NC BL 09/00/2007 Table: Charleston-North Charleston, SC, Bulletin 3140-10, May 2007 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2007 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........................................................... $17.05 5.0 36.3 $16.27 5.8 35.9 $20.80 5.8 38.4 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 26.62 5.6 38.2 27.12 7.7 38.1 25.69 6.7 38.6 Management, business, and financial............................... 27.97 5.3 41.6 28.35 5.3 41.8 25.93 18.6 40.6 Professional and related.......................................... 25.96 7.4 36.8 26.21 11.8 35.7 25.64 8.3 38.3 Service............................................................. 8.95 2.8 32.1 8.02 3.1 30.9 13.12 5.3 38.8 Sales and office.................................................... 14.26 4.4 35.2 14.28 4.9 34.9 14.04 4.2 38.3 Sales and related................................................. 15.43 9.7 33.2 15.42 9.8 33.2 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 13.48 2.4 36.6 13.39 2.9 36.3 13.95 4.0 38.2 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 15.33 5.2 40.7 15.22 5.4 40.7 17.26 6.6 39.2 Construction and extraction...................................... 13.95 7.1 40.2 13.84 7.2 40.2 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 17.47 5.2 41.4 17.47 5.3 41.7 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.39 8.1 36.7 14.48 8.4 36.9 – – – Production........................................................ 16.67 12.1 38.0 16.69 12.2 38.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.13 5.1 35.5 12.19 5.4 35.9 – – – Full time........................................................... 17.98 5.2 39.7 17.32 6.3 39.9 20.83 5.6 38.7 Part time........................................................... 9.38 9.6 21.2 8.98 9.3 21.0 – – – Union............................................................... – – – – – – – – – Nonunion............................................................ 17.01 5.0 36.2 16.22 5.9 35.8 20.80 5.8 38.4 Time................................................................ 16.65 5.0 36.0 15.73 5.9 35.5 20.80 5.8 38.4 Incentive........................................................... 23.14 14.2 41.7 23.14 14.2 41.7 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.47 8.0 34.6 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 14.96 5.9 35.0 14.87 6.1 34.9 18.89 11.3 38.1 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.66 10.8 36.8 17.61 12.3 36.7 18.08 8.8 37.6 500 workers or more................................................. 20.18 7.5 38.2 18.47 13.0 37.7 21.76 6.6 38.6 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2007 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........................................................... $17.05 5.0 $17.98 5.2 $9.38 9.6 Management occupations.............................................. 31.42 4.5 31.42 4.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.09 5.3 26.09 5.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.01 10.8 38.01 10.8 – – General and operations managers................................... 45.37 12.9 45.37 12.9 – – Financial managers................................................ 39.41 9.0 39.41 9.0 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.54 13.8 22.54 13.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.01 10.2 28.01 10.2 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 17.36 9.7 17.36 9.7 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.52 1.8 31.52 1.8 – – Engineers......................................................... 36.58 5.5 36.58 5.5 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 26.01 12.6 26.01 12.6 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 15.73 11.3 15.73 11.3 – – Counselors........................................................ 18.82 11.0 18.82 11.0 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.78 9.8 24.83 9.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 22.95 7.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.16 10.8 27.16 10.8 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 36.43 6.6 36.39 6.6 – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 38.55 6.4 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.00 9.0 25.00 9.0 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.20 6.2 27.20 6.2 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.76 7.0 16.44 6.6 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.19 9.5 31.34 10.6 24.97 11.2 Level 6 .................................................. 17.05 7.2 16.87 7.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.60 6.6 26.68 6.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.00 4.4 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.82 7.9 31.60 10.3 25.13 1.5 Registered nurses................................................. 31.99 7.7 33.51 10.6 27.66 6.1 Level 7 .................................................. 27.49 4.4 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.49 4.3 – – 25.13 1.5 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.99 2.9 15.72 1.7 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.72 4.2 10.04 3.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.76 5.3 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.24 5.3 9.75 3.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.24 5.3 9.75 3.1 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.27 5.1 10.27 5.1 – – Protective service occupations...................................... $14.12 4.0 $14.07 4.0 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.85 5.1 7.26 7.3 $6.26 2.8 Level 1 .................................................. 6.20 1.6 5.83 5.9 6.50 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 5.97 12.9 6.48 21.1 5.50 12.1 Level 3 .................................................. 7.79 16.7 7.47 15.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 7.59 9.7 7.59 9.7 – – Cooks............................................................. 9.68 2.0 9.50 3.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.75 2.6 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.08 1.0 4.22 6.1 3.72 17.8 Level 1 .................................................. 4.40 23.2 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.59 7.1 2.34 9.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 2.68 8.7 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.73 2.2 7.39 5.7 6.34 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 6.57 .5 – – 6.51 .1 Level 2 .................................................. 6.49 2.0 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.65 2.6 7.34 5.8 6.23 4.7 Level 1 .................................................. 6.47 1.3 – – 6.36 2.8 Level 2 .................................................. 6.40 1.2 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.37 4.6 11.18 4.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.83 4.2 8.09 3.6 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.96 6.0 10.90 5.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.58 5.1 7.90 4.9 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.48 6.1 11.61 7.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.52 5.3 – – – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.69 10.2 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.69 10.2 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.51 13.3 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.43 9.7 17.25 10.3 8.25 5.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.32 7.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.55 2.6 9.05 5.4 7.91 3.6 Level 3 .................................................. 9.91 13.9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.07 9.3 19.65 9.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.92 20.9 17.92 20.9 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.92 6.3 12.23 12.0 7.80 2.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.32 7.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.55 2.6 9.05 5.4 7.91 3.6 Level 3 .................................................. 8.35 5.0 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.49 5.0 9.18 5.4 7.67 .5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.32 7.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.39 .9 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... $8.49 5.0 $9.18 5.4 $7.67 0.5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.32 7.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.39 .9 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.72 16.5 14.27 19.6 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.48 2.4 13.78 2.3 10.27 14.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.14 13.3 – – 7.08 9.7 Level 2 .................................................. 10.06 4.0 10.08 4.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.94 5.2 13.01 5.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.13 3.9 14.23 3.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.36 7.6 14.36 7.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.65 4.2 16.65 4.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.98 7.2 17.98 7.2 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.38 6.5 13.44 6.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.09 6.2 12.09 6.4 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.71 9.1 12.77 9.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.80 8.5 11.80 8.5 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 12.70 11.8 14.34 7.5 – – File clerks....................................................... 11.56 9.2 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.26 8.2 11.99 6.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.91 6.9 11.91 6.9 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.20 8.4 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.76 4.2 15.71 4.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.92 6.1 15.84 6.8 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.41 6.9 15.41 6.9 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.34 4.7 12.34 4.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.36 3.4 12.36 3.4 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.95 7.1 14.11 7.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.34 6.7 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.79 7.2 19.79 7.2 – – Electricians...................................................... 17.49 11.3 17.49 11.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.47 5.2 17.47 5.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.83 4.5 14.83 4.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.34 6.3 22.34 6.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 17.85 5.7 17.85 5.7 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 15.97 5.2 15.97 5.2 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.81 9.2 17.81 9.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.79 3.2 20.79 3.2 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.69 2.3 21.69 2.3 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.92 14.9 14.92 14.9 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.67 12.1 17.06 11.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.03 5.9 13.42 5.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. $11.96 7.1 $12.33 5.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.90 5.6 17.90 5.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.93 18.1 16.93 18.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.03 5.6 22.03 5.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.95 11.7 18.95 11.7 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.99 11.0 15.03 11.0 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.13 5.1 12.68 5.0 $7.93 6.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.58 6.7 9.21 6.6 7.00 5.4 Level 2 .................................................. 11.42 3.6 11.68 3.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.24 5.5 14.28 6.5 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.86 3.8 14.91 4.0 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.73 11.4 11.43 13.2 6.75 7.5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.66 7.0 9.21 6.6 6.75 7.5 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.71 11.5 10.81 11.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.18 8.7 9.30 8.8 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2007 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $16.27 5.8 $17.32 6.3 $8.98 9.3 Management occupations.............................................. 31.09 3.5 31.09 3.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.09 5.3 26.09 5.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.01 10.8 38.01 10.8 – – Financial managers................................................ 39.41 9.0 39.41 9.0 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.51 15.9 23.51 15.9 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.52 1.8 31.52 1.8 – – Engineers......................................................... 36.58 5.5 36.58 5.5 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 17.48 22.4 17.44 22.3 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.48 9.7 16.49 10.6 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.65 13.1 30.97 15.0 24.82 15.2 Level 6 .................................................. 16.59 4.9 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.60 6.6 26.68 6.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.28 11.1 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 28.33 2.8 28.14 3.0 28.84 5.7 Level 7 .................................................. 27.49 4.4 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.57 6.5 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.99 2.9 15.72 1.7 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.63 4.9 9.99 4.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.76 5.3 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.88 5.4 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.88 5.4 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.27 5.1 10.27 5.1 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.78 5.2 7.17 7.6 6.26 2.8 Level 1 .................................................. 6.20 1.6 5.83 5.9 6.50 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 5.97 12.9 6.48 21.1 5.50 12.1 Level 3 .................................................. 7.76 16.8 7.43 15.4 – – Cooks............................................................. 9.66 2.0 9.47 3.8 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.08 1.0 4.22 6.1 3.72 17.8 Level 1 .................................................. 4.40 23.2 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.59 7.1 2.34 9.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 2.68 8.7 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.59 .8 7.07 2.6 6.34 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 6.57 .5 – – 6.51 .1 Level 2 .................................................. 6.49 2.0 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.50 1.2 7.00 2.4 6.23 4.7 Level 1 .................................................. 6.47 1.3 – – 6.36 2.8 Level 2 .................................................. $6.40 1.2 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.39 5.5 $10.24 5.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.83 4.2 8.09 3.6 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.28 7.1 8.96 8.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.58 5.1 7.90 4.9 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.52 8.9 9.58 13.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.52 5.3 – – – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.69 10.2 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.69 10.2 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.54 14.9 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.42 9.8 17.25 10.4 $8.25 5.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.32 7.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.55 2.6 9.05 5.4 7.91 3.6 Level 3 .................................................. 9.91 13.9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.07 9.3 19.65 9.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.92 20.9 17.92 20.9 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.92 6.3 12.23 12.0 7.80 2.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.32 7.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.55 2.6 9.05 5.4 7.91 3.6 Level 3 .................................................. 8.35 5.0 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.49 5.0 9.18 5.4 7.67 .5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.32 7.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.39 .9 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.49 5.0 9.18 5.4 7.67 .5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.32 7.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.39 .9 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.72 16.5 14.27 19.6 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.39 2.9 13.72 2.8 10.30 15.2 Level 1 .................................................. 8.14 13.3 – – 7.08 9.7 Level 2 .................................................. 10.06 4.0 10.08 4.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.03 6.0 13.06 6.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.33 4.2 14.48 3.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.28 9.7 14.28 9.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.39 7.9 17.39 7.9 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.23 6.8 13.29 6.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.09 6.2 12.09 6.4 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.71 9.1 12.77 9.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.80 8.5 11.80 8.5 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 12.70 11.8 14.34 7.5 – – File clerks....................................................... 11.56 9.2 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.81 9.0 11.69 7.4 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.20 8.4 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... $16.37 4.1 $16.33 4.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.70 3.4 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.20 6.0 12.20 6.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.84 7.2 14.00 7.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.38 7.2 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.82 2.6 18.82 2.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.47 5.3 17.47 5.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.81 6.8 22.81 6.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 17.85 5.7 17.85 5.7 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.99 9.4 17.99 9.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.79 3.2 20.79 3.2 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.69 2.3 21.69 2.3 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.02 16.0 15.02 16.0 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.69 12.2 17.08 12.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.03 5.9 13.42 5.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.96 7.1 12.33 5.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.90 5.6 17.90 5.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.13 20.4 17.13 20.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.03 5.6 22.03 5.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.95 11.7 18.95 11.7 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.99 11.0 15.03 11.0 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.19 5.4 12.71 5.3 $8.00 7.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.64 6.7 9.21 6.6 7.11 5.5 Level 2 .................................................. 11.37 3.8 11.61 3.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.24 5.5 14.28 6.5 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.86 3.8 14.91 4.0 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.80 11.4 11.43 13.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.73 6.9 9.21 6.6 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.81 11.5 10.81 11.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.30 8.8 9.30 8.8 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2007 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $20.80 5.8 $20.83 5.6 – – Management occupations.............................................. 33.74 25.8 33.74 25.8 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.06 9.3 19.06 9.3 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.32 6.6 18.32 6.6 – – Counselors........................................................ 21.31 6.1 21.31 6.1 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.25 8.1 27.35 7.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.16 10.8 27.16 10.8 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.16 .0 29.16 .0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.03 12.2 31.86 14.1 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 14.43 5.6 14.43 5.6 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.79 3.3 12.79 3.3 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.95 4.0 14.04 3.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.52 7.6 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.83 2.8 12.83 2.8 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.04 5.9 15.04 5.9 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.96 6.0 14.96 6.0 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2007 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........................................................... $17.05 5.0 $17.98 5.2 $9.38 9.6 Management occupations.............................................. 31.42 4.5 31.42 4.5 – – Group II.................................................. 24.39 10.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 32.38 6.2 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 45.37 12.9 45.37 12.9 – – Financial managers................................................ 39.41 9.0 39.41 9.0 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.54 13.8 22.54 13.8 – – Group II.................................................. 18.50 8.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.01 10.2 – – – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 17.36 9.7 17.36 9.7 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.52 1.8 31.52 1.8 – – Group III................................................. 34.92 1.8 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 36.58 5.5 36.58 5.5 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 26.01 12.6 26.01 12.6 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 15.73 11.3 15.73 11.3 – – Group II.................................................. 14.28 12.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 20.87 9.2 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 18.82 11.0 18.82 11.0 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.78 9.8 24.83 9.7 – – Group II.................................................. 23.07 11.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 27.06 8.9 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 36.43 6.6 36.39 6.6 – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 38.55 6.4 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.00 9.0 25.00 9.0 – – Group II.................................................. 23.23 12.7 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.20 6.2 27.20 6.2 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.76 7.0 16.44 6.6 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.19 9.5 31.34 10.6 24.97 11.2 Group II.................................................. 22.26 6.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 42.33 12.6 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 31.99 7.7 33.51 10.6 27.66 6.1 Group II.................................................. 26.35 5.7 25.02 5.3 – – Group III................................................. 38.01 10.7 43.55 14.5 25.13 1.5 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.99 2.9 15.72 1.7 – – Group II.................................................. 15.99 3.0 15.70 1.7 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.72 4.2 10.04 3.9 – – Group I................................................... 9.72 4.2 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... $9.24 5.3 $9.75 3.1 – – Group I................................................... 9.24 5.3 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.24 5.3 9.75 3.1 – – Group I................................................... 9.24 5.3 9.75 3.1 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.27 5.1 10.27 5.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.27 5.1 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 14.12 4.0 14.07 4.0 – – Group II.................................................. 14.94 7.6 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.85 5.1 7.26 7.3 $6.26 2.8 Group I................................................... 6.48 3.5 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 9.68 2.0 9.50 3.6 – – Group I................................................... 9.68 2.0 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.08 1.0 4.22 6.1 3.72 17.8 Group I................................................... 4.08 1.0 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.59 7.1 2.34 9.3 – – Group I................................................... 2.59 7.1 2.34 9.3 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.73 2.2 7.39 5.7 6.34 2.6 Group I................................................... 6.73 2.2 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.65 2.6 7.34 5.8 6.23 4.7 Group I................................................... 6.65 2.6 7.34 5.8 6.23 4.7 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.37 4.6 11.18 4.2 – – Group I................................................... 8.78 6.2 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.96 6.0 10.90 5.9 – – Group I................................................... 8.59 7.2 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.48 6.1 11.61 7.0 – – Group I................................................... 8.92 8.3 10.08 11.4 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.69 10.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.69 10.2 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.51 13.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.78 4.5 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.43 9.7 17.25 10.3 8.25 5.7 Group I................................................... 13.73 10.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.36 26.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.92 20.9 17.92 20.9 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.92 6.3 12.23 12.0 7.80 2.0 Group I................................................... 10.97 7.4 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.49 5.0 9.18 5.4 7.67 .5 Group I................................................... 8.31 2.9 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.49 5.0 9.18 5.4 7.67 .5 Group I................................................... 8.31 2.9 8.95 3.6 7.67 .5 Retail salespersons............................................. $13.72 16.5 $14.27 19.6 – – Group I................................................... 14.61 19.5 15.49 23.8 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.48 2.4 13.78 2.3 $10.27 14.7 Group I................................................... 13.00 3.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.36 5.1 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.98 7.2 17.98 7.2 – – Group II.................................................. 18.31 7.7 18.31 7.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.38 6.5 13.44 6.4 – – Group I................................................... 12.79 6.3 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.71 9.1 12.77 9.2 – – Group I................................................... 11.89 6.6 11.95 6.4 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 12.70 11.8 14.34 7.5 – – Group I................................................... 12.22 13.8 – – – – File clerks....................................................... 11.56 9.2 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.26 8.2 11.99 6.4 – – Group I................................................... 11.27 8.2 12.01 6.3 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.20 8.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.20 8.4 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.76 4.2 15.71 4.5 – – Group I................................................... 15.30 6.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.81 4.6 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.41 6.9 15.41 6.9 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.34 4.7 12.34 4.7 – – Group I................................................... 12.27 4.9 12.27 4.9 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.95 7.1 14.11 7.5 – – Group I................................................... 12.45 17.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.28 7.3 – – – – Electricians...................................................... 17.49 11.3 17.49 11.3 – – Group II.................................................. 18.73 10.4 18.73 10.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.47 5.2 17.47 5.2 – – Group II.................................................. 17.68 4.7 – – – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 15.97 5.2 15.97 5.2 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.81 9.2 17.81 9.2 – – Group II.................................................. 20.22 4.7 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.69 2.3 21.69 2.3 – – Group II.................................................. 21.69 2.3 21.69 2.3 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.92 14.9 14.92 14.9 – – Group II.................................................. 18.35 8.1 18.35 8.1 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.67 12.1 17.06 11.8 – – Group I................................................... 13.10 6.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.33 2.0 – – – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. $14.99 11.0 $15.03 11.0 – – Group I................................................... 13.72 9.7 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.13 5.1 12.68 5.0 $7.93 6.9 Group I................................................... 10.81 5.0 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.86 3.8 14.91 4.0 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.73 11.4 11.43 13.2 6.75 7.5 Group I................................................... 10.00 8.6 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.71 11.5 10.81 11.5 – – Group I................................................... 10.71 11.5 10.81 11.5 – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.50 $10.00 $14.18 $20.60 $30.64 Management occupations.............................................. 21.18 23.98 29.36 34.74 48.97 General and operations managers................................... 31.25 37.63 48.97 55.24 57.80 Financial managers................................................ 25.63 31.76 39.73 39.73 55.51 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 14.42 16.45 20.79 27.51 33.75 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 13.25 14.45 17.31 19.00 23.25 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 19.87 24.76 32.30 37.64 43.18 Engineers......................................................... 26.23 33.50 36.02 40.87 48.49 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 21.94 21.94 23.00 25.76 32.06 Community and social services occupations........................... 8.95 12.74 15.07 19.94 21.38 Counselors........................................................ 14.06 14.06 18.18 21.38 26.30 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.37 16.35 23.29 31.56 40.53 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 26.60 28.70 32.27 42.92 51.74 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 27.12 30.20 34.97 46.29 53.38 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 10.37 19.94 24.27 31.23 37.34 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 18.62 20.85 25.88 32.32 37.40 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 9.64 12.32 15.87 16.35 22.53 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.00 19.50 25.74 30.74 52.54 Registered nurses................................................. 20.60 23.39 28.37 31.50 34.87 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.00 15.00 15.37 16.24 18.03 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.88 8.00 9.50 10.30 12.26 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.88 7.88 9.31 10.30 10.30 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.88 7.88 9.31 10.30 10.30 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.00 9.50 10.00 11.33 12.75 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.27 12.31 13.24 14.81 18.53 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.75 5.26 6.50 8.25 10.00 Cooks............................................................. 7.50 8.67 9.51 10.25 13.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 4.00 5.00 7.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.25 2.75 3.25 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.85 6.00 6.50 7.27 8.75 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.75 6.00 6.50 7.27 8.75 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.00 7.50 9.00 12.49 15.89 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.75 7.50 8.28 12.05 14.54 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.75 8.00 10.16 12.50 14.54 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 6.78 7.00 7.00 8.00 8.28 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.50 6.87 7.10 9.55 10.85 Sales and related occupations....................................... $7.00 $8.65 $12.00 $17.00 $26.82 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 9.10 16.00 16.11 17.00 40.98 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.59 7.70 9.10 12.00 22.13 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.75 7.40 8.05 9.50 10.71 Cashiers...................................................... 6.75 7.40 8.05 9.50 10.71 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.59 9.09 12.00 17.04 22.13 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.10 11.00 13.25 15.90 17.87 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.86 14.85 17.85 20.35 25.31 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.37 11.00 12.98 15.96 16.15 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.50 11.00 12.37 14.42 18.03 Customer service representatives.................................. 8.00 8.36 13.18 13.61 18.55 File clerks....................................................... 9.25 9.58 10.00 13.49 16.38 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 6.00 9.65 12.02 12.99 14.37 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 6.50 7.36 9.15 10.10 12.69 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.02 12.98 15.81 17.60 20.75 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 11.73 12.48 14.54 17.40 20.91 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.10 10.75 12.00 13.45 14.53 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 8.77 12.00 13.50 15.88 16.92 Electricians...................................................... 11.98 15.02 16.77 18.00 25.60 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.88 12.58 17.01 21.55 24.66 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 10.50 10.88 15.00 19.50 25.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 7.00 15.45 19.82 21.55 24.66 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.26 20.26 21.55 22.18 25.60 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 7.00 11.83 16.00 17.01 19.92 Production occupations.............................................. 9.00 11.14 14.08 19.41 26.52 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.00 11.14 13.63 19.49 20.65 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.50 9.05 12.00 14.07 15.89 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.30 13.53 14.75 14.75 17.11 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.15 7.50 9.80 12.77 13.48 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.50 8.55 11.00 13.43 13.59 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 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.00 $9.32 $13.50 $19.49 $29.36 Management occupations.............................................. 21.75 23.98 29.36 34.74 39.73 Financial managers................................................ 25.63 31.76 39.73 39.73 55.51 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 14.45 17.10 23.25 29.29 34.14 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 19.87 24.76 32.30 37.64 43.18 Engineers......................................................... 26.23 33.50 36.02 40.87 48.49 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.73 10.37 16.49 20.42 28.70 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 9.64 11.31 14.67 17.49 24.19 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.00 17.13 26.23 30.74 52.54 Registered nurses................................................. 22.75 24.00 29.14 30.74 33.75 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.00 15.00 15.37 16.24 18.03 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.88 8.00 9.50 10.00 12.73 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.88 7.88 8.00 9.75 10.98 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.88 7.88 8.00 9.75 10.98 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.00 9.50 10.00 11.33 12.75 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.75 5.26 6.50 8.00 10.00 Cooks............................................................. 7.50 8.67 9.51 10.00 13.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 4.00 5.00 7.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.25 2.75 3.25 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.75 6.00 6.49 7.27 8.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.75 6.00 6.40 7.25 8.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.75 7.00 8.05 9.25 16.93 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.50 7.00 8.00 8.05 10.50 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.50 7.25 8.00 8.05 10.50 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 6.78 7.00 7.00 8.00 8.28 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.50 6.87 7.00 9.55 11.22 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.00 8.60 12.00 17.00 26.82 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 9.10 16.00 16.11 17.00 40.98 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.59 7.70 9.10 12.00 22.13 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.75 7.40 8.05 9.50 10.71 Cashiers...................................................... 6.75 7.40 8.05 9.50 10.71 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.59 9.09 12.00 17.04 22.13 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.70 10.75 13.18 15.90 18.00 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.28 11.00 12.66 16.00 16.76 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.50 11.00 12.37 14.42 18.03 Customer service representatives.................................. 8.00 8.36 13.18 13.61 18.55 File clerks....................................................... 9.25 9.58 10.00 13.49 16.38 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 5.50 9.65 12.02 12.75 14.37 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... $6.50 $7.36 $9.15 $10.10 $12.69 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.18 12.98 15.90 18.99 20.80 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.00 10.75 12.00 13.45 13.70 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 8.77 12.00 13.50 15.88 16.92 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.84 13.89 17.20 21.55 24.32 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 7.00 15.85 19.92 21.55 24.66 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.26 20.26 21.55 22.18 25.60 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 7.00 11.83 16.00 17.01 19.92 Production occupations.............................................. 9.00 11.14 13.79 19.41 26.52 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.00 11.14 13.63 19.49 20.65 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.50 9.09 12.00 14.30 16.00 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.30 13.53 14.75 14.75 17.11 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.33 7.50 10.00 12.77 13.48 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.50 8.67 11.00 13.43 13.59 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 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.02 $13.12 $16.67 $24.32 $33.71 Management occupations.............................................. 15.18 18.20 30.77 50.87 57.80 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 14.42 14.66 20.43 20.79 24.48 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.27 15.07 18.18 20.97 24.00 Counselors........................................................ 17.22 18.18 20.10 24.50 26.90 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.20 20.81 25.08 34.01 41.50 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 21.23 23.46 28.09 34.60 38.28 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.71 20.60 25.60 30.85 63.04 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.70 11.80 13.64 16.51 19.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.87 11.46 12.50 14.25 15.89 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.58 12.02 13.86 15.54 16.71 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.73 12.48 15.14 16.39 20.04 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 11.58 12.45 14.42 16.71 20.04 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2007 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.50 $11.14 $15.00 $21.40 $31.39 Management occupations.............................................. 21.18 23.98 29.36 34.74 48.97 General and operations managers................................... 31.25 37.63 48.97 55.24 57.80 Financial managers................................................ 25.63 31.76 39.73 39.73 55.51 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 14.42 16.45 20.79 27.51 33.75 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 13.25 14.45 17.31 19.00 23.25 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 19.87 24.76 32.30 37.64 43.18 Engineers......................................................... 26.23 33.50 36.02 40.87 48.49 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 21.94 21.94 23.00 25.76 32.06 Community and social services occupations........................... 8.95 12.64 14.98 19.94 21.38 Counselors........................................................ 14.06 14.06 18.18 21.38 26.30 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.37 16.38 23.29 31.60 40.53 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 26.60 28.70 32.27 42.89 51.44 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 10.37 19.94 24.27 31.23 37.34 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 18.62 20.85 25.88 32.32 37.40 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 11.78 14.42 16.35 16.35 23.01 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.37 17.75 25.60 31.99 63.04 Registered nurses................................................. 20.60 22.90 28.31 33.75 63.04 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.00 15.00 15.37 16.00 16.99 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.00 9.07 10.00 10.30 12.73 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 9.00 10.00 10.30 11.00 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.00 9.00 10.00 10.30 11.00 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.00 9.50 10.00 11.33 12.75 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.27 12.31 13.24 14.72 18.36 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 5.26 7.25 9.00 10.75 Cooks............................................................. 7.50 8.67 9.51 9.51 12.50 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 4.00 7.00 7.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.75 2.75 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.00 7.25 8.75 9.83 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.00 6.00 7.25 8.75 9.83 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 8.05 10.50 13.37 16.93 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 8.05 10.87 12.63 15.89 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.05 8.05 11.61 13.81 16.53 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 9.65 14.28 19.67 33.37 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... $9.10 $16.00 $16.11 $17.00 $40.98 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.17 8.24 10.32 13.10 22.13 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.65 8.00 9.07 9.87 10.78 Cashiers...................................................... 7.65 8.00 9.07 9.87 10.78 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.17 9.70 12.03 22.13 22.13 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.65 11.39 13.40 15.90 17.95 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.86 14.85 17.85 20.35 25.31 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.66 11.00 13.24 16.00 16.26 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.25 11.00 12.37 14.42 18.03 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.18 13.18 13.18 13.61 18.58 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.65 9.65 12.24 13.08 14.37 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.02 12.98 15.81 18.43 20.75 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 11.73 12.48 14.54 17.40 20.91 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.10 10.75 12.00 13.45 14.53 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 8.93 12.50 13.50 15.88 16.92 Electricians...................................................... 11.98 15.02 16.77 18.00 25.60 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.88 12.58 17.01 21.55 24.66 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 10.50 10.88 15.00 19.50 25.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 7.00 15.45 19.82 21.55 24.66 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.26 20.26 21.55 22.18 25.60 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 7.00 11.83 16.00 17.01 19.92 Production occupations.............................................. 9.25 11.30 15.17 19.49 26.52 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.00 11.14 13.63 19.49 20.65 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.50 10.00 12.30 14.75 16.50 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.30 13.03 14.75 14.75 17.11 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.50 8.55 10.51 13.43 13.71 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.50 8.67 11.00 13.43 13.59 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2007 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $5.60 $6.25 $7.50 $9.67 $16.71 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.57 22.28 26.60 30.64 30.64 Registered nurses................................................. 22.49 24.00 30.10 30.64 30.64 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.75 5.75 6.15 7.25 9.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.75 4.00 4.25 6.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.75 6.00 6.40 7.00 7.50 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.75 6.00 6.25 6.85 7.27 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.25 7.00 7.75 9.09 12.00 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.00 6.75 7.65 8.65 9.50 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.50 7.00 7.50 8.20 9.00 Cashiers...................................................... 6.50 7.00 7.50 8.20 9.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 5.50 7.00 8.36 14.39 16.71 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.00 6.15 7.00 8.39 13.95 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 5.25 6.00 6.50 7.75 8.39 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2007 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $17.98 $15.00 $713 $596 39.7 $36,378 $30,680 2,024 Management occupations.............................................. 31.42 29.36 1,326 1,156 42.2 68,957 60,091 2,195 General and operations managers................................... 45.37 48.97 2,143 1,959 47.2 111,424 101,858 2,456 Financial managers................................................ 39.41 39.73 1,530 1,490 38.8 79,543 77,479 2,019 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.54 20.79 916 856 40.6 47,626 44,520 2,112 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 17.36 17.31 724 675 41.7 37,620 35,100 2,167 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.52 32.30 1,286 1,292 40.8 66,664 64,251 2,115 Engineers......................................................... 36.58 36.02 1,511 1,530 41.3 78,133 79,535 2,136 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 26.01 23.00 1,025 920 39.4 53,317 47,840 2,049 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.73 14.98 618 565 39.3 31,612 29,383 2,010 Counselors........................................................ 18.82 18.18 716 707 38.1 35,678 35,880 1,896 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.83 23.29 921 833 37.1 36,857 34,236 1,484 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 36.39 32.27 1,455 1,291 40.0 56,764 50,346 1,560 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.00 24.27 919 893 36.8 35,752 34,075 1,430 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.20 25.88 1,002 937 36.8 37,727 35,538 1,387 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.44 16.35 644 654 39.2 33,481 34,000 2,037 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.34 25.60 1,231 960 39.3 63,960 49,837 2,041 Registered nurses................................................. 33.51 28.31 1,240 1,050 37.0 64,496 54,600 1,925 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.72 15.37 619 615 39.4 32,189 31,972 2,047 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.04 10.00 378 380 37.6 19,640 19,760 1,957 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.75 10.00 378 386 38.8 19,674 20,085 2,017 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.75 10.00 378 386 38.8 19,674 20,085 2,017 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.27 10.00 377 380 36.7 19,614 19,760 1,909 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.07 13.24 583 530 41.4 30,319 27,539 2,154 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.26 7.25 270 260 37.2 13,991 13,520 1,927 Cooks............................................................. 9.50 9.51 350 360 36.9 18,050 18,720 1,900 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.22 4.00 153 150 36.3 7,969 7,800 1,890 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.34 2.13 83 75 35.3 4,293 3,877 1,837 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.39 7.25 277 252 37.5 14,258 12,824 1,929 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.34 7.25 276 250 37.5 14,331 13,000 1,952 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.18 10.50 425 390 38.0 22,096 20,280 1,976 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.90 10.87 407 396 37.3 21,153 20,584 1,940 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... $11.61 $11.61 $432 $417 37.2 $22,457 $21,658 1,935 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.25 14.28 672 560 39.0 34,945 29,141 2,026 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.92 16.11 717 644 40.0 37,297 33,500 2,082 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.23 10.32 486 408 39.7 25,273 21,237 2,066 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.18 9.07 363 362 39.5 18,853 18,824 2,053 Cashiers...................................................... 9.18 9.07 363 362 39.5 18,853 18,824 2,053 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.27 12.03 569 481 39.9 29,576 25,024 2,073 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.78 13.40 547 528 39.7 28,396 27,423 2,061 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.98 17.85 704 675 39.2 36,634 35,100 2,037 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.44 13.24 529 519 39.4 27,318 26,458 2,032 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.77 12.37 499 495 39.1 25,666 25,730 2,009 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.34 13.18 573 527 40.0 29,820 27,423 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.99 12.24 473 495 39.5 24,594 25,709 2,051 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.71 15.81 620 621 39.4 32,215 32,312 2,051 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.41 14.54 599 568 38.9 31,142 29,523 2,021 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.34 12.00 489 480 39.6 25,448 24,960 2,062 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.11 13.50 572 540 40.5 29,750 28,088 2,108 Electricians...................................................... 17.49 16.77 699 671 40.0 36,371 34,871 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.47 17.01 723 694 41.4 37,544 36,109 2,149 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 15.97 15.00 680 675 42.6 35,361 35,100 2,214 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 17.81 19.82 710 793 39.9 36,752 40,524 2,064 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.69 21.55 868 862 40.0 44,600 44,822 2,056 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.92 16.00 594 640 39.8 30,882 33,280 2,070 Production occupations.............................................. 17.06 15.17 680 586 39.9 35,098 30,484 2,057 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. $15.03 $13.63 $601 $545 40.0 $30,901 $28,350 2,056 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.68 12.30 509 492 40.1 26,298 25,584 2,075 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.91 14.75 616 590 41.3 32,038 30,680 2,149 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.43 10.51 458 420 40.0 23,779 21,861 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.81 11.00 432 440 40.0 22,484 22,880 2,079 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. 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, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2007 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $17.32 $14.50 $691 $578 39.9 $35,716 $29,963 2,062 Management occupations.............................................. 31.09 29.36 1,318 1,156 42.4 68,540 60,091 2,204 Financial managers................................................ 39.41 39.73 1,530 1,490 38.8 79,543 77,479 2,019 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.51 23.25 957 930 40.7 49,772 48,360 2,117 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.52 32.30 1,286 1,292 40.8 66,664 64,251 2,115 Engineers......................................................... 36.58 36.02 1,511 1,530 41.3 78,133 79,535 2,136 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 17.44 16.49 657 655 37.7 28,074 26,001 1,610 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.49 15.26 638 610 38.7 33,201 31,741 2,014 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.97 25.53 1,179 916 38.1 61,318 47,632 1,980 Registered nurses................................................. 28.14 28.28 1,014 1,007 36.0 52,736 52,349 1,874 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.72 15.37 619 615 39.4 32,189 31,972 2,047 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.99 9.50 372 380 37.2 19,328 19,760 1,935 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.27 10.00 377 380 36.7 19,614 19,760 1,909 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.17 7.25 266 258 37.2 13,804 13,000 1,926 Cooks............................................................. 9.47 9.51 351 360 37.1 18,271 18,720 1,930 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.22 4.00 153 150 36.3 7,969 7,800 1,890 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.34 2.13 83 75 35.3 4,293 3,877 1,837 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.07 6.50 263 247 37.2 13,517 12,797 1,911 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.00 6.50 261 240 37.2 13,557 12,480 1,936 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.24 8.05 404 322 39.5 21,031 16,744 2,053 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.96 8.05 350 322 39.1 18,211 16,744 2,033 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.58 8.05 383 322 40.0 19,917 16,744 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.25 14.01 672 560 39.0 34,951 29,141 2,026 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.92 16.11 717 644 40.0 37,297 33,500 2,082 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.23 10.32 486 408 39.7 25,273 21,237 2,066 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.18 9.07 363 362 39.5 18,853 18,824 2,053 Cashiers...................................................... 9.18 9.07 363 362 39.5 18,853 18,824 2,053 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.27 12.03 569 481 39.9 29,576 25,024 2,073 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.72 13.35 547 527 39.9 28,400 27,423 2,070 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.29 12.83 523 508 39.3 26,976 25,730 2,029 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.77 12.37 499 495 39.1 25,666 25,730 2,009 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.34 13.18 573 527 40.0 29,820 27,423 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.69 12.02 460 481 39.3 23,898 25,002 2,044 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... $16.33 $15.90 $653 $636 40.0 $33,938 $33,072 2,078 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.20 12.00 488 480 40.0 25,367 24,960 2,079 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.00 13.50 568 540 40.6 29,537 28,088 2,109 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.47 17.20 728 720 41.7 37,772 37,461 2,162 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 17.99 19.92 720 797 40.0 37,228 40,524 2,069 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.69 21.55 868 862 40.0 44,600 44,822 2,056 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.02 16.00 601 640 40.0 31,235 33,280 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 17.08 15.47 681 586 39.9 35,138 30,484 2,057 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 15.03 13.63 601 545 40.0 30,901 28,350 2,056 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.71 12.30 513 492 40.3 26,484 25,584 2,084 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.91 14.75 616 590 41.3 32,038 30,680 2,149 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.43 10.51 458 420 40.0 23,779 21,861 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.81 11.00 432 440 40.0 22,484 22,880 2,079 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. 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, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2007 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........................................................... $20.83 $16.53 $807 $671 38.7 $38,990 $33,781 1,871 Management occupations.............................................. 33.74 30.77 1,382 1,077 41.0 71,868 56,000 2,130 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.06 20.43 768 780 40.3 39,952 40,548 2,096 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.32 18.18 701 702 38.2 35,520 35,560 1,939 Counselors........................................................ 21.31 20.10 816 759 38.3 39,706 37,823 1,864 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.35 25.16 1,009 906 36.9 39,541 36,655 1,446 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.16 28.09 1,056 1,018 36.2 40,116 38,690 1,376 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.86 25.74 1,308 1,030 41.0 67,932 53,539 2,132 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.43 13.64 597 562 41.4 31,034 29,224 2,150 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.79 12.50 457 442 35.7 23,752 22,987 1,856 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.04 13.86 546 535 38.9 28,379 27,814 2,021 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.04 15.14 585 568 38.9 30,401 29,523 2,022 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.96 14.42 580 558 38.8 30,165 28,999 2,016 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, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2007 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $16.27 $14.87 $17.61 $18.47 Management, professional, and related...... 27.12 26.73 27.30 27.54 Management, business, and financial...... 28.35 27.30 29.51 28.69 Professional and related................. 26.21 26.13 26.06 26.84 Service.................................... 8.02 7.70 9.20 7.44 Sales and office........................... 14.28 14.27 14.73 13.06 Sales and related........................ 15.42 15.56 15.40 14.17 Office and administrative support........ 13.39 13.39 13.85 12.54 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 15.22 15.12 14.60 18.67 Construction and extraction............. 13.84 15.04 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 17.47 15.37 17.37 21.74 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 14.48 12.44 13.12 20.93 Production............................... 16.69 13.42 14.49 22.59 Transportation and material moving....... 12.19 11.87 11.44 15.94 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........................................................... 5.8 6.1 12.3 13.0 Management, professional, and related............................... 7.7 7.4 12.3 11.7 Management, business, and financial............................... 5.3 8.7 6.5 26.6 Professional and related.......................................... 11.8 13.9 19.6 8.1 Service............................................................. 3.1 5.2 6.3 19.9 Sales and office.................................................... 4.9 7.2 8.3 12.2 Sales and related................................................. 9.8 15.4 13.2 28.8 Office and administrative support................................. 2.9 3.9 7.1 6.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.4 6.3 5.9 6.2 Construction and extraction...................................... 7.2 7.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.3 9.7 6.2 3.9 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 8.4 3.5 4.5 18.8 Production........................................................ 12.2 8.4 6.3 16.8 Transportation and material moving................................ 5.4 4.8 9.6 20.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2007 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $16.11 $14.75 $639 $580 39.7 $33,012 $29,963 2,049 Management occupations.............................................. 28.41 28.89 1,154 1,101 40.6 60,009 57,260 2,113 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.59 27.04 1,317 1,080 39.2 68,493 56,160 2,039 Registered nurses................................................. 29.61 32.35 1,097 1,080 37.1 57,062 56,160 1,927 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.58 9.50 348 360 36.3 18,079 18,720 1,888 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.06 6.50 253 228 35.8 13,075 11,856 1,851 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.99 2.25 133 75 33.4 6,939 3,877 1,737 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.96 6.50 257 240 37.0 13,185 12,480 1,894 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.88 6.50 254 239 36.9 13,208 12,429 1,921 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.73 16.00 687 576 38.7 35,727 29,963 2,015 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 16.86 16.11 679 644 40.3 35,317 33,500 2,095 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.01 9.50 401 380 40.0 20,830 19,760 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.83 13.45 551 538 39.8 28,564 27,976 2,066 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.60 14.15 532 531 39.1 27,376 25,730 2,014 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.96 12.37 504 495 38.9 25,872 25,730 1,997 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.04 15.88 616 635 41.0 32,036 33,028 2,130 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.37 16.13 683 645 44.4 35,504 33,544 2,310 Production occupations.............................................. 14.10 12.89 554 507 39.2 28,783 26,354 2,041 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.37 12.00 504 480 40.7 25,936 24,960 2,097 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, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2007 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........................................................... $18.59 $14.45 $746 $577 40.1 $38,595 $30,014 2,076 Management occupations.............................................. 35.89 34.74 1,649 1,737 46.0 85,771 90,334 2,390 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.22 23.40 969 936 40.0 50,374 48,672 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.52 32.30 1,286 1,292 40.8 66,664 64,251 2,115 Engineers......................................................... 36.58 36.02 1,511 1,530 41.3 78,133 79,535 2,136 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.75 14.42 643 572 38.4 33,427 29,765 1,996 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.14 24.46 991 903 36.5 51,543 46,958 1,899 Registered nurses................................................. 26.82 27.33 943 909 35.2 49,043 47,258 1,829 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.32 7.75 289 290 39.5 15,025 15,080 2,052 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.99 8.05 399 322 39.9 20,735 16,744 2,075 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.38 8.05 374 322 39.9 19,458 16,744 2,075 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.55 14.01 650 560 39.3 33,790 29,141 2,042 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.64 11.30 577 444 39.4 30,022 23,088 2,051 Retail salespersons............................................. 16.74 15.24 666 605 39.7 34,608 31,450 2,067 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.49 12.55 539 502 40.0 28,043 26,104 2,079 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.43 12.22 496 489 39.9 25,795 25,418 2,076 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.49 12.51 499 500 40.0 25,973 26,015 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.39 18.01 746 738 40.5 38,678 38,397 2,103 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 19.52 20.26 781 810 40.0 40,352 40,524 2,068 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.69 21.55 868 862 40.0 44,600 44,822 2,056 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.27 17.01 691 680 40.0 35,928 35,381 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 18.43 15.77 740 631 40.2 38,031 32,802 2,064 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 15.36 13.63 614 545 40.0 31,416 28,350 2,045 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.21 12.30 525 492 39.8 27,288 25,584 2,065 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.97 11.79 479 472 40.1 24,890 24,523 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.92 12.41 436 496 40.0 22,691 25,813 2,078 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2007 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........................................................... – – – $17.01 $16.22 $20.80 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 26.62 27.12 25.69 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 27.97 28.35 25.93 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 25.97 26.22 25.64 Service............................................................. – – – 8.95 8.02 13.12 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 14.25 14.27 14.04 Sales and related................................................. – – – 15.43 15.42 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 13.46 13.37 13.95 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 15.12 15.00 17.26 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 13.84 13.73 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 17.15 17.12 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 14.25 14.33 – Production........................................................ – – – 16.51 16.53 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 12.08 12.13 – 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........................................................... – – – 5.0 5.9 5.8 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 5.6 7.7 6.7 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 5.3 5.3 18.6 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 7.4 11.8 8.3 Service............................................................. – – – 2.8 3.1 5.3 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 4.4 4.9 4.2 Sales and related................................................. – – – 9.7 9.8 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 2.4 2.9 4.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 5.1 5.3 6.6 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 6.9 6.9 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 5.1 5.2 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 9.0 9.3 – Production........................................................ – – – 13.4 13.6 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 5.3 5.6 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2007 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $16.65 $15.73 $23.14 $23.14 Management, professional, and related............................... 26.27 26.58 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 27.81 28.18 – – Professional and related.......................................... 25.52 25.43 – – Service............................................................. 8.89 7.95 – – Sales and office.................................................... 13.32 13.23 24.11 24.11 Sales and related................................................. 13.01 12.97 24.11 24.11 Office and administrative support................................. 13.48 13.39 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 15.50 15.37 14.43 14.43 Construction and extraction...................................... – 14.01 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.19 18.27 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 13.02 13.06 26.57 26.57 Production........................................................ 14.68 14.66 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.35 11.36 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.0 5.9 14.2 14.2 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.3 7.3 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 5.4 5.4 – – Professional and related.......................................... 7.1 11.0 – – Service............................................................. 3.0 3.7 – – Sales and office.................................................... 4.5 5.1 19.9 19.9 Sales and related................................................. 13.0 13.2 19.9 19.9 Office and administrative support................................. 2.4 2.9 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.3 6.6 6.9 6.9 Construction and extraction...................................... – 8.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.4 6.6 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 2.2 2.2 26.3 26.3 Production........................................................ 3.8 3.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.6 6.0 – – 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2007 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........................................................... - - $14.11 $18.22 - - $16.68 $7.65 – Management, professional, and related............................... - - 29.49 19.23 - - 22.91 – – Management, business, and financial............................... - - – – - - 25.09 – – Professional and related.......................................... - - 28.14 – - - 22.64 – – Service............................................................. - - 11.60 – - - 9.41 6.59 – Sales and office.................................................... - - 12.90 17.20 - - 12.73 8.75 – Sales and related................................................. - - 12.63 – - - – – – Office and administrative support................................. - - 13.28 17.80 - - 12.73 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - - 18.09 – - - – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - - 17.78 – - - – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - - 12.61 – - - – – – Production........................................................ - - – – - - – – – Transportation and material moving................................ - - 12.18 – - - – – – 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........................................................... - - 4.5 17.9 - - 20.0 4.9 – Management, professional, and related............................... - - 14.1 23.9 - - 19.6 – – Management, business, and financial............................... - - – – - - 15.1 – – Professional and related.......................................... - - 25.7 – - - 20.8 – – Service............................................................. - - 2.7 – - - 8.9 4.6 – Sales and office.................................................... - - 2.7 10.8 - - 4.0 5.3 – Sales and related................................................. - - 5.0 – - - – – – Office and administrative support................................. - - 6.4 20.3 - - 4.0 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - - 9.3 – - - – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - - 8.6 – - - – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - - 4.6 – - - – – – Production........................................................ - - – – - - – – – Transportation and material moving................................ - - 6.5 – - - – – – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2007 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 259,600 215,200 44,300 Management, professional, and related............................... 73,600 46,400 27,200 Management, business, and financial............................... 21,000 17,600 3,400 Professional and related.......................................... 52,600 28,800 23,800 Service............................................................. 50,800 43,200 7,600 Sales and office.................................................... 66,800 60,500 6,300 Sales and related................................................. 28,000 27,800 – Office and administrative support................................. 38,800 32,700 6,100 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 29,900 28,200 1,700 Construction and extraction...................................... 18,300 17,700 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 11,500 10,500 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 38,600 37,000 – Production........................................................ 18,500 18,300 – Transportation and material moving................................ 20,000 18,700 – 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2007 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 11,329 11,194 136 Total in sample....................................................... 258 238 20 Responding........................................................ 150 131 19 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 63 62 1 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 45 45 0 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.