Table 1. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, all workers (2), New Orleans, LA, August - September 1996 All industries Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Mean Median Middle range Mean Median Middle range Mean Median Middle range All workers........................ $12.79 $10.07 $6.73 - $15.50 $12.61 $10.00 $6.50 - $15.00 $13.79 $11.44 $8.37 - $18.34 All workers excluding sales...... 12.88 10.25 6.86 - 15.80 12.69 10.00 6.50 - 15.20 13.80 11.44 8.37 - 18.34 White-collar occupations......... 15.80 12.31 8.30 - 20.00 15.67 12.00 8.00 - 19.01 16.36 15.55 9.62 - 22.18 Professional specialty and technical occupations....... 21.17 19.28 13.20 - 25.02 22.72 19.94 12.60 - 28.85 18.26 18.33 13.61 - 22.44 Professional specialty occupations............... 23.48 21.81 16.00 - 27.50 27.10 25.00 18.49 - 33.89 18.73 19.24 14.14 - 22.61 Engineering occupations... 33.21 28.85 23.09 - 42.42 33.51 28.85 23.37 - 42.60 - - - - Petroleum engineers.... 32.55 - - - 32.55 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic engineers 24.56 - - - 24.56 - - - - - - - Industrial engineers... 24.08 - - - 24.99 - - - - - - - Engineers, N.E.C....... 28.91 - - - 28.91 - - - - - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.......... 26.68 - - - - - - - - - - - Geologists and geodesists.......... 36.04 - - - 36.04 - - - - - - - Registered nurses...... 21.86 21.00 18.24 - 23.90 22.47 21.00 18.13 - 25.00 20.51 21.79 18.89 - 22.65 Teachers................... 20.82 20.00 14.25 - 23.35 23.91 12.63 10.53 - 34.58 19.86 20.38 16.28 - 22.96 Teachers, college and university............ 26.20 23.13 16.14 - 34.31 31.48 32.62 16.00 - 39.07 - - - - Health specialities teachers............ 21.69 - - - 21.69 - - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university........ 18.16 19.18 13.61 - 22.60 10.71 - - - 19.26 20.72 16.33 - 22.64 Elementary school teachers............ 19.70 20.72 16.67 - 22.73 - - - - 19.70 20.72 16.67 - 22.73 Secondary school teachers............ 20.32 - - - - - - - 20.32 - - - Technical occupations........ 14.20 13.00 10.07 - 17.14 14.48 13.03 10.50 - 17.14 11.39 - - - Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians......... 13.10 - - - - - - - - - - - Radiological technicians......... 14.72 - - - 14.79 - - - - - - - Licensed practical nurses.............. 11.82 - - - 11.82 - - - - - - - Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C............... 12.50 10.00 8.50 - 14.20 13.05 10.50 8.50 - 15.00 - - - - Electrical and electronic technicians......... 14.04 - - - 14.04 - - - - - - - Drafters............... 14.52 - - - 14.52 - - - - - - - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.. 17.58 - - - 18.66 - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations...... 21.76 18.49 13.62 - 28.00 21.47 17.63 13.44 - 27.06 23.39 22.28 15.50 - 29.12 Administrators and officials, public administration...... $34.48 - - - - - - - $32.74 - - - Financial managers..... 23.51 - - - $23.51 - - - - - - - Personnel and labor relations managers.. 25.73 - - - - - - - - - - - Administrators, education and related fields...... 24.14 - - - - - - - - - - - Managers, medicine and health.............. 19.83 - - - - - - - 20.78 - - - Managers, service organizations, N.E.C............... 18.27 - - - 18.36 - - - - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C............... 28.44 $24.05 $16.83 - $35.29 28.66 $24.05 $16.83 - $35.29 - - - - Accountants and auditors............ 21.79 17.88 16.83 - 29.12 22.42 18.08 16.83 - 29.82 - - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists......... 16.14 - - - 15.38 - - - - - - - Management related occupations, N.E.C.. 12.15 12.02 10.00 - 14.36 11.55 11.55 10.00 - 13.75 18.66 - - - Sales occupations.............. 11.88 8.50 6.05 - 12.69 11.89 8.50 6.05 - 12.69 - - - - Supervisors, sales occupations......... 12.64 11.54 10.10 - 13.00 12.64 11.54 10.10 - 13.00 - - - - Sales occupations, other business services............ 14.76 - - - 14.76 - - - - - - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale........... 16.84 - - - 16.84 - - - - - - - Sales workers, other commodities......... 8.06 - - - 8.06 - - - - - - - Cashiers............... 6.08 5.75 4.90 - 7.39 6.08 5.75 4.90 - 7.39 - - - - Sales support occupations, N.E.C.. 8.32 - - - 8.32 - - - - - - - Administrative support including clerical occupations................. 9.72 8.75 7.08 - 11.55 9.85 8.74 7.19 - 12.00 8.98 $9.02 $6.98 - $10.14 Supervisors, general office.............. 12.30 - - - 11.94 - - - - - - - Secretaries............ 11.31 10.91 9.00 - 13.20 11.69 11.50 9.00 - 13.70 9.68 - - - Typists................ 7.62 - - - 7.59 - - - - - - - Receptionists.......... 7.36 7.19 5.50 - 8.13 7.31 7.19 5.50 - 8.13 - - - - Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping......... 8.79 - - - - - - - - - - - Records clerks, N.E.C.. $7.99 $6.44 $6.19 - $10.50 $7.73 - - - $8.64 - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks. 9.83 9.42 7.75 - 11.25 10.02 $9.50 $7.52 - $11.25 - - - - Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............. 7.48 - - - 7.48 - - - - - - - Billing clerks......... 7.50 - - - 7.50 - - - - - - - Dispatchers............ 12.62 - - - 12.00 - - - - - - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.... 9.10 - - - 9.10 - - - - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.............. 9.09 7.50 6.25 - 13.75 9.45 - - - - - - - Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators....... 18.20 - - - 18.20 - - - - - - - General office clerks.. 9.39 9.00 7.25 - 11.88 9.79 9.75 7.50 - 12.12 8.21 $7.89 $6.10 - $10.12 Data entry keyers...... 8.33 - - - - - - - - - - - Administrative support occupations, N.E.C.. 10.34 10.10 8.13 - 11.88 10.43 - - - - - - - Professional occupations, N.E.C.. 18.21 - - - - - - - - - - - White-collar occupations excluding sales............. 16.64 13.54 9.00 - 21.25 16.71 12.75 8.88 - 20.68 16.38 15.60 9.66 - 22.18 Blue-collar occupations.......... 11.22 10.06 7.00 - 14.00 11.33 10.21 7.00 - 14.31 9.73 9.68 7.37 - 11.83 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations...... 14.76 13.62 10.50 - 16.99 15.08 14.00 11.00 - 17.35 11.00 10.92 9.31 - 11.89 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers....... 19.03 17.50 16.70 - 21.39 20.12 - - - - - - - Automobile mechanics... 12.07 - - - 12.41 - - - - - - - Industrial machinery repairers........... 15.59 - - - 15.59 - - - - - - - Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment 11.42 - - - 11.42 - - - - - - - Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics........... 15.07 - - - - - - - - - - - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.... 15.18 15.20 11.77 - 20.25 15.83 16.06 11.88 - 20.25 10.27 - - - Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters........ 26.19 - - - - - - - - - - - Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C............... 18.27 - - - 18.53 - - - - - - - Electricians........... 14.75 - - - 15.21 - - - - - - - Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.... 13.63 - - - 13.71 - - - - - - - Construction trades, N.E.C............... 12.78 - - - - - - - - - - - Supervisors, production occupations......... $21.66 - - - $22.11 - - - - - - - Machinists............. 14.15 - - - 14.15 - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.............. 9.98 $9.75 $6.75 - $11.80 9.99 $9.75 $6.75 - $11.80 - - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C.... 12.43 11.80 10.92 - 13.21 12.47 11.80 10.92 - 13.21 - - - - Welders and cutters.... 11.68 - - - 11.68 - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.......... 9.81 9.30 6.82 - 12.50 9.72 9.06 6.70 - 12.26 $11.42 $11.32 $8.87 - $14.12 Truck drivers.......... 9.53 10.00 7.00 - 10.75 9.59 10.00 7.00 - 10.75 - - - - Driver-sales workers... 9.13 - - - 9.13 - - - - - - - Bus drivers............ - - - - - - - - 12.96 - - - Ship captains and mates except fishing boats 15.03 - - - 15.03 - - - - - - - Sailors and deckhands.. 6.66 - - - 6.66 - - - - - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators........... 10.81 - - - 10.85 - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers....... 7.36 6.50 5.25 - 9.25 7.37 6.43 5.25 - 9.25 7.30 6.58 5.48 - 9.21 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm................ 5.58 - - - - - - - - - - - Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, N.E.C. 12.57 - - - - - - - - - - - Helpers, mechanics and repairers........... 6.37 - - - 6.14 - - - - - - - Helpers, construction trades.............. 7.12 - - - 7.15 - - - - - - - Construction laborers.. 8.26 - - - - - - - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers............. 6.40 5.50 4.50 - 7.00 6.40 5.50 4.50 - 7.00 - - - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C............... 6.64 - - - - - - - - - - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C. 7.30 6.00 5.25 - 9.25 7.31 6.00 5.25 - 9.25 6.66 - - - Service occupations.............. 6.74 6.00 4.75 - 8.00 6.28 5.50 4.50 - 7.04 8.72 8.57 6.51 - 10.10 Protective service occupations............. 8.28 7.50 5.50 - 10.32 6.96 6.00 5.00 - 8.00 10.23 9.99 7.96 - 12.50 Police and detectives, public service...... 10.99 10.63 9.74 - 12.50 - - - - 11.23 10.90 9.90 - 12.50 Correctional institution officers 8.64 - - - - - - - 8.64 - - - Guards and police except public service............. 6.16 5.50 5.00 - 6.51 6.15 5.50 5.00 - 6.00 - - - - Protective service occupations, N.E.C.. - - - - - - - - $12.30 - - - Food service occupations.. $5.44 $5.00 $4.25 - $6.50 $5.28 $4.81 $4.25 - $6.13 8.31 - - - Waiters and waitresses. 2.92 - - - 2.92 - - - - - - - Cooks.................. 6.44 6.50 4.25 - 7.34 6.38 - - - - - - - Kitchen workers, food preparation......... 5.64 - - - 5.16 - - - - - - - Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants.......... 3.67 - - - 3.67 - - - - - - - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C.. 6.28 6.13 5.00 - 6.87 6.04 6.13 5.00 - 6.13 - - - - Health service occupations............. 8.38 7.80 6.02 - 10.00 8.35 7.89 5.67 - 10.00 8.45 - - - Health aides except nursing............. 8.13 - - - - - - - - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants.......... 8.28 7.54 5.78 - 10.00 8.32 7.54 5.50 - 10.00 8.14 - - - Cleaning and building service occupations..... 6.34 5.71 5.00 - 7.10 5.95 5.25 5.00 - 6.20 - - - - Maids and housemen..... 5.48 - - - 5.49 - - - - - - - Janitors and cleaners.. 6.60 6.00 5.00 - 8.65 6.19 5.25 4.75 - 6.67 - - - - Personal services occupations............. 6.55 5.75 4.57 - 6.80 6.67 5.75 4.60 - 7.00 - - - - Service occupations, N.E.C............... 6.30 - - - 6.30 - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. Table 2. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, full-time workers only(2), New Orleans, LA, August - September 1996 All industries Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Mean Median Middle range Mean Median Middle range Mean Median Middle range All workers........................ $13.54 $11.00 $7.50 - $16.22 $13.44 $10.80 $7.27 - $15.80 $14.06 $11.83 $8.65 - $19.06 All workers excluding sales...... 13.55 11.00 7.50 - 16.47 13.44 10.91 7.27 - 15.80 14.07 11.83 8.65 - 19.07 White-collar occupations......... 16.34 12.82 8.86 - 20.52 16.34 12.29 8.54 - 19.50 16.33 15.56 9.66 - 22.12 Professional specialty and technical occupations....... 21.27 19.31 13.33 - 25.04 23.00 20.39 12.75 - 28.85 18.17 18.33 13.61 - 22.44 Professional specialty occupations............... 23.59 21.88 16.03 - 27.41 27.56 25.28 19.04 - 34.58 18.63 19.07 14.14 - 22.61 Engineering occupations... 33.62 28.85 23.37 - 42.60 33.92 28.85 24.09 - 42.98 - - - - Petroleum engineers.... 32.55 - - - 32.55 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic engineers 24.56 - - - 24.56 - - - - - - - Industrial engineers... 25.68 - - - - - - - - - - - Engineers, N.E.C....... 28.91 - - - 28.91 - - - - - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.......... 26.68 - - - - - - - - - - - Geologists and geodesists.......... 36.04 - - - 36.04 - - - - - - - Registered nurses...... 21.63 20.93 18.08 - 23.25 22.29 20.77 18.00 - 25.00 20.44 - - - Teachers................... 21.08 20.19 14.97 - 23.42 25.14 16.53 12.00 - 34.96 19.90 20.42 16.40 - 22.96 Teachers, college and university............ 26.72 23.41 16.53 - 34.53 32.55 32.64 16.53 - 41.03 - - - - Teachers, except college and university........ 18.31 19.31 14.14 - 22.61 - - - - 19.25 20.72 16.34 - 22.64 Elementary school teachers............ 19.62 20.72 16.49 - 22.64 - - - - 19.62 20.72 16.49 - 22.64 Secondary school teachers............ 20.32 - - - - - - - 20.32 - - - Technical occupations........ 14.28 13.03 10.07 - 17.14 14.56 13.03 10.50 - 17.22 11.51 - - - Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians......... 13.41 - - - - - - - - - - - Radiological technicians......... 14.79 - - - - - - - - - - - Licensed practical nurses.............. 11.81 - - - 11.82 - - - - - - - Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C............... 12.59 9.50 8.50 - 14.33 13.24 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic technicians......... 14.04 - - - 14.04 - - - - - - - Drafters............... 14.67 - - - 14.67 - - - - - - - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.. 17.58 - - - 18.66 - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations...... 21.78 18.49 13.62 - 28.00 21.47 17.63 13.44 - 27.06 23.48 22.28 15.50 - 29.12 Administrators and officials, public administration...... $34.48 - - - - - - - $32.74 - - - Financial managers..... 23.51 - - - $23.51 - - - - - - - Personnel and labor relations managers.. 25.73 - - - - - - - - - - - Administrators, education and related fields...... 24.14 - - - - - - - - - - - Managers, medicine and health.............. 19.83 - - - - - - - 20.78 - - - Managers, service organizations, N.E.C............... 18.27 - - - 18.36 - - - - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C............... 28.44 $24.05 $16.83 - $35.29 28.66 $24.05 $16.83 - $35.29 - - - - Accountants and auditors............ 21.79 17.88 16.83 - 29.12 22.42 18.08 16.83 - 29.82 - - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists......... 16.14 - - - 15.38 - - - - - - - Management related occupations, N.E.C.. 12.14 12.02 10.00 - 14.36 11.55 11.55 10.00 - 13.75 18.82 - - - Sales occupations.............. 13.44 10.10 7.39 - 14.38 13.46 10.10 7.39 - 14.38 - - - - Supervisors, sales occupations......... 12.76 11.60 10.10 - 13.00 12.76 11.60 10.10 - 13.00 - - - - Sales occupations, other business services............ 14.76 - - - 14.76 - - - - - - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale........... 17.62 - - - 17.62 - - - - - - - Sales workers, other commodities......... 11.19 - - - 11.19 - - - - - - - Cashiers............... 6.43 - - - 6.43 - - - - - - - Sales support occupations, N.E.C.. 8.53 - - - 8.53 - - - - - - - Administrative support including clerical occupations................. 9.86 8.94 7.25 - 11.61 10.03 8.88 7.35 - 12.00 9.02 $9.02 $6.98 - $10.14 Supervisors, general office.............. 12.30 - - - 11.94 - - - - - - - Secretaries............ 11.24 10.33 8.75 - 13.56 11.67 10.62 8.75 - 13.94 9.68 - - - Receptionists.......... 7.43 7.67 5.77 - 8.13 7.37 7.39 5.77 - 8.13 - - - - Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping......... 8.79 - - - - - - - - - - - Records clerks, N.E.C.. $7.99 $6.44 $6.19 - $10.50 $7.73 - - - $8.64 - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks. 9.83 9.42 7.75 - 11.25 10.02 $9.50 $7.52 - $11.25 - - - - Billing clerks......... 7.50 - - - 7.50 - - - - - - - Dispatchers............ 13.78 - - - - - - - - - - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.... 9.16 - - - 9.16 - - - - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.............. 9.45 - - - 9.94 - - - - - - - Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators....... 18.20 - - - 18.20 - - - - - - - General office clerks.. 9.61 9.75 7.25 - 12.02 10.14 10.00 7.67 - 12.50 8.27 $7.98 $6.10 - $10.12 Teachers' aides........ 8.02 - - - - - - - 8.02 - - - Administrative support occupations, N.E.C.. 10.41 - - - 10.50 - - - - - - - Professional occupations, N.E.C.. 18.21 - - - - - - - - - - - White-collar occupations excluding sales............. 16.85 13.70 9.24 - 21.48 17.01 13.13 9.00 - 20.80 16.35 15.63 9.67 - 22.15 Blue-collar occupations.......... 11.48 10.44 7.24 - 14.17 11.62 10.50 7.20 - 14.50 9.67 9.66 7.37 - 11.83 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations...... 14.80 13.65 10.50 - 16.99 15.13 14.10 11.00 - 17.50 11.01 10.92 9.31 - 12.12 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers....... 19.03 17.50 16.70 - 21.39 20.12 - - - - - - - Automobile mechanics... 12.07 - - - 12.41 - - - - - - - Industrial machinery repairers........... 15.59 - - - 15.59 - - - - - - - Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment 11.42 - - - 11.42 - - - - - - - Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics........... 15.07 - - - - - - - - - - - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.... 15.29 15.20 11.83 - 20.25 15.97 16.57 12.30 - 20.25 10.27 - - - Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters........ 26.19 - - - - - - - - - - - Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C............... 18.27 - - - 18.53 - - - - - - - Electricians........... 14.75 - - - 15.21 - - - - - - - Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.... 13.63 - - - 13.71 - - - - - - - Construction trades, N.E.C............... 12.78 - - - - - - - - - - - Supervisors, production occupations......... $21.66 - - - $22.11 - - - - - - - Machinists............. 14.15 - - - 14.15 - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.............. 9.99 $9.75 $6.75 - $11.80 10.00 $9.75 $6.75 - $11.80 - - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C.... 12.98 11.80 10.92 - 13.21 13.05 11.80 10.92 - 13.21 - - - - Welders and cutters.... 11.68 - - - 11.68 - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.......... 9.90 9.50 7.00 - 12.50 9.83 9.30 6.82 - 12.50 - - - - Truck drivers.......... 9.75 10.00 7.50 - 10.82 9.83 10.00 7.58 - 10.82 - - - - Driver-sales workers... 9.13 - - - 9.13 - - - - - - - Ship captains and mates except fishing boats 15.03 - - - 15.03 - - - - - - - Sailors and deckhands.. 6.66 - - - 6.66 - - - - - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators........... 10.81 - - - 10.85 - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers....... 7.73 6.70 5.50 - 9.85 7.78 6.75 5.50 - 10.00 $7.30 $6.58 $5.48 - $9.21 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm................ 5.58 - - - - - - - - - - - Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, N.E.C. 12.57 - - - - - - - - - - - Helpers, mechanics and repairers........... 7.47 - - - 7.26 - - - - - - - Helpers, construction trades.............. 7.22 - - - 7.29 - - - - - - - Construction laborers.. 8.26 - - - - - - - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers............. 7.61 - - - 7.61 - - - - - - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C............... 6.71 - - - - - - - - - - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C. 7.57 6.00 5.50 - 9.85 7.59 6.00 5.50 - 9.85 6.67 - - - Service occupations.............. 7.35 6.30 5.00 - 8.68 6.76 6.00 5.00 - 7.69 9.33 8.65 7.44 - 10.63 Protective service occupations............. 8.70 8.00 5.50 - 10.82 6.98 5.75 5.00 - 8.00 10.39 10.08 8.32 - 12.50 Police and detectives, public service...... 11.09 10.63 9.74 - 12.50 - - - - 11.34 10.90 9.99 - 12.50 Correctional institution officers 8.64 - - - - - - - 8.64 - - - Guards and police except public service............. 6.09 5.50 5.00 - 6.75 6.05 - - - - - - - Protective service occupations, N.E.C.. $9.48 - - - - - - - $12.30 - - - Food service occupations.. 6.05 $6.13 $5.00 - $7.00 $5.82 $6.13 $5.00 - $6.50 8.95 - - - Cooks.................. 7.19 - - - 7.14 - - - - - - - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C.. 6.67 - - - 6.60 - - - - - - - Health service occupations............. 8.42 8.15 6.68 - 10.00 8.39 8.27 6.40 - 10.00 8.49 - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants.......... 8.19 7.62 6.18 - 10.00 8.20 7.69 5.75 - 10.00 8.18 - - - Cleaning and building service occupations..... 6.49 5.75 5.00 - 8.43 6.07 5.41 5.00 - 6.20 - - - - Maids and housemen..... 5.48 - - - 5.49 - - - - - - - Janitors and cleaners.. 6.87 6.00 5.00 - 8.65 6.43 5.50 5.00 - 6.70 - - - - Personal services occupations............. 6.92 5.75 4.60 - 7.18 6.92 5.75 4.60 - 7.18 - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. Table 3. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, part-time workers only(2), New Orleans, LA, August - September 1996 All industries Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Mean Median Middle range Mean Median Middle range Mean Median Middle range All workers........................ $7.01 $5.50 $4.50 - $7.30 $6.83 $5.25 $4.50 - $7.10 $9.21 $6.39 $5.50 - $8.29 All workers excluding sales...... 7.23 5.50 4.50 - 7.50 7.04 5.50 4.50 - 7.30 9.21 6.39 5.50 - 8.29 White-collar occupations......... 9.53 6.68 5.00 - 10.50 9.11 6.50 5.00 - 9.93 18.34 14.42 8.22 - 22.96 Professional specialty and technical occupations....... 19.31 18.75 10.50 - 25.00 18.87 18.75 10.50 - 25.00 21.67 - - - Professional specialty occupations............... 21.58 21.00 13.93 - 30.00 21.22 21.00 11.50 - 30.00 23.06 - - - Registered nurses...... 23.21 - - - 23.22 - - - - - - - Teachers................... 13.64 - - - - - - - - - - - Technical occupations........ 12.83 - - - 13.12 - - - - - - - Sales occupations.............. 5.80 5.00 4.50 - 6.50 5.80 5.00 4.50 - 6.50 - - - - Cashiers............... 5.06 - - - 5.06 - - - - - - - Administrative support including clerical occupations................. 7.91 7.00 6.00 - 9.00 7.95 7.25 6.00 - 9.00 - - - - White-collar occupations excluding sales............. 12.67 9.00 6.25 - 15.05 12.14 9.00 6.14 - 13.85 18.34 14.42 8.22 - 22.96 Blue-collar occupations.......... 5.95 5.00 4.50 - 6.50 5.73 5.00 4.50 - 6.10 12.84 - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.......... 6.83 - - - - - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers....... 5.08 5.00 4.50 - 5.25 5.07 5.00 4.50 - 5.25 - - - - Stock handlers and baggers............. 5.03 5.00 4.50 - 5.50 5.03 5.00 4.50 - 5.50 - - - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C. 5.21 - - - 5.19 - - - - - - - Service occupations.............. 5.60 5.00 4.26 - 6.67 5.51 4.81 4.25 - 6.50 - - - - Protective service occupations............. 6.88 7.00 5.50 - 7.50 6.94 - - - - - - - Food service occupations.. 5.15 4.50 4.25 - 6.13 5.02 4.50 4.25 - 6.00 - - - - Waiters and waitresses. 3.13 - - - 3.13 - - - - - - - Kitchen workers, food preparation......... 4.97 - - - 4.67 - - - - - - - Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants.......... 3.54 - - - 3.54 - - - - - - - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C.. 5.78 - - - 5.15 - - - - - - - Health service occupations............. 8.16 - - - 8.20 - - - - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants.......... 8.67 - - - 8.72 - - - - - - - Cleaning and building service occupations..... 5.55 - - - 5.33 - - - - - - - Janitors and cleaners.. 5.55 - - - 5.30 - - - - - - - Personal services occupations............. 5.10 - - - 4.67 - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. Table 4. Mean weekly earnings(1) and hours for selected white-collar occupations, full-time workers only(2), New Orleans, LA, August - September 1996 All industries Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Mean Weekly earnings Mean Weekly earnings Mean Weekly earnings weekly weekly weekly hours(- hours(- hours(- 4) Mean Median 4) Mean Median 4) Mean Median White-collar occupations.............. 39.6 $646 $508 39.7 $649 $490 38.9 $635 $615 Professional specialty and technical occupations...................... 39.7 844 760 40.0 920 780 39.1 711 715 Professional specialty occupations 39.6 934 858 40.0 1103 1010 39.0 728 733 Engineering occupations........ 41.6 1398 1154 41.6 1413 1154 - - - Petroleum engineers......... 40.0 1302 - 40.0 1302 - - - - Electrical and electronic engineers................ 40.0 983 - 40.0 983 - - - - Industrial engineers........ 39.9 1024 - - - - - - - Engineers, N.E.C............ 39.8 1151 - 39.8 1151 - - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists........... 39.8 1062 - - - - - - - Geologists and geodesists... 40.0 1442 - 40.0 1442 - - - - Registered nurses........... 39.4 852 831 39.0 870 831 40.0 818 - Teachers........................ 38.4 810 789 37.5 943 620 38.7 770 794 Teachers, college and university................. 38.3 1023 925 36.4 1183 1224 - - - Teachers, except college and university................. 38.5 704 733 - - - 38.3 737 772 Elementary school teachers.. 37.8 742 762 - - - 37.8 742 762 Secondary school teachers... 38.0 772 - - - - 38.0 772 - Technical occupations............. 39.9 570 519 39.9 581 520 40.0 460 - Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.............. 38.7 520 - - - - - - - Radiological technicians.... 40.0 592 - - - - - - - Licensed practical nurses... 40.9 483 - 40.9 484 - - - - Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C....... 40.4 508 380 40.5 536 - - - - Electrical and electronic technicians.............. 39.9 560 - 39.9 560 - - - - Drafters.................... 40.0 587 - 40.0 587 - - - - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C....... 40.0 703 - 40.0 746 - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations........... 39.7 864 712 39.8 856 693 38.8 910 890 Administrators and officials, public administration........... 40.1 1381 - - - - 40.1 1312 - Financial managers.......... 39.6 930 - 39.6 930 - - - - Personnel and labor relations managers....... 38.8 997 - - - - - - - Administrators, education and related fields....... 39.2 946 - - - - - - - Managers, medicine and health................... 40.0 $793 - - - - 40.0 $831 - Managers, service organizations, N.E.C..... 39.1 715 - 39.0 $716 - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.................... 40.1 1141 $962 40.1 1150 $962 - - - Accountants and auditors.... 39.5 862 714 39.8 893 723 - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.............. 39.7 641 - 40.0 615 - - - - Management related occupations, N.E.C....... 40.2 488 484 40.4 467 462 37.6 707 - Sales occupations................... 39.3 528 404 39.3 529 404 - - - Supervisors, sales occupations.............. 40.9 522 482 40.9 522 482 - - - Sales occupations, other business services........ 39.6 585 - 39.6 585 - - - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale............ 40.0 705 - 40.0 705 - - - - Sales workers, other commodities.............. 37.0 415 - 37.0 415 - - - - Cashiers.................... 38.1 245 - 38.1 245 - - - - Sales support occupations, N.E.C.................... 43.2 368 - 43.2 368 - - - - Administrative support including clerical occupations............. 39.5 389 346 39.7 398 350 38.5 347 $341 Supervisors, general office. 38.5 474 - 39.1 467 - - - - Secretaries................. 39.1 439 400 39.5 461 425 37.4 362 - Receptionists............... 39.0 290 288 39.0 288 288 - - - Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping.... 40.0 352 - - - - - - - Records clerks, N.E.C....... 39.8 318 258 40.0 309 - 39.3 340 - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks.......... 39.8 391 377 39.8 399 380 - - - Billing clerks.............. 40.0 300 - 40.0 300 - - - - Dispatchers................. 39.9 549 - - - - - - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks......... 39.0 358 - 39.0 358 - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.. 39.9 377 - 39.8 396 - - - - Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators............ 39.3 716 - 39.3 716 - - - - General office clerks....... 39.3 378 390 39.6 401 400 38.8 321 316 Teachers' aides............. 35.0 281 - - - - 35.0 281 - Administrative support occupations, N.E.C....... 39.8 $414 - 39.8 $418 - - - - Professional occupations, N.E.C.................... 40.1 731 - - - - - - - White-collar occupations excluding sales............................ 39.6 667 $544 39.8 678 $520 38.9 $636 $615 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week. Table 5. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group and level(2), New Orleans, LA, August - September 1996 Full-time and part-time Full-time workers Part-time workers workers(4) Occupational group(3) and level All State and All State and All State and indus- Private local indus- Private local indus- Private local tries industry govern- tries industry govern- tries industry govern- ment ment ment White-collar occupations...... $15.80 $15.67 $16.36 $16.34 $16.34 $16.33 $9.53 $9.11 $18.34 Professional specialty and technical occupations.... 21.17 22.72 18.26 21.27 23.00 18.17 19.31 18.87 21.67 Professional specialty occupations............ 23.48 27.10 18.73 23.59 27.56 18.63 21.58 21.22 23.06 Level 5........... 19.58 21.17 17.98 18.70 19.45 18.13 24.27 25.66 - Level 6........... 14.06 15.10 12.20 14.12 15.22 12.20 - - - Level 7........... 16.04 19.00 13.29 16.08 19.66 12.74 - - - Level 8........... 19.85 18.11 - - 17.18 - - - - Level 9........... 19.70 20.14 18.84 19.97 20.63 18.70 - - - Level 10.......... 23.71 24.40 - 24.19 25.06 - - - - Level 11.......... 34.84 36.70 - 34.84 36.70 - - - - Level 12.......... 31.59 31.59 - 31.82 31.82 - - - - Level 13.......... 37.52 37.28 - 37.52 37.28 - - - - Engineering occupations. 33.21 33.51 - 33.62 33.92 - - - - Level 9........... 23.24 23.24 - 25.12 25.12 - - - - Level 10.......... 24.90 26.65 - 24.90 26.65 - - - - Level 11.......... 45.33 45.33 - 45.33 45.33 - - - - Electrical and electronic engineers........ 24.56 24.56 - 24.56 24.56 - - - - Registered nurses... 21.86 22.47 20.51 21.63 22.29 20.44 23.21 23.22 - Level 8........... 19.44 19.44 - 18.36 18.36 - - - - Level 9........... 20.85 - - 20.77 - - - - - Level 10.......... 20.76 20.61 - 21.13 21.03 - - - - Natural scientists...... 26.71 26.88 - 26.71 26.88 - - - - Teachers................ 20.82 23.91 19.86 21.08 25.14 19.90 13.64 - - Level 5........... 16.94 10.85 19.27 17.63 - - - - - Level 7........... 13.28 - - 12.63 - - - - - Teachers, college and university......... 26.20 31.48 - 26.72 32.55 - - - - Teachers, except college and university......... 18.16 10.71 19.26 18.31 - 19.25 - - - Level 5........... 17.04 - 19.46 17.66 - - - - - Technical occupations..... 14.20 14.48 11.39 14.28 14.56 11.51 12.83 13.12 - Level 2........... 10.02 10.33 - 10.12 10.33 - - - - Level 4........... 13.43 13.43 - - - - - - - Level 5........... 10.79 11.17 - 10.68 11.06 - - - - Level 6........... 13.43 13.41 - 13.72 13.70 - - - - Level 7........... 14.12 14.17 - 14.12 14.17 - - - - Level 8........... 13.26 13.60 - 13.23 13.58 - - - - Level 9........... 16.51 16.95 - 16.93 17.56 - - - - Electrical and electronic technicians...... $14.04 $14.04 - $14.04 $14.04 - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations.............. 21.76 21.47 $23.39 21.78 21.47 $23.48 - - - Level 5........... 9.37 9.12 - 9.34 9.12 - - - - Level 6........... 15.31 14.98 - 15.31 14.98 - - - - Level 7........... 16.66 16.57 - 16.66 16.57 - - - - Level 8........... 15.22 15.55 - 15.22 15.55 - - - - Level 9........... 16.69 15.95 - 16.69 15.95 - - - - Level 10.......... 16.16 16.20 - 16.16 16.20 - - - - Level 11.......... 22.04 22.31 20.41 22.04 22.31 20.41 - - - Level 12.......... 27.01 26.90 - 27.01 26.90 - - - - Level 13.......... 30.45 32.11 - 30.45 32.11 - - - - Level 15.......... 46.28 47.56 - 46.28 47.56 - - - - Not able to be leveled........ 23.50 - - - - - - - - Executives, managers and administrators....... 25.42 25.25 26.06 25.44 25.25 26.18 - - - Level 8........... 13.87 14.08 - 13.87 14.08 - - - - Level 9........... 15.91 - - 15.91 - - - - - Level 10.......... 16.30 16.37 - 16.30 16.37 - - - - Level 11.......... 21.96 22.26 20.66 21.96 22.26 20.66 - - - Level 12.......... 24.05 22.67 - 24.05 22.67 - - - - Level 13.......... 29.73 31.49 - 29.73 31.49 - - - - Level 15.......... 46.28 47.56 - 46.28 47.56 - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C............ 28.44 28.66 - 28.44 28.66 - - - - Level 11.......... 25.10 26.15 - 25.10 26.15 - - - - Level 12.......... 25.35 25.35 - 25.35 25.35 - - - - Level 13.......... 29.34 29.34 - 29.34 29.34 - - - - Level 15.......... 46.72 46.72 - 46.72 46.72 - - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists...... 16.14 15.38 - 16.14 15.38 - - - - Sales occupations........... 11.88 11.89 - 13.44 13.46 - $5.80 $5.80 - Level 1........... 7.84 7.86 - 10.63 10.75 - 5.00 5.00 - Level 2........... 5.28 5.28 - 5.62 5.62 - - - - Level 3........... 8.20 8.20 - 8.61 8.61 - 6.73 6.73 - Level 4........... 14.88 14.88 - 15.09 15.09 - - - - Level 5........... 14.57 14.57 - 14.91 14.91 - - - - Level 6........... 21.26 21.26 - 21.26 21.26 - - - - Level 8........... $15.52 $15.52 - $15.66 $15.66 - - - - Level 9........... 19.32 19.32 - 19.32 19.32 - - - - Cashiers............ 6.08 6.08 - 6.43 6.43 - $5.06 $5.06 - Level 1........... 5.39 5.36 - - - - 5.22 5.22 - Level 2........... 5.31 5.31 - - - - - - - Administrative support including clerical occupations.............. 9.72 9.85 $8.98 9.86 10.03 $9.02 7.91 7.95 - Level 1........... 6.97 7.06 6.47 7.32 7.50 6.53 5.88 5.89 - Level 2........... 7.39 7.30 8.24 7.46 7.36 8.33 6.41 6.46 - Level 3........... 9.07 9.11 8.57 8.91 8.94 8.57 10.32 10.37 - Level 4........... 9.64 9.90 9.14 9.76 10.12 9.15 - - - Level 5........... 10.48 10.64 8.99 10.52 10.68 8.99 - - - Level 6........... 11.41 11.80 - 11.44 11.84 - - - - Level 7........... 13.73 14.47 9.15 13.73 14.47 9.15 - - - Level 8........... 13.46 13.46 - 13.46 13.46 - - - - Level 9........... 15.99 - - 15.99 - - - - - Not able to be leveled........ 14.69 14.60 - 14.79 14.70 - - - - Secretaries......... 11.31 11.69 9.68 11.24 11.67 9.68 - - - Level 3........... 9.96 10.04 - 8.80 8.88 - - - - Level 4........... 10.31 10.93 - 10.38 11.12 - - - - Level 5........... 12.32 12.90 - 12.32 12.90 - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks.. 9.83 10.02 - 9.83 10.02 - - - - Level 3........... 9.22 9.23 - 9.22 9.23 - - - - Level 4........... 9.14 9.38 - 9.14 9.38 - - - - General office clerks........... 9.39 9.79 8.21 9.61 10.14 8.27 - - - Level 1........... 6.58 - - - - - - - - Level 2........... 8.50 - - - - - - - - Level 3........... 9.65 9.67 - 10.10 10.16 - - - - Level 4........... 9.20 - - 9.20 - - - - - Level 5........... 9.50 9.94 - 9.50 9.94 - - - - White-collar occupations excluding sales.......... 16.64 16.71 16.38 16.85 17.01 16.35 12.67 12.14 $18.34 Level 1........... 6.97 7.06 6.47 7.32 7.50 6.53 5.88 5.89 - Level 2........... 7.65 7.59 8.18 7.72 7.66 8.27 6.52 6.46 - Level 3........... 9.05 9.10 8.51 8.90 8.93 8.52 10.32 10.37 - Level 4........... 9.83 10.18 9.15 9.85 10.24 9.15 9.49 9.52 - Level 5........... 13.67 13.03 15.57 13.06 12.15 15.62 21.21 22.02 - Level 6........... 13.13 13.38 11.90 13.20 13.48 11.90 11.04 11.04 - Level 7........... 14.98 15.63 12.63 14.97 15.70 12.21 - - - Level 8........... 17.53 15.02 - 17.30 14.68 - - - - Level 9........... $18.12 $18.11 $18.15 $18.34 $18.47 $18.06 - - - Level 10.......... 20.43 20.53 19.38 20.51 20.62 19.38 - - - Level 11.......... 30.69 32.25 15.70 30.69 32.25 15.70 - - - Level 12.......... 28.62 28.85 - 28.63 28.86 - - - - Level 13.......... 33.77 34.84 - 33.77 34.84 - - - - Level 14.......... 36.31 36.31 - 36.31 36.31 - - - - Level 15.......... 45.34 46.28 - 45.34 46.28 - - - - Not able to be leveled........ 20.23 16.73 - 20.31 16.80 - - - - Blue-collar occupations....... 11.22 11.33 9.73 11.48 11.62 9.67 $5.95 $5.73 $12.84 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations... 14.76 15.08 11.00 14.80 15.13 11.01 - - - Level 2........... 9.50 - - 9.50 - - - - - Level 3........... 8.35 8.34 - 8.44 8.43 - - - - Level 4........... 11.48 11.99 8.72 11.52 12.06 8.72 - - - Level 5........... 11.12 11.11 - 11.19 11.18 - - - - Level 6........... 14.25 14.36 - 14.26 14.36 - - - - Level 7........... 14.73 15.19 11.11 14.73 15.19 11.11 - - - Level 8........... 17.77 18.17 - 17.77 18.17 - - - - Level 9........... 17.14 17.76 - 17.14 17.76 - - - - Level 10.......... 20.69 21.82 - 20.69 21.82 - - - - Level 11.......... 25.83 - - 25.83 - - - - - Not able to be leveled........ 17.32 17.32 - 17.32 17.32 - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors............... 9.98 9.99 - 9.99 10.00 - - - - Level 1........... 7.58 7.58 - - - - - - - Level 2........... 7.05 7.05 - 7.06 7.06 - - - - Level 3........... 8.88 8.88 - 8.91 8.91 - - - - Level 4........... 10.22 10.23 - 9.99 9.99 - - - - Level 7........... 14.55 14.87 - 14.55 14.87 - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations....... 9.81 9.72 11.42 9.90 9.83 - 6.83 - - Level 1........... 6.85 6.85 - 7.00 7.00 - - - - Level 2........... 8.18 8.10 10.96 8.24 8.23 - - - - Level 3........... 8.80 8.63 - 8.74 8.64 - - - - Level 4........... 11.46 11.45 - 11.46 11.45 - - - - Level 5........... 10.98 - - 10.98 - - - - - Level 7........... 13.13 12.97 - 13.13 12.97 - - - - Level 9........... 16.65 16.65 - 16.65 16.65 - - - - Truck drivers....... 9.53 9.59 - 9.75 9.83 - - - - Level 3........... 10.61 11.18 - 10.63 11.21 - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................. $7.36 $7.37 $7.30 $7.73 $7.78 $7.30 $5.08 $5.07 - Level 1........... 5.67 5.68 5.64 5.91 5.94 5.62 5.00 4.99 - Level 2........... 7.82 7.86 - 7.89 7.93 - - - - Level 3........... 8.98 9.36 7.02 8.98 9.36 7.02 - - - Level 5........... 11.89 - - 11.89 - - - - - Level 6........... 9.84 - - 9.84 - - - - - Service occupations........... 6.74 6.28 8.72 7.35 6.76 9.33 5.60 5.51 - Level 1........... 4.98 4.92 6.05 5.32 5.31 5.42 4.70 4.59 - Level 2........... 6.77 6.71 - 7.22 7.17 8.03 5.91 5.49 - Level 3........... 6.11 6.01 6.50 6.03 5.75 7.06 6.36 6.74 - Level 4........... 6.92 6.25 - 7.38 6.70 - 5.26 5.13 - Level 5........... 9.71 9.08 - 9.80 9.19 - - - - Level 6........... 9.94 - 9.47 10.00 - 9.68 - - - Level 7........... 11.25 - 12.98 11.25 - 12.98 - - - Level 8........... 10.90 - 12.66 11.75 - 12.66 - - - Level 9........... 12.22 - 12.14 12.32 - 12.25 - - - Protective service occupations.......... 8.28 6.96 10.23 8.70 6.98 10.39 6.88 6.94 - Level 3........... 6.22 6.18 6.42 5.85 - 6.71 - - - Level 4........... 9.49 - - - - - - - - Level 6........... 7.67 - 7.66 7.79 - 7.83 - - - Level 7........... 12.98 - 12.98 12.98 - 12.98 - - - Level 8........... 12.44 - 12.66 12.44 - 12.66 - - - Level 9........... 12.22 - 12.14 12.32 - 12.25 - - - Level 11.......... 12.87 - - 12.87 - - - - - Guards and police except public service.......... 6.16 6.15 - 6.09 6.05 - - - - Level 3........... - - - 5.70 - - - - - Food service occupations.......... 5.44 5.28 8.31 6.05 5.82 8.95 5.15 5.02 - Level 1........... 4.51 4.45 - 5.16 5.16 - 4.42 4.35 - Level 2........... 5.57 4.54 - 6.74 - - 5.16 - - Level 3........... 5.02 4.80 - 4.23 3.77 - 6.40 6.40 - Level 4........... 5.75 5.75 - - - - - - - Health service occupations.......... 8.38 8.35 8.45 8.42 8.39 8.49 8.16 8.20 - Level 2........... 8.72 8.83 - 8.63 8.73 - 9.18 9.30 - Level 3........... 7.32 - - 7.32 - - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants....... 8.28 8.32 8.14 8.19 8.20 8.18 8.67 8.72 - Level 2........... 8.86 9.03 - 8.40 8.54 - - - - Level 3........... $7.32 - - $7.32 - - - - - Cleaning and building service occupations.. 6.34 $5.95 - 6.49 $6.07 - $5.55 $5.33 - Level 1........... 5.36 5.31 - 5.31 5.30 - 5.57 5.32 - Level 3........... 7.71 - - 8.08 - - - - - Janitors and cleaners......... 6.60 6.19 - 6.87 6.43 - 5.55 5.30 - Level 1........... 5.36 5.27 - 5.28 5.27 - 5.57 - - Level 3........... 8.01 - - 8.53 - - - - - Personal services occupations.......... 6.55 6.67 - 6.92 6.92 - 5.10 4.67 - Level 1........... 5.36 5.36 - - - - - - - Level 2........... 4.99 4.65 - - - - - - - Level 3........... 5.57 - - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 2 Each occupation for which wage 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 ranking within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See technical note for more information. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 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. Table 6. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group and selected characteristic, all industries, New Orleans, LA, August - September 1996 Nonunion- Full-time Part-time Incen- Occupational group(2) Union(3) (3) workers(- workers(- Time(5) tive(5) 4) 4) All workers.................................. $13.70 $12.72 $13.54 $7.01 $12.77 $12.96 All workers excluding sales.............. 13.68 12.81 13.55 7.23 13.03 10.37 White-collar occupations................. 18.21 15.74 16.34 9.53 15.63 17.88 Professional specialty and technical occupations......................... - 21.26 21.27 19.31 21.08 - Professional specialty occupations... - 23.76 23.59 21.58 23.40 - Technical occupations................ - 14.15 14.28 12.83 14.20 - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations.............. - 21.73 21.78 - 21.48 - Sales occupations...................... - 11.85 13.44 5.80 8.91 16.98 Administrative support including clerical occupations................ 11.31 9.69 9.86 7.91 9.72 - White-collar excluding sales........... 18.27 16.58 16.85 12.67 16.55 22.56 Blue-collar occupations.................. 13.37 10.83 11.48 5.95 11.08 13.09 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations......................... 15.23 14.66 14.80 - 14.52 18.71 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.......................... 13.05 8.66 9.99 - 10.30 - Transportation and material moving occupations......................... 12.15 9.39 9.90 6.83 9.51 12.07 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers........................ 7.61 7.35 7.73 5.08 7.26 - Service occupations...................... 7.66 6.70 7.35 5.60 7.11 4.29 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 3 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 4 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. 5 Time workers wages are based solely on hourly or weekly rates; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. Table 7. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group and selected characteristic, private industry, New Orleans, LA, August - September 1996 Nonunion- Full-time Part-time Incen- Occupational group(2) Union(3) (3) workers(- workers(- Time(5) tive(5) 4) 4) All workers.................................. $13.13 $12.57 $13.44 $6.83 $12.57 $12.96 All workers excluding sales.............. 13.10 12.66 13.44 7.04 12.86 10.37 White-collar occupations................. - 15.66 16.34 9.11 15.44 17.88 Professional specialty and technical occupations......................... - 22.74 23.00 18.87 22.61 - Professional specialty occupations... - 27.10 27.56 21.22 27.07 - Technical occupations................ - 14.43 14.56 13.12 14.48 - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations.............. - 21.43 21.47 - 21.13 - Sales occupations...................... - 11.86 13.46 5.80 8.92 16.98 Administrative support including clerical occupations................ - 9.82 10.03 7.95 9.85 - White-collar excluding sales........... - 16.71 17.01 12.14 16.60 22.56 Blue-collar occupations.................. 13.40 10.93 11.62 5.73 11.19 13.09 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations......................... 15.24 15.05 15.13 - 14.85 18.71 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.......................... 13.08 8.64 10.00 - 10.32 - Transportation and material moving occupations......................... 12.13 9.27 9.83 - 9.39 12.07 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers........................ 7.50 7.37 7.78 5.07 7.26 - Service occupations...................... 7.09 6.26 6.76 5.51 6.66 4.29 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 3 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 4 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. 5 Time workers wages are based solely on hourly or weekly rates; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. Table 8. Hourly earnings(1) by occupational group by selected characteristics, State and local government, New Orleans, LA, August - September 1996 Nonunion- Full-time Part-time Occupational group(2) Union(3) (3) workers(- workers(- Time(5) 4) 4) All workers.................................. $16.04 $13.57 $14.06 $9.21 $13.79 White-collar occupations................... 18.56 16.12 16.33 18.34 16.36 Professional specialty and technical occupations........................... - 18.00 18.17 21.67 18.26 Professional specialty occupations..... - 18.55 18.63 23.06 18.73 Technical occupations.................. - 11.39 11.51 - 11.39 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations........................... - 23.39 23.48 - 23.39 Administrative support including clerical occupations........................... - 9.01 9.02 - 8.98 White-collar excluding sales............. 18.56 16.14 16.35 18.34 16.38 Blue-collar occupations.................... - 9.70 9.67 12.84 9.73 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations........................... - 10.99 11.01 - 11.00 Transportation and material moving occupations........................... - - - - 11.42 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.......................... - 7.23 7.30 - 7.30 Service occupations........................ - 8.75 9.33 - 8.72 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 3 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 4 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. 5 Time workers wages are based solely on hourly or weekly rates; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. Table 9. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group, private industry, all workers(2), New Orleans, LA, August - September 1996 Goods-producing Service-producing industries(5) industries(4) Trans- Fin- Occupational group(3) All private port- Whole- ance, industries Con- Manu- ation sale in- Total struc- fac- Total and and sur- Serv- tion turing public retail ance, ices util- trade and ities real estate All workers........................ $12.61 $15.12 $12.90 $13.76 $11.68 $14.26 $10.82 $12.24 $11.40 All workers excluding sales.... 12.69 15.12 12.90 13.76 11.65 14.54 10.07 11.84 11.48 White-collar occupations....... 15.67 20.02 17.03 16.92 14.69 17.80 13.30 16.99 14.49 Professional specialty and technical occupations..... 22.72 25.99 - 21.91 21.79 21.47 40.27 - 19.48 Professional specialty occupations............. 27.10 29.74 - 26.88 26.28 - - - 22.72 Technical occupations...... 14.48 17.32 - 16.21 13.80 14.51 - - 13.47 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations 21.47 26.30 18.55 23.28 19.45 24.04 12.85 27.50 17.18 Sales occupations............ 11.89 - - - 11.89 - 12.18 - 8.85 Administrative support including clerical occupations............... 9.85 11.39 12.94 10.41 9.43 12.11 8.57 11.28 8.70 White-collar excluding sales. 16.71 20.06 17.20 16.92 15.70 18.99 15.56 16.55 14.83 Blue-collar occupations........ 11.33 12.69 11.99 12.23 9.89 11.29 9.96 - 8.16 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations.... 15.08 15.47 13.84 15.44 14.27 15.02 14.66 - 12.83 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors 9.99 10.03 - 9.89 9.53 - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations........ 9.72 12.14 - 12.39 9.25 10.14 8.17 - 7.12 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.... 7.37 7.83 7.17 8.73 7.14 - 8.08 - 5.41 Service occupations............ 6.28 - - - 6.22 - 5.32 - 6.72 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 5 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. Table 10. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group, private industry, full-time workers only(2), New Orleans, LA, August - September 1996 Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(5) ries(4) Trans- Fin- Occupational group(3) All private port- Whole- ance, industries Con- Manu- ation sale in- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and and sur- Serv- tion turing public retail ance, ices util- trade and ities real estate All workers........................ $13.44 $15.18 $27.90 $12.99 $13.78 $12.67 $14.44 $12.52 $14.35 $11.87 All workers excluding sales.... 13.44 15.19 27.90 13.00 13.78 12.54 14.74 11.79 13.92 11.88 White-collar occupations....... 16.34 20.18 29.77 17.08 17.01 15.38 18.12 14.57 17.91 14.75 Professional specialty and technical occupations..... 23.00 26.39 31.73 - 22.09 21.97 21.97 40.27 - 19.37 Professional specialty occupations............. 27.56 30.19 33.32 - 26.88 26.68 - - - 22.78 Technical occupations...... 14.56 17.50 - - 16.39 13.84 14.87 - - 13.41 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations 21.47 26.30 37.41 18.55 23.28 19.45 24.04 12.85 27.50 17.18 Sales occupations............ 13.46 - - - - 13.47 - 13.75 - 11.22 Administrative support including clerical occupations............... 10.03 11.42 14.47 12.97 10.44 9.61 12.47 8.73 11.84 8.73 White-collar excluding sales. 17.01 20.22 29.77 17.26 17.01 15.97 19.41 15.96 17.48 14.89 Blue-collar occupations........ 11.62 12.73 23.28 12.09 12.23 10.34 11.40 10.41 - 8.84 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations.... 15.13 15.47 23.28 13.84 15.44 14.41 15.02 15.02 - 12.83 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors 10.00 10.03 - - 9.89 - - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations........ 9.83 12.14 - - 12.39 9.37 10.26 8.34 - 7.13 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.... 7.78 7.89 - 7.22 8.73 7.72 - 8.64 - 5.71 Service occupations............ 6.76 - - - - 6.66 - 5.52 - 6.80 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 5 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. Table 11. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group, private industry, part-time workers only(2), New Orleans, LA, August - September 1996 Goods- pro- ducing Service-producing indus- industries(5) t- ries(- 4) All private Occupational group(3) industries Fin- ance, in- Total Total sur- Serv- ance, ices and real estate All workers........................ $6.83 $7.63 $6.81 - $8.73 All workers excluding sales.... 7.04 7.63 7.03 - 9.07 White-collar occupations....... 9.11 - 9.12 - 12.32 Professional specialty and technical occupations..... 18.87 - 19.70 - 20.49 Professional specialty occupations............. 21.22 - 22.21 - 22.21 Technical occupations...... 13.12 - 13.30 - 14.29 Sales occupations............ 5.80 - 5.80 - - Administrative support including clerical occupations............... 7.95 - 7.89 - 8.48 White-collar excluding sales. 12.14 - 12.33 - 14.17 Blue-collar occupations........ 5.73 - 5.68 - 5.83 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.... 5.07 - 4.94 - 4.90 Service occupations............ 5.51 - 5.51 - 6.43 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 5 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. Table 12. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group, private industry by establishment employment size, all workers(2), New Orleans, LA, August - September 1996 100 workers or more Occupational group(3) All 1 - 99 workers workers 100 - 499 500 Total workers workers or more All workers............................. $12.61 $10.98 $14.48 $12.81 $17.37 All workers excluding sales......... 12.69 10.87 14.67 12.85 17.48 White-collar occupations............ 15.67 13.62 17.82 15.37 20.76 Professional specialty and technical occupations.......... 22.72 22.11 23.06 21.00 24.48 Professional specialty occupations.................. 27.10 27.29 26.99 26.33 27.33 Technical occupations........... 14.48 12.83 15.44 14.51 16.53 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations......... 21.47 16.90 25.59 23.41 27.19 Sales occupations................. 11.89 11.70 12.27 12.48 - Administrative support including clerical occupations........... 9.85 9.56 10.23 9.89 10.71 White-collar excluding sales...... 16.71 14.36 18.81 16.39 21.00 Blue-collar occupations............. 11.33 10.00 12.98 12.54 14.46 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............. 15.08 13.05 16.93 16.97 16.79 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.99 8.69 11.21 9.48 15.59 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 9.72 9.18 11.21 10.77 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.......... 7.37 7.24 7.52 7.59 7.04 Service occupations................. 6.28 5.99 6.66 6.08 7.62 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. Table 13. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group, private industry by establishment employment size, full-time workers(2) only, New Orleans, LA, August - September 1996 100 workers or more Occupational group(3) All 1 - 99 workers workers 100 - 499 500 Total workers workers or more All workers............................. $13.44 $11.95 $15.00 $13.20 $17.98 All workers excluding sales......... 13.44 11.73 15.15 13.19 18.06 White-collar occupations............ 16.34 14.50 18.15 15.48 21.20 Professional specialty and technical occupations.......... 23.00 22.82 23.10 20.52 24.66 Professional specialty occupations.................. 27.56 28.26 27.16 26.25 27.54 Technical occupations........... 14.56 12.70 15.59 14.70 16.62 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations......... 21.47 16.90 25.59 23.41 27.19 Sales occupations................. 13.46 13.63 13.17 13.34 - Administrative support including clerical occupations........... 10.03 9.67 10.46 10.06 11.03 White-collar excluding sales...... 17.01 14.77 18.97 16.21 21.37 Blue-collar occupations............. 11.62 10.22 13.35 12.91 14.80 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............. 15.13 13.10 16.96 17.01 16.79 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10.00 8.55 11.34 9.49 16.38 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 9.83 9.31 11.25 10.77 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.......... 7.78 7.62 7.98 8.05 7.40 Service occupations................. 6.76 6.73 6.79 6.03 7.90 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. Table 14. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group, private industry by establishment employment size, part-time workers(2) only, New Orleans, LA, August - September 1996 100 workers or more Occupational group(3) All 1 - 99 workers workers 100 - 499 500 Total workers workers or more All workers............................. $6.83 $6.04 $8.67 $9.07 $7.54 All workers excluding sales......... 7.04 6.09 9.04 9.58 7.68 White-collar occupations............ 9.11 7.23 12.91 14.16 9.62 Professional specialty and technical occupations.......... 18.87 11.12 22.57 24.01 17.02 Professional specialty occupations.................. 21.22 - 25.16 26.66 18.46 Technical occupations........... 13.12 - 11.84 - - Sales occupations................. 5.80 5.80 5.82 5.95 - Administrative support including clerical occupations........... 7.95 8.55 6.55 6.40 6.68 White-collar excluding sales...... 12.14 9.13 15.90 18.86 10.28 Blue-collar occupations............. 5.73 6.03 5.30 5.24 5.55 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.......... 5.07 4.98 5.17 5.20 - Service occupations................. 5.51 5.28 6.22 6.21 - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. Table 15. Number of workers(1) studied by occupation, New Orleans, LA, August - September 1996 Full-time and part-time Full-time workers Part-time workers workers Occupation(2) State State State All Private and All Private and All Private and indus- indust- local indus- indust- local indus- indust- local tries ry govern- tries ry govern- tries ry govern- ment ment ment All workers............................. 474,189 402,647 71,541 387,373 322,953 64,420 86,816 79,694 7,122 All workers excluding sales........... 427,938 356,486 71,451 355,548 291,219 64,330 72,389 65,268 7,122 White-collar occupations.............. 241,916 196,837 45,079 209,115 165,489 43,626 32,801 31,347 1,453 Professional specialty and technical occupations...................... 80,482 52,904 27,578 73,107 46,610 26,497 7,376 6,294 1,081 Professional specialty occupations 60,607 34,786 25,821 55,050 30,220 24,830 5,557 4,565 991 Engineering occupations........ 9,552 9,401 - 9,269 9,117 - - - - Petroleum engineers......... 1,575 1,575 - 1,575 1,575 - - - - Electrical and electronic engineers................ 1,301 1,301 - 1,301 1,301 - - - - Industrial engineers........ 1,908 1,756 - 1,624 - - - - - Engineers, N.E.C............ 1,551 1,551 - 1,551 1,551 - - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists........... 2,852 - - 2,852 - - - - - Geologists and geodesists... 1,319 1,319 - 1,319 1,319 - - - - Registered nurses........... 10,710 7,709 3,001 8,030 5,230 2,800 2,680 2,479 - Teachers........................ 23,182 5,875 17,307 21,917 5,032 16,884 1,265 - - Teachers, college and university................. 7,790 3,840 - 7,237 3,402 - - - - Health specialities teachers 1,504 1,504 - - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university................. 15,392 2,035 13,357 14,680 - 13,050 - - - Elementary school teachers.. 5,637 - 5,637 5,468 - 5,468 - - - Secondary school teachers... 1,792 - 1,792 1,792 - 1,792 - - - Technical occupations............. 19,875 18,118 1,757 18,056 16,389 1,667 1,819 1,729 - Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.............. 1,689 - - 1,446 - - - - - Radiological technicians.... 688 656 - 583 - - - - - Licensed practical nurses... 2,353 2,288 - 2,248 2,183 - - - - Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C....... 3,602 3,074 - 3,038 2,511 - - - - Electrical and electronic technicians.............. 1,954 1,954 - 1,954 1,954 - - - - Drafters.................... 2,178 2,178 - 2,038 2,038 - - - - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C....... 1,626 1,466 - 1,626 1,466 - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations........... 33,872 28,562 5,310 33,779 28,562 5,217 - - - Administrators and officials, public administration........... 992 - 892 992 - 892 - - - Financial managers.......... 1,774 1,774 - 1,774 1,774 - - - - Personnel and labor relations managers....... 1,264 - - 1,264 - - - - - Administrators, education and related fields....... 2,165 - - 2,165 - - - - - Managers, medicine and health................... 1,007 - 857 1,007 - 857 - - - Managers, service organizations, N.E.C..... 1,970 1,757 - 1,970 1,757 - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.................... 7,630 7,499 - 7,630 7,499 - - - - Accountants and auditors.... 6,024 5,643 - 6,024 5,643 - - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.............. 1,978 1,871 - 1,978 1,871 - - - - Management related occupations, N.E.C....... 5,177 4,699 478 5,147 4,699 448 - - - Sales occupations................... 46,251 46,161 - 31,824 31,734 - 14,427 14,427 - Supervisors, sales occupations.............. 5,610 5,610 - 5,445 5,445 - - - - Sales occupations, other business services........ 1,664 1,664 - 1,664 1,664 - - - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale............ 4,580 4,580 - 3,938 3,938 - - - - Sales workers, other commodities.............. 7,805 7,805 - 2,660 2,660 - - - - Cashiers.................... 11,731 11,641 - 7,220 7,130 - 4,511 4,511 - Sales support occupations, N.E.C.................... 1,569 1,569 - 1,437 1,437 - - - - Administrative support including clerical occupations............. 81,310 69,210 12,100 70,405 58,583 11,822 10,905 10,626 - Supervisors, general office. 2,834 2,173 - 2,834 2,173 - - - - Secretaries................. 13,395 10,932 2,463 10,979 8,516 2,463 - - - Typists..................... 1,741 1,581 - - - - - - - Receptionists............... 6,983 6,873 - 6,613 6,544 - - - - Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping.... 1,579 - - 1,579 - - - - - Records clerks, N.E.C....... 2,528 1,796 731 2,528 1,796 731 - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks.......... 7,938 6,621 - 7,938 6,621 - - - - Payroll and timekeeping clerks................... 1,586 1,586 - - - - - - - Billing clerks.............. 2,252 2,252 - 2,252 2,252 - - - - Dispatchers................. 1,712 1,262 - 1,269 - - - - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks......... 1,660 1,660 - 1,621 1,621 - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.. 3,938 3,464 - 3,160 2,686 - - - - Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators............ 1,324 1,324 - 1,324 1,324 - - - - General office clerks....... 10,973 8,389 2,584 8,757 6,263 2,494 - - - Data entry keyers........... 1,132 - - - - - - - - Teachers' aides............. - - - 725 - 725 - - - Administrative support occupations, N.E.C....... 3,433 3,230 - 3,250 3,047 - - - - Professional occupations, N.E.C.................... 1,344 - - 1,344 - - - - - White-collar occupations excluding sales............................ 195,665 150,676 44,989 177,291 133,755 43,536 18,374 16,921 1,453 Blue-collar occupations............... 139,943 129,750 10,193 128,710 118,862 9,848 11,233 10,888 345 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 55,543 51,033 4,510 55,108 50,628 4,480 - - - Supervisors, mechanics and repairers................ 3,225 2,874 - 3,225 2,874 - - - - Automobile mechanics........ 3,301 2,822 - 3,301 2,822 - - - - Industrial machinery repairers................ 1,832 1,832 - 1,832 1,832 - - - - Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment..... 3,340 3,340 - 3,340 3,340 - - - - Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics................ 1,943 - - 1,943 - - - - - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.................... 6,563 5,798 765 6,412 5,647 765 - - - Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............. 1,599 - - 1,599 - - - - - Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C............ 1,546 1,480 - 1,546 1,480 - - - - Electricians................ 2,800 2,452 - 2,800 2,452 - - - - Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters............. 5,353 5,271 - 5,353 5,271 - - - - Construction trades, N.E.C.. 787 - - 787 - - - - - Supervisors, production occupations.............. 1,542 1,459 - 1,542 1,459 - - - - Machinists.................. 1,421 1,421 - 1,421 1,421 - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................... 18,898 18,552 - 17,508 17,161 - - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C......... 3,111 3,060 - 2,830 2,778 - - - - Welders and cutters......... 2,482 2,482 - 2,482 2,482 - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 28,551 26,710 1,842 27,115 25,550 - 1,436 - - Truck drivers............... 7,296 6,666 - 6,854 6,224 - - - - Driver-sales workers........ 3,968 3,968 - 3,968 3,968 - - - - Bus drivers................. - - 561 - - - - - - Ship captains and mates except fishing boats..... 2,649 2,649 - 2,649 2,649 - - - - Sailors and deckhands....... 4,366 4,366 - 4,366 4,366 - - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators...... 2,030 2,008 - 2,030 2,008 - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............ 36,950 33,456 3,494 28,979 25,524 3,455 7,972 7,933 - Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.............. 2,382 - - 2,382 - - - - - Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, N.E.C.......... 1,590 - - 1,590 - - - - - Helpers, mechanics and repairers................ 2,401 2,191 - 1,441 1,231 - - - - Helpers, construction trades 4,001 3,265 - 3,223 2,488 - - - - Construction laborers....... 1,689 - - 1,689 - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.. 4,051 4,051 - 1,605 1,605 - 2,446 2,446 - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C.......... 1,678 - - 1,612 - - - - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C...... 13,046 12,786 260 10,278 10,057 221 2,768 2,729 - Service occupations................... 92,330 76,060 16,270 49,548 38,602 10,946 42,782 37,459 - Protective service occupations 16,967 11,007 5,960 11,018 5,627 5,391 5,949 5,380 - Police and detectives, public service........... 2,546 - 2,403 2,449 - 2,307 - - - Correctional institution officers................. 258 - 258 258 - 258 - - - Guards and police except public service........... 7,751 6,983 - 5,072 4,304 - - - - Protective service occupations, N.E.C....... - - 297 968 - 297 - - - Food service occupations....... 34,314 32,338 1,976 8,646 7,980 666 25,668 24,358 - Waiters and waitresses...... 5,217 5,217 - - - - 3,842 3,842 - Cooks....................... 3,668 3,479 - 1,550 1,361 - - - - Kitchen workers, food preparation.............. 2,989 2,569 - - - - 1,928 1,772 - Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............... 2,806 2,806 - - - - 2,595 2,595 - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C....... 7,110 5,790 - 3,255 3,086 - 3,856 2,703 - Health service occupations.... 11,090 8,955 2,135 8,477 6,374 2,103 2,614 2,581 - Health aides except nursing. 1,001 - - - - - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants............... 8,869 7,059 1,810 6,587 4,809 1,778 2,283 2,250 - Cleaning and building service occupations.................. 16,067 12,265 - 11,535 8,749 - 4,532 3,516 - Maids and housemen.......... 3,620 3,572 - 3,396 3,348 - - - - Janitors and cleaners....... 12,093 8,693 - 7,784 5,401 - 4,309 3,292 - Personal services occupations. 13,892 11,495 - 9,873 9,873 - 4,019 1,623 - Service occupations, N.E.C.. 4,026 4,026 - - - - - - - 1 Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 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 establishment, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. Table 16. Numbers of workers(1) by occupational group and level(2), New Orleans, LA, August - September 1996 Full-time and part-time Full-time workers Part-time workers workers Occupational group(3) and level All State and All State and All State and indus- Private local indus- Private local indus- Private local tries industry govern- tries industry govern- tries industry govern- ment ment ment White-collar occupations...... 241,916 196,837 45,079 209,115 165,489 43,626 32,801 31,347 1,453 Professional specialty and technical occupations.... 80,482 52,904 27,578 73,107 46,610 26,497 7,376 6,294 1,081 Professional specialty occupations............ 60,607 34,786 25,821 55,050 30,220 24,830 5,557 4,565 991 Level 5........... 7,742 3,878 3,864 6,256 2,601 3,655 1,486 1,277 - Level 6........... 3,563 2,394 1,170 3,348 2,178 1,170 - - - Level 7........... 5,049 2,495 2,554 4,522 2,199 2,323 - - - Level 8........... 12,853 2,968 - - 1,582 - - - - Level 9........... 7,142 4,696 2,446 6,583 4,339 2,245 - - - Level 10.......... 4,062 3,448 - 3,500 2,886 - - - - Level 11.......... 7,559 6,950 - 7,559 6,950 - - - - Level 12.......... 3,263 3,263 - 2,791 2,791 - - - - Level 13.......... 2,746 2,714 - 2,746 2,714 - - - - Engineering occupations. 9,552 9,401 - 9,269 9,117 - - - - Level 9........... 1,612 1,612 - 1,328 1,328 - - - - Level 10.......... 746 638 - 746 638 - - - - Level 11.......... 2,928 2,928 - 2,928 2,928 - - - - Electrical and electronic engineers........ 1,301 1,301 - 1,301 1,301 - - - - Registered nurses... 10,710 7,709 3,001 8,030 5,230 2,800 2,680 2,479 - Level 8........... 2,399 2,399 - 1,052 1,052 - - - - Level 9........... 2,490 - - 2,289 - - - - - Level 10.......... 2,594 2,204 - 2,032 1,643 - - - - Natural scientists...... 2,942 2,835 - 2,942 2,835 - - - - Teachers................ 23,182 5,875 17,307 21,917 5,032 16,884 1,265 - - Level 5........... 4,534 1,279 3,254 3,920 - - - - - Level 7........... 1,869 - - 1,405 - - - - - Teachers, college and university......... 7,790 3,840 - 7,237 3,402 - - - - Teachers, except college and university......... 15,392 2,035 13,357 14,680 - 13,050 - - - Level 5........... 4,338 - 3,139 3,840 - - - - - Technical occupations..... 19,875 18,118 1,757 18,056 16,389 1,667 1,819 1,729 - Level 2........... 1,346 1,167 - 1,257 1,167 - - - - Level 4........... 1,071 1,071 - - - - - - - Level 5........... 3,125 2,715 - 2,915 2,505 - - - - Level 6........... 3,097 2,975 - 2,462 2,339 - - - - Level 7........... 3,387 3,322 - 3,387 3,322 - - - - Level 8........... 2,920 2,760 - 2,694 2,534 - - - - Level 9........... 2,955 2,267 - 2,713 2,025 - - - - Electrical and electronic technicians...... 1,954 1,954 - 1,954 1,954 - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations.............. 33,872 28,562 5,310 33,779 28,562 5,217 - - - Level 5........... 2,816 2,435 - 2,785 2,435 - - - - Level 6........... 2,365 2,114 - 2,365 2,114 - - - - Level 7........... 2,852 2,629 - 2,852 2,629 - - - - Level 8........... 2,331 2,025 - 2,331 2,025 - - - - Level 9........... 3,151 2,403 - 3,151 2,403 - - - - Level 10.......... 3,932 3,831 - 3,932 3,831 - - - - Level 11.......... 3,767 3,218 549 3,767 3,218 549 - - - Level 12.......... 5,560 4,240 - 5,560 4,240 - - - - Level 13.......... 3,153 2,443 - 3,153 2,443 - - - - Level 15.......... 2,094 1,835 - 2,094 1,835 - - - - Not able to be leveled........ 1,092 - - - - - - - - Executives, managers and administrators....... 17,981 14,171 3,810 17,919 14,171 3,747 - - - Level 8........... 1,224 1,012 - 1,224 1,012 - - - - Level 9........... 1,392 - - 1,392 - - - - - Level 10.......... 2,517 2,416 - 2,517 2,416 - - - - Level 11.......... 2,801 2,273 528 2,801 2,273 528 - - - Level 12.......... 3,900 2,687 - 3,900 2,687 - - - - Level 13.......... 2,738 2,029 - 2,738 2,029 - - - - Level 15.......... 2,094 1,835 - 2,094 1,835 - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C............ 7,630 7,499 - 7,630 7,499 - - - - Level 11.......... 1,286 1,155 - 1,286 1,155 - - - - Level 12.......... 1,181 1,181 - 1,181 1,181 - - - - Level 13.......... 1,272 1,272 - 1,272 1,272 - - - - Level 15.......... 1,605 1,605 - 1,605 1,605 - - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists...... 1,978 1,871 - 1,978 1,871 - - - - Sales occupations........... 46,251 46,161 - 31,824 31,734 - 14,427 14,427 - Level 1........... 9,429 9,339 - 3,711 3,621 - 5,718 5,718 - Level 2........... 6,820 6,820 - 2,503 2,503 - - - - Level 3........... 9,633 9,633 - 6,459 6,459 - 3,175 3,175 - Level 4........... 5,724 5,724 - 5,196 5,196 - - - - Level 5........... 3,734 3,734 - 3,528 3,528 - - - - Level 6........... 2,395 2,395 - 2,395 2,395 - - - - Level 8........... 2,732 2,732 - 2,685 2,685 - - - - Level 9........... 1,039 1,039 - 1,039 1,039 - - - - Cashiers............ 11,731 11,641 - 7,220 7,130 - 4,511 4,511 - Level 1........... 5,463 5,373 - - - - 3,076 3,076 - Level 2........... 3,610 3,610 - - - - - - - Administrative support including clerical occupations.............. 81,310 69,210 12,100 70,405 58,583 11,822 10,905 10,626 - Level 1........... 9,544 8,448 1,096 5,696 4,691 1,006 3,848 3,758 - Level 2........... 12,463 11,258 1,205 10,958 9,793 1,164 1,506 1,465 - Level 3........... 20,741 19,224 1,517 16,671 15,284 1,387 4,070 3,940 - Level 4........... 15,948 10,310 5,639 14,934 9,313 5,621 - - - Level 5........... 6,882 6,204 677 6,651 5,973 677 - - - Level 6........... 5,262 4,473 - 5,137 4,347 - - - - Level 7........... 5,438 4,621 818 5,438 4,621 818 - - - Level 8........... 2,273 2,273 - 2,273 2,273 - - - - Level 9........... 651 - - 651 - - - - - Not able to be leveled........ 1,783 1,753 - 1,673 1,642 - - - - Secretaries......... 13,395 10,932 2,463 10,979 8,516 2,463 - - - Level 3........... 4,598 4,517 - 2,678 2,596 - - - - Level 4........... 3,261 1,510 - 3,107 1,356 - - - - Level 5........... 1,720 1,370 - 1,720 1,370 - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks.. 7,938 6,621 - 7,938 6,621 - - - - Level 3........... 3,246 3,231 - 3,246 3,231 - - - - Level 4........... 2,459 1,175 - 2,459 1,175 - - - - General office clerks........... 10,973 8,389 2,584 8,757 6,263 2,494 - - - Level 1........... 1,704 - - - - - - - - Level 2........... 1,096 - - - - - - - - Level 3........... 2,674 2,581 - 1,441 1,348 - - - - Level 4........... 1,750 - - 1,750 - - - - - Level 5........... 1,565 1,398 - 1,565 1,398 - - - - White-collar occupations excluding sales.......... 195,665 150,676 44,989 177,291 133,755 43,536 18,374 16,921 1,453 Level 1........... 9,544 8,448 1,096 5,696 4,691 1,006 3,848 3,758 - Level 2........... 13,810 12,425 1,385 12,214 10,960 1,254 1,596 1,465 - Level 3........... 21,501 19,852 1,648 17,431 15,912 1,519 4,070 3,940 - Level 4........... 17,064 11,381 5,683 15,589 9,968 5,621 1,475 1,412 - Level 5........... 20,565 15,231 5,333 18,607 13,514 5,093 1,957 1,718 - Level 6........... 14,288 11,955 2,333 13,312 10,979 2,333 976 976 - Level 7........... 16,727 13,068 3,659 16,200 12,771 3,428 - - - Level 8........... 20,377 10,025 - 18,461 8,414 - - - - Level 9........... 13,898 9,705 4,193 13,097 9,106 3,991 - - - Level 10.......... 8,719 8,004 715 8,157 7,442 715 - - - Level 11.......... 11,709 10,533 1,177 11,709 10,533 1,177 - - - Level 12.......... 8,823 7,503 - 8,350 7,031 - - - - Level 13.......... 5,899 5,158 - 5,899 5,158 - - - - Level 14.......... 1,676 1,676 - 1,676 1,676 - - - - Level 15.......... 2,481 2,222 - 2,481 2,222 - - - - Not able to be leveled........ 8,585 3,489 - 8,411 3,378 - - - - Blue-collar occupations....... 139,943 129,750 10,193 128,710 118,862 9,848 11,233 10,888 345 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations... 55,543 51,033 4,510 55,108 50,628 4,480 - - - Level 2........... 1,641 - - 1,641 - - - - - Level 3........... 3,088 2,962 - 2,968 2,842 - - - - Level 4........... 3,403 2,886 517 3,252 2,735 517 - - - Level 5........... 7,913 7,436 - 7,779 7,302 - - - - Level 6........... 4,745 4,590 - 4,715 4,590 - - - - Level 7........... 16,564 14,685 1,879 16,564 14,685 1,879 - - - Level 8........... 6,036 5,592 - 6,036 5,592 - - - - Level 9........... 5,535 5,004 - 5,535 5,004 - - - - Level 10.......... 1,673 1,431 - 1,673 1,431 - - - - Level 11.......... 1,150 - - 1,150 - - - - - Not able to be leveled........ 2,787 2,787 - 2,787 2,787 - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors............... 18,898 18,552 - 17,508 17,161 - - - - Level 1........... 2,014 2,014 - - - - - - - Level 2........... 4,917 4,917 - 4,873 4,873 - - - - Level 3........... 2,057 2,057 - 2,019 2,019 - - - - Level 4........... 4,952 4,688 - 4,398 4,134 - - - - Level 7........... 1,554 1,472 - 1,554 1,472 - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations....... 28,551 26,710 1,842 27,115 25,550 - 1,436 - - Level 1........... 4,050 4,050 - 3,634 3,634 - - - - Level 2........... 7,575 7,256 319 6,782 6,620 - - - - Level 3........... 5,843 5,007 - 5,698 4,981 - - - - Level 4........... 4,316 4,226 - 4,316 4,226 - - - - Level 5........... 1,032 - - 1,032 - - - - - Level 7........... 2,310 1,770 - 2,310 1,770 - - - - Level 9........... 900 900 - 900 900 - - - - Truck drivers....... 7,296 6,666 - 6,854 6,224 - - - - Level 3........... 2,373 1,786 - 2,347 1,760 - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................. 36,950 33,456 3,494 28,979 25,524 3,455 7,972 7,933 - Level 1........... 19,947 18,551 1,396 12,577 11,221 1,357 7,369 7,330 - Level 2........... 7,934 7,283 - 7,332 6,680 - - - - Level 3........... 3,899 3,245 654 3,899 3,245 654 - - - Level 5........... 1,317 - - 1,317 - - - - - Level 6........... 1,190 - - 1,190 - - - - - Service occupations........... 92,330 76,060 16,270 49,548 38,602 10,946 42,782 37,459 - Level 1........... 33,731 31,862 1,869 11,665 10,975 690 22,066 20,887 - Level 2........... 16,182 12,922 - 8,419 7,892 527 7,763 5,030 - Level 3........... 18,175 14,481 3,694 12,048 9,574 2,474 6,126 4,907 - Level 4........... 11,564 8,751 - 8,210 5,534 - 3,354 3,217 - Level 5........... 4,353 2,296 - 3,804 1,747 - - - - Level 6........... 1,469 - 346 1,055 - 320 - - - Level 7........... 648 - 374 648 - 374 - - - Level 8........... 2,949 - 732 1,285 - 732 - - - Level 9........... 945 - 825 915 - 795 - - - Protective service occupations.......... 16,967 11,007 5,960 11,018 5,627 5,391 5,949 5,380 - Level 3........... 7,050 5,797 1,254 3,331 - 903 - - - Level 4........... 1,205 - - - - - - - - Level 6........... 355 - 249 329 - 223 - - - Level 7........... 374 - 374 374 - 374 - - - Level 8........... 853 - 732 853 - 732 - - - Level 9........... 945 - 825 915 - 795 - - - Level 11.......... 291 - - 291 - - - - - Guards and police except public service.......... 7,751 6,983 - 5,072 4,304 - - - - Level 3........... - - - 3,134 - - - - - Food service occupations.......... 34,314 32,338 1,976 8,646 7,980 666 25,668 24,358 - Level 1........... 17,300 16,910 - 1,802 1,717 - 15,498 15,193 - Level 2........... 4,930 3,679 - 756 - - 4,174 - - Level 3........... 3,654 3,379 - 2,269 1,994 - 1,385 1,385 - Level 4........... 5,123 5,123 - - - - - - - Health service occupations.......... 11,090 8,955 2,135 8,477 6,374 2,103 2,614 2,581 - Level 2........... 4,984 4,758 - 4,050 3,856 - 934 902 - Level 3........... 2,885 - - 2,885 - - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants....... 8,869 7,059 1,810 6,587 4,809 1,778 2,283 2,250 - Level 2........... 3,158 2,932 - 2,554 2,361 - - - - Level 3........... 2,885 - - 2,885 - - - - - Cleaning and building service occupations.. 16,067 12,265 - 11,535 8,749 - 4,532 3,516 - Level 1........... 11,498 10,092 - 7,430 6,872 - 4,068 3,220 - Level 3........... 832 - - 663 - - - - - Janitors and cleaners......... 12,093 8,693 - 7,784 5,401 - 4,309 3,292 - Level 1........... 8,492 7,134 - 4,648 4,138 - 3,844 - - Level 3........... 704 - - 536 - - - - - Personal services occupations.......... 13,892 11,495 - 9,873 9,873 - 4,019 1,623 - Level 1........... 2,191 2,191 - - - - - - - Level 2........... 4,685 2,989 - - - - - - - Level 3........... 3,753 - - - - - - - - 1 Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 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 establishment, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Each occupation for which wage 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 ranking within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See technical note for more information. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. Table 17. Number of workers(1) by occupational group and selected characteristic, all industries, New Orleans, LA, August - September 1996 Occupational group(2) Union(3) Nonunion- Full-time Part-time Time(4) Incen- (3) workers workers tive(4) All workers............................. 30,375 443,813 387,373 86,816 432,357 41,831 All workers excluding sales......... 30,115 397,822 355,548 72,389 402,325 25,612 White-collar occupations............ 6,245 235,671 209,115 32,801 222,884 19,032 Professional specialty and technical occupations.......... - 76,095 73,107 7,376 79,437 - Professional specialty occupations.................. - 56,435 55,050 5,557 59,561 - Technical occupations........... - 19,661 18,056 1,819 19,875 - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations......... - 33,567 33,779 - 33,271 - Sales occupations................. - 45,991 31,824 14,427 30,032 16,219 Administrative support including clerical occupations........... 1,293 80,017 70,405 10,905 80,144 - White-collar excluding sales...... 5,985 189,680 177,291 18,374 192,852 2,813 Blue-collar occupations............. 21,147 118,796 128,710 11,233 130,944 8,999 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............. 9,434 46,108 55,108 - 52,768 2,775 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5,476 13,423 17,508 - 17,098 - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 4,469 24,082 27,115 1,436 25,214 3,337 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.......... 1,768 35,182 28,979 7,972 35,864 - Service occupations................. 2,983 89,347 49,548 42,782 78,530 13,800 1 Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 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 establishment, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational 'groups. 3 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 4 Time workers wages are based solely on hourly or weekly rates; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. Table 18. Number of workers(1) by occupational group, private industry, New Orleans, LA, August - September 1996 Goods-producing Service-producing industries(4) industries(3) All pri- Trans- Fin- Occupational group(2) vate port- Whole- ance, industries Con- Manu- ation sale insur- Serv- Total struc- fac- Total and and ance, ices tion turing public retail and util- trade real ities estate All workers........................ 402,647 100,692 27,621 61,512 301,956 37,130 104,913 22,262 137,651 All workers excluding sales.... 356,486 100,523 27,452 61,512 255,963 34,771 66,418 21,676 133,099 White-collar occupations....... 196,837 33,580 4,955 20,265 163,256 18,613 54,311 12,357 77,976 Professional specialty and technical occupations..... 52,904 11,227 - 5,580 41,677 5,874 2,796 - 32,368 Professional specialty occupations............. 34,786 7,855 - 2,962 26,930 - - - 21,493 Technical occupations...... 18,118 3,372 - 2,617 14,747 2,937 - - 10,875 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations 28,562 8,460 1,045 5,277 20,102 4,489 2,234 2,411 10,968 Sales occupations............ 46,161 - - - 45,992 - 38,495 - 4,552 Administrative support including clerical occupations............... 69,210 13,724 2,700 9,408 55,485 5,890 10,787 8,722 30,087 White-collar excluding sales. 150,676 33,412 4,786 20,265 117,264 16,254 15,816 11,771 73,424 Blue-collar occupations........ 129,750 66,496 22,666 40,631 63,254 18,407 25,422 - 17,822 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations.... 51,033 34,865 15,458 16,209 16,167 5,138 6,486 - 4,543 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors 18,552 16,485 - 15,966 2,067 - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations........ 26,710 4,468 - 4,070 22,242 12,133 7,734 - 2,375 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.... 33,456 10,678 6,292 4,386 22,778 - 10,749 - 9,291 Service occupations............ 76,060 - - - 75,445 - 25,180 - 41,853 1 Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 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 establishment, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 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. Table 19. Number of workers(1) by occupational group, private industry by establishment employment size, New Orleans, LA, August - September 1996 100 workers or more Occupational group(2) All 1 - 99 workers workers 100 - 499 500 Total workers workers or more All workers............................. 402,647 219,953 182,695 115,342 67,353 All workers excluding sales......... 356,486 188,884 167,602 101,368 66,235 White-collar occupations............ 196,837 103,117 93,720 51,352 42,368 Professional specialty and technical occupations.......... 52,904 18,350 34,554 14,337 20,217 Professional specialty occupations.................. 34,786 11,489 23,297 8,428 14,869 Technical occupations........... 18,118 6,861 11,257 5,909 5,348 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations......... 28,562 13,433 15,129 6,427 8,703 Sales occupations................. 46,161 31,069 15,092 13,974 - Administrative support including clerical occupations........... 69,210 40,266 28,944 16,614 12,330 White-collar excluding sales...... 150,676 72,048 78,627 37,378 41,250 Blue-collar occupations............. 129,750 70,711 59,039 45,570 13,469 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............. 51,033 24,550 26,483 20,010 6,473 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 18,552 9,443 9,109 6,507 2,602 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 26,710 19,280 7,429 4,812 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.......... 33,456 17,438 16,018 14,241 1,778 Service occupations................. 76,060 46,124 29,936 18,420 11,516 1 Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 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 establishment, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. Table A1. Number of establishments studied by industry group and employment size, and number represented by industry group, New Orleans, LA, August - September 1996 Number of establishments studied Number of establish- Industry 100 workers or more ments rep- Fewer than resented by All workers 100 workers survey Total 100 - 499 500 workers workers or more All industries.......................... 291 169 122 74 48 26,732 Private Industry...................... 250 158 92 62 30 26,626 Goods-producing industries.......... 63 34 29 20 9 3,655 Manufacturing..................... 35 15 20 13 7 1,269 Mining............................ 7 2 5 3 2 164 Construction...................... 21 17 4 4 - 2,221 Service-producing industries........ 187 124 63 42 21 22,971 Tranportation and public utilities 25 15 10 7 3 1,255 Wholesale and retail trade........ 71 54 17 15 2 9,494 Finance, insurance and real estate 14 11 3 2 1 3,431 Services.......................... 77 44 33 18 15 8,790 State and Local government............ 41 11 30 12 18 106 Table A2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, all workers(2), New Orleans, LA, August - September 1996 All State and Occupation(3) indus- Private local tries industry govern- ment All workers............................. 3.6% 4.2% 3.5% All workers excluding sales........... 3.7 4.5 3.5 White-collar occupations.............. 4.3 5.3 - Professional specialty and technical occupations...................... 5.7 7.6 - Professional specialty occupations 6.0 7.8 - Engineering occupations........ 13.9 13.9 - Registered nurses........... 17.1 23.0 - Technical occupations............. 5.2 5.6 - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations........... 5.7 6.6 - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.................... 11.0 11.1 - Accountants and auditors.... 11.8 11.4 - Management related occupations, N.E.C....... 8.7 8.5 - Sales occupations................... 11.3 11.3 - Supervisors, sales occupations.............. 7.3 7.3 - Sales workers, other commodities.............. 17.8 17.8 - Cashiers.................... 8.2 8.3 - Administrative support including clerical occupations............. 3.0 3.4 - Secretaries................. 5.8 6.4 - Receptionists............... 5.6 5.7 - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks.......... 5.0 5.8 - General office clerks....... 5.2 6.2 - Administrative support occupations, N.E.C....... 6.3 6.7 - White-collar occupations excluding sales............................ 4.5 5.8 - Blue-collar occupations............... 3.5 3.8 - Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 4.4 4.7 - Supervisors, mechanics and repairers................ 8.1 7.0 - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.................... 7.6 7.3 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................... 7.0 7.2 - Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 3.9 4.1 - Truck drivers............... 10.6 11.4 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............ 5.1 5.6 - Stock handlers and baggers.. 6.3 6.3 - Laborers except construction, N.E.C...... 11.4% 11.6% - Service occupations................... 4.8 6.0 - Protective service occupations 8.3 9.7 - Guards and police except public service........... 7.8 8.7 - Food service occupations....... 5.6 5.8 - Waiters and waitresses...... 9.2 9.2 - Cooks....................... 9.5 10.0 - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C....... 7.0 7.7 - Health service occupations.... 15.1 19.1 - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants............... 19.4 24.6 - Cleaning and building service occupations.................. 5.5 5.7 - Janitors and cleaners....... 6.8 8.0 - Personal services occupations. 6.6% 7.2% - 1 The relative standard error is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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.Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. See the technical note for a complete listing of occupations.