Modeled Wage Estimates

Average hourly wages for selected occupational groups and areas by time- and incentive-based pay, civilian workers

Average hourly wages for selected occupational groups and areas by time- and incentive-based pay, civilian workers(1), 2018
Selected occupational groups and areas	Time-based pay	Incentive-based pay
13-0000 Business and financial operations
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	$35.38	$65.89
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$38.14	$49.74
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$32.92	$54.48
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$46.13	$61.01

41-0000 Sales and related
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$16.13	-
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	$20.74	$54.51
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	$16.87	$39.18
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$17.31	$36.42
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$17.42	$34.84
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	$15.67	$42.14
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$17.67	-
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$16.39	-
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$18.76	-
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	$22.82	-
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$18.33	$42.61
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	$16.44	$29.81
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$21.84	$43.82
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$19.87	$39.06
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$17.66	$43.04

43-0000 Office and administrative support
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$18.36	$19.89
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	$21.98	$23.80
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	$19.11	$21.67
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$18.59	$22.65
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$18.42	$17.78
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	$18.78	$19.93
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$20.33	$23.56
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$17.81	$18.41
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$20.31	$25.13
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	$21.49	$24.77
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$19.57	$20.85
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	$18.52	$20.02
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$23.89	-
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$21.83	$22.74
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$21.69	$22.59

49-0000 Installation, maintenance, and repair
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	$24.80	$27.85
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$23.47	$26.93
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$25.91	$26.32
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	$26.81	$29.16

53-0000 Transportation and material moving
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$17.68	$20.70
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	$19.01	$23.44
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$18.82	$20.97
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	$20.19	$23.43
Footnotes (1) For definitions of terms, see the Frequently Asked Questions available at www.bls.gov/mwe/faq.htm.
Note: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data do not meet publication criteria. Additional occupational groups and areas are available at www.bls.gov/mwe. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Modeled Wage Estimates.

Last Modified Date: August 22, 2019