OC BL 11/01/93 TABLE: RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TX Table 1. Weekly hours and earnings of professional, administrative, technical, and clerical occupations, Rio Grande Valley, TX, November 1993 Weekly earnings Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings (in dollars) Average (in dollars)(2) ofÐ Number weekly Occupation and level of hours(- workers 1) 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 (stan- Mean Median Middle range and - - - - - - - - - - - dard) under 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 175 Clerical Occupations Clerks, Accounting II.............................. 318 40.0 $249 $250 $220 ± $278 ± 8 18 20 25 19 7 2 ± ± ± ± III............................. 114 40.0 304 300 250 ± 352 ± ± 11 10 12 14 12 15 17 8 2 ± Clerks, General II.............................. 113 40.0 258 240 210 ± 300 ± 12 29 15 13 4 8 5 11 4 ± ± III............................. 35 40.0 328 337 240 ± 396 ± ± ± 31 6 6 6 3 3 23 23 ± Key Entry Operators I............................... 74 40.0 234 240 210 ± 260 ± 11 32 18 36 ± 3 ± ± ± ± ± Secretaries I............................... 84 40.0 323 318 294 ± 346 ± ± ± 7 7 14 35 17 6 2 2 10 Switchboard Operator-Receptionists 104 40.0 215 214 182 ± 230 11 24 29 16 9 10 2 ± ± ± ± ± 1 Standard hours reflect the workweek for which employees receive their regular straight-time salaries (exclusive of pay for overtime at regular and/or premium rates), and the earnings correspond to these weekly hours. 2 Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Also excluded are performance bonuses and lump-sum payments of the type negotiated in the auto and aerospace industries, as well as profit-sharing payments, attendance bonuses, Christmas or year-end bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. Pay increases, but not bonuses, under cost-of-living clauses, and incentive payments, however, are included. See Scope and Method of Survey for definitions and methods used to compute means, medians, and middle ranges. Table 2. Hourly earnings of maintenance, toolroom, material movement, and custodial occupations, Rio Grande Valley, TX, November 1993 Hourly earnings Percent of workers receiving straight-time hourly earnings (in dollars) ofÐ (in dollars)(1) Number Occupation and level of workers 4.25 4.50 5.00 5.50 6.00 6.50 7.00 7.50 8.00 8.50 9.00 9.50 10.00 10.50 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 Mean Median Middle range and - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - under 5.00 5.50 6.00 6.50 7.00 7.50 8.00 8.50 9.00 9.50 10.00 10.50 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 4.50 Maintenance and Toolroom Occupations General Maintenance Workers....... 91 $6.26 $6.09 $5.30 ± $6.45 ± 9 21 15 32 2 5 1 3 10 ± 1 ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± Maintenance Electricians.......... 82 13.94 11.09 9.14 ± 19.55 ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± 15 ± 16 10 2 7 6 ± ± ± ± ± ± ± 44 Maintenance Mechanics, Machinery.. 140 12.17 10.90 7.95 ± 19.84 ± ± ± 3 ± 9 7 8 6 3 9 ± 1 11 14 ± ± ± ± ± ± 3 26 Maintenance Mechanics, Motor Vehicle........................... 76 9.20 8.35 8.35 ± 9.48 ± ± ± ± 7 4 4 ± 53 ± 8 3 5 4 ± 7 ± ± ± ± 7 ± ± Material Movement and Custodial Occupations Forklift Operators................ 162 5.46 5.51 4.50 ± 6.02 20 10 10 23 20 14 1 2 1 ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± Janitors.......................... 348 5.23 5.00 4.25 ± 5.76 37 11 20 11 10 3 1 6 ± 2 ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± Shipping/Receiving Clerks......... 95 6.62 6.66 6.05 ± 6.92 ± ± 3 3 22 57 5 8 1 ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± Truckdrivers Medium Truck.................... 308 12.42 17.72 5.25 ± 17.72 ± 8 19 11 3 (2) ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± 2 ± 2 ± ± 55 ± ± Tractor Trailer................. 140 8.43 7.80 6.32 ± 8.39 ± ± 9 11 10 3 8 14 21 4 6 ± 4 ± ± ± ± ± ± ± 11 ± ± Warehouse Specialists............. 125 6.54 6.55 5.35 ± 6.63 2 5 18 10 13 30 8 5 1 1 2 1 1 ± ± 4 ± ± ± ± ± ± ± 1 Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Also excluded are performance bonuses and lump-sum payments of the type negotiated in the auto and aerospace industries, as well as profit-sharing payments, attendance bonuses, Christmas or year-end bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. Pay increases, but not bonuses, under cost-of-living clauses, and incentive payments, however, are included. See Scope and Method of Survey for definitions and methods used to compute means, medians, and middle ranges. 2 Less than 0.5 percent.