Table 1. Relative pay levels by major occupational group and industry, all civilian workers, National Compensation Survey, 1999 (U.S. = $15.36)

Table 1. Relative pay levels by major occupational group and industry, all civilian workers,
National Compensation Survey, 1999 (U.S. = $15.36 = 100)
Major occupational groups (1)	All workers	Private industry									State and local govern- ment
		Goods producing				Service producing
		All private industry workers	Mining	Con- struc- tion	Manu- fac- turing	Trans- por- tation and public utilities	Whole- sale trade	Retail trade	Finance, insur- ance, and real estate	Services
All occupations	100	96	135	108	104	120	97	63	113	97	126
White-collar occupations	122	118	174	130	152	134	125	72	118	124	142
White-collar, excluding sales	131	128	174	130	152	135	122	96	116	127	143
Professional specialty and technical	161	157	209	149	168	193	176	137	160	151	170
Executive, administrative, and managerial	180	182	217	159	213	199	191	133	180	177	169
Sales	84	84	181	132	156	120	130	64	137	81	79
Administrative support	79	79	99	86	86	92	76	68	82	75	81
Blue-collar occupations	85	84	113	103	84	106	77	69	82	72	98
Precision production, craft, and repair	107	107	130	115	103	135	-	97	99	99	111
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors	74	74	95	94	78	89	-	56	71	52	94
Transportation and material moving	84	83	107	101	83	94	77	59	70	70	91
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers	64	63	62	71	67	88	58	58	71	56	81
Service occupations	60	52	66	64	76	125	67	42	67	54	94
Protective service	97	59	-	-	95	99	-	67	74	56	118
Food service	44	43	-	-	-	65	47	41	47	47	61
Health service	61	59	-	-	-	-	-	51	54	59	72
Cleaning and building service	60	57	-	62	76	62	69	51	68	53	71
Personal service	58	57	-	-	-	152	58	51	71	53	64
Footnotes: (1) The nine major occupational groups used in the National Compensation Survey are the white-collar professional, executive, sales, and administrative support groups; the blue-collar precision production, machine operators, transportation, and handlers groups; and the overall service group.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.