NC SM 02/00/2008 Table: Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC, Summary, April 2007 Table 1. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC CSA, April 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........................................................... $23.59 3.2 $23.61 3.3 $22.14 10.3 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.13 9.4 28.13 9.4 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 25.58 9.8 25.58 9.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.98 2.2 34.16 1.9 22.96 3.4 Level 8 .................................................. 26.42 .5 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.54 2.2 26.62 2.5 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 51.70 .6 51.86 .3 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.46 2.1 26.53 2.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.50 2.6 26.59 2.9 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.17 1.8 26.35 2.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.25 2.2 26.45 3.0 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 26.19 4.8 26.69 3.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.42 5.0 – – – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.15 6.7 26.15 6.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.15 6.7 26.15 6.7 – – Special education teachers...................................... 26.92 4.9 26.92 4.9 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 24.77 15.7 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.62 2.4 11.62 2.4 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.04 4.1 23.94 4.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 23.68 2.8 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.66 3.3 25.51 3.1 – – Registered nurses................................................. 25.55 3.1 25.57 2.9 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 17.18 5.0 17.18 5.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.65 14.8 22.65 14.8 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.72 5.3 11.72 5.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.09 5.0 11.09 5.0 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.18 4.2 11.18 4.2 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.27 4.9 11.27 4.9 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.07 4.3 15.07 4.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.29 3.3 13.29 3.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.34 4.4 15.34 4.4 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.40 9.7 17.40 9.7 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.25 11.7 18.25 11.7 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.83 3.8 13.83 3.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.59 1.7 14.59 1.7 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 20.72 7.6 20.72 7.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... $18.05 6.6 $18.05 6.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.96 20.7 16.96 20.7 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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 2. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC CSA, April 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.69 $14.38 $20.98 $27.45 $38.57 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.20 23.22 26.17 33.00 36.22 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.22 20.21 25.85 30.07 31.96 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.25 23.00 29.47 46.86 59.08 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 37.23 41.59 50.79 59.42 67.23 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 19.70 23.15 25.35 29.81 33.78 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 18.77 21.36 25.90 30.36 33.97 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 18.84 22.37 25.38 29.45 34.01 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 18.77 21.29 26.13 30.36 33.43 Special education teachers...................................... 22.51 24.70 24.85 28.58 32.74 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 15.00 20.37 24.45 30.02 32.80 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.80 10.65 11.37 12.05 13.38 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.86 20.08 23.27 26.38 30.03 Registered nurses................................................. 20.55 23.09 25.69 27.76 30.11 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.24 13.21 15.34 18.34 28.19 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.20 10.55 11.24 12.23 13.07 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.38 10.55 10.68 12.11 12.50 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.55 10.55 10.72 12.23 12.59 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.37 12.81 14.78 16.29 19.55 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.58 14.15 16.32 21.75 23.06 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.24 14.59 16.97 22.81 23.47 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.88 12.17 13.67 15.63 16.58 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.55 16.35 20.74 25.03 28.50 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.47 14.92 16.94 22.03 23.45 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.02 12.75 13.78 16.68 30.55 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 3. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC CSA, April 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........................................................... $23.61 $20.98 $940 $842 39.8 $46,053 $40,830 1,950 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.13 26.17 1,107 1,039 39.4 57,577 54,049 2,047 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 25.58 25.85 1,004 1,056 39.3 52,224 54,904 2,042 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 34.16 29.73 1,340 1,140 39.2 56,207 47,220 1,645 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 51.86 50.79 2,074 2,032 40.0 88,213 86,497 1,701 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.53 25.40 1,026 994 38.7 42,577 42,435 1,605 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.35 25.98 1,002 980 38.0 41,643 40,725 1,581 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 26.69 25.70 1,001 964 37.5 40,066 39,371 1,501 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.15 26.13 1,003 1,005 38.3 42,595 42,435 1,629 Special education teachers...................................... 26.92 24.85 1,041 994 38.7 42,833 42,744 1,591 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.62 11.37 451 431 38.8 18,908 18,363 1,627 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.94 23.05 934 893 39.0 48,044 46,317 2,007 Registered nurses................................................. 25.57 25.73 982 980 38.4 50,168 50,388 1,962 Protective service occupations...................................... 17.18 15.34 754 644 43.9 39,226 33,503 2,283 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.72 11.24 466 443 39.8 24,124 23,040 2,059 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.18 10.68 444 422 39.7 22,951 21,944 2,053 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.27 10.72 451 429 40.0 23,291 21,944 2,067 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.07 14.78 601 589 39.9 30,712 30,214 2,037 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.40 16.32 692 651 39.8 35,003 31,945 2,012 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.25 16.97 730 679 40.0 37,954 35,298 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.83 13.67 553 547 40.0 28,026 28,213 2,027 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 20.72 20.74 826 810 39.9 42,945 42,099 2,073 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.05 16.94 722 678 40.0 37,537 35,235 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.96 13.78 672 541 39.6 34,340 28,155 2,025 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.