NC BL 09/00/2005 Table: New Orleans, LA, Bulletin 3130-18, December 2004 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, December 2004 Total Private industry State and local government 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) Total................................................................. $16.76 5.0 36.6 $16.31 6.4 36.3 $18.28 3.0 37.6 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 22.26 4.6 37.8 22.02 6.3 37.8 22.86 3.1 37.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.44 4.7 37.5 28.33 7.2 37.5 26.04 2.8 37.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.16 7.0 40.3 32.97 8.1 41.3 33.82 13.0 37.2 Sales............................................................. 15.40 18.4 35.2 15.40 18.4 35.2 – – – Administrative support............................................ 12.33 5.6 37.8 12.40 7.1 37.7 12.11 6.5 38.0 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 14.54 4.5 39.3 14.93 5.2 39.7 12.44 4.4 37.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.53 3.8 39.8 19.57 4.3 40.0 14.66 2.5 39.1 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.21 5.5 39.2 13.27 5.7 39.2 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.60 7.7 41.9 14.79 8.4 43.2 13.10 5.5 33.9 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 9.81 6.5 36.6 10.04 8.0 36.4 8.82 5.2 37.7 Service occupations(5).............................................. 8.30 6.7 31.8 7.52 7.8 30.4 11.16 3.4 37.8 Full time........................................................... 17.86 4.6 39.7 17.58 6.0 40.0 18.75 2.9 38.7 Part time........................................................... 7.45 9.6 21.9 6.91 10.9 21.4 11.01 11.5 26.3 Union............................................................... 16.34 8.5 36.6 16.32 9.8 36.3 16.47 3.7 38.6 Nonunion............................................................ 16.81 5.2 36.6 16.31 6.8 36.3 18.37 3.1 37.6 Time................................................................ 16.81 5.1 36.6 16.35 6.6 36.3 18.28 3.0 37.6 Incentive........................................................... 15.39 25.4 36.5 15.39 25.4 36.5 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 21.50 5.1 40.1 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 14.24 11.9 36.2 14.26 12.0 36.1 12.31 8.4 43.3 100-499 workers..................................................... 15.61 11.5 38.4 15.68 12.0 38.3 14.01 2.1 39.8 500 workers or more................................................. 18.89 6.9 35.5 19.16 13.0 33.8 18.61 3.2 37.4 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, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, December 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $16.76 5.0 $16.31 6.4 $18.28 3.0 All excluding sales............................................... 16.82 5.1 16.36 6.7 18.28 3.0 White collar........................................................ 22.26 4.6 22.02 6.3 22.86 3.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.87 4.6 22.88 6.4 22.86 3.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.44 4.7 28.33 7.2 26.04 2.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.52 5.9 31.03 9.7 27.60 2.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 39.89 12.3 40.24 12.5 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 43.27 8.6 – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 43.11 9.8 44.77 9.9 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 29.94 6.2 31.10 9.0 27.12 6.2 Registered nurses........................................... 30.45 4.4 32.19 6.6 26.97 7.3 Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.30 10.3 36.31 17.6 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.63 3.5 – – 30.29 2.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.96 4.5 – – 29.96 4.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 30.40 .9 – – 30.40 .9 Teachers, special education................................. 34.24 1.1 – – 34.24 1.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.94 10.2 – – 13.00 3.5 Social workers.............................................. 16.28 10.2 – – 13.26 4.4 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.52 12.1 17.19 14.7 – – Technical....................................................... 20.73 9.2 22.07 9.8 15.99 6.5 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.59 9.0 17.88 9.2 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.88 3.3 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.72 12.5 16.13 17.7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.16 7.0 32.97 8.1 33.82 13.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 39.75 7.0 40.45 8.9 37.86 11.7 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 52.74 22.1 – – 52.74 22.1 Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.66 3.8 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 45.79 14.1 45.79 14.1 – – Management related............................................ 24.42 7.9 24.57 8.4 23.54 18.4 Accountants and auditors.................................... 27.62 10.0 29.47 8.5 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 27.22 6.1 – – – – Sales............................................................. 15.40 18.4 15.40 18.4 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 12.73 21.3 12.73 21.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.57 7.6 6.57 7.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.33 5.6 12.40 7.1 12.11 6.5 Secretaries................................................. 13.34 6.3 13.56 10.4 13.04 5.0 Receptionists............................................... $7.98 11.5 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.23 18.7 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.60 15.9 $10.28 18.0 – – Dispatchers................................................. 18.07 26.1 – – $16.27 7.4 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 9.25 11.8 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 10.80 8.8 10.97 11.4 10.49 13.2 Teachers' aides............................................. 9.55 3.3 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 17.46 15.9 – – 12.14 3.8 Blue collar......................................................... 14.54 4.5 14.93 5.2 12.44 4.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.53 3.8 19.57 4.3 14.66 2.5 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.09 6.1 – – 13.70 5.8 Supervisors, production..................................... 18.33 11.7 18.44 12.0 – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 11.77 3.2 – – 11.77 3.2 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.21 5.5 13.27 5.7 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 16.74 3.5 16.74 3.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.60 7.7 14.79 8.4 13.10 5.5 Truck drivers............................................... 13.88 24.6 – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 13.34 1.7 – – 13.34 1.7 Sailors and deckhands....................................... 10.99 7.8 10.99 7.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.81 6.5 10.04 8.0 8.82 5.2 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 7.72 10.8 – – 7.49 11.8 Construction laborers....................................... 7.78 15.1 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.18 15.9 9.18 15.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.59 8.8 9.65 9.3 – – Service............................................................. 8.30 6.7 7.52 7.8 11.16 3.4 Protective service............................................ 12.21 8.4 8.44 19.8 13.43 4.5 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 19.79 4.1 – – 19.79 4.1 Firefighting................................................ 11.21 9.5 – – 11.21 9.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.86 4.5 – – 16.07 5.0 Correctional institution officers........................... 9.74 3.7 – – 9.74 3.7 Guards and police, except public service.................... 7.96 13.2 7.96 19.0 – – Food service.................................................. 7.40 16.9 7.33 17.2 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.19 32.9 4.19 32.9 – – Other food service........................................... 9.28 7.1 9.22 7.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.37 5.9 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.00 10.6 6.74 10.0 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 10.76 20.7 10.79 21.2 – – Health service................................................ 8.04 6.5 7.72 5.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.66 7.1 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.51 5.5 7.25 6.1 8.73 3.1 Maids and housemen.......................................... $7.16 4.4 $7.16 4.5 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.41 9.2 6.95 11.4 $8.81 3.6 Personal service.............................................. 8.39 6.3 9.07 12.7 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 8.36 7.8 – – – – 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. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, December 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.86 4.6 $17.58 6.0 $18.75 2.9 All excluding sales............................................... 17.88 4.7 17.59 6.2 18.75 2.9 White collar........................................................ 22.84 4.4 22.82 6.1 22.90 3.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.24 4.7 23.40 6.6 22.90 3.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.84 4.7 29.02 7.2 26.05 2.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.99 5.8 31.94 9.4 27.62 2.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 39.89 12.3 40.24 12.5 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 43.27 8.6 – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 43.11 9.8 44.77 9.9 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.13 3.7 33.01 5.4 27.05 6.6 Registered nurses........................................... 30.57 4.4 32.37 6.4 26.89 7.7 Teachers, college and university.............................. 36.00 9.7 38.57 12.4 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.42 3.3 – – 30.36 2.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.94 4.6 – – 29.94 4.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 30.40 .9 – – 30.40 .9 Teachers, special education................................. 34.24 1.1 – – 34.24 1.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.94 10.2 – – 13.00 3.5 Social workers.............................................. 16.28 10.2 – – 13.26 4.4 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.52 12.1 17.19 14.7 – – Technical....................................................... 20.96 9.5 22.40 10.2 16.03 6.5 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.59 9.0 17.88 9.2 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.99 15.2 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.28 7.0 32.97 8.1 34.40 13.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 39.97 7.0 40.45 8.9 38.66 11.5 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 52.74 22.1 – – 52.74 22.1 Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.66 3.8 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 45.79 14.1 45.79 14.1 – – Management related............................................ 24.44 7.9 24.57 8.4 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 27.62 10.0 29.47 8.5 – – Sales............................................................. 17.45 17.2 17.45 17.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.52 5.8 12.65 7.4 12.15 6.6 Secretaries................................................. 13.34 6.3 13.56 10.4 13.04 5.0 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.23 18.7 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.60 15.9 10.28 18.0 – – Dispatchers................................................. 18.97 25.6 – – 16.27 7.4 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 9.25 11.8 – – – – General office clerks....................................... $10.82 8.9 $10.97 11.4 $10.53 13.8 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 17.46 15.9 – – 12.14 3.8 Blue collar......................................................... 14.77 4.1 15.18 4.7 12.39 4.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.55 3.8 19.57 4.3 14.69 2.3 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.09 6.1 – – 13.70 5.8 Supervisors, production..................................... 18.33 11.7 18.44 12.0 – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 11.96 .2 – – 11.96 .2 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.39 5.3 13.45 5.4 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 16.74 3.5 16.74 3.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.75 8.0 14.84 8.4 13.14 12.1 Truck drivers............................................... 13.88 24.6 – – – – Sailors and deckhands....................................... 10.99 7.8 10.99 7.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.11 6.1 10.43 7.5 8.83 5.2 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 7.72 10.8 – – 7.49 11.9 Construction laborers....................................... 9.48 5.7 – – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.59 8.8 9.65 9.3 – – Service............................................................. 9.32 6.7 8.43 7.6 11.84 3.5 Protective service............................................ 12.45 7.2 – – 13.59 3.8 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 19.79 4.1 – – 19.79 4.1 Firefighting................................................ 11.21 9.5 – – 11.21 9.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.86 4.5 – – 16.07 5.0 Correctional institution officers........................... 9.74 3.7 – – 9.74 3.7 Guards and police, except public service.................... 7.82 10.7 – – – – Food service.................................................. 9.47 15.9 9.40 16.5 – – Other food service........................................... 10.70 11.3 10.67 11.8 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.37 5.9 – – – – Health service................................................ 8.01 7.0 7.64 5.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.66 7.1 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.89 4.9 7.66 5.6 8.79 4.0 Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.14 4.5 7.15 4.5 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.24 2.0 7.97 2.9 8.88 4.8 Personal service.............................................. 9.40 13.1 9.43 13.9 – – 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, December 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $7.45 9.6 $6.91 10.9 $11.01 11.5 All excluding sales............................................... 7.47 10.6 6.89 12.2 11.01 11.5 White collar........................................................ 11.25 15.0 10.39 17.4 20.02 17.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 13.21 14.8 12.18 18.8 20.02 17.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 17.66 14.3 16.11 20.5 25.48 11.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 18.54 14.5 16.63 21.3 – – Health related................................................ 21.33 6.3 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 12.58 47.6 – – 12.58 47.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.20 9.4 7.20 9.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.46 9.5 8.47 10.0 – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.89 16.1 5.98 10.7 12.84 4.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.55 5.3 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 5.91 10.1 5.80 11.3 6.90 10.7 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.27 16.1 5.27 16.1 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.71 36.8 3.71 36.8 – – Other food service........................................... 6.94 7.0 6.94 7.0 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.02 7.3 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, December 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $709 4.7 39.7 $704 6.2 40.0 $725 2.8 38.7 All excluding sales............................................... 709 4.8 39.7 704 6.4 40.0 725 2.8 38.7 White collar........................................................ 898 4.6 39.3 911 6.3 39.9 868 2.9 37.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 912 4.8 39.3 934 6.8 39.9 868 2.9 37.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,083 4.7 38.9 1,152 7.2 39.7 982 2.9 37.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,159 5.9 38.7 1,268 9.4 39.7 1,034 2.8 37.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,596 12.3 40.0 1,610 12.5 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,722 8.8 39.8 – – – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,715 10.0 39.8 1,791 9.9 40.0 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,229 3.6 39.5 1,308 5.3 39.6 1,060 6.6 39.2 Registered nurses........................................... 1,207 4.3 39.5 1,282 6.3 39.6 1,055 7.9 39.3 Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,422 9.4 39.5 1,484 11.5 38.5 – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,049 3.0 35.7 – – – 1,077 2.5 35.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,058 4.3 35.4 – – – 1,058 4.3 35.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,079 .4 35.5 – – – 1,079 .4 35.5 Teachers, special education................................. 1,199 .6 35.0 – – – 1,199 .6 35.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 633 10.3 39.7 – – – 513 3.2 39.4 Social workers.............................................. 646 10.4 39.7 – – – 522 4.7 39.4 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 700 11.9 39.9 686 14.5 39.9 – – – Technical....................................................... 830 9.6 39.6 889 10.2 39.7 630 6.8 39.3 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 684 11.1 38.9 694 11.3 38.8 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 640 15.2 40.0 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,350 7.8 40.6 1,361 9.1 41.3 1,311 14.3 38.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,657 7.9 41.4 1,723 10.0 42.6 1,491 12.1 38.6 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 2,087 23.1 39.6 – – – 2,087 23.1 39.6 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,407 6.0 38.4 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 2,006 14.8 43.8 2,006 14.8 43.8 – – – Management related............................................ 964 8.1 39.4 980 8.4 39.9 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 1,080 11.3 39.1 1,173 8.6 39.8 – – – Sales............................................................. 703 16.7 40.3 703 16.7 40.3 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 490 5.7 39.2 500 7.4 39.5 464 6.0 38.2 Secretaries................................................. 515 6.5 38.6 523 10.9 38.5 504 4.2 38.6 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... $489 18.7 40.0 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 452 14.3 39.0 $411 18.0 40.0 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 717 27.1 37.8 – – – $653 7.3 40.2 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 370 11.8 40.0 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 422 9.0 39.0 439 11.4 40.0 390 14.0 37.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 695 16.1 39.8 – – – 477 4.9 39.3 Blue collar......................................................... 596 4.8 40.3 617 5.5 40.6 480 5.3 38.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 739 3.7 39.8 782 4.2 40.0 579 1.6 39.4 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 633 5.8 39.3 – – – 532 6.0 38.8 Supervisors, production..................................... 708 11.5 38.6 712 11.8 38.6 – – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 478 .2 40.0 – – – 478 .2 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 536 5.3 40.0 538 5.4 40.0 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 670 3.5 40.0 670 3.5 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 641 9.6 43.5 652 10.0 43.9 489 10.9 37.3 Truck drivers............................................... 591 28.3 42.6 – – – – – – Sailors and deckhands....................................... 530 8.5 48.2 530 8.5 48.2 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 388 7.1 38.4 402 8.6 38.5 336 9.6 38.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 262 19.3 33.9 – – – 246 19.4 32.8 Construction laborers....................................... 379 5.7 40.0 – – – – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 384 8.8 40.0 386 9.3 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 370 6.9 39.7 330 7.4 39.2 490 4.1 41.3 Protective service............................................ 514 10.8 41.2 – – – 591 4.5 43.5 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 834 4.9 42.1 – – – 834 4.9 42.1 Firefighting................................................ 561 9.1 50.0 – – – 561 9.1 50.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 660 4.5 41.6 – – – 671 4.9 41.7 Correctional institution officers........................... 404 3.5 41.5 – – – 404 3.5 41.5 Guards and police, except public service.................... 280 16.6 35.8 – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 378 16.0 40.0 378 16.6 40.1 – – – Other food service........................................... 428 11.3 40.0 429 11.8 40.2 – – – Cooks....................................................... 420 6.6 40.5 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 315 7.6 39.3 300 6.0 39.3 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 299 7.6 39.0 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. $306 4.4 38.8 $298 5.3 38.9 $338 3.1 38.5 Maids and housemen.......................................... 278 2.7 38.9 278 2.7 38.9 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 319 2.0 38.7 310 4.1 38.9 340 3.7 38.2 Personal service.............................................. 376 13.1 40.0 377 13.9 40.0 – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B 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. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, December 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $35,821 4.7 2,005 $36,480 6.2 2,075 $34,016 2.8 1,815 All excluding sales............................................... 35,795 4.8 2,002 36,476 6.4 2,074 34,016 2.8 1,815 White collar........................................................ 44,382 4.6 1,943 47,070 6.3 2,063 39,054 2.9 1,705 White collar excluding sales.................................... 44,922 4.8 1,933 48,201 6.8 2,060 39,054 2.9 1,705 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 51,095 4.7 1,835 58,886 7.2 2,029 41,768 2.9 1,603 Professional specialty.......................................... 53,225 5.9 1,775 64,322 9.4 2,014 42,833 2.8 1,551 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 82,980 12.3 2,080 83,706 12.5 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 89,557 8.8 2,070 – – – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 89,155 10.0 2,068 93,125 9.9 2,080 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 63,923 3.6 2,054 68,035 5.3 2,061 55,111 6.6 2,037 Registered nurses........................................... 62,777 4.3 2,053 66,662 6.3 2,059 54,885 7.9 2,041 Teachers, college and university.............................. 57,041 9.4 1,585 59,015 11.5 1,530 – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 39,359 3.0 1,338 – – – 39,903 2.5 1,314 Elementary school teachers.................................. 38,813 4.3 1,297 – – – 38,813 4.3 1,297 Secondary school teachers................................... 39,608 .4 1,303 – – – 39,608 .4 1,303 Teachers, special education................................. 43,945 .6 1,284 – – – 43,945 .6 1,284 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 32,898 10.3 2,063 – – – 26,667 3.2 2,051 Social workers.............................................. 33,576 10.4 2,062 – – – 27,142 4.7 2,047 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 36,381 11.9 2,077 35,684 14.5 2,076 – – – Technical....................................................... 43,172 9.6 2,060 46,233 10.2 2,064 32,783 6.8 2,046 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 35,565 11.1 2,022 36,106 11.3 2,019 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 33,257 15.2 2,080 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 69,029 7.8 2,074 70,760 9.1 2,146 63,471 14.3 1,845 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 84,058 7.9 2,103 89,606 10.0 2,215 71,315 12.1 1,845 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 108,529 23.1 2,058 – – – 108,529 23.1 2,058 Administrators, education and related fields................ 62,655 6.0 1,709 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 104,334 14.8 2,278 104,334 14.8 2,278 – – – Management related............................................ 49,817 8.1 2,038 50,937 8.4 2,073 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 56,154 11.3 2,033 61,011 8.6 2,071 – – – Sales............................................................. 36,548 16.7 2,094 36,548 16.7 2,094 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 25,149 5.7 2,009 25,960 7.4 2,052 22,998 6.0 1,893 Secretaries................................................. 25,847 6.5 1,938 27,182 10.9 2,005 24,184 4.2 1,854 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... $25,433 18.7 2,080 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 22,937 14.3 1,978 $21,387 18.0 2,080 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 37,304 27.1 1,967 – – – $33,970 7.3 2,088 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 19,241 11.8 2,080 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 21,878 9.0 2,021 22,813 11.4 2,080 20,137 14.0 1,912 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 36,163 16.1 2,071 – – – 24,829 4.9 2,045 Blue collar......................................................... 30,924 4.8 2,093 32,042 5.5 2,111 24,736 5.3 1,996 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 38,411 3.7 2,071 40,645 4.2 2,077 30,093 1.6 2,048 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 32,903 5.8 2,045 – – – 27,642 6.0 2,017 Supervisors, production..................................... 36,821 11.5 2,009 37,007 11.8 2,006 – – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 24,869 .2 2,080 – – – 24,869 .2 2,080 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 27,781 5.3 2,075 27,908 5.4 2,074 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 34,330 3.5 2,051 34,330 3.5 2,051 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 33,179 9.6 2,250 33,907 10.0 2,284 23,567 10.9 1,794 Truck drivers............................................... 30,736 28.3 2,215 – – – – – – Sailors and deckhands....................................... 27,542 8.5 2,506 27,542 8.5 2,506 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 20,172 7.1 1,995 20,872 8.6 2,000 17,453 9.6 1,976 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 13,617 19.3 1,764 – – – 12,791 19.4 1,708 Construction laborers....................................... 19,581 5.7 2,066 – – – – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 19,946 8.8 2,080 20,066 9.3 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 19,024 6.9 2,041 17,180 7.4 2,038 24,242 4.1 2,047 Protective service............................................ 26,679 10.8 2,142 – – – 30,670 4.5 2,256 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 43,345 4.9 2,191 – – – 43,345 4.9 2,191 Firefighting................................................ 29,164 9.1 2,601 – – – 29,164 9.1 2,601 Police and detectives, public service....................... 34,316 4.5 2,163 – – – 34,884 4.9 2,170 Correctional institution officers........................... 21,008 3.5 2,157 – – – 21,008 3.5 2,157 Guards and police, except public service.................... 14,520 16.6 1,856 – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 19,374 16.0 2,047 19,630 16.6 2,088 – – – Other food service........................................... 21,789 11.3 2,037 22,293 11.8 2,090 – – – Cooks....................................................... 21,505 6.6 2,073 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 16,370 7.6 2,043 15,593 6.0 2,042 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 15,541 7.6 2,029 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. $15,554 4.4 1,972 $15,512 5.3 2,024 $15,701 3.1 1,787 Maids and housemen.......................................... 14,449 2.7 2,023 14,448 2.7 2,022 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 15,907 2.0 1,930 16,129 4.1 2,023 15,459 3.7 1,740 Personal service.............................................. 19,561 13.1 2,080 19,614 13.9 2,080 – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B 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. 5 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, December 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $16.76 5.0 $16.31 6.4 $18.28 3.0 All excluding sales............................................... 16.82 5.1 16.36 6.7 18.28 3.0 White collar........................................................ 22.26 4.6 22.02 6.3 22.86 3.1 1....................................................... 6.63 3.3 – – 7.22 5.8 2....................................................... 9.79 8.4 9.60 10.7 10.47 5.9 3....................................................... 9.04 5.8 8.94 6.6 9.60 7.8 4....................................................... 12.26 4.3 12.00 4.8 12.97 8.8 5....................................................... 16.84 12.7 17.26 16.4 15.62 8.2 6....................................................... 19.75 3.7 19.70 4.0 19.91 8.9 7....................................................... 21.60 6.9 21.13 8.4 23.57 6.5 8....................................................... 27.42 4.1 27.36 11.5 27.44 3.6 9....................................................... 29.89 7.1 30.57 8.4 27.91 11.8 10........................................................ 34.40 5.0 34.41 5.2 – – 11........................................................ 43.41 7.1 44.91 8.0 35.69 4.2 12........................................................ 45.88 9.4 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.73 7.1 33.74 8.1 30.55 12.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.87 4.6 22.88 6.4 22.86 3.1 1....................................................... 6.91 3.0 – – 7.22 5.8 2....................................................... 9.79 8.4 9.60 10.7 10.47 5.9 3....................................................... 9.25 6.4 9.17 7.7 9.60 7.8 4....................................................... 12.33 4.8 12.05 5.6 12.97 8.8 5....................................................... 14.90 5.4 14.52 7.1 15.62 8.2 6....................................................... 19.70 3.8 19.63 4.1 19.91 8.9 7....................................................... 21.60 6.9 21.13 8.4 23.57 6.5 8....................................................... 27.45 4.2 27.48 12.7 27.44 3.6 9....................................................... 30.26 7.7 31.20 9.2 27.91 11.8 10........................................................ 34.40 5.0 34.41 5.2 – – 11........................................................ 43.41 7.1 44.91 8.0 35.69 4.2 12........................................................ 45.88 9.4 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.30 6.8 34.63 7.5 30.55 12.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.44 4.7 28.33 7.2 26.04 2.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.52 5.9 31.03 9.7 27.60 2.9 7....................................................... 21.20 5.8 19.90 6.2 24.81 6.5 8....................................................... 27.67 4.5 – – 27.47 3.6 9....................................................... 34.34 9.9 34.97 13.9 – – 10........................................................ 35.41 4.9 – – – – 11........................................................ 46.46 9.4 49.12 9.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.19 14.9 37.27 17.1 18.96 6.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 39.89 12.3 40.24 12.5 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 43.27 8.6 – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 43.11 9.8 44.77 9.9 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 29.94 6.2 31.10 9.0 27.12 6.2 7....................................................... 22.68 6.3 – – – – 9....................................................... $28.03 6.9 $28.57 6.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 30.45 4.4 32.19 6.6 $26.97 7.3 9....................................................... 24.51 1.5 24.68 1.7 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.30 10.3 36.31 17.6 – – 10........................................................ 35.31 .8 35.31 .8 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.63 3.5 – – 30.29 2.6 7....................................................... 25.45 7.1 – – – – 8....................................................... 31.47 2.4 – – 31.47 2.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.96 4.5 – – 29.96 4.5 8....................................................... 30.56 5.1 – – 30.56 5.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 30.40 .9 – – 30.40 .9 Teachers, special education................................. 34.24 1.1 – – 34.24 1.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.94 10.2 – – 13.00 3.5 Social workers.............................................. 16.28 10.2 – – 13.26 4.4 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.52 12.1 17.19 14.7 – – Technical....................................................... 20.73 9.2 22.07 9.8 15.99 6.5 4....................................................... 12.14 11.0 – – – – 6....................................................... 19.30 5.9 19.87 7.0 18.40 12.4 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.59 9.0 17.88 9.2 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.88 3.3 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.72 12.5 16.13 17.7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.16 7.0 32.97 8.1 33.82 13.0 6....................................................... 20.40 10.0 19.29 8.2 – – 9....................................................... 26.31 10.6 27.00 11.6 – – 11........................................................ 34.67 5.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.86 7.9 38.65 10.1 39.29 13.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 39.75 7.0 40.45 8.9 37.86 11.7 Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.40 8.3 39.46 11.3 39.29 13.6 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 52.74 22.1 – – 52.74 22.1 Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.66 3.8 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 45.79 14.1 45.79 14.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.27 11.3 45.27 11.3 – – Management related............................................ 24.42 7.9 24.57 8.4 23.54 18.4 6....................................................... 18.90 10.9 17.39 6.2 – – 9....................................................... 25.18 13.1 26.10 14.2 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 27.62 10.0 29.47 8.5 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 27.22 6.1 – – – – Sales............................................................. 15.40 18.4 15.40 18.4 – – 3....................................................... 8.12 1.8 8.12 1.8 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 12.73 21.3 12.73 21.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... $6.57 7.6 $6.57 7.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.33 5.6 12.40 7.1 $12.11 6.5 1....................................................... 6.91 3.0 – – 7.22 5.8 2....................................................... 9.79 8.6 9.60 10.7 10.57 5.7 3....................................................... 9.21 6.7 9.13 8.0 9.60 8.5 4....................................................... 12.35 5.1 12.02 6.1 13.02 8.9 5....................................................... 15.00 7.1 15.25 7.3 14.00 19.8 6....................................................... 18.89 5.8 18.84 7.2 – – 7....................................................... 23.81 12.2 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 13.34 6.3 13.56 10.4 13.04 5.0 4....................................................... 11.74 4.5 – – 12.03 6.2 5....................................................... 16.46 9.2 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 7.98 11.5 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.23 18.7 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.60 15.9 10.28 18.0 – – Dispatchers................................................. 18.07 26.1 – – 16.27 7.4 4....................................................... – – – – 16.53 8.2 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 9.25 11.8 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 10.80 8.8 10.97 11.4 10.49 13.2 3....................................................... 10.05 5.6 – – – – 4....................................................... 9.96 6.8 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.55 3.3 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 17.46 15.9 – – 12.14 3.8 Blue collar......................................................... 14.54 4.5 14.93 5.2 12.44 4.4 1....................................................... 8.50 7.2 8.71 8.3 7.12 3.6 2....................................................... 10.13 4.3 9.58 6.9 11.53 4.4 3....................................................... 11.16 3.9 11.11 4.8 11.33 5.6 4....................................................... 15.45 6.7 15.83 7.0 12.04 4.0 5....................................................... 15.47 2.1 15.58 2.6 14.65 2.9 6....................................................... 18.29 9.4 18.38 10.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.38 6.3 22.50 8.0 15.80 5.5 8....................................................... 29.11 8.1 29.11 8.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.67 5.0 16.67 5.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.53 3.8 19.57 4.3 14.66 2.5 3....................................................... 10.94 6.3 – – 12.31 3.4 4....................................................... 14.44 3.9 15.45 2.5 12.35 1.6 5....................................................... 15.36 8.5 15.51 10.4 14.60 5.1 6....................................................... 19.34 11.3 19.44 12.1 – – 7....................................................... 20.15 6.9 22.46 9.4 15.81 5.6 8....................................................... 26.87 8.2 26.87 8.2 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.09 6.1 – – 13.70 5.8 Supervisors, production..................................... 18.33 11.7 18.44 12.0 – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 11.77 3.2 – – 11.77 3.2 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $13.21 5.5 $13.27 5.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.97 13.1 12.98 13.3 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 16.74 3.5 16.74 3.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.60 7.7 14.79 8.4 $13.10 5.5 2....................................................... 10.13 2.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.63 2.1 – – 11.96 4.8 4....................................................... 17.49 4.7 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 13.88 24.6 – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 13.34 1.7 – – 13.34 1.7 Sailors and deckhands....................................... 10.99 7.8 10.99 7.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.81 6.5 10.04 8.0 8.82 5.2 1....................................................... 8.87 6.4 9.19 7.4 7.03 3.2 2....................................................... 8.84 10.4 – – 9.74 .5 3....................................................... 10.29 8.5 – – – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 7.72 10.8 – – 7.49 11.8 Construction laborers....................................... 7.78 15.1 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.18 15.9 9.18 15.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.59 8.8 9.65 9.3 – – Service............................................................. 8.30 6.7 7.52 7.8 11.16 3.4 1....................................................... 6.88 5.4 6.87 5.9 6.96 10.1 2....................................................... 6.95 6.0 6.48 7.8 9.04 5.4 3....................................................... 6.71 19.3 6.14 25.2 8.35 6.5 4....................................................... 10.22 8.3 10.07 9.0 11.49 8.1 5....................................................... 10.10 23.7 – – 11.54 4.2 6....................................................... 15.73 3.6 – – 15.89 3.8 7....................................................... 15.76 .8 – – 15.76 .8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.14 9.7 – – 9.85 10.4 Protective service............................................ 12.21 8.4 8.44 19.8 13.43 4.5 2....................................................... 7.26 14.0 – – – – 4....................................................... 11.74 5.7 – – 11.74 5.7 5....................................................... 11.26 3.2 – – 11.52 4.4 6....................................................... 15.54 3.4 – – 15.69 3.6 7....................................................... 15.76 .8 – – 15.76 .8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.89 2.0 – – – – Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 19.79 4.1 – – 19.79 4.1 Firefighting................................................ 11.21 9.5 – – 11.21 9.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.86 4.5 – – 16.07 5.0 5....................................................... 14.28 .6 – – 14.28 .6 7....................................................... 15.50 2.8 – – 15.50 2.8 Correctional institution officers........................... 9.74 3.7 – – 9.74 3.7 Guards and police, except public service.................... 7.96 13.2 7.96 19.0 – – 2....................................................... 7.24 14.7 – – – – Food service.................................................. $7.40 16.9 $7.33 17.2 – – 1....................................................... 6.55 1.6 6.55 1.6 – – 2....................................................... 5.92 21.1 5.80 21.9 – – 3....................................................... 5.68 25.4 5.40 25.7 – – 4....................................................... 10.96 13.8 10.96 13.8 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.19 32.9 4.19 32.9 – – Other food service........................................... 9.28 7.1 9.22 7.4 – – 1....................................................... 6.81 7.6 6.81 7.6 – – 2....................................................... 7.76 8.0 7.61 8.5 – – 3....................................................... 8.30 11.5 – – – – 4....................................................... 11.90 13.5 11.90 13.5 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.37 5.9 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.00 10.6 6.74 10.0 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 10.76 20.7 10.79 21.2 – – Health service................................................ 8.04 6.5 7.72 5.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.66 7.1 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.51 5.5 7.25 6.1 $8.73 3.1 1....................................................... 6.96 8.1 6.91 8.8 7.44 5.8 2....................................................... 7.94 9.4 – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.16 4.4 7.16 4.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.23 5.8 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.41 9.2 6.95 11.4 8.81 3.6 1....................................................... 6.86 11.1 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 8.39 6.3 9.07 12.7 – – 1....................................................... 7.07 6.9 – – – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 8.36 7.8 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 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. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 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. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, December 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.86 4.6 $17.58 6.0 $18.75 2.9 All excluding sales............................................... 17.88 4.7 17.59 6.2 18.75 2.9 White collar........................................................ 22.84 4.4 22.82 6.1 22.90 3.0 2....................................................... 9.78 8.4 9.59 10.8 10.47 5.9 3....................................................... 9.34 5.8 9.28 6.7 9.60 7.8 4....................................................... 12.36 4.4 12.13 5.0 12.97 8.8 5....................................................... 16.90 13.0 17.38 16.8 15.51 8.4 6....................................................... 20.05 3.6 20.06 3.7 20.02 8.6 7....................................................... 21.61 7.1 21.21 8.8 23.25 6.7 8....................................................... 27.55 3.9 27.86 10.4 27.43 3.6 9....................................................... 29.90 7.2 30.60 8.5 27.91 11.8 10........................................................ 34.40 5.0 34.41 5.2 – – 11........................................................ 43.41 7.1 44.91 8.0 35.69 4.2 12........................................................ 45.88 9.4 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.55 6.5 34.71 7.5 31.07 12.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.24 4.7 23.40 6.6 22.90 3.0 2....................................................... 9.78 8.4 9.59 10.8 10.47 5.9 3....................................................... 9.29 6.7 9.22 8.1 9.60 7.8 4....................................................... 12.41 5.0 12.16 5.9 12.97 8.8 5....................................................... 14.82 5.5 14.46 7.3 15.51 8.4 6....................................................... 20.01 3.6 20.01 3.8 20.02 8.6 7....................................................... 21.61 7.1 21.21 8.8 23.25 6.7 8....................................................... 27.59 4.1 28.05 11.4 27.43 3.6 9....................................................... 30.28 7.8 31.23 9.3 27.91 11.8 10........................................................ 34.40 5.0 34.41 5.2 – – 11........................................................ 43.41 7.1 44.91 8.0 35.69 4.2 12........................................................ 45.88 9.4 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.16 6.1 35.67 6.8 31.07 12.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.84 4.7 29.02 7.2 26.05 2.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.99 5.8 31.94 9.4 27.62 2.9 7....................................................... 21.17 6.3 19.88 6.9 24.50 6.7 8....................................................... 27.83 4.4 – – 27.46 3.7 9....................................................... 34.44 9.9 35.13 14.1 – – 10........................................................ 35.41 4.9 – – – – 11........................................................ 46.46 9.4 49.12 9.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.26 12.2 42.28 14.9 19.10 6.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 39.89 12.3 40.24 12.5 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 43.27 8.6 – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 43.11 9.8 44.77 9.9 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.13 3.7 33.01 5.4 27.05 6.6 9....................................................... 28.03 7.0 28.58 6.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 30.57 4.4 32.37 6.4 26.89 7.7 9....................................................... 24.43 1.2 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. $36.00 9.7 $38.57 12.4 – – 10........................................................ 35.31 .8 35.31 .8 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.42 3.3 – – $30.36 2.6 7....................................................... 25.09 7.4 – – – – 8....................................................... 31.47 2.4 – – 31.47 2.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.94 4.6 – – 29.94 4.6 8....................................................... 30.56 5.1 – – 30.56 5.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 30.40 .9 – – 30.40 .9 Teachers, special education................................. 34.24 1.1 – – 34.24 1.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.94 10.2 – – 13.00 3.5 Social workers.............................................. 16.28 10.2 – – 13.26 4.4 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.52 12.1 17.19 14.7 – – Technical....................................................... 20.96 9.5 22.40 10.2 16.03 6.5 4....................................................... 12.14 11.0 – – – – 6....................................................... 20.36 5.9 – – 18.57 12.0 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.59 9.0 17.88 9.2 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.99 15.2 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.28 7.0 32.97 8.1 34.40 13.1 6....................................................... 20.43 10.1 19.29 8.2 – – 9....................................................... 26.31 10.6 27.00 11.6 – – 11........................................................ 34.67 5.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.19 7.9 38.65 10.1 40.33 13.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 39.97 7.0 40.45 8.9 38.66 11.5 Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.76 8.3 39.46 11.3 40.33 13.8 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 52.74 22.1 – – 52.74 22.1 Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.66 3.8 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 45.79 14.1 45.79 14.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.27 11.3 45.27 11.3 – – Management related............................................ 24.44 7.9 24.57 8.4 – – 6....................................................... 18.90 11.0 17.39 6.2 – – 9....................................................... 25.18 13.1 26.10 14.2 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 27.62 10.0 29.47 8.5 – – Sales............................................................. 17.45 17.2 17.45 17.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.52 5.8 12.65 7.4 12.15 6.6 2....................................................... 9.79 8.6 9.59 10.8 10.57 5.7 3....................................................... 9.25 7.0 9.17 8.4 9.60 8.5 4....................................................... 12.45 5.3 12.14 6.4 13.02 8.9 5....................................................... 15.00 7.1 15.25 7.3 14.00 19.8 6....................................................... 18.89 5.8 18.84 7.2 – – 7....................................................... $23.81 12.2 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 13.34 6.3 $13.56 10.4 $13.04 5.0 4....................................................... 11.74 4.5 – – 12.03 6.2 5....................................................... 16.46 9.2 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.23 18.7 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.60 15.9 10.28 18.0 – – Dispatchers................................................. 18.97 25.6 – – 16.27 7.4 4....................................................... – – – – 16.53 8.2 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 9.25 11.8 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 10.82 8.9 10.97 11.4 10.53 13.8 3....................................................... 10.05 5.6 – – – – 4....................................................... 9.96 6.8 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 17.46 15.9 – – 12.14 3.8 Blue collar......................................................... 14.77 4.1 15.18 4.7 12.39 4.8 1....................................................... 8.81 7.4 9.10 8.3 7.12 3.6 2....................................................... 9.67 5.7 9.58 6.9 10.11 4.7 3....................................................... 11.27 3.6 11.25 4.4 11.33 5.9 4....................................................... 15.45 6.7 15.83 7.0 12.04 4.0 5....................................................... 15.47 2.1 15.58 2.6 14.65 2.9 6....................................................... 18.29 9.4 18.38 10.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.38 6.3 22.50 8.0 15.80 5.5 8....................................................... 29.11 8.1 29.11 8.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.68 5.1 16.68 5.1 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.55 3.8 19.57 4.3 14.69 2.3 3....................................................... 10.94 6.3 – – 12.31 3.4 4....................................................... 14.44 3.9 15.45 2.5 12.35 1.6 5....................................................... 15.36 8.5 15.51 10.4 14.60 5.1 6....................................................... 19.34 11.3 19.44 12.1 – – 7....................................................... 20.15 6.9 22.46 9.4 15.81 5.6 8....................................................... 26.87 8.2 26.87 8.2 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.09 6.1 – – 13.70 5.8 Supervisors, production..................................... 18.33 11.7 18.44 12.0 – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 11.96 .2 – – 11.96 .2 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.39 5.3 13.45 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 12.97 13.1 12.98 13.3 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 16.74 3.5 16.74 3.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.75 8.0 14.84 8.4 13.14 12.1 2....................................................... 9.16 3.0 – – – – 4....................................................... 17.49 4.7 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 13.88 24.6 – – – – Sailors and deckhands....................................... 10.99 7.8 10.99 7.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $10.11 6.1 $10.43 7.5 $8.83 5.2 1....................................................... 9.20 5.8 9.62 6.1 7.03 3.2 2....................................................... 8.84 10.4 – – 9.74 .5 3....................................................... 10.56 8.1 – – – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 7.72 10.8 – – 7.49 11.9 Construction laborers....................................... 9.48 5.7 – – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.59 8.8 9.65 9.3 – – Service............................................................. 9.32 6.7 8.43 7.6 11.84 3.5 1....................................................... 7.55 3.8 7.60 4.2 – – 2....................................................... 7.31 6.0 6.70 6.4 9.04 5.4 3....................................................... 9.50 9.2 9.27 14.9 9.83 7.2 4....................................................... 10.32 9.1 10.16 10.1 11.49 8.1 5....................................................... 11.86 4.8 – – 11.52 4.4 6....................................................... 15.73 3.6 – – 15.89 3.8 7....................................................... 15.76 .8 – – 15.76 .8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.23 10.1 – – 9.96 11.0 Protective service............................................ 12.45 7.2 – – 13.59 3.8 4....................................................... 11.74 5.7 – – 11.74 5.7 5....................................................... 11.26 3.2 – – 11.52 4.4 6....................................................... 15.54 3.4 – – 15.69 3.6 7....................................................... 15.76 .8 – – 15.76 .8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.89 2.0 – – – – Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 19.79 4.1 – – 19.79 4.1 Firefighting................................................ 11.21 9.5 – – 11.21 9.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.86 4.5 – – 16.07 5.0 5....................................................... 14.28 .6 – – 14.28 .6 7....................................................... 15.50 2.8 – – 15.50 2.8 Correctional institution officers........................... 9.74 3.7 – – 9.74 3.7 Guards and police, except public service.................... 7.82 10.7 – – – – Food service.................................................. 9.47 15.9 9.40 16.5 – – 2....................................................... 6.88 27.6 – – – – 4....................................................... 11.10 15.1 11.10 15.1 – – Other food service........................................... 10.70 11.3 10.67 11.8 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.37 5.9 – – – – Health service................................................ 8.01 7.0 7.64 5.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.66 7.1 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.89 4.9 7.66 5.6 8.79 4.0 1....................................................... 7.54 4.3 7.61 4.6 – – 2....................................................... 7.96 9.9 – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.14 4.5 7.15 4.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.23 5.8 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.24 2.0 7.97 2.9 8.88 4.8 1....................................................... 7.74 4.2 – – – – Personal service.............................................. $9.40 13.1 $9.43 13.9 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 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. 3 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. 4 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. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, December 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $7.45 9.6 $6.91 10.9 $11.01 11.5 All excluding sales............................................... 7.47 10.6 6.89 12.2 11.01 11.5 White collar........................................................ 11.25 15.0 10.39 17.4 20.02 17.1 1....................................................... 6.43 4.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 7.06 3.2 7.06 3.2 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 13.21 14.8 12.18 18.8 20.02 17.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 17.66 14.3 16.11 20.5 25.48 11.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 18.54 14.5 16.63 21.3 – – Health related................................................ 21.33 6.3 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 12.58 47.6 – – 12.58 47.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.20 9.4 7.20 9.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.46 9.5 8.47 10.0 – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.89 16.1 5.98 10.7 12.84 4.2 1....................................................... 5.68 9.1 5.67 9.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.55 5.3 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 5.91 10.1 5.80 11.3 6.90 10.7 1....................................................... 5.66 5.5 5.45 3.7 – – 2....................................................... 6.09 16.5 6.09 16.5 – – 3....................................................... 5.22 23.9 4.91 28.7 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.27 16.1 5.27 16.1 – – 2....................................................... 5.32 22.5 5.32 22.5 – – 3....................................................... 4.66 28.6 4.66 28.6 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.71 36.8 3.71 36.8 – – Other food service........................................... 6.94 7.0 6.94 7.0 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. $7.02 7.3 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 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. 3 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. 4 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. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, December 2004 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $17.86 $7.45 $16.34 $16.81 $16.81 $15.39 All excluding sales............................................. 17.88 7.47 16.61 16.84 16.88 14.34 White collar........................................................ 22.84 11.25 18.15 22.33 22.29 21.14 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.24 13.21 22.56 22.88 22.84 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.84 17.66 – 27.45 27.50 – Professional specialty.......................................... 29.99 18.54 – 29.58 29.68 – Technical....................................................... 20.96 – – 20.73 20.73 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.28 12.58 – 33.16 33.25 – Sales............................................................. 17.45 7.20 – 15.98 14.59 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.52 8.46 – 12.28 12.33 – Blue collar......................................................... 14.77 8.89 17.27 13.70 14.53 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.55 – 20.69 17.54 18.89 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.39 – – 12.75 13.21 – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.75 12.55 14.68 14.57 14.29 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.11 – 13.04 9.02 9.81 – Service............................................................. 9.32 5.91 – 8.26 8.45 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.6 9.6 8.5 5.2 5.1 25.4 All excluding sales............................................. 4.7 10.6 7.8 5.5 5.0 30.5 White collar........................................................ 4.4 15.0 19.6 4.4 5.1 34.7 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.7 14.8 6.8 4.6 4.6 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.7 14.3 – 4.8 4.4 – Professional specialty.......................................... 5.8 14.5 – 6.0 5.6 – Technical....................................................... 9.5 – – 9.2 9.2 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.0 47.6 – 7.0 7.0 – Sales............................................................. 17.2 9.4 – 18.3 24.7 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 5.8 9.5 – 5.7 5.6 – Blue collar......................................................... 4.1 16.1 8.8 6.8 4.5 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.8 – 6.7 7.8 3.5 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.3 – – 5.3 5.5 – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.0 5.3 12.9 9.0 8.3 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.1 – 10.3 5.1 6.5 – Service............................................................. 6.7 10.1 – 7.3 5.6 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an 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. 6 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. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, December 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $16.31 $21.50 – $17.06 $21.45 - $19.11 - $19.16 $14.76 All excluding sales............................................. 16.36 21.46 – 17.06 21.40 - 19.11 - 19.54 14.60 White collar........................................................ 22.02 28.06 – – 27.04 - 24.41 - 19.16 21.27 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.88 28.10 – – 27.06 - 24.41 - 19.54 21.20 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.33 38.17 – – 36.73 - – - – 25.50 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.03 47.87 – – – - – - – 28.56 Technical....................................................... 22.07 – – – – - – - – 17.64 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.97 32.76 – – 31.85 - – - 34.43 32.32 Sales............................................................. 15.40 – – – – - – - – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.40 15.66 – – 14.75 - 17.46 - 11.32 11.14 Blue collar......................................................... 14.93 17.55 – 17.02 17.12 - 16.54 - – 9.54 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.57 20.52 – – 19.80 - – - – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.27 14.11 – – 13.71 - – - – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.79 17.51 – – – - 15.40 - – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.04 12.39 – – – - – - – 8.73 Service............................................................. 7.52 – – – – - – - – 7.88 B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 6.4 5.1 – 0.5 5.9 - 11.7 - 9.9 14.0 All excluding sales............................................. 6.7 5.3 – .5 6.2 - 11.7 - 11.2 14.6 White collar........................................................ 6.3 3.2 – – 4.1 - 20.5 - 9.9 8.8 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.4 3.1 – – 4.1 - 20.5 - 11.2 9.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 7.2 14.3 – – 16.8 - – - – 9.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 9.7 9.3 – – – - – - – 10.8 Technical....................................................... 9.8 – – – – - – - – 7.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.1 12.3 – – 14.1 - – - 36.1 17.8 Sales............................................................. 18.4 – – – – - – - – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 7.1 4.2 – – 6.6 - 7.3 - 4.5 9.4 Blue collar......................................................... 5.2 2.6 – .6 .9 - 5.6 - – 11.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.3 3.5 – – .3 - – - – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.7 3.4 – – 3.4 - – - – – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.4 5.6 – – – - 9.5 - – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.0 10.8 – – – - – - – 7.3 Service............................................................. 7.8 – – – – - – - – 6.2 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 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. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, December 2004 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $16.31 $14.26 $17.11 $15.68 $19.16 All excluding sales............................................. 16.36 14.02 17.17 15.66 19.31 White collar........................................................ 22.02 18.41 23.68 21.78 25.27 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.88 19.29 24.17 22.24 25.69 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.33 19.61 30.21 29.74 30.45 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.03 14.90 35.03 33.23 35.90 Technical....................................................... 22.07 – 19.95 23.08 18.14 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.97 36.04 31.30 28.40 34.87 Sales............................................................. 15.40 15.89 14.22 16.53 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.40 10.36 13.34 13.14 13.56 Blue collar......................................................... 14.93 13.30 15.30 14.95 16.71 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.57 17.99 20.06 20.11 19.99 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.27 – 14.53 14.22 15.60 Transportation and material moving................................ 14.79 – 15.35 15.38 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.04 – 10.29 10.41 9.65 Service............................................................. 7.52 7.74 7.41 6.84 7.98 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 6.4 12.0 10.5 12.0 13.0 All excluding sales............................................. 6.7 11.8 10.7 12.3 12.9 White collar........................................................ 6.3 17.8 8.9 13.7 11.7 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.4 20.2 9.2 14.7 11.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 7.2 22.6 8.1 11.3 12.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 9.7 6.4 9.1 12.4 12.4 Technical....................................................... 9.8 – 7.2 15.2 8.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.1 12.2 10.1 15.4 11.0 Sales............................................................. 18.4 25.0 19.8 16.4 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 7.1 14.4 6.9 10.3 9.7 Blue collar......................................................... 5.2 17.9 6.9 6.8 12.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.3 25.1 7.2 7.4 10.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.7 – 7.0 7.7 12.7 Transportation and material moving................................ 8.4 – 7.6 8.0 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.0 – 9.5 8.6 27.8 Service............................................................. 7.8 16.0 5.5 8.9 6.6 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, December 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.45 $8.70 $13.00 $20.80 $33.25 All excluding sales........................... 6.45 8.67 13.00 21.00 33.42 White collar.................................... 8.68 11.34 18.03 29.75 40.48 White collar excluding sales................ 8.92 12.00 18.73 30.75 41.50 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.89 17.00 25.00 34.55 45.10 Professional specialty...................... 13.70 19.00 26.45 36.90 49.42 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.00 29.25 38.50 51.11 57.21 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 23.13 26.07 44.20 54.70 67.75 Computer systems analysts and scientists 22.02 25.63 44.50 54.70 67.75 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 19.50 21.56 26.07 35.00 39.95 Registered nurses....................... 20.28 23.36 26.45 34.50 37.43 Teachers, college and university.......... 14.99 22.07 31.42 44.87 60.43 Teachers, except college and university... 16.35 25.30 29.38 35.50 37.42 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.47 25.91 28.75 34.51 37.01 Secondary school teachers............... 24.47 26.87 29.74 34.55 36.99 Teachers, special education............. 25.39 34.32 36.33 37.73 38.81 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 10.67 12.89 14.92 17.81 23.67 Social workers.......................... 10.67 12.97 15.41 17.88 23.67 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 9.65 13.70 16.00 18.03 28.14 Technical................................... 10.23 13.50 18.60 26.68 33.65 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 9.47 9.88 17.75 24.79 27.30 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.50 14.94 16.00 17.00 17.33 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 10.01 12.00 14.00 16.67 20.59 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.40 19.84 31.54 38.16 52.67 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.88 30.93 36.95 44.87 57.43 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 20.88 26.52 55.76 64.27 78.84 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 32.68 33.29 38.04 38.04 40.56 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 30.10 36.95 36.95 52.67 59.86 Management related........................ 15.39 16.40 20.19 29.44 38.16 Accountants and auditors................ 15.67 25.24 26.92 30.79 42.40 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.36 18.58 28.31 34.17 36.78 Sales......................................... 6.25 9.50 12.45 19.23 26.39 Supervisors, sales...................... 7.50 9.50 10.00 12.98 26.39 Cashiers................................ 5.75 5.75 6.22 6.75 7.64 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.00 8.92 10.95 14.47 18.62 Secretaries............................. 9.00 10.82 12.10 16.27 18.46 Receptionists........................... 6.00 6.25 6.70 9.36 10.44 Records clerks, n.e.c................... $7.53 $8.48 $10.25 $15.37 $19.85 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 6.75 6.75 10.66 17.20 17.20 Dispatchers............................. 9.19 9.19 12.40 35.67 35.67 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 6.44 8.00 8.00 11.50 12.87 General office clerks................... 7.92 8.92 9.60 11.06 17.27 Teachers' aides......................... 8.18 8.49 9.70 10.23 11.14 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.16 11.54 16.17 23.27 25.24 Blue collar..................................... 7.75 9.92 13.05 17.67 23.00 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.76 13.55 17.02 22.74 29.14 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.75 12.85 15.82 17.14 19.87 Supervisors, production................. 11.70 13.05 14.35 23.02 28.62 Water and sewer treatment plant operators............................ 8.07 8.94 11.16 12.42 18.32 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.50 11.76 13.00 15.61 18.24 Welders and cutters..................... 14.50 15.66 16.46 18.24 18.24 Transportation and material moving............ 8.34 9.92 13.27 17.96 20.24 Truck drivers........................... 5.40 5.40 16.13 18.39 23.41 Bus drivers............................. 12.30 12.48 12.89 13.55 15.94 Sailors and deckhands................... 8.34 8.75 9.17 12.33 19.38 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.68 7.50 8.95 11.54 13.30 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 5.75 6.06 7.31 8.50 10.39 Construction laborers................... 5.15 5.15 7.62 9.00 11.75 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.50 6.94 8.00 8.55 11.02 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.00 7.50 9.00 11.50 11.54 Service......................................... 5.15 6.15 7.40 10.00 13.38 Protective service........................ 6.15 8.25 11.84 15.75 18.44 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 16.60 18.46 20.20 21.14 21.63 Firefighting............................ 8.10 10.38 11.07 12.66 14.00 Police and detectives, public service... 13.36 15.02 15.75 17.11 18.44 Correctional institution officers....... 7.50 8.24 9.62 11.47 12.54 Guards and police, except public service 5.15 5.15 7.40 9.24 11.15 Food service.............................. 2.13 5.25 7.00 10.00 13.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 5.00 6.50 7.00 Other food service....................... 5.60 6.79 8.05 11.50 13.60 Cooks................................... 8.00 8.25 10.58 11.50 13.00 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 5.25 5.90 6.79 7.26 10.40 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.50 7.80 8.58 16.65 16.65 Health service............................ 6.45 7.00 7.50 8.62 10.00 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.25 6.50 7.50 7.78 9.82 Cleaning and building service............. 5.15 6.00 7.00 8.98 10.45 Maids and housemen...................... 5.75 6.25 6.50 7.60 9.31 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.15 5.25 7.00 9.25 10.00 Personal service.......................... $5.63 $6.35 $7.36 $9.00 $12.50 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 5.25 6.35 6.51 9.25 16.50 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, December 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.08 $8.00 $12.50 $19.84 $32.21 All excluding sales........................... 6.05 8.00 12.50 19.87 32.62 White collar.................................... 8.30 10.82 17.29 28.84 44.20 White collar excluding sales................ 8.75 11.08 18.46 30.75 44.86 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.05 17.00 24.73 36.41 51.11 Professional specialty...................... 14.33 18.03 26.20 40.48 55.77 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 24.71 29.36 38.50 51.11 57.21 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists 22.02 25.41 44.80 54.70 67.75 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 19.00 21.90 27.38 37.14 42.88 Registered nurses....................... 20.53 24.83 28.00 35.00 60.00 Teachers, college and university.......... 13.09 20.70 34.81 42.39 71.45 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 9.65 13.70 16.00 18.03 26.63 Technical................................... 10.01 14.50 20.87 27.89 33.89 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 9.50 9.88 19.05 25.19 28.04 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.98 12.00 14.18 16.60 28.84 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.40 19.84 31.10 38.46 52.67 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.84 31.25 36.95 52.67 57.43 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 30.10 36.95 36.95 52.67 59.86 Management related........................ 15.39 16.75 23.32 29.40 38.16 Accountants and auditors................ 25.24 25.24 27.89 31.54 42.40 Sales......................................... 6.25 9.50 12.45 19.23 26.39 Supervisors, sales...................... 7.50 9.50 10.00 12.98 26.39 Cashiers................................ 5.75 5.75 6.22 6.75 7.64 Administrative support, including clerical.... 6.75 8.92 10.82 14.42 20.13 Secretaries............................. 9.00 10.82 11.22 18.46 18.46 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 6.75 6.75 10.00 13.06 18.21 General office clerks................... 8.92 8.92 9.84 10.58 19.85 Blue collar..................................... 8.00 9.94 13.33 18.24 23.41 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.76 15.00 19.00 23.31 29.63 Supervisors, production................. 11.70 12.99 13.55 23.02 28.62 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.00 11.87 13.00 15.70 18.24 Welders and cutters..................... 14.50 15.66 16.46 18.24 18.24 Transportation and material moving............ $8.34 $9.92 $13.75 $17.96 $23.17 Sailors and deckhands................... 8.34 8.75 9.17 12.33 19.38 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.50 7.75 9.80 11.54 13.30 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.50 6.94 8.00 8.55 11.02 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.00 7.50 9.00 11.54 12.00 Service......................................... 5.15 5.75 7.00 9.00 11.55 Protective service........................ 5.15 5.15 7.50 11.00 13.36 Guards and police, except public service 5.15 5.15 7.00 9.41 11.65 Food service.............................. 2.13 5.25 7.00 10.00 12.10 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 5.00 6.50 7.00 Other food service....................... 5.60 6.75 8.00 11.49 13.60 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 5.25 5.87 6.25 7.25 10.40 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.50 7.80 7.93 16.65 16.65 Health service............................ 6.45 7.00 7.50 8.09 9.59 Cleaning and building service............. $5.15 $5.90 $6.75 $8.00 $10.41 Maids and housemen...................... 5.75 6.25 6.50 7.60 9.31 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.15 5.15 6.50 7.75 9.50 Personal service.......................... 6.00 6.80 8.30 11.15 12.50 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, December 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.62 $10.39 $14.60 $24.07 $35.05 All excluding sales........................... 7.62 10.39 14.60 24.07 35.05 White collar.................................... 9.34 12.89 20.00 30.75 37.73 White collar excluding sales................ 9.34 12.89 20.00 30.75 37.73 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.87 16.67 25.47 32.71 37.73 Professional specialty...................... 13.10 20.00 26.59 34.32 38.26 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 19.50 21.09 25.14 28.61 30.94 Registered nurses....................... 19.95 21.53 25.14 27.97 30.94 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 23.46 25.92 30.15 35.78 37.46 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.47 25.91 28.75 34.51 37.01 Secondary school teachers............... 24.47 26.87 29.74 34.55 36.99 Teachers, special education............. 25.39 34.32 36.33 37.73 38.81 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 10.67 10.67 12.97 13.87 15.99 Social workers.......................... 10.67 11.11 12.98 14.03 16.22 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 10.91 12.96 14.96 17.58 23.37 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.07 22.24 34.17 38.04 47.11 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 25.23 30.92 37.40 38.04 59.53 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 20.88 26.52 55.76 64.27 78.84 Management related........................ 14.91 16.07 19.01 34.17 40.45 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.55 8.75 11.77 15.37 17.20 Secretaries............................. 8.83 12.10 12.10 15.03 16.68 Dispatchers............................. 11.55 16.19 16.93 18.12 18.96 General office clerks................... 7.53 7.92 9.19 11.30 15.67 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.50 9.98 11.02 13.76 16.17 Blue collar..................................... 7.24 8.97 12.28 15.18 17.21 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.75 11.90 14.24 16.14 19.06 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.07 11.34 13.18 15.82 17.14 Water and sewer treatment plant operators............................ 8.07 8.94 11.16 12.42 18.32 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ $9.74 $12.22 $12.76 $13.93 $16.44 Bus drivers............................. 12.30 12.48 12.89 13.55 15.94 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.06 6.59 8.39 9.38 13.15 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 5.75 6.06 6.74 8.33 10.42 Service......................................... 6.35 7.50 9.97 14.21 17.32 Protective service........................ 7.40 10.36 13.45 16.47 19.29 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 16.60 18.46 20.20 21.14 21.63 Firefighting............................ 8.10 10.38 11.07 12.66 14.00 Police and detectives, public service... 13.45 15.41 16.11 17.11 18.86 Correctional institution officers....... 7.50 8.24 9.62 11.47 12.54 Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. $6.35 $7.30 $9.60 $9.97 $10.74 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.35 7.12 9.60 9.97 10.74 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, December 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.25 $9.60 $13.90 $22.22 $34.81 All excluding sales........................... 7.24 9.50 13.96 22.22 34.98 White collar.................................... 9.11 12.10 18.46 30.65 41.64 White collar excluding sales................ 9.02 12.14 19.01 31.00 42.04 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.98 17.18 25.39 35.00 45.14 Professional specialty...................... 13.70 19.50 27.03 37.00 51.49 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.00 29.25 38.50 51.11 57.21 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 23.13 26.07 44.20 54.70 67.75 Computer systems analysts and scientists 22.02 25.63 44.50 54.70 67.75 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 20.18 23.50 27.03 35.00 42.61 Registered nurses....................... 20.18 23.02 26.45 34.50 37.43 Teachers, college and university.......... 15.85 23.04 32.05 46.15 60.43 Teachers, except college and university... 18.23 25.47 29.74 35.78 37.45 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.47 25.91 28.75 34.76 37.01 Secondary school teachers............... 24.47 26.87 29.74 34.55 36.99 Teachers, special education............. 25.39 34.32 36.33 37.73 38.81 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 10.67 12.89 14.92 17.81 23.67 Social workers.......................... 10.67 12.97 15.41 17.88 23.67 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 9.65 13.70 16.00 18.03 28.14 Technical................................... 10.37 13.50 19.00 26.92 33.65 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 9.47 9.88 17.75 24.79 27.30 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 10.99 12.50 14.50 16.67 20.59 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.40 19.84 31.79 38.16 52.67 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.24 31.00 36.95 44.87 57.43 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 20.88 26.52 55.76 64.27 78.84 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 32.68 33.29 38.04 38.04 40.56 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 30.10 36.95 36.95 52.67 59.86 Management related........................ 15.39 16.40 20.19 29.44 38.16 Accountants and auditors................ 15.67 25.24 26.92 30.79 42.40 Sales......................................... 9.50 10.78 13.25 20.88 27.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.49 9.00 11.00 14.87 19.21 Secretaries............................. 9.00 10.82 12.10 16.27 18.46 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 7.53 8.48 10.25 15.37 19.85 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 6.75 6.75 10.66 17.20 17.20 Dispatchers............................. 9.19 10.02 16.19 35.67 35.67 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 6.44 8.00 8.00 11.50 12.87 General office clerks................... $7.92 $8.92 $9.61 $11.06 $18.70 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.16 11.54 16.17 23.27 25.24 Blue collar..................................... 8.00 10.05 13.30 17.96 23.17 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.76 13.55 17.02 22.74 29.14 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.75 12.85 15.82 17.14 19.87 Supervisors, production................. 11.70 13.05 14.35 23.02 28.62 Water and sewer treatment plant operators............................ 8.07 8.87 11.21 13.28 18.32 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.50 11.76 13.00 15.64 18.24 Welders and cutters..................... 14.50 15.66 16.46 18.24 18.24 Transportation and material moving............ 8.34 9.92 13.66 17.96 21.45 Truck drivers........................... 5.40 5.40 16.13 18.39 23.41 Sailors and deckhands................... 8.34 8.75 9.17 12.33 19.38 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.24 8.00 9.38 11.54 13.30 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 5.75 6.06 7.31 8.63 10.39 Construction laborers................... 7.50 7.99 9.00 10.00 13.45 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.00 7.50 9.00 11.50 11.54 Service......................................... 6.15 6.90 8.00 11.15 15.02 Protective service........................ 7.00 8.58 12.11 15.78 18.86 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 16.60 18.46 20.20 21.14 21.63 Firefighting............................ 8.10 10.38 11.07 12.66 14.00 Police and detectives, public service... 13.36 15.02 15.75 17.11 18.44 Correctional institution officers....... 7.50 8.24 9.62 11.47 12.54 Guards and police, except public service 5.15 5.75 7.40 9.23 11.15 Food service.............................. 6.00 7.00 8.52 12.00 14.78 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.91 7.80 10.58 13.30 16.65 Cooks................................... 8.00 8.25 10.58 11.50 13.00 Health service............................ 6.45 6.95 7.50 8.62 10.18 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.25 6.50 7.50 7.78 9.82 Cleaning and building service............. 6.00 6.50 7.25 9.50 10.50 Maids and housemen...................... 5.75 6.19 6.50 7.60 9.63 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.50 6.85 7.71 9.60 10.50 Personal service.......................... 5.45 6.85 8.30 12.00 14.56 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, December 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $2.13 $5.15 $6.25 $8.67 $12.71 All excluding sales........................... 2.13 5.15 6.14 8.67 12.80 White collar.................................... 6.00 6.30 8.50 16.00 19.26 White collar excluding sales................ 6.00 7.48 9.72 19.00 24.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 6.00 12.00 19.00 20.00 27.84 Professional specialty...................... 6.00 15.56 19.00 21.00 27.84 Health related............................ 19.00 19.00 19.00 24.00 26.00 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 4.19 5.19 10.10 18.58 27.43 Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 5.75 5.75 6.56 7.50 8.96 Administrative support, including clerical.... 6.00 6.70 8.50 9.15 10.42 Blue collar..................................... 5.15 5.15 7.75 12.68 13.05 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 11.37 12.43 12.75 13.05 13.93 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 2.13 5.15 5.50 7.10 9.00 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 5.35 7.00 8.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.25 7.00 Other food service....................... 5.35 5.55 6.75 7.88 10.00 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 5.63 6.25 6.50 8.75 9.00 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, December 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 261,600 198,200 63,400 All excluding sales............................................. 251,300 187,900 63,400 White collar........................................................ 122,400 84,000 38,300 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 112,100 73,700 38,300 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 56,100 31,900 24,200 Professional specialty.......................................... 44,400 22,700 21,700 Technical....................................................... 11,700 9,200 2,500 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 16,500 12,500 4,100 Sales............................................................. 10,300 10,300 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 39,400 29,400 10,100 Blue collar......................................................... 69,400 57,500 11,900 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 23,500 18,500 5,000 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9,000 8,700 - Transportation and material moving................................ 17,700 14,700 3,000 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 19,100 15,600 3,500 Service............................................................. 69,800 56,700 13,200 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.