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FOR RELEASE:
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2007
INFORMATION: Gerald Perrins
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MEDIA CONTACT: Sheila Watkins
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Highlights of Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland,
Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md.
National Compensation Survey January 2007 (PDF)

Workers in the Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland metropolitan area averaged $21.34 per hour during January 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 Sheila Watkins reported average hourly earnings of $34.00 for management, professional, and related workers and $20.35 for natural resources, construction, and maintenance workers.  Sales and office workers averaged $16.55 an hour; production, transportation, and material moving workers, $15.64; and service workers, $12.58.  [See table 1.  Note:  Occupational aggregations are now based on the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.]

In the Philadelphia area, management, professional, and related workers made up the largest occupational group, accounting for 29 percent of the workforce, followed by sales and office workers (26 percent), service workers (21 percent), and production, transportation, and material moving workers (14 percent).  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance represented the smallest group in the survey at 9 percent. 

The NCS provides straight-time earnings for occupations in 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 NCS survey covered 894 establishments representing 2,803,400 workers in the Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland Combined Statistical Area which is comprised of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania; Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem Counties, in New Jersey; New Castle County in Delaware; and Cecil County in Maryland.

In the Philadelphia area, average hourly wages were published for full-time workers in a number of detailed occupations.  Within the management, professional, and related occupations, registered nurses averaged $31.99, while accountants and auditors averaged $29.83.  In the sales and office occupations, secretaries and administrative assistants averaged $19.41, and retail sales workers earned $13.15 per hour.  Fast food and counter workers, part of the service occupational group, earned $9.48.  (See table 2.)

The NCS also provides broad coverage of selected occupational characteristics.  Establishments in the Philadelphia area with 1-99 workers averaged $18.45 and those in establishments with 100-499 workers earned $19.51; workers in establishments with 500 or more employees earned $26.87.  Full-time workers averaged $22.63 per hour while their part-time counterparts earned $12.59.  (See tables 1 and 2.)

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 www.bls.gov/ncs/.

Survey Availability

Complete survey results are contained in the Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD National Compensation Survey 2007 (Bulletin 3140-07).  While supplies last, single copies of the bulletin are available from the Mid-Atlantic Information Office by calling 215-597-3282.  In addition, data contained in the bulletin are available on the Internet in both text and PDF formats at www.bls.gov/ncs/.

For personal assistance or further information on the National Compensation Survey, as well as other Bureau programs, contact the Mid-Atlantic Information Office at 215-597-3282 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET. 

 
Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA, January 2007
Worker and establishment characteristics Civilian workers Private industry workers State and local government workers
Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours (3) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours (3) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours (3)
Mean Relative error (2) (percent) Mean Relative error (2) (percent) Mean Relative error (2) (percent)

All workers

 $21.34 1.9 34.4 $20.74 2.1 34.2 $26.53 1.9 35.7
Worker characteristics(4)(5)

Management, professional, and related

 34.00 2.5 36.0 33.79 2.9 36.4 35.26 1.4 33.9

Management, business, and financial

 36.40 5.2 39.6 36.44 5.5 39.9 35.67 3.1 34.3

Professional and related

 32.89 2.2 34.6 32.36 2.7 34.8 35.20 1.8 33.9

Service

 12.58 2.5 28.9 10.90 2.6 27.8 21.58 4.8 37.1

Sales and office

 16.55 2.1 33.4 16.41 2.3 33.2 18.44 3.4 36.9

Sales and related

 17.07 4.5 30.6 17.06 4.6 30.5 – – –

Office and administrative support

 16.27 2.3 35.2 16.02 2.5 35.1 18.44 3.5 36.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 20.35 3.0 39.3 20.30 3.2 39.5 21.03 2.6 36.9

Construction and extraction

 18.34 8.4 38.5 18.36 9.0 38.8 18.02 1.3 34.6

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 21.99 4.9 40.0 21.83 5.3 40.0 24.52 2.6 39.5

Production, transportation, and material moving

 15.64 4.2 37.9 15.49 4.4 37.9 18.77 5.4 37.0

Production

 14.87 4.1 37.8 14.79 4.2 37.7 18.39 15.9 40.0

Transportation and material moving

 16.14 5.3 37.9 15.97 5.6 38.0 18.86 3.9 36.3

Full time

 22.63 1.7 39.5 22.07 1.9 39.7 26.99 1.8 37.7

Part time

 12.59 7.0 18.3 12.53 7.2 18.4 14.51 9.2 15.0

Union

 23.77 3.5 36.6 21.43 6.1 36.9 27.09 2.8 36.3

Nonunion

 20.81 2.0 33.9 20.65 2.1 33.9 25.12 4.4 34.2

Time

 21.50 2.2 33.9 20.88 2.5 33.7 26.53 1.9 35.7

Incentive

 19.26 10.4 41.8 19.26 10.4 41.8 – – –
Establishment characteristics

Goods producing

 (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6)

Service providing

 (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6)

1-99 workers

 18.45 4.7 32.9 18.42 4.8 32.9 19.97 13.3 32.5

100-499 workers

 19.51 4.0 35.2 18.79 4.2 35.1 29.53 4.5 36.6

500 workers or more

 26.87 2.7 36.0 26.95 3.5 36.1 26.64 2.4 35.8

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. See appendix A for more information.

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 about RSEs, see appendix A.

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. See appendix B for more information.

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, Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA, January 2007
Occupation (2) Hourly earnings (3) Weekly earnings (4) Annual earnings (5)
Mean Median Mean Median Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours

All workers

 $22.63 $18.75 $893 $750 39.5 $45,515 $38,584 2,012

Management occupations

 43.07 38.08 1,731 1,523 40.2 89,876 79,053 2,087

General and operations managers

 46.63 32.03 2,047 1,282 43.9 106,437 66,650 2,283

Marketing and sales managers

 51.73 53.21 2,182 2,129 42.2 113,441 110,685 2,193

Marketing managers

 56.42 53.21 2,233 2,129 39.6 116,102 110,685 2,058

Computer and information systems managers

 58.99 58.32 2,378 2,207 40.3 123,650 114,754 2,096

Financial managers

 49.69 40.39 2,001 1,615 40.3 104,038 84,001 2,094

Human resources managers

 33.84 37.55 1,351 1,421 39.9 70,261 73,901 2,076

Industrial production managers

 28.64 22.88 1,153 915 40.3 59,705 47,590 2,085

Education administrators

 32.66 29.60 1,251 1,133 38.3 64,289 59,721 1,968

Education administrators, postsecondary

 27.69 26.73 1,055 1,056 38.1 54,886 54,900 1,982

Medical and health services managers

 35.33 32.89 1,403 1,308 39.7 72,954 67,995 2,065

Business and financial operations occupations

 29.14 27.89 1,166 1,090 40.0 60,632 56,693 2,081

Buyers and purchasing agents

 31.80 28.27 1,254 1,131 39.4 65,221 58,804 2,051

Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists

 30.81 32.21 1,240 1,288 40.2 64,461 66,997 2,092

Management analysts

 34.58 30.29 1,406 1,231 40.7 73,110 64,002 2,114

Accountants and auditors

 29.83 25.64 1,148 979 38.5 59,718 50,895 2,002

Financial analysts and advisors

 30.85 30.79 1,190 1,225 38.6 61,882 63,690 2,006

Financial analysts

 29.29 24.94 1,165 998 39.8 60,571 51,884 2,068

Computer and mathematical science occupations

 35.78 35.67 1,402 1,417 39.2 72,847 73,700 2,036

Computer software engineers

 37.10 33.80 1,480 1,352 39.9 76,985 70,300 2,075

Computer software engineers, applications

 34.32 33.80 1,368 1,352 39.9 71,113 70,300 2,072

Computer support specialists

 23.71 24.39 927 857 39.1 48,128 44,581 2,030

Computer systems analysts

 38.99 38.78 1,490 1,522 38.2 77,467 79,167 1,987

Network and computer systems administrators

 36.78 39.70 1,463 1,588 39.8 75,957 82,578 2,065

Network systems and data communications analysts

 40.20 40.63 1,580 1,378 39.3 82,147 71,644 2,044

Architecture and engineering occupations

 33.90 30.05 1,361 1,218 40.1 70,763 63,361 2,087

Engineers

 38.94 34.38 1,573 1,375 40.4 81,798 71,510 2,101

Electrical and electronics engineers

 40.02 36.75 1,601 1,470 40.0 83,233 76,440 2,080

Electronics engineers, except computer

 36.78 30.46 1,471 1,218 40.0 76,496 63,361 2,080

Industrial engineers, including health and safety

 35.72 31.20 1,429 1,248 40.0 74,287 64,896 2,080

Industrial engineers

 35.72 31.20 1,429 1,248 40.0 74,287 64,896 2,080

Mechanical engineers

 34.45 34.38 1,378 1,375 40.0 71,657 71,510 2,080

Engineering technicians, except drafters

 27.53 29.14 1,095 1,119 39.8 56,945 58,194 2,068

Electrical and electronic engineering technicians

 27.68 29.14 1,088 1,093 39.3 56,585 56,823 2,044

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 33.36 32.56 1,243 1,056 37.3 64,637 54,924 1,938

Life scientists

 41.99 37.29 1,478 1,346 35.2 76,878 69,997 1,831

Biological scientists

 37.71 34.61 1,283 1,038 34.0 66,694 53,992 1,769

Biochemists and biophysicists

 39.28 34.61 1,290 1,038 32.8 67,077 53,992 1,708

Medical scientists

 48.20 44.61 1,792 1,592 37.2 93,186 82,801 1,934

Physical scientists

 33.93 37.53 1,330 1,501 39.2 69,182 78,062 2,039

Chemical technicians

 22.99 22.98 880 919 38.3 45,768 47,796 1,991

Community and social services occupations

 20.37 18.10 785 704 38.5 39,817 36,298 1,955

Counselors

 21.57 19.18 837 767 38.8 41,971 40,000 1,946

Educational, vocational, and school counselors

 28.37 22.82 1,050 856 37.0 49,238 44,501 1,736

Social workers

 18.80 18.54 723 693 38.4 36,960 36,018 1,966

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists

 18.84 16.45 712 658 37.8 37,035 34,222 1,966

Legal occupations

 40.51 38.46 1,602 1,442 39.6 83,311 75,000 2,057

Lawyers

 51.79 45.34 2,098 1,923 40.5 109,113 99,996 2,107

Paralegals and legal assistants

 23.04 22.60 884 837 38.3 45,951 43,500 1,994

Education, training, and library occupations

 36.30 34.79 1,330 1,252 36.6 54,307 50,100 1,496

Postsecondary teachers

 42.70 40.39 1,663 1,597 39.0 72,184 66,719 1,691

Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers

 36.69 38.30 1,388 1,341 37.8 60,426 61,776 1,647

Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers

 37.32 35.81 1,352 1,272 36.2 53,918 50,005 1,445

Preschool and kindergarten teachers

 26.97 15.39 1,030 641 38.2 45,607 36,130 1,691

Elementary and middle school teachers

 37.40 34.98 1,352 1,233 36.1 52,940 48,295 1,415

Elementary school teachers, except special education

 36.27 33.85 1,323 1,202 36.5 51,674 47,168 1,425

Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education

 40.90 37.07 1,437 1,288 35.1 56,751 50,764 1,388

Secondary school teachers

 41.01 41.04 1,473 1,502 35.9 59,606 59,123 1,454

Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education

 41.01 41.04 1,473 1,502 35.9 59,606 59,123 1,454

Special education teachers

 39.30 38.60 1,406 1,362 35.8 55,477 54,959 1,412

Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school

 38.35 37.84 1,368 1,339 35.7 54,179 53,500 1,413

Teacher assistants

 14.12 14.01 489 464 34.7 19,557 18,127 1,385

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 34.90 24.50 1,381 980 39.6 65,617 47,800 1,880

Designers

 23.13 19.25 925 770 40.0 48,105 40,036 2,080

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations

 32.23 27.00 1,262 1,062 39.1 65,539 55,234 2,034

Pharmacists

 42.14 48.13 1,619 1,800 38.4 84,186 93,600 1,998

Physicians and surgeons

 64.30 67.51 2,493 2,379 38.8 129,638 123,711 2,016

Registered nurses

 31.99 30.00 1,252 1,183 39.1 64,963 61,512 2,031

Therapists

 26.52 25.99 1,051 1,015 39.6 54,638 52,789 2,060

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians

 17.41 14.92 677 577 38.9 35,189 30,000 2,022

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

 21.57 21.85 846 874 39.2 43,976 45,448 2,039

Healthcare support occupations

 12.63 11.58 478 436 37.9 24,880 22,672 1,970

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides

 11.82 11.40 451 433 38.2 23,469 22,526 1,985

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants

 11.83 11.57 459 435 38.8 23,876 22,601 2,019

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations

 14.44 13.54 534 502 37.0 27,772 26,083 1,924

Protective service occupations

 20.86 18.71 828 745 39.7 42533 38515 2,039

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers

 19.93 18.16 797 726 40.0 41,478 37,764 2,081

Correctional officers and jailers

 19.93 18.16 797 726 40.0 41,478 37,764 2,081

Police officers

 25.96 25.43 1,034 1,017 39.8 53,783 52,884 2,072

Police and sheriff's patrol officers

 25.96 25.43 1,034 1,017 39.8 53,783 52,884 2,072

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers

 11.46 10.50 449 408 39.2 22,875 21,320 1,996

Security guards

 11.46 10.50 449 408 39.2 22,867 21,320 1,996

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 10.73 10.00 400 376 37.2 20,408 19,375 1,902

First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers

 18.48 17.64 732 705 39.6 36,217 35,190 1,960

First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers

 17.51 16.88 693 673 39.6 34,027 35,000 1,943

Cooks

 11.95 11.50 447 440 37.4 23,044 22,880 1,928

Cooks, institution and cafeteria

 12.72 12.86 479 514 37.7 24,297 25,222 1,910

Cooks, restaurant

 11.33 11.00 418 400 36.9 21,680 20,800 1,913

Food preparation workers

 9.95 10.00 383 380 38.5 19,466 19,760 1,956

Food service, tipped

 6.58 6.15 231 197 35.1 11,839 10,234 1,798

Waiters and waitresses

 5.02 4.31 172 99 34.2 8,903 5,143 1,773

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers

 9.56 9.25 356 330 37.3 17,599 16,835 1,842

Fast food and counter workers

 9.48 8.24 350 300 36.9 18,192 15,607 1,918

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop

 8.41 8.00 320 320 38.1 16,653 16,640 1,980

Food servers, nonrestaurant

 11.85 9.50 426 375 35.9 19,761 19,523 1,668

Dishwashers

 8.90 8.50 340 319 38.2 17,680 16,598 1,985

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 12.53 11.75 499 468 39.8 25,740 24,121 2,055

First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers

 24.71 26.88 988 1,075 40.0 51,390 55,900 2,080

Building cleaning workers

 11.80 11.70 469 464 39.8 24,372 24,121 2,065

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners

 12.14 11.85 483 470 39.8 25,085 24,440 2,067

Maids and housekeeping cleaners

 10.42 10.00 412 400 39.5 21,424 20,800 2,056

Grounds maintenance workers

 13.18 11.15 527 446 40.0 26,293 21,320 1,996

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers

 12.02 10.25 481 410 40.0 23,772 21,320 1,978

Personal care and service occupations

 15.38 11.89 562 481 36.5 29,101 24,856 1,892

First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers

 15.60 14.25 624 570 40.0 32,455 29,640 2,080

Gaming supervisors

 23.60 24.32 944 973 40.0 49,081 50,575 2,080

Slot key persons

 12.88 12.19 515 488 40.0 26,792 25,355 2,080

Gaming services workers

 7.34 7.82 294 313 40.0 15,264 16,266 2,080

Gaming dealers

 7.34 7.82 294 313 40.0 15,264 16,266 2,080

Child care workers

 9.49 9.26 365 366 38.5 18,617 17,921 1,961

Recreation and fitness workers

 13.55 13.00 538 520 39.7 27,956 27,040 2,064

Sales and related occupations

 19.76 15.69 794 639 40.2 40955 33151 2,072

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers

 20.48 16.52 860 661 42.0 44,722 34,353 2,184

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers

 16.69 15.36 718 638 43.0 37,338 33,151 2,236

First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers

 30.17 26.13 1,195 1,045 39.6 62,165 54,342 2,061

Retail sales workers

 13.15 11.44 524 438 39.8 26,845 22,679 2,042

Cashiers, all workers

 10.57 9.45 396 330 37.4 20,581 17,139 1,946

Cashiers

 10.31 9.21 385 328 37.3 20,007 17,056 1,940

Gaming change persons and booth cashiers

 13.51 12.53 525 513 38.9 27,296 26,686 2,021

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons

 15.09 14.00 603 560 40.0 31,377 29,120 2,080

Parts salespersons

 15.09 14.00 603 560 40.0 31,377 29,120 2,080

Retail salespersons

 13.70 11.50 557 449 40.7 28,354 23,296 2,069

Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents

 28.86 28.21 1,115 1,063 38.6 57,998 55,293 2,009

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing

 31.77 31.06 1,271 1,242 40.0 66,087 64,601 2,080

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products

 31.53 28.41 1,261 1,136 40.0 65,584 59,095 2,080

Office and administrative support occupations

 16.58 15.89 651 617 39.2 33,586 31,845 2,026

First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers

 23.91 23.16 964 926 40.3 50,132 48,162 2,096

Financial clerks

 15.10 14.86 595 587 39.4 30,915 30,503 2,047

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators

 14.65 13.00 581 520 39.7 30,220 27,040 2,063

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks

 14.87 15.00 582 587 39.2 30,287 30,503 2,037

Court, municipal, and license clerks

 15.04 14.65 545 513 36.3 28,362 26,663 1,886

Customer service representatives

 16.09 14.45 639 578 39.7 32,550 30,060 2,023

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks

 12.64 13.24 506 530 40.0 26,301 27,548 2,080

Receptionists and information clerks

 12.19 11.92 477 477 39.2 24,031 24,800 1,971

Dispatchers

 14.33 11.00 568 440 39.6 29,521 22,880 2,060

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks

 14.62 14.60 585 584 40.0 30,400 30,368 2,080

Stock clerks and order fillers

 13.39 12.50 536 500 40.0 27,855 26,000 2,080

Secretaries and administrative assistants

 19.41 19.31 755 749 38.9 39,196 38,953 2,019

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants

 22.01 22.18 874 861 39.7 45,433 44,792 2,064

Legal secretaries

 24.82 23.16 903 896 36.4 46,970 46,592 1,892

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive

 16.64 16.70 648 650 38.9 33,600 33,815 2,019

Data entry and information processing workers

 14.77 15.52 572 615 38.7 29,742 31,962 2,013

Insurance claims and policy processing clerks

 16.58 15.66 632 595 38.1 32,849 30,950 1,981

Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service

 12.45 12.26 492 490 39.5 25,558 25,501 2,052

Office clerks, general

 15.72 14.10 616 559 39.2 31,596 28,080 2,010

Construction and extraction occupations

 18.44 17.50 727 700 39.5 36,598 34,320 1,985

Carpenters

 21.41 23.00 818 920 38.2 42,477 47,840 1,984

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 22.02 21.76 882 870 40.0 45,847 45,261 2,082

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers

 34.01 33.41 1,361 1,336 40.0 70,750 69,484 2,080

Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers

 19.89 18.00 796 720 40.0 41,371 37,440 2,080

Automotive technicians and repairers

 22.57 24.00 905 960 40.1 47,060 49,920 2,085

Automotive service technicians and mechanics

 22.83 25.00 916 1,000 40.1 47,641 52,000 2,087

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

 22.13 22.36 885 894 40.0 46,036 46,509 2,080

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers

 21.93 21.95 877 878 40.0 45,613 45,656 2,080

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers

 20.15 20.50 801 820 39.8 41,668 42,640 2,068

Industrial machinery mechanics

 20.71 20.19 834 808 40.2 43,349 41,995 2,093

Maintenance and repair workers, general

 19.26 20.50 758 820 39.4 39,421 42,640 2,047

Line installers and repairers

 29.76 29.85 1,191 1,194 40.0 61,909 62,092 2,080

Electrical powerline installers and repairers

 31.68 33.54 1,267 1,342 40.0 65,901 69,759 2,080

Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers

 16.22 17.40 657 696 40.5 34,177 36,192 2,107

Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers

 16.43 17.40 657 696 40.0 34,170 36,192 2,080

Production occupations

 15.28 14.67 606 585 39.7 31,501 30,410 2,062

First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers

 21.99 21.00 874 840 39.7 45,451 43,680 2,067

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators

 12.56 8.65 497 346 39.5 25,695 17,992 2,046

Team assemblers

 15.58 10.50 623 420 40.0 32,056 21,320 2,058

Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

 15.84 15.74 634 630 40.0 32,946 32,739 2,080

Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

 14.48 15.35 579 614 40.0 30,114 31,928 2,080

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers

 18.13 21.19 725 848 40.0 37,706 44,075 2,080

Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers

 18.74 15.45 750 618 40.0 38,981 32,136 2,080

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers

 16.86 15.06 674 602 40.0 35061 31314 2,080

Painting workers

 15.70 15.68 628 627 40.0 32,660 32,614 2,080

Miscellaneous production workers

 13.77 13.89 557 566 40.4 28,957 29,418 2,103

Transportation and material moving occupations

 16.89 15.95 718 657 42.5 37,036 33,651 2,193

Bus drivers

 18.86 18.55 674 607 35.7 29,597 25,306 1,569

Bus drivers, school

 17.30 18.55 573 557 33.1 23,013 21,147 1,330

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers

 18.99 18.60 833 800 43.8 43,294 41,600 2,280

Driver/sales workers

 17.69 18.75 791 754 44.7 41,148 39,218 2,325

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer

 19.59 18.49 883 810 45.1 45,904 42,099 2,343

Truck drivers, light or delivery services

 18.14 20.00 726 800 40.0 37,730 41,600 2,080

Industrial truck and tractor operators

 18.50 19.00 740 760 40.0 38,486 39,520 2,080

Laborers and material movers, hand

 12.07 11.17 480 440 39.7 24,930 22,880 2,066

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand

 12.75 11.71 502 452 39.4 26,105 23,498 2,047

Packers and packagers, hand

 11.49 11.30 461 452 40.1 23,993 23,504 2,087

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. See appendix B for more information.

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 appendix A 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: July 7, 2008