NC BL 11/00/1998 Table: Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, Bulletin 3095-07, March 1998 Table A-1. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, all workers(2), all industries, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange Co, CA, March 1998 All industries Occupation(3) Percentiles Mean RSE 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All occupations....................................................... $17.69 2.5% $6.19 $8.80 $13.96 $22.56 $33.12 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 17.68 2.5 6.22 8.95 14.08 22.76 33.08 White-collar occupations............................................ 22.02 2.2 9.00 12.31 17.91 27.60 38.90 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 22.60 2.2 9.89 13.00 18.75 28.53 39.21 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 28.17 2.3 14.68 19.76 26.00 33.90 43.61 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 30.28 2.3 17.44 22.26 28.08 36.57 45.14 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.36 2.2 22.95 26.02 30.54 37.30 45.91 Aerospace engineers......................................... 32.94 4.9 21.60 26.40 32.07 38.60 46.13 Civil engineers............................................. 30.61 6.7 24.95 26.95 28.59 29.81 42.37 Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 33.96 4.3 24.62 26.69 30.77 39.30 47.73 Industrial engineers........................................ 25.31 4.2 21.22 23.40 24.58 27.53 29.54 Mechanical engineers........................................ 29.46 7.2 13.00 27.38 31.20 34.02 35.00 Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 31.63 3.3 21.73 27.37 31.35 36.03 41.51 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 31.26 10.7 19.22 23.51 29.17 34.35 51.26 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 32.18 11.2 18.98 23.52 29.46 35.75 53.00 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 24.87 7.3 19.39 19.70 22.75 29.95 33.54 Natural scientists............................................ 27.44 5.4 17.73 23.58 26.28 33.03 35.89 Chemists, except biochemists................................ 27.35 7.4 21.73 24.96 24.96 31.53 35.89 Physical scientists, N.E.C.................................. 29.62 7.0 25.22 25.96 30.22 33.03 33.57 Medical scientists.......................................... 23.07 7.5 17.73 17.73 23.58 26.28 27.27 Health related occupations.................................... 25.72 3.4 17.91 20.07 23.41 27.56 38.00 Physicians.................................................. 42.06 21.1 12.98 16.97 42.54 65.00 67.28 Registered nurses........................................... 24.56 3.0 18.54 20.80 23.55 26.56 31.13 Pharmacists................................................. 32.66 6.7 19.38 29.46 35.74 38.00 39.77 Dietitians.................................................. 17.74 8.3 12.20 15.43 19.03 20.00 20.31 Respiratory therapists...................................... 19.12 2.4 16.03 18.18 18.91 20.60 21.44 Teachers, college and university.............................. 34.70 4.1 22.39 27.35 33.97 40.19 46.50 Business, commerce and marketing teachers................... 47.32 23.3 32.53 33.15 37.50 45.16 107.21 Education teachers.......................................... 47.17 36.4 24.13 28.31 28.31 39.38 $99.34 English teachers............................................ 33.31 4.1 26.64 28.60 31.71 38.60 40.94 Foreign language teachers................................... 30.95 9.5 21.87 22.02 25.89 38.60 44.75 Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified............. 34.87 12.7 17.45 26.75 35.25 39.89 49.17 Teachers, post secondary N.E.C.............................. 34.49 2.6 24.89 28.44 34.66 40.04 45.64 Teachers, except college and university....................... 30.93 3.6 15.87 22.60 30.83 39.05 44.81 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 13.10 3.4 11.45 11.45 12.38 14.86 17.27 Elementary school teachers.................................. 33.63 3.9 22.18 25.64 32.80 40.95 45.12 Secondary school teachers................................... 34.00 2.7 23.13 27.23 34.94 39.68 44.81 Teachers, special education................................. 30.32 8.7 18.74 24.35 29.31 36.14 41.26 Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 26.93 12.4 12.98 18.33 24.85 34.44 40.66 Substitute teachers......................................... 17.30 4.3 12.14 16.67 17.22 18.83 20.68 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 28.84 19.3 12.78 18.15 27.91 41.40 46.29 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 21.23 5.1 16.55 20.12 22.56 22.60 22.60 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 30.22 8.6 16.83 20.67 31.35 33.89 45.63 Psychologists............................................... $28.70 17.1% $15.29 $16.83 $20.83 $44.36 $47.33 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.32 11.6 11.55 13.12 19.00 25.83 27.27 Social workers.............................................. 20.09 12.4 11.55 14.39 19.91 26.72 27.27 Recreation workers.......................................... 12.89 16.1 6.67 9.80 10.11 18.63 19.00 Lawyers and judges............................................ 38.94 8.2 26.90 31.14 38.24 44.17 54.62 Lawyers..................................................... 38.94 8.2 26.90 31.14 38.24 44.17 54.62 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 35.92 14.0 9.70 17.50 31.73 42.34 71.17 Designers................................................... 30.82 14.7 15.16 17.50 31.73 39.57 43.99 Actors and directors........................................ 73.93 15.3 33.90 62.50 62.50 112.50 112.50 Editors and reporters....................................... 42.37 21.3 15.75 21.67 37.88 71.17 $71.17 Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 26.56 10.0 14.96 20.00 27.03 32.26 37.50 Technical occupations........................................... 20.46 4.2 12.05 14.56 18.52 22.75 29.74 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 18.93 7.2 11.12 12.84 20.19 24.06 25.98 Radiological technicians.................................... 18.89 3.1 16.50 17.50 18.00 20.91 21.74 Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.45 7.3 12.00 12.94 14.47 16.79 21.72 Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 15.16 5.3 10.48 12.63 15.09 16.61 20.56 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 20.54 5.1 13.78 16.79 19.89 23.28 28.57 Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 21.51 10.8 13.24 16.82 20.67 22.85 32.65 Science technicians, N.E.C.................................. 15.90 6.2 13.25 13.33 14.68 17.24 20.50 Airplane pilots and navigators.............................. 60.31 31.2 19.85 20.63 44.02 101.36 145.48 Computer programmers........................................ 24.74 8.9 15.43 21.53 26.68 30.00 $30.90 Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 22.67 8.0 15.00 17.87 20.41 25.64 31.90 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 31.01 3.8 16.44 20.00 26.80 37.18 46.48 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.38 5.0 17.68 24.01 33.55 42.82 52.03 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 37.95 8.4 27.17 34.40 41.29 44.16 45.08 Financial managers.......................................... 34.04 6.1 20.55 24.04 30.92 37.69 48.85 Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 34.96 6.5 22.09 29.03 37.14 41.16 44.64 Purchasing managers......................................... 28.96 5.2 22.84 27.89 30.50 30.82 30.82 Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations...... 37.51 8.3 19.23 27.50 34.86 47.04 54.75 Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.50 4.3 24.90 27.40 37.18 40.20 46.21 Managers, medicine and health............................... 32.64 7.2 21.68 25.44 34.15 37.50 44.45 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 20.64 14.2 14.70 15.55 16.35 25.00 31.35 Managers, service organizations, N.E.C...................... 27.58 13.0 16.80 18.06 23.42 32.01 44.72 Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 39.74 8.9 18.03 24.71 34.25 44.28 61.54 Management related occupations................................ 22.75 2.8 15.50 17.70 21.63 26.42 31.35 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.73 2.9 16.31 17.74 21.94 25.15 26.80 Other financial officers.................................... 23.33 10.5 15.38 17.31 18.67 27.00 33.19 Management analysts......................................... 25.75 5.9 17.73 21.66 27.50 29.19 31.35 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.22 8.0 12.95 15.05 18.84 22.83 29.05 Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 21.47 3.3 17.80 18.41 20.88 23.42 25.03 Construction inspectors..................................... 25.57 4.6 18.76 25.20 26.42 27.74 28.07 Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction..... 23.14 6.4 16.64 19.79 23.88 23.88 33.41 Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 22.79 3.1 14.91 18.40 21.63 26.99 31.43 Sales occupations................................................. 17.76 11.6 6.00 7.62 12.30 18.50 37.02 Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. $29.50 21.4% $12.50 $16.42 $18.19 $26.51 $79.75 Sales occupations, other business services.................. 26.68 33.5 8.00 12.30 14.66 37.07 58.13 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 27.36 7.4 14.92 19.88 25.54 31.73 37.02 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 19.67 9.7 8.58 10.82 15.42 26.61 35.39 Sales workers, apparel...................................... 7.36 10.7 5.30 5.72 6.10 8.56 9.90 Sales workers, furniture & home furnishings................. 8.23 8.7 5.90 6.75 8.25 9.00 10.15 Sales workers, parts........................................ 13.72 12.2 6.25 10.00 13.10 17.14 21.00 Sales workers, other commodities............................ 11.67 10.7 5.90 6.50 8.36 11.82 21.48 Cashiers.................................................... 10.13 5.9 5.75 6.48 9.05 15.49 15.75 Sales support occupations, N.E.C............................ 14.32 9.6 8.50 11.18 14.18 16.98 19.85 Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 12.98 1.7 8.20 10.12 12.66 15.32 18.21 Supervisors, general office................................. 16.81 5.9 12.14 14.26 17.01 18.12 21.15 Supervisors, financial records processing................... 19.32 7.7 15.21 15.63 16.17 22.48 28.58 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 18.81 11.1 11.00 14.87 17.00 24.17 26.82 Computer operators.......................................... 17.81 6.1 14.36 16.32 17.09 18.87 21.89 Secretaries................................................. 15.52 2.2 11.45 13.42 15.28 17.55 19.42 Typists..................................................... 13.35 4.9 11.50 11.50 12.99 14.29 15.23 Interviewers................................................ 10.85 7.5 8.08 9.22 11.05 12.55 13.12 Hotel clerks................................................ 10.88 22.1 5.86 6.62 9.44 16.35 16.63 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 13.05 6.3 8.59 9.90 12.73 15.32 19.61 Receptionists............................................... 9.76 4.1 7.00 8.30 9.44 11.03 13.00 Information clerks, N.E.C................................... 10.86 3.9 8.50 9.42 10.38 12.09 13.56 Order clerks................................................ 11.62 6.0 7.33 9.15 10.50 12.50 19.42 Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping............... 12.89 6.3 9.00 11.00 12.04 15.25 16.69 Library clerks.............................................. 13.69 7.0 11.15 11.15 14.07 15.53 16.48 File clerks................................................. 7.85 5.9 6.50 7.00 7.19 8.50 10.16 Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 13.37 6.6 10.10 11.21 11.96 15.36 19.28 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.56 1.9 10.50 11.58 13.20 15.00 17.41 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 13.05 4.7 10.00 12.02 12.37 15.06 15.75 Billing clerks.............................................. 10.35 6.4 7.63 8.72 10.87 11.50 12.48 Telephone operators......................................... 10.54 13.1 6.75 7.50 9.82 12.53 16.09 Mail clerks except postal service........................... 9.89 7.9 6.87 8.36 9.81 11.07 12.82 Dispatchers................................................. 16.74 6.8 9.19 14.67 18.56 18.93 22.05 Production coordinators..................................... 15.99 6.6 11.12 12.69 15.23 19.64 22.70 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 9.78 6.4 6.22 7.92 9.58 12.13 13.16 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.35 9.3 7.35 8.61 10.73 15.00 16.53 Meter readers............................................... 16.47 9.7 11.77 12.50 13.75 20.12 23.78 Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C.................................................... 11.22 13.0 7.98 8.10 10.47 12.02 24.04 Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators............. 17.57 15.4 9.92 12.24 16.69 21.53 26.56 Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 13.77 8.4 9.10 10.66 12.94 16.86 19.43 Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 13.31 1.1 12.00 13.39 13.39 13.39 14.42 Bill and account collectors................................. 12.14 4.6 8.68 11.08 12.15 13.65 15.10 General office clerks....................................... 11.69 2.7 7.50 9.24 11.62 13.50 16.16 Data entry keyers........................................... 12.58 4.0 8.95 10.50 13.26 13.94 16.55 Statistical clerks.......................................... $14.70 9.1% $7.44 $13.50 $17.09 $17.09 $18.08 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.19 6.0 7.65 9.00 11.14 11.98 16.74 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 13.44 3.5 8.76 10.82 13.26 16.14 18.75 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 12.80 3.9 5.85 7.37 10.73 16.99 22.77 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 18.28 4.1 9.00 13.17 18.13 22.59 25.89 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 23.62 6.1 17.77 20.77 22.16 25.32 33.19 Automobile mechanics........................................ 17.03 6.6 12.34 15.00 15.00 18.25 24.00 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 16.39 8.1 11.90 14.00 17.63 17.63 19.70 Aircraft mechanics except engine............................ 21.64 2.7 19.86 20.70 21.81 21.81 25.64 Heavy equipment mechanics................................... 23.57 5.0 18.33 23.99 23.99 25.89 25.89 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 17.72 7.1 13.09 14.21 16.30 20.65 25.74 Machinery maintenance occupations........................... 12.81 12.8 8.67 9.00 12.00 13.50 21.90 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 20.98 4.0 17.52 19.73 20.34 22.14 27.68 Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 15.71 6.9 8.61 11.78 15.37 18.77 23.85 Carpenters.................................................. 19.04 4.7 15.42 17.29 19.53 21.52 22.30 Electricians................................................ 21.31 7.3 16.00 16.72 20.00 25.25 28.63 Painters, construction and maintenance...................... 12.83 24.0 5.75 5.75 12.12 19.79 19.79 Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. 19.13 6.2 14.75 16.06 17.37 22.81 24.71 Supervisors, production occupations......................... 23.19 12.9 12.95 17.00 19.23 32.07 40.36 Tool and die makers......................................... 17.74 10.1 11.16 15.34 16.72 21.48 22.57 Machinists.................................................. 19.33 5.4 14.58 17.20 18.64 23.25 23.25 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 9.09 11.3 5.75 6.48 8.46 10.46 13.38 Miscellaneous precision workers, N.E.C...................... 16.99 13.9 10.81 12.65 16.83 19.85 28.13 Butchers and meat cutters................................... 10.70 16.2 5.85 6.57 10.13 15.18 17.03 Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 16.65 10.4 11.31 11.54 14.85 21.72 22.23 Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 21.07 5.3 17.07 20.06 21.34 22.05 24.46 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.96 4.0 5.66 6.67 9.00 11.76 15.05 Punching and stamping press operators....................... 9.38 10.0 6.44 6.65 9.06 10.72 13.78 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 8.80 14.5 5.29 6.67 7.71 12.25 12.25 Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C........................ 10.62 17.7 6.17 7.19 8.34 15.00 18.56 Molding and casting machine operators....................... 7.20 8.7 5.20 5.45 6.79 8.26 10.53 Sawing machine operators.................................... 7.01 7.1 5.80 6.03 6.14 7.57 9.68 Printing press operators.................................... 14.86 15.2 7.55 8.86 11.83 20.71 26.09 Textile cutting machine operators........................... 9.85 5.5 7.67 8.66 10.50 11.00 11.00 Textile sewing machine operators............................ 8.05 9.4 5.23 6.27 7.90 9.54 11.38 Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 10.15 13.8 6.39 6.86 9.92 12.93 15.28 Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 9.70 11.1 5.31 7.25 9.09 10.15 12.65 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 10.61 21.7 5.40 5.60 12.08 14.76 14.77 Photographic process machine operators...................... 9.84 7.6 6.97 8.10 9.44 11.85 13.50 Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 9.25 8.2 5.44 6.25 8.00 10.00 14.80 Welders and cutters......................................... 16.26 17.1 7.72 9.71 14.44 24.10 25.00 Assemblers.................................................. 9.44 7.4 5.67 6.33 9.89 11.76 12.63 Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C............... 7.79 5.7 6.59 6.59 7.47 8.71 9.03 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... $10.03 4.9% $7.00 $8.57 $9.53 $11.08 $13.71 Production testers.......................................... 11.96 10.0 8.14 10.10 11.22 14.00 17.50 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 14.36 11.5 6.50 8.63 11.92 17.54 25.84 Truck drivers............................................... 11.72 8.5 6.11 8.06 10.75 14.76 18.63 Bus drivers................................................. 10.41 8.7 8.10 8.60 9.20 12.13 15.05 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 10.89 8.0 6.50 7.63 10.72 12.96 17.14 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C.... 13.73 17.5 9.96 10.47 10.74 13.62 25.63 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.18 3.2 5.75 6.20 8.03 10.73 14.88 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 11.72 12.3 5.75 7.83 11.50 15.69 16.74 Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, N.E.C.................................................... 14.19 11.3 9.35 9.35 15.65 16.00 20.00 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 10.07 12.1 5.87 6.33 9.01 12.58 14.98 Construction laborers....................................... 9.15 9.1 6.17 8.00 8.51 9.86 13.61 Production helpers.......................................... 7.93 6.5 5.32 6.11 8.04 9.47 10.16 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.30 11.4 5.18 6.50 9.39 13.96 18.06 Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 9.09 12.1 5.50 5.99 7.63 12.77 12.77 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 8.39 7.4 5.75 5.75 7.44 9.97 13.12 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 7.65 7.4 5.95 6.00 7.33 8.04 10.96 Hand packers and packagers.................................. 7.81 5.8 5.50 5.87 7.23 9.11 10.59 Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 10.10 7.6 6.10 6.65 8.60 12.95 15.90 Service occupations................................................. 10.46 5.2 5.37 5.88 7.56 12.12 21.21 Protective service occupations................................ 16.88 8.9 5.75 7.08 18.00 24.11 29.44 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 32.17 6.4 26.63 28.79 32.09 33.08 41.15 Firefighting occupations.................................... 14.43 33.4 5.75 6.35 18.81 21.67 23.50 Police and detectives, public service....................... 24.07 4.3 18.72 20.33 22.93 26.81 31.47 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 21.49 5.5 16.31 19.76 24.11 24.11 24.11 Correctional institution officers........................... 18.26 8.4 12.96 14.27 18.21 22.13 22.13 Guards and police except public service..................... 7.53 6.2 5.15 6.00 6.82 8.39 10.83 Food service occupations...................................... 7.43 2.9 5.15 5.73 6.19 8.59 11.51 Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 13.23 9.4 6.42 10.05 13.46 16.00 17.98 Bartenders.................................................. 7.19 7.3 5.15 5.75 7.29 8.76 8.95 Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.53 1.3 5.15 5.15 5.73 5.75 5.75 Cooks....................................................... 9.48 5.6 5.75 7.05 9.39 11.92 12.55 Food counter, fountain, and related occupations............. 6.37 6.9 5.15 5.21 5.75 7.35 9.84 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.85 6.1 5.36 6.50 7.65 9.22 10.83 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.72 1.7 5.15 5.25 5.75 5.75 6.50 Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 6.90 3.5 5.50 5.75 6.19 7.68 9.41 Health service occupations.................................... $9.23 3.4% $6.33 $6.89 $8.71 $11.12 $13.83 Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.43 4.4 8.28 9.53 11.12 14.05 14.45 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.67 3.6 6.08 6.71 8.08 9.95 12.35 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 7.95 3.9 5.25 5.75 7.25 9.25 12.57 Supervisors, cleaning & building service workers............ 13.16 8.0 6.10 11.88 13.00 15.73 19.03 Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.22 4.4 5.70 6.01 6.50 7.86 10.04 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.49 4.8 5.15 5.55 7.06 8.50 10.58 Personal service occupations.................................. 10.65 9.8 5.75 5.99 8.41 11.88 16.68 Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities............. 7.46 6.9 5.75 5.75 6.50 8.77 10.67 Public transportation attendants............................ 24.30 24.2 10.30 14.25 18.77 33.60 49.18 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 9.13 3.5 7.43 8.41 8.41 9.48 11.15 Child care workers, N.E.C................................... 9.93 11.0 6.35 7.00 9.45 11.41 14.58 Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 8.81 13.9 5.64 5.88 6.47 8.94 16.21 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." Table A-2. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, all workers(2), private industry and State and local government, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange Co, CA, March 1998 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....................................................... $16.74 3.1% $6.00 $8.04 $12.74 $21.00 $31.67 $22.20 2.1% $11.26 $13.62 $19.79 $27.76 $37.95 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 16.64 3.2 6.00 8.09 12.77 21.14 31.44 22.22 2.1 11.26 13.62 19.79 27.77 37.98 White-collar occupations............................................ 21.70 2.8 8.50 11.79 17.31 27.01 38.46 23.18 2.4 11.51 13.62 19.83 30.22 40.51 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 22.41 2.9 9.32 12.50 18.30 27.96 38.60 23.20 2.4 11.53 13.62 19.91 30.22 40.51 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 27.41 3.3 13.78 18.75 25.06 32.36 42.27 29.71 2.5 16.83 21.86 27.65 37.51 44.42 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 29.88 3.5 16.61 21.67 27.46 34.84 45.65 30.93 2.6 18.63 23.36 29.31 38.24 44.81 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.49 2.3 22.71 25.91 30.87 37.74 46.13 29.97 3.3 27.32 28.59 28.59 30.77 33.37 Aerospace engineers......................................... 32.94 4.9 21.60 26.40 32.07 38.60 46.13 - - - - - - - Civil engineers............................................. 31.93 11.4 24.48 24.95 26.17 41.14 45.18 29.42 3.3 27.32 28.59 28.59 28.59 37.38 Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 34.06 4.4 24.62 26.63 31.05 39.30 48.25 - - - - - - - Industrial engineers........................................ 25.31 4.2 21.22 23.40 24.45 27.65 29.54 - - - - - - - Mechanical engineers........................................ 28.94 8.1 13.00 27.14 31.20 34.87 35.00 - - - - - - - Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 31.64 3.3 21.73 27.37 31.36 36.03 41.51 - - - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.26 11.0 19.22 23.67 29.81 35.50 53.00 23.88 6.1 18.98 21.59 23.52 23.52 31.20 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 33.48 11.2 19.15 25.56 31.14 38.90 53.03 23.88 6.1 18.98 21.59 23.52 23.52 31.20 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 24.87 7.3 19.39 19.70 22.75 29.95 33.54 - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ 28.09 6.7 17.73 23.22 28.72 33.03 35.89 25.91 4.5 21.17 23.58 24.96 26.28 30.22 Chemists, except biochemists................................ 28.35 9.3 20.69 23.49 31.53 32.39 35.89 - - - - - - - Health related occupations.................................... 26.06 3.7 17.97 20.00 24.03 27.91 38.00 23.72 7.3 17.29 20.68 21.94 23.41 26.40 Physicians.................................................. 46.46 22.2 15.02 16.97 57.35 66.06 81.89 - - - - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 24.86 3.4 18.44 20.67 24.21 27.08 31.13 22.83 2.9 19.13 21.55 22.12 23.41 26.40 Pharmacists................................................. 32.66 6.7 19.38 21.37 35.74 38.00 39.77 - - - - - - - Respiratory therapists...................................... 19.08 2.4 16.02 18.18 18.76 20.60 21.44 - - - - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.57 11.7 20.70 26.06 31.45 40.36 47.96 34.41 3.8 22.61 27.65 34.55 40.09 45.85 Business, commerce and marketing teachers................... 47.48 23.9 32.53 33.15 37.36 45.21 107.21 - - - - - - - Education teachers.......................................... 47.17 36.4 24.13 28.31 28.31 39.38 $99.34 - - - - - - - Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified............. - - - - - - - 35.58 14.0 16.42 30.00 36.23 39.89 53.33 Teachers, post secondary N.E.C.............................. - - - - - - - 34.91 2.6 24.89 28.94 34.89 40.16 46.30 Teachers, except college and university....................... 16.88 7.8 10.49 12.00 15.00 20.78 26.41 33.38 2.8 20.40 25.64 33.15 40.49 45.51 Elementary school teachers.................................. 17.71 9.6 13.33 13.73 15.87 19.91 26.08 34.58 3.6 23.44 26.88 33.49 41.17 45.12 Secondary school teachers................................... 21.87 4.0 15.63 17.67 20.80 24.96 30.07 34.71 2.5 25.32 28.42 35.47 39.69 45.78 Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 18.11 10.7 10.00 12.98 15.57 22.04 26.51 31.35 15.1 18.33 21.76 31.83 37.84 46.85 Substitute teachers......................................... - - - - - - - 17.47 4.2 12.14 16.67 17.22 18.83 20.68 Vocational and educational counselors....................... - - - - - - - 33.01 17.7 19.06 19.91 35.20 44.52 47.17 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 30.06 6.8 20.67 26.76 31.64 33.17 33.89 30.47 19.4 14.76 16.83 30.65 44.68 47.60 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.20 10.5 10.02 13.60 18.10 25.96 27.52 19.36 14.8 11.55 12.21 19.00 25.83 27.27 Social workers.............................................. 21.65 7.7 15.64 17.10 19.79 27.49 28.71 19.68 15.7 11.55 12.90 19.91 25.83 27.27 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 36.41 14.2 9.68 17.58 31.88 44.03 71.17 - - - - - - - Designers................................................... 30.82 14.7 15.16 17.50 31.73 39.57 43.99 - - - - - - - Actors and directors........................................ 73.93 15.3 33.90 62.50 62.50 112.50 112.50 - - - - - - - Editors and reporters....................................... $42.37 21.3% $15.75 $21.67 $37.88 $71.17 $71.17 - - - - - - - Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 26.95 10.5 14.24 22.23 27.77 32.26 37.50 - - - - - - - Technical occupations........................................... 20.85 4.8 12.00 14.37 18.85 23.28 30.00 $18.18 5.4% $13.10 $15.29 $17.22 $21.84 $25.23 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.16 7.5 11.10 13.76 20.19 24.06 26.02 - - - - - - - Radiological technicians.................................... 18.89 3.1 16.50 17.50 18.00 20.91 21.74 - - - - - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.46 7.6 11.99 12.91 14.24 16.82 21.72 - - - - - - - Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 14.69 6.4 9.50 11.50 14.56 16.61 20.56 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 20.31 5.2 13.74 16.59 19.59 23.28 27.75 26.59 5.7 21.92 24.63 28.57 28.57 28.57 Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 21.70 12.8 10.15 16.04 20.67 25.35 35.05 - - - - - - - Science technicians, N.E.C.................................. - - - - - - - 15.38 5.7 13.21 13.33 14.52 17.11 18.86 Airplane pilots and navigators.............................. 69.44 36.1 16.42 21.32 49.50 121.06 155.82 - - - - - - - Computer programmers........................................ 25.14 11.1 11.55 21.73 27.31 30.09 $30.90 - - - - - - - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 23.39 9.4 14.94 17.11 21.50 26.50 33.63 19.39 4.3 17.07 17.87 18.94 20.41 22.88 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 31.87 4.1 16.73 20.56 27.21 37.69 48.08 25.94 5.5 15.55 18.03 23.75 33.98 41.03 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.40 5.4 18.75 24.74 33.82 43.79 54.28 29.82 8.8 15.55 18.03 30.82 37.87 42.19 Administrators and officials, public administration......... - - - - - - - 36.82 9.8 27.17 34.40 41.29 41.83 45.08 Financial managers.......................................... 33.85 6.3 20.55 24.04 29.90 37.69 47.14 40.18 11.0 28.35 32.45 35.60 48.85 48.85 Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 33.84 7.8 22.09 29.03 31.13 40.40 44.64 - - - - - - - Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations...... 38.29 8.2 22.77 27.50 37.01 48.66 59.62 - - - - - - - Administrators, education and related fields................ 25.82 4.8 17.68 23.64 25.60 27.40 33.38 39.90 3.4 36.19 37.18 37.56 44.29 46.48 Managers, medicine and health............................... 33.13 7.5 21.68 28.00 34.15 37.50 44.45 - - - - - - - Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 23.92 11.9 16.35 17.30 20.48 29.86 33.65 - - - - - - - Managers, service organizations, N.E.C...................... 27.98 13.3 16.80 16.82 23.83 33.93 52.00 - - - - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 41.45 9.2 18.75 25.74 35.65 46.48 63.42 26.35 15.0 18.03 18.03 22.51 33.98 37.87 Management related occupations................................ 23.10 3.2 15.38 17.55 21.94 27.00 32.46 20.91 4.2 16.27 18.18 20.37 25.08 25.15 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.67 3.0 16.20 17.55 21.78 25.60 27.00 21.95 7.9 16.84 18.18 25.08 25.08 25.15 Other financial officers.................................... 23.33 10.5 15.38 17.31 18.67 27.00 33.19 - - - - - - - Management analysts......................................... 25.91 6.4 17.73 21.70 27.50 29.19 31.35 - - - - - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.92 8.9 12.82 18.84 21.53 23.14 32.46 - - - - - - - Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 21.47 3.3 17.80 18.41 20.88 23.42 25.03 - - - - - - - Construction inspectors..................................... - - - - - - - 25.11 5.9 18.76 25.07 26.42 26.42 27.74 Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 23.29 3.4 14.78 17.86 23.24 27.93 32.50 20.01 2.1 18.00 20.03 20.37 20.37 20.37 Sales occupations................................................. 17.78 11.6 6.00 7.60 12.31 18.50 37.02 - - - - - - - Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 29.50 21.4 12.50 16.42 18.19 26.51 79.75 - - - - - - - Sales occupations, other business services.................. 26.68 33.5 8.00 12.30 14.66 37.07 58.13 - - - - - - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 27.36 7.4 14.92 19.88 25.54 31.73 37.02 - - - - - - - Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 19.67 9.7 8.58 10.82 15.42 26.61 35.39 - - - - - - - Sales workers, apparel...................................... 7.36 10.7 5.30 5.72 6.10 8.56 9.90 - - - - - - - Sales workers, furniture & home furnishings................. 8.23 8.7 5.90 6.75 8.25 9.00 10.15 - - - - - - - Sales workers, parts........................................ 13.72 12.2 6.25 10.00 13.10 17.14 21.00 - - - - - - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 11.67 10.7 5.90 6.50 8.36 11.82 21.48 - - - - - - - Cashiers.................................................... 10.12 6.0 5.75 6.44 9.05 15.75 15.75 - - - - - - - Sales support occupations, N.E.C............................ 14.32 9.6 8.50 11.18 14.18 16.98 19.85 - - - - - - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 12.71 2.1 8.00 9.67 12.23 15.15 18.24 13.91 2.2 10.34 11.54 13.39 15.75 18.12 Supervisors, general office................................. 16.02 9.0 11.00 12.98 14.42 18.25 21.71 17.80 5.7 14.26 15.89 17.77 18.12 18.93 Supervisors, financial records processing................... $18.97 7.7% $15.21 $15.63 $16.17 $21.69 $24.82 - - - - - - - Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 17.64 13.9 11.00 11.00 17.00 23.00 24.17 - - - - - - - Computer operators.......................................... 17.81 6.1 14.36 16.32 17.09 18.87 21.89 - - - - - - - Secretaries................................................. 15.35 2.4 11.08 13.06 14.98 17.31 19.43 $16.31 4.4% $13.47 $13.86 $15.94 $18.08 $18.56 Interviewers................................................ 10.85 8.2 8.08 9.22 11.05 12.55 13.23 - - - - - - - Hotel clerks................................................ 10.88 22.1 5.86 6.62 9.44 16.35 16.63 - - - - - - - Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 13.05 6.3 8.59 9.90 12.73 15.32 19.61 - - - - - - - Receptionists............................................... 9.72 4.1 7.00 8.30 9.44 11.03 12.95 - - - - - - - Information clerks, N.E.C................................... 10.85 4.0 8.50 9.42 10.33 12.09 13.64 - - - - - - - Order clerks................................................ 11.04 5.4 7.21 9.15 10.39 12.50 15.15 - - - - - - - Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping............... 12.89 6.3 9.00 11.00 12.04 15.25 16.69 - - - - - - - Library clerks.............................................. 13.78 11.0 7.36 12.89 15.21 16.25 16.48 13.66 8.3 11.15 11.15 13.07 15.44 15.78 File clerks................................................. 7.85 5.9 6.50 7.00 7.19 8.50 10.16 - - - - - - - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 14.37 8.3 9.54 10.73 13.71 17.09 21.08 12.08 5.0 11.21 11.21 11.21 12.47 14.37 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.38 2.0 10.50 11.54 13.06 14.66 17.05 15.13 5.0 11.52 13.37 15.70 17.89 18.68 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 13.40 5.7 10.00 12.37 12.37 15.38 16.70 - - - - - - - Billing clerks.............................................. 10.35 6.4 7.63 8.72 10.87 11.50 12.48 - - - - - - - Telephone operators......................................... 8.22 5.1 6.75 7.38 8.24 9.82 10.21 - - - - - - - Mail clerks except postal service........................... 10.08 8.6 6.30 8.65 9.82 11.30 12.82 - - - - - - - Dispatchers................................................. 13.50 11.1 8.77 9.03 11.84 17.12 20.39 18.64 2.6 15.75 17.75 18.93 18.93 22.05 Production coordinators..................................... 16.00 6.7 11.12 12.69 15.23 19.64 22.70 - - - - - - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 9.78 6.4 6.22 7.92 9.58 12.13 13.16 - - - - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.17 9.4 7.35 8.47 10.47 13.00 15.86 - - - - - - - Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C.................................................... 11.22 13.0 7.98 8.10 10.47 12.02 24.04 - - - - - - - Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators............. 17.57 15.4 9.92 12.24 16.69 21.53 26.56 - - - - - - - Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 13.46 8.9 9.10 10.66 12.70 16.06 19.43 - - - - - - - Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... - - - - - - - 13.41 0.9 12.72 13.39 13.39 13.39 14.05 Bill and account collectors................................. 11.95 5.1 8.68 10.98 11.94 13.43 14.79 - - - - - - - General office clerks....................................... 10.87 3.7 6.25 8.32 10.24 12.86 16.03 12.89 3.2 10.05 11.21 12.67 14.12 16.38 Data entry keyers........................................... 12.32 5.7 8.21 9.35 11.77 15.15 17.04 - - - - - - - Statistical clerks.......................................... 14.70 9.1 7.44 13.50 17.09 17.09 18.08 - - - - - - - Teachers' aides............................................. 9.65 18.1 6.86 7.65 7.65 9.33 18.09 11.31 6.2 8.28 9.09 11.20 12.00 16.74 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 12.94 3.8 8.50 10.51 12.30 15.00 18.75 15.95 4.5 12.98 14.37 16.26 17.61 20.08 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 12.35 4.2 5.79 7.23 10.24 16.00 22.30 20.02 4.8 13.26 15.69 19.79 24.46 28.52 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 17.75 4.7 8.61 12.73 17.64 22.30 25.36 22.50 4.7 16.15 19.70 21.35 27.59 28.52 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 23.18 6.3 17.16 19.73 22.16 25.32 29.23 - - - - - - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 16.85 6.6 12.13 15.00 15.00 18.25 24.00 - - - - - - - Aircraft mechanics except engine............................ 21.64 2.7 19.86 20.70 21.81 21.81 25.64 - - - - - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 16.74 6.3 13.09 14.21 16.30 20.65 21.04 - - - - - - - Machinery maintenance occupations........................... 12.81 12.8 8.67 9.00 12.00 13.50 21.90 - - - - - - - Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 20.85 5.6 17.52 17.91 20.34 21.08 27.68 - - - - - - - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 15.16 7.6 8.07 11.54 14.36 18.48 22.90 18.03 14.4 12.07 14.40 18.13 20.41 27.59 Carpenters.................................................. $18.37 5.2% $13.50 $16.77 $18.09 $21.44 $21.98 - - - - - - - Electricians................................................ 20.70 9.0 16.00 16.00 19.52 24.10 30.22 - - - - - - - Painters, construction and maintenance...................... 9.92 21.4 5.75 5.75 9.00 14.00 16.58 - - - - - - - Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. - - - - - - - $16.85 5.0% $14.73 $15.52 $16.15 $17.37 $21.18 Supervisors, production occupations......................... 22.73 13.9 12.95 16.13 19.23 30.25 40.36 - - - - - - - Tool and die makers......................................... 17.74 10.1 11.16 15.34 16.72 21.48 22.57 - - - - - - - Machinists.................................................. 19.33 5.4 14.58 17.20 18.64 23.25 23.25 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 9.09 11.3 5.75 6.48 8.46 10.46 13.38 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous precision workers, N.E.C...................... 16.99 13.9 10.81 12.65 16.83 19.85 28.13 - - - - - - - Butchers and meat cutters................................... 10.70 16.2 5.85 6.57 10.13 15.18 17.03 - - - - - - - Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 16.42 10.7 11.31 11.54 14.85 21.57 22.14 - - - - - - - Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... - - - - - - - 21.12 5.4 17.07 21.34 21.34 22.05 24.46 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.89 4.0 5.66 6.66 9.00 11.76 14.90 - - - - - - - Punching and stamping press operators....................... 9.38 10.0 6.44 6.65 9.06 10.72 13.78 - - - - - - - Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 8.80 14.5 5.29 6.67 7.71 12.25 12.25 - - - - - - - Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C........................ 10.62 17.7 6.17 7.19 8.34 15.00 18.56 - - - - - - - Molding and casting machine operators....................... 7.20 8.7 5.20 5.45 6.79 8.26 10.53 - - - - - - - Sawing machine operators.................................... 7.01 7.1 5.80 6.03 6.14 7.57 9.68 - - - - - - - Printing press operators.................................... 14.86 15.2 7.55 8.86 11.83 20.71 26.09 - - - - - - - Textile cutting machine operators........................... 9.85 5.5 7.67 8.66 10.50 11.00 11.00 - - - - - - - Textile sewing machine operators............................ 8.05 9.4 5.23 6.27 7.90 9.54 11.38 - - - - - - - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 10.15 13.8 6.39 6.86 9.92 12.93 15.28 - - - - - - - Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 9.70 11.1 5.31 7.25 9.09 10.15 12.65 - - - - - - - Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 10.61 21.7 5.40 5.60 12.08 14.76 14.77 - - - - - - - Photographic process machine operators...................... 9.84 7.6 6.97 8.10 9.44 11.85 13.50 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 8.89 7.6 5.41 6.25 7.95 9.88 13.50 - - - - - - - Welders and cutters......................................... 15.69 18.1 7.66 9.16 13.40 24.00 25.00 - - - - - - - Assemblers.................................................. 9.44 7.4 5.67 6.33 9.89 11.76 12.63 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C............... 7.79 5.7 6.59 6.59 7.47 8.71 9.03 - - - - - - - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 10.03 4.9 7.00 8.57 9.53 11.08 13.71 - - - - - - - Production testers.......................................... 11.96 10.0 8.14 10.10 11.22 14.00 17.50 - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 14.04 13.0 6.50 8.39 10.82 16.97 25.84 17.73 8.1 12.71 14.48 16.71 21.34 25.63 Truck drivers............................................... 11.12 8.8 6.11 7.79 10.23 13.94 18.63 - - - - - - - Bus drivers................................................. 8.98 2.3 8.00 8.35 8.95 9.20 10.11 - - - - - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 10.89 8.0 6.50 7.63 10.72 12.96 17.14 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C.... 11.15 3.9 9.96 9.98 10.74 11.88 13.62 - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.91 3.3 5.71 6.16 7.87 10.30 13.96 15.00 5.9 10.00 13.12 14.63 16.74 19.49 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 9.21 18.5 5.25 6.00 11.50 12.15 12.15 - - - - - - - Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, N.E.C.................................................... 14.19 11.3 9.35 9.35 15.65 16.00 20.00 - - - - - - - Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 8.66 9.9 5.87 6.25 8.11 10.50 12.58 - - - - - - - Construction laborers....................................... 9.01 9.1 6.17 7.89 8.51 9.23 13.01 - - - - - - - Production helpers.......................................... 7.93 6.5 5.32 6.11 8.04 9.47 10.16 - - - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.30 11.4 5.18 6.50 9.39 13.96 18.06 - - - - - - - Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 9.09 12.1 5.50 5.99 7.63 12.77 12.77 - - - - - - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ $8.39 7.4% $5.75 $5.75 $7.44 $9.97 $13.12 - - - - - - - Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 7.65 7.4 5.95 6.00 7.33 8.04 10.96 - - - - - - - Hand packers and packagers.................................. 7.81 5.8 5.50 5.87 7.23 9.11 10.59 - - - - - - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 9.50 8.0 5.89 6.50 7.87 10.45 15.44 $14.58 7.7% $10.00 $13.12 $14.63 $15.53 $21.79 Service occupations................................................. 8.06 2.8 5.21 5.75 6.95 9.05 12.40 19.67 4.5 9.25 12.57 19.91 25.19 29.77 Protective service occupations................................ 7.98 8.3 5.15 6.00 6.89 8.62 11.75 22.79 4.9 13.59 18.91 22.56 26.63 32.09 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... - - - - - - - 32.17 6.4 26.63 28.79 32.09 33.08 41.15 Firefighting occupations.................................... - - - - - - - 14.43 33.4 5.75 6.35 18.81 21.67 23.50 Police and detectives, public service....................... - - - - - - - 24.07 4.3 18.72 20.33 22.93 26.81 31.47 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... - - - - - - - 21.49 5.5 16.31 19.76 24.11 24.11 24.11 Correctional institution officers........................... - - - - - - - 18.26 8.4 12.96 14.27 18.21 22.13 22.13 Guards and police except public service..................... 7.36 6.0 5.15 5.87 6.82 8.00 10.45 - - - - - - - Food service occupations...................................... 7.26 3.1 5.15 5.70 6.03 8.04 11.12 10.19 3.8 7.87 8.85 10.05 11.51 12.65 Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 13.74 10.4 6.42 10.72 15.00 17.67 17.98 - - - - - - - Bartenders.................................................. 7.19 7.3 5.15 5.75 7.29 8.76 8.95 - - - - - - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.53 1.3 5.15 5.15 5.73 5.75 5.75 - - - - - - - Cooks....................................................... 9.44 5.8 5.75 7.00 9.22 12.02 12.55 - - - - - - - Food counter, fountain, and related occupations............. 6.37 6.9 5.15 5.21 5.75 7.35 9.84 - - - - - - - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.51 5.8 5.36 6.50 7.37 8.55 9.38 - - - - - - - Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.72 1.7 5.15 5.25 5.75 5.75 6.50 - - - - - - - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 6.58 3.6 5.50 5.75 6.07 7.40 8.65 9.37 3.9 7.60 8.45 9.00 10.94 11.17 Health service occupations.................................... 8.99 3.6 6.25 6.80 8.46 10.46 12.88 12.11 5.2 8.93 10.66 12.39 14.29 14.46 Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.92 5.0 8.21 9.00 10.42 12.90 14.05 - - - - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.58 3.8 6.07 6.66 7.97 9.73 12.35 10.59 5.5 8.93 8.93 10.59 11.69 12.40 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 7.59 2.8 5.15 5.70 6.95 8.40 10.99 12.27 4.7 9.27 10.58 12.23 13.30 14.98 Supervisors, cleaning & building service workers............ 12.77 9.1 6.10 10.38 12.86 14.81 20.39 - - - - - - - Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.22 4.4 5.70 6.01 6.50 7.86 10.04 - - - - - - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.12 3.4 5.15 5.55 6.60 7.84 9.97 11.69 3.0 8.95 10.36 12.09 13.16 13.68 Personal service occupations.................................. 10.43 11.1 5.74 5.88 7.90 11.76 16.55 12.21 14.3 7.43 8.61 9.64 12.46 19.43 Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities............. 7.43 7.3 5.75 5.75 6.50 8.77 10.67 - - - - - - - Public transportation attendants............................ 24.30 24.2 10.30 14.25 18.77 33.60 49.18 - - - - - - - Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ - - - - - - - 9.57 7.1 7.43 8.17 8.74 11.03 13.74 Child care workers, N.E.C................................... 10.12 15.1 6.04 6.71 8.53 11.60 15.01 9.50 4.8 8.45 9.00 9.64 10.49 11.04 Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 7.66 12.6 5.62 5.75 6.17 7.49 14.10 - - - - - - - 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 PRIVATE INDUSTRY 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 Co, CA, March 1998 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....................................................... $18.59 2.5% $6.58 $9.78 $15.00 $23.60 $34.15 $9.81 4.0% $5.48 $5.83 $7.50 $10.47 $16.67 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 18.44 2.5 6.55 9.75 15.00 23.58 33.75 10.17 4.7 5.40 5.78 7.73 10.66 18.06 White-collar occupations............................................ 22.99 2.2 10.12 13.17 18.80 28.76 40.10 12.27 4.9 5.90 7.20 9.02 14.56 21.51 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 23.21 2.2 10.50 13.39 19.37 29.23 40.00 14.38 6.4 7.44 8.24 10.64 16.97 27.25 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 28.65 2.4 15.10 20.26 26.28 34.40 44.15 21.18 5.9 9.02 13.90 18.83 27.55 36.03 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 30.83 2.4 18.00 22.89 28.59 36.95 45.67 22.73 6.4 9.29 16.42 20.65 28.53 37.50 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.41 2.2 22.97 26.02 30.59 37.33 45.91 - - - - - - - Aerospace engineers......................................... 32.94 4.9 21.60 26.40 32.07 38.60 46.13 - - - - - - - Civil engineers............................................. 30.61 6.7 24.95 26.95 28.59 29.81 42.37 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 34.24 4.3 24.85 26.85 30.77 39.30 47.83 - - - - - - - Industrial engineers........................................ 25.31 4.2 21.22 23.40 24.58 27.53 29.54 - - - - - - - Mechanical engineers........................................ 29.46 7.2 13.00 27.38 31.20 34.02 35.00 - - - - - - - Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 31.63 3.3 21.73 27.37 31.35 36.03 41.51 - - - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 31.26 10.7 19.22 23.51 29.17 34.35 51.26 - - - - - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 32.18 11.2 18.98 23.52 29.46 35.75 53.00 - - - - - - - Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 24.87 7.3 19.39 19.70 22.75 29.95 33.54 - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ 27.44 5.4 17.73 23.58 26.28 33.03 35.89 - - - - - - - Chemists, except biochemists................................ 27.35 7.4 21.73 24.96 24.96 31.53 35.89 - - - - - - - Physical scientists, N.E.C.................................. 29.62 7.0 25.22 25.96 30.22 33.03 33.57 - - - - - - - Medical scientists.......................................... 23.07 7.5 17.73 17.73 23.58 26.28 27.27 - - - - - - - Health related occupations.................................... 25.95 3.8 17.91 20.34 23.41 27.52 38.00 24.27 4.5 18.18 19.02 23.14 27.91 32.92 Physicians.................................................. 41.80 21.7 12.98 16.97 42.54 65.00 67.28 - - - - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 24.80 3.3 18.54 21.24 23.69 26.61 31.13 23.18 4.4 18.71 19.40 22.84 26.25 28.53 Dietitians.................................................. 17.74 8.3 12.20 15.43 19.03 20.00 20.31 - - - - - - - Respiratory therapists...................................... 19.35 2.3 16.88 18.76 19.63 20.60 21.49 - - - - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.80 4.8 22.61 28.02 34.45 40.87 49.09 31.31 4.6 19.38 24.90 31.37 37.50 41.93 Business, commerce and marketing teachers................... 47.48 23.9 32.53 33.15 37.36 45.21 107.21 - - - - - - - English teachers............................................ 32.93 4.6 26.64 28.60 31.71 38.60 $40.94 - - - - - - - Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified............. 38.95 10.3 26.40 32.04 37.47 40.05 53.33 - - - - - - - Teachers, post secondary N.E.C.............................. 35.98 3.2 25.45 30.32 35.79 41.41 48.94 31.43 3.6 22.77 24.89 32.82 37.49 41.93 Teachers, except college and university....................... 31.51 3.9 16.92 23.67 31.52 39.68 45.12 22.71 14.9 12.14 16.67 18.83 31.50 37.84 Elementary school teachers.................................. 33.69 3.9 22.18 25.64 32.90 41.05 45.12 - - - - - - - Secondary school teachers................................... 34.10 2.6 23.44 27.38 35.00 39.68 44.81 - - - - - - - Teachers, special education................................. 30.32 8.7 18.74 24.35 29.31 36.14 41.26 - - - - - - - Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 26.28 14.7 13.26 18.33 23.20 31.83 44.87 29.51 15.7 11.08 20.00 36.03 37.84 38.37 Substitute teachers......................................... - - - - - - - 17.30 4.3 12.14 16.67 17.22 18.83 20.68 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 28.91 19.3 12.78 18.15 28.65 41.44 46.29 - - - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 21.23 5.1 16.55 20.12 22.56 22.60 22.60 - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 30.02 8.9 16.83 20.83 31.35 33.41 44.68 - - - - - - - Psychologists............................................... 28.18 18.5 15.29 16.83 20.83 43.34 46.33 - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.53 11.8 11.55 13.60 19.00 25.96 27.27 - - - - - - - Social workers.............................................. $20.12 12.5% $11.55 $14.39 $19.96 $27.27 $27.27 - - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ 38.94 8.2 26.90 31.14 38.24 44.17 54.62 - - - - - - - Lawyers..................................................... 38.94 8.2 26.90 31.14 38.24 44.17 54.62 - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 40.68 12.0 16.00 23.87 35.00 45.67 71.17 $15.21 19.7% $6.00 $8.31 $9.68 $19.55 $37.40 Designers................................................... 30.82 14.7 15.16 17.50 31.73 39.57 43.99 - - - - - - - Editors and reporters....................................... 42.37 21.3 15.75 21.67 37.88 71.17 71.17 - - - - - - - Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 25.94 10.6 14.96 19.68 25.88 30.43 37.50 - - - - - - - Technical occupations........................................... 20.83 4.3 12.23 15.00 19.00 23.17 30.00 13.43 7.3 9.02 11.55 14.00 15.00 17.50 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.03 7.3 11.12 12.78 20.19 24.06 25.98 - - - - - - - Radiological technicians.................................... 18.89 3.6 16.50 18.00 18.00 20.70 22.04 - - - - - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.73 8.2 12.16 12.99 14.50 17.71 21.72 14.04 3.2 11.99 12.27 14.40 15.00 16.03 Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 15.26 5.6 10.48 12.68 15.13 16.81 20.56 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 20.54 5.1 13.78 16.79 19.89 23.28 28.57 - - - - - - - Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 21.82 11.0 10.15 17.09 20.81 23.50 33.10 - - - - - - - Science technicians, N.E.C.................................. 15.80 6.4 13.21 13.33 14.56 16.59 21.04 - - - - - - - Airplane pilots and navigators.............................. 60.31 31.2 19.85 20.63 44.02 101.36 145.48 - - - - - - - Computer programmers........................................ 26.10 6.4 20.50 22.32 26.68 30.00 $30.90 - - - - - - - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 22.67 8.0 15.00 17.87 20.41 25.64 31.90 - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 30.95 3.8 16.46 20.00 26.75 37.01 46.15 41.07 16.8 10.00 15.76 50.00 52.00 53.66 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.32 5.1 18.00 24.01 33.04 42.19 51.95 41.96 16.6 10.00 41.36 50.09 52.00 53.66 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 39.61 4.5 27.17 34.40 41.83 44.16 45.08 - - - - - - - Financial managers.......................................... 33.91 6.1 20.55 24.04 30.48 37.69 47.14 - - - - - - - Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 34.96 6.5 22.09 29.03 37.14 41.16 44.64 - - - - - - - Purchasing managers......................................... 28.96 5.2 22.84 27.89 30.50 30.82 30.82 - - - - - - - Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations...... 37.51 8.3 19.23 27.50 34.86 47.04 54.75 - - - - - - - Administrators, education and related fields................ 34.78 4.3 24.90 27.28 37.18 39.65 44.93 - - - - - - - Managers, medicine and health............................... 32.64 7.2 21.68 25.44 34.15 37.50 44.45 - - - - - - - Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 20.64 14.2 14.70 15.55 16.35 25.00 31.35 - - - - - - - Managers, service organizations, N.E.C...................... 24.93 11.7 16.80 16.82 22.28 26.50 44.72 - - - - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 39.74 8.9 18.03 24.71 34.25 44.28 61.54 - - - - - - - Management related occupations................................ 22.75 2.8 15.50 17.73 21.63 26.44 31.35 - - - - - - - Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.73 2.9 16.31 17.74 21.94 25.15 26.80 - - - - - - - Other financial officers.................................... 23.33 10.5 15.38 17.31 18.67 27.00 33.19 - - - - - - - Management analysts......................................... 25.75 5.9 17.73 21.66 27.50 29.19 31.35 - - - - - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.22 8.0 12.95 15.05 18.84 22.83 29.05 - - - - - - - Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 21.47 3.3 17.80 18.41 20.88 23.42 25.03 - - - - - - - Construction inspectors..................................... 25.57 4.6 18.76 25.20 26.42 27.74 28.07 - - - - - - - Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction..... 23.14 6.4 16.64 19.79 23.88 23.88 33.41 - - - - - - - Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 22.80 3.1 14.91 18.42 21.63 27.03 31.43 - - - - - - - Sales occupations................................................. 20.97 11.8 7.15 10.26 14.99 23.97 43.33 7.98 4.4 5.64 6.00 6.74 8.57 12.05 Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 30.04 21.3 12.98 16.67 18.41 26.51 79.75 - - - - - - - Sales occupations, other business services.................. 28.94 32.0 11.07 12.31 15.00 43.02 60.78 - - - - - - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. $27.74 7.4% $14.42 $20.68 $25.98 $31.73 $37.79 - - - - - - - Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 19.67 9.7 8.58 10.82 15.42 26.61 35.39 - - - - - - - Sales workers, furniture & home furnishings................. - - - - - - - $7.31 8.6% $5.75 $6.20 $7.31 $8.39 $9.00 Sales workers, parts........................................ 15.19 8.0 10.00 13.10 14.48 17.14 21.00 - - - - - - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 13.64 11.6 6.00 7.28 10.50 14.48 25.94 7.04 3.2 5.75 6.00 6.53 7.54 8.97 Cashiers.................................................... 10.33 7.7 5.85 6.64 9.30 15.49 15.75 9.85 7.5 5.75 5.89 8.38 15.75 15.75 Sales support occupations, N.E.C............................ 15.18 9.0 10.72 11.71 14.87 17.61 19.85 - - - - - - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 13.35 1.6 8.68 10.70 13.00 15.63 18.61 9.99 4.5 7.18 8.00 9.00 11.36 14.98 Supervisors, general office................................. 16.83 5.9 12.14 14.26 17.01 18.12 21.15 - - - - - - - Supervisors, financial records processing................... 19.32 7.7 15.21 15.63 16.17 22.48 28.58 - - - - - - - Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 18.81 11.1 11.00 14.87 17.00 24.17 26.82 - - - - - - - Computer operators.......................................... 17.81 6.1 14.36 16.32 17.09 18.87 21.89 - - - - - - - Secretaries................................................. 15.71 2.3 11.59 13.47 15.36 17.93 19.42 12.10 5.6 7.30 10.49 12.93 13.84 14.98 Typists..................................................... 13.35 4.9 11.50 11.50 12.99 14.29 15.23 - - - - - - - Interviewers................................................ 10.85 7.5 8.08 9.22 11.05 12.55 13.12 - - - - - - - Hotel clerks................................................ 10.95 22.9 5.86 6.62 9.49 16.35 16.63 - - - - - - - Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 13.19 7.2 8.52 9.92 12.83 15.51 19.61 - - - - - - - Receptionists............................................... 9.93 4.2 7.43 8.56 9.50 11.33 13.00 7.77 12.2 5.69 5.73 6.33 8.50 10.00 Information clerks, N.E.C................................... 11.54 3.9 9.83 10.23 10.96 12.91 13.87 - - - - - - - Order clerks................................................ 11.81 5.9 7.70 9.34 10.82 12.63 19.42 - - - - - - - Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping............... 12.89 6.3 9.00 11.00 12.04 15.25 16.69 - - - - - - - Library clerks.............................................. 13.80 7.7 11.15 11.15 14.63 15.78 16.62 - - - - - - - File clerks................................................. 7.89 6.5 6.50 7.00 7.20 8.50 10.16 - - - - - - - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 13.26 6.8 10.10 11.21 11.75 14.39 19.99 - - - - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.59 1.9 10.50 11.62 13.22 15.00 17.41 - - - - - - - Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 13.05 4.7 10.00 12.02 12.37 15.06 15.75 - - - - - - - Telephone operators......................................... 10.54 13.1 6.75 7.50 9.82 12.53 16.09 - - - - - - - Mail clerks except postal service........................... 9.94 8.2 6.87 8.36 9.81 11.07 12.82 - - - - - - - Dispatchers................................................. 17.06 7.3 9.03 15.75 18.93 18.93 22.35 - - - - - - - Production coordinators..................................... 15.99 6.6 11.12 12.69 15.23 19.64 22.70 - - - - - - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 9.84 6.6 6.22 8.00 9.58 12.32 13.16 - - - - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.40 10.5 7.35 8.24 10.69 15.00 16.53 - - - - - - - Meter readers............................................... 17.06 9.7 12.07 12.55 17.15 20.12 23.78 - - - - - - - Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators............. 17.57 15.4 9.92 12.24 16.69 21.53 26.56 - - - - - - - Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 13.91 8.6 9.10 10.82 13.09 17.01 19.43 - - - - - - - Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 13.31 1.1 12.00 13.39 13.39 13.39 14.42 - - - - - - - Bill and account collectors................................. 12.21 4.5 8.68 11.09 12.18 13.65 15.10 - - - - - - - General office clerks....................................... 11.95 2.8 8.00 9.80 11.89 13.60 16.24 9.57 8.8 5.73 6.75 8.67 11.37 14.51 Data entry keyers........................................... 12.60 4.1 8.95 11.06 13.26 13.94 16.51 - - - - - - - Statistical clerks.......................................... 14.82 9.0 9.75 13.50 17.09 17.09 18.08 - - - - - - - Teachers' aides............................................. 11.07 4.8 8.00 10.00 11.86 11.86 11.98 11.24 8.4 7.57 8.59 10.67 12.78 16.74 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 13.84 3.6 9.77 11.20 13.39 16.30 18.75 7.00 5.9 5.75 5.75 6.22 7.62 8.76 Blue-collar occupations............................................. $13.03 4.0% $5.86 $7.50 $11.00 $17.25 $22.81 $8.55 5.8% $5.65 $6.14 $7.27 $10.00 $13.96 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 18.33 4.1 9.00 13.20 18.18 22.75 25.89 12.49 12.4 7.72 8.99 10.52 15.18 18.07 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 23.62 6.1 17.77 20.77 22.16 25.32 33.19 - - - - - - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 17.05 6.6 12.34 15.00 15.00 18.25 24.00 - - - - - - - Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 16.39 8.1 11.90 14.00 17.63 17.63 19.70 - - - - - - - Aircraft mechanics except engine............................ 21.64 2.7 19.86 20.70 21.81 21.81 25.64 - - - - - - - Heavy equipment mechanics................................... 23.57 5.0 18.33 23.99 23.99 25.89 25.89 - - - - - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 17.72 7.1 13.09 14.21 16.30 20.65 25.74 - - - - - - - Machinery maintenance occupations........................... 12.81 12.8 8.67 9.00 12.00 13.50 21.90 - - - - - - - Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 20.98 4.0 17.52 19.73 20.34 22.14 27.68 - - - - - - - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 15.84 7.0 9.32 11.91 15.37 18.77 23.86 - - - - - - - Carpenters.................................................. 19.04 4.7 15.42 17.29 19.53 21.52 22.30 - - - - - - - Electricians................................................ 21.31 7.3 16.00 16.72 20.00 25.25 28.63 - - - - - - - Painters, construction and maintenance...................... 12.83 24.0 5.75 5.75 12.12 19.79 19.79 - - - - - - - Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. 19.13 6.2 14.75 16.06 17.37 22.81 24.71 - - - - - - - Supervisors, production occupations......................... 23.19 12.9 12.95 17.00 19.23 32.07 40.36 - - - - - - - Tool and die makers......................................... 17.74 10.1 11.16 15.34 16.72 21.48 22.57 - - - - - - - Machinists.................................................. 19.33 5.4 14.58 17.20 18.64 23.25 23.25 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 9.09 11.3 5.75 6.48 8.46 10.46 13.38 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous precision workers, N.E.C...................... 16.99 13.9 10.81 12.65 16.83 19.85 28.13 - - - - - - - Butchers and meat cutters................................... 10.14 16.6 5.85 6.56 7.98 14.69 17.03 - - - - - - - Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 16.82 10.6 11.37 11.54 15.90 21.72 22.23 - - - - - - - Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 21.07 5.3 17.07 20.06 21.34 22.05 24.46 - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10.00 4.0 5.67 6.71 9.01 11.76 15.08 6.48 6.8 5.15 5.61 6.00 7.35 8.36 Punching and stamping press operators....................... 9.38 10.0 6.44 6.65 9.06 10.72 13.78 - - - - - - - Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 8.80 14.5 5.29 6.67 7.71 12.25 12.25 - - - - - - - Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C........................ 10.62 17.7 6.17 7.19 8.34 15.00 18.56 - - - - - - - Molding and casting machine operators....................... 7.33 9.4 5.20 5.45 6.95 8.60 10.53 - - - - - - - Sawing machine operators.................................... 7.01 7.1 5.80 6.03 6.14 7.57 9.68 - - - - - - - Printing press operators.................................... 14.86 15.2 7.55 8.86 11.83 20.71 26.09 - - - - - - - Textile cutting machine operators........................... 9.85 5.5 7.67 8.66 10.50 11.00 11.00 - - - - - - - Textile sewing machine operators............................ 8.08 9.7 5.13 6.26 8.00 9.64 11.48 - - - - - - - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 10.33 14.2 6.67 7.11 9.92 12.93 15.28 - - - - - - - Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 9.70 11.1 5.31 7.25 9.09 10.15 12.65 - - - - - - - Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 10.61 21.7 5.40 5.60 12.08 14.76 14.77 - - - - - - - Photographic process machine operators...................... 9.84 7.6 6.97 8.10 9.44 11.85 13.50 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 9.28 8.3 5.44 6.25 8.10 10.00 14.80 - - - - - - - Welders and cutters......................................... 16.26 17.1 7.72 9.71 14.44 24.10 25.00 - - - - - - - Assemblers.................................................. 9.45 7.4 5.67 6.38 9.89 11.76 12.63 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C............... 7.79 5.7 6.59 6.59 7.47 8.71 9.03 - - - - - - - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 10.06 5.0 7.00 8.57 9.53 11.69 14.00 - - - - - - - Production testers.......................................... $11.96 10.0% $8.14 $10.10 $11.22 $14.00 $17.50 - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 14.77 11.9 6.55 8.95 12.35 18.21 25.84 $9.79 7.2% $6.26 $7.63 $8.81 $12.02 $13.92 Truck drivers............................................... 11.74 9.0 6.11 8.00 10.67 15.20 18.63 11.46 11.0 6.14 9.32 12.76 13.92 16.40 Bus drivers................................................. 10.81 10.9 8.50 8.95 9.20 12.71 15.88 - - - - - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.12 8.3 6.50 8.03 10.72 13.47 17.14 - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.33 3.3 5.75 6.21 8.24 11.05 15.29 8.16 6.8 5.50 6.00 7.00 8.72 13.96 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 13.04 8.5 9.55 11.50 12.15 15.69 16.90 - - - - - - - Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, N.E.C.................................................... 14.19 11.3 9.35 9.35 15.65 16.00 20.00 - - - - - - - Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 10.07 12.1 5.87 6.33 9.01 12.58 14.98 - - - - - - - Construction laborers....................................... 9.15 9.1 6.17 8.00 8.51 9.86 13.61 - - - - - - - Production helpers.......................................... 7.93 6.6 5.32 6.11 8.16 9.47 10.16 - - - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.62 12.3 5.15 6.99 9.85 13.62 18.06 9.70 13.3 5.80 6.34 7.00 13.96 18.06 Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 9.09 12.1 5.50 5.99 7.63 12.77 12.77 - - - - - - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 8.36 8.0 5.75 5.75 7.40 9.77 13.12 - - - - - - - Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 7.71 7.2 5.95 6.00 7.50 8.04 10.96 - - - - - - - Hand packers and packagers.................................. 7.90 6.3 5.50 5.87 7.23 9.11 11.05 7.16 7.4 5.50 6.00 6.94 7.63 10.47 Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 10.99 8.3 6.19 6.87 9.82 14.12 17.75 7.17 5.1 5.75 6.53 7.16 7.77 8.47 Service occupations................................................. 11.50 5.8 5.50 6.40 8.50 13.46 22.68 6.81 3.2 5.15 5.61 5.82 7.35 9.42 Protective service occupations................................ 17.67 9.2 6.00 7.77 18.87 24.11 29.77 7.15 11.7 5.61 5.75 6.35 6.63 10.24 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 32.17 6.4 26.63 28.79 32.09 33.08 41.15 - - - - - - - Police and detectives, public service....................... 24.24 4.4 19.12 20.33 22.93 26.82 31.54 - - - - - - - Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 21.73 5.1 16.31 19.76 24.11 24.11 24.11 - - - - - - - Correctional institution officers........................... 18.26 8.4 12.96 14.27 18.21 22.13 22.13 - - - - - - - Guards and police except public service..................... 7.63 7.1 5.15 6.00 7.00 8.50 10.97 - - - - - - - Food service occupations...................................... 8.11 3.7 5.15 5.75 7.19 9.52 12.50 6.26 2.7 5.15 5.62 5.75 6.22 7.87 Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 14.44 6.9 10.05 12.08 15.00 17.67 17.98 - - - - - - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.45 2.5 5.15 5.15 5.32 5.75 6.03 5.57 1.4 5.15 5.19 5.75 5.75 5.75 Cooks....................................................... 9.66 5.9 5.75 7.44 9.71 12.11 12.55 - - - - - - - Food counter, fountain, and related occupations............. 5.59 2.8 5.15 5.15 5.22 5.85 6.52 7.00 10.4 5.15 5.30 6.15 7.82 9.84 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.74 6.3 5.36 6.50 7.65 9.22 10.77 - - - - - - - Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.67 3.0 5.15 5.15 5.75 5.75 6.55 5.77 1.7 5.15 5.75 5.75 5.75 6.50 Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 7.26 3.9 5.60 6.00 6.78 8.25 9.52 6.35 3.6 5.50 5.75 5.78 6.36 8.45 Health service occupations.................................... 9.32 3.7 6.33 6.91 8.80 11.58 13.89 8.54 6.5 5.67 6.63 8.13 9.50 12.54 Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.68 4.8 8.57 9.74 11.30 14.05 14.46 10.27 9.8 6.63 8.28 10.15 12.90 13.90 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.77 4.0 6.28 6.74 8.19 10.23 12.35 7.79 6.1 5.56 6.23 7.97 9.14 9.50 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 8.41 4.2 5.40 6.00 7.37 10.08 13.00 6.15 4.4 5.15 5.15 5.64 6.55 8.40 Supervisors, cleaning & building service workers............ 13.16 8.0 6.10 11.88 13.00 15.73 19.03 - - - - - - - Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.35 4.7 5.70 6.17 6.82 7.95 10.32 - - - - - - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.92 5.4 5.40 6.00 7.25 9.25 11.85 6.16 4.6 5.15 5.15 5.55 6.60 8.40 Personal service occupations.................................. 12.05 12.6 5.75 6.50 9.09 14.10 19.43 8.30 8.2 5.75 5.88 7.01 9.00 11.09 Public transportation attendants............................ 23.96 23.9 10.20 14.09 18.77 31.89 49.15 - - - - - - - Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ - - - - - - - $9.31 7.3% $5.75 $7.79 $8.74 $10.58 $13.08 Child care workers, N.E.C................................... - - - - - - - 8.09 8.1 5.77 6.67 8.45 9.45 10.49 Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. $9.18 16.2% $5.42 $5.75 $7.47 $11.00 $19.43 8.25 19.9 5.75 5.88 5.88 7.35 12.63 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." Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings(1) and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only(2), all industries, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange Co, CA, March 1998 All industries Occupation(3) Mean Weekly earnings Mean Annual earnings weekly annual hours(4) hours Mean RSE Median Mean Median All occupations....................................................... 39.6 $736 2.5% $599 2,010 $37,364 $30,888 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 39.6 730 2.5 600 2,006 36,986 30,867 White-collar occupations............................................ 39.6 910 2.3 755 1,986 45,650 38,064 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 39.5 917 2.3 774 1,975 45,845 39,042 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 38.6 1,107 2.4 1,033 1,842 52,751 48,597 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 38.5 1,188 2.5 1,100 1,797 55,399 50,690 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 40.1 1,301 2.4 1,222 2,088 67,664 63,523 Aerospace engineers......................................... 40.0 1,317 4.9 1,283 2,080 68,506 66,705 Civil engineers............................................. 40.0 1,224 6.7 1,144 2,080 63,666 59,474 Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 40.0 1,370 4.3 1,231 2,080 71,226 64,002 Industrial engineers........................................ 39.8 1,006 4.3 977 2,067 52,329 50,801 Mechanical engineers........................................ 41.1 1,210 8.4 1,248 2,135 62,898 64,896 Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 40.0 1,265 3.3 1,254 2,080 65,789 65,208 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 40.0 1,249 10.7 1,162 2,078 64,958 60,424 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 40.0 1,286 11.2 1,178 2,078 66,855 61,235 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 40.0 995 7.3 910 2,080 51,727 47,320 Natural scientists............................................ 39.9 1,096 5.4 1,051 2,077 56,992 54,662 Chemists, except biochemists................................ 39.8 1,089 7.5 998 2,071 56,643 51,915 Physical scientists, N.E.C.................................. 40.0 1,185 7.0 1,209 2,080 61,600 62,858 Medical scientists.......................................... 40.0 923 7.5 943 2,080 47,996 49,046 Health related occupations.................................... 39.1 1,015 3.9 912 2,027 52,604 47,335 Physicians.................................................. 40.0 1,672 21.7 1,702 2,080 86,944 88,483 Registered nurses........................................... 38.9 964 3.4 920 2,013 49,932 47,819 Dietitians.................................................. 40.0 709 8.3 761 2,080 36,892 39,582 Respiratory therapists...................................... 39.4 763 2.4 757 2,051 39,683 39,338 Teachers, college and university.............................. 38.3 1,373 3.9 1,348 1,551 55,541 54,937 Business, commerce and marketing teachers................... 36.2 1,721 14.6 1,577 1,275 60,527 58,651 English teachers............................................ 40.0 1,317 4.6 1,268 1,660 54,665 51,084 Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified............. 40.0 1,558 10.3 1,499 1,646 64,126 58,161 Teachers, post secondary N.E.C.............................. 37.9 1,363 2.5 1,388 1,516 54,533 56,278 Teachers, except college and university....................... 35.0 1,102 2.8 1,118 1,345 42,391 42,638 Elementary school teachers.................................. 34.0 1,144 2.8 1,129 1,253 42,218 42,015 Secondary school teachers................................... 34.6 1,179 2.5 1,211 1,291 44,006 44,819 Teachers, special education................................. 36.9 1,118 4.5 1,038 1,575 47,769 47,837 Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 37.2 978 10.1 916 1,531 40,218 39,765 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 36.5 1,054 13.6 1,169 1,559 45,078 48,617 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 42.7 907 9.0 902 2,182 46,309 46,925 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 39.2 1,178 8.2 1,254 1,870 56,144 59,165 Psychologists............................................... 38.5 1,085 16.3 833 1,695 47,760 43,324 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 40.0 781 11.8 760 2,080 40,632 39,520 Social workers.............................................. 40.0 805 12.5 798 2,080 41,849 41,506 Lawyers and judges............................................ 42.7 1,662 10.7 1,530 2,220 86,450 79,539 Lawyers..................................................... 42.7 1,662 10.7 1,530 2,220 86,450 79,539 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 42.3 $1,720 12.2% $1,400 2,197 $89,380 $72,800 Designers................................................... 44.2 1,362 20.3 1,269 2,293 70,663 65,998 Editors and reporters....................................... 43.0 1,824 25.3 1,487 2,238 94,853 77,334 Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 40.0 1,038 10.6 1,035 2,080 53,964 53,830 Technical occupations........................................... 39.0 812 4.0 759 2,021 42,089 39,395 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 39.4 749 7.4 778 2,048 38,968 40,480 Radiological technicians.................................... 39.7 750 3.3 720 2,065 39,019 37,440 Licensed practical nurses................................... 38.9 612 9.0 561 2,023 31,820 29,191 Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 39.8 607 5.5 604 2,068 31,568 31,408 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 39.9 820 5.1 792 2,077 42,660 41,168 Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 40.0 873 11.0 832 2,080 45,390 43,285 Science technicians, N.E.C.................................. 36.7 580 11.7 571 1,676 26,480 27,934 Airplane pilots and navigators.............................. 24.6 1,483 24.8 1,246 1,279 77,127 64,803 Computer programmers........................................ 40.0 1,044 6.4 1,067 2,080 54,298 55,494 Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 40.0 907 8.0 816 2,080 47,151 42,453 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 40.4 1,249 3.8 1,070 2,084 64,496 55,616 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.6 1,475 5.2 1,347 2,087 75,818 68,349 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 40.0 1,584 4.5 1,673 2,080 82,381 87,006 Financial managers.......................................... 39.9 1,353 6.0 1,219 2,075 70,343 63,398 Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 39.9 1,396 6.5 1,486 2,077 72,604 77,251 Purchasing managers......................................... 40.0 1,159 5.2 1,220 2,080 60,245 63,440 Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations...... 40.8 1,532 8.5 1,538 2,123 79,655 79,997 Administrators, education and related fields................ 40.9 1,423 5.3 1,487 1,909 66,388 67,536 Managers, medicine and health............................... 39.6 1,294 7.4 1,366 2,061 67,282 71,032 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 41.6 858 14.8 654 1,856 38,312 34,008 Managers, service organizations, N.E.C...................... 41.3 1,030 10.1 891 2,148 53,541 46,349 Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 40.9 1,625 9.1 1,370 2,124 84,411 71,240 Management related occupations................................ 40.0 910 2.8 866 2,079 47,294 45,053 Accountants and auditors.................................... 39.8 865 2.8 881 2,069 44,960 45,793 Other financial officers.................................... 40.7 951 10.7 752 2,119 49,440 39,105 Management analysts......................................... 39.7 1,023 5.7 1,100 2,066 53,203 57,200 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 40.3 815 7.9 729 2,096 42,372 37,918 Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 39.7 853 3.5 803 2,067 44,368 41,766 Construction inspectors..................................... 39.7 1,016 5.2 1,057 2,066 52,820 54,953 Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction..... 40.0 926 6.4 955 2,080 48,137 49,670 Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 39.7 906 3.2 846 2,065 47,098 43,992 Sales occupations................................................. 40.2 844 11.9 599 2,087 43,783 31,089 Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 42.2 1,269 23.3 769 2,197 65,993 39,978 Sales occupations, other business services.................. 40.1 1,159 32.0 607 2,083 60,280 31,554 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 40.0 1,109 7.4 1,039 2,080 57,690 54,038 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 42.8 843 9.6 651 2,227 43,815 33,846 Sales workers, parts........................................ 40.4 613 8.1 579 2,099 31,886 30,118 Sales workers, other commodities............................ 39.3 536 11.8 420 2,016 27,510 21,606 Cashiers.................................................... 39.5 408 7.7 372 2,055 21,226 19,344 Sales support occupations, N.E.C............................ 39.8 604 8.9 583 2,069 31,408 30,303 Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 39.8 $531 1.6% $520 2,048 $27,338 $26,862 Supervisors, general office................................. 40.6 684 5.0 680 2,113 35,557 35,381 Supervisors, financial records processing................... 39.8 768 7.4 647 2,068 39,947 33,642 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 41.3 777 11.4 850 2,148 40,398 44,200 Computer operators..........................................