Bureau
of
Labor
Statistics
(
BLS).
2002.
National
Compensation
Survey,
Bulletin
2561.
Table
2­
3
(
State
and
local
government,
full­
time
and
part­
time
workers).
Online
at
http://
www.
bls.
gov/
ncs/
ocs/
sp/
ncbl0552.
pdf.

Occupation
Total
Hourly
Earnings
Mean
Weekly
Hours
Mean
Relative
error
Professional
specialty
and
technical
Civil
Engineers
$
30.00
3.0
39.3
Precision
production,
craft,
and
repair
Water
and
sewer
treatment
plant
operators
$
17.95
2.8
39.9
Bureau
of
Labor
Statistics
(
BLS).
2003.
Employer
Costs
for
Employee
Compensation.
Table
4.
State
and
local
government,
by
occupational
and
industry
group.
Online
at
http://
stats.
bls.
gov/
ncs/
ect/
sp/
ecnr0048.
pdf.

Occupation
Total
Compensatio
n
Wages
and
Salaries
Multiplier1
Professional
Specialty2
$
45.64
$
33.66
1.36
Blue
collar
occupations3
$
26.46
$
16.94
1.56
1.
Calculated
by
dividing
total
compensation
by
wages
and
salaries.
2.
Multiplier
applies
to
civil
engineer
wage
rate.
3.
Multiplier
applies
to
water
and
sewer
treatment
plant
operator
wage
rate.
