Table 39                                                                              Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for
                                                                                 metropolitan and non-metropolitan area by geographic areas
                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                           
                                                                          Civilian workers      Metropolitan areas    Nonmetropolitan areas
                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                           
                          Geographic area(2)                             Mean   Relat-  Mean    Mean   Relat-  Mean    Mean   Relat-  Mean 
                                                                        hourly    ive  weekly  hourly    ive  weekly  hourly    ive  weekly
                                                                       earnings error- hours- earnings error- hours- earnings error- hours-
                                                                                  (3)    (4)             (3)    (4)             (3)    (4) 
                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                           
All workers...........................................................  $19.29    1.2%  35.6   $20.08    0.9%  35.6   $15.01    2.7%  35.7 
                                                                                                                                           
                           Geographic areas                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                           
  Northeast                                                                                                                                
    New England.......................................................   22.54    1.5   34.1    23.16    1.4   34.2    17.78    8.0   33.7 
    Middle Atlantic...................................................   21.64    1.2   34.8    21.98    1.2   34.8    16.49    3.9   34.8 
  South                                                                                                                                    
    South Atlantic....................................................   18.00    1.6   35.9    18.64    1.8   35.8    14.36    2.5   36.2 
    East South Central................................................   16.53    5.8   37.0    17.73    4.7   36.7    14.31    9.4   37.8 
    West South Central................................................   17.12    1.5   36.7    17.69    1.5   36.7    14.11    2.4   36.2 
  Midwest                                                                                                                                  
    East North Central................................................   19.03    1.1   34.9    19.60    1.2   34.9    15.92    2.0   34.8 
    West North Central................................................   17.50    1.9   35.1    18.79    2.5   35.4    14.16    4.5   34.3 
  West                                                                                                                                     
    Mountain..........................................................   18.03    3.8   36.0    18.49    4.9   36.1    16.33    2.5   35.7 
    Pacific...........................................................   21.98    1.2   35.6    22.31    1.2   35.7    17.28    1.6   34.4 

  1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighed by hours.
  2 See appendix C for a list of States comprising the 9 Census divisions.
  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.
  4 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.