NC BL 12/00/2003 Table: Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, Bulletin 3120-28, April 2003 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $20.95 2.2 36.1 $19.34 3.0 36.6 $27.21 1.5 34.3 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 25.47 1.1 35.8 24.63 1.5 36.4 27.97 1.4 33.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 33.45 1.4 35.9 32.05 2.4 38.1 36.10 1.7 32.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.67 2.6 39.9 35.42 2.7 40.3 31.72 6.7 38.3 Sales............................................................. 19.37 6.6 29.8 19.40 6.6 29.8 – – – Administrative support............................................ 15.32 1.5 36.7 14.74 2.2 37.5 16.78 .8 34.7 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.77 4.1 38.4 15.12 4.2 38.3 24.46 2.7 39.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.18 5.0 39.7 21.46 5.7 39.7 27.19 6.3 39.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 11.61 4.2 39.8 11.49 4.2 39.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.27 5.9 37.9 15.82 6.0 37.8 21.17 7.0 40.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 11.46 3.9 35.9 11.05 3.4 35.7 19.28 1.5 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 13.99 4.4 33.8 9.71 3.3 34.0 25.92 2.7 33.4 Full time........................................................... 21.82 2.0 39.5 20.21 2.8 39.7 28.02 1.9 38.8 Part time........................................................... 12.18 3.7 19.4 10.75 3.1 20.8 18.38 8.0 15.0 Union............................................................... 24.05 3.6 35.7 19.88 6.8 36.1 27.40 2.3 35.4 Nonunion............................................................ 19.48 3.8 36.3 19.22 4.0 36.7 26.00 6.5 28.1 Time................................................................ 20.66 2.3 36.1 18.91 3.3 36.6 27.21 1.5 34.3 Incentive........................................................... 29.58 15.0 37.3 29.58 15.0 37.3 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 16.38 6.5 36.5 16.20 6.6 36.5 25.59 9.5 36.8 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.63 5.5 36.6 17.42 5.7 37.0 22.96 9.4 27.9 500 workers or more................................................. 24.88 3.2 35.7 23.22 5.7 36.3 27.53 1.8 34.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and 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 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $20.95 2.2 $19.34 3.0 $27.21 1.5 All excluding sales............................................... 21.08 2.5 19.33 3.5 27.24 1.6 White collar........................................................ 25.47 1.1 24.63 1.5 27.97 1.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.43 1.2 25.77 1.7 28.00 1.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 33.45 1.4 32.05 2.4 36.10 1.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 36.74 1.5 35.99 2.4 37.84 2.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 40.00 5.2 40.47 5.1 31.44 13.6 Aerospace engineers......................................... 46.59 7.5 46.59 7.5 – – Civil engineers............................................. 34.23 23.0 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 41.98 4.9 42.07 5.0 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 33.11 7.1 32.41 8.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 40.27 4.0 40.28 4.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 35.35 5.0 37.66 4.2 29.08 5.7 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 35.58 5.2 38.08 4.1 29.08 5.7 Natural scientists............................................ 30.81 5.1 30.50 8.7 31.34 5.3 Health related................................................ 31.42 4.6 32.07 5.5 27.80 3.4 Registered nurses........................................... 30.66 3.4 30.90 4.1 29.22 3.6 Teachers, college and university.............................. 46.03 1.7 42.47 2.7 48.77 .9 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 46.22 5.5 – – 48.55 2.0 Teachers, except college and university....................... 38.99 1.8 19.23 5.0 41.54 1.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 41.12 3.8 – – 42.02 3.3 Secondary school teachers................................... 40.49 1.2 31.32 .2 41.15 .7 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 42.24 6.6 23.32 21.1 – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 35.37 19.4 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.94 16.0 – – 24.34 4.1 Social workers.............................................. 21.26 16.4 – – 24.54 2.4 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 40.03 14.1 42.32 11.7 – – Technical....................................................... 22.86 3.5 23.05 4.0 21.89 4.2 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.01 21.5 19.05 23.0 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 19.60 3.8 19.60 3.8 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.06 2.2 17.00 2.3 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 19.29 9.5 18.59 16.5 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 28.83 7.4 28.72 7.7 – – Airplane pilots and navigators.............................. 72.56 6.1 72.56 6.1 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 24.27 1.7 – – 24.44 2.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.67 2.6 35.42 2.7 31.72 6.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.93 4.4 39.65 5.4 35.95 4.6 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 53.60 .7 – – 53.60 .7 Financial managers.......................................... 40.30 11.0 39.60 11.7 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... $42.35 14.9 $42.35 14.9 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 42.09 17.1 25.03 27.2 $54.66 3.8 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 23.03 9.9 25.14 1.7 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.45 7.1 41.78 6.2 28.51 21.0 Management related............................................ 27.05 1.7 27.63 1.7 24.96 3.5 Accountants and auditors.................................... 25.56 5.3 25.44 6.3 – – Other financial officers.................................... 29.30 3.0 29.30 3.0 – – Management analysts......................................... 29.66 6.9 29.85 7.3 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.93 7.6 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 26.71 3.5 27.12 3.9 – – Sales............................................................. 19.37 6.6 19.40 6.6 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 35.49 21.9 35.49 21.9 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 47.89 46.2 47.89 46.2 – – Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings............... 8.82 10.5 8.82 10.5 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 18.50 29.9 18.50 29.9 – – Sales counter clerks........................................ 9.70 12.3 9.70 12.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 12.11 5.6 12.13 5.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.32 1.5 14.74 2.2 16.78 .8 Supervisors, general office................................. 20.30 8.8 20.14 10.3 – – Secretaries................................................. 18.58 2.9 18.24 3.2 19.91 4.1 Typists..................................................... 16.35 7.3 – – – – Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 15.81 4.5 15.81 4.5 – – Receptionists............................................... 13.69 5.4 13.60 5.6 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 13.88 2.4 13.88 2.4 – – Order clerks................................................ 14.88 3.7 14.51 3.6 – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 14.95 10.0 14.95 10.0 – – Library clerks.............................................. 15.46 5.4 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.33 6.2 15.24 7.9 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.29 4.0 14.53 4.2 18.47 7.9 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 17.22 8.3 – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 14.37 6.8 14.37 6.8 – – Dispatchers................................................. 21.23 3.4 – – 21.62 4.3 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.91 6.8 12.91 6.8 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.23 26.4 11.99 27.8 – – Meter readers............................................... 21.56 13.7 – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 19.57 6.8 18.89 7.9 – – Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 16.83 .9 – – 16.83 .9 Bill and account collectors................................. 13.87 6.6 13.51 6.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.32 2.9 13.25 5.3 15.56 3.8 Bank tellers................................................ 9.75 4.4 9.75 4.4 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 11.94 3.3 10.78 2.3 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 13.76 1.3 – – 13.93 .4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.36 5.7 15.37 5.4 19.48 7.1 Blue collar......................................................... $15.77 4.1 $15.12 4.2 $24.46 2.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.18 5.0 21.46 5.7 27.19 6.3 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 26.53 9.8 25.38 11.8 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 20.68 8.1 20.50 8.5 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.97 8.0 19.08 7.2 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 22.42 10.0 22.42 10.0 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.20 10.8 18.87 11.7 22.27 25.7 Carpenters.................................................. 22.59 8.5 21.14 7.7 – – Electricians................................................ 26.00 10.7 26.03 12.8 – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 19.72 10.1 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 28.71 25.9 28.03 29.2 – – Machinists.................................................. 22.39 8.2 22.39 8.2 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 10.70 29.2 10.70 29.2 – – Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c...................... 22.12 14.7 22.12 14.7 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 16.57 9.8 16.57 9.8 – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 25.33 4.7 – – 25.42 5.1 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.61 4.2 11.49 4.2 – – Printing press operators.................................... 12.53 7.1 12.53 7.1 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 8.85 9.5 8.85 9.5 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.22 12.9 11.50 12.9 – – Assemblers.................................................. 10.40 7.5 10.40 7.5 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 10.97 20.3 10.97 20.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.27 5.9 15.82 6.0 21.17 7.0 Truck drivers............................................... 17.07 5.0 16.54 6.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.80 17.2 11.80 17.2 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 23.35 17.0 23.35 17.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.46 3.9 11.05 3.4 19.28 1.5 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 14.24 16.5 – – – – Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 10.62 17.6 – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 9.75 3.4 9.75 3.4 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.37 16.1 11.37 16.1 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.84 6.7 11.84 6.7 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 8.22 16.0 8.22 16.0 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.26 12.0 9.26 12.0 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.45 7.3 12.60 7.3 – – Service............................................................. 13.99 4.4 9.71 3.3 25.92 2.7 Protective service............................................ 24.36 9.3 10.40 11.3 29.50 2.8 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 40.51 4.3 – – 40.51 4.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 30.60 2.5 – – 30.60 2.5 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 23.54 2.6 – – 23.54 2.6 Guards and police, except public service.................... $10.34 13.4 – – – – Food service.................................................. 9.41 5.4 $9.06 6.7 $14.32 13.9 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.99 1.3 6.99 1.3 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 6.85 .5 6.85 .5 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 7.18 4.3 7.18 4.3 – – Other food service........................................... 10.44 7.7 10.03 9.5 14.32 13.9 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 17.89 6.5 17.85 9.1 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.33 12.3 11.33 12.3 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 7.64 5.1 7.64 5.1 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.84 10.6 7.89 3.6 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.18 2.3 7.86 1.4 – – Health service................................................ 10.14 7.8 9.95 7.7 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.17 6.1 11.52 3.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.82 8.2 9.73 8.2 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.57 4.3 8.95 3.3 14.99 3.6 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.45 5.9 8.45 5.9 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.98 7.0 9.18 3.5 15.01 4.0 Personal service.............................................. 13.78 12.4 14.25 14.6 11.08 11.8 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 8.36 13.7 8.33 14.8 – – Public transportation attendants............................ 32.26 1.4 32.26 1.4 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 12.66 11.1 12.82 11.7 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $21.82 2.0 $20.21 2.8 $28.02 1.9 All excluding sales............................................... 21.75 2.2 19.99 3.1 28.02 1.9 White collar........................................................ 26.46 1.2 25.72 1.7 28.66 .8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.88 1.0 26.19 1.5 28.66 .8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 33.75 1.4 32.34 2.3 36.50 2.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 37.00 1.6 36.24 2.4 38.17 2.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 40.00 5.2 40.47 5.1 31.44 13.6 Aerospace engineers......................................... 46.59 7.5 46.59 7.5 – – Civil engineers............................................. 34.23 23.0 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 41.98 4.9 42.07 5.0 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 33.11 7.1 32.41 8.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 40.27 4.0 40.28 4.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 35.35 5.0 37.66 4.2 29.08 5.7 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 35.58 5.2 38.08 4.1 29.08 5.7 Natural scientists............................................ 30.81 5.1 30.50 8.7 31.34 5.3 Health related................................................ 31.53 4.9 32.27 5.9 27.73 3.5 Registered nurses........................................... 30.57 3.5 30.82 4.3 29.18 3.7 Teachers, college and university.............................. 46.04 1.3 42.24 1.6 49.69 .6 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 46.72 6.8 – – 49.41 1.6 Teachers, except college and university....................... 39.84 2.1 19.36 4.7 42.58 2.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 41.23 3.9 – – 42.09 3.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 40.53 1.2 31.48 .6 41.15 .7 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 43.63 9.3 24.90 21.9 – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 35.40 19.4 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.94 16.0 – – 24.34 4.1 Social workers.............................................. 21.26 16.4 – – 24.54 2.4 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 41.44 14.7 44.20 11.3 – – Technical....................................................... 23.26 3.6 23.36 4.2 22.73 2.6 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.30 23.1 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.05 2.7 16.99 2.8 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 19.29 9.5 18.59 16.5 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 28.83 7.4 28.72 7.7 – – Airplane pilots and navigators.............................. 72.56 6.1 72.56 6.1 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 24.27 1.7 – – 24.44 2.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.60 2.6 35.43 2.7 31.29 6.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.86 4.5 39.65 5.4 35.43 4.2 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 53.60 .7 – – 53.60 .7 Financial managers.......................................... 40.30 11.0 39.60 11.7 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 42.35 14.9 42.35 14.9 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ $40.10 18.5 $25.03 27.2 – – Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 23.03 9.9 25.14 1.7 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.45 7.1 41.78 6.2 $28.51 21.0 Management related............................................ 27.06 1.7 27.65 1.7 24.96 3.5 Accountants and auditors.................................... 25.56 5.3 25.44 6.3 – – Other financial officers.................................... 29.39 2.8 29.39 2.8 – – Management analysts......................................... 29.66 6.9 29.85 7.3 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.93 7.6 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 26.71 3.5 27.12 3.9 – – Sales............................................................. 22.92 10.4 22.92 10.4 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 35.49 21.9 35.49 21.9 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 55.85 38.7 55.85 38.7 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 20.55 29.9 20.55 29.9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 12.36 9.5 12.36 9.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.59 1.6 15.00 2.1 17.20 .7 Supervisors, general office................................. 20.30 8.8 20.14 10.3 – – Secretaries................................................. 18.69 2.8 18.37 3.1 19.91 4.1 Typists..................................................... 16.35 7.3 – – – – Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 15.80 4.5 15.80 4.5 – – Receptionists............................................... 13.69 5.4 13.60 5.6 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 13.88 2.4 13.88 2.4 – – Order clerks................................................ 15.09 3.5 14.70 3.3 – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 14.95 10.0 14.95 10.0 – – Library clerks.............................................. 15.49 5.8 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.24 6.7 15.11 8.9 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.33 3.9 14.53 4.2 18.83 6.3 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 17.22 8.3 – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 14.37 6.8 14.37 6.8 – – Dispatchers................................................. 21.18 3.3 – – 21.58 4.3 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.20 4.8 13.20 4.8 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.26 31.7 11.97 33.7 – – Meter readers............................................... 21.56 13.7 – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 19.57 6.8 18.89 7.9 – – Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 16.83 .9 – – 16.83 .9 General office clerks....................................... 14.53 2.8 13.58 5.1 15.58 4.1 Data entry keyers........................................... 12.01 3.8 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.75 5.8 15.62 5.8 20.09 5.5 Blue collar......................................................... 16.04 4.1 15.38 4.2 24.53 2.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.19 5.0 21.47 5.7 27.34 5.6 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 26.53 9.8 25.38 11.8 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 20.70 8.2 20.52 8.5 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.97 8.0 19.08 7.2 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... $22.42 10.0 $22.42 10.0 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.56 10.0 18.87 11.7 – – Carpenters.................................................. 22.59 8.5 21.14 7.7 – – Electricians................................................ 26.00 10.7 26.03 12.8 – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 19.72 10.1 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 28.71 25.9 28.03 29.2 – – Machinists.................................................. 22.39 8.2 22.39 8.2 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 10.70 29.2 10.70 29.2 – – Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c...................... 22.12 14.7 22.12 14.7 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 16.57 9.8 16.57 9.8 – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 25.33 4.7 – – $25.42 5.1 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.61 4.2 11.49 4.2 – – Printing press operators.................................... 12.53 7.1 12.53 7.1 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 8.85 9.5 8.85 9.5 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.22 12.9 11.50 12.9 – – Assemblers.................................................. 10.40 7.5 10.40 7.5 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 10.97 20.3 10.97 20.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.57 5.9 16.11 6.2 21.17 7.0 Truck drivers............................................... 17.07 5.0 16.54 6.4 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 23.19 17.6 23.19 17.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.74 4.0 11.27 3.1 19.28 1.5 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 14.24 16.5 – – – – Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 10.62 17.6 – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 9.75 3.4 9.75 3.4 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.40 17.3 11.40 17.3 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.36 6.1 12.36 6.1 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 8.22 16.0 8.22 16.0 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.35 14.1 9.35 14.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 14.63 7.6 13.76 7.4 – – Service............................................................. 15.17 4.3 10.02 3.9 27.59 4.9 Protective service............................................ 25.36 8.6 10.60 11.0 30.47 5.7 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 40.51 4.3 – – 40.51 4.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 30.78 2.6 – – 30.78 2.6 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 23.67 3.2 – – 23.67 3.2 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.54 13.4 10.04 12.2 – – Food service.................................................. 9.98 6.5 9.61 7.8 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7.05 2.9 7.05 2.9 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 6.80 .4 6.80 .4 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 7.43 8.2 7.43 8.2 – – Other food service........................................... 10.71 6.8 10.30 8.3 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 18.44 8.8 18.63 12.0 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.44 12.5 11.44 12.5 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... $8.50 8.8 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.14 3.4 $7.92 2.5 – – Health service................................................ 9.98 7.9 9.76 7.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.72 8.2 9.62 8.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.83 4.1 9.05 3.7 $14.99 3.6 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.51 5.6 8.51 5.6 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.56 6.9 9.42 3.9 15.01 4.0 Personal service.............................................. 15.79 14.9 15.63 15.2 – – 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 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. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $12.18 3.7 $10.75 3.1 $18.38 8.0 All excluding sales............................................... 12.86 5.1 11.08 4.8 18.49 8.4 White collar........................................................ 14.81 6.3 12.44 5.2 21.10 10.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.59 6.4 16.14 5.7 21.31 11.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.69 6.5 25.09 5.4 30.62 10.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.55 5.9 29.53 4.7 33.27 9.4 Health related................................................ 30.52 4.4 30.52 4.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 31.56 3.3 31.61 3.5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 45.92 4.5 – – 45.68 4.5 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 43.53 7.6 – – 45.45 5.7 Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.87 10.6 16.49 15.7 29.79 10.6 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 37.99 12.6 15.38 24.2 – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.18 7.9 16.40 3.9 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.09 3.0 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 46.37 25.4 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 9.90 6.7 9.89 6.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.84 7.8 11.87 8.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.49 3.2 11.03 6.3 14.20 1.5 General office clerks....................................... 10.56 14.5 8.88 7.2 – – Bank tellers................................................ 9.25 1.2 9.25 1.2 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 13.98 1.8 – – 14.08 1.8 Blue collar......................................................... 10.56 9.3 10.57 9.3 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.71 11.6 12.71 11.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.87 9.3 9.87 9.3 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.31 15.3 11.31 15.3 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.46 5.4 8.46 5.4 – – Service............................................................. 8.70 2.4 8.55 1.9 9.67 8.8 Protective service............................................ 8.24 3.4 – – – – Food service.................................................. 7.76 3.9 7.41 1.3 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.94 .9 6.94 .9 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 6.91 1.1 6.91 1.1 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. $6.97 2.2 $6.97 2.2 – – Other food service........................................... 8.91 8.3 8.25 7.0 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.30 7.9 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.97 6.3 11.97 6.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 10.47 4.0 10.68 5.4 $10.11 9.4 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 13.16 13.7 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $862 2.1 39.5 $803 2.9 39.7 $1,086 1.6 38.8 All excluding sales............................................... 859 2.2 39.5 794 3.2 39.7 1,086 1.6 38.8 White collar........................................................ 1,042 1.2 39.4 1,025 1.7 39.9 1,091 .8 38.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,058 1.1 39.4 1,045 1.6 39.9 1,091 .8 38.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,295 1.5 38.4 1,280 2.4 39.6 1,321 1.3 36.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,408 1.7 38.0 1,439 2.4 39.7 1,365 1.7 35.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,599 5.2 40.0 1,617 5.1 40.0 1,258 13.6 40.0 Aerospace engineers......................................... 1,864 7.5 40.0 1,864 7.5 40.0 – – – Civil engineers............................................. 1,369 23.0 40.0 – – – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,679 4.9 40.0 1,683 5.0 40.0 – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 1,324 7.1 40.0 1,296 8.1 40.0 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,611 4.0 40.0 1,611 4.0 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,422 5.0 40.2 1,518 3.9 40.3 1,163 5.7 40.0 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,431 5.1 40.2 1,535 3.8 40.3 1,163 5.7 40.0 Natural scientists............................................ 1,227 5.1 39.8 1,211 8.7 39.7 1,254 5.3 40.0 Health related................................................ 1,240 4.1 39.3 1,266 4.9 39.2 1,105 3.5 39.8 Registered nurses........................................... 1,200 2.4 39.3 1,206 2.9 39.1 1,163 3.8 39.9 Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,720 1.4 37.3 1,626 1.5 38.5 1,805 1.3 36.3 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 1,680 6.3 36.0 – – – 1,742 2.1 35.3 Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,366 1.4 34.3 765 5.4 39.5 1,435 1.0 33.7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,397 3.0 33.9 – – – 1,419 2.6 33.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,396 4.6 34.4 1,253 .4 39.8 1,404 4.7 34.1 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 1,488 4.9 34.1 1,003 21.9 40.3 – – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 1,220 12.7 34.5 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 819 18.0 39.1 – – – 973 4.1 40.0 Social workers.............................................. 831 18.5 39.1 – – – 982 2.4 40.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,658 14.7 40.0 1,769 11.3 40.0 – – – Technical....................................................... 917 2.9 39.4 918 3.4 39.3 909 2.6 40.0 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 767 22.8 39.8 – – – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 679 3.1 39.8 677 3.2 39.8 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 770 9.7 39.9 741 16.8 39.9 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 1,138 7.5 39.5 1,133 7.7 39.5 – – – Airplane pilots and navigators.............................. 1,645 4.6 22.7 1,645 4.6 22.7 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 971 1.7 40.0 – – – 978 2.4 40.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,394 2.8 40.3 1,428 3.0 40.3 1,259 6.4 40.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... $1,570 4.8 40.4 $1,602 5.8 40.4 $1,431 3.8 40.4 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 2,144 .7 40.0 – – – 2,144 .7 40.0 Financial managers.......................................... 1,623 11.5 40.3 1,595 12.3 40.3 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,692 14.9 39.9 1,692 14.9 39.9 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,664 20.8 41.5 1,002 27.2 40.0 – – – Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 921 9.9 40.0 1,006 1.7 40.0 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,595 7.5 40.4 1,693 6.7 40.5 1,140 21.0 40.0 Management related............................................ 1,085 1.8 40.1 1,110 1.8 40.1 998 3.5 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 1,019 5.5 39.9 1,012 6.5 39.8 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 1,200 3.5 40.8 1,200 3.5 40.8 – – – Management analysts......................................... 1,186 6.9 40.0 1,194 7.3 40.0 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 997 7.6 40.0 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,069 3.5 40.0 1,085 3.9 40.0 – – – Sales............................................................. 911 10.4 39.7 911 10.4 39.7 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 1,403 22.7 39.5 1,403 22.7 39.5 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 2,234 38.7 40.0 2,234 38.7 40.0 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 800 31.7 38.9 800 31.7 38.9 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 493 9.5 39.9 493 9.5 39.9 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 623 1.5 39.9 599 2.1 39.9 688 .7 40.0 Supervisors, general office................................. 810 8.8 39.9 803 10.3 39.9 – – – Secretaries................................................. 745 2.8 39.9 732 3.0 39.8 796 4.1 40.0 Typists..................................................... 652 7.3 39.9 – – – – – – Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 632 4.5 40.0 632 4.5 40.0 – – – Receptionists............................................... 548 5.4 40.0 544 5.6 40.0 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 555 2.4 40.0 555 2.4 40.0 – – – Order clerks................................................ 604 3.5 40.0 588 3.3 40.0 – – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 598 10.0 40.0 598 10.0 40.0 – – – Library clerks.............................................. 620 5.8 40.0 – – – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 609 6.7 40.0 604 8.9 40.0 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 611 3.8 39.8 579 4.0 39.8 751 6.6 39.9 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 689 8.3 40.0 – – – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 574 6.8 40.0 574 6.8 40.0 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 836 2.5 39.5 – – – 855 2.1 39.6 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 525 4.4 39.8 525 4.4 39.8 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 490 31.7 40.0 479 33.7 40.0 – – – Meter readers............................................... 862 13.7 40.0 – – – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 774 7.1 39.5 746 8.3 39.5 – – – Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 673 .9 40.0 – – – 673 .9 40.0 General office clerks....................................... 584 2.5 40.2 548 4.6 40.4 623 4.1 40.0 Data entry keyers........................................... 481 3.8 40.0 – – – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... $665 5.8 39.7 $618 5.6 39.6 $804 5.5 40.0 Blue collar......................................................... 640 4.0 39.9 613 4.1 39.9 980 2.6 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 881 5.0 39.7 851 5.6 39.7 1,092 5.8 39.9 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 1,063 9.8 40.1 1,017 11.8 40.1 – – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 828 8.2 40.0 821 8.5 40.0 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 799 8.0 40.0 763 7.2 40.0 – – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 897 10.0 40.0 897 10.0 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 817 10.3 39.7 755 11.7 40.0 – – – Carpenters.................................................. 889 8.9 39.4 827 8.2 39.1 – – – Electricians................................................ 1,040 10.7 40.0 1,041 12.8 40.0 – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 789 10.1 40.0 – – – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 1,156 24.8 40.2 1,129 28.0 40.3 – – – Machinists.................................................. 896 8.2 40.0 896 8.2 40.0 – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 428 29.2 40.0 428 29.2 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c...................... 826 9.9 37.3 826 9.9 37.3 – – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 663 9.8 40.0 663 9.8 40.0 – – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 1,013 4.7 40.0 – – – 1,017 5.1 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 462 4.3 39.8 457 4.2 39.8 – – – Printing press operators.................................... 494 5.7 39.5 494 5.7 39.5 – – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 354 9.5 40.0 354 9.5 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 481 11.9 39.4 452 11.7 39.4 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 414 7.5 39.9 414 7.5 39.9 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 439 20.3 40.0 439 20.3 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 671 5.2 40.5 653 5.5 40.6 847 7.0 40.0 Truck drivers............................................... 701 7.1 41.0 681 8.7 41.2 – – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 920 17.9 39.7 920 17.9 39.7 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 469 4.0 39.9 450 3.1 39.9 771 1.5 40.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 570 16.5 40.0 – – – – – – Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 425 17.6 40.0 – – – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 388 3.1 39.8 388 3.1 39.8 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 455 17.3 39.9 455 17.3 39.9 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 494 6.2 40.0 494 6.2 40.0 – – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 329 16.0 40.0 329 16.0 40.0 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 374 14.1 40.0 374 14.1 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 583 7.5 39.9 548 7.2 39.8 – – – Service............................................................. 595 4.4 39.2 387 3.9 38.6 1,121 5.1 40.6 Protective service............................................ $1,021 9.3 40.3 $411 12.2 38.8 $1,243 6.0 40.8 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 1,616 4.6 39.9 – – – 1,616 4.6 39.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 1,232 2.6 40.0 – – – 1,232 2.6 40.0 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 942 3.7 39.8 – – – 942 3.7 39.8 Guards and police, except public service.................... 409 14.8 38.8 388 13.7 38.7 – – – Food service.................................................. 391 6.3 39.2 376 7.6 39.1 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 258 6.4 36.6 258 6.4 36.6 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 247 10.3 36.3 247 10.3 36.3 – – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 278 9.4 37.5 278 9.4 37.5 – – – Other food service........................................... 427 7.5 39.9 410 9.1 39.9 – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 736 9.1 39.9 743 12.4 39.9 – – – Cooks....................................................... 473 14.3 41.3 473 14.3 41.3 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 333 7.3 39.2 – – – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 324 3.4 39.8 315 2.4 39.8 – – – Health service................................................ 390 7.7 39.1 381 7.5 39.0 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 379 8.2 39.0 375 8.1 39.0 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 392 4.1 39.9 361 3.7 39.9 600 3.6 40.0 Maids and housemen.......................................... 338 5.6 39.8 338 5.6 39.8 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 422 6.9 39.9 376 3.9 39.9 600 4.0 40.0 Personal service.............................................. 504 13.0 31.9 498 13.3 31.8 – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly 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 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. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $43,838 2.1 2,009 $41,626 2.9 2,059 $51,442 1.6 1,836 All excluding sales............................................... 43,618 2.2 2,006 41,154 3.2 2,059 51,442 1.6 1,836 White collar........................................................ 52,246 1.2 1,975 53,130 1.7 2,066 50,027 .8 1,746 White collar excluding sales.................................... 52,804 1.1 1,964 54,095 1.6 2,066 50,027 .8 1,746 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 61,946 1.5 1,835 65,910 2.4 2,038 56,116 1.3 1,538 Professional specialty.......................................... 65,782 1.7 1,778 73,753 2.4 2,035 56,883 1.7 1,490 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 83,130 5.2 2,078 84,101 5.1 2,078 65,402 13.6 2,080 Aerospace engineers......................................... 96,913 7.5 2,080 96,913 7.5 2,080 – – – Civil engineers............................................. 71,199 23.0 2,080 – – – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 87,315 4.9 2,080 87,497 5.0 2,080 – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 68,870 7.1 2,080 67,413 8.1 2,080 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 83,766 4.0 2,080 83,773 4.0 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 73,943 5.0 2,091 78,928 3.9 2,096 60,494 5.7 2,080 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 74,427 5.1 2,092 79,825 3.8 2,096 60,494 5.7 2,080 Natural scientists............................................ 63,797 5.1 2,071 62,982 8.7 2,065 65,185 5.3 2,080 Health related................................................ 64,123 4.1 2,034 65,808 4.9 2,039 55,674 3.5 2,007 Registered nurses........................................... 61,993 2.4 2,028 62,732 2.9 2,036 58,039 3.8 1,989 Teachers, college and university.............................. 71,745 1.4 1,558 71,085 1.5 1,683 72,293 1.3 1,455 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 73,353 6.3 1,570 – – – 72,768 2.1 1,473 Teachers, except college and university....................... 53,094 1.4 1,333 34,986 5.4 1,807 54,817 1.0 1,287 Elementary school teachers.................................. 53,201 3.0 1,290 – – – 53,877 2.6 1,280 Secondary school teachers................................... 54,425 4.6 1,343 49,408 .4 1,570 54,718 4.7 1,330 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 54,838 4.9 1,257 44,005 21.9 1,767 – – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 52,865 12.7 1,494 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 42,587 18.0 2,034 – – – 50,619 4.1 2,080 Social workers.............................................. 43,187 18.5 2,031 – – – 51,048 2.4 2,080 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 86,102 14.7 2,078 91,818 11.3 2,077 – – – Technical....................................................... 47,685 2.9 2,050 47,757 3.4 2,045 47,282 2.6 2,080 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 39,909 22.8 2,068 – – – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 35,305 3.1 2,071 35,185 3.2 2,071 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 40,036 9.7 2,076 38,525 16.8 2,072 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 59,163 7.5 2,052 58,913 7.7 2,052 – – – Airplane pilots and navigators.............................. 85,566 4.6 1,179 85,566 4.6 1,179 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 50,479 1.7 2,080 – – – 50,834 2.4 2,080 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 71,717 2.8 2,073 74,252 3.0 2,096 62,080 6.4 1,984 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... $80,251 4.8 2,065 $83,300 5.8 2,101 $68,224 3.8 1,926 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 111,498 .7 2,080 – – – 111,498 .7 2,080 Financial managers.......................................... 84,379 11.5 2,094 82,941 12.3 2,094 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 87,960 14.9 2,077 87,960 14.9 2,077 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 79,721 20.8 1,988 51,898 27.2 2,073 – – – Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 41,236 9.9 1,791 52,295 1.7 2,080 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 82,954 7.5 2,103 88,058 6.7 2,108 59,291 21.0 2,080 Management related............................................ 56,434 1.8 2,086 57,700 1.8 2,087 51,917 3.5 2,080 Accountants and auditors.................................... 52,979 5.5 2,073 52,648 6.5 2,069 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 62,423 3.5 2,124 62,423 3.5 2,124 – – – Management analysts......................................... 61,697 6.9 2,080 62,086 7.3 2,080 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 51,864 7.6 2,080 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 55,566 3.5 2,080 56,419 3.9 2,080 – – – Sales............................................................. 47,351 10.4 2,066 47,351 10.4 2,066 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 72,960 22.7 2,056 72,960 22.7 2,056 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 116,165 38.7 2,080 116,165 38.7 2,080 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 41,590 31.7 2,024 41,590 31.7 2,024 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 25,656 9.5 2,076 25,656 9.5 2,076 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 32,076 1.5 2,058 31,126 2.1 2,075 34,600 .7 2,011 Supervisors, general office................................. 42,108 8.8 2,074 41,764 10.3 2,073 – – – Secretaries................................................. 38,439 2.8 2,057 38,052 3.0 2,071 39,904 4.1 2,004 Typists..................................................... 33,927 7.3 2,076 – – – – – – Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 32,872 4.5 2,080 32,872 4.5 2,080 – – – Receptionists............................................... 28,474 5.4 2,080 28,288 5.6 2,080 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 28,863 2.4 2,080 28,863 2.4 2,080 – – – Order clerks................................................ 31,390 3.5 2,080 30,573 3.3 2,080 – – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 31,100 10.0 2,080 31,100 10.0 2,080 – – – Library clerks.............................................. 31,461 5.8 2,031 – – – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 31,087 6.7 2,040 31,353 8.9 2,075 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 31,754 3.8 2,071 30,084 4.0 2,071 39,060 6.6 2,074 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 35,825 8.3 2,080 – – – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 29,869 6.8 2,078 29,869 6.8 2,078 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 43,451 2.5 2,052 – – – 44,442 2.1 2,059 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 27,323 4.4 2,070 27,323 4.4 2,070 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 25,495 31.7 2,080 24,899 33.7 2,080 – – – Meter readers............................................... 44,842 13.7 2,080 – – – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 40,224 7.1 2,056 38,788 8.3 2,053 – – – Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 34,998 .9 2,080 – – – 34,998 .9 2,080 General office clerks....................................... 30,283 2.5 2,084 28,518 4.6 2,100 32,201 4.1 2,067 Data entry keyers........................................... 24,989 3.8 2,080 – – – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... $34,222 5.8 2,043 $32,159 5.6 2,058 $40,188 5.5 2,000 Blue collar......................................................... 33,228 4.0 2,072 31,863 4.1 2,072 50,657 2.6 2,065 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 45,767 5.0 2,062 44,228 5.6 2,060 56,766 5.8 2,076 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 55,251 9.8 2,083 52,879 11.8 2,083 – – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 43,062 8.2 2,080 42,688 8.5 2,080 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 41,541 8.0 2,080 39,689 7.2 2,080 – – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 46,634 10.0 2,080 46,634 10.0 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 41,251 10.3 2,006 37,470 11.7 1,985 – – – Carpenters.................................................. 46,242 8.9 2,047 43,011 8.2 2,035 – – – Electricians................................................ 54,090 10.7 2,080 54,141 12.8 2,080 – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 41,011 10.1 2,080 – – – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 60,089 24.8 2,093 58,694 28.0 2,094 – – – Machinists.................................................. 46,569 8.2 2,080 46,569 8.2 2,080 – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 22,253 29.2 2,080 22,253 29.2 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c...................... 42,929 9.9 1,940 42,929 9.9 1,940 – – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 34,463 9.8 2,080 34,463 9.8 2,080 – – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 52,694 4.7 2,080 – – – 52,879 5.1 2,080 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 24,029 4.3 2,069 23,778 4.2 2,069 – – – Printing press operators.................................... 25,706 5.7 2,052 25,706 5.7 2,052 – – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 18,407 9.5 2,080 18,407 9.5 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 25,024 11.9 2,048 23,529 11.7 2,047 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 21,553 7.5 2,073 21,553 7.5 2,073 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 22,824 20.3 2,080 22,824 20.3 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 34,697 5.2 2,094 33,860 5.5 2,102 42,634 7.0 2,014 Truck drivers............................................... 36,224 7.1 2,122 35,198 8.7 2,128 – – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 47,846 17.9 2,064 47,846 17.9 2,064 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 24,359 4.0 2,075 23,391 3.1 2,075 40,097 1.5 2,080 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 29,627 16.5 2,080 – – – – – – Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 22,088 17.6 2,080 – – – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 20,182 3.1 2,070 20,182 3.1 2,070 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 23,667 17.3 2,075 23,667 17.3 2,075 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 25,639 6.2 2,074 25,639 6.2 2,074 – – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 17,107 16.0 2,080 17,107 16.0 2,080 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 19,451 14.1 2,080 19,451 14.1 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 30,328 7.5 2,073 28,518 7.2 2,072 – – – Service............................................................. 30,732 4.4 2,025 20,059 3.9 2,001 57,560 5.1 2,086 Protective service............................................ $52,817 9.3 2,082 $21,393 12.2 2,018 $64,171 6.0 2,106 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 84,052 4.6 2,075 – – – 84,052 4.6 2,075 Police and detectives, public service....................... 64,058 2.6 2,081 – – – 64,058 2.6 2,081 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 48,998 3.7 2,070 – – – 48,998 3.7 2,070 Guards and police, except public service.................... 20,827 14.8 1,976 20,199 13.7 2,012 – – – Food service.................................................. 20,147 6.3 2,019 19,515 7.6 2,032 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 13,431 6.4 1,906 13,431 6.4 1,906 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 12,822 10.3 1,886 12,822 10.3 1,886 – – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 14,472 9.4 1,948 14,472 9.4 1,948 – – – Other food service........................................... 21,953 7.5 2,050 21,303 9.1 2,069 – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 36,983 9.1 2,006 38,623 12.4 2,074 – – – Cooks....................................................... 24,571 14.3 2,148 24,571 14.3 2,148 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 16,824 7.3 1,980 – – – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 16,754 3.4 2,058 16,283 2.4 2,056 – – – Health service................................................ 20,272 7.7 2,032 19,808 7.5 2,030 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 19,706 8.2 2,027 19,489 8.1 2,026 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 20,204 4.1 2,054 18,549 3.7 2,050 31,181 3.6 2,080 Maids and housemen.......................................... 17,587 5.6 2,068 17,587 5.6 2,068 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 21,590 6.9 2,045 19,189 3.9 2,036 31,217 4.0 2,080 Personal service.............................................. 26,089 13.0 1,652 25,749 13.3 1,648 – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual 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 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. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $20.95 2.2 $19.34 3.0 $27.21 1.5 All excluding sales............................................... 21.08 2.5 19.33 3.5 27.24 1.6 White collar........................................................ 25.47 1.1 24.63 1.5 27.97 1.4 1....................................................... 8.38 4.8 8.25 4.7 – – 2....................................................... 10.11 8.0 9.97 9.4 11.01 7.0 3....................................................... 12.10 3.8 11.61 4.5 13.99 3.9 4....................................................... 14.36 2.9 14.14 3.4 15.39 3.3 5....................................................... 16.47 1.2 16.18 1.5 17.63 2.9 6....................................................... 18.77 2.8 18.48 4.7 19.21 .6 7....................................................... 26.61 7.4 28.58 9.4 21.64 1.3 8....................................................... 29.67 9.2 27.04 5.9 36.41 12.7 9....................................................... 33.44 2.9 30.57 2.6 36.43 4.1 10........................................................ 33.63 2.2 32.88 2.7 36.62 3.0 11........................................................ 41.71 3.0 41.57 3.7 42.12 4.6 12........................................................ 47.12 1.9 45.88 2.2 53.12 2.3 13........................................................ 59.91 4.7 60.21 4.8 – – 14........................................................ 57.79 6.7 57.69 6.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.17 11.8 29.11 12.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.43 1.2 25.77 1.7 28.00 1.4 1....................................................... 8.65 7.5 8.39 7.0 – – 2....................................................... 11.00 8.9 11.00 11.1 11.01 7.0 3....................................................... 12.51 2.2 11.90 2.3 14.07 4.2 4....................................................... 14.69 1.6 14.45 1.8 15.39 3.3 5....................................................... 16.44 1.4 16.09 1.7 17.63 2.9 6....................................................... 18.96 3.0 18.78 5.3 19.21 .6 7....................................................... 23.00 3.7 23.61 4.8 21.64 1.3 8....................................................... 30.61 8.8 27.65 1.0 36.41 12.7 9....................................................... 33.42 2.9 30.50 2.6 36.43 4.1 10........................................................ 33.63 2.2 32.88 2.7 36.62 3.0 11........................................................ 41.45 3.0 41.20 3.9 42.12 4.6 12........................................................ 47.03 2.0 45.73 2.3 53.12 2.3 13........................................................ 59.91 4.7 60.21 4.8 – – 14........................................................ 57.79 6.7 57.69 6.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.58 12.4 28.50 13.1 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 33.45 1.4 32.05 2.4 36.10 1.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 36.74 1.5 35.99 2.4 37.84 2.3 5....................................................... 14.57 8.6 12.39 12.3 – – 6....................................................... 18.53 18.7 17.46 22.5 – – 7....................................................... 28.15 9.8 28.71 10.5 23.89 6.6 8....................................................... 34.15 11.6 28.33 1.6 40.25 7.7 9....................................................... 35.84 3.4 31.48 4.6 38.02 3.8 10........................................................ 34.05 2.9 33.69 3.4 35.22 5.5 11........................................................ 41.25 3.6 42.02 4.2 40.03 6.3 12........................................................ 47.45 2.7 45.99 3.7 55.96 4.6 13........................................................ $58.31 3.1 $59.26 3.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.54 9.9 41.55 10.3 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 40.00 5.2 40.47 5.1 $31.44 13.6 7....................................................... 33.81 8.2 33.81 8.2 – – 9....................................................... 33.17 4.4 34.32 4.0 – – 10........................................................ 34.45 4.8 34.81 5.0 – – 11........................................................ 43.70 5.4 43.87 5.5 – – 12........................................................ 46.64 4.1 46.84 4.0 – – 13........................................................ 56.74 4.9 56.74 4.9 – – Aerospace engineers......................................... 46.59 7.5 46.59 7.5 – – Civil engineers............................................. 34.23 23.0 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 41.98 4.9 42.07 5.0 – – 9....................................................... 33.88 3.1 33.88 3.1 – – 11........................................................ 46.37 7.7 46.99 7.9 – – 12........................................................ 45.68 5.0 45.68 5.0 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 33.11 7.1 32.41 8.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 40.27 4.0 40.28 4.0 – – 9....................................................... 33.96 7.4 33.95 7.5 – – 10........................................................ 35.90 6.3 35.90 6.3 – – 11........................................................ 40.59 3.6 40.59 3.6 – – 12........................................................ 46.77 6.4 46.77 6.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 35.35 5.0 37.66 4.2 29.08 5.7 10........................................................ 34.09 5.6 – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 35.58 5.2 38.08 4.1 29.08 5.7 10........................................................ 35.61 4.5 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ 30.81 5.1 30.50 8.7 31.34 5.3 9....................................................... 30.73 2.6 – – – – Health related................................................ 31.42 4.6 32.07 5.5 27.80 3.4 7....................................................... 28.54 9.1 – – – – 8....................................................... 29.13 1.3 29.21 1.4 – – 9....................................................... 30.14 5.0 30.70 6.1 28.30 5.1 11........................................................ 41.67 9.7 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 30.66 3.4 30.90 4.1 29.22 3.6 8....................................................... 30.65 .9 30.81 .9 – – 9....................................................... 30.54 4.8 30.88 5.7 29.29 5.1 Teachers, college and university.............................. 46.03 1.7 42.47 2.7 48.77 .9 9....................................................... 35.63 16.7 – – – – 10........................................................ 44.70 4.1 – – – – 11........................................................ 39.60 9.1 39.44 2.9 – – 12........................................................ 57.73 2.7 – – 60.65 2.7 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 46.22 5.5 – – 48.55 2.0 11........................................................ 38.78 7.5 – – – – 12........................................................ 58.08 1.3 – – 58.83 .1 Teachers, except college and university....................... 38.99 1.8 19.23 5.0 41.54 1.9 5....................................................... 11.08 11.4 10.68 13.6 – – 6....................................................... 18.59 16.0 – – – – 7....................................................... $23.37 17.2 – – – – 8....................................................... 39.76 9.2 $21.13 9.8 $41.63 4.8 9....................................................... 41.08 3.7 – – 41.90 3.0 10........................................................ 36.68 11.4 29.72 9.8 – – 11........................................................ 44.35 7.7 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 41.12 3.8 – – 42.02 3.3 8....................................................... 41.30 1.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 40.12 3.6 – – 41.18 1.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 40.49 1.2 31.32 .2 41.15 .7 9....................................................... 42.43 1.0 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 42.24 6.6 23.32 21.1 – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 35.37 19.4 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.94 16.0 – – 24.34 4.1 Social workers.............................................. 21.26 16.4 – – 24.54 2.4 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 40.03 14.1 42.32 11.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 55.84 24.7 55.84 24.7 – – Technical....................................................... 22.86 3.5 23.05 4.0 21.89 4.2 4....................................................... 14.01 3.1 13.77 2.7 – – 5....................................................... 15.53 2.4 15.53 2.5 – – 6....................................................... 20.76 12.6 20.65 13.4 – – 7....................................................... 22.54 5.7 22.91 7.9 21.80 2.5 8....................................................... 28.50 7.7 28.55 8.4 – – 9....................................................... 30.65 10.4 31.52 12.6 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.01 21.5 19.05 23.0 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 19.60 3.8 19.60 3.8 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.06 2.2 17.00 2.3 – – 6....................................................... 17.17 1.1 17.16 1.1 – – 7....................................................... 17.81 5.1 17.68 5.6 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 19.29 9.5 18.59 16.5 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 28.83 7.4 28.72 7.7 – – 8....................................................... 31.59 6.0 – – – – Airplane pilots and navigators.............................. 72.56 6.1 72.56 6.1 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 24.27 1.7 – – 24.44 2.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.67 2.6 35.42 2.7 31.72 6.7 6....................................................... 19.33 2.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.73 5.5 21.53 8.0 22.06 7.5 8....................................................... 26.18 6.3 26.62 7.7 – – 9....................................................... 29.27 2.7 29.59 3.0 28.11 6.7 10........................................................ 33.93 8.1 31.82 5.7 – – 11........................................................ 41.26 5.5 40.00 6.4 49.57 5.4 12........................................................ 46.51 4.5 45.39 5.7 50.67 4.4 13........................................................ $60.40 7.4 $60.21 7.6 – – 14........................................................ 58.22 7.9 58.22 7.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.86 14.9 32.20 15.3 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.93 4.4 39.65 5.4 $35.95 4.6 7....................................................... 21.04 7.7 20.69 11.8 – – 8....................................................... 28.39 14.6 28.80 15.9 – – 9....................................................... 30.66 6.5 30.28 7.1 – – 10........................................................ 37.15 12.9 32.81 10.0 – – 11........................................................ 43.16 5.3 41.99 6.4 49.57 5.4 12........................................................ 47.56 5.1 46.57 6.6 50.67 4.4 13........................................................ 61.19 6.7 61.02 7.0 – – 14........................................................ 62.07 4.0 62.07 4.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.56 27.2 35.33 28.4 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 53.60 .7 – – 53.60 .7 Financial managers.......................................... 40.30 11.0 39.60 11.7 – – 9....................................................... 32.23 6.0 32.23 6.0 – – 11........................................................ 43.19 15.9 43.11 16.8 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 42.35 14.9 42.35 14.9 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 42.09 17.1 25.03 27.2 54.66 3.8 11........................................................ 50.80 9.4 – – – – 12........................................................ 45.70 12.6 – – – – Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 23.03 9.9 25.14 1.7 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.45 7.1 41.78 6.2 28.51 21.0 9....................................................... 31.48 12.5 31.05 15.1 – – 11........................................................ 40.81 10.0 40.74 10.5 – – 12........................................................ 47.38 6.4 47.93 7.7 – – 13........................................................ 59.34 10.4 59.34 10.4 – – 14........................................................ 61.59 5.0 61.59 5.0 – – Management related............................................ 27.05 1.7 27.63 1.7 24.96 3.5 7....................................................... 22.92 7.7 22.59 9.0 23.96 14.5 8....................................................... 24.82 2.0 24.94 2.6 – – 9....................................................... 28.12 2.3 28.86 2.5 – – 10........................................................ 30.50 1.6 30.85 1.2 – – 11........................................................ 29.49 9.1 29.49 9.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.32 10.6 28.32 10.6 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 25.56 5.3 25.44 6.3 – – 7....................................................... 19.94 2.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.05 5.3 – – – – Other financial officers.................................... 29.30 3.0 29.30 3.0 – – Management analysts......................................... 29.66 6.9 29.85 7.3 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.93 7.6 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 26.71 3.5 27.12 3.9 – – 8....................................................... 25.41 2.2 26.08 2.5 – – 9....................................................... 28.73 1.2 – – – – 11........................................................ 30.76 11.2 30.76 11.2 – – Sales............................................................. $19.37 6.6 $19.40 6.6 – – 1....................................................... 8.15 7.7 8.15 7.7 – – 3....................................................... 11.05 12.3 11.06 12.6 – – 4....................................................... 13.59 11.0 13.59 11.0 – – 5....................................................... 16.78 2.6 16.78 2.6 – – 8....................................................... 25.07 26.0 25.07 26.0 – – 11........................................................ 44.49 4.6 44.49 4.6 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 35.49 21.9 35.49 21.9 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 47.89 46.2 47.89 46.2 – – Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings............... 8.82 10.5 8.82 10.5 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 18.50 29.9 18.50 29.9 – – Sales counter clerks........................................ 9.70 12.3 9.70 12.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 12.11 5.6 12.13 5.7 – – 3....................................................... 10.18 2.7 10.15 2.7 – – 4....................................................... 14.46 14.8 14.46 14.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.32 1.5 14.74 2.2 $16.78 0.8 1....................................................... 8.65 7.5 8.39 7.0 – – 2....................................................... 11.00 8.9 11.00 11.1 11.01 7.0 3....................................................... 12.52 2.2 11.87 2.4 14.23 4.2 4....................................................... 14.72 1.7 14.48 2.0 15.42 3.4 5....................................................... 16.80 2.1 16.39 2.3 18.07 3.9 6....................................................... 18.43 2.3 17.77 4.9 18.92 .7 7....................................................... 20.68 2.4 20.61 3.5 20.80 2.6 Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.83 8.1 15.83 8.1 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 20.30 8.8 20.14 10.3 – – Secretaries................................................. 18.58 2.9 18.24 3.2 19.91 4.1 4....................................................... 14.98 4.7 14.75 4.8 – – 5....................................................... 18.40 2.1 18.52 2.2 18.02 4.2 6....................................................... 20.34 1.7 20.17 1.8 – – 7....................................................... 20.81 4.1 20.60 5.7 – – Typists..................................................... 16.35 7.3 – – – – Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 15.81 4.5 15.81 4.5 – – Receptionists............................................... 13.69 5.4 13.60 5.6 – – 3....................................................... 13.91 7.3 13.91 7.3 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 13.88 2.4 13.88 2.4 – – Order clerks................................................ 14.88 3.7 14.51 3.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.46 3.8 14.16 2.3 – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 14.95 10.0 14.95 10.0 – – Library clerks.............................................. 15.46 5.4 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.33 6.2 15.24 7.9 – – 4....................................................... 13.36 7.5 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.29 4.0 14.53 4.2 18.47 7.9 3....................................................... 11.63 10.1 – – – – 4....................................................... 15.39 5.3 15.50 5.6 – – 5....................................................... $15.86 3.9 $15.05 5.2 – – 6....................................................... 17.61 8.8 – – – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 17.22 8.3 – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 14.37 6.8 14.37 6.8 – – Dispatchers................................................. 21.23 3.4 – – $21.62 4.3 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.91 6.8 12.91 6.8 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.23 26.4 11.99 27.8 – – Meter readers............................................... 21.56 13.7 – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 19.57 6.8 18.89 7.9 – – Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 16.83 .9 – – 16.83 .9 Bill and account collectors................................. 13.87 6.6 13.51 6.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.32 2.9 13.25 5.3 15.56 3.8 2....................................................... 10.56 4.4 – – – – 3....................................................... 13.40 6.7 12.15 7.8 14.33 8.0 4....................................................... 14.75 4.7 14.06 7.1 15.37 6.3 5....................................................... 17.04 7.1 – – – – Bank tellers................................................ 9.75 4.4 9.75 4.4 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 11.94 3.3 10.78 2.3 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 13.76 1.3 – – 13.93 .4 2....................................................... 10.83 8.0 – – 10.83 8.0 4....................................................... 16.31 19.2 – – 16.24 19.5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.36 5.7 15.37 5.4 19.48 7.1 4....................................................... 15.61 6.5 15.73 6.6 – – 5....................................................... 19.57 7.9 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.77 4.1 15.12 4.2 24.46 2.7 1....................................................... 8.30 3.2 8.29 3.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.82 2.7 9.61 2.5 – – 3....................................................... 12.04 7.3 11.90 7.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.57 6.6 13.86 6.9 19.34 4.1 5....................................................... 17.24 4.0 17.00 4.4 20.47 5.5 6....................................................... 21.93 2.3 22.12 2.5 19.89 3.6 7....................................................... 24.08 4.3 23.13 5.0 28.52 3.1 8....................................................... 27.37 4.7 26.82 5.7 – – 9....................................................... 36.90 17.6 36.62 19.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.24 20.0 21.24 20.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.18 5.0 21.46 5.7 27.19 6.3 2....................................................... 8.33 4.1 8.33 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.58 11.2 11.55 11.3 – – 4....................................................... 19.54 13.6 19.95 15.3 – – 5....................................................... 18.13 8.4 17.90 9.2 21.26 12.5 6....................................................... 22.23 2.6 22.41 2.6 – – 7....................................................... 24.27 3.7 23.24 3.9 28.34 4.8 8....................................................... 27.91 5.0 27.42 5.8 – – 9....................................................... 36.72 19.2 36.35 22.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... $27.08 6.8 $27.08 6.8 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 26.53 9.8 25.38 11.8 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 20.68 8.1 20.50 8.5 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.97 8.0 19.08 7.2 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 22.42 10.0 22.42 10.0 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.20 10.8 18.87 11.7 $22.27 25.7 Carpenters.................................................. 22.59 8.5 21.14 7.7 – – 7....................................................... 22.63 9.5 – – – – Electricians................................................ 26.00 10.7 26.03 12.8 – – 7....................................................... 27.08 9.7 – – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 19.72 10.1 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 28.71 25.9 28.03 29.2 – – Machinists.................................................. 22.39 8.2 22.39 8.2 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 10.70 29.2 10.70 29.2 – – Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c...................... 22.12 14.7 22.12 14.7 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 16.57 9.8 16.57 9.8 – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 25.33 4.7 – – 25.42 5.1 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.61 4.2 11.49 4.2 – – 1....................................................... 8.58 6.4 8.55 6.6 – – 2....................................................... 9.04 3.5 9.04 3.5 – – 3....................................................... 11.24 6.0 11.24 6.0 – – 4....................................................... 11.88 12.1 11.88 12.1 – – 5....................................................... 12.61 5.4 12.61 5.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.90 12.8 19.89 13.0 – – Printing press operators.................................... 12.53 7.1 12.53 7.1 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 8.85 9.5 8.85 9.5 – – 2....................................................... 9.18 6.2 9.18 6.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.22 12.9 11.50 12.9 – – Assemblers.................................................. 10.40 7.5 10.40 7.5 – – 2....................................................... 8.48 2.6 8.48 2.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.58 13.5 11.58 13.5 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 10.97 20.3 10.97 20.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.27 5.9 15.82 6.0 21.17 7.0 2....................................................... 8.93 8.8 8.93 8.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.45 25.6 11.45 25.6 – – 4....................................................... 16.17 7.1 14.09 8.3 – – 5....................................................... 17.80 5.7 17.77 6.2 – – 7....................................................... 25.79 16.1 25.50 18.0 – – Truck drivers............................................... 17.07 5.0 16.54 6.4 – – 4....................................................... 18.30 8.2 – – – – 5....................................................... 18.32 6.1 18.26 6.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.80 17.2 11.80 17.2 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 23.35 17.0 23.35 17.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $11.46 3.9 $11.05 3.4 $19.28 1.5 1....................................................... 8.41 4.4 8.41 4.4 – – 2....................................................... 10.87 3.5 10.46 2.9 – – 3....................................................... 14.01 12.2 13.59 13.2 – – 4....................................................... 12.49 3.6 12.23 3.4 – – 5....................................................... 18.18 9.3 17.70 11.0 – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 14.24 16.5 – – – – Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 10.62 17.6 – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 9.75 3.4 9.75 3.4 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.37 16.1 11.37 16.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.56 2.7 7.56 2.7 – – 2....................................................... 10.42 16.0 10.42 16.0 – – 3....................................................... 13.59 24.5 13.59 24.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.84 6.7 11.84 6.7 – – 2....................................................... 11.15 13.6 11.15 13.6 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 8.22 16.0 8.22 16.0 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.26 12.0 9.26 12.0 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.45 7.3 12.60 7.3 – – 1....................................................... 9.84 20.1 9.84 20.1 – – 2....................................................... 12.70 8.1 11.85 7.8 – – Service............................................................. 13.99 4.4 9.71 3.3 25.92 2.7 1....................................................... 8.32 3.0 8.10 3.0 11.61 2.6 2....................................................... 8.83 5.5 8.57 5.3 12.89 10.5 3....................................................... 10.09 5.4 9.91 5.3 11.80 15.7 4....................................................... 12.51 6.9 11.87 7.4 – – 5....................................................... 12.28 13.5 10.33 11.6 16.03 14.5 6....................................................... 18.43 7.5 16.29 5.2 – – 7....................................................... 27.00 8.5 – – 26.82 8.0 8....................................................... 28.16 4.7 – – 28.95 4.6 9....................................................... 31.49 7.3 – – 31.51 7.3 10........................................................ 36.39 5.4 – – 36.90 6.0 Not able to be leveled.................................... 9.54 7.6 – – – – Protective service............................................ 24.36 9.3 10.40 11.3 29.50 2.8 3....................................................... 9.16 7.7 – – – – 6....................................................... 20.43 7.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 27.89 4.6 – – 27.89 4.6 8....................................................... 28.95 4.6 – – 28.95 4.6 9....................................................... 31.49 7.3 – – 31.51 7.3 10........................................................ 36.90 6.0 – – 36.90 6.0 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 40.51 4.3 – – 40.51 4.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 30.60 2.5 – – 30.60 2.5 9....................................................... 32.37 4.2 – – 32.37 4.2 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 23.54 2.6 – – 23.54 2.6 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.34 13.4 – – – – Food service.................................................. $9.41 5.4 $9.06 6.7 $14.32 13.9 1....................................................... 7.40 1.9 7.34 1.5 – – 2....................................................... 7.59 3.8 7.34 2.5 – – 3....................................................... 11.11 5.8 10.98 6.7 – – 4....................................................... 11.68 4.9 11.44 5.2 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.99 1.3 6.99 1.3 – – 1....................................................... 7.07 3.2 7.07 3.2 – – 2....................................................... 6.93 1.6 6.93 1.6 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 6.85 .5 6.85 .5 – – 1....................................................... 6.88 .5 6.88 .5 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 7.18 4.3 7.18 4.3 – – 1....................................................... 7.26 6.7 7.26 6.7 – – Other food service........................................... 10.44 7.7 10.03 9.5 14.32 13.9 1....................................................... 7.61 1.7 7.51 .7 – – 2....................................................... 8.12 9.4 7.73 7.3 – – 3....................................................... 11.11 5.8 10.98 6.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.04 5.1 11.82 5.7 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 17.89 6.5 17.85 9.1 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.33 12.3 11.33 12.3 – – 4....................................................... 12.05 5.4 12.05 5.4 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 7.64 5.1 7.64 5.1 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.84 10.6 7.89 3.6 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.18 2.3 7.86 1.4 – – 1....................................................... 7.82 2.7 7.66 1.7 – – Health service................................................ 10.14 7.8 9.95 7.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.93 8.5 8.88 8.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.63 9.9 10.63 9.9 – – 4....................................................... 10.26 5.6 9.93 4.5 – – 5....................................................... 11.90 7.5 – – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.17 6.1 11.52 3.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.82 8.2 9.73 8.2 – – 2....................................................... 8.93 8.5 8.88 8.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.41 11.3 10.41 11.3 – – 4....................................................... 10.02 5.9 9.60 3.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.57 4.3 8.95 3.3 14.99 3.6 1....................................................... 9.04 4.3 8.77 4.4 13.57 4.0 3....................................................... 10.74 8.1 10.08 7.8 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.45 5.9 8.45 5.9 – – 1....................................................... 8.14 6.7 8.14 6.7 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.98 7.0 9.18 3.5 15.01 4.0 1....................................................... 9.68 5.6 9.27 4.5 13.57 4.0 3....................................................... 11.21 6.6 9.89 3.5 – – Personal service.............................................. $13.78 12.4 $14.25 14.6 $11.08 11.8 1....................................................... 8.91 8.2 – – 9.75 11.0 3....................................................... 9.75 4.8 9.70 5.1 – – 4....................................................... 17.88 20.4 17.88 20.4 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 8.36 13.7 8.33 14.8 – – Public transportation attendants............................ 32.26 1.4 32.26 1.4 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 12.66 11.1 12.82 11.7 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which 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 rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 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. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $21.82 2.0 $20.21 2.8 $28.02 1.9 All excluding sales............................................... 21.75 2.2 19.99 3.1 28.02 1.9 White collar........................................................ 26.46 1.2 25.72 1.7 28.66 .8 2....................................................... 10.77 10.9 10.65 11.7 – – 3....................................................... 12.66 4.2 12.20 5.2 14.34 4.5 4....................................................... 14.40 2.9 14.22 3.5 15.26 2.7 5....................................................... 16.49 1.2 16.18 1.4 17.71 2.5 6....................................................... 18.77 3.2 18.65 5.2 18.98 .7 7....................................................... 26.70 7.5 28.74 9.4 21.64 1.3 8....................................................... 29.81 9.5 27.01 6.1 36.96 11.9 9....................................................... 33.36 3.2 30.51 2.6 36.40 4.4 10........................................................ 33.64 2.2 32.88 2.7 36.74 3.2 11........................................................ 41.79 3.1 41.66 3.8 42.17 4.6 12........................................................ 46.87 2.0 45.88 2.2 52.29 2.6 13........................................................ 59.73 4.8 60.15 4.9 – – 14........................................................ 57.79 6.7 57.69 6.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.49 12.4 29.39 13.0 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.88 1.0 26.19 1.5 28.66 .8 2....................................................... 11.12 11.7 11.01 12.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.74 2.5 12.17 2.6 14.34 4.5 4....................................................... 14.66 1.5 14.47 1.7 15.26 2.7 5....................................................... 16.44 1.3 16.07 1.7 17.71 2.5 6....................................................... 18.98 3.5 18.98 5.8 18.98 .7 7....................................................... 23.07 3.7 23.71 4.8 21.64 1.3 8....................................................... 30.82 9.0 27.64 1.0 36.96 11.9 9....................................................... 33.33 3.2 30.43 2.6 36.40 4.4 10........................................................ 33.64 2.2 32.88 2.7 36.74 3.2 11........................................................ 41.53 3.1 41.29 4.0 42.17 4.6 12........................................................ 46.77 2.0 45.73 2.3 52.29 2.6 13........................................................ 59.73 4.8 60.15 4.9 – – 14........................................................ 57.79 6.7 57.69 6.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.89 13.1 28.76 13.8 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 33.75 1.4 32.34 2.3 36.50 2.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 37.00 1.6 36.24 2.4 38.17 2.4 6....................................................... 17.46 21.5 17.47 22.6 – – 7....................................................... 28.18 9.8 28.75 10.5 23.89 6.6 8....................................................... 34.92 11.5 28.41 2.3 41.19 5.0 9....................................................... 35.87 3.8 31.39 4.6 38.09 4.0 10........................................................ 34.07 2.9 33.69 3.4 35.33 5.7 11........................................................ 41.41 3.7 42.25 4.3 40.10 6.3 12........................................................ 47.11 2.8 45.99 3.7 55.03 5.5 13........................................................ 58.10 3.2 59.07 3.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.43 10.6 42.62 11.0 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 40.00 5.2 40.47 5.1 31.44 13.6 7....................................................... $33.81 8.2 $33.81 8.2 – – 9....................................................... 33.17 4.4 34.32 4.0 – – 10........................................................ 34.45 4.8 34.81 5.0 – – 11........................................................ 43.70 5.4 43.87 5.5 – – 12........................................................ 46.64 4.1 46.84 4.0 – – 13........................................................ 56.74 4.9 56.74 4.9 – – Aerospace engineers......................................... 46.59 7.5 46.59 7.5 – – Civil engineers............................................. 34.23 23.0 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 41.98 4.9 42.07 5.0 – – 9....................................................... 33.88 3.1 33.88 3.1 – – 11........................................................ 46.37 7.7 46.99 7.9 – – 12........................................................ 45.68 5.0 45.68 5.0 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 33.11 7.1 32.41 8.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 40.27 4.0 40.28 4.0 – – 9....................................................... 33.96 7.4 33.95 7.5 – – 10........................................................ 35.90 6.3 35.90 6.3 – – 11........................................................ 40.59 3.6 40.59 3.6 – – 12........................................................ 46.77 6.4 46.77 6.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 35.35 5.0 37.66 4.2 $29.08 5.7 10........................................................ 34.09 5.6 – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 35.58 5.2 38.08 4.1 29.08 5.7 10........................................................ 35.61 4.5 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ 30.81 5.1 30.50 8.7 31.34 5.3 9....................................................... 30.73 2.6 – – – – Health related................................................ 31.53 4.9 32.27 5.9 27.73 3.5 7....................................................... 28.54 9.1 – – – – 8....................................................... 29.36 3.3 29.48 3.6 – – 9....................................................... 29.87 5.4 30.43 6.7 28.22 5.4 11........................................................ 43.51 12.0 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 30.57 3.5 30.82 4.3 29.18 3.7 8....................................................... 30.70 1.0 30.89 1.0 – – 9....................................................... 30.31 5.1 30.63 6.3 29.23 5.4 Teachers, college and university.............................. 46.04 1.3 42.24 1.6 49.69 .6 11........................................................ 40.11 11.0 39.44 2.9 – – 12........................................................ 57.13 3.4 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 46.72 6.8 – – 49.41 1.6 11........................................................ 39.84 9.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 39.84 2.1 19.36 4.7 42.58 2.2 8....................................................... 40.76 6.8 21.47 11.6 42.73 .1 9....................................................... 41.38 3.6 – – 42.28 2.5 10........................................................ 36.68 11.4 29.72 9.8 – – 11........................................................ 44.35 7.7 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 41.23 3.9 – – 42.09 3.5 9....................................................... 40.19 3.8 – – 41.27 2.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 40.53 1.2 31.48 .6 41.15 .7 9....................................................... 42.46 1.0 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. $43.63 9.3 $24.90 21.9 – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 35.40 19.4 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.94 16.0 – – $24.34 4.1 Social workers.............................................. 21.26 16.4 – – 24.54 2.4 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 41.44 14.7 44.20 11.3 – – Technical....................................................... 23.26 3.6 23.36 4.2 22.73 2.6 4....................................................... 14.08 3.2 13.84 2.9 – – 5....................................................... 15.46 2.3 15.46 2.3 – – 6....................................................... 21.44 13.8 21.34 14.6 – – 7....................................................... 22.77 5.4 23.28 7.2 21.80 2.5 8....................................................... 28.50 7.7 28.55 8.4 – – 9....................................................... 30.65 10.4 31.52 12.6 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.30 23.1 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.05 2.7 16.99 2.8 – – 6....................................................... 17.04 1.2 17.04 1.2 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 19.29 9.5 18.59 16.5 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 28.83 7.4 28.72 7.7 – – 8....................................................... 31.59 6.0 – – – – Airplane pilots and navigators.............................. 72.56 6.1 72.56 6.1 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 24.27 1.7 – – 24.44 2.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.60 2.6 35.43 2.7 31.29 6.4 6....................................................... 19.33 2.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.73 5.5 21.53 8.0 22.06 7.5 8....................................................... 26.18 6.3 26.62 7.7 – – 9....................................................... 29.27 2.7 29.59 3.0 28.11 6.7 10........................................................ 33.93 8.1 31.82 5.7 – – 11........................................................ 41.26 5.5 40.00 6.4 49.57 5.4 12........................................................ 46.36 4.6 45.39 5.7 50.21 4.0 13........................................................ 60.21 7.6 60.21 7.6 – – 14........................................................ 58.22 7.9 58.22 7.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.33 15.2 32.33 15.2 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.86 4.5 39.65 5.4 35.43 4.2 7....................................................... 21.04 7.7 20.69 11.8 – – 8....................................................... 28.39 14.6 28.80 15.9 – – 9....................................................... 30.66 6.5 30.28 7.1 – – 10........................................................ 37.15 12.9 32.81 10.0 – – 11........................................................ 43.16 5.3 41.99 6.4 49.57 5.4 12........................................................ 47.40 5.2 46.57 6.6 50.21 4.0 13........................................................ 61.02 7.0 61.02 7.0 – – 14........................................................ 62.07 4.0 62.07 4.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.33 28.4 35.33 28.4 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... $53.60 0.7 – – $53.60 0.7 Financial managers.......................................... 40.30 11.0 $39.60 11.7 – – 9....................................................... 32.23 6.0 32.23 6.0 – – 11........................................................ 43.19 15.9 43.11 16.8 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 42.35 14.9 42.35 14.9 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 40.10 18.5 25.03 27.2 – – 11........................................................ 50.80 9.4 – – – – 12........................................................ 43.98 14.5 – – – – Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 23.03 9.9 25.14 1.7 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.45 7.1 41.78 6.2 28.51 21.0 9....................................................... 31.48 12.5 31.05 15.1 – – 11........................................................ 40.81 10.0 40.74 10.5 – – 12........................................................ 47.38 6.4 47.93 7.7 – – 13........................................................ 59.34 10.4 59.34 10.4 – – 14........................................................ 61.59 5.0 61.59 5.0 – – Management related............................................ 27.06 1.7 27.65 1.7 24.96 3.5 7....................................................... 22.92 7.7 22.59 9.0 23.96 14.5 8....................................................... 24.82 2.0 24.94 2.6 – – 9....................................................... 28.12 2.3 28.86 2.5 – – 10........................................................ 30.50 1.6 30.85 1.2 – – 11........................................................ 29.49 9.1 29.49 9.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.56 10.2 28.56 10.2 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 25.56 5.3 25.44 6.3 – – 7....................................................... 19.94 2.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.05 5.3 – – – – Other financial officers.................................... 29.39 2.8 29.39 2.8 – – Management analysts......................................... 29.66 6.9 29.85 7.3 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.93 7.6 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 26.71 3.5 27.12 3.9 – – 8....................................................... 25.41 2.2 26.08 2.5 – – 9....................................................... 28.73 1.2 – – – – 11........................................................ 30.76 11.2 30.76 11.2 – – Sales............................................................. 22.92 10.4 22.92 10.4 – – 3....................................................... 12.30 19.4 12.30 19.4 – – 4....................................................... 13.69 12.4 13.69 12.4 – – 5....................................................... 16.87 2.3 16.87 2.3 – – 8....................................................... 25.07 26.0 25.07 26.0 – – 11........................................................ 44.49 4.6 44.49 4.6 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 35.49 21.9 35.49 21.9 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 55.85 38.7 55.85 38.7 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 20.55 29.9 20.55 29.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.93 11.7 10.93 11.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 12.36 9.5 12.36 9.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.30 5.7 10.30 5.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.98 26.7 12.98 26.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ $15.59 1.6 $15.00 2.1 $17.20 0.7 2....................................................... 11.12 11.7 11.01 12.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.74 2.6 12.14 2.7 14.34 4.5 4....................................................... 14.69 1.6 14.50 1.9 15.26 2.8 5....................................................... 16.78 2.0 16.36 2.2 18.07 3.9 6....................................................... 18.50 2.4 17.98 4.7 18.95 .9 7....................................................... 20.68 2.4 20.61 3.5 20.80 2.6 Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.95 8.5 15.95 8.5 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 20.30 8.8 20.14 10.3 – – Secretaries................................................. 18.69 2.8 18.37 3.1 19.91 4.1 4....................................................... 15.07 4.5 14.83 4.6 – – 5....................................................... 18.43 2.1 18.57 2.3 18.02 4.2 6....................................................... 20.55 1.6 20.41 1.5 – – 7....................................................... 20.81 4.1 20.60 5.7 – – Typists..................................................... 16.35 7.3 – – – – Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 15.80 4.5 15.80 4.5 – – Receptionists............................................... 13.69 5.4 13.60 5.6 – – 3....................................................... 13.91 7.3 13.91 7.3 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 13.88 2.4 13.88 2.4 – – Order clerks................................................ 15.09 3.5 14.70 3.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.53 3.8 14.22 2.1 – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 14.95 10.0 14.95 10.0 – – Library clerks.............................................. 15.49 5.8 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.24 6.7 15.11 8.9 – – 4....................................................... 12.87 7.0 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.33 3.9 14.53 4.2 18.83 6.3 4....................................................... 15.39 5.3 15.50 5.6 – – 5....................................................... 15.86 3.9 15.05 5.2 – – 6....................................................... 17.61 8.8 – – – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 17.22 8.3 – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 14.37 6.8 14.37 6.8 – – Dispatchers................................................. 21.18 3.3 – – 21.58 4.3 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.20 4.8 13.20 4.8 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.26 31.7 11.97 33.7 – – Meter readers............................................... 21.56 13.7 – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 19.57 6.8 18.89 7.9 – – Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 16.83 .9 – – 16.83 .9 General office clerks....................................... 14.53 2.8 13.58 5.1 15.58 4.1 2....................................................... 10.51 4.6 – – – – 3....................................................... 13.38 6.7 12.15 7.8 14.31 8.1 4....................................................... 14.96 4.8 14.54 7.8 15.31 6.1 5....................................................... 17.04 7.1 – – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 12.01 3.8 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.75 5.8 15.62 5.8 20.09 5.5 4....................................................... 14.86 5.7 14.96 6.0 – – 5....................................................... $19.57 7.9 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.04 4.1 $15.38 4.2 $24.53 2.6 1....................................................... 8.32 3.5 8.31 3.5 – – 2....................................................... 9.81 2.8 9.58 2.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.05 7.1 11.91 7.2 – – 4....................................................... 14.90 7.3 14.16 7.9 19.34 4.1 5....................................................... 17.24 4.0 17.00 4.4 20.47 5.5 6....................................................... 21.93 2.3 22.12 2.5 19.89 3.6 7....................................................... 24.09 4.3 23.13 5.0 28.52 3.1 8....................................................... 27.37 4.7 26.82 5.7 – – 9....................................................... 36.90 17.6 36.62 19.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.04 21.0 21.04 21.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.19 5.0 21.47 5.7 27.34 5.6 2....................................................... 8.33 4.1 8.33 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.58 11.3 11.55 11.4 – – 4....................................................... 19.54 13.6 19.95 15.3 – – 5....................................................... 18.13 8.4 17.90 9.2 21.26 12.5 6....................................................... 22.23 2.6 22.41 2.6 – – 7....................................................... 24.27 3.7 23.24 3.9 28.34 4.8 8....................................................... 27.91 5.0 27.42 5.8 – – 9....................................................... 36.72 19.2 36.35 22.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.08 6.8 27.08 6.8 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 26.53 9.8 25.38 11.8 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 20.70 8.2 20.52 8.5 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.97 8.0 19.08 7.2 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 22.42 10.0 22.42 10.0 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.56 10.0 18.87 11.7 – – Carpenters.................................................. 22.59 8.5 21.14 7.7 – – 7....................................................... 22.63 9.5 – – – – Electricians................................................ 26.00 10.7 26.03 12.8 – – 7....................................................... 27.08 9.7 – – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 19.72 10.1 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 28.71 25.9 28.03 29.2 – – Machinists.................................................. 22.39 8.2 22.39 8.2 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 10.70 29.2 10.70 29.2 – – Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c...................... 22.12 14.7 22.12 14.7 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 16.57 9.8 16.57 9.8 – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 25.33 4.7 – – 25.42 5.1 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.61 4.2 11.49 4.2 – – 1....................................................... 8.58 6.4 8.55 6.6 – – 2....................................................... 9.04 3.5 9.04 3.5 – – 3....................................................... 11.24 6.0 11.24 6.0 – – 4....................................................... 11.88 12.1 11.88 12.1 – – 5....................................................... $12.61 5.4 $12.61 5.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.90 12.8 19.89 13.0 – – Printing press operators.................................... 12.53 7.1 12.53 7.1 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 8.85 9.5 8.85 9.5 – – 2....................................................... 9.18 6.2 9.18 6.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.22 12.9 11.50 12.9 – – Assemblers.................................................. 10.40 7.5 10.40 7.5 – – 2....................................................... 8.48 2.6 8.48 2.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.58 13.5 11.58 13.5 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 10.97 20.3 10.97 20.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.57 5.9 16.11 6.2 $21.17 7.0 2....................................................... 8.95 10.4 8.95 10.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.75 24.9 11.75 24.9 – – 4....................................................... 17.40 7.1 – – – – 5....................................................... 17.80 5.7 17.77 6.2 – – 7....................................................... 25.80 16.1 25.52 18.1 – – Truck drivers............................................... 17.07 5.0 16.54 6.4 – – 4....................................................... 18.30 8.2 – – – – 5....................................................... 18.32 6.1 18.26 6.4 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 23.19 17.6 23.19 17.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.74 4.0 11.27 3.1 19.28 1.5 1....................................................... 8.47 5.6 8.47 5.6 – – 2....................................................... 10.91 3.7 10.45 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 14.16 13.5 13.67 14.7 – – 5....................................................... 18.18 9.3 17.70 11.0 – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 14.24 16.5 – – – – Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 10.62 17.6 – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 9.75 3.4 9.75 3.4 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.40 17.3 11.40 17.3 – – 1....................................................... 7.65 3.6 7.65 3.6 – – 3....................................................... 13.31 28.8 13.31 28.8 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.36 6.1 12.36 6.1 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 8.22 16.0 8.22 16.0 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.35 14.1 9.35 14.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 14.63 7.6 13.76 7.4 – – 2....................................................... 12.70 8.1 11.85 7.8 – – Service............................................................. 15.17 4.3 10.02 3.9 27.59 4.9 1....................................................... 8.45 2.7 8.26 2.8 13.57 4.0 2....................................................... 9.15 9.4 8.79 8.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.21 5.9 9.92 5.5 14.03 4.2 4....................................................... 12.77 7.2 12.09 8.0 – – 5....................................................... 12.66 14.9 10.19 12.5 – – 6....................................................... 18.19 8.2 15.83 4.7 – – 7....................................................... $26.96 8.4 – – $26.82 8.0 8....................................................... 28.16 4.7 – – 28.95 4.6 9....................................................... 31.49 7.3 – – 31.51 7.3 10........................................................ 36.39 5.4 – – 36.90 6.0 Protective service............................................ 25.36 8.6 $10.60 11.0 30.47 5.7 6....................................................... 20.43 7.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 27.89 4.6 – – 27.89 4.6 8....................................................... 28.95 4.6 – – 28.95 4.6 9....................................................... 31.49 7.3 – – 31.51 7.3 10........................................................ 36.90 6.0 – – 36.90 6.0 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 40.51 4.3 – – 40.51 4.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 30.78 2.6 – – 30.78 2.6 9....................................................... 32.37 4.2 – – 32.37 4.2 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 23.67 3.2 – – 23.67 3.2 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.54 13.4 10.04 12.2 – – Food service.................................................. 9.98 6.5 9.61 7.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.46 1.4 7.46 1.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.42 7.0 11.29 7.9 – – 4....................................................... 12.04 5.1 11.82 5.7 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7.05 2.9 7.05 2.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.19 4.2 7.19 4.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 6.80 .4 6.80 .4 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 7.43 8.2 7.43 8.2 – – 1....................................................... 7.57 9.6 7.57 9.6 – – Other food service........................................... 10.71 6.8 10.30 8.3 – – 1....................................................... 7.57 1.2 7.57 1.2 – – 3....................................................... 11.42 7.0 11.29 7.9 – – 4....................................................... 12.04 5.1 11.82 5.7 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 18.44 8.8 18.63 12.0 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.44 12.5 11.44 12.5 – – 4....................................................... 12.05 5.4 12.05 5.4 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.50 8.8 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.14 3.4 7.92 2.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.77 3.1 7.77 3.1 – – Health service................................................ 9.98 7.9 9.76 7.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.88 9.0 8.82 9.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.45 9.6 10.45 9.6 – – 4....................................................... 9.96 6.4 9.48 3.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.72 8.2 9.62 8.1 – – 2....................................................... 8.88 9.0 8.82 9.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.18 11.1 10.18 11.1 – – 4....................................................... 9.96 6.4 9.48 3.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.83 4.1 9.05 3.7 14.99 3.6 1....................................................... 9.10 4.1 8.82 4.2 13.57 4.0 2....................................................... 10.27 11.4 8.94 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.97 10.2 10.17 10.4 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... $8.51 5.6 $8.51 5.6 – – 1....................................................... 8.20 6.5 8.20 6.5 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.56 6.9 9.42 3.9 $15.01 4.0 1....................................................... 9.78 6.9 9.33 5.4 13.57 4.0 2....................................................... 10.96 17.0 8.94 7.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.06 8.5 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 15.79 14.9 15.63 15.2 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which 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 rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 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. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $12.18 3.7 $10.75 3.1 $18.38 8.0 All excluding sales............................................... 12.86 5.1 11.08 4.8 18.49 8.4 White collar........................................................ 14.81 6.3 12.44 5.2 21.10 10.4 1....................................................... 7.77 4.1 7.57 2.7 – – 2....................................................... 9.17 8.1 – – 10.44 4.9 3....................................................... 9.83 4.5 9.29 3.4 12.30 5.2 4....................................................... 14.08 5.6 13.52 5.6 16.16 17.1 5....................................................... 15.61 10.5 16.35 11.9 – – 6....................................................... 18.74 4.0 15.96 7.1 – – 7....................................................... 16.47 5.0 16.47 5.0 – – 8....................................................... 25.98 7.0 27.75 6.4 – – 9....................................................... 35.37 3.9 32.50 5.3 36.94 3.9 Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.18 28.2 20.00 31.3 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.59 6.4 16.14 5.7 21.31 11.1 1....................................................... 8.14 8.4 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.65 6.0 10.96 13.4 10.44 4.9 3....................................................... 10.53 6.1 – – 12.53 6.6 4....................................................... 15.00 9.0 14.06 10.0 16.16 17.1 5....................................................... 16.21 9.0 17.28 8.8 – – 6....................................................... 18.82 4.2 15.39 10.0 – – 7....................................................... 16.47 5.0 16.47 5.0 – – 8....................................................... 25.98 7.0 27.75 6.4 – – 9....................................................... 35.37 3.9 32.50 5.3 36.94 3.9 Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.18 28.2 20.00 31.3 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.69 6.5 25.09 5.4 30.62 10.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.55 5.9 29.53 4.7 33.27 9.4 5....................................................... 11.79 7.5 – – – – 8....................................................... 25.98 7.0 27.75 6.4 – – 9....................................................... 35.37 3.9 32.50 5.3 36.94 3.9 Health related................................................ 30.52 4.4 30.52 4.5 – – 9....................................................... 32.32 5.1 32.47 5.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 31.56 3.3 31.61 3.5 – – 9....................................................... 32.32 5.1 32.47 5.5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 45.92 4.5 – – 45.68 4.5 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 43.53 7.6 – – 45.45 5.7 Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.87 10.6 16.49 15.7 29.79 10.6 5....................................................... 11.79 7.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 37.27 1.4 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 37.99 12.6 15.38 24.2 – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.18 7.9 16.40 3.9 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.09 3.0 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $46.37 25.4 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 9.90 6.7 $9.89 6.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.50 3.6 7.50 3.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.36 4.8 9.30 4.9 – – 4....................................................... 13.24 7.5 13.24 7.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.84 7.8 11.87 8.1 – – 4....................................................... 16.85 4.5 16.85 4.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.49 3.2 11.03 6.3 $14.20 1.5 1....................................................... 8.14 8.4 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.65 6.0 10.96 13.4 10.44 4.9 3....................................................... 10.55 6.8 – – 13.40 4.2 4....................................................... 15.10 9.3 14.12 10.3 16.29 17.7 General office clerks....................................... 10.56 14.5 8.88 7.2 – – Bank tellers................................................ 9.25 1.2 9.25 1.2 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 13.98 1.8 – – 14.08 1.8 4....................................................... 16.24 19.5 – – 16.24 19.5 Blue collar......................................................... 10.56 9.3 10.57 9.3 – – 1....................................................... 8.19 3.4 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.08 13.4 10.08 13.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.88 15.5 11.88 15.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.71 11.6 12.71 11.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.87 9.3 9.87 9.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.50 15.3 10.50 15.3 – – 3....................................................... 13.20 10.8 13.20 10.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.31 15.3 11.31 15.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.42 16.0 10.42 16.0 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.46 5.4 8.46 5.4 – – Service............................................................. 8.70 2.4 8.55 1.9 9.67 8.8 1....................................................... 7.85 5.4 7.40 3.1 10.07 11.4 2....................................................... 8.40 3.2 8.28 4.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.61 5.0 9.82 5.7 – – 4....................................................... 10.53 9.1 10.53 9.1 – – Protective service............................................ 8.24 3.4 – – – – Food service.................................................. 7.76 3.9 7.41 1.3 – – 1....................................................... 7.26 4.3 7.02 2.0 – – 2....................................................... $7.87 5.3 $7.45 4.6 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.94 .9 6.94 .9 – – 1....................................................... 6.91 .5 6.91 .5 – – 2....................................................... 6.98 2.1 6.98 2.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 6.91 1.1 6.91 1.1 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.97 2.2 6.97 2.2 – – Other food service........................................... 8.91 8.3 8.25 7.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.80 7.5 – – – – 2....................................................... 9.64 9.2 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.30 7.9 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.97 6.3 11.97 6.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 10.47 4.0 10.68 5.4 $10.11 9.4 1....................................................... 8.91 9.5 – – 9.75 11.0 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 13.16 13.7 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which 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 rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 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. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2003 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $21.82 $12.18 $24.05 $19.48 $20.66 $29.58 All excluding sales............................................. 21.75 12.86 24.47 19.39 21.12 18.33 White collar........................................................ 26.46 14.81 26.23 25.16 25.04 36.03 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 26.88 18.59 27.28 26.04 26.43 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 33.75 27.69 36.38 31.73 33.46 – Professional specialty.......................................... 37.00 31.55 38.49 35.49 36.74 – Technical....................................................... 23.26 15.18 23.66 22.64 22.61 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.60 46.37 26.47 36.06 34.48 – Sales............................................................. 22.92 9.90 14.66 20.39 13.54 38.48 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.59 12.49 17.07 14.48 15.39 – Blue collar......................................................... 16.04 10.56 22.87 12.09 15.80 14.74 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.19 – 27.88 17.35 22.40 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.61 – 16.64 10.63 11.79 – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.57 12.71 21.84 9.45 15.95 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.74 9.87 16.46 9.85 11.46 – Service............................................................. 15.17 8.70 20.11 10.11 13.97 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.0 3.7 3.6 3.8 2.3 15.0 All excluding sales............................................. 2.2 5.1 3.5 4.3 2.5 21.0 White collar........................................................ 1.2 6.3 1.8 1.6 1.5 14.7 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 1.0 6.4 1.7 1.5 1.2 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1.4 6.5 2.4 1.6 1.4 – Professional specialty.......................................... 1.6 5.9 2.5 1.6 1.5 – Technical....................................................... 3.6 7.9 10.1 2.6 3.4 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 2.6 25.4 8.4 2.4 2.7 – Sales............................................................. 10.4 6.7 8.0 7.1 8.9 18.2 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 1.6 3.2 .9 2.4 1.5 – Blue collar......................................................... 4.1 9.3 3.7 5.1 4.0 20.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.0 – 4.4 4.9 5.1 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.2 – 13.5 5.6 5.5 – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.9 11.6 5.5 7.8 7.5 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.0 9.3 6.2 2.8 3.9 – Service............................................................. 4.3 2.4 14.6 5.6 4.5 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 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. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $19.34 - - - - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 19.33 - - - - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 24.63 - - - - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.77 - - - - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.05 - - - - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 35.99 - - - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 23.05 - - - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.42 - - - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 19.40 - - - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.74 - - - - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 15.12 - - - - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.46 - - - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.49 - - - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 15.82 - - - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.05 - - - - - - - - - Service............................................................. 9.71 - - - - - - - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.0 - - - - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 3.5 - - - - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 1.5 - - - - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 1.7 - - - - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.4 - - - - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 2.4 - - - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 4.0 - - - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 2.7 - - - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 6.6 - - - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.2 - - - - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 4.2 - - - - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.7 - - - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.2 - - - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 6.0 - - - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.4 - - - - - - - - - Service............................................................. 3.3 - - - - - - - - - 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. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2003 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $19.34 $16.20 $20.25 $17.42 $23.22 All excluding sales............................................. 19.33 16.33 20.16 16.41 23.71 White collar........................................................ 24.63 20.31 25.66 23.12 27.86 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.77 22.36 26.46 22.75 28.99 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.05 28.48 32.37 25.50 35.29 Professional specialty.......................................... 35.99 34.29 36.08 27.90 38.02 Technical....................................................... 23.05 23.67 22.94 23.45 22.26 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.42 34.71 35.60 35.40 35.79 Sales............................................................. 19.40 15.32 21.25 24.15 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.74 14.01 14.95 13.83 15.99 Blue collar......................................................... 15.12 14.95 15.18 12.43 19.60 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.46 19.76 22.50 17.70 27.15 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.49 13.13 11.02 10.48 12.46 Transportation and material moving................................ 15.82 8.78 17.10 13.77 21.93 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.05 9.34 11.51 10.18 13.81 Service............................................................. 9.71 8.50 10.17 9.61 10.65 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.0 6.6 2.5 5.7 5.7 All excluding sales............................................. 3.5 7.5 3.0 7.3 6.7 White collar........................................................ 1.5 6.4 1.6 6.6 3.8 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 1.7 6.4 1.9 8.6 4.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.4 6.1 2.7 8.7 5.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 2.4 12.4 2.9 11.9 4.4 Technical....................................................... 4.0 17.2 5.3 6.1 8.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 2.7 5.4 3.2 6.2 3.2 Sales............................................................. 6.6 7.2 7.2 11.9 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.2 3.5 2.9 3.3 4.1 Blue collar......................................................... 4.2 4.0 5.1 5.0 11.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.7 7.1 7.9 7.5 10.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.2 4.1 4.0 2.9 7.9 Transportation and material moving................................ 6.0 9.0 10.0 11.1 18.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.4 9.9 4.4 4.8 9.7 Service............................................................. 3.3 6.1 3.1 3.9 6.9 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. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.75 $10.40 $17.00 $27.46 $39.42 All excluding sales........................... 7.77 10.55 17.27 28.00 39.43 White collar.................................... 10.25 14.28 20.60 33.03 46.30 White collar excluding sales................ 11.87 15.17 22.70 33.87 46.81 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.87 24.58 31.92 40.86 51.35 Professional specialty...................... 22.56 29.23 34.49 44.29 54.21 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 28.50 32.13 38.50 46.45 54.81 Aerospace engineers..................... 31.22 39.40 46.93 54.30 59.75 Civil engineers......................... 24.50 25.94 27.38 47.16 52.12 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 30.12 34.18 39.83 50.00 55.47 Mechanical engineers.................... 23.54 30.15 33.65 38.80 38.96 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 30.00 34.07 38.63 45.50 51.92 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 26.73 29.80 34.86 41.18 41.57 Computer systems analysts and scientists 26.73 29.80 34.86 41.18 41.57 Natural scientists........................ 21.02 28.90 31.10 32.32 38.19 Health related............................ 23.25 26.36 30.00 33.54 40.70 Registered nurses....................... 24.43 27.13 30.23 33.15 36.26 Teachers, college and university.......... 25.64 32.64 45.24 56.16 67.57 Other post-secondary teachers........... 24.56 34.63 46.67 57.41 67.57 Teachers, except college and university... 20.14 31.29 38.91 48.15 55.30 Elementary school teachers.............. 29.33 33.72 40.00 49.08 55.30 Secondary school teachers............... 29.33 33.72 39.15 48.15 54.48 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 19.07 35.54 42.93 50.07 58.30 Vocational and educational counselors... 15.00 15.63 35.67 51.25 55.73 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 9.00 15.86 19.25 33.64 33.87 Social workers.......................... 9.00 15.86 19.15 33.87 33.87 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 18.64 22.00 33.30 46.50 63.16 Technical................................... 13.70 16.75 21.58 26.52 33.05 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 10.40 12.24 14.60 28.80 29.61 Radiological technicians................ 13.00 13.00 21.00 23.96 25.56 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.58 16.31 17.00 18.00 19.64 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 13.81 16.50 19.89 21.58 25.75 Electrical and electronic technicians... 19.00 23.91 29.97 34.56 34.76 Airplane pilots and navigators.......... 19.02 27.42 49.94 137.58 152.51 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 17.50 21.16 24.04 25.50 30.93 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.32 23.75 30.96 43.11 57.80 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.78 25.73 37.00 49.50 60.56 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 47.75 52.76 55.43 56.59 56.59 Financial managers...................... 23.08 28.85 37.20 52.89 60.56 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 21.38 25.87 32.38 59.81 68.12 Administrators, education and related fields............................... $14.17 $25.73 $46.01 $56.57 $60.47 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments....................... 12.80 16.81 18.78 29.81 38.46 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 20.00 28.03 36.97 49.33 61.00 Management related........................ 19.33 22.70 25.79 30.45 35.57 Accountants and auditors................ 19.30 19.56 23.75 28.83 35.19 Other financial officers................ 21.64 25.19 28.27 34.04 36.15 Management analysts..................... 20.38 26.64 30.20 34.53 35.37 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 19.46 21.85 24.52 26.94 31.69 Management related, n.e.c............... 19.38 22.11 25.00 30.65 35.60 Sales......................................... 7.28 8.89 13.02 17.90 38.46 Supervisors, sales...................... 14.30 17.14 26.48 56.16 73.39 Sales, other business services.......... 7.80 9.00 23.68 51.00 119.69 Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings.......................... 6.75 7.30 8.40 10.00 10.75 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.25 7.85 12.01 18.00 30.96 Sales counter clerks.................... 7.10 7.25 8.93 10.75 15.30 Cashiers................................ 7.25 8.18 11.41 17.50 17.90 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.74 12.21 14.78 18.15 21.61 Supervisors, general office............. 15.88 16.78 19.05 22.84 28.39 Secretaries............................. 13.75 15.50 18.03 21.69 23.94 Typists................................. 13.73 14.31 16.12 16.76 20.08 Transportation ticket and reservation agents............................... 12.12 13.39 14.20 20.78 21.78 Receptionists........................... 10.17 12.23 13.50 14.84 17.50 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 10.78 12.26 13.35 15.27 17.90 Order clerks............................ 11.13 12.72 13.83 16.17 20.49 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping.......................... 8.50 12.00 15.63 18.48 19.57 Library clerks.......................... 14.50 14.50 14.83 14.83 17.85 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 11.29 12.00 13.97 18.02 20.66 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.85 12.50 15.25 18.00 20.54 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.......... 12.96 13.94 16.54 17.53 25.25 Billing clerks.......................... 11.00 12.32 13.75 16.00 17.72 Dispatchers............................. 18.75 19.09 21.84 23.23 23.23 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.75 11.00 12.00 13.60 17.48 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 7.80 8.00 10.50 17.05 19.76 Meter readers........................... 14.96 17.15 20.37 24.40 27.81 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 14.90 16.75 19.23 22.30 22.30 Eligibility clerks, social welfare...... 14.95 16.44 17.34 17.34 17.34 Bill and account collectors............. 10.25 12.00 14.00 15.15 17.50 General office clerks................... 9.55 11.52 13.97 16.48 20.15 Bank tellers............................ 8.50 8.83 9.00 10.14 12.00 Data entry keyers....................... 9.18 10.00 11.03 14.24 15.28 Teachers' aides......................... 9.74 11.47 13.55 15.20 19.37 Administrative support, n.e.c........... $9.54 $13.22 $16.52 $19.15 $22.96 Blue collar..................................... 7.21 9.00 12.91 20.16 27.50 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.00 16.55 21.49 27.45 31.63 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 19.23 19.23 25.14 33.19 38.41 Automobile mechanics.................... 15.00 18.50 21.10 22.00 25.14 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.50 16.45 16.96 22.39 28.85 Machinery maintenance................... 13.00 19.79 21.27 24.53 33.22 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 8.44 17.25 17.50 24.30 28.55 Carpenters.............................. 18.00 18.00 21.60 25.00 28.83 Electricians............................ 15.84 19.00 29.32 31.00 31.00 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 14.05 16.94 19.76 22.70 25.98 Supervisors, production................. 12.85 15.06 22.34 44.69 48.71 Machinists.............................. 12.83 14.77 25.17 27.33 28.55 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 7.50 7.50 8.75 12.50 20.69 Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c.. 13.63 14.82 23.75 27.35 28.81 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 12.97 13.91 15.15 17.90 24.35 Water and sewer treatment plant operators............................ 22.22 23.83 25.14 28.04 28.04 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 6.95 8.00 10.09 12.91 18.81 Printing press operators................ 8.50 9.83 12.37 13.55 19.41 Textile sewing machine operators........ 6.78 7.35 8.12 10.00 12.00 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 6.90 7.75 10.44 13.37 22.22 Assemblers.............................. 7.00 7.50 9.00 11.20 16.03 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 6.75 6.75 10.00 13.03 19.15 Transportation and material moving............ 6.75 8.00 15.44 19.92 28.42 Truck drivers........................... 9.45 12.29 19.59 19.92 22.96 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.00 8.25 9.25 14.04 20.58 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 15.99 19.46 19.49 29.95 32.35 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.00 8.00 9.94 13.00 19.22 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 9.11 9.60 11.08 19.02 20.84 Helpers, mechanics and repairers........ 7.25 8.75 9.38 10.00 15.29 Production helpers...................... 7.00 8.00 9.61 10.50 11.47 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.80 7.30 9.27 15.71 20.16 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.00 9.65 11.50 13.12 17.18 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 6.75 6.76 7.00 8.50 11.80 Hand packers and packagers.............. 6.85 7.35 8.05 9.50 15.00 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.02 9.50 11.04 16.13 23.29 Service......................................... 6.75 7.60 9.82 15.94 29.07 Protective service........................ $8.50 $12.88 $25.32 $32.21 $39.78 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 35.20 36.85 37.57 41.20 52.96 Police and detectives, public service... 23.02 25.53 29.64 35.26 39.81 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 14.90 20.75 23.99 28.22 28.22 Guards and police, except public service 7.75 8.25 9.19 10.45 16.91 Food service.............................. 6.75 6.75 7.25 10.50 14.18 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.00 7.29 Waiters and waitresses.................. 6.75 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.00 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.10 9.00 Other food service....................... 6.75 7.16 9.00 12.50 15.73 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 11.54 12.50 15.87 20.47 31.93 Cooks................................... 7.00 8.50 11.00 14.18 15.19 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 6.75 6.75 6.95 7.30 10.86 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.75 7.00 7.90 10.00 12.67 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.75 6.75 7.71 9.15 10.50 Health service............................ 6.75 8.40 10.05 11.04 13.52 Health aides, except nursing............ 10.00 10.82 11.50 13.16 16.47 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.75 8.25 9.81 10.77 12.86 Cleaning and building service............. 7.05 7.76 8.60 10.35 13.50 Maids and housemen...................... 6.85 7.25 8.00 8.81 10.77 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.28 8.10 9.10 10.73 14.92 Personal service.......................... 6.75 8.00 10.00 15.62 26.91 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 6.75 6.75 7.67 9.72 11.85 Public transportation attendants........ 15.30 19.46 30.00 40.23 59.60 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.96 9.00 11.25 14.18 16.85 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. 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 receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.45 $9.54 $14.98 $25.14 $36.54 All excluding sales........................... 7.45 9.70 15.00 25.54 36.52 White collar.................................... 9.50 13.39 19.42 31.91 45.19 White collar excluding sales................ 11.21 14.53 22.13 33.28 45.96 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.91 22.79 30.83 38.33 48.85 Professional specialty...................... 21.80 28.68 34.00 41.90 52.50 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 29.01 32.53 38.80 46.75 55.38 Aerospace engineers..................... 31.22 39.40 46.93 54.30 59.75 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 29.98 33.90 40.35 50.00 55.47 Mechanical engineers.................... 23.54 29.53 33.08 38.25 39.66 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 30.00 34.07 38.65 45.50 51.92 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 29.60 31.87 38.26 41.18 45.35 Computer systems analysts and scientists 30.51 32.68 38.46 41.18 45.67 Natural scientists........................ 16.48 27.25 31.92 33.20 39.57 Health related............................ 23.25 26.64 30.61 34.08 41.60 Registered nurses....................... 24.02 27.40 30.66 33.50 36.59 Teachers, college and university.......... 25.00 29.43 40.61 46.77 68.99 Teachers, except college and university... 11.00 14.31 15.62 24.49 32.30 Secondary school teachers............... 22.00 25.64 30.23 36.03 42.31 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 12.00 18.70 19.07 30.77 39.10 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 21.80 22.00 35.65 47.15 67.50 Technical................................... 13.65 16.62 21.12 27.42 33.50 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 10.40 12.00 14.92 28.80 29.61 Radiological technicians................ 13.00 13.00 21.00 23.96 25.56 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.56 16.20 16.99 18.00 19.60 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 13.70 14.29 18.28 21.67 26.00 Electrical and electronic technicians... 19.00 23.91 29.97 34.56 34.76 Airplane pilots and navigators.......... 19.02 27.42 49.94 137.58 152.51 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.38 24.52 31.72 43.27 59.23 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.00 27.40 37.20 49.33 60.56 Financial managers...................... 23.08 27.43 37.02 50.72 60.56 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 21.38 25.87 32.38 59.81 68.12 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 13.50 14.17 16.47 33.65 41.83 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments....................... 11.93 14.42 25.39 38.46 38.46 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... $20.00 $30.70 $39.50 $53.81 $62.00 Management related........................ 19.33 23.41 26.45 32.21 36.06 Accountants and auditors................ 19.33 19.33 23.75 28.79 37.43 Other financial officers................ 21.64 25.19 28.27 34.04 36.15 Management analysts..................... 20.38 26.92 30.21 34.53 35.37 Management related, n.e.c............... 19.38 21.11 25.54 31.59 36.07 Sales......................................... 7.28 8.89 13.05 17.90 38.49 Supervisors, sales...................... 14.30 17.14 26.48 56.16 73.39 Sales, other business services.......... 7.80 9.00 23.68 51.00 119.69 Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings.......................... 6.75 7.30 8.40 10.00 10.75 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.25 7.85 12.01 18.00 30.96 Sales counter clerks.................... 7.10 7.25 8.93 10.75 15.30 Cashiers................................ 7.25 8.17 11.41 17.50 17.90 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.00 11.55 14.16 17.50 21.00 Supervisors, general office............. 15.88 15.91 19.05 22.68 28.39 Secretaries............................. 13.50 15.24 17.04 21.20 24.08 Transportation ticket and reservation agents............................... 12.12 13.39 14.20 20.78 21.78 Receptionists........................... 10.17 12.23 13.50 14.84 17.50 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 10.78 12.26 13.35 15.27 17.90 Order clerks............................ 11.05 12.66 13.71 16.10 19.27 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping.......................... 8.50 12.00 15.63 18.48 19.57 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.50 11.68 13.50 18.02 20.60 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.85 12.00 15.00 16.77 19.03 Billing clerks.......................... 11.00 12.32 13.75 16.00 17.72 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.75 11.00 12.00 13.60 17.48 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 7.80 7.95 9.96 14.88 22.36 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 14.48 16.75 18.93 22.30 22.30 Bill and account collectors............. 10.25 12.00 13.50 14.45 16.71 General office clerks................... 8.25 10.00 11.93 15.00 19.36 Bank tellers............................ 8.50 8.83 9.00 10.14 12.00 Data entry keyers....................... 9.00 9.68 10.11 11.15 14.19 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.84 12.50 16.00 18.08 20.20 Blue collar..................................... 7.05 8.75 12.13 19.81 27.00 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.50 15.84 20.85 26.60 30.22 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 17.50 19.23 22.60 30.22 33.19 Automobile mechanics.................... 14.98 18.50 21.10 21.49 24.00 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.50 16.45 16.46 20.70 28.85 Machinery maintenance................... 13.00 19.79 21.27 24.53 33.22 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... $7.10 $16.43 $17.49 $24.86 $28.55 Carpenters.............................. 18.00 18.00 21.00 24.12 25.00 Electricians............................ 15.84 18.35 31.00 31.00 31.00 Supervisors, production................. 12.85 15.06 21.49 44.69 48.71 Machinists.............................. 12.83 14.77 25.17 27.33 28.55 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 7.50 7.50 8.75 12.50 20.69 Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c.. 13.63 14.82 23.75 27.35 28.81 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 12.97 13.91 15.15 17.90 24.35 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 6.95 8.00 10.00 12.91 18.50 Printing press operators................ 8.50 9.83 12.37 13.55 19.41 Textile sewing machine operators........ 6.78 7.35 8.12 10.00 12.00 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 6.90 7.75 10.30 13.37 17.89 Assemblers.............................. 7.00 7.50 9.00 11.20 16.03 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 6.75 6.75 10.00 13.03 19.15 Transportation and material moving............ 6.75 7.75 13.93 19.77 28.08 Truck drivers........................... 8.61 12.02 19.59 19.92 22.48 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.00 8.25 9.25 14.04 20.58 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 15.99 19.46 19.49 29.95 32.35 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.00 8.00 9.75 12.38 17.60 Production helpers...................... 7.00 8.00 9.61 10.50 11.47 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.80 7.30 9.27 15.71 20.16 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.00 9.65 11.50 13.12 17.18 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 6.75 6.76 7.00 8.50 11.80 Hand packers and packagers.............. 6.85 7.35 8.05 9.50 15.00 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.50 9.20 10.50 14.35 22.87 Service......................................... 6.75 7.16 8.53 10.50 13.50 Protective service........................ 7.75 8.25 9.19 10.75 16.35 Food service.............................. 6.75 6.75 7.25 10.00 13.75 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.00 7.29 Waiters and waitresses.................. 6.75 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.00 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.10 9.00 Other food service....................... 6.75 7.00 8.10 11.54 14.43 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 10.30 12.00 13.50 20.19 32.50 Cooks................................... 7.00 8.50 11.00 14.18 15.19 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 6.75 6.75 6.95 7.30 10.86 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.75 6.85 7.25 8.70 10.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. $6.75 $6.75 $7.33 $8.20 $10.15 Health service............................ 6.75 8.35 10.00 10.85 12.86 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.35 10.82 11.50 12.32 13.46 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.75 8.13 9.70 10.52 12.57 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.63 8.50 9.95 11.35 Maids and housemen...................... 6.85 7.25 8.00 8.81 10.77 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.25 7.88 8.65 9.99 11.37 Personal service.......................... 6.75 8.00 10.00 16.21 28.35 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 6.75 6.75 7.67 9.50 11.85 Public transportation attendants........ 15.30 19.46 30.00 40.23 59.60 Service, n.e.c.......................... 8.69 9.00 12.36 14.19 16.05 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. 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 receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $13.95 $17.31 $24.52 $33.88 $46.18 All excluding sales........................... 13.97 17.31 24.52 33.88 46.20 White collar.................................... 13.97 16.83 23.94 35.28 49.58 White collar excluding sales................ 13.97 16.87 24.04 35.53 49.58 Professional specialty and technical.......... 20.15 27.38 33.87 45.03 54.25 Professional specialty...................... 24.48 29.33 35.12 46.01 54.85 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.94 27.10 30.53 38.96 38.96 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 25.32 26.73 28.22 29.80 34.86 Computer systems analysts and scientists 25.32 26.73 28.22 29.80 34.86 Natural scientists........................ 26.02 29.00 30.53 32.32 37.14 Health related............................ 22.56 26.17 27.98 29.27 31.53 Registered nurses....................... 25.77 26.76 28.36 29.65 32.02 Teachers, college and university.......... 26.57 39.01 49.29 59.50 67.57 Other post-secondary teachers........... 24.93 39.17 50.89 61.35 67.57 Teachers, except college and university... 29.33 33.72 40.93 49.75 55.30 Elementary school teachers.............. 29.84 33.72 40.62 49.68 55.30 Secondary school teachers............... 29.33 33.72 40.00 49.08 55.29 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 15.86 15.86 22.62 33.87 33.87 Social workers.......................... 15.86 15.86 23.70 33.87 33.87 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 15.51 19.64 21.58 25.73 28.81 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 21.98 23.78 23.78 24.04 28.76 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.78 20.68 26.98 42.38 55.43 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.78 20.68 34.59 49.50 56.57 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 47.75 52.76 55.43 56.59 56.59 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 43.82 47.86 55.90 58.41 62.67 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 19.57 20.68 20.68 36.52 46.11 Management related........................ 19.30 21.85 24.52 28.83 29.87 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 12.54 13.97 16.12 19.37 22.56 Secretaries............................. 16.58 17.36 20.27 22.16 22.56 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 13.56 15.51 20.36 21.29 21.98 Dispatchers............................. 18.75 19.74 22.02 23.23 23.23 Eligibility clerks, social welfare...... 14.95 16.44 17.34 17.34 17.34 General office clerks................... 12.26 13.25 14.78 17.39 20.17 Teachers' aides......................... $9.74 $11.54 $13.55 $15.55 $19.37 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 13.58 16.33 19.44 23.85 23.85 Blue collar..................................... 16.67 18.77 22.96 29.54 33.73 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 17.78 22.60 26.94 33.73 35.79 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 17.44 17.44 22.12 23.36 33.88 Water and sewer treatment plant operators............................ 22.29 25.14 25.14 28.04 28.04 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 16.67 17.94 20.98 22.96 29.39 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 15.51 17.02 18.77 20.84 23.30 Service......................................... 12.04 16.86 26.37 33.40 39.97 Protective service........................ 18.69 23.75 28.22 36.02 41.75 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 35.20 36.85 37.57 41.20 52.96 Police and detectives, public service... 23.02 25.53 29.64 35.26 39.81 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 14.90 20.75 23.99 28.22 28.22 Food service.............................. 10.39 11.68 13.85 16.19 20.47 Other food service....................... 10.39 11.68 13.85 16.19 20.47 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 11.72 13.95 15.94 16.86 17.15 Janitors and cleaners................... 11.68 13.71 16.30 16.86 17.26 Personal service.......................... 6.75 8.37 10.00 11.63 12.22 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. 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 receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.00 $11.37 $17.83 $28.36 $40.56 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 11.44 18.08 28.68 40.13 White collar.................................... 11.67 15.02 22.06 33.74 46.92 White collar excluding sales................ 12.32 15.59 23.26 34.40 47.50 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.06 25.25 32.10 41.02 51.88 Professional specialty...................... 23.25 29.33 34.66 44.52 54.35 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 28.50 32.13 38.50 46.45 54.81 Aerospace engineers..................... 31.22 39.40 46.93 54.30 59.75 Civil engineers......................... 24.50 25.94 27.38 47.16 52.12 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 30.12 34.18 39.83 50.00 55.47 Mechanical engineers.................... 23.54 30.15 33.65 38.80 38.96 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 30.00 34.07 38.63 45.50 51.92 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 26.73 29.80 34.86 41.18 41.57 Computer systems analysts and scientists 26.73 29.80 34.86 41.18 41.57 Natural scientists........................ 21.02 28.90 31.10 32.32 38.19 Health related............................ 23.00 26.50 30.00 33.54 41.37 Registered nurses....................... 24.32 27.00 30.00 33.02 36.09 Teachers, college and university.......... 26.87 33.48 44.87 54.59 67.57 Other post-secondary teachers........... 26.06 36.95 46.71 55.69 67.57 Teachers, except college and university... 25.94 32.91 39.70 49.19 55.30 Elementary school teachers.............. 29.33 33.72 40.30 49.16 55.30 Secondary school teachers............... 29.33 33.72 39.42 48.15 54.48 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 19.07 35.95 42.89 53.70 60.46 Vocational and educational counselors... 15.00 15.63 35.82 51.25 55.73 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 9.00 15.86 19.25 33.64 33.87 Social workers.......................... 9.00 15.86 19.15 33.87 33.87 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 20.16 22.00 33.74 46.50 67.50 Technical................................... 14.25 16.98 21.98 27.11 33.50 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 10.40 12.01 14.92 28.80 29.61 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.56 16.20 16.96 18.25 19.75 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 13.81 16.50 19.89 21.58 25.75 Electrical and electronic technicians... 19.00 23.91 29.97 34.56 34.76 Airplane pilots and navigators.......... 19.02 27.42 49.94 137.58 152.51 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 17.50 21.16 24.04 25.50 30.93 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.33 23.75 30.80 42.50 57.50 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.82 25.73 37.00 49.50 60.56 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 47.75 52.76 55.43 56.59 56.59 Financial managers...................... 23.08 28.85 37.20 52.89 60.56 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 21.38 25.87 32.38 59.81 68.12 Administrators, education and related fields............................... $14.17 $16.47 $44.73 $55.90 $58.41 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments....................... 12.80 16.81 18.78 29.81 38.46 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 20.00 28.03 36.97 49.33 61.00 Management related........................ 19.33 22.70 25.79 30.45 35.57 Accountants and auditors................ 19.30 19.56 23.75 28.83 35.19 Other financial officers................ 22.17 25.19 28.28 34.04 36.15 Management analysts..................... 20.38 26.64 30.20 34.53 35.37 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 19.46 21.85 24.52 26.94 31.69 Management related, n.e.c............... 19.38 22.11 25.00 30.65 35.60 Sales......................................... 8.00 10.50 16.75 20.40 45.95 Supervisors, sales...................... 14.30 17.14 26.48 56.16 73.39 Sales, other business services.......... 9.00 12.09 25.27 51.00 237.95 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.28 8.25 13.00 26.54 30.96 Cashiers................................ 6.86 8.00 11.85 17.50 17.90 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.00 12.62 14.96 18.36 21.78 Supervisors, general office............. 15.88 16.78 19.05 22.84 28.39 Secretaries............................. 14.43 15.52 18.21 21.84 24.00 Typists................................. 13.73 14.31 16.12 16.76 20.08 Transportation ticket and reservation agents............................... 12.12 13.39 14.20 20.95 21.78 Receptionists........................... 10.17 12.23 13.50 14.84 17.50 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 10.78 12.26 13.35 15.27 17.90 Order clerks............................ 11.67 13.00 14.12 16.19 20.49 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping.......................... 8.50 12.00 15.63 18.48 19.57 Library clerks.......................... 14.50 14.50 14.83 14.83 18.28 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 11.29 12.00 13.97 18.02 20.80 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.85 12.50 15.25 18.00 20.56 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.......... 12.96 13.94 16.54 17.53 25.25 Billing clerks.......................... 11.00 12.32 13.75 16.00 17.72 Dispatchers............................. 18.65 18.80 21.05 23.23 23.23 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.00 11.00 12.00 14.27 17.48 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 7.76 7.88 9.96 19.44 22.36 Meter readers........................... 14.96 17.15 20.37 24.40 27.81 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 14.90 16.75 19.23 22.30 22.30 Eligibility clerks, social welfare...... 14.95 16.44 17.34 17.34 17.34 General office clerks................... 9.96 11.66 13.97 17.09 20.17 Data entry keyers....................... 9.00 10.00 11.03 15.28 15.28 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 12.00 13.50 16.79 19.15 22.96 Blue collar..................................... 7.25 9.07 13.22 20.63 27.50 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.00 16.64 21.49 27.45 31.70 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... $19.23 $19.23 $25.14 $33.19 $38.41 Automobile mechanics.................... 15.00 18.50 21.10 22.00 25.14 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.50 16.45 16.96 22.39 28.85 Machinery maintenance................... 13.00 19.79 21.27 24.53 33.22 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 16.19 17.44 17.50 24.86 28.88 Carpenters.............................. 18.00 18.00 21.60 25.00 28.83 Electricians............................ 15.84 19.00 29.32 31.00 31.00 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 14.05 16.94 19.76 22.70 25.98 Supervisors, production................. 12.85 15.06 22.34 44.69 48.71 Machinists.............................. 12.83 14.77 25.17 27.33 28.55 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 7.50 7.50 8.75 12.50 20.69 Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c.. 13.63 14.82 23.75 27.35 28.81 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 12.97 13.91 15.15 17.90 24.35 Water and sewer treatment plant operators............................ 22.22 23.83 25.14 28.04 28.04 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 6.95 8.00 10.09 12.91 18.81 Printing press operators................ 8.50 9.83 12.37 13.55 19.41 Textile sewing machine operators........ 6.78 7.35 8.12 10.00 12.00 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 6.90 7.75 10.44 13.37 22.22 Assemblers.............................. 7.00 7.50 9.00 11.20 16.03 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 6.75 6.75 10.00 13.03 19.15 Transportation and material moving............ 6.75 8.00 16.47 19.92 29.39 Truck drivers........................... 9.45 12.29 19.59 19.92 22.96 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 15.99 19.46 19.49 29.95 32.35 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.00 8.26 10.00 13.38 20.10 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 9.11 9.60 11.08 19.02 20.84 Helpers, mechanics and repairers........ 7.25 8.75 9.38 10.00 15.29 Production helpers...................... 7.00 8.00 9.61 10.50 11.47 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.75 7.43 9.20 15.00 20.16 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.00 10.84 12.13 13.50 17.33 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 6.75 6.76 7.00 8.50 11.80 Hand packers and packagers.............. 6.95 7.50 8.35 9.50 15.00 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 9.00 10.15 12.00 18.26 23.29 Service......................................... 6.75 8.00 10.32 18.69 31.44 Protective service........................ 9.00 16.61 26.39 33.71 40.09 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 35.20 36.85 37.57 41.20 52.96 Police and detectives, public service... 23.20 25.94 29.64 35.60 39.81 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 14.92 20.75 23.99 28.22 28.22 Guards and police, except public service 7.75 8.25 9.19 10.75 16.91 Food service.............................. $6.75 $6.75 $7.71 $11.68 $15.31 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.00 7.25 Waiters and waitresses.................. 6.75 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.00 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.25 9.50 Other food service....................... 6.75 7.16 9.14 12.87 16.00 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 11.54 13.50 15.96 20.47 31.93 Cooks................................... 7.00 8.50 11.54 14.18 15.19 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.75 6.95 7.71 9.50 10.50 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.75 7.00 7.50 9.50 10.50 Health service............................ 6.75 8.27 9.88 10.85 13.37 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.75 8.13 9.63 10.69 12.81 Cleaning and building service............. 7.06 7.85 8.75 10.77 14.60 Maids and housemen...................... 6.85 7.33 8.03 8.84 10.77 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.29 8.40 9.70 12.36 16.37 Personal service.......................... 6.75 8.00 11.95 16.78 32.43 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. 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 receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 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. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.75 $7.50 $9.50 $12.96 $19.37 All excluding sales........................... 6.75 7.63 9.74 13.72 23.14 White collar.................................... 7.15 8.27 11.39 17.50 27.00 White collar excluding sales................ 8.94 9.90 14.00 22.81 35.12 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.50 17.20 25.34 35.12 45.06 Professional specialty...................... 17.49 23.67 30.00 39.20 45.56 Health related............................ 23.50 26.20 30.00 33.19 37.50 Registered nurses....................... 25.61 28.84 30.72 35.04 37.50 Teachers, college and university.......... 19.10 30.00 48.75 61.95 69.23 Other post-secondary teachers........... 17.51 22.04 46.67 62.83 69.23 Teachers, except college and university... 12.50 20.14 25.34 41.01 45.06 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 12.01 34.88 45.06 45.06 45.56 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 10.30 13.05 16.58 17.20 18.00 Licensed practical nurses............... 15.01 16.58 17.00 18.00 18.88 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 12.00 12.00 57.90 65.43 70.55 Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 7.00 7.50 8.27 11.41 17.50 Cashiers................................ 7.50 8.27 11.40 17.50 17.90 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.00 9.50 11.50 14.88 19.37 General office clerks................... 7.00 7.75 9.90 12.26 16.75 Bank tellers............................ 8.50 8.50 9.00 9.50 10.30 Teachers' aides......................... 9.74 9.81 13.09 17.38 19.37 Blue collar..................................... 6.96 7.40 8.72 12.17 16.47 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 7.00 8.50 9.50 14.42 23.21 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.96 7.25 8.27 11.35 16.13 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.80 7.25 9.97 16.13 16.47 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.96 6.96 8.16 9.65 9.91 Service......................................... 6.75 6.85 8.00 9.70 11.15 Protective service........................ 6.95 7.25 7.50 9.00 9.50 Food service.............................. 6.75 6.75 6.75 8.25 10.86 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 6.75 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.32 Waiters and waitresses.................. 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.00 7.29 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 6.75 6.75 6.75 6.75 8.25 Other food service....................... 6.75 6.75 8.36 10.86 12.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.75 6.75 7.75 9.00 11.63 Health service............................ $10.00 $10.50 $11.50 $12.87 $14.40 Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 7.45 7.87 9.36 11.00 12.22 Service, n.e.c.......................... 8.37 9.00 10.25 12.27 27.94 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. 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 receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 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. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 2,588,200 1,975,200 613,100 All excluding sales............................................. 2,357,500 1,745,900 611,600 White collar........................................................ 1,498,200 1,048,000 450,200 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 1,267,500 818,700 448,700 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 552,800 310,100 242,700 Professional specialty.......................................... 441,900 217,200 224,700 Technical....................................................... 111,000 92,900 18,100 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 219,600 171,300 48,300 Sales............................................................. 230,700 229,300 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 495,100 337,400 157,700 Blue collar......................................................... 654,800 611,000 43,800 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 207,200 181,500 25,800 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 167,100 165,400 - Transportation and material moving................................ 105,200 96,700 8,600 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 175,200 167,500 - Service............................................................. 435,200 316,100 119,100 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.