NC BL 12/00/2005 Table: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, Bulletin 3130-32, April 2005 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2005 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................................................................. $23.07 1.8 35.7 $22.62 2.0 35.5 $25.16 3.3 36.7 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 27.79 2.2 37.1 27.68 2.6 37.3 28.30 3.9 35.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.59 2.1 36.8 32.71 2.7 37.4 32.22 2.5 35.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 36.65 5.6 40.2 37.74 6.4 40.4 30.67 7.7 39.1 Sales............................................................. 19.47 10.8 34.8 19.41 11.0 34.9 – – – Administrative support............................................ 16.77 1.5 36.5 16.86 1.8 36.6 16.28 1.2 35.9 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 17.84 3.0 37.7 17.62 3.5 37.6 19.65 5.7 38.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.23 2.8 40.2 22.33 3.0 40.2 21.21 8.0 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 15.42 2.5 38.6 15.42 2.5 38.7 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.59 5.6 37.7 15.87 7.8 37.7 19.07 3.0 37.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 11.90 5.0 33.0 11.40 4.7 32.5 17.77 21.3 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 12.46 2.8 30.4 10.15 3.6 28.5 19.78 2.6 38.3 Full time........................................................... 24.44 1.9 39.5 24.17 2.2 39.6 25.58 3.1 39.0 Part time........................................................... 12.17 2.9 20.2 11.79 2.9 20.5 16.83 9.7 17.1 Union............................................................... 21.26 4.9 34.1 18.09 6.5 32.3 25.38 3.8 36.9 Nonunion............................................................ 23.50 2.3 36.1 23.30 2.6 36.0 24.97 3.5 36.6 Time................................................................ 23.12 1.9 35.6 22.65 2.2 35.3 25.16 3.3 36.7 Incentive........................................................... 22.17 10.8 37.7 22.17 10.8 37.7 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 20.12 5.5 34.6 20.12 5.5 34.6 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 21.10 4.1 36.4 21.11 4.2 36.5 20.31 5.3 35.7 500 workers or more................................................. 25.85 3.2 35.5 26.12 4.8 34.7 25.41 3.2 36.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2005 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................................................................... $23.07 1.8 $22.62 2.0 $25.16 3.3 All excluding sales............................................... 23.37 1.8 22.94 2.1 25.16 3.3 White collar........................................................ 27.79 2.2 27.68 2.6 28.30 3.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 28.93 2.3 29.08 2.7 28.33 3.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.59 2.1 32.71 2.7 32.22 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 34.79 2.0 35.32 2.5 33.35 3.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.58 4.6 37.16 5.0 33.47 6.1 Civil engineers............................................. 36.56 10.8 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 38.54 4.4 38.54 4.4 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 32.56 5.6 31.24 5.1 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 37.70 3.4 37.70 3.4 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 38.03 2.1 38.04 2.1 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 32.80 16.8 32.80 16.8 – – Natural scientists............................................ 30.78 12.6 31.71 13.5 – – Medical scientists.......................................... 21.91 4.4 – – – – Health related................................................ 32.83 7.4 33.29 8.2 29.63 13.9 Physicians.................................................. 51.98 26.5 51.27 28.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 30.06 1.2 30.11 1.2 29.12 6.3 Speech therapists........................................... 36.79 8.1 – – – – Therapists, n.e.c........................................... 24.16 2.7 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.72 10.7 33.79 21.2 37.62 2.3 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 39.55 4.0 – – 39.07 4.4 Teachers, except college and university....................... 33.39 3.3 23.56 10.0 34.70 2.6 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 25.79 14.1 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 35.01 2.1 – – 35.70 1.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.19 5.3 – – 36.84 3.0 Teachers, special education................................. 35.81 4.2 – – 37.11 2.3 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 31.71 13.2 15.77 33.6 36.16 5.6 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 32.41 7.2 – – 34.55 4.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 23.72 8.1 23.36 10.1 24.06 12.6 Librarians.................................................. 23.72 8.1 23.36 10.1 24.06 12.6 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 28.68 5.4 28.88 5.7 – – Economists.................................................. 26.61 16.7 26.61 16.7 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.31 9.4 19.20 11.5 22.22 17.4 Social workers.............................................. 20.68 9.4 19.53 12.2 22.64 16.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ 60.25 3.9 63.10 2.3 35.47 14.5 Lawyers..................................................... 61.04 3.4 63.10 2.3 – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 31.16 6.3 31.41 6.5 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 33.60 5.6 33.60 5.6 – – Technical....................................................... 22.49 3.2 22.76 3.6 20.52 7.5 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.72 7.7 19.70 8.0 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 27.61 2.5 27.61 2.5 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 20.62 2.0 21.33 1.3 17.83 2.4 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. $16.06 5.6 $15.43 5.4 $23.28 11.9 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 29.26 6.6 29.26 6.6 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 20.49 10.7 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 36.65 5.6 37.74 6.4 30.67 7.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 41.44 6.7 42.52 7.5 35.86 11.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 27.31 4.4 – – 27.31 4.4 Financial managers.......................................... 36.74 18.1 33.98 16.7 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 45.96 8.6 45.96 8.6 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.55 11.1 37.86 20.7 41.64 6.6 Managers, medicine and health............................... 36.93 6.4 36.08 6.5 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 67.37 15.4 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.81 11.2 42.88 11.6 41.09 15.3 Management related............................................ 30.37 5.5 31.61 5.7 22.98 7.1 Accountants and auditors.................................... 26.72 4.3 26.87 5.1 26.12 4.8 Other financial officers.................................... 35.44 15.7 35.57 15.7 – – Management analysts......................................... 32.19 16.8 32.19 16.8 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.23 23.8 30.50 25.8 – – Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction..... 21.46 17.0 – – 21.46 17.0 Management related, n.e.c................................... 30.26 10.7 33.42 7.6 21.13 22.3 Sales............................................................. 19.47 10.8 19.41 11.0 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 30.93 23.9 31.16 24.3 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 22.84 21.6 22.84 21.6 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 27.90 14.0 27.90 14.0 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 13.15 12.2 13.15 12.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.70 8.1 11.68 8.2 – – Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 22.87 28.8 22.87 28.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.77 1.5 16.86 1.8 16.28 1.2 Supervisors, general office................................. 26.66 9.8 27.42 10.0 20.48 11.3 Computer operators.......................................... 16.99 12.6 16.99 12.6 – – Secretaries................................................. 19.16 3.1 19.63 3.5 17.23 5.2 Interviewers................................................ 14.92 7.6 14.92 7.6 – – Hotel clerks................................................ 9.26 1.6 9.26 1.6 – – Receptionists............................................... 11.31 2.3 11.26 2.4 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 15.53 9.6 15.53 9.6 – – Order clerks................................................ 14.69 8.1 14.69 8.1 – – Library clerks.............................................. 11.38 10.8 – – 11.90 2.8 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.81 6.1 14.80 6.6 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.30 3.1 15.41 3.4 14.61 5.4 Telephone operators......................................... 11.72 10.7 – – – – Dispatchers................................................. 14.53 9.1 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 15.23 6.8 15.23 6.8 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.02 10.5 11.74 10.7 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 15.38 2.0 15.38 2.0 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... $16.22 5.1 $16.22 5.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.96 4.1 15.80 5.3 $16.33 6.3 Bank tellers................................................ 10.56 .9 10.56 .9 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 13.60 6.0 – – 14.57 3.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.77 4.6 17.18 4.5 15.10 13.2 Blue collar......................................................... 17.84 3.0 17.62 3.5 19.65 5.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.23 2.8 22.33 3.0 21.21 8.0 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.10 4.7 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.94 6.8 17.89 4.7 – – Electricians................................................ 26.22 9.5 27.43 6.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.42 2.5 15.42 2.5 – – Printing press operators.................................... 19.99 6.2 20.09 6.9 – – Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 10.47 15.3 10.47 15.3 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 16.74 7.5 16.74 7.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 15.62 10.8 15.62 10.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.59 5.6 15.87 7.8 19.07 3.0 Truck drivers............................................... 15.34 7.9 15.15 8.8 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.86 11.2 – – 18.09 5.4 Motor transportation, n.e.c................................. 15.36 10.0 – – – – Excavating and loading machine operators.................... 17.51 6.7 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.25 9.2 16.25 9.2 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.90 5.0 11.40 4.7 17.77 21.3 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 11.81 6.7 11.31 5.6 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.06 4.1 9.83 3.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.71 8.5 14.71 8.5 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 8.69 14.7 8.69 14.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.52 10.1 11.52 10.1 – – Service............................................................. 12.46 2.8 10.15 3.6 19.78 2.6 Protective service............................................ 19.02 6.1 11.14 7.5 23.22 3.0 Firefighting................................................ 21.58 1.8 – – 21.58 1.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.94 3.6 – – 24.11 3.6 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 18.64 8.4 – – 18.64 8.4 Correctional institution officers........................... 18.75 1.5 – – 18.75 1.5 Guards and police, except public service.................... 11.03 7.7 10.79 7.9 – – Food service.................................................. 8.65 3.8 8.55 3.8 12.52 4.2 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.40 9.2 5.40 9.2 – – Bartenders.................................................. 7.61 24.1 7.61 24.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.75 13.1 4.75 13.1 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.39 25.1 6.39 25.1 – – Other food service........................................... 11.07 1.6 11.01 1.6 12.52 4.2 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... $16.48 12.2 $16.48 12.2 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.88 1.7 11.78 1.6 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 9.56 17.4 9.56 17.4 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 10.25 11.5 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.74 6.0 8.60 6.3 – – Health service................................................ 11.79 3.3 11.56 3.7 $14.05 6.0 Health aides, except nursing................................ 14.52 11.3 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.33 2.1 11.25 2.3 12.79 4.8 Cleaning and building service................................. 11.13 7.3 10.62 9.3 13.19 3.2 Maids and housemen.......................................... 10.41 13.9 10.39 14.0 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.89 7.0 10.09 10.7 12.92 1.5 Personal service.............................................. 11.44 4.4 11.13 4.8 13.20 7.9 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 8.40 2.9 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 11.63 9.8 11.76 10.9 – – 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 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2005 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................................................................... $24.44 1.9 $24.17 2.2 $25.58 3.1 All excluding sales............................................... 24.63 1.8 24.39 2.1 25.57 3.1 White collar........................................................ 28.46 2.3 28.39 2.7 28.74 3.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 29.21 2.4 29.33 2.8 28.76 3.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.79 2.0 32.76 2.6 32.86 2.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 34.91 2.0 35.20 2.6 34.13 3.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.08 4.9 37.56 5.4 34.38 7.2 Civil engineers............................................. 36.56 10.8 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 40.10 5.3 40.10 5.3 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 32.56 5.6 31.24 5.1 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 37.39 2.8 37.39 2.8 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 37.69 1.9 37.70 1.9 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 32.80 16.8 32.80 16.8 – – Natural scientists............................................ 30.78 12.6 31.71 13.5 – – Medical scientists.......................................... 21.91 4.4 – – – – Health related................................................ 33.11 8.8 33.78 9.9 29.20 14.5 Physicians.................................................. 51.96 26.7 51.27 28.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 29.81 1.0 29.86 1.0 29.19 6.3 Speech therapists........................................... 36.45 8.8 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 34.84 10.8 32.64 21.6 36.95 1.0 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 40.47 .3 – – 40.47 .3 Teachers, except college and university....................... 34.44 3.2 23.57 10.7 35.89 1.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 35.01 2.1 – – 35.70 1.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.12 5.3 – – 36.81 3.1 Teachers, special education................................. 35.81 4.2 – – 37.11 2.3 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 33.36 14.9 – – 37.59 5.1 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 32.83 7.8 – – 35.10 5.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 24.18 8.1 23.49 10.5 24.90 12.4 Librarians.................................................. 24.18 8.1 23.49 10.5 24.90 12.4 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 28.75 5.3 28.88 5.7 – – Economists.................................................. 26.61 16.7 26.61 16.7 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.69 9.8 19.49 12.9 22.61 16.2 Social workers.............................................. 20.69 9.8 19.49 12.9 22.61 16.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ 58.16 2.8 60.22 2.0 37.31 21.0 Lawyers..................................................... 58.99 2.4 60.22 2.0 – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 31.07 6.6 31.32 6.9 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 33.60 5.6 33.60 5.6 – – Technical....................................................... 22.88 2.9 23.23 3.2 20.52 7.5 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.64 8.3 19.61 8.6 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 27.35 2.2 27.35 2.2 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 20.55 2.6 21.47 1.7 17.81 2.3 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.53 6.0 15.87 6.1 23.28 11.9 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 29.26 6.6 29.26 6.6 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ $20.49 10.7 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 36.74 5.6 $37.84 6.5 $30.67 7.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 41.47 6.7 42.52 7.5 35.95 11.1 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 27.25 4.6 – – 27.25 4.6 Financial managers.......................................... 36.74 18.1 33.98 16.7 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 45.96 8.6 45.96 8.6 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.55 11.1 37.86 20.7 41.64 6.6 Managers, medicine and health............................... 36.93 6.4 36.08 6.5 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 67.37 15.4 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.81 11.2 42.88 11.6 41.09 15.3 Management related............................................ 30.46 5.6 31.74 5.7 22.98 7.1 Accountants and auditors.................................... 26.80 4.2 26.97 5.0 26.12 4.8 Other financial officers.................................... 35.44 15.7 35.57 15.7 – – Management analysts......................................... 32.19 16.8 32.19 16.8 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.48 25.6 30.90 27.9 – – Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction..... 21.46 17.0 – – 21.46 17.0 Management related, n.e.c................................... 30.35 10.8 33.57 7.8 21.13 22.3 Sales............................................................. 21.86 12.1 21.81 12.2 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 30.93 23.9 31.16 24.3 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 22.84 21.6 22.84 21.6 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 27.90 14.0 27.90 14.0 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 14.81 13.6 14.81 13.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 12.59 12.0 12.59 12.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 17.02 1.7 17.14 1.9 16.44 1.2 Supervisors, general office................................. 26.70 9.8 27.42 10.0 20.65 11.2 Computer operators.......................................... 16.99 12.6 16.99 12.6 – – Secretaries................................................. 19.14 3.1 19.64 3.6 17.23 5.2 Interviewers................................................ 15.15 6.8 15.15 6.8 – – Receptionists............................................... 11.51 2.8 11.46 2.8 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 15.53 9.6 15.53 9.6 – – Order clerks................................................ 15.31 7.9 15.31 7.9 – – Library clerks.............................................. 11.94 16.3 – – 13.83 1.3 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.81 6.1 14.80 6.6 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.46 2.7 15.60 2.8 14.61 5.4 Telephone operators......................................... 11.72 10.7 – – – – Dispatchers................................................. 14.53 9.1 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 15.23 6.8 15.23 6.8 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.24 11.3 – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 15.38 2.0 15.38 2.0 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.69 2.8 16.69 2.8 – – General office clerks....................................... 16.10 4.5 15.95 5.7 16.47 6.5 Bank tellers................................................ 10.64 1.3 10.64 1.3 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 13.36 4.7 – – 13.97 1.6 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... $16.90 4.3 $17.35 4.1 $15.10 13.2 Blue collar......................................................... 18.46 2.9 18.30 3.3 19.81 5.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.26 2.8 22.36 2.9 21.21 8.0 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.10 4.7 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.94 6.8 17.89 4.7 – – Electricians................................................ 26.22 9.5 27.43 6.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.59 2.3 15.59 2.3 – – Printing press operators.................................... 20.09 6.9 20.09 6.9 – – Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 10.47 15.3 10.47 15.3 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 16.74 7.5 16.74 7.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 15.62 10.8 15.62 10.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.05 5.6 16.38 7.9 19.34 2.5 Truck drivers............................................... 15.34 7.9 15.15 8.8 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.94 13.4 – – 18.68 5.5 Motor transportation, n.e.c................................. 16.13 9.4 – – – – Excavating and loading machine operators.................... 17.51 6.7 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.25 9.2 16.25 9.2 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.88 5.4 12.32 5.1 17.77 21.3 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 11.81 6.7 11.31 5.6 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.55 8.5 10.14 8.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 16.25 5.9 16.25 5.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.60 10.6 11.60 10.6 – – Service............................................................. 14.28 4.0 11.35 4.4 20.30 3.4 Protective service............................................ 19.99 5.6 11.37 5.1 23.36 3.7 Firefighting................................................ 21.58 1.8 – – 21.58 1.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.99 3.4 – – 24.16 3.5 Correctional institution officers........................... 18.75 1.5 – – 18.75 1.5 Guards and police, except public service.................... 11.12 5.4 10.80 5.6 – – Food service.................................................. 10.22 3.3 10.13 3.2 12.92 3.4 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.61 8.1 6.61 8.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.49 9.7 5.49 9.7 – – Other food service........................................... 12.10 2.1 12.06 2.1 12.92 3.4 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 16.48 12.2 16.48 12.2 – – Cooks....................................................... 12.08 3.5 11.98 3.6 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.81 8.0 9.74 8.5 – – Health service................................................ 11.99 3.1 11.73 3.6 14.21 5.1 Health aides, except nursing................................ 14.52 11.3 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.46 1.6 11.36 1.9 13.02 4.7 Cleaning and building service................................. 12.05 8.5 11.60 12.1 13.20 3.2 Maids and housemen.......................................... 10.38 14.8 10.36 15.0 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... $12.42 2.9 $11.93 6.9 $12.93 1.5 Personal service.............................................. 15.33 14.1 15.16 18.9 15.76 14.8 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 12.14 5.9 11.83 6.4 – – 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, 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2005 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................................................................... $12.17 2.9 $11.79 2.9 $16.83 9.7 All excluding sales............................................... 12.51 3.4 12.09 3.5 16.87 10.0 White collar........................................................ 18.40 4.4 18.17 4.7 19.86 10.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.28 4.9 24.14 5.6 19.99 10.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.37 6.4 31.85 8.3 21.89 11.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.67 4.2 37.58 4.7 21.90 12.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.35 2.1 31.08 2.0 – – Registered nurses........................................... 30.94 2.0 30.97 2.1 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 50.43 19.8 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 18.31 5.3 – – 17.70 5.0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 19.60 13.4 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 18.63 6.0 – – 18.26 7.2 Librarians.................................................. 18.63 6.0 – – 18.26 7.2 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.00 15.4 16.99 15.4 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 20.91 2.8 20.92 2.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 10.07 4.0 10.04 4.1 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.27 6.8 9.27 6.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.70 3.4 10.65 3.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.69 7.7 12.59 8.9 13.31 10.5 Secretaries................................................. 19.43 15.2 19.43 15.2 – – Receptionists............................................... 10.66 9.6 10.68 9.6 – – Library clerks.............................................. 9.87 2.3 – – 9.87 2.3 Blue collar......................................................... 9.36 6.9 9.04 7.2 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.07 22.7 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $8.68 3.4 $8.68 3.4 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.53 6.3 9.53 6.3 – – Service............................................................. 8.28 5.1 8.22 5.5 $9.70 4.6 Protective service............................................ 10.85 18.0 10.55 19.8 – – Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.78 21.3 10.78 21.3 – – Food service.................................................. 5.89 4.8 5.81 4.8 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.14 17.9 4.14 17.9 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.11 17.1 4.11 17.1 – – Other food service........................................... 8.27 5.5 8.16 6.0 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.37 5.7 7.13 5.4 – – Health service................................................ 10.83 5.8 10.85 5.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.83 5.8 10.85 5.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. $8.92 6.4 $8.92 6.4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.75 6.6 8.76 6.6 – – Personal service.............................................. 9.20 7.5 – – $8.17 1.6 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 10.60 22.1 – – – – 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2005 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................................................................... $965 1.8 39.5 $957 2.2 39.6 $997 2.8 39.0 All excluding sales............................................... 971 1.8 39.4 964 2.1 39.5 997 2.8 39.0 White collar........................................................ 1,124 2.3 39.5 1,130 2.7 39.8 1,101 3.6 38.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,152 2.4 39.4 1,166 2.9 39.7 1,102 3.7 38.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,282 2.1 39.1 1,296 2.8 39.5 1,242 2.1 37.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,370 2.1 39.2 1,403 2.9 39.9 1,285 2.8 37.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,480 5.0 39.9 1,502 5.4 40.0 1,355 6.5 39.4 Civil engineers............................................. 1,462 10.8 40.0 – – – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,604 5.3 40.0 1,604 5.3 40.0 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,291 5.1 39.7 1,250 5.1 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,490 2.7 39.9 1,491 2.7 39.9 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,502 1.7 39.8 1,502 1.7 39.8 – – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 1,312 16.8 40.0 1,312 16.8 40.0 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 1,244 8.7 40.4 1,283 9.4 40.5 – – – Medical scientists.......................................... 764 4.6 34.9 – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,319 9.1 39.8 1,350 10.3 40.0 1,143 13.7 39.1 Physicians.................................................. 2,408 25.6 46.3 2,401 27.3 46.8 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 1,149 1.5 38.5 1,147 1.5 38.4 1,168 6.3 40.0 Speech therapists........................................... 1,357 7.1 37.2 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,406 11.1 40.4 1,291 20.9 39.5 1,523 1.2 41.2 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 1,619 .3 40.0 – – – 1,619 .3 40.0 Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,265 3.1 36.7 901 9.6 38.2 1,312 2.2 36.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,286 1.8 36.7 – – – 1,302 1.4 36.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,255 5.7 35.7 – – – 1,314 3.7 35.7 Teachers, special education................................. 1,313 5.5 36.7 – – – 1,355 4.2 36.5 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 1,331 14.8 39.9 – – – 1,500 5.0 39.9 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 1,201 6.2 36.6 – – – 1,269 3.8 36.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 940 7.9 38.9 903 10.6 38.4 979 11.9 39.3 Librarians.................................................. 940 7.9 38.9 903 10.6 38.4 979 11.9 39.3 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 1,193 6.3 41.5 1,203 6.7 41.7 – – – Economists.................................................. 1,146 13.2 43.1 1,146 13.2 43.1 – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 821 10.0 39.7 773 13.3 39.6 897 16.8 39.7 Social workers.............................................. 821 10.0 39.7 773 13.3 39.6 897 16.8 39.7 Lawyers and judges............................................ 2,371 5.6 40.8 2,461 7.0 40.9 1,481 21.1 39.7 Lawyers..................................................... 2,408 6.0 40.8 2,461 7.0 40.9 – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,210 6.0 38.9 1,218 6.2 38.9 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 1,288 6.7 38.3 1,288 6.7 38.3 – – – Technical....................................................... 881 3.2 38.5 892 3.5 38.4 808 9.4 39.4 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 785 8.3 40.0 785 8.6 40.0 – – – Radiological technicians.................................... $1,094 2.2 40.0 $1,094 2.2 40.0 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 775 3.7 37.7 804 3.1 37.5 $683 4.7 38.4 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 661 6.2 40.0 635 6.1 40.0 926 18.7 39.8 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 1,195 5.6 40.8 1,195 5.6 40.8 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 809 10.9 39.5 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,484 5.5 40.4 1,535 6.3 40.6 1,208 7.5 39.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,675 6.7 40.4 1,727 7.5 40.6 1,410 10.7 39.2 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,064 4.8 39.0 – – – 1,064 4.8 39.0 Financial managers.......................................... 1,469 18.1 40.0 1,359 16.7 40.0 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,827 8.2 39.8 1,827 8.2 39.8 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,503 12.3 38.0 1,401 22.6 37.0 1,636 5.6 39.3 Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,590 10.1 43.1 1,559 11.0 43.2 – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 2,677 6.0 39.7 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,767 11.7 41.3 1,773 12.1 41.3 1,619 14.7 39.4 Management related............................................ 1,230 6.4 40.4 1,286 6.5 40.5 910 6.7 39.6 Accountants and auditors.................................... 1,057 3.8 39.4 1,067 4.5 39.6 1,017 1.9 39.0 Other financial officers.................................... 1,467 16.8 41.4 1,473 16.8 41.4 – – – Management analysts......................................... 1,284 16.6 39.9 1,284 16.6 39.9 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 1,165 25.4 39.5 1,219 27.7 39.5 – – – Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction..... 859 17.0 40.0 – – – 859 17.0 40.0 Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,255 13.5 41.4 1,406 11.4 41.9 845 22.3 40.0 Sales............................................................. 876 11.5 40.1 875 11.7 40.1 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 1,230 24.0 39.8 1,245 24.4 39.9 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 934 21.9 40.9 934 21.9 40.9 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 1,199 12.4 43.0 1,199 12.4 43.0 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 585 13.2 39.5 585 13.2 39.5 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 504 12.0 40.0 504 12.0 40.0 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 670 1.7 39.3 675 2.0 39.4 641 1.4 39.0 Supervisors, general office................................. 1,062 10.0 39.8 1,092 10.1 39.8 815 10.6 39.5 Computer operators.......................................... 680 12.6 40.0 680 12.6 40.0 – – – Secretaries................................................. 752 3.0 39.3 769 3.3 39.2 684 5.2 39.7 Interviewers................................................ 606 6.8 40.0 606 6.8 40.0 – – – Receptionists............................................... 442 1.1 38.4 442 .9 38.5 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 621 9.6 40.0 621 9.6 40.0 – – – Order clerks................................................ 612 7.9 40.0 612 7.9 40.0 – – – Library clerks.............................................. 408 23.6 34.1 – – – 532 2.1 38.5 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 585 5.7 39.5 584 6.2 39.5 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 609 3.4 39.4 617 3.5 39.6 563 7.7 38.5 Telephone operators......................................... 469 10.7 40.0 – – – – – – Dispatchers................................................. $581 9.1 40.0 – – – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 596 6.7 39.2 $596 6.7 39.2 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 488 11.1 39.9 – – – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 597 4.8 38.8 597 4.8 38.8 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 666 2.9 39.9 666 2.9 39.9 – – – General office clerks....................................... 620 3.4 38.5 616 4.3 38.6 $632 5.6 38.4 Bank tellers................................................ 426 1.3 40.0 426 1.3 40.0 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 484 5.5 36.2 – – – 505 3.4 36.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 670 4.7 39.6 690 4.3 39.8 589 15.3 39.0 Blue collar......................................................... 736 3.0 39.9 730 3.3 39.9 785 5.4 39.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 894 2.8 40.2 899 2.9 40.2 849 8.0 40.0 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 760 4.9 39.8 – – – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 758 6.8 40.0 716 4.7 40.0 – – – Electricians................................................ 1,049 9.5 40.0 1,097 6.3 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 615 1.5 39.5 615 1.5 39.5 – – – Printing press operators.................................... 760 8.8 37.9 760 8.8 37.9 – – – Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 412 14.0 39.4 412 14.0 39.4 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 657 6.3 39.2 657 6.3 39.2 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 625 10.8 40.0 625 10.8 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 676 6.0 39.6 651 8.4 39.8 758 2.9 39.2 Truck drivers............................................... 622 8.6 40.6 615 9.6 40.6 – – – Bus drivers................................................. 582 16.9 36.5 – – – 712 5.5 38.1 Motor transportation, n.e.c................................. 645 9.4 40.0 – – – – – – Excavating and loading machine operators.................... 697 7.2 39.8 – – – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 648 9.3 39.9 648 9.3 39.9 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 510 5.5 39.6 488 5.2 39.6 711 21.3 40.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 467 6.3 39.5 446 4.7 39.5 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 416 8.9 39.5 399 8.6 39.4 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 650 5.9 40.0 650 5.9 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 454 8.0 39.1 454 8.0 39.1 – – – Service............................................................. 554 4.1 38.8 431 4.2 38.0 821 3.2 40.5 Protective service............................................ 814 5.9 40.7 450 5.0 39.6 960 3.4 41.1 Firefighting................................................ 970 1.6 45.0 – – – 970 1.6 45.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 969 3.8 40.4 – – – 976 3.8 40.4 Correctional institution officers........................... 751 1.4 40.0 – – – 751 1.4 40.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 440 5.1 39.6 427 5.0 39.6 – – – Food service.................................................. $395 4.9 38.6 $391 4.9 38.6 $511 3.0 39.5 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 249 9.7 37.6 249 9.7 37.6 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 205 8.3 37.3 205 8.3 37.3 – – – Other food service........................................... 474 3.3 39.2 472 3.4 39.1 511 3.0 39.5 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 656 12.6 39.8 656 12.6 39.8 – – – Cooks....................................................... 473 5.7 39.2 469 5.9 39.1 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 378 9.1 38.5 375 9.6 38.5 – – – Health service................................................ 463 3.4 38.6 453 4.1 38.6 546 4.6 38.4 Health aides, except nursing................................ 567 10.9 39.0 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 441 2.2 38.5 436 2.7 38.4 515 5.5 39.6 Cleaning and building service................................. 465 7.7 38.6 442 10.7 38.1 528 3.3 40.0 Maids and housemen.......................................... 409 13.0 39.4 408 13.2 39.4 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 474 3.6 38.2 437 6.7 36.6 517 1.6 40.0 Personal service.............................................. 514 7.7 33.5 490 7.2 32.4 585 18.6 37.1 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 460 7.5 37.9 449 8.3 38.0 – – – 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2005 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................................................................... $49,075 1.8 2,008 $49,517 2.2 2,048 $47,369 2.8 1,852 All excluding sales............................................... 49,398 1.8 2,006 49,971 2.1 2,049 47,361 2.8 1,852 White collar........................................................ 56,789 2.3 1,996 58,371 2.7 2,056 50,670 3.6 1,763 White collar excluding sales.................................... 58,157 2.4 1,991 60,354 2.9 2,058 50,677 3.7 1,762 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 63,116 2.1 1,925 66,807 2.8 2,039 53,914 2.1 1,641 Professional specialty.......................................... 66,645 2.1 1,909 72,153 2.9 2,050 54,879 2.8 1,608 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 76,956 5.0 2,075 78,116 5.4 2,080 70,443 6.5 2,049 Civil engineers............................................. 76,043 10.8 2,080 – – – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 83,414 5.3 2,080 83,414 5.3 2,080 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 67,137 5.1 2,062 64,980 5.1 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 77,499 2.7 2,073 77,511 2.7 2,073 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 78,103 1.7 2,072 78,118 1.7 2,072 – – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 68,224 16.8 2,080 68,224 16.8 2,080 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 64,692 8.7 2,102 66,712 9.4 2,104 – – – Medical scientists.......................................... 39,725 4.6 1,813 – – – – – – Health related................................................ 67,953 9.1 2,052 70,121 10.3 2,076 56,145 13.7 1,923 Physicians.................................................. 125,205 25.6 2,410 124,860 27.3 2,435 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 59,730 1.5 2,004 59,660 1.5 1,998 60,719 6.3 2,080 Speech therapists........................................... 57,020 7.1 1,564 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 61,913 11.1 1,777 61,234 20.9 1,876 62,503 1.2 1,691 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 66,546 .3 1,644 – – – 66,546 .3 1,644 Teachers, except college and university....................... 52,096 3.1 1,513 39,566 9.6 1,679 53,583 2.2 1,493 Elementary school teachers.................................. 51,198 1.8 1,462 – – – 51,682 1.4 1,448 Secondary school teachers................................... 51,025 5.7 1,453 – – – 53,083 3.7 1,442 Teachers, special education................................. 53,681 5.5 1,499 – – – 54,378 4.2 1,466 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 59,876 14.8 1,795 – – – 65,725 5.0 1,748 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 56,600 6.2 1,724 – – – 59,139 3.8 1,685 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 47,610 7.9 1,969 44,624 10.6 1,900 50,923 11.9 2,045 Librarians.................................................. 47,610 7.9 1,969 44,624 10.6 1,900 50,923 11.9 2,045 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 62,049 6.3 2,158 62,551 6.7 2,166 – – – Economists.................................................. 59,597 13.2 2,240 59,597 13.2 2,240 – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 42,637 10.0 2,060 40,117 13.3 2,058 46,667 16.8 2,064 Social workers.............................................. 42,637 10.0 2,060 40,117 13.3 2,058 46,667 16.8 2,064 Lawyers and judges............................................ 123,298 5.6 2,120 127,991 7.0 2,126 77,012 21.1 2,064 Lawyers..................................................... 125,198 6.0 2,122 127,991 7.0 2,126 – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 62,784 6.0 2,021 63,182 6.2 2,017 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 66,985 6.7 1,994 66,985 6.7 1,994 – – – Technical....................................................... 45,838 3.2 2,003 46,392 3.5 1,997 42,016 9.4 2,047 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 40,845 8.3 2,080 40,796 8.6 2,080 – – – Radiological technicians.................................... $56,879 2.2 2,080 $56,879 2.2 2,080 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 40,275 3.7 1,960 41,829 3.1 1,949 $35,510 4.7 1,994 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 34,363 6.2 2,079 33,014 6.1 2,080 48,133 18.7 2,067 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 62,139 5.6 2,123 62,139 5.6 2,123 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 42,089 10.9 2,054 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 76,928 5.5 2,094 79,773 6.3 2,108 61,926 7.5 2,019 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 86,658 6.7 2,090 89,690 7.5 2,109 71,618 10.7 1,992 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 55,309 4.8 2,030 – – – 55,309 4.8 2,030 Financial managers.......................................... 76,411 18.1 2,080 70,684 16.7 2,080 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 95,014 8.2 2,067 95,014 8.2 2,067 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 75,035 12.3 1,897 71,398 22.6 1,886 79,587 5.6 1,911 Managers, medicine and health............................... 82,693 10.1 2,239 81,080 11.0 2,248 – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 139,207 6.0 2,066 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 91,782 11.7 2,144 92,189 12.1 2,150 82,161 14.7 1,999 Management related............................................ 63,956 6.4 2,099 66,855 6.5 2,106 47,310 6.7 2,059 Accountants and auditors.................................... 54,947 3.8 2,050 55,467 4.5 2,057 52,907 1.9 2,026 Other financial officers.................................... 76,282 16.8 2,152 76,574 16.8 2,153 – – – Management analysts......................................... 66,760 16.6 2,074 66,760 16.6 2,074 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 60,579 25.4 2,055 63,393 27.7 2,052 – – – Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction..... 44,644 17.0 2,080 – – – 44,644 17.0 2,080 Management related, n.e.c................................... 65,285 13.5 2,151 73,092 11.4 2,177 43,942 22.3 2,080 Sales............................................................. 44,573 11.5 2,039 44,511 11.7 2,041 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 63,984 24.0 2,069 64,731 24.4 2,077 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 48,544 21.9 2,126 48,544 21.9 2,126 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 62,347 12.4 2,235 62,347 12.4 2,235 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 30,401 13.2 2,053 30,401 13.2 2,053 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 26,190 12.0 2,080 26,190 12.0 2,080 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 34,641 1.7 2,035 35,118 2.0 2,049 32,275 1.4 1,963 Supervisors, general office................................. 55,245 10.0 2,069 56,783 10.1 2,071 42,399 10.6 2,053 Computer operators.......................................... 35,342 12.6 2,080 35,342 12.6 2,080 – – – Secretaries................................................. 39,069 3.0 2,041 39,960 3.3 2,035 35,589 5.2 2,065 Interviewers................................................ 31,510 6.8 2,080 31,510 6.8 2,080 – – – Receptionists............................................... 22,981 1.1 1,996 22,968 .9 2,004 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 32,298 9.6 2,080 32,298 9.6 2,080 – – – Order clerks................................................ 31,845 7.9 2,080 31,845 7.9 2,080 – – – Library clerks.............................................. 21,204 23.6 1,775 – – – 27,690 2.1 2,002 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 30,405 5.7 2,053 30,375 6.2 2,052 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 31,684 3.4 2,049 32,089 3.5 2,057 29,258 7.7 2,002 Telephone operators......................................... 24,382 10.7 2,080 – – – – – – Dispatchers................................................. $30,216 9.1 2,080 – – – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 31,014 6.7 2,036 $31,014 6.7 2,036 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 25,357 11.1 2,072 – – – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 31,042 4.8 2,019 31,042 4.8 2,019 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 34,641 2.9 2,075 34,641 2.9 2,075 – – – General office clerks....................................... 32,266 3.4 2,004 32,010 4.3 2,007 $32,885 5.6 1,997 Bank tellers................................................ 22,133 1.3 2,080 22,133 1.3 2,080 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 19,894 5.5 1,489 – – – 19,985 3.4 1,431 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 34,819 4.7 2,060 35,880 4.3 2,068 30,650 15.3 2,030 Blue collar......................................................... 38,016 3.0 2,059 37,864 3.3 2,070 39,176 5.4 1,977 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 46,421 2.8 2,086 46,668 2.9 2,087 44,046 8.0 2,076 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 39,519 4.9 2,069 – – – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 39,391 6.8 2,080 37,210 4.7 2,080 – – – Electricians................................................ 54,541 9.5 2,080 57,059 6.3 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 31,961 1.5 2,050 31,961 1.5 2,050 – – – Printing press operators.................................... 39,539 8.8 1,968 39,539 8.8 1,968 – – – Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 21,447 14.0 2,048 21,447 14.0 2,048 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 34,155 6.3 2,040 34,155 6.3 2,040 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 32,227 10.8 2,064 32,227 10.8 2,064 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 34,431 6.0 2,020 33,851 8.4 2,067 36,239 2.9 1,874 Truck drivers............................................... 32,347 8.6 2,109 31,999 9.6 2,112 – – – Bus drivers................................................. 26,569 16.9 1,667 – – – 30,758 5.5 1,647 Motor transportation, n.e.c................................. 31,991 9.4 1,983 – – – – – – Excavating and loading machine operators.................... 35,885 7.2 2,049 – – – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 33,708 9.3 2,075 33,708 9.3 2,075 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 26,411 5.5 2,051 25,223 5.2 2,047 36,968 21.3 2,080 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 22,997 6.3 1,947 21,911 4.7 1,937 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 21,638 8.9 2,052 20,764 8.6 2,047 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 33,794 5.9 2,080 33,794 5.9 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 23,593 8.0 2,033 23,593 8.0 2,033 – – – Service............................................................. 28,553 4.1 2,000 22,426 4.2 1,976 41,616 3.2 2,050 Protective service............................................ 42,304 5.9 2,116 23,418 5.0 2,060 49,945 3.4 2,138 Firefighting................................................ 50,465 1.6 2,338 – – – 50,465 1.6 2,338 Police and detectives, public service....................... 50,394 3.8 2,100 – – – 50,760 3.8 2,101 Correctional institution officers........................... 39,054 1.4 2,083 – – – 39,054 1.4 2,083 Guards and police, except public service.................... 22,906 5.1 2,060 22,220 5.0 2,058 – – – Food service.................................................. $20,417 4.9 1,998 $20,333 4.9 2,007 $22,737 3.0 1,759 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 12,936 9.7 1,956 12,936 9.7 1,956 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 10,651 8.3 1,940 10,651 8.3 1,940 – – – Other food service........................................... 24,445 3.3 2,021 24,542 3.4 2,035 22,737 3.0 1,759 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 34,116 12.6 2,070 34,116 12.6 2,070 – – – Cooks....................................................... 24,379 5.7 2,019 24,371 5.9 2,035 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 19,448 9.1 1,982 19,525 9.6 2,004 – – – Health service................................................ 24,042 3.4 2,006 23,559 4.1 2,009 28,124 4.6 1,980 Health aides, except nursing................................ 29,309 10.9 2,018 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 22,936 2.2 2,001 22,686 2.7 1,998 26,802 5.5 2,059 Cleaning and building service................................. 24,174 7.7 2,006 22,984 10.7 1,981 27,362 3.3 2,072 Maids and housemen.......................................... 21,260 13.0 2,047 21,205 13.2 2,047 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 24,613 3.6 1,982 22,723 6.7 1,905 26,788 1.6 2,072 Personal service.............................................. 24,866 7.7 1,622 25,506 7.2 1,682 23,367 18.6 1,482 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 23,570 7.5 1,942 23,351 8.3 1,974 – – – 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2005 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................................................................... $23.07 1.8 $22.62 2.0 $25.16 3.3 All excluding sales............................................... 23.37 1.8 22.94 2.1 25.16 3.3 White collar........................................................ 27.79 2.2 27.68 2.6 28.30 3.9 1....................................................... 8.86 8.4 8.91 8.4 6.93 4.2 2....................................................... 10.69 2.1 10.53 2.0 15.07 6.4 3....................................................... 12.85 3.8 12.72 4.4 14.32 2.8 4....................................................... 15.00 2.5 15.00 2.7 14.97 1.6 5....................................................... 17.61 3.2 17.97 3.8 16.25 2.9 6....................................................... 20.71 2.1 21.27 2.5 18.26 3.3 7....................................................... 21.78 2.2 22.24 2.1 19.52 5.8 8....................................................... 26.04 4.5 25.10 3.0 28.95 12.7 9....................................................... 32.87 1.9 31.80 3.2 34.63 1.7 10........................................................ 33.49 5.0 33.69 6.0 32.53 5.2 11........................................................ 41.38 2.5 42.73 2.8 34.85 5.0 12........................................................ 51.77 5.1 52.59 5.2 39.29 13.2 13........................................................ 55.63 4.3 60.46 5.1 39.20 4.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.90 5.7 30.45 6.3 35.06 3.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 28.93 2.3 29.08 2.7 28.33 3.9 1....................................................... 9.92 9.7 – – 6.93 4.2 2....................................................... 11.36 2.4 11.14 2.0 15.07 6.4 3....................................................... 12.28 2.4 11.97 2.5 14.32 3.0 4....................................................... 15.11 2.8 15.13 3.1 14.97 1.6 5....................................................... 17.45 2.5 17.87 3.3 16.25 2.9 6....................................................... 20.63 1.7 21.28 2.3 18.20 3.4 7....................................................... 21.80 2.2 22.26 2.1 19.52 5.8 8....................................................... 26.57 4.5 25.74 2.8 28.95 12.7 9....................................................... 32.62 1.9 31.27 3.1 34.63 1.7 10........................................................ 32.50 4.7 32.50 5.7 32.53 5.2 11........................................................ 41.78 2.5 43.05 2.6 35.41 5.1 12........................................................ 51.61 5.1 52.45 5.3 39.29 13.2 13........................................................ 55.63 4.3 60.46 5.1 39.20 4.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.01 4.0 31.62 4.5 35.06 3.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.59 2.1 32.71 2.7 32.22 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 34.79 2.0 35.32 2.5 33.35 3.2 5....................................................... 15.67 6.9 17.29 5.9 – – 6....................................................... 20.63 2.6 20.99 2.6 18.01 10.2 7....................................................... 21.99 2.8 22.11 3.3 21.32 4.7 8....................................................... 28.60 7.2 27.31 5.6 31.39 15.7 9....................................................... 33.51 1.7 30.91 3.1 36.43 .5 10........................................................ 32.58 6.2 31.62 7.6 36.51 6.1 11........................................................ 40.67 2.6 42.41 2.6 32.40 5.6 12........................................................ 50.57 7.3 51.57 7.5 38.45 15.6 13........................................................ 53.28 4.0 59.37 4.3 38.30 4.4 Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.14 4.8 34.96 5.3 29.31 7.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... $36.58 4.6 $37.16 5.0 $33.47 6.1 12........................................................ 43.73 11.6 47.53 9.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.11 4.2 30.43 3.9 – – Civil engineers............................................. 36.56 10.8 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 38.54 4.4 38.54 4.4 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 32.56 5.6 31.24 5.1 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 37.70 3.4 37.70 3.4 – – 9....................................................... 34.28 4.3 34.28 4.3 – – 10........................................................ 36.29 7.4 36.29 7.4 – – 11........................................................ 42.17 3.7 42.17 3.7 – – 12........................................................ 45.97 6.3 45.97 6.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.80 8.2 40.80 8.2 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 38.03 2.1 38.04 2.1 – – 9....................................................... 34.39 4.2 34.39 4.2 – – 10........................................................ 39.26 5.5 39.26 5.5 – – 11........................................................ 42.17 3.7 42.17 3.7 – – 12........................................................ 46.05 6.8 46.05 6.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.80 8.2 40.80 8.2 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 32.80 16.8 32.80 16.8 – – Natural scientists............................................ 30.78 12.6 31.71 13.5 – – Medical scientists.......................................... 21.91 4.4 – – – – Health related................................................ 32.83 7.4 33.29 8.2 29.63 13.9 7....................................................... 22.79 4.6 24.38 4.6 20.30 1.7 8....................................................... 30.68 1.2 30.66 1.2 31.12 9.3 9....................................................... 31.40 2.1 30.97 2.1 – – 10........................................................ 23.73 26.7 20.60 33.2 – – 11........................................................ 30.82 3.4 29.36 3.1 – – Physicians.................................................. 51.98 26.5 51.27 28.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 30.06 1.2 30.11 1.2 29.12 6.3 7....................................................... 23.69 7.2 23.78 7.6 – – 8....................................................... 30.59 1.1 30.66 1.2 – – 9....................................................... 31.22 2.6 31.33 2.6 – – Speech therapists........................................... 36.79 8.1 – – – – Therapists, n.e.c........................................... 24.16 2.7 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.72 10.7 33.79 21.2 37.62 2.3 9....................................................... 39.97 6.4 – – – – 10........................................................ 36.93 3.1 38.90 5.3 – – 11........................................................ 38.10 9.2 – – 33.37 7.4 12........................................................ 44.37 3.3 – – – – 13........................................................ 40.01 3.7 47.71 16.7 37.09 4.6 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 39.55 4.0 – – 39.07 4.4 Teachers, except college and university....................... 33.39 3.3 23.56 10.0 34.70 2.6 7....................................................... 24.32 5.8 – – – – 8....................................................... 34.37 14.1 – – 34.92 14.3 9....................................................... 35.23 2.7 25.49 3.8 36.63 .5 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 25.79 14.1 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. $35.01 2.1 – – $35.70 1.1 8....................................................... 32.44 10.4 – – 32.44 10.4 9....................................................... 35.42 3.3 – – 36.26 2.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.19 5.3 – – 36.84 3.0 8....................................................... 35.15 20.8 – – 35.15 20.8 9....................................................... 35.15 4.8 – – 36.99 1.4 Teachers, special education................................. 35.81 4.2 – – 37.11 2.3 9....................................................... 33.67 6.2 – – 36.12 3.8 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 31.71 13.2 $15.77 33.6 36.16 5.6 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 32.41 7.2 – – 34.55 4.8 9....................................................... 35.44 8.4 – – 38.02 2.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 23.72 8.1 23.36 10.1 24.06 12.6 9....................................................... 26.34 13.1 – – 28.11 13.8 Librarians.................................................. 23.72 8.1 23.36 10.1 24.06 12.6 9....................................................... 26.34 13.1 – – 28.11 13.8 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 28.68 5.4 28.88 5.7 – – Economists.................................................. 26.61 16.7 26.61 16.7 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.31 9.4 19.20 11.5 22.22 17.4 7....................................................... 16.86 4.7 – – – – 8....................................................... 20.55 10.2 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 20.68 9.4 19.53 12.2 22.64 16.0 7....................................................... 17.24 5.0 – – – – 8....................................................... 20.55 10.2 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ 60.25 3.9 63.10 2.3 35.47 14.5 Lawyers..................................................... 61.04 3.4 63.10 2.3 – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 31.16 6.3 31.41 6.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.83 8.6 31.32 9.2 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 33.60 5.6 33.60 5.6 – – Technical....................................................... 22.49 3.2 22.76 3.6 20.52 7.5 4....................................................... 13.75 10.1 13.75 10.1 – – 5....................................................... 18.77 6.4 18.26 6.1 – – 6....................................................... 20.25 3.3 21.06 4.2 – – 7....................................................... 23.25 5.6 23.55 6.4 20.12 2.9 8....................................................... 22.85 4.0 22.86 3.2 22.82 8.9 9....................................................... 31.85 4.3 32.25 4.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.82 21.1 21.82 21.1 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.72 7.7 19.70 8.0 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 27.61 2.5 27.61 2.5 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 20.62 2.0 21.33 1.3 17.83 2.4 6....................................................... 21.38 2.3 21.85 2.3 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.06 5.6 15.43 5.4 23.28 11.9 4....................................................... 11.90 7.7 11.90 7.7 – – 5....................................................... 20.55 19.6 – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 29.26 6.6 29.26 6.6 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 20.49 10.7 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $36.65 5.6 $37.74 6.4 $30.67 7.7 6....................................................... 19.96 5.3 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.43 5.0 22.30 4.4 – – 8....................................................... 23.39 4.4 23.36 4.4 23.53 14.8 9....................................................... 29.92 4.4 31.90 5.1 23.84 5.9 10........................................................ 32.35 4.9 34.35 6.5 – – 11........................................................ 38.51 3.2 38.21 3.9 39.99 4.8 12........................................................ 54.06 5.2 54.42 5.3 – – 13........................................................ 60.46 12.1 62.24 13.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.36 8.8 37.79 10.0 41.31 14.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 41.44 6.7 42.52 7.5 35.86 11.0 8....................................................... 22.62 4.8 22.63 4.8 – – 9....................................................... 27.46 6.6 28.71 7.2 – – 11........................................................ 39.51 4.0 39.27 5.1 40.26 5.1 12........................................................ 54.78 9.4 55.64 9.7 – – 13........................................................ 60.46 12.1 62.24 13.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.73 8.8 39.29 9.9 42.01 18.1 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 27.31 4.4 – – 27.31 4.4 Financial managers.......................................... 36.74 18.1 33.98 16.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.51 24.1 – – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 45.96 8.6 45.96 8.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.84 21.1 45.84 21.1 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.55 11.1 37.86 20.7 41.64 6.6 11........................................................ 35.96 6.2 – – 39.66 6.9 Managers, medicine and health............................... 36.93 6.4 36.08 6.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.16 6.5 38.03 7.3 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 67.37 15.4 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.81 11.2 42.88 11.6 41.09 15.3 9....................................................... 33.28 6.2 32.63 6.2 – – 11........................................................ 42.25 8.3 42.03 9.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.04 21.4 37.09 23.0 – – Management related............................................ 30.37 5.5 31.61 5.7 22.98 7.1 6....................................................... 19.52 4.3 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.32 7.0 22.29 6.3 – – 8....................................................... 24.02 5.5 24.18 4.6 23.57 15.0 9....................................................... 31.77 7.9 34.01 9.4 23.03 6.7 10........................................................ 31.75 7.4 34.03 9.1 – – 11........................................................ 36.68 7.1 36.72 7.3 – – 12........................................................ 53.41 5.7 53.41 5.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.41 10.2 26.97 10.7 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 26.72 4.3 26.87 5.1 26.12 4.8 9....................................................... 28.58 6.9 – – – – Other financial officers.................................... 35.44 15.7 35.57 15.7 – – Management analysts......................................... 32.19 16.8 32.19 16.8 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.23 23.8 30.50 25.8 – – 9....................................................... $37.00 17.6 – – – – Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction..... 21.46 17.0 – – $21.46 17.0 Management related, n.e.c................................... 30.26 10.7 $33.42 7.6 21.13 22.3 9....................................................... 29.51 10.7 32.14 10.0 – – Sales............................................................. 19.47 10.8 19.41 11.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.98 5.5 7.98 5.5 – – 2....................................................... 9.60 3.4 9.60 3.4 – – 3....................................................... 13.67 5.9 13.67 6.0 – – 4....................................................... 14.21 7.0 14.21 7.0 – – 5....................................................... 18.25 13.6 18.25 13.6 – – 6....................................................... 21.25 10.0 21.21 10.2 – – 9....................................................... 37.00 6.3 37.00 6.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.59 34.3 23.59 34.3 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 30.93 23.9 31.16 24.3 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 22.84 21.6 22.84 21.6 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 27.90 14.0 27.90 14.0 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 13.15 12.2 13.15 12.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.13 10.3 11.13 10.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.70 8.1 11.68 8.2 – – 1....................................................... 8.04 7.0 8.04 7.0 – – 2....................................................... 10.03 4.9 10.03 4.9 – – Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 22.87 28.8 22.87 28.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.77 1.5 16.86 1.8 16.28 1.2 1....................................................... 9.92 9.7 – – 6.93 4.2 2....................................................... 11.36 2.4 11.14 2.0 15.07 6.4 3....................................................... 12.29 2.5 11.98 2.5 14.32 3.0 4....................................................... 15.45 2.2 15.53 2.5 14.97 1.6 5....................................................... 17.49 3.8 17.99 5.3 16.31 4.4 6....................................................... 20.84 3.0 21.74 3.5 17.65 4.9 7....................................................... 20.44 3.4 20.92 2.5 19.29 8.0 8....................................................... 25.83 3.3 25.94 3.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.64 9.6 20.67 9.6 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 26.66 9.8 27.42 10.0 20.48 11.3 Computer operators.......................................... 16.99 12.6 16.99 12.6 – – Secretaries................................................. 19.16 3.1 19.63 3.5 17.23 5.2 4....................................................... 15.56 4.9 15.41 5.6 16.55 4.2 5....................................................... 17.61 6.2 18.92 6.2 16.12 9.4 6....................................................... 24.30 3.6 25.62 4.0 – – 7....................................................... 21.65 2.4 21.72 2.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.80 7.1 19.80 7.1 – – Interviewers................................................ 14.92 7.6 14.92 7.6 – – 4....................................................... 15.28 7.2 15.28 7.2 – – Hotel clerks................................................ 9.26 1.6 9.26 1.6 – – Receptionists............................................... 11.31 2.3 11.26 2.4 – – 2....................................................... $11.20 4.9 $10.97 6.5 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 15.53 9.6 15.53 9.6 – – Order clerks................................................ 14.69 8.1 14.69 8.1 – – Library clerks.............................................. 11.38 10.8 – – $11.90 2.8 1....................................................... 6.90 4.5 – – 6.90 4.5 2....................................................... 10.91 3.5 – – 10.91 3.5 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.81 6.1 14.80 6.6 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.30 3.1 15.41 3.4 14.61 5.4 4....................................................... 15.49 6.9 15.93 7.3 – – Telephone operators......................................... 11.72 10.7 – – – – Dispatchers................................................. 14.53 9.1 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 15.23 6.8 15.23 6.8 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.02 10.5 11.74 10.7 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 15.38 2.0 15.38 2.0 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.22 5.1 16.22 5.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.96 4.1 15.80 5.3 16.33 6.3 3....................................................... 13.92 6.0 – – – – 4....................................................... 15.04 5.9 14.38 6.0 – – 5....................................................... 17.59 7.4 – – – – Bank tellers................................................ 10.56 .9 10.56 .9 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 13.60 6.0 – – 14.57 3.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.77 4.6 17.18 4.5 15.10 13.2 4....................................................... 17.32 5.8 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.84 3.0 17.62 3.5 19.65 5.7 1....................................................... 9.40 5.1 9.33 5.3 – – 2....................................................... 11.79 4.1 11.69 4.5 12.89 6.4 3....................................................... 13.31 5.3 13.25 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 17.05 4.8 17.18 5.0 15.41 4.9 5....................................................... 18.86 2.2 19.02 2.4 17.68 4.2 6....................................................... 21.71 6.9 21.53 7.4 23.87 6.1 7....................................................... 24.24 4.0 25.27 3.6 20.81 7.9 9....................................................... 31.60 4.8 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.64 5.8 18.66 6.3 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.23 2.8 22.33 3.0 21.21 8.0 4....................................................... 19.05 9.2 19.05 9.2 – – 5....................................................... 18.95 3.7 19.18 3.6 – – 6....................................................... 22.82 7.9 22.54 8.6 – – 7....................................................... 24.49 3.9 25.38 3.5 20.75 10.5 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.10 4.7 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.94 6.8 17.89 4.7 – – Electricians................................................ 26.22 9.5 27.43 6.3 – – 7....................................................... 25.67 11.7 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.42 2.5 15.42 2.5 – – 1....................................................... $11.04 13.3 $11.04 13.3 – – 3....................................................... 17.39 8.4 17.39 8.4 – – 4....................................................... 15.32 5.8 15.30 5.8 – – 5....................................................... 18.80 4.6 18.80 4.6 – – Printing press operators.................................... 19.99 6.2 20.09 6.9 – – Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 10.47 15.3 10.47 15.3 – – 1....................................................... 10.70 22.4 10.70 22.4 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 16.74 7.5 16.74 7.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 15.62 10.8 15.62 10.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.59 5.6 15.87 7.8 $19.07 3.0 2....................................................... 10.06 13.6 8.90 18.1 – – 3....................................................... 13.07 6.7 12.91 7.1 – – 4....................................................... 17.33 6.7 17.57 7.8 – – 5....................................................... 18.59 3.1 18.95 3.4 17.85 3.9 6....................................................... 19.74 9.5 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.34 7.9 15.15 8.8 – – 2....................................................... 11.12 15.1 – – – – 3....................................................... 14.08 5.1 13.99 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 15.60 5.0 15.60 5.0 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.86 11.2 – – 18.09 5.4 Motor transportation, n.e.c................................. 15.36 10.0 – – – – Excavating and loading machine operators.................... 17.51 6.7 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.25 9.2 16.25 9.2 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.90 5.0 11.40 4.7 17.77 21.3 1....................................................... 9.08 5.0 8.97 5.1 – – 2....................................................... 12.05 6.2 12.12 6.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.83 6.5 11.83 6.5 – – 4....................................................... 15.55 5.8 – – – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 11.81 6.7 11.31 5.6 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.06 4.1 9.83 3.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.70 2.9 7.70 2.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.71 8.5 14.71 8.5 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 8.69 14.7 8.69 14.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.52 10.1 11.52 10.1 – – Service............................................................. 12.46 2.8 10.15 3.6 19.78 2.6 1....................................................... 9.19 7.7 9.06 8.3 11.71 1.8 2....................................................... 8.87 8.8 8.64 9.2 12.28 9.5 3....................................................... 10.51 3.3 9.77 4.4 13.52 3.2 4....................................................... 12.65 2.0 11.97 1.7 15.34 5.4 5....................................................... 18.71 4.6 19.22 10.0 18.32 2.5 6....................................................... 17.74 7.9 15.44 10.9 19.89 1.7 7....................................................... 24.58 1.1 – – 24.49 1.2 8....................................................... 26.90 6.0 – – 27.62 4.6 Protective service............................................ $19.02 6.1 $11.14 7.5 $23.22 3.0 3....................................................... 10.14 6.7 10.14 6.7 – – 4....................................................... 20.17 13.9 – – – – 5....................................................... 18.26 4.0 – – 18.46 3.3 6....................................................... 20.97 1.4 – – 20.83 1.4 7....................................................... 24.61 1.0 – – 24.61 1.0 8....................................................... 27.25 5.6 – – 27.62 4.6 Firefighting................................................ 21.58 1.8 – – 21.58 1.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.94 3.6 – – 24.11 3.6 7....................................................... 25.01 2.7 – – 25.01 2.7 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 18.64 8.4 – – 18.64 8.4 Correctional institution officers........................... 18.75 1.5 – – 18.75 1.5 5....................................................... 18.50 1.1 – – 18.50 1.1 Guards and police, except public service.................... 11.03 7.7 10.79 7.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.21 7.2 10.21 7.2 – – Food service.................................................. 8.65 3.8 8.55 3.8 12.52 4.2 1....................................................... 7.54 11.9 7.45 12.1 – – 2....................................................... 6.84 16.0 6.83 16.1 – – 3....................................................... 7.65 12.2 7.42 13.8 – – 4....................................................... 11.53 5.3 11.33 5.0 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.40 9.2 5.40 9.2 – – 1....................................................... 6.70 11.4 6.70 11.4 – – 2....................................................... 2.79 18.6 2.79 18.6 – – 3....................................................... 5.13 21.8 5.13 21.8 – – Bartenders.................................................. 7.61 24.1 7.61 24.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.75 13.1 4.75 13.1 – – 1....................................................... 5.74 13.9 5.74 13.9 – – 2....................................................... 2.52 9.9 2.52 9.9 – – 3....................................................... 4.44 21.9 4.44 21.9 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.39 25.1 6.39 25.1 – – 1....................................................... 8.50 15.8 8.50 15.8 – – Other food service........................................... 11.07 1.6 11.01 1.6 12.52 4.2 1....................................................... 8.47 8.6 8.32 9.1 – – 2....................................................... 9.90 6.7 9.91 6.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.41 4.7 11.31 5.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.41 3.5 12.25 3.6 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 16.48 12.2 16.48 12.2 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.88 1.7 11.78 1.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.41 4.9 11.31 5.7 – – 4....................................................... 11.63 3.4 11.32 2.4 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 9.56 17.4 9.56 17.4 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 10.25 11.5 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.74 6.0 8.60 6.3 – – 1....................................................... 8.07 5.4 7.88 5.4 – – Health service................................................ 11.79 3.3 11.56 3.7 14.05 6.0 2....................................................... 10.59 3.5 10.58 3.5 – – 3....................................................... $12.65 3.8 $12.02 2.1 – – 4....................................................... 11.56 2.9 11.51 3.1 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 14.52 11.3 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.33 2.1 11.25 2.3 $12.79 4.8 2....................................................... 10.53 3.1 10.52 3.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.18 1.6 12.02 2.1 – – 4....................................................... 11.62 3.5 11.56 3.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.13 7.3 10.62 9.3 13.19 3.2 1....................................................... 9.91 8.7 9.79 9.2 12.17 1.9 2....................................................... 12.32 11.7 – – 13.12 5.1 3....................................................... 12.66 5.2 – – 13.52 2.4 4....................................................... 12.93 3.9 – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 10.41 13.9 10.39 14.0 – – 1....................................................... 10.21 13.1 10.21 13.1 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.89 7.0 10.09 10.7 12.92 1.5 1....................................................... 9.74 11.8 9.54 13.0 12.17 1.9 2....................................................... 13.26 13.2 – – 13.12 5.1 3....................................................... 13.48 3.1 – – 13.57 2.5 Personal service.............................................. 11.44 4.4 11.13 4.8 13.20 7.9 2....................................................... 9.11 8.5 8.91 8.3 – – 3....................................................... 12.64 12.6 – – 13.23 9.6 4....................................................... 12.92 10.8 13.31 14.7 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 8.40 2.9 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 11.63 9.8 11.76 10.9 – – 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 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2005 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................................................................... $24.44 1.9 $24.17 2.2 $25.58 3.1 All excluding sales............................................... 24.63 1.8 24.39 2.1 25.57 3.1 White collar........................................................ 28.46 2.3 28.39 2.7 28.74 3.8 2....................................................... 11.37 3.1 11.15 2.9 – – 3....................................................... 13.37 4.2 13.25 4.7 14.44 3.7 4....................................................... 15.15 2.2 15.15 2.4 15.15 1.2 5....................................................... 17.84 3.4 17.96 4.0 17.31 4.6 6....................................................... 20.65 2.2 21.17 2.6 18.36 3.5 7....................................................... 21.84 2.2 22.29 2.1 19.61 6.3 8....................................................... 25.66 4.9 24.52 3.1 28.91 12.6 9....................................................... 32.95 2.0 31.92 3.2 34.63 1.8 10........................................................ 33.58 4.8 33.81 5.7 32.53 5.2 11........................................................ 40.62 2.7 41.79 3.1 35.07 5.7 12........................................................ 51.87 5.1 52.59 5.2 39.63 13.9 13........................................................ 55.37 4.3 60.36 5.1 37.93 3.8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.06 5.9 30.59 6.5 35.40 3.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 29.21 2.4 29.33 2.8 28.76 3.8 2....................................................... 11.53 3.4 11.27 3.0 – – 3....................................................... 12.71 2.7 12.41 2.8 14.44 3.7 4....................................................... 15.24 2.4 15.25 2.8 15.15 1.2 5....................................................... 17.66 2.9 17.76 3.6 17.31 4.6 6....................................................... 20.55 1.8 21.16 2.3 18.30 3.6 7....................................................... 21.86 2.2 22.31 2.1 19.61 6.3 8....................................................... 26.21 4.9 25.17 3.0 28.91 12.6 9....................................................... 32.69 1.9 31.38 3.2 34.63 1.8 10........................................................ 32.58 4.6 32.59 5.6 32.53 5.2 11........................................................ 41.00 2.7 42.09 2.9 35.66 5.9 12........................................................ 51.72 5.2 52.45 5.3 39.63 13.9 13........................................................ 55.37 4.3 60.36 5.1 37.93 3.8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.90 3.8 31.46 4.3 35.40 3.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.79 2.0 32.76 2.6 32.86 2.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 34.91 2.0 35.20 2.6 34.13 3.0 5....................................................... 17.45 6.2 – – – – 6....................................................... 20.81 2.7 20.99 2.6 19.00 14.4 7....................................................... 22.18 3.0 22.26 3.5 21.72 6.6 8....................................................... 28.21 8.1 26.49 6.2 31.40 15.7 9....................................................... 33.63 1.7 31.02 3.3 36.48 .6 10........................................................ 32.69 6.1 31.72 7.6 36.51 6.1 11........................................................ 39.23 2.9 40.65 2.8 32.73 6.7 12........................................................ 50.71 7.3 51.57 7.5 – – 13........................................................ 52.86 3.9 59.20 4.0 36.78 3.8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.95 4.7 34.72 5.2 29.42 8.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.08 4.9 37.56 5.4 34.38 7.2 12........................................................ 43.73 11.6 47.53 9.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... $30.43 3.9 $30.43 3.9 – – Civil engineers............................................. 36.56 10.8 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 40.10 5.3 40.10 5.3 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 32.56 5.6 31.24 5.1 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 37.39 2.8 37.39 2.8 – – 9....................................................... 34.28 4.3 34.28 4.3 – – 10........................................................ 36.29 7.4 36.29 7.4 – – 11........................................................ 41.39 3.2 41.39 3.2 – – 12........................................................ 45.97 6.3 45.97 6.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.26 7.6 40.26 7.6 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 37.69 1.9 37.70 1.9 – – 9....................................................... 34.39 4.2 34.39 4.2 – – 10........................................................ 39.26 5.5 39.26 5.5 – – 11........................................................ 41.39 3.2 41.39 3.2 – – 12........................................................ 46.05 6.8 46.05 6.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.26 7.6 40.26 7.6 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 32.80 16.8 32.80 16.8 – – Natural scientists............................................ 30.78 12.6 31.71 13.5 – – Medical scientists.......................................... 21.91 4.4 – – – – Health related................................................ 33.11 8.8 33.78 9.9 $29.20 14.5 7....................................................... 22.73 4.9 24.51 5.0 20.26 1.7 8....................................................... 30.12 1.8 30.24 1.8 – – 9....................................................... 31.18 1.6 30.67 1.6 – – 10........................................................ 22.79 24.0 – – – – 11........................................................ 30.82 3.4 29.36 3.1 – – Physicians.................................................. 51.96 26.7 51.27 28.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 29.81 1.0 29.86 1.0 29.19 6.3 7....................................................... 23.77 8.1 – – – – 8....................................................... 30.17 1.8 30.24 1.8 – – 9....................................................... 30.91 3.2 31.04 3.2 – – Speech therapists........................................... 36.45 8.8 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 34.84 10.8 32.64 21.6 36.95 1.0 11........................................................ 37.25 5.0 – – – – 12........................................................ 43.75 3.3 – – – – 13........................................................ 38.33 1.3 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 40.47 .3 – – 40.47 .3 Teachers, except college and university....................... 34.44 3.2 23.57 10.7 35.89 1.9 8....................................................... 34.37 14.1 – – 34.92 14.3 9....................................................... 35.29 2.8 25.69 3.1 36.64 .6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 35.01 2.1 – – 35.70 1.1 8....................................................... 32.44 10.4 – – 32.44 10.4 9....................................................... 35.42 3.3 – – 36.26 2.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.12 5.3 – – 36.81 3.1 8....................................................... 35.15 20.8 – – 35.15 20.8 9....................................................... 35.07 4.9 – – 36.96 1.4 Teachers, special education................................. 35.81 4.2 – – 37.11 2.3 9....................................................... $33.67 6.2 – – $36.12 3.8 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 33.36 14.9 – – 37.59 5.1 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 32.83 7.8 – – 35.10 5.3 9....................................................... 35.44 8.4 – – 38.02 2.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 24.18 8.1 $23.49 10.5 24.90 12.4 9....................................................... 27.22 12.8 – – 29.72 11.2 Librarians.................................................. 24.18 8.1 23.49 10.5 24.90 12.4 9....................................................... 27.22 12.8 – – 29.72 11.2 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 28.75 5.3 28.88 5.7 – – Economists.................................................. 26.61 16.7 26.61 16.7 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.69 9.8 19.49 12.9 22.61 16.2 7....................................................... 17.24 5.0 – – – – 8....................................................... 20.55 10.2 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 20.69 9.8 19.49 12.9 22.61 16.2 7....................................................... 17.24 5.0 – – – – 8....................................................... 20.55 10.2 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ 58.16 2.8 60.22 2.0 37.31 21.0 Lawyers..................................................... 58.99 2.4 60.22 2.0 – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 31.07 6.6 31.32 6.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.63 9.3 31.12 9.9 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 33.60 5.6 33.60 5.6 – – Technical....................................................... 22.88 2.9 23.23 3.2 20.52 7.5 4....................................................... 13.96 9.4 13.96 9.4 – – 5....................................................... 18.63 6.3 18.08 5.8 – – 6....................................................... 20.01 4.3 20.85 5.4 – – 7....................................................... 23.22 5.4 23.52 6.2 – – 8....................................................... 22.84 4.0 – – 22.82 8.9 9....................................................... 31.85 4.3 32.25 4.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.77 21.4 21.77 21.4 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.64 8.3 19.61 8.6 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 27.35 2.2 27.35 2.2 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 20.55 2.6 21.47 1.7 17.81 2.3 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.53 6.0 15.87 6.1 23.28 11.9 4....................................................... 12.06 8.0 12.06 8.0 – – 5....................................................... 20.55 19.6 – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 29.26 6.6 29.26 6.6 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 20.49 10.7 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 36.74 5.6 37.84 6.5 30.67 7.8 6....................................................... 19.97 5.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.43 5.0 22.30 4.4 – – 8....................................................... 23.25 4.6 23.19 4.7 23.53 14.8 9....................................................... 29.98 4.4 32.00 5.1 23.84 5.9 10........................................................ 32.35 4.9 34.35 6.5 – – 11........................................................ 38.51 3.2 38.21 3.9 39.99 4.8 12........................................................ $54.06 5.2 $54.42 5.3 – – 13........................................................ 60.46 12.1 62.24 13.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.42 8.9 37.79 10.0 $41.79 14.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 41.47 6.7 42.52 7.5 35.95 11.1 8....................................................... 22.62 4.8 22.63 4.8 – – 9....................................................... 27.46 6.6 28.71 7.2 – – 11........................................................ 39.51 4.0 39.27 5.1 40.26 5.1 12........................................................ 54.78 9.4 55.64 9.7 – – 13........................................................ 60.46 12.1 62.24 13.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.81 8.9 39.29 9.9 42.60 18.6 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 27.25 4.6 – – 27.25 4.6 Financial managers.......................................... 36.74 18.1 33.98 16.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.51 24.1 – – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 45.96 8.6 45.96 8.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.84 21.1 45.84 21.1 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.55 11.1 37.86 20.7 41.64 6.6 11........................................................ 35.96 6.2 – – 39.66 6.9 Managers, medicine and health............................... 36.93 6.4 36.08 6.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.16 6.5 38.03 7.3 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 67.37 15.4 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.81 11.2 42.88 11.6 41.09 15.3 9....................................................... 33.28 6.2 32.63 6.2 – – 11........................................................ 42.25 8.3 42.03 9.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.04 21.4 37.09 23.0 – – Management related............................................ 30.46 5.6 31.74 5.7 22.98 7.1 6....................................................... 19.52 4.5 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.32 7.0 22.29 6.3 – – 8....................................................... 23.81 6.0 23.91 5.5 23.57 15.0 9....................................................... 31.91 7.9 34.22 9.4 23.03 6.7 10........................................................ 31.75 7.4 34.03 9.1 – – 11........................................................ 36.68 7.1 36.72 7.3 – – 12........................................................ 53.41 5.7 53.41 5.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.41 10.2 26.97 10.7 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 26.80 4.2 26.97 5.0 26.12 4.8 Other financial officers.................................... 35.44 15.7 35.57 15.7 – – Management analysts......................................... 32.19 16.8 32.19 16.8 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.48 25.6 30.90 27.9 – – 9....................................................... 37.00 17.6 – – – – Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction..... 21.46 17.0 – – 21.46 17.0 Management related, n.e.c................................... 30.35 10.8 33.57 7.8 21.13 22.3 9....................................................... 29.51 10.7 32.14 10.0 – – Sales............................................................. 21.86 12.1 21.81 12.2 – – 3....................................................... 14.55 7.1 14.55 7.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.54 6.6 14.54 6.6 – – 5....................................................... 18.52 14.2 18.52 14.2 – – 6....................................................... $21.25 10.0 $21.21 10.2 – – 9....................................................... 37.00 6.3 37.00 6.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.16 34.5 25.16 34.5 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 30.93 23.9 31.16 24.3 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 22.84 21.6 22.84 21.6 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 27.90 14.0 27.90 14.0 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 14.81 13.6 14.81 13.6 – – 4....................................................... 11.30 10.3 11.30 10.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 12.59 12.0 12.59 12.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 17.02 1.7 17.14 1.9 $16.44 1.2 2....................................................... 11.53 3.4 11.27 3.0 – – 3....................................................... 12.71 2.7 12.41 2.8 14.44 3.7 4....................................................... 15.52 2.1 15.58 2.4 15.15 1.2 5....................................................... 17.46 4.0 17.98 5.5 16.25 4.2 6....................................................... 20.69 2.9 21.56 3.4 17.64 4.9 7....................................................... 20.46 3.5 20.96 2.6 19.29 8.0 8....................................................... 25.83 3.3 25.94 3.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.64 9.6 20.67 9.6 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 26.70 9.8 27.42 10.0 20.65 11.2 Computer operators.......................................... 16.99 12.6 16.99 12.6 – – Secretaries................................................. 19.14 3.1 19.64 3.6 17.23 5.2 4....................................................... 15.66 5.1 15.52 5.9 16.55 4.2 5....................................................... 17.42 6.6 18.80 7.0 16.12 9.4 6....................................................... 24.08 3.4 25.41 4.0 – – 7....................................................... 21.72 2.4 21.80 2.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.80 7.1 19.80 7.1 – – Interviewers................................................ 15.15 6.8 15.15 6.8 – – Receptionists............................................... 11.51 2.8 11.46 2.8 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 15.53 9.6 15.53 9.6 – – Order clerks................................................ 15.31 7.9 15.31 7.9 – – Library clerks.............................................. 11.94 16.3 – – 13.83 1.3 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.81 6.1 14.80 6.6 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.46 2.7 15.60 2.8 14.61 5.4 4....................................................... 15.87 6.1 16.42 5.6 – – Telephone operators......................................... 11.72 10.7 – – – – Dispatchers................................................. 14.53 9.1 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 15.23 6.8 15.23 6.8 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.24 11.3 – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 15.38 2.0 15.38 2.0 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.69 2.8 16.69 2.8 – – General office clerks....................................... 16.10 4.5 15.95 5.7 16.47 6.5 3....................................................... 14.46 6.3 – – – – 4....................................................... 14.99 5.9 14.38 6.0 – – 5....................................................... 17.59 7.4 – – – – Bank tellers................................................ 10.64 1.3 10.64 1.3 – – Teachers' aides............................................. $13.36 4.7 – – $13.97 1.6 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.90 4.3 $17.35 4.1 15.10 13.2 4....................................................... 17.32 5.8 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 18.46 2.9 18.30 3.3 19.81 5.6 1....................................................... 10.44 5.7 10.39 5.9 – – 2....................................................... 12.19 5.5 12.12 6.1 12.89 6.4 3....................................................... 13.34 5.3 13.28 5.3 – – 4....................................................... 17.24 4.7 17.38 4.9 – – 5....................................................... 18.86 2.2 19.02 2.4 17.68 4.2 6....................................................... 21.71 6.9 21.53 7.4 23.87 6.1 7....................................................... 24.30 3.9 25.27 3.6 20.96 7.5 9....................................................... 31.60 4.8 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.92 6.6 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.26 2.8 22.36 2.9 21.21 8.0 4....................................................... 19.05 9.2 19.05 9.2 – – 5....................................................... 18.95 3.7 19.18 3.6 – – 6....................................................... 22.82 7.9 22.54 8.6 – – 7....................................................... 24.49 3.9 25.38 3.5 20.75 10.5 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.10 4.7 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.94 6.8 17.89 4.7 – – Electricians................................................ 26.22 9.5 27.43 6.3 – – 7....................................................... 25.67 11.7 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.59 2.3 15.59 2.3 – – 1....................................................... 11.04 13.3 11.04 13.3 – – 3....................................................... 17.39 8.4 17.39 8.4 – – 4....................................................... 15.78 5.5 15.78 5.5 – – 5....................................................... 18.80 4.6 18.80 4.6 – – Printing press operators.................................... 20.09 6.9 20.09 6.9 – – Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 10.47 15.3 10.47 15.3 – – 1....................................................... 10.70 22.4 10.70 22.4 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 16.74 7.5 16.74 7.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 15.62 10.8 15.62 10.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.05 5.6 16.38 7.9 19.34 2.5 2....................................................... 11.67 11.6 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.93 7.0 12.75 7.5 – – 4....................................................... 17.38 6.9 17.57 7.8 – – 5....................................................... 18.59 3.1 18.95 3.4 17.85 3.9 6....................................................... 19.74 9.5 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.34 7.9 15.15 8.8 – – 2....................................................... 11.12 15.1 – – – – 3....................................................... 14.08 5.1 13.99 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 15.60 5.0 15.60 5.0 – – Bus drivers................................................. $15.94 13.4 – – $18.68 5.5 Motor transportation, n.e.c................................. 16.13 9.4 – – – – Excavating and loading machine operators.................... 17.51 6.7 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.25 9.2 $16.25 9.2 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.88 5.4 12.32 5.1 17.77 21.3 1....................................................... 10.39 6.8 10.31 7.2 – – 2....................................................... 11.97 8.0 12.06 8.3 – – 3....................................................... 11.93 6.8 11.93 6.8 – – 4....................................................... 15.55 5.8 – – – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 11.81 6.7 11.31 5.6 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.55 8.5 10.14 8.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 16.25 5.9 16.25 5.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.60 10.6 11.60 10.6 – – Service............................................................. 14.28 4.0 11.35 4.4 20.30 3.4 1....................................................... 10.10 10.3 9.92 11.3 12.19 2.1 2....................................................... 10.53 6.4 10.23 6.9 13.60 4.3 3....................................................... 11.45 4.4 10.69 6.0 13.79 3.5 4....................................................... 12.68 2.2 11.85 1.8 15.70 5.7 5....................................................... 18.62 4.8 18.74 10.9 18.54 2.7 6....................................................... 18.01 8.6 15.44 10.9 20.63 1.5 7....................................................... 24.57 1.1 – – 24.47 1.2 8....................................................... 26.90 6.0 – – 27.62 4.6 Protective service............................................ 19.99 5.6 11.37 5.1 23.36 3.7 3....................................................... 10.63 6.6 10.63 6.6 – – 4....................................................... 20.17 13.9 – – – – 5....................................................... 17.85 3.5 – – 18.46 3.3 6....................................................... 21.10 .9 – – 20.96 .7 7....................................................... 24.60 1.0 – – 24.60 1.0 8....................................................... 27.25 5.6 – – 27.62 4.6 Firefighting................................................ 21.58 1.8 – – 21.58 1.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.99 3.4 – – 24.16 3.5 7....................................................... 25.01 2.7 – – 25.01 2.7 Correctional institution officers........................... 18.75 1.5 – – 18.75 1.5 5....................................................... 18.50 1.1 – – 18.50 1.1 Guards and police, except public service.................... 11.12 5.4 10.80 5.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.63 6.6 10.63 6.6 – – Food service.................................................. 10.22 3.3 10.13 3.2 12.92 3.4 1....................................................... 8.89 13.6 8.85 13.8 – – 2....................................................... 8.38 20.6 8.38 20.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.45 16.4 9.20 17.6 – – 4....................................................... 11.62 5.2 11.42 5.0 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.61 8.1 6.61 8.1 – – 1....................................................... 8.08 14.6 8.08 14.6 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.49 9.7 5.49 9.7 – – 1....................................................... $6.79 13.3 $6.79 13.3 – – Other food service........................................... 12.10 2.1 12.06 2.1 $12.92 3.4 1....................................................... 9.68 11.6 9.64 12.0 – – 3....................................................... 11.67 4.9 – – – – 4....................................................... 12.41 3.5 12.25 3.6 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 16.48 12.2 16.48 12.2 – – Cooks....................................................... 12.08 3.5 11.98 3.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.68 5.1 – – – – 4....................................................... 11.63 3.4 11.32 2.4 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.81 8.0 9.74 8.5 – – 1....................................................... 9.08 7.5 9.01 7.8 – – Health service................................................ 11.99 3.1 11.73 3.6 14.21 5.1 2....................................................... 10.81 3.0 10.81 3.0 – – 3....................................................... 12.78 4.8 12.10 2.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.52 3.9 11.45 4.0 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 14.52 11.3 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.46 1.6 11.36 1.9 13.02 4.7 2....................................................... 10.75 2.5 10.74 2.5 – – 3....................................................... 12.26 1.8 12.10 2.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.59 4.8 11.51 5.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 12.05 8.5 11.60 12.1 13.20 3.2 1....................................................... 10.65 9.6 10.51 10.5 – – 2....................................................... 13.15 12.1 – – 13.12 5.1 3....................................................... 12.66 5.2 – – 13.52 2.4 4....................................................... 12.86 4.5 – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 10.38 14.8 10.36 15.0 – – 1....................................................... 10.15 14.2 10.15 14.2 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.42 2.9 11.93 6.9 12.93 1.5 1....................................................... 11.25 7.7 – – – – 2....................................................... 14.71 11.1 – – 13.12 5.1 3....................................................... 13.48 3.1 – – 13.57 2.5 Personal service.............................................. $15.33 14.1 $15.16 18.9 $15.76 14.8 1....................................................... 10.32 16.3 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.23 13.0 – – – – 4....................................................... 12.32 1.4 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 12.14 5.9 11.83 6.4 – – 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2005 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................................................................... $12.17 2.9 $11.79 2.9 $16.83 9.7 All excluding sales............................................... 12.51 3.4 12.09 3.5 16.87 10.0 White collar........................................................ 18.40 4.4 18.17 4.7 19.86 10.5 1....................................................... 7.51 3.4 7.55 3.7 6.90 4.5 2....................................................... 9.44 5.2 9.44 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 11.38 5.9 11.26 6.6 – – 4....................................................... 12.68 6.0 12.77 6.2 – – 5....................................................... 14.81 8.4 18.25 13.5 12.12 5.0 6....................................................... 22.51 9.5 24.30 10.3 15.52 7.5 7....................................................... 19.86 11.2 20.53 12.8 16.39 17.6 8....................................................... 30.55 2.2 30.51 2.0 – – 9....................................................... 29.96 6.2 28.06 8.0 34.26 4.8 10........................................................ 29.69 16.5 29.69 16.5 – – 11........................................................ 66.68 20.9 71.25 21.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.41 23.4 26.19 27.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.28 4.9 24.14 5.6 19.99 10.7 1....................................................... – – – – 6.90 4.5 2....................................................... 10.08 8.4 10.13 8.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.51 4.1 10.28 4.2 – – 4....................................................... 13.08 7.4 13.23 8.0 – – 5....................................................... 15.04 9.3 – – 12.12 5.0 6....................................................... 22.51 9.5 24.30 10.3 15.52 7.5 7....................................................... 19.86 11.2 20.53 12.8 16.39 17.6 8....................................................... 30.55 2.2 30.51 2.0 – – 9....................................................... 29.96 6.2 28.06 8.0 34.26 4.8 10........................................................ 29.69 16.5 29.69 16.5 – – 11........................................................ 66.68 20.9 71.25 21.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.23 14.4 38.27 15.0 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.37 6.4 31.85 8.3 21.89 11.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.67 4.2 37.58 4.7 21.90 12.0 7....................................................... 18.42 13.9 – – – – 8....................................................... 31.39 1.3 31.40 .5 – – 9....................................................... 30.49 6.5 28.67 8.8 34.26 4.8 10........................................................ 29.69 16.5 29.69 16.5 – – 11........................................................ 66.68 20.9 71.25 21.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.14 15.0 38.52 14.8 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.35 2.1 31.08 2.0 – – 8....................................................... 31.67 1.0 31.40 .5 – – 9....................................................... 32.95 6.6 32.95 6.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 30.94 2.0 30.97 2.1 – – 8....................................................... 31.36 .5 31.40 .5 – – 9....................................................... 32.95 6.6 32.95 6.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. $50.43 19.8 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 18.31 5.3 – – $17.70 5.0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 19.60 13.4 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 18.63 6.0 – – 18.26 7.2 Librarians.................................................. 18.63 6.0 – – 18.26 7.2 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.00 15.4 $16.99 15.4 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 20.91 2.8 20.92 2.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 10.07 4.0 10.04 4.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.74 3.7 7.74 3.7 – – 2....................................................... 9.27 5.8 9.27 5.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.07 6.7 12.00 7.3 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.27 6.8 9.27 6.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.70 3.4 10.65 3.6 – – 2....................................................... 9.78 8.0 9.78 8.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.69 7.7 12.59 8.9 13.31 10.5 1....................................................... – – – – 6.90 4.5 2....................................................... 10.08 8.4 10.13 8.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.42 4.3 10.15 4.4 – – 4....................................................... 13.64 7.2 14.10 6.7 – – 5....................................................... 17.86 10.7 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 19.43 15.2 19.43 15.2 – – Receptionists............................................... 10.66 9.6 10.68 9.6 – – Library clerks.............................................. 9.87 2.3 – – 9.87 2.3 1....................................................... 6.90 4.5 – – 6.90 4.5 Blue collar......................................................... 9.36 6.9 9.04 7.2 – – 1....................................................... 7.28 2.1 7.26 2.1 – – 2....................................................... 9.89 19.1 9.89 19.1 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.07 22.7 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $8.68 3.4 $8.68 3.4 – – 1....................................................... 7.27 2.1 7.27 2.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.53 6.3 9.53 6.3 – – 1....................................................... 7.52 2.0 7.52 2.0 – – Service............................................................. 8.28 5.1 8.22 5.5 $9.70 4.6 1....................................................... 8.44 7.8 8.40 8.1 10.37 5.7 2....................................................... 7.09 8.9 7.03 9.1 – – 3....................................................... 7.35 10.0 7.34 10.4 – – 4....................................................... 12.40 8.4 12.82 8.3 – – Protective service............................................ 10.85 18.0 10.55 19.8 – – 3....................................................... 8.70 4.1 8.70 4.1 – – Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.78 21.3 10.78 21.3 – – Food service.................................................. 5.89 4.8 5.81 4.8 – – 1....................................................... 6.13 5.9 5.95 4.6 – – 2....................................................... 5.98 11.9 5.96 12.0 – – 3....................................................... 5.29 11.0 5.29 11.0 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.14 17.9 4.14 17.9 – – 2....................................................... 2.33 5.4 2.33 5.4 – – 3....................................................... 4.38 26.7 4.38 26.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.11 17.1 4.11 17.1 – – Other food service........................................... 8.27 5.5 8.16 6.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.04 4.2 6.70 2.4 – – 2....................................................... 9.06 8.9 9.06 9.0 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.37 5.7 7.13 5.4 – – Health service................................................ 10.83 5.8 10.85 5.8 – – 2....................................................... 9.77 6.3 9.77 6.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.83 5.8 10.85 5.8 – – 2....................................................... 9.77 6.3 9.77 6.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.92 6.4 8.92 6.4 – – 1....................................................... 8.83 6.4 8.84 6.4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.75 6.6 8.76 6.6 – – 1....................................................... 8.65 6.5 8.66 6.5 – – Personal service.............................................. 9.20 7.5 – – 8.17 1.6 2....................................................... 8.06 5.0 7.98 5.1 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 10.60 22.1 – – – – 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2005 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....................................................... $24.44 $12.17 $21.26 $23.50 $23.12 $22.17 All excluding sales............................................. 24.63 12.51 21.70 23.77 23.45 20.07 White collar........................................................ 28.46 18.40 28.07 27.76 28.03 23.64 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 29.21 23.28 30.85 28.71 29.01 22.41 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.79 29.37 36.02 32.01 32.59 – Professional specialty.......................................... 34.91 32.67 35.80 34.61 34.79 – Technical....................................................... 22.88 17.00 37.20 20.31 22.49 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 36.74 – 24.15 37.03 36.49 – Sales............................................................. 21.86 10.07 14.43 20.38 16.87 23.92 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 17.02 12.69 17.13 16.73 16.76 16.95 Blue collar......................................................... 18.46 9.36 19.58 16.92 17.69 19.33 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.26 – 23.83 21.30 21.59 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.59 – 17.32 14.73 15.44 – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.05 9.07 18.10 15.66 16.53 16.98 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.88 8.68 12.64 11.56 11.88 – Service............................................................. 14.28 8.28 15.20 11.20 12.46 – 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....................................................... 1.9 2.9 4.9 2.3 1.9 10.8 All excluding sales............................................. 1.8 3.4 4.7 2.4 1.7 15.9 White collar........................................................ 2.3 4.4 7.1 2.5 2.3 13.0 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.4 4.9 4.0 2.6 2.1 33.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.0 6.4 3.6 2.6 2.1 – Professional specialty.......................................... 2.0 4.2 .9 2.2 2.0 – Technical....................................................... 2.9 15.4 22.5 5.5 3.2 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.6 – 8.7 5.7 5.3 – Sales............................................................. 12.1 4.0 8.0 11.6 13.8 16.7 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 1.7 7.7 3.3 1.6 1.6 5.6 Blue collar......................................................... 2.9 6.9 4.0 3.2 4.3 18.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.8 – 3.2 3.8 5.0 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.3 – 9.5 2.4 3.0 – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.6 22.7 4.6 7.2 5.9 10.9 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.4 3.4 5.9 7.1 5.9 – Service............................................................. 4.0 5.1 5.1 4.8 2.8 – 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 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2005 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....................................................... $22.62 - - - $25.35 - $26.16 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 22.94 - - - 25.26 - 25.34 - - - White collar........................................................ 27.68 - - - 30.50 - 28.05 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 29.08 - - - 30.66 - 26.96 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.71 - - - 35.48 - 31.19 - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 35.32 - - - 37.02 - 35.91 - - - Technical....................................................... 22.76 - - - 29.28 - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 37.74 - - - 39.47 - 45.17 - - - Sales............................................................. 19.41 - - - – - – - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.86 - - - 18.98 - 17.39 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 17.62 - - - 18.40 - 22.40 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.33 - - - 22.58 - 26.92 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.42 - - - 17.34 - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 15.87 - - - 17.79 - 18.27 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.40 - - - 15.31 - – - - - Service............................................................. 10.15 - - - – - – - - - 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....................................................... 2.0 - - - 2.4 - 12.0 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 2.1 - - - 2.9 - 9.0 - - - White collar........................................................ 2.6 - - - 1.5 - 17.2 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.7 - - - .4 - 14.0 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.7 - - - 7.9 - 22.8 - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 2.5 - - - 7.1 - 9.4 - - - Technical....................................................... 3.6 - - - 5.4 - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.4 - - - 6.7 - 4.8 - - - Sales............................................................. 11.0 - - - – - – - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 1.8 - - - 7.0 - 5.2 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 3.5 - - - .4 - 5.0 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.0 - - - 1.9 - 2.3 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.5 - - - 4.6 - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 7.8 - - - 6.6 - 14.9 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.7 - - - 14.9 - – - - - Service............................................................. 3.6 - - - – - – - - - 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 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2005 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....................................................... $22.62 $20.12 $23.27 $21.11 $26.12 All excluding sales............................................. 22.94 20.03 23.67 21.64 26.08 White collar........................................................ 27.68 26.35 27.99 25.66 30.32 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 29.08 27.70 29.38 28.07 30.44 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.71 32.08 32.83 30.36 34.54 Professional specialty.......................................... 35.32 33.79 35.63 35.20 35.90 Technical....................................................... 22.76 23.12 22.70 16.87 28.53 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 37.74 36.18 38.08 36.35 39.91 Sales............................................................. 19.41 20.85 18.92 17.54 27.45 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.86 16.37 16.98 17.55 16.50 Blue collar......................................................... 17.62 15.93 18.10 17.94 18.82 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.33 20.64 22.79 22.55 23.74 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.42 15.13 15.52 15.15 17.69 Transportation and material moving................................ 15.87 14.44 16.15 16.51 13.15 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.40 9.43 12.07 11.37 13.88 Service............................................................. 10.15 7.95 10.91 10.42 11.50 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....................................................... 2.0 5.5 2.2 4.2 4.8 All excluding sales............................................. 2.1 6.4 2.0 4.1 4.6 White collar........................................................ 2.6 4.8 2.4 4.4 2.9 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.7 4.8 2.5 4.2 2.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.7 4.8 2.8 7.0 2.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 2.5 5.5 2.3 4.6 2.1 Technical....................................................... 3.6 13.4 4.1 4.9 7.8 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.4 9.0 6.5 5.2 9.5 Sales............................................................. 11.0 20.0 13.2 12.0 34.7 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 1.8 8.6 3.3 6.0 3.2 Blue collar......................................................... 3.5 6.9 4.7 4.9 7.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.0 8.5 1.8 2.2 4.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.5 4.0 4.5 4.8 13.9 Transportation and material moving................................ 7.8 11.7 9.1 9.6 26.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.7 4.1 5.1 6.8 6.3 Service............................................................. 3.6 5.6 3.6 5.0 4.9 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 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.10 $12.64 $19.23 $29.45 $42.48 All excluding sales........................... 9.27 12.84 19.73 29.81 42.90 White collar.................................... 11.97 16.35 23.81 35.67 48.21 White collar excluding sales................ 12.98 17.57 25.00 36.42 49.28 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.94 22.00 30.14 40.44 50.48 Professional specialty...................... 19.23 24.76 32.69 42.31 51.72 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.00 27.64 34.14 44.48 53.76 Civil engineers......................... 23.73 25.44 31.95 43.25 60.57 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 22.32 27.50 42.30 45.68 50.35 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 19.25 21.80 30.29 41.52 46.35 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 24.03 29.34 37.50 45.43 52.20 Computer systems analysts and scientists 24.76 29.84 38.00 45.37 52.20 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............................. 18.48 22.12 31.20 42.95 50.49 Natural scientists........................ 16.35 20.31 24.06 35.77 69.71 Medical scientists...................... 15.73 17.79 24.06 24.06 26.52 Health related............................ 20.02 24.00 30.02 34.34 42.05 Physicians.............................. 10.25 10.62 39.42 86.54 96.15 Registered nurses....................... 22.64 26.09 30.28 33.44 36.38 Speech therapists....................... 22.84 28.26 38.42 43.69 49.78 Therapists, n.e.c....................... 20.25 22.39 24.04 24.04 30.30 Teachers, college and university.......... 20.00 24.11 34.09 44.32 53.20 Other post-secondary teachers........... 28.28 31.23 40.00 47.79 51.11 Teachers, except college and university... 20.85 26.07 32.53 41.46 48.99 Prekindergarten and kindergarten........ 14.19 15.79 24.72 31.33 40.81 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.94 27.02 32.60 41.68 49.52 Secondary school teachers............... 23.37 27.03 33.79 42.37 50.22 Teachers, special education............. 24.72 27.84 35.20 41.79 48.65 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 12.15 22.48 32.74 41.84 49.11 Vocational and educational counselors... 17.69 22.53 31.03 42.37 48.48 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 15.90 19.34 21.89 27.23 34.03 Librarians.............................. 15.90 19.34 21.89 27.23 34.03 Social scientists and urban planners...... 14.53 18.61 21.58 33.41 52.88 Economists.............................. 14.53 18.99 22.42 33.27 47.92 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 14.42 16.94 18.15 24.35 28.13 Social workers.......................... 14.42 17.33 18.15 25.29 29.23 Lawyers and judges........................ 34.69 51.37 60.10 68.63 72.12 Lawyers................................. 34.69 51.92 60.10 68.63 72.12 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 17.31 21.03 32.21 39.54 43.59 Editors and reporters................... 18.97 21.03 35.41 42.80 43.59 Technical................................... 11.00 14.90 19.23 24.66 30.72 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 13.49 14.90 18.27 22.98 29.25 Radiological technicians................ 22.39 23.47 27.18 30.74 33.17 Licensed practical nurses............... 17.08 17.85 20.55 22.73 24.58 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 10.00 10.64 13.39 19.00 28.25 Electrical and electronic technicians... 19.60 24.78 30.10 33.65 37.45 Technical and related, n.e.c............ $15.67 $16.74 $19.76 $21.58 $29.14 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.63 23.50 32.48 46.15 57.69 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.19 26.27 37.33 52.90 69.95 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 20.02 21.99 25.69 31.26 32.34 Financial managers...................... 19.63 24.35 31.82 43.30 60.47 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 23.61 29.92 43.59 57.93 70.70 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 27.01 29.79 33.65 45.33 56.92 Managers, medicine and health........... 28.27 32.15 40.87 40.87 41.04 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 27.01 41.97 41.97 93.41 109.89 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 19.74 28.02 43.27 54.14 63.73 Management related........................ 18.12 20.25 27.78 36.27 48.80 Accountants and auditors................ 19.47 21.64 26.44 30.29 35.83 Other financial officers................ 19.79 21.40 32.51 48.56 48.80 Management analysts..................... 19.95 19.95 31.11 40.14 48.30 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 14.66 18.73 26.10 36.27 57.21 Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction.................. 13.84 17.49 18.94 28.72 28.72 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.85 20.21 29.72 35.79 54.53 Sales......................................... 8.00 10.70 15.03 21.16 39.52 Supervisors, sales...................... 14.27 16.60 26.65 44.93 60.32 Sales, other business services.......... 13.50 14.47 16.44 31.25 43.24 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 16.25 19.62 19.62 40.53 42.81 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.06 8.27 11.60 17.29 22.16 Cashiers................................ 7.00 8.20 11.85 14.76 16.98 Sales support, n.e.c.................... 8.41 14.42 16.11 33.36 42.07 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.45 12.57 15.71 19.74 24.30 Supervisors, general office............. 18.54 22.84 26.35 34.00 34.00 Computer operators...................... 10.50 12.36 16.41 21.19 23.98 Secretaries............................. 12.50 15.04 18.60 22.43 27.13 Interviewers............................ 11.42 13.25 14.95 16.64 18.29 Hotel clerks............................ 8.00 8.00 9.00 9.76 12.00 Receptionists........................... 10.00 11.00 11.00 11.80 12.26 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 11.78 12.38 14.64 18.68 20.96 Order clerks............................ 9.50 10.61 15.00 16.91 20.71 Library clerks.......................... 7.50 8.45 9.49 13.92 17.19 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 11.37 12.46 13.80 17.07 19.97 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 12.00 13.73 15.39 16.44 18.16 Telephone operators..................... 6.75 9.95 12.85 13.35 13.84 Dispatchers............................. 10.80 11.47 14.04 17.12 17.73 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 12.33 12.35 14.81 15.97 21.70 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.50 9.20 11.88 12.89 18.46 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ $12.31 $13.59 $14.94 $17.33 $19.08 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 11.55 14.62 17.08 17.67 19.36 General office clerks................... 11.55 13.35 15.25 17.99 21.28 Bank tellers............................ 9.50 10.10 10.45 10.45 11.75 Teachers' aides......................... 9.35 10.55 12.64 15.37 19.47 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.76 14.31 16.98 19.02 20.94 Blue collar..................................... 9.00 12.25 16.40 22.53 27.70 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.00 16.97 21.75 27.02 30.00 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 12.53 15.10 19.44 23.39 25.41 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.55 13.88 20.25 23.00 25.87 Electricians............................ 16.97 26.90 27.70 30.15 30.15 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.25 11.83 14.40 17.25 22.70 Printing press operators................ 15.35 16.40 20.25 24.00 26.06 Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............................ 7.40 8.54 9.25 13.50 13.77 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 12.75 13.24 16.76 16.76 20.50 Assemblers.............................. 11.00 11.80 11.83 17.13 26.83 Transportation and material moving............ 9.00 13.03 15.87 20.36 24.24 Truck drivers........................... 10.56 13.45 15.03 16.87 20.76 Bus drivers............................. 7.90 11.16 15.71 19.41 24.30 Motor transportation, n.e.c............. 10.73 12.25 15.27 20.28 20.36 Excavating and loading machine operators 14.00 15.73 17.00 19.00 22.53 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.59 12.98 15.49 20.36 20.36 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.21 8.50 11.00 13.33 16.98 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.50 9.83 10.38 14.15 17.59 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.65 7.75 8.70 12.60 14.14 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.00 10.50 15.30 19.67 20.54 Hand packers and packagers.............. 5.50 5.50 8.00 9.50 15.30 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.69 9.75 10.50 12.75 16.83 Service......................................... 6.50 8.46 10.75 14.08 22.06 Protective service........................ 8.55 11.81 18.20 24.32 29.93 Firefighting............................ 15.24 18.52 21.85 23.96 26.33 Police and detectives, public service... 16.71 19.06 24.14 27.94 30.41 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 11.87 14.35 19.43 23.22 23.22 Correctional institution officers....... 14.93 16.06 18.98 21.47 22.50 Guards and police, except public service 8.00 8.50 10.40 12.30 14.90 Food service.............................. 2.13 6.00 8.14 11.89 14.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 5.15 7.16 10.38 Bartenders.............................. $2.13 $7.00 $7.00 $10.83 $14.23 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 5.15 6.09 8.14 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 2.13 2.13 7.00 8.06 10.75 Other food service....................... 7.00 8.25 10.56 13.20 15.20 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 11.34 13.71 15.87 18.03 27.92 Cooks................................... 9.00 10.00 12.00 13.13 15.20 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 5.90 7.25 8.50 14.07 14.07 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 8.00 9.04 9.62 11.75 13.40 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 7.00 8.00 11.00 13.18 Health service............................ 9.00 10.00 11.41 13.01 14.78 Health aides, except nursing............ 10.00 12.00 13.80 16.00 22.81 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.74 9.82 11.14 12.51 13.61 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 8.49 10.43 12.93 14.63 Maids and housemen...................... 7.00 8.24 9.89 13.23 13.96 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 8.46 10.50 12.41 14.63 Personal service.......................... 7.50 8.75 9.75 11.50 15.18 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 6.16 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.25 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.50 8.00 11.43 12.90 13.36 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2005 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.60 $12.00 $18.27 $28.85 $42.79 All excluding sales........................... 8.75 12.00 18.77 29.33 43.25 White collar.................................... 11.45 15.75 23.08 35.34 48.80 White collar excluding sales................ 12.50 17.39 24.76 36.30 50.48 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.28 21.09 29.96 40.64 51.61 Professional specialty...................... 19.00 24.24 33.06 42.95 53.05 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.75 27.50 34.28 46.20 60.34 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 22.32 27.50 42.30 45.68 50.35 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 19.25 21.00 28.85 42.59 46.50 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 24.03 29.34 37.50 45.43 52.20 Computer systems analysts and scientists 24.76 29.84 38.00 45.37 52.20 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............................. 18.48 22.12 31.20 42.95 50.49 Natural scientists........................ 16.35 20.31 24.28 35.77 69.71 Health related............................ 22.00 24.70 30.27 34.51 40.64 Physicians.............................. 10.25 10.25 35.22 86.54 96.15 Registered nurses....................... 22.63 26.09 30.28 33.46 36.44 Teachers, college and university.......... 17.97 20.21 30.03 46.62 55.65 Teachers, except college and university... 12.15 19.42 23.12 29.21 33.49 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 10.79 10.79 12.15 20.86 21.50 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 15.65 19.34 21.89 25.63 34.03 Librarians.............................. 15.65 19.34 21.89 25.63 34.03 Social scientists and urban planners...... 14.05 18.61 21.16 36.50 52.89 Economists.............................. 14.53 18.99 22.42 33.27 47.92 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 14.42 16.28 17.39 21.72 26.74 Social workers.......................... 14.42 16.28 18.15 25.05 26.74 Lawyers and judges........................ 48.08 57.69 60.10 68.63 72.12 Lawyers................................. 48.08 57.69 60.10 68.63 72.12 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 18.27 22.00 32.21 39.54 43.59 Editors and reporters................... 18.97 21.03 35.41 42.80 43.59 Technical................................... 10.50 14.24 19.23 25.10 31.38 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 13.49 14.90 18.27 22.97 31.54 Radiological technicians................ 22.39 23.47 27.18 30.74 33.17 Licensed practical nurses............... 17.25 19.25 21.32 23.40 25.15 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 10.00 10.50 13.25 18.00 25.10 Electrical and electronic technicians... 19.60 24.78 30.10 33.65 37.45 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.74 24.32 33.65 48.08 59.54 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.00 26.92 38.86 53.85 72.12 Financial managers...................... 19.63 24.35 29.09 43.30 56.29 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 23.61 29.92 43.59 57.93 70.70 Administrators, education and related fields............................... $23.75 $29.79 $30.67 $33.65 $81.06 Managers, medicine and health........... 28.01 32.15 38.63 40.87 41.04 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 19.74 28.02 43.27 55.15 63.73 Management related........................ 18.78 21.50 29.92 36.27 48.80 Accountants and auditors................ 18.58 21.99 26.44 30.29 35.17 Other financial officers................ 19.79 21.40 32.51 48.56 48.80 Management analysts..................... 19.95 19.95 31.11 40.14 48.30 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 14.66 18.82 31.28 36.27 57.21 Management related, n.e.c............... 19.96 24.10 33.73 37.16 54.53 Sales......................................... 8.00 10.55 14.99 20.81 39.52 Supervisors, sales...................... 14.27 16.40 29.81 45.68 61.06 Sales, other business services.......... 13.50 14.47 16.44 31.25 43.24 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 16.25 19.62 19.62 40.53 42.81 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.06 8.27 11.60 17.29 22.16 Cashiers................................ 7.00 8.20 11.80 14.76 16.98 Sales support, n.e.c.................... 8.41 14.42 16.11 33.36 42.07 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.45 12.35 15.65 20.00 24.62 Supervisors, general office............. 19.60 24.09 26.88 34.00 34.00 Computer operators...................... 10.50 12.36 16.41 21.19 23.98 Secretaries............................. 12.50 15.39 19.53 22.86 28.83 Interviewers............................ 11.42 13.25 14.95 16.64 18.29 Hotel clerks............................ 8.00 8.00 9.00 9.76 12.00 Receptionists........................... 10.00 11.00 11.00 11.80 12.26 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 11.78 12.38 14.64 18.68 20.96 Order clerks............................ 9.50 10.61 15.00 16.91 20.71 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 11.33 12.26 13.69 17.69 20.62 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 12.50 13.80 15.39 16.44 18.51 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 12.33 12.35 14.81 15.97 21.70 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.50 9.20 11.88 12.82 16.10 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 12.31 13.59 14.94 17.33 19.08 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 11.55 14.62 17.08 17.67 19.36 General office clerks................... 11.54 12.36 15.50 17.99 20.48 Bank tellers............................ 9.50 10.10 10.45 10.45 11.75 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 12.02 14.31 18.29 19.46 20.94 Blue collar..................................... 9.00 12.00 16.16 22.17 27.70 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.00 17.00 21.84 27.15 30.15 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.50 12.00 18.40 21.00 23.00 Electricians............................ 20.18 26.90 27.70 30.15 30.15 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. $9.25 $11.83 $14.16 $17.25 $22.82 Printing press operators................ 15.35 16.40 20.47 24.00 26.06 Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............................ 7.40 8.54 9.25 13.50 13.77 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 12.75 13.24 16.76 16.76 20.50 Assemblers.............................. 11.00 11.80 11.83 17.13 26.83 Transportation and material moving............ 8.00 12.75 15.49 20.36 23.00 Truck drivers........................... 10.19 13.30 14.96 16.55 20.76 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.59 12.98 15.49 20.36 20.36 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.00 8.50 10.48 13.00 16.47 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.50 9.83 10.38 11.25 17.59 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.65 7.55 8.50 12.00 14.14 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.00 10.50 15.30 19.67 20.54 Hand packers and packagers.............. 5.50 5.50 8.00 9.50 15.30 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.69 9.75 10.50 12.75 16.83 Service......................................... 6.09 7.85 9.75 12.20 13.96 Protective service........................ 8.00 8.50 10.39 12.30 15.00 Guards and police, except public service 8.00 8.50 10.00 12.00 13.47 Food service.............................. 2.13 5.50 8.00 11.50 13.77 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 5.15 7.16 10.38 Bartenders.............................. 2.13 7.00 7.00 10.83 14.23 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 5.15 6.09 8.14 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 2.13 2.13 7.00 8.06 10.75 Other food service....................... 7.00 8.00 10.50 13.13 15.22 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 11.34 13.71 15.87 18.03 27.92 Cooks................................... 8.90 10.00 12.00 13.00 15.20 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 5.90 7.25 8.50 14.07 14.07 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 7.00 7.80 10.25 13.00 Health service............................ 9.00 9.99 11.20 12.59 13.90 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.61 9.82 11.08 12.50 13.49 Cleaning and building service............. $7.00 $8.00 $10.00 $12.41 $13.96 Maids and housemen...................... 7.00 8.24 9.89 13.42 13.96 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 7.52 9.75 12.41 13.30 Personal service.......................... 7.50 8.75 9.75 10.55 13.07 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.50 8.00 11.43 12.90 13.27 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2005 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $12.84 $16.38 $22.53 $31.26 $42.26 All excluding sales........................... 12.83 16.37 22.53 31.26 42.27 White collar.................................... 14.52 17.81 26.26 36.45 46.28 White collar excluding sales................ 14.52 17.81 26.27 36.54 46.38 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.66 23.95 31.03 40.44 48.38 Professional specialty...................... 20.02 25.69 32.20 40.91 48.96 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.89 28.96 32.59 39.55 41.75 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 20.02 20.02 26.11 34.21 48.21 Registered nurses....................... 22.86 26.02 29.77 33.41 34.21 Teachers, college and university.......... 26.44 30.85 34.97 43.48 50.60 Other post-secondary teachers........... 27.94 31.23 39.95 45.94 50.86 Teachers, except college and university... 23.16 26.96 33.88 42.37 49.78 Elementary school teachers.............. 25.35 27.62 34.07 42.26 49.78 Secondary school teachers............... 25.69 28.21 35.91 43.01 50.80 Teachers, special education............. 26.41 30.03 37.06 42.90 49.10 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 23.20 30.15 34.94 46.38 50.05 Vocational and educational counselors... 22.53 26.62 33.78 42.90 48.91 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 16.05 19.18 22.04 28.30 35.75 Librarians.............................. 16.05 19.18 22.04 28.30 35.75 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 16.94 17.59 18.84 25.97 35.86 Social workers.......................... 16.94 17.59 18.93 27.60 35.90 Lawyers and judges........................ 18.56 25.43 28.59 49.34 52.38 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 15.90 17.08 19.86 22.62 27.50 Licensed practical nurses............... 16.45 17.08 17.08 19.05 20.32 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 15.53 18.94 22.62 26.27 30.20 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.05 20.99 27.89 38.18 49.41 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 21.58 25.64 31.26 44.31 52.48 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 20.02 21.99 25.69 31.26 32.34 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 28.95 37.33 43.74 47.26 51.42 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 25.23 25.83 42.27 51.25 52.48 Management related........................ 14.52 17.55 21.38 28.72 35.87 Accountants and auditors................ 21.38 21.38 23.33 30.53 37.14 Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction.................. 13.84 17.49 18.94 28.72 28.72 Management related, n.e.c............... 12.83 14.52 17.60 28.06 36.73 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... $12.04 $13.84 $15.84 $18.12 $21.60 Supervisors, general office............. 14.02 15.06 17.61 26.77 27.05 Secretaries............................. 12.96 14.58 16.17 19.13 23.10 Library clerks.......................... 6.73 8.74 12.75 13.92 16.48 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.65 13.21 14.41 16.40 18.04 General office clerks................... 13.35 14.00 15.18 17.66 22.60 Teachers' aides......................... 9.82 12.64 13.91 16.38 20.92 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.84 12.44 16.98 16.98 17.57 Blue collar..................................... 12.42 14.69 18.03 24.83 27.88 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.28 16.52 21.06 25.91 27.88 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 12.87 14.72 17.73 22.53 25.49 Bus drivers............................. 13.35 14.66 17.42 20.56 25.13 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 10.71 11.49 13.27 25.53 29.22 Service......................................... 11.14 14.14 18.50 24.07 29.94 Protective service........................ 15.49 17.94 21.99 27.50 32.50 Firefighting............................ 15.24 18.52 21.85 23.96 26.33 Police and detectives, public service... 16.71 19.24 24.23 28.13 30.41 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 11.87 14.35 19.43 23.22 23.22 Correctional institution officers....... 14.93 16.06 18.98 21.47 22.50 Food service.............................. 8.90 11.71 13.20 14.24 14.32 Other food service....................... 8.90 11.71 13.20 14.24 14.32 Health service............................ 10.78 12.44 14.14 15.74 16.55 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 10.14 11.17 12.67 14.14 14.14 Cleaning and building service............. 10.23 11.14 12.42 14.46 17.44 Janitors and cleaners................... 10.14 11.14 12.26 14.12 17.02 Personal service.......................... 6.81 9.22 12.85 15.96 22.07 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.59 $14.06 $20.32 $30.63 $43.37 All excluding sales........................... 10.75 14.19 20.54 30.92 43.69 White collar.................................... 12.82 17.01 24.33 36.15 48.75 White collar excluding sales................ 13.40 17.77 25.34 36.67 49.66 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.16 22.12 30.29 40.71 50.48 Professional specialty...................... 19.35 25.00 33.12 42.44 51.80 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.00 27.89 34.28 44.66 54.57 Civil engineers......................... 23.73 25.44 31.95 43.25 60.57 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 22.32 34.21 42.66 46.68 50.87 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 19.25 21.80 30.29 41.52 46.35 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 23.80 29.25 37.07 45.00 51.92 Computer systems analysts and scientists 24.52 29.81 37.50 44.85 51.68 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............................. 18.48 22.12 31.20 42.95 50.49 Natural scientists........................ 16.35 20.31 24.06 35.77 69.71 Medical scientists...................... 15.73 17.79 24.06 24.06 26.52 Health related............................ 20.02 23.15 29.32 34.33 43.96 Physicians.............................. 10.25 10.62 39.42 86.54 96.15 Registered nurses....................... 22.43 25.97 30.27 33.20 36.40 Speech therapists....................... 22.84 28.26 38.29 43.69 49.90 Teachers, college and university.......... 20.00 24.11 34.04 42.56 51.99 Other post-secondary teachers........... 30.06 32.06 40.31 47.70 51.05 Teachers, except college and university... 23.07 26.79 33.14 42.02 49.33 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.94 27.02 32.60 41.68 49.52 Secondary school teachers............... 23.37 26.96 33.68 42.37 50.22 Teachers, special education............. 24.72 27.84 35.20 41.79 48.65 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 12.15 24.80 34.00 44.98 50.05 Vocational and educational counselors... 17.79 22.64 31.36 42.42 48.48 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 17.14 19.54 22.35 27.23 34.03 Librarians.............................. 17.14 19.54 22.35 27.23 34.03 Social scientists and urban planners...... 14.53 18.61 21.61 33.44 52.88 Economists.............................. 14.53 18.99 22.42 33.27 47.92 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 14.42 17.33 18.15 25.29 29.23 Social workers.......................... 14.42 17.33 18.15 25.29 29.23 Lawyers and judges........................ 34.69 51.92 60.10 68.63 72.12 Lawyers................................. 34.69 52.38 60.10 68.63 72.12 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 17.31 21.03 32.21 40.32 44.23 Editors and reporters................... 18.97 21.03 35.41 42.80 43.59 Technical................................... 11.16 15.22 19.43 25.00 30.74 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 13.49 14.90 18.27 22.80 29.25 Radiological technicians................ 22.39 23.34 26.65 30.74 32.73 Licensed practical nurses............... 17.08 17.85 20.32 22.55 24.50 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 10.00 11.00 14.48 19.83 28.25 Electrical and electronic technicians... 19.60 24.78 30.10 33.65 37.45 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 15.67 16.74 19.76 21.58 29.14 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... $19.63 $23.50 $32.54 $46.17 $57.69 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.19 26.20 37.38 52.90 69.95 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 20.02 21.99 25.64 31.26 32.34 Financial managers...................... 19.63 24.35 31.82 43.30 60.47 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 23.61 29.92 43.59 57.93 70.70 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 27.01 29.79 33.65 45.33 56.92 Managers, medicine and health........... 28.27 32.15 40.87 40.87 41.04 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 27.01 41.97 41.97 93.41 109.89 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 19.74 28.02 43.27 54.14 63.73 Management related........................ 18.12 20.25 28.45 36.27 48.80 Accountants and auditors................ 19.02 21.64 26.44 30.29 35.83 Other financial officers................ 19.79 21.40 32.51 48.56 48.80 Management analysts..................... 19.95 19.95 31.11 40.14 48.30 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 14.66 17.55 26.09 36.27 57.21 Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction.................. 13.84 17.49 18.94 28.72 28.72 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.80 20.42 29.72 35.79 54.53 Sales......................................... 9.53 13.17 16.98 26.28 41.83 Supervisors, sales...................... 14.27 16.60 26.65 44.93 60.32 Sales, other business services.......... 13.50 14.47 16.44 31.25 43.24 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 16.25 19.62 19.62 40.53 42.81 Sales workers, other commodities........ 8.18 10.57 12.66 19.77 22.55 Cashiers................................ 7.67 9.00 12.50 16.98 16.98 Administrative support, including clerical.... 11.00 13.00 16.00 19.81 24.45 Supervisors, general office............. 18.54 22.84 26.35 34.00 34.00 Computer operators...................... 10.50 12.36 16.41 21.19 23.98 Secretaries............................. 12.50 15.04 18.42 22.54 26.44 Interviewers............................ 11.97 13.46 15.08 16.99 18.36 Receptionists........................... 11.00 11.00 11.00 11.80 12.26 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 11.78 12.38 14.64 18.68 20.96 Order clerks............................ 10.00 12.00 15.15 17.09 21.18 Library clerks.......................... 8.45 8.45 10.83 13.92 17.97 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 11.37 12.46 13.80 17.07 19.97 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 12.62 13.80 15.39 16.53 18.51 Telephone operators..................... 6.75 9.95 12.85 13.35 13.84 Dispatchers............................. 10.80 11.47 14.04 17.12 17.73 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 12.33 12.35 14.81 15.97 21.70 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.50 9.23 11.88 12.89 18.46 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 12.31 13.59 14.94 17.33 19.08 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 13.87 15.28 17.08 17.67 19.41 General office clerks................... $11.72 $13.39 $15.40 $17.99 $21.51 Bank tellers............................ 9.54 10.10 10.45 10.45 12.00 Teachers' aides......................... 9.37 10.55 12.64 15.37 17.56 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 12.02 14.31 17.43 19.02 20.94 Blue collar..................................... 10.00 13.00 16.94 23.00 27.78 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.00 17.00 21.75 27.15 30.00 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 12.53 15.10 19.44 23.39 25.41 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.55 13.88 20.25 23.00 25.87 Electricians............................ 16.97 26.90 27.70 30.15 30.15 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 10.00 12.03 14.40 17.29 22.82 Printing press operators................ 15.35 16.40 20.47 24.00 26.06 Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............................ 7.40 8.54 9.25 13.50 13.77 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 12.75 13.24 16.76 16.76 20.50 Assemblers.............................. 11.00 11.80 11.83 17.13 26.83 Transportation and material moving............ 10.25 13.50 15.92 20.36 24.78 Truck drivers........................... 10.56 13.45 15.03 16.87 20.76 Bus drivers............................. 7.79 10.25 16.37 19.92 24.90 Motor transportation, n.e.c............. 11.71 12.86 15.88 20.36 20.36 Excavating and loading machine operators 14.00 15.73 17.00 19.00 22.53 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.59 12.98 15.49 20.36 20.36 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.30 9.79 11.50 14.15 19.68 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.50 9.83 10.38 14.15 17.59 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.21 8.50 11.50 12.75 13.27 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 10.45 13.49 16.10 19.76 20.54 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.69 9.71 10.88 13.00 16.83 Service......................................... 7.50 9.87 12.41 16.32 24.16 Protective service........................ 10.00 13.15 19.17 25.24 30.58 Firefighting............................ 15.24 18.52 21.85 23.96 26.33 Police and detectives, public service... 16.71 19.17 24.14 28.10 30.41 Correctional institution officers....... 14.93 16.06 18.98 21.47 22.50 Guards and police, except public service 8.00 9.00 11.00 12.47 14.83 Food service.............................. 5.15 7.50 10.00 13.00 14.75 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 5.15 7.00 8.14 10.75 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.38 5.15 7.29 9.34 Other food service....................... 8.00 9.50 12.00 13.75 15.87 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 11.34 13.71 15.87 18.03 27.92 Cooks................................... 9.00 10.00 12.02 13.13 15.20 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.50 7.50 9.00 12.68 13.66 Health service............................ 9.50 10.25 11.57 13.00 15.20 Health aides, except nursing............ $10.00 $12.00 $13.80 $16.00 $22.81 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.25 10.14 11.23 12.50 14.14 Cleaning and building service............. 7.55 9.57 12.17 13.57 16.15 Maids and housemen...................... 7.00 8.10 9.80 13.42 13.96 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.78 10.68 12.41 13.40 15.83 Personal service.......................... 8.26 11.00 12.90 15.57 23.25 Service, n.e.c.......................... 10.50 11.12 12.20 12.90 13.27 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.00 $7.50 $9.25 $12.10 $23.00 All excluding sales........................... 5.50 7.25 9.40 12.00 25.00 White collar.................................... 7.50 8.91 13.00 23.00 35.00 White collar excluding sales................ 8.91 11.00 20.00 30.00 40.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 10.80 15.28 25.89 35.00 51.11 Professional specialty...................... 11.34 20.21 29.76 36.52 51.11 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 24.00 27.91 32.00 34.69 36.62 Registered nurses....................... 24.00 28.07 32.00 34.34 36.38 Teachers, college and university.......... 21.59 21.59 51.11 56.71 79.26 Teachers, except college and university... 8.91 9.14 11.34 23.16 39.17 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 11.43 14.29 15.00 20.86 39.17 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 15.20 15.84 18.07 20.00 22.47 Librarians.............................. 15.20 15.84 18.07 20.00 22.47 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 10.00 11.00 15.50 22.73 27.32 Licensed practical nurses............... 16.25 17.68 21.33 22.73 25.19 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.60 7.50 8.85 13.35 13.99 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.50 7.00 7.65 10.75 13.20 Cashiers................................ 6.60 7.65 9.25 13.40 16.98 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.75 9.18 10.89 14.46 20.00 Secretaries............................. 12.49 13.35 20.00 20.00 30.00 Receptionists........................... 6.75 10.00 10.00 12.00 15.00 Library clerks.......................... 6.18 6.95 8.38 12.03 16.30 Blue collar..................................... 5.50 6.50 8.35 10.50 15.41 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 4.25 5.00 6.55 14.23 19.25 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.50 6.50 8.00 9.60 14.14 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.15 7.00 8.35 10.00 14.14 Service......................................... 2.38 6.75 8.60 9.75 10.97 Protective service........................ $7.50 $8.00 $9.00 $10.39 $25.00 Guards and police, except public service 8.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 25.00 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.38 6.09 8.00 10.05 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.38 6.09 7.22 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.38 6.09 6.73 Other food service....................... 6.00 6.50 8.00 9.25 11.71 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.15 6.40 7.00 8.00 9.00 Health service............................ 8.15 9.75 10.35 13.03 13.49 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.15 9.75 10.35 13.03 13.49 Cleaning and building service............. $6.75 $7.25 $8.70 $10.15 $11.50 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.60 7.00 8.60 10.15 11.50 Personal service.......................... 7.00 8.50 9.75 9.75 9.75 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.00 7.50 8.00 9.23 25.00 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2005 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 1,650,200 1,342,300 307,900 All excluding sales............................................. 1,523,200 1,216,800 306,500 White collar........................................................ 1,008,700 802,000 206,700 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 881,700 676,500 205,200 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 462,200 326,900 135,300 Professional specialty.......................................... 384,200 257,700 126,500 Technical....................................................... 77,900 69,200 8,800 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 167,900 141,000 26,800 Sales............................................................. 127,000 125,500 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 251,700 208,600 43,100 Blue collar......................................................... 278,500 248,200 30,300 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 109,600 99,300 10,300 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 40,600 40,300 - Transportation and material moving................................ 64,000 48,400 15,600 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 64,300 60,100 - Service............................................................. 363,000 292,100 70,900 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.