NC BL 09/00/1999 Table: New Orleans, LA, Bulletin 3095-75, July 1998 Table A-1. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, all workers(2), all industries, New Orleans, LA, July 1998 All industries Occupation(3) Percentiles Mean RSE 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All occupations....................................................... $14.06 3.2% $5.65 $7.50 $11.39 $17.00 $25.68 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 14.35 3.1 5.87 7.88 11.54 17.50 26.06 White-collar occupations............................................ 17.51 4.3 6.89 9.25 13.32 22.64 32.69 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 18.69 3.9 7.50 10.00 14.49 23.98 34.13 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 23.39 4.8 10.58 13.54 20.61 29.44 41.31 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 26.30 4.9 11.75 16.97 23.56 31.70 43.94 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.59 7.4 23.00 26.66 30.29 39.96 43.94 Petroleum engineers......................................... 36.84 5.0 26.61 29.09 35.24 42.46 48.24 Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 34.74 8.3 24.95 28.11 35.58 41.35 44.52 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ 29.55 23.9 9.92 11.03 33.75 41.01 52.02 Health related occupations.................................... 22.28 3.4 15.71 18.00 21.28 24.00 30.00 Registered nurses........................................... 21.61 3.2 16.07 18.00 21.47 23.93 25.41 Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 23.94 3.5 11.74 19.16 26.01 30.20 31.97 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.66 2.9 19.95 22.22 27.56 31.00 32.92 Secondary school teachers................................... 27.73 2.4 20.56 23.26 29.74 31.70 33.12 Teachers, special education................................. 24.02 7.2 12.79 17.87 26.62 29.97 31.12 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 11.74 4.1 9.03 10.21 11.45 12.57 14.08 Social workers.............................................. 12.06 3.7 9.08 10.66 11.54 12.98 14.08 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 18.78 10.0 11.97 12.73 15.38 21.95 30.45 Technical occupations........................................... 14.65 5.1 9.12 10.83 13.38 17.00 22.00 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 14.08 10.0 7.29 11.00 15.08 17.79 19.36 Radiological technicians.................................... 15.26 3.5 12.24 13.38 15.82 16.98 17.51 Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.02 2.0 10.01 11.00 12.00 13.02 14.17 Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 13.78 11.8 8.04 9.66 12.50 16.00 17.58 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 16.38 10.9 10.02 11.69 14.18 22.00 22.03 Drafters.................................................... 13.17 8.4 10.25 10.25 12.40 16.02 16.93 Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 14.40 17.7 8.17 9.86 12.76 20.06 23.69 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 25.50 5.2 13.50 17.31 22.62 29.81 43.58 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.90 6.7 13.50 18.50 25.70 35.20 48.76 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 29.56 22.2 18.54 20.12 22.84 39.12 53.90 Financial managers.......................................... 28.97 13.4 15.83 15.83 27.30 43.58 48.76 Managers, medicine and health............................... 23.94 9.3 13.28 21.13 22.26 29.81 29.81 Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 33.76 10.0 20.50 24.78 29.22 36.00 56.95 Management related occupations................................ 20.71 5.5 11.76 14.86 20.29 25.56 29.69 Accountants and auditors.................................... 19.83 6.4 11.76 17.31 19.13 22.26 27.07 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.54 21.8 10.95 11.20 14.18 26.75 44.57 Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 21.01 6.4 13.16 18.80 20.55 23.08 28.26 Sales occupations................................................. $10.07 13.4% $5.15 $5.50 $7.83 $12.15 $17.21 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 12.53 8.9 7.50 9.40 12.33 14.33 17.21 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 22.88 23.5 8.27 11.60 17.21 33.79 42.40 Cashiers.................................................... 6.58 8.8 5.15 5.25 5.61 7.68 9.31 Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 10.33 2.9 6.70 7.65 9.51 11.54 15.30 Supervisors, general office................................. 13.02 10.6 9.65 9.89 11.06 17.13 18.57 Secretaries................................................. 11.60 4.6 7.65 9.37 11.20 12.68 17.01 Receptionists............................................... 7.83 7.5 6.00 6.33 7.20 9.25 12.21 Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 7.77 5.2 6.44 6.70 7.00 7.41 10.50 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 9.76 5.1 7.17 7.79 9.25 10.75 13.23 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 9.77 4.5 7.31 9.00 10.00 10.50 10.96 Billing clerks.............................................. 9.71 7.5 7.80 7.93 9.60 10.67 12.50 Dispatchers................................................. 13.62 11.1 7.38 10.24 14.95 15.32 17.35 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.74 10.0 7.95 9.00 9.50 12.73 12.79 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 8.06 3.8 6.75 7.00 7.34 9.04 10.00 General office clerks....................................... 9.85 5.8 6.17 7.50 9.62 11.97 14.16 Teachers' aides............................................. 10.06 7.7 7.26 8.76 10.72 11.65 11.65 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 9.83 4.0 7.39 8.04 9.80 10.47 12.27 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 12.38 2.9 6.07 8.45 11.82 15.04 20.00 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 15.53 3.5 9.50 11.64 14.62 19.05 21.57 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 22.08 19.7 9.09 10.42 20.67 30.91 44.27 Automobile mechanics........................................ 13.37 10.8 8.75 9.92 11.58 15.30 18.41 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 15.66 9.5 11.44 12.00 15.04 20.97 21.31 Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 14.73 8.4 9.03 11.23 15.33 17.67 21.42 Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C..................... 18.71 7.8 11.44 14.48 20.14 21.30 23.58 Electricians................................................ 16.04 5.7 11.83 12.80 16.00 18.21 20.35 Supervisors, production occupations......................... 22.68 6.8 16.00 18.41 21.46 27.21 31.73 Machinists.................................................. 14.97 5.9 12.55 12.75 14.67 16.73 18.15 Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 10.16 9.6 7.45 8.03 8.87 10.56 16.54 Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C............. 20.04 2.9 18.45 19.32 19.32 21.31 22.59 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.51 4.9 7.00 8.45 11.82 13.32 16.32 Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 11.04 7.3 6.90 10.25 11.82 12.65 13.21 Welders and cutters......................................... 13.52 5.2 10.00 11.50 13.11 15.00 17.38 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 10.88 4.0 6.50 8.39 10.21 12.90 15.58 Truck drivers............................................... 9.75 6.6 7.88 8.06 9.08 9.80 12.06 Bus drivers................................................. 11.67 5.1 8.20 10.21 11.25 14.10 14.10 Ship captains and mates except fishing boats................ 15.30 18.0 9.00 9.00 15.58 19.42 20.25 Sailors and deckhands....................................... 7.11 4.3 5.59 5.59 6.07 8.58 11.25 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 10.55 6.8 8.50 9.00 10.08 12.23 12.96 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.41 6.8 5.42 5.90 7.44 10.45 13.00 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 6.91 4.1 6.00 6.41 6.41 6.92 8.54 Helpers, construction trades................................ 8.05 4.2 6.44 7.15 8.03 8.50 10.00 Construction laborers....................................... 7.64 5.9 ((4)) ((4)) ((4)) ((4)) ((4)) Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.44 5.0 5.25 5.45 5.88 9.80 11.29 Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. $5.51 1.9% ((4)) ((4)) ((4)) ((4)) ((4)) Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 9.43 15.0 $5.39 $6.05 $7.95 $10.18 $19.61 Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 9.11 13.9 5.50 5.90 8.27 12.25 13.45 Service occupations................................................. 7.56 3.8 5.15 5.46 6.44 8.50 11.83 Protective service occupations................................ 9.25 6.8 5.33 6.00 8.26 11.82 14.84 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 16.33 3.2 13.51 16.19 16.60 17.02 18.34 Firefighting occupations.................................... 9.40 6.8 7.21 7.96 9.02 9.96 10.87 Police and detectives, public service....................... 12.52 3.4 10.33 11.57 12.47 14.08 14.84 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 8.90 12.3 5.24 5.29 6.00 12.58 15.00 Correctional institution officers........................... 8.39 5.2 6.73 6.88 7.88 9.09 12.66 Guards and police except public service..................... 6.54 6.4 5.29 5.39 6.00 6.73 8.35 Protective service occupations, N.E.C....................... 10.49 9.8 8.26 8.26 9.81 11.25 16.88 Food service occupations...................................... 5.99 3.8 3.19 5.15 5.74 6.76 8.95 Bartenders.................................................. 5.80 4.0 5.15 5.15 5.67 6.43 6.70 Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.42 10.4 2.30 2.75 4.18 5.98 6.13 Cooks....................................................... 7.84 6.3 5.36 6.27 8.00 9.00 11.00 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 5.89 6.2 5.15 5.15 5.36 6.20 6.30 Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 6.74 5.0 5.25 5.25 6.15 7.30 11.39 Health service occupations.................................... $7.11 3.7% $5.50 $5.58 $6.65 $7.76 $9.39 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 6.83 3.0 5.50 5.51 6.39 7.64 8.83 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 7.14 4.9 5.25 5.64 6.26 8.10 11.50 Maids and housemen.......................................... 5.95 2.5 5.21 5.40 5.90 6.24 7.06 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.61 6.6 5.25 5.79 7.00 8.19 11.83 Personal service occupations.................................. 9.03 16.9 5.15 5.24 6.60 8.66 16.64 Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities............. 6.78 15.1 5.24 5.24 5.46 6.60 10.80 Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 8.26 6.1 6.00 7.50 8.00 8.66 10.05 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 The positional statistics for this occupation were suppressed because some were below the minimum wage. In this update survey, an average decrease in mean wages for this occupation was applied to the positional statistics, causing the 10th percentile to go below the minimum wage. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table A-2. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, all workers(2), private industry and State and local government, New Orleans, LA, July 1998 Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Percentiles Percentiles Mean RSE Mean RSE 10 25 Median 75 90 10 25 Median 75 90 50 50 All occupations....................................................... $13.96 4.1% $5.51 $7.25 $11.44 $16.83 $24.26 $14.39 3.4% $6.46 $8.24 $11.20 $18.48 $27.52 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 14.33 4.1 5.65 7.50 11.75 17.30 25.01 14.40 3.4 6.46 8.25 11.22 18.51 27.53 White-collar occupations............................................ 17.40 5.9 6.63 9.04 12.66 21.62 35.20 17.77 4.0 7.34 9.79 14.95 24.25 31.12 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 19.15 5.3 7.75 10.01 14.26 23.62 36.49 17.80 4.0 7.34 9.80 14.95 24.27 31.12 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 24.98 6.9 11.00 13.95 21.15 31.33 44.68 21.10 4.1 9.46 13.46 20.21 27.65 31.91 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 29.87 6.7 12.73 19.00 25.35 39.42 47.26 22.40 4.2 10.69 14.66 21.78 28.95 32.64 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.95 7.2 23.00 27.55 30.48 40.11 43.94 - - - - - - - Petroleum engineers......................................... 36.84 5.0 26.61 29.09 35.24 42.46 48.24 - - - - - - - Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 34.74 8.3 24.95 28.11 35.58 41.35 44.52 - - - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ 29.55 23.9 9.92 11.03 33.75 41.01 52.02 - - - - - - - Health related occupations.................................... 22.13 4.0 15.92 17.66 21.54 24.00 30.00 22.56 6.3 15.08 18.63 20.81 24.00 27.25 Registered nurses........................................... 21.48 3.5 16.31 18.00 21.46 23.93 25.62 21.87 6.4 15.69 18.26 21.49 23.83 25.41 Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... - - - - - - - 25.68 3.4 17.79 21.36 27.38 30.54 32.51 Elementary school teachers.................................. - - - - - - - 26.66 2.9 19.95 22.22 27.56 31.00 32.92 Secondary school teachers................................... - - - - - - - 27.73 2.4 20.56 23.26 29.74 31.70 33.12 Teachers, special education................................. - - - - - - - 27.26 3.4 20.20 24.16 28.95 29.98 31.90 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - - 11.41 3.8 9.03 9.40 11.09 12.63 13.56 Social workers.............................................. - - - - - - - 11.73 3.2 9.08 10.21 11.09 13.10 14.05 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 19.71 15.4 11.97 12.50 14.90 21.95 38.47 - - - - - - - Technical occupations........................................... 15.32 5.9 9.88 11.21 13.93 18.00 22.51 12.04 7.0 7.78 9.02 11.62 14.94 16.98 Radiological technicians.................................... 14.77 4.6 11.57 13.38 14.65 17.08 18.25 - - - - - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.08 2.2 10.01 11.00 12.01 13.12 14.21 - - - - - - - Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 15.53 14.1 9.00 10.50 14.24 17.00 32.58 10.35 6.0 7.70 8.22 10.02 12.11 14.41 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 16.38 10.9 10.02 11.69 14.18 22.00 22.03 - - - - - - - Drafters.................................................... 13.17 8.4 10.25 10.25 12.40 16.02 16.93 - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 26.13 6.2 13.50 17.31 22.46 30.02 43.97 23.91 9.2 12.10 16.13 22.62 26.23 35.97 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 30.25 8.5 13.50 17.62 27.30 35.85 55.29 26.11 10.0 14.63 19.85 22.84 33.57 35.97 Administrators and officials, public administration......... - - - - - - - 29.56 22.2 18.54 20.12 22.84 39.12 53.90 Financial managers.......................................... 28.97 13.4 15.83 15.83 27.30 43.58 48.76 - - - - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 34.48 10.0 20.83 24.78 30.44 40.40 56.95 - - - - - - - Management related occupations................................ 21.08 5.9 13.16 15.75 20.55 23.36 29.69 19.47 14.3 10.92 14.08 16.13 26.06 26.06 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.05 3.8 17.07 18.03 20.29 22.46 27.30 - - - - - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 18.69 23.6 10.82 11.20 13.76 20.01 44.57 - - - - - - - Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 20.92 7.3 13.16 19.89 20.55 23.08 28.26 21.25 13.1 14.08 14.65 25.46 26.23 31.05 Sales occupations................................................. 10.08 13.5 5.15 5.50 8.00 12.15 17.21 - - - - - - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 12.53 8.9 7.50 9.40 12.33 14.33 17.21 - - - - - - - Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 22.88 23.5 8.27 11.60 17.21 33.79 42.40 - - - - - - - Cashiers.................................................... 6.56 8.9 5.15 5.25 5.61 7.53 9.31 - - - - - - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ $10.74 3.6% $6.75 $7.94 $9.62 $12.21 $15.76 $9.24 3.7% $6.17 $7.17 $9.18 $10.67 $11.69 Secretaries................................................. 12.51 4.9 8.38 10.00 12.02 15.10 17.72 9.75 5.6 6.89 8.82 9.83 11.20 11.69 Receptionists............................................... 7.92 8.4 6.00 6.33 7.16 9.25 12.21 - - - - - - - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... - - - - - - - 8.46 9.5 6.44 6.70 7.25 10.04 10.83 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 9.96 5.7 7.26 7.79 10.33 11.06 13.23 - - - - - - - Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 9.77 4.5 7.31 9.00 10.00 10.50 10.96 - - - - - - - Dispatchers................................................. - - - - - - - 13.62 11.1 7.38 10.24 14.95 15.32 17.35 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.74 10.0 7.95 9.00 9.50 12.73 12.79 - - - - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 8.35 3.4 6.75 7.00 9.04 9.04 10.00 - - - - - - - General office clerks....................................... 10.89 6.1 7.50 8.54 10.79 13.00 15.01 8.71 8.3 5.82 6.26 9.34 10.55 10.75 Teachers' aides............................................. - - - - - - - 10.06 7.7 7.26 8.76 10.72 11.65 11.65 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 9.72 4.3 7.39 8.04 10.00 10.47 11.49 10.10 8.7 6.97 8.19 9.44 10.61 15.90 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 12.74 3.3 6.00 8.47 12.25 16.00 20.35 10.33 3.9 6.44 8.00 10.21 12.00 14.22 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 16.39 3.9 10.57 12.50 15.92 19.99 22.06 11.53 4.8 8.31 9.30 11.23 12.56 16.01 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 26.75 12.3 18.67 18.81 23.28 30.91 44.27 - - - - - - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 14.65 11.3 8.75 10.96 14.62 15.90 23.22 - - - - - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 15.66 9.5 11.44 12.00 15.04 20.97 21.31 - - - - - - - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 16.76 5.7 12.50 13.53 16.13 21.15 21.42 9.88 7.4 7.97 8.74 9.30 11.23 12.30 Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C..................... - - - - - - - 14.09 5.6 10.32 11.44 14.48 15.36 17.37 Electricians................................................ 16.68 4.8 12.80 14.60 17.54 18.50 20.35 - - - - - - - Supervisors, production occupations......................... 23.05 6.8 16.98 19.35 21.46 27.97 31.73 - - - - - - - Machinists.................................................. 14.97 5.9 12.55 12.75 14.67 16.73 18.15 - - - - - - - Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... - - - - - - - 10.16 9.6 7.45 8.03 8.87 10.56 16.54 Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C............. 20.04 2.9 18.45 19.32 19.32 21.31 22.59 - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.55 5.0 6.97 8.45 11.82 13.32 16.32 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 11.04 7.3 6.90 10.25 11.82 12.65 13.21 - - - - - - - Welders and cutters......................................... 13.52 5.2 10.00 11.50 13.11 15.00 17.38 - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 10.88 4.5 6.46 7.88 10.08 12.90 15.58 10.91 5.9 8.18 9.80 10.40 12.12 14.76 Truck drivers............................................... 9.94 8.4 7.88 8.06 9.08 10.82 12.35 9.10 5.7 7.47 7.74 9.80 9.80 9.80 Bus drivers................................................. - - - - - - - 11.04 3.4 10.21 10.21 10.64 11.30 12.29 Ship captains and mates except fishing boats................ 15.38 18.6 9.00 9.00 15.58 19.42 20.25 - - - - - - - Sailors and deckhands....................................... 7.11 4.3 5.59 5.59 6.07 8.58 11.25 - - - - - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 10.78 6.7 8.50 9.00 10.08 12.23 12.96 - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.53 7.8 5.45 5.90 7.53 10.83 13.00 7.79 7.6 5.26 6.08 6.92 9.13 12.30 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... - - - - - - - 7.60 5.1 6.92 6.92 6.92 8.32 9.02 Helpers, construction trades................................ 8.55 5.4 7.30 8.03 8.05 8.50 10.50 - - - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.44 5.0 5.25 5.45 5.88 9.80 11.29 - - - - - - - Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 5.51 1.9 ((4)) ((4)) ((4)) ((4)) ((4)) - - - - - - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 10.83 14.2 6.85 7.95 8.98 10.18 20.07 - - - - - - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 9.17 13.9 5.50 5.90 8.35 12.25 13.45 - - - - - - - Service occupations................................................. 6.90 5.0 5.05 5.29 6.00 7.50 9.81 9.06 4.5 5.36 6.44 8.19 11.29 14.09 Protective service occupations................................ 7.39 9.7 5.29 5.39 6.20 8.26 10.75 10.66 5.6 6.08 7.88 10.23 13.22 15.60 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... - - - - - - - 16.33 3.2 13.51 16.19 16.60 17.02 18.34 Firefighting occupations.................................... - - - - - - - 8.79 4.4 6.84 7.96 8.62 9.84 10.42 Police and detectives, public service....................... - - - - - - - $12.52 3.4% $10.33 $11.57 $12.47 $14.08 $14.84 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... - - - - - - - 8.90 12.3 5.24 5.29 6.00 12.58 15.00 Correctional institution officers........................... - - - - - - - 8.39 5.2 6.73 6.88 7.88 9.09 12.66 Guards and police except public service..................... $6.54 7.5% $5.29 $5.35 $5.65 $6.73 $8.38 - - - - - - - Food service occupations...................................... 5.78 3.5 3.15 5.15 5.61 6.50 8.50 8.01 9.8 5.36 5.36 8.92 9.14 10.03 Bartenders.................................................. 5.80 4.0 5.15 5.15 5.67 6.43 6.70 - - - - - - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.42 10.4 2.30 2.75 4.18 5.98 6.13 - - - - - - - Cooks....................................................... 7.92 6.6 5.45 6.50 8.00 9.00 11.44 - - - - - - - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 6.69 5.1 5.25 5.25 6.15 6.87 11.39 - - - - - - - Health service occupations.................................... 6.81 4.1 5.50 5.51 6.25 7.45 9.54 7.78 6.8 5.75 6.44 7.37 8.49 9.02 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 6.67 3.8 5.50 5.51 6.00 7.08 8.90 7.18 3.5 5.55 6.27 7.10 7.97 8.77 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 6.79 5.3 5.20 5.59 6.03 7.00 9.75 7.77 8.0 5.36 5.86 7.94 8.21 11.83 Maids and housemen.......................................... 5.93 2.6 5.15 5.40 5.89 6.17 7.10 - - - - - - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.37 8.7 5.20 5.79 6.38 8.10 11.50 7.83 9.3 5.25 5.76 7.94 8.21 11.83 Personal service occupations.................................. 9.66 18.2 5.00 5.24 7.50 9.56 16.90 - - - - - - - Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 8.29 6.0 6.45 7.50 8.00 8.66 10.05 - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 The positional statistics for this occupation were suppressed because some were below the minimum wage. In this update survey, an average decrease in mean wages for this occupation was applied to the positional statistics, causing the 10th percentile to go below the minimum wage. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table A-3. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers(2), all industries, New Orleans, LA, July 1998 All industries Full-time Part-time Occupation(3) Percentiles Percentiles Mean RSE Mean RSE 10 25 Median 75 90 10 25 Median 75 90 50 50 All occupations....................................................... $14.64 3.3% $6.02 $8.25 $11.83 $17.62 $26.16 $8.09 7.4% $5.15 $5.25 $6.10 $8.00 $13.38 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 14.90 3.2 6.20 8.45 12.00 18.12 26.77 8.36 8.0 5.15 5.25 6.25 8.33 15.00 White-collar occupations............................................ 17.88 4.5 7.00 9.50 13.58 22.95 33.12 11.85 12.8 5.25 6.00 8.00 16.66 24.00 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 18.87 4.0 7.76 10.06 14.65 23.99 34.26 14.94 12.3 6.20 7.39 11.23 20.75 30.00 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 23.56 4.9 10.66 13.58 20.65 29.52 42.07 20.66 8.6 10.26 13.38 19.00 25.00 35.35 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 26.48 5.1 11.77 16.81 23.51 31.70 44.53 23.22 7.8 11.50 18.00 23.99 30.00 35.35 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.69 7.3 23.00 26.89 30.38 39.96 43.94 - - - - - - - Petroleum engineers......................................... 36.84 5.0 26.61 29.09 35.24 42.46 48.24 - - - - - - - Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 34.74 8.3 24.95 28.11 35.58 41.35 44.52 - - - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ 29.55 23.9 9.92 11.03 33.75 41.01 52.02 - - - - - - - Health related occupations.................................... 21.53 3.6 15.38 17.08 20.61 23.51 25.41 25.65 7.5 18.00 19.33 24.00 30.00 35.35 Registered nurses........................................... 21.10 3.2 15.71 17.71 21.13 23.34 25.25 23.86 8.6 18.00 19.00 23.99 25.00 35.35 Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.26 3.2 11.77 19.95 26.20 30.43 31.97 - - - - - - - Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.66 3.0 19.95 22.15 27.56 31.12 32.92 - - - - - - - Secondary school teachers................................... 27.73 2.4 20.56 23.26 29.74 31.70 33.12 - - - - - - - Teachers, special education................................. 24.18 7.0 12.79 18.42 26.62 29.97 31.32 - - - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 11.74 4.1 9.03 10.21 11.45 12.57 14.08 - - - - - - - Social workers.............................................. 12.06 3.7 9.08 10.66 11.54 12.98 14.08 - - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 19.09 10.4 12.02 13.18 15.67 21.95 30.45 - - - - - - - Technical occupations........................................... 14.75 5.3 9.00 10.90 13.53 17.02 22.00 12.99 6.5 10.00 10.50 12.80 14.70 17.09 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 13.76 11.2 7.29 9.26 13.53 17.79 19.70 - - - - - - - Radiological technicians.................................... 15.49 3.3 11.98 14.35 15.91 16.98 17.51 - - - - - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 11.99 2.2 9.92 11.00 12.00 13.12 14.21 - - - - - - - Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 13.84 12.5 8.04 9.66 12.50 15.81 18.64 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 16.38 10.9 10.02 11.69 14.18 22.00 22.03 - - - - - - - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 14.49 18.0 8.17 9.86 12.76 20.33 23.69 - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 25.60 5.2 13.50 17.43 22.79 29.81 43.58 - - - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.06 6.7 13.68 18.59 25.73 35.20 48.76 - - - - - - - Administrators and officials, public administration......... 29.56 22.2 18.54 20.12 22.84 39.12 53.90 - - - - - - - Financial managers.......................................... 28.97 13.4 15.83 15.83 27.30 43.58 48.76 - - - - - - - Managers, medicine and health............................... 23.94 9.3 13.28 21.13 22.26 29.81 29.81 - - - - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 33.76 10.0 20.50 24.78 29.22 36.00 56.95 - - - - - - - Management related occupations................................ 20.75 5.6 11.76 15.10 20.45 25.79 29.69 - - - - - - - Accountants and auditors.................................... 19.83 6.4 11.76 17.31 19.13 22.26 27.07 - - - - - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.54 21.8 10.95 11.20 14.18 26.75 44.57 - - - - - - - Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... $21.24 6.5% $13.16 $19.89 $22.33 $23.08 $28.26 - - - - - - - Sales occupations................................................. 10.81 15.8 5.20 5.72 9.31 12.33 17.67 $6.01 4.2% $5.15 $5.25 $5.95 $6.20 $8.00 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 12.99 6.9 8.51 11.54 12.65 14.33 17.21 - - - - - - - Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 22.88 23.5 8.27 11.60 17.21 33.79 42.40 - - - - - - - Cashiers.................................................... - - - - - - - 5.63 2.8 5.15 5.25 5.45 6.09 6.10 Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 10.49 3.0 6.76 7.80 9.65 11.69 15.40 7.32 4.2 5.65 6.25 6.75 8.00 9.00 Supervisors, general office................................. 13.02 10.6 9.65 9.89 11.06 17.13 18.57 - - - - - - - Secretaries................................................. 11.76 4.7 8.25 9.50 11.20 12.76 17.04 - - - - - - - Receptionists............................................... 8.03 7.8 6.00 6.33 7.31 9.25 12.21 - - - - - - - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 7.77 5.2 6.44 6.70 7.00 7.41 10.50 - - - - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 9.76 5.1 7.17 7.79 9.25 10.75 13.23 - - - - - - - Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 9.77 4.5 7.31 9.00 10.00 10.50 10.96 - - - - - - - Billing clerks.............................................. 9.71 7.5 7.80 7.93 9.60 10.67 12.50 - - - - - - - Dispatchers................................................. 13.62 11.1 7.38 10.24 14.95 15.32 17.35 - - - - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 8.07 4.2 6.96 7.00 7.34 9.04 10.00 - - - - - - - General office clerks....................................... 9.94 6.0 6.17 7.50 9.77 11.97 14.16 - - - - - - - Teachers' aides............................................. 10.21 7.1 7.66 8.76 11.10 11.65 11.65 - - - - - - - Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 10.10 4.2 8.00 8.51 10.00 10.48 13.07 - - - - - - - Blue-collar occupations............................................. 12.78 2.9 6.50 8.95 12.23 15.55 20.25 6.95 4.3 5.25 5.57 6.52 7.50 10.23 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 15.56 3.5 9.55 11.65 14.62 19.15 21.57 - - - - - - - Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 22.08 19.7 9.09 10.42 20.67 30.91 44.27 - - - - - - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 13.37 10.8 8.75 9.92 11.58 15.30 18.41 - - - - - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 15.66 9.5 11.44 12.00 15.04 20.97 21.31 - - - - - - - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 14.73 8.4 9.03 11.23 15.33 17.67 21.42 - - - - - - - Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C..................... 18.71 7.8 11.44 14.48 20.14 21.30 23.58 - - - - - - - Electricians................................................ 16.04 5.7 11.83 12.80 16.00 18.21 20.35 - - - - - - - Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. 13.55 11.9 8.21 12.00 12.71 16.94 16.94 - - - - - - - Supervisors, production occupations......................... 22.68 6.8 16.00 18.41 21.46 27.21 31.73 - - - - - - - Machinists.................................................. 14.97 5.9 12.55 12.75 14.67 16.73 18.15 - - - - - - - Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 10.33 10.2 7.45 8.03 9.55 11.22 16.54 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C............. 20.04 2.9 18.45 19.32 19.32 21.31 22.59 - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.54 5.0 7.00 8.47 11.82 13.32 16.32 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 11.10 7.3 6.90 10.25 11.82 12.65 13.21 - - - - - - - Welders and cutters......................................... 13.52 5.2 10.00 11.50 13.11 15.00 17.38 - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 11.20 3.0 6.46 8.75 10.52 12.96 15.58 8.39 11.1 6.52 6.52 7.50 10.74 11.31 Truck drivers............................................... 9.75 6.6 7.88 8.06 9.08 9.80 12.06 - - - - - - - Bus drivers................................................. 12.01 5.9 7.50 10.21 14.10 14.10 14.10 - - - - - - - Ship captains and mates except fishing boats................ 15.30 18.0 9.00 9.00 15.58 19.42 20.25 - - - - - - - Sailors and deckhands....................................... 7.11 4.3 5.59 5.59 6.07 8.58 11.25 - - - - - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 10.55 6.8 8.50 9.00 10.08 12.23 12.96 - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.86 7.2 5.50 6.17 8.03 12.02 13.00 6.27 3.2 5.25 5.45 5.88 7.25 7.60 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 6.91 4.1 6.00 6.41 6.41 6.92 8.54 - - - - - - - Helpers, construction trades................................ $7.98 4.9% $6.44 $6.92 $8.03 $8.17 $10.04 - - - - - - - Construction laborers....................................... 7.64 5.9 ((4)) ((4)) ((4)) ((4)) ((4)) - - - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.22 7.5 5.45 6.50 9.80 10.78 12.38 $5.49 1.3% $5.15 $5.25 $5.45 $5.57 $6.00 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 9.71 17.4 5.26 5.67 8.47 10.18 20.07 - - - - - - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 9.58 14.3 5.50 5.90 9.57 12.25 13.45 6.63 4.7 5.65 5.65 6.73 7.34 7.53 Service occupations................................................. 8.05 4.3 5.25 5.65 6.76 9.02 12.47 5.67 4.5 3.15 5.15 5.46 6.13 8.09 Protective service occupations................................ 9.39 6.8 5.35 6.20 8.26 11.86 14.84 6.59 12.5 5.20 5.33 5.78 6.00 12.00 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 16.33 3.2 13.51 16.19 16.60 17.02 18.34 - - - - - - - Firefighting occupations.................................... 9.40 6.8 7.21 7.96 9.02 9.96 10.87 - - - - - - - Police and detectives, public service....................... 12.52 3.4 10.33 11.57 12.47 14.08 14.84 - - - - - - - Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 8.46 12.3 5.24 5.29 6.00 11.35 14.40 - - - - - - - Correctional institution officers........................... 8.39 5.2 6.73 6.88 7.88 9.09 12.66 - - - - - - - Guards and police except public service..................... 6.57 7.1 5.29 5.35 6.00 6.74 8.38 - - - - - - - Protective service occupations, N.E.C....................... 10.49 9.8 8.26 8.26 9.81 11.25 16.88 - - - - - - - Food service occupations...................................... 6.67 4.4 5.15 5.36 6.15 7.83 9.30 5.18 5.3 2.72 3.50 5.15 6.13 8.00 Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.42 12.5 2.47 3.12 3.84 5.83 5.98 4.41 15.9 2.13 2.71 4.32 6.13 6.13 Cooks....................................................... 7.64 7.9 5.36 5.45 6.50 9.02 12.00 - - - - - - - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 6.93 5.4 5.25 5.36 6.15 6.87 11.39 6.40 9.6 5.25 5.25 5.75 7.50 8.74 Health service occupations.................................... 7.16 4.7 5.51 5.75 6.77 7.93 9.02 - - - - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 6.79 3.9 5.51 5.52 6.52 7.64 8.61 - - - - - - - Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 7.14 5.2 5.23 5.64 6.17 8.10 11.50 7.10 7.0 5.25 5.90 7.20 8.21 8.21 Maids and housemen.......................................... 5.89 2.3 5.15 5.40 5.84 6.14 6.56 - - - - - - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.65 7.0 5.20 5.79 7.00 8.19 11.83 - - - - - - - Personal service occupations.................................. 9.80 18.7 4.48 5.24 7.91 9.56 16.90 5.79 5.2 5.20 5.33 5.46 6.00 7.10 Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities............. 7.32 18.0 5.24 5.24 5.85 8.17 11.05 - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 The positional statistics for this occupation were suppressed because some were below the minimum wage. In this update survey, an average decrease in mean wages for this occupation was applied to the positional statistics, causing the 10th percentile to go below the minimum wage. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings(1) and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only(2), all industries, New Orleans, LA, July 1998 All industries Occupation(3) Mean Weekly earnings Mean Annual earnings weekly annual hours(4) hours Mean RSE Median Mean Median All occupations....................................................... 39.6 $579 3.3% $480 2,002 $29,313 $24,960 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 39.6 589 3.2 483 1,998 29,767 25,116 White-collar occupations............................................ 38.9 696 4.4 542 1,933 34,556 27,782 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 38.9 733 4.0 586 1,916 36,168 29,536 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 38.5 907 5.0 802 1,820 42,886 35,546 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 38.1 1,009 5.2 916 1,750 46,355 37,423 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 40.4 1,321 7.0 1,215 2,101 68,685 63,190 Petroleum engineers......................................... 40.0 1,473 5.0 1,410 2,080 76,618 73,299 Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 40.0 1,390 8.2 1,423 2,080 72,283 74,006 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ 39.2 1,157 25.4 1,174 2,036 60,166 61,027 Health related occupations.................................... 39.5 851 3.6 823 2,057 44,268 42,806 Registered nurses........................................... 39.6 836 3.1 833 2,060 43,474 43,341 Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 33.8 821 2.5 899 1,299 31,520 33,672 Elementary school teachers.................................. 32.8 874 2.0 916 1,205 32,116 33,899 Secondary school teachers................................... 31.7 879 0.7 930 1,168 32,401 34,121 Teachers, special education................................. 34.7 838 5.5 932 1,352 32,689 34,093 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 39.5 464 4.5 457 2,048 24,053 23,816 Social workers.............................................. 39.5 476 4.3 462 2,045 24,671 24,003 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 40.1 765 10.5 626 2,084 39,781 32,552 Technical occupations........................................... 39.8 587 5.4 540 2,070 30,530 28,059 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 40.0 550 11.2 541 2,080 28,612 28,142 Radiological technicians.................................... 40.0 620 3.3 636 2,080 32,215 33,093 Licensed practical nurses................................... 40.0 479 2.2 480 2,080 24,932 24,960 Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 40.0 553 12.5 500 2,080 28,777 26,000 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 39.8 653 10.8 570 2,071 33,936 29,661 Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 38.6 560 19.8 455 2,009 29,119 23,637 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 39.4 1,009 5.2 912 2,008 51,406 45,864 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 39.4 1,144 6.7 1,002 2,022 58,739 52,083 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 39.8 1,175 22.3 905 2,068 61,118 47,050 Financial managers.......................................... 38.8 1,124 12.3 1,024 2,017 58,441 53,235 Managers, medicine and health............................... 40.0 957 9.3 890 2,080 49,786 46,301 Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 40.0 1,350 10.0 1,169 2,080 70,221 60,785 Management related occupations................................ 39.5 819 5.7 819 1,988 41,254 39,000 Accountants and auditors.................................... 39.2 778 7.8 762 2,037 40,395 39,624 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 39.7 776 21.7 567 2,055 40,158 29,494 Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 39.8 846 6.4 893 2,026 43,040 43,470 Sales occupations................................................. 39.6 428 15.6 369 2,059 22,254 19,198 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 40.0 520 6.9 506 2,080 27,024 26,318 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 41.5 $949 22.5% $768 2,158 $49,368 $39,936 Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 39.0 409 3.1 378 2,001 20,992 19,448 Supervisors, general office................................. 37.4 486 12.6 411 1,943 25,286 21,379 Secretaries................................................. 39.0 459 4.8 438 2,004 23,573 21,276 Receptionists............................................... 39.9 321 7.8 292 2,075 16,671 15,201 Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 39.6 308 5.1 280 2,061 16,022 14,560 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 39.6 387 5.2 370 2,016 19,680 17,784 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 40.0 391 4.5 400 2,080 20,324 20,800 Billing clerks.............................................. 40.3 391 7.5 384 2,093 20,333 19,968 Dispatchers................................................. 40.1 546 10.9 598 2,086 28,407 31,096 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 40.0 323 4.2 294 2,080 16,789 15,267 General office clerks....................................... 39.0 388 6.3 380 2,018 20,061 19,760 Teachers' aides............................................. 32.0 326 3.3 350 1,173 11,970 12,932 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 39.5 398 4.0 400 2,052 20,719 20,800 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 40.3 515 3.1 490 2,089 26,694 25,480 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 40.1 625 3.5 589 2,087 32,474 30,618 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 40.9 903 20.0 890 2,128 46,974 46,259 Automobile mechanics........................................ 40.0 535 10.8 463 2,080 27,803 24,086 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 40.0 626 9.5 602 2,080 32,563 31,283 Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 39.8 586 8.5 613 2,069 30,483 31,886 Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C..................... 40.0 748 7.8 806 2,080 38,916 41,893 Electricians................................................ 40.0 642 5.7 640 2,083 33,400 33,280 Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. 38.7 524 10.1 480 2,010 27,236 24,960 Supervisors, production occupations......................... 40.0 907 6.8 858 2,080 47,166 44,637 Machinists.................................................. 40.0 599 5.9 587 2,080 31,140 30,518 Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 40.0 413 10.2 382 2,080 21,482 19,864 Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C............. 39.2 786 4.5 773 2,039 40,860 40,186 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 39.9 460 5.1 473 2,073 23,913 24,586 Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 40.0 444 7.3 473 2,080 23,095 24,586 Welders and cutters......................................... 40.0 541 5.2 524 2,080 28,125 27,264 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 42.0 470 7.0 447 2,140 23,961 22,734 Truck drivers............................................... 40.3 393 6.7 363 2,096 20,432 18,886 Bus drivers................................................. 35.6 428 14.5 393 1,566 18,810 15,196 Ship captains and mates except fishing boats................ 46.6 713 26.7 623 2,425 37,099 32,406 Sailors and deckhands....................................... 53.5 380 19.9 343 2,781 19,767 17,846 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 40.0 422 6.8 403 2,080 21,948 20,966 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 39.8 352 7.3 321 2,067 18,319 16,702 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 37.0 256 6.5 240 1,916 13,247 12,480 Helpers, construction trades................................ 40.0 319 4.9 321 2,080 16,601 16,702 Construction laborers....................................... 40.0 305 5.9 320 2,080 15,886 16,640 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 40.0 369 7.5 392 2,080 19,177 20,384 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 40.0 388 17.4 339 2,080 20,195 17,609 Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 40.0 383 14.3 383 2,080 19,934 19,906 Service occupations................................................. 39.9 321 4.0 270 2,049 16,500 13,728 Protective service occupations................................ 41.6 $391 7.7% $346 2,162 $20,305 $18,000 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 42.1 688 4.3 711 2,191 35,781 36,997 Firefighting occupations.................................... 51.6 485 5.3 467 2,682 25,213 24,280 Police and detectives, public service....................... 41.6 521 3.8 532 2,164 27,082 27,685 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 41.1 348 12.2 240 2,139 18,093 12,480 Correctional institution officers........................... 41.5 348 4.8 335 2,158 18,104 17,406 Guards and police except public service..................... 38.6 254 7.2 226 2,005 13,172 11,744 Protective service occupations, N.E.C....................... 40.0 419 9.8 392 2,080 21,814 20,395 Food service occupations...................................... 39.8 265 4.0 246 1,985 13,228 12,126 Waiters and waitresses...................................... 40.0 177 12.5 154 2,080 9,200 7,987 Cooks....................................................... 40.0 305 7.9 260 2,032 15,519 13,520 Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 40.5 281 5.7 246 2,076 14,382 12,792 Health service occupations.................................... 39.7 284 4.7 269 2,066 14,782 13,971 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 39.7 269 3.9 260 2,064 14,008 13,520 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 39.6 283 5.7 245 2,027 14,483 12,792 Maids and housemen.......................................... 39.0 229 3.5 223 2,028 11,933 11,606 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 39.8 305 7.1 280 2,010 15,381 13,890 Personal service occupations.................................. 36.8 361 12.5 317 1,916 18,781 16,474 Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities............. 40.0 293 18.0 234 2,080 15,228 12,168 1 Earnings 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, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group and levels(2), all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, New Orleans, LA, July 1998 All workers (4) All industries Occupational group(3) and level All industries Private industry State and local Full-time workers Part-time workers government Mean RSE Mean RSE Mean RSE Mean RSE Mean RSE All occupations....................................................... $14.06 3.2% $13.96 4.1% $14.39 3.4% $14.64 3.3% $8.09 7.4% All occupations excluding sales..................................... 14.35 3.1 14.33 4.1 14.40 3.4 14.90 3.2 8.36 8.0 White-collar occupations............................................ 17.51 4.3 17.40 5.9 17.77 4.0 17.88 4.5 11.85 12.8 Level 1................................................... 6.65 7.8 6.62 8.7 6.93 4.0 6.73 10.0 6.33 5.1 Level 2................................................... 7.66 3.3 7.64 3.8 7.76 6.1 7.95 2.6 6.01 5.5 Level 3................................................... 9.55 6.1 9.79 7.0 8.40 4.0 9.64 6.2 - - Level 4................................................... 10.41 2.8 10.68 3.0 9.71 6.3 10.57 2.9 7.50 5.1 Level 5................................................... 14.11 5.3 14.17 6.5 13.93 7.0 14.23 5.2 10.93 16.1 Level 6................................................... 16.03 6.4 16.82 7.1 13.23 7.8 16.15 6.5 13.21 4.6 Level 7................................................... 18.15 5.2 19.68 4.9 13.99 9.3 17.50 5.4 - - Level 8................................................... 21.93 3.9 19.80 8.0 23.01 4.3 21.75 4.0 - - Level 9................................................... 22.91 4.3 23.42 4.4 22.09 8.8 22.76 4.3 - - Level 10.................................................. 33.80 10.3 38.38 11.1 24.98 8.6 33.80 10.3 - - Level 11.................................................. 32.81 7.0 34.64 6.9 26.23 15.1 32.81 7.0 - - Level 12.................................................. 37.48 7.1 37.47 7.3 - - 37.48 7.1 - - Level 13.................................................. 48.12 7.4 50.18 7.6 - - 48.12 7.4 - - Level 14.................................................. 66.76 7.1 - - - - 66.76 7.1 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.64 22.5 - - 22.44 26.5 20.22 23.2 10.68 20.4 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 18.69 3.9 19.15 5.3 17.80 4.0 18.87 4.0 14.94 12.3 Level 1................................................... 7.34 4.6 7.69 5.6 6.98 4.2 7.52 5.8 6.90 7.7 Level 2................................................... 7.95 2.5 8.00 2.7 7.76 6.1 7.97 2.6 - - Level 3................................................... 9.14 3.8 9.33 4.5 8.40 4.0 9.22 4.0 - - Level 4................................................... 10.05 2.8 10.23 2.7 9.70 6.4 10.23 2.9 7.50 5.1 Level 5................................................... 14.35 5.4 14.49 6.7 13.93 7.0 14.37 5.4 - - Level 6................................................... 14.94 3.5 15.48 3.4 13.23 7.8 15.02 3.5 13.21 4.6 Level 7................................................... 18.21 5.4 19.87 5.1 13.99 9.3 17.52 5.8 - - Level 8................................................... 22.12 3.9 20.24 8.2 23.01 4.3 21.94 4.0 - - Level 9................................................... 22.91 4.3 23.42 4.4 22.09 8.8 22.76 4.3 - - Level 10.................................................. 33.80 10.3 38.38 11.1 24.98 8.6 33.80 10.3 - - Level 11.................................................. 32.81 7.0 34.64 6.9 26.23 15.1 32.81 7.0 - - Level 12.................................................. 37.48 7.1 37.47 7.3 - - 37.48 7.1 - - Level 13.................................................. 48.12 7.4 50.18 7.6 - - 48.12 7.4 - - Level 14.................................................. 66.76 7.1 - - - - 66.76 7.1 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.64 22.5 - - 22.44 26.5 20.22 23.2 10.68 20.4 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 23.39 4.8 24.98 6.9 21.10 4.1 23.56 4.9 20.66 8.6 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 26.30 4.9 29.87 6.7 22.40 4.2 26.48 5.1 23.22 7.8 Level 5................................................... 17.04 8.0 13.78 10.6 21.70 9.7 17.10 8.3 - - Level 6................................................... 15.57 6.9 16.09 5.4 - - 15.53 6.9 - - Level 7................................................... 18.84 9.4 22.85 6.2 13.50 11.7 17.14 12.1 - - Level 8................................................... 23.71 4.0 23.93 10.2 23.66 4.2 23.56 4.1 - - Level 9................................................... 24.99 6.8 26.15 6.4 24.08 11.1 24.57 7.0 - - Level 10.................................................. 39.28 15.5 45.58 13.2 - - 39.28 15.5 - - Level 11.................................................. 33.08 9.5 34.81 9.0 - - 33.08 9.5 - - Level 12.................................................. $39.69 8.7% $37.47 10.3% - - $39.69 8.7% - - Level 13.................................................. 44.67 4.7 44.67 4.7 - - 44.67 4.7 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.65 5.7 - - - - - - - - Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.59 7.4 32.95 7.2 - - 32.69 7.3 - - Level 9................................................... 27.48 6.1 27.48 6.1 - - 27.48 6.1 - - Level 11.................................................. 35.65 8.7 35.65 8.7 - - 35.65 8.7 - - Level 12.................................................. 32.30 14.9 32.30 14.9 - - 32.30 14.9 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ 29.55 23.9 29.55 23.9 - - 29.55 23.9 - - Health related occupations.................................... 22.28 3.4 22.13 4.0 $22.56 6.3% 21.53 3.6 $25.65 7.5% Level 6................................................... 17.37 4.9 17.72 4.4 - - 17.36 5.0 - - Level 7................................................... 22.82 4.8 - - - - - - - - Level 8................................................... 22.06 5.1 21.96 7.9 22.21 3.0 21.00 3.9 - - Level 9................................................... 23.58 7.7 - - 24.06 11.0 21.95 4.2 - - Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 23.94 3.5 - - 25.68 3.4 24.26 3.2 - - Level 5................................................... 18.33 3.8 - - 24.62 2.9 - - - - Level 8................................................... 26.85 2.3 - - 26.85 2.3 26.85 2.3 - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - - Social, religious, and recreation workers..................... 11.74 4.1 - - 11.41 3.8 11.74 4.1 - - Level 7................................................... 11.77 1.9 - - - - 11.77 1.9 - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 18.78 10.0 19.71 15.4 - - 19.09 10.4 - - Technical occupations........................................... 14.65 5.1 15.32 5.9 12.04 7.0 14.75 5.3 12.99 6.5 Level 3................................................... 9.34 8.9 - - - - 9.34 8.9 - - Level 4................................................... 11.55 4.0 11.94 3.7 - - 11.67 4.0 - - Level 5................................................... 13.12 8.6 13.99 10.1 - - 13.16 9.0 - - Level 6................................................... 14.69 4.6 14.65 5.3 14.93 6.1 14.89 4.5 - - Level 7................................................... 16.50 8.6 16.50 8.6 - - 16.50 8.6 - - Level 8................................................... 14.70 11.7 - - - - 14.70 11.7 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 25.50 5.2 26.13 6.2 23.91 9.2 25.60 5.2 - - Level 5................................................... 16.41 13.8 - - - - 16.41 13.8 - - Level 6................................................... 15.72 6.5 15.76 8.4 15.64 10.2 15.75 6.7 - - Level 7................................................... 21.35 9.6 20.89 10.5 - - 21.35 9.6 - - Level 8................................................... 16.40 6.9 15.90 7.6 - - 16.40 6.9 - - Level 9................................................... 22.10 5.2 22.77 6.0 19.90 9.1 22.10 5.2 - - Level 10.................................................. 28.35 6.0 31.41 7.8 - - 28.35 6.0 - - Level 11.................................................. 32.00 6.7 34.15 5.4 28.62 14.7 32.00 6.7 - - Level 12.................................................. 34.21 10.5 - - - - 34.21 10.5 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.18 17.1 - - 38.18 17.1 - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.90 6.7 30.25 8.5 26.11 10.0 29.06 6.7 - - Level 6................................................... 15.80 4.8 - - - - 15.80 4.8 - - Level 8................................................... 15.18 7.4 - - - - 15.18 7.4 - - Level 9................................................... $22.92 4.1% $23.40 5.1% $21.61 4.0% $22.92 4.1% - - Level 10.................................................. 30.89 9.0 - - - - 30.89 9.0 - - Level 11.................................................. 32.16 7.0 34.63 5.7 28.62 14.7 32.16 7.0 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.18 17.1 - - 38.18 17.1 - - - - Management related occupations................................ 20.71 5.5 21.08 5.9 19.47 14.3 20.75 5.6 - - Level 5................................................... 16.75 13.8 - - - - 16.75 13.8 - - Level 6................................................... 15.65 11.7 15.02 15.8 16.92 15.0 15.69 12.3 - - Level 7................................................... 20.89 10.5 20.89 10.5 - - 20.89 10.5 - - Level 9................................................... 21.08 9.5 22.06 10.4 - - 21.08 9.5 - - Sales occupations................................................. 10.07 13.4 10.08 13.5 - - 10.81 15.8 $6.01 4.2% Level 1................................................... 6.46 9.3 6.47 9.3 - - - - 6.04 6.6 Level 2................................................... 6.28 6.9 6.28 6.9 - - - - - - Level 3................................................... 11.98 20.2 11.98 20.2 - - 11.98 20.2 - - Level 4................................................... 12.06 3.7 12.08 3.7 - - 12.06 3.7 - - Level 5................................................... 12.31 11.7 12.31 11.7 - - - - - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 10.33 2.9 10.74 3.6 9.24 3.7 10.49 3.0 7.32 4.2 Level 1................................................... 7.34 4.6 7.69 5.6 6.98 4.2 7.52 5.8 6.90 7.7 Level 2................................................... 7.91 2.6 7.95 2.7 7.75 6.3 7.93 2.6 - - Level 3................................................... 9.12 4.1 9.28 4.8 8.48 4.4 9.21 4.2 - - Level 4................................................... 9.89 3.0 9.96 2.9 9.76 6.9 10.05 3.1 - - Level 5................................................... 13.30 9.9 14.09 10.9 9.73 2.5 13.30 9.9 - - Level 6................................................... 14.20 8.2 15.94 6.9 10.93 6.1 14.26 8.3 - - Level 7................................................... 15.40 7.8 16.80 9.3 12.17 10.8 15.40 7.8 - - Blue-collar occupations............................................... 12.38 2.9 12.74 3.3 10.33 3.9 12.78 2.9 6.95 4.3 Level 1................................................... 6.52 2.9 6.55 3.2 6.31 3.8 6.70 4.1 5.93 4.3 Level 2................................................... 8.53 5.6 8.44 6.7 8.93 6.9 8.68 6.2 8.01 8.5 Level 3................................................... 9.78 3.8 9.96 4.1 8.73 5.8 9.85 4.0 7.98 7.3 Level 4................................................... 11.51 4.0 11.98 3.9 9.38 4.3 11.51 4.0 - - Level 5................................................... 13.60 3.8 13.62 3.9 13.30 14.5 13.60 3.8 - - Level 6................................................... 15.89 4.5 16.27 4.2 12.09 5.7 15.97 4.5 - - Level 7................................................... 16.06 4.0 17.44 4.1 12.28 4.6 16.06 4.0 - - Level 8................................................... 20.99 4.6 21.65 3.9 - - 20.99 4.6 - - Level 9................................................... 24.76 8.1 24.76 8.1 - - 24.76 8.1 - - Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 15.53 3.5 16.39 3.9 11.53 4.8 15.56 3.5 - - Level 3................................................... 9.76 5.3 9.95 6.7 9.26 1.1 9.78 5.3 - - Level 4................................................... 11.39 8.0 13.15 5.5 8.97 3.3 11.39 8.0 - - Level 5................................................... 13.91 5.2 13.83 5.4 14.92 17.4 13.91 5.2 - - Level 6................................................... 16.22 5.0 16.71 4.7 12.09 5.7 16.32 5.1 - - Level 7................................................... 16.30 4.6 17.77 4.7 12.16 5.4 16.30 4.6 - - Level 8................................................... 21.57 5.0 22.49 3.4 - - 21.57 5.0 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.51 4.9 11.55 5.0 - - 11.54 5.0 - - Level 2................................................... 8.63 14.4 8.63 14.4 - - 8.64 14.6 - - Level 3................................................... 9.84 8.6 9.84 8.6 - - 9.90 8.9 - - Level 4................................................... 12.03 4.4 12.13 4.5 - - 12.03 4.4 - - Level 7................................................... $16.44 6.1% $17.25 3.6% - - $16.44 6.1% - - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 10.88 4.0 10.88 4.5 $10.91 5.9% 11.20 3.0 $8.39 11.1% Level 1................................................... 6.84 9.1 6.83 9.2 - - 6.86 9.7 - - Level 2................................................... 8.75 11.1 8.14 13.8 10.47 6.7 9.09 13.7 - - Level 3................................................... 9.75 4.5 9.74 5.4 9.82 2.9 9.74 4.5 - - Level 4................................................... 11.47 6.2 11.61 6.7 - - 11.47 6.2 - - Level 5................................................... 12.99 4.5 - - - - 12.99 4.5 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............. 8.41 6.8 8.53 7.8 7.79 7.6 8.86 7.2 6.27 3.2 Level 1................................................... 6.48 3.3 6.51 3.8 6.28 3.8 6.69 4.9 5.91 4.5 Level 2................................................... 8.21 2.5 8.36 3.0 7.70 2.5 8.47 2.7 - - Level 3................................................... 9.79 8.9 10.18 8.4 - - 9.96 9.1 - - Level 7................................................... 13.16 4.2 - - - - 13.16 4.2 - - Service occupations................................................. 7.56 3.8 6.90 5.0 9.06 4.5 8.05 4.3 5.67 4.5 Level 1................................................... 5.58 2.1 5.48 2.2 6.12 5.6 5.69 2.1 5.37 4.8 Level 2................................................... 6.95 5.6 6.53 5.2 7.80 9.8 7.07 6.0 5.88 15.7 Level 3................................................... 6.84 3.8 6.53 4.7 7.57 3.7 7.05 4.6 5.98 2.8 Level 4................................................... 8.62 5.2 8.34 6.1 9.98 3.7 9.45 3.5 - - Level 5................................................... 9.01 8.6 9.20 23.5 8.91 3.5 9.56 8.0 - - Level 6................................................... 12.44 5.0 - - 12.49 5.4 12.44 5.0 - - Level 7................................................... 18.85 22.5 - - 13.83 5.6 18.85 22.5 - - Level 8................................................... 15.85 5.2 - - 15.31 7.5 15.85 5.2 - - Level 9................................................... 12.03 7.0 - - 11.97 8.8 12.03 7.0 - - Protective service occupations.............................. 9.25 6.8 7.39 9.7 10.66 5.6 9.39 6.8 6.59 12.5 Level 2................................................... 6.60 2.8 - - 6.36 2.5 6.47 2.9 - - Level 3................................................... 6.60 9.8 - - 7.04 7.3 6.67 10.3 - - Level 4................................................... 10.34 7.9 - - 10.68 5.2 10.21 7.9 - - Level 5................................................... 9.65 8.5 - - 8.91 3.5 9.65 8.5 - - Level 6................................................... 12.14 5.5 - - 12.14 5.5 12.14 5.5 - - Level 7................................................... 13.83 5.6 - - 13.83 5.6 13.83 5.6 - - Level 8................................................... 15.31 7.5 - - 15.31 7.5 15.31 7.5 - - Level 9................................................... 12.03 7.0 - - 11.97 8.8 12.03 7.0 - - Food service occupations..................................... 5.99 3.8 5.78 3.5 8.01 9.8 6.67 4.4 5.18 5.3 Level 1................................................... 5.22 3.6 5.08 3.2 - - 5.40 3.4 5.12 5.4 Level 2................................................... 5.73 7.2 5.46 7.6 - - 6.22 3.4 - - Level 3................................................... 6.66 6.9 6.13 5.2 9.05 1.7 6.73 9.0 - - Level 4................................................... 6.74 8.5 6.74 8.5 - - 8.69 5.7 - - Health service occupations.................................. $7.11 3.7% $6.81 4.1% $7.78 6.8% $7.16 4.7% - - Level 2................................................... 6.56 6.1 6.60 8.3 - - 6.51 6.3 - - Level 3................................................... 6.84 4.8 6.46 5.3 7.59 2.1 7.28 4.2 - - Cleaning and building service occupations................... 7.14 4.9 6.79 5.3 7.77 8.0 7.14 5.2 $7.10 7.0% Level 1................................................... 5.90 2.1 5.84 1.7 6.12 6.5 5.83 1.6 - - Level 2................................................... 9.59 9.5 - - - - 9.85 9.8 - - Level 3................................................... 8.21 4.2 8.85 8.5 7.85 1.7 8.31 4.5 - - Personal service occupations................................ 9.03 16.9 9.66 18.2 - - 9.80 18.7 5.79 5.2 Level 1................................................... 5.15 10.4 5.05 14.1 - - - - - - Level 3................................................... 5.92 8.2 - - - - - - - - 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. 2 Each occupation for which wage data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's ranking within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See technical note for more information. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations and levels(2), all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, New Orleans, LA, July 1998 All workers(4) All industries Occupation(3) and level All industries Private industry State and local Full-time workers Part-time workers government Mean RSE Mean RSE Mean RSE Mean RSE Mean RSE White-collar occupations: Professional specialty and technical occupations: Professional specialty occupations: Petroleum engineers......................................... $36.84 5.0% $36.84 5.0% - - $36.84 5.0% - - Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 34.74 8.3 34.74 8.3 - - 34.74 8.3 - - Registered nurses........................................... 21.61 3.2 21.48 3.5 $21.87 6.4% 21.10 3.2 $23.86 8.6% Level 6................................................... 18.42 4.8 18.42 4.8 - - - - - - Level 7................................................... 21.07 4.0 - - - - - - - - Level 8................................................... 21.84 4.8 21.60 7.8 22.21 3.0 20.66 2.5 - - Level 9................................................... 22.45 5.2 - - - - 22.62 5.1 - - Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.66 2.9 - - 26.66 2.9 26.66 3.0 - - Level 8................................................... 26.83 3.3 - - 26.83 3.3 26.83 3.3 - - Secondary school teachers................................... 27.73 2.4 - - 27.73 2.4 27.73 2.4 - - Level 8................................................... 27.87 2.4 - - 27.87 2.4 27.87 2.4 - - Teachers, special education................................. 24.02 7.2 - - 27.26 3.4 24.18 7.0 - - Level 8................................................... 27.69 2.9 - - 27.69 2.9 27.69 2.9 - - Social workers.............................................. 12.06 3.7 - - 11.73 3.2 12.06 3.7 - - Level 7................................................... 11.77 1.9 - - - - 11.77 1.9 - - Technical occupations: Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 14.08 10.0 - - - - 13.76 11.2 - - Radiological technicians.................................... 15.26 3.5 14.77 4.6 - - 15.49 3.3 - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.02 2.0 12.08 2.2 - - 11.99 2.2 - - Level 6................................................... 11.88 2.0 - - - - 11.78 2.6 - - Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 13.78 11.8 15.53 14.1 10.35 6.0 13.84 12.5 - - Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 16.38 10.9 16.38 10.9 - - 16.38 10.9 - - Drafters.................................................... 13.17 8.4 13.17 8.4 - - - - - - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 14.40 17.7 - - - - 14.49 18.0 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations: Administrators and officials, public administration......... 29.56 22.2 - - 29.56 22.2 29.56 22.2 - - Financial managers.......................................... 28.97 13.4 28.97 13.4 - - 28.97 13.4 - - Managers, medicine and health............................... 23.94 9.3 - - - - 23.94 9.3 - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 33.76 10.0 34.48 10.0 - - 33.76 10.0 - - Level 9................................................... 22.40 5.5 22.77 5.5 - - 22.40 5.5 - - Level 11.................................................. 31.58 4.0 31.58 4.0 - - 31.58 4.0 - - Accountants and auditors.................................... 19.83 6.4 21.05 3.8 - - 19.83 6.4 - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.54 21.8 18.69 23.6 - - 19.54 21.8 - - Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 21.01 6.4 20.92 7.3 21.25 13.1 21.24 6.5 - - Sales occupations: Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 12.53 8.9 12.53 8.9 - - 12.99 6.9 - - Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 22.88 23.5 22.88 23.5 - - 22.88 23.5 - - Cashiers.................................................... 6.58 8.8 6.56 8.9 - - - - 5.63 2.8 Level 1................................................... 6.46 9.8 6.46 9.9 - - - - - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical: Supervisors, general office................................. 13.02 10.6 - - - - 13.02 10.6 - - Secretaries................................................. 11.60 4.6 12.51 4.9 9.75 5.6 11.76 4.7 - - Level 2................................................... $8.13 5.4% - - - - - - - - Level 4................................................... 10.30 7.5 $11.83 9.9% $9.41 7.7% $10.42 7.8% - - Level 5................................................... 11.76 5.4 12.36 5.1 - - 11.76 5.4 - - Receptionists............................................... 7.83 7.5 7.92 8.4 - - 8.03 7.8 - - Level 2................................................... 7.22 6.0 7.31 6.7 - - 7.24 6.0 - - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 7.77 5.2 - - 8.46 9.5 7.77 5.2 - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 9.76 5.1 9.96 5.7 - - 9.76 5.1 - - Level 3................................................... 8.23 3.3 - - - - 8.23 3.3 - - Level 4................................................... 9.71 5.0 10.10 5.8 - - 9.71 5.0 - - Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 9.77 4.5 9.77 4.5 - - 9.77 4.5 - - Billing clerks.............................................. 9.71 7.5 - - - - 9.71 7.5 - - Dispatchers................................................. 13.62 11.1 - - 13.62 11.1 13.62 11.1 - - Level 4................................................... 14.49 7.1 - - 14.49 7.1 14.49 7.1 - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.74 10.0 10.74 10.0 - - - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 8.06 3.8 8.35 3.4 - - 8.07 4.2 - - General office clerks....................................... 9.85 5.8 10.89 6.1 8.71 8.3 9.94 6.0 - - Level 2................................................... 9.46 11.7 - - - - - - - - Level 3................................................... 8.56 4.9 - - - - 8.62 5.4 - - Level 4................................................... 8.80 8.6 - - - - 8.80 8.6 - - Level 5................................................... 13.03 5.1 13.03 5.1 - - 13.03 5.1 - - Teachers' aides............................................. 10.06 7.7 - - 10.06 7.7 10.21 7.1 - - Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 9.83 4.0 9.72 4.3 10.10 8.7 10.10 4.2 - - Level 3................................................... 9.43 3.7 - - - - - - - - Blue-collar occupations: Precision production, craft, and repair occupations: Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 22.08 19.7 26.75 12.3 - - 22.08 19.7 - - Level 7................................................... 19.98 30.0 - - - - 19.98 30.0 - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 13.37 10.8 14.65 11.3 - - 13.37 10.8 - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 15.66 9.5 15.66 9.5 - - 15.66 9.5 - - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 14.73 8.4 16.76 5.7 9.88 7.4 14.73 8.4 - - Level 7................................................... 16.92 7.7 18.21 6.1 - - 16.92 7.7 - - Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C..................... 18.71 7.8 - - 14.09 5.6 18.71 7.8 - - Electricians................................................ 16.04 5.7 16.68 4.8 - - 16.04 5.7 - - Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. - - - - - - 13.55 11.9 - - Supervisors, production occupations......................... 22.68 6.8 23.05 6.8 - - 22.68 6.8 - - Level 7................................................... 19.50 5.8 - - - - 19.50 5.8 - - Machinists.................................................. 14.97 5.9 14.97 5.9 - - 14.97 5.9 - - Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 10.16 9.6 - - 10.16 9.6 10.33 10.2 - - Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C............. 20.04 2.9 20.04 2.9 - - 20.04 2.9 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors: Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 11.04 7.3 11.04 7.3 - - 11.10 7.3 - - Level 3................................................... 10.27 8.8 10.27 8.8 - - 10.41 9.2 - - Level 4................................................... 12.54 3.3 - - - - 12.54 3.3 - - Welders and cutters......................................... 13.52 5.2 13.52 5.2 - - 13.52 5.2 - - Transportation and material moving occupations: Truck drivers............................................... $9.75 6.6% $9.94 8.4% $9.10 5.7% $9.75 6.6% - - Bus drivers................................................. 11.67 5.1 - - 11.04 3.4 12.01 5.9 - - Ship captains and mates except fishing boats................ 15.30 18.0 15.38 18.6 - - 15.30 18.0 - - Sailors and deckhands....................................... 7.11 4.3 7.11 4.3 - - 7.11 4.3 - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 10.55 6.8 10.78 6.7 - - 10.55 6.8 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers: Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 6.91 4.1 - - 7.60 5.1 6.91 4.1 - - Helpers, construction trades................................ 8.05 4.2 8.55 5.4 - - 7.98 4.9 - - Level 2................................................... 8.41 6.5 - - - - - - - - Construction laborers....................................... 7.64 5.9 - - - - 7.64 5.9 - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.44 5.0 7.44 5.0 - - 9.22 7.5 $5.49 1.3% Level 1................................................... 6.57 6.6 6.57 6.6 - - - - - - Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 5.51 1.9 5.51 1.9 - - - - - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 9.43 15.0 10.83 14.2 - - 9.71 17.4 - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 9.11 13.9 9.17 13.9 - - 9.58 14.3 6.63 4.7 Level 1................................................... 6.19 5.4 6.20 5.6 - - 6.02 5.7 - - Service occupations: Protective service occupations: Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 16.33 3.2 - - 16.33 3.2 16.33 3.2 - - Firefighting occupations.................................... 9.40 6.8 - - 8.79 4.4 9.40 6.8 - - Police and detectives, public service....................... 12.52 3.4 - - 12.52 3.4 12.52 3.4 - - Level 7................................................... 12.41 2.9 - - 12.41 2.9 12.41 2.9 - - Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 8.90 12.3 - - 8.90 12.3 8.46 12.3 - - Correctional institution officers........................... 8.39 5.2 - - 8.39 5.2 8.39 5.2 - - Guards and police except public service..................... 6.54 6.4 6.54 7.5 - - 6.57 7.1 - - Protective service occupations, N.E.C....................... 10.49 9.8 - - - - 10.49 9.8 - - Food service occupations: Bartenders.................................................. 5.80 4.0 5.80 4.0 - - - - - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.42 10.4 4.42 10.4 - - 4.42 12.5 4.41 15.9 Level 3................................................... 4.96 13.8 4.96 13.8 - - - - - - Cooks....................................................... 7.84 6.3 7.92 6.6 - - 7.64 7.9 - - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 5.89 6.2 - - - - - - - - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 6.74 5.0 6.69 5.1 - - 6.93 5.4 6.40 9.6 Level 1................................................... 5.98 5.5 5.79 4.4 - - 5.61 3.0 6.30 9.9 Health service occupations: Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 6.83 3.0 6.67 3.8 7.18 3.5 6.79 3.9 - - Level 2................................................... 6.43 6.0 - - - - 6.36 6.1 - - Level 3................................................... 6.84 4.8 6.46 5.3 7.59 2.1 7.28 4.2 - - Cleaning and building service occupations: Maids and housemen.......................................... 5.95 2.5 5.93 2.6 - - 5.89 2.3 - - Level 1................................................... 5.81 2.1 5.78 2.0 - - 5.81 2.1 - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.61 6.6 7.37 8.7 7.83 9.3 7.65 7.0 - - Level 1................................................... 6.00 3.5 5.93 3.0 6.10 7.4 5.86 2.5 - - Level 2................................................... $10.39 9.2% - - - - $10.39 9.2% - - Level 3................................................... 8.43 5.9 - - - - 8.60 6.6 - - Personal service occupations: Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities............. 6.78 15.1 - - - - 7.32 18.0 - - Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 8.26 6.1 $8.29 6.0% - - - - - - 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. 2 Each occupation for which wage data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's ranking within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See technical note for more information. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table C-1. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group and selected characteristics, all industries, New Orleans, LA, July 1998 Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) Occupational group(2) 3) 3) 3) 3) Mean RSE All occupations....................................................... $14.64 $8.09 $15.24 $13.94 $13.87 $19.89 3.3% 7.4% 5.8% 3.5% 3.2% 13.5% All occupations excluding sales..................................... 14.90 8.36 15.19 14.26 14.21 22.24 3.2 8.0 5.9 3.5 3.1 18.8 White-collar occupations............................................ 17.88 11.85 23.80 17.23 17.27 23.16 4.5 12.8 6.4 4.6 4.5 17.0 White-collar excluding sales...................................... 18.87 14.94 24.50 18.42 18.43 - 4.0 12.3 6.2 4.1 4.0 - Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 23.56 20.66 27.82 23.02 23.13 - 4.9 8.6 2.8 5.2 4.8 - Professional specialty occupations.............................. 26.48 23.22 28.15 26.10 25.97 - 5.1 7.8 2.7 5.4 4.9 - Technical occupations........................................... 14.75 12.99 - 14.55 14.65 - 5.3 6.5 - 5.2 5.1 - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 25.60 - - 25.50 25.12 - 5.2 - - 5.2 5.1 - Sales occupations................................................. 10.81 6.01 - 9.85 7.90 17.31 15.8 4.2 - 13.7 10.2 16.8 Administrative support including clerical occupations............. 10.49 7.32 12.58 10.28 10.13 - 3.0 4.2 6.2 3.0 2.4 - Blue-collar occupations............................................. 12.78 6.95 13.99 12.05 12.29 14.94 2.9 4.3 4.7 3.6 2.9 16.4 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 15.56 - 15.52 15.54 15.45 17.26 3.5 - 6.6 4.1 3.5 19.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.54 - 13.24 10.67 11.55 - 5.0 - 3.8 6.6 4.9 - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 11.20 8.39 12.31 10.44 10.81 - 3.0 11.1 3.9 5.2 4.2 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............. 8.86 6.27 - 8.34 8.41 - 7.2 3.2 - 7.1 6.8 - Service occupations................................................. 8.05 5.67 8.25 7.49 7.56 - 4.3 4.5 7.7 4.2 3.8 - 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. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 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 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table C-2. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group and industry division, private industry, all workers(2), New Orleans, LA, July 1998 All All private Goods-producing indust- pri- Goods-producing indust- industries ries(4) Service-producing industries(5) vate ries(4) Service-producing industries(5) indus- tries Trans- Fin- Trans- Fin- Occupational group(3) port- Whole- ance, port- Whole- ance, Con- Manu- ation sale in- Con- Manu- ation sale in- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and and sur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and and sur- Serv- tion turing public retail ance, ices tion turing public retail ance, ices Mean util- trade and RSE util- trade and ities real ities real estate estate Mean RSE All occupations....................................................... $13.96 $17.17 $24.93 $15.42 $15.42 $12.42 $16.74 $10.16 $26.46 $11.55 4.1% 6.2% 23.1% 4.2% 5.5% 5.5% 9.1% 7.6% 19.9% 6.8% All occupations excluding sales..................................... 14.33 17.17 24.93 15.42 15.42 12.77 16.74 9.60 26.46 12.02 4.1 6.2 23.1 4.2 5.5 5.6 9.4 7.9 19.9 6.3 White-collar occupations............................................ 17.40 24.13 34.70 18.66 19.35 15.51 19.26 11.88 26.79 14.81 5.9 7.1 4.8 8.2 6.4 7.4 11.9 9.8 19.5 9.0 White-collar excluding sales...................................... 19.15 24.13 34.70 18.66 19.35 17.29 19.43 12.41 26.79 16.20 5.3 7.1 4.8 8.2 6.4 7.0 12.7 10.0 19.5 6.5 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 24.98 29.33 38.15 - 22.43 23.07 25.69 - - 21.01 6.9 8.4 3.0 - 8.2 9.3 27.4 - - 7.4 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 29.87 34.28 38.41 - 28.32 27.72 33.36 - - 24.81 6.7 4.8 2.9 - 3.9 10.1 23.6 - - 8.1 Technical occupations........................................... 15.32 17.13 - - 17.07 14.68 16.64 - - 14.20 5.9 14.3 - - 15.3 5.7 9.0 - - 6.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 26.13 29.93 38.69 - 27.02 24.16 23.14 - 33.81 21.30 6.2 7.9 14.3 - 8.2 8.8 9.4 - 8.5 14.2 Sales occupations................................................. 10.08 - - - - 10.08 - 11.62 - - 13.5 - - - - 13.5 - 11.4 - - Administrative support, including clerical occupations............ 10.74 13.10 17.89 - 11.99 10.11 14.03 9.95 10.16 8.91 3.6 5.9 3.5 - 6.9 4.3 7.0 6.9 7.9 3.6 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 12.74 14.05 - 14.75 13.93 10.99 13.73 10.55 - 8.11 3.3 4.4 - 3.4 5.2 5.9 8.6 7.3 - 12.0 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 16.39 16.76 - 16.23 17.28 15.43 16.80 14.90 - 13.05 3.9 4.9 - 4.1 5.1 6.6 8.1 14.4 - 6.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.55 11.57 - - 11.26 - - - - - 5.0 5.1 - - 5.0 - - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 10.88 11.67 - - 12.17 10.33 11.03 9.30 - - 4.5 3.8 - - 5.3 7.8 10.9 8.2 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............. 8.53 8.35 - 8.57 8.30 8.58 - 9.44 - 5.98 7.8 7.0 - 9.2 8.3 9.9 - 10.0 - 4.7 Service occupations................................................. 6.90 - - - - 6.76 - 5.55 - 6.80 5.0 - - - - 5.1 - 4.9 - 4.0 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. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 5 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table C-3. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group and establishment employment size, private industry, all workers(2), New Orleans, LA, July 1998 All All private Mean private RSE industry industry workers workers Occupational group(3) 100 workers or more 100 workers or more Mean 50 - 99 RSE 50 - 99 workers 100 - 499 500 workers 100 - 499 500 Total workers workers Total workers workers or more or more All occupations....................................................... $13.96 $12.57 $14.29 $12.71 $17.04 4.1% 13.6% 4.1% 6.0% 6.4% All occupations excluding sales..................................... 14.33 12.46 14.74 13.25 17.05 4.1 15.3 4.0 5.9 6.4 White-collar occupations............................................ 17.40 17.86 17.31 14.86 20.34 5.9 18.6 6.0 10.0 6.6 White-collar excluding sales...................................... 19.15 20.24 18.98 17.39 20.37 5.3 20.3 5.1 9.0 6.6 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 24.98 32.15 24.15 22.56 25.26 6.9 25.7 6.5 12.3 8.5 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 29.87 32.84 29.34 28.62 29.71 6.7 25.5 6.0 11.6 7.5 Technical occupations........................................... 15.32 - 15.36 15.76 14.91 5.9 - 5.9 8.7 8.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 26.13 24.47 26.48 27.05 25.99 6.2 17.0 6.9 10.5 9.1 Sales occupations................................................. 10.08 13.25 8.77 8.69 - 13.5 21.2 14.2 14.4 - Administrative support, including clerical occupations............ 10.74 10.35 10.81 10.09 11.63 3.6 6.7 4.0 4.9 5.5 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 12.74 10.61 13.27 12.89 14.21 3.3 6.8 3.6 4.9 6.1 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 16.39 14.58 16.72 17.49 15.48 3.9 6.3 4.5 4.9 7.5 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.55 8.79 12.32 11.56 14.82 5.0 16.5 4.8 5.8 4.1 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 10.88 9.30 11.40 11.00 12.04 4.5 12.6 3.0 4.7 4.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............. 8.53 8.08 8.67 8.67 8.63 7.8 6.2 9.8 10.6 13.7 Service occupations................................................. 6.90 5.79 7.25 6.84 8.21 5.0 5.3 6.1 8.2 5.0 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. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table C-4. Number of workers(1) represented by occupational group, New Orleans, LA, July 1998 All workers All indus- Private State and All indus- Private State and Occupational group(2) tries industry local tries industry local government government Workers RSE All occupations....................................................... 287,090 210,239 76,850 3.7% 5.0% 1.5% All occupations excluding sales..................................... 267,238 190,492 76,746 3.8 5.3 1.5 White-collar occupations............................................ 142,983 96,401 46,582 5.3 7.4 5.5 White-collar excluding sales...................................... 123,131 76,653 46,478 5.3 7.8 5.5 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 60,528 32,152 28,376 7.0 10.8 8.5 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 47,710 21,994 25,716 7.9 13.4 9.1 Technical occupations........................................... 12,818 10,158 2,660 14.7 17.2 26.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 17,878 12,381 5,497 12.6 15.3 22.3 Sales occupations................................................. 19,852 19,747 - 24.5 24.6 - Administrative support including clerical occupations............. 44,725 32,121 12,604 8.5 10.5 14.1 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 91,274 77,132 14,142 8.2 9.4 13.2 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 39,059 32,051 7,008 12.1 14.0 20.5 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10,198 9,955 - 20.1 20.5 - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 15,580 12,497 3,082 18.3 21.2 33.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............. 26,437 22,629 3,809 14.1 15.9 24.7 Service occupations................................................. 52,833 36,707 16,126 8.5 11.0 12.5 1 Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 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 establishment, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Appendix table 1. Number of establishments studied by industry division and establishment employment size, and number of establishments represented, New Orleans, LA, July 1998 Number of establishments studied Number of Industry establish- 100 workers or more ments rep- Total 50 - 99 resented studied workers Total 100 - 499 500 workers workers or more All industries........................................................ 1,489 159 35 124 75 49 Private industry.................................................... 1,447 123 33 90 61 29 Goods-producing industries........................................ 402 40 10 30 18 12 Mining.......................................................... 33 8 1 7 3 4 Construction.................................................... 90 7 2 5 4 1 Manufacturing................................................... 278 25 7 18 11 7 Service-producing industries...................................... 1,045 83 23 60 43 17 Tranportation and public utilities.............................. 116 14 3 11 7 4 Wholesale and retail trade...................................... 476 26 12 14 14 - Finance, insurance and real estate.............................. 40 3 1 2 1 1 Services........................................................ 414 40 7 33 21 12 State and local government.......................................... 42 36 2 34 14 20 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all workers(2), New Orleans, LA, July 1998 All State and Occupation(3) indus- Private local tries industry govern- ment All occupations....................................................... 3.2 4.1 3.4 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 3.1 4.1 3.4 White-collar occupations............................................ 4.3 5.9 4.0 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 3.9 5.3 4.0 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 4.8 6.9 4.1 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 4.9 6.7 4.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 7.4 7.2 - Petroleum engineers......................................... 5.0 5.0 - Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 8.3 8.3 - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - Natural scientists............................................ 23.9 23.9 - Health related occupations.................................... 3.4 4.0 6.3 Registered nurses........................................... 3.2 3.5 6.4 Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 3.5 - 3.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 2.9 - 2.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 2.4 - 2.4 Teachers, special education................................. 7.2 - 3.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 4.1 - 3.8 Social workers.............................................. 3.7 - 3.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 10.0 15.4 - Technical occupations........................................... 5.1 5.9 7.0 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 10.0 - - Radiological technicians.................................... 3.5 4.6 - Licensed practical nurses................................... 2.0 2.2 - Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 11.8 14.1 6.0 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 10.9 10.9 - Drafters.................................................... 8.4 8.4 - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 17.7 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 5.2 6.2 9.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 6.7 8.5 10.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 22.2 - 22.2 Financial managers.......................................... 13.4 13.4 - Managers, medicine and health............................... 9.3 - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 10.0 10.0 - Management related occupations................................ 5.5 5.9 14.3 Accountants and auditors.................................... 6.4 3.8 - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.8 23.6 - Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 6.4 7.3 13.1 Sales occupations................................................. 13.4 13.5 - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 8.9 8.9 - Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 23.5 23.5 - Cashiers.................................................... 8.8 8.9 - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 2.9 3.6 3.7 Supervisors, general office................................. 10.6 - - Secretaries................................................. 4.6 4.9 5.6 Receptionists............................................... 7.5 8.4 - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 5.2 - 9.5 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 5.1 5.7 - Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 4.5 4.5 - Billing clerks.............................................. 7.5 - - Dispatchers................................................. 11.1 - 11.1 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.0 10.0 - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 3.8 3.4 - General office clerks....................................... 5.8 6.1 8.3 Teachers' aides............................................. 7.7 - 7.7 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 4.0 4.3 8.7 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 2.9 3.3 3.9 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 3.5 3.9 4.8 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 19.7 12.3 - Automobile mechanics........................................ 10.8 11.3 - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 9.5 9.5 - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 8.4 5.7 7.4 Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C..................... 7.8 - 5.6 Electricians................................................ 5.7 4.8 - Supervisors, production occupations......................... 6.8 6.8 - Machinists.................................................. 5.9 5.9 - Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 9.6 - 9.6 Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C............. 2.9 2.9 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.9 5.0 - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 7.3 7.3 - Welders and cutters......................................... 5.2 5.2 - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 4.0 4.5 5.9 Truck drivers............................................... 6.6 8.4 5.7 Bus drivers................................................. 5.1 - 3.4 Ship captains and mates except fishing boats................ 18.0 18.6 - Sailors and deckhands....................................... 4.3 4.3 - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 6.8 6.7 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.8 7.8 7.6 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 4.1 - 5.1 Helpers, construction trades................................ 4.2 5.4 - Construction laborers....................................... 5.9 - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.0 5.0 - Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 1.9 1.9 - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 15.0 14.2 - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 13.9 13.9 - Service occupations................................................. 3.8 5.0 4.5 Protective service occupations................................ 6.8 9.7 5.6 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 3.2 - 3.2 Firefighting occupations.................................... 6.8 - 4.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 3.4 - 3.4 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 12.3 - 12.3 Correctional institution officers........................... 5.2 - 5.2 Guards and police except public service..................... 6.4 7.5 - Protective service occupations, N.E.C....................... 9.8 - - Food service occupations...................................... 3.8 3.5 9.8 Bartenders.................................................. 4.0 4.0 - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 10.4 10.4 - Cooks....................................................... 6.3 6.6 - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.2 - - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 5.0 5.1 - Health service occupations.................................... 3.7 4.1 6.8 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 3.0 3.8 3.5 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 4.9 5.3 8.0 Maids and housemen.......................................... 2.5 2.6 - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 6.6 8.7 9.3 Personal service occupations.................................. 16.9 18.2 - Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities............. 15.1 - - Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 6.1 6.0 - 1 The relative standard error is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. Hourly earnings for these occupations are presented in Tables A-1 and A-2. Reliable relative standard errors could not be determined for all occupations. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers, full-time and part-time workers, New Orleans, LA, July 1998 All Full-t- Part-ti- Occupation(1) workers ime me workers workers All occupations....................................................... 5 5 3 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 5 5 3 White-collar occupations............................................ 6 6 5 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 7 7 6 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 8 8 7 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 9 9 7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 10 10 - Petroleum engineers......................................... 10 10 - Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 11 11 - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - Natural scientists............................................ 9 9 - Health related occupations.................................... 8 8 8 Registered nurses........................................... 8 8 8 Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 7 7 - Elementary school teachers.................................. 8 8 - Secondary school teachers................................... 8 8 - Teachers, special education................................. 7 8 - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 8 8 - Social workers.............................................. 8 8 - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 8 8 - Technical occupations........................................... 6 6 6 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 7 7 - Radiological technicians.................................... 6 6 - Licensed practical nurses................................... 5 5 - Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 6 6 - Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 6 6 - Drafters.................................................... 5 - - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 6 6 - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 9 9 - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 10 10 - Administrators and officials, public administration......... 10 10 - Financial managers.......................................... 9 9 - Managers, medicine and health............................... 10 10 - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 11 11 - Management related occupations................................ 8 8 - Accountants and auditors.................................... 8 8 - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 7 7 - Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 7 7 - Sales occupations................................................. 3 3 2 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 5 5 - Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 5 5 - Cashiers.................................................... 1 - 2 Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 4 4 3 Supervisors, general office................................. 6 6 - Secretaries................................................. 5 5 - Receptionists............................................... 2 3 - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 3 3 - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 4 4 - Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 4 4 - Billing clerks.............................................. 3 3 - Dispatchers................................................. 4 4 - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 4 - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 2 2 - General office clerks....................................... 4 4 - Teachers' aides............................................. 4 4 - Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 4 4 - Blue-collar occupations............................................. 4 5 2 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 6 6 - Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 8 8 - Automobile mechanics........................................ 6 6 - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 6 6 - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 6 6 - Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C..................... 8 8 - Electricians................................................ 6 6 - Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. - 5 - Supervisors, production occupations......................... 8 8 - Machinists.................................................. 6 6 - Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 4 4 - Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C............. 6 6 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4 4 - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 3 3 - Welders and cutters......................................... 6 6 - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 3 4 2 Truck drivers............................................... 3 3 - Bus drivers................................................. 3 4 - Ship captains and mates except fishing boats................ 6 6 - Sailors and deckhands....................................... 2 2 - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 3 3 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2 3 2 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 2 2 - Helpers, construction trades................................ 2 2 - Construction laborers....................................... 2 2 - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 2 2 1 Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 1 - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 2 2 - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 2 3 2 Service occupations................................................. 3 3 2 Protective service occupations................................ 4 4 2 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 8 8 - Firefighting occupations.................................... 5 5 - Police and detectives, public service....................... 7 7 - Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 3 3 - Correctional institution officers........................... 3 3 - Guards and police except public service..................... 2 2 - Protective service occupations, N.E.C....................... 4 4 - Food service occupations...................................... 2 3 2 Bartenders.................................................. 3 - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3 2 4 Cooks....................................................... 3 3 - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 2 - - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 2 2 1 Health service occupations.................................... 3 3 - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 3 3 - Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 2 2 2 Maids and housemen.......................................... 1 1 - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 2 2 - Personal service occupations.................................. 3 4 2 Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities............. 3 3 - Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 3 - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. The occupations titled authors, musicians, actors, painters, photographers, dancers, artists, athletes, and legislators cannot be assigned a work level. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Supplemental Table 1. Hourly earnings(1) for construction trades occupations in construction industries(2), New Orleans, LA, July 1998 All workers(4) Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupational group(3) and level Middle Range Middle Range Middle Range Mean RSE Median Mean RSE Median Mean RSE Median 25 75 25 75 25 75 Construction trades occupations....................................... $14.74 4.7% $14.60 $13.57 $16.97 $14.74 4.7% $14.60 $13.57 $16.97 - - - - - 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. At the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay; at the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown; at the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. 2 The Standard Industrial Classification Manual was used in classifying establishments by industry. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Supplemental Table 2. Hourly earnings(1) for construction trades occupations in non-construction industries(2), New Orleans, LA, July 1998 All workers(4) Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupational group(3) and level Middle Range Middle Range Middle Range Mean RSE Median Mean RSE Median Mean RSE Median 25 75 25 75 25 75 Construction trades occupations....................................... $14.64 5.6% $15.04 $10.75 $18.12 $14.83 5.8% $15.04 $12.00 $18.12 - - - - - Electricians.................................................... 16.68 8.2 18.21 15.04 20.35 16.68 8.2 18.21 15.04 20.35 - - - - - Craft workers and helpers............................................. 11.67 5.4 12.19 10.00 13.11 11.67 5.4 12.19 10.00 13.11 - - - - - Welders and cutters............................................. 12.58 1.1 12.75 10.50 14.64 12.58 1.1 12.75 10.50 14.64 - - - - - 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. At the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay; at the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown; at the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. 2 The Standard Industrial Classification Manual was used in classifying establishments by industry. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Supplemental Table 3. Number of workers in construction trades occupations, New Orleans, LA, July 1998 Workers RSE Construction industries(2) Non-construction Construction industries(2) Non-construction Occupational group(1) and level industries(2) industries(2) All Full-time Part-time All Full-time Part-time All Full-time Part-time All Full-time Part-time workers(- workers workers workers(- workers workers workers(- workers workers workers(- workers workers 3) 3) 3) 3) Construction trades occupations....................................... 2,266 2,266 - 3,610 3,494 - 38.4% 38.4% - 35.2% 35.3% - Electricians.................................................... - - - 1,354 1,354 - - - - 43.3 43.3 - Craft workers and helpers............................................. - - - 2,055 2,055 - - - - 42.0 42.0 - Welders and cutters............................................. - - - 1,673 1,673 - - - - 45.7 45.7 - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 2 The Standard Industrial Classification Manual was used in classifying establishments by industry. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation.