WAGES FOR GRINDING & POLISHING WORKERS - HAND
1996





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




Los Angeles-Long Beach
(Los Angeles)
$7.72 $7.22 $5.61-9.13
Modesto (Stanislaus) $10.76 $10.73 $9.58-11.95
Oakland (Alameda & Contra Costa) $11.51 $11.54 $8.10-15.07
Orange County $7.37 $6.57 $5.45-8.02
Riverside-San Bernardino
(Riverside & San Bernardino)
$8.22 $8.75 $6.05-9.69
San Diego (San Diego) $9.28 $8.15 $6.86-9.85
San Francisco
(Marin, San Francisco & San Mateo)
$9.07 $8.10 $6.64-9.66
San Jose (Santa Clara) $9.06 $8.05 $6.86-10.06
Ventura County $7.47 $7.03 $5.70-8.38




  * 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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