OC BL 01/01/94 TABLE: MONTANA FORESTRY AND LOGGING                                    
Table 1.  Occupational pay of workers in the forestry and logging industries in Montana, 1994
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                       Hourly pay                                              Percent of workers receiving straight-time hourly pay (in dollars) ofÐ                                 
                                                    (in dollars)(2)                                                                                                                                                   
                                    Number                                                                                                                                                                            
          Occupation(1)               of                                                                                                                                                                              
                                   workers                                          9.00  9.50 10.00 10.50 11.00 11.50 12.00 12.50 13.00 13.50 14.00 14.50 15.00 15.50 16.00 16.50 17.00 17.50 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00
                                             Mean   Median    Middle range   Under  and    -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -    and 
                                                                              9.00 under 10.00 10.50 11.00 11.50 12.00 12.50 13.00 13.50 14.00 14.50 15.00 15.50 16.00 16.50 17.00 17.50 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00  over
                                                                                    9.50                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
Choker setters....................     79   $14.52  $15.00  $13.28  ± $16.08    5    ±      5     1     1    ±      1    ±      5     6     3    22    ±      8     9    10    11     8    ±      3     1    ±      1 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
Fallers/buckers...................    122    19.57   18.03   16.74  ±  25.00   ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±      3     2     1     2     8    ±      2    16    11     7     9    ±      4  (3)37
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
Forestry/logging heavy                                                                                                                                                                                                
  equipment operators.............    204    14.20   13.42   12.50  ±  15.00   ±      2   (4)   (4)     3     8    ±      4    15    18     1     6     4    16     2     1     5     1     1     2     1     8    ±  
    Loader operators..............     32    14.53   12.75   12.50  ±  19.00   ±      9    ±     ±      6    ±     ±      6    28    13    ±      3    ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±      6    ±      6    22    ±  
    Skidder operators.............     88    14.31   14.84   12.62  ±  15.00   ±      1     1    ±      2     5    ±      2    15    15    ±      7     5    28     5    ±      7     1    ±      3    ±      3    ±  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
Forestry truckdrivers.............     39    14.90   15.00   15.00  ±  15.00   ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±      3     3    13     5    ±     ±     ±     64     3    ±     ±     ±      3     3     3    ±      3 
  Tractor-trailer.................     37    14.84   15.00   15.00  ±  15.00   ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±      3    ±     14     5    ±     ±     ±     68     3    ±     ±     ±      3     3    ±     ±      3 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
General forestry laborers.........     12     7.63    ±       ±     ±    ±   (5)50   50    ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±     ±  

  1 The overall classification for truckdrivers and heavy equipment operators include data for workers not identified by type of equipment.
  2 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.
  3 Workers were distributed as follows:  2 percent at $21 and under $22; 7 percent at $22 and under $23; 27 percent at $25 and under $26; and 1 percent at $26 and under $27.
  4 Less than 0.5 percent.
  5 Workers were distributed as follows:  17 percent at $5 and under $5.50; 17 percent at $6 and under $6.50; and 17 percent at $7.50 and under $8.