.38 19.97 26.44 31.25 - - - - - - - Sales occupations................................................. 17.35 10.4 6.50 9.20 12.49 17.83 29.55 7.89 4.2 5.15 5.97 6.75 9.00 11.80 Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 23.90 17.1 10.45 13.36 16.72 25.75 55.75 - - - - - - - Sales occupations, other business services.................. 13.74 8.3 11.82 11.83 11.83 14.52 15.39 - - - - - - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 28.36 6.4 16.03 20.00 26.00 32.21 42.77 - - - - - - - Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 18.63 19.8 8.82 10.26 12.86 20.79 30.51 - - - - - - - Sales workers, apparel...................................... 8.79 13.4 5.50 6.00 8.51 10.12 13.02 - - - - - - - Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings............... - - - - - - - 8.02 5.7 6.10 7.00 8.00 9.00 9.35 Sales workers, other commodities............................ 11.17 9.0 6.30 7.00 9.29 13.91 20.34 7.03 6.5 5.25 5.87 6.50 7.50 9.52 Cashiers.................................................... 9.88 7.7 5.75 6.50 9.00 13.73 15.60 9.11 6.2 5.00 5.97 8.16 11.33 15.40 Sales support occupations, N.E.C............................ 13.34 8.8 9.50 10.30 12.75 15.00 19.05 - - - - - - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 12.78 1.9 8.21 10.24 12.40 15.00 18.14 9.48 2.7 6.40 7.55 9.06 10.92 13.30 Supervisors, general office................................. $16.62 4.4% $12.98 $14.26 $16.69 $18.16 $19.11 - - - - - - - Supervisors, financial records processing................... 17.67 7.1 13.40 14.94 15.75 20.76 23.08 - - - - - - - Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 18.23 11.2 10.65 14.83 17.24 24.17 26.82 - - - - - - - Computer operators.......................................... 17.14 10.2 12.75 13.38 16.83 23.05 23.91 - - - - - - - Secretaries................................................. 14.79 2.8 10.96 12.00 14.42 16.98 19.09 $11.61 5.6% $7.50 $11.00 $12.00 $12.87 $13.30 Typists..................................................... 12.64 5.2 10.00 11.50 12.99 13.85 14.29 - - - - - - - Interviewers................................................ 10.07 7.7 7.61 8.75 9.42 11.26 13.58 - - - - - - - Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 11.41 7.0 7.93 9.38 11.24 13.25 14.88 - - - - - - - Receptionists............................................... 9.28 4.6 7.00 8.00 8.98 10.10 12.50 7.74 11.4 5.00 5.00 7.50 7.85 15.06 Information clerks, N.E.C................................... 11.16 4.4 8.79 9.70 11.15 12.42 13.52 10.23 7.3 5.50 9.30 9.50 11.54 13.56 Order clerks................................................ 11.16 5.2 7.75 9.18 11.00 12.38 14.62 - - - - - - - Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping............. 12.67 7.5 8.25 9.71 12.69 15.54 15.87 - - - - - - - Library clerks.............................................. 14.31 11.7 8.07 10.43 15.01 18.72 18.72 - - - - - - - File clerks................................................. 7.47 7.1 6.25 6.50 6.72 7.00 11.50 - - - - - - - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 12.64 6.5 10.56 11.00 11.21 13.59 16.49 - - - - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.09 2.2 10.00 11.54 12.54 15.00 16.83 - - - - - - - Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 12.88 4.3 10.58 11.24 12.50 14.50 15.30 - - - - - - - Telephone operators......................................... 9.88 10.0 6.92 8.00 9.00 11.94 15.90 - - - - - - - Mail clerks except postal service........................... 8.61 7.2 6.53 7.50 8.18 9.84 11.06 - - - - - - - Dispatchers................................................. 17.57 4.0 15.45 16.53 17.95 18.93 18.93 - - - - - - - Production coordinators..................................... 15.25 6.6 10.48 12.28 14.30 19.05 21.12 - - - - - - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.65 10.5 5.75 8.48 10.66 12.65 14.79 - - - - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.34 6.3 6.98 9.15 10.53 14.80 15.48 9.59 11.7 5.25 7.22 10.37 10.92 13.61 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 16.63 14.8 10.30 11.67 15.68 19.93 24.49 - - - - - - - Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 14.66 11.1 8.94 11.25 15.56 18.79 18.79 - - - - - - - Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 13.23 1.1 9.50 12.67 13.39 13.39 15.55 - - - - - - - Bill and account collectors................................. 11.39 6.5 8.23 8.75 11.71 13.44 15.28 - - - - - - - General office clerks....................................... 11.35 2.8 7.17 9.37 11.28 13.15 15.74 8.44 5.5 5.00 6.40 8.00 10.00 12.52 Data entry keyers........................................... 12.11 4.2 8.00 10.00 13.26 13.70 15.49 - - - - - - - Statistical clerks.......................................... 10.65 13.1 6.50 7.19 11.29 13.50 15.00 - - - - - - - Teachers' aides............................................. 10.54 5.8 8.00 10.31 10.31 10.31 12.32 10.48 6.4 7.14 8.28 9.58 11.87 14.74 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 13.50 4.0 9.80 10.92 12.73 15.80 18.51 6.96 10.9 4.25 5.00 7.00 8.10 10.61 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 12.42 4.1 5.50 7.15 10.44 16.96 21.56 8.09 4.5 5.00 5.95 7.50 9.74 12.35 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 17.90 4.2 8.50 13.00 18.81 21.56 25.49 10.78 11.8 7.72 7.72 10.00 14.83 14.83 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.50 2.8 20.19 22.10 24.51 28.98 29.31 - - - - - - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 16.52 8.3 11.00 14.00 14.42 19.06 21.34 - - - - - - - Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 16.93 2.4 14.92 15.78 17.12 17.12 19.13 - - - - - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 16.92 7.1 12.66 13.80 16.30 20.05 21.54 - - - - - - - Machinery maintenance occupations........................... 12.80 13.4 8.00 8.34 11.24 15.94 20.83 - - - - - - - Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 20.80 2.4 17.95 21.25 21.48 21.51 21.59 - - - - - - - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. $15.11 6.7% $8.50 $11.09 $15.04 $17.80 $22.43 - - - - - - - Carpenters.................................................. 18.59 4.9 15.00 17.25 18.90 21.00 21.52 - - - - - - - Electricians................................................ 22.27 6.3 17.32 18.26 21.45 25.21 29.02 - - - - - - - Painters, construction and maintenance...................... 12.60 26.7 5.50 5.50 13.00 19.79 19.79 - - - - - - - Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. 19.15 4.3 15.59 16.65 20.65 20.65 21.57 - - - - - - - Drillers, oil well.......................................... 16.22 8.1 12.40 13.05 15.30 19.78 20.85 - - - - - - - Supervisors, production occupations......................... 21.53 11.6 11.67 14.18 18.72 30.25 35.98 - - - - - - - Machinists.................................................. 18.80 7.7 13.76 15.25 17.25 22.61 24.09 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 8.46 11.6 5.50 6.00 7.00 9.86 12.60 - - - - - - - Butchers and meat cutters................................... 10.09 14.4 6.50 7.00 8.00 14.69 16.68 - - - - - - - Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 17.06 9.7 10.50 11.45 15.75 22.14 22.76 - - - - - - - Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 20.94 4.1 18.38 18.38 21.34 21.35 24.46 - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.17 4.2 5.00 6.00 8.11 11.00 14.76 - - - - - - - Punching and stamping press operators....................... 8.90 10.0 6.00 7.03 8.74 9.37 12.29 - - - - - - - Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 8.52 12.4 5.38 6.66 7.70 11.85 11.85 - - - - - - - Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C........................ 6.70 5.3 5.25 5.80 6.60 7.24 8.00 - - - - - - - Molding and casting machine operators....................... 6.98 10.3 5.20 5.45 5.95 8.35 9.84 - - - - - - - Printing press operators.................................... 15.91 14.8 7.91 11.15 13.05 22.19 26.00 - - - - - - - Textile cutting machine operators........................... 9.07 9.1 5.75 7.25 9.63 11.00 12.00 - - - - - - - Textile sewing machine operators............................ 7.01 6.7 4.82 5.44 6.89 8.24 9.55 - - - - - - - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 9.82 15.8 6.00 6.40 9.65 11.92 14.83 - - - - - - - Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 9.29 11.7 5.00 6.97 8.15 10.00 12.32 - - - - - - - Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 10.36 20.5 4.75 5.25 10.42 14.76 14.77 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 9.07 10.0 5.00 6.15 7.70 9.75 16.37 - - - - - - - Welders and cutters......................................... 13.81 18.2 7.30 8.19 11.35 22.22 23.39 - - - - - - - Assemblers.................................................. 8.39 7.2 5.00 5.50 7.67 10.53 11.78 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C............... 8.59 9.3 6.00 6.55 8.64 9.90 12.00 - - - - - - - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 9.61 6.5 5.25 7.41 9.75 11.53 13.61 - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 11.69 4.6 6.27 8.25 10.63 14.54 17.71 - - - - - - - Truck drivers............................................... 11.46 7.6 6.00 7.50 11.20 15.00 18.12 $10.49 12.0% $5.85 $7.10 $9.79 $13.92 $13.92 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.70 6.7 8.00 9.79 10.69 13.96 17.71 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C.... 12.03 14.8 9.38 9.38 10.24 12.78 25.63 - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.94 3.2 5.00 6.00 8.03 10.62 14.77 7.66 5.6 5.00 5.50 6.57 8.48 12.35 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 11.68 9.4 6.50 10.00 10.75 15.26 18.21 - - - - - - - Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, N.E.C.................................................... 14.72 8.2 8.76 12.50 15.63 17.08 20.40 - - - - - - - Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 10.42 16.3 5.00 5.50 10.00 14.98 18.41 - - - - - - - Construction laborers....................................... 9.24 9.6 7.00 8.10 8.25 9.00 13.90 - - - - - - - Production helpers.......................................... 7.10 6.2 4.75 5.48 7.34 8.44 9.47 - - - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.59 12.4 4.75 6.00 8.75 11.24 17.56 8.96 9.3 5.45 6.40 7.40 12.29 14.05 Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 9.57 12.2 5.15 6.22 8.70 12.38 12.70 - - - - - - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 8.93 8.8 4.75 6.00 8.48 10.83 14.83 - - - - - - - Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... $7.37 7.2% $5.25 $6.00 $7.26 $7.50 $10.00 - - - - - - - Hand packers and packagers.................................. 7.50 7.0 5.00 5.25 7.00 8.82 10.22 $6.56 12.7% $4.75 $4.75 $5.00 $7.15 $10.22 Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 9.43 7.6 5.50 6.00 8.20 12.31 15.22 6.70 5.1 5.00 5.70 6.57 7.77 8.00 Service occupations................................................. 11.13 4.8 5.00 6.21 8.25 13.13 22.78 6.37 3.0 4.75 4.89 5.50 7.50 9.45 Protective service occupations................................ 16.73 9.7 6.00 7.50 17.69 23.41 28.75 5.85 8.0 4.75 4.89 5.50 6.25 6.75 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 31.38 5.8 25.85 29.51 31.15 31.67 39.10 - - - - - - - Police and detectives, public service....................... 22.76 5.5 15.55 19.14 22.77 25.85 29.45 - - - - - - - Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 21.05 5.6 15.80 19.76 23.41 23.41 23.41 - - - - - - - Correctional institution officers........................... 17.71 8.4 12.58 14.27 16.47 22.13 22.13 - - - - - - - Guards and police except public service..................... 7.44 6.8 4.75 6.00 6.75 8.49 10.97 - - - - - - - Food service occupations...................................... 7.66 3.8 4.90 5.20 6.75 9.09 11.54 5.73 3.3 4.70 4.75 5.00 5.75 8.14 Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 13.32 6.5 10.87 11.09 12.50 15.45 17.04 - - - - - - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.12 3.2 4.75 4.75 5.00 5.00 5.25 4.74 1.8 4.25 4.75 4.75 4.75 5.00 Cooks....................................................... 8.91 6.2 5.50 6.75 8.85 11.00 12.55 - - - - - - - Food counter, fountain, and related occupations............. 6.66 14.6 4.75 5.10 5.50 9.09 9.09 6.46 10.8 4.75 5.00 5.50 7.35 9.79 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.31 4.7 5.50 6.50 7.30 8.25 9.30 10.20 2.5 6.74 9.30 10.11 10.43 13.38 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.27 5.7 4.75 4.79 5.00 5.25 6.55 5.03 1.4 4.75 4.75 4.89 5.00 5.50 Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 6.67 5.4 5.00 5.15 6.05 7.38 9.52 5.50 4.6 4.75 4.75 5.00 5.50 7.77 Health service occupations.................................... 8.40 3.8 5.89 6.40 7.85 9.73 11.79 8.67 5.5 5.51 7.50 9.00 9.64 11.09 Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.79 6.5 8.17 8.90 10.09 12.67 14.30 9.79 6.4 6.50 8.25 9.64 11.09 13.05 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.07 4.1 5.80 6.40 7.43 9.25 11.11 8.04 6.1 5.40 6.11 9.00 9.00 9.50 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 7.93 3.8 5.00 5.80 7.22 9.50 11.99 6.17 5.7 4.75 4.75 5.50 7.19 8.50 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 10.58 11.0 6.10 6.90 10.78 13.00 15.31 - - - - - - - Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.66 4.4 5.15 5.50 6.21 7.75 8.20 - - - - - - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.87 5.3 4.90 5.70 7.22 9.38 11.72 6.22 6.1 4.75 4.85 5.50 7.50 8.78 Personal service occupations.................................. 10.98 7.8 4.75 7.20 9.00 13.10 16.01 7.08 6.4 5.00 5.15 6.40 8.65 10.42 Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities............. - - - - - - - 7.17 9.7 5.25 5.50 6.78 8.65 10.13 Public transportation attendants............................ 20.73 16.2 9.78 14.14 15.55 24.49 40.82 - - - - - - - Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ - - - - - - - 8.55 4.1 5.89 7.69 8.94 9.36 10.85 Child care workers, N.E.C................................... - - - - - - - 7.54 14.3 5.15 5.50 6.75 9.45 11.58 Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 8.57 11.4 5.00 6.00 7.20 10.00 14.58 6.02 8.8 5.00 5.00 5.25 6.40 8.25 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, 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. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL AND PRIVATE INDUSTRIES EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings(1) and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only(2), all industries, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 All industries Occupation(3) Mean Weekly earnings Mean Annual earnings weekly annual hours(4) hours Mean RSE Median Mean Median All occupations....................................................... 39.7 $689 2.4% $560 2,017 $35,043 $29,119 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 39.7 689 2.4 565 2,015 35,000 29,245 White-collar occupations............................................ 39.7 854 2.5 709 1,991 42,893 35,872 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 39.6 872 2.5 734 1,983 43,621 37,128 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 38.7 1,035 2.4 955 1,843 49,269 45,906 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 38.7 1,110 2.5 1,031 1,803 51,771 48,526 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 40.3 1,261 2.4 1,176 2,096 65,592 61,131 Civil engineers............................................. 40.0 1,205 7.8 1,099 2,080 62,660 57,138 Industrial engineers........................................ 40.3 1,009 4.0 962 2,097 52,488 50,003 Mechanical engineers........................................ 41.0 1,143 7.6 1,170 2,131 59,418 60,840 Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 40.0 1,222 3.5 1,156 2,080 63,556 60,112 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 40.1 1,178 9.6 1,087 2,086 61,274 56,534 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 40.1 1,205 9.8 1,096 2,086 62,650 56,992 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 40.0 928 9.1 844 2,080 48,258 43,909 Natural scientists............................................ 39.9 1,017 5.9 1,025 2,076 52,877 53,310 Chemists, except biochemists................................ 39.7 966 2.6 981 2,067 50,246 51,022 Health related occupations.................................... 38.5 932 4.3 862 1,991 48,180 44,512 Physicians.................................................. 40.0 1,902 20.1 2,308 1,980 94,153 120,016 Registered nurses........................................... 38.2 870 1.7 866 1,981 45,049 45,040 Respiratory therapists...................................... 38.5 686 6.0 708 2,001 35,696 36,804 Teachers, college and university.............................. 38.5 1,382 5.2 1,335 1,561 56,010 53,869 Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified............. 40.0 1,424 9.5 1,354 1,660 59,090 50,501 Teachers, post secondary N.E.C.............................. 37.8 1,359 5.9 1,335 1,562 56,172 54,370 Teachers, except college and university....................... 35.8 1,031 3.8 1,037 1,396 40,246 40,741 Elementary school teachers.................................. 35.6 1,036 4.9 1,011 1,349 39,238 38,975 Secondary school teachers................................... 34.3 1,171 2.5 1,201 1,274 43,503 45,078 Teachers, special education................................. 39.3 1,043 5.3 1,008 1,790 47,435 48,214 Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 36.3 959 9.8 958 1,466 38,702 37,729 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 36.6 1,042 15.0 1,088 1,581 45,075 49,304 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 43.1 823 6.6 804 2,217 42,277 41,829 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 39.1 998 10.6 824 1,837 46,869 42,848 Psychologists............................................... 39.0 962 12.8 824 1,796 44,350 42,848 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 40.0 750 14.1 747 2,079 38,992 38,854 Social workers.............................................. 40.0 774 15.0 768 2,079 40,237 39,915 Lawyers and judges............................................ 42.9 1,689 13.2 1,441 2,232 87,816 74,942 Lawyers..................................................... 42.9 1,689 13.2 1,441 2,232 87,816 74,942 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 42.2 1,380 13.4 1,117 2,193 71,745 58,094 Designers................................................... 43.3 1,196 22.6 998 2,251 62,106 51,886 Editors and reporters....................................... 44.2 1,858 30.0 1,475 2,299 96,593 76,710 Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 40.0 826 6.9 817 2,080 42,971 42,494 Technical occupations........................................... 39.0 740 3.7 677 2,018 38,325 35,048 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 39.5 699 7.3 705 2,052 36,335 36,650 Radiological technicians.................................... 39.3 758 3.5 756 2,046 39,415 39,312 Licensed practical nurses................................... 38.7 $548 4.1% $524 2,011 $28,484 $27,269 Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 39.6 591 3.5 603 2,059 30,713 31,366 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 40.1 848 6.3 808 2,086 44,115 41,995 Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 40.0 733 8.3 769 2,080 38,132 39,978 Drafters.................................................... 40.0 599 15.8 531 2,080 31,158 27,602 Science technicians, N.E.C.................................. 36.6 598 10.9 584 1,663 27,181 28,662 Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 40.0 1,020 18.8 816 2,080 53,062 42,453 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 40.7 1,218 4.3 1,038 2,095 62,749 52,998 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 41.0 1,409 5.7 1,224 2,102 72,282 62,275 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 40.0 1,548 10.2 1,720 2,080 80,487 89,419 Financial managers.......................................... 40.5 1,450 6.4 1,300 2,106 75,396 67,600 Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 40.7 1,294 7.0 1,360 2,116 67,266 70,720 Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations....... 42.1 1,454 8.5 1,573 2,190 75,630 81,796 Administrators, education and related fields................ 41.4 1,241 7.0 1,330 1,918 57,537 55,814 Managers, medicine and health............................... 39.6 1,162 5.7 1,080 2,060 60,428 56,160 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 41.7 718 15.3 562 1,850 31,845 27,602 Managers, service organizations, N.E.C...................... 41.2 947 8.5 865 2,140 49,223 44,990 Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 41.1 1,531 9.7 1,200 2,135 79,554 62,400 Management related occupations................................ 40.1 911 4.0 846 2,084 47,305 44,054 Accountants and auditors.................................... 40.1 833 3.2 841 2,083 43,309 43,742 Other financial officers.................................... 41.0 1,217 19.3 900 2,133 63,273 46,800 Management analysts......................................... 39.8 965 6.4 966 2,067 50,168 50,232 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 40.3 812 8.6 733 2,095 42,201 38,106 Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 40.0 813 4.6 770 2,080 42,283 40,040 Construction inspectors..................................... 39.7 1,010 4.8 1,060 2,066 52,516 55,141 Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction..... 40.0 932 5.6 955 2,080 48,442 49,670 Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 40.0 867 3.6 799 2,069 44,825 41,538 Sales occupations................................................. 39.9 692 10.4 488 2,064 35,816 25,355 Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 42.1 1,005 19.3 673 2,187 52,282 35,006 Sales occupations, other business services.................. 39.9 549 8.2 473 2,076 28,540 24,606 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 40.0 1,134 6.4 1,040 2,080 58,990 54,080 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 41.9 780 19.2 540 2,177 40,552 28,086 Sales workers, apparel...................................... 39.6 348 13.4 340 2,058 18,084 17,701 Sales workers, other commodities............................ 38.1 425 8.8 360 1,952 21,799 18,525 Cashiers.................................................... 39.0 386 8.3 360 2,030 20,055 18,720 Sales support occupations, N.E.C............................ 40.0 533 8.8 510 2,080 27,740 26,520 Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 39.8 509 1.9 494 2,055 26,259 25,418 Supervisors, general office................................. 40.6 674 3.7 668 2,109 35,062 34,715 Supervisors, financial records processing................... 40.0 707 7.1 630 2,080 36,747 32,760 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 41.2 751 11.3 714 2,143 39,060 37,128 Computer operators.......................................... 39.7 680 9.6 673 2,062 35,347 35,006 Secretaries................................................. 40.0 592 2.9 577 2,062 30,511 29,994 Typists..................................................... 39.9 505 5.2 520 2,076 26,240 27,019 Interviewers................................................ 39.3 396 8.0 370 2,046 20,602 19,219 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 40.0 457 7.0 450 2,080 23,740 23,379 Receptionists............................................... 39.2 364 5.0 343 2,039 18,917 17,854 Information clerks, N.E.C................................... 39.8 $444 4.3% $439 2,070 $23,100 $22,810 Order clerks................................................ 40.0 446 5.2 440 2,080 23,215 22,880 Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping............. 40.0 507 7.5 508 2,079 26,354 26,395 Library clerks.............................................. 37.6 537 15.9 592 1,914 27,380 30,326 File clerks................................................. 40.0 299 7.1 269 2,080 15,539 13,978 Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 39.8 503 6.2 448 2,015 25,462 23,317 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 39.9 522 2.3 502 2,074 27,153 26,083 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 40.0 515 4.3 500 2,080 26,781 26,000 Telephone operators......................................... 40.0 395 10.0 360 2,080 20,545 18,720 Mail clerks except postal service........................... 39.9 343 7.2 319 1,977 17,016 16,548 Dispatchers................................................. 39.9 700 4.2 718 2,072 36,415 37,336 Production coordinators..................................... 39.6 604 6.5 572 2,059 31,389 29,744 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 39.9 425 10.6 421 2,075 22,104 21,902 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 40.0 454 6.3 421 2,080 23,595 21,902 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 39.1 651 14.5 616 2,036 33,851 32,018 Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 40.1 588 11.1 620 2,085 30,570 32,219 Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 40.0 529 1.1 536 2,080 27,517 27,851 Bill and account collectors................................. 39.5 450 6.1 453 2,055 23,398 23,556 General office clerks....................................... 39.5 449 2.9 448 2,028 23,031 23,317 Data entry keyers........................................... 39.6 480 4.2 520 2,060 24,949 27,061 Statistical clerks.......................................... 39.6 422 12.8 452 2,062 21,951 23,483 Teachers' aides............................................. 38.4 404 5.6 412 1,494 15,744 15,011 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 40.1 541 4.0 505 2,074 28,006 26,247 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 39.8 494 4.1 416 2,063 25,613 21,445 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 39.8 713 4.2 737 2,061 36,887 38,272 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 40.0 1,020 2.8 980 2,081 53,060 50,981 Automobile mechanics........................................ 39.4 652 8.8 548 2,051 33,883 28,494 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 40.0 677 2.4 685 2,080 35,213 35,610 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 39.8 673 7.0 652 2,068 34,992 33,904 Machinery maintenance occupations........................... 40.0 512 13.4 450 2,080 26,625 23,379 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 40.0 832 2.4 859 2,080 43,264 44,678 Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 39.5 596 6.5 582 2,022 30,555 29,994 Carpenters.................................................. 37.2 692 6.5 680 1,745 32,431 34,471 Electricians................................................ 40.0 891 6.3 858 2,080 46,334 44,616 Painters, construction and maintenance...................... 40.0 504 26.7 520 2,080 26,218 27,040 Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. 40.0 766 4.3 826 2,080 39,832 42,952 Drillers, oil well.......................................... 41.3 670 7.8 641 2,148 34,838 33,306 Supervisors, production occupations......................... 40.1 863 11.6 750 2,083 44,858 39,000 Machinists.................................................. 40.0 752 7.7 690 2,080 39,101 35,880 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 40.0 339 11.6 280 2,080 17,604 14,560 Butchers and meat cutters................................... 40.0 404 14.4 320 2,080 20,983 16,640 Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 40.6 692 10.1 630 2,109 35,979 32,760 Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 40.0 838 4.1 854 2,080 43,557 44,387 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 39.8 365 4.2 322 2,065 18,946 16,702 Punching and stamping press operators....................... 40.0 $356 10.0% $350 2,080 $18,518 $18,179 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 40.0 341 12.4 308 2,080 17,724 16,016 Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C........................ 39.7 266 5.7 262 2,063 13,812 13,603 Molding and casting machine operators....................... 40.0 279 10.3 238 2,080 14,516 12,376 Printing press operators.................................... 38.7 616 13.2 522 2,013 32,037 27,144 Textile cutting machine operators........................... 40.0 363 9.1 385 2,080 18,857 20,030 Textile sewing machine operators............................ 39.1 274 7.5 263 2,032 14,233 13,668 Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 39.8 391 15.7 386 2,070 20,314 20,072 Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 40.1 373 11.9 326 2,086 19,389 16,952 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 40.0 414 20.5 417 2,080 21,547 21,674 Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 39.8 361 10.0 306 2,068 18,751 15,891 Welders and cutters......................................... 39.9 552 18.2 454 2,077 28,680 23,608 Assemblers.................................................. 39.9 335 7.2 307 2,069 17,355 15,954 Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C............... 40.0 344 9.3 346 2,080 17,868 17,971 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 40.0 384 6.5 390 2,080 19,985 20,280 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 39.9 467 4.6 424 2,059 24,061 21,840 Truck drivers............................................... 40.0 458 7.6 448 2,070 23,719 22,360 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 39.8 466 6.7 428 2,068 24,208 22,235 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C....