Bureau of Labor Statistics
Internet Address: http://www.bls.gov/ro2/ FOR RELEASE: April 3, 2008 Media Contact: Michael L. Dolfman,(212) 337-2500 Information: Martin Kohli,(646) 264-3620 HIGHLIGHTS OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY MARCH 2007 Workers in the Rochester, New York metropolitan area earned an average of $19.59 per hour in March 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 Michael L. Dolfman noted that wage data were reported for workers in a wide range of occupational groups, including average hourly earnings of $23.49 for healthcare practitioner and technical occupations and $23.74 for business and financial operations. Another occupational group, office and administrative support, had a mean hourly wage of $14.98. The NCS data available for the Rochester area include earnings for 20 major occupational groups with additional detail for selected occupations within those groups. (See table 1.) Registered nurses, part of the healthcare practitioner and technical occupational group, earned $27.06 per hour. Within the business and financial operations occupational group, accountants and auditors averaged $19.39 per hour. Customer service representatives in the office and administrative support group, registered an average $16.58 an hour, while shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks earned $12.46. (See table 1.) Broad coverage of selected occupational characteristics is available from NCS for the local area. Full-time workers averaged $20.82 per hour while their part-time counterparts earned $10.60. Union workers earned $22.74 and non-union workers, $18.84. Workers in establishments with 1-99 workers averaged $17.30 per hour, those in establishments with 100-499 workers earned $17.62, and those in establishments with 500 or more employees earned $23.67. The occupational wage data available from NCS may be used by businesses for establishing pay plans, making decisions concerning plant relocation, and in collective bargaining negotiations. Individuals may use such data to help choose potential careers. NCS results also include the work level and respective earnings for occupations determined by a point factor leveling process. The four occupational leveling factors are: knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. Details on the NCS are available at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/. The NCS data reported here covered 294 establishments with one or more workers in private industry and State and local governments. Agricultural establishments, private households, the self-employed, and the Federal Government were excluded from the survey. This sample of establishments represented 486,600 workers in the Rochester Metropolitan Statistical Area which is comprised of Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, and Wayne Counties in New York. Survey Availability Complete survey results are contained in the Rochester, NY National Compensation Survey March 2007 which is available on the Internet in both text and PDF formats at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm. For personal assistance or further information on the National Compensation Survey data, as well as other Bureau data, contact the New York Information Office by calling (646) 264-3600 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. NYLS - 7326 Labor - New York 04/3/08 Table 1. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2), Rochester, NY, March 2007 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $19.59 3.9 $20.82 4.3 $10.60 6.5 Management occupations.............................................. 36.56 11.0 36.57 11.0 Financial managers................................................ 34.72 30.7 34.72 30.7 Education administrators.......................................... 57.48 44.7 57.48 44.7 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.74 6.0 24.08 6.2 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.03 11.4 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 19.39 6.2 19.39 6.2 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 31.10 8.6 30.60 8.7 Computer software engineers....................................... 38.67 6.1 38.67 6.1 Computer support specialists...................................... 30.91 17.0 30.91 17.0 Computer systems analysts......................................... 29.62 13.3 28.11 12.0 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.19 10.6 31.19 10.6 Engineers......................................................... 36.48 3.5 36.48 3.5 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.47 12.7 23.40 12.8 Community and social services occupations........................... 23.44 10.9 23.70 10.8 Social workers.................................................... 19.87 3.5 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.39 11.5 36.43 11.1 10.82 6.0 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 58.54 24.3 58.78 24.5 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 42.35 4.5 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.52 5.6 33.42 5.2 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.47 6.0 32.01 5.1 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.49 7.0 32.15 5.7 Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.99 5.4 33.99 5.4 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 32.75 8.8 32.75 8.8 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.68 9.9 11.63 14.7 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.28 14.3 26.28 14.3 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.49 6.3 23.36 5.3 24.35 17.6 Registered nurses................................................. 27.06 4.7 27.02 5.1 27.41 1.4 Therapists........................................................ 26.52 6.9 26.56 7.9 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 17.05 12.0 17.01 12.0 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.88 2.5 16.62 1.4 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.03 4.8 11.15 5.6 9.73 7.8 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.54 5.0 10.64 5.8 9.73 7.8 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.41 8.2 10.57 9.2 9.74 8.9 Protective service occupations...................................... 24.43 6.2 25.38 6.6 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. $14.50 4.6 $14.42 6.2 Security guards................................................. 14.50 4.6 14.42 6.2 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.10 7.6 10.24 17.3 $6.80 7.9 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.22 7.4 5.33 8.0 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.75 6.9 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.11 8.2 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 7.62 1.1 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.11 9.0 11.36 10.1 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.52 6.7 10.69 7.7 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.74 7.5 10.77 8.2 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.39 6.6 9.93 7.5 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.26 9.0 21.57 8.5 8.59 9.3 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 21.62 16.9 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.92 13.2 15.49 13.7 7.96 3.0 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.32 11.9 7.61 2.5 Cashiers...................................................... 9.32 11.9 7.61 2.5 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.45 15.1 15.09 19.2 8.50 1.8 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.98 3.3 15.30 3.4 10.32 7.8 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 19.42 10.5 19.42 10.5 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.91 3.1 14.00 3.7 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.87 4.4 14.92 4.6 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.58 6.8 16.69 7.0 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.66 15.2 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.46 4.9 12.84 5.1 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.90 19.6 14.83 19.2 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.89 5.6 17.11 5.6 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.23 7.0 19.23 7.0 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.18 5.0 15.56 4.5 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.55 7.8 12.55 7.8 Data entry keyers............................................... 12.01 9.3 12.01 9.4 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.72 6.7 13.89 6.9 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 20.55 17.9 20.51 18.2 Electricians...................................................... 24.21 4.6 24.21 4.6 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.16 16.0 17.25 16.4 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers........................................................ 17.19 6.1 17.19 6.1 Line installers and repairers..................................... 32.82 1.4 32.82 1.4 Production occupations.............................................. 15.74 5.0 15.82 5.3 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.97 26.7 13.97 26.7 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 11.88 10.2 11.88 10.2 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 14.02 2.9 14.02 2.9 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.10 12.2 18.10 12.2 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.33 32.3 13.25 27.9 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.37 7.1 12.10 6.5 9.10 13.5 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.72 9.1 12.84 9.5 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 11.83 11.9 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.41 10.1 10.44 7.4 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.12 8.0 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 of the full bulletin 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B of the full bulletin for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A of the full bulletin.
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