Bureau of Labor Statistics
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: FOR RELEASE:
Cheryl Abbot April 2, 2008
(214) 767-6970
HIGHLIGHTS OF SAN ANTONIO
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY NOVEMBER 2007
Workers in the San Antonio metropolitan area earned an average of $16.52
per hour in November 2007, according to new survey results from the National
Compensation Survey (NCS) released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS). Regional Commissioner Stanley W. Suchman noted that
wage data were reported for workers in a wide range of occupational groups,
including average hourly earnings of $27.77 for business and financial
operations and $27.21 for healthcare practitioner and technical occupations.
Another occupational group, office and administrative support, had a mean
hourly wage rate of $14.28. The NCS data available for the San Antonio area
include earnings for 20 major occupational groups with additional detail for
selected occupations within those groups. (See table 1.)
Buyers and purchasing agents, part of the business and financial
operations occupational group, earned $24.57 per hour. Within the healthcare
practitioner and technical occupational group, registered nurses averaged
$26.58 per hour and licensed practical and vocational nurses, $18.78.
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks, an occupation within the office
and administrative support group, registered an average hourly rate of $15.08,
and general office clerks earned $12.22 per hour. (See table 1.)
Broad coverage of selected occupational characteristics is available from
NCS for the local area. Full-time workers averaged $17.22 per hour while their
part-time counterparts earned $9.34. Union workers earned $21.09 and non-union
workers, $16.24. Workers in establishments with 1-99 workers averaged $14.47
per hour, those in establishments with 100-499 workers earned $16.28, and those
in establishments with 500 or more employees earned $20.55.
The occupational wage data available from NCS may be used by businesses
for establishing pay plans, making decisions concerning plant relocation, and
in collective bargaining negotiations. Individuals may use such data to help
choose potential careers. NCS results also include the work level and
respective earnings for occupations determined by a point factor leveling
process. The four occupational leveling factors are: knowledge, job controls
and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. Details on the NCS are
available at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/.
The NCS data reported here covered 286 establishments with one or more
workers in private industry and State and local governments. Agricultural
establishments, private households, the self-employed, and the Federal
Government were excluded from the survey. This sample of establishments
represented 750,100 workers in the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area
(MSA) which is comprised of Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe,
Kendall, Medina, and Wilson Counties in Texas.
Survey Availability
Complete survey results are contained in the San Antonio, TX National
Compensation Survey November 2007 which is available on the Internet in both
text and PDF formats at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm.
For personal assistance or further information on the National
Compensation Survey, as well as other Bureau data, contact the Southwest
Information Office by calling (214) 767-6970 from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. CT.
Table 1. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2),
San Antonio, TX, November 2007
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| | |
| Total | Full-time workers | Part-time workers
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------
Occupation(3) | | Relative | | Relative | | Relative
| | error(4)| | error(4)| | error(4)
| Mean | (percent)| Mean | (percent)| Mean | (percent)
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All workers............................. $16.52 5.3 $17.22 5.6 $9.34 7.8
Management occupations................ 36.28 7.7 36.28 7.7 – –
Financial managers.................. 40.95 11.7 40.95 11.7 – –
Business and financial
operations occupations.......... 27.77 4.7 27.77 4.7 – –
Buyers and purchasing agents........ 24.57 6.6 24.57 6.6 – –
Claims adjusters, appraisers,
examiners, and investigators.... 25.98 29.2 25.98 29.2 – –
Accountants and auditors............ 26.00 10.7 26.00 10.7 – –
Computer and mathematical
science occupations............. 31.77 9.9 31.77 9.9 – –
Architecture and engineering
occupations..................... 17.30 6.5 17.30 6.5 – –
Life, physical, and social
science occupations............. 28.75 11.1 28.75 11.1 – –
Community and social services
occupations..................... 18.64 13.3 18.56 13.7 – –
Counselors.......................... 24.30 22.5 – – – –
Social workers...................... 15.64 4.8 15.64 4.8 – –
Education, training, and
library occupations............. 29.13 3.1 29.27 3.3 22.99 35.9
Postsecondary teachers.............. 41.55 3.7 44.38 5.2 – –
Miscellaneous postsecondary
teachers........................ 39.24 7.2 – – – –
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers....... 32.96 .1 32.97 .2 – –
Elementary and middle school
teachers........................ 33.10 .3 33.10 .3 – –
Elementary school teachers,
except special education........ 33.34 .7 33.34 .7 – –
Secondary school teachers......... 32.64 1.4 32.64 1.4 – –
Secondary school teachers,
except special and
vocational education............ 32.64 1.4 32.64 1.4 – –
Other teachers and instructors...... 26.62 26.4 – – – –
Teacher assistants.................. 11.90 2.4 11.94 2.5 – –
Arts, design, entertainment,
sports, and media occupations... 20.12 15.9 22.07 12.4 – –
Healthcare practitioner and
technical occupations........... 27.21 12.6 28.99 14.7 19.25 16.9
Registered nurses................... 26.58 2.0 26.64 2.0 – –
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses............... 18.78 3.0 18.91 3.0 – –
Healthcare support occupations........ 11.19 7.7 11.80 6.3 – –
Nursing, psychiatric, and home
health aides.................... 9.41 2.7 9.72 1.4 – –
Nursing aides, orderlies,
and attendants.................. 9.86 .9 9.86 .9 – –
Miscellaneous healthcare
support occupations............. 11.71 8.1 12.46 4.7 – –
Protective service occupations........ 15.29 12.2 15.40 12.3 – –
Food preparation and serving
related occupations............. 6.72 4.6 6.88 5.0 5.58 4.7
Cooks............................... 9.37 5.6 9.39 5.7 – –
Cooks, institution and cafeteria.. 10.32 5.6 10.32 5.6 – –
Food service, tipped................ 4.44 7.5 4.61 7.9 2.94 14.9
Waiters and waitresses............ 3.07 22.7 3.13 26.0 2.68 17.3
Dining room and cafeteria
attendants & bartender helpers.. 7.65 .7 7.99 2.8 – –
Fast food and counter workers....... 8.78 5.4 9.36 4.5 – –
Combined food preparation
and serving workers, including
fast food....................... 9.25 5.7 10.02 1.9 – –
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations......... 8.33 8.8 9.12 5.6 – –
Building cleaning workers........... 8.16 11.5 9.42 3.6 – –
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids & housekeeping cleaners... 8.11 15.5 10.07 2.9 – –
Maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.30 4.7 8.40 3.7 – –
Personal care & service occupations... 8.31 5.6 8.46 8.0 7.65 7.1
Sales and related occupations......... 17.61 18.6 20.20 20.0 8.35 5.6
Retail sales workers................ 10.43 4.3 11.73 4.7 8.35 5.6
Cashiers, all workers............. 9.10 4.8 9.50 8.1 8.55 1.2
Cashiers........................ 9.10 4.8 9.50 8.1 8.55 1.2
Retail salespersons............... 11.05 4.9 12.69 4.6 7.91 6.5
Office and administrative support
occupations..................... 14.28 5.0 14.41 5.0 11.34 9.1
Financial clerks.................... 13.53 5.1 13.66 5.4 – –
Bill and account collectors....... 16.57 14.8 16.57 14.8 – –
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks................. 13.21 9.7 13.21 9.7 – –
Tellers........................... 11.82 1.2 12.17 2.5 – –
Customer service representatives.... 18.25 14.8 18.33 15.0 – –
Receptionists & information clerks.. 11.02 10.1 11.02 10.1 – –
Secretaries and administrative
assistants...................... 17.86 12.6 17.86 12.6 – –
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants....... 21.96 11.3 21.96 11.3 – –
Secretaries, except legal,
medical, and executive.......... 18.75 18.8 18.75 18.8 – –
Insurance claims and policy
processing clerks............... 15.08 4.1 – – – –
Office clerks, general.............. 12.22 2.2 12.31 2.4 – –
Construction and extraction
occupations..................... 15.63 27.3 15.63 27.3 – –
Installation, maintenance, and
repair occupations.............. 15.49 2.7 15.53 2.7 – –
Miscellaneous installation,
maintenance, & repair workers... 17.73 10.6 17.73 10.6 – –
Production occupations................ 14.21 7.3 14.22 7.3 – –
Transportation and material moving
occupations..................... 12.42 3.9 12.76 4.2 8.66 15.1
Bus drivers......................... 16.75 8.4 16.87 8.7 – –
Driver/sales workers and
truck drivers................... 12.29 6.8 12.29 6.8 – –
Industrial truck and tractor
operators....................... 11.74 8.3 11.77 7.7 – –
Laborers and material movers, hand.. 9.53 7.2 10.29 8.1 – –
Laborers and freight, stock,
and material movers, hand....... 9.79 5.4 9.79 5.4 – –
Packers and packagers, hand....... 9.34 17.6 – – – –
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(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.
(2) Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the
definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be
considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
(3) Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.
(4) The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate.
It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
Last Modified Date: June 20, 2008
