NC BL 09/00/2006 Table: Charleston-North Charleston, SC, Bulletin 3135-02, May 2006 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $16.46 4.8 36.4 $15.55 5.7 35.9 $20.47 6.4 38.8 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 26.56 5.9 38.4 25.67 7.8 38.0 28.42 9.0 39.1 Management, business, and financial............................... 29.83 9.0 41.5 26.67 5.8 41.8 43.45 25.9 40.2 Professional and related.......................................... 24.83 7.3 36.9 24.94 11.6 35.7 24.67 6.0 38.9 Service............................................................. 8.97 1.8 32.6 7.77 3.1 31.1 12.77 4.8 38.4 Sales and office.................................................... 13.88 4.2 35.5 13.98 4.7 35.0 13.11 6.9 39.2 Sales and related................................................. 15.38 9.2 33.6 15.38 9.2 33.6 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 13.00 2.7 36.7 12.97 2.9 36.1 13.11 6.9 39.2 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 14.82 2.9 40.6 14.78 3.3 40.7 15.19 3.7 39.6 Construction and extraction...................................... 13.68 4.2 40.2 13.54 4.1 40.2 15.45 12.9 39.6 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 16.40 5.1 41.2 16.65 6.1 41.6 15.13 3.7 39.5 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 13.78 8.6 36.8 13.84 8.7 36.9 – – – Production........................................................ 16.27 12.4 38.0 16.27 12.4 38.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.52 6.2 35.8 11.56 6.4 36.0 – – – Full time........................................................... 17.41 5.1 40.0 16.55 6.2 40.0 20.81 7.1 40.0 Part time........................................................... 8.81 8.4 21.2 8.83 8.8 21.3 8.45 5.4 19.1 Union............................................................... – – – – – – – – – Nonunion............................................................ 16.43 4.9 36.4 15.50 5.8 35.9 20.47 6.4 38.8 Time................................................................ 16.13 4.8 36.1 15.07 5.8 35.5 20.47 6.4 38.8 Incentive........................................................... 21.87 13.3 42.7 21.87 13.3 42.7 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 17.98 5.8 40.5 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 14.22 5.5 34.3 14.23 5.5 34.3 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.24 12.3 38.3 17.36 13.1 38.1 15.83 5.6 39.6 500 workers or more................................................. 19.10 7.2 38.2 16.59 12.3 37.7 21.19 6.7 38.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $16.46 4.8 $17.41 5.1 $8.81 8.4 Management occupations.............................................. 33.64 11.4 33.82 11.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.09 5.9 26.09 5.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.01 24.5 46.02 24.6 – – General and operations managers................................... 37.08 8.6 37.08 8.6 – – Financial managers................................................ 37.27 8.5 37.27 8.5 – – Education administrators.......................................... 56.95 20.7 56.95 20.7 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.05 14.7 22.05 14.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.06 9.1 19.06 9.1 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 16.64 10.3 16.64 10.3 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 29.62 4.1 29.62 4.1 – – Engineers......................................................... 35.36 4.9 35.36 4.9 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.30 10.2 28.30 10.2 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 12.77 10.4 12.81 10.6 – – Social workers.................................................... 15.63 4.3 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.87 10.2 27.86 10.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.07 8.7 26.07 8.7 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 38.21 6.8 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.07 11.0 25.07 11.0 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.87 9.9 17.14 9.6 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.70 6.5 24.75 7.1 24.38 14.5 Level 4 .................................................. 11.75 7.7 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.76 4.2 15.00 3.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.00 5.5 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.83 8.5 23.78 8.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.87 6.3 25.34 6.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.75 5.7 30.29 6.5 – – Registered nurses................................................. 27.51 3.4 27.35 4.0 28.29 5.3 Level 7 .................................................. 26.75 4.0 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.19 5.3 28.61 5.9 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.70 6.3 16.53 6.7 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.94 4.4 10.21 4.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.00 3.8 9.36 .0 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.62 6.8 10.05 6.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.62 6.8 10.05 6.5 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.39 3.3 10.39 3.3 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 14.25 3.9 14.26 3.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. $10.96 6.5 $10.96 6.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 14.86 1.1 14.86 1.1 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 10.83 .3 10.83 .3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 10.25 1.1 10.25 1.1 – – Police officers................................................... 16.33 3.3 16.33 3.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 15.96 5.8 15.96 5.8 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 16.33 3.3 16.33 3.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 15.96 5.8 15.96 5.8 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.22 5.6 – – – – Security guards................................................. 12.22 5.6 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.58 4.3 7.06 6.0 $5.95 3.0 Level 1 .................................................. 6.03 1.6 5.88 6.0 6.16 1.9 Level 2 .................................................. 5.77 10.1 6.58 16.7 4.94 13.4 Level 3 .................................................. 7.71 15.3 7.38 15.1 – – Cooks............................................................. 9.32 3.4 9.33 2.4 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.10 1.4 4.25 7.1 3.68 18.9 Level 1 .................................................. 4.43 23.9 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.58 7.4 2.34 10.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 2.61 5.8 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.51 .8 7.28 2.5 6.06 5.2 Level 1 .................................................. 6.40 .8 – – 6.24 2.0 Level 2 .................................................. 6.48 1.6 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.45 1.1 7.17 2.9 6.06 5.3 Level 1 .................................................. 6.41 .5 – – 6.25 1.8 Level 2 .................................................. 6.27 1.6 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.09 4.2 9.56 5.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.83 2.6 8.01 2.0 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.06 4.3 8.39 5.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.68 3.2 7.90 2.5 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.42 6.0 8.95 7.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.91 4.3 8.24 3.7 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.24 4.3 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.24 4.3 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.85 13.1 – – 8.30 4.5 Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 6.77 5.7 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.38 9.2 17.22 9.4 8.16 6.1 Level 1 .................................................. 7.88 6.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.24 9.3 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.23 6.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.94 9.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.73 18.0 18.73 18.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.29 5.4 12.78 10.1 7.67 1.9 Level 1 .................................................. $7.88 6.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.24 9.3 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.27 8.2 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.23 5.2 $8.84 6.9 $7.52 0.9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.88 6.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.17 1.8 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.23 5.2 8.84 6.9 7.52 .9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.88 6.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.17 1.8 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 14.61 12.6 15.22 15.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.00 2.7 13.22 2.8 10.74 14.0 Level 1 .................................................. 7.89 10.9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.78 3.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.12 3.3 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.50 2.8 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 13.27 5.7 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.10 8.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.75 8.2 20.75 8.2 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 11.85 4.9 12.24 4.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.20 8.3 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.84 7.1 12.40 6.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.92 10.7 11.63 6.5 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 11.79 9.2 12.89 7.1 – – File clerks....................................................... 12.72 5.0 12.88 4.6 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.58 9.7 11.34 9.6 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.85 3.9 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.71 7.1 14.62 7.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.65 3.5 15.61 4.0 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.42 7.6 12.42 7.6 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.20 4.1 11.90 3.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.65 4.6 12.17 2.4 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.68 4.2 13.82 4.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.26 6.2 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.40 2.9 18.40 2.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.40 5.1 16.40 5.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 13.87 4.5 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.59 6.4 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.33 3.1 – – – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 14.63 14.7 14.63 14.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 16.29 1.3 16.29 1.3 – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 14.53 16.2 14.53 16.2 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.76 6.8 16.76 6.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.04 6.3 17.04 6.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. $19.96 3.5 $19.96 3.5 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.13 3.5 21.13 3.5 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.77 7.9 14.77 7.9 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.27 12.4 16.69 12.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.79 4.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.55 7.5 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.71 4.7 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.95 19.1 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.89 1.9 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.31 12.1 – – – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.25 13.0 14.29 13.0 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.52 6.2 12.02 6.4 $8.10 5.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.11 4.9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.68 4.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.89 5.3 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.20 11.6 14.23 12.0 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.39 10.1 11.01 12.0 7.44 9.2 Level 1 .................................................. 8.62 5.4 9.00 5.6 7.44 9.2 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.40 10.4 10.51 11.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.03 6.9 9.03 7.8 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $15.55 5.7 $16.55 6.2 $8.83 8.8 Management occupations.............................................. 29.25 5.9 29.26 5.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.99 6.1 25.99 6.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.41 9.3 36.58 9.5 – – Financial managers................................................ 37.27 8.5 37.27 8.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.30 15.8 22.30 15.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 30.51 2.0 30.51 2.0 – – Engineers......................................................... 35.36 4.9 35.36 4.9 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 17.79 22.2 17.75 22.2 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.60 9.5 16.87 9.4 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.19 9.4 27.96 10.8 24.38 14.5 Level 6 .................................................. 16.00 5.5 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.89 6.2 25.90 6.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.58 9.9 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 27.54 3.2 27.27 3.9 28.29 5.3 Level 7 .................................................. 26.75 4.0 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.36 7.3 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.79 3.8 15.51 3.1 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.68 4.3 9.99 4.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.91 5.0 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.88 4.5 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.88 4.5 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.39 3.3 10.39 3.3 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 12.70 5.5 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.56 4.5 7.06 6.0 5.87 3.1 Level 1 .................................................. 6.02 1.6 5.84 6.2 6.16 1.9 Level 2 .................................................. 5.77 10.1 6.58 16.7 4.94 13.4 Level 3 .................................................. 7.76 17.7 7.38 15.1 – – Cooks............................................................. 9.32 3.4 9.33 2.4 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.10 1.4 4.25 7.1 3.68 18.9 Level 1 .................................................. 4.43 23.9 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.58 7.4 2.34 10.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 2.61 5.8 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.51 .8 7.28 2.5 6.06 5.2 Level 1 .................................................. 6.40 .8 – – 6.24 2.0 Level 2 .................................................. 6.48 1.6 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.45 1.1 7.17 2.9 6.06 5.3 Level 1 .................................................. $6.41 0.5 – – $6.25 1.8 Level 2 .................................................. 6.27 1.6 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.88 4.5 $9.49 6.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.59 3.5 7.74 3.0 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.89 5.6 8.28 7.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.36 4.0 7.51 3.1 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.33 8.7 9.32 13.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.45 5.3 – – – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.24 4.3 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.24 4.3 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.33 13.0 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.38 9.2 17.22 9.4 8.16 6.1 Level 1 .................................................. 7.88 6.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.24 9.3 10.38 10.3 7.80 3.8 Level 3 .................................................. 8.23 6.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.94 9.3 19.52 9.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.73 18.0 18.73 18.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.29 5.4 12.78 10.1 7.67 1.9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.88 6.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.24 9.3 10.38 10.3 7.80 3.8 Level 3 .................................................. 8.27 8.2 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.23 5.2 8.84 6.9 7.52 .9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.88 6.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.17 1.8 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.23 5.2 8.84 6.9 7.52 .9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.88 6.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.17 1.8 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 14.61 12.6 15.22 15.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.97 2.9 13.25 2.9 10.74 14.0 Level 1 .................................................. 7.89 10.9 – – 7.09 8.6 Level 2 .................................................. 9.77 3.2 9.80 3.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.27 3.5 12.31 3.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.76 3.3 13.91 3.2 12.97 15.6 Level 5 .................................................. 13.02 6.6 13.02 6.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.90 9.3 17.90 9.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 11.85 5.0 12.24 4.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.18 8.6 11.81 5.2 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.84 7.1 12.40 6.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.92 10.7 11.63 6.5 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 11.79 9.2 12.89 7.1 – – File clerks....................................................... 12.75 7.0 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.50 10.0 11.29 9.9 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.89 5.4 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... $15.69 4.0 $15.66 4.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.03 2.9 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.08 7.5 11.39 6.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.54 4.1 13.68 4.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.16 6.8 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.40 2.9 18.40 2.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.65 6.1 16.65 6.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.94 6.3 21.94 6.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.45 3.4 18.45 3.4 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 14.17 18.1 14.17 18.1 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.63 8.7 17.63 8.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.96 3.5 19.96 3.5 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.13 3.5 21.13 3.5 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.87 13.4 14.87 13.4 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.27 12.4 16.69 12.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.79 4.5 13.17 3.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.55 7.5 12.02 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.71 4.7 16.71 4.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.95 19.1 16.95 19.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.89 1.9 21.89 1.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.31 12.1 18.31 12.1 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.25 13.0 14.29 13.0 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.56 6.4 12.05 6.6 $7.98 5.8 Level 1 .................................................. 9.10 5.0 9.59 6.4 7.44 7.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.74 4.9 10.97 5.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.91 5.6 13.94 6.7 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.20 11.6 14.23 12.0 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.39 10.1 11.01 12.0 7.44 9.2 Level 1 .................................................. 8.62 5.4 9.00 5.6 7.44 9.2 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.40 10.4 10.51 11.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.03 6.9 9.03 7.8 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $20.47 6.4 $20.81 7.1 $8.45 5.4 Management occupations.............................................. 47.63 27.8 48.76 27.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.88 36.7 52.66 36.9 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 14.83 4.2 15.02 3.2 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.90 6.9 31.90 6.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.21 4.5 21.21 4.5 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 14.64 4.5 14.67 4.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 10.96 6.5 10.96 6.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 14.99 1.4 14.99 1.4 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 10.83 .3 10.83 .3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 10.25 1.1 10.25 1.1 – – Police officers................................................... 16.33 3.3 16.33 3.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 15.96 5.8 15.96 5.8 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 16.33 3.3 16.33 3.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 15.96 5.8 15.96 5.8 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.74 10.7 9.74 10.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.64 5.4 8.64 5.4 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.60 5.9 8.60 5.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.60 5.9 8.60 5.9 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.60 5.9 8.60 5.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.60 5.9 8.60 5.9 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.03 7.2 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.11 6.9 13.11 6.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.67 1.8 12.67 1.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.45 12.9 15.45 12.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.13 3.7 15.13 3.7 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 14.63 5.2 14.63 5.2 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.63 5.2 14.63 5.2 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $16.46 4.8 $17.41 5.1 $8.81 8.4 Management occupations.............................................. 33.64 11.4 33.82 11.4 – – Group III................................................. 29.85 7.0 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 37.08 8.6 37.08 8.6 – – Financial managers................................................ 37.27 8.5 37.27 8.5 – – Education administrators.......................................... 56.95 20.7 56.95 20.7 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.05 14.7 22.05 14.7 – – Group II.................................................. 17.42 8.5 – – – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 16.64 10.3 16.64 10.3 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 29.62 4.1 29.62 4.1 – – Group II.................................................. 20.38 10.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 33.69 1.5 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 35.36 4.9 35.36 4.9 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.30 10.2 28.30 10.2 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 12.77 10.4 12.81 10.6 – – Group II.................................................. 12.65 11.8 – – – – Social workers.................................................... 15.63 4.3 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.87 10.2 27.86 10.2 – – Group II.................................................. 24.94 9.3 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 38.21 6.8 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.07 11.0 25.07 11.0 – – Group II.................................................. 25.07 11.0 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.87 9.9 17.14 9.6 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.70 6.5 24.75 7.1 24.38 14.5 Group I................................................... 11.26 7.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.38 5.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 32.79 10.1 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 27.51 3.4 27.35 4.0 28.29 5.3 Group II.................................................. 26.29 4.3 25.00 3.0 – – Group III................................................. 28.03 5.3 28.42 5.9 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.70 6.3 16.53 6.7 – – Group II.................................................. 16.73 6.5 16.55 7.0 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.94 4.4 10.21 4.4 – – Group I................................................... 9.94 4.4 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.62 6.8 10.05 6.5 – – Group I................................................... 9.62 6.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.62 6.8 10.05 6.5 – – Group I................................................... 9.62 6.8 10.05 6.5 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... $10.39 3.3 $10.39 3.3 – – Group I................................................... 10.39 3.3 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 14.25 3.9 14.26 3.8 – – Group II.................................................. 14.62 4.0 – – – – Fire fighters..................................................... 10.83 .3 10.83 .3 – – Group II.................................................. 10.83 .3 10.83 .3 – – Police officers................................................... 16.33 3.3 16.33 3.3 – – Group II.................................................. 16.33 3.3 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 16.33 3.3 16.33 3.3 – – Group II.................................................. 16.33 3.3 16.33 3.3 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.22 5.6 – – – – Security guards................................................. 12.22 5.6 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.58 4.3 7.06 6.0 $5.95 3.0 Group I................................................... 6.27 2.7 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 9.32 3.4 9.33 2.4 – – Group I................................................... 9.32 3.4 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.10 1.4 4.25 7.1 3.68 18.9 Group I................................................... 4.10 1.4 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.58 7.4 2.34 10.6 – – Group I................................................... 2.58 7.4 2.34 10.6 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.51 .8 7.28 2.5 6.06 5.2 Group I................................................... 6.51 .8 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.45 1.1 7.17 2.9 6.06 5.3 Group I................................................... 6.45 1.1 7.17 2.9 6.06 5.3 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.09 4.2 9.56 5.3 – – Group I................................................... 8.35 3.8 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.06 4.3 8.39 5.3 – – Group I................................................... 8.03 4.6 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.42 6.0 8.95 7.4 – – Group I................................................... 8.38 6.2 8.92 7.8 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.24 4.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.24 4.3 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.85 13.1 – – 8.30 4.5 Group I................................................... 7.77 3.6 – – – – Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 6.77 5.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 6.77 5.7 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.38 9.2 17.22 9.4 8.16 6.1 Group I................................................... 13.79 10.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.40 9.2 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.73 18.0 18.73 18.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.29 5.4 12.78 10.1 7.67 1.9 Group I................................................... $11.36 6.2 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.23 5.2 $8.84 6.9 $7.52 0.9 Group I................................................... 8.01 2.0 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.23 5.2 8.84 6.9 7.52 .9 Group I................................................... 8.01 2.0 8.50 3.9 7.52 .9 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.61 12.6 15.22 15.2 – – Group I................................................... 15.62 13.9 16.58 17.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.00 2.7 13.22 2.8 10.74 14.0 Group I................................................... 12.38 2.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.96 7.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.75 8.2 20.75 8.2 – – Group II.................................................. 20.75 8.2 20.75 8.2 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 11.85 4.9 12.24 4.5 – – Group I................................................... 11.39 4.8 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.84 7.1 12.40 6.4 – – Group I................................................... 11.21 7.6 11.85 5.0 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 11.79 9.2 12.89 7.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.29 10.3 – – – – File clerks....................................................... 12.72 5.0 12.88 4.6 – – Group I................................................... 12.78 5.3 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.58 9.7 11.34 9.6 – – Group I................................................... 10.60 9.7 11.38 9.5 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.85 3.9 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.85 3.9 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.71 7.1 14.62 7.5 – – Group I................................................... 14.39 7.8 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.42 7.6 12.42 7.6 – – Group I................................................... 12.24 7.5 12.24 7.5 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.20 4.1 11.90 3.3 – – Group I................................................... 12.15 4.2 11.82 3.2 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.68 4.2 13.82 4.5 – – Group I................................................... 12.09 13.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.11 4.9 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.40 5.1 16.40 5.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.51 8.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.25 4.4 – – – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 14.63 14.7 14.63 14.7 – – Group II.................................................. 16.87 .3 – – – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 14.53 16.2 14.53 16.2 – – Group II.................................................. 16.88 .2 16.88 .2 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.76 6.8 16.76 6.8 – – Group II.................................................. 18.31 5.2 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.13 3.5 21.13 3.5 – – Group II.................................................. $21.13 3.5 $21.13 3.5 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.77 7.9 14.77 7.9 – – Group II.................................................. 16.55 5.0 16.55 5.0 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.27 12.4 16.69 12.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.50 5.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.23 3.2 – – – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.25 13.0 14.29 13.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.51 10.0 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.52 6.2 12.02 6.4 $8.10 5.6 Group I................................................... 10.38 4.5 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.20 11.6 14.23 12.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.48 7.0 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.39 10.1 11.01 12.0 7.44 9.2 Group I................................................... 9.76 7.5 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.40 10.4 10.51 11.0 – – Group I................................................... 10.40 10.4 10.51 11.0 – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.35 $9.50 $13.41 $19.81 $29.47 Management occupations.............................................. 20.67 24.25 27.89 36.77 53.63 General and operations managers................................... 26.23 31.07 36.77 41.08 53.63 Financial managers................................................ 26.01 31.76 34.10 51.09 51.09 Education administrators.......................................... 23.00 41.37 59.08 59.08 105.64 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 13.25 16.83 19.95 26.45 34.14 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 12.40 13.25 16.83 18.50 21.89 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.00 22.84 27.15 36.07 42.43 Engineers......................................................... 25.31 32.05 35.10 39.43 46.57 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 19.94 23.28 25.04 33.50 33.50 Community and social services occupations........................... 8.69 8.86 13.46 14.84 16.97 Social workers.................................................... 12.22 13.43 15.82 17.56 18.54 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.18 20.70 27.55 30.80 42.90 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 21.59 27.86 34.67 46.80 57.69 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 10.18 21.26 27.55 29.47 29.47 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 10.32 11.39 15.64 17.77 22.56 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 10.95 15.85 23.85 30.00 34.36 Registered nurses................................................. 21.26 24.00 27.61 30.25 34.36 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.65 14.65 15.74 17.00 20.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.00 8.73 9.61 11.00 11.92 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 8.00 9.00 11.89 11.92 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.00 8.00 9.00 11.89 11.92 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.00 9.50 9.61 11.00 12.36 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.82 12.14 13.83 16.00 19.00 Fire fighters..................................................... 9.15 9.53 10.62 11.98 12.63 Police officers................................................... 13.87 14.44 15.58 18.12 19.77 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 13.87 14.44 15.58 18.12 19.77 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.73 12.69 12.69 13.48 13.48 Security guards................................................. 8.73 12.69 12.69 13.48 13.48 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.75 5.11 6.30 8.00 9.35 Cooks............................................................. 7.50 8.25 9.25 10.04 11.54 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 4.00 5.00 7.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.18 2.75 3.25 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.50 5.92 6.25 7.00 8.50 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.50 5.92 6.25 6.80 8.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.50 7.10 8.00 9.62 14.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.50 7.00 7.72 8.02 9.85 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.50 7.10 8.00 9.00 10.39 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 6.50 6.50 7.21 7.72 7.96 Personal care and service occupations............................... $6.50 $6.87 $7.10 $9.55 $11.28 Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 5.15 5.15 7.00 7.50 8.75 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 8.50 12.00 18.88 26.18 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 9.03 16.11 17.00 23.00 23.00 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.83 7.73 9.50 12.00 21.58 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.50 7.25 8.00 8.90 10.00 Cashiers...................................................... 6.50 7.25 8.00 8.90 10.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.75 10.24 12.00 21.58 21.58 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.99 10.64 12.10 15.02 18.45 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 15.00 19.76 22.08 22.96 24.58 Financial clerks.................................................. 8.00 11.00 11.90 13.40 15.39 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 8.00 11.00 11.90 13.46 15.48 Customer service representatives.................................. 8.50 8.50 11.58 11.58 17.65 File clerks....................................................... 9.00 11.28 12.98 14.88 15.87 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 5.50 9.50 10.58 12.36 13.02 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.00 7.50 8.97 9.73 10.47 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.07 11.28 14.82 17.33 19.42 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.07 11.07 12.02 12.69 15.96 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.18 10.71 11.56 13.44 15.85 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 8.56 11.95 14.00 15.41 17.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 12.50 16.51 19.82 22.68 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 10.00 10.00 15.00 19.00 22.00 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 10.00 10.00 14.00 19.00 22.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 10.88 13.94 16.51 20.06 21.23 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.82 20.06 20.61 21.23 25.10 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 8.00 12.00 15.35 16.54 18.37 Production occupations.............................................. 9.16 11.48 14.09 18.84 25.98 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.10 10.53 13.09 18.86 19.81 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.50 9.00 10.92 13.00 16.99 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.00 11.00 12.30 16.99 19.28 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.50 8.00 9.63 12.47 13.46 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.50 8.25 10.00 13.00 13.50 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.00 $9.06 $13.00 $18.96 $27.18 Management occupations.............................................. 21.24 24.25 27.18 31.76 39.30 Financial managers................................................ 26.01 31.76 34.10 51.09 51.09 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 12.90 16.77 21.67 27.81 34.15 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 19.25 23.98 30.01 36.25 43.62 Engineers......................................................... 25.31 32.05 35.10 39.43 46.57 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.57 10.18 18.06 21.79 30.00 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 10.32 11.39 15.00 17.77 22.56 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.65 16.55 24.69 30.00 42.31 Registered nurses................................................. 21.40 24.00 28.19 30.00 33.25 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.65 14.65 15.74 16.24 18.50 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.00 8.73 9.50 11.00 12.18 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 8.00 8.73 9.00 10.67 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.00 8.00 8.73 9.00 10.67 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.00 9.50 9.61 11.00 12.36 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.87 12.69 12.69 13.48 14.38 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.75 5.11 6.25 8.00 9.48 Cooks............................................................. 7.50 8.25 9.25 10.04 11.54 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 4.00 5.00 7.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.18 2.75 3.25 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.50 5.92 6.25 7.00 8.50 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.50 5.92 6.25 6.80 8.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.50 7.00 7.75 8.25 14.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.50 7.00 7.72 8.02 9.08 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.50 7.10 8.00 8.02 9.62 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 6.50 6.50 7.21 7.72 7.96 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.50 6.87 7.00 9.41 11.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 8.50 12.00 18.88 26.18 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 9.03 16.11 17.00 23.00 23.00 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.83 7.73 9.50 12.00 21.58 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.50 7.25 8.00 8.90 10.00 Cashiers...................................................... 6.50 7.25 8.00 8.90 10.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.75 10.24 12.00 21.58 21.58 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.91 10.58 12.10 15.32 18.27 Financial clerks.................................................. 8.00 11.00 11.90 13.46 15.48 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 8.00 11.00 11.90 13.46 15.48 Customer service representatives.................................. 8.50 8.50 11.58 11.58 17.65 File clerks....................................................... 9.00 9.23 12.98 15.87 17.05 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. $5.50 $9.50 $10.37 $13.02 $14.37 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 6.50 7.20 9.46 10.47 10.47 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.65 12.02 15.60 18.27 20.00 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.50 10.75 11.00 12.70 18.38 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 8.56 12.00 14.00 15.09 17.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 12.06 17.31 20.06 22.68 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 10.00 10.00 10.00 19.00 23.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 8.00 16.40 18.37 20.61 24.50 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.82 20.06 20.61 21.23 25.10 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 8.00 11.12 16.50 16.54 19.32 Production occupations.............................................. 9.16 11.48 14.09 18.84 25.98 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.10 10.53 13.09 18.86 19.81 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.50 9.00 11.00 13.00 17.65 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.00 11.00 12.30 16.99 19.28 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.50 8.00 9.63 12.47 13.46 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.50 8.25 10.00 13.00 13.50 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.34 $11.58 $15.51 $26.52 $35.26 Management occupations.............................................. 18.53 28.18 44.13 59.08 85.19 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 21.94 27.04 29.47 34.00 48.06 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 8.96 12.77 19.86 28.09 32.88 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.19 11.95 14.32 16.95 19.79 Fire fighters..................................................... 9.15 9.53 10.62 11.98 12.63 Police officers................................................... 13.87 14.44 15.58 18.12 19.77 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 13.87 14.44 15.58 18.12 19.77 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.70 7.74 9.47 10.83 13.41 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.45 7.50 8.23 9.84 10.85 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.45 7.50 8.23 9.84 10.85 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.50 8.89 9.25 10.15 21.49 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.18 10.93 12.08 14.63 18.94 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.86 10.96 13.99 16.81 18.47 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.28 12.88 15.43 16.70 18.48 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.55 12.84 14.52 16.52 17.81 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.55 12.84 14.52 16.52 17.81 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.20 $10.53 $14.37 $21.00 $29.95 Management occupations.............................................. 21.24 24.25 27.89 36.77 53.63 General and operations managers................................... 26.23 31.07 36.77 41.08 53.63 Financial managers................................................ 26.01 31.76 34.10 51.09 51.09 Education administrators.......................................... 23.00 41.37 59.08 59.08 105.64 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 13.25 16.83 19.95 26.45 34.14 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 12.40 13.25 16.83 18.50 21.89 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.00 22.84 27.15 36.07 42.43 Engineers......................................................... 25.31 32.05 35.10 39.43 46.57 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 19.94 23.28 25.04 33.50 33.50 Community and social services occupations........................... 8.69 8.86 13.46 14.85 17.06 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.18 20.70 27.55 30.80 42.90 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 10.18 21.26 27.55 29.47 29.47 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 11.99 13.45 15.88 19.49 23.72 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.11 15.74 23.50 29.52 36.30 Registered nurses................................................. 21.23 23.68 27.18 30.58 34.36 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.65 14.65 15.62 16.01 20.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.70 9.00 9.61 11.77 11.92 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.50 8.73 9.50 11.92 11.92 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.50 8.73 9.50 11.92 11.92 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.00 9.50 9.61 11.00 12.36 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.98 12.14 13.84 16.00 19.01 Fire fighters..................................................... 9.15 9.53 10.62 11.98 12.63 Police officers................................................... 13.87 14.44 15.58 18.12 19.77 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 13.87 14.44 15.58 18.12 19.77 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 5.11 7.25 9.00 10.75 Cooks............................................................. 7.50 8.24 9.25 10.04 11.54 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 4.00 7.25 7.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.75 2.75 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.50 6.00 7.25 8.32 9.25 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.50 5.80 6.80 8.50 9.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.00 7.45 8.02 10.00 16.59 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.50 7.21 7.74 8.48 10.39 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.10 7.47 8.02 9.62 11.58 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 9.56 14.37 21.58 31.25 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... $9.03 $16.11 $17.00 $23.00 $23.00 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.57 8.65 10.90 16.67 21.58 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.50 7.75 8.50 9.50 10.46 Cashiers...................................................... 7.50 7.75 8.50 9.50 10.46 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.34 11.06 12.10 21.58 21.58 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.50 11.00 12.28 15.00 18.27 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 15.00 19.76 22.08 22.96 24.58 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.64 11.00 11.90 13.46 15.48 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.64 11.00 12.00 13.46 15.48 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.72 11.58 11.58 13.08 18.04 File clerks....................................................... 9.00 11.28 12.98 14.88 16.97 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.50 9.50 11.54 13.02 14.37 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.07 11.07 13.14 17.33 19.76 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.07 11.07 12.02 12.69 15.96 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.18 10.58 11.30 12.91 15.13 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.00 12.00 14.00 15.50 17.50 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 12.50 16.51 19.82 22.68 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 10.00 10.00 15.00 19.00 22.00 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 10.00 10.00 14.00 19.00 22.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 10.88 13.94 16.51 20.06 21.23 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.82 20.06 20.61 21.23 25.10 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 8.00 12.00 15.35 16.54 18.37 Production occupations.............................................. 9.34 11.85 15.00 18.86 25.98 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.10 10.55 13.09 18.86 19.81 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.25 9.25 11.00 13.00 17.94 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.00 11.00 12.30 16.99 19.28 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.50 8.25 10.00 13.00 13.50 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.50 8.25 10.00 13.00 13.50 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 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. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $5.50 $6.10 $7.25 $9.16 $13.70 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 10.10 20.61 30.00 30.00 30.00 Registered nurses................................................. 24.00 25.64 30.00 30.00 30.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.00 5.50 6.00 6.50 7.59 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.75 4.00 4.00 6.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.50 5.92 6.10 6.50 7.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.50 5.92 6.15 6.50 7.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 5.15 6.12 9.00 10.30 11.28 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.45 6.75 7.50 8.83 12.00 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.00 6.59 7.30 8.40 9.50 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.45 6.65 7.25 8.30 8.82 Cashiers...................................................... 6.45 6.65 7.25 8.30 8.82 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 6.28 6.50 8.50 16.07 18.45 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.00 6.50 8.00 9.00 13.70 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 5.50 6.00 7.75 9.00 9.00 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 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. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $17.41 $14.37 $696 $576 40.0 $35,535 $29,921 2,041 Management occupations.............................................. 33.82 27.89 1,431 1,213 42.3 74,248 63,050 2,196 General and operations managers................................... 37.08 36.77 1,641 1,643 44.3 85,333 85,442 2,301 Financial managers................................................ 37.27 34.10 1,461 1,279 39.2 75,976 66,501 2,039 Education administrators.......................................... 56.95 59.08 2,413 2,051 42.4 123,974 102,523 2,177 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.05 19.95 896 833 40.6 46,590 43,290 2,113 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 16.64 16.83 692 757 41.6 35,960 39,382 2,161 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 29.62 27.15 1,207 1,183 40.8 62,589 59,216 2,113 Engineers......................................................... 35.36 35.10 1,460 1,443 41.3 75,526 75,024 2,136 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.30 25.04 1,113 1,001 39.3 54,408 52,758 1,923 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.81 13.46 520 505 40.6 27,063 26,251 2,112 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.86 27.55 1,062 1,033 38.1 42,563 39,259 1,528 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.07 27.55 939 1,032 37.4 36,449 39,259 1,454 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.14 15.88 666 635 38.9 34,638 33,035 2,021 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.75 23.50 962 856 38.9 49,614 44,495 2,005 Registered nurses................................................. 27.35 27.18 1,032 1,034 37.7 53,670 53,783 1,963 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.53 15.62 647 590 39.1 32,491 30,693 1,966 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.21 9.61 386 380 37.8 20,051 19,760 1,964 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.05 9.50 393 366 39.1 20,417 19,019 2,031 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.05 9.50 393 366 39.1 20,417 19,019 2,031 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.39 9.61 378 380 36.4 19,661 19,760 1,892 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.26 13.84 611 601 42.9 31,797 31,262 2,230 Fire fighters..................................................... 10.83 10.62 574 563 53.0 29,837 29,269 2,756 Police officers................................................... 16.33 15.58 671 643 41.1 34,886 33,415 2,136 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 16.33 15.58 671 643 41.1 34,886 33,415 2,136 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.06 7.25 263 263 37.3 13,642 13,520 1,932 Cooks............................................................. 9.33 9.25 347 360 37.2 18,065 18,720 1,937 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.25 4.00 155 150 36.4 8,045 7,800 1,892 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.34 2.13 83 75 35.3 4,306 3,877 1,838 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.28 7.25 273 270 37.5 14,009 13,000 1,925 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.17 6.80 267 245 37.2 13,870 12,714 1,935 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.56 8.02 378 320 39.5 19,646 16,640 2,054 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.39 7.74 330 309 39.4 17,169 16,058 2,047 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... $8.95 $8.02 $356 $321 39.8 $18,517 $16,682 2,069 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.22 14.37 681 575 39.6 35,426 29,890 2,057 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.73 17.00 745 680 39.8 38,730 35,360 2,068 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.78 10.90 524 418 41.0 27,231 21,736 2,130 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.84 8.50 349 334 39.5 18,139 17,368 2,053 Cashiers...................................................... 8.84 8.50 349 334 39.5 18,139 17,368 2,053 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.22 12.10 638 480 41.9 33,160 24,960 2,178 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.22 12.28 525 490 39.7 27,052 25,168 2,046 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.75 22.08 818 883 39.4 42,513 45,926 2,049 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.24 11.90 481 476 39.3 24,828 24,748 2,029 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.40 12.00 485 480 39.1 24,897 24,748 2,007 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.89 11.58 516 463 40.0 26,820 24,093 2,080 File clerks....................................................... 12.88 12.98 507 498 39.3 26,349 25,875 2,045 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.34 11.54 446 462 39.4 23,216 24,003 2,048 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.62 13.14 570 514 39.0 27,664 25,623 1,892 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.42 12.02 475 462 38.2 21,916 22,659 1,765 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.90 11.30 476 452 40.0 24,756 23,500 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.82 14.00 560 560 40.5 29,096 29,120 2,105 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.40 16.51 676 675 41.2 35,105 35,173 2,140 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 14.63 15.00 600 597 41.0 31,186 31,044 2,131 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 14.53 14.00 596 580 41.0 30,999 30,167 2,134 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.76 16.51 670 660 40.0 34,737 34,341 2,072 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.13 20.61 845 824 40.0 43,439 42,869 2,056 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.77 15.35 591 614 40.0 30,724 31,928 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.69 15.00 665 576 39.9 34,302 29,952 2,055 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. $14.29 $13.09 $572 $524 40.0 $29,311 $27,227 2,051 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.02 11.00 485 440 40.3 25,062 22,880 2,084 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.23 12.30 589 492 41.4 30,610 25,584 2,151 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.01 10.00 441 400 40.0 22,891 20,800 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.51 10.00 420 400 40.0 21,859 20,800 2,079 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $16.55 $13.75 $661 $548 40.0 $34,188 $28,080 2,066 Management occupations.............................................. 29.26 27.18 1,245 1,116 42.6 64,754 58,011 2,213 Financial managers................................................ 37.27 34.10 1,461 1,279 39.2 75,976 66,501 2,039 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.30 21.67 907 874 40.7 47,179 45,469 2,116 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 30.51 30.01 1,245 1,237 40.8 64,536 64,299 2,115 Engineers......................................................... 35.36 35.10 1,460 1,443 41.3 75,526 75,024 2,136 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 17.75 18.06 670 722 37.7 28,509 26,400 1,606 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.87 15.88 655 635 38.8 34,044 33,035 2,018 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.96 24.56 1,064 872 38.1 55,321 45,327 1,979 Registered nurses................................................. 27.27 26.90 983 982 36.0 51,103 51,085 1,874 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.51 15.24 611 590 39.4 31,756 30,693 2,048 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.99 9.61 370 360 37.1 19,256 18,720 1,927 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.39 9.61 378 380 36.4 19,661 19,760 1,892 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.06 7.25 263 263 37.3 13,627 13,416 1,931 Cooks............................................................. 9.33 9.25 347 360 37.2 18,065 18,720 1,937 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.25 4.00 155 150 36.4 8,045 7,800 1,892 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.34 2.13 83 75 35.3 4,306 3,877 1,838 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.28 7.25 273 270 37.5 14,009 13,000 1,925 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.17 6.80 267 245 37.2 13,870 12,714 1,935 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.49 8.00 375 318 39.5 19,494 16,557 2,055 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.28 7.72 325 309 39.3 16,914 16,058 2,042 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.32 8.02 373 321 40.0 19,379 16,682 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.22 14.37 681 575 39.6 35,426 29,890 2,057 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.73 17.00 745 680 39.8 38,730 35,360 2,068 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.78 10.90 524 418 41.0 27,231 21,736 2,130 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.84 8.50 349 334 39.5 18,139 17,368 2,053 Cashiers...................................................... 8.84 8.50 349 334 39.5 18,139 17,368 2,053 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.22 12.10 638 480 41.9 33,160 24,960 2,178 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.25 12.35 528 491 39.9 27,426 25,532 2,070 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.24 11.90 481 476 39.3 24,828 24,748 2,028 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.40 12.00 485 480 39.1 24,897 24,748 2,007 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.89 11.58 516 463 40.0 26,820 24,093 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.29 11.54 444 462 39.3 23,089 24,003 2,046 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.66 15.60 626 624 40.0 32,534 32,448 2,078 Office clerks, general............................................ $11.39 $11.00 $456 $440 40.0 $23,688 $22,880 2,079 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.68 14.00 555 560 40.6 28,857 29,120 2,110 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.65 17.31 692 700 41.6 35,939 36,421 2,158 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 14.17 10.00 591 405 41.7 30,727 21,060 2,168 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.63 18.37 705 735 40.0 36,483 38,214 2,069 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.13 20.61 845 824 40.0 43,439 42,869 2,056 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.87 16.50 595 660 40.0 30,935 34,320 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.69 15.00 665 576 39.9 34,302 29,952 2,055 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.29 13.09 572 524 40.0 29,311 27,227 2,051 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.05 11.00 486 440 40.3 25,117 22,880 2,084 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.23 12.30 589 492 41.4 30,610 25,584 2,151 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.01 10.00 441 400 40.0 22,891 20,800 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.51 10.00 420 400 40.0 21,859 20,800 2,079 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $20.81 $15.88 $832 $636 40.0 $40,546 $33,326 1,949 Management occupations.............................................. 48.76 44.36 2,022 1,765 41.5 104,336 90,043 2,140 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.90 29.47 1,222 1,105 38.3 47,815 41,998 1,499 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.21 19.86 844 800 39.8 43,149 40,059 2,034 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.67 14.35 635 619 43.3 33,034 32,178 2,251 Fire fighters..................................................... 10.83 10.62 574 563 53.0 29,837 29,269 2,756 Police officers................................................... 16.33 15.58 671 643 41.1 34,886 33,415 2,136 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 16.33 15.58 671 643 41.1 34,886 33,415 2,136 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.74 9.47 385 369 39.5 19,999 19,188 2,052 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.60 8.23 340 319 39.6 17,696 16,578 2,058 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.60 8.23 340 319 39.6 17,696 16,578 2,058 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.11 12.08 514 472 39.2 25,745 24,024 1,964 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.45 13.99 611 573 39.6 31,791 29,806 2,058 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.13 15.43 598 597 39.5 31,092 31,044 2,055 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 14.63 14.52 585 581 40.0 30,436 30,197 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.63 14.52 585 581 40.0 30,436 30,197 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $15.55 $14.23 $17.36 $16.59 Management, professional, and related...... 25.67 25.79 25.33 26.29 Management, business, and financial...... 26.67 26.83 26.41 26.88 Professional and related................. 24.94 24.79 24.71 25.93 Service.................................... 7.77 7.45 8.98 7.16 Sales and office........................... 13.98 14.02 15.62 12.09 Sales and related........................ 15.38 16.10 16.05 11.39 Office and administrative support........ 12.97 12.64 15.14 12.53 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 14.78 14.11 15.13 16.48 Construction and extraction............. 13.54 14.46 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 16.65 13.27 18.12 20.00 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 13.84 11.41 13.14 19.64 Production............................... 16.27 12.46 14.56 20.83 Transportation and material moving....... 11.56 10.94 11.52 15.56 B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.7 5.5 13.1 12.3 Management, professional, and related............................... 7.8 6.0 14.6 11.8 Management, business, and financial............................... 5.8 7.5 5.0 27.9 Professional and related.......................................... 11.6 10.0 22.0 6.3 Service............................................................. 3.1 4.8 5.3 19.6 Sales and office.................................................... 4.7 6.9 11.6 7.6 Sales and related................................................. 9.2 14.3 18.0 13.3 Office and administrative support................................. 2.9 4.1 7.5 7.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.3 4.0 5.6 10.6 Construction and extraction...................................... 4.1 4.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.1 5.9 5.1 4.1 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 8.7 6.0 5.1 20.9 Production........................................................ 12.4 8.0 8.5 21.1 Transportation and material moving................................ 6.4 8.0 9.2 20.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $15.38 $13.02 $610 $520 39.7 $31,484 $26,901 2,047 Management occupations.............................................. 28.07 27.18 1,144 1,112 40.7 59,486 57,803 2,119 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.70 26.12 1,165 1,040 39.2 60,593 54,080 2,040 Registered nurses................................................. 29.25 30.81 1,086 1,064 37.1 56,457 55,328 1,930 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.87 9.61 355 360 36.0 18,481 18,720 1,873 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.09 9.61 359 360 35.6 18,655 18,720 1,849 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.94 6.80 249 228 35.9 12,905 11,856 1,859 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.98 2.18 133 75 33.4 6,924 3,877 1,739 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.12 6.80 265 250 37.2 13,605 12,627 1,912 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.97 6.80 257 240 36.9 13,387 12,480 1,921 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.33 16.46 707 576 38.6 36,774 29,963 2,006 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.87 17.00 715 680 40.0 37,162 35,360 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.58 9.50 423 380 40.0 22,008 19,760 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.06 12.44 520 498 39.8 26,976 25,480 2,066 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.23 11.90 478 476 39.1 24,602 23,920 2,012 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.41 12.00 483 480 38.9 24,768 24,748 1,995 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.30 10.58 443 423 39.2 23,058 22,006 2,041 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.46 15.00 592 600 41.0 30,792 31,200 2,130 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.27 12.31 577 616 43.5 30,015 32,014 2,261 Production occupations.............................................. 13.19 12.25 516 477 39.1 26,808 24,804 2,033 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.51 11.00 469 440 40.7 24,125 22,880 2,097 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.14 10.00 405 400 40.0 21,082 20,800 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $17.78 $14.65 $716 $576 40.3 $37,075 $29,968 2,086 Management occupations.............................................. 31.29 24.72 1,442 1,236 46.1 74,980 64,272 2,397 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.87 21.89 915 876 40.0 47,573 45,531 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 30.51 30.01 1,245 1,237 40.8 64,536 64,299 2,115 Engineers......................................................... 35.36 35.10 1,460 1,443 41.3 75,526 75,024 2,136 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.02 14.67 652 600 38.3 33,924 31,200 1,994 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.55 24.00 933 852 36.5 48,539 44,325 1,900 Registered nurses................................................. 25.58 25.58 900 885 35.2 46,784 46,030 1,829 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.24 7.67 286 301 39.5 14,890 15,642 2,056 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.00 7.96 359 318 39.9 18,676 16,557 2,076 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.53 7.72 341 309 39.9 17,709 16,058 2,076 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.39 13.55 636 540 41.3 33,056 28,080 2,148 Retail sales workers.............................................. 15.01 11.72 630 452 42.0 32,772 23,525 2,183 Retail salespersons............................................. 17.07 21.58 741 656 43.4 38,530 34,133 2,258 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.63 12.28 545 491 40.0 28,335 25,532 2,079 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.29 12.28 491 491 39.9 25,506 25,532 2,076 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.52 12.50 501 500 40.0 26,050 26,000 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.61 18.75 754 750 40.5 39,131 39,000 2,102 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.91 19.82 756 793 40.0 39,105 39,640 2,068 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.13 20.61 845 824 40.0 43,439 42,869 2,056 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.70 16.51 668 660 40.0 34,730 34,341 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 18.00 15.16 723 606 40.2 37,154 31,533 2,064 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 15.02 13.80 601 552 40.0 30,718 27,227 2,045 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.90 12.30 513 492 39.8 26,643 25,584 2,065 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.66 12.27 467 491 40.1 24,249 25,522 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.69 13.00 427 520 40.0 22,213 27,040 2,078 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... – – – $16.43 $15.50 $20.47 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 26.57 25.67 28.42 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 29.83 26.67 43.45 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 24.84 24.95 24.67 Service............................................................. – – – 8.97 7.77 12.77 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 13.87 13.97 13.11 Sales and related................................................. – – – 15.38 15.38 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 12.98 12.95 13.11 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 14.64 14.56 15.19 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – 13.43 15.45 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 16.12 16.32 15.13 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 13.64 13.69 – Production........................................................ – – – 16.10 16.10 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 11.47 11.50 – Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... – – – 4.9 5.8 6.4 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 5.9 7.8 9.0 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 9.0 5.8 25.9 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 7.3 11.6 6.0 Service............................................................. – – – 1.8 3.1 4.8 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 4.3 4.7 6.9 Sales and related................................................. – – – 9.2 9.2 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 2.8 2.9 6.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 2.8 3.1 3.7 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – 3.7 12.9 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 5.1 6.1 3.7 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 9.5 9.6 – Production........................................................ – – – 13.8 13.8 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 6.4 6.6 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. 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. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $16.13 $15.07 $21.87 $21.87 Management, professional, and related............................... 26.34 25.32 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 29.73 26.49 – – Professional and related.......................................... 24.56 24.49 – – Service............................................................. 8.92 7.70 – – Sales and office.................................................... 13.08 13.07 22.77 22.77 Sales and related................................................. 13.26 13.26 22.77 22.77 Office and administrative support................................. 13.00 12.97 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 15.00 14.97 13.72 13.72 Construction and extraction...................................... – 13.70 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 16.92 17.41 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 12.31 12.34 27.19 27.19 Production........................................................ 14.27 14.27 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.51 10.51 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 4.8 5.8 13.3 13.3 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.8 7.6 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 9.1 5.9 – – Professional and related.......................................... 7.1 11.3 – – Service............................................................. 2.0 3.6 – – Sales and office.................................................... 4.4 5.0 18.9 18.9 Sales and related................................................. 13.5 13.5 18.9 18.9 Office and administrative support................................. 2.7 2.9 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.2 3.6 7.8 7.8 Construction and extraction...................................... – 4.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.4 7.0 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 2.4 2.4 22.6 22.6 Production........................................................ 4.2 4.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 4.6 4.8 – – 1 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. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. 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. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... – $20.55 – $17.94 – $19.06 $15.78 $7.30 – Management, professional, and related............................... – 36.94 – 19.02 – 29.00 21.46 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 43.01 – – – – 25.66 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 32.59 – – – 30.95 20.94 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – 8.53 9.36 6.35 – Sales and office.................................................... – 18.83 – 16.74 – 14.43 12.15 8.25 – Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 18.83 – 17.14 – 14.43 12.15 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 18.02 – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 19.98 – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 17.37 – – – 9.89 – – – Production........................................................ – 17.45 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 16.82 – – – – – – – B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... – 8.2 – 18.9 – 24.5 17.1 4.8 – Management, professional, and related............................... – 5.3 – 25.5 – 13.0 16.9 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 13.0 – – – – 17.7 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 1.1 – – – 10.2 17.7 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – 11.0 6.4 4.3 – Sales and office.................................................... – 10.5 – 10.1 – 1.9 3.6 6.5 – Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 10.5 – 20.4 – 1.9 3.6 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 7.4 – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – .2 – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 13.7 – – – 15.3 – – – Production........................................................ – 13.2 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 16.4 – – – – – – – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 242,800 198,400 44,500 Management, professional, and related............................... 64,300 42,300 22,000 Management, business, and financial............................... 19,600 15,800 3,800 Professional and related.......................................... 44,600 26,500 18,100 Service............................................................. 52,500 41,600 10,900 Sales and office.................................................... 62,300 55,100 7,100 Sales and related................................................. 24,100 24,100 – Office and administrative support................................. 38,200 31,000 7,100 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 30,200 26,600 3,600 Construction and extraction...................................... 17,600 16,200 1,400 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 12,500 10,400 2,200 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 33,600 32,800 – Production........................................................ 15,500 15,500 – Transportation and material moving................................ 18,200 17,300 – 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 16,252 16,220 32 Total in sample....................................................... 256 237 19 Responding........................................................ 151 135 16 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 64 61 3 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 41 41 0 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.