Comparative Occupational Wages 2011: Total all industries in Workforce Investment Area 3

Comparative Occupational Wages 2011 (4th Quarter)
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Workforce Investment Area 3

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Occupation Occ. code Estabs. reporting occupation Est. empl. Empl %RSE Mean wage Mean %RSE Entry wage Exp. wage 25th pct Median wage 75th pct

LIFE, PHYSICAL, AND SOCIAL SCIENCE OCCUPATIONS 19-0000 60 880 6.65 59,576 3.99 38,126 70,301 44,260 53,756 66,267

28.64 18.33 33.80 21.28 25.84 31.86

Chemists 19-2031 5 30 21.86 49,779 13.96 35,346 56,995 38,853 43,322 47,790

23.93 16.99 27.40 18.67 20.83 22.98

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health 19-2041 5 90 1.01 81,824 2.61 76,018 84,727 77,580 84,277 88,694

39.34 36.55 40.73 37.30 40.52 42.64

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers 19-2042 7 30 11.77 75,577 6.14 43,133 91,798 47,537 57,733 93,957

36.34 20.74 44.13 22.86 27.76 45.18

Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 19-3031 16 70 20.84 52,587 5.44 40,215 58,773 42,117 46,830 59,792

25.28 19.34 28.26 20.25 22.52 28.75

Chemical Technicians 19-4031 13 170 40.10 51,234 4.26 40,261 56,720 48,558 53,082 57,588

24.64 19.36 27.26 23.34 25.52 27.69

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health 19-4091 5 40 10.32 40,083 12.82 30,336 44,957 32,275 35,174 38,073

19.27 14.58 21.61 15.51 16.91 18.30

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other 19-4099 3 70 2.63 52,723 3.34 38,550 59,809 42,350 50,526 63,354

25.35 18.53 28.76 20.36 24.29 30.46

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NOTES

'Current' denotes 4th Quarter 2011. Wages are base year 2011, aged forward using the Employment Cost Index.

Entry Wage: Average of the lowest 1/3 employed.

Experienced Wage: Average of the highest 2/3 employed.

Data for detailed occupations does not sum to the totals because the totals include data for occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

Hourly wage rates for occupations where workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year are not available.