OC BL 01/01/93 TABLE: ARKANSAS FORESTRY                                                
Table 1.  Occupational earnings of workers in the forestry industry in Arkansas, 1993-94
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                    Hourly earnings                                         Percent of workers receiving straight-time hourly earnings (in dollars) ofÐ                               
                                                    (in dollars)(1)                                                                                                                                                   
                                    Number                                                                                                                                                                            
            Occupation                of                                                                                                                                                                              
                                   workers                                    4.25  4.50  4.75  5.00  5.25  5.50  5.75  6.00  6.25  6.50  6.75  7.00  7.50  8.00  8.50  9.00  9.50 10.00 10.50 11.00 11.50 12.00 12.50
                                             Mean   Median    Middle range    and    -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -    and 
                                                                             under  4.75  5.00  5.25  5.50  5.75  6.00  6.25  6.50  6.75  7.00  7.50  8.00  8.50  9.00  9.50 10.00 10.50 11.00 11.50 12.00 12.50  over
                                                                              4.50                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
Forestry technicians..............     69   $11.34  $10.77   $9.50  ± $13.69   ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     12    ±      1    ±     ±     12    13     1    19     1     3     1  (2)36
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
Tree planters.....................    547     8.16    8.00    7.09  ±  10.00    8     1     1     2     1     2     3     1     1     1   (3)    18     2    23     4     3    ±      4     9     9     3     1     1 

  1 Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts.  Also excluded are performance bonuses and lump-sum payments of the type negotiated in the auto and aerospace industries,
as well as profit-sharing payments, attendance bonuses, Christmas or year-end bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses.  Pay increases, but not bonuses, under cost-of-living clauses, and incentive payments,
however, are included.  See Scope and Method of Survey for definitions and methods used to compute means, medians, and middle ranges.
  2 Workers were distributed as follows: 4 percent at $12.50 and under $13; 1 percent at $13 and under $13.50; 9 percent at $13.50 and under $14; 6 percent at $14 and under $14.50; 7 percent at $14.50 and under
$15; 6 percent at $16 and under $16.50; and 3 percent at $16.50 and under $17.
  3 Less than 0.5 percent.