WAGES FOR DESIGNERS, EXCEPT INTERIOR DESIGNERS
1996





Metropolitan Areas (Counties)
for which Data are Available
  Average     Median *   Midrange **




Fresno (Fresno) $10.24 $10.09 $7.15-12.06
Los Angeles-Long Beach
(Los Angeles)
$16.63 $14.84 $10.20-21.51
Orange County $17.72 $18.04 $13.53-21.89
Sacramento (El Dorado, Placer &
Sacramento)
$14.08 $11.87 $8.88-17.23
Salinas (Monterey) $15.31 $14.75 $9.50-20.35
San Francisco
(Marin, San Francisco & San Mateo)
$20.43 $18.72 $14.03-28.03
San Jose (Santa Clara) $20.85 $19.55 $16.47-24.08
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc
(Santa Barbara)
$11.36 $10.31 $9.18-12.17
Santa Cruz-Watsonville (Santa Cruz) $19.11 $18.84 $8.31-27.97
Santa Rosa (Sonoma) $11.72 $11.10 $5.90-15.59
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa (Napa & Solano) $13.13 $12.96 $10.23-16.58




  * Median is the middle value - at least half the workers earn the same amount or more, half earn the same amount or less.
** Midrange is what the middle 50 percent make - 25 percent earn the top end or more, and 25 percent earn the bottom end or less.

Source: Occupational Employment Statistics Labor Market Information Division, Employment Development Department


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