NC BL 12/00/2004 Table: Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, Bulletin 3125-31, April 2004 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 2004 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................................................................. $21.60 2.4 36.3 $20.10 3.1 36.9 $27.77 0.7 34.1 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 26.60 2.0 36.1 25.98 2.6 36.9 28.59 1.1 33.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 35.01 3.1 35.7 34.08 4.5 37.9 36.89 1.6 31.8 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 37.73 4.3 39.7 39.09 4.6 40.0 32.19 7.9 38.3 Sales............................................................. 20.39 9.2 30.7 20.41 9.2 30.7 – – – Administrative support............................................ 15.78 2.3 37.4 15.23 3.0 38.4 17.35 1.7 34.6 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.26 3.3 39.0 14.56 3.3 38.9 25.09 .9 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.76 3.5 39.9 19.77 3.2 39.9 27.51 5.3 39.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 11.33 4.5 39.8 11.22 4.5 39.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.93 8.0 39.9 16.56 8.1 39.8 22.55 2.4 40.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 11.19 4.4 36.3 10.70 3.6 36.1 19.69 2.6 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 14.12 4.4 33.4 9.97 2.3 33.4 26.18 2.7 33.5 Full time........................................................... 22.35 2.4 39.5 20.84 3.2 39.7 28.54 1.1 38.7 Part time........................................................... 13.91 3.9 19.9 12.54 4.6 21.5 19.68 6.7 15.1 Union............................................................... 25.08 2.0 36.0 20.70 3.7 37.0 28.32 1.8 35.2 Nonunion............................................................ 20.24 3.8 36.5 20.00 4.0 36.9 25.11 6.1 29.5 Time................................................................ 21.36 2.6 36.3 19.71 3.3 36.9 27.77 .7 34.1 Incentive........................................................... 26.83 22.4 36.8 26.83 22.4 36.8 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 16.94 4.8 36.2 16.77 4.8 36.2 26.12 8.9 36.8 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.65 6.3 37.3 17.44 6.5 37.8 23.37 10.0 27.9 500 workers or more................................................. 26.20 3.8 35.7 25.05 6.3 36.5 28.08 .9 34.5 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, 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 2004 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................................................................... $21.60 2.4 $20.10 3.1 $27.77 0.7 All excluding sales............................................... 21.71 2.5 20.07 3.3 27.79 .7 White collar........................................................ 26.60 2.0 25.98 2.6 28.59 1.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 27.58 2.4 27.19 3.2 28.62 1.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 35.01 3.1 34.08 4.5 36.89 1.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 38.23 2.0 38.07 3.0 38.50 2.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 43.01 4.9 43.44 4.7 35.49 19.6 Aerospace engineers......................................... 49.85 3.7 49.85 3.7 – – Civil engineers............................................. 42.57 18.6 – – 32.77 15.0 Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 43.24 4.0 43.21 4.1 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 35.01 4.8 34.37 5.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 42.40 4.6 42.41 4.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 36.77 5.7 38.06 6.7 31.57 7.1 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 37.23 5.8 38.74 6.7 31.57 7.1 Natural scientists............................................ 29.86 8.2 28.28 13.3 32.62 4.9 Biological and life scientists.............................. 29.18 9.0 – – – – Health related................................................ 32.42 2.1 32.81 2.5 29.90 2.8 Registered nurses........................................... 30.97 2.1 30.91 2.3 31.39 3.0 Pharmacists................................................. 49.95 1.3 49.95 1.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 44.39 3.6 41.34 10.6 46.31 1.1 English teachers............................................ 40.11 8.4 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 45.23 2.4 – – 46.24 .5 Teachers, except college and university....................... 38.88 1.4 21.16 8.4 42.32 1.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 41.65 5.0 20.39 6.1 43.11 4.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 40.04 5.0 – – 42.95 1.4 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 42.15 5.9 25.27 18.5 45.22 4.5 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 34.13 25.6 20.44 23.4 – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 21.82 14.7 – – 24.52 .7 Social workers.............................................. 22.13 15.6 – – 25.18 .6 Lawyers and judges............................................ 73.23 27.7 – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 73.23 27.7 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 37.97 14.5 39.13 14.4 – – Technical....................................................... 24.08 8.5 24.44 10.0 21.85 4.4 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 18.59 12.4 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.37 1.9 18.35 2.0 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 21.03 8.1 20.91 12.7 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 27.58 5.1 27.22 5.3 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 23.89 8.6 23.69 9.7 – – Airplane pilots and navigators.............................. 81.06 35.8 81.06 35.8 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 44.40 22.1 52.39 22.7 24.03 3.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $37.73 4.3 $39.09 4.6 $32.19 7.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 42.76 6.6 44.13 7.8 36.40 6.3 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 55.43 .4 – – 55.43 .4 Financial managers.......................................... 42.27 13.0 41.59 14.0 – – Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 49.11 9.3 – – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 41.01 12.6 41.01 12.6 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 37.27 21.1 26.07 9.2 56.56 1.9 Managers, medicine and health............................... 40.21 5.7 40.59 5.4 – – Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 28.18 16.4 32.71 6.7 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 61.85 41.0 61.85 41.0 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 45.01 10.1 48.53 8.6 29.90 26.0 Management related............................................ 28.63 3.1 29.30 3.7 26.41 3.6 Accountants and auditors.................................... 27.68 6.5 27.56 8.7 – – Other financial officers.................................... 29.98 3.9 29.98 3.9 – – Management analysts......................................... 29.71 6.8 30.16 7.9 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.86 7.6 – – – – Construction inspectors..................................... 30.70 8.0 – – 30.70 8.0 Management related, n.e.c................................... 29.09 5.4 30.03 5.5 – – Sales............................................................. 20.39 9.2 20.41 9.2 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 29.13 12.5 29.13 12.5 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 44.93 31.1 44.93 31.1 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 22.64 26.6 22.64 26.6 – – Sales workers, apparel...................................... 11.40 15.5 11.40 15.5 – – Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings............... 11.72 14.7 11.72 14.7 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 23.15 19.7 23.15 19.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 12.13 12.3 12.14 12.5 – – Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 15.13 17.4 15.13 17.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.78 2.3 15.23 3.0 17.35 1.7 Supervisors, general office................................. 22.01 6.5 – – 22.66 2.2 Secretaries................................................. 19.01 2.5 18.60 2.8 20.44 3.1 Typists..................................................... 16.86 8.6 – – – – Interviewers................................................ 14.14 9.1 – – – – Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 15.85 6.6 15.85 6.6 – – Receptionists............................................... 14.51 3.7 14.43 3.7 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.13 4.7 14.13 4.7 – – Order clerks................................................ 15.40 5.4 14.93 5.6 – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 16.75 8.1 16.75 8.1 – – Library clerks.............................................. 15.83 5.1 – – 16.74 6.5 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.09 5.5 14.97 7.2 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.18 7.0 14.46 8.8 18.79 7.1 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 16.85 3.4 16.64 4.1 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 14.24 9.3 14.24 9.3 – – Dispatchers................................................. 21.09 4.3 – – 22.09 3.7 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... $12.02 7.5 $12.02 7.5 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.04 20.8 11.78 21.8 – – Meter readers............................................... 20.89 8.9 – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.71 14.3 15.78 15.9 – – Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 17.09 .9 – – $17.19 0.8 General office clerks....................................... 14.72 2.9 13.45 5.9 15.91 3.0 Bank tellers................................................ 11.39 14.8 11.39 14.8 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 12.25 6.9 11.07 5.1 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 13.70 3.4 – – 14.22 .8 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 17.13 8.4 16.41 10.1 20.13 5.5 Blue collar......................................................... 15.26 3.3 14.56 3.3 25.09 .9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.76 3.5 19.77 3.2 27.51 5.3 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.32 11.5 24.20 12.4 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 20.13 11.0 19.86 11.4 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 18.86 12.3 18.27 12.7 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.55 6.5 – – – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 22.31 9.4 22.31 9.4 – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 21.32 20.2 20.81 26.9 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.05 8.7 19.01 8.3 – – Carpenters.................................................. 24.82 6.7 – – – – Electricians................................................ 28.87 6.8 – – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 19.97 9.1 – – 19.97 9.1 Supervisors, production..................................... 20.53 10.9 17.56 12.3 – – Machinists.................................................. 23.08 6.0 23.08 6.0 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 17.49 20.3 17.49 20.3 – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 25.70 4.8 – – 25.88 5.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.33 4.5 11.22 4.5 – – Printing press operators.................................... 12.34 8.6 12.34 8.6 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 9.66 25.5 9.66 25.5 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.20 8.8 10.68 8.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 10.56 6.5 10.56 6.5 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.76 13.0 11.76 13.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.93 8.0 16.56 8.1 22.55 2.4 Truck drivers............................................... 15.48 6.6 15.10 6.2 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.46 9.9 14.46 9.9 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 23.82 16.3 23.82 16.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.19 4.4 10.70 3.6 19.69 2.6 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.66 7.5 9.66 7.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.06 5.3 13.06 5.3 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 8.42 13.9 8.42 13.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ $12.49 11.1 $11.45 10.2 – – Service............................................................. 14.12 4.4 9.97 2.3 $26.18 2.7 Protective service............................................ 22.76 2.4 10.76 7.3 30.13 2.4 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 41.01 3.2 – – 41.01 3.2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 31.11 2.6 – – 31.11 2.6 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 23.90 2.8 – – 23.90 2.8 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.61 5.0 9.61 5.0 – – Food service.................................................. 9.45 3.0 9.26 3.6 14.44 15.7 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7.29 1.6 7.29 1.6 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 7.62 8.4 7.62 8.4 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 7.11 3.8 7.11 3.8 – – Other food service........................................... 10.65 5.4 10.42 6.3 14.44 15.7 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 17.96 17.6 17.65 19.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 12.74 1.6 12.61 1.8 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 7.93 6.5 7.93 6.5 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.61 4.3 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.16 3.1 7.96 2.6 – – Health service................................................ 10.05 8.7 9.61 7.8 14.45 4.8 Health aides, except nursing................................ 13.47 4.6 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.36 8.0 9.19 7.6 12.65 7.5 Cleaning and building service................................. 10.61 5.0 9.15 2.8 17.24 8.9 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.57 5.8 8.57 5.8 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.26 4.2 9.59 4.7 15.89 2.9 Personal service.............................................. 14.43 4.3 14.97 5.1 11.17 10.6 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 9.92 4.7 9.95 5.0 – – Public transportation attendants............................ 32.66 4.9 32.66 4.9 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 13.79 4.6 14.05 3.1 – – 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 2004 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................................................................... $22.35 2.4 $20.84 3.2 $28.54 1.1 All excluding sales............................................... 22.26 2.5 20.59 3.3 28.54 1.1 White collar........................................................ 27.55 1.8 27.02 2.3 29.23 .7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 28.03 2.0 27.59 2.7 29.23 .7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 35.92 2.0 35.18 2.8 37.39 1.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 38.66 2.0 38.47 2.8 38.96 2.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 43.01 4.9 43.44 4.7 35.49 19.6 Aerospace engineers......................................... 49.85 3.7 49.85 3.7 – – Civil engineers............................................. 42.57 18.6 – – 32.77 15.0 Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 43.24 4.0 43.21 4.1 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 35.01 4.8 34.37 5.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 42.40 4.6 42.41 4.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 36.77 5.7 38.06 6.7 31.57 7.1 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 37.23 5.8 38.74 6.7 31.57 7.1 Natural scientists............................................ 29.86 8.2 28.28 13.3 32.62 4.9 Biological and life scientists.............................. 29.18 9.0 – – – – Health related................................................ 32.44 2.0 32.85 2.4 29.82 3.0 Registered nurses........................................... 30.89 2.4 30.79 2.7 31.52 3.3 Pharmacists................................................. 49.95 1.3 49.95 1.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 44.33 4.0 41.75 9.6 46.62 2.5 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 45.45 4.1 – – 46.41 1.9 Teachers, except college and university....................... 39.69 2.0 21.12 8.1 43.50 2.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 41.76 5.1 20.63 5.4 43.19 4.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 40.23 4.6 – – 42.95 1.4 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 43.83 9.4 25.61 20.3 – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 34.13 25.6 20.44 23.4 – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 22.09 15.2 – – 25.01 1.5 Social workers.............................................. 22.13 15.6 – – 25.18 .6 Lawyers and judges............................................ 73.23 27.7 – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 73.23 27.7 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 41.65 19.4 43.81 18.8 – – Technical....................................................... 24.72 5.5 25.11 6.6 22.74 2.9 Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.17 1.7 18.14 1.7 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 20.03 13.4 19.29 21.5 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 27.58 5.1 27.22 5.3 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 23.89 8.6 23.69 9.7 – – Airplane pilots and navigators.............................. 81.06 35.8 81.06 35.8 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 35.03 19.7 – – 24.03 3.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 37.69 4.3 39.11 4.6 31.84 7.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 42.74 6.7 44.14 7.8 35.97 6.1 Administrators and officials, public administration......... $55.43 0.4 – – $55.43 0.4 Financial managers.......................................... 42.27 13.0 $41.59 14.0 – – Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 49.11 9.3 – – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 41.01 12.6 41.01 12.6 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.49 21.1 26.07 9.2 – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 40.05 6.3 40.44 5.9 – – Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 28.18 16.4 32.71 6.7 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 61.85 41.0 61.85 41.0 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 45.01 10.1 48.53 8.6 29.90 26.0 Management related............................................ 28.65 3.2 29.34 3.7 26.41 3.6 Accountants and auditors.................................... 27.68 6.5 27.56 8.7 – – Other financial officers.................................... 30.31 4.2 30.31 4.2 – – Management analysts......................................... 29.71 6.8 30.16 7.9 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.86 7.6 – – – – Construction inspectors..................................... 30.70 8.0 – – 30.70 8.0 Management related, n.e.c................................... 29.09 5.4 30.03 5.5 – – Sales............................................................. 23.74 12.8 23.74 12.8 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 29.13 12.5 29.13 12.5 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 50.15 24.1 50.15 24.1 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 25.51 19.4 25.51 19.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 12.17 12.1 12.17 12.1 – – Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 15.96 16.9 15.96 16.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.95 2.4 15.37 3.1 17.78 1.1 Supervisors, general office................................. 22.01 6.5 – – 22.66 2.2 Secretaries................................................. 18.95 2.0 18.49 2.3 20.44 3.1 Typists..................................................... 16.86 8.6 – – – – Interviewers................................................ 14.14 9.1 – – – – Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 15.67 6.3 15.67 6.3 – – Receptionists............................................... 14.54 3.6 14.46 3.6 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.37 4.1 14.37 4.1 – – Order clerks................................................ 15.40 5.4 14.91 5.5 – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 16.75 8.1 16.75 8.1 – – Library clerks.............................................. 15.86 5.3 – – 16.86 6.9 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.09 5.6 14.96 7.3 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.26 7.1 14.49 8.9 19.21 5.2 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 16.85 3.4 16.64 4.1 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 14.24 9.3 14.24 9.3 – – Dispatchers................................................. 21.02 4.5 – – 22.05 3.7 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.25 6.8 12.25 6.8 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.14 21.4 11.88 22.4 – – Meter readers............................................... 20.89 8.9 – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 17.11 14.6 16.17 16.2 – – Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 17.09 .9 – – 17.19 .8 General office clerks....................................... 14.94 2.7 13.77 5.8 15.98 3.4 Data entry keyers........................................... $12.30 6.8 $11.12 5.2 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.79 6.4 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 17.21 8.5 16.41 10.1 $20.84 3.9 Blue collar......................................................... 15.44 3.4 14.73 3.4 25.09 .9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.76 3.5 19.77 3.2 27.51 5.3 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.32 11.5 24.20 12.4 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 20.16 11.0 19.89 11.5 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 18.86 12.3 18.27 12.7 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.55 6.5 – – – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 22.31 9.4 22.31 9.4 – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 21.32 20.2 20.81 26.9 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.05 8.7 19.01 8.3 – – Carpenters.................................................. 24.82 6.7 – – – – Electricians................................................ 28.87 6.8 – – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 19.97 9.1 – – 19.97 9.1 Supervisors, production..................................... 20.53 10.9 17.56 12.3 – – Machinists.................................................. 23.08 6.0 23.08 6.0 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 17.49 20.3 17.49 20.3 – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 25.70 4.8 – – 25.88 5.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.37 4.6 11.26 4.5 – – Printing press operators.................................... 12.34 8.6 12.34 8.6 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 9.66 25.5 9.66 25.5 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.20 8.8 10.68 8.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 10.56 6.5 10.56 6.5 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.76 13.0 11.76 13.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.84 8.4 16.46 8.6 22.55 2.4 Truck drivers............................................... 15.48 6.6 15.10 6.2 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 23.61 16.7 23.61 16.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.44 4.9 10.88 4.1 19.69 2.6 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.05 9.3 9.05 9.3 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.05 5.3 13.05 5.3 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 8.42 13.9 8.42 13.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.62 14.1 12.48 13.2 – – Service............................................................. 15.24 5.5 10.36 3.1 27.88 3.8 Protective service............................................ 23.53 3.8 10.91 7.4 31.16 5.5 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 41.01 3.2 – – 41.01 3.2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 31.27 2.8 – – 31.27 2.8 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 24.04 3.5 – – 24.04 3.5 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.70 4.6 9.70 4.6 – – Food service.................................................. $10.16 2.1 $9.96 2.7 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7.39 2.4 7.39 2.4 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 7.26 5.7 7.26 5.7 – – Other food service........................................... 11.21 1.6 10.99 2.2 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 17.96 17.6 17.65 19.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 13.38 7.4 13.28 7.7 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.27 2.8 8.10 2.0 – – Health service................................................ 9.93 10.3 9.44 8.6 $14.87 6.4 Health aides, except nursing................................ 13.68 7.0 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.27 9.1 9.09 8.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.89 6.0 9.34 3.6 17.45 8.3 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.57 5.8 8.57 5.8 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.89 5.9 10.10 5.8 16.06 2.8 Personal service.............................................. 17.38 11.3 17.22 11.4 – – 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 2004 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................................................................... $13.91 3.9 $12.54 4.6 $19.68 6.7 All excluding sales............................................... 14.89 3.8 13.33 5.3 19.79 7.2 White collar........................................................ 17.24 7.6 15.49 9.0 22.53 10.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.31 9.4 20.39 13.7 22.73 10.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.23 19.9 24.05 27.3 31.43 8.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.27 6.8 28.38 8.6 33.45 8.8 Health related................................................ 32.16 3.7 32.43 4.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 31.60 3.3 31.79 4.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 44.61 3.4 – – 45.58 2.3 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 44.52 4.0 – – 45.80 2.8 Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.97 14.8 22.29 16.7 29.47 15.5 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 37.20 18.9 20.25 16.7 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 41.67 13.5 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 44.90 13.4 – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 10.44 9.1 10.43 9.2 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.57 4.8 10.57 4.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 12.10 13.1 12.12 13.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.46 3.1 12.39 7.4 14.49 1.4 General office clerks....................................... 11.30 13.5 9.71 9.5 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 14.32 1.6 – – 14.44 1.7 Blue collar......................................................... 10.28 7.0 10.28 7.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.62 2.2 9.62 2.2 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.11 8.2 10.11 8.2 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.12 5.8 8.12 5.8 – – Service............................................................. 8.59 3.0 8.36 2.7 9.97 8.9 Protective service............................................ 8.18 3.1 – – – – Food service.................................................. 7.65 2.4 7.49 1.2 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... $7.17 0.8 $7.17 0.8 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 7.37 5.2 7.37 5.2 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.95 2.8 6.95 2.8 – – Other food service........................................... 8.26 7.0 7.94 5.0 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.85 8.8 7.58 6.6 – – Health service................................................ 10.91 6.8 10.75 7.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.94 8.2 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.95 8.7 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 10.80 4.5 11.05 7.7 $10.22 7.6 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 15.49 15.1 – – – – 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 2004 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................................................................... $883 2.5 39.5 $828 3.2 39.7 $1,104 0.9 38.7 All excluding sales............................................... 879 2.5 39.5 818 3.4 39.7 1,104 .9 38.7 White collar........................................................ 1,084 1.8 39.3 1,076 2.3 39.8 1,109 .9 38.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,101 1.9 39.3 1,098 2.7 39.8 1,109 .9 38.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,372 1.8 38.2 1,387 2.7 39.4 1,345 1.3 36.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,473 1.6 38.1 1,529 2.7 39.7 1,389 1.6 35.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,720 4.9 40.0 1,737 4.7 40.0 1,420 19.6 40.0 Aerospace engineers......................................... 1,994 3.7 40.0 1,994 3.7 40.0 – – – Civil engineers............................................. 1,703 18.6 40.0 – – – 1,311 15.0 40.0 Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,729 4.0 40.0 1,728 4.1 40.0 – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 1,400 4.8 40.0 1,375 5.1 40.0 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,696 4.6 40.0 1,696 4.6 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,471 5.7 40.0 1,522 6.7 40.0 1,263 7.1 40.0 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,489 5.8 40.0 1,549 6.7 40.0 1,263 7.1 40.0 Natural scientists............................................ 1,190 8.2 39.9 1,125 13.3 39.8 1,305 4.9 40.0 Biological and life scientists.............................. 1,149 8.1 39.4 – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,275 1.9 39.3 1,288 2.2 39.2 1,188 3.1 39.8 Registered nurses........................................... 1,209 2.5 39.1 1,201 2.8 39.0 1,257 3.3 39.9 Pharmacists................................................. 1,998 1.3 40.0 1,998 1.3 40.0 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,675 4.7 37.8 1,603 11.1 38.4 1,736 1.3 37.2 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 1,671 3.8 36.8 – – – 1,704 1.4 36.7 Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,361 .9 34.3 835 8.1 39.5 1,452 .3 33.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,411 3.1 33.8 823 5.4 39.9 1,445 2.6 33.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,397 6.7 34.7 – – – 1,454 6.2 33.8 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 1,484 5.1 33.9 993 18.2 38.8 – – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 1,173 18.0 34.4 808 22.6 39.5 – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 863 17.3 39.1 – – – 1,001 1.5 40.0 Social workers.............................................. 864 17.7 39.0 – – – 1,007 .6 40.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ 3,047 23.7 41.6 – – – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 3,047 23.7 41.6 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,722 17.3 41.4 1,820 15.9 41.5 – – – Technical....................................................... 955 5.3 38.6 967 6.3 38.5 894 4.3 39.3 Licensed practical nurses................................... 717 1.7 39.5 716 1.7 39.5 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 800 13.5 39.9 769 21.8 39.9 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 1,072 4.2 38.9 1,055 4.2 38.8 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 956 8.6 40.0 947 9.7 40.0 – – – Airplane pilots and navigators.............................. 1,716 20.9 21.2 1,716 20.9 21.2 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ $1,401 19.7 40.0 – – – $961 3.1 40.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,515 4.3 40.2 $1,571 4.6 40.2 1,281 7.9 40.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,722 6.7 40.3 1,778 7.8 40.3 1,454 5.8 40.4 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 2,217 .4 40.0 – – – 2,217 .4 40.0 Financial managers.......................................... 1,708 12.6 40.4 1,681 13.5 40.4 – – – Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 1,909 7.9 38.9 – – – – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,636 12.6 39.9 1,636 12.6 39.9 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,458 23.6 41.1 1,043 9.2 40.0 – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,602 6.3 40.0 1,618 5.9 40.0 – – – Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 1,127 16.4 40.0 1,309 6.7 40.0 – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 2,548 41.1 41.2 2,548 41.1 41.2 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,820 10.3 40.4 1,967 8.7 40.5 1,196 26.0 40.0 Management related............................................ 1,146 3.1 40.0 1,173 3.7 40.0 1,056 3.6 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 1,097 6.4 39.6 1,088 8.6 39.5 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 1,267 5.6 41.8 1,267 5.6 41.8 – – – Management analysts......................................... 1,188 6.8 40.0 1,206 7.9 40.0 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 994 7.6 40.0 – – – – – – Construction inspectors..................................... 1,228 8.0 40.0 – – – 1,228 8.0 40.0 Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,156 5.3 39.7 1,192 5.5 39.7 – – – Sales............................................................. 945 12.4 39.8 945 12.4 39.8 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 1,155 13.0 39.7 1,155 13.0 39.7 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 1,926 22.6 38.4 1,926 22.6 38.4 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 1,005 20.6 39.4 1,005 20.6 39.4 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 485 11.9 39.9 485 11.9 39.9 – – – Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 633 17.1 39.7 633 17.1 39.7 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 636 2.3 39.9 613 3.0 39.9 708 1.4 39.8 Supervisors, general office................................. 902 5.2 41.0 – – – 906 2.2 40.0 Secretaries................................................. 755 2.1 39.8 736 2.3 39.8 817 3.1 40.0 Typists..................................................... 674 8.6 40.0 – – – – – – Interviewers................................................ 566 9.1 40.0 – – – – – – Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 627 6.3 40.0 627 6.3 40.0 – – – Receptionists............................................... 582 3.6 40.0 578 3.6 40.0 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 571 4.4 39.8 571 4.4 39.8 – – – Order clerks................................................ 616 5.4 40.0 596 5.5 40.0 – – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 670 8.1 40.0 670 8.1 40.0 – – – Library clerks.............................................. 634 5.3 40.0 – – – 675 6.9 40.0 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 602 5.6 39.9 596 7.3 39.9 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 610 7.1 40.0 580 8.9 40.0 766 5.5 39.9 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 674 3.4 40.0 666 4.1 40.0 – – – Billing clerks.............................................. $569 9.3 40.0 $569 9.3 40.0 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 834 4.5 39.7 – – – $873 1.4 39.6 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 488 6.7 39.8 488 6.7 39.8 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 485 21.4 40.0 475 22.4 40.0 – – – Meter readers............................................... 835 8.9 40.0 – – – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 685 14.6 40.0 647 16.2 40.0 – – – Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 684 .9 40.0 – – – 688 .8 40.0 General office clerks....................................... 596 2.7 39.9 549 5.8 39.8 639 3.4 40.0 Data entry keyers........................................... 492 6.8 40.0 445 5.2 40.0 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 488 8.9 38.1 – – – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 687 8.5 39.9 655 10.1 39.9 834 3.9 40.0 Blue collar......................................................... 618 3.3 40.0 589 3.3 40.0 1,003 1.0 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 829 3.5 39.9 790 3.2 39.9 1,099 5.6 39.9 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 1,015 11.5 40.1 970 12.4 40.1 – – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 806 11.0 40.0 796 11.5 40.0 – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 754 12.3 40.0 731 12.7 40.0 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 742 6.5 40.0 – – – – – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 892 9.4 40.0 892 9.4 40.0 – – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 853 20.2 40.0 833 26.9 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 799 8.7 39.8 760 8.3 40.0 – – – Carpenters.................................................. 993 6.7 40.0 – – – – – – Electricians................................................ 1,155 6.8 40.0 – – – – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 799 9.1 40.0 – – – 799 9.1 40.0 Supervisors, production..................................... 821 10.9 40.0 702 12.3 40.0 – – – Machinists.................................................. 923 6.0 40.0 923 6.0 40.0 – – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 699 20.3 40.0 699 20.3 40.0 – – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 1,028 4.8 40.0 – – – 1,035 5.7 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 453 4.6 39.8 448 4.6 39.8 – – – Printing press operators.................................... 488 7.0 39.5 488 7.0 39.5 – – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 386 25.5 40.0 386 25.5 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 442 9.1 39.4 421 8.6 39.4 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 421 6.7 39.8 421 6.7 39.8 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 470 13.0 40.0 470 13.0 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 683 7.7 40.6 668 7.9 40.6 902 2.4 40.0 Truck drivers............................................... 632 5.8 40.9 618 5.6 40.9 – – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 936 17.0 39.7 936 17.0 39.7 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $456 4.9 39.9 $433 4.1 39.9 $788 2.6 40.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 359 9.0 39.6 359 9.0 39.6 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 522 5.3 40.0 522 5.3 40.0 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 337 13.9 40.0 337 13.9 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 545 14.1 40.0 499 13.2 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 598 5.6 39.2 401 2.9 38.7 1,134 4.2 40.7 Protective service............................................ 947 3.7 40.2 428 7.6 39.3 1,273 6.2 40.9 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 1,636 3.5 39.9 – – – 1,636 3.5 39.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 1,251 2.8 40.0 – – – 1,251 2.8 40.0 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 956 3.9 39.8 – – – 956 3.9 39.8 Guards and police, except public service.................... 380 5.4 39.2 380 5.4 39.2 – – – Food service.................................................. 394 1.4 38.7 385 1.8 38.7 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 275 2.7 37.2 275 2.7 37.2 – – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 267 7.8 36.8 267 7.8 36.8 – – – Other food service........................................... 441 1.6 39.4 432 2.3 39.3 – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 719 17.6 40.0 706 19.4 40.0 – – – Cooks....................................................... 535 7.4 40.0 531 7.7 40.0 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 328 2.9 39.7 321 2.1 39.7 – – – Health service................................................ 394 10.6 39.6 374 9.0 39.6 593 6.2 39.9 Health aides, except nursing................................ 547 7.0 40.0 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 367 9.5 39.6 360 8.8 39.6 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 434 6.1 39.9 372 3.7 39.8 698 8.3 40.0 Maids and housemen.......................................... 341 6.0 39.8 341 6.0 39.8 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 474 5.9 39.9 402 5.7 39.8 642 2.8 40.0 Personal service.............................................. 558 11.1 32.1 551 11.2 32.0 – – – 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 2004 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................................................................... $44,912 2.5 2,009 $42,883 3.2 2,057 $52,323 0.9 1,833 All excluding sales............................................... 44,632 2.5 2,005 42,346 3.4 2,056 52,323 .9 1,833 White collar........................................................ 54,313 1.8 1,972 55,576 2.3 2,056 50,890 .9 1,741 White collar excluding sales.................................... 54,932 1.9 1,960 56,679 2.7 2,054 50,890 .9 1,741 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 65,461 1.8 1,823 71,088 2.7 2,021 57,029 1.3 1,525 Professional specialty.......................................... 68,959 1.6 1,784 77,989 2.7 2,027 57,982 1.6 1,488 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 89,460 4.9 2,080 90,349 4.7 2,080 73,815 19.6 2,080 Aerospace engineers......................................... 103,689 3.7 2,080 103,689 3.7 2,080 – – – Civil engineers............................................. 88,545 18.6 2,080 – – – 68,165 15.0 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 89,931 4.0 2,080 89,878 4.1 2,080 – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 72,815 4.8 2,080 71,490 5.1 2,080 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 88,184 4.6 2,080 88,205 4.6 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 76,479 5.7 2,080 79,156 6.7 2,080 65,661 7.1 2,080 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 77,425 5.8 2,080 80,566 6.7 2,080 65,661 7.1 2,080 Natural scientists............................................ 61,898 8.2 2,073 58,519 13.3 2,069 67,850 4.9 2,080 Biological and life scientists.............................. 59,741 8.1 2,047 – – – – – – Health related................................................ 66,025 1.9 2,035 66,976 2.2 2,039 59,905 3.1 2,009 Registered nurses........................................... 62,522 2.5 2,024 62,477 2.8 2,029 62,813 3.3 1,993 Pharmacists................................................. 103,888 1.3 2,080 103,888 1.3 2,080 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 69,894 4.7 1,576 68,764 11.1 1,647 70,813 1.3 1,519 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 72,658 3.8 1,599 – – – 71,708 1.4 1,545 Teachers, except college and university....................... 53,001 .9 1,335 37,021 8.1 1,753 55,379 .3 1,273 Elementary school teachers.................................. 53,678 3.1 1,285 33,520 5.4 1,625 54,738 2.6 1,267 Secondary school teachers................................... 54,639 6.7 1,358 – – – 56,384 6.2 1,313 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 55,069 5.1 1,257 45,360 18.2 1,771 – – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 51,971 18.0 1,523 40,332 22.6 1,973 – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 44,855 17.3 2,031 – – – 52,031 1.5 2,080 Social workers.............................................. 44,924 17.7 2,030 – – – 52,371 .6 2,080 Lawyers and judges............................................ 158,426 23.7 2,164 – – – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 158,426 23.7 2,164 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 89,397 17.3 2,147 94,430 15.9 2,156 – – – Technical....................................................... 49,423 5.3 1,999 50,272 6.3 2,002 45,167 4.3 1,986 Licensed practical nurses................................... 37,294 1.7 2,053 37,230 1.7 2,052 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 41,582 13.5 2,076 39,991 21.8 2,073 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 55,723 4.2 2,020 54,883 4.2 2,016 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 49,686 8.6 2,080 49,269 9.7 2,080 – – – Airplane pilots and navigators.............................. 89,207 20.9 1,100 89,207 20.9 1,100 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ $72,856 19.7 2,080 – – – $49,982 3.1 2,080 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 77,834 4.3 2,065 $81,522 4.6 2,085 63,264 7.9 1,987 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 87,914 6.7 2,057 92,153 7.8 2,088 69,124 5.8 1,922 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 115,291 .4 2,080 – – – 115,291 .4 2,080 Financial managers.......................................... 88,820 12.6 2,101 87,438 13.5 2,102 – – – Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 99,286 7.9 2,022 – – – – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 85,075 12.6 2,075 85,075 12.6 2,075 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 69,522 23.6 1,959 51,281 9.2 1,967 – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 83,297 6.3 2,080 84,121 5.9 2,080 – – – Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 51,522 16.4 1,829 68,043 6.7 2,080 – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 132,495 41.1 2,142 132,495 41.1 2,142 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 94,642 10.3 2,103 102,310 8.7 2,108 62,199 26.0 2,080 Management related............................................ 59,576 3.1 2,079 60,998 3.7 2,079 54,931 3.6 2,080 Accountants and auditors.................................... 57,060 6.4 2,062 56,561 8.6 2,052 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 65,887 5.6 2,174 65,887 5.6 2,174 – – – Management analysts......................................... 61,796 6.8 2,080 62,730 7.9 2,080 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 51,704 7.6 2,080 – – – – – – Construction inspectors..................................... 63,862 8.0 2,080 – – – 63,862 8.0 2,080 Management related, n.e.c................................... 60,119 5.3 2,067 62,000 5.5 2,065 – – – Sales............................................................. 49,123 12.4 2,069 49,123 12.4 2,069 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 60,080 13.0 2,063 60,080 13.0 2,063 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 100,177 22.6 1,998 100,177 22.6 1,998 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 52,241 20.6 2,048 52,241 20.6 2,048 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 25,229 11.9 2,074 25,229 11.9 2,074 – – – Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 32,923 17.1 2,062 32,923 17.1 2,062 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 32,716 2.3 2,051 31,750 3.0 2,066 35,641 1.4 2,005 Supervisors, general office................................. 46,898 5.2 2,131 – – – 47,126 2.2 2,080 Secretaries................................................. 38,971 2.1 2,057 38,253 2.3 2,069 41,273 3.1 2,020 Typists..................................................... 35,045 8.6 2,078 – – – – – – Interviewers................................................ 29,414 9.1 2,080 – – – – – – Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 32,600 6.3 2,080 32,600 6.3 2,080 – – – Receptionists............................................... 29,852 3.6 2,053 29,677 3.6 2,052 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 29,696 4.4 2,066 29,696 4.4 2,066 – – – Order clerks................................................ 32,030 5.4 2,080 31,013 5.5 2,080 – – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 34,824 8.1 2,079 34,824 8.1 2,079 – – – Library clerks.............................................. 32,447 5.3 2,046 – – – 33,979 6.9 2,015 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 31,023 5.6 2,056 30,964 7.3 2,070 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 31,726 7.1 2,079 30,144 8.9 2,080 39,842 5.5 2,074 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 35,058 3.4 2,080 34,615 4.1 2,080 – – – Billing clerks.............................................. $29,602 9.3 2,079 $29,602 9.3 2,079 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 43,343 4.5 2,062 – – – $45,373 1.4 2,057 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 25,368 6.7 2,071 25,368 6.7 2,071 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 25,244 21.4 2,080 24,705 22.4 2,080 – – – Meter readers............................................... 43,445 8.9 2,080 – – – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 35,594 14.6 2,080 33,640 16.2 2,080 – – – Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 35,555 .9 2,080 – – – 35,754 .8 2,080 General office clerks....................................... 30,930 2.7 2,071 28,527 5.8 2,072 33,073 3.4 2,070 Data entry keyers........................................... 25,574 6.8 2,080 23,121 5.2 2,080 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 18,894 8.9 1,477 – – – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 34,731 8.5 2,018 32,902 10.1 2,005 43,351 3.9 2,080 Blue collar......................................................... 32,072 3.3 2,077 30,610 3.3 2,078 51,661 1.0 2,059 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 43,067 3.5 2,075 41,010 3.2 2,074 57,128 5.6 2,076 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 52,786 11.5 2,085 50,452 12.4 2,085 – – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 41,929 11.0 2,080 41,370 11.5 2,080 – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 39,231 12.3 2,080 37,998 12.7 2,080 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 38,586 6.5 2,080 – – – – – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 46,403 9.4 2,080 46,403 9.4 2,080 – – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 44,342 20.2 2,080 43,291 26.9 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 40,698 8.7 2,030 38,554 8.3 2,028 – – – Carpenters.................................................. 51,627 6.7 2,080 – – – – – – Electricians................................................ 60,041 6.8 2,080 – – – – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 41,529 9.1 2,080 – – – 41,529 9.1 2,080 Supervisors, production..................................... 42,708 10.9 2,080 36,525 12.3 2,080 – – – Machinists.................................................. 48,012 6.0 2,080 48,012 6.0 2,080 – – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 36,370 20.3 2,080 36,370 20.3 2,080 – – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 53,463 4.8 2,080 – – – 53,824 5.7 2,080 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 23,533 4.6 2,069 23,290 4.6 2,069 – – – Printing press operators.................................... 25,375 7.0 2,056 25,375 7.0 2,056 – – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 20,091 25.5 2,080 20,091 25.5 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 22,961 9.1 2,050 21,891 8.6 2,049 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 21,881 6.7 2,072 21,881 6.7 2,072 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 24,463 13.0 2,080 24,463 13.0 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 35,347 7.7 2,098 34,685 7.9 2,108 44,453 2.4 1,972 Truck drivers............................................... 32,821 5.8 2,121 32,047 5.6 2,122 – – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 48,695 17.0 2,062 48,695 17.0 2,062 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $23,695 4.9 2,072 $22,531 4.1 2,072 $40,953 2.6 2,080 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 18,656 9.0 2,060 18,656 9.0 2,060 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 27,112 5.3 2,077 27,112 5.3 2,077 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 17,510 13.9 2,080 17,510 13.9 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 28,324 14.1 2,080 25,950 13.2 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 31,007 5.6 2,035 20,828 2.9 2,011 58,517 4.2 2,099 Protective service............................................ 49,233 3.7 2,093 22,267 7.6 2,041 66,213 6.2 2,125 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 85,058 3.5 2,074 – – – 85,058 3.5 2,074 Police and detectives, public service....................... 65,068 2.8 2,081 – – – 65,068 2.8 2,081 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 49,732 3.9 2,069 – – – 49,732 3.9 2,069 Guards and police, except public service.................... 19,756 5.4 2,038 19,756 5.4 2,038 – – – Food service.................................................. 20,324 1.4 2,000 20,011 1.8 2,009 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 14,281 2.7 1,932 14,281 2.7 1,932 – – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 13,891 7.8 1,912 13,891 7.8 1,912 – – – Other food service........................................... 22,735 1.6 2,028 22,434 2.3 2,042 – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 36,521 17.6 2,033 36,720 19.4 2,080 – – – Cooks....................................................... 27,388 7.4 2,047 27,619 7.7 2,080 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 16,974 2.9 2,053 16,614 2.1 2,052 – – – Health service................................................ 20,463 10.6 2,062 19,455 9.0 2,061 30,824 6.2 2,073 Health aides, except nursing................................ 28,464 7.0 2,080 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 19,089 9.5 2,059 18,719 8.8 2,058 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 22,517 6.1 2,069 19,339 3.7 2,071 35,925 8.3 2,059 Maids and housemen.......................................... 17,747 6.0 2,070 17,747 6.0 2,070 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 24,568 5.9 2,066 20,923 5.7 2,071 33,001 2.8 2,055 Personal service.............................................. 29,005 11.1 1,669 28,664 11.2 1,665 – – – 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 2004 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................................................................... $21.60 2.4 $20.10 3.1 $27.77 0.7 All excluding sales............................................... 21.71 2.5 20.07 3.3 27.79 .7 White collar........................................................ 26.60 2.0 25.98 2.6 28.59 1.1 1....................................................... 9.73 6.8 9.66 7.1 – – 2....................................................... 10.28 8.2 10.17 9.4 10.99 6.7 3....................................................... 12.59 5.4 12.11 6.9 14.35 2.2 4....................................................... 15.26 3.4 15.01 4.0 16.54 1.9 5....................................................... 16.32 1.8 16.01 2.1 17.58 1.4 6....................................................... 19.33 2.7 19.12 4.4 19.62 1.1 7....................................................... 23.48 3.6 23.98 4.9 22.39 2.3 8....................................................... 33.63 11.0 33.12 14.4 35.01 11.6 9....................................................... 34.80 2.7 31.62 3.0 38.19 3.2 10........................................................ 36.98 3.5 37.27 3.8 35.53 8.2 11........................................................ 43.80 3.1 43.47 3.9 44.76 4.3 12........................................................ 49.54 3.1 49.16 3.7 51.52 3.2 13........................................................ 59.18 3.9 59.52 4.1 – – 14........................................................ 99.88 14.4 100.11 14.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.29 13.1 27.20 13.6 30.08 12.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 27.58 2.4 27.19 3.2 28.62 1.2 1....................................................... 9.65 8.0 9.49 8.5 – – 2....................................................... 11.27 9.3 11.34 11.7 10.99 6.7 3....................................................... 12.81 3.7 12.20 4.7 14.41 2.3 4....................................................... 14.90 2.6 14.44 3.2 16.54 1.9 5....................................................... 16.47 2.1 16.11 2.6 17.58 1.4 6....................................................... 19.41 2.7 19.26 4.6 19.62 1.1 7....................................................... 22.15 2.3 22.03 3.3 22.39 2.3 8....................................................... 30.43 7.0 28.43 3.9 35.01 11.6 9....................................................... 34.77 2.7 31.50 3.2 38.19 3.2 10........................................................ 37.32 3.5 37.69 3.6 35.53 8.2 11........................................................ 43.88 3.0 43.54 3.8 44.76 4.3 12........................................................ 49.16 3.1 48.70 3.8 51.52 3.2 13........................................................ 59.18 3.9 59.52 4.1 – – 14........................................................ 99.88 14.4 100.11 14.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.33 14.4 28.26 15.0 30.08 12.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 35.01 3.1 34.08 4.5 36.89 1.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 38.23 2.0 38.07 3.0 38.50 2.2 5....................................................... 16.27 6.9 16.01 16.6 – – 6....................................................... 18.70 19.7 17.41 26.8 – – 7....................................................... 24.95 5.2 24.88 5.9 25.43 5.6 8....................................................... 33.60 8.4 30.05 2.1 38.51 7.8 9....................................................... 36.73 3.1 31.51 4.1 39.58 2.9 10........................................................ 36.75 3.5 37.54 3.4 33.21 4.4 11........................................................ 44.55 3.5 45.69 3.9 43.26 5.7 12........................................................ 49.03 3.8 48.85 4.6 49.96 2.4 13........................................................ $55.04 2.9 $55.78 2.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.20 8.7 36.22 9.6 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 43.01 4.9 43.44 4.7 $35.49 19.6 8....................................................... 33.36 1.1 33.36 1.1 – – 9....................................................... 36.17 4.5 37.51 3.0 – – 10........................................................ 37.61 6.0 38.24 5.3 – – 11........................................................ 44.10 5.0 44.09 5.2 – – 12........................................................ 49.67 5.1 49.75 5.2 – – 13........................................................ 52.94 3.0 52.94 3.0 – – Aerospace engineers......................................... 49.85 3.7 49.85 3.7 – – Civil engineers............................................. 42.57 18.6 – – 32.77 15.0 Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 43.24 4.0 43.21 4.1 – – 9....................................................... 35.69 4.0 35.69 4.0 – – 11........................................................ 46.75 5.0 46.97 5.3 – – 12........................................................ 41.92 3.0 41.92 3.0 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 35.01 4.8 34.37 5.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 42.40 4.6 42.41 4.6 – – 10........................................................ 37.54 4.4 37.54 4.4 – – 11........................................................ 37.37 5.6 37.37 5.6 – – 12........................................................ 50.33 9.1 50.33 9.1 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 36.77 5.7 38.06 6.7 31.57 7.1 10........................................................ 36.82 2.7 – – – – 12........................................................ 46.41 6.1 – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 37.23 5.8 38.74 6.7 31.57 7.1 10........................................................ 37.44 1.6 – – – – 12........................................................ 46.41 6.1 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ 29.86 8.2 28.28 13.3 32.62 4.9 9....................................................... 32.51 1.6 – – – – Biological and life scientists.............................. 29.18 9.0 – – – – Health related................................................ 32.42 2.1 32.81 2.5 29.90 2.8 7....................................................... 26.56 9.8 27.01 9.6 – – 8....................................................... 30.64 1.2 30.77 1.2 – – 9....................................................... 30.62 3.5 30.80 4.3 30.06 3.9 10........................................................ 36.72 4.9 37.88 6.9 – – 11........................................................ 46.80 5.9 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 30.97 2.1 30.91 2.3 31.39 3.0 8....................................................... 30.67 1.2 30.77 1.2 – – 9....................................................... 31.74 2.7 31.94 3.2 31.15 3.6 10........................................................ 35.36 6.3 – – – – Pharmacists................................................. 49.95 1.3 49.95 1.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 44.39 3.6 41.34 10.6 46.31 1.1 9....................................................... 36.01 14.1 – – – – 10........................................................ 43.82 3.3 – – – – 11........................................................ 42.01 7.3 – – – – 12........................................................ 52.44 4.9 – – 52.66 5.6 English teachers............................................ 40.11 8.4 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... $45.23 2.4 – – $46.24 0.5 9....................................................... 22.04 5.3 – – – – 11........................................................ 42.97 6.6 – – – – 12........................................................ 51.64 5.3 – – 51.64 5.3 Teachers, except college and university....................... 38.88 1.4 $21.16 8.4 42.32 1.6 5....................................................... 14.49 26.4 – – – – 6....................................................... 18.45 13.7 – – – – 7....................................................... 23.46 12.7 20.47 16.6 – – 8....................................................... 37.40 11.0 22.75 4.5 40.15 4.6 9....................................................... 42.27 2.6 24.59 16.0 43.31 1.4 11........................................................ 48.60 6.9 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 41.65 5.0 20.39 6.1 43.11 4.2 9....................................................... 42.15 2.6 – – 43.29 1.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 40.04 5.0 – – 42.95 1.4 9....................................................... 42.87 1.0 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 42.15 5.9 25.27 18.5 45.22 4.5 9....................................................... 47.22 9.9 – – – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 34.13 25.6 20.44 23.4 – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 21.82 14.7 – – 24.52 .7 Social workers.............................................. 22.13 15.6 – – 25.18 .6 Lawyers and judges............................................ 73.23 27.7 – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 73.23 27.7 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 37.97 14.5 39.13 14.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.49 11.2 42.28 12.0 – – Technical....................................................... 24.08 8.5 24.44 10.0 21.85 4.4 4....................................................... 14.94 6.7 14.96 7.4 – – 5....................................................... 16.04 5.7 16.04 5.7 – – 6....................................................... 18.84 3.8 18.80 3.4 – – 7....................................................... 21.69 1.7 21.25 2.2 22.39 2.1 8....................................................... 27.82 11.8 28.09 13.7 26.10 8.5 9....................................................... 31.86 5.4 32.16 5.7 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 18.59 12.4 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.37 1.9 18.35 2.0 – – 6....................................................... 18.58 3.8 18.58 3.8 – – 7....................................................... 19.55 2.4 19.55 2.6 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 21.03 8.1 20.91 12.7 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 27.58 5.1 27.22 5.3 – – 8....................................................... 25.78 5.3 – – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 23.89 8.6 23.69 9.7 – – Airplane pilots and navigators.............................. 81.06 35.8 81.06 35.8 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 44.40 22.1 52.39 22.7 24.03 3.1 7....................................................... 22.27 4.8 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $37.73 4.3 $39.09 4.6 $32.19 7.9 6....................................................... 21.89 8.1 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.78 5.3 21.05 8.2 22.57 8.1 8....................................................... 26.77 3.4 26.86 4.0 26.37 .8 9....................................................... 31.15 5.0 31.34 6.0 30.56 8.7 10........................................................ 34.43 10.8 31.02 3.8 – – 11........................................................ 41.63 5.3 40.31 6.7 51.10 4.5 12........................................................ 49.32 4.3 48.44 5.3 53.49 3.2 13........................................................ 63.53 6.3 63.42 6.5 – – 14........................................................ 86.68 18.2 86.68 18.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 44.43 19.8 45.48 20.3 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 42.76 6.6 44.13 7.8 36.40 6.3 7....................................................... 20.59 8.5 19.21 14.9 – – 8....................................................... 27.08 8.7 27.07 9.5 – – 9....................................................... 32.96 9.0 32.30 9.9 – – 10........................................................ 37.61 19.0 30.15 7.1 – – 11........................................................ 44.19 6.0 42.97 7.7 51.10 4.5 12........................................................ 50.13 4.9 49.24 6.4 53.49 3.2 13........................................................ 64.44 5.7 64.37 5.9 – – 14........................................................ 91.66 16.5 91.66 16.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.51 22.3 51.14 22.3 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 55.43 .4 – – 55.43 .4 Financial managers.......................................... 42.27 13.0 41.59 14.0 – – 9....................................................... 29.73 5.3 29.73 5.3 – – 11........................................................ 44.08 10.8 – – – – Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 49.11 9.3 – – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 41.01 12.6 41.01 12.6 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 37.27 21.1 26.07 9.2 56.56 1.9 12........................................................ 46.60 12.8 – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 40.21 5.7 40.59 5.4 – – Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 28.18 16.4 32.71 6.7 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 61.85 41.0 61.85 41.0 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 45.01 10.1 48.53 8.6 29.90 26.0 9....................................................... 39.31 18.4 39.25 23.2 – – 11........................................................ 43.01 7.4 42.96 7.8 – – 12........................................................ 48.13 3.5 47.77 4.3 – – 13........................................................ 62.09 13.7 62.09 13.7 – – 14........................................................ 96.18 16.9 96.18 16.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.87 26.3 36.87 26.3 – – Management related............................................ 28.63 3.1 29.30 3.7 26.41 3.6 6....................................................... 23.76 6.0 – – – – 7....................................................... 23.50 5.0 22.85 6.1 24.63 7.1 8....................................................... 26.52 3.3 26.65 4.4 – – 9....................................................... 29.36 4.0 29.97 5.7 28.36 5.7 10........................................................ 31.11 3.2 31.79 2.5 – – 11........................................................ $30.44 7.4 $30.44 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.82 9.0 29.70 8.0 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 27.68 6.5 27.56 8.7 – – 7....................................................... 22.49 5.4 22.22 6.8 – – Other financial officers.................................... 29.98 3.9 29.98 3.9 – – Management analysts......................................... 29.71 6.8 30.16 7.9 – – 9....................................................... 31.53 5.6 – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.86 7.6 – – – – Construction inspectors..................................... 30.70 8.0 – – $30.70 8.0 Management related, n.e.c................................... 29.09 5.4 30.03 5.5 – – 8....................................................... 26.63 4.5 27.90 4.9 – – 11........................................................ 30.51 10.7 30.51 10.7 – – Sales............................................................. 20.39 9.2 20.41 9.2 – – 1....................................................... 9.81 14.7 9.81 14.7 – – 3....................................................... 11.92 17.1 11.93 17.4 – – 4....................................................... 16.24 8.1 16.24 8.1 – – 5....................................................... 15.64 3.0 15.64 3.0 – – 8....................................................... 57.86 46.9 57.86 46.9 – – 11........................................................ 42.99 9.5 42.99 9.5 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 29.13 12.5 29.13 12.5 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 44.93 31.1 44.93 31.1 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 22.64 26.6 22.64 26.6 – – Sales workers, apparel...................................... 11.40 15.5 11.40 15.5 – – Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings............... 11.72 14.7 11.72 14.7 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 23.15 19.7 23.15 19.7 – – 3....................................................... 10.95 13.7 10.95 13.7 – – 4....................................................... 16.90 14.4 16.90 14.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 12.13 12.3 12.14 12.5 – – 2....................................................... 9.63 16.2 9.63 16.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.36 4.8 9.23 4.9 – – Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 15.13 17.4 15.13 17.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.78 2.3 15.23 3.0 17.35 1.7 1....................................................... 9.65 8.0 9.49 8.5 – – 2....................................................... 11.28 9.3 11.34 11.7 11.05 6.7 3....................................................... 12.82 3.8 12.17 4.8 14.55 2.2 4....................................................... 14.91 2.9 14.41 3.6 16.63 1.8 5....................................................... 16.53 3.0 16.11 3.6 17.90 2.0 6....................................................... 19.06 1.6 18.75 2.8 19.39 1.1 7....................................................... 20.92 3.1 20.47 4.7 21.69 1.7 Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.17 6.3 16.17 6.3 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 22.01 6.5 – – 22.66 2.2 7....................................................... 20.90 5.5 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 19.01 2.5 18.60 2.8 20.44 3.1 4....................................................... 15.77 5.5 15.10 5.9 – – 5....................................................... $17.15 5.8 $16.26 6.5 $19.19 4.9 6....................................................... 20.24 3.5 20.25 3.7 – – 7....................................................... 22.05 2.1 22.29 3.3 – – Typists..................................................... 16.86 8.6 – – – – Interviewers................................................ 14.14 9.1 – – – – Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 15.85 6.6 15.85 6.6 – – Receptionists............................................... 14.51 3.7 14.43 3.7 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.13 4.7 14.13 4.7 – – 4....................................................... 15.05 3.7 15.05 3.7 – – Order clerks................................................ 15.40 5.4 14.93 5.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.78 6.3 14.32 4.1 – – 5....................................................... 19.22 9.5 – – – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 16.75 8.1 16.75 8.1 – – Library clerks.............................................. 15.83 5.1 – – 16.74 6.5 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.09 5.5 14.97 7.2 – – 4....................................................... 13.40 8.5 – – – – 5....................................................... 16.92 9.0 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.18 7.0 14.46 8.8 18.79 7.1 3....................................................... 11.10 4.8 – – – – 4....................................................... 14.99 8.6 15.03 9.1 – – 5....................................................... 15.85 4.2 14.85 4.3 – – 6....................................................... 17.29 11.6 – – – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 16.85 3.4 16.64 4.1 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 14.24 9.3 14.24 9.3 – – Dispatchers................................................. 21.09 4.3 – – 22.09 3.7 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.02 7.5 12.02 7.5 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.04 20.8 11.78 21.8 – – Meter readers............................................... 20.89 8.9 – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.71 14.3 15.78 15.9 – – Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 17.09 .9 – – 17.19 .8 General office clerks....................................... 14.72 2.9 13.45 5.9 15.91 3.0 2....................................................... 10.69 5.9 – – – – 3....................................................... 14.11 4.0 12.93 8.7 14.68 5.0 4....................................................... 15.15 6.4 14.64 9.6 15.81 8.5 5....................................................... 17.77 6.2 – – 16.13 3.9 Bank tellers................................................ 11.39 14.8 11.39 14.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.57 12.4 13.57 12.4 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 12.25 6.9 11.07 5.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.57 .8 10.57 .8 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 13.70 3.4 – – 14.22 .8 3....................................................... 13.90 3.0 – – 13.90 3.0 4....................................................... 15.12 19.2 – – 19.17 10.3 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 17.13 8.4 16.41 10.1 20.13 5.5 4....................................................... 14.90 7.8 14.94 8.0 – – 5....................................................... 18.67 4.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... $15.26 3.3 $14.56 3.3 $25.09 0.9 1....................................................... 8.39 2.3 8.38 2.3 – – 2....................................................... 9.97 4.9 9.80 4.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.23 6.8 12.06 6.9 – – 4....................................................... 13.37 5.2 12.84 4.9 20.58 1.8 5....................................................... 17.16 3.6 16.96 3.8 20.90 4.3 6....................................................... 20.52 6.5 20.78 7.8 19.36 4.0 7....................................................... 25.18 2.2 24.23 3.0 28.79 2.6 8....................................................... 28.09 5.1 27.51 6.5 – – 9....................................................... 31.50 6.6 29.65 6.2 41.41 4.6 Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.79 13.1 22.79 13.1 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.76 3.5 19.77 3.2 27.51 5.3 2....................................................... 8.61 5.2 8.61 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 10.63 6.1 10.62 6.1 – – 4....................................................... 15.65 8.4 15.49 9.9 – – 5....................................................... 18.31 6.8 18.13 7.2 21.52 9.9 6....................................................... 21.15 6.0 21.30 6.5 – – 7....................................................... 25.55 2.5 24.61 3.0 28.51 3.9 8....................................................... 28.70 5.0 28.21 6.2 – – 9....................................................... 31.11 7.5 28.26 5.4 41.41 4.6 Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.64 12.5 24.64 12.5 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.32 11.5 24.20 12.4 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 20.13 11.0 19.86 11.4 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 18.86 12.3 18.27 12.7 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.55 6.5 – – – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 22.31 9.4 22.31 9.4 – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 21.32 20.2 20.81 26.9 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.05 8.7 19.01 8.3 – – Carpenters.................................................. 24.82 6.7 – – – – 7....................................................... 24.82 6.7 – – – – Electricians................................................ 28.87 6.8 – – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 19.97 9.1 – – 19.97 9.1 Supervisors, production..................................... 20.53 10.9 17.56 12.3 – – Machinists.................................................. 23.08 6.0 23.08 6.0 – – 7....................................................... 21.14 7.0 21.14 7.0 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 17.49 20.3 17.49 20.3 – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 25.70 4.8 – – 25.88 5.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.33 4.5 11.22 4.5 – – 1....................................................... 8.55 5.0 8.52 5.3 – – 2....................................................... 8.86 2.9 8.86 2.9 – – 3....................................................... 11.76 8.5 11.76 8.5 – – 4....................................................... 11.31 6.9 11.31 6.9 – – 5....................................................... $13.27 1.9 $13.27 1.9 – – 7....................................................... 23.06 13.1 21.34 13.7 – – Printing press operators.................................... 12.34 8.6 12.34 8.6 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 9.66 25.5 9.66 25.5 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.20 8.8 10.68 8.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 10.56 6.5 10.56 6.5 – – 2....................................................... 8.67 2.8 8.67 2.8 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.76 13.0 11.76 13.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.93 8.0 16.56 8.1 $22.55 2.4 4....................................................... 17.30 10.8 15.75 11.2 – – 5....................................................... 18.64 5.8 18.62 6.2 – – 7....................................................... 24.44 7.1 23.98 7.5 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.48 6.6 15.10 6.2 – – 4....................................................... 18.18 16.0 – – – – 5....................................................... 19.14 6.4 19.10 6.6 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.46 9.9 14.46 9.9 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 23.82 16.3 23.82 16.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.19 4.4 10.70 3.6 19.69 2.6 1....................................................... 8.08 2.2 8.08 2.2 – – 2....................................................... 11.22 9.2 10.74 10.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.49 8.8 11.71 6.6 – – 4....................................................... 12.26 6.9 12.11 6.7 – – 5....................................................... 18.60 10.0 17.95 12.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.66 7.5 9.66 7.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.75 5.8 7.75 5.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.57 4.4 10.57 4.4 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.06 5.3 13.06 5.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.77 15.8 10.77 15.8 – – 3....................................................... 15.31 11.2 15.31 11.2 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 8.42 13.9 8.42 13.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.49 11.1 11.45 10.2 – – 1....................................................... 8.72 13.4 8.72 13.4 – – 2....................................................... 14.84 13.0 13.62 21.0 – – Service............................................................. 14.12 4.4 9.97 2.3 26.18 2.7 1....................................................... 8.38 3.7 8.01 3.2 12.49 5.1 2....................................................... 9.08 6.1 8.67 6.2 13.74 6.3 3....................................................... 10.31 3.3 9.97 2.6 13.49 14.0 4....................................................... 11.61 8.7 11.05 8.6 15.68 4.0 5....................................................... 15.12 11.7 14.99 15.9 15.35 17.5 6....................................................... 19.52 7.1 16.71 8.2 22.42 7.9 7....................................................... 29.23 5.1 – – 29.02 3.8 8....................................................... 28.09 4.8 – – 29.80 4.4 9....................................................... 32.01 6.7 – – 32.02 6.7 10........................................................ $37.38 5.5 – – $37.22 6.4 Not able to be leveled.................................... 8.90 2.5 $8.81 2.1 – – Protective service............................................ 22.76 2.4 10.76 7.3 30.13 2.4 3....................................................... 9.31 4.7 9.19 4.7 – – 6....................................................... 20.57 7.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 29.01 3.9 – – 29.01 3.9 8....................................................... 29.80 4.4 – – 29.80 4.4 9....................................................... 32.01 6.7 – – 32.02 6.7 10........................................................ 37.61 6.0 – – 37.22 6.4 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 41.01 3.2 – – 41.01 3.2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 31.11 2.6 – – 31.11 2.6 9....................................................... 32.47 4.4 – – 32.47 4.4 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 23.90 2.8 – – 23.90 2.8 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.61 5.0 9.61 5.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.19 4.7 9.19 4.7 – – Food service.................................................. 9.45 3.0 9.26 3.6 14.44 15.7 1....................................................... 7.62 2.5 7.58 2.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.12 8.8 7.68 6.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.04 5.5 10.90 6.0 – – 4....................................................... 10.47 9.8 10.47 9.8 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7.29 1.6 7.29 1.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.20 3.3 7.20 3.3 – – 2....................................................... 7.50 7.8 7.50 7.8 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 7.62 8.4 7.62 8.4 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 7.11 3.8 7.11 3.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.17 5.3 7.17 5.3 – – Other food service........................................... 10.65 5.4 10.42 6.3 14.44 15.7 1....................................................... 7.84 3.7 7.78 4.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.88 15.1 7.96 8.9 – – 3....................................................... 11.18 7.0 11.04 7.7 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 17.96 17.6 17.65 19.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 12.74 1.6 12.61 1.8 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 7.93 6.5 7.93 6.5 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.61 4.3 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.16 3.1 7.96 2.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.87 5.2 7.77 5.3 – – Health service................................................ 10.05 8.7 9.61 7.8 14.45 4.8 2....................................................... 8.67 9.5 8.55 9.7 – – 3....................................................... 10.29 10.5 10.26 10.6 – – 4....................................................... 10.36 10.9 9.46 7.4 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 13.47 4.6 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.36 8.0 9.19 7.6 12.65 7.5 2....................................................... 8.67 9.5 8.55 9.7 – – 3....................................................... 9.84 11.7 9.79 11.9 – – 4....................................................... 9.46 8.0 9.03 4.9 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.61 5.0 9.15 2.8 17.24 8.9 1....................................................... $9.06 6.5 $8.48 6.4 $14.36 3.1 2....................................................... 10.60 11.4 9.46 6.6 – – 3....................................................... 13.20 8.6 11.83 3.1 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.57 5.8 8.57 5.8 – – 1....................................................... 8.15 6.8 8.15 6.8 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.26 4.2 9.59 4.7 15.89 2.9 1....................................................... 9.99 5.5 8.90 7.4 14.36 3.1 2....................................................... 10.99 15.4 9.46 11.1 – – 3....................................................... 14.80 8.8 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 14.43 4.3 14.97 5.1 11.17 10.6 1....................................................... 8.99 7.3 8.25 4.8 9.83 8.7 2....................................................... 9.84 3.9 – – – – 4....................................................... 16.98 20.8 16.98 20.8 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 9.92 4.7 9.95 5.0 – – Public transportation attendants............................ 32.66 4.9 32.66 4.9 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 13.79 4.6 14.05 3.1 – – 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 2004 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................................................................... $22.35 2.4 $20.84 3.2 $28.54 1.1 All excluding sales............................................... 22.26 2.5 20.59 3.3 28.54 1.1 White collar........................................................ 27.55 1.8 27.02 2.3 29.23 .7 2....................................................... 10.94 10.3 10.84 11.0 – – 3....................................................... 12.92 6.1 12.48 7.6 14.63 2.3 4....................................................... 15.25 3.6 15.04 4.3 16.35 1.8 5....................................................... 16.31 1.7 16.00 2.1 17.63 1.2 6....................................................... 19.14 2.7 18.94 4.3 19.45 1.3 7....................................................... 23.50 3.6 24.01 4.9 22.39 2.3 8....................................................... 33.50 11.7 32.71 15.5 35.63 11.0 9....................................................... 34.79 2.9 31.62 3.1 38.28 3.3 10........................................................ 35.96 3.5 36.03 3.7 35.62 8.3 11........................................................ 43.80 3.1 43.47 3.9 44.79 4.6 12........................................................ 49.47 3.1 49.24 3.7 50.79 3.6 13........................................................ 59.08 4.0 59.57 4.2 – – 14........................................................ 99.88 14.4 100.11 14.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.35 11.9 30.34 12.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 28.03 2.0 27.59 2.7 29.23 .7 2....................................................... 11.52 11.3 11.43 12.2 – – 3....................................................... 12.93 4.1 12.33 5.1 14.63 2.3 4....................................................... 14.83 2.8 14.43 3.4 16.35 1.8 5....................................................... 16.45 2.1 16.08 2.5 17.63 1.2 6....................................................... 19.22 2.7 19.07 4.5 19.45 1.3 7....................................................... 22.16 2.3 22.04 3.3 22.39 2.3 8....................................................... 30.02 7.6 27.50 2.5 35.63 11.0 9....................................................... 34.77 2.9 31.49 3.3 38.28 3.3 10........................................................ 36.26 3.3 36.39 3.5 35.62 8.3 11........................................................ 43.88 3.0 43.54 3.8 44.79 4.6 12........................................................ 49.09 3.2 48.78 3.8 50.79 3.6 13........................................................ 59.08 4.0 59.57 4.2 – – 14........................................................ 99.88 14.4 100.11 14.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.51 12.9 31.55 13.4 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 35.92 2.0 35.18 2.8 37.39 1.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 38.66 2.0 38.47 2.8 38.96 2.4 5....................................................... 16.29 7.8 – – – – 6....................................................... 17.79 22.8 17.42 26.8 – – 7....................................................... 24.94 5.2 24.87 6.0 25.43 5.6 8....................................................... 34.15 8.9 29.77 2.9 39.70 4.7 9....................................................... 36.82 3.3 31.52 4.4 39.78 2.8 10........................................................ 36.77 3.5 37.54 3.4 33.28 4.7 11........................................................ 44.56 3.6 45.69 3.9 43.20 6.2 12........................................................ 48.84 3.9 48.85 4.6 48.77 3.4 13........................................................ 55.05 3.0 55.80 2.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.94 11.9 38.30 12.9 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... $43.01 4.9 $43.44 4.7 $35.49 19.6 8....................................................... 33.36 1.1 33.36 1.1 – – 9....................................................... 36.17 4.5 37.51 3.0 – – 10........................................................ 37.61 6.0 38.24 5.3 – – 11........................................................ 44.10 5.0 44.09 5.2 – – 12........................................................ 49.67 5.1 49.75 5.2 – – 13........................................................ 52.94 3.0 52.94 3.0 – – Aerospace engineers......................................... 49.85 3.7 49.85 3.7 – – Civil engineers............................................. 42.57 18.6 – – 32.77 15.0 Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 43.24 4.0 43.21 4.1 – – 9....................................................... 35.69 4.0 35.69 4.0 – – 11........................................................ 46.75 5.0 46.97 5.3 – – 12........................................................ 41.92 3.0 41.92 3.0 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 35.01 4.8 34.37 5.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 42.40 4.6 42.41 4.6 – – 10........................................................ 37.54 4.4 37.54 4.4 – – 11........................................................ 37.37 5.6 37.37 5.6 – – 12........................................................ 50.33 9.1 50.33 9.1 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 36.77 5.7 38.06 6.7 31.57 7.1 10........................................................ 36.82 2.7 – – – – 12........................................................ 46.41 6.1 – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 37.23 5.8 38.74 6.7 31.57 7.1 10........................................................ 37.44 1.6 – – – – 12........................................................ 46.41 6.1 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ 29.86 8.2 28.28 13.3 32.62 4.9 9....................................................... 32.51 1.6 – – – – Biological and life scientists.............................. 29.18 9.0 – – – – Health related................................................ 32.44 2.0 32.85 2.4 29.82 3.0 7....................................................... 26.56 9.8 27.01 9.6 – – 8....................................................... 30.22 3.6 30.28 3.8 – – 9....................................................... 30.54 3.9 30.75 4.8 29.89 4.2 10........................................................ 36.72 4.9 37.88 6.9 – – 11........................................................ 46.80 5.9 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 30.89 2.4 30.79 2.7 31.52 3.3 8....................................................... 30.27 3.6 30.28 3.8 – – 9....................................................... 31.74 3.0 31.99 3.5 31.01 3.8 10........................................................ 35.36 6.3 – – – – Pharmacists................................................. 49.95 1.3 49.95 1.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 44.33 4.0 41.75 9.6 46.62 2.5 9....................................................... 33.58 13.5 – – – – 10........................................................ 45.06 3.1 – – – – 11........................................................ 40.91 12.1 – – – – 12........................................................ 51.30 6.6 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 45.45 4.1 – – 46.41 1.9 11........................................................ 41.80 15.4 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 39.69 2.0 21.12 8.1 43.50 2.5 7....................................................... $23.31 13.4 – – – – 8....................................................... 38.23 9.6 – – $41.19 0.2 9....................................................... 42.70 2.3 $24.56 16.3 43.82 .4 11........................................................ 48.60 6.9 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 41.76 5.1 20.63 5.4 43.19 4.4 9....................................................... 42.25 2.6 – – 43.41 1.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 40.23 4.6 – – 42.95 1.4 9....................................................... 42.89 1.0 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 43.83 9.4 25.61 20.3 – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 34.13 25.6 20.44 23.4 – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 22.09 15.2 – – 25.01 1.5 Social workers.............................................. 22.13 15.6 – – 25.18 .6 Lawyers and judges............................................ 73.23 27.7 – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 73.23 27.7 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 41.65 19.4 43.81 18.8 – – Technical....................................................... 24.72 5.5 25.11 6.6 22.74 2.9 4....................................................... 14.96 6.9 14.98 7.7 – – 5....................................................... 16.04 5.7 16.04 5.7 – – 6....................................................... 18.31 3.0 18.16 1.3 – – 7....................................................... 21.78 1.7 21.40 2.3 22.39 2.1 8....................................................... 24.78 4.3 24.55 4.8 26.10 8.5 9....................................................... 31.77 5.8 32.09 6.3 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.17 1.7 18.14 1.7 – – 6....................................................... 17.85 .8 17.85 .8 – – 7....................................................... 19.77 1.6 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 20.03 13.4 19.29 21.5 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 27.58 5.1 27.22 5.3 – – 8....................................................... 25.78 5.3 – – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 23.89 8.6 23.69 9.7 – – Airplane pilots and navigators.............................. 81.06 35.8 81.06 35.8 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 35.03 19.7 – – 24.03 3.1 7....................................................... 22.27 4.8 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 37.69 4.3 39.11 4.6 31.84 7.8 6....................................................... 21.89 8.1 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.78 5.3 21.05 8.2 22.57 8.1 8....................................................... 26.77 3.4 26.86 4.0 26.37 .8 9....................................................... 31.15 5.0 31.34 6.0 30.56 8.7 10........................................................ 34.43 10.8 31.02 3.8 – – 11........................................................ 41.63 5.3 40.31 6.7 51.10 4.5 12........................................................ 49.40 4.4 48.63 5.4 53.21 3.0 13........................................................ 63.42 6.5 63.42 6.5 – – 14........................................................ 86.68 18.2 86.68 18.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... $45.06 20.1 $45.74 20.4 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 42.74 6.7 44.14 7.8 $35.97 6.1 7....................................................... 20.59 8.5 19.21 14.9 – – 8....................................................... 27.08 8.7 27.07 9.5 – – 9....................................................... 32.96 9.0 32.30 9.9 – – 10........................................................ 37.61 19.0 30.15 7.1 – – 11........................................................ 44.19 6.0 42.97 7.7 51.10 4.5 12........................................................ 50.27 5.1 49.51 6.6 53.21 3.0 13........................................................ 64.37 5.9 64.37 5.9 – – 14........................................................ 91.66 16.5 91.66 16.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 51.14 22.3 51.14 22.3 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 55.43 .4 – – 55.43 .4 Financial managers.......................................... 42.27 13.0 41.59 14.0 – – 9....................................................... 29.73 5.3 29.73 5.3 – – 11........................................................ 44.08 10.8 – – – – Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 49.11 9.3 – – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 41.01 12.6 41.01 12.6 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.49 21.1 26.07 9.2 – – 12........................................................ 44.95 14.6 – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 40.05 6.3 40.44 5.9 – – Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 28.18 16.4 32.71 6.7 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 61.85 41.0 61.85 41.0 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 45.01 10.1 48.53 8.6 29.90 26.0 9....................................................... 39.31 18.4 39.25 23.2 – – 11........................................................ 43.01 7.4 42.96 7.8 – – 12........................................................ 48.13 3.5 47.77 4.3 – – 13........................................................ 62.09 13.7 62.09 13.7 – – 14........................................................ 96.18 16.9 96.18 16.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.87 26.3 36.87 26.3 – – Management related............................................ 28.65 3.2 29.34 3.7 26.41 3.6 6....................................................... 23.76 6.0 – – – – 7....................................................... 23.50 5.0 22.85 6.1 24.63 7.1 8....................................................... 26.52 3.3 26.65 4.4 – – 9....................................................... 29.36 4.0 29.97 5.7 28.36 5.7 10........................................................ 31.11 3.2 31.79 2.5 – – 11........................................................ 30.44 7.4 30.44 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.13 9.2 30.08 8.3 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 27.68 6.5 27.56 8.7 – – 7....................................................... 22.49 5.4 22.22 6.8 – – Other financial officers.................................... 30.31 4.2 30.31 4.2 – – Management analysts......................................... 29.71 6.8 30.16 7.9 – – 9....................................................... 31.53 5.6 – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.86 7.6 – – – – Construction inspectors..................................... 30.70 8.0 – – 30.70 8.0 Management related, n.e.c................................... 29.09 5.4 30.03 5.5 – – 8....................................................... 26.63 4.5 27.90 4.9 – – 11........................................................ $30.51 10.7 $30.51 10.7 – – Sales............................................................. 23.74 12.8 23.74 12.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.87 20.4 12.87 20.4 – – 4....................................................... 16.75 9.2 16.75 9.2 – – 5....................................................... 15.69 2.8 15.69 2.8 – – 8....................................................... 57.86 46.9 57.86 46.9 – – 11........................................................ 42.99 9.5 42.99 9.5 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 29.13 12.5 29.13 12.5 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 50.15 24.1 50.15 24.1 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 25.51 19.4 25.51 19.4 – – 3....................................................... 12.22 15.8 12.22 15.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 12.17 12.1 12.17 12.1 – – Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 15.96 16.9 15.96 16.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.95 2.4 15.37 3.1 $17.78 1.1 2....................................................... 11.52 11.3 11.43 12.2 – – 3....................................................... 12.91 4.2 12.30 5.2 14.63 2.3 4....................................................... 14.82 3.1 14.40 3.8 16.39 1.8 5....................................................... 16.51 3.0 16.07 3.5 17.90 2.0 6....................................................... 18.96 1.9 18.53 3.3 19.45 1.4 7....................................................... 20.92 3.1 20.47 4.7 21.69 1.7 Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.32 6.5 16.32 6.5 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 22.01 6.5 – – 22.66 2.2 7....................................................... 20.90 5.5 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 18.95 2.0 18.49 2.3 20.44 3.1 4....................................................... 15.89 5.2 15.19 6.0 – – 5....................................................... 17.14 6.1 16.20 6.8 19.19 4.9 6....................................................... 19.66 2.3 19.58 2.2 – – 7....................................................... 22.05 2.1 22.29 3.3 – – Typists..................................................... 16.86 8.6 – – – – Interviewers................................................ 14.14 9.1 – – – – Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 15.67 6.3 15.67 6.3 – – Receptionists............................................... 14.54 3.6 14.46 3.6 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.37 4.1 14.37 4.1 – – Order clerks................................................ 15.40 5.4 14.91 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.92 7.1 14.45 4.8 – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 16.75 8.1 16.75 8.1 – – Library clerks.............................................. 15.86 5.3 – – 16.86 6.9 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.09 5.6 14.96 7.3 – – 4....................................................... 13.40 8.5 – – – – 5....................................................... 16.92 9.0 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.26 7.1 14.49 8.9 19.21 5.2 4....................................................... 14.99 8.6 15.03 9.1 – – 5....................................................... 15.85 4.2 14.85 4.3 – – 6....................................................... 17.29 11.6 – – – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. $16.85 3.4 $16.64 4.1 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 14.24 9.3 14.24 9.3 – – Dispatchers................................................. 21.02 4.5 – – $22.05 3.7 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.25 6.8 12.25 6.8 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.14 21.4 11.88 22.4 – – Meter readers............................................... 20.89 8.9 – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 17.11 14.6 16.17 16.2 – – Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 17.09 .9 – – 17.19 .8 General office clerks....................................... 14.94 2.7 13.77 5.8 15.98 3.4 2....................................................... 10.64 6.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 14.10 4.0 12.93 8.7 14.67 5.1 4....................................................... 15.21 6.7 14.83 10.2 15.70 8.4 5....................................................... 17.77 6.2 – – 16.13 3.9 Data entry keyers........................................... 12.30 6.8 11.12 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 10.61 1.1 10.61 1.1 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.79 6.4 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 17.21 8.5 16.41 10.1 20.84 3.9 4....................................................... 14.90 7.8 14.94 8.0 – – 5....................................................... 18.67 4.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.44 3.4 14.73 3.4 25.09 .9 1....................................................... 8.47 2.4 8.46 2.4 – – 2....................................................... 9.92 5.0 9.74 4.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.30 7.2 12.12 7.3 – – 4....................................................... 13.40 5.3 12.86 5.0 20.58 1.8 5....................................................... 17.16 3.6 16.96 3.8 20.90 4.3 6....................................................... 20.71 6.3 21.02 7.6 19.36 4.0 7....................................................... 25.18 2.2 24.23 3.0 28.79 2.6 8....................................................... 28.09 5.1 27.51 6.5 – – 9....................................................... 31.50 6.6 29.65 6.2 41.41 4.6 Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.04 11.5 24.04 11.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.76 3.5 19.77 3.2 27.51 5.3 2....................................................... 8.61 5.2 8.61 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 10.63 6.2 10.61 6.2 – – 4....................................................... 15.65 8.4 15.49 9.9 – – 5....................................................... 18.31 6.8 18.13 7.2 21.52 9.9 6....................................................... 21.15 6.0 21.30 6.5 – – 7....................................................... 25.55 2.5 24.61 3.0 28.51 3.9 8....................................................... 28.70 5.0 28.21 6.2 – – 9....................................................... 31.11 7.5 28.26 5.4 41.41 4.6 Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.64 12.5 24.64 12.5 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.32 11.5 24.20 12.4 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 20.16 11.0 19.89 11.5 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 18.86 12.3 18.27 12.7 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.55 6.5 – – – – Machinery maintenance....................................... $22.31 9.4 $22.31 9.4 – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 21.32 20.2 20.81 26.9 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.05 8.7 19.01 8.3 – – Carpenters.................................................. 24.82 6.7 – – – – 7....................................................... 24.82 6.7 – – – – Electricians................................................ 28.87 6.8 – – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 19.97 9.1 – – $19.97 9.1 Supervisors, production..................................... 20.53 10.9 17.56 12.3 – – Machinists.................................................. 23.08 6.0 23.08 6.0 – – 7....................................................... 21.14 7.0 21.14 7.0 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 17.49 20.3 17.49 20.3 – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 25.70 4.8 – – 25.88 5.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.37 4.6 11.26 4.5 – – 1....................................................... 8.55 5.0 8.52 5.3 – – 2....................................................... 8.86 2.9 8.86 2.9 – – 3....................................................... 11.76 8.5 11.76 8.5 – – 4....................................................... 11.31 6.9 11.31 6.9 – – 5....................................................... 13.27 1.9 13.27 1.9 – – 7....................................................... 23.06 13.1 21.34 13.7 – – Printing press operators.................................... 12.34 8.6 12.34 8.6 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 9.66 25.5 9.66 25.5 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.20 8.8 10.68 8.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 10.56 6.5 10.56 6.5 – – 2....................................................... 8.67 2.8 8.67 2.8 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.76 13.0 11.76 13.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.84 8.4 16.46 8.6 22.55 2.4 4....................................................... 17.30 10.8 15.75 11.2 – – 5....................................................... 18.64 5.8 18.62 6.2 – – 7....................................................... 24.45 7.1 24.00 7.5 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.48 6.6 15.10 6.2 – – 4....................................................... 18.18 16.0 – – – – 5....................................................... 19.14 6.4 19.10 6.6 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 23.61 16.7 23.61 16.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.44 4.9 10.88 4.1 19.69 2.6 1....................................................... 8.20 2.8 8.20 2.8 – – 2....................................................... 11.15 10.2 10.62 11.4 – – 3....................................................... 12.91 10.6 11.92 8.9 – – 4....................................................... 12.28 7.2 12.12 7.1 – – 5....................................................... 18.60 10.0 17.95 12.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.05 9.3 9.05 9.3 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.05 5.3 13.05 5.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.76 15.9 10.76 15.9 – – 3....................................................... $15.31 11.3 $15.31 11.3 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 8.42 13.9 8.42 13.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.62 14.1 12.48 13.2 – – 2....................................................... 14.88 12.9 – – – – Service............................................................. 15.24 5.5 10.36 3.1 $27.88 3.8 1....................................................... 8.60 4.1 8.25 3.9 14.62 3.5 2....................................................... 9.66 10.8 9.07 10.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.49 3.6 10.08 2.8 15.91 8.2 4....................................................... 11.72 9.4 11.09 9.5 15.68 4.0 5....................................................... 16.10 12.3 15.15 17.2 – – 6....................................................... 19.24 7.6 – – 22.42 7.9 7....................................................... 29.30 5.2 – – 29.02 3.8 8....................................................... 28.09 4.8 – – 29.80 4.4 9....................................................... 32.01 6.7 – – 32.02 6.7 10........................................................ 37.38 5.5 – – 37.22 6.4 Not able to be leveled.................................... 8.81 2.1 8.81 2.1 – – Protective service............................................ 23.53 3.8 10.91 7.4 31.16 5.5 3....................................................... 9.44 4.1 9.27 4.2 – – 6....................................................... 20.57 7.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 29.01 3.9 – – 29.01 3.9 8....................................................... 29.80 4.4 – – 29.80 4.4 9....................................................... 32.01 6.7 – – 32.02 6.7 10........................................................ 37.61 6.0 – – 37.22 6.4 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 41.01 3.2 – – 41.01 3.2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 31.27 2.8 – – 31.27 2.8 9....................................................... 32.47 4.4 – – 32.47 4.4 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 24.04 3.5 – – 24.04 3.5 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.70 4.6 9.70 4.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.27 4.2 9.27 4.2 – – Food service.................................................. 10.16 2.1 9.96 2.7 – – 1....................................................... 7.79 2.9 7.79 2.9 – – 2....................................................... 8.58 21.0 – – – – 4....................................................... 10.71 9.7 10.71 9.7 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7.39 2.4 7.39 2.4 – – 1....................................................... 7.31 4.6 7.31 4.6 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 7.26 5.7 7.26 5.7 – – 1....................................................... 7.36 6.0 7.36 6.0 – – Other food service........................................... 11.21 1.6 10.99 2.2 – – 1....................................................... 7.96 2.3 7.96 2.3 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 17.96 17.6 17.65 19.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 13.38 7.4 13.28 7.7 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.27 2.8 8.10 2.0 – – 1....................................................... 8.01 4.1 8.01 4.1 – – Health service................................................ 9.93 10.3 9.44 8.6 14.87 6.4 3....................................................... 10.21 10.7 10.19 10.7 – – 4....................................................... $10.07 11.8 – – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 13.68 7.0 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.27 9.1 $9.09 8.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.72 11.9 – – – – 4....................................................... 9.39 8.3 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.89 6.0 9.34 3.6 $17.45 8.3 1....................................................... 9.24 7.0 8.65 7.0 14.62 3.5 2....................................................... 10.94 12.0 9.73 7.9 – – 3....................................................... 13.47 9.1 12.08 2.2 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.57 5.8 8.57 5.8 – – 1....................................................... 8.15 6.9 8.15 6.9 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.89 5.9 10.10 5.8 16.06 2.8 1....................................................... 10.68 6.2 9.50 6.8 14.62 3.5 2....................................................... 11.53 16.3 9.87 13.1 – – 3....................................................... 15.47 7.8 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 17.38 11.3 17.22 11.4 – – 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 2004 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................................................................... $13.91 3.9 $12.54 4.6 $19.68 6.7 All excluding sales............................................... 14.89 3.8 13.33 5.3 19.79 7.2 White collar........................................................ 17.24 7.6 15.49 9.0 22.53 10.1 1....................................................... 8.27 4.3 8.08 3.4 – – 2....................................................... 9.24 9.8 – – 10.41 4.7 3....................................................... 10.79 6.2 9.95 7.4 13.16 4.7 4....................................................... 15.29 4.6 14.73 4.7 18.24 9.9 5....................................................... 16.81 8.7 17.79 16.9 – – 6....................................................... 21.43 4.6 – – – – 8....................................................... 35.38 16.5 38.50 19.0 – – 9....................................................... 34.90 3.5 31.84 2.7 36.70 3.1 12........................................................ 52.03 7.9 – – 58.19 4.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.51 6.2 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.31 9.4 20.39 13.7 22.73 10.9 1....................................................... 8.99 6.7 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.20 4.3 – – 10.41 4.7 3....................................................... 11.92 4.5 – – 13.36 4.9 4....................................................... 16.34 7.8 14.68 6.8 18.24 9.9 5....................................................... 17.66 8.0 – – – – 6....................................................... 21.43 4.6 – – – – 8....................................................... 35.38 16.5 38.50 19.0 – – 9....................................................... 34.90 3.5 31.84 2.7 36.70 3.1 12........................................................ 52.03 7.9 – – 58.19 4.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.23 19.9 24.05 27.3 31.43 8.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.27 6.8 28.38 8.6 33.45 8.8 5....................................................... 16.04 .9 – – – – 8....................................................... 29.79 4.9 – – – – 9....................................................... 35.34 3.8 31.15 4.3 36.70 3.1 12........................................................ 58.62 5.0 – – 58.62 5.0 Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.33 42.2 – – – – Health related................................................ 32.16 3.7 32.43 4.5 – – 8....................................................... 31.55 4.2 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 31.60 3.3 31.79 4.0 – – 8....................................................... 31.55 4.2 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 44.61 3.4 – – 45.58 2.3 12........................................................ 58.62 5.0 – – 58.62 5.0 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 44.52 4.0 – – 45.80 2.8 Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.97 14.8 22.29 16.7 29.47 15.5 9....................................................... 36.53 1.5 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 37.20 18.9 20.25 16.7 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $41.67 13.5 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 44.90 13.4 – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 10.44 9.1 $10.43 9.2 – – 1....................................................... 7.77 4.8 7.77 4.8 – – 3....................................................... 9.39 9.3 9.26 9.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.74 5.8 14.74 5.8 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.57 4.8 10.57 4.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 12.10 13.1 12.12 13.5 – – 2....................................................... 10.16 17.9 10.16 17.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.46 3.1 12.39 7.4 $14.49 1.4 1....................................................... 8.99 6.7 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.24 4.4 – – 10.47 4.9 3....................................................... 12.02 5.2 – – 14.02 2.5 4....................................................... 16.65 8.3 14.69 7.8 18.89 9.2 General office clerks....................................... 11.30 13.5 9.71 9.5 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 14.32 1.6 – – 14.44 1.7 3....................................................... 14.10 1.3 – – 14.10 1.3 4....................................................... 19.17 10.3 – – 19.17 10.3 Blue collar......................................................... 10.28 7.0 10.28 7.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.66 2.5 7.66 2.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.62 2.2 9.62 2.2 – – 1....................................................... 7.66 2.5 7.66 2.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.11 8.2 10.11 8.2 – – 1....................................................... 7.55 7.1 7.55 7.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.12 5.8 8.12 5.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.74 2.7 7.74 2.7 – – Service............................................................. 8.59 3.0 8.36 2.7 9.97 8.9 1....................................................... 7.75 4.6 7.23 1.3 10.43 10.1 2....................................................... 8.19 2.6 8.09 2.5 – – 3....................................................... 9.06 4.2 9.02 4.5 9.15 9.7 4....................................................... 10.80 9.9 10.80 9.9 – – Protective service............................................ 8.18 3.1 – – – – Food service.................................................. 7.65 2.4 7.49 1.2 – – 1....................................................... $7.25 2.1 $7.11 0.6 – – 2....................................................... 7.74 4.6 7.59 4.4 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7.17 .8 7.17 .8 – – 2....................................................... 7.05 .8 7.05 .8 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 7.37 5.2 7.37 5.2 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.95 2.8 6.95 2.8 – – Other food service........................................... 8.26 7.0 7.94 5.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.43 4.7 7.14 1.1 – – 2....................................................... 9.01 11.0 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.85 8.8 7.58 6.6 – – Health service................................................ 10.91 6.8 10.75 7.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.94 8.2 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.95 8.7 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 10.80 4.5 11.05 7.7 $10.22 7.6 1....................................................... 9.06 8.2 – – 9.83 8.7 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 15.49 15.1 – – – – 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 2004 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....................................................... $22.35 $13.91 $25.08 $20.24 $21.36 $26.83 All excluding sales............................................. 22.26 14.89 25.46 20.15 21.81 17.22 White collar........................................................ 27.55 17.24 27.22 26.38 26.30 31.91 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 28.03 21.31 28.09 27.38 27.68 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 35.92 26.23 37.42 33.65 35.01 – Professional specialty.......................................... 38.66 31.27 39.40 37.47 38.23 – Technical....................................................... 24.72 – 26.28 23.39 24.08 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 37.69 41.67 27.67 39.28 37.42 54.01 Sales............................................................. 23.74 10.44 15.99 21.12 13.89 35.43 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.95 13.46 17.34 15.14 15.89 – Blue collar......................................................... 15.44 10.28 22.35 12.30 15.31 14.24 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.76 – 26.48 16.86 21.04 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.37 – 16.53 10.47 11.49 – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.84 – 21.95 12.36 16.60 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.44 9.62 16.28 10.01 11.22 – Service............................................................. 15.24 8.59 22.68 10.33 14.10 – 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....................................................... 2.4 3.9 2.0 3.8 2.6 22.4 All excluding sales............................................. 2.5 3.8 1.9 4.1 2.5 18.7 White collar........................................................ 1.8 7.6 1.7 2.8 2.9 23.5 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.0 9.4 1.6 3.4 2.4 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.0 19.9 2.4 4.7 3.1 – Professional specialty.......................................... 2.0 6.8 2.5 3.5 2.0 – Technical....................................................... 5.5 – 6.9 10.9 8.5 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.3 13.5 10.2 4.3 4.4 21.7 Sales............................................................. 12.8 9.1 4.4 10.3 6.7 25.3 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.4 3.1 1.2 3.2 2.4 – Blue collar......................................................... 3.4 7.0 3.0 4.9 3.8 20.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.5 – 3.0 5.4 3.4 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.6 – 9.0 6.8 5.0 – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.4 – 1.5 8.0 9.6 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.9 2.2 8.1 4.7 4.3 – Service............................................................. 5.5 3.0 8.0 4.6 4.4 – 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 2004 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....................................................... $20.10 - - - - - $22.97 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 20.07 - - - - - 22.50 - - - White collar........................................................ 25.98 - - - - - 25.74 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 27.19 - - - - - 24.99 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 34.08 - - - - - 62.47 - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 38.07 - - - - - – - - - Technical....................................................... 24.44 - - - - - 81.06 - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 39.09 - - - - - 31.29 - - - Sales............................................................. 20.41 - - - - - 31.46 - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.23 - - - - - 17.78 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 14.56 - - - - - 20.27 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.77 - - - - - 25.41 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.22 - - - - - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 16.56 - - - - - 17.41 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.70 - - - - - 17.58 - - - Service............................................................. 9.97 - - - - - 27.92 - - - 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....................................................... 3.1 - - - - - 10.0 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 3.3 - - - - - 10.1 - - - White collar........................................................ 2.6 - - - - - 3.5 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.2 - - - - - 1.3 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.5 - - - - - 21.9 - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 3.0 - - - - - – - - - Technical....................................................... 10.0 - - - - - 35.8 - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.6 - - - - - 2.4 - - - Sales............................................................. 9.2 - - - - - 34.5 - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.0 - - - - - 2.9 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 3.3 - - - - - 19.1 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.2 - - - - - 4.8 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.5 - - - - - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 8.1 - - - - - 29.7 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.6 - - - - - 4.4 - - - Service............................................................. 2.3 - - - - - 6.3 - - - 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 2004 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....................................................... $20.10 $16.77 $21.11 $17.44 $25.05 All excluding sales............................................. 20.07 16.74 21.08 16.47 25.71 White collar........................................................ 25.98 23.12 26.61 23.84 28.62 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 27.19 24.92 27.65 23.71 29.98 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 34.08 24.61 35.69 31.98 36.86 Professional specialty.......................................... 38.07 32.93 38.64 36.04 39.20 Technical....................................................... 24.44 – 27.10 27.01 27.16 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 39.09 40.11 38.78 36.24 40.63 Sales............................................................. 20.41 16.98 21.43 24.21 15.87 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.23 13.68 15.52 14.80 16.15 Blue collar......................................................... 14.56 14.29 14.66 12.43 18.70 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.77 18.56 20.69 17.75 24.54 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.22 11.63 11.09 10.30 13.75 Transportation and material moving................................ 16.56 11.77 17.38 13.67 24.69 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.70 8.98 11.26 9.80 12.95 Service............................................................. 9.97 8.36 10.77 10.13 12.08 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....................................................... 3.1 4.8 2.9 6.5 6.3 All excluding sales............................................. 3.3 5.4 3.1 6.0 5.5 White collar........................................................ 2.6 6.3 3.0 9.5 5.3 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.2 7.9 3.4 11.4 3.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.5 15.8 3.4 25.5 4.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 3.0 5.7 3.3 40.6 4.7 Technical....................................................... 10.0 – 9.1 11.4 12.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.6 9.9 5.4 12.3 4.0 Sales............................................................. 9.2 6.2 10.9 20.0 23.3 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.0 4.6 3.5 8.0 3.7 Blue collar......................................................... 3.3 5.3 4.5 6.0 5.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.2 3.7 5.9 9.7 4.3 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.5 6.4 6.2 6.3 5.5 Transportation and material moving................................ 8.1 9.5 10.5 9.2 5.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.6 4.4 4.6 6.8 6.6 Service............................................................. 2.3 3.0 2.3 3.6 3.1 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 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.00 $10.60 $16.91 $27.84 $40.87 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 10.90 17.25 28.09 41.02 White collar.................................... 10.50 14.42 21.18 33.71 49.05 White collar excluding sales................ 11.85 15.14 22.81 34.97 49.92 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.64 24.02 32.61 43.36 54.00 Professional specialty...................... 22.00 28.89 36.07 46.02 55.38 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 30.51 34.68 41.39 51.29 57.25 Aerospace engineers..................... 36.65 44.50 50.35 56.66 61.10 Civil engineers......................... 28.37 29.95 46.30 54.09 56.20 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 32.10 36.32 41.95 49.69 56.58 Mechanical engineers.................... 27.33 30.35 36.42 38.81 44.26 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 32.50 34.48 39.96 47.83 58.35 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 26.13 29.80 36.78 42.42 50.96 Computer systems analysts and scientists 26.13 29.80 38.25 42.81 51.80 Natural scientists........................ 20.51 24.23 29.95 33.38 42.15 Biological and life scientists.......... 22.53 23.39 26.01 33.56 38.25 Health related............................ 22.50 26.51 31.00 37.00 45.01 Registered nurses....................... 22.50 26.63 30.58 35.21 37.86 Pharmacists............................. 45.01 46.63 49.19 53.17 57.47 Teachers, college and university.......... 25.45 32.49 43.85 51.15 66.42 English teachers........................ 29.40 29.43 37.86 46.47 59.50 Other post-secondary teachers........... 26.93 37.81 44.97 51.66 65.30 Teachers, except college and university... 20.06 30.59 39.43 48.15 55.30 Elementary school teachers.............. 28.95 34.44 41.16 49.11 55.67 Secondary school teachers............... 25.35 31.38 39.90 49.08 55.29 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 20.06 35.26 43.71 49.56 58.31 Vocational and educational counselors... 14.23 15.58 34.08 49.08 55.73 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 9.27 15.86 21.77 30.17 33.87 Social workers.......................... 9.27 15.86 23.39 30.17 33.87 Lawyers and judges........................ 33.66 44.57 57.69 88.94 133.41 Lawyers................................. 33.66 44.57 57.69 88.94 133.41 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 16.29 24.00 36.29 50.00 61.08 Technical................................... 13.90 16.00 20.08 26.94 32.69 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 14.43 15.51 15.51 16.50 29.20 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.85 16.84 18.07 20.00 21.50 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 13.91 16.52 20.80 24.81 27.85 Electrical and electronic technicians... 23.91 24.04 25.11 30.00 33.68 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 18.27 18.65 21.06 26.65 33.70 Airplane pilots and navigators.......... 19.02 29.96 65.82 119.73 154.23 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 20.42 24.03 44.59 50.00 90.00 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 20.29 24.52 31.91 45.00 59.33 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.84 27.12 38.46 54.13 62.83 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... $52.76 $52.76 $55.43 $58.85 $58.85 Financial managers...................... 26.44 27.13 34.38 55.82 62.83 Personnel and labor relations managers.. 36.06 42.43 52.66 55.49 55.49 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 21.91 23.75 40.66 59.81 64.02 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 16.32 22.16 29.89 55.90 59.00 Managers, medicine and health........... 27.07 33.72 41.44 46.93 54.46 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments....................... 14.42 17.79 18.99 36.39 38.46 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 19.84 19.84 59.33 59.33 206.76 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 20.68 28.85 40.20 50.50 70.19 Management related........................ 20.83 23.21 27.76 32.05 37.22 Accountants and auditors................ 20.29 22.11 26.36 30.28 35.21 Other financial officers................ 20.55 25.81 31.91 33.17 37.28 Management analysts..................... 21.15 25.13 29.92 34.23 36.63 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 20.41 22.95 23.24 27.69 31.25 Construction inspectors................. 26.50 26.50 32.04 32.66 32.66 Management related, n.e.c............... 21.36 22.84 26.29 34.68 43.31 Sales......................................... 7.50 9.50 14.00 19.32 38.60 Supervisors, sales...................... 13.62 17.00 28.17 34.04 45.78 Sales, other business services.......... 8.25 10.50 10.58 23.95 207.21 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 9.50 10.35 12.85 40.27 41.82 Sales workers, apparel.................. 7.15 9.00 10.15 13.87 17.10 Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings.......................... 9.00 9.00 10.46 11.75 16.59 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.50 11.00 15.14 26.54 49.87 Cashiers................................ 7.25 8.00 10.07 17.90 17.90 Sales support, n.e.c.................... 9.60 11.05 12.50 18.94 26.44 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.00 12.22 14.96 18.75 22.49 Supervisors, general office............. 18.75 19.23 20.57 24.26 29.20 Secretaries............................. 13.34 16.13 18.86 21.60 24.28 Typists................................. 13.56 15.10 16.02 17.60 24.75 Interviewers............................ 11.66 12.50 14.13 15.66 15.66 Transportation ticket and reservation agents............................... 11.72 12.96 15.06 18.69 21.63 Receptionists........................... 12.25 13.07 15.26 15.66 17.33 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 10.75 12.50 13.98 16.50 16.50 Order clerks............................ 11.58 12.80 13.45 16.53 24.33 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping.......................... 12.00 14.42 17.90 19.57 20.67 Library clerks.......................... 14.50 14.50 14.83 17.43 18.19 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.85 12.17 14.60 17.88 21.42 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.50 12.40 14.73 18.15 21.29 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.......... 13.94 14.90 16.89 17.91 19.38 Billing clerks.......................... $10.00 $12.63 $15.00 $15.40 $17.75 Dispatchers............................. 17.00 19.55 20.87 23.23 23.65 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.00 9.00 11.50 14.63 16.00 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 7.88 8.27 10.16 14.66 20.74 Meter readers........................... 14.96 15.24 21.03 24.76 31.61 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.00 11.70 14.65 23.75 23.75 Eligibility clerks, social welfare...... 15.59 16.97 17.34 17.34 17.34 General office clerks................... 10.00 11.63 14.41 16.74 21.27 Bank tellers............................ 8.50 9.00 10.20 12.15 16.37 Data entry keyers....................... 9.41 10.00 11.52 14.56 16.04 Teachers' aides......................... 9.74 10.25 13.55 15.12 19.37 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.50 13.00 16.74 20.26 25.45 Blue collar..................................... 7.25 9.00 12.83 20.29 27.24 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.71 14.97 21.00 27.24 30.58 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 14.71 21.28 23.39 31.12 39.69 Automobile mechanics.................... 15.00 16.25 20.00 22.35 25.89 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 11.00 17.06 19.72 22.41 24.95 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 12.16 16.00 16.92 21.10 28.33 Machinery maintenance................... 13.00 20.84 21.92 25.88 26.24 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................. 10.07 15.02 24.69 27.84 27.84 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 17.50 17.50 17.50 22.91 28.94 Carpenters.............................. 21.40 22.50 24.42 29.11 29.11 Electricians............................ 20.65 28.73 31.65 31.65 31.65 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 14.98 17.35 18.93 24.49 25.84 Supervisors, production................. 10.50 13.10 16.10 27.47 39.21 Machinists.............................. 14.90 18.20 25.38 27.95 29.60 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 7.87 13.32 17.66 21.93 29.09 Water and sewer treatment plant operators............................ 19.08 23.19 25.89 28.03 29.02 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 6.75 7.77 10.21 13.26 18.00 Printing press operators................ 9.16 10.21 12.00 13.55 16.50 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............................ 6.75 6.75 8.00 11.56 13.50 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 6.75 7.15 9.38 13.77 17.75 Assemblers.............................. 7.00 7.64 9.08 11.74 15.61 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 6.75 8.00 11.43 13.67 20.00 Transportation and material moving............ 9.70 10.05 15.44 20.63 26.36 Truck drivers........................... 9.95 10.05 13.46 20.58 23.65 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.00 11.96 13.44 15.92 20.99 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 16.13 20.31 20.51 30.58 32.85 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... $6.96 $7.65 $9.79 $13.01 $17.83 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.75 7.25 8.71 10.66 15.55 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.75 11.55 12.88 14.03 18.75 Hand packers and packagers.............. 6.75 6.75 7.25 8.50 11.00 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.25 8.16 10.15 16.82 19.70 Service......................................... 6.75 7.75 9.75 15.98 29.53 Protective service........................ 8.00 9.60 24.28 30.94 39.56 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 35.51 37.57 37.57 42.53 52.96 Police and detectives, public service... 24.36 26.08 30.24 35.82 41.19 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 15.30 21.17 25.32 28.22 28.22 Guards and police, except public service 8.00 8.00 9.00 10.25 11.75 Food service.............................. 6.75 6.75 7.60 10.50 14.61 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.10 8.31 Waiters and waitresses.................. 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.50 10.15 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.00 8.25 Other food service....................... 6.75 7.25 9.00 12.69 15.75 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 11.54 13.50 14.42 20.19 35.10 Cooks................................... 8.00 10.32 13.75 14.61 15.75 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 6.75 6.75 7.15 8.40 11.11 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.00 7.37 8.00 9.50 11.04 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.75 6.75 7.60 8.87 10.50 Health service............................ 6.75 8.30 9.50 11.36 13.51 Health aides, except nursing............ 11.36 11.36 13.23 14.49 17.30 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.75 8.00 9.02 10.20 11.80 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.61 8.69 13.00 16.37 Maids and housemen...................... 7.00 7.15 7.98 9.29 11.02 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.29 8.13 9.82 14.83 16.92 Personal service.......................... 7.75 8.75 10.86 16.70 28.84 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 7.83 8.28 9.75 11.54 12.20 Public transportation attendants........ 17.50 22.04 32.79 43.02 52.38 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.22 7.75 12.00 15.11 25.82 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid 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, and 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 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.50 $9.99 $14.78 $25.02 $38.25 All excluding sales........................... 7.55 10.00 15.00 25.48 38.25 White collar.................................... 10.00 13.27 20.00 32.40 48.08 White collar excluding sales................ 11.15 14.50 22.01 34.20 49.70 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.58 21.86 31.00 41.46 53.22 Professional specialty...................... 20.24 27.65 35.66 45.43 56.58 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 31.15 35.56 41.87 52.00 57.50 Aerospace engineers..................... 36.65 44.50 50.35 56.66 61.10 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 32.03 36.15 41.60 50.77 56.58 Mechanical engineers.................... 24.10 30.35 36.06 38.50 40.77 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 32.52 34.48 39.99 47.83 58.35 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 26.13 31.07 38.25 42.81 52.41 Computer systems analysts and scientists 26.13 31.07 38.25 42.81 53.00 Natural scientists........................ 15.86 22.83 28.00 33.31 42.50 Health related............................ 22.50 26.00 31.00 37.27 46.08 Registered nurses....................... 22.50 25.75 30.80 35.50 37.86 Pharmacists............................. 45.01 46.63 49.19 53.17 57.47 Teachers, college and university.......... 24.09 28.17 38.87 46.47 70.10 Teachers, except college and university... 12.59 15.58 20.06 24.52 31.77 Elementary school teachers.............. 16.96 17.26 20.24 21.65 25.39 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 20.06 20.06 20.06 30.09 41.35 Vocational and educational counselors... 12.37 14.79 15.58 29.20 31.77 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 12.05 25.00 37.27 50.26 61.64 Technical................................... 13.66 15.97 19.84 27.40 34.05 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.82 16.80 18.05 20.00 21.50 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 13.57 14.85 17.37 26.75 29.44 Electrical and electronic technicians... 23.11 24.04 25.11 29.82 32.82 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 18.27 18.65 20.53 28.54 34.10 Airplane pilots and navigators.......... 19.02 29.96 65.82 119.73 154.23 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 20.09 33.88 50.00 50.00 100.00 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 21.36 26.44 32.24 45.00 60.21 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 21.91 27.86 38.51 54.46 64.02 Financial managers...................... 26.44 27.13 34.38 52.88 62.83 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 21.91 23.75 40.66 59.81 64.02 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 15.11 22.16 29.89 29.89 33.76 Managers, medicine and health........... 27.07 33.72 41.44 46.93 54.46 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments....................... $12.30 $14.42 $25.39 $38.46 $87.55 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 19.84 19.84 59.33 59.33 206.76 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 26.94 32.03 41.09 55.22 83.03 Management related........................ 21.15 23.00 28.00 32.21 38.49 Accountants and auditors................ 20.29 20.75 25.02 26.86 38.24 Other financial officers................ 20.55 25.81 31.91 33.17 37.28 Management analysts..................... 21.15 25.13 31.37 34.23 36.66 Management related, n.e.c............... 21.36 22.84 29.19 36.29 45.00 Sales......................................... 7.50 9.50 14.02 19.32 38.68 Supervisors, sales...................... 13.62 17.00 28.17 34.04 45.78 Sales, other business services.......... 8.25 10.50 10.58 23.95 207.21 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 9.50 10.35 12.85 40.27 41.82 Sales workers, apparel.................. 7.15 9.00 10.15 13.87 17.10 Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings.......................... 9.00 9.00 10.46 11.75 16.59 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.50 11.00 15.14 26.54 49.87 Cashiers................................ 7.25 8.00 10.00 17.90 17.90 Sales support, n.e.c.................... 9.60 11.05 12.50 18.94 26.44 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.31 11.52 14.34 17.98 22.19 Secretaries............................. 12.54 15.98 17.79 21.57 25.07 Transportation ticket and reservation agents............................... 11.72 12.96 15.06 18.69 21.63 Receptionists........................... 12.25 13.07 15.26 15.66 17.33 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 10.75 12.50 13.98 16.50 16.50 Order clerks............................ 11.58 12.78 13.37 15.69 21.74 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping.......................... 12.00 14.42 17.90 19.57 20.67 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.62 11.85 13.00 18.65 21.42 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.50 12.40 14.00 17.02 19.50 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.......... 13.94 14.30 16.89 17.24 19.38 Billing clerks.......................... 10.00 12.63 15.00 15.40 17.75 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.00 9.00 11.50 14.63 16.00 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 7.88 8.27 10.00 12.30 20.74 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.00 11.70 13.23 21.88 23.75 General office clerks................... 8.25 10.49 12.06 14.98 20.49 Bank tellers............................ 8.50 9.00 10.20 12.15 16.37 Data entry keyers....................... 9.16 10.00 10.30 11.52 13.00 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.50 12.90 15.57 18.93 22.32 Blue collar..................................... 7.25 8.95 12.22 19.31 26.25 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $9.40 $13.50 $20.00 $26.64 $29.09 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 12.10 21.28 21.64 31.12 33.32 Automobile mechanics.................... 15.00 16.00 20.00 22.00 24.34 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 11.00 11.00 19.72 22.16 24.95 Machinery maintenance................... 13.00 20.84 21.92 25.88 26.24 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................. 9.68 11.07 26.64 27.84 27.84 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 17.00 17.50 17.50 17.59 28.94 Supervisors, production................. 10.50 13.00 16.10 20.62 28.62 Machinists.............................. 14.90 18.20 25.38 27.95 29.60 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 7.87 13.32 17.66 21.93 29.09 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 6.75 7.77 10.19 13.25 17.50 Printing press operators................ 9.16 10.21 12.00 13.55 16.50 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............................ 6.75 6.75 8.00 11.56 13.50 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 6.75 7.15 9.10 13.77 16.50 Assemblers.............................. 7.00 7.64 9.08 11.74 15.61 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 6.75 8.00 11.43 13.67 20.00 Transportation and material moving............ 9.00 10.05 13.99 20.58 26.19 Truck drivers........................... 9.95 10.05 13.10 20.09 23.35 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.00 11.96 13.44 15.92 20.99 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 16.13 20.31 20.51 30.58 32.85 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.76 7.50 9.50 12.62 16.31 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.75 7.25 8.71 10.66 15.55 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.75 11.55 12.88 14.03 18.75 Hand packers and packagers.............. 6.75 6.75 7.25 8.50 11.00 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.25 8.00 9.54 13.00 17.52 Service......................................... 6.75 7.25 8.50 10.60 14.42 Protective service........................ 8.00 8.00 9.20 10.99 15.50 Guards and police, except public service 8.00 8.00 9.00 10.25 11.75 Food service.............................. 6.75 6.75 7.50 10.40 14.42 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.10 8.31 Waiters and waitresses.................. 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.50 10.15 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.00 8.25 Other food service....................... 6.75 7.25 8.87 12.00 15.00 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. $11.54 $13.50 $14.42 $20.19 $35.10 Cooks................................... 8.00 10.00 12.69 14.61 16.95 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 6.75 6.75 7.15 8.40 11.11 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.75 6.75 7.50 8.87 10.50 Health service............................ 6.75 8.20 9.25 10.71 13.23 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.75 8.00 9.00 9.99 11.48 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.50 8.45 10.29 13.50 Maids and housemen...................... 7.00 7.15 7.98 9.29 11.02 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 7.75 8.55 10.29 13.99 Personal service.......................... 7.83 8.75 11.44 16.70 29.73 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 7.83 8.50 9.94 11.54 12.20 Public transportation attendants........ 17.50 22.04 32.79 43.02 52.38 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.63 9.50 12.00 15.61 25.00 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid 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, and 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 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $14.40 $17.42 $24.57 $34.86 $47.07 All excluding sales........................... 14.41 17.48 24.63 34.86 47.08 White collar.................................... 14.41 17.34 24.50 37.10 50.35 White collar excluding sales................ 14.49 17.34 24.52 37.14 50.35 Professional specialty and technical.......... 20.80 28.56 34.88 45.56 54.29 Professional specialty...................... 24.26 30.17 36.96 46.61 54.59 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 28.37 29.18 31.62 44.26 44.26 Civil engineers......................... 28.37 28.37 29.95 33.38 46.49 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 26.73 28.22 29.80 34.86 38.48 Computer systems analysts and scientists 26.73 28.22 29.80 34.86 38.48 Natural scientists........................ 27.47 30.62 32.32 33.38 38.19 Health related............................ 24.61 27.81 29.63 32.15 37.61 Registered nurses....................... 27.81 28.56 30.44 32.15 38.09 Teachers, college and university.......... 28.64 39.35 45.24 52.14 64.97 Other post-secondary teachers........... 28.54 39.78 45.24 52.78 65.80 Teachers, except college and university... 29.33 34.59 42.02 50.35 55.73 Elementary school teachers.............. 30.97 35.27 42.04 50.35 55.73 Secondary school teachers............... 29.85 35.12 42.55 50.71 55.29 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 34.88 38.64 45.06 52.21 58.54 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 15.86 16.73 24.76 33.87 33.87 Social workers.......................... 15.86 16.73 26.01 33.87 33.87 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 14.40 18.59 21.64 25.09 30.02 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 20.42 21.68 24.02 24.76 29.12 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.78 20.68 26.87 43.02 55.43 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.78 20.68 36.39 52.66 56.57 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 52.76 52.76 55.43 58.85 58.85 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 44.96 55.90 56.09 59.00 62.67 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 19.57 20.68 20.68 43.02 50.44 Management related........................ 20.82 23.34 24.52 30.28 33.30 Construction inspectors................. 26.50 26.50 32.04 32.66 32.66 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 12.99 14.74 17.01 20.17 22.56 Supervisors, general office............. 19.69 21.76 22.49 24.26 25.09 Secretaries............................. 17.18 18.86 20.72 22.00 22.56 Library clerks.......................... $14.83 $14.83 $15.96 $17.81 $18.19 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 14.01 16.14 19.30 21.63 22.09 Dispatchers............................. 19.78 20.03 22.81 23.23 23.65 Eligibility clerks, social welfare...... 15.59 16.97 17.34 17.34 17.39 General office clerks................... 12.26 13.78 14.78 17.74 21.27 Teachers' aides......................... 9.74 12.26 13.55 16.00 19.37 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 14.08 16.38 20.40 24.55 25.45 Blue collar..................................... 17.48 19.48 23.73 29.63 33.75 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 18.17 23.19 27.11 33.73 35.72 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 14.98 17.35 18.93 24.49 25.84 Water and sewer treatment plant operators............................ 19.08 24.66 25.89 28.03 29.02 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 18.39 19.92 22.91 23.65 30.42 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 15.75 17.48 18.77 21.56 24.47 Service......................................... 12.22 17.20 26.83 32.96 40.19 Protective service........................ 19.59 24.70 28.94 36.98 41.86 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 35.51 37.57 37.57 42.53 52.96 Police and detectives, public service... 24.36 26.08 30.24 35.82 41.19 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 15.30 21.17 25.32 28.22 28.22 Food service.............................. 10.49 12.22 13.52 14.68 21.00 Other food service....................... 10.49 12.22 13.52 14.68 21.00 Health service............................ 11.13 12.98 14.43 17.19 18.11 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 10.65 11.13 12.82 14.14 15.00 Cleaning and building service............. 12.22 14.83 16.42 18.39 27.45 Janitors and cleaners................... 11.96 14.83 16.37 18.10 18.81 Personal service.......................... 7.09 9.11 10.00 11.74 12.22 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid 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, and 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 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.22 $11.40 $17.60 $28.36 $41.91 All excluding sales........................... 8.16 11.44 17.81 28.69 41.91 White collar.................................... 11.50 15.00 22.38 34.65 49.73 White collar excluding sales................ 12.00 15.61 23.22 35.67 50.06 Professional specialty and technical.......... 18.18 25.00 33.65 44.29 54.48 Professional specialty...................... 22.47 29.05 36.69 46.55 55.73 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 30.51 34.68 41.39 51.29 57.25 Aerospace engineers..................... 36.65 44.50 50.35 56.66 61.10 Civil engineers......................... 28.37 29.95 46.30 54.09 56.20 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 32.10 36.32 41.95 49.69 56.58 Mechanical engineers.................... 27.33 30.35 36.42 38.81 44.26 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 32.50 34.48 39.96 47.83 58.35 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 26.13 29.80 36.78 42.42 50.96 Computer systems analysts and scientists 26.13 29.80 38.25 42.81 51.80 Natural scientists........................ 20.51 24.23 29.95 33.38 42.15 Biological and life scientists.......... 22.53 23.39 26.01 33.56 38.25 Health related............................ 22.50 25.87 30.91 37.27 45.43 Registered nurses....................... 22.50 25.89 30.44 35.48 37.95 Pharmacists............................. 45.01 46.63 49.19 53.17 57.47 Teachers, college and university.......... 25.59 30.58 42.72 51.25 66.42 Other post-secondary teachers........... 28.54 37.78 44.97 52.08 64.97 Teachers, except college and university... 20.06 31.86 40.10 49.08 55.30 Elementary school teachers.............. 28.95 34.44 41.21 49.31 55.73 Secondary school teachers............... 25.58 31.86 40.02 49.08 55.29 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 20.06 35.94 44.20 53.66 60.49 Vocational and educational counselors... 14.23 15.58 34.08 49.08 55.73 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 9.50 15.86 22.46 30.17 33.87 Social workers.......................... 9.27 15.86 23.39 30.17 33.87 Lawyers and judges........................ 33.66 44.57 57.69 88.94 133.41 Lawyers................................. 33.66 44.57 57.69 88.94 133.41 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 18.26 26.95 43.27 51.13 62.50 Technical................................... 14.50 17.59 21.50 27.42 32.92 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.80 16.80 18.13 20.00 21.50 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 13.66 16.13 20.80 22.57 26.75 Electrical and electronic technicians... 23.91 24.04 25.11 30.00 33.68 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 18.27 18.65 21.06 26.65 33.70 Airplane pilots and navigators.......... 19.02 29.96 65.82 119.73 154.23 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 20.09 24.02 30.03 50.00 50.00 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 20.29 24.52 31.91 45.00 59.33 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.84 27.07 38.46 53.88 62.83 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 52.76 52.76 55.43 58.85 58.85 Financial managers...................... 26.44 27.13 34.38 55.82 62.83 Personnel and labor relations managers.. $36.06 $42.43 $52.66 $55.49 $55.49 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 21.91 23.75 40.66 59.81 64.02 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 16.32 22.16 29.89 55.90 59.00 Managers, medicine and health........... 27.07 29.95 39.13 46.93 54.46 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments....................... 14.42 17.79 18.99 36.39 38.46 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 19.84 19.84 59.33 59.33 206.76 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 20.68 28.85 40.20 50.50 70.19 Management related........................ 20.92 23.21 27.76 32.05 37.22 Accountants and auditors................ 20.29 22.11 26.36 30.28 35.21 Other financial officers................ 22.25 26.50 31.91 33.34 37.28 Management analysts..................... 21.15 25.13 29.92 34.23 36.63 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 20.41 22.95 23.24 27.69 31.25 Construction inspectors................. 26.50 26.50 32.04 32.66 32.66 Management related, n.e.c............... 21.36 22.84 26.29 34.68 43.31 Sales......................................... 8.50 10.92 15.45 26.54 41.85 Supervisors, sales...................... 13.62 17.00 28.17 34.04 45.78 Sales, other business services.......... 9.75 10.50 13.17 66.41 207.21 Sales workers, other commodities........ 8.49 13.21 15.25 32.40 56.18 Cashiers................................ 7.25 8.26 10.00 17.90 17.90 Sales support, n.e.c.................... 11.05 11.28 12.83 18.94 26.44 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.00 12.50 15.00 18.92 22.56 Supervisors, general office............. 18.75 19.23 20.57 24.26 29.20 Secretaries............................. 13.58 16.14 18.86 21.49 23.93 Typists................................. 13.56 15.10 16.02 17.60 24.75 Interviewers............................ 11.66 12.50 14.13 15.66 15.66 Transportation ticket and reservation agents............................... 11.67 12.96 14.96 18.06 21.66 Receptionists........................... 12.25 13.07 15.26 15.66 17.33 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 11.39 12.72 14.06 16.50 16.50 Order clerks............................ 11.58 12.87 13.45 16.53 24.33 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping.......................... 12.00 14.42 17.90 19.57 20.67 Library clerks.......................... 14.50 14.50 14.83 17.58 18.19 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.85 12.00 14.52 18.17 21.42 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.50 12.40 14.91 18.32 21.29 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.......... 13.94 14.90 16.89 17.91 19.38 Billing clerks.......................... 10.00 12.63 15.00 15.40 17.75 Dispatchers............................. 17.00 18.81 20.87 23.23 23.65 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.00 10.41 11.50 14.63 16.00 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 7.88 8.30 10.50 14.66 20.74 Meter readers........................... 14.96 15.24 21.03 24.76 31.61 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.00 12.00 17.25 23.75 23.75 Eligibility clerks, social welfare...... $15.59 $16.97 $17.34 $17.34 $17.34 General office clerks................... 10.39 11.87 14.74 17.05 21.27 Data entry keyers....................... 9.45 10.00 11.52 14.56 16.04 Teachers' aides......................... 9.50 11.40 13.55 13.55 14.40 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.64 13.00 16.84 20.40 25.45 Blue collar..................................... 7.45 9.16 13.00 20.50 27.24 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.71 14.97 21.00 27.24 30.58 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 14.71 21.28 23.39 31.12 39.69 Automobile mechanics.................... 15.00 16.25 20.00 22.35 25.89 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 11.00 17.06 19.72 22.41 24.95 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 12.16 16.00 16.92 21.10 28.33 Machinery maintenance................... 13.00 20.84 21.92 25.88 26.24 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................. 10.07 15.02 24.69 27.84 27.84 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 17.50 17.50 17.50 22.91 28.94 Carpenters.............................. 21.40 22.50 24.42 29.11 29.11 Electricians............................ 20.65 28.73 31.65 31.65 31.65 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 14.98 17.35 18.93 24.49 25.84 Supervisors, production................. 10.50 13.10 16.10 27.47 39.21 Machinists.............................. 14.90 18.20 25.38 27.95 29.60 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 7.87 13.32 17.66 21.93 29.09 Water and sewer treatment plant operators............................ 19.08 23.19 25.89 28.03 29.02 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 6.75 7.85 10.21 13.26 18.00 Printing press operators................ 9.16 10.21 12.00 13.55 16.50 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............................ 6.75 6.75 8.00 11.56 13.50 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 6.75 7.15 9.38 13.77 17.75 Assemblers.............................. 7.00 7.64 9.08 11.74 15.61 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 6.75 8.00 11.43 13.67 20.00 Transportation and material moving............ 9.70 10.05 15.05 20.63 25.95 Truck drivers........................... 9.95 10.05 13.46 20.58 23.65 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 16.13 20.31 20.40 30.58 32.85 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.00 7.75 10.00 13.11 18.75 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.75 7.25 7.69 9.79 11.00 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.75 11.55 12.88 14.03 18.75 Hand packers and packagers.............. 6.75 6.75 7.25 8.50 11.00 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.50 9.00 11.50 17.18 22.42 Service......................................... 7.00 8.00 10.35 17.97 31.20 Protective service........................ $8.50 $10.00 $24.70 $31.54 $39.83 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 35.51 37.57 37.57 42.53 52.96 Police and detectives, public service... 24.36 26.08 30.24 35.85 41.19 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 14.63 21.17 25.32 28.22 28.22 Guards and police, except public service 8.00 8.00 9.00 10.32 12.00 Food service.............................. 6.75 7.00 8.00 12.00 14.68 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.10 9.20 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.10 8.31 Other food service....................... 6.75 7.37 10.04 14.15 15.87 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 11.54 13.50 14.42 20.19 35.10 Cooks................................... 9.00 10.40 14.15 14.68 16.95 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.75 7.00 7.70 9.17 10.50 Health service............................ 6.75 8.00 9.35 11.26 14.22 Health aides, except nursing............ 11.36 11.36 13.23 14.93 17.30 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.75 8.00 9.00 9.99 11.96 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.78 9.00 13.50 16.46 Maids and housemen...................... 7.00 7.15 7.99 9.29 11.02 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.75 8.55 10.29 15.95 17.17 Personal service.......................... 8.25 9.50 12.20 17.11 33.29 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid 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, and 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 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.75 $7.50 $9.94 $15.38 $27.95 All excluding sales........................... 6.75 7.55 10.33 16.22 30.00 White collar.................................... 7.50 9.05 13.17 18.33 31.00 White collar excluding sales................ 9.74 11.90 16.00 28.00 38.22 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.00 15.00 21.15 31.00 45.06 Professional specialty...................... 15.12 23.67 31.00 38.22 45.56 Health related............................ 29.12 30.00 31.00 31.81 37.00 Registered nurses....................... 29.00 30.00 31.00 31.63 36.00 Teachers, college and university.......... 23.25 39.15 46.00 51.00 63.67 Other post-secondary teachers........... 19.61 38.23 46.13 51.26 66.16 Teachers, except college and university... 16.87 21.15 25.34 36.71 45.06 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 13.23 34.88 42.91 45.06 45.56 Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 12.00 21.37 42.31 58.24 67.95 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 12.00 42.31 42.31 60.47 70.07 Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 7.25 7.50 8.52 12.20 17.90 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.00 7.50 8.30 12.00 16.99 Cashiers................................ 7.00 8.00 10.60 17.90 17.90 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.58 9.74 12.00 16.00 19.37 General office clerks................... 7.25 8.75 10.71 12.26 17.42 Teachers' aides......................... 9.74 9.81 13.86 18.11 19.37 Blue collar..................................... 6.75 7.00 8.16 12.17 16.31 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.75 7.00 8.23 11.35 15.55 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.75 7.40 9.00 12.17 16.31 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.96 6.96 8.00 8.77 10.15 Service......................................... 6.75 6.75 7.50 9.40 11.50 Protective service........................ 6.95 7.41 8.00 8.50 9.05 Food service.............................. 6.75 6.75 7.00 7.75 10.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.05 8.25 Waiters and waitresses.................. 6.75 6.75 6.75 7.29 9.40 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 6.75 6.75 6.75 6.75 8.25 Other food service....................... $6.75 $6.75 $7.50 $9.44 $11.12 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.75 6.75 7.50 7.75 9.76 Health service............................ 8.50 9.00 10.50 12.96 13.25 Cleaning and building service............. 6.75 6.85 7.50 8.13 9.23 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.75 6.85 7.50 8.13 11.63 Personal service.......................... 7.22 7.90 9.50 10.86 12.84 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.21 7.63 9.50 25.00 29.81 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid 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, and 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 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 2,698,100 2,078,600 619,500 All excluding sales............................................. 2,456,200 1,838,100 618,100 White collar........................................................ 1,592,900 1,134,300 458,600 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 1,351,100 893,800 457,200 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 581,600 334,100 247,500 Professional specialty.......................................... 466,400 235,600 230,700 Technical....................................................... 115,200 98,500 16,700 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 231,800 182,700 49,100 Sales............................................................. 241,800 240,400 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 537,700 377,000 160,700 Blue collar......................................................... 651,200 608,700 42,500 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 201,000 175,300 25,600 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 178,700 177,100 - Transportation and material moving................................ 111,600 104,200 7,300 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 160,000 152,100 - Service............................................................. 453,900 335,600 118,400 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.