NC SM 06/00/1999 Mountain States, Forestry and Logging Survey, 1998 Table 1. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations in the forestry and logging industries(2), Mountain States, 1998 Percentiles Number Occupation of Mean workers 10 25 Median 75 90 50 Tree planting occupation Tree planters........................... - - - - - - - Other than tree planting occupations Brush/precommercial thinners............ 16 $11.73 $9.84 $11.00 $12.00 $12.00 $13.50 Choker setters.......................... - - - - - - - Faller/buckers.......................... - - - - - - - Fire lookouts........................... - - - - - - - Forestry/logging heavy equipment operators............................ 24 14.26 8.34 11.50 14.50 15.00 18.21 Loader operators...................... - - - - - - - Skidder operators..................... 13 14.72 8.00 11.50 15.00 15.96 25.72 Other heavy equipment operators....... 7 13.54 - - - - - Forestry technicians.................... - - - - - - - Forestry truckdrivers................... 12 14.53 - - - - - Light truck........................... - - - - - - - Medium truck.......................... - - - - - - - Heavy truck........................... - - - - - - - Tractor-trailer....................... 12 14.53 - - - - - Combination of sizes.................. - - - - - - - General forestry laborers............... - - - - - - - Slash pilers/burners.................... - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 The 1987 Standard Classification Manual was used in classifying establishments. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupations may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR THE FORESTRY INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.