NC BL 03/00 1999 Table: Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, Bulletin 3090-39, December 1997 Table A-1. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, all workers(2), all industries, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, December 1997 All industries Occupation(3) Percentiles Mean RSE 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All occupations....................................................... $17.05 2.1% $7.20 $10.15 $14.74 $21.33 $28.39 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 17.29 2.1 7.46 10.36 15.13 21.83 28.74 White-collar occupations............................................ 19.87 2.6 9.25 12.28 17.14 24.29 32.13 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 20.71 2.7 10.00 12.95 18.25 25.18 32.91 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 24.21 4.4 14.42 17.31 22.02 27.35 33.51 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 25.42 5.1 15.14 18.97 23.13 28.75 34.14 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 29.17 9.8 20.56 21.30 28.21 36.93 41.82 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 24.38 3.0 16.80 19.71 23.29 27.55 32.86 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 24.83 3.3 17.76 20.07 24.13 28.13 33.65 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 20.52 5.0 14.95 17.21 20.41 23.20 26.92 Natural scientists............................................ 24.15 4.9 19.40 20.85 22.55 23.81 30.44 Medical scientists.......................................... 27.84 6.4 13.46 20.54 29.31 35.35 40.36 Health related occupations.................................... 22.98 2.5 15.85 18.45 22.36 25.79 28.74 Physicians.................................................. 39.46 31.9 15.35 17.19 18.13 60.00 90.00 Registered nurses........................................... 23.01 1.5 17.55 19.74 23.50 25.79 27.49 Pharmacists................................................. 29.51 3.1 28.00 28.00 28.75 31.83 32.79 Occupational therapists..................................... 21.53 11.3 14.50 14.50 20.01 28.13 31.32 Physical therapists......................................... 20.78 1.2 17.50 19.93 21.81 22.03 23.11 Therapists, N.E.C........................................... 14.36 4.7 11.22 12.40 13.95 16.15 18.06 Teachers, college and university.............................. 32.01 5.1 20.23 25.09 32.49 37.43 45.14 Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.34 4.5 10.67 19.73 26.60 32.67 35.66 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 12.03 17.1 7.25 8.00 8.50 11.80 25.64 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.09 1.7 18.90 23.35 28.64 33.63 35.66 Secondary school teachers................................... 27.79 1.4 18.21 22.46 28.72 33.51 35.66 Teachers, special education................................. 27.48 2.9 18.63 21.94 27.62 32.76 37.45 Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 26.19 5.5 17.63 21.06 26.61 32.91 36.84 Substitute teachers......................................... 11.67 4.9 10.67 10.67 10.67 12.53 14.00 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 22.81 11.9 12.67 13.85 21.84 31.89 35.66 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 23.83 9.8 18.61 18.61 20.99 30.18 33.48 Librarians.................................................. 27.07 5.7 18.12 22.68 29.00 32.91 34.55 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 18.69 12.7 8.57 13.70 15.88 21.55 29.91 Urban planners.............................................. 25.08 4.2 21.13 21.55 25.66 27.03 30.54 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.26 3.5 12.02 14.82 18.90 18.97 18.97 Social workers.............................................. 17.11 3.6 12.02 14.82 18.06 18.97 18.97 Lawyers and judges............................................ 29.55 7.1 19.44 23.10 27.87 36.06 40.44 Lawyers..................................................... 28.83 6.7 19.44 22.79 26.54 35.26 40.44 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... - - - - - - - Designers................................................... 19.27 5.0 15.38 16.18 18.75 21.88 24.62 Technical occupations........................................... 19.25 3.7 12.54 14.50 16.57 20.76 25.09 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.63 5.0 10.40 15.39 19.16 20.96 21.83 Radiological technicians.................................... 16.78 3.3 15.39 15.67 16.33 17.36 19.54 Licensed practical nurses................................... $14.25 1.5% $12.24 $13.25 $14.40 $15.20 $15.96 Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 15.27 4.9 11.80 12.95 14.55 16.05 21.48 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 18.68 4.6 13.70 15.76 17.32 23.01 25.26 Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 17.77 7.6 13.81 15.14 15.96 21.07 21.27 Drafters.................................................... 16.20 9.3 11.60 14.80 15.15 17.00 21.00 Computer programmers........................................ 19.86 12.1 13.50 16.82 17.31 22.98 27.00 Legal assistants............................................ 17.13 3.4 14.28 15.00 17.00 18.52 21.00 Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 18.63 6.4 12.74 14.88 18.00 21.63 23.12 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 27.40 2.7 15.75 19.46 25.24 32.88 40.21 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 30.70 3.3 17.12 23.36 29.57 36.00 44.22 Financial managers.......................................... 25.20 5.2 17.29 20.00 23.73 29.44 35.10 Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 30.14 4.7 21.15 25.96 28.85 34.61 36.73 Purchasing managers......................................... 32.71 7.3 26.20 30.55 30.94 33.76 45.67 Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations...... 29.30 14.3 14.42 14.42 30.25 36.06 43.55 Administrators, education and related fields................ 32.71 3.8 18.82 30.10 34.43 37.13 40.67 Managers, medicine and health............................... 26.21 7.4 14.97 20.65 28.39 30.82 33.40 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 18.69 10.7 13.46 13.60 16.54 21.63 23.64 Managers, service organizations, N.E.C...................... 18.58 14.5 11.05 12.98 18.27 25.64 25.64 Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 33.24 3.8 21.87 25.27 30.64 36.57 46.95 Management related occupations................................ 21.44 2.6 15.09 17.19 20.19 24.04 28.77 Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.01 7.0 13.92 16.41 18.75 20.94 28.65 Other financial officers.................................... 22.31 9.3 15.27 16.73 19.46 24.04 26.25 Management analysts......................................... 22.14 4.5 16.66 19.04 22.31 25.26 27.73 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.00 6.2 16.92 18.85 23.36 29.81 32.90 Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 24.54 3.0 20.92 22.57 24.07 26.30 27.49 Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 20.49 3.3 15.10 17.72 20.34 23.20 26.54 Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 20.83 6.5 14.60 16.22 18.51 24.04 29.78 Sales occupations................................................. 14.03 7.0 6.20 8.35 12.04 15.38 20.80 Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 17.16 8.7 9.38 10.85 15.38 19.76 26.32 Sales occupations, other business services.................. 15.73 9.8 10.74 10.74 13.46 19.23 24.04 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 18.97 15.7 12.50 13.24 14.07 20.41 29.04 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 17.10 5.1 9.73 11.54 15.80 20.19 24.72 Sales workers, parts........................................ 16.49 4.0 11.72 15.59 16.55 18.31 21.05 Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.46 9.7 5.30 6.24 8.15 11.29 14.58 Cashiers.................................................... 10.69 5.0 6.05 6.75 10.55 14.30 14.55 Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 12.42 1.3 8.50 10.00 12.00 14.40 16.90 Supervisors, general office................................. 17.37 5.3 11.75 13.11 18.92 19.37 22.02 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 17.08 5.2 13.26 14.42 17.07 17.07 21.58 Secretaries................................................. 13.76 2.7 10.00 11.86 13.22 15.75 17.79 Stenographers............................................... 12.18 3.7 10.80 11.25 11.91 13.00 14.09 Typists..................................................... 12.33 3.5 10.21 11.01 12.28 12.95 14.81 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 12.72 6.1 7.47 8.89 11.03 17.20 18.22 Receptionists............................................... 9.42 3.3 7.00 8.37 9.50 10.29 12.02 Information clerks, N.E.C................................... 10.71 4.7 7.89 9.13 10.22 12.32 13.51 Order clerks................................................ 11.03 4.6 8.50 9.00 10.25 12.72 16.11 Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping............... $13.97 4.9% $11.06 $12.50 $12.87 $16.44 $16.44 Library clerks.............................................. 10.75 6.4 7.38 8.60 11.37 12.83 13.48 File clerks................................................. 9.20 5.0 7.08 7.72 9.00 10.72 11.57 Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 12.43 3.7 9.30 10.53 13.06 13.17 15.43 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.96 3.0 8.65 9.94 11.89 13.56 14.67 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 14.40 3.8 12.50 13.80 14.66 15.60 16.77 Billing clerks.............................................. 12.63 5.4 9.10 10.22 12.72 13.60 17.43 Dispatchers................................................. 13.43 4.5 10.50 12.50 14.04 15.00 15.34 Production coordinators..................................... 19.13 15.3 13.83 13.83 15.89 19.70 30.97 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.53 5.2 7.25 8.32 10.75 11.50 14.23 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 14.81 6.5 9.56 11.19 14.58 18.88 21.27 Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C.................................................... 15.43 10.3 7.12 10.00 15.70 18.94 22.12 Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators............. 12.48 2.3 9.23 11.14 12.63 14.12 14.60 Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 11.90 5.3 8.90 10.86 11.54 12.72 15.28 General office clerks....................................... 12.39 3.0 8.50 9.86 12.06 15.16 15.57 Data entry keyers........................................... 10.74 5.8 8.10 8.76 10.40 12.42 14.00 Statistical clerks.......................................... 12.02 6.9 8.44 10.20 11.52 14.00 15.30 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.12 4.2 9.13 9.81 10.35 10.94 12.04 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 13.24 5.1 9.76 11.02 12.69 14.90 19.44 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 14.89 1.9 7.25 10.30 14.30 18.86 23.38 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 17.90 2.8 11.76 13.80 17.49 21.56 24.50 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 22.21 5.8 19.33 19.36 22.12 23.04 27.31 Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.38 6.3 13.49 15.54 16.82 19.82 23.31 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 19.79 1.8 17.80 19.40 19.85 20.34 21.35 Aircraft engine mechanics................................... 18.80 5.3 11.50 14.00 21.99 23.32 23.69 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.77 8.1 13.81 14.98 18.38 24.16 24.50 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 16.70 12.2 11.85 11.85 19.38 19.49 20.60 Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 17.75 6.4 12.56 15.45 16.58 19.58 24.50 Carpenters.................................................. 21.57 4.3 16.00 19.88 23.50 23.50 24.53 Electricians................................................ 24.09 5.9 19.67 20.90 25.81 25.81 28.39 Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. 15.08 4.2 11.97 13.73 14.00 16.35 19.66 Supervisors, production occupations......................... 20.02 9.3 13.75 14.80 18.10 26.35 29.33 Machinists.................................................. 19.00 7.0 14.00 15.85 18.38 24.50 24.50 Stationary engineers........................................ 16.78 3.1 14.69 15.00 16.98 18.00 18.28 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.78 3.9 7.00 8.88 11.55 15.54 21.15 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 12.83 6.5 9.20 11.86 12.23 12.77 19.41 Molding and casting machine operators....................... 10.68 4.9 7.50 8.50 10.48 12.35 14.68 Printing press operators.................................... 14.14 6.5 9.15 12.00 15.19 15.84 17.57 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 14.89 7.9 7.70 13.00 16.00 17.58 19.37 Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food.............. 11.58 10.7 9.00 10.00 10.75 13.36 15.50 Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 10.96 10.0 6.81 8.00 10.75 13.00 16.31 Welders and cutters......................................... 14.93 5.1 11.22 12.94 15.24 16.93 18.38 Assemblers.................................................. $11.99 4.9% $7.00 $8.50 $11.52 $13.93 $18.01 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 19.00 8.3 10.82 15.10 18.47 24.85 25.26 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 15.36 3.9 8.00 11.25 15.11 18.62 21.79 Truck drivers............................................... 14.61 4.9 9.25 11.25 14.68 16.70 20.86 Bus drivers................................................. 14.56 4.2 10.64 12.50 13.79 17.70 18.86 Parking lot attendants...................................... 6.69 5.2 5.84 5.98 6.00 7.00 7.50 Motor transportation occupations, N.E.C..................... 9.75 14.6 5.97 6.58 8.00 9.58 20.03 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 15.15 12.1 8.50 9.80 15.05 17.24 27.95 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C.... 19.01 8.2 12.66 14.25 18.17 23.69 23.69 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.76 2.9 5.75 7.00 9.90 14.28 16.92 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 11.10 7.6 7.35 8.00 10.00 14.28 16.92 Construction laborers....................................... 16.53 5.8 14.51 14.51 15.05 20.68 20.68 Production helpers.......................................... 9.41 10.4 6.50 7.86 8.57 9.57 12.08 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.32 5.2 5.50 5.75 7.25 13.51 14.30 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 11.42 6.5 7.00 8.27 10.80 15.10 17.41 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 7.18 4.2 5.75 6.25 7.00 7.25 9.52 Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.42 12.3 7.00 7.00 10.30 13.12 17.07 Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 10.11 7.2 6.25 6.80 9.85 13.09 14.35 Service occupations................................................. 10.37 3.4 5.40 6.50 8.50 11.72 19.63 Protective service occupations................................ 14.39 12.9 5.25 6.50 14.65 21.58 23.84 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 28.06 2.8 25.31 25.88 26.97 28.92 31.66 Firefighting occupations.................................... 21.12 2.9 18.23 20.08 21.51 23.07 23.20 Police and detectives, public service....................... 22.59 2.1 17.74 21.15 23.39 24.71 25.66 Correctional institution officers........................... 16.76 6.7 14.13 14.82 15.24 18.55 21.92 Guards and police except public service..................... 7.91 14.6 5.25 5.50 6.50 7.73 13.83 Protective service occupations, N.E.C....................... 10.37 7.1 7.90 9.00 9.93 10.41 15.80 Food service occupations...................................... 7.82 3.4 5.15 5.50 6.93 9.44 11.54 Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 12.49 10.9 7.50 8.90 11.20 15.00 21.15 Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.63 4.6 4.90 4.90 5.15 5.56 6.76 Cooks....................................................... 9.40 5.0 6.25 7.50 9.27 11.64 12.50 Food counter, fountain, and related occupations............. 7.53 8.7 5.40 6.00 6.50 9.37 9.87 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.00 5.2 6.10 6.50 7.50 9.15 10.50 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.02 4.5 5.15 5.50 5.58 6.00 8.00 Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 7.25 7.2 5.25 5.65 6.75 8.13 10.05 Health service occupations.................................... 9.47 3.0 6.95 8.22 9.25 10.66 12.00 Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.51 2.9 8.42 9.95 10.66 10.83 12.29 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.19 3.5 6.75 8.00 9.00 10.15 11.75 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 9.09 2.7 6.56 7.58 8.44 11.11 12.18 Supervisors, cleaning & building service workers............ 11.79 8.7 8.83 10.56 11.37 12.54 15.87 Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.76 3.2 6.08 6.84 7.60 8.24 9.67 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.06 3.3 6.60 7.58 8.44 11.13 12.18 Personal service occupations.................................. 11.39 6.6 6.11 6.75 8.75 12.14 20.24 Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities............. 6.97 3.6 5.50 6.25 7.00 7.50 8.10 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 10.28 12.0 7.50 8.00 9.50 11.00 14.82 Child care workers, N.E.C................................... $10.26 12.8% $5.85 $9.10 $9.96 $12.52 $13.11 Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 9.61 6.5 6.35 7.00 9.00 11.95 14.03 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Table A-2. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, all workers(2), private industry and State and local government, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, December 1997 Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Percentiles Percentiles Mean RSE Mean RSE 10 25 Median 75 90 10 25 Median 75 90 50 50 All occupations....................................................... $16.15 2.6% $6.93 $9.30 $13.85 $20.00 $26.62 $20.57 1.9% $11.37 $13.91 $18.97 $24.98 $32.86 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 16.36 2.7 7.00 9.48 14.04 20.49 26.98 20.58 1.9 11.41 13.91 18.97 25.00 32.86 White-collar occupations............................................ 19.15 3.5 8.75 11.54 15.76 23.22 30.60 22.03 2.3 11.55 14.82 20.34 27.73 34.45 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 20.17 3.8 9.41 12.39 17.12 24.25 31.47 22.06 2.3 11.62 14.82 20.36 27.73 34.45 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 23.91 6.8 13.50 16.40 21.15 25.96 31.78 24.75 1.9 15.96 18.97 23.48 30.18 34.59 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 25.02 8.3 14.42 17.67 22.28 27.16 33.03 26.05 1.9 18.06 20.04 24.73 31.31 35.66 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 29.17 9.8 20.56 21.30 28.21 36.93 41.82 - - - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 24.46 3.5 16.20 19.23 23.19 27.98 34.04 23.97 4.1 19.19 21.47 24.29 25.22 31.30 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 25.01 3.9 16.83 19.71 23.77 28.74 34.04 23.97 4.1 19.19 21.47 24.29 25.22 31.30 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 20.52 5.0 14.95 17.21 20.41 23.20 26.92 - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ 27.75 6.0 13.46 20.54 29.31 30.44 40.36 - - - - - - - Medical scientists.......................................... 27.84 6.4 13.46 20.54 29.31 35.35 40.36 - - - - - - - Health related occupations.................................... 22.71 3.3 14.50 17.77 22.03 25.70 28.00 23.51 3.7 18.02 19.93 23.11 25.79 31.20 Registered nurses........................................... 22.49 1.9 17.00 19.15 23.11 25.34 27.35 24.27 1.6 19.50 21.94 24.24 26.12 28.63 Pharmacists................................................. 28.39 1.6 28.00 28.00 28.00 28.75 31.07 - - - - - - - Therapists, N.E.C........................................... 13.93 4.2 11.13 12.40 13.28 15.76 16.68 - - - - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 25.90 4.1 18.17 20.64 24.05 32.62 34.73 - - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 11.70 11.9 7.00 8.00 9.00 13.44 20.00 27.86 1.4 18.51 22.98 28.61 33.43 35.66 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 8.87 3.1 7.00 7.75 8.40 9.00 11.00 - - - - - - - Elementary school teachers.................................. 17.07 9.5 10.97 12.59 14.42 19.63 27.50 28.38 1.7 19.53 23.70 28.88 33.63 35.66 Secondary school teachers................................... 18.86 7.9 11.07 12.80 16.11 22.68 29.80 28.32 1.3 19.00 22.98 29.50 33.51 35.66 Teachers, special education................................. - - - - - - - 27.48 2.9 18.63 21.94 27.62 32.76 37.45 Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 16.74 17.6 6.25 8.50 19.78 22.00 25.00 29.09 1.8 20.63 23.69 29.50 34.59 37.45 Substitute teachers......................................... - - - - - - - 11.88 5.5 10.67 10.67 10.67 12.53 14.00 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 12.92 4.2 10.00 12.67 12.99 13.85 14.17 - - - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - 23.83 9.8 18.61 18.61 20.99 30.18 33.48 Librarians.................................................. - - - - - - - 27.07 5.7 18.12 22.68 29.00 32.91 34.55 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - 24.86 7.7 17.72 21.13 25.08 29.03 34.14 Urban planners.............................................. - - - - - - - 25.08 4.2 21.13 21.55 25.66 27.03 30.54 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.82 6.3 11.55 12.02 13.29 14.69 17.72 18.68 2.1 15.58 17.19 18.97 18.97 19.11 Social workers.............................................. 13.82 6.3 11.55 12.02 13.29 14.69 17.72 18.52 1.7 15.58 17.19 18.97 18.97 18.97 Lawyers and judges............................................ 28.97 8.7 19.30 22.56 24.13 36.86 40.44 31.26 6.8 21.73 23.52 30.82 34.45 48.56 Lawyers..................................................... 28.97 8.7 19.30 22.56 24.13 36.86 40.44 28.37 4.4 21.28 23.46 27.94 32.89 34.76 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Designers................................................... 19.27 5.0 15.38 16.18 18.75 21.88 24.62 - - - - - - - Technical occupations........................................... 20.07 4.7 12.30 14.50 17.00 21.27 25.26 17.00 3.7 13.11 14.90 15.96 19.20 21.59 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... - - - - - - - 18.64 5.9 12.79 17.34 20.14 21.53 21.59 Radiological technicians.................................... 17.82 4.0 15.49 15.94 17.36 19.54 21.99 - - - - - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.01 1.8 11.85 13.00 14.00 15.00 15.76 14.84 1.9 13.21 14.05 15.20 15.20 16.37 Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 16.39 10.2 11.07 11.61 13.74 22.28 22.28 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 18.68 4.6 13.70 15.76 17.32 23.01 25.26 - - - - - - - Drafters.................................................... $16.20 9.3% $11.60 $14.80 $15.15 $17.00 $21.00 - - - - - - - Computer programmers........................................ 19.31 12.7 13.50 16.82 17.31 18.71 27.00 - - - - - - - Legal assistants............................................ 17.19 3.8 14.49 15.00 17.00 18.52 21.42 - - - - - - - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 17.69 8.9 12.49 13.76 17.00 20.19 23.17 $20.29 5.4% $17.65 $18.15 $20.33 $22.42 $23.12 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 27.18 2.8 15.09 19.21 25.24 32.21 39.42 28.19 7.0 17.51 20.43 25.70 35.14 42.07 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.84 3.5 16.07 23.00 28.85 34.63 41.83 35.11 9.1 21.46 25.98 36.76 40.29 45.03 Financial managers.......................................... 25.20 5.2 17.29 20.00 23.73 29.44 35.10 - - - - - - - Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 29.24 4.7 21.15 25.96 28.85 34.01 36.73 - - - - - - - Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations...... 29.30 14.3 14.42 14.42 30.25 36.06 43.55 - - - - - - - Administrators, education and related fields................ 21.71 13.0 13.26 16.95 18.82 24.95 35.43 35.89 2.6 30.10 33.32 35.14 38.63 41.45 Managers, medicine and health............................... 26.21 7.4 14.97 20.65 28.39 30.82 33.40 - - - - - - - Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 17.40 9.4 13.46 13.60 13.90 21.63 23.64 - - - - - - - Managers, service organizations, N.E.C...................... 18.58 14.5 11.05 12.98 18.27 25.64 25.64 - - - - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 33.15 3.9 21.87 25.18 30.50 36.19 48.08 - - - - - - - Management related occupations................................ 21.27 3.5 14.83 16.56 19.38 24.04 29.09 21.79 3.8 16.86 18.72 21.47 23.48 27.89 Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.20 9.3 13.50 15.00 18.75 21.46 32.29 - - - - - - - Other financial officers.................................... 22.72 9.8 16.15 16.73 19.46 24.04 26.71 - - - - - - - Management analysts......................................... 20.41 2.8 15.99 17.42 20.88 22.40 24.66 - - - - - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 22.52 7.3 16.92 18.80 21.54 26.56 29.09 - - - - - - - Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 20.96 3.1 15.10 18.03 21.15 23.56 26.96 - - - - - - - Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 20.76 8.2 13.85 15.75 18.51 23.20 29.78 21.01 9.8 16.45 16.86 18.63 28.77 28.77 Sales occupations................................................. 14.04 7.0 6.20 8.35 12.10 15.37 20.80 - - - - - - - Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 17.16 8.8 9.38 10.81 15.38 19.76 26.44 - - - - - - - Sales occupations, other business services.................. 15.73 9.8 10.74 10.74 13.46 19.23 24.04 - - - - - - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 18.97 15.7 12.50 13.24 14.07 20.41 29.04 - - - - - - - Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 17.10 5.1 9.73 11.54 15.80 20.19 24.72 - - - - - - - Sales workers, parts........................................ 16.49 4.0 11.72 15.59 16.55 18.31 21.05 - - - - - - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.46 9.7 5.30 6.24 8.15 11.29 14.58 - - - - - - - Cashiers.................................................... 10.72 5.1 6.05 6.75 10.64 14.30 14.55 - - - - - - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 12.27 1.6 8.25 9.60 11.71 14.42 16.92 12.95 1.7 9.95 10.93 12.39 14.21 16.77 Supervisors, general office................................. 16.66 6.0 11.75 13.11 18.92 19.20 19.37 - - - - - - - Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 17.08 5.2 13.26 14.42 17.07 17.07 21.58 - - - - - - - Secretaries................................................. 13.80 3.7 9.50 11.04 13.27 15.87 18.97 13.68 3.6 11.26 12.13 13.18 14.76 17.77 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 12.51 6.1 7.47 8.89 10.91 16.08 17.70 - - - - - - - Receptionists............................................... 9.29 3.4 7.00 8.22 9.17 10.29 11.54 - - - - - - - Information clerks, N.E.C................................... 10.06 3.6 7.89 8.94 9.73 11.29 12.31 - - - - - - - Order clerks................................................ 11.03 4.6 8.50 9.00 10.25 12.72 16.11 - - - - - - - Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping............... 13.29 5.2 10.82 12.50 12.50 16.06 16.73 - - - - - - - Library clerks.............................................. 11.39 6.9 8.35 8.60 12.15 13.15 13.15 10.66 7.1 7.38 8.43 11.37 12.79 13.48 File clerks................................................. 9.08 5.3 7.08 7.55 8.67 10.72 11.89 - - - - - - - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 12.33 4.8 9.23 10.53 12.69 13.13 14.94 12.68 5.1 9.56 10.99 13.11 13.83 15.43 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.69 3.2 8.47 9.50 11.64 13.01 14.67 14.32 5.0 10.60 13.09 13.59 16.90 18.15 Billing clerks.............................................. 11.86 5.6 9.00 9.66 11.83 12.72 14.40 - - - - - - - Production coordinators..................................... 19.13 15.3 13.83 13.83 15.89 19.70 30.97 - - - - - - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.53 5.2 7.25 8.32 10.75 11.50 14.23 - - - - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. $14.86 7.2% $9.30 $11.19 $14.58 $19.20 $21.27 $14.39 8.3% $10.50 $12.36 $13.30 $17.99 $18.18 Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C.................................................... 15.43 10.3 7.12 10.00 15.70 18.94 22.12 - - - - - - - Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators............. 12.48 2.3 9.23 11.14 12.63 14.12 14.60 - - - - - - - Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 11.90 5.3 8.90 10.86 11.54 12.72 15.28 - - - - - - - General office clerks....................................... 12.26 3.9 8.19 9.58 12.02 15.16 15.16 12.62 4.8 9.11 10.41 12.32 14.51 16.00 Data entry keyers........................................... 10.74 5.8 8.10 8.76 10.40 12.42 14.00 - - - - - - - Teachers' aides............................................. - - - - - - - 11.12 4.2 9.13 9.81 10.35 10.94 12.04 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 12.23 6.7 8.91 10.00 12.65 12.91 16.28 14.84 6.2 11.44 11.69 13.32 18.12 22.20 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 14.66 2.1 7.00 10.00 13.96 18.77 23.50 17.18 2.1 12.71 14.50 17.14 19.49 21.29 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 17.75 3.0 11.76 13.70 17.24 21.65 24.50 19.51 2.8 15.90 16.58 19.82 21.29 25.48 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 22.12 6.2 19.33 19.36 20.90 23.00 27.31 - - - - - - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.33 6.5 13.25 15.50 16.75 19.99 25.08 - - - - - - - Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 19.88 2.0 17.99 19.40 19.85 20.42 21.99 - - - - - - - Aircraft engine mechanics................................... 18.80 5.3 11.50 14.00 21.99 23.32 23.69 - - - - - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.77 8.1 13.81 14.98 18.38 24.16 24.50 - - - - - - - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 18.06 7.9 11.82 14.40 17.49 24.26 24.50 - - - - - - - Carpenters.................................................. 21.79 4.2 16.00 22.50 23.50 23.50 24.53 - - - - - - - Supervisors, production occupations......................... 20.02 9.3 13.75 14.80 18.10 26.35 29.33 - - - - - - - Machinists.................................................. 19.00 7.0 14.00 15.85 18.38 24.50 24.50 - - - - - - - Stationary engineers........................................ 17.10 3.5 15.00 16.18 16.98 18.00 18.28 - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.78 3.9 7.00 8.88 11.55 15.54 21.15 - - - - - - - Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 12.83 6.5 9.20 11.86 12.23 12.77 19.41 - - - - - - - Molding and casting machine operators....................... 10.68 4.9 7.50 8.50 10.48 12.35 14.68 - - - - - - - Printing press operators.................................... 14.14 6.5 9.15 12.00 15.19 15.84 17.57 - - - - - - - Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 14.89 7.9 7.70 13.00 16.00 17.58 19.37 - - - - - - - Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food.............. 11.58 10.7 9.00 10.00 10.75 13.36 15.50 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 10.96 10.0 6.81 8.00 10.75 13.00 16.31 - - - - - - - Welders and cutters......................................... 14.93 5.1 11.22 12.94 15.24 16.93 18.38 - - - - - - - Assemblers.................................................. 11.99 4.9 7.00 8.50 11.52 13.93 18.01 - - - - - - - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 19.00 8.3 10.82 15.10 18.47 24.85 25.26 - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 14.99 5.0 7.50 10.50 14.36 18.32 22.83 16.60 2.9 12.54 13.78 16.97 18.86 19.60 Truck drivers............................................... 14.56 5.1 9.25 11.25 14.68 16.67 20.86 - - - - - - - Bus drivers................................................. - - - - - - - 15.34 3.6 12.01 13.21 15.09 17.97 18.86 Parking lot attendants...................................... 6.61 5.0 5.84 5.98 6.00 7.00 7.50 - - - - - - - Motor transportation occupations, N.E.C..................... 9.75 14.6 5.97 6.58 8.00 9.58 20.03 - - - - - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 15.15 12.1 8.50 9.80 15.05 17.24 27.95 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C.... 19.44 9.8 12.66 13.80 18.17 23.69 23.69 17.42 4.4 15.56 15.56 16.59 18.97 20.48 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.45 3.2 5.75 7.00 9.26 13.12 16.92 14.27 2.4 11.02 13.99 14.51 15.05 17.14 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 9.99 9.4 6.15 7.91 9.50 10.50 16.92 - - - - - - - Production helpers.......................................... 9.41 10.4 6.50 7.86 8.57 9.57 12.08 - - - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.32 5.2 5.50 5.75 7.25 13.51 14.30 - - - - - - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 11.42 6.6 7.00 8.27 10.75 15.10 17.41 - - - - - - - Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 7.18 4.2 5.75 6.25 7.00 7.25 9.52 - - - - - - - Hand packers and packagers.................................. $10.42 12.3% $7.00 $7.00 $10.30 $13.12 $17.07 - - - - - - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 10.06 7.4 6.25 6.80 9.85 13.00 14.32 - - - - - - - Service occupations................................................. 8.61 3.1 5.25 6.25 7.58 9.63 11.95 $16.81 3.6% $9.93 $11.94 $14.82 $21.97 $24.71 Protective service occupations................................ 8.00 13.7 5.25 5.50 6.50 8.00 13.85 20.52 4.1 14.34 17.26 21.58 23.61 25.66 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... - - - - - - - 28.06 2.8 25.31 25.88 26.97 28.92 31.66 Firefighting occupations.................................... - - - - - - - 21.12 2.9 18.23 20.08 21.51 23.07 23.20 Police and detectives, public service....................... - - - - - - - 22.59 2.1 17.74 21.15 23.39 24.71 25.66 Correctional institution officers........................... - - - - - - - 16.76 6.7 14.13 14.82 15.24 18.55 21.92 Guards and police except public service..................... 7.80 14.6 5.25 5.50 6.50 7.73 12.84 - - - - - - - Food service occupations...................................... 7.67 3.6 5.15 5.40 6.75 8.77 11.24 10.22 3.8 8.08 8.90 10.01 10.94 13.47 Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 12.43 11.4 7.10 8.65 11.20 15.00 21.15 - - - - - - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.63 4.6 4.90 4.90 5.15 5.56 6.76 - - - - - - - Cooks....................................................... 9.12 5.3 6.25 7.38 8.50 11.23 12.27 11.67 6.0 10.23 10.46 11.48 13.47 13.47 Food counter, fountain, and related occupations............. 7.35 9.3 5.40 6.00 6.45 7.90 9.60 - - - - - - - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.98 5.6 6.10 6.50 7.10 9.15 10.50 8.24 3.7 6.44 7.70 8.32 9.22 9.48 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.02 4.5 5.15 5.50 5.58 6.00 8.00 - - - - - - - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 6.96 7.0 5.25 5.50 6.50 7.68 9.10 9.90 2.0 8.51 8.90 9.94 10.69 10.69 Health service occupations.................................... 9.05 3.0 6.75 8.00 9.00 10.39 10.83 12.40 3.3 10.00 10.93 12.86 14.13 14.47 Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.27 3.0 8.09 9.95 10.66 10.66 11.96 - - - - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.73 3.3 6.60 8.00 8.75 9.55 10.62 12.56 3.6 10.21 11.19 12.86 14.13 14.47 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 8.43 2.2 6.35 7.15 7.70 9.60 11.12 11.62 1.8 9.56 11.49 11.85 12.48 12.65 Supervisors, cleaning & building service workers............ 11.64 9.4 8.75 10.56 11.37 12.00 15.87 - - - - - - - Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.70 3.3 6.05 6.79 7.56 8.15 9.53 - - - - - - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.22 2.3 6.29 7.25 7.58 9.54 10.44 11.59 1.8 9.56 11.49 11.82 12.37 12.65 Personal service occupations.................................. 11.33 7.2 6.00 6.50 8.40 11.95 21.18 11.99 4.9 9.51 10.15 11.94 14.16 14.82 Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities............. 6.97 3.6 5.50 6.25 7.00 7.50 8.10 - - - - - - - Child care workers, N.E.C................................... - - - - - - - 11.42 6.5 9.42 9.75 11.94 12.52 14.41 Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 9.61 6.5 6.35 7.00 9.00 11.95 14.03 - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Table A-3. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers(2), all industries, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, December 1997 All industries Full-time Part-time Occupation(3) Percentiles Percentiles Mean RSE Mean RSE 10 25 Median 75 90 10 25 Median 75 90 50 50 All occupations....................................................... $17.84 2.2% $8.00 $11.03 $15.50 $22.03 $28.86 $11.11 3.2% $5.50 $6.40 $9.00 $12.62 $20.37 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 18.01 2.2 8.00 11.17 15.87 22.43 29.25 11.58 3.5 5.50 6.50 9.48 13.33 21.59 White-collar occupations............................................ 20.54 2.8 10.00 12.95 17.77 25.00 32.78 14.02 3.7 6.25 8.26 11.08 18.21 25.02 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 21.20 2.9 10.38 13.40 18.75 25.66 33.34 15.86 3.2 8.00 9.89 13.01 20.01 25.79 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 24.53 4.7 14.63 17.53 22.19 27.66 33.64 21.16 2.9 12.00 14.72 20.01 25.02 29.31 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 25.70 5.5 15.50 18.97 23.22 29.00 34.14 22.65 3.3 12.59 17.08 21.94 25.70 32.32 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 29.17 9.8 20.56 21.30 28.21 36.93 41.82 - - - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 24.38 3.0 16.80 19.71 23.29 27.55 32.86 - - - - - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 24.83 3.3 17.76 20.07 24.13 28.13 33.65 - - - - - - - Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 20.52 5.0 14.95 17.21 20.41 23.20 26.92 - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ 24.15 4.9 19.40 20.85 22.55 23.81 30.44 - - - - - - - Medical scientists.......................................... 27.84 6.4 13.46 20.54 29.31 35.35 40.36 - - - - - - - Health related occupations.................................... 22.91 3.0 16.15 18.15 22.03 25.61 28.75 23.16 3.7 14.50 19.71 23.75 25.79 27.76 Registered nurses........................................... 22.76 2.1 17.32 19.15 23.11 25.47 27.49 23.45 1.3 18.25 21.21 24.28 25.79 27.59 Pharmacists................................................. 29.72 3.0 28.00 28.00 28.75 31.83 32.79 - - - - - - - Physical therapists......................................... 20.78 1.2 17.50 19.93 21.81 22.03 23.11 - - - - - - - Therapists, N.E.C........................................... 14.62 5.1 12.40 12.74 15.32 16.15 18.06 - - - - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 32.21 6.1 20.64 26.02 32.49 37.43 45.14 31.31 9.1 19.62 22.92 33.51 39.68 46.07 Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.86 4.8 11.64 20.40 27.21 32.91 35.66 17.63 9.4 8.50 10.67 13.99 23.57 29.35 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 11.80 17.0 7.00 8.00 8.50 11.00 25.64 - - - - - - - Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.12 1.7 18.90 23.39 28.64 33.63 35.66 - - - - - - - Secondary school teachers................................... 28.02 1.3 18.41 22.58 29.33 33.51 35.66 22.58 3.4 17.46 18.21 21.28 26.18 32.26 Teachers, special education................................. 27.27 2.8 18.61 21.67 27.35 32.58 36.70 - - - - - - - Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 27.32 3.9 18.94 22.19 27.83 33.43 36.84 - - - - - - - Substitute teachers......................................... - - - - - - - 11.44 4.5 10.67 10.67 10.67 12.53 13.97 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 24.61 10.8 12.67 15.34 27.83 32.97 35.66 - - - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 22.95 9.7 18.61 18.61 19.22 28.13 32.91 - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 18.28 11.2 8.57 14.42 17.00 21.91 29.08 - - - - - - - Urban planners.............................................. 25.08 4.2 21.13 21.55 25.66 27.03 30.54 - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.19 4.2 12.02 14.69 18.06 18.97 18.97 17.55 3.3 14.76 16.42 18.90 18.90 19.21 Social workers.............................................. 17.00 4.4 12.02 14.69 17.91 18.97 18.97 17.55 3.3 14.76 16.42 18.90 18.90 19.21 Lawyers and judges............................................ 29.55 7.1 19.44 23.10 27.87 36.06 40.44 - - - - - - - Lawyers..................................................... 28.83 6.7 19.44 22.79 26.54 35.26 40.44 - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Designers................................................... 19.27 5.0 15.38 16.18 18.75 21.88 24.62 - - - - - - - Technical occupations........................................... 19.66 4.1 12.89 14.80 17.00 21.25 25.26 15.56 4.5 11.30 13.17 15.00 17.00 20.33 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.66 5.4 10.30 15.39 19.16 20.96 21.83 - - - - - - - Radiological technicians.................................... - - - - - - - 16.39 2.6 14.40 15.49 15.94 17.46 18.81 Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.46 1.6 13.00 13.73 14.63 15.20 15.96 13.86 2.9 11.52 12.86 13.64 15.00 15.85 Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. $15.33 6.0% $11.39 $12.95 $14.50 $15.36 $22.28 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 18.92 4.5 14.18 15.76 17.32 23.01 25.26 - - - - - - - Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 17.77 7.6 13.81 15.14 15.96 21.07 21.27 - - - - - - - Drafters.................................................... 15.37 6.2 11.30 14.80 15.15 17.00 18.10 - - - - - - - Computer programmers........................................ 19.86 12.1 13.50 16.82 17.31 22.98 27.00 - - - - - - - Legal assistants............................................ 17.13 3.4 14.28 15.00 17.00 18.52 21.00 - - - - - - - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 18.51 6.8 12.74 14.60 17.71 21.84 23.25 - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 27.46 2.7 15.75 19.54 25.26 32.90 40.21 $22.25 12.2% $8.68 $16.05 $18.63 $24.32 $35.00 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 30.77 3.4 17.29 23.36 29.72 36.01 44.22 - - - - - - - Financial managers.......................................... 25.38 5.3 17.29 21.61 23.73 29.81 35.10 - - - - - - - Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 30.14 4.7 21.15 25.96 28.85 34.61 36.73 - - - - - - - Purchasing managers......................................... 32.71 7.3 26.20 30.55 30.94 33.76 45.67 - - - - - - - Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations...... 29.30 14.3 14.42 14.42 30.25 36.06 43.55 - - - - - - - Administrators, education and related fields................ 32.71 3.8 18.82 30.10 34.43 37.13 40.67 - - - - - - - Managers, medicine and health............................... 26.21 7.4 14.97 20.65 28.39 30.82 33.40 - - - - - - - Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 18.69 10.7 13.46 13.60 16.54 21.63 23.64 - - - - - - - Managers, service organizations, N.E.C...................... 18.58 14.5 11.05 12.98 18.27 25.64 25.64 - - - - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 33.25 3.8 21.87 25.27 30.64 36.72 46.95 - - - - - - - Management related occupations................................ 21.45 2.7 15.09 17.19 20.19 24.04 28.77 - - - - - - - Accountants and auditors.................................... 19.96 7.1 13.89 16.41 18.75 20.94 29.50 - - - - - - - Other financial officers.................................... 22.31 9.3 15.27 16.73 19.46 24.04 26.25 - - - - - - - Management analysts......................................... 22.14 4.5 16.66 19.04 22.31 25.26 27.73 - - - - - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.36 6.1 17.07 21.15 23.36 29.81 32.90 - - - - - - - Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 24.54 3.0 20.92 22.57 24.07 26.30 27.49 - - - - - - - Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 20.49 3.3 15.10 17.72 20.34 23.20 26.54 - - - - - - - Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 20.81 6.9 14.55 16.22 18.51 24.04 29.78 - - - - - - - Sales occupations................................................. 15.45 7.3 7.18 10.05 13.76 16.55 21.94 7.26 4.5 5.15 5.75 6.50 8.16 10.34 Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 17.16 8.7 9.38 10.85 15.38 19.76 26.32 - - - - - - - Sales occupations, other business services.................. 16.39 11.0 10.74 10.74 17.64 19.57 24.04 - - - - - - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 18.97 15.7 12.50 13.24 14.07 20.41 29.04 - - - - - - - Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 17.10 5.1 9.73 11.54 15.80 20.19 24.72 - - - - - - - Sales workers, parts........................................ 16.49 4.0 11.72 15.59 16.55 18.31 21.05 - - - - - - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.48 9.6 6.05 6.75 9.15 13.01 15.34 6.94 10.8 5.15 5.25 6.10 7.03 10.47 Cashiers.................................................... 12.10 4.0 6.75 10.00 14.30 14.30 14.55 7.21 5.2 5.25 6.00 6.50 8.07 10.10 Sales support occupations, N.E.C............................ 12.31 6.1 8.75 10.05 13.00 14.30 14.67 - - - - - - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 12.68 1.4 8.83 10.27 12.28 14.56 17.07 10.75 2.4 7.50 8.63 10.00 12.00 14.33 Supervisors, general office................................. 17.46 5.5 11.75 13.11 18.92 19.37 22.68 - - - - - - - Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 17.08 5.2 13.26 14.42 17.07 17.07 21.58 - - - - - - - Secretaries................................................. 13.96 2.8 10.34 12.14 13.50 16.00 17.79 12.45 4.9 9.36 10.87 12.00 13.62 17.31 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 12.15 5.6 7.47 8.89 11.03 17.20 17.70 15.16 15.7 7.97 8.50 11.33 18.47 28.62 Receptionists............................................... 10.10 2.6 8.37 9.00 9.94 10.76 12.47 7.57 6.9 5.50 6.00 7.50 8.95 9.96 Information clerks, N.E.C................................... 10.77 5.2 7.89 9.00 10.22 12.60 13.51 - - - - - - - Order clerks................................................ 11.11 4.9 8.50 9.00 10.37 13.00 16.22 - - - - - - - Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping............... $13.76 5.3% $10.96 $12.50 $12.87 $16.44 $16.73 - - - - - - - Library clerks.............................................. - - - - - - - $9.67 7.0% $7.20 $7.75 $9.55 $11.37 $11.82 File clerks................................................. 9.06 4.8 7.08 7.72 9.00 10.47 11.23 - - - - - - - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 12.55 3.8 9.37 11.11 13.06 13.33 15.43 - - - - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.06 3.0 8.65 10.00 12.02 13.56 15.00 - - - - - - - Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 14.41 3.9 12.50 13.80 14.66 15.60 16.77 - - - - - - - Billing clerks.............................................. 12.66 5.5 9.10 10.22 12.72 13.60 17.43 - - - - - - - Production coordinators..................................... 19.13 15.3 13.83 13.83 15.89 19.70 30.97 - - - - - - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.82 3.9 7.50 9.00 11.06 12.00 13.50 - - - - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 14.92 6.7 9.56 11.19 14.71 18.88 21.27 - - - - - - - Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators............. 12.57 2.3 9.51 11.54 12.72 14.14 14.60 - - - - - - - Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 11.90 5.3 8.90 10.86 11.54 12.72 15.28 - - - - - - - General office clerks....................................... 12.75 3.5 8.69 10.24 12.63 15.16 15.93 10.56 3.9 8.00 8.94 9.86 12.00 14.00 Data entry keyers........................................... 10.85 6.0 8.30 8.76 10.50 12.42 14.00 - - - - - - - Teachers' aides............................................. - - - - - - - 11.20 4.4 9.18 9.81 10.43 11.04 12.11 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 13.18 5.3 10.00 11.31 12.69 14.46 16.28 13.55 14.9 7.00 7.50 13.79 18.12 19.44 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 15.39 2.0 8.00 11.05 14.89 19.36 23.55 8.70 4.2 5.50 6.00 7.25 11.33 13.37 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 17.94 2.8 11.85 13.90 17.50 21.56 24.50 - - - - - - - Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 22.21 5.8 19.33 19.36 22.12 23.04 27.31 - - - - - - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.38 6.3 13.49 15.54 16.82 19.82 23.31 - - - - - - - Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 19.79 1.8 17.80 19.40 19.85 20.34 21.35 - - - - - - - Aircraft engine mechanics................................... 18.80 5.3 11.50 14.00 21.99 23.32 23.69 - - - - - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.77 8.1 13.81 14.98 18.38 24.16 24.50 - - - - - - - Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 16.70 12.2 11.85 11.85 19.38 19.49 20.60 - - - - - - - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 17.75 6.4 12.56 15.45 16.58 19.58 24.50 - - - - - - - Carpenters.................................................. 21.57 4.3 16.00 19.88 23.50 23.50 24.53 - - - - - - - Electricians................................................ 24.09 5.9 19.67 20.90 25.81 25.81 28.39 - - - - - - - Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. 15.08 4.2 11.97 13.73 14.00 16.35 19.66 - - - - - - - Supervisors, production occupations......................... 20.02 9.3 13.75 14.80 18.10 26.35 29.33 - - - - - - - Machinists.................................................. 19.00 7.0 14.00 15.85 18.38 24.50 24.50 - - - - - - - Stationary engineers........................................ 16.78 3.1 14.69 15.00 16.98 18.00 18.28 - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.86 3.9 7.00 9.00 11.72 15.84 21.39 8.08 11.5 6.00 6.00 7.00 9.15 12.00 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 12.83 6.5 9.20 11.86 12.23 12.77 19.41 - - - - - - - Molding and casting machine operators....................... 10.68 4.9 7.50 8.50 10.48 12.35 14.68 - - - - - - - Printing press operators.................................... 14.25 6.1 9.15 12.00 15.19 15.84 17.57 - - - - - - - Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 14.89 7.9 7.70 13.00 16.00 17.58 19.37 - - - - - - - Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food.............. 11.58 10.7 9.00 10.00 10.75 13.36 15.50 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 10.96 10.0 6.81 8.00 10.75 13.00 16.31 - - - - - - - Welders and cutters......................................... 14.93 5.1 11.22 12.94 15.24 16.93 18.38 - - - - - - - Assemblers.................................................. 11.99 5.0 7.00 8.50 11.50 13.96 18.08 - - - - - - - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 19.00 8.3 10.82 15.10 18.47 24.85 25.26 - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... $15.97 3.8% $8.25 $11.25 $16.08 $18.86 $22.83 $11.23 7.2% $5.93 $7.50 $12.50 $13.37 $14.34 Truck drivers............................................... 14.70 5.0 9.25 11.25 15.00 16.89 20.86 12.33 10.9 7.50 11.25 13.22 14.27 15.49 Bus drivers................................................. 15.68 5.3 10.31 13.51 16.39 18.86 18.86 13.03 3.4 11.25 12.50 12.54 13.78 14.50 Motor transportation occupations, N.E.C..................... 10.54 15.1 6.58 7.66 8.56 10.11 20.24 - - - - - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 15.15 12.1 8.50 9.80 15.05 17.24 27.95 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C.... 19.15 8.2 12.66 14.25 18.18 23.69 23.69 - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.85 3.4 6.75 8.00 11.90 14.51 17.32 7.02 2.8 5.50 5.75 6.50 7.25 9.62 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 11.46 7.7 7.50 8.50 10.00 15.71 16.92 - - - - - - - Construction laborers....................................... 16.53 5.8 14.51 14.51 15.05 20.68 20.68 - - - - - - - Production helpers.......................................... 9.41 10.4 6.50 7.86 8.57 9.57 12.08 - - - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.48 5.5 5.75 9.70 12.59 14.30 14.30 - - - - - - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 13.39 6.4 8.25 10.80 13.23 15.62 18.46 8.68 6.7 6.00 7.00 8.76 9.79 11.33 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 7.65 5.6 6.00 6.50 7.00 8.00 11.78 6.38 0.7 5.50 5.75 6.25 7.00 7.25 Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.69 12.9 7.00 7.00 10.50 13.12 17.07 - - - - - - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 10.49 7.6 6.50 6.95 10.00 13.09 14.72 7.03 7.7 4.90 5.50 7.00 7.21 11.30 Service occupations................................................. 11.17 4.1 6.00 7.00 9.15 12.53 21.24 7.75 4.4 5.15 5.58 6.75 9.03 10.92 Protective service occupations................................ 14.72 13.7 5.25 6.50 14.82 21.74 23.84 11.22 17.8 6.00 6.50 9.93 12.52 25.00 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 28.06 2.8 25.31 25.88 26.97 28.92 31.66 - - - - - - - Firefighting occupations.................................... 21.12 2.9 18.23 20.08 21.51 23.07 23.20 - - - - - - - Police and detectives, public service....................... 22.41 2.1 17.72 20.93 23.10 23.87 25.73 - - - - - - - Correctional institution officers........................... 16.76 6.7 14.13 14.82 15.24 18.55 21.92 - - - - - - - Guards and police except public service..................... 7.91 15.9 5.25 5.25 6.50 7.73 13.85 7.86 12.3 6.00 6.50 6.50 8.00 11.99 Food service occupations...................................... 8.89 4.5 5.15 6.33 8.10 10.50 12.67 6.47 3.7 4.90 5.15 5.95 7.10 9.18 Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 12.71 10.9 7.50 9.62 11.20 15.00 21.15 - - - - - - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.64 5.0 4.90 5.15 5.15 5.60 7.41 5.61 6.9 4.90 4.90 5.15 5.15 6.50 Cooks....................................................... 9.62 4.7 6.80 7.61 9.94 11.64 12.50 8.01 11.0 5.25 6.20 8.00 9.21 11.48 Food counter, fountain, and related occupations............. 8.06 9.2 6.00 6.45 6.83 9.60 13.95 - - - - - - - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.69 7.6 6.10 6.60 8.05 10.05 10.50 7.44 4.6 6.25 6.50 7.10 8.27 9.45 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. - - - - - - - 6.09 5.9 5.15 5.50 5.58 6.50 8.00 Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 8.30 6.4 6.00 6.90 8.00 9.10 10.69 6.46 6.9 5.25 5.35 5.75 7.00 9.04 Health service occupations.................................... 9.53 3.3 6.75 8.15 9.33 10.66 12.35 9.13 2.6 7.70 8.50 9.00 9.77 10.80 Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.70 3.1 9.73 10.39 10.66 11.07 12.40 9.14 4.1 7.64 8.09 9.00 9.55 11.00 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.20 3.8 6.75 8.00 8.98 10.22 12.34 9.13 3.0 7.70 8.50 9.00 10.00 10.80 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 9.12 2.8 6.56 7.58 8.40 11.27 12.18 8.74 3.3 6.50 7.50 8.75 9.56 11.30 Supervisors, cleaning & building service workers............ 11.88 8.5 9.00 10.56 11.62 13.50 15.87 - - - - - - - Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.52 3.5 5.85 6.64 7.30 8.15 9.10 - - - - - - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.09 3.5 6.84 7.58 8.45 11.26 12.18 8.39 4.8 6.42 7.00 8.00 9.50 11.30 Personal service occupations.................................. 13.14 8.7 6.25 7.50 9.97 14.58 28.77 8.60 5.5 6.00 6.25 8.00 9.98 12.52 Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities............. - - - - - - - 6.76 6.0 5.50 5.50 6.50 7.75 8.00 Child care workers, N.E.C................................... - - - - - - - 10.34 12.7 6.08 9.10 9.96 12.52 13.11 Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 9.73 7.0 6.35 8.00 9.15 11.95 14.03 8.94 17.2 6.00 6.00 6.00 10.80 12.43 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings(1) and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only(2), all industries, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, December 1997 All industries Occupation(3) Mean Weekly earnings Mean Annual earnings weekly annual hours(4) hours Mean RSE Median Mean Median All occupations....................................................... 39.8 $710 2.2% $619 2,031 $36,228 $31,980 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 39.8 717 2.3 635 2,029 36,546 32,760 White-collar occupations............................................ 39.8 817 2.9 707 2,014 41,365 36,026 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 39.8 844 3.0 748 2,008 42,576 37,794 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 39.6 972 4.9 885 1,934 47,441 43,883 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 39.7 1,020 5.7 926 1,909 49,062 45,510 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 40.0 1,167 9.8 1,128 2,080 60,678 58,677 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 40.0 974 3.0 930 2,078 50,653 48,381 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 40.0 992 3.3 960 2,078 51,576 49,920 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 40.0 821 5.0 816 2,080 42,671 42,453 Natural scientists............................................ 40.0 966 4.9 902 2,080 50,229 46,904 Medical scientists.......................................... 40.0 1,114 6.4 1,172 2,080 57,904 60,965 Health related occupations.................................... 39.7 910 3.0 881 2,042 46,785 45,781 Registered nurses........................................... 39.8 906 2.0 924 2,028 46,151 46,758 Pharmacists................................................. 38.4 1,142 4.6 1,150 1,998 59,369 59,800 Physical therapists......................................... 40.0 831 1.2 872 2,080 43,230 45,365 Therapists, N.E.C........................................... 40.0 585 5.1 613 2,080 30,417 31,866 Teachers, college and university.............................. 39.9 1,286 6.1 1,300 1,740 56,054 53,446 Teachers, except college and university....................... 38.4 993 4.5 1,035 1,499 38,775 40,466 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 39.7 469 16.6 340 1,938 22,874 18,200 Elementary school teachers.................................. 38.4 1,081 2.0 1,105 1,430 40,227 42,150 Secondary school teachers................................... 38.2 1,071 1.3 1,123 1,433 40,160 42,701 Teachers, special education................................. 38.0 1,035 2.5 1,036 1,474 40,198 39,585 Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 37.2 1,016 3.0 1,025 1,586 43,320 43,942 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 39.0 961 10.8 1,084 1,547 38,060 42,094 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 39.5 907 9.2 744 1,777 40,776 38,709 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 39.0 713 11.7 667 1,950 35,657 35,360 Urban planners.............................................. 40.0 1,003 4.2 1,026 2,080 52,158 53,373 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 39.9 686 4.2 722 2,050 35,234 37,565 Social workers.............................................. 39.9 679 4.5 716 2,049 34,829 36,858 Lawyers and judges............................................ 41.1 1,214 4.8 1,113 2,136 63,113 57,894 Lawyers..................................................... 41.1 1,185 4.3 1,086 2,138 61,635 56,464 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... - - - - - - - Designers................................................... 40.0 771 5.0 750 2,080 40,084 39,000 Technical occupations........................................... 39.4 774 3.8 674 2,045 40,208 35,048 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 40.0 707 5.4 766 2,080 36,743 39,853 Licensed practical nurses................................... 40.0 578 1.6 585 2,080 30,068 30,430 Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 40.0 613 6.0 580 2,080 31,887 30,160 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 40.0 757 4.5 693 2,080 39,347 36,026 Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 40.0 711 7.6 638 2,080 36,965 33,197 Drafters.................................................... 40.0 615 6.2 606 2,080 31,978 31,512 Computer programmers........................................ 39.8 790 12.0 692 2,068 41,061 36,005 Legal assistants............................................ 38.7 $663 3.4% $646 2,014 $34,493 $33,599 Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 39.5 731 7.6 708 2,041 37,779 36,837 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 40.3 1,106 2.8 1,010 2,091 57,417 52,499 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.4 1,244 3.4 1,202 2,098 64,555 62,483 Financial managers.......................................... 39.9 1,012 5.4 949 2,073 52,608 49,358 Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 39.5 1,192 4.9 1,154 2,056 61,963 60,008 Purchasing managers......................................... 40.0 1,309 7.3 1,238 2,080 68,044 64,355 Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations...... 40.9 1,198 15.3 1,210 2,126 62,295 62,920 Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.9 1,305 3.8 1,377 2,014 65,859 70,803 Managers, medicine and health............................... 40.0 1,048 7.4 1,136 2,080 54,513 59,051 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 42.5 794 9.5 827 2,211 41,312 43,004 Managers, service organizations, N.E.C...................... 45.5 845 22.7 721 2,366 43,960 37,502 Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 40.4 1,344 3.8 1,227 2,102 69,912 63,794 Management related occupations................................ 40.0 858 2.6 802 2,077 44,554 41,454 Accountants and auditors.................................... 40.0 798 7.1 750 2,080 41,508 39,000 Other financial officers.................................... 39.9 891 9.3 778 2,076 46,322 40,477 Management analysts......................................... 40.0 885 4.5 892 2,080 46,043 46,405 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 40.0 974 6.1 934 2,080 50,671 48,589 Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 39.7 974 3.4 963 2,065 50,665 50,066 Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 40.0 820 3.3 814 2,047 41,962 41,704 Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 40.1 835 6.6 740 2,087 43,423 38,501 Sales occupations................................................. 39.7 613 7.3 515 2,060 31,831 26,770 Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 40.9 701 8.8 615 2,126 36,469 31,990 Sales occupations, other business services.................. 40.0 656 11.0 706 2,080 34,097 36,691 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 40.6 770 15.9 563 2,110 40,022 29,266 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 41.5 709 6.5 676 2,156 36,874 35,155 Sales workers, parts........................................ 40.3 664 4.1 662 2,095 34,544 34,424 Sales workers, other commodities............................ 38.8 407 10.2 358 2,019 21,154 18,616 Cashiers.................................................... 38.3 463 3.5 515 1,977 23,910 26,770 Sales support occupations, N.E.C............................ 40.0 492 6.1 520 2,080 25,606 27,040 Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 39.8 505 1.4 491 2,063 26,155 25,272 Supervisors, general office................................. 39.5 690 5.1 744 2,054 35,859 38,667 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 40.0 683 5.2 683 2,080 35,532 35,506 Secretaries................................................. 39.6 553 2.8 531 2,018 28,175 27,040 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 40.0 486 5.6 441 2,080 25,274 22,942 Receptionists............................................... 39.9 403 2.7 398 2,074 20,947 20,675 Information clerks, N.E.C................................... 39.9 429 5.2 403 2,072 22,313 20,946 Order clerks................................................ 40.0 444 4.9 415 2,080 23,108 21,570 Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping............... 40.0 550 5.3 515 2,080 28,618 26,770 File clerks................................................. 39.6 359 4.4 360 2,059 18,652 18,720 Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 39.7 498 3.8 508 2,062 25,892 26,395 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 39.8 479 2.8 483 2,067 24,922 25,106 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 40.0 577 3.9 586 2,080 29,980 30,493 Billing clerks.............................................. 40.0 506 5.5 509 2,080 26,334 26,458 Production coordinators..................................... 40.0 765 15.3 636 2,080 39,792 33,051 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 39.6 428 4.3 442 2,060 22,275 23,005 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 40.0 $597 6.7% $588 2,080 $31,040 $30,597 Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators............. 39.5 497 3.2 503 2,056 25,855 26,155 Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 40.0 476 5.3 462 2,080 24,747 24,003 General office clerks....................................... 39.8 508 3.5 500 2,071 26,417 26,000 Data entry keyers........................................... 39.1 425 5.7 416 2,035 22,085 21,632 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 39.9 525 5.2 508 2,053 27,056 26,395 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 40.0 615 2.0 600 2,072 31,899 31,096 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 39.8 714 2.9 699 2,066 37,065 36,358 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 41.5 921 6.3 898 2,156 47,866 46,675 Automobile mechanics........................................ 40.0 735 6.3 673 2,080 38,225 34,986 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 40.0 792 1.8 794 2,080 41,165 41,288 Aircraft engine mechanics................................... 40.0 752 5.3 880 2,080 39,107 45,739 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 40.0 751 8.1 735 2,080 39,047 38,230 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 40.0 668 12.2 775 2,080 34,734 40,310 Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 40.1 712 6.5 663 2,043 36,256 34,174 Carpenters.................................................. 39.8 859 4.6 940 2,071 44,666 48,880 Electricians................................................ 40.0 964 5.9 1,032 2,080 50,114 53,685 Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. 40.0 603 4.2 560 2,080 31,360 29,120 Supervisors, production occupations......................... 40.0 801 9.3 724 2,080 41,640 37,648 Machinists.................................................. 40.0 760 7.0 735 2,080 39,511 38,230 Stationary engineers........................................ 39.9 670 3.1 679 2,076 34,828 35,318 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 39.9 513 4.0 469 2,074 26,673 24,378 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 40.0 513 6.5 489 2,080 26,688 25,438 Molding and casting machine operators....................... 38.9 416 7.1 410 2,025 21,628 21,299 Printing press operators.................................... 40.0 570 6.1 608 2,080 29,644 31,595 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 40.0 595 7.9 640 2,080 30,966 33,280 Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food.............. 40.0 463 10.7 430 2,080 24,076 22,360 Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 40.0 439 10.0 430 2,080 22,803 22,360 Welders and cutters......................................... 40.0 597 5.1 610 2,080 31,064 31,699 Assemblers.................................................. 40.0 480 5.0 460 2,080 24,949 23,920 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 40.0 760 8.3 739 2,080 39,515 38,418 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 40.7 650 3.4 650 2,102 33,580 33,800 Truck drivers............................................... 41.8 614 3.6 643 2,169 31,881 33,446 Bus drivers................................................. 39.6 621 5.3 656 1,983 31,079 34,091 Motor transportation occupations, N.E.C..................... 40.0 421 15.1 342 2,080 21,914 17,805 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 40.0 606 12.1 602 2,080 31,502 31,304 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C.... 40.0 766 8.2 727 2,080 39,824 37,814 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 39.7 470 3.4 476 2,049 24,281 24,502 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 40.0 458 7.7 400 2,005 22,976 20,800 Construction laborers....................................... 39.7 657 6.0 602 1,964 32,474 31,304 Production helpers.......................................... 40.0 376 10.4 343 2,080 19,573 17,826 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 38.4 441 6.0 504 1,999 22,950 26,187 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 39.9 534 6.4 520 2,072 27,750 27,040 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 40.0 306 5.6 280 2,080 15,907 14,560 Hand packers and packagers.................................. 40.0 $428 12.9% $420 2,080 $22,239 $21,840 Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 39.9 419 7.6 400 2,075 21,772 20,800 Service occupations................................................. 39.4 440 4.1 362 2,028 22,649 18,720 Protective service occupations................................ 40.6 598 14.0 593 2,107 31,019 30,826 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 40.0 1,122 2.8 1,079 2,080 58,361 56,098 Firefighting occupations.................................... 46.4 980 2.8 1,020 2,412 50,957 53,036 Police and detectives, public service....................... 40.0 896 2.1 924 2,080 46,614 48,048 Correctional institution officers........................... 40.0 670 6.7 610 2,080 34,854 31,699 Guards and police except public service..................... 40.0 316 15.9 260 2,071 16,387 13,520 Food service occupations...................................... 38.8 345 5.0 316 2,002 17,802 16,328 Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 40.6 517 11.4 481 2,113 26,860 25,002 Waiters and waitresses...................................... 36.6 207 6.6 206 1,905 10,751 10,712 Cooks....................................................... 39.4 379 4.9 366 2,015 19,380 18,200 Food counter, fountain, and related occupations............. 40.0 322 9.2 273 2,075 16,722 14,206 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 38.4 334 7.2 320 1,996 17,348 16,640 Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 38.8 322 7.0 316 2,015 16,723 16,432 Health service occupations.................................... 39.5 376 3.6 363 2,053 19,564 18,866 Health aides, except nursing................................ 40.0 428 3.1 426 2,080 22,254 22,173 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 39.3 362 4.2 350 2,044 18,813 18,200 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 39.8 363 2.9 330 2,053 18,717 17,165 Supervisors, cleaning & building service workers............ 40.0 475 8.5 465 2,080 24,720 24,170 Maids and housemen.......................................... 39.1 294 3.1 292 2,035 15,300 15,184 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 39.9 363 3.5 338 2,053 18,673 17,514 Personal service occupations.................................. 36.2 476 6.3 408 1,798 23,624 20,280 Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 40.0 389 7.0 366 2,010 19,555 18,720 1 Earnings are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 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. 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, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group and levels(2), all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, December 1997 All workers (4) All industries Occupational group(3) and level All industries Private industry State and local Full-time workers Part-time workers government Mean RSE Mean RSE Mean RSE Mean RSE Mean RSE All occupations....................................................... $17.05 2.1% $16.15 2.6% $20.57 1.9% $17.84 2.2% $11.11 3.2% All occupations excluding sales..................................... 17.29 2.1 16.36 2.7 20.58 1.9 18.01 2.2 11.58 3.5 White-collar occupations............................................ 19.87 2.6 19.15 3.5 22.03 2.3 20.54 2.8 14.02 3.7 Level 1................................................... 7.06 6.6 7.04 7.0 - - 8.07 8.1 6.20 4.2 Level 2................................................... 9.01 4.8 8.97 5.1 9.90 4.0 9.67 5.4 7.49 5.0 Level 3................................................... 9.78 2.0 9.48 2.4 11.12 2.8 10.01 2.1 9.19 3.2 Level 4................................................... 12.32 1.7 12.24 2.0 12.83 1.8 12.48 1.9 11.04 2.8 Level 5................................................... 14.04 2.1 14.22 2.5 13.54 2.7 14.11 2.2 13.22 3.8 Level 6................................................... 15.47 1.7 15.36 1.8 16.27 2.5 15.40 1.7 16.22 5.1 Level 7................................................... 17.38 2.0 17.16 2.3 18.19 4.2 17.45 2.1 15.65 5.6 Level 8................................................... 21.27 2.3 20.47 2.7 23.52 3.4 21.25 2.5 21.48 3.0 Level 9................................................... 23.61 1.4 22.87 1.8 24.66 2.2 23.74 1.5 22.07 3.4 Level 10.................................................. 25.04 2.9 24.70 3.4 25.54 5.3 24.83 3.2 27.34 5.3 Level 11.................................................. 27.97 2.7 28.56 3.4 26.84 3.9 27.95 2.8 - - Level 12.................................................. 33.82 1.6 33.81 1.8 33.91 3.7 33.67 1.6 - - Level 13.................................................. 45.99 10.7 48.27 14.8 41.24 2.4 45.60 11.1 - - Level 14.................................................. 48.16 3.6 52.25 4.1 43.39 4.9 48.74 3.7 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... - - - - - - - - 15.02 19.9 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 20.71 2.7 20.17 3.8 22.06 2.3 21.20 2.9 15.86 3.2 Level 1................................................... 7.10 8.1 6.93 9.0 - - - - 6.72 8.2 Level 2................................................... 9.68 4.6 9.66 4.9 9.90 4.0 10.09 5.5 8.41 3.0 Level 3................................................... 10.27 1.6 9.98 1.9 11.13 2.9 10.35 2.0 10.00 1.8 Level 4................................................... 12.33 2.0 12.22 2.4 12.83 1.8 12.43 2.2 11.60 2.3 Level 5................................................... 13.93 2.3 14.11 2.9 13.50 2.6 13.98 2.4 13.41 3.9 Level 6................................................... 15.65 1.8 15.54 2.1 16.27 2.5 15.60 1.9 16.17 5.4 Level 7................................................... 17.34 2.0 17.07 2.3 18.19 4.2 17.42 2.1 15.65 5.6 Level 8................................................... 21.42 2.0 20.58 2.2 23.52 3.4 21.41 2.2 21.48 3.0 Level 9................................................... 23.54 1.4 22.73 1.8 24.66 2.2 23.67 1.4 22.07 3.4 Level 10.................................................. 24.78 2.9 24.19 3.3 25.54 5.3 24.52 3.2 27.34 5.3 Level 11.................................................. 27.94 2.9 28.58 3.7 26.84 3.9 27.93 2.9 - - Level 12.................................................. 33.86 1.6 33.85 1.8 33.91 3.7 33.70 1.6 - - Level 13.................................................. 41.48 4.5 41.60 6.7 41.24 2.4 40.92 4.5 - - Level 14.................................................. 48.16 3.6 52.25 4.1 43.39 4.9 48.74 3.7 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... - - - - - - - - 15.18 19.6 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 24.21 4.4 23.91 6.8 24.75 1.9 24.53 4.7 21.16 2.9 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 25.42 5.1 25.02 8.3 26.05 1.9 25.70 5.5 22.65 3.3 Level 5................................................... 15.02 6.5 15.11 6.9 - - 15.47 6.3 9.96 5.8 Level 6................................................... 15.87 4.0 15.95 4.2 - - 16.15 4.4 13.69 4.4 Level 7................................................... 19.30 3.2 18.72 3.9 20.96 6.9 19.80 3.2 14.45 8.4 Level 8................................................... 22.51 2.5 20.97 2.8 25.70 2.9 22.58 2.8 21.99 3.6 Level 9................................................... 23.97 1.6 22.76 2.3 25.20 2.4 24.20 1.7 22.07 3.5 Level 10.................................................. 24.44 3.9 23.24 5.5 25.23 5.7 23.98 4.4 27.85 6.1 Level 11.................................................. 26.62 2.6 26.69 2.8 26.51 5.1 26.58 2.6 - - Level 12.................................................. $33.22 2.3% $34.26 2.7% - - $32.68 2.2% - - Level 13.................................................. 38.23 5.3 37.83 6.4 - - 37.07 4.4 - - Level 14.................................................. 42.14 3.1 - - - - 42.40 3.4 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 95.41 49.1 - - - - 100.21 48.9 - - Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - - - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 24.38 3.0 24.46 3.5 $23.97 4.1% 24.38 3.0 - - Level 7................................................... 20.90 4.4 21.32 5.8 - - 20.90 4.4 - - Level 8................................................... 23.80 3.6 - - - - 23.80 3.6 - - Level 9................................................... 24.66 2.8 24.85 3.0 22.57 4.6 24.66 2.8 - - Level 11.................................................. 25.75 3.2 27.08 2.2 - - 25.75 3.2 - - Level 12.................................................. 31.41 4.4 - - - - 31.41 4.4 - - Natural scientists............................................ 24.15 4.9 27.75 6.0 - - 24.15 4.9 - - Health related occupations.................................... 22.98 2.5 22.71 3.3 23.51 3.7 22.91 3.0 $23.16 3.7% Level 7................................................... 16.38 5.5 16.11 6.0 - - 17.30 4.5 - - Level 8................................................... 22.49 3.3 22.38 3.7 - - 22.14 4.8 23.07 2.2 Level 9................................................... 22.43 1.9 22.06 2.8 23.02 2.6 22.10 2.4 23.40 3.0 Level 10.................................................. 21.28 6.3 23.40 2.1 - - 20.48 6.6 - - Level 11.................................................. 29.74 3.1 - - - - - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 32.01 5.1 25.90 4.1 - - 32.21 6.1 31.31 9.1 Level 9................................................... 24.20 1.2 - - - - - - - - Level 11.................................................. 26.80 3.6 26.80 3.6 - - 26.90 3.6 - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.34 4.5 11.70 11.9 27.86 1.4 25.86 4.8 17.63 9.4 Level 5................................................... 8.95 5.9 8.58 4.2 - - - - 9.51 8.6 Level 6................................................... 12.57 2.9 12.39 3.2 - - - - 12.71 5.3 Level 7................................................... 24.20 6.8 16.81 10.3 - - 24.20 6.8 - - Level 8................................................... 27.37 2.5 14.17 10.4 28.06 2.2 28.00 2.6 - - Level 9................................................... 27.88 1.5 21.61 8.2 28.02 1.5 28.07 1.5 22.85 5.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 23.83 9.8 - - 23.83 9.8 22.95 9.7 - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 18.69 12.7 - - 24.86 7.7 18.28 11.2 - - Level 9................................................... 17.66 7.5 - - - - 18.50 8.3 - - Level 10.................................................. 20.73 8.4 - - - - 20.73 8.4 - - Social, religious, and recreation workers..................... 17.26 3.5 13.82 6.3 18.68 2.1 17.19 4.2 17.55 3.3 Level 8................................................... 16.17 7.0 - - - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ 29.55 7.1 28.97 8.7 31.26 6.8 29.55 7.1 - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... - - - - - - - - - - Level 8................................................... 20.92 7.5 20.92 7.5 - - 20.92 7.5 - - Level 9................................................... 19.98 6.7 - - - - 19.98 6.7 - - Technical occupations........................................... 19.25 3.7 20.07 4.7 17.00 3.7 19.66 4.1 15.56 4.5 Level 4................................................... 12.93 3.1 12.88 3.5 - - 12.75 3.2 13.27 4.3 Level 5................................................... 14.84 3.2 14.94 4.3 14.59 1.6 15.10 3.5 13.07 2.0 Level 6................................................... 16.78 3.9 17.19 5.7 - - 16.46 3.0 17.70 9.2 Level 7................................................... 16.40 3.1 16.40 3.9 16.40 5.2 16.40 3.2 - - Level 8................................................... 21.37 3.5 21.33 4.4 - - 21.44 3.7 - - Level 9................................................... 22.68 11.1 23.29 14.5 - - 22.75 11.4 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. $27.40 2.7% $27.18 2.8% $28.19 7.0% $27.46 2.7% $22.25 12.2% Level 5................................................... 11.42 11.9 11.42 11.9 - - 11.25 13.2 - - Level 6................................................... 14.71 6.9 14.71 6.9 - - 14.71 6.9 - - Level 7................................................... 16.50 3.0 15.90 3.1 19.20 2.8 16.47 3.1 - - Level 8................................................... 18.73 2.7 18.88 3.1 18.20 5.7 18.71 2.8 - - Level 9................................................... 22.46 2.3 22.64 2.4 21.82 5.3 22.45 2.3 - - Level 10.................................................. 27.49 2.7 27.17 3.5 - - 27.42 2.8 - - Level 11.................................................. 27.32 3.1 27.36 3.0 27.25 6.4 27.32 3.1 - - Level 12.................................................. 33.95 2.0 33.49 2.1 37.96 3.0 33.95 2.0 - - Level 13.................................................. 41.48 4.8 41.30 8.8 - - 41.24 5.0 - - Level 14.................................................. 55.22 3.0 56.13 3.6 - - 55.22 3.0 - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 30.70 3.3 29.84 3.5 35.11 9.1 30.77 3.4 - - Level 6................................................... 14.69 10.7 14.69 10.7 - - 14.69 10.7 - - Level 7................................................... 15.42 4.1 15.42 4.1 - - 15.42 4.1 - - Level 8................................................... 19.03 4.4 19.03 4.4 - - 18.99 4.6 - - Level 9................................................... 24.12 3.0 24.25 3.0 23.60 7.9 24.12 3.0 - - Level 10.................................................. 27.62 3.8 27.62 3.8 - - 27.53 4.0 - - Level 11.................................................. 29.21 3.1 28.30 3.7 32.06 4.0 29.21 3.1 - - Level 12.................................................. 34.12 2.0 33.65 2.2 37.96 3.0 34.12 2.0 - - Level 13.................................................. 41.48 4.8 41.30 8.8 - - 41.24 5.0 - - Level 14.................................................. 55.30 2.7 56.52 2.9 - - 55.30 2.7 - - Management related occupations................................ 21.44 2.6 21.27 3.5 21.79 3.8 21.45 2.7 - - Level 5................................................... 13.68 4.2 13.68 4.2 - - 13.68 4.2 - - Level 6................................................... 14.72 9.0 14.72 9.0 - - 14.72 9.0 - - Level 7................................................... 17.02 2.9 16.22 3.2 19.20 2.8 16.99 3.0 - - Level 8................................................... 18.44 3.1 18.61 3.4 18.20 5.7 18.44 3.1 - - Level 9................................................... 20.55 2.5 20.62 2.6 20.33 5.6 20.52 2.4 - - Level 11.................................................. 25.18 3.7 25.60 4.2 - - 25.18 3.7 - - Sales occupations................................................. 14.03 7.0 14.04 7.0 - - 15.45 7.3 7.26 4.5 Level 1................................................... 7.05 8.1 7.07 8.2 - - - - 6.05 5.1 Level 2................................................... 6.11 3.2 6.11 3.2 - - - - 5.81 3.4 Level 3................................................... 8.56 6.4 8.54 6.5 - - 8.90 7.0 8.03 6.3 Level 4................................................... 12.29 3.1 12.29 3.1 - - 12.62 3.0 7.92 3.0 Level 5................................................... 14.86 4.9 14.81 5.0 - - 15.05 4.8 - - Level 6................................................... 14.61 3.2 14.61 3.2 - - 14.55 3.3 - - Level 7................................................... 17.66 5.7 17.66 5.7 - - 17.66 5.7 - - Level 8................................................... 19.59 15.5 19.59 15.5 - - 19.59 15.5 - - Level 9................................................... 28.99 18.1 28.99 18.1 - - 28.99 18.1 - - Level 11.................................................. 28.39 4.2 28.39 4.2 - - 28.39 4.2 - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 12.42 1.3 12.27 1.6 12.95 1.7 12.68 1.4 10.75 2.4 Level 1................................................... 7.10 8.1 6.93 9.0 - - - - 6.72 8.2 Level 2................................................... 9.68 4.6 9.66 4.9 9.90 4.0 10.09 5.5 8.41 3.0 Level 3................................................... 10.26 1.6 9.97 2.0 11.09 2.9 10.33 2.1 10.00 1.8 Level 4................................................... 12.42 1.9 12.32 2.3 12.81 1.8 12.54 2.1 11.43 2.5 Level 5................................................... 13.42 2.6 13.52 3.7 13.26 2.9 13.29 2.7 15.19 6.1 Level 6................................................... $15.29 2.5% $15.01 2.7% $16.84 4.2% $15.25 2.6% - - Level 7................................................... 16.94 3.5 16.99 4.2 16.72 4.2 16.93 3.6 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 10.55 3.7 - - - - - - - - Blue-collar occupations............................................... 14.89 1.9 14.66 2.1 17.18 2.1 15.39 2.0 $8.70 4.2% Level 1................................................... 7.57 5.2 7.57 5.2 - - 8.32 6.7 6.09 3.0 Level 2................................................... 8.99 4.4 8.97 4.4 - - 9.37 4.8 7.13 3.5 Level 3................................................... 12.50 4.4 12.31 5.0 14.01 2.5 12.73 4.7 10.10 4.8 Level 4................................................... 13.50 2.2 13.31 2.4 14.87 3.9 13.61 2.3 12.08 2.3 Level 5................................................... 14.49 3.2 13.96 3.9 16.90 2.6 14.50 3.4 14.33 3.1 Level 6................................................... 17.32 2.6 17.15 2.9 18.46 2.0 17.32 2.6 - - Level 7................................................... 20.23 1.9 20.18 2.1 20.74 2.9 20.23 1.9 - - Level 8................................................... 23.34 3.5 23.34 3.5 - - 23.34 3.5 - - Level 9................................................... 24.53 4.8 24.46 5.0 - - 24.53 4.8 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.30 9.2 12.67 9.6 - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 17.90 2.8 17.75 3.0 19.51 2.8 17.94 2.8 - - Level 3................................................... 11.84 6.7 11.34 6.7 - - 11.84 6.7 - - Level 4................................................... 13.88 3.6 13.88 3.7 - - 13.88 3.6 - - Level 5................................................... 13.49 4.3 13.11 4.3 - - 13.49 4.3 - - Level 6................................................... 17.84 3.4 17.80 3.9 18.10 2.8 17.84 3.4 - - Level 7................................................... 20.12 2.5 20.04 2.8 20.84 3.2 20.12 2.5 - - Level 8................................................... 23.21 3.8 23.21 3.8 - - 23.21 3.8 - - Level 9................................................... 23.78 5.7 23.78 5.7 - - 23.78 5.7 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.78 3.9 12.78 3.9 - - 12.86 3.9 8.08 11.5 Level 1................................................... 8.43 8.4 8.43 8.4 - - 8.44 8.4 - - Level 2................................................... 8.89 5.2 8.89 5.2 - - 8.97 5.2 - - Level 3................................................... 11.16 4.5 11.16 4.5 - - 11.33 4.9 - - Level 4................................................... 12.84 4.6 12.84 4.6 - - 12.84 4.6 - - Level 5................................................... 12.57 3.3 12.57 3.3 - - 12.59 3.4 - - Level 6................................................... 14.32 2.5 14.32 2.5 - - 14.32 2.5 - - Level 7................................................... 20.44 3.5 20.44 3.5 - - 20.44 3.5 - - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 15.36 3.9 14.99 5.0 16.60 2.9 15.97 3.8 11.23 7.2 Level 2................................................... 7.66 7.6 7.66 7.6 - - 8.39 7.8 - - Level 3................................................... 14.39 7.4 14.63 8.1 12.83 1.2 14.74 7.7 11.72 6.9 Level 4................................................... 13.15 4.9 12.53 5.5 14.65 5.5 13.39 6.1 12.29 2.0 Level 5................................................... 16.51 5.4 16.22 8.5 16.98 3.1 16.73 6.0 14.69 2.8 Level 6................................................... 19.12 4.5 19.17 6.2 - - 19.12 4.5 - - Level 7................................................... 21.18 3.7 21.15 4.1 - - 21.18 3.7 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............. 10.76 2.9 10.45 3.2 14.27 2.4 11.85 3.4 7.02 2.8 Level 1................................................... 6.89 3.2 6.89 3.2 - - 7.83 6.3 6.10 3.1 Level 2................................................... 8.57 7.3 8.51 7.5 - - 9.00 9.0 7.40 3.9 Level 3................................................... 12.12 6.1 11.71 7.4 13.91 3.3 12.52 6.5 8.99 7.6 Level 4................................................... 13.95 3.5 13.62 3.9 - - 14.06 3.5 - - Level 5................................................... 14.03 3.6 13.91 3.7 - - 14.10 3.7 - - Service occupations................................................. $10.37 3.4% $8.61 3.1% $16.81 3.6% $11.17 4.1% $7.75 4.4% Level 1................................................... 7.23 4.1 6.92 3.7 11.25 5.5 7.80 3.2 6.03 3.4 Level 2................................................... 7.27 2.6 7.08 2.4 10.82 2.8 7.45 3.1 6.81 2.3 Level 3................................................... 8.34 3.5 7.88 3.2 10.79 2.2 8.83 3.6 7.26 6.0 Level 4................................................... 9.74 9.9 9.53 10.7 11.76 2.3 9.93 12.0 8.81 6.6 Level 5................................................... 14.24 6.6 13.41 10.3 15.33 6.0 14.97 6.2 10.29 5.2 Level 6................................................... 15.28 7.0 12.21 10.5 17.68 9.1 15.75 7.7 - - Level 7................................................... 20.71 3.4 - - 21.82 1.8 20.51 3.5 - - Level 8................................................... 24.13 2.9 - - - - 24.13 2.9 - - Level 9................................................... 24.38 8.0 - - 27.98 4.5 24.38 8.0 - - Protective service occupations.............................. 14.39 12.9 8.00 13.7 20.52 4.1 14.72 13.7 11.22 17.8 Level 3................................................... 9.16 5.4 8.82 5.2 - - - - - - Level 5................................................... 15.33 7.2 - - 15.71 7.5 16.32 6.6 - - Level 6................................................... 19.45 6.2 - - - - 19.45 6.2 - - Level 7................................................... 22.04 1.7 - - 22.04 1.7 21.87 1.8 - - Level 9................................................... 26.71 5.4 - - 27.98 4.5 26.71 5.4 - - Food service occupations..................................... 7.82 3.4 7.67 3.6 10.22 3.8 8.89 4.5 6.47 3.7 Level 1................................................... 6.00 3.1 5.99 3.1 - - 6.43 2.9 5.80 2.2 Level 2................................................... 6.96 2.4 6.85 2.4 9.43 4.3 7.13 3.7 6.81 2.7 Level 3................................................... 6.77 4.9 6.52 4.9 9.26 3.3 7.20 6.2 6.34 6.8 Level 4................................................... 9.40 6.9 9.32 7.3 - - 10.21 4.8 7.29 15.1 Level 5................................................... 10.30 5.6 10.00 5.6 - - 10.48 5.8 - - Health service occupations.................................. 9.47 3.0 9.05 3.0 12.40 3.3 9.53 3.3 9.13 2.6 Level 2................................................... 7.83 9.7 7.47 9.3 - - 7.91 9.9 - - Level 3................................................... 8.99 2.3 8.95 2.3 - - 8.97 2.8 9.07 2.5 Level 4................................................... 10.42 2.6 10.12 2.4 - - 10.41 2.9 10.44 2.6 Level 5................................................... 11.46 10.1 9.62 10.9 - - 11.59 10.8 - - Cleaning and building service occupations................... 9.09 2.7 8.43 2.2 11.62 1.8 9.12 2.8 8.74 3.3 Level 1................................................... 8.14 3.6 7.68 1.4 11.35 5.3 8.14 3.8 8.09 6.7 Level 2................................................... 8.08 3.5 7.75 3.7 - - 8.04 3.6 8.75 7.9 Level 3................................................... 10.11 4.3 9.27 4.3 11.49 2.5 10.26 4.3 8.97 3.1 Level 4................................................... 11.31 2.1 10.81 2.2 11.97 2.0 11.32 2.2 - - Personal service occupations................................ 11.39 6.6 11.33 7.2 11.99 4.9 13.14 8.7 8.60 5.5 Level 1................................................... 5.66 1.9 5.66 1.9 - - - - - - Level 2................................................... 6.69 4.1 6.68 4.1 - - - - 6.44 1.3 Level 3................................................... 8.44 5.0 8.16 6.2 - - - - 8.49 6.6 Level 4................................................... 11.82 13.8 11.89 14.7 - - 14.12 17.2 - - Level 5................................................... 17.87 18.0 17.87 18.0 - - - - 9.45 6.2 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations and levels(2), all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, December 1997 All workers(4) All industries Occupation(3) and level All industries Private industry State and local Full-time workers Part-time workers government Mean RSE Mean RSE Mean RSE Mean RSE Mean RSE White-collar occupations: Professional specialty and technical occupations: Professional specialty occupations: Electrical and electronic engineers......................... $29.17 9.8% $29.17 9.8% - - $29.17 9.8% - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 24.83 3.3 25.01 3.9 $23.97 4.1% 24.83 3.3 - - Level 7................................................... 21.26 4.6 21.92 6.1 - - 21.26 4.6 - - Level 8................................................... 23.80 3.6 - - - - 23.80 3.6 - - Level 9................................................... 24.90 3.2 - - 22.57 4.6 24.90 3.2 - - Level 11.................................................. 25.75 3.2 27.08 2.2 - - 25.75 3.2 - - Level 12.................................................. 31.41 4.4 - - - - 31.41 4.4 - - Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 20.52 5.0 20.52 5.0 - - 20.52 5.0 - - Medical scientists.......................................... 27.84 6.4 27.84 6.4 - - 27.84 6.4 - - Physicians.................................................. 39.46 31.9 - - - - - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 23.01 1.5 22.49 1.9 24.27 1.6 22.76 2.1 $23.45 1.3% Level 7................................................... 17.95 2.9 - - - - - - - - Level 8................................................... 23.07 2.3 23.06 2.6 - - 23.10 2.9 23.02 2.3 Level 9................................................... 23.37 1.6 22.80 2.2 24.33 1.6 23.01 2.2 23.99 1.2 Pharmacists................................................. 29.51 3.1 28.39 1.6 - - 29.72 3.0 - - Occupational therapists..................................... 21.53 11.3 - - - - - - - - Physical therapists......................................... 20.78 1.2 - - - - 20.78 1.2 - - Therapists, N.E.C........................................... 14.36 4.7 13.93 4.2 - - 14.62 5.1 - - Level 9................................................... 15.85 3.7 - - - - - - - - Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 12.03 17.1 8.87 3.1 - - 11.80 17.0 - - Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.09 1.7 17.07 9.5 28.38 1.7 28.12 1.7 - - Level 7................................................... 24.40 7.6 - - - - 24.40 7.6 - - Level 8................................................... 26.89 4.0 - - - - 26.89 4.0 - - Level 9................................................... 28.42 1.9 - - 28.40 1.9 28.46 1.9 - - Secondary school teachers................................... 27.79 1.4 18.86 7.9 28.32 1.3 28.02 1.3 22.58 3.4 Level 8................................................... 28.71 2.5 - - 29.42 2.2 28.71 2.5 - - Level 9................................................... 27.90 1.5 - - 27.91 1.5 28.18 1.5 - - Teachers, special education................................. 27.48 2.9 - - 27.48 2.9 27.27 2.8 - - Level 9................................................... 26.41 2.4 - - 26.41 2.4 26.41 2.4 - - Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 26.19 5.5 16.74 17.6 29.09 1.8 27.32 3.9 - - Level 9................................................... 28.37 2.2 - - 28.95 2.0 28.75 2.1 - - Substitute teachers......................................... 11.67 4.9 - - 11.88 5.5 - - 11.44 4.5 Level 6................................................... 12.56 6.7 - - - - - - 12.56 6.7 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 22.81 11.9 12.92 4.2 - - 24.61 10.8 - - Librarians.................................................. 27.07 5.7 - - 27.07 5.7 - - - - Urban planners.............................................. 25.08 4.2 - - 25.08 4.2 25.08 4.2 - - Social workers.............................................. 17.11 3.6 13.82 6.3 18.52 1.7 17.00 4.4 17.55 3.3 Level 8................................................... 15.64 6.7 - - - - - - - - Lawyers..................................................... 28.83 6.7 28.97 8.7 28.37 4.4 28.83 6.7 - - Designers................................................... 19.27 5.0 19.27 5.0 - - 19.27 5.0 - - Technical occupations: Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.63 5.0 - - 18.64 5.9 17.66 5.4 - - Radiological technicians.................................... $16.78 3.3% $17.82 4.0% - - - - $16.39 2.6% Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.25 1.5 14.01 1.8 $14.84 1.9% $14.46 1.6% 13.86 2.9 Level 5................................................... 13.89 1.7 13.66 2.2 - - 14.24 1.6 13.01 2.2 Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 15.27 4.9 16.39 10.2 - - 15.33 6.0 - - Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 18.68 4.6 18.68 4.6 - - 18.92 4.5 - - Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 17.77 7.6 - - - - 17.77 7.6 - - Drafters.................................................... 16.20 9.3 16.20 9.3 - - 15.37 6.2 - - Computer programmers........................................ 19.86 12.1 19.31 12.7 - - 19.86 12.1 - - Legal assistants............................................ 17.13 3.4 17.19 3.8 - - 17.13 3.4 - - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 18.63 6.4 17.69 8.9 20.29 5.4 18.51 6.8 - - Level 8................................................... 20.47 6.7 - - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations: Financial managers.......................................... 25.20 5.2 25.20 5.2 - - 25.38 5.3 - - Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 30.14 4.7 29.24 4.7 - - 30.14 4.7 - - Purchasing managers......................................... 32.71 7.3 - - - - 32.71 7.3 - - Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations...... 29.30 14.3 29.30 14.3 - - 29.30 14.3 - - Administrators, education and related fields................ 32.71 3.8 21.71 13.0 35.89 2.6 32.71 3.8 - - Level 11.................................................. 33.65 4.2 - - 34.24 4.3 33.65 4.2 - - Level 12.................................................. 37.04 3.1 - - 37.50 3.3 37.04 3.1 - - Managers, medicine and health............................... 26.21 7.4 26.21 7.4 - - 26.21 7.4 - - Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 18.69 10.7 17.40 9.4 - - 18.69 10.7 - - Managers, service organizations, N.E.C...................... 18.58 14.5 18.58 14.5 - - 18.58 14.5 - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 33.24 3.8 33.15 3.9 - - 33.25 3.8 - - Level 8................................................... 19.02 6.4 19.02 6.4 - - 19.02 6.4 - - Level 9................................................... 25.63 2.5 25.59 2.6 - - 25.63 2.5 - - Level 10.................................................. 28.97 3.5 28.97 3.5 - - - - - - Level 11.................................................. 29.35 4.5 29.35 4.6 - - 29.35 4.5 - - Level 12.................................................. 34.34 2.8 34.10 2.9 - - 34.34 2.8 - - Level 13.................................................. 47.74 8.6 47.74 8.6 - - 47.74 8.6 - - Level 14.................................................. 57.90 2.0 57.90 2.0 - - 57.90 2.0 - - Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.01 7.0 20.20 9.3 - - 19.96 7.1 - - Level 7................................................... 16.02 4.5 - - - - 16.02 4.5 - - Level 9................................................... 19.53 2.3 19.51 2.3 - - 19.41 2.2 - - Other financial officers.................................... 22.31 9.3 22.72 9.8 - - 22.31 9.3 - - Level 9................................................... 20.23 6.6 20.23 6.6 - - 20.23 6.6 - - Management analysts......................................... 22.14 4.5 20.41 2.8 - - 22.14 4.5 - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.00 6.2 22.52 7.3 - - 24.36 6.1 - - Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 24.54 3.0 - - - - 24.54 3.0 - - Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 20.49 3.3 20.96 3.1 - - 20.49 3.3 - - Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 20.83 6.5 20.76 8.2 21.01 9.8 20.81 6.9 - - Level 7................................................... 15.90 4.4 15.38 4.5 - - 15.67 4.6 - - Level 8................................................... 16.92 3.8 - - - - 16.92 3.8 - - Sales occupations: Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 17.16 8.7 17.16 8.8 - - 17.16 8.7 - - Level 4................................................... 10.24 5.9 10.24 5.9 - - 10.24 5.9 - - Sales occupations, other business services.................. $15.73 9.8% $15.73 9.8% - - $16.39 11.0% - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 18.97 15.7 18.97 15.7 - - 18.97 15.7 - - Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 17.10 5.1 17.10 5.1 - - 17.10 5.1 - - Level 7................................................... 17.13 5.8 17.13 5.8 - - 17.13 5.8 - - Sales workers, parts........................................ 16.49 4.0 16.49 4.0 - - 16.49 4.0 - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.46 9.7 9.46 9.7 - - 10.48 9.6 $6.94 10.8% Level 3................................................... 8.37 14.6 8.37 14.6 - - 8.70 13.0 - - Level 4................................................... 8.99 7.5 8.99 7.5 - - 9.41 7.2 - - Cashiers.................................................... 10.69 5.0 10.72 5.1 - - 12.10 4.0 7.21 5.2 Level 2................................................... 6.17 3.9 6.17 3.9 - - - - - - Level 3................................................... 8.60 4.5 8.55 4.6 - - 8.87 9.0 8.48 4.1 Level 4................................................... 13.76 1.6 13.76 1.6 - - 13.81 1.6 - - Sales support occupations, N.E.C............................ - - - - - - 12.31 6.1 - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical: Supervisors, general office................................. 17.37 5.3 16.66 6.0 - - 17.46 5.5 - - Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 17.08 5.2 17.08 5.2 - - 17.08 5.2 - - Secretaries................................................. 13.76 2.7 13.80 3.7 $13.68 3.6% 13.96 2.8 12.45 4.9 Level 3................................................... 9.98 4.1 - - - - - - - - Level 4................................................... 12.87 4.4 12.78 6.8 13.01 2.9 13.08 4.7 11.21 5.3 Level 5................................................... 12.88 2.0 12.61 2.6 13.41 1.6 12.81 2.2 - - Level 6................................................... 17.09 2.7 16.52 4.6 - - 17.06 3.1 - - Level 7................................................... 16.67 5.2 17.03 5.9 - - 16.57 5.4 - - Stenographers............................................... 12.18 3.7 - - - - - - - - Typists..................................................... 12.33 3.5 - - - - - - - - Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 12.72 6.1 12.51 6.1 - - 12.15 5.6 15.16 15.7 Level 4................................................... 11.96 9.9 11.48 9.5 - - - - - - Receptionists............................................... 9.42 3.3 9.29 3.4 - - 10.10 2.6 7.57 6.9 Level 3................................................... 9.58 2.6 9.56 2.6 - - 9.62 2.6 - - Level 4................................................... 10.79 3.6 10.45 3.5 - - 10.79 3.6 - - Information clerks, N.E.C................................... 10.71 4.7 10.06 3.6 - - 10.77 5.2 - - Order clerks................................................ 11.03 4.6 11.03 4.6 - - 11.11 4.9 - - Level 2................................................... 8.68 2.3 8.68 2.3 - - - - - - Level 4................................................... 11.45 8.1 11.45 8.1 - - 11.45 8.1 - - Level 5................................................... 13.29 3.2 13.29 3.2 - - 13.29 3.2 - - Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping............... 13.97 4.9 13.29 5.2 - - 13.76 5.3 - - Library clerks.............................................. 10.75 6.4 11.39 6.9 10.66 7.1 - - 9.67 7.0 File clerks................................................. 9.20 5.0 9.08 5.3 - - 9.06 4.8 - - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 12.43 3.7 12.33 4.8 12.68 5.1 12.55 3.8 - - Level 4................................................... 11.86 7.5 - - - - 11.89 7.7 - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.96 3.0 11.69 3.2 14.32 5.0 12.06 3.0 - - Level 3................................................... 9.56 4.7 9.56 4.7 - - 9.59 4.9 - - Level 4................................................... 11.99 2.7 11.82 2.8 - - 11.99 2.7 - - Level 5................................................... 14.14 3.8 13.46 3.3 - - 14.14 3.8 - - Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 14.40 3.8 - - - - 14.41 3.9 - - Billing clerks.............................................. 12.63 5.4 11.86 5.6 - - 12.66 5.5 - - Level 4................................................... $11.64 5.2% $11.64 5.2% - - - - - - Dispatchers................................................. 13.43 4.5 - - - - - - - - Production coordinators..................................... 19.13 15.3 19.13 15.3 - - $19.13 15.3% - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.53 5.2 10.53 5.2 - - 10.82 3.9 - - Level 3................................................... 9.95 5.3 9.95 5.3 - - 9.95 5.3 - - Level 4................................................... 12.44 9.1 12.44 9.1 - - - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 14.81 6.5 14.86 7.2 $14.39 8.3% 14.92 6.7 - - Level 3................................................... 13.20 7.6 - - - - 13.20 7.6 - - Level 4................................................... 13.78 6.8 - - - - 14.06 7.5 - - Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C.................................................... 15.43 10.3 15.43 10.3 - - - - - - Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators............. 12.48 2.3 12.48 2.3 - - 12.57 2.3 - - Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 11.90 5.3 11.90 5.3 - - 11.90 5.3 - - Level 4................................................... 11.21 4.0 11.21 4.0 - - 11.21 4.0 - - General office clerks....................................... 12.39 3.0 12.26 3.9 12.62 4.8 12.75 3.5 $10.56 3.9% Level 2................................................... 8.35 4.1 8.08 3.4 - - - - 8.93 4.8 Level 3................................................... 10.79 5.3 11.36 12.7 10.46 2.6 11.38 8.1 9.39 2.3 Level 4................................................... 13.11 3.0 12.95 3.8 13.69 3.3 13.44 3.1 10.75 5.1 Level 5................................................... 13.47 4.4 12.08 6.2 14.35 4.1 13.01 4.5 - - Data entry keyers........................................... 10.74 5.8 10.74 5.8 - - 10.85 6.0 - - Level 3................................................... 10.14 8.9 10.14 8.9 - - 10.14 8.9 - - Level 4................................................... 11.53 10.9 11.53 10.9 - - - - - - Statistical clerks.......................................... 12.02 6.9 - - - - - - - - Teachers' aides............................................. 11.12 4.2 - - 11.12 4.2 - - 11.20 4.4 Level 3................................................... 10.08 1.8 - - 10.08 1.8 - - 10.12 1.8 Level 4................................................... 10.43 1.4 - - 10.43 1.4 - - 10.47 1.4 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 13.24 5.1 12.23 6.7 14.84 6.2 13.18 5.3 13.55 14.9 Level 4................................................... 12.15 5.2 11.25 6.2 - - 11.60 4.8 - - Level 5................................................... 14.03 9.5 - - - - - - - - Blue-collar occupations: Precision production, craft, and repair occupations: Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 22.21 5.8 22.12 6.2 - - 22.21 5.8 - - Level 9................................................... 23.43 7.8 23.43 7.8 - - 23.43 7.8 - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.38 6.3 18.33 6.5 - - 18.38 6.3 - - Level 7................................................... 16.95 2.4 16.81 2.4 - - 16.95 2.4 - - Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 19.79 1.8 19.88 2.0 - - 19.79 1.8 - - Level 7................................................... 19.90 1.5 20.03 1.6 - - 19.90 1.5 - - Aircraft engine mechanics................................... 18.80 5.3 18.80 5.3 - - 18.80 5.3 - - Level 7................................................... 18.95 5.3 18.95 5.3 - - 18.95 5.3 - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.77 8.1 18.77 8.1 - - 18.77 8.1 - - Level 7................................................... 21.18 6.5 21.18 6.5 - - 21.18 6.5 - - Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 16.70 12.2 - - - - 16.70 12.2 - - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 17.75 6.4 18.06 7.9 - - 17.75 6.4 - - Level 6................................................... $13.91 4.0% $13.91 4.0% - - $13.91 4.0% - - Level 7................................................... 19.40 6.9 19.93 7.3 - - 19.40 6.9 - - Carpenters.................................................. 21.57 4.3 21.79 4.2 - - 21.57 4.3 - - Level 7................................................... 22.77 2.5 22.77 2.5 - - 22.77 2.5 - - Electricians................................................ 24.09 5.9 - - - - 24.09 5.9 - - Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. 15.08 4.2 - - - - 15.08 4.2 - - Supervisors, production occupations......................... 20.02 9.3 20.02 9.3 - - 20.02 9.3 - - Level 7................................................... 16.81 3.7 16.81 3.7 - - 16.81 3.7 - - Machinists.................................................. 19.00 7.0 19.00 7.0 - - 19.00 7.0 - - Level 7................................................... 19.11 7.8 19.11 7.8 - - 19.11 7.8 - - Stationary engineers........................................ 16.78 3.1 17.10 3.5 - - 16.78 3.1 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors: Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 12.83 6.5 12.83 6.5 - - 12.83 6.5 - - Molding and casting machine operators....................... 10.68 4.9 10.68 4.9 - - 10.68 4.9 - - Printing press operators.................................... 14.14 6.5 14.14 6.5 - - 14.25 6.1 - - Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 14.89 7.9 14.89 7.9 - - 14.89 7.9 - - Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food.............. 11.58 10.7 11.58 10.7 - - 11.58 10.7 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 10.96 10.0 10.96 10.0 - - 10.96 10.0 - - Level 1................................................... 8.54 8.2 8.54 8.2 - - 8.54 8.2 - - Level 2................................................... 8.66 11.2 8.66 11.2 - - 8.66 11.2 - - Level 5................................................... 12.38 4.4 12.38 4.4 - - 12.38 4.4 - - Welders and cutters......................................... 14.93 5.1 14.93 5.1 - - 14.93 5.1 - - Assemblers.................................................. 11.99 4.9 11.99 4.9 - - 11.99 5.0 - - Level 2................................................... 10.17 7.6 10.17 7.6 - - 10.18 7.6 - - Level 4................................................... 13.14 8.2 13.14 8.2 - - 13.14 8.2 - - Level 5................................................... 13.00 10.4 13.00 10.4 - - 13.00 10.4 - - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 19.00 8.3 19.00 8.3 - - 19.00 8.3 - - Transportation and material moving occupations: Truck drivers............................................... 14.61 4.9 14.56 5.1 - - 14.70 5.0 $12.33 10.9% Level 3................................................... 14.63 12.6 - - - - 14.63 12.6 - - Level 4................................................... 12.82 7.8 12.63 8.0 - - 12.80 8.1 - - Level 5................................................... 14.81 5.0 14.81 5.0 - - 14.83 5.2 - - Level 6................................................... 18.60 5.7 18.62 6.2 - - 18.60 5.7 - - Bus drivers................................................. 14.56 4.2 - - $15.34 3.6% 15.68 5.3 13.03 3.4 Level 3................................................... 11.41 8.5 - - 12.74 0.9 - - - - Level 4................................................... 13.23 7.3 - - 14.06 8.2 - - - - Level 5................................................... 16.51 3.5 - - 16.51 3.5 - - 14.76 3.3 Parking lot attendants...................................... 6.69 5.2 6.61 5.0 - - - - - - Motor transportation occupations, N.E.C..................... 9.75 14.6 9.75 14.6 - - 10.54 15.1 - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 15.15 12.1 15.15 12.1 - - 15.15 12.1 - - Level 5................................................... 17.49 21.8 17.49 21.8 - - 17.49 21.8 - - Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C.... 19.01 8.2 19.44 9.8 17.42 4.4 19.15 8.2 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers: Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 11.10 7.6 9.99 9.4 - - 11.46 7.7 - - Construction laborers....................................... 16.53 5.8 - - - - 16.53 5.8 - - Production helpers.......................................... $9.41 10.4% $9.41 10.4% - - $9.41 10.4% - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.32 5.2 9.32 5.2 - - 11.48 5.5 - - Level 1................................................... 5.71 1.2 5.71 1.2 - - - - - - Level 2................................................... 9.21 12.7 9.21 12.7 - - 10.51 15.9 - - Level 3................................................... 10.81 7.1 10.81 7.1 - - - - - - Level 4................................................... 13.79 1.9 13.79 1.9 - - 13.79 1.9 - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 11.42 6.5 11.42 6.6 - - 13.39 6.4 $8.68 6.7% Level 2................................................... 8.15 8.0 8.15 8.0 - - - - 7.93 10.1 Level 3................................................... 11.60 10.3 11.60 10.3 - - - - - - Level 4................................................... 14.48 8.3 14.68 8.9 - - 15.43 8.1 - - Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 7.18 4.2 7.18 4.2 - - 7.65 5.6 6.38 0.7 Level 1................................................... 6.40 3.2 6.40 3.2 - - - - - - Level 2................................................... 6.97 3.3 6.97 3.3 - - - - - - Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.42 12.3 10.42 12.3 - - 10.69 12.9 - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 10.11 7.2 10.06 7.4 - - 10.49 7.6 7.03 7.7 Level 1................................................... 7.98 8.9 7.99 8.9 - - - - 6.43 7.3 Level 2................................................... 7.75 7.3 7.75 7.3 - - 7.66 7.4 - - Service occupations: Protective service occupations: Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 28.06 2.8 - - $28.06 2.8% 28.06 2.8 - - Firefighting occupations.................................... 21.12 2.9 - - 21.12 2.9 21.12 2.9 - - Police and detectives, public service....................... 22.59 2.1 - - 22.59 2.1 22.41 2.1 - - Level 7................................................... 22.62 2.1 - - 22.62 2.1 22.40 2.2 - - Correctional institution officers........................... 16.76 6.7 - - 16.76 6.7 16.76 6.7 - - Level 5................................................... 16.57 7.5 - - 16.57 7.5 16.57 7.5 - - Guards and police except public service..................... 7.91 14.6 7.80 14.6 - - 7.91 15.9 7.86 12.3 Level 3................................................... 9.47 9.3 - - - - - - - - Protective service occupations, N.E.C....................... 10.37 7.1 - - - - - - - - Food service occupations: Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 12.49 10.9 12.43 11.4 - - 12.71 10.9 - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.63 4.6 5.63 4.6 - - 5.64 5.0 5.61 6.9 Level 2................................................... 5.86 7.5 5.86 7.5 - - - - - - Level 3................................................... 5.23 2.3 5.23 2.3 - - 5.26 2.8 5.20 3.0 Cooks....................................................... 9.40 5.0 9.12 5.3 11.67 6.0 9.62 4.7 8.01 11.0 Level 3................................................... 7.68 4.2 7.68 4.2 - - - - - - Level 4................................................... 9.32 5.9 9.15 6.5 - - 9.54 5.1 - - Food counter, fountain, and related occupations............. 7.53 8.7 7.35 9.3 - - 8.06 9.2 - - Level 2................................................... 6.63 4.7 6.49 4.2 - - - - - - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.00 5.2 7.98 5.6 8.24 3.7 8.69 7.6 7.44 4.6 Level 2................................................... 7.05 2.3 6.99 2.1 - - - - - - Level 3................................................... 8.88 4.1 9.02 4.7 - - - - 8.05 5.6 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.02 4.5 6.02 4.5 - - - - 6.09 5.9 Level 1................................................... 5.60 2.2 5.60 2.2 - - - - - - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 7.25 7.2 6.96 7.0 9.90 2.0 8.30 6.4 6.46 6.9 Level 1................................................... $6.02 4.3% $6.02 4.3% - - - - - - Level 2................................................... 8.06 3.1 7.87 2.3 - - - - $8.01 5.0% Level 3................................................... 8.40 7.0 7.40 7.0 - - - - 8.64 6.5 Health service occupations: Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.51 2.9 10.27 3.0 - - $10.70 3.1% 9.14 4.1 Level 4................................................... 10.84 1.7 - - - - 10.88 1.8 - - Level 5................................................... 11.75 5.2 - - - - - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.19 3.5 8.73 3.3 $12.56 3.6% 9.20 3.8 9.13 3.0 Level 2................................................... 7.83 9.7 7.47 9.3 - - 7.91 9.9 - - Level 3................................................... 8.94 2.3 8.88 2.4 - - 8.85 2.8 9.21 2.5 Level 4................................................... 10.05 3.9 9.62 2.1 - - - - - - Cleaning and building service occupations: Supervisors, cleaning & building service workers............ 11.79 8.7 11.64 9.4 - - 11.88 8.5 - - Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.76 3.2 7.70 3.3 - - 7.52 3.5 - - Level 1................................................... 7.56 4.5 - - - - - - - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.06 3.3 8.22 2.3 11.59 1.8 9.09 3.5 8.39 4.8 Level 1................................................... 8.25 4.3 - - - - 8.27 4.6 - - Level 2................................................... 8.27 3.9 7.90 4.1 - - 8.23 4.1 8.75 7.9 Level 3................................................... 10.22 4.5 9.09 4.3 11.49 2.5 10.28 4.4 - - Level 4................................................... 11.55 2.9 - - 11.97 2.0 11.55 2.9 - - Personal service occupations: Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities............. 6.97 3.6 6.97 3.6 - - - - 6.76 6.0 Level 3................................................... 7.19 2.0 7.19 2.0 - - - - - - Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 10.28 12.0 - - - - - - - - Child care workers, N.E.C................................... 10.26 12.8 - - 11.42 6.5 - - 10.34 12.7 Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 9.61 6.5 9.61 6.5 - - 9.73 7.0 8.94 17.2 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Table C-1. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group and selected characteristics, all industries, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, December 1997 Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) Occupational group(2) 3) 3) 3) 3) Mean RSE All occupations....................................................... $17.84 $11.11 $18.86 $15.99 $17.04 $17.41 2.2% 3.2% 3.6% 2.2% 2.0% 12.6% All occupations excluding sales..................................... 18.01 11.58 19.19 16.12 17.31 15.94 2.2 3.5 3.7 2.2 2.1 12.6 White-collar occupations............................................ 20.54 14.02 21.57 19.12 19.87 19.86 2.8 3.7 6.0 2.2 2.6 16.9 White-collar excluding sales...................................... 21.20 15.86 22.58 19.84 20.67 29.09 2.9 3.2 6.3 2.0 2.7 21.6 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 24.53 21.16 26.50 22.21 24.21 - 4.7 2.9 8.0 2.4 4.4 - Professional specialty occupations.............................. 25.70 22.65 27.62 23.44 25.42 - 5.5 3.3 9.3 2.8 5.1 - Technical occupations........................................... 19.66 15.56 21.57 17.40 19.25 - 4.1 4.5 7.2 3.4 3.7 - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 27.46 22.25 21.35 27.83 27.31 - 2.7 12.2 5.9 2.7 2.7 - Sales occupations................................................. 15.45 7.26 12.01 14.64 12.60 18.73 7.3 4.5 4.6 8.8 4.8 19.1 Administrative support including clerical occupations............. 12.68 10.75 13.97 11.85 12.41 - 1.4 2.4 1.9 1.4 1.3 - Blue-collar occupations............................................. 15.39 8.70 17.20 12.38 14.84 16.26 2.0 4.2 2.4 2.4 2.0 12.1 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 17.94 - 18.60 16.76 17.74 22.48 2.8 - 3.4 3.0 2.9 9.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.86 8.08 17.28 10.29 12.89 - 3.9 11.5 4.8 3.2 3.9 - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 15.97 11.23 18.21 11.51 15.39 - 3.8 7.2 3.5 6.9 4.0 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............. 11.85 7.02 11.81 9.84 10.66 13.92 3.4 2.8 4.1 4.0 3.0 13.0 Service occupations................................................. 11.17 7.75 14.39 8.11 10.40 - 4.1 4.4 4.7 3.1 3.5 - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Table C-2. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group and industry division, private industry, all workers(2), Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, December 1997 All All private Goods-producing indust- pri- Goods-producing indust- industries ries(4) Service-producing industries(5) vate ries(4) Service-producing industries(5) indus- tries Trans- Fin- Trans- Fin- Occupational group(3) port- Whole- ance, port- Whole- ance, Con- Manu- ation sale in- Con- Manu- ation sale in- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and and sur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and and sur- Serv- tion turing public retail ance, ices tion turing public retail ance, ices Mean util- trade and RSE util- trade and ities real ities real estate estate Mean RSE All occupations....................................................... $16.15 $18.47 - $19.84 $18.33 $15.07 $17.34 $12.56 - $15.61 2.6% 2.3% - 5.8% 2.4% 3.9% 5.6% 4.2% - 7.5% All occupations excluding sales..................................... 16.36 18.46 - 19.85 18.31 15.29 17.49 12.57 - 15.75 2.7 2.3 - 5.9 2.4 4.2 5.1 5.1 - 7.7 White-collar occupations............................................ 19.15 21.90 - 20.97 21.94 18.18 18.26 14.94 - 19.90 3.5 2.8 - 8.9 2.9 4.8 6.8 5.4 - 8.6 White-collar excluding sales...................................... 20.17 22.05 - 21.16 22.09 19.38 18.65 18.52 - 20.47 3.8 2.8 - 10.0 2.8 5.4 5.9 6.3 - 8.9 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 23.91 - - 19.29 - 24.17 35.20 20.26 - 23.87 6.8 - - 5.1 - 10.7 25.9 9.6 - 13.5 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 25.02 - - - - 25.44 - 23.72 - 25.72 8.3 - - - - 13.3 - 6.9 - 15.6 Technical occupations........................................... 20.07 19.61 - - 19.75 20.28 - - - 16.52 4.7 4.1 - - 4.3 6.6 - - - 5.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 27.18 29.23 - - 28.94 26.33 22.56 32.82 - 26.11 2.8 4.9 - - 5.0 3.4 8.2 9.3 - 3.6 Sales occupations................................................. 14.04 19.23 - - 19.18 13.56 - 12.55 - 12.21 7.0 12.4 - - 13.6 7.7 - 5.0 - 17.3 Administrative support, including clerical occupations............ 12.27 14.13 - - 14.14 11.75 13.35 11.04 - 11.15 1.6 3.3 - - 3.4 1.8 4.5 3.3 - 3.0 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 14.66 15.63 - 19.62 14.93 13.29 15.61 12.14 - 12.59 2.1 2.7 - 6.9 2.5 3.1 6.6 3.8 - 10.9 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 17.75 18.51 - 20.96 17.79 16.42 15.46 16.75 - 16.81 3.0 3.3 - 8.4 2.7 5.3 13.7 3.5 - 7.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.78 13.18 - - 13.18 7.91 - - - 8.03 3.9 3.8 - - 3.8 3.8 - - - 9.3 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 14.99 16.58 - - 16.24 14.29 16.67 11.00 - 15.10 5.0 4.3 - - 7.0 7.0 8.2 14.6 - 20.9 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............. 10.45 11.97 - 17.62 10.40 9.86 12.86 9.35 - 9.30 3.2 6.2 - 8.8 4.7 3.8 5.4 5.3 - 8.5 Service occupations................................................. 8.61 14.65 - - 14.65 8.48 - 7.83 - 8.10 3.1 11.1 - - 11.1 2.9 - 4.4 - 3.3 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Table C-3. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group and industry division, private industry, all workers(2), Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, December 1997 All priva- All private te industry Mean indus- RSE workers try worke- rs Occupational group(3) 100 workers or more 100 workers or more 50 - 50 - 99 99 Mean worke- 100 - 500 RSE worke- 100 - 500 rs Total 499 worke- rs Total 499 worke- worke- rs or worke- rs or rs more rs more All occupations....................................................... $16.15 $13.64 - $14.74 $19.51 2.6% 3.6% 3.2% - 2.3% All occupations excluding sales..................................... 16.36 13.94 - 14.70 19.61 2.7 3.8 3.3 - 2.2 White-collar occupations............................................ 19.15 15.76 - 18.56 21.17 3.5 4.6 4.1 - 2.3 White-collar excluding sales...................................... 20.17 17.58 - 19.60 21.38 3.8 4.4 4.3 - 2.2 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 23.91 21.53 - 23.57 24.48 6.8 5.0 7.4 - 2.2 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 25.02 22.13 - 26.84 24.47 8.3 6.8 8.9 - 2.1 Technical occupations........................................... 20.07 20.31 - 16.28 24.54 4.7 5.4 5.3 - 8.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 27.18 25.67 - 27.30 27.62 2.8 9.9 2.7 - 2.4 Sales occupations................................................. 14.04 12.03 - 15.04 15.83 7.0 7.4 9.6 - 18.8 Administrative support, including clerical occupations............ 12.27 11.82 - 11.74 12.98 1.6 3.0 1.9 - 2.5 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 14.66 13.88 - 12.99 18.45 2.1 4.2 2.7 - 2.9 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 17.75 18.47 - 16.43 - 3.0 2.5 4.0 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.78 9.97 - 11.59 17.57 3.9 7.8 4.1 - 5.8 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 14.99 13.41 - 12.90 21.18 5.0 9.1 6.1 - 6.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............. 10.45 10.02 - 10.29 12.94 3.2 6.6 4.0 - 5.5 Service occupations................................................. 8.61 8.12 - 7.86 10.99 3.1 3.6 4.0 - 7.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Table C-4. Number of workers(1) represented by occupational group, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, December 1997 All workers All indus- Private State and All indus- Private State and Occupational group(2) tries industry local tries industry local government government Workers RSE All occupations....................................................... 906,289 702,638 203,651 2.4% 3.0% 2.1% All occupations excluding sales..................................... 838,335 635,203 203,132 2.3 3.0 2.1 White-collar occupations............................................ 528,251 381,711 146,540 3.4 4.5 3.3 White-collar excluding sales...................................... 460,297 314,277 146,021 3.3 4.6 3.4 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 219,805 132,836 86,969 4.5 6.6 5.4 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 180,288 103,775 76,513 4.8 7.2 5.9 Technical occupations........................................... 39,517 29,061 10,456 11.5 13.8 21.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 80,971 62,938 18,033 7.6 8.3 18.0 Sales occupations................................................. 67,954 67,435 - 11.2 11.3 - Administrative support including clerical occupations............. 159,521 118,502 41,019 5.6 6.8 9.2 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 215,584 193,237 22,348 4.8 5.2 10.1 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 76,879 70,674 6,204 8.5 9.1 14.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 46,938 46,938 - 9.3 9.3 - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 47,100 34,400 12,700 10.6 13.0 17.1 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............. 44,668 41,224 3,444 8.6 9.1 21.5 Service occupations................................................. 162,453 127,690 34,763 7.6 9.2 11.1 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Appendix table 1. Number of establishments studied by industry division and establishment employment size, and number of establishments represented, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, December 1997 Number of establishments studied Number of Industry establish- 100 workers or more ments rep- Total 50 - 99 resented studied workers Total 100 - 499 500 workers workers or more All industries........................................................ 4,416 372 100 272 164 108 Private industry.................................................... 4,107 314 98 216 151 65 Goods-producing industries........................................ 802 82 21 61 41 20 Mining.......................................................... 5 1 1 - - - Construction.................................................... 184 9 4 5 5 - Manufacturing................................................... 612 72 16 56 36 20 Service-producing industries...................................... 3,305 232 77 155 110 45 Tranportation and public utilities.............................. 294 25 8 17 7 10 Wholesale and retail trade...................................... 1,490 70 36 34 31 3 Finance, insurance and real estate.............................. 280 15 4 11 6 5 Services........................................................ 1,241 122 29 93 66 27 State and local government.......................................... 310 58 2 56 13 43 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all workers(2), Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, December 1997 All State and Occupation(3) indus- Private local tries industry govern- ment All occupations....................................................... 2.1 2.6 1.9 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 2.1 2.7 1.9 White-collar occupations............................................ 2.6 3.5 2.3 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 2.7 3.8 2.3 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 4.4 6.8 1.9 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 5.1 8.3 1.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 9.8 9.8 - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 3.0 3.5 4.1 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 3.3 3.9 4.1 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 5.0 5.0 - Natural scientists............................................ 4.9 6.0 - Medical scientists.......................................... 6.4 6.4 - Health related occupations.................................... 2.5 3.3 3.7 Physicians.................................................. 31.9 - - Registered nurses........................................... 1.5 1.9 1.6 Pharmacists................................................. 3.1 1.6 - Occupational therapists..................................... 11.3 - - Physical therapists......................................... 1.2 - - Therapists, N.E.C........................................... 4.7 4.2 - Teachers, college and university.............................. 5.1 4.1 - Teachers, except college and university....................... 4.5 11.9 1.4 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 17.1 3.1 - Elementary school teachers.................................. 1.7 9.5 1.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 1.4 7.9 1.3 Teachers, special education................................. 2.9 - 2.9 Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 5.5 17.6 1.8 Substitute teachers......................................... 4.9 - 5.5 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 11.9 4.2 - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 9.8 - 9.8 Librarians.................................................. 5.7 - 5.7 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 12.7 - 7.7 Urban planners.............................................. 4.2 - 4.2 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 3.5 6.3 2.1 Social workers.............................................. 3.6 6.3 1.7 Lawyers and judges............................................ 7.1 8.7 6.8 Lawyers..................................................... 6.7 8.7 4.4 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... - - - Designers................................................... 5.0 5.0 - Technical occupations........................................... 3.7 4.7 3.7 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 5.0 - 5.9 Radiological technicians.................................... 3.3 4.0 - Licensed practical nurses................................... 1.5 1.8 1.9 Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 4.9 10.2 - Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 4.6 4.6 - Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 7.6 - - Drafters.................................................... 9.3 9.3 - Computer programmers........................................ 12.1 12.7 - Legal assistants............................................ 3.4 3.8 - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 6.4 8.9 5.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 2.7 2.8 7.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 3.3 3.5 9.1 Financial managers.......................................... 5.2 5.2 - Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 4.7 4.7 - Purchasing managers......................................... 7.3 - - Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations...... 14.3 14.3 - Administrators, education and related fields................ 3.8 13.0 2.6 Managers, medicine and health............................... 7.4 7.4 - Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 10.7 9.4 - Managers, service organizations, N.E.C...................... 14.5 14.5 - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 3.8 3.9 - Management related occupations................................ 2.6 3.5 3.8 Accountants and auditors.................................... 7.0 9.3 - Other financial officers.................................... 9.3 9.8 - Management analysts......................................... 4.5 2.8 - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 6.2 7.3 - Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 3.0 - - Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 3.3 3.1 - Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 6.5 8.2 9.8 Sales occupations................................................. 7.0 7.0 - Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 8.7 8.8 - Sales occupations, other business services.................. 9.8 9.8 - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 15.7 15.7 - Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 5.1 5.1 - Sales workers, parts........................................ 4.0 4.0 - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.7 9.7 - Cashiers.................................................... 5.0 5.1 - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 1.3 1.6 1.7 Supervisors, general office................................. 5.3 6.0 - Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 5.2 5.2 - Secretaries................................................. 2.7 3.7 3.6 Stenographers............................................... 3.7 - - Typists..................................................... 3.5 - - Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 6.1 6.1 - Receptionists............................................... 3.3 3.4 - Information clerks, N.E.C................................... 4.7 3.6 - Order clerks................................................ 4.6 4.6 - Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping............... 4.9 5.2 - Library clerks.............................................. 6.4 6.9 7.1 File clerks................................................. 5.0 5.3 - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 3.7 4.8 5.1 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 3.0 3.2 5.0 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 3.8 - - Billing clerks.............................................. 5.4 5.6 - Dispatchers................................................. 4.5 - - Production coordinators..................................... 15.3 15.3 - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 5.2 5.2 - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 6.5 7.2 8.3 Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C.................................................... 10.3 10.3 - Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators............. 2.3 2.3 - Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 5.3 5.3 - General office clerks....................................... 3.0 3.9 4.8 Data entry keyers........................................... 5.8 5.8 - Statistical clerks.......................................... 6.9 - - Teachers' aides............................................. 4.2 - 4.2 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 5.1 6.7 6.2 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 1.9 2.1 2.1 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 2.8 3.0 2.8 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 5.8 6.2 - Automobile mechanics........................................ 6.3 6.5 - Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 1.8 2.0 - Aircraft engine mechanics................................... 5.3 5.3 - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 8.1 8.1 - Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 12.2 - - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 6.4 7.9 - Carpenters.................................................. 4.3 4.2 - Electricians................................................ 5.9 - - Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. 4.2 - - Supervisors, production occupations......................... 9.3 9.3 - Machinists.................................................. 7.0 7.0 - Stationary engineers........................................ 3.1 3.5 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3.9 3.9 - Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 6.5 6.5 - Molding and casting machine operators....................... 4.9 4.9 - Printing press operators.................................... 6.5 6.5 - Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 7.9 7.9 - Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food.............. 10.7 10.7 - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 10.0 10.0 - Welders and cutters......................................... 5.1 5.1 - Assemblers.................................................. 4.9 4.9 - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 8.3 8.3 - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 3.9 5.0 2.9 Truck drivers............................................... 4.9 5.1 - Bus drivers................................................. 4.2 - 3.6 Parking lot attendants...................................... 5.2 5.0 - Motor transportation occupations, N.E.C..................... 14.6 14.6 - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.1 12.1 - Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C.... 8.2 9.8 4.4 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2.9 3.2 2.4 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 7.6 9.4 - Construction laborers....................................... 5.8 - - Production helpers.......................................... 10.4 10.4 - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.2 5.2 - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 6.5 6.6 - Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 4.2 4.2 - Hand packers and packagers.................................. 12.3 12.3 - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 7.2 7.4 - Service occupations................................................. 3.4 3.1 3.6 Protective service occupations................................ 12.9 13.7 4.1 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 2.8 - 2.8 Firefighting occupations.................................... 2.9 - 2.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 2.1 - 2.1 Correctional institution officers........................... 6.7 - 6.7 Guards and police except public service..................... 14.6 14.6 - Protective service occupations, N.E.C....................... 7.1 - - Food service occupations...................................... 3.4 3.6 3.8 Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 10.9 11.4 - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.6 4.6 - Cooks....................................................... 5.0 5.3 6.0 Food counter, fountain, and related occupations............. 8.7 9.3 - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 5.2 5.6 3.7 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 4.5 4.5 - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 7.2 7.0 2.0 Health service occupations.................................... 3.0 3.0 3.3 Health aides, except nursing................................ 2.9 3.0 - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 3.5 3.3 3.6 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 2.7 2.2 1.8 Supervisors, cleaning & building service workers............ 8.7 9.4 - Maids and housemen.......................................... 3.2 3.3 - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 3.3 2.3 1.8 Personal service occupations.................................. 6.6 7.2 4.9 Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities............. 3.6 3.6 - Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 12.0 - - Child care workers, N.E.C................................... 12.8 - 6.5 Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 6.5 6.5 - 1 The relative standard error is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. Hourly earnings for these occupations are presented in Tables A-1 and A-2. Reliable relative standard errors could not be determined for all occupations. 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers, full-time and part-time workers, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, December 1997 All Full-t- Part-ti- Occupation(1) workers ime me workers workers All occupations....................................................... 6 6 4 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 6 6 4 White-collar occupations............................................ 7 7 5 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 7 8 6 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 9 9 8 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 9 9 8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 10 10 - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 9 9 - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 9 9 - Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 7 7 - Natural scientists............................................ 10 10 - Medical scientists.......................................... 11 11 - Health related occupations.................................... 9 9 9 Physicians.................................................. 12 - - Registered nurses........................................... 9 9 9 Pharmacists................................................. 10 10 - Occupational therapists..................................... 9 - - Physical therapists......................................... 9 9 - Therapists, N.E.C........................................... 8 8 - Teachers, college and university.............................. 11 12 10 Teachers, except college and university....................... 8 8 6 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 6 6 - Elementary school teachers.................................. 9 9 - Secondary school teachers................................... 8 8 8 Teachers, special education................................. 9 9 - Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 7 8 - Substitute teachers......................................... 6 - 6 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 8 8 - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 9 9 - Librarians.................................................. 9 - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 8 9 - Urban planners.............................................. 10 10 - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 8 8 8 Social workers.............................................. 8 8 8 Lawyers and judges............................................ 12 12 - Lawyers..................................................... 11 11 - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... - - - Designers................................................... 7 7 - Technical occupations........................................... 7 7 6 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 7 8 - Radiological technicians.................................... 6 - 6 Licensed practical nurses................................... 5 5 5 Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 5 5 - Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 7 8 - Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 7 7 - Drafters.................................................... 7 7 - Computer programmers........................................ 8 8 - Legal assistants............................................ 7 7 - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 7 7 - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 10 10 8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 11 11 - Financial managers.......................................... 10 10 - Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 11 11 - Purchasing managers......................................... 11 11 - Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations...... 10 10 - Administrators, education and related fields................ 11 11 - Managers, medicine and health............................... 11 11 - Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 8 8 - Managers, service organizations, N.E.C...................... 9 9 - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 11 11 - Management related occupations................................ 9 9 - Accountants and auditors.................................... 9 9 - Other financial officers.................................... 9 9 - Management analysts......................................... 9 9 - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 9 9 - Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 10 10 - Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 9 9 - Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 8 8 - Sales occupations................................................. 5 5 3 Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 7 7 - Sales occupations, other business services.................. 6 6 - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 7 7 - Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 6 6 - Sales workers, parts........................................ 5 5 - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 3 4 3 Cashiers.................................................... 3 4 2 Sales support occupations, N.E.C............................ - 5 - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 4 4 3 Supervisors, general office................................. 7 7 - Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 7 7 - Secretaries................................................. 5 5 4 Stenographers............................................... 4 - - Typists..................................................... 5 - - Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 4 4 4 Receptionists............................................... 3 3 2 Information clerks, N.E.C................................... 4 4 - Order clerks................................................ 4 4 - Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping............... 5 5 - Library clerks.............................................. 4 - 3 File clerks................................................. 3 3 - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 4 4 - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 4 4 - Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 6 6 - Billing clerks.............................................. 4 4 - Dispatchers................................................. 5 - - Production coordinators..................................... 5 5 - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 4 4 - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 4 4 - Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C.................................................... 5 - - Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators............. 4 4 - Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 5 5 - General office clerks....................................... 4 4 3 Data entry keyers........................................... 3 3 - Statistical clerks.......................................... 4 - - Teachers' aides............................................. 4 - 4 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 5 5 4 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 5 5 3 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 6 6 - Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 8 8 - Automobile mechanics........................................ 6 6 - Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 7 7 - Aircraft engine mechanics................................... 7 7 - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 6 6 - Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 6 6 - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 7 7 - Carpenters.................................................. 7 7 - Electricians................................................ 7 7 - Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. 6 6 - Supervisors, production occupations......................... 8 8 - Machinists.................................................. 7 7 - Stationary engineers........................................ 7 7 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4 4 3 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 3 3 - Molding and casting machine operators....................... 4 4 - Printing press operators.................................... 6 6 - Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 6 6 - Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food.............. 4 4 - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 4 4 - Welders and cutters......................................... 6 6 - Assemblers.................................................. 4 4 - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 6 6 - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 4 5 4 Truck drivers............................................... 5 5 4 Bus drivers................................................. 4 4 4 Parking lot attendants...................................... 2 - - Motor transportation occupations, N.E.C..................... 3 3 - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 4 4 - Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C.... 5 5 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3 3 2 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 3 4 - Construction laborers....................................... 4 4 - Production helpers.......................................... 2 2 - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 2 3 - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 3 3 2 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 2 2 2 Hand packers and packagers.................................. 2 2 - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 3 3 1 Service occupations................................................. 4 4 3 Protective service occupations................................ 5 5 5 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 8 8 - Firefighting occupations.................................... 7 7 - Police and detectives, public service....................... 7 7 - Correctional institution officers........................... 5 5 - Guards and police except public service..................... 4 4 3 Protective service occupations, N.E.C....................... 5 - - Food service occupations...................................... 3 4 2 Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 6 6 - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3 3 3 Cooks....................................................... 4 4 4 Food counter, fountain, and related occupations............. 2 3 - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 2 3 2 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 2 - 2 Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 2 2 2 Health service occupations.................................... 3 3 3 Health aides, except nursing................................ 4 4 4 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 3 3 3 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 2 2 2 Supervisors, cleaning & building service workers............ 4 5 - Maids and housemen.......................................... 2 2 - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 2 2 2 Personal service occupations.................................. 4 4 4 Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities............. 3 - 3 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 4 - - Child care workers, N.E.C................................... 5 - 5 Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 3 3 3 1 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. The occupations titled authors, musicians, actors, painters, photographers, dancers, artists, athletes, and legislators cannot be assigned a work level. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Supplemental Table 1. Hourly earnings(1) for construction trades occupations in construction industries(2), Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, December 1997 All workers(4) Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupational group(3) and level Middle Range Middle Range Middle Range Mean RSE Median Mean RSE Median Mean RSE Median 25 75 25 75 25 75 Construction trades occupations....................................... $21.29 8.7% $23.50 $18.35 $25.81 $21.29 8.7% $23.50 $18.35 $25.81 - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. At the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay; at the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown; at the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. 2 The Standard Industrial Classification Manual was used in classifying establishments by industry. 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 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Supplemental Table 2. Hourly earnings(1) for construction trades occupations in non-construction industries(2), Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, December 1997 All workers(4) Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupational group(3) and level Middle Range Middle Range Middle Range Mean RSE Median Mean RSE Median Mean RSE Median 25 75 25 75 25 75 Construction trades occupations....................................... $16.91 6.7% $16.60 $14.00 $19.88 $16.91 6.7% $16.60 $14.00 $19.88 - - - - - Carpenters...................................................... 17.14 8.9 16.60 14.00 19.88 17.14 8.9 16.60 14.00 19.88 - - - - - Craft workers and helpers............................................. 16.92 7.1 16.60 14.58 18.38 16.92 7.1 16.60 14.58 18.38 - - - - - Welders and cutters............................................. 14.93 5.1 15.24 12.94 16.93 14.93 5.1 15.24 12.94 16.93 - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. At the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay; at the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown; at the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. 2 The Standard Industrial Classification Manual was used in classifying establishments by industry. 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 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Supplemental Table 3. Number of workers in construction trades occupations, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, December 1997 Workers RSE Construction industries(2) Non-construction Construction industries(2) Non-construction Occupational group(1) and level industries(2) industries(2) All Full-time Part-time All Full-time Part-time All Full-time Part-time All Full-time Part-time workers(- workers workers workers(- workers workers workers(- workers workers workers(- workers workers 3) 3) 3) 3) Construction trades occupations....................................... 8,588 8,588 - 3,195 3,195 - 38.5% 38.5% - 26.8% 26.8% - Carpenters...................................................... - - - 903 903 - - - - 39.0 39.0 - Craft workers and helpers............................................. - - - 4,522 4,522 - - - - 25.7 25.7 - Welders and cutters............................................. - - - 3,043 3,043 - - - - 29.2 29.2 - 1 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. 2 The Standard Industrial Classification Manual was used in classifying establishments by industry. 3 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified."