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Modeled Wage Estimates
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Relative standard errors (in percent) of average hourly wages for occupational groups and areas by time- and incentive-based pay, civilian workers

Relative standard errors (in percent) of average hourly wages for occupational groups and areas by time- and incentive-based pay, civilian workers(1), 2020
Selected occupational groups and areas Time-based pay Incentive-based pay

11-0000 Management occupations

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

 1.3 13.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 1.4 7.3

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

 1.5 11.1

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA

 1.5 15.4

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

 1.6 8.3

13-0000 Business and financial operations

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

 1.1 6.9

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH

 1.4 6.9

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 0.7 5.1

41-0000 Sales and related

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 1.8 5.0

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 2.9 11.8

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

 3.3 2.8

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

 3.5 3.5

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA

 2.1 4.9

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

 1.8 4.6

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

 1.9 8.0

43-0000 Office and administrative support

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

 2.6 4.0

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 2.5 8.9

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 2.5 4.2

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

 2.4 7.8

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

 2.7 7.8

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

 2.6 8.8

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

 2.5 6.3

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ

 2.3 11.3

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

 2.5 5.2

49-0000 Installation, maintenance, and repair

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 0.7 6.8

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

 1.0 4.8

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 1.5 6.8

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 0.8 5.4

53-0000 Transportation and material moving

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 2.3 5.4

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA

 2.5 6.8

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

 2.4 7.3

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: June 24, 2021