Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA National Compensation Survey (NCS) Bulletin
NC BL 09/00/2007 Table: Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA, Bulletin 3140-08, January 2007
Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA CSA, January 2007
Civilian Private industry State and local government
workers workers workers
Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings
Worker and establishment
characteristics Mean Mean Mean
weekly weekly weekly
Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(-
Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3)
(percen- (percen- (percen-
t) t) t)
All workers........................................................... $18.38 2.3 35.0 $17.60 2.3 35.0 $25.84 6.5 34.8
Worker characteristics(4)(5)
Management, professional, and related............................... 28.34 3.1 36.4 27.25 3.2 36.5 34.00 6.6 35.6
Management, business, and financial............................... 28.74 4.9 39.7 28.46 5.3 39.9 32.96 9.4 37.4
Professional and related.......................................... 28.20 3.4 35.2 26.72 3.7 35.2 34.12 6.7 35.4
Service............................................................. 10.51 3.7 30.3 9.93 3.6 30.1 18.03 9.7 33.2
Sales and office.................................................... 13.42 3.4 34.9 13.25 3.4 35.0 16.06 15.7 32.4
Sales and related................................................. 12.85 6.1 32.7 12.85 6.1 32.7 – – –
Office and administrative support................................. 13.71 4.1 36.0 13.47 3.9 36.4 16.06 15.7 32.4
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.67 6.1 38.3 18.87 6.6 38.3 16.48 11.9 38.7
Construction and extraction...................................... 18.94 12.0 39.0 19.49 12.9 39.1 14.59 15.2 38.1
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.40 4.2 37.8 18.30 4.5 37.6 20.11 6.7 40.0
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.68 7.1 37.0 15.69 7.4 37.1 15.43 12.1 34.7
Production........................................................ 15.81 6.2 38.5 15.74 6.3 38.5 – – –
Transportation and material moving................................ 15.55 12.7 35.7 15.64 13.6 35.8 14.47 9.0 33.8
Full time........................................................... 20.01 2.7 39.4 19.17 2.7 39.5 27.48 5.8 38.1
Part time........................................................... 9.82 4.2 22.2 9.79 4.4 22.4 10.24 9.2 19.2
Union............................................................... 21.60 4.4 36.7 19.32 6.2 36.4 26.34 4.4 37.4
Nonunion............................................................ 17.52 2.6 34.6 17.29 2.4 34.8 24.52 24.4 29.4
Time................................................................ 18.34 2.5 34.9 17.52 2.5 34.9 25.84 6.5 34.8
Incentive........................................................... 19.20 6.6 38.0 19.20 6.6 38.0 – – –
Establishment characteristics
Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 19.73 4.8 39.0 (6) (6) (6)
Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 17.11 2.7 34.2 (6) (6) (6)
1-99 workers........................................................ 15.51 5.2 33.6 15.45 5.4 33.7 17.02 21.9 32.0
100-499 workers..................................................... 18.55 6.7 36.1 17.39 6.9 36.4 30.78 13.3 33.0
500 workers or more................................................. 23.20 4.4 36.6 22.36 5.5 36.6 26.61 3.5 36.8
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. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA
CSA, January 2007
Total Full-time workers Part-time workers
Occupation(4) and level
Relative Relative Relative
Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5)
(percent) (percent) (percent)
All workers........................................................... $18.38 2.3 $20.01 2.7 $9.82 4.2
Management occupations.............................................. 31.76 7.5 31.76 7.5 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 28.31 7.4 28.31 7.4 – –
Level 10.................................................. 31.55 8.2 31.55 8.2 – –
Level 11.................................................. 41.41 8.1 41.41 8.1 – –
Level 12.................................................. 46.23 8.9 46.23 8.9 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.30 19.1 27.30 19.1 – –
General and operations managers................................... 30.57 7.4 30.57 7.4 – –
Financial managers................................................ 35.77 4.9 35.77 4.9 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.88 11.6 34.88 11.6 – –
Education administrators.......................................... 21.10 31.6 21.10 31.6 – –
Medical and health services managers.............................. 28.46 14.9 28.46 14.9 – –
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.62 4.0 24.58 4.0 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 21.23 4.0 20.74 2.8 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 23.31 7.2 23.31 7.2 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 25.30 3.4 25.30 3.4 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.57 4.5 23.57 4.5 – –
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 24.79 7.0 24.79 7.0 – –
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.86 8.9 22.04 9.2 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.21 7.2 23.21 7.2 – –
Training and development specialists............................ 22.87 14.9 23.31 15.6 – –
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.82 11.4 26.53 11.9 – –
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.24 8.8 35.33 8.8 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 19.33 1.5 – – – –
Level 8 .................................................. 24.13 9.6 24.13 9.6 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 31.73 6.7 31.82 6.9 – –
Level 11.................................................. 45.99 2.2 45.99 2.2 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.27 10.4 28.43 10.8 – –
Computer software engineers....................................... 34.79 9.1 34.89 9.2 – –
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 38.63 3.1 38.93 3.1 – –
Computer support specialists...................................... 32.44 6.5 32.44 6.5 – –
Computer systems analysts......................................... 29.78 7.8 29.78 7.8 – –
Network and computer systems administrators....................... 31.99 21.9 32.21 21.4 – –
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 28.25 3.4 28.30 3.3 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 25.86 2.0 25.86 2.0 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 33.61 7.6 33.61 7.6 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 29.84 6.9 29.84 6.9 – –
Engineers......................................................... 34.77 7.0 34.77 7.0 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 34.94 2.5 34.94 2.5 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 31.97 2.8 31.97 2.8 – –
Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 37.86 11.2 37.86 11.2 – –
Electrical engineers.......................................... 37.86 11.2 37.86 11.2 – –
Drafters.......................................................... $21.45 6.8 $21.60 7.8 – –
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.55 9.7 28.55 9.7 – –
Community and social services occupations........................... 14.94 6.6 15.05 6.7 – –
Counselors........................................................ 15.21 13.9 15.21 13.9 – –
Social workers.................................................... 14.94 7.9 14.93 7.9 – –
Legal occupations................................................... 42.00 15.8 42.00 15.8 – –
Lawyers........................................................... 47.14 13.3 47.14 13.3 – –
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 28.58 7.8 31.52 5.9 $8.38 16.4
Level 6 .................................................. 12.13 9.6 – – 10.15 4.9
Level 7 .................................................. 15.22 4.9 17.33 8.0 10.47 .9
Level 8 .................................................. 21.21 18.6 21.02 18.6 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 39.22 2.0 39.26 2.0 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.69 45.7 – – – –
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 52.85 13.4 53.38 13.0 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 25.22 11.2 – – – –
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 51.20 20.9 51.20 20.9 – –
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.46 7.1 35.35 7.4 10.91 8.6
Level 8 .................................................. 24.77 21.1 – – – –
Level 9 .................................................. 39.26 2.4 39.26 2.4 – –
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 36.41 2.5 38.05 3.1 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 39.15 .8 39.15 .8 – –
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 35.67 3.4 37.84 4.1 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 39.35 .6 39.35 .6 – –
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 38.64 3.8 38.64 3.8 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 38.64 3.8 38.64 3.8 – –
Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.65 8.7 34.99 9.7 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 37.08 4.9 37.08 4.9 – –
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 34.65 8.7 34.99 9.7 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 37.08 4.9 37.08 4.9 – –
Special education teachers...................................... 43.35 12.2 43.35 12.2 – –
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school............................................ 44.76 12.1 44.76 12.1 – –
Teacher assistants................................................ 8.93 6.0 9.84 4.5 – –
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.26 12.9 22.63 15.9 20.16 13.0
Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.83 23.1 27.29 30.4 20.16 13.0
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 21.25 7.0 – – – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.25 7.0 – – – –
Coaches and scouts.............................................. 21.25 7.0 – – – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.25 7.0 – – – –
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... $23.79 3.3 $23.96 3.8 $22.97 7.3
Level 4 .................................................. 14.10 1.4 13.83 2.5 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 16.95 1.4 16.75 1.5 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 14.56 21.3 14.40 22.6 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 20.61 4.6 21.40 3.5 17.49 13.7
Level 8 .................................................. 25.17 2.4 25.31 1.4 24.91 6.6
Level 9 .................................................. 28.81 4.1 28.77 4.6 29.03 6.6
Level 10.................................................. 35.89 5.0 – – – –
Level 11.................................................. 42.40 17.1 42.40 17.1 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.50 19.5 – – – –
Pharmacists....................................................... 38.12 6.8 40.36 2.9 36.32 10.9
Level 9 .................................................. 36.54 6.3 – – – –
Registered nurses................................................. 27.02 5.1 27.66 4.8 24.83 5.7
Level 7 .................................................. 23.15 5.6 23.42 5.3 22.24 7.2
Level 8 .................................................. 24.91 2.0 25.50 .4 23.92 4.3
Level 9 .................................................. 26.67 5.1 26.79 5.5 25.80 5.5
Level 10.................................................. 35.04 6.8 – – – –
Therapists........................................................ 21.17 22.4 22.04 21.4 16.29 19.6
Level 7 .................................................. 17.85 2.4 – – – –
Respiratory therapists.......................................... 20.48 9.2 – – – –
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 23.96 3.7 24.05 3.6 – –
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 19.93 15.2 19.92 15.6 – –
Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 22.27 7.4 22.33 7.8 – –
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 13.66 6.1 13.67 6.1 – –
Pharmacy technicians............................................ 11.97 1.8 – – – –
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.99 3.5 16.88 3.9 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 16.92 1.9 – – – –
Medical records and health information technicians................ 13.31 11.3 13.35 11.1 – –
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.04 6.0 11.52 6.2 9.26 7.3
Level 2 .................................................. 9.82 4.8 9.91 3.7 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 10.67 5.8 11.62 2.0 9.16 11.5
Level 4 .................................................. 11.91 4.3 11.91 4.7 – –
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.03 3.0 11.05 3.3 10.91 1.0
Level 2 .................................................. 9.92 7.0 10.08 5.1 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 11.70 3.3 11.60 2.0 12.22 7.6
Level 4 .................................................. 11.72 6.7 – – – –
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.04 3.2 11.07 3.5 10.86 1.0
Level 2 .................................................. 9.92 7.0 10.08 5.1 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 11.75 3.7 11.61 2.1 12.85 7.6
Physical therapist assistants and aides........................... 10.80 7.5 – – – –
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.09 14.8 12.71 14.3 8.18 2.7
Level 4 .................................................. 11.89 4.7 11.89 5.4 – –
Medical transcriptionists....................................... 14.06 6.2 – – – –
Protective service occupations...................................... $14.76 16.0 $15.42 16.3 $10.01 17.2
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.97 8.6 9.17 15.2 6.55 6.1
Level 1 .................................................. 6.23 2.5 5.90 6.9 6.42 .8
Level 2 .................................................. 5.79 14.5 4.23 10.7 7.04 14.7
Level 3 .................................................. 7.90 6.6 9.16 7.4 5.06 10.6
Level 4 .................................................. 11.80 3.9 – – – –
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 15.43 6.6 15.46 6.7 – –
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 15.43 6.6 15.46 6.7 – –
Cooks............................................................. 9.35 6.1 9.91 5.7 8.01 11.2
Level 3 .................................................. 9.31 5.4 9.43 6.6 – –
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.83 7.1 9.27 4.9 – –
Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.85 2.3 – – – –
Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.37 4.4 4.11 5.0 4.69 6.8
Level 1 .................................................. 5.44 6.5 5.26 13.5 5.60 2.4
Level 2 .................................................. 3.06 4.2 – – – –
Level 3 .................................................. 4.82 14.1 – – 3.70 6.6
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.37 6.6 3.38 6.2 3.35 8.8
Level 2 .................................................. 2.92 .4 – – – –
Level 3 .................................................. 4.19 15.0 – – – –
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.01 8.5 – – 7.83 9.2
Level 1 .................................................. 7.95 9.3 – – 7.71 10.7
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.43 7.3 9.29 7.0 6.98 7.0
Level 1 .................................................. 6.77 2.3 – – 6.62 1.8
Level 2 .................................................. 8.03 6.4 – – 7.70 7.1
Level 3 .................................................. 10.73 5.4 – – – –
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 7.54 6.8 9.29 7.0 7.05 6.6
Level 1 .................................................. 6.83 1.4 – – 6.68 .6
Level 2 .................................................. 8.13 6.3 – – 7.78 7.2
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.02 6.2 13.02 7.0 8.88 6.3
Level 1 .................................................. 10.36 11.9 11.48 12.9 7.43 4.1
Level 2 .................................................. 11.73 4.3 12.58 3.9 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 11.81 7.0 12.49 8.6 – –
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.61 5.4 12.64 5.6 9.00 6.0
Level 1 .................................................. 10.53 12.2 11.48 12.9 – –
Level 2 .................................................. 11.94 5.0 13.03 2.9 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 12.42 7.1 13.48 8.7 – –
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.22 6.5 13.38 6.3 7.98 1.6
Level 1 .................................................. 11.01 13.6 11.99 13.6 – –
Level 2 .................................................. 13.86 3.0 14.48 3.7 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 12.76 9.1 14.63 9.9 – –
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. $10.34 3.8 $10.59 5.5 – –
Personal care and service occupations............................... 15.23 7.4 17.07 9.2 $10.34 14.0
Level 1 .................................................. 7.13 8.8 – – 6.39 .7
Level 2 .................................................. 10.41 .5 – – – –
Level 3 .................................................. 6.72 26.5 – – – –
Level 4 .................................................. 10.62 7.9 10.65 8.5 – –
Child care workers................................................ 11.50 15.3 11.82 16.9 – –
Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.57 9.3 – – – –
Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.85 6.1 15.33 8.2 7.44 6.4
Level 1 .................................................. 6.74 4.0 – – 6.65 4.9
Level 2 .................................................. 7.84 1.0 9.34 6.5 6.97 .9
Level 3 .................................................. 8.85 16.0 10.28 6.4 7.08 14.9
Level 4 .................................................. 14.91 10.7 15.35 11.7 12.75 14.1
Level 6 .................................................. 17.96 3.1 17.96 3.1 – –
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.59 15.9 15.59 15.9 – –
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.46 17.7 12.46 17.7 – –
Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.91 2.0 10.58 7.5 7.05 4.2
Level 1 .................................................. 6.64 3.1 – – 6.54 4.1
Level 2 .................................................. 7.89 1.4 9.34 6.5 7.01 1.2
Level 3 .................................................. 8.85 18.2 – – 7.03 15.7
Level 4 .................................................. 13.68 11.9 14.94 8.2 – –
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.97 2.5 8.95 2.8 7.16 5.7
Level 2 .................................................. 7.39 4.8 8.76 2.0 6.55 3.0
Level 3 .................................................. 9.02 10.5 – – – –
Cashiers...................................................... 7.97 2.5 8.95 2.8 7.16 5.7
Level 2 .................................................. 7.39 4.8 8.76 2.0 6.55 3.0
Level 3 .................................................. 9.02 10.5 – – – –
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 10.16 13.0 – – – –
Counter and rental clerks..................................... 7.80 9.7 – – – –
Retail salespersons............................................. 9.29 6.4 11.36 13.7 6.99 5.7
Level 1 .................................................. 6.94 4.8 – – 6.82 5.8
Level 2 .................................................. 8.75 6.7 – – 7.80 2.7
Level 4 .................................................. 13.94 8.6 14.94 8.2 – –
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 27.08 10.5 27.08 10.5 – –
Telemarketers..................................................... 18.00 13.8 – – – –
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.71 4.1 14.11 4.4 11.47 9.3
Level 1 .................................................. 8.63 11.3 – – – –
Level 2 .................................................. 9.72 3.3 10.06 4.8 9.06 5.2
Level 3 .................................................. 11.50 3.5 11.65 3.8 10.21 9.8
Level 4 .................................................. 14.98 3.6 14.91 3.7 15.52 4.8
Level 5 .................................................. 15.23 4.4 15.40 5.2 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 19.82 8.7 19.85 8.8 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 20.07 2.9 20.07 1.9 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... $12.73 10.4 – – – –
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 17.37 6.8 $17.38 7.2 – –
Financial clerks.................................................. 14.04 3.2 14.14 2.9 $12.89 12.1
Level 3 .................................................. 11.20 4.5 11.38 4.2 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.43 3.7 15.59 3.9 – –
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 13.52 5.5 12.98 6.0 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 13.24 2.6 13.26 3.4 – –
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.24 3.9 14.24 3.9 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 11.78 5.1 11.78 5.1 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.94 5.9 15.94 5.9 – –
Customer service representatives.................................. 16.29 9.6 16.84 10.3 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 10.50 13.3 – – – –
Level 4 .................................................. 18.29 11.9 18.34 12.0 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 16.71 21.1 16.71 21.1 – –
File clerks....................................................... 10.66 9.5 11.65 6.1 – –
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 14.44 8.1 – – – –
Library assistants, clerical...................................... 9.38 22.4 – – – –
Order clerks...................................................... 14.30 6.0 14.30 6.0 – –
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.64 5.9 11.77 4.2 9.26 4.1
Level 2 .................................................. 9.93 4.3 – – 8.79 4.6
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.77 4.0 10.85 3.9 – –
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.04 5.6 11.99 9.2 8.94 12.1
Level 2 .................................................. 9.50 6.7 – – – –
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.42 4.3 15.46 4.0 15.12 10.4
Level 3 .................................................. 12.73 6.5 12.23 2.9 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 14.16 3.6 14.20 3.7 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 13.61 6.2 – – – –
Level 6 .................................................. 17.94 5.8 17.94 5.8 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 22.47 2.1 – – – –
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.96 5.9 18.31 6.3 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 19.33 7.1 19.33 7.1 – –
Legal secretaries............................................... 16.92 17.3 16.21 15.1 – –
Medical secretaries............................................. 13.37 7.1 13.15 6.0 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 12.63 9.8 – – – –
Level 4 .................................................. 14.46 3.1 – – – –
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.93 3.0 14.01 3.4 13.15 4.2
Level 4 .................................................. 14.13 4.0 14.16 4.0 – –
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.48 2.3 12.50 2.3 – –
Word processors and typists..................................... 12.20 5.6 12.25 5.6 – –
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 13.06 1.1 13.06 1.1 – –
Office clerks, general............................................ 11.67 6.9 11.87 6.9 10.64 7.1
Level 2 .................................................. 9.90 2.0 – – – –
Level 4 .................................................. 14.09 6.5 14.09 6.7 – –
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.94 12.0 19.23 12.2 – –
Level 1 .................................................. $11.34 4.9 – – – –
Level 2 .................................................. 11.48 1.7 $11.48 1.7 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 17.89 14.6 17.89 14.6 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 24.08 5.0 24.08 5.0 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 24.75 7.8 24.75 7.8 – –
Carpenters........................................................ 19.35 4.4 19.35 4.4 – –
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 22.30 5.0 22.30 5.0 – –
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 22.50 4.9 22.50 4.9 – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.40 4.2 19.10 5.5 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 12.54 3.9 12.89 6.6 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 19.26 10.0 19.26 10.0 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 19.58 4.5 19.58 4.5 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 25.01 4.3 25.01 4.3 – –
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.03 11.0 19.84 12.3 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 19.49 15.0 19.49 15.0 – –
Automotive body and related repairers........................... 18.19 14.9 18.19 14.9 – –
Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 17.96 14.9 21.04 9.1 – –
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.56 3.3 17.59 3.3 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 16.83 2.3 16.83 2.3 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 20.03 7.2 20.03 7.2 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 20.96 3.1 20.96 3.1 – –
Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.53 8.8 19.53 8.8 – –
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.19 5.4 17.24 5.4 – –
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 11.58 13.2 11.85 12.1 – –
Production occupations.............................................. 15.81 6.2 16.69 5.6 $7.25 2.4
Level 1 .................................................. 10.07 16.0 13.33 10.4 – –
Level 2 .................................................. 10.88 13.9 13.65 8.5 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 13.70 2.3 13.70 2.3 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 13.51 9.0 13.51 9.0 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 16.09 3.0 16.09 3.0 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 19.61 6.9 19.61 6.9 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 19.64 6.2 19.64 6.2 – –
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 16.37 9.0 16.37 9.0 – –
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 16.65 11.4 16.65 11.4 – –
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.32 15.3 – – – –
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 19.08 1.6 19.08 1.6 – –
Machinists........................................................ 17.50 6.6 17.50 6.6 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 18.09 7.8 18.09 7.8 – –
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.44 13.5 15.44 13.5 – –
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.44 13.5 15.44 13.5 – –
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 15.98 12.6 15.98 12.6 – –
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.99 5.3 17.99 5.3 – –
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. – – 16.16 6.5 – –
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... $15.55 12.7 $16.90 16.1 $10.49 7.9
Level 1 .................................................. 8.68 4.1 9.11 4.4 7.81 4.7
Level 2 .................................................. 13.72 8.7 13.97 8.6 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 14.50 5.6 15.08 2.2 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.05 6.1 16.41 5.9 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 20.69 5.0 20.69 5.0 – –
Bus drivers....................................................... 14.01 17.6 – – – –
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.39 3.6 15.08 3.6 – –
Level 2 .................................................. 13.01 17.1 – – – –
Level 3 .................................................. 13.82 9.0 14.67 3.7 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.23 7.2 15.68 5.6 – –
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.65 2.6 15.65 2.6 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.17 5.2 15.17 5.2 – –
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.14 9.9 13.74 11.4 – –
Level 4 .................................................. – – 16.88 21.7 – –
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.67 3.3 15.96 3.0 – –
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.62 5.4 12.60 9.3 9.66 12.7
Level 1 .................................................. 8.31 5.0 8.70 3.9 7.61 6.0
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 10.41 11.8 – – – –
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.41 5.6 14.71 6.2 10.34 11.1
Level 1 .................................................. 8.73 5.5 – – 8.03 6.6
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.43 17.9 – – – –
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 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 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job
controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs.
Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
5 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.
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
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Pittsburgh-New
Castle, PA CSA, January 2007
Total Full-time workers Part-time workers
Occupation(4) and level
Relative Relative Relative
Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5)
(percent) (percent) (percent)
All workers........................................................... $17.60 2.3 $19.17 2.7 $9.79 4.4
Management occupations.............................................. 31.40 8.4 31.40 8.4 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 28.83 7.8 28.83 7.8 – –
Level 11.................................................. 40.53 9.7 40.53 9.7 – –
Level 12.................................................. 51.73 4.1 51.73 4.1 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.80 19.3 26.80 19.3 – –
General and operations managers................................... 30.97 7.6 30.97 7.6 – –
Financial managers................................................ 35.07 3.8 35.07 3.8 – –
Education administrators.......................................... 17.44 36.1 17.44 36.1 – –
Medical and health services managers.............................. 28.46 14.9 28.46 14.9 – –
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.72 4.1 24.69 4.1 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 21.23 4.0 20.74 2.8 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 23.31 7.2 23.31 7.2 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 25.94 3.3 25.94 3.3 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.57 4.5 23.57 4.5 – –
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 24.79 7.0 24.79 7.0 – –
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.86 8.9 22.04 9.2 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.21 7.2 23.21 7.2 – –
Training and development specialists............................ 22.87 14.9 23.31 15.6 – –
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.30 11.8 27.01 12.4 – –
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.80 9.1 35.90 9.1 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 32.24 6.8 32.35 7.0 – –
Level 11.................................................. 45.99 2.2 45.99 2.2 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.11 11.1 28.28 11.4 – –
Computer software engineers....................................... 34.79 9.1 34.89 9.2 – –
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 38.63 3.1 38.93 3.1 – –
Computer support specialists...................................... 32.44 6.5 32.44 6.5 – –
Computer systems analysts......................................... 31.13 6.7 31.13 6.7 – –
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 28.25 3.4 28.30 3.3 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 25.86 2.0 25.86 2.0 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 33.61 7.6 33.61 7.6 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 29.84 6.9 29.84 6.9 – –
Engineers......................................................... 34.77 7.0 34.77 7.0 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 34.94 2.5 34.94 2.5 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 31.97 2.8 31.97 2.8 – –
Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 37.86 11.2 37.86 11.2 – –
Electrical engineers.......................................... 37.86 11.2 37.86 11.2 – –
Drafters.......................................................... 21.45 6.8 21.60 7.8 – –
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 27.77 10.6 27.77 10.6 – –
Community and social services occupations........................... 13.86 8.3 13.97 8.2 – –
Social workers.................................................... $13.95 6.3 $13.92 6.1 – –
Legal occupations................................................... 38.22 17.7 38.22 17.7 – –
Lawyers........................................................... 50.24 14.2 50.24 14.2 – –
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 21.85 19.8 26.13 16.3 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 26.17 23.3 25.98 23.6 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 23.67 12.1 – – – –
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 54.06 15.5 54.73 14.9 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 25.22 11.2 – – – –
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 16.75 22.2 16.67 23.6 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 24.77 21.1 – – – –
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 21.10 4.8 – – – –
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 21.10 4.8 – – – –
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.26 13.0 22.63 15.9 $20.09 13.3
Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.84 23.3 27.29 30.4 20.09 13.3
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.59 3.3 23.72 3.8 22.97 7.3
Level 4 .................................................. 14.10 1.4 13.83 2.5 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 16.95 1.4 16.75 1.5 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 14.15 22.2 13.95 23.5 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 20.61 4.6 21.40 3.5 17.49 13.7
Level 8 .................................................. 25.17 2.4 25.31 1.4 24.91 6.6
Level 9 .................................................. 28.30 3.9 28.18 4.4 29.03 6.6
Level 10.................................................. 35.89 5.0 – – – –
Level 11.................................................. 42.40 17.1 42.40 17.1 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.50 19.5 – – – –
Pharmacists....................................................... 38.12 6.8 40.36 2.9 36.32 10.9
Level 9 .................................................. 36.54 6.3 – – – –
Registered nurses................................................. 26.62 5.3 27.17 4.9 24.83 5.7
Level 7 .................................................. 23.15 5.6 23.42 5.3 22.24 7.2
Level 8 .................................................. 24.91 2.0 25.50 .4 23.92 4.3
Level 9 .................................................. 25.56 4.7 25.52 4.8 25.80 5.5
Level 10.................................................. 35.04 6.8 – – – –
Therapists........................................................ 21.17 22.4 22.04 21.4 16.29 19.6
Level 7 .................................................. 17.85 2.4 – – – –
Respiratory therapists.......................................... 20.48 9.2 – – – –
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 23.96 3.7 24.05 3.6 – –
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 19.93 15.2 19.92 15.6 – –
Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 22.27 7.4 22.33 7.8 – –
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 13.66 6.1 13.67 6.1 – –
Pharmacy technicians............................................ 11.97 1.8 – – – –
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.54 2.0 16.30 .9 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 16.92 1.9 – – – –
Medical records and health information technicians................ 13.31 11.3 13.35 11.1 – –
Healthcare support occupations...................................... $10.94 6.3 $11.42 6.6 $9.26 7.3
Level 2 .................................................. 9.82 4.8 9.91 3.7 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 10.41 5.8 11.31 1.3 9.16 11.5
Level 4 .................................................. 11.91 4.3 11.91 4.7 – –
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.86 3.4 10.85 4.1 10.91 1.0
Level 2 .................................................. 9.92 7.0 10.08 5.1 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 11.45 2.7 11.29 1.1 12.22 7.6
Level 4 .................................................. 11.72 6.7 – – – –
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.85 3.7 10.85 4.3 10.86 1.0
Level 2 .................................................. 9.92 7.0 10.08 5.1 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 11.48 3.1 11.29 1.1 12.85 7.6
Physical therapist assistants and aides........................... 10.80 7.5 – – – –
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.09 14.8 12.71 14.3 8.18 2.7
Level 4 .................................................. 11.89 4.7 11.89 5.4 – –
Medical transcriptionists....................................... 14.06 6.2 – – – –
Protective service occupations...................................... 10.55 5.5 10.98 5.6 7.91 4.3
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.95 8.8 9.15 15.4 6.51 6.1
Level 1 .................................................. 6.23 2.5 5.90 6.9 6.42 .8
Level 2 .................................................. 5.62 16.0 3.95 10.2 6.95 15.9
Level 3 .................................................. 7.90 6.6 9.16 7.4 5.06 10.6
Level 4 .................................................. 11.80 3.9 – – – –
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 15.43 6.6 15.46 6.7 – –
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 15.43 6.6 15.46 6.7 – –
Cooks............................................................. 9.35 6.1 9.91 5.7 8.01 11.2
Level 3 .................................................. 9.31 5.4 9.43 6.6 – –
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.83 7.1 9.27 4.9 – –
Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.85 2.3 – – – –
Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.32 4.4 4.11 5.0 4.60 6.7
Level 1 .................................................. 5.44 6.5 5.26 13.5 5.60 2.4
Level 2 .................................................. 2.93 .5 – – – –
Level 3 .................................................. 4.82 14.1 – – 3.70 6.6
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.37 6.6 3.38 6.2 3.35 8.8
Level 2 .................................................. 2.92 .4 – – – –
Level 3 .................................................. 4.19 15.0 – – – –
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.95 9.0 – – 7.72 10.3
Level 1 .................................................. 7.95 9.3 – – 7.71 10.7
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.32 7.1 9.06 8.0 6.94 6.9
Level 1 .................................................. 6.77 2.3 – – 6.62 1.8
Level 2 .................................................. 7.67 7.5 – – – –
Level 3 .................................................. 10.73 5.4 – – – –
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... $7.42 6.7 $9.06 8.0 $7.01 6.5
Level 1 .................................................. 6.83 1.4 – – 6.68 .6
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.56 6.7 12.50 8.1 8.93 6.3
Level 1 .................................................. 10.36 11.9 11.48 12.9 7.43 4.1
Level 2 .................................................. 11.15 4.2 11.67 5.2 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 10.25 5.0 10.77 6.2 – –
Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.92 5.7 11.80 6.5 9.06 5.9
Level 1 .................................................. 10.53 12.2 11.48 12.9 – –
Level 2 .................................................. – – 12.05 4.5 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 10.57 5.7 11.51 6.8 – –
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.24 8.8 12.37 8.6 8.01 1.7
Level 1 .................................................. 11.01 13.6 11.99 13.6 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 9.70 8.4 – – – –
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.34 3.8 10.59 5.5 – –
Personal care and service occupations............................... 15.15 8.0 17.04 10.0 10.32 14.8
Level 1 .................................................. 7.13 8.8 – – 6.39 .7
Level 3 .................................................. 6.72 26.5 – – – –
Level 4 .................................................. 10.62 7.9 10.65 8.5 – –
Child care workers................................................ 9.91 5.4 – – – –
Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.57 9.3 – – – –
Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.85 6.1 15.33 8.2 7.44 6.4
Level 1 .................................................. 6.74 4.0 – – 6.65 4.9
Level 2 .................................................. 7.84 1.0 9.34 6.5 6.97 .9
Level 3 .................................................. 8.85 16.0 10.28 6.4 7.08 14.9
Level 4 .................................................. 14.91 10.7 15.35 11.7 12.75 14.1
Level 6 .................................................. 17.96 3.1 17.96 3.1 – –
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.59 15.9 15.59 15.9 – –
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.46 17.7 12.46 17.7 – –
Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.91 2.0 10.58 7.5 7.05 4.2
Level 1 .................................................. 6.64 3.1 – – 6.54 4.1
Level 2 .................................................. 7.89 1.4 9.34 6.5 7.01 1.2
Level 3 .................................................. 8.85 18.2 – – 7.03 15.7
Level 4 .................................................. 13.68 11.9 14.94 8.2 – –
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.97 2.5 8.95 2.8 7.16 5.7
Level 2 .................................................. 7.39 4.8 8.76 2.0 6.55 3.0
Level 3 .................................................. 9.02 10.5 – – – –
Cashiers...................................................... 7.97 2.5 8.95 2.8 7.16 5.7
Level 2 .................................................. 7.39 4.8 8.76 2.0 6.55 3.0
Level 3 .................................................. 9.02 10.5 – – – –
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 10.16 13.0 – – – –
Counter and rental clerks..................................... 7.80 9.7 – – – –
Retail salespersons............................................. 9.29 6.4 11.36 13.7 6.99 5.7
Level 1 .................................................. $6.94 4.8 – – $6.82 5.8
Level 2 .................................................. 8.75 6.7 – – 7.80 2.7
Level 4 .................................................. 13.94 8.6 $14.94 8.2 – –
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 27.08 10.5 27.08 10.5 – –
Telemarketers..................................................... 18.00 13.8 – – – –
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.47 3.9 13.76 4.1 11.79 9.7
Level 1 .................................................. 8.66 11.4 – – – –
Level 2 .................................................. 9.59 3.3 9.93 4.5 8.70 4.8
Level 3 .................................................. 11.52 3.6 11.59 4.0 10.86 8.5
Level 4 .................................................. 15.04 3.7 14.97 3.9 15.52 4.8
Level 5 .................................................. 15.24 4.7 15.42 5.7 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 18.14 4.0 18.15 4.0 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 19.81 3.5 19.75 1.8 – –
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 17.01 6.0 17.00 6.4 – –
Financial clerks.................................................. 14.03 3.2 14.13 2.9 12.89 12.1
Level 3 .................................................. 11.20 4.5 11.38 4.2 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.43 3.7 15.59 3.9 – –
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 13.52 5.5 12.98 6.0 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 13.24 2.6 13.26 3.4 – –
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.23 4.0 14.23 4.0 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 11.78 5.1 11.78 5.1 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.94 5.9 15.94 5.9 – –
Customer service representatives.................................. 16.29 9.6 16.84 10.3 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 10.50 13.3 – – – –
Level 4 .................................................. 18.29 11.9 18.34 12.0 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 16.71 21.1 16.71 21.1 – –
File clerks....................................................... 10.49 10.6 11.56 6.8 – –
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 14.44 8.1 – – – –
Order clerks...................................................... 14.30 6.0 14.30 6.0 – –
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.64 5.9 11.77 4.2 9.26 4.1
Level 2 .................................................. 9.93 4.3 – – 8.79 4.6
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.77 4.0 10.85 3.9 – –
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.29 3.9 11.25 6.4 – –
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.52 4.7 15.47 4.1 16.02 11.4
Level 3 .................................................. 12.73 6.5 12.23 2.9 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 14.26 3.7 14.31 3.8 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 13.42 5.9 – – – –
Level 6 .................................................. 18.68 6.0 18.68 6.0 – –
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.96 5.9 18.31 6.3 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 19.33 7.1 19.33 7.1 – –
Legal secretaries............................................... 16.06 20.4 – – – –
Medical secretaries............................................. 13.37 7.1 13.15 6.0 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 12.63 9.8 – – – –
Level 4 .................................................. 14.46 3.1 – – – –
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... $14.20 3.8 $14.20 3.9 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 14.27 4.2 14.30 4.2 – –
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.24 3.2 12.27 3.2 – –
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 13.06 1.1 13.06 1.1 – –
Office clerks, general............................................ 11.62 7.1 11.79 6.9 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 14.19 7.1 14.20 7.3 – –
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.49 12.9 19.75 12.9 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 18.04 16.9 18.04 16.9 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 23.64 5.8 23.64 5.8 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 24.75 7.8 24.75 7.8 – –
Carpenters........................................................ 19.35 4.4 19.35 4.4 – –
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 22.30 5.0 22.30 5.0 – –
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 22.50 4.9 22.50 4.9 – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.30 4.5 19.03 5.9 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 12.54 3.9 12.89 6.6 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 19.22 11.2 19.22 11.2 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 19.32 4.8 19.32 4.8 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 25.12 4.3 25.12 4.3 – –
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 17.97 11.1 19.79 12.5 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 19.43 15.3 19.43 15.3 – –
Automotive body and related repairers........................... 18.19 14.9 18.19 14.9 – –
Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 17.86 15.1 – – – –
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.37 3.9 17.42 4.0 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 21.09 3.4 21.09 3.4 – –
Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.53 8.8 19.53 8.8 – –
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.74 7.1 16.82 7.2 – –
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 11.58 13.2 11.85 12.1 – –
Production occupations.............................................. 15.74 6.3 16.63 5.7 $7.25 2.4
Level 1 .................................................. 9.77 16.2 – – – –
Level 2 .................................................. 10.88 13.9 13.65 8.5 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 13.70 2.3 13.70 2.3 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 13.51 9.0 13.51 9.0 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 15.82 2.6 15.82 2.6 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 19.61 6.9 19.61 6.9 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 19.64 6.2 19.64 6.2 – –
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 16.37 9.0 16.37 9.0 – –
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 16.65 11.4 16.65 11.4 – –
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.32 15.3 – – – –
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 19.08 1.6 19.08 1.6 – –
Machinists........................................................ 17.50 6.6 17.50 6.6 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 18.09 7.8 18.09 7.8 – –
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.44 13.5 15.44 13.5 – –
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ $15.44 13.5 $15.44 13.5 – –
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 15.98 12.6 15.98 12.6 – –
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.99 5.3 17.99 5.3 – –
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. – – 16.16 6.5 – –
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.64 13.6 17.00 17.4 $10.46 8.7
Level 1 .................................................. 8.65 4.3 9.05 4.5 7.77 5.2
Level 2 .................................................. 13.48 9.9 13.74 9.7 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 14.54 6.1 15.21 2.2 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 14.87 6.0 16.00 5.1 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 20.69 5.0 20.69 5.0 – –
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.37 3.9 15.14 4.1 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.23 7.2 15.68 5.6 – –
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.80 2.8 15.80 2.8 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.17 5.2 15.17 5.2 – –
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.03 10.5 13.67 12.5 – –
Level 4 .................................................. – – 16.88 21.7 – –
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.67 3.3 15.96 3.0 – –
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.62 5.4 12.60 9.3 9.66 12.7
Level 1 .................................................. 8.31 5.0 8.70 3.9 7.61 6.0
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 10.41 11.8 – – – –
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.41 5.6 14.71 6.2 10.34 11.1
Level 1 .................................................. 8.73 5.5 – – 8.03 6.6
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.43 17.9 – – – –
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 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 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job
controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs.
Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
5 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.
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3),
Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA CSA, January 2007
Total Full-time workers Part-time workers
Occupation(4) and level
Relative Relative Relative
Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5)
(percent) (percent) (percent)
All workers........................................................... $25.84 6.5 $27.48 5.8 $10.24 9.2
Management occupations.............................................. 35.61 8.7 35.61 8.7 – –
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.47 5.6 34.66 5.7 9.92 1.6
Level 7 .................................................. 11.93 7.6 – – – –
Level 9 .................................................. 39.78 2.0 39.78 2.0 – –
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 37.96 4.1 39.13 4.0 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 39.76 2.4 39.76 2.4 – –
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.04 .0 39.88 .7 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 39.88 .7 39.88 .7 – –
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 37.81 1.5 40.40 .5 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 40.40 .5 40.40 .5 – –
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 38.64 3.8 38.64 3.8 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 38.64 3.8 38.64 3.8 – –
Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.06 8.7 35.42 9.7 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 37.08 4.9 37.08 4.9 – –
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 35.06 8.7 35.42 9.7 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 37.08 4.9 37.08 4.9 – –
Teacher assistants................................................ 12.14 7.3 12.26 7.5 – –
Protective service occupations...................................... 22.47 4.9 23.13 6.6 – –
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.34 2.9 16.00 4.1 – –
Building cleaning workers......................................... 15.34 2.9 16.00 4.1 – –
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 15.34 2.9 16.00 4.1 – –
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.06 15.7 18.11 14.2 9.50 15.0
Level 2 .................................................. 10.83 9.4 – – 10.06 12.1
Level 4 .................................................. 13.68 7.1 13.68 7.1 – –
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.86 10.2 15.42 12.2 – –
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.15 2.0 13.27 3.9 – –
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.59 15.2 14.82 18.6 – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.11 6.7 20.11 6.7 – –
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.47 9.0 15.69 10.0 – –
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 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.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
