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General Definitions

Minimum Wage - from October 1, 1996 to September 1, 1997 the minimum wage was $4.75/hour at which time it went up to $5.15/hour.

Mean Wage - A measure of central tendency. The sum of the values of all observations divided by the number of observations. It is also called the arithmetic average. If some values are far removed from the others (outlying), they can substantially influence the mean.

Median Wage - A measure of central tendency which is not sensitive to outlying values. It is the value above which and below which half of the cases fall, the 50th percentile.

Entry Level Wage - The bottom 25 percent of wages reported (first quartile).

Experienced Level Wage - The top 75 percent of wages reported (last three quartiles).

OES Code - This five-digit code identifies occupations as defined by the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program.

OES Title - A short title describing each occupation included in the OES occupations.

ND - Information is non-disclosable and cannot be printed due to confidentiality. To protect the identity of cooperating firms, both of the following criteria must be met:

1. The industry consists of three or more employers.
2. The employment in that region and industry must be more than 1,000.

Occupational Definitions

Managerial and Administrative - Includes all top and middle managers, administrators and executives. Primary duties are policy making, planning, staffing, directing or controlling the activities of industrial, commercial, governmental or other establishments.

Professional, Paraprofessional, and Technical - Includes persons concerned with the theoretical or practical aspects of such fields as science, art, education, law and business relations where substantial postsecondary educational preparation or equivalent on-the-job training or experience is required. Occupations in this section are ordered as follows: general management support; engineering and scientific; data processing and mathematical; social sciences, law and related; teaching and related; medicine and health; writing, art and related.

Services - Includes workers in occupations relating to protective service, food service, health assisting service, cleaning and building service, and personal service.

Agricultural, Forestry, Fishing, and Related - Included in this division are workers concerned with agricultural production, forestry and fishing. Also included in this division are agriculture related workers such as animal caretakers and grounds keepers.

Production, Construction, Operating, Maintenance, and Material Handling - Includes all skilled, semiskilled and unskilled workers performing machine and manual tasks involving production, construction, operating, maintenance, repair and material handling operations.

For more information about the Occupational Wage Survey, please contact Research & Planning.

 

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