visalia–porterville, ca national compensation survey july 2008 · 2009. 3. 27. · 1 introduction...

Visalia–Porterville, CA National Compensation Survey July 2008 _________________________________________________________________________________________ U.S. Department of Labor Hilda L. Solis, Secretary U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Keith Hall, Commissioner March 2009

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Preface

ata shown in this bulletin were collected as part of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) National Compensa-

tion Survey (NCS). The survey could not have been con-ducted without the cooperation of the many private estab-lishments and government agencies that provided pay data included in this bulletin. The Bureau thanks these respon-dents for their cooperation. Field economists of the Bureau of Labor Statistics col-lected and reviewed the survey data. The Office of Com-pensation and Working Conditions, in cooperation with the Office of Field Operations and the Office of Technology and Survey Processing in the BLS National Office, de-signed the survey, processed the data, and prepared the survey for publication. For additional information regarding this survey, please contact any BLS regional office at the address and tele-phone number listed on the back cover of this bulletin. You may also write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics at:

Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Room 4175, Washington, DC 20212–0001, call (202) 691–6199, or send an e-mail to [email protected]. The data contained in this bulletin are also available at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm, the BLS Inter-net site. Data are presented in a Portable Document Format (PDF) file containing the core bulletin, and in an ASCII file containing the published table formats. Results of earlier surveys of this area are available from BLS regional offices, the Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, or at the BLS Internet site. Material in this bulletin is in the public domain and, with appropriate credit, may be reproduced without permis-sion. This information will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691–5200; Federal Relay Service: 1–800–877–8339.

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Contents

Page Introduction................................................................................................................................................ 1 Tables:

1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics.................................................................................................. 3 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers by work levels............................................................................................................................... 4 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers by work levels............................................................................................................................... 6 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers by work levels............................................................................................................................... 8 5. Combined work levels for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers ................................................................................................................... 9 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles................................................................................... 11 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles ...................................................................... 13 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles .................................................... 14 9. Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles .................................................................... 15 10. Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles .................................................................... 17 11. Full-time civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................ 18 12. Full-time private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................ 20 13. Full-time State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................ 21 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings of private industry establishments for major occupational groups...................................................................................................... 22 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers .................... 23 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers .................... 24 17. Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups .................. 25 18. Time and incentive workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups .................... 26 19. Industry sector: Mean hourly earnings for private industry workers by major occupational group ........................................................................................................ 27

Appendixes: A. Technical Note............................................................................................................................... A – 1 Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey ................................................ A – 5 Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response ........................................................................ A – 6 B. Standard Occupational Classification System................................................................................ B – 1

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Introduction

he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for the Visalia–Porterville, CA, Metropolitan Statistical

Area (MSA). Data were collected between December 2007 and January 2009; the average reference month is July 2008. Tabulations provide information on earnings of workers in a variety of occupations and at different work levels. Also contained in this bulletin are information on the program, a technical note describing survey procedures, and an appendix with detailed information on occupational classifications. Most of the earnings estimates in this bulletin are pre-sented as mean hourly earnings. Mean weekly and annual earnings, and the corresponding hours, also are provided for full-time employees in specific occupations. Some oc-cupations, such as teachers and fire fighters, typically have shorter or longer work schedules than do the majority of full-time workers. The weekly and annual estimates are useful for comparing the earnings of occupations having different work schedules. NCS products The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey (NCS) pro-vides comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan provisions. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly measure of the change in employer costs for wages and benefits, is derived from the NCS. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation measures employers’ average hourly costs for wages and benefits. NCS also measures the incidence and provisions of benefit plans. This bulletin is limited to data on occupational wages and salaries. Changes to the publications The NCS is in its second year of a six-year transition from a sample of areas based on the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) December 1993 area definitions to a new sample of areas based on the December 2003 area definitions. The NCS is phasing in new metropolitan and micropolitan areas as defined by OMB and county clusters defined specifically by BLS; at the same time, some areas under the December 1993 OMB definitions are being phased out of the sample.

About the tables The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupa-tional earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 800 de-tailed occupations, listed in Appendix B, are used to de-scribe all occupations in the civilian nonfarm economy (ex-cluding the Federal Government and private households). Data are not shown for any occupations if they would raise concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respon-dents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable esti-mates. Table 1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulle-tin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative stan-dard errors are given for all industries, private industry, and State and local government for selected worker and estab-lishment characteristics. The worker characteristics include high-level and intermediate occupational aggregation, full-time or part-time status, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive pay. Establishment characteristics include goods producing, service providing, and size of establish-ment. Table 2 presents mean hourly earnings data by work level for occupational major groups and for detailed occu-pations. Separate data are also shown for full-time and part-time workers. Table 3 provides work level data for private industry workers. Table 4 provides similar data for State and local government workers. Table 5 simplifies the work levels by combining them into broader groups within major and detailed occupations, and for full-time and part-time workers. Tables 6 through 10 present hourly wage percentiles that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for indi-vidual workers within each published occupation. Data are provided for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles for detailed occupations within all industries, private indus-try, State and local government, full-time workers, and part-time workers. Table 11 presents mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings, and the associated hours, for major occu-pational groups and detailed occupations for full-time

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workers. Table 12 provides the same type of information for private industry workers. Table 13 provides similar data for State and local government workers. Table 14 presents mean hourly earnings data for estab-lishment employment sizes by high-level occupational ag-gregations in the private sector. Tables 15 and 16 provide mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings data for full-time employees in private establishments with fewer than 100 workers, and in private establishments with 100 workers or more. Table 17 presents mean hourly earnings data for union and nonunion workers in all, private, and State and local

government establishments by high-level occupational ag-gregation. Table 18 provides hourly earnings data for time and incentive workers in all and private establishments by high-level occupational aggregation. Table 19 presents mean hourly earnings data for major industry divisions within the private sector. Appendix table 1 presents the number of workers repre-sented by the survey, by high-level occupational aggrega-tion and for all industries, private industry, and State and local government. Appendix table 2 provides the number of establishments in the sampling frame and the number of responding and nonresponding establishments.

Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics,Visalia-Porterville, CA, July 2008

Worker and establishmentcharacteristics

Civilianworkers

Private industryworkers

State and local governmentworkers

Hourly earnings

Meanweeklyhours3

Hourly earnings

Meanweeklyhours3

Hourly earnings

Meanweeklyhours3Mean

Relativeerror2

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror2

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror2

(percent)

All workers .......................................................... $18.40 3.9 35.5 $15.01 3.5 35.0 $27.71 6.2 37.0

Worker characteristics4,5

Management, professional, and related ........... 31.36 5.6 36.5 25.24 7.1 38.2 34.95 4.9 35.5Management, business, and financial .......... 30.96 10.7 39.9 27.41 7.5 38.8 34.74 13.0 41.2Professional and related ............................... 31.54 5.8 35.1 23.56 10.3 37.8 35.02 5.6 34.1

Service .............................................................. 11.68 5.5 30.8 9.83 5.7 29.3 18.41 8.9 37.7Sales and office ................................................ 14.17 4.6 35.5 13.86 5.5 34.8 16.10 2.5 40.0

Sales and related .......................................... 13.05 8.8 32.3 12.89 8.9 32.2 – – –Office and administrative support ................. 14.98 3.0 38.2 14.76 3.9 37.7 15.72 1.9 40.0

Natural resources, construction, andmaintenance ................................................... 18.07 9.0 37.3 17.71 11.3 36.8 19.71 10.6 40.0Construction and extraction ......................... 15.55 6.7 34.5 14.26 4.3 33.3 – – –Installation, maintenance, and repair ............ 21.30 9.2 40.0 21.48 9.6 40.0 – – –

Production, transportation, and materialmoving ............................................................ 14.95 9.9 39.3 14.69 10.8 39.3 – – –Production .................................................... 13.46 6.6 40.0 13.05 5.2 40.0 – – –Transportation and material moving ............. 16.20 13.4 38.8 16.07 14.7 38.7 – – –

Full time ............................................................ 19.73 4.3 39.8 16.21 4.0 40.1 28.23 6.5 39.2Part time ........................................................... 10.56 5.4 21.6 9.39 2.7 21.9 19.71 20.0 19.8

Union ................................................................ 26.53 3.1 38.0 22.65 10.4 38.8 28.23 3.5 37.7Nonunion .......................................................... 16.18 5.1 34.8 14.27 3.1 34.6 27.04 13.4 36.1

Time .................................................................. 18.32 4.2 35.3 14.70 4.0 34.7 27.71 6.2 37.0Incentive ........................................................... 20.29 9.3 39.2 20.29 9.3 39.2 – – –

Establishment characteristics

Goods producing .............................................. 6( ) 6( ) 6( ) 16.84 5.7 38.1 6( ) 6( ) 6( )Service providing .............................................. 6( ) 6( ) 6( ) 14.47 4.0 34.1 6( ) 6( ) 6( )

1-99 workers ..................................................... 14.46 4.4 33.7 14.10 4.9 33.4 19.70 11.6 38.2100-499 workers ............................................... 19.28 7.2 38.2 17.20 7.1 38.7 26.39 15.0 36.8500 workers or more ......................................... 26.70 5.2 37.2 15.85 4.2 39.1 29.66 5.5 36.8

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. Theyinclude incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premiumpay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean iscomputed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.

2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent ofthe estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sampleestimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,exclusive of overtime.

4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule basedon the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages aredetermined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on

hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partiallybased on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and productionbonuses.

5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard OccupationalClassification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.

6 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published forprivate industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American IndustryClassification System (NAICS).

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publicationcriteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,Visalia-Porterville, CA, July 2008

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

MeanRelativeerror5

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror5

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror5

(percent)

All workers .............................................................................. $18.40 3.9 $19.73 4.3 $10.56 5.4

Management occupations ................................................. 36.63 7.6 36.63 7.6 – –Not able to be leveled ....................................... 30.03 8.1 30.03 8.1 – –

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 23.55 5.1 23.55 5.1 – –

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 24.10 11.5 24.10 11.5 – –

Community and social services occupations .................. 21.99 18.1 21.99 18.1 – –

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 36.30 2.9 39.33 3.7 15.36 9.5Level 4 ............................................................. 15.92 5.7 – – – –Level 9 ............................................................. 43.57 3.7 43.57 3.7 – –Not able to be leveled ....................................... 34.06 8.1 – – – –

Primary, secondary, and special education schoolteachers ...................................................................... 42.95 1.1 43.96 1.1 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 42.44 6.7 42.44 6.7 – –Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 43.32 2.8 43.72 3.2 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 39.24 7.3 39.24 7.3 – –Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 44.01 2.8 44.48 3.3 – –Level 9 ............................................................. 38.36 10.8 38.36 10.8 – –

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 41.89 1.1 – – – –Teacher assistants ........................................................... 15.50 7.4 – – 13.75 7.4

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.92 5.7 – – – –

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 31.41 12.0 31.39 12.4 – –Level 6 ............................................................. 24.34 4.8 24.34 4.8 – –Level 9 ............................................................. 39.23 1.1 38.83 1.8 – –

Registered nurses ............................................................ 39.30 1.2 38.93 1.9 – –Level 9 ............................................................. 39.23 1.1 38.83 1.8 – –

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 21.71 1.4 21.71 1.4 – –

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 11.33 9.7 11.53 9.5 – –Level 3 ............................................................. 10.03 5.3 10.11 5.3 – –

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 9.83 4.1 9.90 4.1 – –Level 3 ............................................................. 9.83 4.2 9.90 4.3 – –

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 9.83 4.1 9.90 4.1 – –Level 3 ............................................................. 9.83 4.2 9.90 4.3 – –

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 14.49 12.2 14.70 12.5 – –

Protective service occupations ......................................... 19.43 21.8 19.87 24.2 – –

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 9.14 3.1 10.12 7.6 8.44 1.4Level 1 ............................................................. 8.20 1.1 – – 8.09 .3Level 2 ............................................................. 8.22 4.3 – – 8.15 4.4

Cooks ............................................................................... 13.00 7.2 – – – –Food service, tipped ......................................................... 8.07 2.0 – – 8.04 3.6

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.07 .4 – – – –Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 9.00 7.7 – – 8.47 1.9

Combined food preparation and serving workers,including fast food ................................................... 9.04 7.7 – – 8.50 1.8

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenanceoccupations .................................................................. 11.83 12.9 12.79 7.4 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.52 3.7 – – – –Building cleaning workers ................................................. 10.23 10.1 11.23 11.5 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.52 3.7 – – – –Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 10.87 15.0 – – – –

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 13.74 13.3 – – – –

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 13.05 8.8 14.58 10.1 9.09 5.5Level 2 ............................................................. 9.61 8.7 – – 8.87 6.3Level 3 ............................................................. 12.97 4.0 – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,Visalia-Porterville, CA, July 2008 — Continued



MeanRelativeerror5

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror5

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror5

(percent)

Sales and related occupations –ContinuedRetail sales workers ......................................................... $10.84 2.3 $11.69 5.1 $9.14 5.3

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.66 8.4 – – 8.91 6.2Level 3 ............................................................. 13.47 2.2 – – – –

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 10.31 2.9 10.82 1.8 9.28 5.8Level 2 ............................................................. 9.97 10.7 – – – –

Cashiers ................................................................... 10.31 2.9 10.82 1.8 9.28 5.8Level 2 ............................................................. 9.97 10.7 – – – –

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 11.88 10.6 – – – –Retail salespersons ...................................................... 11.28 3.1 12.39 6.2 – –

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 14.98 3.0 15.31 2.4 12.24 10.5Level 3 ............................................................. 12.34 5.5 11.52 5.7 – –Level 4 ............................................................. 15.02 3.3 14.94 3.1 – –Level 5 ............................................................. 16.48 4.5 16.39 4.8 – –Level 6 ............................................................. 19.83 7.0 19.83 7.0 – –Not able to be leveled ....................................... 13.17 3.3 13.14 3.5 – –

Financial clerks ................................................................. 14.77 4.3 14.73 4.4 – –Level 4 ............................................................. 14.96 5.8 14.88 5.6 – –

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 14.80 5.5 14.80 5.5 – –Level 4 ............................................................. 14.26 6.0 14.26 6.0 – –

Customer service representatives .................................... 16.85 4.3 – – – –Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 20.22 6.3 20.31 6.7 – –Office clerks, general ........................................................ 15.60 8.3 15.60 8.3 – –

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 15.55 6.7 16.25 8.7 – –Construction laborers ....................................................... 11.43 8.2 – – – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 21.30 9.2 21.30 9.2 – –Level 5 ............................................................. 17.35 6.5 17.35 6.5 – –

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenanceworkers ....................................................................... 19.78 5.8 19.78 5.8 – –

Production occupations .................................................... 13.46 6.6 13.46 6.6 – –Level 1 ............................................................. 9.05 .7 9.05 .7 – –Level 2 ............................................................. 10.61 10.4 10.61 10.4 – –Level 3 ............................................................. 11.47 5.8 11.47 5.8 – –Level 4 ............................................................. 16.99 6.0 16.99 6.0 – –Level 5 ............................................................. 16.59 8.2 16.59 8.2 – –

Printers ............................................................................. 13.76 1.4 13.76 1.4 – –

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 16.20 13.4 17.24 13.6 9.54 15.9Level 1 ............................................................. 8.89 4.9 8.98 .9 8.76 12.5Level 4 ............................................................. 22.78 17.0 22.78 17.0 – –

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 23.83 13.9 23.83 13.9 – –Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 23.93 13.9 23.93 13.9 – –

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 10.39 7.5 11.18 5.8 8.76 12.5Level 1 ............................................................. 8.71 6.3 8.65 3.4 8.76 12.5

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,hand ........................................................................ 11.30 8.4 – – – –

Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 9.80 7.3 10.65 6.4 – –Level 1 ............................................................. 8.43 2.7 8.64 4.0 – –

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excludedare premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, andtips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by thenumber of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.

2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-timeschedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, aworker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-timeemployee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, wherea 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.

3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment isevaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls andcomplexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailoredto 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the

occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine theoverall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.

4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 StandardOccupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.

5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as apercent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" arounda sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.


NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meetpublication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categoriesnot shown separately

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Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,Visalia-Porterville, CA, July 2008



MeanRelativeerror5

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror5

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror5

(percent)

All workers .............................................................................. $15.01 3.5 $16.21 4.0 $9.39 2.7

Management occupations ................................................. 31.84 9.0 31.84 9.0 – –


Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 22.36 17.6 22.96 16.3 – –

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 10.35 7.7 10.48 7.8 – –Level 3 ............................................................. 9.84 4.5 9.90 4.7 – –

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 9.60 2.5 – – – –Level 3 ............................................................. 9.61 2.5 – – – –

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 9.60 2.5 – – – –Level 3 ............................................................. 9.61 2.5 – – – –

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 8.68 1.3 9.22 2.2 8.35 1.4Level 1 ............................................................. 8.20 1.1 – – 8.09 .3Level 2 ............................................................. 8.14 3.7 – – 8.06 3.6

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 7.96 1.4 – – – –Level 1 ............................................................. 8.07 .4 – – – –

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 8.43 1.8 – – 8.47 1.9Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... 8.45 1.8 – – 8.50 1.8


Level 1 ............................................................. 8.52 3.7 – – – –Building cleaning workers ................................................. 9.00 4.5 9.56 3.5 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.52 3.7 – – – –Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 8.99 7.6 – – – –

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 15.85 13.0 – – – –

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 12.89 8.9 14.38 10.3 9.09 5.5Level 2 ............................................................. 9.61 8.7 – – 8.87 6.3Level 3 ............................................................. 12.97 4.0 – – – –

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 10.84 2.3 11.69 5.1 9.14 5.3Level 2 ............................................................. 9.66 8.4 – – 8.91 6.2Level 3 ............................................................. 13.47 2.2 – – – –

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 10.31 2.9 10.82 1.8 9.28 5.8Level 2 ............................................................. 9.97 10.7 – – – –

Cashiers ................................................................... 10.31 2.9 10.82 1.8 9.28 5.8Level 2 ............................................................. 9.97 10.7 – – – –


Office and administrative support occupations .............. 14.76 3.9 15.16 3.3 12.24 10.5Level 3 ............................................................. 12.27 6.8 11.04 6.4 – –Level 4 ............................................................. 15.28 3.4 15.20 3.2 – –Level 5 ............................................................. 16.82 4.8 16.69 5.2 – –Not able to be leveled ....................................... 12.67 3.2 12.60 3.5 – –

Financial clerks ................................................................. 15.08 6.3 15.05 6.5 – –Level 4 ............................................................. 15.51 6.9 15.42 6.8 – –

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 15.57 9.6 15.57 9.6 – –Customer service representatives .................................... 16.85 4.3 – – – –Office clerks, general ........................................................ 16.58 8.7 16.58 8.7 – –

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 14.26 4.3 14.94 8.8 – –Construction laborers ....................................................... 11.43 8.2 – – – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 21.48 9.6 21.48 9.6 – –

Production occupations .................................................... 13.05 5.2 13.05 5.2 – –Level 1 ............................................................. 9.05 .7 9.05 .7 – –Level 2 ............................................................. 10.61 10.4 10.61 10.4 – –Level 3 ............................................................. 11.47 5.8 11.47 5.8 – –


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Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,Visalia-Porterville, CA, July 2008 — Continued



MeanRelativeerror5

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror5

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror5

(percent)

Production occupations –ContinuedLevel 4 ............................................................. $16.52 7.1 $16.52 7.1 – –Level 5 ............................................................. 16.59 8.2 16.59 8.2 – –

Printers ............................................................................. 13.76 1.4 13.76 1.4 – –

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 16.07 14.7 17.18 14.9 $9.54 15.9Level 1 ............................................................. 8.89 4.9 8.98 .9 8.76 12.5

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 24.28 14.7 24.28 14.7 – –Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 24.40 14.6 24.40 14.6 – –

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 10.39 7.5 11.18 5.8 8.76 12.5Level 1 ............................................................. 8.71 6.3 8.65 3.4 8.76 12.5

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,hand ........................................................................ 11.30 8.4 – – – –

Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 9.80 7.3 10.65 6.4 – –Level 1 ............................................................. 8.43 2.7 8.64 4.0 – –









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Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by worklevels3, Visalia-Porterville, CA, July 2008



MeanRelativeerror5

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror5

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror5

(percent)

All workers .............................................................................. $27.71 6.2 $28.23 6.5 $19.71 20.0

Management occupations ................................................. 39.58 4.7 39.58 4.7 – –



Education, training, and library occupations .................. 37.56 1.4 40.99 2.3 15.19 9.7Level 4 ............................................................. 15.92 5.7 – – – –Level 9 ............................................................. 43.57 3.7 43.57 3.7 – –Not able to be leveled ....................................... 34.06 8.1 – – – –

Primary, secondary, and special education schoolteachers ...................................................................... 43.42 .3 44.47 .2 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 42.44 6.7 42.44 6.7 – –Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 44.02 2.4 44.45 2.9 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 39.24 7.3 39.24 7.3 – –Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 44.01 2.8 44.48 3.3 – –Level 9 ............................................................. 38.36 10.8 38.36 10.8 – –


Level 4 ............................................................. 15.92 5.7 – – – –

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 36.63 11.5 36.28 12.7 – –Level 9 ............................................................. 39.22 1.2 – – – –

Registered nurses ............................................................ 39.29 1.2 – – – –Level 9 ............................................................. 39.22 1.2 – – – –

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 14.47 13.4 14.69 14.9 – –


Office and administrative support occupations .............. 15.72 1.9 15.72 1.9 – –Level 5 ............................................................. 15.96 9.4 15.96 9.4 – –









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Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,Visalia-Porterville, CA, July 2008



MeanRelativeerror5

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror5

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror5

(percent)

All workers .............................................................................. $18.40 3.9 $19.73 4.3 $10.56 5.4

Management occupations ................................................. 36.63 7.6 36.63 7.6 – –Group III ............................................................ 43.95 16.8 – – – –

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 23.55 5.1 23.55 5.1 – –Group II ............................................................. 23.13 8.6 – – – –Group III ............................................................ 27.46 11.3 – – – –

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 24.10 11.5 24.10 11.5 – –


Education, training, and library occupations .................. 36.30 2.9 39.33 3.7 15.36 9.5Group I .............................................................. 15.04 7.3 – – – –Group II ............................................................. 38.08 10.2 – – – –Group III ............................................................ 43.63 3.7 – – – –

Primary, secondary, and special education schoolteachers ...................................................................... 42.95 1.1 43.96 1.1 – –

Group II ............................................................. 43.18 5.1 – – – –Group III ............................................................ 42.44 6.7 – – – –

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 43.32 2.8 43.72 3.2 – –Group III ............................................................ 39.24 7.3 – – – –

Elementary school teachers, except specialeducation ............................................................ 44.01 2.8 44.48 3.3 – –Group III ............................................................ 38.36 10.8 38.36 10.8 – –


Group I .............................................................. 15.51 8.5 – – 12.54 9.2

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 31.41 12.0 31.39 12.4 – –Group II ............................................................. 23.19 3.4 – – – –Group III ............................................................ 45.93 10.7 – – – –

Registered nurses ............................................................ 39.30 1.2 38.93 1.9 – –Group III ............................................................ 39.30 1.2 38.93 1.9 – –

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 21.71 1.4 21.71 1.4 – –Group II ............................................................. 21.71 1.4 21.71 1.4 – –

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 11.33 9.7 11.53 9.5 – –Group I .............................................................. 10.13 4.9 – – – –

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 9.83 4.1 9.90 4.1 – –Group I .............................................................. 9.83 4.1 – – – –

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 9.83 4.1 9.90 4.1 – –Group I .............................................................. 9.83 4.1 9.90 4.1 – –

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 14.49 12.2 14.70 12.5 – –


Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 9.14 3.1 10.12 7.6 8.44 1.4Group I .............................................................. 8.94 2.7 – – – –

Cooks ............................................................................... 13.00 7.2 – – – –Food service, tipped ......................................................... 8.07 2.0 – – 8.04 3.6

Group I .............................................................. 8.07 2.0 – – – –Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 9.00 7.7 – – 8.47 1.9

Group I .............................................................. 9.00 7.7 – – – –Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... 9.04 7.7 – – 8.50 1.8Group I .............................................................. 9.04 7.7 – – 8.50 1.8


Group I .............................................................. 11.03 10.1 – – – –Building cleaning workers ................................................. 10.23 10.1 11.23 11.5 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.14 11.2 – – – –Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 10.87 15.0 – – – –Group I .............................................................. 10.83 17.4 – – – –


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Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,Visalia-Porterville, CA, July 2008 — Continued



MeanRelativeerror5

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror5

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror5

(percent)

Personal care and service occupations ........................... $13.74 13.3 – – – –

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 13.05 8.8 $14.58 10.1 $9.09 5.5Group I .............................................................. 10.82 1.0 – – – –Group II ............................................................. 20.62 14.8 – – – –

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 10.84 2.3 11.69 5.1 9.14 5.3Group I .............................................................. 10.79 2.1 – – – –

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 10.31 2.9 10.82 1.8 9.28 5.8Group I .............................................................. 10.32 2.9 – – – –

Cashiers ................................................................... 10.31 2.9 10.82 1.8 9.28 5.8Group I .............................................................. 10.32 2.9 10.86 2.4 9.28 5.8


Office and administrative support occupations .............. 14.98 3.0 15.31 2.4 12.24 10.5Group I .............................................................. 13.96 4.3 – – – –Group II ............................................................. 17.91 3.1 – – – –

Financial clerks ................................................................. 14.77 4.3 14.73 4.4 – –Group I .............................................................. 14.93 5.4 – – – –

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 14.80 5.5 14.80 5.5 – –Group I .............................................................. 14.26 6.0 14.26 6.0 – –

Customer service representatives .................................... 16.85 4.3 – – – –Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 20.22 6.3 20.31 6.7 – –Office clerks, general ........................................................ 15.60 8.3 15.60 8.3 – –

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 15.55 6.7 16.25 8.7 – –Group I .............................................................. 12.66 4.3 – – – –

Construction laborers ....................................................... 11.43 8.2 – – – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 21.30 9.2 21.30 9.2 – –Group II ............................................................. 22.52 10.2 – – – –

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenanceworkers ....................................................................... 19.78 5.8 19.78 5.8 – –

Production occupations .................................................... 13.46 6.6 13.46 6.6 – –Group I .............................................................. 12.76 7.5 – – – –Group II ............................................................. 16.59 8.2 – – – –

Printers ............................................................................. 13.76 1.4 13.76 1.4 – –Group I .............................................................. 14.04 2.3 – – – –

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 16.20 13.4 17.24 13.6 9.54 15.9Group I .............................................................. 14.70 20.0 – – – –

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 23.83 13.9 23.83 13.9 – –Group I .............................................................. 22.97 17.4 – – – –

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 23.93 13.9 23.93 13.9 – –Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 10.39 7.5 11.18 5.8 8.76 12.5

Group I .............................................................. 10.39 7.5 – – – –Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 11.30 8.4 – – – –Group I .............................................................. 11.30 8.4 – – – –

Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 9.80 7.3 10.65 6.4 – –Group I .............................................................. 9.80 7.3 10.65 6.4 – –

1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combininglevels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group IIcombines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combineslevels 13-15.


3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-timeschedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, aworker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-timeemployee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where

a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" arounda sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.



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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Visalia-Porterville, CA, July 2008

Occupation2 10 25 Median50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $8.10 $9.76 $14.57 $22.00 $33.35

Management occupations ................................................. 16.11 23.39 33.40 44.62 66.51

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 17.31 18.75 22.24 26.44 29.85

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 16.02 18.03 24.43 30.12 30.36

Community and social services occupations .................. 12.34 17.01 19.45 23.96 36.36

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 13.46 18.71 36.69 49.82 58.28Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 27.03 33.49 44.04 54.16 60.60Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 27.03 34.09 44.38 54.10 58.28

Elementary school teachers, except specialeducation ............................................................ 28.51 35.07 44.73 54.16 59.14

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 27.03 27.03 41.99 53.46 61.57Teacher assistants ........................................................... 11.72 13.20 15.42 18.55 19.46

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 15.66 21.66 26.45 39.85 41.78Registered nurses ............................................................ 34.76 39.85 39.85 39.85 41.78Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 19.75 19.93 21.75 23.03 24.18

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 9.00 9.25 9.78 11.98 16.16Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 9.00 9.25 9.43 10.05 11.77

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 9.00 9.25 9.43 10.05 11.77Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 8.50 12.41 13.56 20.31 20.31

Protective service occupations ......................................... 7.83 7.83 18.61 28.06 33.20

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 7.61 8.00 8.00 8.95 13.40Cooks ............................................................................... 10.00 11.25 13.40 13.55 16.11Food service, tipped ......................................................... 7.61 7.61 8.00 8.10 8.10Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.60 13.78

Combined food preparation and serving workers,including fast food ................................................... 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.60 13.79

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenanceoccupations .................................................................. 8.00 8.60 10.51 13.61 19.31

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 8.00 8.00 8.94 10.29 18.79Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 8.00 8.00 8.95 11.42 19.05

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 8.58 9.70 13.54 19.96 20.06

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 8.00 8.35 10.00 14.09 20.89Retail sales workers ......................................................... 8.00 8.15 9.50 12.00 18.01

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 8.00 8.00 9.35 10.10 18.01Cashiers ................................................................... 8.00 8.00 9.35 10.10 18.01

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 8.30 10.00 11.92 13.81 14.50Retail salespersons ...................................................... 8.27 8.95 9.92 12.00 19.94

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 10.65 12.38 14.30 17.10 19.75Financial clerks ................................................................. 12.00 12.98 15.00 16.59 18.95

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 12.00 12.38 13.46 15.79 19.96Customer service representatives .................................... 12.93 13.68 18.05 18.63 18.76Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 14.33 17.71 18.53 22.60 28.93Office clerks, general ........................................................ 11.60 12.13 14.17 19.00 19.89

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 9.44 13.00 13.81 19.98 25.93Construction laborers ....................................................... 8.81 8.81 12.00 13.50 13.50

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 14.20 15.30 18.31 28.83 28.83Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... 11.93 17.89 18.31 23.00 26.57

Production occupations .................................................... 9.00 9.07 13.00 16.62 19.83Printers ............................................................................. 10.80 12.38 13.07 13.53 19.06

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 8.10 9.23 14.50 18.99 29.33Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 13.63 18.24 25.48 30.29 32.69


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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Visalia-Porterville, CA, July 2008 — Continued


Transportation and material moving occupations–ContinuedTruck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... $13.75 $18.26 $25.48 $30.29 $32.69

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 8.00 8.10 9.05 12.03 14.22Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 8.00 11.91 11.96 12.07 12.23Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 8.05 8.10 8.10 9.75 16.57

1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and arecalculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they arescheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hoursare paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid thesame as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourthof the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rateshown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourlywages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. Theyinclude incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;

nonproduction bonuses; and tips.2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for moreinformation.


NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did notmeet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include datafor categories not shown separately

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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Visalia-Porterville, CA, July 2008


All workers .............................................................................. $8.00 $9.03 $13.00 $18.75 $26.44



Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 10.52 16.33 21.25 23.03 26.78


Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 9.00 9.25 9.25 10.04 10.31

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 7.61 8.00 8.00 8.93 11.19Food service, tipped ......................................................... 7.61 7.61 8.00 8.00 8.10Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.45 9.00



Building cleaning workers ................................................. 8.00 8.00 8.60 9.12 10.35Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 8.00 8.00 8.00 9.12 11.40

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 8.58 9.70 19.96 19.96 21.10



Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 8.30 10.00 11.92 13.81 14.50Retail salespersons ...................................................... 8.27 8.95 9.92 12.00 19.94


Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 12.00 12.00 15.38 18.95 20.00Customer service representatives .................................... 12.93 13.68 18.05 18.63 18.76Office clerks, general ........................................................ 12.13 12.13 18.00 19.00 22.00

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 8.81 13.00 13.81 15.81 19.98Construction laborers ....................................................... 8.81 8.81 12.00 13.50 13.50

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 14.20 15.30 19.03 28.83 29.80


Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 8.10 9.03 14.12 18.33 29.81Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 13.46 18.26 26.44 30.29 32.69

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 13.63 18.26 26.44 30.29 32.69Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 8.00 8.10 9.05 12.03 14.22

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,hand ........................................................................ 8.00 11.91 11.96 12.07 12.23

Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 8.05 8.10 8.10 9.75 16.57






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Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Visalia-Porterville, CA, July 2008


All workers .............................................................................. $12.78 $15.67 $22.03 $38.18 $50.11







Secondary school teachers .......................................... 27.03 27.03 41.99 53.46 61.57Teacher assistants ........................................................... 11.72 13.20 15.42 18.55 19.46

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 22.98 26.45 39.85 39.85 42.75Registered nurses ............................................................ 33.76 39.85 39.85 39.85 41.78

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 10.27 11.98 12.41 20.31 20.31


Office and administrative support occupations .............. 12.37 13.44 14.93 15.97 21.82






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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Visalia-Porterville, CA, July 2008

Occupation3Full-time workers

10 25 Median50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $9.00 $11.92 $16.01 $23.39 $35.07



Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 16.02 18.03 24.43 30.12 30.36





Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 16.33 21.75 26.45 39.85 40.85Registered nurses ............................................................ 33.70 39.85 39.85 39.85 39.85Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 19.75 19.93 21.75 23.03 24.18


Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 9.25 9.25 9.44 10.05 11.98Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 8.50 12.41 13.56 20.31 20.31


Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 8.00 8.00 8.95 11.25 14.46


Building cleaning workers ................................................. 8.60 8.83 9.15 11.42 19.05



Retail salespersons ...................................................... 9.20 9.70 11.50 12.95 20.31


Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 12.00 12.38 13.46 15.79 19.96Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 14.33 17.71 21.56 22.60 28.93Office clerks, general ........................................................ 11.60 12.13 14.17 19.00 19.89

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 12.77 13.50 13.81 19.98 26.67

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 14.20 15.30 18.31 28.83 28.83Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... 11.93 17.89 18.31 23.00 26.57


Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 9.03 11.91 15.75 21.30 30.29


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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Visalia-Porterville, CA, July 2008 — Continued

Occupation3Full-time workers

10 25 Median50 75 90

Transportation and material moving occupations–Continued

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. $13.63 $18.24 $25.48 $30.29 $32.69Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 13.75 18.26 25.48 30.29 32.69

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 8.05 8.27 11.91 12.03 16.57Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 8.00 8.05 9.05 14.13 16.57

1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-timeschedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered afull-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time inanother firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.

2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and arecalculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they arescheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hoursare paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid thesame as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourthof the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rateshown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly

wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. Theyinclude incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;nonproduction bonuses; and tips.

3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 StandardOccupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for moreinformation.



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Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Visalia-Porterville, CA, July 2008

Occupation3Part-time workers

10 25 Median50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $8.00 $8.00 $8.46 $11.00 $14.30

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 10.62 12.52 14.00 16.67 17.22Teacher assistants ........................................................... 10.25 11.75 13.26 15.37 17.22

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 7.61 8.00 8.00 8.00 9.80Food service, tipped ......................................................... 7.61 7.61 8.00 8.00 8.50Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.45 9.25




Office and administrative support occupations .............. 8.00 8.50 12.07 14.30 18.53

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 8.00 8.10 8.10 8.88 14.75Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 8.00 8.10 8.10 8.60 12.07

1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-timeschedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered afull-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time inanother firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.

2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and arecalculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they arescheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hoursare paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid thesame as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourthof the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rateshown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly

wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. Theyinclude incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;nonproduction bonuses; and tips.




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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly andannual hours, Visalia-Porterville, CA, July 2008

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean MedianMean

weeklyhours

Mean MedianMeanannualhours

All workers ................................................ $19.73 $16.01 $785 $638 39.8 $39,256 $32,760 1,990

Management occupations ................... 36.63 33.40 1,502 1,322 41.0 75,108 69,470 2,051

Business and financial operationsoccupations .................................... 23.55 22.24 910 891 38.6 47,297 46,342 2,009

Computer and mathematical scienceoccupations .................................... 24.10 24.43 964 977 40.0 50,131 50,814 2,080

Community and social servicesoccupations .................................... 21.99 19.45 870 778 39.5 41,186 40,061 1,873

Education, training, and libraryoccupations .................................... 39.33 41.30 1,444 1,523 36.7 55,445 57,234 1,410

Primary, secondary, and specialeducation school teachers ............ 43.96 44.66 1,603 1,620 36.5 60,026 60,392 1,366

Elementary and middle schoolteachers .................................... 43.72 44.66 1,603 1,629 36.7 58,916 60,177 1,347

Elementary school teachers,except special education ...... 44.48 45.00 1,624 1,650 36.5 59,836 61,064 1,345

Healthcare practitioner and technicaloccupations .................................... 31.39 26.45 1,218 1,058 38.8 63,316 55,020 2,017

Registered nurses .............................. 38.93 39.85 1,426 1,434 36.6 74,148 74,592 1,905Licensed practical and licensed

vocational nurses .......................... 21.71 21.75 862 870 39.7 44,843 45,240 2,066

Healthcare support occupations ......... 11.53 10.05 453 402 39.2 23,531 20,883 2,041Nursing, psychiatric, and home health

aides ............................................. 9.90 9.44 385 370 38.9 20,034 19,240 2,024Nursing aides, orderlies, and

attendants ................................. 9.90 9.44 385 370 38.9 20,034 19,240 2,024Miscellaneous healthcare support

occupations .................................. 14.70 13.56 588 542 40.0 30,570 28,205 2,080

Protective service occupations ........... 19.87 22.68 834 972 42.0 43,378 50,565 2,183

Food preparation and serving relatedoccupations .................................... 10.12 8.95 401 358 39.6 20,575 18,616 2,033

Building and grounds cleaning andmaintenance occupations ............. 12.79 12.00 507 480 39.7 26,386 24,960 2,063

Building cleaning workers ................... 11.23 9.15 443 365 39.4 23,014 18,959 2,049

Sales and related occupations ............ 14.58 11.92 578 477 39.7 30,064 24,794 2,062Retail sales workers ........................... 11.69 9.92 462 388 39.5 24,009 20,176 2,054

Cashiers, all workers ...................... 10.82 9.50 433 380 40.0 22,497 19,760 2,080Cashiers ..................................... 10.82 9.50 433 380 40.0 22,497 19,760 2,080

Retail salespersons ........................ 12.39 11.50 475 431 38.4 24,723 22,386 1,996

Office and administrative supportoccupations .................................... 15.31 14.73 611 589 39.9 31,639 30,638 2,067

Financial clerks ................................... 14.73 15.03 589 601 40.0 30,648 31,260 2,080Bookkeeping, accounting, and

auditing clerks ........................... 14.80 13.46 592 538 40.0 30,776 27,997 2,080Secretaries and administrative

assistants ...................................... 20.31 21.56 812 862 40.0 41,012 44,847 2,019Office clerks, general .......................... 15.60 14.17 624 567 40.0 32,446 29,474 2,080

Construction and extractionoccupations .................................... 16.25 13.81 650 552 40.0 29,585 28,725 1,821

Installation, maintenance, and repairoccupations .................................... 21.30 18.31 852 732 40.0 44,312 38,085 2,080


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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly andannual hours, Visalia-Porterville, CA, July 2008 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean MedianMean

weeklyhours

Mean MedianMeanannualhours

Installation, maintenance, and repairoccupations –Continued

Industrial machinery installation,repair, and maintenance workers $19.78 $18.31 $791 $732 40.0 $41,149 $38,085 2,080

Production occupations ...................... 13.46 13.00 538 520 40.0 27,991 27,040 2,080Printers ............................................... 13.76 13.07 550 523 40.0 28,625 27,186 2,080

Transportation and material movingoccupations .................................... 17.24 15.75 722 630 41.9 36,776 32,448 2,133

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers 23.83 25.48 1,073 1,019 45.0 53,791 48,000 2,257Truck drivers, heavy and

tractor-trailer ............................. 23.93 25.48 1,079 1,038 45.1 54,051 49,001 2,259Laborers and material movers, hand .. 11.18 11.91 447 476 40.0 22,729 24,773 2,033

Packers and packagers, hand ........ 10.65 9.05 426 362 40.0 21,172 17,200 1,988

1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-timeschedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, aworker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-timeemployee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.


3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid toemployees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, andhazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the payof all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. Seeappendix A for more information.

4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries

paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half ofthe hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weeklyhours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive ofovertime.

5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salariespaid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half ofthe hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annualhou

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