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According to the 3rd quarter-2005 occupational wage data published by the California Employment Development Department, most occupations in the county generally received lower hourly wages than those in the state. On average, the county workers receive an hourly wage of $17.65, 14.5% lower than the state at $20.64. Yet, at least four types of occupations get paid more in the county. Transportation and Material Moving occupations received an hourly wage of $15.16, about 8% higher than the state’s average wage of $13.96. This occupation primarily includes truck drivers, laborers & freight materials movers, and industrial or truck operators. Three other types of occupations received wages that are about 5% higher than the state, including Production (team assemblers, welder, cutters, food batch-makers, helpers, etc.), Education-related occupations (primarily teachers), and Building & Maintenance occupations (landscaping & ground-keeping workers, including their supervisors and managers). On the flip side, most high level occupations get paid less in the county than in the state. As many as seven occupations in the county received hourly wages of at least 15% lower than the state. They include Computer & Mathematical, Legal, Arts-related, Architecture & Engineering, Sales related, Management, and Business & Financial Operation occupations. All these occupations, except Sales-related, were among the highest paid occupations in the county.
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Graph of the Week, July 17, 2006, Business Forecasting Center, University of the Pacific |
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