NC BL 04/00/2007 Table: Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA, Bulletin 3135-52, June 2006 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA, June 2006 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $16.28 2.0 35.6 $13.82 3.7 35.2 $23.50 2.0 36.8 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 28.31 3.8 36.4 23.30 6.9 38.4 31.54 3.8 35.3 Management, business, and financial............................... 29.91 6.7 40.0 27.60 7.6 40.0 33.21 12.2 40.0 Professional and related.......................................... 27.71 4.5 35.2 20.28 9.1 37.3 31.16 3.9 34.4 Service............................................................. 11.95 4.3 32.9 9.11 7.3 31.0 18.51 2.7 38.6 Sales and office.................................................... 13.93 5.0 35.4 13.87 6.0 35.0 14.25 3.9 37.6 Sales and related................................................. 13.73 10.2 32.7 13.68 10.3 32.6 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 14.08 3.1 37.7 14.06 4.0 37.8 14.13 4.2 37.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 16.29 8.8 38.6 16.17 9.4 38.5 17.87 4.3 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 15.84 14.0 36.9 15.62 14.0 36.8 20.72 5.8 40.0 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 17.44 7.8 39.9 17.50 8.6 39.9 16.85 1.9 40.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 12.65 3.3 37.3 12.70 3.6 37.4 12.05 6.2 36.6 Production........................................................ 13.71 4.2 39.7 13.72 4.3 39.7 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.90 4.6 35.8 11.90 5.1 35.8 11.92 6.7 36.2 Full time........................................................... 17.32 2.5 39.8 14.73 4.1 39.9 24.83 2.3 39.5 Part time........................................................... 10.29 5.8 22.0 8.60 3.6 21.0 15.49 8.5 26.0 Union............................................................... 23.18 3.0 37.1 17.64 14.3 33.7 24.32 1.1 37.9 Nonunion............................................................ 14.45 3.3 35.2 13.63 3.9 35.3 21.73 8.2 34.6 Time................................................................ 16.00 1.9 35.4 13.26 3.0 35.0 23.50 2.0 36.8 Incentive........................................................... 22.01 4.7 38.8 22.01 4.7 38.8 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.84 4.7 38.5 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 13.12 4.9 34.2 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 13.94 3.9 34.6 13.77 4.1 34.6 21.97 4.7 34.7 100-499 workers..................................................... 16.15 2.7 36.9 13.74 4.6 36.1 22.81 1.5 39.1 500 workers or more................................................. 21.86 2.4 36.8 14.59 4.0 39.0 23.82 3.0 36.2 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. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA, June 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $16.28 2.0 $17.32 2.5 $10.29 5.8 Management occupations.............................................. 35.32 8.9 35.32 8.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 41.32 16.3 41.32 16.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.11 8.5 44.11 8.5 – – Education administrators.......................................... 38.88 20.7 38.88 20.7 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.34 6.9 25.34 6.9 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 27.37 20.0 27.39 20.7 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 19.67 7.0 19.67 7.0 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 36.73 1.7 38.72 1.5 15.31 10.1 Level 2 .................................................. 12.59 15.6 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 39.51 7.4 39.78 7.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 44.54 1.3 44.60 1.3 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 42.07 3.0 42.72 2.9 – – Level 8 .................................................. 41.36 5.6 41.36 5.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 44.54 1.3 44.60 1.3 – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 38.02 7.9 37.85 8.8 – – Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 43.59 4.2 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 42.81 5.3 43.97 5.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 45.63 4.6 45.63 4.6 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 44.18 3.8 45.53 4.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 45.65 4.8 45.65 4.8 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 40.49 .2 40.49 .2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.49 .2 40.49 .2 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 40.49 .2 40.49 .2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.49 .2 40.49 .2 – – Special education teachers...................................... 47.05 1.1 47.05 1.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 46.85 1.3 46.85 1.3 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.48 12.3 11.17 13.1 12.01 10.1 Level 2 .................................................. 12.59 15.6 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.07 9.4 23.31 11.0 22.17 17.4 Level 6 .................................................. 19.50 3.5 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.10 2.2 33.08 1.7 – – Registered nurses................................................. 32.31 3.2 31.39 2.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.72 2.3 33.08 1.7 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.42 4.6 19.27 4.0 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.52 7.6 10.48 7.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.99 2.8 9.12 2.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.55 5.8 14.85 4.0 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... $9.04 2.7 $9.06 2.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.74 .4 8.85 .3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.87 1.0 8.85 .3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.74 .4 8.85 .3 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.11 4.4 13.84 7.0 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 18.71 13.7 18.68 14.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.97 4.1 22.97 4.1 – – Police officers................................................... 27.61 3.4 29.37 5.2 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 27.61 3.4 29.37 5.2 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.10 3.5 8.84 6.8 $7.47 3.4 Level 1 .................................................. 7.12 2.8 7.32 3.7 6.89 .8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.26 5.1 – – 7.14 5.1 Level 3 .................................................. 10.55 6.8 10.58 8.2 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.36 8.3 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.24 2.3 – – 7.23 4.9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.11 .3 – – – – Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.06 6.9 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.73 4.2 – – 7.44 1.6 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.78 3.9 – – 7.49 1.2 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.54 7.7 13.47 1.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.43 4.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.46 6.3 15.58 5.6 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.44 6.6 12.75 3.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.43 4.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.32 6.2 15.44 5.6 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.81 14.1 14.43 9.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.97 3.9 16.01 3.7 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 15.04 6.8 15.04 6.8 – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 15.04 6.8 15.04 6.8 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 15.00 12.2 17.28 6.4 9.92 15.1 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.73 10.2 14.98 12.8 8.50 9.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.08 1.2 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.68 7.2 – – 7.83 9.4 Level 3 .................................................. 11.61 4.0 12.82 10.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.79 6.1 13.53 7.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.87 22.1 20.87 22.1 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.84 14.4 12.92 19.1 8.36 7.8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.08 1.2 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.74 6.8 – – 7.86 9.8 Level 3 .................................................. 12.09 1.8 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. $12.84 5.7 $12.49 9.3 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.81 1.8 9.92 1.9 $9.44 12.8 Level 2 .................................................. 9.27 5.1 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.81 1.8 9.92 1.9 9.44 12.8 Level 2 .................................................. 9.27 5.1 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 14.23 19.6 16.34 19.3 7.48 1.9 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.08 3.1 14.43 3.1 11.74 6.4 Level 2 .................................................. 9.94 6.1 9.84 11.0 10.07 10.6 Level 3 .................................................. 11.67 3.3 12.02 4.2 10.99 6.3 Level 4 .................................................. 15.08 4.6 15.08 4.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.95 3.4 15.01 3.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.97 2.5 16.97 2.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.90 6.3 11.93 6.6 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.68 6.2 15.98 6.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.55 5.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.36 7.3 16.35 7.4 – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.86 5.0 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.46 8.8 16.46 8.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.54 10.4 16.54 10.4 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.08 3.8 16.22 3.7 – – Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 13.69 3.4 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.37 14.5 10.88 16.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.95 4.7 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.85 5.5 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.66 5.5 16.17 5.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.14 9.7 17.36 11.0 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.00 5.5 15.70 3.8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.34 7.2 13.97 7.2 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.84 14.0 16.71 12.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.44 7.8 17.44 7.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.48 9.1 15.48 9.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.68 9.0 21.68 9.0 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 15.86 6.8 15.86 6.8 – – Production occupations.............................................. 13.71 4.2 13.75 4.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.18 2.6 8.18 2.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.11 6.2 11.12 6.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.00 3.5 14.00 3.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.04 6.6 16.04 6.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.25 2.1 16.25 2.1 – – Printers.......................................................... 13.42 2.5 13.42 2.5 – – Printing machine operators...................................... 14.71 1.6 14.71 1.6 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.96 17.6 14.96 17.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. $12.58 7.4 $12.62 7.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.90 4.6 12.16 4.9 $9.94 12.4 Level 1 .................................................. 8.21 3.4 8.10 1.2 8.52 12.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.96 9.9 10.07 9.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.76 3.9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.42 9.3 14.43 9.6 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.32 6.9 14.35 7.0 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.74 8.4 14.74 8.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.92 6.3 10.32 5.8 8.69 13.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.07 5.3 7.76 3.7 8.52 12.2 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.58 7.5 – – 8.97 15.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.64 12.4 – – 8.63 13.1 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.29 6.3 9.48 6.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.74 3.9 7.71 4.5 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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. See appendix A for more information. 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 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA, June 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $13.82 3.7 $14.73 4.1 $8.60 3.6 Management occupations.............................................. 29.72 13.5 29.72 13.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.98 6.5 25.98 6.5 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 20.75 1.6 20.75 1.6 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.98 15.8 21.32 15.4 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.76 3.0 19.76 3.0 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.06 8.6 10.29 8.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.96 2.8 9.09 2.6 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.74 .4 8.85 .3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.74 .4 8.85 .3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.74 .4 8.85 .3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.74 .4 8.85 .3 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.63 2.0 8.19 3.7 7.19 1.8 Level 1 .................................................. 7.12 2.8 7.32 3.7 6.89 .8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.06 2.6 – – 6.93 .6 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.26 8.3 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.05 .7 – – 6.91 .8 Level 1 .................................................. 7.11 .3 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.23 2.2 – – 7.37 1.2 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.26 2.0 – – 7.42 .7 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.27 20.3 11.23 12.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.43 4.2 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.61 4.2 8.00 2.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.43 4.2 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 15.15 13.1 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.68 10.3 14.93 13.0 8.50 9.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.08 1.2 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.68 7.2 – – 7.83 9.4 Level 3 .................................................. 11.61 4.0 12.82 10.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.79 6.1 13.53 7.8 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.84 14.4 12.92 19.1 8.36 7.8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.08 1.2 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.74 6.8 – – 7.86 9.8 Level 3 .................................................. 12.09 1.8 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.84 5.7 12.49 9.3 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.81 1.8 9.92 1.9 9.44 12.8 Level 2 .................................................. $9.27 5.1 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.81 1.8 $9.92 1.9 $9.44 12.8 Level 2 .................................................. 9.27 5.1 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 14.23 19.6 16.34 19.3 7.48 1.9 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.06 4.0 14.31 4.1 11.95 8.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.78 4.4 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.47 3.7 11.48 5.4 11.45 5.9 Level 4 .................................................. 15.25 4.7 15.22 4.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.01 6.0 14.91 6.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.90 6.3 11.93 6.6 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.41 7.2 15.72 7.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.55 5.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.19 8.0 16.18 8.1 – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.86 5.0 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.11 11.2 16.11 11.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.30 12.0 16.30 12.0 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.08 3.8 16.22 3.7 – – Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 13.69 3.4 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.43 17.1 10.88 16.2 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.85 5.5 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.31 6.8 15.31 6.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.62 14.0 16.50 12.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.50 8.6 17.50 8.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.93 9.7 21.93 9.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 13.72 4.3 13.76 4.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.18 2.6 8.18 2.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.11 6.2 11.12 6.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.36 1.2 14.36 1.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.04 6.6 16.04 6.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.25 2.1 16.25 2.1 – – Printers.......................................................... 13.26 1.2 13.26 1.2 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.96 17.6 14.96 17.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.20 10.6 13.26 10.9 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.90 5.1 12.22 5.4 9.45 13.5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.21 3.4 8.10 1.2 8.52 12.2 Level 4 .................................................. 14.28 11.1 14.30 11.6 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.27 7.1 14.29 7.2 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.69 8.7 14.69 8.7 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.93 6.3 10.32 5.8 8.71 14.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.07 5.3 7.76 3.7 8.52 12.2 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.61 7.4 – – 9.00 15.5 Level 1 .................................................. $8.64 12.4 – – $8.63 13.1 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.29 6.3 $9.48 6.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.74 3.9 7.71 4.5 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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. See appendix A for more information. 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 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA, June 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $23.50 2.0 $24.83 2.3 $15.49 8.5 Management occupations.............................................. 42.44 6.1 42.44 6.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 41.32 16.3 41.32 16.3 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 19.67 7.0 19.67 7.0 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 37.61 .5 39.52 .0 14.88 11.2 Level 2 .................................................. 12.59 15.6 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 40.09 8.0 40.09 8.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 44.54 1.3 44.60 1.3 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 42.98 2.1 43.50 2.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 41.36 5.6 41.36 5.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 44.54 1.3 44.60 1.3 – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 38.02 7.9 37.85 8.8 – – Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 43.59 4.2 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 44.51 3.5 45.44 3.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 45.63 4.6 45.63 4.6 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 44.54 3.7 45.53 4.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 45.65 4.8 45.65 4.8 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 40.49 .2 40.49 .2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.49 .2 40.49 .2 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 40.49 .2 40.49 .2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.49 .2 40.49 .2 – – Special education teachers...................................... 47.05 1.1 47.05 1.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 46.85 1.3 46.85 1.3 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.48 12.3 11.17 13.1 12.01 10.1 Level 2 .................................................. 12.59 15.6 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.84 3.1 27.42 11.2 23.47 14.9 Level 9 .................................................. 33.75 2.4 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 32.64 3.2 31.74 2.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.75 2.4 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.05 2.3 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 22.11 5.8 22.30 5.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.97 4.1 22.97 4.1 – – Police officers................................................... 27.61 3.4 29.37 5.2 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 27.61 3.4 29.37 5.2 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 12.19 7.6 12.95 5.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.77 6.8 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 16.41 1.6 16.51 2.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. $15.79 5.4 $15.95 4.3 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 16.47 2.4 16.62 3.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.67 5.4 15.83 4.3 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 15.96 3.3 15.99 3.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.05 3.8 16.10 3.6 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.13 4.2 14.76 3.2 $11.43 9.9 Level 3 .................................................. 12.16 7.4 13.24 3.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.96 10.7 14.11 11.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.90 3.6 15.10 3.8 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.66 5.0 16.49 .4 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.00 5.5 15.70 3.8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 11.39 6.9 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 20.72 5.8 20.72 5.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.85 1.9 16.85 1.9 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.92 6.7 11.64 8.5 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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. See appendix A for more information. 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 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA, June 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $16.28 2.0 $17.32 2.5 $10.29 5.8 Management occupations.............................................. 35.32 8.9 35.32 8.9 – – Group III................................................. 41.85 10.8 – – – – Education administrators.......................................... 38.88 20.7 38.88 20.7 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.34 6.9 25.34 6.9 – – Group II.................................................. 25.89 7.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 29.20 12.8 – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 27.37 20.0 27.39 20.7 – – Group III................................................. 32.47 24.8 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 19.67 7.0 19.67 7.0 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 36.73 1.7 38.72 1.5 15.31 10.1 Group I................................................... 11.48 12.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 35.12 5.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 44.54 1.3 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 42.07 3.0 42.72 2.9 – – Group II.................................................. 37.12 5.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 44.54 1.3 – – – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 38.02 7.9 37.85 8.8 – – Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 43.59 4.2 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 42.81 5.3 43.97 5.1 – – Group II.................................................. 38.93 8.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 45.63 4.6 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 44.18 3.8 45.53 4.0 – – Group II.................................................. 41.73 2.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 45.65 4.8 45.65 4.8 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 40.49 .2 40.49 .2 – – Group III................................................. 40.49 .2 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 40.49 .2 40.49 .2 – – Group III................................................. 40.49 .2 40.49 .2 – – Special education teachers...................................... 47.05 1.1 47.05 1.1 – – Group III................................................. 46.85 1.3 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.48 12.3 11.17 13.1 12.01 10.1 Group I................................................... 11.48 12.3 11.17 13.1 12.01 10.1 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.07 9.4 23.31 11.0 22.17 17.4 Group II.................................................. 19.69 4.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.55 6.0 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 32.31 3.2 31.39 2.2 – – Group III................................................. 34.16 2.4 33.77 1.9 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.42 4.6 19.27 4.0 – – Group II.................................................. $18.42 4.6 $19.27 4.0 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.52 7.6 10.48 7.7 – – Group I................................................... 9.85 6.5 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.04 2.7 9.06 2.4 – – Group I................................................... 9.04 2.7 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.87 1.0 8.85 .3 – – Group I................................................... 8.87 1.0 8.85 .3 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.11 4.4 13.84 7.0 – – Group I................................................... 13.64 7.2 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 18.71 13.7 18.68 14.3 – – Group I................................................... 9.42 15.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.66 8.2 – – – – Police officers................................................... 27.61 3.4 29.37 5.2 – – Group II.................................................. 22.51 10.6 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 27.61 3.4 29.37 5.2 – – Group II.................................................. 22.51 10.6 23.92 4.8 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.10 3.5 8.84 6.8 $7.47 3.4 Group I................................................... 7.99 2.5 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.36 8.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.36 8.3 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.24 2.3 – – 7.23 4.9 Group I................................................... 7.24 2.3 – – – – Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.06 6.9 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.06 6.9 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.73 4.2 – – 7.44 1.6 Group I................................................... 7.73 4.2 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.78 3.9 – – 7.49 1.2 Group I................................................... 7.78 3.9 – – 7.49 1.2 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.54 7.7 13.47 1.8 – – Group I................................................... 11.38 8.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.17 4.8 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.44 6.6 12.75 3.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.90 8.5 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.81 14.1 14.43 9.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.54 15.2 14.21 10.5 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 15.04 6.8 15.04 6.8 – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 15.04 6.8 15.04 6.8 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 15.00 12.2 17.28 6.4 9.92 15.1 Group I................................................... 10.81 14.2 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... $13.73 10.2 $14.98 12.8 $8.50 9.9 Group I................................................... 10.18 2.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.24 13.9 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.84 14.4 12.92 19.1 8.36 7.8 Group I................................................... 9.86 1.8 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.81 1.8 9.92 1.9 9.44 12.8 Group I................................................... 9.81 1.8 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.81 1.8 9.92 1.9 9.44 12.8 Group I................................................... 9.81 1.8 9.92 1.9 9.44 12.8 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.23 19.6 16.34 19.3 7.48 1.9 Group I................................................... 9.89 8.3 11.55 4.1 7.48 1.9 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.08 3.1 14.43 3.1 11.74 6.4 Group I................................................... 13.54 4.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.84 3.0 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.68 6.2 15.98 6.4 – – Group I................................................... 15.64 6.9 – – – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.86 5.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 14.86 5.0 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.46 8.8 16.46 8.8 – – Group I................................................... 16.52 10.4 16.52 10.4 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.08 3.8 16.22 3.7 – – Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 13.69 3.4 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.37 14.5 10.88 16.2 – – Group I................................................... 10.38 14.6 10.88 16.2 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.85 5.5 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.66 5.5 16.17 5.6 – – Group II.................................................. 15.85 8.1 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.00 5.5 15.70 3.8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.34 7.2 13.97 7.2 – – Group I................................................... 11.89 5.8 12.48 6.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.84 14.0 16.71 12.4 – – Group I................................................... 12.46 28.0 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.44 7.8 17.44 7.8 – – Group II.................................................. 19.42 8.0 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 15.86 6.8 15.86 6.8 – – Group II.................................................. 18.88 4.6 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 13.71 4.2 13.75 4.6 – – Group I................................................... 12.81 4.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.47 2.7 – – – – Printers.......................................................... 13.42 2.5 13.42 2.5 – – Group I................................................... 13.82 1.9 – – – – Printing machine operators...................................... $14.71 1.6 $14.71 1.6 – – Group I................................................... 14.71 1.6 14.71 1.6 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.96 17.6 14.96 17.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.58 7.4 12.62 7.6 – – Group I................................................... 10.85 2.5 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.90 4.6 12.16 4.9 $9.94 12.4 Group I................................................... 10.64 6.3 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.32 6.9 14.35 7.0 – – Group I................................................... 14.05 13.3 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.74 8.4 14.74 8.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.92 6.3 10.32 5.8 8.69 13.6 Group I................................................... 9.92 6.3 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.58 7.5 – – 8.97 15.0 Group I................................................... 10.58 7.5 – – 8.97 15.0 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.29 6.3 9.48 6.2 – – Group I................................................... 9.29 6.3 9.48 6.2 – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 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. See appendix A for more information. 3 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. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA, June 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.25 $9.08 $13.75 $19.11 $28.50 Management occupations.............................................. 19.50 25.40 32.86 49.33 51.28 Education administrators.......................................... 15.30 19.50 51.28 51.28 58.94 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.53 22.77 23.52 27.57 33.06 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 18.83 19.31 19.33 32.68 51.59 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.10 13.36 22.07 24.37 25.68 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.10 27.65 40.78 48.91 53.37 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.15 36.84 43.80 50.92 53.63 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 12.10 28.15 40.52 52.65 54.70 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 28.15 36.17 45.85 52.93 54.95 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.15 37.35 43.80 52.65 54.70 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.76 38.60 45.18 52.65 54.70 Secondary school teachers....................................... 30.10 33.70 40.05 48.33 51.09 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.10 33.70 40.05 48.33 51.09 Special education teachers...................................... 45.82 45.82 47.20 47.85 50.07 Teacher assistants................................................ 8.29 9.42 11.99 12.80 15.05 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 8.11 17.61 20.08 28.26 37.52 Registered nurses................................................. 26.00 28.43 31.69 34.50 41.44 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 13.01 17.14 19.11 20.08 21.13 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.89 8.76 9.25 11.00 15.60 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.75 8.11 8.79 9.25 10.75 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.75 8.10 8.76 9.25 9.32 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.97 12.55 15.50 15.60 15.60 Protective service occupations...................................... 6.80 10.14 17.80 24.62 33.79 Police officers................................................... 19.24 22.30 25.18 34.95 36.41 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 19.24 22.30 25.18 34.95 36.41 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.75 6.75 6.90 8.50 11.13 Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.00 6.88 6.88 8.19 8.19 Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.75 6.75 6.88 7.25 7.50 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 6.75 7.15 7.40 8.50 10.05 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.40 11.13 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.40 11.37 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.00 7.66 13.00 16.27 19.23 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.00 7.16 8.20 15.35 17.32 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.00 7.00 13.58 16.86 17.32 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 10.00 14.25 16.27 16.27 17.92 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 10.00 14.25 16.27 16.27 17.92 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.45 8.55 16.04 18.80 22.81 Sales and related occupations....................................... $7.00 $8.00 $11.00 $16.72 $25.49 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.93 8.00 9.00 12.85 19.79 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.80 8.00 8.50 10.37 17.44 Cashiers...................................................... 6.80 8.00 8.50 10.37 17.44 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.07 8.15 10.64 17.02 30.14 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.50 11.63 13.73 16.78 18.75 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.50 13.00 16.68 18.75 18.75 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 13.00 13.53 15.55 15.55 16.68 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.50 14.90 18.71 18.75 18.75 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.71 14.51 16.84 18.13 18.25 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 11.69 11.69 14.66 15.00 16.05 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.50 8.50 9.24 10.86 18.00 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.45 9.85 11.00 12.13 12.13 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.00 13.52 13.73 17.20 23.11 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.52 13.52 13.73 14.55 17.20 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.67 10.58 12.13 17.00 18.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.00 9.00 13.98 21.65 28.98 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.35 13.50 17.05 19.24 24.43 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 10.00 13.50 16.50 17.50 21.21 Production occupations.............................................. 8.00 9.50 13.55 17.28 18.98 Printers.......................................................... 10.90 11.33 12.07 14.87 18.83 Printing machine operators...................................... 11.33 11.33 14.87 18.83 18.83 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 6.85 11.50 15.33 18.39 26.35 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.50 8.50 10.90 15.75 18.98 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.16 8.10 11.55 14.56 16.25 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.50 12.00 14.50 15.94 19.44 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 10.70 12.00 14.50 18.03 19.44 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.16 7.48 9.08 11.00 14.36 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.40 8.10 10.51 12.89 13.39 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.00 7.16 7.48 9.08 14.36 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA, June 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.00 $8.46 $12.13 $17.21 $22.26 Management occupations.............................................. 19.50 22.90 28.16 34.93 47.74 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.85 22.77 25.96 27.69 29.03 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 18.83 19.31 19.33 19.33 30.98 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 7.93 18.00 20.08 22.00 31.57 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.00 19.11 19.71 20.08 21.21 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.80 8.75 9.25 9.25 15.50 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.75 8.06 8.76 9.25 9.25 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.75 8.06 8.76 9.25 9.25 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.75 6.75 6.88 8.05 10.50 Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.00 6.88 6.88 8.19 8.19 Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.75 6.75 6.88 7.16 7.50 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.00 8.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.00 8.40 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.00 7.16 8.20 12.50 19.23 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.00 7.00 7.45 7.66 8.24 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.45 8.55 16.05 18.80 22.81 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.00 8.00 10.85 16.72 25.49 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.93 8.00 9.00 12.85 19.79 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.80 8.00 8.50 10.37 17.44 Cashiers...................................................... 6.80 8.00 8.50 10.37 17.44 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.07 8.15 10.64 17.02 30.14 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.24 11.54 13.62 16.84 18.75 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.00 13.00 16.59 18.75 18.75 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 13.00 13.53 15.55 15.55 16.68 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.50 13.00 18.75 18.75 18.75 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.71 14.51 16.84 18.13 18.25 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 11.69 11.69 14.66 15.00 16.05 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 7.25 8.50 8.86 10.26 18.00 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.45 9.85 11.00 12.13 12.13 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.50 12.13 17.00 17.00 18.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 8.75 9.00 13.98 21.25 28.98 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 13.50 17.50 19.24 27.46 Production occupations.............................................. 8.00 9.50 13.57 17.28 18.98 Printers.......................................................... 10.90 11.33 12.07 14.35 18.83 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 6.85 11.50 15.33 18.39 26.35 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.50 8.50 13.00 18.98 18.98 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... $7.16 $8.46 $11.63 $14.50 $16.25 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.50 12.00 14.50 15.02 19.44 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 10.50 12.00 14.50 18.03 19.61 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.16 7.48 9.08 11.00 14.36 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.40 8.10 10.51 12.89 13.39 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.00 7.16 7.48 9.08 14.36 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA, June 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.13 $13.89 $17.72 $30.10 $47.32 Management occupations.............................................. 15.30 30.53 49.33 51.28 51.28 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.10 13.36 22.07 24.37 25.68 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.10 29.34 41.46 50.07 53.63 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.08 37.35 44.51 51.01 53.76 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 12.10 28.15 40.52 52.65 54.70 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 28.15 36.17 45.85 52.93 54.95 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.61 40.23 45.12 52.65 54.70 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.61 39.06 45.25 52.65 54.70 Secondary school teachers....................................... 30.10 33.70 40.05 48.33 51.09 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.10 33.70 40.05 48.33 51.09 Special education teachers...................................... 45.82 45.82 47.20 47.85 50.07 Teacher assistants................................................ 8.29 9.42 11.99 12.80 15.05 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.01 16.89 27.50 33.50 39.03 Registered nurses................................................. 27.44 28.50 31.69 37.52 41.44 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.75 10.75 13.48 15.60 15.61 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.92 15.34 20.90 25.33 34.95 Police officers................................................... 19.24 22.30 25.18 34.95 36.41 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 19.24 22.30 25.18 34.95 36.41 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.39 9.39 12.21 13.53 15.91 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.75 14.99 16.27 17.32 20.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.75 14.64 16.86 17.32 20.80 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.98 15.35 16.57 17.32 17.40 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.23 11.79 13.73 15.63 18.45 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.52 13.52 13.92 17.20 21.55 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.52 13.52 13.73 14.55 17.20 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.67 9.67 10.85 12.29 14.40 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.51 20.22 21.65 21.65 23.47 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.46 15.96 16.77 17.75 20.67 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.21 7.64 8.23 14.95 16.57 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA, June 2006 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $10.23 $14.60 $19.66 $29.50 Management occupations.............................................. 19.50 25.40 32.86 49.33 51.28 Education administrators.......................................... 15.30 19.50 51.28 51.28 58.94 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.53 22.77 23.52 27.57 33.06 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 18.83 19.31 19.33 32.68 51.59 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.10 13.36 22.07 24.37 25.68 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.80 31.25 42.75 50.07 53.63 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.83 37.35 44.18 51.01 53.76 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 12.10 28.15 38.97 52.65 54.70 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.63 38.75 44.16 52.65 54.70 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.76 40.52 45.76 52.65 54.70 Secondary school teachers....................................... 30.10 33.70 40.05 48.33 51.09 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.10 33.70 40.05 48.33 51.09 Special education teachers...................................... 45.82 45.82 47.20 47.85 50.07 Teacher assistants................................................ 8.29 9.42 11.99 12.80 15.05 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 8.24 18.50 20.18 27.50 33.50 Registered nurses................................................. 23.50 27.93 31.50 33.50 41.44 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.61 18.50 19.71 20.08 21.20 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.91 8.76 9.25 11.00 15.50 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.75 8.76 9.10 9.25 9.25 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.75 8.76 8.89 9.25 9.25 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.51 12.55 15.10 15.50 15.50 Protective service occupations...................................... 6.80 10.14 17.65 24.96 34.17 Police officers................................................... 22.30 24.62 29.65 34.95 36.53 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 22.30 24.62 29.65 34.95 36.53 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.75 6.75 8.05 10.23 12.90 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.66 10.00 13.75 16.94 19.23 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.46 7.66 13.75 16.94 17.56 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.20 13.58 15.35 17.10 17.32 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 10.00 14.25 16.27 16.27 17.92 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 10.00 14.25 16.27 16.27 17.92 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.20 16.04 18.80 22.09 23.25 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 8.50 11.85 17.44 29.50 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.00 8.50 10.39 14.17 24.81 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.00 8.00 8.50 9.64 17.44 Cashiers...................................................... $7.00 $8.00 $8.50 $9.64 $17.44 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.40 9.55 12.62 24.81 30.14 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.10 11.71 14.18 16.96 18.75 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.25 13.62 16.74 18.75 18.75 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.50 14.90 18.71 18.75 18.75 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.41 15.45 16.84 18.13 18.25 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.50 8.50 9.24 10.92 18.00 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.00 13.73 14.12 18.00 23.11 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.73 13.73 14.26 15.11 24.18 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.52 11.50 12.50 17.00 18.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.00 10.50 14.25 22.50 28.98 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.35 13.50 17.05 19.24 24.43 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 10.00 13.50 16.50 17.50 21.21 Production occupations.............................................. 8.00 9.50 13.64 17.28 18.98 Printers.......................................................... 10.90 11.33 12.07 14.87 18.83 Printing machine operators...................................... 11.33 11.33 14.87 18.83 18.83 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 6.85 11.50 15.33 18.39 26.35 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.50 8.50 11.00 15.75 18.98 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.16 9.00 12.11 14.90 16.57 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.50 12.00 14.50 15.94 19.44 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 10.70 12.00 14.50 18.03 19.44 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.16 7.48 10.50 13.39 14.36 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.00 7.16 7.48 14.36 14.36 1 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. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA, June 2006 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.75 $6.88 $8.06 $12.13 $15.60 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.38 12.10 12.33 14.66 25.30 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.38 9.38 12.33 14.55 15.37 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 6.95 13.01 17.61 34.37 39.03 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.75 6.75 6.88 7.16 10.50 Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.75 6.75 6.88 6.88 7.16 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.35 10.15 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.35 10.62 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.45 7.45 8.55 13.17 15.70 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.75 6.97 7.50 8.75 10.75 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.75 6.92 7.40 8.75 10.37 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.80 7.04 8.00 10.37 13.73 Cashiers...................................................... 6.80 7.04 8.00 10.37 13.73 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.75 6.93 7.15 7.86 8.59 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.15 9.35 11.38 13.73 16.05 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.00 7.85 8.10 11.00 14.90 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.90 7.40 8.09 10.25 11.00 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.90 7.40 8.10 11.00 11.00 1 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. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA, June 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $17.32 $14.60 $690 $582 39.8 $34,114 $30,160 1,970 Management occupations.............................................. 35.32 32.86 1,444 1,314 40.9 73,339 68,704 2,076 Education administrators.......................................... 38.88 51.28 1,555 2,051 40.0 72,904 90,253 1,875 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.34 23.52 996 941 39.3 51,044 48,928 2,015 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 27.39 19.33 1,100 773 40.2 53,437 40,200 1,951 Community and social services occupations........................... 19.67 22.07 787 883 40.0 38,831 45,906 1,974 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 38.72 42.75 1,390 1,531 35.9 52,609 57,412 1,359 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 42.72 44.18 1,542 1,618 36.1 57,822 60,561 1,353 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 37.85 38.97 1,369 1,424 36.2 53,868 57,129 1,423 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 43.97 44.16 1,581 1,642 36.0 58,752 62,711 1,336 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 45.53 45.76 1,626 1,642 35.7 60,161 63,404 1,321 Secondary school teachers....................................... 40.49 40.05 1,453 1,402 35.9 53,598 51,583 1,324 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 40.49 40.05 1,453 1,402 35.9 53,598 51,583 1,324 Special education teachers...................................... 47.05 47.20 1,748 1,770 37.1 66,985 65,496 1,424 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.17 11.99 378 360 33.8 14,861 15,088 1,331 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.31 20.18 945 833 40.5 48,186 43,306 2,068 Registered nurses................................................. 31.39 31.50 1,179 1,137 37.6 57,117 59,134 1,820 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.27 19.71 753 788 39.1 39,142 40,993 2,032 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.48 9.25 413 370 39.4 21,496 19,240 2,051 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.06 9.10 356 350 39.3 18,509 18,225 2,042 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.85 8.89 348 350 39.3 18,073 18,225 2,041 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.84 15.10 554 604 40.0 28,791 31,408 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... 18.68 17.65 810 757 43.3 41,730 38,747 2,234 Police officers................................................... 29.37 29.65 1,178 1,186 40.1 61,244 61,672 2,086 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 29.37 29.65 1,178 1,186 40.1 61,244 61,672 2,086 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.84 8.05 351 320 39.7 17,734 16,373 2,006 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.47 13.75 536 550 39.8 27,870 28,606 2,069 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.75 13.75 505 550 39.6 26,272 28,606 2,061 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.43 15.35 577 614 40.0 30,013 31,928 2,080 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 15.04 16.27 602 651 40.0 31,279 33,831 2,080 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 15.04 16.27 602 651 40.0 31,279 33,831 2,080 Personal care and service occupations............................... 17.28 18.80 691 752 40.0 35,950 39,104 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... $14.98 $11.85 $595 $470 39.7 $30,927 $24,417 2,065 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.92 10.39 511 399 39.6 26,590 20,730 2,058 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.92 8.50 397 340 40.0 20,638 17,680 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 9.92 8.50 397 340 40.0 20,638 17,680 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 16.34 12.62 638 473 39.0 33,174 24,602 2,030 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.43 14.18 576 563 39.9 29,435 28,434 2,040 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.98 16.74 639 670 40.0 33,247 34,819 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.46 18.71 658 748 40.0 34,242 38,919 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.22 16.84 637 673 39.3 33,121 35,019 2,041 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.88 9.24 435 370 40.0 22,620 19,215 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.17 14.12 647 565 40.0 28,471 27,040 1,761 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.70 14.26 628 570 40.0 25,851 24,906 1,647 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.97 12.50 559 500 40.0 28,702 25,563 2,054 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.71 14.25 669 570 40.0 28,888 29,078 1,728 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.44 17.05 696 682 39.9 36,205 35,464 2,076 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 15.86 16.50 634 660 40.0 32,987 34,320 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 13.75 13.64 550 546 40.0 28,120 28,142 2,045 Printers.......................................................... 13.42 12.07 537 483 40.0 27,905 25,106 2,080 Printing machine operators...................................... $14.71 $14.87 $588 $595 40.0 $30,590 $30,930 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.96 15.33 598 613 40.0 30,064 27,706 2,010 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.62 11.00 505 440 40.0 23,318 17,680 1,847 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.16 12.11 485 485 39.8 24,209 24,178 1,990 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.35 14.50 574 580 40.0 28,406 29,619 1,980 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.74 14.50 590 580 40.0 28,991 30,160 1,967 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.32 10.50 413 420 40.0 20,861 21,838 2,021 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.48 7.48 379 299 40.0 18,820 15,565 1,984 1 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA, June 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $14.73 $13.50 $588 $535 39.9 $29,821 $27,040 2,024 Management occupations.............................................. 29.72 28.16 1,237 1,145 41.6 64,312 59,535 2,164 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.98 25.96 1,009 1,038 38.9 52,485 54,001 2,020 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 20.75 19.33 830 773 40.0 43,164 40,200 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.32 20.08 904 803 42.4 46,985 41,768 2,203 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.76 19.71 790 788 40.0 41,098 40,993 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.29 9.25 405 370 39.4 21,077 19,240 2,049 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.85 8.89 348 350 39.3 18,073 18,225 2,041 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.85 8.89 348 350 39.3 18,073 18,225 2,041 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.19 7.50 324 300 39.6 16,874 15,600 2,060 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.23 11.00 445 430 39.6 23,149 22,381 2,062 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.00 7.66 313 306 39.2 16,300 15,922 2,038 Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.93 11.75 593 470 39.7 30,820 24,417 2,065 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.92 10.39 511 399 39.6 26,590 20,730 2,058 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.92 8.50 397 340 40.0 20,638 17,680 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 9.92 8.50 397 340 40.0 20,638 17,680 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 16.34 12.62 638 473 39.0 33,174 24,602 2,030 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.31 13.76 571 541 39.9 29,658 28,142 2,072 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.72 16.68 629 667 40.0 32,693 34,703 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.11 18.75 645 750 40.0 33,515 39,000 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.22 16.84 637 673 39.3 33,121 35,019 2,041 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.88 9.24 435 370 40.0 22,620 19,215 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.31 17.00 612 680 40.0 31,846 35,360 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.50 13.98 660 559 40.0 28,277 29,078 1,713 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.50 17.50 699 700 39.9 36,325 36,400 2,075 Production occupations.............................................. 13.76 13.64 551 546 40.0 28,336 28,184 2,059 Printers.......................................................... 13.26 12.07 530 483 40.0 27,580 25,106 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.96 15.33 598 613 40.0 30,064 27,706 2,010 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.26 13.00 530 520 40.0 27,576 27,036 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.22 12.11 487 485 39.8 24,209 24,190 1,981 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.29 14.50 572 580 40.0 28,241 26,616 1,976 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.69 14.50 588 580 40.0 28,829 30,160 1,962 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ $10.32 $10.50 $413 $420 40.0 $20,861 $21,838 2,021 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.48 7.48 379 299 40.0 18,820 15,565 1,984 1 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA, June 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $24.83 $19.79 $981 $832 39.5 $45,374 $42,310 1,828 Management occupations.............................................. 42.44 49.33 1,697 1,973 40.0 83,801 90,253 1,975 Community and social services occupations........................... 19.67 22.07 787 883 40.0 38,831 45,906 1,974 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 39.52 43.37 1,413 1,579 35.8 53,328 57,683 1,349 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 43.50 45.12 1,565 1,637 36.0 58,761 60,786 1,351 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 37.85 38.97 1,369 1,424 36.2 53,868 57,129 1,423 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 45.44 45.12 1,624 1,642 35.7 60,470 63,446 1,331 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 45.53 45.76 1,626 1,642 35.7 60,161 63,404 1,321 Secondary school teachers....................................... 40.49 40.05 1,453 1,402 35.9 53,598 51,583 1,324 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 40.49 40.05 1,453 1,402 35.9 53,598 51,583 1,324 Special education teachers...................................... 47.05 47.20 1,748 1,770 37.1 66,985 65,496 1,424 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.17 11.99 378 360 33.8 14,861 15,088 1,331 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.42 28.41 1,019 1,048 37.2 50,260 54,494 1,833 Registered nurses................................................. 31.74 31.50 1,191 1,206 37.5 57,189 62,712 1,802 Protective service occupations...................................... 22.30 21.71 994 985 44.6 51,056 51,210 2,290 Police officers................................................... 29.37 29.65 1,178 1,186 40.1 61,244 61,672 2,086 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 29.37 29.65 1,178 1,186 40.1 61,244 61,672 2,086 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 12.95 12.89 518 515 40.0 22,281 21,713 1,720 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 16.51 16.27 661 651 40.0 34,347 33,831 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 16.62 16.86 665 674 40.0 34,568 35,069 2,080 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 15.99 16.86 640 674 40.0 33,267 35,069 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.76 14.36 589 573 39.9 28,814 28,956 1,952 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.49 14.55 659 582 40.0 27,308 27,721 1,656 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.70 14.26 628 570 40.0 25,851 24,906 1,647 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 20.72 21.65 829 866 40.0 43,089 45,022 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.85 16.77 674 671 40.0 35,052 34,882 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.64 7.64 466 305 40.0 24,208 15,883 2,080 1 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA, June 2006 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $13.82 $13.77 $13.74 $14.59 Management, professional, and related...... 23.30 22.51 24.77 – Management, business, and financial...... 27.60 25.40 – – Professional and related................. 20.28 20.42 20.10 – Service.................................... 9.11 9.14 8.67 – Sales and office........................... 13.87 14.56 12.21 13.01 Sales and related........................ 13.68 14.87 10.82 – Office and administrative support........ 14.06 14.23 13.98 13.01 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 16.17 16.32 15.15 – Construction and extraction............. 15.62 15.79 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 17.50 17.10 21.27 – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 12.70 12.69 12.24 13.55 Production............................... 13.72 14.05 13.98 – Transportation and material moving....... 11.90 12.17 9.65 – B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.7 4.1 4.6 4.0 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.9 9.1 13.3 – Management, business, and financial............................... 7.6 5.4 – – Professional and related.......................................... 9.1 14.2 8.5 – Service............................................................. 7.3 7.8 3.3 – Sales and office.................................................... 6.0 6.0 6.6 10.4 Sales and related................................................. 10.3 10.0 4.2 – Office and administrative support................................. 4.0 5.2 5.8 10.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9.4 11.0 19.6 – Construction and extraction...................................... 14.0 16.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 8.6 9.1 19.1 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.6 4.0 6.2 1.8 Production........................................................ 4.3 5.5 7.8 – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.1 4.2 6.7 – 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. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA, June 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $14.94 $13.50 $597 $540 39.9 $30,212 $27,040 2,022 Management occupations.............................................. 23.77 22.90 1,035 1,100 43.5 53,805 57,199 2,264 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.90 27.57 1,004 962 38.8 52,185 50,000 2,015 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.77 20.08 948 803 43.6 49,307 41,768 2,265 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.43 9.25 412 370 39.5 21,430 19,240 2,054 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.20 7.50 325 300 39.6 16,894 15,600 2,059 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.15 13.40 645 536 39.9 33,521 27,872 2,076 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.36 10.00 533 388 39.9 27,694 20,176 2,073 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.95 8.50 398 340 40.0 20,687 17,680 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 9.95 8.50 398 340 40.0 20,687 17,680 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.48 14.70 577 588 39.8 29,990 30,570 2,070 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.65 16.68 626 667 40.0 32,544 34,703 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.13 18.75 645 750 40.0 33,543 39,000 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.10 17.50 682 700 39.9 35,483 36,400 2,075 Production occupations.............................................. 14.05 13.32 562 533 40.0 29,215 27,706 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.64 12.11 501 485 39.6 24,355 24,440 1,926 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.93 14.50 557 580 40.0 27,385 25,760 1,966 1 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA, June 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $14.28 $13.00 $570 $520 39.9 $28,964 $26,728 2,028 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 21.46 19.31 858 772 40.0 44,627 40,161 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.66 8.20 346 328 40.0 18,005 17,052 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.66 8.20 346 328 40.0 18,005 17,052 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 11.53 11.29 451 442 39.1 23,465 22,984 2,035 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.53 10.49 446 402 38.7 23,180 20,925 2,010 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.82 10.64 455 411 38.5 23,645 21,385 2,000 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.95 12.24 560 486 40.1 28,948 25,230 2,075 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.08 16.96 643 678 40.0 33,437 35,277 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.22 21.97 849 879 40.0 44,129 45,704 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 17.66 21.97 706 879 40.0 36,728 45,704 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 13.67 13.83 547 553 40.0 28,050 28,496 2,052 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.49 12.50 540 500 40.0 26,916 24,752 1,996 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.80 13.00 592 520 40.0 30,783 27,036 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.80 11.95 472 478 40.0 24,059 21,351 2,038 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.47 9.08 419 363 40.0 20,575 18,886 1,964 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.28 9.08 411 363 40.0 20,067 17,597 1,952 1 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA, June 2006 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $23.18 $17.64 $24.32 $14.45 $13.63 $21.73 Management, professional, and related............................... 32.40 – 32.55 25.25 23.33 29.25 Management, business, and financial............................... 29.06 – 29.06 30.08 27.60 36.25 Professional and related.......................................... 32.81 – 32.99 22.08 20.26 25.47 Service............................................................. 17.28 8.44 18.10 10.16 9.13 19.81 Sales and office.................................................... 15.08 – 14.80 13.76 13.79 13.39 Sales and related................................................. – – – 13.63 13.58 – Office and administrative support................................. 15.06 – 14.80 13.87 13.99 13.00 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 22.63 25.63 17.59 15.25 15.18 18.82 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – 14.97 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 22.26 – 16.77 16.24 16.23 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.43 15.64 – 12.42 12.49 11.23 Production........................................................ 18.08 18.24 – 13.35 13.37 – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.64 13.32 – 11.75 11.80 11.15 Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.0 14.3 1.1 3.3 3.9 8.2 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.9 – 4.0 6.4 7.1 10.0 Management, business, and financial............................... 18.0 – 18.0 7.1 7.6 13.2 Professional and related.......................................... 6.2 – 6.4 8.5 9.3 10.8 Service............................................................. 4.1 7.7 3.4 6.1 7.4 1.9 Sales and office.................................................... 2.1 – 2.2 6.1 6.6 8.7 Sales and related................................................. – – – 11.7 11.9 – Office and administrative support................................. 2.7 – 2.2 3.9 4.1 10.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 10.0 6.2 5.5 7.1 7.1 3.5 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – 11.7 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 12.6 – 2.1 6.5 6.6 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 9.3 12.0 – 3.7 4.0 8.6 Production........................................................ 6.3 6.7 – 4.4 4.5 – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.1 15.4 – 5.1 5.6 8.9 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 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. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA, June 2006 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $16.00 $13.26 $22.01 $22.01 Management, professional, and related............................... 28.23 22.89 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 29.68 26.98 – – Professional and related.......................................... 27.71 20.28 – – Service............................................................. 11.85 8.88 – – Sales and office.................................................... 13.15 12.92 24.18 24.18 Sales and related................................................. 11.68 11.60 24.18 24.18 Office and administrative support................................. 14.08 14.06 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 15.70 15.52 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 13.49 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 17.44 17.50 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 12.47 12.51 – – Production........................................................ 13.71 13.72 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.52 11.47 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 1.9 3.0 4.7 4.7 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.8 7.0 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 6.9 7.9 – – Professional and related.......................................... 4.5 9.1 – – Service............................................................. 4.2 6.7 – – Sales and office.................................................... 3.3 4.2 10.2 10.2 Sales and related................................................. 7.0 7.1 10.2 10.2 Office and administrative support................................. 3.1 4.0 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 13.2 14.2 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 30.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7.8 8.6 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.4 3.6 – – Production........................................................ 4.2 4.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.6 6.2 – – 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 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. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA, June 2006 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... $15.37 - $13.91 $18.77 $16.93 $12.17 - - - Management, professional, and related............................... – - 32.82 19.97 – – - - - Management, business, and financial............................... – - – – – – - - - Professional and related.......................................... – - – – – – - - - Service............................................................. – - 8.19 – – 10.02 - - - Sales and office.................................................... – - 12.45 – 14.32 16.19 - - - Sales and related................................................. – - 12.09 – 14.45 – - - - Office and administrative support................................. – - 13.62 – 14.28 – - - - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 14.84 - 17.32 – – – - - - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – - 17.67 – – – - - - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – - 13.48 – – 8.95 - - - Production........................................................ – - – – – – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ – - 13.26 – – 8.95 - - - B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 8.9 - 9.6 18.4 8.0 7.3 - - - Management, professional, and related............................... – - 6.8 16.4 – – - - - Management, business, and financial............................... – - – – – – - - - Professional and related.......................................... – - – – – – - - - Service............................................................. – - 15.0 – – 29.7 - - - Sales and office.................................................... – - 9.8 – 12.0 10.7 - - - Sales and related................................................. – - 12.7 – 32.7 – - - - Office and administrative support................................. – - 6.6 – 7.2 – - - - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 11.2 - 9.6 – – – - - - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – - 9.3 – – – - - - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – - 5.2 – – 8.3 - - - Production........................................................ – - – – – – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ – - 4.5 – – 8.3 - - - 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 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. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA, June 2006 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 110,800 81,500 29,300 Management, professional, and related............................... 23,200 8,200 15,000 Management, business, and financial............................... 5,000 2,900 2,100 Professional and related.......................................... 18,100 5,300 12,900 Service............................................................. 28,100 20,600 7,500 Sales and office.................................................... 29,900 25,100 4,800 Sales and related................................................. 13,800 13,700 – Office and administrative support................................. 16,100 11,400 4,700 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 12,100 11,400 700 Construction and extraction...................................... 5,600 5,400 200 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5,700 5,200 500 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 17,400 16,200 1,300 Production........................................................ 6,800 6,600 – Transportation and material moving................................ 10,700 9,600 1,100 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA, June 2006 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 4,848 4,799 49 Total in sample....................................................... 207 174 33 Responding........................................................ 138 108 30 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 40 38 2 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 29 28 1 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.