NC BL 09/00/2006 Table: Knoxville, TN, Bulletin 3135-04, May 2006 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Knoxville, TN, 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........................................................... $16.05 4.4 36.5 $15.59 5.1 36.2 $19.18 1.9 38.3 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 28.98 9.3 37.2 30.85 12.2 37.0 24.25 2.1 37.8 Management, business, and financial............................... 36.90 17.9 39.8 40.02 19.0 40.1 24.57 17.3 38.6 Professional and related.......................................... 26.58 5.2 36.5 27.64 7.5 36.0 24.18 3.7 37.7 Service............................................................. 8.56 3.3 34.4 7.76 4.3 33.8 13.68 5.1 38.4 Sales and office.................................................... 13.34 5.0 36.6 13.34 5.3 36.5 13.31 1.1 38.4 Sales and related................................................. 15.10 10.6 35.0 15.11 10.6 35.0 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 12.46 2.0 37.4 12.38 2.2 37.3 13.34 1.2 38.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 15.35 7.7 39.3 15.09 8.8 39.2 16.98 7.1 39.8 Construction and extraction...................................... 15.08 13.3 40.0 14.68 14.8 40.0 18.08 6.9 39.8 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 15.54 4.6 38.8 15.39 5.4 38.6 16.38 9.0 39.7 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 13.00 3.0 36.8 12.93 3.2 36.7 14.17 10.4 39.2 Production........................................................ 13.02 2.5 38.1 12.82 2.6 38.0 16.12 12.4 40.0 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.98 5.6 35.8 13.03 5.9 35.7 11.71 6.4 38.2 Full time........................................................... 16.89 4.7 40.0 16.47 5.5 40.2 19.37 1.9 39.3 Part time........................................................... 9.64 6.7 21.7 9.56 6.9 21.8 12.08 5.1 19.5 Union............................................................... 14.70 8.9 39.9 14.43 9.1 39.9 23.80 9.2 40.0 Nonunion............................................................ 16.12 4.6 36.3 15.65 5.4 36.1 19.13 2.0 38.3 Time................................................................ 15.75 4.7 36.5 15.21 5.5 36.2 19.18 1.9 38.3 Incentive........................................................... 22.48 13.8 37.0 22.48 13.8 37.0 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 16.28 9.2 35.6 16.27 9.3 35.6 17.95 9.0 39.4 100-499 workers..................................................... 14.80 7.3 37.2 14.60 7.8 37.1 18.95 4.4 37.6 500 workers or more................................................. 17.50 4.7 37.5 15.46 9.8 36.6 19.25 2.5 38.3 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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), Knoxville, TN, 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........................................................... $16.05 4.4 $16.89 4.7 $9.64 6.7 Management occupations.............................................. 41.89 17.8 41.90 17.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.74 10.4 18.74 10.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.93 11.3 26.93 11.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.48 2.8 30.48 2.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 39.20 3.6 39.20 3.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 52.48 18.0 52.52 17.9 – – General and operations managers................................... 55.52 36.9 55.52 36.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.12 18.4 32.12 18.4 – – Financial managers................................................ 27.73 1.5 27.73 1.5 – – Education administrators.......................................... 37.57 6.5 37.57 6.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 21.96 17.4 19.15 10.2 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.65 16.6 32.65 16.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 15.24 3.6 15.24 3.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.06 2.3 27.06 2.3 – – Engineers......................................................... 41.15 27.5 41.15 27.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.41 2.8 – – – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 52.75 28.6 52.75 28.6 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 27.55 5.9 27.55 5.9 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 31.31 21.7 31.31 21.7 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 15.49 10.7 15.49 10.7 – – Social workers.................................................... 13.62 5.4 13.62 5.4 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.93 9.7 23.81 7.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.99 8.6 10.08 1.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.92 7.1 26.17 8.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.88 4.0 25.92 4.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.87 9.7 27.87 9.7 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 28.49 1.7 28.57 1.5 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.14 11.9 25.15 11.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.95 7.7 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.86 9.6 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.30 4.3 29.30 4.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.56 8.7 28.56 8.7 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.18 5.5 29.18 5.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.65 9.6 27.65 9.6 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.45 6.1 30.45 6.1 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 27.27 1.7 27.33 1.8 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 27.27 1.7 27.33 1.8 – – Librarians........................................................ 23.46 9.3 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ $9.34 8.1 $10.17 0.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.99 8.6 10.08 1.3 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.61 11.5 18.99 8.8 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.17 3.9 30.89 3.7 $25.77 22.8 Level 4 .................................................. 13.21 3.9 13.16 4.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.68 3.2 15.79 3.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.82 6.0 19.82 6.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.15 5.5 21.54 8.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. – – 22.34 .5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.19 44.6 – – – – Level 10.................................................. 51.26 4.2 51.26 4.2 – – Pharmacists....................................................... 46.93 1.8 46.93 1.8 – – Level 10.................................................. 47.83 .2 47.83 .2 – – Registered nurses................................................. 27.67 25.1 27.14 24.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.85 .8 21.85 .8 – – Level 8 .................................................. – – 22.34 .5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.19 44.6 – – – – Therapists........................................................ 17.26 6.1 17.16 6.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. – – 17.73 3.1 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 21.61 5.2 – – – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 19.75 1.5 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.70 2.5 14.69 2.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.51 1.1 14.44 .3 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.97 4.1 11.30 3.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.42 7.1 10.84 7.3 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.57 2.5 9.56 2.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.79 .4 9.79 .4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.57 2.6 9.56 2.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.79 .4 9.79 .4 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.53 7.4 13.44 4.5 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 13.87 3.6 13.74 3.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.37 8.5 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 15.49 7.4 14.59 6.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 14.69 6.2 14.69 6.2 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 12.93 .0 12.93 .0 – – Police officers................................................... 17.01 2.2 16.81 2.1 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 17.01 2.2 16.81 2.1 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.05 4.8 6.97 7.4 4.30 8.6 Level 1 .................................................. 4.81 8.4 5.22 11.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 4.92 10.9 5.02 16.6 4.80 5.2 Level 3 .................................................. 5.22 28.6 6.32 29.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.17 8.2 11.06 2.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... $12.35 15.5 $12.35 15.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.35 15.5 12.35 15.5 – – Cooks............................................................. 9.78 1.3 9.96 2.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.57 1.2 9.57 1.2 – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.57 2.8 9.69 2.5 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.22 3.5 9.86 6.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.65 8.2 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.48 3.6 2.52 6.7 $2.43 3.1 Level 1 .................................................. 2.82 8.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 2.23 1.2 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.34 2.1 2.37 5.0 2.31 1.3 Level 1 .................................................. 2.61 6.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 2.23 1.2 – – 2.18 .0 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.87 4.7 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 6.61 1.4 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.87 4.7 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 6.61 1.4 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 8.22 1.4 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.25 4.7 9.56 4.7 6.49 2.5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.23 10.1 8.64 11.1 6.49 2.5 Level 2 .................................................. 8.70 2.7 8.70 2.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.65 4.1 10.65 4.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 13.31 3.0 13.31 3.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers.............................................. 11.16 4.4 11.16 4.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers........................................................ 11.09 4.7 11.09 4.7 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.79 7.1 9.12 7.4 6.49 2.5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.23 10.3 8.65 11.3 6.49 2.5 Level 2 .................................................. 8.65 2.7 8.65 2.7 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.14 11.0 9.66 11.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.40 19.8 9.29 22.3 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.23 1.7 8.31 3.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.04 1.3 8.14 2.8 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.66 6.5 11.66 6.5 – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 10.47 6.2 10.47 6.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.08 3.8 10.20 4.3 9.55 9.5 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.10 10.6 16.68 10.5 8.31 5.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.34 .0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.12 10.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.13 2.0 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. $13.75 3.6 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.75 11.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 16.01 31.9 $16.01 31.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.38 35.8 16.38 35.8 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.60 2.4 10.13 2.6 $8.31 5.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.34 .0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.12 10.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.09 2.0 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.58 9.1 9.03 9.6 7.16 7.5 Level 2 .................................................. 10.56 2.3 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.58 9.1 9.03 9.6 7.16 7.5 Level 2 .................................................. 10.56 2.3 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 9.91 5.4 10.01 4.5 9.70 7.2 Level 3 .................................................. 9.45 1.2 9.14 4.8 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.43 11.3 29.43 11.3 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.46 2.0 12.65 2.3 10.13 7.9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.67 2.4 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.81 3.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.65 1.1 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.78 9.7 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.99 2.2 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.05 4.6 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.75 4.7 18.75 4.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.59 6.6 13.60 6.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.62 3.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.55 3.0 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.56 3.6 12.56 3.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.14 4.1 12.14 4.1 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.24 6.4 13.79 8.6 – – Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 9.38 3.6 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.10 3.7 11.28 3.8 9.75 4.0 Level 2 .................................................. 10.43 2.8 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.72 5.7 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.41 3.8 11.51 5.0 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.97 5.1 12.23 6.3 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.72 7.5 14.76 7.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.43 10.5 12.52 11.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.95 4.2 12.95 4.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.99 2.8 14.99 2.8 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.94 10.6 15.94 10.6 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 11.23 4.3 11.14 4.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.99 3.3 10.99 3.3 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.48 6.1 13.56 6.0 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.39 1.3 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.28 6.8 12.26 6.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. $10.67 3.1 $10.67 3.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.27 3.0 13.23 3.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.08 13.3 15.08 13.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.73 7.4 20.73 7.4 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 14.03 5.5 14.03 5.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.54 4.6 15.78 5.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.24 5.3 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.88 4.4 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.59 6.5 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 14.90 7.3 14.90 7.3 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 13.79 9.1 13.79 9.1 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 12.97 6.7 12.97 6.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 13.02 2.5 13.14 2.1 $9.81 20.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.08 12.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.31 2.3 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.15 4.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.24 2.8 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.04 4.0 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.12 5.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 16.55 8.1 16.55 8.1 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.09 5.4 14.09 5.4 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 16.94 26.8 16.94 26.8 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.08 5.9 16.08 5.9 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.59 6.9 16.59 6.9 – – Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 7.16 7.2 – – – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.44 1.3 11.55 1.3 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.98 5.6 13.44 6.2 10.94 12.0 Level 1 .................................................. 9.61 16.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.64 3.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.14 3.9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.87 10.3 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.18 3.8 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.48 10.0 14.61 9.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.90 8.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.73 17.1 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.51 12.1 14.51 12.2 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.65 10.5 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.47 7.5 11.50 6.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.78 18.5 10.89 16.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.65 3.8 11.65 3.8 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.41 4.2 12.18 5.9 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... $8.59 13.4 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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), Knoxville, TN, 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........................................................... $15.59 5.1 $16.47 5.5 $9.56 6.9 Management occupations.............................................. 43.17 19.2 43.17 19.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.73 10.6 18.73 10.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.77 15.2 24.77 15.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.43 2.9 30.43 2.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 54.90 17.5 54.90 17.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.89 20.3 21.23 5.0 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.42 17.5 33.42 17.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.06 2.3 27.06 2.3 – – Engineers......................................................... 42.20 27.9 42.20 27.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.41 2.8 27.41 2.8 – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 52.75 28.6 52.75 28.6 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 26.71 7.3 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.61 11.5 18.99 8.8 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.07 4.5 31.89 3.6 26.19 25.3 Level 5 .................................................. 15.87 4.0 15.94 4.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.25 5.6 20.25 5.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.51 6.4 22.06 10.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.19 44.6 – – – – Level 10.................................................. 51.26 4.2 51.26 4.2 – – Pharmacists....................................................... 47.80 .2 47.80 .2 – – Level 10.................................................. 47.83 .2 47.83 .2 – – Registered nurses................................................. 27.85 26.4 27.30 25.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.87 .9 21.87 .9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.19 44.6 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 21.71 5.2 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.77 3.0 14.74 2.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.56 1.6 14.47 .4 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.89 4.3 11.23 4.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.42 7.1 10.84 7.3 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.57 2.5 9.56 2.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.79 .4 9.79 .4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.57 2.6 9.56 2.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.79 .4 9.79 .4 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.53 8.3 13.58 4.8 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.99 5.0 6.91 7.5 4.25 9.2 Level 1 .................................................. 4.77 8.7 5.22 11.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 4.88 10.8 4.96 17.0 4.78 5.0 Level 3 .................................................. 5.22 28.6 6.32 29.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.12 8.8 11.08 2.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... $12.35 15.5 $12.35 15.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.35 15.5 12.35 15.5 – – Cooks............................................................. 9.76 1.0 9.89 2.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.57 1.2 9.57 1.2 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.22 3.5 9.86 6.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.65 8.2 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.48 3.6 2.52 6.7 $2.43 3.1 Level 1 .................................................. 2.82 8.1 3.04 11.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 2.23 1.2 – – 2.18 .0 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.34 2.1 2.37 5.0 2.31 1.3 Level 1 .................................................. 2.61 6.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 2.23 1.2 – – 2.18 .0 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.86 4.8 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.86 4.8 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 8.22 1.4 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.15 2.9 8.40 2.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.28 3.0 7.51 3.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.48 3.2 8.48 3.2 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.82 2.8 8.05 3.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.27 3.1 7.51 3.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.48 3.2 8.48 3.2 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.51 4.9 7.82 5.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.34 4.4 6.33 6.3 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.21 1.6 8.29 3.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.04 1.3 8.14 2.8 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.91 3.1 10.16 4.1 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.11 10.6 16.68 10.5 8.31 5.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.34 .0 – – 7.12 .0 Level 2 .................................................. 9.12 11.1 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.12 2.0 8.86 1.5 9.77 4.7 Level 4 .................................................. 13.75 3.6 13.79 3.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.75 11.4 19.75 11.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 16.01 31.9 16.01 31.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.38 35.8 16.38 35.8 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.59 2.4 10.13 2.6 8.31 5.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.34 .0 – – 7.12 .0 Level 2 .................................................. 9.12 11.1 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.08 2.0 8.80 1.4 9.77 4.7 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.57 9.1 9.02 9.6 7.13 8.0 Cashiers...................................................... 8.57 9.1 9.02 9.6 7.13 8.0 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.91 5.4 10.01 4.5 9.70 7.2 Level 3 .................................................. $9.45 1.2 $9.14 4.8 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.43 11.3 29.43 11.3 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.38 2.2 12.56 2.5 $10.22 8.3 Level 2 .................................................. 9.69 2.5 9.92 3.1 8.55 6.3 Level 3 .................................................. 11.82 3.5 11.88 3.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.68 1.2 12.67 1.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.60 15.5 16.60 15.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.04 2.4 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.05 4.6 20.05 4.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.93 4.5 18.93 4.5 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.72 6.9 13.72 6.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.62 3.4 11.62 3.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.84 1.8 12.83 1.8 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.67 3.6 12.67 3.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.57 2.1 12.57 2.1 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.24 6.4 13.79 8.6 – – Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 9.38 3.6 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.14 3.8 11.28 3.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.72 5.7 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.41 3.8 11.51 5.0 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.03 5.0 12.23 6.3 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.09 9.2 15.11 9.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.61 10.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.95 4.5 12.95 4.5 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.07 12.5 18.07 12.5 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 11.23 4.3 11.14 4.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.99 3.3 10.99 3.3 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.16 7.7 12.13 7.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.69 3.2 10.69 3.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.63 3.6 13.59 3.7 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.68 14.8 14.68 14.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.50 8.8 20.50 8.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.39 5.4 15.66 6.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.96 5.4 15.47 5.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.28 6.9 18.28 6.9 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 14.90 7.4 14.90 7.4 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 13.78 9.3 13.78 9.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 12.82 2.6 12.94 2.1 9.81 20.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.08 12.8 8.52 13.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.31 2.3 9.31 2.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.15 4.7 12.15 4.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.45 2.9 13.40 2.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. $15.89 3.5 $15.89 3.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.70 6.2 17.84 6.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 16.55 8.1 16.55 8.1 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.09 5.4 14.09 5.4 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 16.94 26.8 16.94 26.8 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.08 5.9 16.08 5.9 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.59 6.9 16.59 6.9 – – Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 7.16 7.2 – – – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.44 1.3 11.55 1.3 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.03 5.9 13.54 6.5 $10.93 12.1 Level 1 .................................................. 9.60 16.1 10.54 14.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.64 3.6 10.88 3.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.13 4.0 11.64 3.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.90 10.7 15.91 10.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.18 3.9 17.18 3.9 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.59 10.2 14.73 10.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.90 8.1 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.62 12.4 14.62 12.5 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.52 7.9 11.59 7.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.78 18.5 10.89 16.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.65 3.8 11.65 3.8 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.57 4.1 12.39 6.1 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.59 13.4 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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), Knoxville, TN, 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........................................................... $19.18 1.9 $19.37 1.9 $12.08 5.1 Management occupations.............................................. 33.26 13.5 33.32 13.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.73 15.8 35.87 15.9 – – Education administrators.......................................... 37.53 10.0 37.53 10.0 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 15.89 11.3 15.89 11.3 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.48 4.0 25.70 3.9 12.07 4.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.11 1.5 10.08 1.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.77 8.7 26.77 8.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.97 4.2 25.97 4.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.07 9.9 28.07 9.9 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.65 2.6 28.65 2.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.86 9.6 27.86 9.6 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.30 4.3 29.30 4.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.56 8.7 28.56 8.7 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.18 5.5 29.18 5.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.65 9.6 27.65 9.6 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.45 6.1 30.45 6.1 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 27.33 1.8 27.33 1.8 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 27.33 1.8 27.33 1.8 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.39 1.5 10.17 .4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.11 1.5 10.08 1.3 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.01 19.5 21.17 21.7 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 15.02 1.2 15.09 1.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.37 8.5 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 14.59 6.2 14.59 6.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 14.69 6.2 14.69 6.2 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 12.93 .0 12.93 .0 – – Police officers................................................... 16.76 2.1 16.81 2.1 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 16.76 2.1 16.81 2.1 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.95 11.0 12.98 11.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 13.36 3.2 13.36 3.2 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.57 12.0 13.63 11.9 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.81 11.7 13.81 11.7 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 12.56 .8 12.56 .8 – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 11.20 1.1 11.20 1.1 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.75 12.5 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.34 1.2 13.57 1.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. $11.72 2.2 $11.91 2.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.51 2.5 12.51 2.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.10 4.4 17.10 4.4 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.24 13.3 12.24 13.3 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.72 6.0 13.82 6.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.95 7.9 12.95 7.9 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.49 8.2 13.49 8.2 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.68 9.5 15.29 5.3 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.14 8.0 13.14 8.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.08 6.9 18.08 6.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.38 9.0 16.38 9.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.61 6.5 14.61 6.5 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 12.66 9.7 12.66 9.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.12 12.4 16.12 12.4 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.71 6.4 11.69 6.5 – – 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 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), Knoxville, TN, 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........................................................... $16.05 4.4 $16.89 4.7 $9.64 6.7 Management occupations.............................................. 41.89 17.8 41.90 17.8 – – Group II.................................................. 20.45 7.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 44.77 27.2 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 55.52 36.9 55.52 36.9 – – Financial managers................................................ 27.73 1.5 27.73 1.5 – – Education administrators.......................................... 37.57 6.5 37.57 6.5 – – Group III................................................. 38.18 8.6 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 21.96 17.4 19.15 10.2 – – Group II.................................................. 17.43 11.6 – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.65 16.6 32.65 16.6 – – Group II.................................................. 25.70 11.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.36 2.5 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 41.15 27.5 41.15 27.5 – – Group III................................................. 28.73 4.7 – – – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 52.75 28.6 52.75 28.6 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 27.55 5.9 27.55 5.9 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 31.31 21.7 31.31 21.7 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 15.49 10.7 15.49 10.7 – – Group II.................................................. 13.74 3.7 – – – – Social workers.................................................... 13.62 5.4 13.62 5.4 – – Group II.................................................. 13.62 5.4 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.93 9.7 23.81 7.5 – – Group I................................................... 9.34 8.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.79 10.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 30.29 3.5 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 28.49 1.7 28.57 1.5 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.14 11.9 25.15 11.9 – – Group II.................................................. 23.31 14.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 31.76 4.8 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.30 4.3 29.30 4.3 – – Group II.................................................. 27.45 2.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 32.81 6.5 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.18 5.5 29.18 5.5 – – Group II.................................................. 27.43 3.2 27.43 3.2 – – Group III................................................. 32.87 7.1 32.87 7.1 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.45 6.1 30.45 6.1 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 27.27 1.7 27.33 1.8 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 27.27 1.7 27.33 1.8 – – Librarians........................................................ $23.46 9.3 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 9.34 8.1 $10.17 0.4 – – Group I................................................... 9.34 8.1 10.17 .4 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.61 11.5 18.99 8.8 – – Group II.................................................. 16.13 8.2 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.17 3.9 30.89 3.7 $25.77 22.8 Group I................................................... 13.21 3.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.03 4.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 53.01 1.2 – – – – Pharmacists....................................................... 46.93 1.8 46.93 1.8 – – Group III................................................. 47.80 .2 47.80 .2 – – Registered nurses................................................. 27.67 25.1 27.14 24.3 – – Group II.................................................. 22.56 1.6 22.10 .9 – – Group III................................................. 42.22 38.4 39.92 38.8 – – Therapists........................................................ 17.26 6.1 17.16 6.1 – – Group II.................................................. 17.26 6.1 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 21.61 5.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.61 5.2 – – – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 19.75 1.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.75 1.5 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.70 2.5 14.69 2.4 – – Group II.................................................. 14.78 3.3 14.77 3.1 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.97 4.1 11.30 3.9 – – Group I................................................... 10.30 4.2 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.57 2.5 9.56 2.9 – – Group I................................................... 9.57 2.5 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.57 2.6 9.56 2.9 – – Group I................................................... 9.57 2.6 9.56 2.9 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.53 7.4 13.44 4.5 – – Group I................................................... 11.50 9.3 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 13.87 3.6 13.74 3.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.41 2.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.62 2.1 – – – – Fire fighters..................................................... 12.93 .0 12.93 .0 – – Group II.................................................. 12.93 .0 12.93 .0 – – Police officers................................................... 17.01 2.2 16.81 2.1 – – Group II.................................................. 17.01 2.2 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 17.01 2.2 16.81 2.1 – – Group II.................................................. 17.01 2.2 16.81 2.1 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.05 4.8 6.97 7.4 4.30 8.6 Group I................................................... 5.56 1.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... $12.35 15.5 $12.35 15.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.35 15.5 12.35 15.5 – – Cooks............................................................. 9.78 1.3 9.96 2.0 – – Group I................................................... 9.78 1.3 – – – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.57 2.8 9.69 2.5 – – Group I................................................... 9.57 2.8 9.69 2.5 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.22 3.5 9.86 6.2 – – Group I................................................... 9.22 3.5 9.86 6.2 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.48 3.6 2.52 6.7 $2.43 3.1 Group I................................................... 2.48 3.6 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.34 2.1 2.37 5.0 2.31 1.3 Group I................................................... 2.34 2.1 2.37 5.0 2.31 1.3 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.87 4.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.87 4.7 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.87 4.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.87 4.7 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 8.22 1.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.22 1.4 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.25 4.7 9.56 4.7 6.49 2.5 Group I................................................... 8.83 4.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 13.76 2.1 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers.............................................. 11.16 4.4 11.16 4.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers........................................................ 11.09 4.7 11.09 4.7 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.79 7.1 9.12 7.4 6.49 2.5 Group I................................................... 8.51 6.6 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.14 11.0 9.66 11.1 – – Group I................................................... 8.69 10.7 9.18 11.1 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.23 1.7 8.31 3.0 – – Group I................................................... 8.23 1.7 8.31 3.0 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.66 6.5 11.66 6.5 – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 10.47 6.2 10.47 6.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.08 3.8 10.20 4.3 9.55 9.5 Group I................................................... 9.80 2.1 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.10 10.6 16.68 10.5 8.31 5.6 Group I................................................... 9.91 2.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 31.30 8.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 16.01 31.9 16.01 31.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.38 35.8 16.38 35.8 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.60 2.4 10.13 2.6 8.31 5.6 Group I................................................... $9.16 1.5 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.58 9.1 $9.03 9.6 $7.16 7.5 Group I................................................... 8.46 11.9 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.58 9.1 9.03 9.6 7.16 7.5 Group I................................................... 8.46 11.9 8.96 12.9 7.16 7.5 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.91 5.4 10.01 4.5 9.70 7.2 Group I................................................... 9.91 5.8 10.03 5.2 9.70 7.2 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.43 11.3 29.43 11.3 – – Group II.................................................. 35.44 13.6 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.46 2.0 12.65 2.3 10.13 7.9 Group I................................................... 11.42 2.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.06 3.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.75 4.7 18.75 4.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.59 6.6 13.60 6.7 – – Group I................................................... 12.07 2.3 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.56 3.6 12.56 3.6 – – Group I................................................... 11.88 2.9 11.88 2.9 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.24 6.4 13.79 8.6 – – Group II.................................................. 16.78 9.3 16.78 9.3 – – Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 9.38 3.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.38 3.6 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.10 3.7 11.28 3.8 9.75 4.0 Group I................................................... 11.10 3.7 11.28 3.8 9.75 4.0 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.41 3.8 11.51 5.0 – – Group I................................................... 11.41 3.8 11.51 5.0 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.97 5.1 12.23 6.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.97 5.1 12.23 6.3 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.72 7.5 14.76 7.5 – – Group I................................................... 12.77 4.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.90 6.8 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.94 10.6 15.94 10.6 – – Group I................................................... 13.75 8.7 13.75 8.7 – – Group II.................................................. 18.88 12.1 18.88 12.1 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 11.23 4.3 11.14 4.4 – – Group I................................................... 11.23 4.3 11.14 4.4 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.48 6.1 13.56 6.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.39 7.5 12.49 7.3 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.39 1.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.39 1.3 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.28 6.8 12.26 6.8 – – Group I................................................... 11.72 5.6 11.69 5.6 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.08 13.3 15.08 13.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.68 3.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.94 6.7 – – – – Construction equipment operators.................................. $14.03 5.5 $14.03 5.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.54 4.6 15.78 5.2 – – Group I................................................... 10.85 5.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.51 2.4 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 14.90 7.3 14.90 7.3 – – Group I................................................... 10.15 6.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.87 4.2 – – – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 13.79 9.1 13.79 9.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.15 6.7 10.15 6.7 – – Group II.................................................. 17.13 3.9 17.13 3.9 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 12.97 6.7 12.97 6.7 – – Group I................................................... 12.88 7.2 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 13.02 2.5 13.14 2.1 $9.81 20.3 Group I................................................... 11.09 4.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.94 3.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 16.55 8.1 16.55 8.1 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.09 5.4 14.09 5.4 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 16.94 26.8 16.94 26.8 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.08 5.9 16.08 5.9 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.59 6.9 16.59 6.9 – – Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 7.16 7.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.16 7.2 – – – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.44 1.3 11.55 1.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.44 1.3 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.98 5.6 13.44 6.2 10.94 12.0 Group I................................................... 11.83 6.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.86 2.6 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.48 10.0 14.61 9.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.90 9.6 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.51 12.1 14.51 12.2 – – Group I................................................... 11.65 3.9 11.59 4.0 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.65 10.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.65 10.5 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.47 7.5 11.50 6.5 – – Group I................................................... 11.31 8.6 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.41 4.2 12.18 5.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.22 5.4 11.87 7.5 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.59 13.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.59 13.4 – – – – 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), Knoxville, TN, May 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.33 $9.44 $12.52 $17.97 $27.16 Management occupations.............................................. 15.14 21.36 33.72 68.36 68.36 General and operations managers................................... 14.85 25.04 43.27 65.72 134.62 Financial managers................................................ 21.36 21.36 27.85 31.43 31.43 Education administrators.......................................... 29.82 31.40 35.71 40.86 49.85 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 12.83 13.76 18.43 26.67 28.69 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 17.00 21.84 27.72 38.00 64.16 Engineers......................................................... 21.84 27.72 29.48 64.16 77.00 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 18.31 25.12 77.00 77.00 77.00 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.00 20.91 25.00 38.00 42.00 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.86 17.87 23.09 37.09 71.37 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.73 12.73 13.26 16.48 24.22 Social workers.................................................... 12.73 12.73 12.73 13.49 13.64 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.39 16.15 24.11 29.68 33.79 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 20.10 21.83 26.27 32.04 38.92 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 8.39 21.01 26.24 30.66 34.64 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 21.01 23.77 29.09 33.79 36.42 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 21.01 23.23 29.09 33.79 36.42 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 24.82 28.03 29.85 32.18 35.42 Secondary school teachers....................................... 21.77 22.62 26.53 30.66 34.64 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 21.77 22.62 26.53 30.66 34.64 Librarians........................................................ 14.28 18.11 23.32 29.42 30.66 Teacher assistants................................................ 7.07 7.07 8.83 10.62 12.85 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 9.00 13.00 16.67 19.18 21.53 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.80 18.98 22.38 31.44 56.01 Pharmacists....................................................... 46.73 47.75 47.75 48.02 48.02 Registered nurses................................................. 19.38 21.40 22.63 24.51 53.36 Therapists........................................................ 14.80 15.15 16.91 18.99 19.87 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 17.00 19.60 20.07 20.74 22.48 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 17.00 19.17 19.79 20.74 20.80 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 12.21 14.03 14.29 15.75 17.44 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.20 8.80 10.50 13.17 14.05 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.30 8.64 9.70 10.40 11.09 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.30 8.64 9.70 10.40 11.13 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.20 11.37 13.17 14.05 15.39 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.03 11.00 13.82 15.84 18.00 Fire fighters..................................................... 10.14 10.78 12.73 14.08 15.62 Police officers................................................... 14.43 15.64 16.72 18.17 19.92 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.43 15.64 16.72 18.17 19.92 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... $2.13 $2.26 $6.00 $9.16 $11.09 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 10.00 10.00 11.00 12.94 16.44 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 10.00 10.00 11.00 12.94 16.44 Cooks............................................................. 7.97 9.00 9.70 10.50 11.50 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 7.73 8.73 9.50 10.25 11.48 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.00 7.85 9.00 9.93 11.50 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.38 3.45 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.33 2.62 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.24 6.65 8.66 11.59 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.00 6.24 6.65 8.66 11.59 Dishwashers....................................................... 7.25 8.00 8.00 8.45 10.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.31 7.40 8.23 11.11 13.02 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers.............................................. 8.23 9.32 11.23 12.25 13.02 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers........................................................ 8.23 9.32 11.23 12.25 13.02 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.31 7.25 8.00 9.50 12.97 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 5.25 6.31 7.65 10.91 14.71 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.25 7.55 8.00 8.75 9.50 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 7.90 9.44 10.59 12.56 20.61 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 7.79 9.44 10.59 11.12 13.57 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.63 8.75 9.75 10.75 11.75 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.00 8.20 10.27 15.20 31.25 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.27 10.27 12.00 15.20 35.76 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.27 10.27 12.00 15.20 35.76 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.70 7.30 8.30 10.00 13.78 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.50 7.00 8.00 9.12 13.78 Cashiers...................................................... 6.50 7.00 8.00 9.12 13.78 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.25 8.25 8.74 10.05 12.60 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 14.25 19.23 29.19 39.10 44.65 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.50 10.00 11.73 13.62 17.00 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 14.63 16.09 17.91 21.70 24.73 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.75 11.00 12.50 14.16 18.47 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.75 11.00 11.97 13.23 17.10 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.00 10.82 11.73 16.63 19.42 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 8.00 8.90 9.30 10.00 10.00 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.50 9.44 11.10 12.37 13.00 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.64 10.25 12.00 12.12 13.20 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.08 10.46 11.67 12.73 16.45 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.00 11.70 14.76 16.21 21.64 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 9.97 12.88 15.08 21.07 22.05 Medical secretaries............................................. 9.01 10.28 11.48 12.12 13.68 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.00 11.23 13.87 15.55 16.21 Data entry and information processing workers..................... $10.50 $10.81 $11.72 $11.73 $12.08 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.27 10.06 11.29 13.00 15.10 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.95 10.55 15.00 17.27 23.47 Construction equipment operators.................................. 12.00 12.07 15.00 15.00 15.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 12.00 15.78 18.00 21.02 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 10.00 10.55 16.10 17.00 21.50 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.00 10.00 14.00 17.00 17.00 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 9.29 11.59 13.88 13.88 15.14 Production occupations.............................................. 8.00 10.00 12.50 15.35 18.29 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 12.50 12.50 16.57 20.00 21.50 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.61 11.85 13.85 17.30 17.55 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 11.75 11.75 15.00 25.33 25.33 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.45 13.76 16.62 18.29 20.81 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 12.00 15.30 16.62 19.76 20.81 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 6.00 6.00 7.25 8.00 9.25 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.00 11.31 11.91 11.91 12.36 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.75 10.20 12.59 15.25 17.75 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.10 11.60 12.73 17.10 20.00 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.00 12.00 12.60 17.75 20.00 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 7.50 7.50 11.50 12.98 12.98 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.80 9.40 12.59 12.92 13.46 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.25 10.50 12.92 12.92 15.93 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 6.00 6.50 8.27 9.40 13.00 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 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), Knoxville, TN, May 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.20 $9.00 $12.00 $17.00 $25.00 Management occupations.............................................. 13.70 21.36 33.72 68.36 68.36 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.33 17.29 21.15 26.67 31.78 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 17.00 23.00 27.98 38.00 64.16 Engineers......................................................... 23.00 27.72 29.82 64.16 77.00 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 18.31 25.12 77.00 77.00 77.00 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 18.61 21.29 24.74 29.22 38.92 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 9.00 13.00 16.67 19.18 21.53 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.26 19.79 22.50 47.25 56.25 Pharmacists....................................................... 47.25 47.75 47.75 48.02 48.02 Registered nurses................................................. 19.26 21.38 22.64 24.51 53.37 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 17.43 19.60 20.07 20.74 22.48 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 12.21 13.75 14.28 16.00 17.44 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.20 8.75 10.22 13.17 14.05 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.30 8.64 9.70 10.40 11.09 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.30 8.64 9.70 10.40 11.13 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.20 11.37 13.42 14.05 15.39 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.26 6.00 9.00 11.09 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 10.00 10.00 11.00 12.94 16.44 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 10.00 10.00 11.00 12.94 16.44 Cooks............................................................. 7.82 9.00 9.50 10.50 11.50 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.00 7.85 9.00 9.93 11.50 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.38 3.45 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.33 2.62 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.24 6.59 8.66 11.40 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.00 6.24 6.59 8.66 11.40 Dishwashers....................................................... 7.25 8.00 8.00 8.45 10.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.25 7.25 8.00 8.50 11.85 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.25 7.00 7.65 8.50 9.50 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 5.25 6.31 7.33 8.00 10.43 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.25 7.52 8.00 8.61 9.50 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.63 8.75 9.74 10.75 11.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.00 8.20 10.27 15.20 31.25 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.27 10.27 12.00 15.20 35.76 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.27 10.27 12.00 15.20 35.76 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.70 7.30 8.30 10.00 13.78 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.50 7.00 8.00 9.12 13.78 Cashiers...................................................... 6.50 7.00 8.00 9.12 13.78 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.25 8.25 8.74 10.05 12.60 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ $14.25 $19.23 $29.19 $39.10 $44.65 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.50 9.99 11.72 13.38 16.69 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 14.63 16.49 17.91 21.70 24.73 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.25 11.00 12.50 14.16 18.47 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.75 11.00 12.28 13.00 17.69 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.00 10.82 11.73 16.63 19.42 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 8.00 8.90 9.30 10.00 10.00 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.50 9.44 11.10 12.37 13.01 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.64 10.25 12.00 12.12 13.20 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.08 10.46 11.67 12.73 16.45 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.00 12.00 15.08 16.54 21.83 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 12.50 15.08 16.54 21.83 24.95 Medical secretaries............................................. 9.01 10.28 11.48 12.12 13.68 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.27 10.06 11.07 13.00 15.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.00 10.55 14.50 17.00 23.47 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 12.00 16.34 18.00 20.18 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 10.00 10.00 16.10 17.00 21.50 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.00 10.00 13.72 17.00 17.00 Production occupations.............................................. 8.00 9.94 12.50 15.00 17.30 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 12.50 12.50 16.57 20.00 21.50 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.61 11.85 13.85 17.30 17.55 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 11.75 11.75 15.00 25.33 25.33 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.45 13.76 16.62 18.29 20.81 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 12.00 15.30 16.62 19.76 20.81 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 6.00 6.00 7.25 8.00 9.25 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.00 11.31 11.91 11.91 12.36 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.75 10.20 12.73 15.25 17.75 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.10 11.75 12.73 17.10 20.00 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.00 12.00 12.73 17.75 20.00 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.10 9.40 12.59 12.92 13.46 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.13 11.50 12.92 12.92 15.93 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 6.00 6.50 8.27 9.40 13.00 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 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), Knoxville, TN, May 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.12 $12.40 $16.15 $24.11 $31.40 Management occupations.............................................. 19.30 21.30 33.55 40.53 43.33 Education administrators.......................................... 31.40 32.39 35.71 38.19 43.33 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.85 21.01 25.18 30.66 34.40 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 21.01 23.36 28.28 32.54 35.42 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 21.01 23.77 29.09 33.79 36.42 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 21.01 23.23 29.09 33.79 36.42 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 24.82 28.03 29.85 32.18 35.42 Secondary school teachers....................................... 21.77 22.62 26.86 30.66 34.64 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 21.77 22.62 26.86 30.66 34.64 Teacher assistants................................................ 8.41 8.83 10.13 11.52 12.85 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 9.99 13.29 16.52 23.10 32.82 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.33 12.90 14.58 16.07 18.90 Fire fighters..................................................... 10.14 10.78 12.73 14.08 15.62 Police officers................................................... 14.40 15.41 15.84 18.70 20.11 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.40 15.41 15.84 18.70 20.11 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.71 10.91 11.23 14.71 19.19 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.71 9.99 14.30 15.55 19.19 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.71 10.80 14.30 15.55 19.19 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 9.84 10.59 11.12 13.57 20.61 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 9.84 10.13 10.59 11.16 13.95 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.20 7.89 14.85 18.08 21.34 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.27 10.55 13.16 15.55 18.99 Financial clerks.................................................. 7.94 9.27 10.65 15.04 17.49 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 9.91 11.12 14.10 15.76 17.06 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 9.89 11.05 14.10 15.48 15.93 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.32 13.53 15.55 16.16 17.81 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.55 10.75 12.15 15.15 17.61 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.42 14.59 18.08 20.54 22.40 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 9.75 10.63 14.79 18.76 28.15 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 9.12 9.99 12.47 14.79 15.14 Production occupations.............................................. 9.75 10.65 16.32 21.13 22.49 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.12 10.12 10.47 12.65 14.61 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), Knoxville, TN, May 2006 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $10.00 $12.98 $18.64 $28.24 Management occupations.............................................. 14.85 21.36 33.72 68.36 68.36 General and operations managers................................... 14.85 25.04 43.27 65.72 134.62 Financial managers................................................ 21.36 21.36 27.85 31.43 31.43 Education administrators.......................................... 29.82 31.40 35.71 40.86 49.85 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 12.83 13.76 17.94 21.15 27.16 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 17.00 21.84 27.72 38.00 64.16 Engineers......................................................... 21.84 27.72 29.48 64.16 77.00 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 18.31 25.12 77.00 77.00 77.00 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.00 20.91 25.00 38.00 42.00 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.86 17.87 23.09 37.09 71.37 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.73 12.73 13.26 16.48 24.22 Social workers.................................................... 12.73 12.73 12.73 13.49 13.64 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.39 17.96 24.32 30.33 34.21 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 20.10 22.06 26.27 32.04 38.92 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 8.39 21.01 26.24 30.67 34.64 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 21.01 23.77 29.09 33.79 36.42 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 21.01 23.23 29.09 33.79 36.42 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 24.82 28.03 29.85 32.18 35.42 Secondary school teachers....................................... 21.77 22.62 26.86 30.66 34.64 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 21.77 22.62 26.86 30.66 34.64 Teacher assistants................................................ 8.41 8.83 9.85 11.39 12.85 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 13.00 15.95 17.30 19.89 21.53 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.79 18.35 22.38 47.68 56.25 Pharmacists....................................................... 46.73 47.75 47.75 48.02 48.02 Registered nurses................................................. 18.98 21.00 22.48 24.35 52.88 Therapists........................................................ 14.80 14.80 16.59 18.99 19.87 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 12.21 13.65 14.30 15.91 17.44 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.50 9.50 10.66 13.42 14.05 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.25 8.65 9.73 10.32 11.00 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.25 8.65 9.73 10.38 11.00 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.50 12.93 13.42 14.05 15.39 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.03 11.00 13.69 15.64 17.63 Fire fighters..................................................... 10.14 10.78 12.73 14.08 15.62 Police officers................................................... 14.40 15.48 15.84 18.70 20.11 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.40 15.48 15.84 18.70 20.11 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... $2.13 $2.38 $7.58 $10.25 $11.50 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 10.00 10.00 11.00 12.94 16.44 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 10.00 10.00 11.00 12.94 16.44 Cooks............................................................. 8.75 9.00 9.70 10.50 11.50 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 7.73 9.00 9.70 10.25 11.48 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.18 7.72 9.93 11.50 11.75 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.38 4.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.38 2.62 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.31 7.65 8.50 11.23 14.30 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers.............................................. 8.23 9.32 11.23 12.25 13.02 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers........................................................ 8.23 9.32 11.23 12.25 13.02 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.31 7.48 8.00 9.71 14.30 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.31 7.00 8.35 11.85 15.13 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.37 7.73 8.00 8.84 9.50 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 7.90 9.44 10.59 12.56 20.61 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 7.79 9.44 10.59 11.12 13.57 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.96 9.25 9.75 10.95 11.75 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.40 8.25 11.50 19.23 33.65 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.27 10.27 12.00 15.20 35.76 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.27 10.27 12.00 15.20 35.76 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.00 7.97 8.40 11.50 13.78 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.00 7.25 8.20 10.08 13.78 Cashiers...................................................... 7.00 7.25 8.20 10.08 13.78 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.50 8.25 8.74 10.05 12.36 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 14.25 19.23 29.19 39.10 44.65 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.00 10.20 12.00 13.70 17.06 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 14.63 16.09 17.91 21.70 24.73 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.75 11.00 12.50 14.16 18.47 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.75 11.00 11.97 13.23 17.10 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.20 11.25 11.73 16.63 19.42 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.50 10.38 11.50 12.37 13.03 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.87 10.35 12.00 12.12 13.20 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.08 10.46 11.75 12.73 16.45 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.00 11.70 14.76 16.21 21.64 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 9.97 12.88 15.08 21.07 22.05 Medical secretaries............................................. 9.01 10.28 11.29 12.12 13.27 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.00 11.23 14.00 15.55 16.21 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.27 10.06 11.11 13.00 15.10 Construction and extraction occupations............................. $9.95 $10.55 $15.00 $17.27 $23.47 Construction equipment operators.................................. 12.00 12.07 15.00 15.00 15.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 12.00 16.10 18.00 21.50 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 10.00 10.55 16.10 17.00 21.50 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.00 10.00 14.00 17.00 17.00 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 9.29 11.59 13.88 13.88 15.14 Production occupations.............................................. 8.36 10.19 12.50 15.35 18.29 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 12.50 12.50 16.57 20.00 21.50 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.61 11.85 13.85 17.30 17.55 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 11.75 11.75 15.00 25.33 25.33 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.45 13.76 16.62 18.29 20.81 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 12.00 15.30 16.62 19.76 20.81 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.21 11.31 11.91 11.91 12.36 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.00 10.76 12.59 15.44 20.00 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.10 11.91 12.73 17.10 20.00 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.00 12.00 12.50 17.75 20.00 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.27 9.40 11.00 12.92 15.93 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.00 10.20 12.00 13.46 15.93 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), Knoxville, TN, May 2006 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $2.26 $6.25 $8.20 $10.96 $15.00 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.74 19.79 24.00 24.00 27.60 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.25 2.50 6.36 7.97 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.26 2.34 3.45 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.25 2.26 2.38 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 5.15 5.15 6.75 7.50 7.50 Building cleaning workers......................................... 5.15 5.15 6.75 7.50 7.50 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.33 7.33 8.75 10.00 11.26 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.08 6.50 8.30 9.12 10.05 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.08 6.50 8.30 9.12 10.05 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 5.50 6.35 6.90 8.30 9.12 Cashiers...................................................... 5.50 6.35 6.90 8.30 9.12 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.00 8.50 9.00 10.00 13.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.25 8.00 9.48 11.59 14.08 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.43 8.50 9.44 10.21 12.50 Production occupations.............................................. 6.00 6.00 7.75 16.00 16.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.50 10.00 12.92 12.92 12.92 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, Knoxville, TN, 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........................................................... $16.89 $12.98 $676 $521 40.0 $34,706 $27,144 2,055 Management occupations.............................................. 41.90 33.72 1,703 1,349 40.7 87,968 69,701 2,099 General and operations managers................................... 55.52 43.27 2,235 1,731 40.3 116,206 90,000 2,093 Financial managers................................................ 27.73 27.85 1,109 1,114 40.0 57,677 57,936 2,080 Education administrators.......................................... 37.57 35.71 1,475 1,339 39.3 70,645 65,320 1,881 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.15 17.94 753 718 39.3 39,161 37,315 2,045 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.65 27.72 1,321 1,120 40.5 68,691 58,240 2,104 Engineers......................................................... 41.15 29.48 1,657 1,179 40.3 86,178 61,318 2,094 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 52.75 77.00 2,185 3,080 41.4 113,617 160,152 2,154 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 27.55 25.00 1,123 1,010 40.8 58,397 52,499 2,120 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 31.31 23.09 1,219 869 38.9 63,385 45,209 2,025 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.49 13.26 603 509 38.9 30,013 26,485 1,938 Social workers.................................................... 13.62 12.73 532 509 39.1 27,651 26,485 2,031 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 23.81 24.32 923 964 38.7 40,511 40,835 1,702 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 28.57 26.27 1,134 1,051 39.7 57,381 54,107 2,008 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.15 26.24 968 1,000 38.5 40,560 40,835 1,613 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.30 29.09 1,118 1,119 38.2 45,314 45,020 1,546 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.18 29.09 1,116 1,116 38.2 45,197 44,384 1,549 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.45 29.85 1,142 1,119 37.5 46,446 46,114 1,525 Secondary school teachers....................................... 27.33 26.86 1,045 1,024 38.2 41,797 40,964 1,529 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 27.33 26.86 1,045 1,024 38.2 41,797 40,964 1,529 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.17 9.85 382 370 37.6 14,886 14,071 1,463 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 18.99 17.30 766 719 40.3 39,809 37,380 2,096 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.89 22.38 1,231 894 39.9 64,034 46,488 2,073 Pharmacists....................................................... 46.93 47.75 1,877 1,910 40.0 97,614 99,322 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 27.14 22.48 1,081 896 39.8 56,223 46,592 2,072 Therapists........................................................ 17.16 16.59 675 664 39.3 35,117 34,507 2,046 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.69 14.30 583 572 39.7 30,315 29,744 2,064 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.30 10.66 440 402 38.9 22,868 20,885 2,023 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.56 9.73 365 368 38.2 18,999 19,110 1,988 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.56 9.73 365 368 38.2 18,997 19,110 1,988 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.44 13.42 535 537 39.8 27,796 27,914 2,068 Protective service occupations...................................... 13.74 13.69 566 573 41.2 29,431 29,786 2,143 Fire fighters..................................................... 12.93 12.73 683 675 52.8 35,529 35,084 2,748 Police officers................................................... $16.81 $15.84 $674 $634 40.1 $35,032 $32,947 2,084 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 16.81 15.84 674 634 40.1 35,032 32,947 2,084 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.97 7.58 281 294 40.3 14,483 14,625 2,078 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 12.35 11.00 530 456 42.9 27,578 23,699 2,233 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.35 11.00 530 456 42.9 27,578 23,699 2,233 Cooks............................................................. 9.96 9.70 402 399 40.4 20,918 20,748 2,101 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.69 9.70 383 380 39.6 19,933 19,760 2,057 Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.86 9.93 387 397 39.3 18,946 20,644 1,921 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.52 2.13 100 85 39.6 5,204 4,430 2,061 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.37 2.13 94 85 39.6 4,871 4,430 2,060 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.56 8.50 376 334 39.4 19,383 17,368 2,027 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers.............................................. 11.16 11.23 444 449 39.7 23,074 23,360 2,067 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers........................................................ 11.09 11.23 441 449 39.7 22,918 23,360 2,067 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.12 8.00 358 320 39.3 18,451 16,640 2,024 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.66 8.35 383 334 39.7 19,925 17,368 2,062 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.31 8.00 322 320 38.7 16,385 16,640 1,971 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.66 10.59 466 423 40.0 22,399 22,019 1,921 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 10.47 10.59 419 423 40.0 19,912 22,019 1,901 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.20 9.75 441 402 43.3 22,008 20,800 2,157 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.68 11.50 672 480 40.3 34,934 24,960 2,095 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 16.01 12.00 696 568 43.5 36,195 29,536 2,261 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.38 12.00 710 565 43.3 36,899 29,381 2,252 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.13 8.40 401 330 39.6 20,855 17,160 2,058 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.03 8.20 361 328 40.0 18,782 17,058 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 9.03 8.20 361 328 40.0 18,782 17,058 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.01 8.74 391 338 39.0 20,316 17,576 2,029 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.43 29.19 1,190 1,168 40.4 61,863 60,721 2,102 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.65 12.00 504 480 39.9 26,187 24,960 2,071 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.75 17.91 748 716 39.9 38,901 37,253 2,074 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.60 12.50 542 500 39.8 28,166 26,000 2,072 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.56 11.97 499 479 39.7 25,951 24,898 2,067 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.79 11.73 554 469 40.2 28,807 24,405 2,088 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.28 11.50 451 460 40.0 23,463 23,920 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.51 12.00 461 480 40.0 23,947 24,960 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.23 11.75 489 470 40.0 25,440 24,440 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.76 14.76 586 585 39.7 30,157 29,682 2,043 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. $15.94 $15.08 $629 $598 39.5 $32,007 $31,071 2,009 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.14 11.29 443 451 39.8 23,058 23,462 2,070 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.56 14.00 542 560 39.9 28,166 29,120 2,077 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.26 11.11 489 443 39.9 25,365 23,026 2,069 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.08 15.00 603 600 40.0 31,344 31,200 2,079 Construction equipment operators.................................. 14.03 15.00 561 600 40.0 29,182 31,200 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.78 16.10 630 644 40.0 32,785 33,488 2,078 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 14.90 16.10 596 644 40.0 30,989 33,488 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 13.79 14.00 552 560 40.0 28,682 29,120 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 12.97 13.88 512 555 39.5 26,625 28,872 2,053 Production occupations.............................................. 13.14 12.50 525 500 40.0 27,312 26,000 2,079 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 16.55 16.57 670 663 40.5 34,836 34,464 2,105 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.09 13.85 564 554 40.0 29,309 28,808 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 16.94 15.00 677 600 40.0 35,229 31,200 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.08 16.62 643 665 40.0 33,450 34,570 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.59 16.62 663 665 40.0 34,497 34,570 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. $11.55 $11.91 $462 $477 40.0 $24,029 $24,779 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.44 12.59 544 504 40.5 28,306 26,187 2,106 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.61 12.73 599 519 41.0 31,134 26,996 2,132 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.51 12.50 597 500 41.1 31,040 26,000 2,139 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.50 11.00 460 440 40.0 23,924 22,880 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.18 12.00 487 480 40.0 25,335 24,960 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 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Knoxville, TN, 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........................................................... $16.47 $12.59 $662 $504 40.2 $34,317 $26,187 2,083 Management occupations.............................................. 43.17 33.72 1,768 1,502 40.9 91,701 78,102 2,124 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 21.23 21.15 840 846 39.6 43,683 44,000 2,058 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.42 27.98 1,357 1,162 40.6 70,587 60,399 2,112 Engineers......................................................... 42.20 29.82 1,707 1,197 40.4 88,743 62,234 2,103 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 52.75 77.00 2,185 3,080 41.4 113,617 160,152 2,154 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 18.99 17.30 766 719 40.3 39,809 37,380 2,096 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.89 22.40 1,278 896 40.1 66,477 46,592 2,084 Pharmacists....................................................... 47.80 47.75 1,912 1,910 40.0 99,416 99,322 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 27.30 22.40 1,092 896 40.0 56,768 46,592 2,079 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.74 14.28 586 571 39.7 30,449 29,702 2,066 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.23 10.50 437 398 38.9 22,736 20,696 2,025 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.56 9.73 365 368 38.2 18,999 19,110 1,988 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.56 9.73 365 368 38.2 18,997 19,110 1,988 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.58 13.42 543 537 40.0 28,246 27,914 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.91 7.50 279 288 40.3 14,371 14,144 2,079 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 12.35 11.00 530 456 42.9 27,578 23,699 2,233 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.35 11.00 530 456 42.9 27,578 23,699 2,233 Cooks............................................................. 9.89 9.70 400 399 40.4 20,790 20,748 2,102 Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.86 9.93 387 397 39.3 18,946 20,644 1,921 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.52 2.13 100 85 39.6 5,204 4,430 2,061 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.37 2.13 94 85 39.6 4,871 4,430 2,060 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.40 8.00 330 320 39.3 16,932 16,640 2,015 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.05 8.00 315 306 39.1 16,217 15,912 2,014 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.82 7.63 309 306 39.6 16,086 15,912 2,057 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.29 8.00 321 320 38.7 16,347 16,536 1,971 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.16 9.75 440 400 43.3 21,935 20,800 2,158 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.68 11.54 672 480 40.3 34,944 24,960 2,095 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 16.01 12.00 696 568 43.5 36,195 29,536 2,261 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.38 12.00 710 565 43.3 36,899 29,381 2,252 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.13 8.40 401 330 39.6 20,849 17,160 2,058 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.02 8.20 361 328 40.0 18,762 17,058 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 9.02 8.20 361 328 40.0 18,762 17,058 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.01 8.74 391 338 39.0 20,316 17,576 2,029 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ $29.43 $29.19 $1,190 $1,168 40.4 $61,863 $60,721 2,102 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.56 12.00 501 480 39.9 26,067 24,960 2,076 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.93 17.91 757 716 40.0 39,378 37,253 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.72 12.50 547 500 39.8 28,422 26,000 2,071 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.67 12.28 503 491 39.7 26,166 25,542 2,065 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.79 11.73 554 469 40.2 28,807 24,405 2,088 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.28 11.50 451 460 40.0 23,463 23,920 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.51 12.00 461 480 40.0 23,947 24,960 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.23 11.75 489 470 40.0 25,440 24,440 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.11 15.08 604 603 40.0 31,398 31,371 2,078 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.07 16.54 723 662 40.0 37,587 34,403 2,080 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.14 11.29 443 451 39.8 23,058 23,462 2,070 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.13 11.07 485 443 40.0 25,237 23,026 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.68 14.50 587 580 40.0 30,531 30,160 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.66 17.00 627 680 40.0 32,582 35,360 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 14.90 16.10 596 644 40.0 30,997 33,488 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 13.78 13.72 551 549 40.0 28,654 28,538 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 12.94 12.50 517 500 40.0 26,890 26,000 2,079 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 16.55 16.57 670 663 40.5 34,836 34,464 2,105 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.09 13.85 564 554 40.0 29,309 28,808 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 16.94 15.00 677 600 40.0 35,229 31,200 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.08 16.62 643 665 40.0 33,450 34,570 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.59 16.62 663 665 40.0 34,497 34,570 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.55 11.91 462 477 40.0 24,029 24,779 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.54 12.73 549 504 40.5 28,531 26,187 2,108 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.73 12.85 605 544 41.1 31,449 28,288 2,135 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.62 12.60 602 500 41.2 31,315 26,000 2,142 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.59 11.18 464 447 40.0 24,112 23,259 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.39 12.59 496 504 40.0 25,780 26,187 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 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Knoxville, TN, 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........................................................... $19.37 $16.38 $761 $660 39.3 $36,828 $33,596 1,901 Management occupations.............................................. 33.32 33.55 1,291 1,277 38.8 64,896 58,302 1,948 Education administrators.......................................... 37.53 35.71 1,457 1,339 38.8 69,461 65,320 1,851 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.70 25.37 992 1,007 38.6 42,684 43,008 1,661 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.65 28.28 1,094 1,084 38.2 44,131 43,335 1,541 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.30 29.09 1,118 1,119 38.2 45,314 45,020 1,546 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.18 29.09 1,116 1,116 38.2 45,197 44,384 1,549 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.45 29.85 1,142 1,119 37.5 46,446 46,114 1,525 Secondary school teachers....................................... 27.33 26.86 1,045 1,024 38.2 41,797 40,964 1,529 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 27.33 26.86 1,045 1,024 38.2 41,797 40,964 1,529 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.17 9.85 382 370 37.6 14,886 14,071 1,463 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.17 16.52 801 620 37.9 41,672 32,220 1,969 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.09 14.58 634 602 42.0 32,977 31,329 2,186 Fire fighters..................................................... 12.93 12.73 683 675 52.8 35,529 35,084 2,748 Police officers................................................... 16.81 15.84 674 634 40.1 35,032 32,947 2,084 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 16.81 15.84 674 634 40.1 35,032 32,947 2,084 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.98 11.23 516 449 39.7 26,814 23,360 2,065 Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.63 14.30 542 572 39.8 28,207 29,744 2,069 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.81 14.30 551 572 39.9 28,641 29,744 2,074 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 12.56 11.12 502 445 40.0 26,122 23,130 2,080 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 11.20 10.59 448 423 40.0 23,299 22,019 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.57 13.53 536 529 39.5 27,385 26,224 2,019 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.24 10.65 490 426 40.0 25,463 22,158 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.82 14.10 540 529 39.1 27,003 27,163 1,955 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.49 14.10 525 529 38.9 26,062 25,919 1,932 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.29 15.55 606 622 39.6 31,512 32,350 2,061 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.14 12.15 517 482 39.4 26,231 25,043 1,996 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.08 18.08 720 723 39.8 37,434 37,606 2,070 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.38 14.79 651 592 39.7 33,853 30,763 2,066 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 12.66 12.47 496 499 39.2 25,787 25,938 2,037 Production occupations.............................................. 16.12 16.32 645 653 40.0 33,523 33,946 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.69 10.47 465 419 39.8 24,198 21,778 2,069 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, Knoxville, TN, May 2006 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $15.59 $16.27 $14.60 $15.46 Management, professional, and related...... 30.85 34.35 28.93 23.98 Management, business, and financial...... 40.02 45.67 32.38 – Professional and related................. 27.64 29.96 27.01 23.34 Service.................................... 7.76 8.01 7.21 8.21 Sales and office........................... 13.34 13.43 13.19 13.38 Sales and related........................ 15.11 16.14 14.12 – Office and administrative support........ 12.38 12.02 12.66 13.85 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 15.09 14.60 16.29 16.63 Construction and extraction............. 14.68 14.23 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 15.39 14.94 16.15 16.63 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 12.93 12.04 13.54 – Production............................... 12.82 12.30 12.63 – Transportation and material moving....... 13.03 11.90 14.60 – 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........................................................... 5.1 9.3 7.8 9.8 Management, professional, and related............................... 12.2 19.5 17.9 9.2 Management, business, and financial............................... 19.0 22.0 27.7 – Professional and related.......................................... 7.5 12.7 25.6 9.0 Service............................................................. 4.3 5.3 7.2 17.1 Sales and office.................................................... 5.3 6.2 7.7 11.4 Sales and related................................................. 10.6 12.7 18.0 – Office and administrative support................................. 2.2 2.1 5.1 10.6 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.8 11.7 7.8 17.6 Construction and extraction...................................... 14.8 16.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.4 9.2 10.8 17.6 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.2 3.3 4.7 – Production........................................................ 2.6 6.3 6.5 – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.9 3.8 9.7 – 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 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, Knoxville, TN, 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........................................................... $17.33 $12.50 $697 $505 40.2 $36,182 $26,260 2,088 Management occupations.............................................. 48.41 48.08 1,945 1,923 40.2 101,149 100,000 2,089 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.93 28.75 1,437 1,150 40.0 74,738 59,800 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 48.80 38.50 1,952 1,540 40.0 101,495 80,080 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 36.05 22.56 1,450 900 40.2 75,406 46,800 2,092 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.50 9.00 308 360 41.1 16,038 18,720 2,139 Cooks............................................................. 10.00 9.70 407 399 40.7 21,180 20,748 2,118 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.91 2.38 114 90 39.2 5,927 4,680 2,038 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.59 2.25 101 85 39.0 5,249 4,430 2,029 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.84 8.50 346 320 39.1 17,670 16,640 1,998 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.31 8.00 324 320 39.0 16,521 16,640 1,988 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.43 8.00 325 320 38.5 16,403 16,640 1,945 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.04 12.00 737 532 40.8 38,317 27,685 2,124 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 16.38 12.00 710 565 43.3 36,899 29,381 2,252 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.38 12.00 710 565 43.3 36,899 29,381 2,252 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.79 8.20 392 328 40.0 20,367 17,058 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 31.36 29.19 1,278 1,168 40.7 66,453 60,721 2,119 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.20 11.50 486 460 39.9 25,289 23,920 2,073 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.92 12.66 553 507 39.8 28,778 26,341 2,068 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.32 11.50 487 460 39.5 25,318 23,920 2,056 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.50 11.50 460 460 40.0 23,914 23,920 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.96 10.35 478 414 40.0 24,873 21,528 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.23 13.00 569 520 40.0 29,605 27,040 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.08 16.10 603 644 40.0 31,374 33,488 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 12.60 12.67 504 507 40.0 26,205 26,354 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.08 12.00 492 480 40.8 25,588 24,960 2,119 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.28 12.30 511 492 41.6 26,551 25,584 2,162 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.92 10.50 437 420 40.0 22,711 21,840 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.95 10.50 438 420 40.0 22,781 21,840 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, Knoxville, TN, 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........................................................... $15.54 $12.59 $624 $504 40.1 $32,303 $26,187 2,078 Management occupations.............................................. 35.62 25.00 1,500 1,068 42.1 77,505 55,536 2,176 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.09 24.52 867 1,000 39.3 45,100 52,001 2,042 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 26.90 27.98 1,138 1,165 42.3 59,192 60,586 2,200 Engineers......................................................... 28.31 29.13 1,172 1,165 41.4 60,936 60,586 2,152 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 25.91 26.31 1,127 1,130 43.5 58,604 58,781 2,262 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.11 19.75 843 790 39.9 43,812 41,070 2,076 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.98 22.17 1,159 886 40.0 60,264 46,093 2,079 Registered nurses................................................. 31.13 22.95 1,245 918 40.0 64,720 47,715 2,079 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.49 14.58 580 583 40.0 30,141 30,326 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.94 9.85 384 376 38.6 19,946 19,544 2,006 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.54 9.73 366 369 38.3 19,008 19,208 1,992 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.54 9.73 365 369 38.3 19,006 19,208 1,991 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.34 7.03 250 278 39.5 12,821 13,650 2,023 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.94 7.65 313 306 39.4 16,132 15,912 2,032 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.77 7.55 305 300 39.3 15,872 15,600 2,044 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.94 7.67 311 302 39.2 16,198 15,717 2,039 Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.97 10.40 593 403 39.6 30,826 20,966 2,059 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.40 8.74 408 347 39.3 21,227 18,054 2,042 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.99 8.74 348 330 38.8 18,114 17,160 2,015 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.03 12.32 521 493 40.0 27,093 25,624 2,079 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.17 12.50 527 500 40.0 27,402 26,000 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.22 12.50 529 500 40.0 27,504 26,000 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.56 11.73 545 469 40.2 28,354 24,405 2,090 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.26 12.32 490 493 40.0 25,497 25,624 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.71 15.08 627 603 39.9 32,624 31,371 2,077 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.07 16.54 723 662 40.0 37,587 34,403 2,080 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.14 11.29 443 451 39.8 23,058 23,462 2,070 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.81 17.90 672 716 40.0 34,966 37,232 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 15.74 16.00 630 640 40.0 32,735 33,280 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 13.36 12.00 535 480 40.0 27,798 24,960 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 13.09 12.35 523 490 40.0 27,200 25,459 2,078 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.09 13.85 564 554 40.0 29,309 28,808 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.55 11.91 462 477 40.0 24,029 24,779 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... $15.02 $13.46 $606 $538 40.3 $31,489 $27,997 2,096 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.46 17.75 707 710 40.5 36,758 36,920 2,105 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.11 12.59 484 504 40.0 25,190 26,187 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.98 13.26 559 530 40.0 29,080 27,581 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. 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, Knoxville, TN, 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........................................................... $14.70 $14.43 $23.80 $16.12 $15.65 $19.13 Management, professional, and related............................... 19.90 19.90 – 29.05 30.96 24.25 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 36.90 40.02 24.57 Professional and related.......................................... 19.90 19.90 – 26.64 27.75 24.18 Service............................................................. – – – 8.54 7.74 13.68 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 13.40 13.41 13.27 Sales and related................................................. – – – 15.18 15.18 – Office and administrative support................................. 12.13 12.08 – 12.49 12.41 13.30 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – 24.84 14.64 14.37 16.30 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – 13.30 16.93 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 15.24 15.10 15.99 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 13.53 13.37 – 12.93 12.88 13.86 Production........................................................ – – – 12.87 12.68 15.68 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.93 12.93 – 12.98 13.05 11.71 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........................................................... 8.9 9.1 9.2 4.6 5.4 2.0 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.2 4.2 – 9.3 12.3 2.1 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 17.9 19.0 17.3 Professional and related.......................................... 4.2 4.2 – 5.3 7.7 3.7 Service............................................................. – – – 3.3 4.4 5.1 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 5.2 5.5 1.3 Sales and related................................................. – – – 11.2 11.2 – Office and administrative support................................. 3.9 3.8 – 2.1 2.3 1.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – 8.4 6.7 7.5 6.8 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – 11.5 4.5 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 4.5 5.3 10.1 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 2.7 2.4 – 3.3 3.5 10.7 Production........................................................ – – – 3.0 3.0 13.9 Transportation and material moving................................ 1.3 1.3 – 6.2 6.5 6.4 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, Knoxville, TN, May 2006 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $15.75 $15.21 $22.48 $22.48 Management, professional, and related............................... 29.01 30.90 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 36.90 40.02 – – Professional and related.......................................... 26.58 27.66 – – Service............................................................. 8.53 7.72 – – Sales and office.................................................... 12.02 11.93 24.20 24.20 Sales and related................................................. 11.47 11.47 27.04 27.04 Office and administrative support................................. 12.24 12.13 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 15.35 15.09 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 14.68 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 15.54 15.39 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 12.79 12.71 17.03 17.03 Production........................................................ 12.94 12.72 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.66 12.71 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 4.7 5.5 13.8 13.8 Management, professional, and related............................... 9.3 12.3 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 17.9 19.0 – – Professional and related.......................................... 5.3 7.6 – – Service............................................................. 3.3 4.4 – – Sales and office.................................................... 2.2 2.4 17.4 17.4 Sales and related................................................. 4.1 4.1 21.1 21.1 Office and administrative support................................. 2.6 2.8 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 7.7 8.8 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 14.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.6 5.4 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.1 3.3 7.8 7.8 Production........................................................ 2.3 2.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.2 5.4 – – 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, Knoxville, TN, 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........................................................... – – – $23.68 – – $19.29 – – Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 29.70 – – 29.41 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – – – 27.88 – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – 19.86 – – 29.57 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 10.16 – – Sales and office.................................................... – – – 17.11 – – 11.64 – – Sales and related................................................. – – – 22.59 – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 13.48 – – 11.64 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – – – – 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........................................................... – – – 31.5 – – 5.0 – – Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 27.1 – – 4.9 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – – – 5.9 – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – 8.7 – – 5.1 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 1.6 – – Sales and office.................................................... – – – 21.6 – – 5.7 – – Sales and related................................................. – – – 34.5 – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 5.5 – – 5.8 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – – – – 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, Knoxville, TN, May 2006 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 339,800 294,900 44,900 Management, professional, and related............................... 78,000 54,200 23,800 Management, business, and financial............................... 16,400 12,900 3,400 Professional and related.......................................... 61,600 41,300 20,300 Service............................................................. 72,000 63,200 8,800 Sales and office.................................................... 104,200 98,300 5,900 Sales and related................................................. 36,100 36,000 – Office and administrative support................................. 68,100 62,300 5,800 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 26,600 23,000 3,600 Construction and extraction...................................... 10,800 9,600 1,300 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 15,700 13,400 2,300 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 59,000 56,200 2,800 Production........................................................ 26,300 24,700 1,500 Transportation and material moving................................ 32,800 31,500 1,300 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, Knoxville, TN, May 2006 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 17,319 17,275 44 Total in sample....................................................... 353 319 34 Responding........................................................ 206 178 28 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 98 92 6 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 49 49 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.