WAGES FOR PAINTING, COATING, & SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS & TENDERS
1996





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




Los Angeles-Long Beach
(Los Angeles)
$8.17 $7.39 $5.56-10.10
Modesto (Stanislaus) $9.41 $10.28 $7.73-10.74
Oakland (Alameda & Contra Costa) $12.66 $11.19 $9.82-15.34
Orange County $8.85 $8.31 $6.73-10.34
San Diego (San Diego) $11.00 $10.71 $8.69-13.80
San Francisco
(Marin, San Francisco & San Mateo)
$8.95 $7.89 $6.77-11.13
Stockton-Lodi (San Joaquin) $11.16 $11.49 $9.13-12.98
Visalia-Tulare-Porterville (Tulare) $9.62 $8.82 $7.27-11.71




  * 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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