New Orleans, LA
National Compensation Survey
February 1998
________________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Alexis M. Herman, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner
July 1998
Bulletin 3090-41
Preface
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his bulletin provides results of a February 1998 survey
of occupational pay in the New Orleans, LA, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Data shown in this bulletin
were collected as part of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’
(BLS) new program known as the National Compensation
Survey (NCS).
The survey could not have been conducted without the
cooperation of the many private firms and government jurisdictions that provided pay data included in this bulletin.
The Bureau thanks these respondents for their cooperation.
Survey data were collected and reviewed by Bureau of
Labor Statistics field economists under the direction of Hal
R. Corley, Assistant Regional Commissioner for Operations of the Dallas Regional Office. The Office of Compensation and Working Conditions, in cooperation with the
Office of Field Operations and the Office of Technology
and Survey Processing in the BLS National Office, designed the survey, processed the data, and analyzed the
survey results.
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Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
Wages in the New Orleans, LA, MSA........................................................................................................
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2
Tables:
A-1. Hourly earnings for selected occupations, all workers, all industries ...........................................
A-2. Hourly earnings for selected occupations, all workers, private industry and
State and local government...........................................................................................................
A-3. Hourly earnings for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers,
all industries .................................................................................................................................
A-4. Weekly and annual earnings and hours for selected occupations,
full-time workers only, all industries ............................................................................................
B-1. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and levels, all industries,
private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers ............................
B-2. Mean hourly earnings for selected occupations and levels, all industries,
private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers ............................
C-1. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and selected characteristics,
all industries .................................................................................................................................
C-2. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and industry division,
private industry, all workers .........................................................................................................
C-3. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and establishment employment size,
private industry, all workers .........................................................................................................
C-4. Number of workers represented by occupational group ...............................................................
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15
19
22
23
24
25
Appendix A:
Technical Note .....................................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of establishments studied and represented............................................
Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors......................................................................................
Appendix table 3. Average work levels ...........................................................................................
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Introduction
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broader coverage of occupations and establishments within
the survey area.
Occupations surveyed for this bulletin were selected
using probability techniques from a list of all those present
in each establishment. Previous OCS bulletins were limited to a preselected list of occupations, which represented
a small subset of all occupations in the economy. Information in the new bulletin is published for a variety of occupation-based data. This new approach includes data on
broad occupational classifications such as white-collar
workers, major occupational groups such as sales workers,
and individual occupations such as cashiers.
In tables containing work levels within occupational series, the work levels are derived from generic standards that
apply to all occupational groups. The job levels in the
OCS bulletins were based on narrowly-defined descriptions
that were not comparable across specific occupations.
Occupational data in this bulletin are also tabulated for
other classifications such as industry group, full-time versus part-time workers, union versus nonunion status, time
versus incentive status, and establishment employment size.
Not all of these series were generated by the OCS program.
The establishments surveyed for this bulletin were limited to those with 50 or more employees. Eventually, NCS
will be expanded to cover those now-excluded establishments. Then, virtually all workers in the civilian economy
will be surveyed, excluding only agriculture, private households, and employees of the Federal Government.
his survey of occupational pay was conducted in the
New Orleans, LA, Metropolitan Statistical Area
(MSA). The MSA includes the parishes of Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St.
John the Baptist, and St. Tammany. This bulletin consists
primarily of tables whose data are analyzed in the initial
textual section. Tabulations provide information on earnings of workers in a variety of occupations and at a wide
range of work levels. Also contained in this bulletin is information on the program, a technical note describing survey procedures, and several appendixes with detailed information on occupational classifications and the generic
leveling methodology.
NCS design and products
The Bureau of Labor Statistic’s (BLS) new National
Compensation Survey (NCS) is designed to provide data on
the levels and rates of change of occupational wages and
employee benefits for localities, broad geographic regions,
and the nation as a whole. One output of the NCS will be
the Employment Cost Index, a quarterly measure of the
change in employer costs for wages and benefits. This
bulletin is limited to data on wages and salaries. These
data are similar to those released under the Occupational
Compensation Survey (OCS), which has been discontinued.
NCS more extensive than OCS
The wage data in this bulletin differ from those in previous Occupational Compensation Surveys by providing
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Wages in the
New Orleans, LA
Metropolitan Statistical Area
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Survey results show that private industry workers in
New Orleans, LA earned $13.72 per hour, while surveyed
State and local government workers averaged $14.71. Table A-2 reports the average hourly rate for white-collar occupations as $17.02 in private industry and $17.84 in State
and local government. Blue-collar occupations showed an
average hourly rate of $13.01 in private industry and
$10.20 in State and local government. Service occupations
within private industry averaged $6.74 per hour while those
found in State and local government averaged $8.99.
traight-time wages in the New Orleans, LA, Metropolitan Statistical Area averaged $13.97 per hour during February, 1998. White-collar workers had an average
wage of $17.28 per hour. Blue-collar workers averaged
$12.65 per hour, while service workers had average earnings of $7.38 per hour. (All comparisons in this analysis
cover hourly rates for both full- and part-time workers, unless otherwise noted.)
Chart 1. Average hourly wage rates by occupational
group, New Orleans, LA, February 1998
Chart 2. Average hourly rates for private industry and
State and local government, New Orleans, LA, February
1998
Dollars per hour
$ 20
Dollars per hour
$
20
15
Private
industry
State and
local
government
15
10
10
5
5
0
Whitecollar
Bluecollar
Service
workers
0
Within each of these occupational groups, average
hourly wages for individual occupations varied. For example, white-collar occupations included registered nurses at
$21.52 per hour, secretaries at $11.51, and general office
clerks at $10.26. Among occupations in the blue-collar
category, truck drivers averaged $9.78 per hour while stock
handlers and baggers averaged $7.16. Finally, service occupations included janitors and cleaners at $7.37 per hour
and nursing aides, orderlies and attendants at $6.79 per
hour. Table A-1 presents earnings data for 76 detailed occupations; data for other detailed occupations surveyed
could not be reported separately due to concerns about the
confidentiality of survey respondents and the reliability of
the data.
White-collar
Blue-collar
Service
Table A-3 presents data for workers considered by the
survey respondents to be either full-time or part-time. Average wages for full-time workers, all occupations, were
$14.58 per hour, compared with an average of $7.42 per
hour for part-time workers.
Data for specific work levels within major occupational
groups are reported in table B-1. Occasionally, wage estimates for lower levels of work within major occupational
groups are greater than estimates for higher levels. This
can occur due to the mix of specific occupations (and industries) represented by the broad group as well as by the
variability of the estimate. Some levels within a group may
not be published because no workers were identified at that
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wages averaged $17.38 in all goods-producing industries,
$24.54 in mining, $15.32 in construction and $15.77 in
manufacturing. In all service-producing industries, hourly
wages averaged $12.09, $9.95 in wholesale and retail trade,
$25.12 in finance, insurance and real estate, and $10.88 in
services. Data for transportation, and public utilities did
not meet publication criteria.
Table C-4 reports that a total of 302,740 workers were
represented by the New Orleans, LA survey. White-collar
occupations included 147,816 workers, or 49 percent, bluecollar occupations included 97,664 workers, or 32 percent;
and service occupations included 57,260 workers, or 19
percent.
level or because there were not enough data to guarantee
confidentiality and reliability.
Work levels for all major groups span several levels,
with professional specialty occupations and executive, administrative, and managerial occupations typically starting
and ending at higher work levels than the other groups.
Published data for administrative support occupations, including clerical, ranged from level 1 to level 8. As illustrated in Chart 3, the average hourly rate was $7.63 for
level 2, $9.97 for level 4, $14.89 for level 6, and $19.26 for
level 8.
Chart 3. Average hourly rates by work level for
administrative support occupations, including clerical,
New Orleans, LA, February 1998
Chart 4. Distribution of workers represented by
occupational group, New Orleans, LA, February 1998
Dollars per hour
$20
Percent
50
15
40
10
30
5
20
10
0
2
4
6
8
Level
0
Whitecollar
Surveyed union workers had an average hourly rate of
$15.15 as reported in table C-1. Wages for nonunion
workers averaged $13.83. Time workers, whose wages
were based solely on an hourly rate or a salary, averaged
$13.81 per hour. Incentive workers, whose wages were at
least partially based on productivity payments, averaged
$19.17 per hour.
Table C-2 shows wage data for specific industry divisions within private industry. In the private sector, hourly
Bluecollar
Service
workers
Data are also presented in appendix table 1 on the number of establishments studied by industry group and employment size. The relative standard errors of published
mean hourly earnings for all industries, private industry,
and State and local government are available in appendix
table 2. The average work levels for published occupational groups and selected occupations are presented in appendix table 3.
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Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, New Orleans,
LA, February 1998
All industries
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
All occupations ....................................................................... $13.97
All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 14.18
$5.50
5.75
25
Median
50
$7.29 $11.54
7.58 11.75
75
90
$16.99
17.07
$24.78
24.99
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .........................
17.28
18.27
6.56
7.37
9.09
10.00
13.73
14.62
22.15
23.08
32.27
33.56
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Petroleum engineers ............................................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Engineers, N.E.C. .................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related occupations .......................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, N.E.C. ..........................................
Professional occupations, N.E.C. .........................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. .......
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Drafters .................................................................
Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ..........
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ..................
Management related occupations ............................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............
Sales occupations ............................................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Cashiers ...............................................................
Administrative support occupations, including clerical .....
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Records clerks, N.E.C. .........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. .........
22.49
25.65
31.96
35.46
22.89
34.11
24.31
24.09
30.58
22.16
21.52
32.36
23.70
26.27
27.50
24.07
–
–
11.66
11.89
–
10.50
11.41
22.50
26.11
16.00
24.24
20.94
20.94
9.30
15.69
16.00
15.57
11.31
19.02
20.45
12.26
–
–
8.87
9.03
–
13.39
16.73
25.19
28.75
16.00
27.81
23.06
21.91
11.01
17.68
18.00
21.69
18.65
21.74
22.95
17.87
–
–
10.21
10.58
–
20.06
23.47
30.04
35.24
23.00
35.56
23.47
23.47
33.66
20.96
21.27
28.85
25.67
26.89
29.00
27.22
–
–
11.09
11.53
–
28.09
31.24
39.12
43.63
30.00
41.35
25.96
23.86
41.01
23.82
23.68
40.06
30.02
30.74
31.70
30.02
–
–
12.57
12.82
–
37.68
42.07
44.11
45.69
32.42
45.19
28.79
30.58
51.01
28.28
25.41
54.70
31.90
32.92
33.12
31.15
–
–
13.86
14.08
–
19.22
18.27
14.86
15.27
15.60
11.93
13.38
16.12
14.18
17.56
25.62
29.42
35.34
26.63
34.22
20.11
19.00
11.41
12.02
9.08
8.78
12.13
9.91
7.37
10.24
10.02
8.81
13.16
13.91
19.85
14.97
20.83
11.76
10.92
13.38
13.94
11.11
11.65
13.80
11.00
9.50
11.69
11.00
11.50
15.75
18.50
22.40
14.97
24.78
14.18
15.37
16.73
16.35
13.86
16.96
15.91
11.91
12.00
15.08
16.02
20.06
22.40
25.70
37.09
21.06
30.63
19.51
18.75
23.21
21.95
17.51
18.17
16.98
13.00
15.69
21.26
16.02
20.33
31.25
35.85
44.30
41.67
36.62
24.99
21.88
33.17
29.15
21.26
19.43
18.25
14.09
17.05
22.03
16.02
23.69
43.96
53.72
54.92
48.76
55.58
26.44
26.40
18.56
20.47
10.74
10.79
13.16
5.15
11.20
14.36
5.45
14.18
20.55
7.00
19.06
23.68
13.95
35.25
26.23
19.11
15.20
20.99
5.84
10.33
13.41
11.51
7.83
7.84
9.79
9.52
13.75
10.77
7.56
10.26
10.02
10.41
7.50
6.19
5.15
6.46
9.65
8.00
6.00
6.46
7.28
6.25
8.67
7.50
5.20
6.16
7.26
6.25
11.25
11.11
5.15
7.50
10.23
9.18
6.00
6.70
7.50
8.35
13.22
9.00
6.50
7.50
8.75
7.76
14.43
16.11
5.41
9.52
11.81
10.68
7.00
7.00
9.25
9.00
14.95
9.50
7.26
10.00
10.72
9.45
18.75
33.02
5.87
12.38
17.02
13.28
8.75
7.70
10.77
12.50
15.32
12.41
8.52
13.60
11.65
12.50
21.88
42.33
7.00
15.87
17.56
16.34
14.12
10.50
13.23
12.50
16.51
12.48
10.00
14.16
11.65
16.83
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, New Orleans,
LA, February 1998 — Continued
All industries
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$16.01
18.58
29.90
15.00
20.36
21.38
$20.14
21.42
40.89
17.00
21.31
21.42
Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... $12.65
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... 15.83
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. 23.25
Automobile mechanics ......................................... 12.45
Industrial machinery repairers .............................. 15.74
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .......................... 16.19
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ..................................................... 14.26
Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. .............. 18.11
Electricians ........................................................... 15.79
Construction trades, N.E.C. .................................. 13.17
Supervisors, production occupations .................... 22.65
Machinists ............................................................. 14.83
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......... 10.13
Miscellaneous plant and system operators,
N.E.C. ............................................................. 19.06
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. 11.48
Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........... 11.18
Welders and cutters .............................................. 13.94
Transportation and material moving occupations ............. 11.03
Truck drivers .........................................................
9.78
Bus drivers ............................................................ 11.64
Ship captains and mates except fishing boats ..... 15.21
Sailors and deckhands .........................................
7.80
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. 11.27
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
8.19
Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm .......
6.68
Helpers, construction trades .................................
8.06
Construction laborers ...........................................
7.84
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
7.16
Machine feeders and offbearers ...........................
5.53
Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. .......
9.39
Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ...................
8.64
$6.00
9.85
9.09
8.75
11.44
9.15
$8.42 $12.25
12.00 15.75
14.22 22.24
9.92 11.56
12.30 15.04
13.33 16.38
10.28
13.74
11.83
9.00
16.00
12.50
7.45
12.19
17.60
15.04
12.00
17.63
12.75
8.03
13.76
18.58
15.75
12.00
21.46
13.75
8.87
15.19
20.90
17.54
16.94
26.54
16.73
10.19
19.12
21.30
20.35
16.94
30.50
18.15
16.54
16.42
6.50
7.00
11.50
6.50
6.80
8.33
9.00
6.50
9.65
5.25
5.25
6.42
5.41
5.15
5.15
5.26
5.25
17.91
9.01
10.39
12.20
7.75
7.75
10.21
12.78
7.19
10.08
5.56
5.60
6.70
6.29
5.25
5.35
5.81
5.50
18.67
11.80
11.80
13.50
10.54
9.08
11.25
16.67
7.33
11.49
7.00
6.75
7.77
7.29
5.75
5.50
8.75
7.00
21.31
13.50
12.65
15.77
13.12
10.78
14.00
17.92
8.33
12.23
10.18
6.92
8.50
9.30
9.40
5.50
10.18
12.25
21.31
15.77
13.21
17.50
16.67
14.72
14.00
17.92
10.00
12.96
13.00
8.32
10.10
10.54
9.85
6.25
19.39
13.45
Service occupations ...........................................................
Protective service occupations .................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Firefighting occupations ........................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police except public service ..............
Protective service occupations, N.E.C. ................
Food service occupations .........................................
Bartenders ............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. .................
7.38
9.09
16.40
9.39
12.23
5.15
5.15
14.17
6.63
9.44
5.25
6.00
16.19
7.96
11.44
6.20
8.00
16.60
9.02
12.47
8.31
11.57
17.02
10.09
13.54
11.42
14.84
18.34
11.00
14.84
14.77
8.19
6.36
10.27
5.87
5.83
4.21
7.99
5.86
6.62
11.35
6.56
5.15
8.00
2.83
5.15
2.24
5.25
5.15
5.15
12.58
6.85
5.15
8.00
5.15
5.15
2.82
5.90
5.15
5.25
14.40
7.42
5.75
9.50
5.55
5.67
3.50
8.00
5.15
6.00
15.00
9.09
6.50
10.82
6.65
6.43
6.13
9.40
5.90
7.26
23.55
12.66
8.25
13.94
9.08
6.76
6.42
12.00
7.37
10.95
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, New Orleans,
LA, February 1998 — Continued
All industries
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
Service occupations (-Continued)
Health service occupations .......................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service occupations ..............
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service occupations ...................................
Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ..
Service occupations, N.E.C.. ................................
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.
$7.10
6.79
6.88
6.14
7.37
8.67
6.52
7.73
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$5.25
5.25
5.15
5.15
5.25
5.00
5.15
5.15
$5.89
5.75
5.36
5.15
5.77
5.15
5.15
6.45
$6.75
6.51
6.00
5.50
7.00
6.26
5.33
7.91
$7.74
7.49
7.82
6.14
7.97
8.44
6.60
8.50
$9.02
8.57
9.79
7.06
10.31
16.00
9.85
9.56
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."
6
Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, New
Orleans, LA, February 1998
Private industry
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
All occupations ..................................................... $13.72
All occupations excluding sales .......................... 13.99
White-collar occupations .................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .......
Professional specialty and technical
occupations ..............................................
Professional specialty occupations .............
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....
Petroleum engineers ..........................
Engineers, N.E.C. ...............................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...
Natural scientists ....................................
Health related occupations .....................
Registered nurses ..............................
Teachers, college and university ............
Teachers, except college and university
Elementary school teachers ...............
Secondary school teachers ................
Teachers, special education ...............
Librarians, archivists, and curators .........
Social scientists and urban planners ......
Social, recreation, and religious workers
Social workers ....................................
Lawyers and judges ................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes,
and professionals, N.E.C. .................
Technical occupations ................................
Radiological technicians .....................
Licensed practical nurses ...................
Health technologists and technicians,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Electrical and electronic technicians ...
Drafters ...............................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial
occupations ..............................................
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..........................................
Administrators and officials, public
administration ...............................
Financial managers ............................
Managers and administrators, N.E.C.
Management related occupations ..........
Accountants and auditors ...................
Personnel, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Management related occupations,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Sales occupations ..........................................
Sales representatives, mining,
manufacturing, and wholesale ......
Sales workers, motor vehicles and
boats .............................................
Cashiers .............................................
Administrative support occupations, including
clerical ......................................................
Secretaries .........................................
Receptionists ......................................
Records clerks, N.E.C. .......................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing
clerks ............................................
Dispatchers .........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks
General office clerks ...........................
Teachers’ aides ..................................
State and local government
$5.45
5.50
25
Median
50
$7.00 $11.61
7.30 12.00
Percentiles
Mean
75
90
10
$16.83
16.94
$23.08
23.44
$14.71
14.72
$6.31
6.33
25
Median
50
75
90
$8.18 $11.39 $18.17 $27.84
8.18 11.44 18.21 27.84
17.02
18.51
6.22
7.50
8.78
10.02
13.39
14.31
21.01
22.79
32.93
35.35
17.84
17.87
7.09
7.09
9.66
9.67
15.33
15.38
23.97
24.00
31.70
31.70
23.52
28.77
32.33
35.46
34.11
–
30.58
21.84
21.28
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.53
12.50
23.00
26.11
24.24
–
9.30
15.75
16.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.00
18.37
25.64
28.75
27.81
–
11.01
16.97
17.87
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.33
24.94
30.29
35.24
35.56
–
33.66
20.96
21.04
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.76
35.82
39.42
43.63
41.35
–
41.01
23.68
23.51
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
41.01
45.69
44.37
45.69
45.19
–
51.01
29.17
25.37
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.16
22.77
–
–
–
–
–
22.64
21.89
–
25.50
26.27
27.50
27.48
–
–
11.35
11.57
–
10.13
10.58
–
–
–
–
–
15.69
15.69
–
17.87
19.02
20.45
19.30
–
–
8.46
9.03
–
12.84
14.85
–
–
–
–
–
18.62
18.21
–
21.12
21.74
22.95
24.06
–
–
10.21
10.58
–
19.95
21.84
–
–
–
–
–
20.82
21.49
–
27.22
26.89
29.00
29.61
–
–
11.09
11.09
–
27.29
29.21
–
–
–
–
–
24.00
24.00
–
30.54
30.74
31.70
30.65
–
–
12.57
12.93
–
33.12
33.56
–
–
–
–
–
27.10
25.41
–
32.51
32.92
33.12
31.90
–
–
13.54
13.70
–
21.27
15.56
15.29
11.97
11.41
9.87
12.05
9.97
13.45
11.38
12.50
11.00
20.75
14.80
15.17
12.00
29.40
18.51
17.51
13.00
35.58
22.03
18.25
14.10
–
12.58
–
–
–
7.69
–
–
–
9.79
–
–
–
12.84
–
–
–
14.76
–
–
–
17.79
–
–
14.93
16.12
14.18
9.00
10.24
10.02
10.25
11.69
11.00
14.04
15.08
16.02
16.50
21.26
16.02
32.34
22.03
16.02
10.03
–
–
7.27
–
–
7.67
–
–
9.73
–
–
11.61
–
–
14.35
–
–
25.83
12.69
15.63
21.71
31.25
46.88
25.13
13.28
16.80
23.83
30.00
38.89
30.15
13.70
17.16
25.70
36.62
53.72
28.04
16.80
20.12
24.20
35.32
44.18
–
26.63
34.93
20.47
20.42
–
14.97
20.83
12.69
15.12
–
14.97
25.00
15.14
17.87
–
21.06
31.25
19.90
19.51
–
41.67
47.63
24.46
22.79
–
48.76
55.58
27.17
27.07
35.17
–
–
18.92
–
19.85
–
–
10.92
–
22.40
–
–
14.08
–
35.51
–
–
16.13
–
46.40
–
–
26.06
–
54.92
–
–
26.06
–
17.79
10.79
11.20
14.18
19.06
32.13
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.44
10.76
12.88
5.15
18.81
5.45
20.55
7.00
23.08
13.95
28.76
19.11
20.58
–
14.08
–
14.08
–
25.46
–
25.88
–
26.23
–
15.20
7.50
11.25
14.43
18.75
21.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.99
5.80
6.19
5.15
11.11
5.15
16.11
5.36
33.02
5.85
42.33
6.95
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.66
12.61
8.01
–
6.75
8.25
6.00
–
7.75
10.09
6.20
–
9.97
12.03
7.28
–
12.77
15.45
8.75
–
15.92
17.26
14.12
–
9.59
9.40
–
8.76
6.02
6.89
–
6.44
6.97
8.82
–
6.70
9.13
9.52
–
7.86
10.75
10.22
–
10.20
15.87
11.75
–
11.80
10.00
–
10.77
11.64
–
7.28
–
7.50
7.50
–
7.69
–
9.00
8.75
–
9.52
–
9.50
12.74
–
11.54
–
12.41
14.16
–
13.23
–
12.48
14.16
–
–
13.62
–
8.39
10.02
–
7.38
–
5.47
7.26
–
10.24
–
6.17
8.75
–
14.95
–
8.20
10.72
–
15.32
–
10.55
11.65
–
17.35
–
10.75
11.65
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, New
Orleans, LA, February 1998 — Continued
Private industry
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Administrative support occupations, including
clerical (-Continued)
Administrative support occupations,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Blue-collar occupations ...................................
Precision production, craft, and repair
occupations ..............................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers
Automobile mechanics .......................
Industrial machinery repairers ............
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ........
Supervisors, construction trades,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Electricians .........................................
Supervisors, production occupations ..
Machinists ...........................................
Water and sewer treatment plant
operators ......................................
Miscellaneous plant and system
operators, N.E.C. ..........................
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .................................................
Miscellaneous machine operators,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Welders and cutters ............................
Transportation and material moving
occupations ..............................................
Truck drivers .......................................
Bus drivers ..........................................
Ship captains and mates except
fishing boats .................................
Sailors and deckhands .......................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment
operators ......................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .....................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners
except farm ...................................
Construction laborers .........................
Stock handlers and baggers ...............
Machine feeders and offbearers .........
Freight, stock, and material handlers,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Laborers except construction, N.E.C.
Service occupations .........................................
Protective service occupations ...............
Supervisors, police and detectives .....
Firefighting occupations ......................
Police and detectives, public service ..
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law
enforcement officers .....................
Correctional institution officers ...........
Guards and police except public
service ..........................................
Food service occupations .......................
Bartenders ..........................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................
Cooks .................................................
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C.
Health service occupations .....................
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .....................................
State and local government
25
Median
50
$7.50 $10.00
Percentiles
Mean
75
90
$10.10
$12.50
10
25
$11.01
$7.05
$7.76
Median
50
75
90
$9.37
$5.67
13.01
6.00
8.58
12.65
16.50
20.53
10.20
6.44
7.97
10.21
11.83
13.77
16.60
27.88
13.38
15.74
–
11.40
18.67
8.75
11.44
–
13.50
20.42
10.33
12.30
–
16.38
24.09
14.12
15.04
–
19.16
31.29
15.32
20.36
–
21.57
45.46
17.00
21.31
–
11.31
–
–
–
9.79
8.03
–
–
–
7.66
9.15
–
–
–
7.97
11.23
–
–
–
9.15
12.30
–
–
–
12.30
14.58
–
–
–
12.30
–
16.33
23.03
14.83
–
13.50
16.50
12.50
–
15.75
18.41
12.75
–
15.75
21.58
13.75
–
17.54
26.95
16.73
–
20.35
30.64
18.15
14.20
–
–
–
10.32
–
–
–
11.44
–
–
–
14.30
–
–
–
16.11
–
–
–
17.57
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.13
7.45
8.03
8.87
10.19
16.54
19.06
16.42
17.91
18.67
21.31
21.31
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.53
6.48
9.01
11.80
13.50
15.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.19
13.94
7.00
11.50
10.39
12.20
11.80
13.50
12.65
15.77
13.21
17.50
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.06
10.24
–
6.42
7.75
–
7.75
8.00
–
10.54
9.08
–
13.50
11.47
–
16.67
15.82
–
10.76
8.13
11.05
7.60
5.98
10.21
10.21
6.60
10.21
10.54
7.67
10.64
11.55
9.23
11.30
14.07
10.78
12.29
15.27
7.80
9.00
6.50
14.83
7.19
16.67
7.33
17.92
8.33
17.92
10.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.27
9.65
10.08
11.49
12.23
12.96
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.26
5.25
5.50
7.00
10.25
13.00
7.80
5.39
6.08
6.92
9.31
11.30
–
7.78
7.16
5.53
–
6.00
5.15
5.15
–
6.75
5.25
5.35
–
7.15
5.75
5.50
–
8.50
9.40
5.50
–
10.25
9.85
6.25
7.58
–
–
–
6.92
–
–
–
6.92
–
–
–
6.92
–
–
–
8.32
–
–
–
9.02
–
–
–
10.53
8.68
5.90
5.25
7.75
5.50
9.67
7.00
10.75
12.25
19.39
13.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.74
7.18
–
–
–
5.00
5.15
–
–
–
5.15
5.25
–
–
–
5.96
6.00
–
–
–
7.49
8.00
–
–
–
9.75
10.55
–
–
–
8.99
10.96
16.40
8.76
12.52
5.46
6.37
14.17
6.63
10.11
6.38
7.98
16.19
7.84
11.57
7.98
10.87
16.60
8.80
12.47
10.31
13.54
17.02
9.84
13.78
14.07
16.19
18.34
10.47
14.84
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.77
8.19
11.35
6.56
12.58
6.85
14.40
7.42
15.00
9.09
23.55
12.66
6.32
5.64
5.83
4.21
7.88
6.41
6.76
5.15
2.70
5.15
2.24
5.25
5.15
5.25
5.15
5.15
5.15
2.82
5.90
5.25
5.50
5.50
5.33
5.67
3.50
7.83
5.80
6.25
6.25
6.35
6.43
6.13
9.25
6.50
7.40
8.00
8.50
6.76
6.42
12.00
10.95
9.28
–
9.38
–
–
–
–
7.75
–
8.92
–
–
–
–
5.89
–
9.04
–
–
–
–
6.49
–
9.14
–
–
–
–
7.36
–
9.94
–
–
–
–
8.27
–
10.56
–
–
–
–
9.02
6.61
5.20
5.50
6.18
7.27
8.51
7.15
5.78
6.33
7.07
7.73
8.77
See footnotes at end of table.
8
$9.11 $16.83 $16.83
Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, New
Orleans, LA, February 1998 — Continued
Private industry
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
Service occupations (-Continued)
Cleaning and building service
occupations ......................................
Maids and housemen .........................
Janitors and cleaners .........................
Personal service occupations .................
Service occupations, N.E.C.. ..............
State and local government
$6.64
6.12
7.43
9.34
7.76
Percentiles
Mean
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$5.15
5.15
5.15
4.48
5.15
$5.25
5.15
6.00
5.15
6.50
$5.85
5.50
7.00
6.66
7.91
$7.00
6.13
7.82
9.03
8.65
$9.75
7.00
11.22
16.90
9.56
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
$7.36
–
7.33
5.54
–
10
25
Median
50
$5.77
–
5.61
5.15
–
$5.77
–
5.77
5.18
–
$7.75
–
7.75
5.33
–
75
90
$7.98 $10.29
–
–
7.97 10.29
5.46
5.56
–
–
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."
9
Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, New Orleans, LA, February
1998
All industries
Full-time
Occupation3
Percentiles
Mean
10
All occupations ..................................................... $14.58
All occupations excluding sales .......................... 14.76
White-collar occupations .................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .......
Professional specialty and technical
occupations ..............................................
Professional specialty occupations .............
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....
Petroleum engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers ............................
Engineers, N.E.C. ...............................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...
Computer systems analysts and
scientists .......................................
Natural scientists ....................................
Health related occupations .....................
Registered nurses ..............................
Teachers, college and university ............
Teachers, except college and university
Elementary school teachers ...............
Secondary school teachers ................
Teachers, special education ...............
Librarians, archivists, and curators .........
Social scientists and urban planners ......
Social, recreation, and religious workers
Social workers ....................................
Lawyers and judges ................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes,
and professionals, N.E.C. .................
Professional occupations, N.E.C. .......
Technical occupations ................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Radiological technicians .....................
Licensed practical nurses ...................
Health technologists and technicians,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Electrical and electronic technicians ...
Drafters ...............................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial
occupations ..............................................
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..........................................
Administrators and officials, public
administration ...............................
Financial managers ............................
Managers and administrators, N.E.C.
Management related occupations ..........
Accountants and auditors ...................
Personnel, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Management related occupations,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Sales occupations ..........................................
Sales representatives, mining,
manufacturing, and wholesale ......
Sales workers, motor vehicles and
boats .............................................
Cashiers .............................................
Administrative support occupations, including
clerical ......................................................
Supervisors, general office .................
Part-time
$6.00
6.04
25
Median
50
$8.00 $12.19
8.32 12.30
Percentiles
Mean
75
90
$17.54
17.69
$25.39
25.48
10
25
Median
50
$7.42
7.62
$5.15
5.03
$5.15
5.15
$5.80
5.95
75
90
$7.50 $11.00
8.00 11.30
17.68
18.49
7.00
7.50
9.50
10.10
14.16
14.97
22.30
23.43
32.42
33.56
10.65
13.31
5.25
5.92
5.75
6.83
7.00
9.38
10.97
16.75
22.60
27.73
22.66
25.78
32.08
35.46
22.89
34.11
24.31
10.58
11.42
22.60
26.11
16.00
24.24
20.94
13.54
16.73
25.20
28.75
16.00
27.81
23.06
20.06
23.51
30.14
35.24
23.00
35.56
23.47
28.19
31.15
39.18
43.63
30.00
41.35
25.96
38.75
42.87
44.11
45.69
32.42
45.19
28.79
18.91
22.69
–
–
–
–
–
8.33
8.33
–
–
–
–
–
10.50
15.00
–
–
–
–
–
16.73
22.60
–
–
–
–
–
25.00
33.67
–
–
–
–
–
35.35
35.35
–
–
–
–
–
24.09
30.58
21.56
21.13
32.33
24.01
26.25
27.50
24.23
–
–
11.66
11.89
–
20.94
9.30
15.50
15.86
15.38
11.67
19.02
20.45
12.26
–
–
8.87
9.03
–
21.91
11.01
17.01
17.64
21.39
19.05
21.67
22.95
17.89
–
–
10.21
10.58
–
23.47
33.66
20.60
20.89
27.70
25.95
26.89
29.00
27.22
–
–
11.09
11.53
–
23.86
41.01
23.68
23.68
40.45
30.16
30.92
31.70
30.43
–
–
12.57
12.82
–
30.58
51.01
25.41
25.25
54.70
31.97
32.92
33.12
31.32
–
–
13.86
14.08
–
–
–
26.79
24.69
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.54
18.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.53
21.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.00
22.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.00
25.31
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.35
35.35
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.51
18.27
15.02
11.41
12.02
9.08
13.45
13.94
11.30
16.73
16.35
14.04
24.04
21.95
17.79
34.55
29.15
21.26
–
–
12.06
–
–
9.45
–
–
10.25
–
–
12.00
–
–
13.80
–
–
16.66
15.12
15.87
11.94
8.78
12.05
9.91
11.37
14.73
10.95
17.79
16.32
11.73
18.17
16.98
13.12
19.43
18.25
14.19
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.61
16.12
14.44
7.37
10.24
10.02
9.50
11.69
12.40
12.50
15.08
16.02
15.69
21.26
16.02
17.61
22.03
16.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.71
13.16
16.13
22.40
31.25
43.96
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.57
13.91
18.54
25.70
35.85
53.72
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.34
26.63
34.22
20.14
19.00
19.85
14.97
20.83
11.76
10.92
22.40
14.97
24.78
14.18
15.37
37.09
21.06
30.63
19.51
18.75
44.30
41.67
36.62
24.99
21.88
54.92
48.76
55.58
26.44
26.40
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.56
10.79
11.20
14.18
19.06
35.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.62
11.62
12.88
5.15
14.08
5.50
20.55
8.00
23.68
15.00
26.68
21.41
–
5.85
–
5.15
–
5.25
–
5.50
–
6.45
–
7.00
16.12
9.23
11.89
14.71
18.75
22.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.99
5.90
6.19
5.15
11.11
5.15
16.11
5.36
33.02
6.00
42.33
8.00
–
5.60
–
5.15
–
5.15
–
5.45
–
5.60
–
6.50
10.49
13.41
6.70
9.65
7.50
10.23
9.66
11.81
12.50
17.02
15.87
17.56
7.31
–
5.50
–
6.00
–
7.00
–
8.29
–
9.38
–
See footnotes at end of table.
10
Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, New Orleans, LA, February
1998 — Continued
All industries
Full-time
Occupation3
Percentiles
Mean
10
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Administrative support occupations, including
clerical (-Continued)
Secretaries ......................................... $11.56
Receptionists ......................................
8.07
Records clerks, N.E.C. .......................
7.84
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing
clerks ............................................
9.79
Billing clerks ........................................
9.52
Dispatchers ......................................... 13.75
Stock and inventory clerks ..................
7.64
General office clerks ........................... 10.36
Teachers’ aides .................................. 10.17
Administrative support occupations,
N.E.C. ........................................... 10.90
Blue-collar occupations ...................................
Precision production, craft, and repair
occupations ..............................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers
Automobile mechanics .......................
Industrial machinery repairers ............
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ........
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters,
and steamfitters ............................
Supervisors, construction trades,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Electricians .........................................
Construction trades, N.E.C. ................
Supervisors, production occupations ..
Machinists ...........................................
Water and sewer treatment plant
operators ......................................
Miscellaneous plant and system
operators, N.E.C. ..........................
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .................................................
Miscellaneous machine operators,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Welders and cutters ............................
Transportation and material moving
occupations ..............................................
Truck drivers .......................................
Bus drivers ..........................................
Ship captains and mates except
fishing boats .................................
Sailors and deckhands .......................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment
operators ......................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .....................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners
except farm ...................................
Helpers, construction trades ...............
Construction laborers .........................
Stock handlers and baggers ...............
Freight, stock, and material handlers,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Laborers except construction, N.E.C.
Service occupations .........................................
Protective service occupations ...............
Supervisors, police and detectives .....
Part-time
$8.00
6.00
6.46
25
Median
50
$9.25 $10.75
6.20
7.28
6.70
7.00
Percentiles
Mean
75
90
$13.46
8.75
7.70
$16.34
14.12
10.50
10
25
Median
50
75
90
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.28
6.25
8.67
5.20
6.16
7.57
7.50
8.35
13.22
7.00
7.50
8.75
9.25
9.00
14.95
7.26
10.38
10.90
10.77
12.50
15.32
8.52
13.60
11.65
13.23
12.50
16.51
10.00
14.16
11.65
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.25
7.94
9.89
14.52
16.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.06
6.50
9.08
12.50
16.40
20.36
$6.57
$5.15
$5.25
$5.75
$7.00
$9.80
15.85
23.25
12.45
15.74
16.19
9.88
9.09
8.75
11.44
9.15
12.00
14.22
9.92
12.30
13.33
15.75
22.24
11.56
15.04
16.38
18.58
29.90
15.00
20.36
21.38
21.42
40.89
17.00
21.31
21.42
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.26
10.28
12.19
13.76
15.19
19.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.11
15.79
13.74
22.65
14.83
13.74
11.83
12.00
16.00
12.50
17.60
15.04
12.00
17.63
12.75
18.58
15.75
12.00
21.46
13.75
20.90
17.54
16.94
26.54
16.73
21.30
20.35
16.94
30.50
18.15
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.28
7.45
7.83
9.32
11.02
16.54
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.06
16.42
17.91
18.67
21.31
21.31
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.51
6.50
9.10
11.80
13.50
15.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.25
13.94
7.00
11.50
10.39
12.20
11.80
13.50
13.17
15.77
13.21
17.50
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.31
9.78
11.97
7.19
6.80
7.50
8.33
7.75
10.21
11.00
9.08
14.00
13.77
10.78
14.00
16.67
14.72
14.00
8.22
–
–
5.75
–
–
5.75
–
–
7.50
–
–
10.78
–
–
11.36
–
–
15.21
7.80
9.00
6.50
12.78
7.19
16.67
7.33
17.92
8.33
17.92
10.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.27
9.65
10.08
11.49
12.23
12.96
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.70
5.50
6.00
7.75
11.25
13.45
5.93
5.15
5.25
5.50
6.00
7.25
6.68
8.00
7.86
8.68
5.25
6.31
5.41
5.45
5.60
6.70
6.50
6.00
6.75
7.70
7.29
9.40
6.92
8.74
9.30
9.80
8.32
10.50
10.54
10.80
–
–
–
5.45
–
–
–
5.15
–
–
–
5.20
–
–
–
5.25
–
–
–
5.50
–
–
–
6.00
9.82
9.21
5.39
5.50
5.90
5.75
9.60
8.95
10.18
12.25
19.39
13.45
–
5.96
–
5.15
–
5.50
–
6.00
–
6.50
–
7.00
7.86
9.40
16.40
5.15
5.25
14.17
5.50
6.08
16.19
6.66
8.31
16.60
8.82
11.86
17.02
12.35
14.84
18.34
5.53
6.23
–
2.57
5.15
–
5.15
5.15
–
5.25
5.33
–
6.13
6.00
–
7.98
7.73
–
See footnotes at end of table.
11
Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, New Orleans, LA, February
1998 — Continued
All industries
Full-time
Occupation3
Percentiles
Mean
Service occupations (-Continued)
Protective service occupations
(-Continued)
Firefighting occupations ......................
Police and detectives, public service ..
Correctional institution officers ...........
Guards and police except public
service ..........................................
Protective service occupations,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Food service occupations .......................
Waiters and waitresses ......................
Cooks .................................................
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C.
Health service occupations .....................
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .....................................
Cleaning and building service
occupations ......................................
Maids and housemen .........................
Janitors and cleaners .........................
Personal service occupations .................
Attendants, amusement and
recreation facilities ........................
Service occupations, N.E.C.. ..............
Part-time
Percentiles
Mean
10
25
Median
50
75
90
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$9.39
12.23
8.19
$6.63
9.44
6.56
$7.96
11.44
6.85
$9.02
12.47
7.42
$10.09
13.54
9.09
$11.00
14.84
12.66
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.43
5.15
5.15
6.00
6.50
8.41
$6.05
$5.15
$5.15
$5.40
$6.00
$7.73
10.27
6.56
4.08
7.83
6.80
7.10
8.00
3.66
2.47
5.25
5.25
5.25
8.00
5.25
3.00
5.90
5.25
5.96
9.50
6.06
3.48
7.83
6.14
6.78
10.82
8.00
5.23
9.30
6.70
7.79
13.94
9.40
6.42
12.02
10.95
8.90
–
5.12
4.30
–
6.35
–
–
2.13
2.13
–
5.15
–
–
3.56
2.65
–
5.15
–
–
5.15
3.50
–
5.75
–
–
6.03
6.13
–
7.70
–
–
8.00
6.13
–
9.04
–
6.75
5.24
5.80
6.70
7.53
8.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.88
6.11
7.40
9.61
5.15
5.15
5.25
4.16
5.35
5.15
5.77
5.15
6.00
5.48
7.00
6.99
7.82
6.13
7.97
9.56
10.18
7.10
10.31
16.90
6.96
–
–
5.60
5.25
–
–
5.15
5.90
–
–
5.18
7.00
–
–
5.33
7.98
–
–
5.56
7.98
–
–
6.50
6.88
8.20
5.15
6.45
5.15
7.50
5.25
7.92
6.60
8.66
11.05
10.05
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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."
12
Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries,
New Orleans, LA, February 1998
All industries
Occupation3
Mean
weekly
hours4
Weekly earnings
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
Annual earnings
Mean
Median
All occupations .......................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ............................................
39.7
39.7
$579
586
$490
494
2,011
2,008
$29,309
29,639
$25,465
25,584
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .........................
39.1
39.0
691
721
566
599
1,941
1,926
34,307
35,613
28,912
29,852
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Petroleum engineers ............................................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Engineers, N.E.C. .................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related occupations .......................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, N.E.C. ..........................................
Professional occupations, N.E.C. .........................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. .......
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Drafters .................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ..................
Management related occupations ............................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............
Sales occupations ............................................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Cashiers ...............................................................
Administrative support occupations, including clerical .....
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Records clerks, N.E.C. .........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. .........
38.7
38.2
40.4
40.0
42.6
40.0
40.5
40.6
39.3
39.7
39.8
39.4
33.9
32.8
31.7
34.7
–
–
39.6
39.6
–
877
985
1,296
1,418
975
1,365
985
978
1,203
856
840
1,273
813
861
872
840
–
–
462
471
–
784
909
1,212
1,410
1,150
1,422
954
954
1,253
824
831
1,128
887
907
922
934
–
–
444
460
–
1,834
1,751
2,101
2,080
2,216
2,080
2,108
2,111
2,045
2,064
2,068
1,570
1,298
1,205
1,168
1,352
–
–
2,055
2,053
–
41,555
45,140
67,384
73,747
50,713
70,968
51,226
50,861
62,534
44,489
43,686
50,762
31,176
31,631
32,126
32,755
–
–
23,961
24,405
–
35,187
36,867
63,003
73,299
59,800
73,965
49,629
49,629
65,166
42,848
43,212
45,895
33,278
33,278
33,899
34,869
–
–
23,067
23,920
–
40.1
40.1
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.3
39.3
39.7
38.8
40.0
39.5
39.2
782
733
599
605
635
478
544
643
577
1,012
1,161
1,404
1,033
1,369
795
745
669
650
562
712
653
469
500
606
641
892
1,000
1,484
790
1,225
780
748
2,084
2,086
2,074
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,072
2,080
2,006
2,018
2,066
2,017
2,080
1,989
2,035
40,671
38,110
31,151
31,448
32,999
24,839
28,311
33,412
30,029
51,571
59,655
73,013
53,705
71,178
40,045
38,659
34,798
33,800
29,203
37,003
33,946
24,398
26,000
31,491
33,322
43,992
52,000
77,147
41,067
63,710
37,440
38,875
39.8
39.8
39.5
738
822
459
567
822
320
2,058
2,034
2,056
38,203
41,947
23,889
29,931
42,744
16,640
40.0
41.6
39.9
39.3
37.6
39.2
39.9
39.5
39.6
40.0
40.1
40.0
39.2
32.0
39.4
645
873
236
412
505
453
322
310
388
381
551
306
406
325
429
588
656
216
378
423
423
291
280
370
360
598
290
400
350
396
2,080
2,164
2,077
2,016
1,958
2,012
2,075
2,056
2,014
2,080
2,085
2,080
2,027
1,173
2,048
33,526
45,415
12,261
21,142
26,256
23,250
16,746
16,123
19,714
19,804
28,669
15,899
21,006
11,928
22,330
30,597
34,117
11,232
19,344
21,977
21,486
15,142
14,560
17,784
18,720
31,096
15,101
20,800
12,932
20,571
Blue-collar occupations .....................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
40.6
40.1
530
636
506
630
2,104
2,087
27,492
33,062
26,312
32,739
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries,
New Orleans, LA, February 1998 — Continued
All industries
Occupation3
Blue-collar occupations (-Continued)
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations
(-Continued)
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ..........................
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters .....................................................
Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. ..............
Electricians ...........................................................
Construction trades, N.E.C. ..................................
Supervisors, production occupations ....................
Machinists .............................................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
Miscellaneous plant and system operators,
N.E.C. .............................................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ...........
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Transportation and material moving occupations .............
Truck drivers .........................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Ship captains and mates except fishing boats .....
Sailors and deckhands .........................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm .......
Helpers, construction trades .................................
Construction laborers ...........................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. .......
Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ...................
Service occupations ...........................................................
Protective service occupations .................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Firefighting occupations ........................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police except public service ..............
Protective service occupations, N.E.C. ................
Food service occupations .........................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. .................
Health service occupations .......................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service occupations ..............
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service occupations ...................................
Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ..
Service occupations, N.E.C.. ................................
Mean
weekly
hours4
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
40.9
40.0
40.0
39.9
$950
498
630
646
$905
462
602
655
2,124
2,080
2,080
2,075
$49,388
25,900
32,743
33,602
$47,050
24,045
31,283
34,070
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
570
725
632
533
906
593
411
550
743
630
480
858
550
373
2,080
2,080
2,082
2,017
2,080
2,080
2,080
29,661
37,678
32,874
27,716
47,104
30,851
21,385
28,621
38,646
32,760
24,960
44,637
28,600
19,386
38.8
39.8
40.0
40.0
43.8
40.4
35.6
49.2
54.5
40.0
39.8
37.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
741
459
450
557
496
395
426
749
426
451
346
250
320
315
347
393
368
747
472
472
540
460
360
392
830
430
460
310
224
308
292
376
384
358
2,020
2,072
2,080
2,080
2,235
2,101
1,566
2,558
2,836
2,080
2,068
1,934
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
38,510
23,845
23,401
28,988
25,286
20,551
18,741
38,923
22,128
23,450
17,989
12,925
16,634
16,357
18,056
20,431
19,154
38,834
24,544
24,544
28,080
23,899
18,720
15,196
43,185
22,335
23,899
16,016
11,648
16,016
15,163
19,552
19,968
18,616
39.8
41.4
42.1
51.5
41.5
41.5
38.3
40.0
39.7
40.0
39.7
40.6
39.7
39.7
39.6
39.4
39.8
36.6
40.0
38.7
313
389
691
484
507
340
247
411
261
163
311
276
282
268
273
241
295
352
275
318
266
353
711
478
510
314
210
380
246
139
313
246
270
260
237
212
280
300
210
317
2,042
2,149
2,191
2,680
2,158
2,158
1,990
2,080
1,979
2,080
2,016
2,076
2,066
2,064
2,036
2,047
2,023
1,890
2,080
1,968
16,057
20,202
35,922
25,173
26,384
17,678
12,801
21,355
12,992
8,480
15,788
14,118
14,674
13,929
14,004
12,518
14,965
18,157
14,306
16,140
13,517
18,272
36,997
24,859
26,541
16,345
11,440
19,760
11,960
7,238
13,568
12,792
14,061
13,541
12,480
11,024
13,520
15,600
10,920
16,474
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
Weekly earnings
Annual earnings
Mean
Median
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."
14
Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry,
State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, New Orleans, LA, February 1998
All workers 4
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
All occupations .......................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ............................................
$13.97
14.18
$13.72
13.99
$14.71
14.72
$14.58
14.76
$7.42
7.62
White-collar occupations ...................................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Level 14 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .........................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Level 14 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
17.28
5.84
7.39
9.24
10.68
13.88
16.01
16.97
21.08
22.64
30.95
32.45
35.43
48.12
58.69
23.07
18.27
6.63
7.66
8.89
10.01
14.07
15.13
16.92
21.23
22.63
30.93
32.45
35.43
48.12
58.69
23.07
17.02
5.70
7.36
9.58
11.14
13.95
16.60
18.64
19.31
22.92
33.75
34.09
34.46
50.67
–
–
18.51
6.86
7.70
9.24
10.27
14.22
15.45
18.73
19.68
22.92
34.17
34.09
34.46
50.67
–
–
17.84
6.48
7.55
7.81
9.54
13.61
14.35
13.40
21.97
22.24
24.89
26.92
–
–
–
25.44
17.87
6.52
7.55
7.81
9.53
13.61
14.35
13.40
21.97
22.24
24.89
26.92
–
–
–
25.44
17.68
5.85
7.60
9.33
10.91
14.04
16.12
16.74
20.94
22.48
30.95
32.45
35.50
48.12
58.69
23.78
18.49
6.79
7.66
8.98
10.22
14.14
15.22
16.67
21.09
22.48
30.93
32.45
35.50
48.12
58.69
23.78
10.65
5.84
6.09
7.56
7.83
9.90
12.92
22.09
26.19
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.98
13.31
6.12
–
7.56
7.83
11.69
12.92
22.09
26.19
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.98
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related occupations .......................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Level 11 ............................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
22.49
25.65
16.66
15.69
16.33
23.13
25.10
35.44
32.46
36.68
44.45
31.96
27.11
35.34
31.42
24.31
30.58
22.16
17.66
22.36
21.82
23.29
32.36
38.33
23.70
18.10
26.48
–
–
23.52
28.77
13.03
16.10
21.30
22.04
25.56
40.43
33.87
33.28
44.45
32.33
27.11
35.34
31.42
–
30.58
21.84
17.96
–
21.40
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.16
22.77
21.70
–
12.90
23.41
24.72
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.64
–
–
22.50
23.65
–
–
25.50
24.70
26.48
–
–
22.66
25.78
17.06
15.64
15.58
23.02
24.73
35.44
32.46
36.89
44.45
32.08
27.11
35.34
31.42
24.31
30.58
21.56
17.65
–
21.00
21.71
32.33
38.33
24.01
–
26.48
–
–
18.91
22.69
–
–
22.09
26.19
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.79
–
–
26.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Occupational group3 and level
See footnotes at end of table.
15
Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry,
State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 —
Continued
All workers 4
Occupational group3 and level
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Social, religious, and recreation workers ..................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, N.E.C. ..........................................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Management related occupations ............................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Sales occupations ............................................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Administrative support occupations, including clerical .....
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Blue-collar occupations .........................................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
Level 3 ..............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
16
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$11.66
11.43
–
–
–
–
$11.35
–
–
$11.66
11.43
–
–
–
–
19.22
14.86
9.64
10.56
15.01
14.87
15.97
13.81
17.65
25.62
16.41
15.56
20.67
17.62
21.53
26.39
32.39
33.67
41.63
29.42
15.80
16.49
22.12
26.98
32.68
41.63
20.11
16.75
15.40
20.43
20.60
10.74
5.56
6.09
10.58
13.84
12.37
10.33
6.63
7.63
8.82
9.97
11.91
14.89
15.34
19.26
$21.27
15.56
–
10.93
16.00
14.86
15.97
16.13
–
25.83
–
15.43
20.43
17.65
22.24
27.82
35.04
–
–
30.15
–
16.21
22.40
–
35.81
–
20.47
–
15.03
20.43
22.00
10.76
5.56
6.09
10.58
13.91
12.37
10.66
6.86
7.65
9.14
10.18
12.53
15.92
16.50
–
–
12.58
–
–
–
14.94
–
–
–
25.13
–
15.89
–
–
19.49
–
28.32
–
41.63
28.04
–
–
21.35
–
28.32
41.63
18.92
–
16.36
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.59
6.52
7.54
7.82
9.59
9.67
14.01
12.46
–
19.51
15.02
9.62
10.74
15.18
15.07
15.97
13.81
17.72
25.71
16.41
15.57
20.67
17.62
21.53
26.39
32.39
33.67
–
29.57
15.80
16.49
22.12
26.98
32.68
–
20.14
16.75
15.42
20.43
20.60
11.62
5.53
–
10.58
13.84
–
10.49
6.79
7.62
8.92
10.17
11.91
14.95
15.34
19.26
–
$12.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.85
5.72
–
–
–
–
7.31
6.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.65
6.55
8.43
9.82
11.68
14.47
16.13
16.32
20.90
24.24
15.83
9.84
13.01
6.57
8.26
10.07
12.22
14.56
16.54
17.48
21.47
24.24
16.60
10.11
10.20
6.43
9.21
8.37
9.34
12.85
12.09
12.07
–
–
11.31
9.07
13.06
6.83
8.58
9.88
11.68
14.47
16.19
16.32
20.90
24.24
15.85
9.86
6.57
5.65
7.84
8.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry,
State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 —
Continued
All workers 4
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
Blue-collar occupations (-Continued)
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations
(-Continued)
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations .............
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .....
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
$11.43
15.02
16.39
16.65
21.77
11.48
8.47
10.48
12.11
14.72
11.03
7.61
8.74
9.70
11.86
12.94
8.19
6.17
8.06
9.72
13.30
$13.16
15.05
16.96
17.86
22.57
11.53
8.47
10.48
12.22
15.35
11.06
7.60
7.94
9.83
12.07
–
8.26
6.14
8.12
10.09
–
$8.91
14.30
12.09
12.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.76
–
11.02
9.07
–
–
7.80
6.40
7.82
–
–
$11.43
15.02
16.47
16.65
21.77
11.51
8.49
10.57
12.11
14.72
11.31
7.64
9.24
9.69
11.86
12.94
8.70
6.41
8.28
9.85
13.30
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$8.22
–
–
–
–
–
5.93
5.62
–
–
–
Service occupations ...........................................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Protective service occupations ...............................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Food service occupations ........................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
7.38
5.58
6.54
6.71
8.73
8.96
12.42
19.58
15.77
11.89
9.09
6.83
–
10.31
9.63
12.14
13.88
15.19
11.89
5.87
5.11
5.65
6.51
6.45
6.74
5.40
6.17
6.38
8.47
8.84
–
–
–
–
7.18
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.64
4.98
5.39
5.97
6.45
8.99
6.33
7.74
7.57
9.97
9.06
12.48
13.88
15.19
11.94
10.96
–
7.12
10.68
9.06
12.14
13.88
15.19
11.94
9.38
–
–
9.18
–
7.86
5.75
6.59
6.94
9.64
9.48
12.42
19.58
15.77
11.89
9.40
6.57
–
10.19
9.63
12.14
13.88
15.19
11.89
6.56
5.35
6.09
6.59
–
5.53
5.25
5.96
5.81
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.12
5.00
–
6.26
–
Occupational group3 and level
See footnotes at end of table.
17
Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry,
State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 —
Continued
All workers 4
Occupational group3 and level
Service occupations (-Continued)
Health service occupations .....................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Cleaning and building service occupations ............
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Personal service occupations .................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 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 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.
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$7.10
6.50
6.92
6.88
6.00
7.02
8.07
8.67
5.03
5.97
$6.76
6.49
–
6.64
5.84
–
8.33
9.34
4.89
–
$7.75
–
7.49
7.36
6.32
–
7.84
5.54
–
–
$7.10
6.47
7.19
6.88
5.95
7.03
8.15
9.61
–
–
–
–
–
$6.96
–
–
–
5.60
5.52
–
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."
18
Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private
industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, New Orleans, LA, February 1998
All workers4
Occupation3 and level
White-collar occupations:
Professional specialty and technical occupations:
Professional specialty occupations:
Petroleum engineers ............................................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Engineers, N.E.C. .................................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Registered nurses ................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Social workers ......................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Technical occupations:
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. .......
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Drafters .................................................................
Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ..........
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations:
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ..................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............
Sales occupations:
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Cashiers ...............................................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Administrative support occupations, including clerical:
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Records clerks, N.E.C. .........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
19
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$35.46
22.89
34.11
24.09
21.52
21.58
22.07
26.27
26.37
27.50
27.61
24.07
27.93
11.89
11.43
$35.46
–
34.11
–
21.28
20.95
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$21.89
22.50
–
26.27
26.37
27.50
27.61
27.48
27.93
11.57
–
$35.46
22.89
34.11
24.09
21.13
20.65
22.21
26.25
26.37
27.50
27.61
24.23
27.93
11.89
11.43
–
–
–
–
$24.69
26.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.27
15.60
11.93
11.73
13.38
16.12
14.18
17.56
–
15.29
11.97
–
14.93
16.12
14.18
–
–
–
–
–
10.03
–
–
–
15.12
15.87
11.94
11.73
13.61
16.12
14.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.34
26.63
34.22
22.62
33.85
19.00
–
26.63
34.93
23.00
33.85
20.42
35.17
–
–
–
–
–
35.34
26.63
34.22
22.62
33.85
19.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.56
20.47
17.79
20.44
–
20.58
18.56
20.62
–
–
15.20
20.99
5.84
5.53
6.11
15.20
20.99
5.80
5.53
6.11
16.12
20.99
5.90
5.53
–
–
–
5.60
–
–
13.41
11.51
10.38
11.63
7.83
6.99
7.84
9.79
8.13
9.69
9.52
13.75
14.49
10.77
7.56
10.26
9.37
7.79
9.30
10.02
–
12.61
12.12
12.56
8.01
7.13
–
10.00
–
10.11
–
–
–
10.77
–
11.64
–
–
10.31
–
13.41
11.56
10.47
11.63
8.07
7.01
7.84
9.79
8.13
9.69
9.52
13.75
14.49
–
7.64
10.36
–
7.77
9.30
10.17
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.40
8.92
–
–
–
8.76
–
–
–
–
13.62
14.49
–
–
8.39
–
–
–
10.02
Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private
industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, New Orleans, LA, February 1998
— Continued
All workers4
Occupation3 and level
White-collar occupations: (-Continued)
Administrative support occupations, including clerical:
(-Continued)
Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. .........
Professional occupations, N.E.C. .........................
Blue-collar occupations:
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations:
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ..........................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters .....................................................
Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. ..............
Electricians ...........................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Construction trades, N.E.C. ..................................
Supervisors, production occupations ....................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Machinists .............................................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
Miscellaneous plant and system operators,
N.E.C. .............................................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors:
Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ...........
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Transportation and material moving occupations:
Truck drivers .........................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Ship captains and mates except fishing boats .....
Sailors and deckhands .........................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers:
Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm .......
Helpers, construction trades .................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Construction laborers ...........................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ...........................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. .......
Level 3 ..............................................................
Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ...................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Service occupations:
Protective service occupations:
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Firefighting occupations ........................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police except public service ..............
Protective service occupations, N.E.C. ................
Food service occupations:
Bartenders ............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
20
All industries
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$9.37
–
$11.01
–
$10.90
18.27
–
–
23.25
20.13
12.45
15.74
16.19
18.49
27.88
–
13.38
15.74
–
19.41
–
–
–
–
9.79
–
23.25
20.13
12.45
15.74
16.19
18.49
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.26
18.11
15.79
15.30
13.17
22.65
19.41
14.83
10.13
–
–
16.33
–
–
23.03
–
14.83
–
–
14.20
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.13
14.26
18.11
15.79
15.30
13.74
22.65
19.41
14.83
10.28
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.06
19.06
–
19.06
–
11.18
10.08
12.43
13.94
11.19
10.08
–
13.94
–
–
–
–
11.25
10.16
12.43
13.94
–
–
–
–
9.78
11.64
15.21
7.80
11.27
10.24
–
15.27
7.80
11.27
8.13
11.05
–
–
–
9.78
11.97
15.21
7.80
11.27
–
–
–
–
–
6.68
8.06
8.34
7.84
7.16
6.21
5.53
5.53
9.39
10.41
8.64
5.83
–
–
–
7.78
7.16
6.21
5.53
5.53
10.53
10.41
8.68
5.81
7.58
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.68
8.00
–
7.86
8.68
–
–
–
9.82
–
9.21
5.81
All industries
Private
industry
$10.41
18.27
–
–
–
–
$5.45
–
–
–
–
–
5.96
5.86
16.40
9.39
12.23
9.82
12.40
–
–
–
–
–
16.40
8.76
12.52
–
12.40
16.40
9.39
12.23
9.82
12.40
–
–
–
–
–
14.77
8.19
6.36
10.27
–
–
6.32
–
14.77
8.19
–
–
–
8.19
6.43
10.27
–
–
6.05
–
5.83
5.83
–
–
–
Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private
industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, New Orleans, LA, February 1998
— Continued
All workers4
Occupation3 and level
Service occupations: (-Continued)
Food service occupations: (-Continued)
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. .................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Health service occupations:
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Cleaning and building service occupations:
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Personal service occupations:
Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ..
Service occupations, N.E.C.. ................................
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.
All industries
State and
local
government
All industries
Private
industry
$4.21
4.60
7.99
5.86
6.62
5.97
$4.21
4.60
7.88
–
6.41
5.68
6.79
6.37
6.92
6.61
–
–
$7.15
–
7.49
6.75
6.32
7.19
–
–
–
6.14
5.80
7.37
6.16
9.67
8.19
6.12
5.74
7.43
6.00
–
–
–
–
7.33
6.28
–
–
6.11
5.80
7.40
6.07
9.67
8.31
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.52
7.73
–
7.76
–
–
6.88
8.20
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$4.08
–
7.83
–
6.80
–
$4.30
–
–
–
6.35
6.23
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."
21
Table C-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and selected characteristics, all industries, New
Orleans, LA, February 1998
Occupational group2
Full-time
workers3
Part-time
workers3
Union4
Nonunion4
Time5
Incentive5
All occupations .......................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ............................................
$14.58
14.76
$7.42
7.62
$15.15
15.08
$13.83
14.08
$13.81
14.09
$19.17
20.04
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar excluding sales .............................................
17.68
18.49
10.65
13.31
23.57
24.53
17.00
17.99
17.08
18.09
22.58
–
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Sales occupations ............................................................
Administrative support including clerical occupations ......
22.66
25.78
15.02
25.71
11.62
10.49
18.91
22.69
12.06
–
5.85
7.31
27.82
28.27
–
–
–
12.58
22.08
25.37
14.79
25.62
10.40
10.27
22.32
25.45
14.86
25.24
8.52
10.33
–
–
–
–
18.30
–
Blue-collar occupations .....................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving occupations .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .....
13.06
15.85
11.51
11.31
8.70
6.57
–
–
8.22
5.93
14.29
15.68
13.11
12.36
10.19
12.25
15.88
10.49
10.68
8.11
12.60
15.83
11.67
10.93
8.19
14.02
15.78
–
–
–
Service occupations ...........................................................
7.86
5.53
7.89
7.33
7.38
–
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."
22
Table C-2. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and industry division, private industry, all workers2, New Orleans, LA,
February 1998
Goods-producing industries4
Occupational group3
All private
industries
Total
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
All occupations ...........................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ................................................
$13.72
13.99
White-collar occupations .......................................................
White-collar excluding sales .................................................
17.02
18.51
24.04
24.04
33.29
33.29
18.94
18.94
19.54
19.54
Professional specialty and technical occupations ................
Professional specialty occupations ...................................
Technical occupations ......................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations .......
Sales occupations ................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical occupations .........
23.52
28.77
15.56
25.83
10.76
10.66
28.55
33.57
16.25
29.41
–
12.93
37.23
37.50
–
35.98
–
17.13
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue-collar occupations .........................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..............
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..................
Transportation and material moving occupations .................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .........
13.01
16.60
11.53
11.06
8.26
14.28
16.62
11.66
11.80
8.35
–
–
–
–
–
Service occupations ...............................................................
6.74
–
–
Service-producing industries5
Total
$17.38 $24.54 $15.32 $15.77 $12.09
17.38 24.54 15.32 15.77 12.27
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.
TransWholeportsale
ation
and
and
retail
public
trade
utilities
Finance,
insurance,
and
real
estate
Services
–
–
$9.95 $25.12 $10.88
9.42 25.12 11.21
14.97
16.36
–
–
11.80
12.63
25.40
25.40
14.33
15.49
22.08
28.32
16.18
26.59
–
11.69
21.26
26.01
15.36
23.42
10.76
10.09
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.35
9.55
–
–
–
31.71
–
11.35
20.02
23.64
13.97
19.50
–
8.85
14.80
15.77
–
–
8.70
14.19
17.43
11.36
12.43
8.24
11.65
16.56
–
10.66
8.24
–
–
–
–
–
10.12
14.06
–
9.40
9.17
–
–
–
–
–
8.65
14.18
–
–
6.16
–
–
6.61
–
5.47
–
6.62
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."
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Table C-3. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and establishment employment size, private
industry, all workers2, New Orleans, LA, February 1998
100 workers or more
All private
industry
workers
50 - 99
workers
All occupations .......................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ............................................
$13.72
13.99
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar excluding sales .............................................
Occupational group3
Total
100 - 499
workers
500
workers or
more
$12.64
12.40
$14.00
14.39
$12.90
13.37
$15.99
16.06
17.02
18.51
17.85
18.93
16.83
18.42
14.82
17.03
19.61
19.83
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Sales occupations ............................................................
Administrative support, including clerical occupations .....
23.52
28.77
15.56
25.83
10.76
10.66
26.49
28.84
–
21.86
14.79
11.52
23.01
28.76
15.60
26.79
9.44
10.48
21.62
29.78
16.23
27.48
9.32
10.28
24.14
28.28
14.58
26.23
–
10.75
Blue-collar occupations .....................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving occupations .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .....
13.01
16.60
11.53
11.06
8.26
10.99
14.78
8.87
10.10
7.82
13.57
16.93
12.34
11.61
8.38
13.29
17.33
11.43
11.36
8.34
14.29
16.08
14.72
11.97
8.69
Service occupations ...........................................................
6.74
5.92
7.00
6.69
7.53
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."
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Table C-4. Number of workers1 represented by occupational group, New Orleans, LA,
February 1998
All workers
Occupational group2
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local government
All occupations .......................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ............................................
302,740
282,939
220,672
201,001
82,068
81,938
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar excluding sales .............................................
147,816
128,014
95,624
75,953
52,192
52,061
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Sales occupations ............................................................
Administrative support including clerical occupations ......
63,286
47,267
16,019
18,049
19,802
46,679
31,983
19,732
12,250
12,257
19,671
31,713
31,303
27,535
3,769
5,792
–
14,966
Blue-collar occupations .....................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving occupations .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .....
97,664
44,971
8,824
16,036
27,833
84,274
38,293
8,581
13,174
24,227
13,389
6,678
–
2,862
3,606
Service occupations ...........................................................
57,260
40,773
16,487
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."
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Appendix A: Technical Note
Sample design
The sample for this survey area was selected using a
two stage stratified design with probability proportional to
employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of
sample selection was a probability sample of establishments. The sample of establishments was drawn by first
stratifying the sampling frame by industry and ownership.
The number of sample establishments allocated to each
stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each sampled establishment is selected within a
stratum with a probability proportional to its employment.
Use of this technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection.
Weights were applied to each establishment when the data
were tabulated so that it represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy which were not
selected for collection. See appendix table 1 for a count of
establishments in the survey by employment size. The second stage of sample selection, detailed below, was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled establishment.
This section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained in
this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for the
survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing the
data. While this section answers some questions commonly
asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive description
of all the steps required to produce the data.
Planning for the survey
The overall design of the survey, which was based on
the type of data to be produced, had to be developed before
data collection could begin.
Survey scope
This survey of the New Orleans, LA, Metropolitan Statistical Area covered establishments employing 50 workers
or more in goods-producing industries (mining, construction and manufacturing); service-producing industries
(transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary
services; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance,
and real estate; and services industries); and State and local
governments. Agriculture, private households, and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope of the survey. For purposes of this survey an establishment was an
economic unit which produces goods or services, a central
administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing support
services to a company. For private industries in this survey, the establishment was usually at a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment
was defined as all locations of a government entity.
The New Orleans MSA includes the parishes of Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St.
James, St. John the Baptist, and St. Tammany.
Data collection
The collection of data from survey respondents required
detailed procedures. Collection was the responsibility of
the field economists, working out of the Regional Office,
who visited each establishment surveyed.
Occupational selection and classification
Identification of the occupations for which wage data
were to be collected was a multi-step process:
1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs.
2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
Census of Population system.
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time v. part-time,
union v. nonunion, and time v. incentive.
4. Determination of the level of work of each job.
Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample
was selected (sampling frame) was developed from the
State unemployment insurance reports for the New Orleans,
LA, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The reference month for
the public sector is June 1994. Due to the volatility of industries within the private sector, sampling frames were
developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. The reference
month for the private sector is March 1995. The sampling
frame was reviewed prior to the survey and, when necessary, missing establishments were added, out-of-business
and out-of-scope establishments were removed, and addresses, employment levels, industry classification, and
other information were updated.
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers who met all the criteria identified in the last three
steps. Special procedures were developed for jobs for
which a correct classification or level could not be determined.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist during a personal
visit. A complete list of employees was used for sampling,
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being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition
of Terms” section on the following page for more detail.
with each selected worker representing a job within the establishment.
As with the selection of establishments, the selection of
a job was based on probability proportional to its size in
the establishment. The greater the number of people
working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance
of selection.
The number of jobs collected in each establishment was
based on an establishment’s employment size as shown in
the following schedule:
Number of employees
50-99
100-249
250-999
1000-2,499
2,500+
Generic leveling through point factor analysis
In the last step before wage data were collected, the
work level of each selected job was determined using a
“generic leveling” process. Generic leveling ranks and
compares all occupations randomly selected in an establishment using the same criteria. This is a major departure
from the method used in the past in the Bureau’s Occupational Compensation Surveys which studied specifically defined occupations with leveling definitions unique to each
occupation.
For this survey, the level of each occupation in an establishment was determined by an analysis of each of 10
leveling factors. Nine of these factors are drawn from the
U.S. Government Office of Personnel Management’s Factor Evaluation System, which is the underlying structure for
evaluation of General Schedule Federal employees. The
tenth factor, supervisory duties, attempts to account for the
effect of supervisory duties. It is considered experimental.
The 10 factors are:
Number of selected jobs
8
10
12
16
20
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The
National Compensation Survey occupational classification
system is based on the 1990 Census of Population. A selected job may fall into any one of about 480 occupational
classifications, from accountant to wood lathe operator. In
cases where a job’s duties overlapped two or more census
classification codes, the duties used to set the wage level
were used to classify the job. Classification by primary
duties was the fallback.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major occupational group
(MOG). Occupations can fall into any of the following
MOG’s:
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Professional specialty and technical
Executive, administrative, and managerial
Sales
Administrative support including clerical
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
Transportation and material moving
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Service occupations
Knowledge
Supervision received
Guidelines
Complexity
Scope and effect
Personal contacts
Purpose of contacts
Physical demands
Work environment
Supervisory duties
Each factor contains a number of levels and each level
has an associated written description and point value. The
number and range of points differ among the factors. For
each factor, an occupation was assigned a level based on
which written description best matched the job. Within
each occupation, the points for 9 factors (supervisory duties
was excluded) were recorded and totaled. The total determines the overall level of the occupation. Appendix table 3
presents average work levels for published occupational
groups and selected occupations. A description of the levels for each factor is shown in appendix C.
Tabulations of levels of work for occupations in the
survey follow the Federal Government’s white-collar General Schedule. Point ranges for each of the 15 levels are
shown in appendix D. It also includes an example of a leveled job and a guide to help data users evaluate jobs in their
firm.
Wage data collected in prior surveys using the new generic leveling method were evaluated by BLS researchers
using regression techniques. For each of the major occupational groups, wages were compared to the 10 generic
level factors (and levels within those factors). The analysis
A complete list of all individual occupations, classified
by the MOG to which they belong, is contained in appendix
B.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the
chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based
on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then the
worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job,
depending on whether any part of pay was directly based
on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely
on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as
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Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied,
at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales.
showed that several of the generic level factors, most notably knowledge and supervision received, had strong explanatory power for wages. That is, as the levels within a
given factor increased, the wages also increased. Detailed
research continues in the area. The results of this research
will be published by BLS in the future.
Level. A ranking of an occupation based on the requirements of the position. (See the description in the technical
note and the example for more details on the leveling process.)
Collection period
The survey was collected from July 1997 through May
1998. The average payroll reference month was February
1998. For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect
the establishment’s practices on the day of collection.
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage (see below).
Part-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be part-time.
Earnings
Earnings were defined as regular payments from the
employer to the employee as compensation for straighttime hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The
following components were included as part of earnings:
·
·
·
·
·
Straight-time. Time worked at the standard rate of pay for
the job.
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
tied to an hourly rate or salary, and not to a specific level of
production.
Incentive pay, including commissions, production
bonuses, and piece rates
Cost-of-living allowances
Hazard pay
Payments of income deferred due to participation
in a salary reduction plan
Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight
or passengers
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
·
·
The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for
working a schedule that varies from the norm, such
as night or weekend work
Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends
Bonuses not directly tied to production (e.g.,
Christmas bonuses, profit-sharing bonuses)
Uniform and tool allowances
Free room and board
Payments made by third parties (e.g., tips, bonuses
given by manufacturers to department store salespeople, referral incentives in real estate)
On-call pay
A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining
agent for all workers in the occupation.
Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations.
Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed mutually binding collective bargaining
agreement.
Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the Bureau’s National Office following collection.
Weighting and nonresponse
Sample weights were calculated for each establishment/occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the
relative size of the occupation within the establishment and
of the establishment within the sample universe. Weights
were used to aggregate the individual establishment/occupations into the various data series. Of the establishments surveyed, 16.7 percent (representing 55,175
employees) refused to supply information. If data were not
provided by a sample member, the weights of responding
sample members in the same or similar “cells” were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of the nonrespondents equals the
mean value of the respondents at some detailed “cell” level.
Responding and nonresponding establishments were classified into these cells according to industry and employment
size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells which
In order to calculate earnings for various time periods
(hourly, weekly, and annual), data on work schedules were
also collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours
worked per day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were
recorded. Annual weeks worked were determined. Because
salaried workers, exempt from overtime provisions, often
work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical
number of hours actually worked was collected.
Definition of terms
Full-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be full time.
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sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible
samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different
samples would differ from each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all
possible samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the
standard error divided by the estimate. Appendix table 2
contains RSE data for selected series in this bulletin. RSE
data for all series in this bulletin are available on the Internet web site and by request to the BLS National Office.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example,
suppose table A-1 shows that mean hourly earnings for all
workers was $12.79 per hour, and appendix table 2 shows a
relative standard error of 3.6 percent for this estimate. At
the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is $13.55 to $12.03 ($12.79 plus and minus 1.645
times 3.6 percent times $12.79). If all possible samples
were selected to estimate the population value, the interval
from each sample would include the true population value
approximately 90 percent of the time.
Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They
can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey
definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct
information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data
obtained. A Technical Reinterview Program done in all
survey areas will be used in the development of a formal
quality assessment process to help compute nonsampling
error. Although they were not specifically measured, the
nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the
extensive training of the field economists who gathered the
survey data by personal visit, computer edits of the data,
and detailed data review.
were additionally defined by major occupation group and
job level.
Establishments which were determined to be out of
business or outside the scope of the survey (9.5 percent of
the total sample) had their weights changed to zero. If only
partial data were given by a sample establishment or occupation, or data were missing, the response was treated as a
refusal.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining the wages for individual establishment/occupations.
Before being combined, individual wage rates are weighted
by: number of workers; the sample weight adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation work schedule, varying depending on whether
hourly, weekly, or annual rates are being calculated.
Not all series that were calculated met the criteria for
publication. Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented publishing a series that could have revealed information about a
specific establishment.
The number of workers estimates represent the total in
all establishments within the scope of the study and not the
number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures
among establishments differ, estimates of the number of
workers obtained from the sample of establishments serve
only to indicate the relative importance of the occupational
groups studied.
Data reliability
The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically selected probability sample. There are two types of
errors possible in an estimate based on a sample survey,
sampling and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The
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Appendix table 1. Number of establishments studied by industry division and establishment employment size,
and number of establishments represented, New Orleans, LA, February 1998
Number of establishments studied
Industry
All industries .........................................................
Private industry .................................................
Goods-producing industries ..........................
Mining .......................................................
Construction .............................................
Manufacturing ...........................................
Service-producing industries ........................
Tranportation and public utilities ...............
Wholesale and retail trade ........................
Finance, insurance and real estate ..........
Services ....................................................
State and local government ..............................
Number of
establishments represented
100 workers or more
Total studied
1,578
1,502
391
33
106
252
1,111
163
484
40
424
75
162
126
40
8
8
24
86
14
28
3
41
36
50 - 99
workers
40
38
11
1
3
7
27
5
13
1
8
2
Total
122
88
29
7
5
17
59
9
15
2
33
34
100 - 499
workers
71
58
17
3
4
10
41
7
14
1
19
13
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
30
500 workers
or more
51
30
12
4
1
7
18
2
1
1
14
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Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected
occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all
workers2, New Orleans, LA, February 1998
(in percent)
Occupation3
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
All occupations .......................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ............................................
3.1
3.1
3.9
4.0
4.1
4.1
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .........................
3.8
3.6
5.2
5.0
4.6
4.6
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Petroleum engineers ............................................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Engineers, N.E.C. .................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related occupations .......................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, N.E.C. ..........................................
Professional occupations, N.E.C. .........................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. .......
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Drafters .................................................................
Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ..........
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ..................
Management related occupations ............................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............
Sales occupations ............................................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Cashiers ...............................................................
Administrative support occupations, including clerical .....
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Records clerks, N.E.C. .........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
4.4
4.6
7.7
4.6
9.2
9.3
4.2
4.7
20.2
3.7
3.3
9.1
3.5
3.3
2.9
7.7
–
–
3.7
3.6
–
6.6
6.5
7.5
4.6
–
9.3
–
–
20.2
4.6
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.7
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
6.3
–
3.4
3.3
2.9
3.7
–
–
3.4
3.1
–
9.3
5.3
5.4
7.7
2.7
2.2
11.7
9.4
8.4
15.7
5.5
6.9
17.9
13.0
9.2
5.5
8.0
15.7
–
6.0
–
3.8
2.4
13.6
9.4
8.4
–
5.8
8.2
–
13.0
9.2
5.7
5.5
–
–
6.0
–
–
–
7.0
–
–
–
12.5
13.5
19.9
–
–
14.4
–
19.6
6.3
11.6
20.8
7.2
11.7
–
12.7
–
12.4
23.9
3.3
2.9
10.3
4.6
9.5
5.5
5.2
8.7
7.8
10.1
6.0
8.8
7.9
12.4
23.9
3.2
3.4
–
4.6
10.1
–
5.8
–
–
10.1
–
8.2
–
–
–
–
5.0
–
4.1
–
11.3
–
–
11.1
–
–
8.6
7.9
See footnotes at end of table.
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Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected
occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all
workers2, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 — Continued
(in percent)
Occupation3
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Administrative support occupations, including clerical
(-Continued)
Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. .........
Blue-collar occupations .....................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ..........................
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters .....................................................
Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. ..............
Electricians ...........................................................
Construction trades, N.E.C. ..................................
Supervisors, production occupations ....................
Machinists .............................................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
Miscellaneous plant and system operators,
N.E.C. .............................................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ...........
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Transportation and material moving occupations .............
Truck drivers .........................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Ship captains and mates except fishing boats .....
Sailors and deckhands .........................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm .......
Helpers, construction trades .................................
Construction laborers ...........................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ...........................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. .......
Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ...................
Service occupations ...........................................................
Protective service occupations .................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Firefighting occupations ........................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police except public service ..............
Protective service occupations, N.E.C. ................
Food service occupations .........................................
Bartenders ............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. .................
See footnotes at end of table.
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All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
11.6
7.6
15.5
4.1
3.5
19.4
6.0
9.2
9.7
4.4
3.4
12.3
4.6
9.2
–
3.7
4.4
–
–
–
7.8
9.7
4.6
4.5
7.3
6.8
6.0
9.5
–
–
3.9
–
6.8
6.0
–
–
6.1
–
–
–
–
9.5
5.2
5.3
6.1
5.5
3.6
8.1
4.9
11.4
3.0
4.5
7.2
4.2
5.2
4.9
5.3
1.4
13.2
15.0
5.2
5.4
6.1
5.5
4.0
9.3
–
11.7
3.0
4.5
8.2
–
–
5.7
5.3
1.4
11.8
15.1
–
–
–
–
5.5
3.0
3.4
–
–
–
7.1
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.7
7.7
2.9
6.9
3.6
4.7
9.4
–
–
–
4.6
5.8
2.9
4.5
3.4
8.6
5.6
6.4
9.4
3.9
3.9
10.6
7.1
5.8
6.8
–
–
7.2
–
3.4
3.9
10.6
7.3
–
6.2
8.6
5.6
–
–
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected
occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all
workers2, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 — Continued
(in percent)
Occupation3
Service occupations (-Continued)
Health service occupations .......................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service occupations ..............
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service occupations ...................................
Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ..
Service occupations, N.E.C.. ................................
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
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
4.0
3.3
3.2
2.9
4.9
16.4
15.1
7.9
4.6
4.4
3.3
3.0
6.9
18.0
–
7.8
6.6
2.8
5.9
–
6.8
3.4
–
–
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."
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Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers,
full-time and part-time workers, New Orleans, LA, February 1998
All
Full-time Part-time
workers workers workers
Occupation1
All occupations .................................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ......................................................
5
5
5
5
3
3
White-collar occupations .............................................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales ...................................
6
7
6
7
4
5
Professional specialty and technical occupations ......................
Professional specialty occupations .........................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .................................
Petroleum engineers ......................................................
Industrial engineers ........................................................
Engineers, N.E.C. ...........................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts and scientists .....................
Natural scientists ................................................................
Health related occupations .................................................
Registered nurses ..........................................................
Teachers, college and university ........................................
Teachers, except college and university ............................
Elementary school teachers ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ............................................
Teachers, special education ...........................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators .....................................
Social scientists and urban planners ..................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ............................
Social workers ................................................................
Lawyers and judges ............................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,
N.E.C. ...........................................................................
Professional occupations, N.E.C. ...................................
Technical occupations ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ...........
Radiological technicians .................................................
Licensed practical nurses ...............................................
Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. .................
Electrical and electronic technicians ...............................
Drafters ...........................................................................
Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ....................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations .............
Executives, administrators, and managers .........................
Administrators and officials, public administration ..........
Financial managers ........................................................
Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ............................
Management related occupations ......................................
Accountants and auditors ...............................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........
Management related occupations, N.E.C. ......................
Sales occupations ......................................................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale ..................................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .......................
Cashiers .........................................................................
Administrative support occupations, including clerical ...............
Supervisors, general office .............................................
Secretaries .....................................................................
Receptionists ..................................................................
Records clerks, N.E.C. ...................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ................
Billing clerks ....................................................................
Dispatchers .....................................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .............................
Stock and inventory clerks ..............................................
General office clerks .......................................................
Teachers’ aides ..............................................................
Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ...................
8
9
10
10
9
11
11
11
9
8
8
10
7
8
8
7
–
–
8
8
–
8
9
10
10
9
11
11
11
9
8
8
10
7
8
8
8
–
–
8
8
–
7
7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8
8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8
9
6
7
6
5
5
7
6
5
9
10
10
9
11
8
8
7
7
3
9
9
6
7
6
5
6
7
6
–
9
10
10
9
11
8
8
7
7
4
–
–
6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
5
5
2
4
6
5
2
3
4
3
5
4
2
4
4
4
5
5
1
4
6
5
2
3
4
3
5
–
2
4
4
5
–
–
2
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4
6
8
6
5
6
8
6
2
–
–
–
Blue-collar occupations ...............................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ....................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ...........................
Automobile mechanics ...................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers,
full-time and part-time workers, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 — Continued
All
Full-time Part-time
workers workers workers
Occupation1
Blue-collar occupations (-Continued)
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations
(-Continued)
Industrial machinery repairers ........................................
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ....................................
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .......
Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. ........................
Electricians .....................................................................
Construction trades, N.E.C. ............................................
Supervisors, production occupations ..............................
Machinists .......................................................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ...................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C. ........
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........................
Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. .....................
Welders and cutters ........................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations .......................
Truck drivers ...................................................................
Bus drivers ......................................................................
Ship captains and mates except fishing boats ...............
Sailors and deckhands ...................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ................
Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm .................
Helpers, construction trades ...........................................
Construction laborers .....................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ...........................................
Machine feeders and offbearers .....................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. .................
Laborers except construction, N.E.C. .............................
6
6
7
7
6
5
8
6
4
5
4
3
6
4
3
3
6
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
6
6
7
7
6
5
8
6
4
5
4
3
6
4
3
4
6
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
–
2
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
–
–
–
–
–
2
–
–
–
1
–
–
1
Service occupations .....................................................................
Protective service occupations ...........................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .................................
Firefighting occupations ..................................................
Police and detectives, public service ..............................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ......
Correctional institution officers .......................................
Guards and police except public service ........................
Protective service occupations, N.E.C. ..........................
Food service occupations ...................................................
Bartenders ......................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ..................................................
Cooks .............................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................................
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ...........................
Health service occupations .................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants .........................
Cleaning and building service occupations ........................
Maids and housemen .....................................................
Janitors and cleaners .....................................................
Personal service occupations .............................................
Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ............
Service occupations, N.E.C.. ..........................................
3
4
8
5
7
5
3
2
4
2
3
3
4
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
3
5
8
5
7
–
3
2
4
3
–
2
3
–
2
3
3
2
2
2
4
3
3
2
2
–
–
–
–
–
2
–
2
–
3
–
–
1
–
–
2
–
–
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.
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."
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