Bureau of Labor Statistics
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: FOR RELEASE: Cheryl Abbot Wednesday, Regional Economist September 26, 2007 (214) 767-6970 http://www.bls.gov/ro6/ HIGHLIGHTS OF AUSTIN-ROUND ROCK, TX NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY MAY 2007 Workers in the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area averaged $19.93 per hour during May 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 reported average hourly earnings of $32.42 for management, professional, and related workers and $17.13 for natural resources, construction, and maintenance workers. Sales and office workers averaged $15.92 an hour; production, transportation, and material moving workers, $11.49; and service workers, $10.27. [See table 1. Note: Occupational aggregations are now based on the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.] In the Austin area, management, professional and related workers represented the largest occupational group in the survey at 32 percent. Sales and office workers accounted for 29 percent; service workers, 20 percent; and production, transportation, and material moving workers, 10 percent. Natural resources, construction, and maintenance represented the smallest group in the survey at nine percent. The NCS provides straight-time earnings for occupations in establishments with one or more workers in private industry and State and local governments. This NCS survey covered 276 establishments representing 698,800 workers in the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area which is comprised of Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson Counties in Texas. Agricultural establishments, private households, the self-employed, and the Federal Government were excluded from the survey. In the Austin area, average hourly wages were published for full-time workers in a number of detailed occupations. Within the management, professional, and related occupations, computer software engineers averaged $42.39 per hour; paralegals and legal assistants, $25.25; and licensed practical and vocational nurses, $17.94. Receptionists and information clerks, part of the office and administrative support occupational group, earned $11.16. In the service occupations, cooks earned $10.07. (See table 2.) The NCS also provides broad coverage of selected occupational characteristics. Establishments in the Austin area with 1-99 workers averaged $15.93 and those in establishments with 100-499 workers earned $19.98; workers in establishments with 500 or more employees earned $25.13. Full-time workers averaged $21.34 per hour while their part-time counterparts earned $9.58. (See table 1.) The NCS provides comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan provisions. In addition to the locality occupational earnings shown in this release, the Employment Cost Index (ECI) component measures changes in labor costs at the national and regional levels. Similarly, average employer costs for employee compensation are available from the Employer Cost for Employee Compensation (ECEC) series and details on benefits incidences and provisions are available from the Employee Benefits Survey (EBS). The occupational wage data 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. Details on the NCS are available at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/. Survey Availability Complete survey results are contained in the Austin-Round Rock, TX National Compensation Survey May 2007 (Bulletin 3140-09). While supplies last, single copies of the bulletin are available from the Dallas Information Office by calling 214-767-6970. In addition, data contained in the bulletin are 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 programs, contact the Dallas Information Office at 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. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 =========================================================================================================================== | Civilian | Private industry | State & local government | workers | workers | workers |---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------- Worker and establishment | Hourly earnings | | Hourly earnings | | Hourly earnings | characteristics |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| | | Relative | Mean | | Relative | Mean | | Relative | Mean | | error(2)| weekly | | error(2)| weekly | | error(2)| weekly | Mean| (percent)| hours(3)| Mean| (percent)| hours(3)| Mean| (percent)| hours(3) =========================================================================================================================== All workers............................ $19.93 3.5 36.5 $19.05 4.2 36.2 $23.54 4.6 37.8 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, & related.. 32.42 3.2 38.5 35.07 4.1 39.5 27.94 5.1 36.8 Management, business, & financial.. 34.33 4.6 40.7 35.99 5.9 41.1 31.50 8.7 40.0 Professional and related........... 31.52 3.7 37.5 34.63 4.9 38.8 26.26 4.6 35.5 Service.............................. 10.27 9.8 33.6 8.94 7.6 32.6 17.47 20.6 39.9 Sales and office..................... 15.92 9.4 35.6 15.92 10.9 35.1 15.94 4.5 39.1 Sales and related.................. 18.43 22.2 33.7 18.43 22.2 33.7 – – – Office and administrative support.. 14.62 2.4 36.6 14.28 2.9 36.0 15.94 4.5 39.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.13 3.4 40.9 17.17 3.6 40.9 – – – Construction and extraction....... 17.00 10.0 40.4 17.25 10.3 40.5 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair......................... 17.16 5.0 41.0 17.15 5.2 41.1 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving................ 11.49 4.9 35.3 11.39 5.0 35.3 – – – Production......................... 12.75 5.3 38.8 12.60 5.4 38.7 – – – Transportation & material moving... 9.70 4.4 31.3 9.67 4.4 31.3 – – – Full time............................ 21.34 3.7 40.0 20.67 4.6 40.0 23.79 4.8 39.9 Part time............................ 9.58 3.7 22.4 9.02 3.0 22.9 17.46 15.5 16.7 Union................................ 25.22 9.8 40.0 22.67 2.1 40.0 – – – Nonunion............................. 19.86 3.5 36.5 19.01 4.2 36.2 23.36 4.6 37.7 Time................................. 19.10 3.3 36.4 17.93 3.7 36.0 23.54 4.6 37.8 Incentive............................ 34.03 10.2 39.6 34.03 10.2 39.6 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing...................... (6) (6) (6) 25.37 1.7 40.1 (6) (6) (6) Service providing.................... (6) (6) (6) 17.55 4.5 35.4 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers......................... 15.93 7.8 36.6 15.92 8.0 36.6 16.64 15.6 35.2 100-499 workers...................... 19.98 8.7 35.2 20.30 9.3 34.8 16.52 16.0 40.0 500 workers or more.................. 25.13 3.7 37.5 25.42 6.2 37.3 24.83 4.3 37.7 =========================================================================================================================== (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. For more information see Bulletin 3140-09. (2) 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. For more information see Bulletin 3140-09. (3) Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. (4) Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. (5) Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. (6) Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 ========================================================================================================================= | | | | Hourly earnings(3) | Weekly earnings(4) | Annual earnings(5) |--------------------------------------------------|----------------------------- Occupation(2) | | | | | Mean | | | Mean | | | | | weekly | | | annual | Mean | Median | Mean | Median | hours | Mean | Median | hours ========================================================================================================================= All workers............................. $21.34 $16.83 $853 $660 40.0 $43,604 $34,726 2,044 Management occupations................ 43.38 31.66 1,793 1,363 41.3 91,941 73,002 2,119 Financial managers.................. 48.42 50.24 1,937 2,010 40.0 100,716 104,499 2,080 Engineering managers................ 92.57 65.57 3,704 2,623 40.0 192,601 136,384 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations..................... 25.96 25.26 1,042 1,010 40.2 54,124 52,401 2,085 Human resources, training, & labor relations specialists........... 25.28 25.31 1,011 1,012 40.0 52,582 52,643 2,080 Management analysts................. 25.93 25.13 1,037 1,005 40.0 53,938 52,277 2,080 Accountants and auditors............ 26.62 26.23 1,065 1,049 40.0 55,372 54,558 2,080 Financial analysts and advisors..... 25.56 27.89 1,020 1,115 39.9 53,053 58,001 2,076 Financial analysts................ 25.98 27.93 1,039 1,117 40.0 54,047 58,094 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations..................... 35.56 35.17 1,429 1,407 40.2 74,296 73,147 2,089 Computer software engineers......... 42.39 43.95 1,703 1,750 40.2 88,564 91,000 2,089 Computer software engineers, applications.................... 45.02 45.24 1,833 1,807 40.7 95,317 93,976 2,117 Computer software engineers, systems software................ 41.48 39.42 1,659 1,577 40.0 86,271 82,000 2,080 Computer support specialists........ 23.86 17.55 979 702 41.0 50,898 36,500 2,133 Computer systems analysts........... 37.51 35.36 1,501 1,415 40.0 78,027 73,555 2,080 Network and computer systems administrators.................. 31.79 30.93 1,271 1,237 40.0 66,113 64,326 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations..................... 30.19 24.00 1,223 1,038 40.5 63,617 53,997 2,107 Engineers........................... 41.69 38.20 1,716 1,569 41.2 89,227 81,596 2,140 Computer hardware engineers....... 49.32 41.53 2,014 1,734 40.8 104,711 90,147 2,123 Electrical and electronics engineers....................... 32.65 34.28 1,400 1,371 42.9 72,789 71,294 2,229 Engineering technicians, except drafters........................ 23.38 19.56 935 782 40.0 48,638 40,687 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians......... 24.15 19.56 966 782 40.0 50,230 40,687 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations..................... 24.84 24.16 946 955 38.1 49,213 49,651 1,981 Community and social services occupations..................... 17.96 17.67 716 707 39.9 36,228 36,749 2,017 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............. 15.76 15.89 628 636 39.8 32,647 33,051 2,071 Legal occupations..................... 43.76 32.33 1,905 1,411 43.5 99,049 73,351 2,263 Lawyers............................. 53.62 47.12 2,449 2,235 45.7 127,367 116,214 2,375 Paralegals and legal assistants..... 25.25 25.82 1,010 1,033 40.0 52,514 53,706 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations..................... 28.89 27.59 1,147 1,093 39.7 45,836 42,376 1,586 Postsecondary teachers.............. 45.14 46.16 1,796 1,841 39.8 72,655 72,185 1,610 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers....... 28.49 27.93 1,129 1,104 39.6 42,831 41,514 1,503 Elementary and middle school teachers........................ 29.06 27.93 1,155 1,104 39.7 43,243 41,514 1,488 Elementary school teachers, except special education........ 28.93 27.74 1,149 1,103 39.7 43,026 41,455 1,487 Middle school teachers, except special & vocational education.. 29.28 28.05 1,164 1,104 39.8 43,615 41,888 1,490 Secondary school teachers......... 30.43 29.54 1,203 1,155 39.5 44,877 43,269 1,475 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations........... 23.71 20.01 956 800 40.3 49,695 41,617 2,096 Healthcare practitioner & technical occupations..................... 32.90 24.86 1,269 989 38.6 64,996 50,047 1,975 Registered nurses................... 25.28 24.28 976 958 38.6 50,744 49,801 2,008 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses............... 17.94 17.51 718 700 40.0 37,325 36,421 2,080 Healthcare support occupations........ 11.32 9.44 439 398 38.8 22,656 20,800 2,002 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides.................... 9.02 8.75 361 350 40.0 18,763 18,200 2,080 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants.................. 11.09 10.70 443 428 40.0 23,057 22,256 2,080 Protective service occupations........ 16.40 11.94 656 477 40.0 34,109 24,827 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations..................... 7.98 8.74 288 312 36.1 14,927 16,120 1,871 Cooks............................... 10.07 9.79 391 392 38.8 20,108 20,367 1,998 Food service, tipped................ 3.21 2.24 107 73 33.4 5,577 3,777 1,737 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations......... 9.74 8.85 392 348 40.2 20,364 18,117 2,091 Building cleaning workers........... 8.70 8.28 348 331 40.0 18,085 17,224 2,078 Janitors and cleaners, except maids & housekeeping cleaners... 8.62 8.28 344 331 39.9 17,912 17,224 2,077 Personal care & service occupations... 11.34 11.00 439 440 38.7 22,215 22,516 1,958 Sales and related occupations......... 21.36 13.70 862 548 40.4 44,824 28,496 2,098 Retail sales workers................ 12.06 8.50 492 332 40.8 25,600 17,264 2,123 Cashiers, all workers............. 8.72 8.10 343 324 39.3 17,820 16,848 2,043 Cashiers........................ 8.72 8.10 343 324 39.3 17,820 16,848 2,043 Retail salespersons............... 13.76 11.20 578 392 42.0 30,047 20,399 2,184 Office and administrative support occupations..................... 15.17 14.50 602 566 39.7 31,180 29,349 2,056 First-line supervisors/managers of office & administrative support workers......................... 22.21 20.67 875 827 39.4 45,519 42,985 2,050 Financial clerks.................... 15.05 15.00 591 577 39.3 30,747 29,994 2,043 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks................. 14.45 14.42 573 579 39.7 29,812 30,098 2,063 Receptionists & information clerks.. 11.16 10.39 446 415 40.0 23,215 21,601 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers...... 11.22 11.30 449 452 40.0 23,337 23,504 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants...................... 18.53 18.38 741 735 40.0 37,866 38,222 2,043 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants....... 19.48 19.00 779 760 40.0 40,037 38,488 2,055 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive.......... 18.02 18.38 721 735 40.0 36,361 38,222 2,017 Office clerks, general.............. 13.26 12.68 529 507 39.9 27,323 26,370 2,061 Construction and extraction occupations..................... 17.00 15.00 688 582 40.4 35,764 30,285 2,103 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations..................... 17.16 16.50 704 660 41.0 36,610 34,320 2,133 Automotive technicians & repairers.. 15.45 14.40 655 648 42.4 34,050 33,696 2,204 Automotive service technicians and mechanics................... 15.23 13.20 $649 563 42.6 33,729 29,250 2,215 Industrial machinery installation, repair, & maintenance workers... 17.52 16.94 694 677 39.6 36,062 35,229 2,058 Production occupations................ 12.98 12.39 515 495 39.7 26,790 25,746 2,064 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators................. 11.57 12.38 463 495 40.0 24,056 25,746 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations..................... 10.44 10.68 415 420 39.7 20,785 21,112 1,990 Laborers and material movers, hand.. 10.15 9.00 406 360 40.0 20,223 18,512 1,992 ========================================================================================================================= (1) 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. (2) Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. (3) 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. See Bulletin 3140-09 for more information. (4) Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. (5) Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
Last Modified Date: September 26, 2007
