14. Exhibit 7-2 Work & Pay
Wages by Occupation in California, 2005
50th
Entry- Percentile Percentage
Level (Median)
Occupational Category of
Hourly Hourly Employment
Wage Wage
State Average $8.88 $15.91
Over $10/hour (38% of all workers)
Management $23.99 $43.28 5.2%
Architecture & Engineering $21.71 $34.18 2.2%
Computer & Mathematical $21.59 $35.31 2.6%
Legal $20.20 $38.60 0.7%
Healthcare Practitioners & Technical $17.79 $30.08 4.1%
Business & Financial Operations $17.71 $27.13 4.3%
Life, Physical, & Social Science $16.92 $28.22 1.0%
Education, Training, & Library $12.27 $22.17 6.2%
Community & Social Services $11.97 $18.92 1.3%
Construction & Extraction $11.94 $19.96 5.1%
Installation, Maintenance, & Repair $11.68 $19.23 3.4%
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, & Media $10.31 $19.18 2.0%
15. Exhibit 7-2 Work & Pay
Wages by Occupation in California, 2005
50th
Entry-
Percentile Percentage
Level
Occupational Category (Median) of
Hourly
Hourly Employment
Wage
Wage
State Average $8.88 $15.91
Under $10/hour (62% of all workers)
Office & Administrative Support $9.78 $14.72 18.3%
Protective Service $9.08 $17.79 2.4%
Healthcare Support $8.99 $12.02 2.1%
Sales and Related $8.18 $12.18 10.4%
Production $8.16 $11.49 6.8%
Transportation & Material Moving $8.02 $11.57 7.1%
Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance $7.81 $10.19 3.3%
Personal Care & Service $7.72 $9.55 2.2%
Farming, Fishing, & Forestry $7.71 $8.19 1.2%
Food Preparation and Serving-Related $7.68 $8.36 7.9%
16. Exhibit 7-3 Family Budgets
Hourly Annual Estimated%
Family
wage income below
Basic family budget for a two- 56% of joint-
working-adult, two-child family $15.37 $63,921 return
(2005) taxpayers
Basic family budget for a two-adult, 39% of joint-
two-child family with one adult $21.22 $44,130 return
working (2005) taxpayers
87% of head-of-
Basic family budget for a one-adult,
$25.96 $53,987 household
two-child family (2005)
taxpayers
60% of single
Basic budget for a single adult $12.44 $25,867
taxpayers
17. Exhibit 7-3
Family Budgets, Wages, & Poverty Levels
Hourly Annual Estimated percent
wage income below
California median hourly wage (2004) d $15.06 $31,325 50% of employees
50% of joint-return
California median family income (2004) $58,327
taxpayers
9% of all taxable
California minimum wage (2005) $6.75 $14,040
returns
26% of head-of-
Federal poverty level for a
$7.32 $15,219 household
one-adult, two-child family (2004)
taxpayers
61% of head-of-
Low income: 2 × federal poverty level for
$14.64 $30,438 household
a one-adult, two-child family (2004)
taxpayers
Federal poverty level for a 12% of joint-return
$9.21 $19,157
two-adult, two-child family (2004) taxpayers
Low income: 2 × federal poverty level for 32% of joint-return
$18.42 $38,314
a two-adult, two-child family (2004) taxpayers
19. Exhibit 7-5 Least Affordable Metropolitan
Areas
Percent
Q1 2006
Homes Median
Median
Metropolitan Area Affordable Family
Sales
for Income
Price
Median (000s)
(000s)
Income
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 10.7 75.1 532
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA 9.4 83.8 555
Fresno, CA 9.2 47.0 297
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 8.4 57.5 385
Madera, CA 8.1 48.0 308
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 7.9 65.4 400
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA 7.8 91.2 745
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 7.8 63.8 533
Stockton, CA 6.5 57.1 430
Nassau-Suffolk, NY 6.1 91.0 475
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ 6.1 59.2 472
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 5.9 75.1 672
Napa, CA 5.8 75.0 600
Merced, CA 5.5 46.4 365
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 5.2 64.9 491
Salinas, CA 5.0 62.2 600
Modesto, CA 3.9 54.4 380
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 3.2 65.8 580
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA 2.5 78.3 608
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA 1.9 56.2 500
National 41.3 59.6 250