NC BL 03/00/2007 Table: Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, Bulletin 3135-40, May 2006 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $18.75 4.5 35.7 $18.70 5.0 35.6 $19.08 4.0 36.4 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 30.08 4.7 38.0 31.72 5.4 38.4 23.81 4.6 36.7 Management, business, and financial............................... 34.74 4.5 39.6 34.98 4.7 39.6 31.18 11.2 40.2 Professional and related.......................................... 25.54 8.8 36.6 27.16 12.0 36.9 22.50 4.4 36.1 Service............................................................. 10.54 4.2 29.4 9.50 4.8 28.3 16.09 5.0 37.4 Sales and office.................................................... 16.07 6.7 34.9 16.32 7.2 34.9 13.21 2.2 34.8 Sales and related................................................. 17.86 15.4 31.2 17.93 15.5 31.4 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 15.01 2.7 37.5 15.24 3.2 37.8 13.35 1.6 36.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.10 6.2 40.0 17.19 6.6 40.0 15.70 7.4 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 14.32 1.5 40.0 14.35 1.6 40.0 13.78 9.0 40.0 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.55 8.5 40.0 19.65 9.0 40.0 17.81 5.1 40.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.10 4.6 37.5 15.13 4.8 37.6 13.75 5.7 32.4 Production........................................................ 15.48 4.7 39.0 15.43 4.7 39.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.67 5.5 35.9 14.78 5.8 36.2 12.30 .9 31.0 Full time........................................................... 19.96 4.5 39.7 20.03 5.1 39.7 19.44 3.2 39.7 Part time........................................................... 9.63 6.9 20.3 9.14 7.3 20.4 15.23 23.9 19.3 Union............................................................... 23.11 9.1 35.8 23.11 9.1 35.8 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 18.58 4.6 35.7 18.51 5.3 35.6 19.08 4.0 36.4 Time................................................................ 17.23 4.6 35.4 16.96 5.3 35.3 19.08 4.0 36.4 Incentive........................................................... 31.41 6.7 38.1 31.41 6.7 38.1 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 17.89 4.8 39.9 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 18.96 6.0 34.4 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 16.50 7.8 34.0 16.50 7.9 34.0 16.41 6.8 40.0 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.09 8.0 36.6 17.07 8.3 36.6 17.73 10.3 36.4 500 workers or more................................................. 23.61 4.1 37.9 25.92 5.9 38.8 19.22 4.3 36.4 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 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), Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $18.75 4.5 $19.96 4.5 $9.63 6.9 Management occupations.............................................. 37.20 7.5 37.32 7.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 22.86 9.4 22.46 9.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 34.12 8.8 34.12 8.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.90 6.5 45.90 6.5 – – General and operations managers................................... 32.93 17.5 33.61 21.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.54 24.1 45.54 24.1 – – Financial managers................................................ 34.84 19.5 34.84 19.5 – – Education administrators.......................................... 32.56 3.8 32.56 3.8 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.50 4.9 32.50 4.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.90 6.8 24.90 6.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 22.77 5.1 22.77 5.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.26 5.2 26.26 5.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.05 5.5 41.05 5.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.51 16.5 41.51 16.5 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 26.34 9.8 26.34 9.8 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.66 7.6 26.66 7.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.30 11.0 25.30 11.0 – – Training and development specialists............................ 27.26 9.3 27.26 9.3 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.88 11.1 26.88 11.1 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 37.24 5.9 37.24 5.9 – – Financial analysts.............................................. 38.49 8.7 38.49 8.7 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.51 4.8 38.51 4.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.44 4.8 31.44 4.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.77 2.4 42.77 2.4 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 40.56 4.9 40.56 4.9 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.68 9.3 39.68 9.3 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 27.34 17.6 27.34 17.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.99 5.4 31.99 5.4 – – Engineers......................................................... 35.26 4.7 35.26 4.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.66 1.5 28.66 1.5 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 44.31 .8 44.31 .8 – – Electrical engineers.......................................... 44.31 .8 44.31 .8 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 25.07 8.7 25.07 8.7 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 25.02 8.8 25.02 8.8 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 20.04 11.6 19.88 12.4 – – Social workers.................................................... 18.37 4.3 17.86 3.6 – – Child, family, and school social workers........................ 17.15 1.5 17.15 1.5 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 14.76 5.5 14.76 5.5 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ $22.02 7.5 $22.04 7.6 $19.62 8.9 Level 3 .................................................. 10.13 2.5 10.13 2.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.68 2.3 12.69 2.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.55 .7 23.45 .3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 28.08 4.1 28.16 4.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.27 3.5 26.27 3.5 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 35.13 8.5 35.51 8.9 – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 30.53 10.5 30.53 10.5 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.04 2.6 26.05 2.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.55 .7 23.45 .3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 29.59 4.8 29.59 4.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.26 3.5 26.26 3.5 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.63 .6 25.66 .7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 29.34 4.1 29.34 4.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.46 .3 25.46 .3 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.69 .6 25.73 .6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 28.56 2.0 28.56 2.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.97 1.4 25.97 1.4 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.80 3.9 25.77 4.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 29.54 7.9 29.54 7.9 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.80 3.9 25.77 4.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 29.54 7.9 29.54 7.9 – – Special education teachers...................................... 32.12 14.3 32.12 14.3 – – Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school............................................ 32.12 14.3 32.12 14.3 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.58 3.8 10.58 3.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.13 2.5 10.13 2.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.69 2.3 12.69 2.3 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.75 23.3 – – 9.09 12.2 Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.56 18.1 – – – – Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 14.08 20.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.08 20.9 – – – – Coaches and scouts.............................................. 14.08 20.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.08 20.9 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.03 7.3 20.50 6.2 24.04 26.1 Level 4 .................................................. 12.52 10.7 12.84 14.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.44 3.0 17.28 2.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.93 3.3 19.93 3.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.46 6.3 23.86 6.5 26.51 6.3 Level 8 .................................................. 23.21 3.2 23.57 3.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 24.06 4.3 24.15 4.1 – – Registered nurses................................................. 24.36 4.1 24.53 3.4 23.27 8.2 Level 7 .................................................. $24.23 4.8 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.19 2.7 $24.98 0.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 23.23 2.6 23.24 1.8 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.66 7.1 19.66 7.1 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 22.01 9.3 22.01 9.3 – – Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 12.51 6.1 – – – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 11.63 10.4 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.58 4.2 11.39 3.4 $13.07 8.4 Level 3 .................................................. 10.54 4.1 10.35 3.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.02 4.3 12.72 4.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.33 5.8 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.48 5.0 10.50 5.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.37 5.5 10.39 5.7 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.36 6.0 12.11 5.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.25 6.9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.47 3.9 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 17.20 5.7 17.45 6.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.44 5.4 14.44 5.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.03 1.7 17.03 1.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.26 4.4 19.42 4.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 21.61 2.4 21.61 2.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 29.06 .9 29.06 .9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 29.06 .9 29.06 .9 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 14.13 4.0 14.13 4.0 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 14.13 4.0 14.13 4.0 – – Police officers................................................... 19.48 3.0 19.35 3.3 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 19.48 3.0 19.35 3.3 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.01 5.6 – – – – Security guards................................................. 11.01 5.6 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.01 6.7 8.21 8.5 6.34 11.1 Level 1 .................................................. 6.85 1.9 7.74 3.2 6.41 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 6.18 11.2 7.31 10.6 5.83 12.1 Level 3 .................................................. 7.48 10.7 6.69 21.4 8.37 4.4 Cooks............................................................. 9.22 6.2 10.37 2.5 – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.30 3.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.40 19.0 3.76 21.7 3.12 23.1 Level 2 .................................................. 3.03 37.4 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.32 3.4 – – 2.38 7.5 Level 2 .................................................. 2.36 7.9 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.68 1.9 – – 7.37 1.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.00 10.5 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.68 1.9 – – 7.37 1.8 Level 2 .................................................. $8.00 10.6 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 8.18 16.0 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.18 16.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.29 5.9 $11.63 5.8 $9.79 24.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.74 3.8 9.36 1.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.20 13.0 8.74 10.5 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.65 12.9 9.56 7.6 9.79 25.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.46 8.8 9.52 1.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.97 14.5 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.28 15.9 10.84 5.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.25 11.4 9.86 3.6 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.12 6.0 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.21 15.8 16.43 18.3 8.39 7.4 Level 2 .................................................. 10.59 16.3 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.46 6.8 – – 8.90 9.5 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 10.53 13.7 – – 7.66 10.4 Level 2 .................................................. 10.59 16.3 – – – – Recreation workers.............................................. 10.66 14.8 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.86 15.4 21.21 14.5 8.72 2.9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.44 2.0 – – 7.35 1.5 Level 2 .................................................. 8.32 3.4 – – 8.27 5.6 Level 3 .................................................. 10.04 1.8 10.06 3.1 10.00 4.1 Level 4 .................................................. 12.16 9.0 12.40 10.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.57 5.3 20.05 3.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.47 7.2 29.47 7.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.45 24.3 19.45 24.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.95 5.4 22.95 5.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 22.21 10.1 22.21 10.1 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.39 3.8 10.23 3.3 8.44 1.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.44 2.0 – – 7.35 1.5 Level 2 .................................................. 8.32 3.4 – – 8.27 5.6 Level 3 .................................................. 10.20 2.7 10.06 3.1 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.80 2.7 9.25 5.6 8.47 4.3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.20 2.2 – – 8.06 4.7 Cashiers...................................................... 8.80 2.7 9.25 5.6 8.47 4.3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.20 2.2 – – 8.06 4.7 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.40 1.5 10.21 3.7 8.42 .6 Level 3 .................................................. 10.17 1.5 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 30.61 10.1 30.61 10.1 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.01 2.7 15.20 2.9 12.77 5.7 Level 2 .................................................. 10.52 2.1 10.91 2.2 9.29 1.3 Level 3 .................................................. 12.50 3.8 12.62 4.2 11.17 8.2 Level 4 .................................................. $14.11 2.0 $14.13 2.1 $13.89 5.7 Level 5 .................................................. 17.54 2.1 17.54 2.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.96 6.4 20.96 6.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.79 3.3 20.79 3.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.81 10.8 15.52 11.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.55 3.1 22.55 3.1 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.85 3.4 15.01 2.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.97 5.2 14.05 5.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.71 3.1 16.71 3.1 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.84 5.1 14.14 5.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.04 4.0 13.12 4.5 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.12 8.1 15.20 5.5 – – Library assistants, clerical...................................... 12.09 2.5 12.79 2.4 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.94 3.5 – – – – Dispatchers....................................................... 16.41 9.8 16.45 9.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.98 2.4 12.99 2.6 – – Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 13.54 .9 13.60 1.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.55 1.1 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.56 6.9 13.56 6.9 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.15 2.6 11.42 .6 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.41 5.5 18.68 5.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.16 5.6 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.61 2.0 15.61 2.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.58 11.5 19.58 11.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.53 12.7 21.53 12.7 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.37 6.5 19.37 6.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.69 11.7 19.69 11.7 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 12.44 6.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.16 5.6 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.52 3.1 15.52 3.1 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.00 5.7 13.05 6.1 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.85 4.5 13.88 4.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.57 8.0 10.78 4.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.41 4.6 13.50 5.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.31 4.8 17.31 4.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.32 1.5 14.32 1.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.33 5.8 11.33 5.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.67 9.2 14.67 9.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.80 .7 19.80 .7 – – Electricians...................................................... 17.70 8.6 17.70 8.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.46 6.6 18.46 6.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.55 8.5 19.55 8.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.03 4.6 16.03 4.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. $20.62 7.0 $20.62 7.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.79 3.3 22.79 3.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.36 10.5 31.36 10.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 26.89 24.1 26.89 24.1 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.26 4.8 18.26 4.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.90 5.9 16.90 5.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.28 12.3 18.28 12.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.46 3.0 25.46 3.0 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.07 11.8 23.07 11.8 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.22 5.8 16.22 5.8 – – Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 24.14 8.3 24.14 8.3 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 18.14 13.2 18.14 13.2 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.48 4.7 15.62 4.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.01 2.7 9.00 2.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.27 7.6 11.38 7.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.32 12.9 15.32 12.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.28 1.3 16.28 1.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.43 4.0 19.43 4.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.15 7.8 21.15 7.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.09 4.2 23.09 4.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 28.07 4.6 28.07 4.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.04 6.0 23.04 6.0 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.27 12.5 14.27 12.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.34 22.0 11.34 22.0 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 13.95 7.7 13.95 7.7 – – Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.17 13.8 13.17 13.8 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.53 1.8 15.53 1.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.76 7.3 14.76 7.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.86 7.0 20.86 7.0 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.25 8.2 14.25 8.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.33 5.2 19.33 5.2 – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 14.19 5.6 14.19 5.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.67 5.5 15.12 6.0 $11.05 7.0 Level 1 .................................................. 9.53 10.1 8.97 12.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.14 6.1 12.14 6.9 12.08 2.6 Level 3 .................................................. 12.96 5.5 12.93 6.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.54 3.8 14.54 3.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.58 5.8 18.58 5.8 – – Bus drivers....................................................... 11.24 .4 – – 11.30 .2 Bus drivers, school............................................. 11.24 .4 – – 11.30 .2 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ $15.85 7.4 $15.85 7.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.90 7.5 13.90 7.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.87 6.1 18.87 6.1 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.41 9.3 16.41 9.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.00 9.7 14.00 9.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.87 6.1 18.87 6.1 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.58 3.4 13.58 3.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.92 3.8 13.92 3.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.28 7.5 13.28 7.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.24 8.0 19.24 8.0 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.19 6.7 11.23 6.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.65 9.8 9.14 11.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.38 7.2 12.36 7.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.27 4.3 11.89 3.5 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.53 6.9 11.22 7.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.19 6.3 12.16 7.0 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.83 11.0 11.63 5.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.17 8.4 – – – – 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), Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $18.70 5.0 $20.03 5.1 $9.14 7.3 Management occupations.............................................. 37.26 8.3 37.40 8.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 22.75 9.4 22.34 9.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 34.89 12.0 34.89 12.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 46.57 7.3 46.57 7.3 – – General and operations managers................................... 32.93 17.5 33.61 21.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.54 24.1 45.54 24.1 – – Financial managers................................................ 33.94 19.5 33.94 19.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.02 5.0 33.02 5.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.90 6.8 24.90 6.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 23.02 4.9 23.02 4.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.65 5.3 26.65 5.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.05 5.5 41.05 5.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.51 16.5 41.51 16.5 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 26.42 10.0 26.42 10.0 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 27.67 8.2 27.67 8.2 – – Training and development specialists............................ 27.26 9.3 27.26 9.3 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.44 11.2 27.44 11.2 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 37.24 5.9 37.24 5.9 – – Financial analysts.............................................. 38.49 8.7 38.49 8.7 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.60 4.9 38.60 4.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.59 4.8 31.59 4.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.77 2.4 42.77 2.4 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 40.56 4.9 40.56 4.9 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.85 9.6 39.85 9.6 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 27.86 18.6 27.86 18.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.99 5.4 31.99 5.4 – – Engineers......................................................... 35.26 4.7 35.26 4.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.66 1.5 28.66 1.5 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 44.31 .8 44.31 .8 – – Electrical engineers.......................................... 44.31 .8 44.31 .8 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.41 8.4 26.41 8.4 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.52 11.7 24.52 11.7 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 17.36 33.0 17.35 33.6 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 33.58 6.9 35.34 10.6 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.24 7.0 29.42 7.4 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.11 4.0 27.46 4.7 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.88 23.4 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.26 20.1 – – – – Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... $14.08 20.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.08 20.9 – – – – Coaches and scouts.............................................. 14.08 20.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.08 20.9 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.55 8.4 $20.08 9.1 $24.78 10.5 Level 4 .................................................. 12.41 17.0 12.44 17.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.75 7.6 23.94 7.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.25 2.9 25.05 .3 – – Registered nurses................................................. 25.76 7.4 26.28 5.5 23.36 12.6 Level 8 .................................................. 24.19 2.7 24.98 .0 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.12 7.5 19.12 7.5 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.72 4.7 11.49 3.8 13.56 8.5 Level 4 .................................................. 13.69 4.1 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.29 5.6 10.31 5.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.14 6.3 10.16 6.6 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.92 6.0 12.63 6.0 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 10.94 5.2 11.28 5.1 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.01 5.6 – – – – Security guards................................................. 11.01 5.6 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.94 6.8 8.16 8.9 6.27 11.1 Level 1 .................................................. 6.84 1.9 7.74 3.2 6.40 2.1 Level 2 .................................................. 6.17 11.3 7.30 10.7 5.82 12.1 Level 3 .................................................. 7.23 10.3 – – 8.18 3.9 Cooks............................................................. 9.22 7.2 10.64 1.9 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.18 18.8 3.76 21.7 2.71 11.9 Level 2 .................................................. 3.03 37.4 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.32 3.4 – – 2.38 7.5 Level 2 .................................................. 2.36 7.9 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.67 1.9 – – 7.36 1.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.00 10.6 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.67 1.9 – – 7.36 1.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.00 10.6 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 8.18 16.0 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.18 16.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.39 6.8 11.73 6.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.70 4.2 9.35 1.3 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.58 16.2 9.33 9.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.33 11.2 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.52 20.5 – – – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.12 6.0 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... $14.36 17.1 $16.49 19.2 $8.24 8.1 Level 3 .................................................. 8.33 6.5 – – 8.68 10.3 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 10.39 15.0 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.93 15.5 21.21 14.5 8.70 3.0 Level 1 .................................................. 7.40 1.9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.29 3.4 – – 8.22 5.8 Level 3 .................................................. 10.05 1.8 10.06 3.1 10.02 4.4 Level 4 .................................................. 12.16 9.0 12.40 10.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.57 5.3 20.05 3.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.47 7.2 29.47 7.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.45 24.3 19.45 24.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.95 5.4 22.95 5.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 22.21 10.1 22.21 10.1 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.39 3.8 10.23 3.3 8.41 1.8 Level 1 .................................................. 7.40 1.9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.29 3.4 – – 8.22 5.8 Level 3 .................................................. 10.22 2.7 10.06 3.1 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.78 2.7 9.25 5.6 8.41 4.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.16 2.0 – – 7.99 4.8 Cashiers...................................................... 8.78 2.7 9.25 5.6 8.41 4.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.16 2.0 – – 7.99 4.8 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.41 1.4 10.21 3.7 8.42 .7 Level 3 .................................................. 10.17 1.5 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 30.61 10.1 30.61 10.1 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.24 3.2 15.43 3.5 13.01 5.9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.49 2.4 10.91 2.5 9.30 1.3 Level 3 .................................................. 12.63 4.3 12.74 4.8 11.07 11.7 Level 4 .................................................. 14.26 2.2 14.27 2.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.14 3.0 18.14 3.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.79 6.2 21.79 6.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.46 2.6 21.46 2.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.74 10.7 15.44 11.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.53 3.1 22.53 3.1 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.92 3.6 15.10 3.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.03 5.6 14.12 5.7 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.79 5.4 14.11 5.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.04 4.1 13.13 4.7 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.12 8.1 15.20 5.5 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.94 3.5 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.56 6.9 13.56 6.9 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.16 2.9 11.46 .6 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.26 5.6 19.28 5.6 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. $19.52 6.7 $19.52 6.7 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.05 6.1 13.05 6.1 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.10 5.5 14.12 5.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.65 9.6 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.57 6.0 13.65 6.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.35 1.6 14.35 1.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.27 6.1 11.27 6.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.76 9.8 14.76 9.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.80 .7 19.80 .7 – – Electricians...................................................... 17.70 8.6 17.70 8.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.46 6.6 18.46 6.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.65 9.0 19.65 9.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.02 4.7 16.02 4.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.88 7.0 20.88 7.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.86 3.5 23.86 3.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.35 11.0 31.35 11.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 27.20 25.7 27.20 25.7 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.30 4.9 18.30 4.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.94 6.1 16.94 6.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.26 12.4 18.26 12.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.18 1.3 26.18 1.3 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.07 11.8 23.07 11.8 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.20 6.0 16.20 6.0 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 18.54 14.0 18.54 14.0 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.43 4.7 15.58 4.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.01 2.7 9.00 2.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.27 7.6 11.38 7.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.32 12.9 15.32 12.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.28 1.3 16.28 1.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.43 4.0 19.43 4.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.16 7.9 21.16 7.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.19 3.4 24.19 3.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.02 6.2 23.02 6.2 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.27 12.5 14.27 12.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.34 22.0 11.34 22.0 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 13.95 7.7 13.95 7.7 – – Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.17 13.8 13.17 13.8 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.53 1.8 15.53 1.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.76 7.3 14.76 7.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. $20.86 7.0 $20.86 7.0 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.25 8.2 14.25 8.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.33 5.2 19.33 5.2 – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 14.19 5.6 14.19 5.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.78 5.8 15.21 6.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.52 10.4 8.94 12.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.18 6.3 12.15 7.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.00 5.6 12.94 6.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.71 4.0 14.71 4.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.02 5.6 19.02 5.6 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.15 8.1 16.15 8.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.07 8.7 14.07 8.7 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.47 9.7 16.47 9.7 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.92 3.8 13.92 3.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.28 7.5 13.28 7.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.24 8.0 19.24 8.0 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.19 6.7 11.23 7.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.64 10.0 9.12 12.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.38 7.2 12.37 7.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.27 4.3 11.89 3.5 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.54 6.9 11.22 8.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.20 6.3 12.16 7.1 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.83 11.0 11.63 5.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.17 8.4 – – – – 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), Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $19.08 4.0 $19.44 3.2 $15.23 23.9 Management occupations.............................................. 36.56 9.2 36.56 9.2 – – Education administrators.......................................... 33.46 3.3 33.46 3.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.16 5.8 19.16 5.8 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 26.79 1.2 26.79 1.2 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 20.28 14.7 20.28 14.7 – – Social workers.................................................... 18.48 3.0 18.48 3.0 – – Child, family, and school social workers........................ 17.53 .7 17.53 .7 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 14.76 5.5 14.76 5.5 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 23.25 1.7 23.28 1.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.21 .1 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.55 .7 23.45 .3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.14 1.7 27.22 1.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.28 3.7 26.28 3.7 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.73 2.6 25.73 2.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.55 .7 23.45 .3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 28.86 .6 28.86 .6 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.50 .2 25.51 .3 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.74 .6 25.75 .6 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.75 2.9 24.69 3.2 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 24.75 2.9 24.69 3.2 – – Special education teachers...................................... 32.12 14.3 32.12 14.3 – – Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school............................................ 32.12 14.3 32.12 14.3 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.02 1.8 11.03 1.7 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.86 14.2 21.34 3.9 23.52 43.9 Registered nurses................................................. 23.15 2.4 23.15 1.6 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.97 6.4 10.99 6.1 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 19.30 3.3 19.39 4.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.63 5.5 14.63 5.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.03 1.7 17.03 1.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.43 .7 18.58 .2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 21.61 2.4 21.61 2.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 29.06 .9 29.06 .9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 29.06 .9 29.06 .9 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 14.13 4.0 14.13 4.0 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 14.13 4.0 14.13 4.0 – – Police officers................................................... $19.71 2.7 $19.58 2.9 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 19.71 2.7 19.58 2.9 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.67 2.5 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.34 3.9 10.72 2.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.00 5.1 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.96 3.9 10.27 3.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.98 5.3 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.59 2.7 9.86 1.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.98 5.3 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.12 5.1 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.35 1.6 13.54 1.3 $10.97 3.7 Level 3 .................................................. 11.55 1.6 11.59 1.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.03 3.3 13.23 3.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.64 1.4 14.64 1.4 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.85 4.2 13.85 4.2 – – Library assistants, clerical...................................... 12.12 2.4 12.79 2.4 – – Dispatchers....................................................... 13.54 .9 13.60 1.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.55 1.1 – – – – Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 13.54 .9 13.60 1.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.55 1.1 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.82 7.4 14.48 5.2 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.79 .9 14.79 .9 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.85 2.8 12.91 3.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.87 3.3 13.01 4.6 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.78 9.0 13.78 9.0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.81 5.1 17.81 5.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.74 4.9 18.74 4.9 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.30 .9 12.84 1.1 10.62 1.6 Level 2 .................................................. 11.22 .8 – – – – Bus drivers....................................................... 11.24 .4 – – 11.30 .2 Bus drivers, school............................................. 11.24 .4 – – 11.30 .2 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $18.75 4.5 $19.96 4.5 $9.63 6.9 Management occupations.............................................. 37.20 7.5 37.32 7.6 – – Group III................................................. 35.10 17.9 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 32.93 17.5 33.61 21.8 – – Financial managers................................................ 34.84 19.5 34.84 19.5 – – Education administrators.......................................... 32.56 3.8 32.56 3.8 – – Group III................................................. 32.93 5.2 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.50 4.9 32.50 4.9 – – Group II.................................................. 22.64 7.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 35.28 9.0 – – – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 26.34 9.8 26.34 9.8 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.66 7.6 26.66 7.6 – – Group III................................................. 25.30 11.0 – – – – Training and development specialists............................ 27.26 9.3 27.26 9.3 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.88 11.1 26.88 11.1 – – Group II.................................................. 22.58 5.3 22.58 5.3 – – Group III................................................. 31.30 10.7 31.30 10.7 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 37.24 5.9 37.24 5.9 – – Financial analysts.............................................. 38.49 8.7 38.49 8.7 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.51 4.8 38.51 4.8 – – Group III................................................. 37.89 4.0 – – – – Computer programmers Group III................................................. 31.89 1.3 31.89 1.3 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 40.56 4.9 40.56 4.9 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.68 9.3 39.68 9.3 – – Group III................................................. 37.60 10.6 37.60 10.6 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 27.34 17.6 27.34 17.6 – – Group II.................................................. 20.23 2.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 35.12 4.6 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 35.26 4.7 35.26 4.7 – – Group III................................................. 35.03 6.5 – – – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 44.31 .8 44.31 .8 – – Group III................................................. 44.31 .8 – – – – Electrical engineers.......................................... 44.31 .8 44.31 .8 – – Group III................................................. 44.31 .8 44.31 .8 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 25.07 8.7 25.07 8.7 – – Group II.................................................. 19.64 2.1 – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 25.02 8.8 25.02 8.8 – – Group II.................................................. 25.88 17.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 29.55 7.5 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... $20.04 11.6 $19.88 12.4 – – Group II.................................................. 18.04 5.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.79 15.3 – – – – Social workers.................................................... 18.37 4.3 17.86 3.6 – – Group II.................................................. 18.43 5.9 – – – – Child, family, and school social workers........................ 17.15 1.5 17.15 1.5 – – Group II.................................................. 16.75 1.2 16.75 1.2 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 14.76 5.5 14.76 5.5 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.02 7.5 22.04 7.6 $19.62 8.9 Group I................................................... 10.58 3.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 25.71 3.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 26.49 3.2 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 35.13 8.5 35.51 8.9 – – Group III................................................. 30.40 1.2 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 30.53 10.5 30.53 10.5 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.04 2.6 26.05 2.6 – – Group II.................................................. 25.81 4.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 26.26 3.5 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.63 .6 25.66 .7 – – Group II.................................................. 25.94 2.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 25.46 .3 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.69 .6 25.73 .6 – – Group II.................................................. 25.46 .7 25.46 .7 – – Group III................................................. 25.97 1.4 25.97 1.4 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.80 3.9 25.77 4.0 – – Group II.................................................. 27.19 5.9 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.80 3.9 25.77 4.0 – – Group II.................................................. 27.19 5.9 27.19 6.1 – – Special education teachers...................................... 32.12 14.3 32.12 14.3 – – Group II.................................................. 27.13 8.1 – – – – Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school............................................ 32.12 14.3 32.12 14.3 – – Group II.................................................. 27.13 8.1 27.13 8.1 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.58 3.8 10.58 3.8 – – Group I................................................... 10.58 3.8 10.58 3.8 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.75 23.3 – – 9.09 12.2 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 14.08 20.9 – – – – Coaches and scouts.............................................. 14.08 20.9 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.03 7.3 20.50 6.2 24.04 26.1 Group I................................................... 12.52 10.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.21 3.6 – – – – Group III................................................. $27.18 13.4 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 24.36 4.1 $24.53 3.4 $23.27 8.2 Group II.................................................. 24.01 2.8 24.20 1.4 23.36 12.6 Group III................................................. 24.57 5.5 24.70 5.5 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.66 7.1 19.66 7.1 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 22.01 9.3 22.01 9.3 – – Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 12.51 6.1 – – – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 11.63 10.4 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.58 4.2 11.39 3.4 13.07 8.4 Group I................................................... 11.33 3.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 14.33 5.8 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.48 5.0 10.50 5.2 – – Group I................................................... 10.48 5.0 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.37 5.5 10.39 5.7 – – Group I................................................... 10.37 5.5 10.39 5.7 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.36 6.0 12.11 5.5 – – Group I................................................... 12.12 5.4 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 17.20 5.7 17.45 6.2 – – Group I................................................... 10.99 3.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.73 3.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 31.06 9.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 29.06 .9 29.06 .9 – – Group II.................................................. 21.12 6.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 29.06 .9 29.06 .9 – – Group II.................................................. 21.12 6.3 21.12 6.3 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 14.13 4.0 14.13 4.0 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 14.13 4.0 14.13 4.0 – – Police officers................................................... 19.48 3.0 19.35 3.3 – – Group II.................................................. 19.53 3.2 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 19.48 3.0 19.35 3.3 – – Group II.................................................. 19.53 3.2 19.56 3.4 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.01 5.6 – – – – Security guards................................................. 11.01 5.6 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.01 6.7 8.21 8.5 6.34 11.1 Group I................................................... 6.81 6.0 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 9.22 6.2 10.37 2.5 – – Group I................................................... 9.09 7.2 – – – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.30 3.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.30 3.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.40 19.0 3.76 21.7 3.12 23.1 Group I................................................... 3.40 19.0 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.32 3.4 – – 2.38 7.5 Group I................................................... 2.32 3.4 – – 2.38 7.5 Fast food and counter workers..................................... $7.68 1.9 – – $7.37 1.8 Group I................................................... 7.68 1.9 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.68 1.9 – – 7.37 1.8 Group I................................................... 7.68 1.9 – – 7.37 1.8 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.18 16.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.18 16.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.29 5.9 $11.63 5.8 9.79 24.7 Group I................................................... 10.78 3.5 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.65 12.9 9.56 7.6 9.79 25.0 Group I................................................... 9.65 12.9 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.28 15.9 10.84 5.4 – – Group I................................................... 10.28 15.9 10.84 5.4 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.12 6.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.12 6.0 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.21 15.8 16.43 18.3 8.39 7.4 Group I................................................... 9.06 10.3 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 10.53 13.7 – – 7.66 10.4 Group I................................................... 10.20 15.7 – – – – Recreation workers.............................................. 10.66 14.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.39 16.3 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.86 15.4 21.21 14.5 8.72 2.9 Group I................................................... 9.71 4.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 27.56 8.1 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.95 5.4 22.95 5.4 – – Group II.................................................. 23.93 10.6 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 22.21 10.1 22.21 10.1 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.39 3.8 10.23 3.3 8.44 1.7 Group I................................................... 9.36 4.5 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.80 2.7 9.25 5.6 8.47 4.3 Group I................................................... 8.73 3.6 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.80 2.7 9.25 5.6 8.47 4.3 Group I................................................... 8.73 3.6 9.12 5.8 8.47 4.3 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.40 1.5 10.21 3.7 8.42 .6 Group I................................................... 9.38 2.0 10.23 3.8 8.42 .6 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 30.61 10.1 30.61 10.1 – – Group II.................................................. 31.67 9.7 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.01 2.7 15.20 2.9 12.77 5.7 Group I................................................... 13.14 2.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.74 2.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.55 3.1 22.55 3.1 – – Group II.................................................. $22.49 3.2 $22.49 3.2 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.85 3.4 15.01 2.9 – – Group I................................................... 14.31 3.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.98 3.1 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.84 5.1 14.14 5.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.82 4.6 13.12 4.5 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.12 8.1 15.20 5.5 – – Group I................................................... 13.26 7.3 14.40 2.4 – – Library assistants, clerical...................................... 12.09 2.5 12.79 2.4 – – Group I................................................... 11.91 4.2 12.68 2.9 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.94 3.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 13.94 3.5 – – – – Dispatchers....................................................... 16.41 9.8 16.45 9.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.99 2.4 – – – – Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 13.54 .9 13.60 1.3 – – Group I................................................... 13.55 1.1 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.56 6.9 13.56 6.9 – – Group I................................................... 14.31 4.4 14.31 4.4 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.15 2.6 11.42 .6 – – Group I................................................... 11.00 3.1 11.25 1.2 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.41 5.5 18.68 5.1 – – Group I................................................... 14.74 5.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.41 6.7 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.37 6.5 19.37 6.5 – – Group II.................................................. 19.88 6.6 19.88 6.6 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 12.44 6.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.44 6.2 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.52 3.1 15.52 3.1 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.00 5.7 13.05 6.1 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.85 4.5 13.88 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.69 4.2 12.58 4.7 – – Group II.................................................. 17.32 4.8 17.32 4.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.32 1.5 14.32 1.5 – – Group I................................................... 11.49 4.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.50 1.6 – – – – Electricians...................................................... 17.70 8.6 17.70 8.6 – – Group II.................................................. 18.46 6.6 18.46 6.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.55 8.5 19.55 8.5 – – Group I................................................... 12.49 5.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.80 8.1 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 26.89 24.1 26.89 24.1 – – Group II.................................................. 19.58 5.7 19.58 5.7 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.26 4.8 18.26 4.8 – – Group II.................................................. $18.95 5.9 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.07 11.8 $23.07 11.8 – – Group II.................................................. 23.07 11.8 23.07 11.8 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.22 5.8 16.22 5.8 – – Group II.................................................. 16.58 5.7 16.58 5.7 – – Line installers and repairers Group II.................................................. 24.14 8.3 – – – – Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 24.14 8.3 24.14 8.3 – – Group II.................................................. 24.14 8.3 24.14 8.3 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 18.14 13.2 18.14 13.2 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.48 4.7 15.62 4.7 – – Group I................................................... 13.06 4.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.88 2.7 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.04 6.0 23.04 6.0 – – Group II.................................................. 23.97 3.1 23.97 3.1 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.27 12.5 14.27 12.5 – – Group I................................................... 14.06 13.6 – – – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 13.95 7.7 13.95 7.7 – – Group I................................................... 12.83 9.6 – – – – Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.17 13.8 13.17 13.8 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.53 1.8 15.53 1.8 – – Group I................................................... 12.69 10.7 12.69 10.7 – – Group II.................................................. 19.68 12.6 19.68 12.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.25 8.2 14.25 8.2 – – Group II.................................................. 20.74 7.5 – – – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 14.19 5.6 14.19 5.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.67 5.5 15.12 6.0 $11.05 7.0 Group I................................................... 12.47 3.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.77 4.9 – – – – Bus drivers....................................................... 11.24 .4 – – 11.30 .2 Group I................................................... 11.24 .4 – – – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 11.24 .4 – – 11.30 .2 Group I................................................... 11.24 .4 – – 11.30 .2 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.85 7.4 15.85 7.4 – – Group I................................................... 13.88 6.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.87 6.1 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.41 9.3 16.41 9.3 – – Group I................................................... 14.00 9.6 14.00 9.6 – – Group II.................................................. 18.87 6.1 18.87 6.1 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.58 3.4 13.58 3.4 – – Group I................................................... 13.58 3.4 13.58 3.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ $13.92 3.8 $13.92 3.8 – – Group I................................................... 13.91 3.9 13.91 3.9 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.19 6.7 11.23 6.9 – – Group I................................................... 11.28 6.3 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.53 6.9 11.22 7.9 – – Group I................................................... 11.67 6.1 11.39 7.1 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.83 11.0 11.63 5.0 – – Group I................................................... 9.83 11.0 11.63 5.0 – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.51 $11.02 $15.16 $22.50 $31.80 Management occupations.............................................. 18.00 21.88 32.85 48.02 62.52 General and operations managers................................... 22.50 22.50 22.50 29.05 80.34 Financial managers................................................ 18.00 18.00 23.47 46.27 56.66 Education administrators.......................................... 26.16 28.89 32.85 33.91 42.51 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.47 22.65 27.53 34.32 48.88 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 15.14 21.64 23.25 34.19 36.48 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.23 22.60 28.08 28.08 33.03 Training and development specialists............................ 22.03 23.61 28.08 28.08 35.73 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 19.04 22.41 24.43 29.68 36.02 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 24.28 27.53 33.29 34.14 62.29 Financial analysts.............................................. 23.80 27.53 28.12 62.29 62.29 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.48 31.02 36.33 46.85 55.29 Computer software engineers....................................... 36.00 36.33 37.02 46.12 49.76 Computer systems analysts......................................... 19.48 28.07 38.46 50.30 58.92 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 14.00 19.80 26.92 34.66 43.24 Engineers......................................................... 27.15 28.10 34.66 42.83 46.30 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 41.22 42.83 44.21 46.54 46.91 Electrical engineers.......................................... 41.22 42.83 44.21 46.54 46.91 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.18 19.88 23.89 32.53 34.33 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 13.23 20.58 22.66 32.89 32.89 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.37 15.39 17.20 22.05 35.56 Social workers.................................................... 14.25 15.78 17.63 21.25 22.24 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 14.61 15.74 16.47 18.50 21.02 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 12.56 13.35 14.45 16.33 17.36 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.00 11.10 22.64 27.87 36.71 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 22.56 26.92 33.68 38.46 52.32 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 21.19 25.32 29.74 34.04 41.95 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 18.62 21.24 24.68 30.44 37.03 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 18.70 21.39 23.99 29.11 34.81 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 19.01 22.02 23.99 29.08 34.28 Secondary school teachers....................................... 18.40 21.79 25.31 28.33 36.71 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 18.40 21.79 25.31 28.33 36.71 Special education teachers...................................... 22.35 24.19 37.03 37.03 37.03 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school............................................ 22.35 24.19 37.03 37.03 37.03 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.00 9.62 10.20 11.00 12.37 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 8.00 16.03 31.25 31.25 31.25 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 6.50 7.05 10.00 21.14 26.68 Coaches and scouts.............................................. 6.50 7.05 10.00 21.14 26.68 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 10.80 15.82 20.80 25.99 28.59 Registered nurses................................................. $19.25 $20.57 $24.46 $26.54 $28.58 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 10.67 12.01 20.56 23.80 30.29 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 11.52 15.82 22.09 29.35 30.29 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 10.16 10.47 10.74 14.58 17.13 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 9.03 9.03 11.02 12.99 17.60 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 9.50 11.02 12.94 15.54 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.00 9.20 10.00 11.56 12.35 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.00 9.00 10.00 11.26 12.43 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.10 11.00 11.29 14.50 15.72 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.25 11.70 15.39 20.75 27.15 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 19.63 22.89 28.10 33.79 40.80 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 19.63 22.89 28.10 33.79 40.80 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 12.43 12.43 13.74 14.93 16.74 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 12.43 12.43 13.74 14.93 16.74 Police officers................................................... 14.24 16.01 18.63 22.34 27.15 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.24 16.01 18.63 22.34 27.15 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 9.30 9.80 11.00 11.20 13.11 Security guards................................................. 9.30 9.80 11.00 11.20 13.11 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.25 6.00 7.00 9.01 10.17 Cooks............................................................. 7.64 7.64 9.26 10.50 11.13 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 8.79 9.74 10.50 10.50 11.13 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.23 2.25 3.18 8.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.25 2.25 2.35 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.50 7.00 8.75 10.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.00 6.50 7.00 8.60 10.00 Dishwashers....................................................... 5.45 6.50 9.00 9.50 10.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 8.51 11.01 13.12 16.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.50 7.50 9.28 12.64 12.64 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.25 9.10 10.18 12.64 13.12 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.25 7.50 7.80 8.51 8.91 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.00 7.99 8.60 16.87 30.10 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 6.56 8.50 8.60 14.20 14.76 Recreation workers.............................................. 6.10 8.50 8.50 14.20 14.76 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.70 9.02 12.74 23.26 31.73 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 16.30 17.23 23.26 28.85 28.85 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.30 17.23 20.80 28.85 28.85 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.95 7.90 9.02 10.50 12.28 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.00 7.75 8.45 9.75 11.38 Cashiers...................................................... 7.00 7.75 8.45 9.75 11.38 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.50 8.30 9.18 10.45 12.50 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 16.83 21.35 22.98 37.74 44.59 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.50 12.00 14.28 17.00 20.80 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. $17.75 $17.75 $24.55 $25.96 $25.96 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.50 13.16 14.91 15.93 18.49 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.50 11.92 14.00 14.91 16.60 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.55 13.45 14.14 15.18 18.86 Library assistants, clerical...................................... 8.25 10.70 11.92 13.86 15.04 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.50 12.92 13.74 15.00 15.00 Dispatchers....................................................... 12.50 12.50 16.38 18.49 22.27 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 11.80 12.46 13.66 14.64 14.64 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.50 12.50 13.61 15.05 15.70 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.75 10.50 11.00 11.50 11.75 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.39 15.38 16.18 21.11 25.43 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.07 15.38 20.19 22.11 24.52 Medical secretaries............................................. 10.29 10.84 11.76 14.33 15.35 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.01 14.18 16.15 16.15 16.15 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 10.88 12.55 12.55 12.60 16.50 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.00 11.40 13.17 15.71 19.06 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.75 11.25 14.00 16.00 21.25 Electricians...................................................... 13.35 15.22 19.00 20.09 20.09 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.54 14.25 18.00 22.93 28.87 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 18.00 18.00 19.23 25.34 52.89 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 11.25 14.25 18.13 20.85 24.94 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 13.73 18.16 19.17 31.80 31.80 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.79 14.25 16.26 18.13 20.85 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 15.70 21.18 26.90 26.90 26.90 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 6.00 9.25 18.55 28.87 28.87 Production occupations.............................................. 9.00 12.00 13.69 18.61 23.06 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 18.47 18.47 23.51 26.19 29.31 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 7.10 10.91 12.25 22.00 22.25 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 8.84 12.14 15.00 15.15 18.25 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 8.84 8.84 13.79 15.00 18.25 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 8.90 12.50 13.69 21.94 23.06 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.25 12.25 12.25 17.79 17.79 Helpers--production workers..................................... 8.75 8.75 13.50 16.78 23.75 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.00 11.00 12.60 16.75 21.64 Bus drivers....................................................... 9.64 10.44 11.68 11.68 12.59 Bus drivers, school............................................. 9.64 10.44 11.68 11.68 12.59 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.50 12.99 14.50 19.10 20.48 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.50 13.05 15.60 19.20 20.48 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 11.76 12.64 13.40 14.79 16.30 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.50 10.00 12.00 15.43 22.30 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.50 9.50 11.09 12.92 14.37 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... $8.03 $10.06 $11.27 $12.88 $14.10 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 6.25 7.00 10.00 11.59 12.92 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), Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.35 $10.99 $15.00 $22.30 $31.85 Management occupations.............................................. 18.00 20.56 31.68 48.29 62.52 General and operations managers................................... 22.50 22.50 22.50 29.05 80.34 Financial managers................................................ 18.00 18.00 23.47 46.27 56.66 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.21 23.25 27.91 35.73 48.88 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 15.14 21.64 23.25 34.19 36.48 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.39 23.61 28.08 28.08 33.03 Training and development specialists............................ 22.03 23.61 28.08 28.08 35.73 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.02 22.41 24.43 29.68 36.02 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 24.28 27.53 33.29 34.14 62.29 Financial analysts.............................................. 23.80 27.53 28.12 62.29 62.29 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.48 31.02 36.33 46.85 55.29 Computer software engineers....................................... 36.00 36.33 37.02 46.12 49.76 Computer systems analysts......................................... 19.48 29.48 38.46 50.30 58.92 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 14.00 20.00 28.10 35.10 43.88 Engineers......................................................... 27.15 28.10 34.66 42.83 46.30 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 41.22 42.83 44.21 46.54 46.91 Electrical engineers.......................................... 41.22 42.83 44.21 46.54 46.91 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.18 20.13 25.04 32.69 34.67 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 13.23 16.08 22.66 32.89 32.89 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.00 10.00 10.20 26.33 34.81 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 19.31 27.56 31.02 35.64 60.60 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 20.16 24.51 28.23 36.71 36.71 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 19.54 20.83 27.83 34.81 34.81 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 7.69 15.42 31.25 31.25 31.25 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 6.50 7.05 10.00 21.14 26.68 Coaches and scouts.............................................. 6.50 7.05 10.00 21.14 26.68 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 10.67 15.82 20.80 26.00 28.98 Registered nurses................................................. 19.25 21.70 26.00 27.51 29.03 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 10.67 11.73 17.90 25.47 30.29 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 9.50 11.00 12.99 15.72 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.00 9.00 10.00 11.53 12.00 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.00 9.00 10.00 10.75 12.00 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.10 11.00 12.94 15.54 15.75 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.30 9.55 11.00 11.20 12.50 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 9.30 9.80 11.00 11.20 13.11 Security guards................................................. 9.30 9.80 11.00 11.20 13.11 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.25 6.00 6.95 9.00 10.17 Cooks............................................................. 7.64 7.64 8.55 10.50 11.13 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.18 2.25 2.36 6.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... $2.13 $2.13 $2.25 $2.25 $2.35 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.50 7.00 8.50 10.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.00 6.50 7.00 8.50 10.00 Dishwashers....................................................... 5.45 6.50 9.00 9.50 10.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 8.51 11.50 13.12 16.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.50 7.50 8.75 12.64 12.64 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.00 8.71 12.64 12.64 13.12 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.25 7.50 7.80 8.51 8.91 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.00 7.99 8.50 25.86 30.10 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 6.67 8.50 8.60 14.20 14.76 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.70 9.02 12.75 23.26 31.73 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 16.30 17.23 23.26 28.85 28.85 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.30 17.23 20.80 28.85 28.85 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.95 7.85 9.02 10.50 12.28 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.00 7.75 8.30 9.66 11.38 Cashiers...................................................... 7.00 7.75 8.30 9.66 11.38 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.50 8.30 9.18 10.45 12.50 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 16.83 21.35 22.98 37.74 44.59 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.50 12.14 14.91 17.50 20.85 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.75 17.75 24.55 25.96 25.96 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.50 13.50 15.00 16.60 18.70 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.50 11.50 14.00 14.91 16.60 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.55 13.45 14.14 15.18 18.86 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.50 12.92 13.74 15.00 15.00 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.50 12.50 13.61 15.05 15.70 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.75 10.50 11.05 11.50 11.75 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.01 15.38 18.00 23.07 25.89 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.38 15.38 20.19 22.28 24.73 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 10.88 12.55 12.55 12.60 16.50 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.90 12.00 13.17 17.00 19.06 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.50 11.25 14.00 16.00 21.25 Electricians...................................................... 13.35 15.22 19.00 20.09 20.09 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.54 13.73 18.00 23.00 28.87 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 18.00 18.00 19.23 25.34 55.29 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 11.25 14.25 18.13 22.12 24.94 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 13.73 18.16 19.17 31.80 31.80 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.79 14.25 16.26 18.13 20.85 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 6.00 9.25 18.55 28.87 28.87 Production occupations.............................................. 9.00 11.96 13.50 18.48 23.06 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... $18.47 $18.47 $24.15 $26.19 $29.31 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 7.10 10.91 12.25 22.00 22.25 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 8.84 12.14 15.00 15.15 18.25 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 8.84 8.84 13.79 15.00 18.25 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 8.90 12.50 13.69 21.94 23.06 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.25 12.25 12.25 17.79 17.79 Helpers--production workers..................................... 8.75 8.75 13.50 16.78 23.75 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.00 11.00 12.90 16.90 21.64 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.50 13.11 14.83 19.10 20.48 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.50 13.05 15.60 19.20 20.48 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.50 10.00 12.00 15.43 22.30 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.50 9.50 11.09 12.92 14.82 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.03 10.06 11.30 12.90 14.10 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 6.25 7.00 10.00 11.59 12.92 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), Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.25 $12.27 $16.53 $23.40 $31.74 Management occupations.............................................. 25.79 30.56 32.88 39.78 47.63 Education administrators.......................................... 27.00 30.45 32.85 35.51 42.51 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 14.42 17.40 20.66 20.66 20.66 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 20.56 23.63 26.78 30.73 30.96 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.34 14.45 17.38 21.86 35.56 Social workers.................................................... 13.72 15.76 18.50 21.04 22.20 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 14.13 15.63 17.29 19.18 21.64 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 12.56 13.35 14.45 16.33 17.36 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.87 14.52 22.78 28.29 37.03 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 18.40 21.08 24.33 29.76 37.03 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 18.70 21.79 23.71 28.74 34.02 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 19.01 22.02 23.99 29.08 34.40 Secondary school teachers....................................... 18.40 20.90 23.99 26.39 33.15 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 18.40 20.90 23.99 26.39 33.15 Special education teachers...................................... 22.35 24.19 37.03 37.03 37.03 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school............................................ 22.35 24.19 37.03 37.03 37.03 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.51 10.00 10.88 11.71 13.14 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.02 16.22 20.90 24.82 28.00 Registered nurses................................................. 19.25 19.91 23.03 26.17 28.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.95 9.19 11.23 11.66 13.48 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.43 14.28 17.29 23.45 28.51 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 19.63 22.89 28.10 33.79 40.80 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 19.63 22.89 28.10 33.79 40.80 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 12.43 12.43 13.74 14.93 16.74 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 12.43 12.43 13.74 14.93 16.74 Police officers................................................... 14.63 16.20 18.73 22.34 27.15 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.63 16.20 18.73 22.34 27.15 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.34 9.26 9.62 10.01 10.63 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.64 9.38 9.78 10.27 13.16 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.64 9.33 9.75 10.25 11.55 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.64 9.30 9.73 10.13 10.56 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.50 9.53 11.41 15.71 16.87 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.25 11.46 13.39 14.96 16.59 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.81 12.35 13.87 15.10 15.76 Library assistants, clerical...................................... 8.25 10.83 11.92 14.00 15.04 Dispatchers....................................................... $11.80 $12.46 $13.66 $14.64 $14.64 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 11.80 12.46 13.66 14.64 14.64 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.84 11.58 14.18 15.58 16.96 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.44 13.96 14.42 15.67 16.92 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.40 11.25 12.51 14.28 15.72 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.43 11.29 12.47 16.42 20.86 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.02 14.83 16.56 19.17 20.85 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.03 11.21 11.98 13.12 14.99 Bus drivers....................................................... 9.64 10.44 11.68 11.68 12.59 Bus drivers, school............................................. 9.64 10.44 11.68 11.68 12.59 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), Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.75 $12.00 $16.30 $23.19 $33.30 Management occupations.............................................. 18.00 21.88 32.95 48.02 62.52 General and operations managers................................... 21.96 22.50 22.50 31.20 80.34 Financial managers................................................ 18.00 18.00 23.47 46.27 56.66 Education administrators.......................................... 26.16 28.89 32.85 33.91 42.51 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.47 22.65 27.53 34.32 48.88 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 15.14 21.64 23.25 34.19 36.48 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.23 22.60 28.08 28.08 33.03 Training and development specialists............................ 22.03 23.61 28.08 28.08 35.73 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 19.04 22.41 24.43 29.68 36.02 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 24.28 27.53 33.29 34.14 62.29 Financial analysts.............................................. 23.80 27.53 28.12 62.29 62.29 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.48 31.02 36.33 46.85 55.29 Computer software engineers....................................... 36.00 36.33 37.02 46.12 49.76 Computer systems analysts......................................... 19.48 28.07 38.46 50.30 58.92 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 14.00 19.80 26.92 34.66 43.24 Engineers......................................................... 27.15 28.10 34.66 42.83 46.30 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 41.22 42.83 44.21 46.54 46.91 Electrical engineers.......................................... 41.22 42.83 44.21 46.54 46.91 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.18 19.88 23.89 32.53 34.33 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 13.23 20.58 22.66 32.89 32.89 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.35 15.00 16.84 21.86 35.56 Social workers.................................................... 14.13 15.74 16.78 20.04 21.86 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 14.61 15.74 16.47 18.50 21.02 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 12.56 13.35 14.45 16.33 17.36 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.00 11.07 22.64 27.87 36.71 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 25.32 27.28 33.75 38.55 52.44 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 21.19 25.32 29.74 34.04 41.95 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 18.70 21.39 24.68 30.44 37.03 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 18.75 21.79 23.99 29.11 34.81 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 19.01 22.02 23.99 29.08 34.30 Secondary school teachers....................................... 18.40 21.82 25.14 27.89 36.71 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 18.40 21.82 25.14 27.89 36.71 Special education teachers...................................... 22.35 24.19 37.03 37.03 37.03 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school............................................ 22.35 24.19 37.03 37.03 37.03 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.00 9.62 10.20 11.00 12.37 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 10.80 17.00 20.66 25.55 28.27 Registered nurses................................................. 19.25 20.59 24.75 26.54 28.58 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. $10.67 $12.01 $20.56 $23.80 $30.29 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 11.52 15.82 22.09 29.35 30.29 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 9.50 11.00 12.32 15.37 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.00 9.25 10.04 11.56 12.27 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.00 9.00 10.00 11.13 12.43 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.10 10.83 11.23 14.18 15.72 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.31 12.21 15.59 20.96 27.15 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 19.63 22.89 28.10 33.79 40.80 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 19.63 22.89 28.10 33.79 40.80 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 12.43 12.43 13.74 14.93 16.74 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 12.43 12.43 13.74 14.93 16.74 Police officers................................................... 14.24 16.00 18.52 22.21 27.15 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.24 16.00 18.52 22.21 27.15 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 5.00 8.75 10.35 11.50 Cooks............................................................. 8.55 9.74 10.50 11.13 11.15 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.28 5.00 8.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.80 9.00 11.02 14.00 16.80 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.50 7.65 9.30 10.41 13.12 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.38 9.88 10.22 13.12 13.12 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.99 7.99 11.27 30.10 30.10 Sales and related occupations....................................... 9.02 10.50 18.38 26.44 37.74 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 16.30 17.23 23.26 28.85 28.85 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.30 17.23 20.80 28.85 28.85 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.50 12.74 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.75 8.00 9.02 10.00 11.83 Cashiers...................................................... 7.75 8.00 9.02 10.00 11.83 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.50 9.05 10.25 11.80 12.74 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 16.83 21.35 22.98 37.74 44.59 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.71 12.23 14.41 17.21 20.80 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.75 17.75 24.55 25.96 25.96 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.50 13.81 15.00 16.60 18.56 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.50 12.35 14.25 15.00 16.60 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.45 13.45 15.18 15.27 19.30 Library assistants, clerical...................................... 10.53 11.59 12.44 14.00 15.09 Dispatchers....................................................... 12.50 12.50 16.38 18.49 22.27 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 11.63 12.58 13.66 14.64 14.64 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.50 12.50 13.61 15.05 15.70 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.50 10.50 11.09 11.50 11.75 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.00 15.38 16.83 21.54 25.58 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.07 15.38 20.19 22.11 24.52 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... $14.01 $14.18 $16.15 $16.15 $16.15 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 10.88 12.55 12.55 12.60 16.50 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.90 11.20 13.17 15.78 19.06 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.75 11.25 14.00 16.00 21.25 Electricians...................................................... 13.35 15.22 19.00 20.09 20.09 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.54 14.25 18.00 22.93 28.87 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 18.00 18.00 19.23 25.34 52.89 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 11.25 14.25 18.13 20.85 24.94 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 13.73 18.16 19.17 31.80 31.80 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.79 14.25 16.26 18.13 20.85 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 15.70 21.18 26.90 26.90 26.90 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 6.00 9.25 18.55 28.87 28.87 Production occupations.............................................. 8.90 12.10 13.71 19.00 23.06 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 18.47 18.47 23.51 26.19 29.31 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 7.10 10.91 12.25 22.00 22.25 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 8.84 12.14 15.00 15.15 18.25 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 8.84 8.84 13.79 15.00 18.25 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 8.90 12.50 13.69 21.94 23.06 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.25 12.25 12.25 17.79 17.79 Helpers--production workers..................................... 8.75 8.75 13.50 16.78 23.75 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.36 11.00 12.92 17.00 21.64 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.50 12.99 14.50 19.10 20.48 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.50 13.05 15.60 19.20 20.48 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 11.76 12.64 13.40 14.79 16.30 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.50 10.00 12.00 15.43 22.30 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.03 9.60 11.00 12.60 14.90 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.03 9.55 11.20 12.50 14.10 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.00 10.00 10.84 12.92 14.29 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), Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.00 $6.70 $8.45 $11.11 $15.00 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.46 17.28 19.31 20.00 34.41 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 6.00 6.00 9.00 9.00 15.00 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.02 12.61 21.55 28.98 32.00 Registered nurses................................................. 19.25 19.95 21.50 26.00 30.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 11.53 12.94 15.54 15.54 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.25 6.00 6.57 7.64 9.75 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.25 2.25 2.35 6.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.25 2.25 2.25 2.35 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.30 6.95 8.00 9.80 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.00 6.30 6.95 8.00 9.80 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.00 6.50 9.10 12.64 12.64 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.00 6.50 9.10 12.64 12.64 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.10 7.20 8.12 10.00 10.00 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 6.10 6.10 7.20 8.60 8.60 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.50 7.25 8.35 10.00 11.40 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.25 7.00 8.00 9.57 11.38 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.75 7.50 8.00 9.35 11.38 Cashiers...................................................... 6.75 7.50 8.00 9.35 11.38 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.00 6.50 8.35 9.75 11.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.00 9.75 12.75 15.00 15.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.90 9.21 11.24 13.55 13.71 Bus drivers....................................................... 9.77 10.72 11.68 11.68 12.09 Bus drivers, school............................................. 9.77 10.72 11.68 11.68 12.09 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, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $19.96 $16.30 $792 $650 39.7 $40,835 $33,634 2,046 Management occupations.............................................. 37.32 32.95 1,511 1,318 40.5 78,356 68,390 2,099 General and operations managers................................... 33.61 22.50 1,378 900 41.0 71,663 46,800 2,132 Financial managers................................................ 34.84 23.47 1,407 1,056 40.4 73,186 54,929 2,101 Education administrators.......................................... 32.56 32.85 1,309 1,314 40.2 65,992 68,328 2,027 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.50 27.53 1,316 1,101 40.5 68,409 57,252 2,105 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 26.34 23.25 1,084 930 41.1 56,348 48,360 2,139 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.66 28.08 1,066 1,123 40.0 55,455 58,396 2,080 Training and development specialists............................ 27.26 28.08 1,090 1,123 40.0 56,697 58,396 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.88 24.43 1,095 977 40.7 56,915 50,823 2,117 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 37.24 33.29 1,490 1,331 40.0 77,464 69,233 2,080 Financial analysts.............................................. 38.49 28.12 1,540 1,125 40.0 80,057 58,492 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.51 36.33 1,553 1,453 40.3 80,736 75,556 2,097 Computer software engineers....................................... 40.56 37.02 1,622 1,481 40.0 84,361 76,991 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.68 38.46 1,610 1,538 40.6 83,732 80,001 2,110 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 27.34 26.92 1,092 1,077 40.0 56,790 56,000 2,077 Engineers......................................................... 35.26 34.66 1,410 1,386 40.0 73,341 72,093 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 44.31 44.21 1,772 1,768 40.0 92,163 91,957 2,080 Electrical engineers.......................................... 44.31 44.21 1,772 1,768 40.0 92,164 91,957 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 25.07 23.89 996 956 39.8 51,817 49,700 2,067 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 25.02 22.66 1,001 906 40.0 52,043 47,127 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 19.88 16.84 786 674 39.6 39,663 35,360 1,995 Social workers.................................................... 17.86 16.78 715 671 40.0 37,157 34,892 2,080 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 17.15 16.47 686 659 40.0 35,667 34,264 2,080 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 14.76 14.45 590 578 40.0 30,694 30,056 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.04 22.64 838 849 38.0 35,650 36,962 1,617 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 35.51 33.75 1,408 1,326 39.6 56,849 53,664 1,601 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 30.53 29.74 1,221 1,190 40.0 53,048 53,664 1,738 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.05 24.68 975 912 37.4 41,259 39,198 1,584 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.66 23.99 957 890 37.3 40,434 38,159 1,576 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.73 23.99 956 887 37.2 40,562 38,137 1,576 Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.77 25.14 972 943 37.7 40,703 39,198 1,579 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.77 25.14 972 943 37.7 40,703 39,198 1,579 Special education teachers...................................... 32.12 37.03 1,193 1,389 37.1 49,971 56,295 1,556 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school............................................ 32.12 37.03 1,193 1,389 37.1 49,971 56,295 1,556 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.58 10.20 407 402 38.5 17,829 17,679 1,685 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... $20.50 $20.66 $794 $796 38.8 $41,173 $41,309 2,009 Registered nurses................................................. 24.53 24.75 944 932 38.5 48,763 48,303 1,988 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.66 20.56 757 716 38.5 39,350 37,232 2,001 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 22.01 22.09 833 852 37.8 43,312 44,325 1,968 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.39 11.00 419 420 36.7 21,768 21,840 1,911 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.50 10.04 376 385 35.8 19,575 20,020 1,864 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.39 10.00 369 365 35.5 19,172 18,954 1,845 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.11 11.23 454 449 37.5 23,616 23,350 1,950 Protective service occupations...................................... 17.45 15.59 735 678 42.1 38,239 35,277 2,191 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 29.06 28.10 1,178 1,124 40.5 61,235 58,454 2,107 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 29.06 28.10 1,178 1,124 40.5 61,235 58,454 2,107 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 14.13 13.74 572 549 40.5 29,719 28,573 2,104 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 14.13 13.74 572 549 40.5 29,719 28,573 2,104 Police officers................................................... 19.35 18.52 808 787 41.8 42,036 40,941 2,172 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 19.35 18.52 808 787 41.8 42,036 40,941 2,172 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.21 8.75 317 350 38.6 16,458 18,200 2,005 Cooks............................................................. 10.37 10.50 408 420 39.4 21,230 21,840 2,046 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.76 2.28 138 91 36.7 7,184 4,742 1,909 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.63 11.02 458 440 39.4 23,829 22,901 2,049 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.56 9.30 368 357 38.5 19,132 18,539 2,001 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.84 10.22 434 409 40.0 22,553 21,258 2,080 Personal care and service occupations............................... 16.43 11.27 535 590 32.5 27,805 30,701 1,693 Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.21 18.38 840 735 39.6 43,667 38,220 2,059 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.95 23.26 918 930 40.0 47,739 48,377 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 22.21 20.80 888 832 40.0 46,189 43,256 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.23 10.00 397 376 38.8 20,665 19,573 2,020 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.25 9.02 361 361 39.0 18,754 18,753 2,028 Cashiers...................................................... 9.25 9.02 361 361 39.0 18,754 18,753 2,028 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.21 10.25 393 385 38.5 20,446 19,995 2,003 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 30.61 22.98 1,224 919 40.0 63,671 47,798 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.20 14.41 606 573 39.8 31,467 29,765 2,070 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.55 24.55 901 982 40.0 46,864 51,056 2,078 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.01 15.00 598 600 39.8 31,100 31,200 2,071 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.14 14.25 566 570 40.0 29,407 29,640 2,079 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.20 15.18 608 607 40.0 31,609 31,574 2,080 Library assistants, clerical...................................... 12.79 12.44 505 491 39.5 25,236 24,744 1,974 Dispatchers....................................................... $16.45 $16.38 $658 $655 40.0 $34,206 $34,070 2,080 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 13.60 13.66 544 546 40.0 28,278 28,407 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.56 13.61 542 544 40.0 28,207 28,309 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.42 11.09 457 444 40.0 23,753 23,067 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.68 16.83 747 673 40.0 38,763 35,006 2,075 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.37 20.19 775 808 40.0 40,275 41,999 2,079 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.52 16.15 620 646 40.0 31,990 33,592 2,061 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.05 12.55 522 502 40.0 27,153 26,104 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.88 13.17 545 505 39.3 28,348 26,270 2,043 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.32 14.00 573 560 40.0 29,677 28,560 2,073 Electricians...................................................... 17.70 19.00 708 760 40.0 36,810 39,520 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.55 18.00 781 720 40.0 40,628 37,440 2,078 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 26.89 19.23 1,076 769 40.0 55,936 40,000 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 18.26 18.13 728 725 39.9 37,840 37,700 2,072 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.07 19.17 906 796 39.3 47,132 41,413 2,043 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.22 16.26 649 650 40.0 33,713 33,819 2,079 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 24.14 26.90 966 1,076 40.0 50,209 55,952 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 18.14 18.55 726 742 40.0 37,733 38,584 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 15.62 13.71 622 548 39.8 32,318 28,475 2,069 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.04 23.51 934 940 40.5 48,565 48,903 2,108 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.27 12.25 571 490 40.0 29,688 25,480 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 13.95 15.00 547 576 39.2 28,447 29,936 2,039 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.17 13.79 527 552 40.0 27,390 28,683 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. $15.53 $13.69 $620 $548 39.9 $32,231 $28,475 2,076 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.25 12.25 568 490 39.8 29,513 25,472 2,071 Helpers--production workers..................................... 14.19 13.50 557 540 39.2 28,916 28,080 2,038 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.12 12.92 600 517 39.7 31,092 26,878 2,056 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.85 14.50 645 580 40.7 33,395 30,160 2,107 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.41 15.60 670 601 40.8 34,675 31,242 2,114 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.58 13.40 543 529 40.0 28,212 27,518 2,078 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.92 12.00 553 460 39.8 28,777 23,920 2,068 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.23 11.00 449 440 40.0 23,208 22,880 2,066 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.22 11.20 449 448 40.0 23,332 23,296 2,080 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.63 10.84 465 434 40.0 22,856 22,171 1,966 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $20.03 $16.25 $795 $646 39.7 $41,248 $33,550 2,060 Management occupations.............................................. 37.40 33.68 1,514 1,347 40.5 78,750 70,054 2,106 General and operations managers................................... 33.61 22.50 1,378 900 41.0 71,663 46,800 2,132 Financial managers................................................ 33.94 23.47 1,371 1,056 40.4 71,311 54,929 2,101 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.02 27.91 1,337 1,117 40.5 69,535 58,059 2,106 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 26.42 23.25 1,087 930 41.2 56,539 48,360 2,140 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 27.67 28.08 1,107 1,123 40.0 57,564 58,396 2,080 Training and development specialists............................ 27.26 28.08 1,090 1,123 40.0 56,697 58,396 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.44 24.43 1,118 977 40.8 58,159 50,823 2,119 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 37.24 33.29 1,490 1,331 40.0 77,464 69,233 2,080 Financial analysts.............................................. 38.49 28.12 1,540 1,125 40.0 80,057 58,492 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.60 36.33 1,556 1,453 40.3 80,932 75,556 2,097 Computer software engineers....................................... 40.56 37.02 1,622 1,481 40.0 84,361 76,991 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.85 38.46 1,618 1,538 40.6 84,112 80,001 2,111 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 27.86 28.10 1,113 1,124 39.9 57,872 58,448 2,077 Engineers......................................................... 35.26 34.66 1,410 1,386 40.0 73,341 72,093 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 44.31 44.21 1,772 1,768 40.0 92,163 91,957 2,080 Electrical engineers.......................................... 44.31 44.21 1,772 1,768 40.0 92,164 91,957 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.41 25.04 1,048 1,001 39.7 54,506 52,073 2,064 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.52 22.66 981 906 40.0 50,996 47,127 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 17.35 10.20 691 408 39.8 29,616 18,720 1,707 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 35.34 33.16 1,350 1,241 38.2 52,433 54,602 1,484 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.42 28.55 1,177 1,142 40.0 45,264 45,642 1,538 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.46 27.83 1,098 1,113 40.0 41,823 42,247 1,523 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.08 20.22 778 780 38.8 40,312 40,560 2,008 Registered nurses................................................. 26.28 26.00 1,038 1,040 39.5 53,280 54,080 2,028 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.12 17.90 730 656 38.2 37,963 34,133 1,985 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.49 11.00 414 404 36.0 21,532 21,029 1,874 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.31 10.00 364 360 35.3 18,921 18,720 1,835 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.16 10.00 354 360 34.8 18,392 18,720 1,810 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.63 11.77 466 454 36.9 24,211 23,608 1,916 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.28 11.00 443 433 39.3 23,055 22,506 2,043 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.16 8.75 315 350 38.6 16,376 18,200 2,007 Cooks............................................................. 10.64 10.50 417 420 39.2 21,701 21,840 2,039 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.76 2.28 138 91 36.7 7,184 4,742 1,909 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... $11.73 $11.50 $461 $450 39.3 $23,997 $23,400 2,045 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.33 8.51 355 320 38.0 18,436 16,640 1,977 Personal care and service occupations............................... 16.49 11.27 532 590 32.3 27,677 30,701 1,678 Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.21 18.38 840 735 39.6 43,667 38,220 2,059 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.95 23.26 918 930 40.0 47,739 48,377 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 22.21 20.80 888 832 40.0 46,189 43,256 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.23 10.00 397 376 38.8 20,665 19,573 2,020 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.25 9.02 361 361 39.0 18,754 18,753 2,028 Cashiers...................................................... 9.25 9.02 361 361 39.0 18,754 18,753 2,028 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.21 10.25 393 385 38.5 20,446 19,995 2,003 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 30.61 22.98 1,224 919 40.0 63,671 47,798 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.43 14.91 614 596 39.8 31,945 31,013 2,070 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.53 24.55 900 982 40.0 46,814 51,056 2,078 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.10 15.00 601 600 39.8 31,269 31,200 2,071 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.11 14.00 564 560 40.0 29,341 29,120 2,079 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.20 15.18 608 607 40.0 31,609 31,574 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.56 13.61 542 544 40.0 28,207 28,309 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.46 11.45 458 458 40.0 23,836 23,816 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.28 18.03 771 731 40.0 40,102 38,006 2,080 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.52 20.19 780 808 40.0 40,586 41,999 2,079 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.05 12.55 522 502 40.0 27,153 26,104 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.12 13.17 553 505 39.1 28,717 26,270 2,034 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.35 14.00 574 560 40.0 29,750 28,560 2,072 Electricians...................................................... 17.70 19.00 708 760 40.0 36,810 39,520 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.65 18.00 785 720 40.0 40,831 37,440 2,078 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 27.20 19.23 1,088 769 40.0 56,578 40,000 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 18.30 18.13 730 725 39.9 37,939 37,700 2,073 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.07 19.17 906 796 39.3 47,132 41,413 2,043 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.20 16.26 648 650 40.0 33,688 33,819 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 18.54 18.55 742 742 40.0 38,561 38,584 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 15.58 13.69 620 548 39.8 32,231 28,475 2,069 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.02 24.15 934 931 40.6 48,551 48,422 2,109 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.27 12.25 571 490 40.0 29,688 25,480 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... $13.95 $15.00 $547 $576 39.2 $28,447 $29,936 2,039 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.17 13.79 527 552 40.0 27,390 28,683 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.53 13.69 620 548 39.9 32,231 28,475 2,076 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.25 12.25 568 490 39.8 29,513 25,472 2,071 Helpers--production workers..................................... 14.19 13.50 557 540 39.2 28,916 28,080 2,038 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.21 13.00 604 520 39.7 31,294 27,040 2,058 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.15 14.83 658 591 40.7 34,061 30,181 2,109 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.47 15.60 673 615 40.9 34,830 31,970 2,115 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.92 12.00 553 460 39.8 28,777 23,920 2,068 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.23 11.00 449 440 40.0 23,211 22,880 2,066 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.22 11.20 449 448 40.0 23,338 23,296 2,080 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.63 10.84 465 434 40.0 22,856 22,171 1,966 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $19.44 $17.18 $771 $693 39.7 $37,825 $35,046 1,946 Management occupations.............................................. 36.56 32.88 1,473 1,315 40.3 74,657 68,328 2,042 Education administrators.......................................... 33.46 32.85 1,346 1,314 40.2 67,611 68,328 2,021 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.16 20.66 766 826 40.0 39,849 42,973 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 26.79 26.78 1,072 1,071 40.0 55,730 55,702 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 20.28 17.38 800 699 39.5 40,127 37,677 1,979 Social workers.................................................... 18.48 18.50 739 740 40.0 38,439 38,476 2,080 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 17.53 17.29 701 691 40.0 36,461 35,955 2,080 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 14.76 14.45 590 578 40.0 30,694 30,056 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 23.28 22.78 875 854 37.6 37,131 37,237 1,595 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.73 24.33 957 900 37.2 40,864 38,681 1,588 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.51 23.71 945 887 37.1 40,309 38,137 1,580 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.75 23.99 954 887 37.0 40,610 38,137 1,577 Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.69 23.99 921 898 37.3 39,137 38,559 1,585 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 24.69 23.99 921 898 37.3 39,137 38,559 1,585 Special education teachers...................................... 32.12 37.03 1,193 1,389 37.1 49,971 56,295 1,556 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school............................................ 32.12 37.03 1,193 1,389 37.1 49,971 56,295 1,556 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.03 10.88 413 408 37.4 17,600 17,538 1,595 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.34 21.14 827 810 38.7 42,907 42,115 2,011 Registered nurses................................................. 23.15 23.04 874 872 37.7 45,322 44,408 1,958 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.99 11.23 440 449 40.0 22,867 23,350 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... 19.39 17.41 836 773 43.1 43,470 40,181 2,242 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 29.06 28.10 1,178 1,124 40.5 61,235 58,454 2,107 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 29.06 28.10 1,178 1,124 40.5 61,235 58,454 2,107 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 14.13 13.74 572 549 40.5 29,719 28,573 2,104 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 14.13 13.74 572 549 40.5 29,719 28,573 2,104 Police officers................................................... 19.58 18.66 820 796 41.9 42,664 41,399 2,178 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 19.58 18.66 820 796 41.9 42,664 41,399 2,178 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.72 10.03 429 401 40.0 22,291 20,862 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.27 9.94 411 397 40.0 21,368 20,665 2,080 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.86 9.86 394 394 40.0 20,504 20,509 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.54 13.55 541 539 40.0 27,989 27,997 2,067 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.85 13.87 554 555 40.0 28,812 28,850 2,080 Library assistants, clerical...................................... $12.79 $12.44 $505 $491 39.5 $25,236 $24,744 1,974 Dispatchers....................................................... 13.60 13.66 544 546 40.0 28,278 28,407 2,080 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 13.60 13.66 544 546 40.0 28,278 28,407 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.48 14.65 578 586 39.9 29,643 30,139 2,047 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.79 14.42 589 577 39.8 29,680 29,661 2,007 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.91 12.61 516 505 40.0 26,845 26,235 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.78 12.47 551 499 40.0 28,664 25,938 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.81 16.56 712 663 40.0 36,985 34,451 2,077 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.84 12.36 510 494 39.7 26,020 25,605 2,027 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $18.70 $16.50 $17.07 $25.92 Management, professional, and related...... 31.72 27.36 31.02 37.82 Management, business, and financial...... 34.98 31.18 31.40 41.78 Professional and related................. 27.16 20.78 30.71 32.02 Service.................................... 9.50 8.42 9.87 21.16 Sales and office........................... 16.32 16.54 15.32 16.84 Sales and related........................ 17.93 17.78 16.46 – Office and administrative support........ 15.24 15.23 14.58 15.77 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 17.19 14.27 21.69 25.16 Construction and extraction............. 14.35 13.72 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 19.65 15.02 22.80 27.64 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 15.13 14.61 13.10 19.04 Production............................... 15.43 15.47 13.05 18.62 Transportation and material moving....... 14.78 13.92 13.16 19.84 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........................................................... 5.0 7.9 8.3 5.9 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.4 11.2 8.8 3.0 Management, business, and financial............................... 4.7 10.4 4.3 5.6 Professional and related.......................................... 12.0 22.7 14.0 4.0 Service............................................................. 4.8 5.2 5.6 9.9 Sales and office.................................................... 7.2 12.0 11.8 11.0 Sales and related................................................. 15.5 22.4 26.6 – Office and administrative support................................. 3.2 1.8 6.3 9.6 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.6 2.1 10.9 12.8 Construction and extraction...................................... 1.6 5.0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 9.0 2.4 11.3 11.3 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.8 7.0 4.8 6.1 Production........................................................ 4.7 8.0 6.7 2.3 Transportation and material moving................................ 5.8 11.4 5.2 16.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $18.32 $15.39 $728 $615 39.7 $37,765 $31,990 2,061 Management occupations.............................................. 32.64 22.50 1,313 900 40.2 68,278 46,800 2,092 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.67 26.88 1,201 1,075 40.5 62,454 55,900 2,105 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.06 20.00 963 800 40.0 50,054 41,600 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.24 8.75 278 350 38.4 14,454 18,200 1,996 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.92 19.08 831 763 39.7 43,235 39,686 2,067 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.21 20.80 888 832 40.0 46,189 43,256 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 22.21 20.80 888 832 40.0 46,189 43,256 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.37 10.00 406 385 39.1 21,116 19,995 2,035 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.48 15.38 615 615 39.7 31,984 31,990 2,066 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.62 14.91 581 596 39.8 30,235 31,013 2,067 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.53 16.15 701 646 40.0 36,459 33,592 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.84 14.24 609 527 38.4 31,645 27,398 1,998 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.72 13.50 549 540 40.0 28,420 28,080 2,071 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.02 15.00 601 600 40.0 31,236 31,200 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.10 14.30 643 572 39.9 33,438 29,744 2,077 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.55 13.11 580 524 39.8 30,037 27,269 2,064 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.98 13.00 519 520 40.0 26,751 27,040 2,061 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 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, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $21.63 $17.45 $858 $689 39.7 $44,517 $35,838 2,058 Management occupations.............................................. 43.50 37.84 1,776 1,558 40.8 92,356 81,015 2,123 General and operations managers................................... 45.54 32.00 1,919 1,451 42.1 99,785 75,451 2,191 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 35.59 29.68 1,441 1,179 40.5 74,955 61,300 2,106 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.66 21.64 1,151 865 41.6 59,873 45,001 2,165 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 32.61 31.25 1,304 1,250 40.0 67,824 65,000 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 28.41 26.44 1,163 1,058 40.9 60,487 54,999 2,129 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 37.24 33.29 1,490 1,331 40.0 77,464 69,233 2,080 Financial analysts.............................................. 38.49 28.12 1,540 1,125 40.0 80,057 58,492 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.60 36.33 1,556 1,453 40.3 80,932 75,556 2,097 Computer software engineers....................................... 40.56 37.02 1,622 1,481 40.0 84,361 76,991 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.85 38.46 1,618 1,538 40.6 84,112 80,001 2,111 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.94 29.81 1,274 1,192 39.9 66,251 62,001 2,074 Engineers......................................................... 35.41 31.27 1,416 1,251 40.0 73,651 65,033 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 44.31 44.21 1,772 1,768 40.0 92,163 91,957 2,080 Electrical engineers.......................................... 44.31 44.21 1,772 1,768 40.0 92,164 91,957 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.41 25.04 1,048 1,001 39.7 54,506 52,073 2,064 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.81 22.66 992 906 40.0 51,604 47,127 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.10 31.02 1,204 1,241 40.0 46,470 48,556 1,544 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.42 28.55 1,177 1,142 40.0 45,264 45,642 1,538 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.46 27.83 1,098 1,113 40.0 41,823 42,247 1,523 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 18.16 17.82 771 802 42.5 38,885 41,708 2,141 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.39 20.77 872 802 38.9 45,045 41,600 2,012 Registered nurses................................................. 26.37 25.05 1,037 990 39.3 53,031 50,918 2,011 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.12 17.90 730 656 38.2 37,963 34,133 1,985 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.32 11.63 488 462 39.6 25,368 24,045 2,058 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.88 10.82 426 424 39.2 22,147 22,022 2,036 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.52 13.42 541 537 40.0 28,129 27,914 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.78 9.00 340 350 38.7 17,692 18,200 2,014 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.30 10.22 440 409 38.9 22,861 21,258 2,023 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.15 12.54 866 490 39.1 45,031 25,480 2,033 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.98 9.83 383 370 38.4 19,915 19,240 1,995 Office and administrative support occupations....................... $15.38 $14.73 $614 $589 39.9 $31,912 $30,638 2,074 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.05 16.49 641 660 40.0 33,338 34,301 2,078 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.38 15.00 614 600 40.0 31,952 31,200 2,078 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.56 13.61 542 544 40.0 28,207 28,309 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.21 21.87 848 875 40.0 44,107 45,492 2,079 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.53 21.73 861 869 40.0 44,755 45,200 2,079 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.63 11.50 502 460 39.8 26,091 23,920 2,066 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.88 23.00 994 920 39.9 51,664 47,840 2,076 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 19.41 18.67 773 749 39.8 40,179 38,958 2,070 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.07 19.17 906 796 39.3 47,132 41,413 2,043 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.67 16.26 667 650 40.0 34,666 33,819 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 15.45 13.33 614 532 39.8 31,921 27,643 2,067 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.52 24.15 981 966 40.0 51,005 50,232 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.22 13.29 609 532 40.0 31,665 27,643 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.67 15.00 570 576 38.9 29,661 29,936 2,022 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.45 13.79 618 552 40.0 32,127 28,683 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.50 12.25 577 490 39.8 30,014 25,472 2,071 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.53 12.92 616 517 39.7 31,902 26,878 2,054 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.71 19.10 774 753 41.4 40,238 39,166 2,150 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.18 19.10 797 764 41.5 41,441 39,728 2,160 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.05 11.57 562 463 40.0 29,214 24,074 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.25 11.00 450 440 40.0 23,232 22,880 2,065 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.34 11.30 454 452 40.0 23,592 23,504 2,080 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.63 10.84 465 434 40.0 22,856 22,171 1,966 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, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $23.11 $23.11 – $18.58 $18.51 $19.08 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 30.08 31.72 23.81 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 34.74 34.98 31.18 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 25.54 27.16 22.50 Service............................................................. – – – 10.08 8.92 16.09 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 16.07 16.32 13.21 Sales and related................................................. – – – 17.86 17.93 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 15.00 15.23 13.35 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 25.66 25.66 – 16.62 16.68 15.70 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – 14.35 13.78 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 25.50 25.50 – 18.95 19.02 17.81 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 21.80 21.80 – 14.06 14.07 13.75 Production........................................................ 21.62 21.62 – 14.45 14.39 – Transportation and material moving................................ 22.02 22.02 – 13.64 13.71 12.30 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........................................................... 9.1 9.1 – 4.6 5.3 4.0 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 4.7 5.4 4.6 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 4.5 4.7 11.2 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 8.8 12.0 4.4 Service............................................................. – – – 4.1 4.8 5.0 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 6.7 7.2 2.2 Sales and related................................................. – – – 15.4 15.5 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 2.7 3.2 1.6 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.7 3.7 – 6.0 6.4 7.4 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – 1.5 9.0 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 3.9 3.9 – 9.1 9.7 5.1 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 11.7 11.7 – 4.4 4.6 5.7 Production........................................................ .8 .8 – 4.7 4.7 – Transportation and material moving................................ 29.0 29.0 – 5.1 5.3 .9 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, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $17.23 $16.96 $31.41 $31.41 Management, professional, and related............................... 27.33 28.54 41.79 41.79 Management, business, and financial............................... 31.39 31.41 42.17 42.17 Professional and related.......................................... 24.39 25.52 40.25 40.25 Service............................................................. 10.52 9.46 – – Sales and office.................................................... 14.61 14.75 26.31 26.31 Sales and related................................................. 14.78 14.83 30.80 30.80 Office and administrative support................................. 14.52 14.70 20.29 20.29 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 16.61 16.67 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 14.35 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.82 18.88 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.07 15.11 – – Production........................................................ 15.53 15.49 14.76 14.76 Transportation and material moving................................ 14.54 14.66 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 4.6 5.3 6.7 6.7 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.4 7.9 5.5 5.5 Management, business, and financial............................... 6.2 6.7 6.4 6.4 Professional and related.......................................... 10.2 15.0 4.4 4.4 Service............................................................. 4.2 4.9 – – Sales and office.................................................... 5.0 5.5 9.8 9.8 Sales and related................................................. 13.8 13.9 7.3 7.3 Office and administrative support................................. 2.7 3.2 8.7 8.7 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.0 5.3 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 1.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7.6 8.0 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.9 5.1 – – Production........................................................ 4.8 4.8 23.9 23.9 Transportation and material moving................................ 6.2 6.5 – – 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, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... - $19.46 $17.36 $23.04 - - - - - Management, professional, and related............................... - 33.14 31.23 31.04 - - - - - Management, business, and financial............................... - 37.40 38.58 – - - - - - Professional and related.......................................... - 28.25 25.98 – - - - - - Service............................................................. - – 17.35 – - - - - - Sales and office.................................................... - 21.50 14.83 20.14 - - - - - Sales and related................................................. - – 15.16 – - - - - - Office and administrative support................................. - 14.85 14.20 – - - - - - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - 18.47 24.89 – - - - - - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - 20.06 24.89 – - - - - - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - 16.40 15.14 – - - - - - Production........................................................ - 16.79 10.69 – - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ - 14.39 15.93 – - - - - - 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........................................................... - 5.1 10.1 19.8 - - - - - Management, professional, and related............................... - 3.7 12.1 3.6 - - - - - Management, business, and financial............................... - 9.2 3.8 – - - - - - Professional and related.......................................... - 3.7 27.0 – - - - - - Service............................................................. - – 11.8 – - - - - - Sales and office.................................................... - 22.9 13.9 26.3 - - - - - Sales and related................................................. - – 20.4 – - - - - - Office and administrative support................................. - 2.2 2.7 – - - - - - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - 2.8 10.1 – - - - - - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - 5.7 10.1 – - - - - - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - 1.6 10.6 – - - - - - Production........................................................ - 2.1 6.0 – - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ - .9 9.6 – - - - - - 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, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 839,500 744,100 95,400 Management, professional, and related............................... 204,300 157,100 47,200 Management, business, and financial............................... 94,000 88,000 6,000 Professional and related.......................................... 110,200 69,000 41,200 Service............................................................. 152,900 133,700 19,300 Sales and office.................................................... 233,800 215,400 18,400 Sales and related................................................. 97,500 96,300 – Office and administrative support................................. 136,300 119,100 17,200 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 92,600 87,200 5,400 Construction and extraction...................................... 42,100 39,200 2,800 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 49,100 46,500 2,600 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 155,900 150,800 5,100 Production........................................................ 78,800 78,100 – Transportation and material moving................................ 77,100 72,700 4,400 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, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 37,024 36,960 64 Total in sample....................................................... 368 320 48 Responding........................................................ 242 203 39 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 67 60 7 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 59 57 2 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.