Mean hourly earnings for selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, 1997 Total Private State and local industry government Executive, administrative, and managerial $27.00 27.86 23.95 Administrative support 11.53 11.54 11.50 Transportation and material moving 13.24 13.30 12.93 Service occupations 9.09 7.51 13.26