NC BL 03/00/2008 Table: Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, Bulletin, June 2007 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, June 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........................................................... $20.63 4.5 35.6 $20.51 5.0 35.6 $21.75 3.2 35.5 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 34.50 4.3 37.5 37.37 5.2 38.4 25.11 5.3 34.8 Management, business, and financial............................... 43.45 7.1 39.6 44.26 7.5 39.6 33.75 26.9 40.0 Professional and related.......................................... 26.01 7.4 35.6 27.60 10.4 36.7 23.47 5.2 34.0 Service............................................................. 11.22 5.0 29.6 10.03 4.4 28.8 17.89 10.8 35.6 Sales and office.................................................... 16.91 8.8 35.1 17.04 9.0 35.0 12.27 4.2 39.2 Sales and related................................................. 19.29 18.5 31.7 19.29 18.5 31.7 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 15.38 3.4 37.8 15.53 3.7 37.7 12.27 4.2 39.2 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.65 6.6 40.0 17.69 6.8 40.0 – – – Construction and extraction...................................... 14.46 1.8 40.0 14.48 1.9 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20.45 9.5 40.0 20.53 9.7 40.0 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.67 5.4 37.5 15.73 5.5 37.4 – – – Production........................................................ 16.32 4.2 38.8 16.32 4.2 38.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.05 7.6 36.3 15.16 7.9 36.2 – – – Full time........................................................... 22.08 4.5 39.6 22.10 5.1 39.7 21.93 3.8 39.1 Part time........................................................... 9.85 6.5 20.2 9.26 7.0 20.5 19.36 7.7 15.8 Union............................................................... 24.06 14.0 36.0 24.06 14.0 36.0 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 20.51 4.6 35.6 20.36 5.2 35.6 21.75 3.2 35.5 Time................................................................ 18.03 4.7 35.3 17.55 5.4 35.3 21.75 3.2 35.5 Incentive........................................................... 43.16 7.2 38.2 43.16 7.2 38.2 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 18.28 4.0 39.9 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 21.17 5.9 34.5 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 16.60 8.5 33.8 16.58 8.7 33.7 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 18.63 7.7 36.8 18.54 8.1 36.7 20.64 8.1 38.4 500 workers or more................................................. 28.83 5.2 37.7 31.46 7.7 38.9 22.30 4.0 35.0 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 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, June 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........................................................... $20.63 4.5 $22.08 4.5 $9.85 6.5 Management occupations.............................................. 38.41 8.7 38.55 8.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 23.71 10.3 23.38 10.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 36.47 12.1 36.47 12.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.65 7.9 45.65 7.9 – – General and operations managers................................... 33.51 18.1 34.27 22.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.25 23.0 47.25 23.0 – – Financial managers................................................ 32.65 16.5 32.65 16.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 47.63 8.9 47.63 8.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.90 11.1 26.90 11.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.20 4.7 25.20 4.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.11 7.7 28.11 7.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.59 4.2 40.59 4.2 – – Level 12.................................................. 170.42 45.6 170.42 45.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.35 6.5 39.35 6.5 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.34 9.8 27.34 9.8 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.67 9.2 28.67 9.2 – – Training and development specialists............................ 28.23 11.1 28.23 11.1 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.66 8.2 26.66 8.2 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 43.19 8.1 43.19 8.1 – – Financial analysts.............................................. 40.18 9.2 40.18 9.2 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.19 4.6 38.19 4.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.52 4.8 32.52 4.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.73 .8 42.73 .8 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 41.82 4.8 41.82 4.8 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 40.00 9.0 40.00 9.0 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 28.90 19.9 28.90 19.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.10 5.0 33.10 5.0 – – Engineers......................................................... 37.34 4.5 37.34 4.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.94 4.1 29.94 4.1 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 45.66 1.3 45.66 1.3 – – Electrical engineers.......................................... 45.66 1.3 45.66 1.3 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 27.54 8.8 27.54 8.8 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.86 8.4 23.94 8.5 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.91 4.2 18.62 4.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.12 4.0 17.91 4.8 – – Counselors........................................................ 18.61 5.9 18.36 7.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.51 5.5 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.67 7.0 24.68 7.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.39 2.9 10.39 2.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.23 3.9 13.23 3.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.10 .9 27.10 .9 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.71 14.9 45.91 13.2 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 45.02 16.7 45.81 16.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.71 14.9 45.91 13.2 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.32 1.2 27.33 1.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.07 .9 27.07 .9 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.92 .7 26.94 .7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.84 .7 26.84 .7 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 26.94 .9 26.96 .9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.97 .9 26.97 .9 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.85 1.3 26.85 1.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.35 .4 26.35 .4 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.29 4.1 28.29 4.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.45 3.9 27.45 3.9 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.29 4.1 28.29 4.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.45 3.9 27.45 3.9 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.76 3.1 10.76 3.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.39 2.9 10.39 2.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.23 3.9 13.23 3.9 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.47 11.8 – – 8.29 9.5 Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.19 21.8 – – – – Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 16.07 22.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.07 22.6 – – – – Coaches and scouts.............................................. 16.07 22.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.07 22.6 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.62 5.7 20.94 6.7 24.79 2.8 Level 4 .................................................. 12.98 13.9 13.02 14.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.60 3.8 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.69 5.9 24.03 5.7 27.51 6.0 Level 8 .................................................. 25.47 .7 25.34 .6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.55 6.3 25.44 7.7 – – Registered nurses................................................. 25.61 4.0 26.05 5.4 24.68 1.6 Level 7 .................................................. 25.33 3.3 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.40 1.1 25.25 1.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 23.67 4.2 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.62 7.4 19.62 7.4 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 11.86 13.2 11.86 13.2 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.18 1.5 19.18 1.5 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.14 3.0 11.91 2.5 12.99 5.5 Level 3 .................................................. 11.35 2.5 11.20 3.1 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.82 3.8 10.83 4.5 10.82 3.1 Level 3 .................................................. 11.41 3.7 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.66 4.2 10.61 4.9 10.82 3.1 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.37 4.9 13.07 5.1 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 19.84 11.2 20.44 10.8 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.41 7.1 – – – – Security guards................................................. 11.41 7.1 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.20 6.1 8.56 10.9 6.44 10.4 Level 1 .................................................. 6.98 1.6 7.99 8.0 6.46 3.7 Level 2 .................................................. 6.42 9.2 7.71 7.0 6.02 10.5 Level 3 .................................................. 7.31 10.4 – – 8.34 4.5 Cooks............................................................. 9.61 7.4 11.13 .6 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.38 15.5 4.02 20.5 2.89 15.6 Level 2 .................................................. 3.37 34.1 – – 2.59 15.2 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.60 3.5 – – 2.51 9.2 Level 2 .................................................. 2.66 8.0 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.90 2.7 – – 7.57 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.27 12.3 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.89 2.7 – – 7.57 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.27 12.3 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 8.26 11.0 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.26 11.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.57 5.1 12.04 5.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.01 4.3 9.70 1.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.81 9.3 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.63 11.2 9.89 7.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. – – 9.97 1.7 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.12 13.8 10.99 7.7 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.49 6.6 8.49 6.9 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 15.81 18.4 17.51 20.9 9.43 14.9 Level 3 .................................................. 8.73 12.9 – – 9.44 19.4 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 10.42 13.5 – – – – Recreation workers.............................................. 10.49 14.8 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.29 18.5 22.95 17.5 8.72 3.2 Level 1 .................................................. 7.42 1.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.41 2.3 – – 8.27 5.3 Level 3 .................................................. 10.15 2.1 10.29 3.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.29 6.0 12.52 7.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.52 16.8 23.40 15.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 35.27 10.2 35.27 10.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.96 25.4 18.96 25.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 23.36 6.4 23.36 6.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 22.70 11.0 22.70 11.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.63 4.4 10.60 3.0 8.47 3.0 Level 1 .................................................. 7.42 1.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.41 2.3 – – 8.27 5.3 Level 3 .................................................. 10.44 2.9 10.29 3.3 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.89 3.5 9.48 5.4 8.43 5.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.32 1.4 – – 8.09 4.7 Cashiers...................................................... 8.89 3.5 9.48 5.4 8.43 5.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.32 1.4 – – 8.09 4.7 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.65 1.4 10.56 3.0 8.51 .4 Level 3 .................................................. 10.43 1.8 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.51 7.3 35.51 7.3 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.38 3.4 15.55 3.7 13.18 5.0 Level 2 .................................................. 10.62 5.7 10.76 6.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.42 3.4 12.49 3.8 11.11 10.3 Level 4 .................................................. 14.67 2.0 14.73 2.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.27 4.4 19.27 4.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.48 6.6 21.48 6.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.91 2.3 21.91 2.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.41 9.6 15.11 9.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 21.45 2.3 21.45 2.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.43 5.8 14.60 5.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.36 5.9 14.45 5.9 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.32 6.1 14.72 6.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.35 4.9 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.54 7.6 15.62 4.9 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.15 3.2 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.50 9.0 13.50 9.0 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.67 .8 11.82 1.0 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.72 6.3 19.74 6.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.87 9.6 21.87 9.6 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.65 8.6 19.65 8.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.42 .0 24.42 .0 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.92 5.9 13.93 6.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.60 9.3 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.74 4.5 13.82 4.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.46 1.8 14.46 1.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.70 9.5 14.70 9.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.05 .9 20.05 .9 – – Electricians...................................................... 18.19 7.8 18.19 7.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.91 5.8 18.91 5.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.45 9.5 20.45 9.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.14 4.6 16.14 4.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.37 5.9 22.37 5.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.91 3.2 23.91 3.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.91 11.7 32.91 11.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 27.87 25.5 27.87 25.5 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.49 4.4 19.49 4.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.42 8.3 17.42 8.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.55 .7 21.55 .7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.58 1.5 26.58 1.5 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.66 11.6 23.66 11.6 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.55 6.7 17.55 6.7 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 21.30 16.7 21.30 16.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.32 4.2 16.49 3.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.47 9.1 9.47 9.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.49 9.7 10.54 11.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.76 11.9 15.76 11.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.39 1.0 16.39 1.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.25 3.6 20.25 3.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.38 7.8 20.38 7.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.44 4.7 24.44 4.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.03 9.7 24.03 9.7 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.40 6.6 15.40 6.6 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.06 7.8 14.06 7.8 – – Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.30 14.0 13.30 14.0 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.11 1.8 16.11 1.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.29 7.2 15.29 7.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.69 6.6 21.69 6.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.55 3.8 16.55 3.8 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.05 7.6 15.47 8.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.28 9.7 8.46 5.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.37 6.0 12.36 6.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.51 5.4 13.37 5.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.12 4.1 15.12 4.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.99 6.5 19.99 6.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.34 16.3 16.34 16.3 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.83 8.6 16.83 8.6 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.18 10.5 17.18 10.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.40 4.1 14.40 4.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.52 7.5 13.52 7.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.08 5.5 20.08 5.5 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.35 6.5 11.35 6.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.42 9.2 8.64 5.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.54 7.6 12.54 8.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.10 4.7 12.56 2.7 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.77 6.7 11.44 7.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.34 6.7 12.33 7.3 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.11 11.2 12.35 8.0 – – 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, June 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........................................................... $20.51 5.0 $22.10 5.1 $9.26 7.0 Management occupations.............................................. 37.61 8.9 37.74 9.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 23.71 10.3 23.38 10.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 36.98 14.1 36.98 14.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.94 8.3 45.94 8.3 – – General and operations managers................................... 33.51 18.1 34.27 22.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.25 23.0 47.25 23.0 – – Financial managers................................................ 32.65 16.5 32.65 16.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 49.80 9.6 49.80 9.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.90 11.1 26.90 11.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.20 4.7 25.20 4.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.77 8.9 29.77 8.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.59 4.2 40.59 4.2 – – Level 12.................................................. 170.42 45.6 170.42 45.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.00 6.0 41.00 6.0 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.34 9.8 27.34 9.8 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.38 10.8 29.38 10.8 – – Training and development specialists............................ 28.97 13.3 28.97 13.3 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.66 8.2 26.66 8.2 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 43.19 8.1 43.19 8.1 – – Financial analysts.............................................. 40.18 9.2 40.18 9.2 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.23 5.3 39.23 5.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.52 4.8 32.52 4.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.73 .8 42.73 .8 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 41.82 4.8 41.82 4.8 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 40.82 10.3 40.82 10.3 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 28.90 19.9 28.90 19.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.10 5.0 33.10 5.0 – – Engineers......................................................... 37.34 4.5 37.34 4.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.94 4.1 29.94 4.1 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 45.66 1.3 45.66 1.3 – – Electrical engineers.......................................... 45.66 1.3 45.66 1.3 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 27.54 8.8 27.54 8.8 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.84 12.5 24.84 12.5 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.13 26.6 22.23 27.4 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 34.37 6.9 36.23 10.7 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.22 7.0 30.41 7.4 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.03 3.5 28.39 4.3 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.47 11.8 – – 8.29 9.5 Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.19 21.8 – – – – Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 16.07 22.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.07 22.6 – – – – Coaches and scouts.............................................. 16.07 22.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.07 22.6 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.20 8.2 20.65 8.9 26.25 7.0 Level 4 .................................................. 12.77 16.6 12.80 16.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.18 7.0 24.51 7.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.47 .7 25.34 .6 – – Registered nurses................................................. 26.92 5.3 27.00 5.2 26.55 6.0 Level 8 .................................................. 25.40 1.1 25.25 1.0 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.62 7.4 19.62 7.4 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.10 3.9 11.85 2.9 14.00 8.9 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.34 5.1 10.36 5.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.34 5.1 10.36 5.4 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.37 4.9 13.07 5.1 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 11.31 6.7 11.77 6.5 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.41 7.1 – – – – Security guards................................................. 11.41 7.1 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.19 6.1 8.55 11.0 6.43 10.4 Level 1 .................................................. 6.95 1.6 7.92 8.1 6.46 3.7 Level 2 .................................................. 6.41 9.2 7.71 7.0 6.01 10.5 Level 3 .................................................. 7.31 10.4 – – 8.34 4.5 Cooks............................................................. 9.61 7.4 11.13 .6 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.34 15.5 4.02 20.5 2.82 13.8 Level 2 .................................................. 3.31 33.8 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.60 3.5 – – 2.51 9.2 Level 2 .................................................. 2.66 8.0 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.88 2.7 – – 7.57 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.27 12.3 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.88 2.7 – – 7.57 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.27 12.3 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 8.26 11.0 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.26 11.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.74 5.9 12.32 7.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.85 3.8 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.46 15.3 9.71 11.1 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.17 19.5 – – – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.17 5.1 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 16.46 20.3 18.66 23.0 9.16 15.2 Level 3 .................................................. 8.73 12.9 – – 9.44 19.4 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 10.99 14.2 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.29 18.5 22.95 17.5 8.72 3.2 Level 1 .................................................. 7.42 1.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.41 2.3 – – 8.27 5.3 Level 3 .................................................. 10.15 2.1 10.29 3.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.29 6.0 12.52 7.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.52 16.8 23.40 15.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 35.27 10.2 35.27 10.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.96 25.4 18.96 25.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 23.36 6.4 23.36 6.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 22.70 11.0 22.70 11.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.63 4.4 10.60 3.0 8.47 3.0 Level 1 .................................................. 7.42 1.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.41 2.3 – – 8.27 5.3 Level 3 .................................................. 10.44 2.9 10.29 3.3 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.89 3.5 9.48 5.4 8.43 5.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.32 1.4 – – 8.09 4.7 Cashiers...................................................... 8.89 3.5 9.48 5.4 8.43 5.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.32 1.4 – – 8.09 4.7 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.65 1.4 10.56 3.0 8.51 .4 Level 3 .................................................. 10.43 1.8 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.51 7.3 35.51 7.3 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.53 3.7 15.73 4.0 13.18 5.0 Level 2 .................................................. 10.58 3.2 10.74 2.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.47 3.4 12.55 3.9 11.11 10.3 Level 4 .................................................. 14.80 2.0 14.89 2.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.27 4.4 19.27 4.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.94 6.3 21.94 6.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.91 2.3 21.91 2.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.62 11.4 15.29 11.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 21.45 2.3 21.45 2.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.43 5.8 14.60 5.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.36 5.9 14.45 5.9 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.32 6.1 14.72 6.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.35 4.9 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.54 7.6 15.62 4.9 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.15 3.2 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.50 9.0 13.50 9.0 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.67 .8 11.82 1.0 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.72 6.3 19.74 6.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.87 9.6 21.87 9.6 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.65 8.6 19.65 8.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.42 .0 24.42 .0 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.08 6.7 14.11 7.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.60 9.3 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.22 6.2 14.41 7.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.48 1.9 14.48 1.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.70 9.5 14.70 9.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.05 .9 20.05 .9 – – Electricians...................................................... 18.19 7.8 18.19 7.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.91 5.8 18.91 5.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.53 9.7 20.53 9.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.14 4.6 16.14 4.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.37 5.9 22.37 5.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.58 3.0 24.58 3.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.91 11.7 32.91 11.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 28.84 26.8 28.84 26.8 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.51 4.5 19.51 4.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.42 8.3 17.42 8.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.55 .7 21.55 .7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.58 1.5 26.58 1.5 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.66 11.6 23.66 11.6 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.55 6.8 17.55 6.8 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.32 4.2 16.49 3.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.47 9.1 9.47 9.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.49 9.7 10.54 11.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.76 11.9 15.76 11.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.39 1.0 16.39 1.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.25 3.6 20.25 3.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.38 7.8 20.38 7.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.44 4.7 24.44 4.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.03 9.7 24.03 9.7 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.40 6.6 15.40 6.6 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.06 7.8 14.06 7.8 – – Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.30 14.0 13.30 14.0 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.11 1.8 16.11 1.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.29 7.2 15.29 7.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.69 6.6 21.69 6.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.55 3.8 16.55 3.8 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.16 7.9 15.59 8.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.28 9.7 8.46 5.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.42 6.2 12.41 6.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.52 5.4 13.37 5.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.12 4.1 15.12 4.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.99 6.5 19.99 6.5 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.83 8.6 16.83 8.6 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.18 10.5 17.18 10.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.40 4.1 14.40 4.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.52 7.5 13.52 7.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.08 5.5 20.08 5.5 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.33 6.8 11.32 6.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.42 9.2 8.64 5.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.54 7.6 12.54 8.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.10 4.7 12.56 2.7 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.77 7.1 11.41 7.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.34 6.7 12.33 7.3 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.11 11.2 12.35 8.0 – – 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 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, June 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........................................................... $21.75 3.2 $21.93 3.8 $19.36 7.7 Management occupations.............................................. 48.44 21.9 48.44 21.9 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 22.23 4.6 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.74 4.6 18.63 4.5 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.02 7.0 25.02 7.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.74 .8 10.74 .8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.69 3.9 12.69 3.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.11 .9 27.11 .9 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 47.93 17.7 48.17 17.2 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.11 .9 27.11 .9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.11 .9 27.11 .9 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.88 .7 26.88 .7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.88 .7 26.88 .7 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 26.98 .9 26.98 .9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.98 .9 26.98 .9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 27.49 4.1 27.49 4.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.49 4.1 27.49 4.1 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 27.49 4.1 27.49 4.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.49 4.1 27.49 4.1 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.00 .9 11.00 .9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.74 .8 10.74 .8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.69 3.9 12.69 3.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.45 4.6 21.71 5.4 23.93 2.5 Registered nurses................................................. 24.58 5.3 24.97 9.0 24.08 2.1 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.27 2.2 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 22.95 10.2 23.38 9.5 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.21 5.7 10.21 5.7 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.21 5.7 10.21 5.7 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.00 5.6 10.00 5.6 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.27 4.2 12.27 4.2 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.86 3.3 12.86 3.3 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, June 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........................................................... $20.63 4.5 $22.08 4.5 $9.85 6.5 Management occupations.............................................. 38.41 8.7 38.55 8.8 – – Group III................................................. 37.05 19.6 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 33.51 18.1 34.27 22.5 – – Financial managers................................................ 32.65 16.5 32.65 16.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 47.63 8.9 47.63 8.9 – – Group II.................................................. 25.20 8.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 59.97 14.7 – – – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.34 9.8 27.34 9.8 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.67 9.2 28.67 9.2 – – Group III................................................. 24.90 12.5 – – – – Training and development specialists............................ 28.23 11.1 28.23 11.1 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.66 8.2 26.66 8.2 – – Group II.................................................. 24.88 7.9 24.88 7.9 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 43.19 8.1 43.19 8.1 – – Financial analysts.............................................. 40.18 9.2 40.18 9.2 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.19 4.6 38.19 4.6 – – Group III................................................. 38.30 4.0 – – – – Computer software engineers....................................... 41.82 4.8 41.82 4.8 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 40.00 9.0 40.00 9.0 – – Group III................................................. 37.88 10.6 37.88 10.6 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 28.90 19.9 28.90 19.9 – – Group II.................................................. 21.55 7.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 36.53 4.0 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 37.34 4.5 37.34 4.5 – – Group III................................................. 36.95 6.3 – – – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 45.66 1.3 45.66 1.3 – – Group III................................................. 45.66 1.3 – – – – Electrical engineers.......................................... 45.66 1.3 45.66 1.3 – – Group III................................................. 45.66 1.3 45.66 1.3 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 27.54 8.8 27.54 8.8 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.86 8.4 23.94 8.5 – – Group II.................................................. 24.11 14.5 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.91 4.2 18.62 4.2 – – Group II.................................................. 18.28 3.4 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 18.61 5.9 18.36 7.1 – – Group II.................................................. 18.51 5.5 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.67 7.0 24.68 7.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.76 3.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.83 4.4 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 45.02 16.7 45.81 16.0 – – Group III................................................. 43.48 14.3 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.32 1.2 27.33 1.2 – – Group III................................................. 27.07 .9 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.92 .7 26.94 .7 – – Group III................................................. 26.84 .7 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 26.94 .9 26.96 .9 – – Group III................................................. 26.97 .9 26.97 .9 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.85 1.3 26.85 1.3 – – Group III................................................. 26.35 .4 26.35 .4 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.29 4.1 28.29 4.1 – – Group III................................................. 27.45 3.9 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.29 4.1 28.29 4.1 – – Group III................................................. 27.45 3.9 27.45 3.9 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.76 3.1 10.76 3.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.76 3.1 10.76 3.1 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.47 11.8 – – 8.29 9.5 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 16.07 22.6 – – – – Coaches and scouts.............................................. 16.07 22.6 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.62 5.7 20.94 6.7 24.79 2.8 Group I................................................... 12.98 13.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.27 2.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.45 6.5 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 25.61 4.0 26.05 5.4 24.68 1.6 Group II.................................................. 25.10 1.0 24.67 1.5 26.39 4.8 Group III................................................. 27.95 7.3 28.18 8.5 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.62 7.4 19.62 7.4 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 11.86 13.2 11.86 13.2 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.18 1.5 19.18 1.5 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.14 3.0 11.91 2.5 12.99 5.5 Group I................................................... 11.96 3.1 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.82 3.8 10.83 4.5 10.82 3.1 Group I................................................... 10.79 4.3 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.66 4.2 10.61 4.9 10.82 3.1 Group I................................................... 10.58 4.7 10.61 4.9 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.37 4.9 13.07 5.1 – – Group I................................................... 13.30 5.4 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 19.84 11.2 20.44 10.8 – – Group I................................................... 11.52 8.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.95 7.1 – – – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.41 7.1 – – – – Security guards................................................. 11.41 7.1 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.20 6.1 8.56 10.9 6.44 10.4 Group I................................................... 6.95 4.6 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 9.61 7.4 11.13 .6 – – Group I................................................... 9.42 8.7 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.38 15.5 4.02 20.5 2.89 15.6 Group I................................................... 3.38 15.5 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.60 3.5 – – 2.51 9.2 Group I................................................... 2.60 3.5 – – 2.51 9.2 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.90 2.7 – – 7.57 .9 Group I................................................... 7.90 2.7 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.89 2.7 – – 7.57 .9 Group I................................................... 7.89 2.7 – – 7.57 .9 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.26 11.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.26 11.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.57 5.1 12.04 5.7 – – Group I................................................... 11.12 3.7 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.63 11.2 9.89 7.4 – – Group I................................................... 9.68 11.9 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.12 13.8 10.99 7.7 – – Group I................................................... 10.25 14.8 11.49 5.9 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.49 6.6 8.49 6.9 – – Group I................................................... 8.49 6.6 8.49 6.9 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 15.81 18.4 17.51 20.9 9.43 14.9 Group I................................................... 9.19 10.6 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 10.42 13.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.16 16.0 – – – – Recreation workers.............................................. 10.49 14.8 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.29 18.5 22.95 17.5 8.72 3.2 Group I................................................... 9.81 4.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 30.33 12.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 23.36 6.4 23.36 6.4 – – Group II.................................................. 24.60 11.2 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 22.70 11.0 22.70 11.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.63 4.4 10.60 3.0 8.47 3.0 Group I................................................... 9.58 5.4 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.89 3.5 9.48 5.4 8.43 5.6 Group I................................................... 8.79 4.8 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.89 3.5 9.48 5.4 8.43 5.6 Group I................................................... 8.79 4.8 9.33 5.4 8.43 5.6 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.65 1.4 10.56 3.0 8.51 .4 Group I................................................... 9.62 2.0 10.57 3.2 8.51 .4 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.51 7.3 35.51 7.3 – – Group II.................................................. 37.58 9.4 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.38 3.4 15.55 3.7 13.18 5.0 Group I................................................... 13.24 3.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.14 2.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 21.45 2.3 21.45 2.3 – – Group II.................................................. 21.45 2.3 21.45 2.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.43 5.8 14.60 5.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.69 7.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.12 1.1 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.32 6.1 14.72 6.1 – – Group I................................................... 13.06 5.4 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.54 7.6 15.62 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.73 7.0 14.87 1.7 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.15 3.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 14.15 3.2 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.50 9.0 13.50 9.0 – – Group I................................................... 14.08 9.2 14.08 9.2 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.67 .8 11.82 1.0 – – Group I................................................... – – 11.63 1.4 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.72 6.3 19.74 6.4 – – Group I................................................... 16.16 4.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.42 9.8 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.65 8.6 19.65 8.6 – – Group II.................................................. 20.09 10.5 20.09 10.5 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.92 5.9 13.93 6.3 – – Group I................................................... 12.98 4.7 12.88 5.2 – – Group II.................................................. 18.30 2.8 18.30 2.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.46 1.8 14.46 1.8 – – Group I................................................... 11.68 7.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.67 1.2 – – – – Electricians...................................................... 18.19 7.8 18.19 7.8 – – Group II.................................................. 18.91 5.8 18.91 5.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.45 9.5 20.45 9.5 – – Group I................................................... 13.09 3.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.46 8.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 27.87 25.5 27.87 25.5 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.49 4.4 19.49 4.4 – – Group II.................................................. 20.51 4.7 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.66 11.6 23.66 11.6 – – Group II.................................................. 23.66 11.6 23.66 11.6 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.55 6.7 17.55 6.7 – – Group II.................................................. 18.38 6.8 18.38 6.8 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 21.30 16.7 21.30 16.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.32 4.2 16.49 3.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.56 3.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.36 2.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.03 9.7 24.03 9.7 – – Group II.................................................. 25.09 6.5 25.09 6.5 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.40 6.6 15.40 6.6 – – Group I................................................... 15.12 8.0 – – – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.06 7.8 14.06 7.8 – – Group I................................................... 12.96 9.5 – – – – Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.30 14.0 13.30 14.0 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.11 1.8 16.11 1.8 – – Group I................................................... 13.14 10.8 13.14 10.8 – – Group II.................................................. 20.46 12.2 20.46 12.2 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.55 3.8 16.55 3.8 – – Group I................................................... 14.06 5.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.71 4.6 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.05 7.6 15.47 8.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.69 4.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.35 5.4 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.83 8.6 16.83 8.6 – – Group I................................................... 14.37 7.8 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.18 10.5 17.18 10.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.40 4.1 14.40 4.1 – – Group I................................................... 14.40 4.3 14.40 4.3 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.35 6.5 11.35 6.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.35 6.9 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.77 6.7 11.44 7.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.82 7.1 11.46 7.7 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.11 11.2 12.35 8.0 – – Group I................................................... 10.11 11.2 12.35 8.0 – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, June 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.50 $11.45 $15.74 $23.34 $36.63 Management occupations.............................................. 19.45 22.34 35.97 50.51 66.71 General and operations managers................................... 22.50 22.50 22.50 29.05 80.34 Financial managers................................................ 19.04 19.45 21.58 48.22 58.52 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.13 23.27 29.57 38.62 53.04 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 16.73 22.06 24.00 37.18 37.71 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 18.41 22.74 31.73 32.69 33.69 Training and development specialists............................ 18.41 22.74 28.90 32.69 32.69 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.88 24.04 25.20 30.29 36.06 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 25.52 28.15 30.05 64.33 64.33 Financial analysts.............................................. 27.56 28.15 29.81 64.33 64.33 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 22.09 30.94 37.78 43.58 55.29 Computer software engineers....................................... 36.06 37.78 38.46 45.37 50.78 Computer systems analysts......................................... 21.00 28.76 39.21 48.97 60.36 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 14.35 20.49 28.61 37.02 44.90 Engineers......................................................... 28.61 28.61 35.68 44.80 47.40 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 41.81 44.60 45.60 48.10 49.00 Electrical engineers.......................................... 41.81 44.60 45.60 48.10 49.00 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 16.50 20.88 29.88 33.80 36.10 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 13.21 17.84 23.35 26.69 32.89 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.56 16.07 18.17 21.49 25.97 Counselors........................................................ 14.89 16.15 18.36 20.34 22.00 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.67 14.73 24.19 31.60 37.22 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 27.04 32.26 39.44 55.46 77.84 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 19.98 21.96 26.15 32.05 36.14 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 19.98 21.68 25.67 31.41 35.34 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 19.98 21.68 25.91 31.42 35.09 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 20.21 21.68 25.23 31.29 36.14 Secondary school teachers....................................... 19.98 23.16 27.06 32.76 38.11 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 19.98 23.16 27.06 32.76 38.11 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.07 9.67 10.16 11.31 14.31 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 7.03 18.27 18.27 18.27 18.38 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 7.42 10.35 15.42 19.58 27.70 Coaches and scouts.............................................. 7.42 10.35 15.42 19.58 27.70 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.23 17.30 21.88 26.40 29.52 Registered nurses................................................. 20.59 22.95 24.69 27.50 30.20 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 11.04 11.96 18.54 26.87 30.29 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 9.38 9.38 9.38 14.50 15.44 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.30 22.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.27 10.20 11.50 13.50 16.01 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.00 9.50 10.75 11.50 12.74 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.00 9.50 10.50 11.10 12.60 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.50 11.50 13.28 16.01 16.20 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.74 11.70 19.51 25.72 27.97 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 9.00 10.56 11.00 11.62 14.23 Security guards................................................. 9.00 10.56 11.00 11.62 14.23 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.31 6.00 7.00 9.00 11.11 Cooks............................................................. 7.84 7.84 9.50 11.11 11.13 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.31 2.31 2.43 3.33 6.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.31 2.31 2.31 2.43 3.23 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.25 6.50 7.40 8.76 10.25 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.25 6.50 7.40 8.76 10.25 Dishwashers....................................................... 5.85 7.00 9.00 9.21 9.55 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 9.49 11.00 13.99 14.08 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.75 7.50 10.06 11.00 12.69 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.50 8.97 10.74 11.00 13.55 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.00 7.50 8.00 8.86 11.57 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.93 8.00 9.00 16.42 37.97 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 5.71 8.60 8.94 11.00 16.32 Recreation workers.............................................. 5.40 8.60 8.60 11.00 16.32 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.60 9.27 13.20 26.93 38.25 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.74 16.44 23.26 30.87 30.87 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.74 16.44 21.22 30.87 30.87 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.00 7.98 9.37 10.65 12.54 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.00 7.75 8.60 9.50 11.62 Cashiers...................................................... 7.00 7.75 8.60 9.50 11.62 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.76 8.05 9.50 10.60 12.54 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 19.23 21.46 38.96 44.13 56.02 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.05 11.70 14.17 17.70 21.86 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.30 18.30 22.84 23.08 24.04 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.58 11.68 14.00 16.45 17.79 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.58 11.58 14.45 15.74 17.77 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.75 13.90 15.00 15.50 17.90 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.93 13.35 14.17 15.00 15.00 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.75 10.40 14.21 15.55 16.05 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.60 11.05 11.45 11.75 11.88 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.45 15.82 17.79 23.44 26.73 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.39 15.82 21.00 23.34 25.48 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.00 11.20 13.06 16.13 19.06 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.50 11.75 14.00 16.25 21.25 Electricians...................................................... 13.83 15.77 19.00 20.48 20.48 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.75 14.42 18.25 23.23 29.90 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 18.00 18.00 19.23 26.10 62.82 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.50 14.14 19.59 22.71 27.80 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 14.14 18.80 19.91 32.52 32.52 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 12.00 12.50 19.59 19.76 21.85 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 9.25 13.80 18.95 29.90 29.90 Production occupations.............................................. 9.00 11.73 15.15 21.14 24.00 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 18.94 18.94 24.34 25.00 30.19 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 7.75 12.40 13.88 22.30 22.92 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 9.28 12.14 14.46 15.76 18.25 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 8.50 9.28 13.91 15.76 18.25 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 9.00 13.06 14.37 22.60 23.75 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.00 12.00 17.79 17.79 23.92 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.55 11.00 12.60 16.74 23.08 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.00 13.61 15.40 19.60 23.72 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.50 13.00 16.74 20.86 24.67 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.04 10.55 12.00 15.80 22.92 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.85 9.80 11.50 12.60 15.05 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.24 10.32 11.82 12.56 14.62 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.20 7.25 10.25 13.45 13.45 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, June 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.30 $11.20 $15.39 $23.04 $36.75 Management occupations.............................................. 19.45 20.76 32.64 50.48 66.71 General and operations managers................................... 22.50 22.50 22.50 29.05 80.34 Financial managers................................................ 19.04 19.45 21.58 48.22 58.52 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.58 24.04 30.66 41.20 54.96 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 16.73 22.06 24.00 37.18 37.71 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 18.41 23.08 32.69 32.69 35.40 Training and development specialists............................ 18.41 22.78 32.69 32.69 37.02 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.88 24.04 25.20 30.29 36.06 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 25.52 28.15 30.05 64.33 64.33 Financial analysts.............................................. 27.56 28.15 29.81 64.33 64.33 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 22.00 33.03 37.78 44.85 56.25 Computer software engineers....................................... 36.06 37.78 38.46 45.37 50.78 Computer systems analysts......................................... 20.29 28.76 40.96 49.04 61.01 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 14.35 20.49 28.61 37.02 44.90 Engineers......................................................... 28.61 28.61 35.68 44.80 47.40 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 41.81 44.60 45.60 48.10 49.00 Electrical engineers.......................................... 41.81 44.60 45.60 48.10 49.00 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 16.50 20.88 29.88 33.80 36.10 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 13.21 13.21 23.35 32.89 33.74 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.07 9.07 21.35 34.84 38.11 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 19.31 28.18 32.26 37.07 62.88 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 21.22 25.25 29.21 38.11 38.11 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 20.86 21.56 28.67 36.14 36.14 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 7.03 18.27 18.27 18.27 18.38 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 7.42 10.35 15.42 19.58 27.70 Coaches and scouts.............................................. 7.42 10.35 15.42 19.58 27.70 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.04 16.17 21.48 27.50 29.88 Registered nurses................................................. 20.59 23.70 26.55 27.50 30.20 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 11.04 11.96 18.54 26.87 30.29 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 10.00 11.50 13.95 16.20 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.75 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.22 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.75 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.22 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.50 11.50 13.28 16.01 16.20 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.00 10.20 11.00 11.62 14.23 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 9.00 10.56 11.00 11.62 14.23 Security guards................................................. 9.00 10.56 11.00 11.62 14.23 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.31 6.00 7.00 9.00 11.11 Cooks............................................................. 7.84 7.84 9.50 11.11 11.13 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.31 2.31 2.43 3.33 6.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.31 2.31 2.31 2.43 3.23 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.25 6.50 7.40 8.76 10.25 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.25 6.50 7.40 8.76 10.25 Dishwashers....................................................... 5.85 7.00 9.00 9.21 9.55 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 9.49 11.00 13.99 14.08 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.50 7.50 8.91 11.00 13.55 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.25 7.50 11.00 11.00 13.55 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.00 7.50 7.50 8.86 8.91 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.00 8.00 9.00 32.62 37.97 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 8.60 8.60 8.94 11.00 16.32 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.60 9.27 13.20 26.93 38.25 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.74 16.44 23.26 30.87 30.87 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.74 16.44 21.22 30.87 30.87 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.00 7.98 9.37 10.65 12.54 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.00 7.75 8.60 9.50 11.62 Cashiers...................................................... 7.00 7.75 8.60 9.50 11.62 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.76 8.05 9.50 10.60 12.54 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 19.23 21.46 38.96 44.13 56.02 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.11 11.70 14.50 17.77 21.88 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.30 18.30 22.84 23.08 24.04 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.58 11.68 14.00 16.45 17.79 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.58 11.58 14.45 15.74 17.77 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.75 13.90 15.00 15.50 17.90 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.93 13.35 14.17 15.00 15.00 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.75 10.40 14.21 15.55 16.05 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.60 11.05 11.45 11.75 11.88 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.45 15.82 17.79 23.44 26.73 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.39 15.82 21.00 23.34 25.48 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.00 11.06 13.60 17.70 19.06 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.50 11.75 14.00 16.25 21.25 Electricians...................................................... 13.83 15.77 19.00 20.48 20.48 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.70 14.42 18.50 23.23 29.90 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 18.00 18.00 19.23 26.10 62.82 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.50 14.14 19.59 22.71 27.80 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 14.14 18.80 19.91 32.52 32.52 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 12.00 12.50 19.59 19.76 21.85 Production occupations.............................................. 9.00 11.73 15.15 21.14 24.00 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 18.94 18.94 24.34 25.00 30.19 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 7.75 12.40 13.88 22.30 22.92 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 9.28 12.14 14.46 15.76 18.25 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 8.50 9.28 13.91 15.76 18.25 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 9.00 13.06 14.37 22.60 23.75 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.00 12.00 17.79 17.79 23.92 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.50 11.00 12.90 17.05 23.08 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.00 13.61 15.40 19.60 23.72 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.50 13.00 16.74 20.86 24.67 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.04 10.55 12.00 15.80 22.92 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.50 9.75 11.36 12.81 15.05 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.24 10.32 11.73 12.60 14.80 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.20 7.25 10.25 13.45 13.45 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, June 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.42 $13.59 $19.99 $26.05 $33.82 Management occupations.............................................. 24.39 30.09 40.38 62.30 88.00 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 17.84 20.00 21.57 24.18 27.65 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.52 15.68 18.35 20.90 24.01 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.16 18.54 24.50 31.32 37.13 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 27.04 34.61 43.05 59.85 77.84 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 19.98 21.84 25.96 31.64 35.34 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 19.98 21.68 25.56 31.29 35.29 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 19.98 21.84 25.91 31.46 35.18 Secondary school teachers....................................... 19.97 22.66 26.72 32.39 35.79 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 19.97 22.66 26.72 32.39 35.79 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.67 9.67 10.42 11.34 14.14 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.50 19.25 23.49 25.12 28.84 Registered nurses................................................. 19.94 22.95 24.04 26.00 30.43 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.04 11.10 11.10 12.43 14.87 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.29 17.17 24.16 26.17 29.36 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.97 8.97 10.06 11.27 12.30 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.97 8.97 10.06 11.27 12.30 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.97 8.97 10.06 10.71 11.38 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.13 11.20 13.14 13.59 15.18 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.20 11.53 13.06 13.50 15.33 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, June 2007 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.80 $12.00 $17.34 $24.52 $37.97 Management occupations.............................................. 19.45 22.34 36.38 50.51 66.71 General and operations managers................................... 20.76 22.50 22.50 32.04 80.34 Financial managers................................................ 19.04 19.45 21.58 48.22 58.52 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.13 23.27 29.57 38.62 53.04 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 16.73 22.06 24.00 37.18 37.71 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 18.41 22.74 31.73 32.69 33.69 Training and development specialists............................ 18.41 22.74 28.90 32.69 32.69 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.88 24.04 25.20 30.29 36.06 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 25.52 28.15 30.05 64.33 64.33 Financial analysts.............................................. 27.56 28.15 29.81 64.33 64.33 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 22.09 30.94 37.78 43.58 55.29 Computer software engineers....................................... 36.06 37.78 38.46 45.37 50.78 Computer systems analysts......................................... 21.00 28.76 39.21 48.97 60.36 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 14.35 20.49 28.61 37.02 44.90 Engineers......................................................... 28.61 28.61 35.68 44.80 47.40 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 41.81 44.60 45.60 48.10 49.00 Electrical engineers.......................................... 41.81 44.60 45.60 48.10 49.00 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 16.50 20.88 29.88 33.80 36.10 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 13.21 17.84 23.35 28.04 32.89 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.52 15.68 17.33 20.35 25.97 Counselors........................................................ 14.89 16.10 18.25 20.21 21.99 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.67 14.73 24.23 31.61 37.22 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 27.04 34.59 40.97 59.85 77.84 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 19.98 21.96 26.15 32.05 36.14 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 19.98 21.68 25.68 31.41 35.34 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 19.98 21.68 25.94 31.42 35.09 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 20.21 21.68 25.23 31.29 36.14 Secondary school teachers....................................... 19.98 23.16 27.06 32.76 38.11 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 19.98 23.16 27.06 32.76 38.11 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.07 9.67 10.16 11.31 14.31 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.23 15.58 21.48 26.15 30.05 Registered nurses................................................. 19.85 23.49 25.12 27.50 30.68 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 11.04 11.96 18.54 26.87 30.29 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 9.38 9.38 9.38 14.50 15.44 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.30 22.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 10.00 11.50 13.37 16.05 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.00 9.50 10.45 11.71 13.95 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.76 9.11 10.25 11.50 13.54 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.50 11.50 12.75 14.76 16.20 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.00 13.74 19.51 25.72 27.97 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.43 4.00 8.76 11.11 11.52 Cooks............................................................. 9.60 11.11 11.11 11.13 12.36 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.22 2.43 3.28 4.00 8.30 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.24 9.49 11.69 14.08 14.08 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.50 8.00 8.97 11.27 13.55 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.97 9.22 10.74 12.81 13.55 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.00 7.50 8.00 8.86 11.57 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.00 8.00 11.00 34.75 37.97 Sales and related occupations....................................... 9.37 11.05 19.23 34.41 43.20 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.74 16.44 23.26 30.87 30.87 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.74 16.44 21.22 30.87 30.87 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.50 9.27 10.35 11.83 13.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.98 8.50 9.27 10.11 11.87 Cashiers...................................................... 7.98 8.50 9.27 10.11 11.87 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.75 9.41 10.49 12.05 12.54 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 19.23 21.46 38.96 44.13 56.02 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.25 11.70 14.23 17.77 21.91 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.30 18.30 22.84 23.08 24.04 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.58 11.68 14.53 16.92 18.00 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.58 13.73 14.77 15.74 17.77 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.90 14.13 15.50 15.52 19.88 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.75 10.40 14.21 15.55 16.05 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.80 11.25 11.45 11.88 11.88 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.50 15.82 17.79 23.44 26.73 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.39 15.82 21.00 23.34 25.48 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.00 11.20 13.23 16.83 19.06 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.50 11.75 14.00 16.25 21.25 Electricians...................................................... 13.83 15.77 19.00 20.48 20.48 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.75 14.42 18.25 23.23 29.90 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 18.00 18.00 19.23 26.10 62.82 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.50 14.14 19.59 22.71 27.80 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 14.14 18.80 19.91 32.52 32.52 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 12.00 12.50 19.59 19.76 21.85 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 9.25 13.80 18.95 29.90 29.90 Production occupations.............................................. 9.00 12.10 15.52 21.51 24.26 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 18.94 18.94 24.34 25.00 30.19 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 7.75 12.40 13.88 22.30 22.92 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 9.28 12.14 14.46 15.76 18.25 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 8.50 9.28 13.91 15.76 18.25 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 9.00 13.06 14.37 22.60 23.75 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.00 12.00 17.79 17.79 23.92 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.75 11.00 13.00 17.40 23.08 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.00 13.61 15.40 19.60 23.72 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.50 13.00 16.74 20.86 24.67 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.04 10.55 12.00 15.80 22.92 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.24 9.85 11.35 12.60 15.05 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.24 10.00 11.50 12.25 14.40 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.25 10.50 12.29 13.45 15.31 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, June 2007 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.00 $6.75 $8.42 $11.20 $15.00 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 6.50 6.70 7.03 9.00 10.35 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.95 22.95 24.04 26.52 28.98 Registered nurses................................................. 22.95 22.95 24.04 26.00 27.07 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.05 11.10 11.10 16.01 16.01 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.00 11.10 11.10 11.10 11.10 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.00 11.10 11.10 11.10 11.10 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.31 6.00 6.73 7.84 9.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.31 2.31 2.31 2.35 5.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.31 2.31 2.31 2.35 2.43 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.15 6.40 7.00 8.50 9.75 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.15 6.40 7.00 8.50 9.75 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.93 7.00 8.00 12.50 12.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.50 7.25 8.10 9.65 11.62 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.50 7.00 8.00 9.10 11.62 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.75 7.25 8.00 9.00 11.62 Cashiers...................................................... 6.75 7.25 8.00 9.00 11.62 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.35 7.00 8.00 9.90 10.70 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.60 10.50 13.00 15.00 15.00 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, June 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........................................................... $22.08 $17.34 $875 $682 39.6 $45,042 $35,153 2,040 Management occupations.............................................. 38.55 36.38 1,555 1,464 40.3 80,723 76,149 2,094 General and operations managers................................... 34.27 22.50 1,404 900 41.0 72,993 46,800 2,130 Financial managers................................................ 32.65 21.58 1,319 971 40.4 68,571 50,497 2,100 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 47.63 29.57 1,927 1,183 40.4 100,186 61,499 2,103 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.34 24.00 1,125 960 41.1 58,483 49,920 2,139 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.67 31.73 1,149 1,269 40.1 59,734 66,000 2,084 Training and development specialists............................ 28.23 28.90 1,129 1,156 40.0 58,717 60,102 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.66 25.20 1,087 1,008 40.8 56,512 52,410 2,120 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 43.19 30.05 1,728 1,202 40.0 89,834 62,510 2,080 Financial analysts.............................................. 40.18 29.81 1,607 1,192 40.0 83,583 62,001 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.19 37.78 1,539 1,511 40.3 80,030 78,578 2,096 Computer software engineers....................................... 41.82 38.46 1,673 1,538 40.0 86,992 79,993 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 40.00 39.21 1,622 1,577 40.6 84,362 81,998 2,109 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 28.90 28.61 1,155 1,144 39.9 60,043 59,505 2,077 Engineers......................................................... 37.34 35.68 1,494 1,427 40.0 77,670 74,214 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 45.66 45.60 1,826 1,824 40.0 94,978 94,848 2,080 Electrical engineers.......................................... 45.66 45.60 1,827 1,824 40.0 94,979 94,848 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 27.54 29.88 1,093 1,195 39.7 56,822 62,150 2,063 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.94 23.35 958 934 40.0 49,795 48,570 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.62 17.33 732 681 39.3 38,033 35,424 2,042 Counselors........................................................ 18.36 18.25 735 730 40.0 38,090 38,000 2,074 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.68 24.23 931 919 37.7 39,540 39,505 1,602 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 45.81 40.97 1,746 1,558 38.1 70,155 63,250 1,531 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.33 26.15 1,026 985 37.5 43,391 42,172 1,588 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.94 25.68 1,011 968 37.5 42,920 41,222 1,593 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 26.96 25.94 1,010 973 37.5 42,912 41,777 1,592 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.85 25.23 1,012 946 37.7 42,951 40,680 1,600 Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.29 27.06 1,068 1,044 37.8 44,846 43,575 1,585 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.29 27.06 1,068 1,044 37.8 44,846 43,575 1,585 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.76 10.16 408 381 37.9 17,937 17,302 1,667 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.94 21.48 809 829 38.7 41,835 42,952 1,998 Registered nurses................................................. 26.05 25.12 1,003 1,000 38.5 51,823 51,917 1,989 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.62 18.54 748 656 38.1 38,893 34,133 1,983 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 11.86 9.38 474 375 40.0 24,655 19,519 2,079 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.18 19.00 701 693 36.6 35,750 36,036 1,864 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.91 11.50 431 424 36.2 22,429 22,022 1,883 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.83 10.45 385 380 35.5 20,002 19,760 1,848 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.61 10.25 371 361 35.0 19,286 18,795 1,818 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.07 12.75 483 500 37.0 25,138 26,000 1,924 Protective service occupations...................................... 20.44 19.51 836 876 40.9 43,462 45,573 2,127 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.56 8.76 331 338 38.6 17,149 17,550 2,003 Cooks............................................................. 11.13 11.11 436 444 39.2 22,698 23,109 2,039 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.02 3.28 147 129 36.7 7,663 6,718 1,908 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.04 11.69 476 454 39.5 24,736 23,629 2,055 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.89 8.97 383 359 38.8 19,919 18,649 2,015 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.99 10.74 440 429 40.0 22,836 22,333 2,077 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.49 8.00 317 300 37.3 16,475 15,600 1,941 Personal care and service occupations............................... 17.51 11.00 586 459 33.5 29,608 22,880 1,690 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.95 19.23 909 769 39.6 47,245 40,000 2,059 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 23.36 23.26 934 930 40.0 48,588 48,377 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 22.70 21.22 908 849 40.0 47,216 44,127 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.60 10.35 412 393 38.9 21,430 20,459 2,022 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.48 9.27 370 371 39.0 19,223 19,286 2,028 Cashiers...................................................... 9.48 9.27 370 371 39.0 19,223 19,286 2,028 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.56 10.49 407 393 38.5 21,156 20,459 2,003 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.51 38.96 1,420 1,558 40.0 73,864 81,037 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.55 14.23 619 560 39.8 32,179 29,120 2,069 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 21.45 22.84 858 914 40.0 44,624 47,507 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.60 14.53 581 560 39.8 30,224 29,120 2,071 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.72 14.77 589 591 40.0 30,619 30,722 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.62 15.50 625 620 40.0 32,488 32,240 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.50 14.21 540 568 40.0 28,089 29,557 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.82 11.45 473 458 40.0 24,588 23,816 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.74 17.79 789 712 40.0 41,050 36,999 2,080 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.65 21.00 786 840 40.0 40,868 43,680 2,079 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.93 13.23 544 510 39.1 28,295 26,520 2,031 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.46 14.00 578 560 40.0 29,966 28,560 2,073 Electricians...................................................... 18.19 19.00 728 760 40.0 37,844 39,520 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.45 18.25 818 740 40.0 42,504 37,960 2,078 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 27.87 19.23 1,115 769 40.0 57,961 40,000 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.49 19.59 777 784 39.9 40,350 40,756 2,071 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.66 19.91 930 830 39.3 48,336 43,139 2,043 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.55 19.59 702 784 40.0 36,469 40,756 2,078 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 21.30 18.95 852 758 40.0 44,301 39,416 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.49 15.52 654 616 39.7 34,025 32,032 2,063 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.03 24.34 975 1,000 40.6 50,686 52,000 2,109 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.40 13.88 616 555 40.0 32,035 28,870 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.06 14.46 551 576 39.2 28,665 29,936 2,039 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.30 13.91 532 556 40.0 27,670 28,933 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.11 14.37 643 575 39.9 33,446 29,890 2,076 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.55 17.79 645 676 39.0 33,565 35,153 2,028 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.47 13.00 616 520 39.8 31,924 27,040 2,064 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.83 15.40 688 616 40.9 35,602 32,022 2,115 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.18 16.74 704 668 41.0 36,436 34,736 2,121 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.40 12.00 573 475 39.8 29,773 24,681 2,068 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.35 11.35 454 454 40.0 23,461 23,504 2,067 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.44 11.50 458 460 40.0 23,803 23,920 2,080 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 12.35 12.29 494 492 40.0 23,934 24,835 1,938 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, June 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........................................................... $22.10 $16.90 $877 $670 39.7 $45,538 $34,819 2,061 Management occupations.............................................. 37.74 34.62 1,524 1,431 40.4 79,245 74,407 2,100 General and operations managers................................... 34.27 22.50 1,404 900 41.0 72,993 46,800 2,130 Financial managers................................................ 32.65 21.58 1,319 971 40.4 68,571 50,497 2,100 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 49.80 30.66 2,016 1,238 40.5 104,852 64,367 2,105 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.34 24.00 1,125 960 41.1 58,483 49,920 2,139 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.38 32.69 1,178 1,308 40.1 61,240 67,991 2,085 Training and development specialists............................ 28.97 32.69 1,159 1,308 40.0 60,248 67,991 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.66 25.20 1,087 1,008 40.8 56,512 52,410 2,120 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 43.19 30.05 1,728 1,202 40.0 89,834 62,510 2,080 Financial analysts.............................................. 40.18 29.81 1,607 1,192 40.0 83,583 62,001 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.23 37.78 1,582 1,511 40.3 82,279 78,578 2,098 Computer software engineers....................................... 41.82 38.46 1,673 1,538 40.0 86,992 79,993 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 40.82 40.96 1,658 1,661 40.6 86,204 86,349 2,112 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 28.90 28.61 1,155 1,144 39.9 60,043 59,505 2,077 Engineers......................................................... 37.34 35.68 1,494 1,427 40.0 77,670 74,214 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 45.66 45.60 1,826 1,824 40.0 94,978 94,848 2,080 Electrical engineers.......................................... 45.66 45.60 1,827 1,824 40.0 94,979 94,848 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 27.54 29.88 1,093 1,195 39.7 56,822 62,150 2,063 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.84 23.35 994 934 40.0 51,663 48,570 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.23 21.75 882 887 39.7 37,792 36,997 1,700 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 36.23 32.26 1,385 1,291 38.2 53,757 56,785 1,484 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.41 29.37 1,216 1,175 40.0 46,786 46,826 1,538 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.39 28.67 1,136 1,147 40.0 43,242 43,861 1,523 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.65 21.42 801 817 38.8 41,468 42,640 2,008 Registered nurses................................................. 27.00 26.66 1,066 1,062 39.5 54,732 54,995 2,027 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.62 18.54 748 656 38.1 38,893 34,133 1,983 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.85 11.50 426 411 36.0 22,163 21,362 1,870 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.36 10.00 361 360 34.8 18,757 18,720 1,811 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.36 10.00 361 360 34.8 18,757 18,720 1,811 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.07 12.75 483 500 37.0 25,138 26,000 1,924 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.77 11.32 463 452 39.3 24,053 23,504 2,044 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.55 8.76 330 338 38.6 17,171 17,550 2,009 Cooks............................................................. 11.13 11.11 436 444 39.2 22,698 23,109 2,039 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.02 3.28 147 129 36.7 7,663 6,718 1,908 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.32 13.55 486 542 39.5 25,266 28,188 2,051 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.71 8.86 370 320 38.1 19,241 16,640 1,982 Personal care and service occupations............................... 18.66 9.00 608 653 32.6 31,603 33,946 1,694 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.95 19.23 909 769 39.6 47,245 40,000 2,059 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 23.36 23.26 934 930 40.0 48,588 48,377 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 22.70 21.22 908 849 40.0 47,216 44,127 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.60 10.35 412 393 38.9 21,430 20,459 2,022 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.48 9.27 370 371 39.0 19,223 19,286 2,028 Cashiers...................................................... 9.48 9.27 370 371 39.0 19,223 19,286 2,028 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.56 10.49 407 393 38.5 21,156 20,459 2,003 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.51 38.96 1,420 1,558 40.0 73,864 81,037 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.73 14.50 626 565 39.8 32,565 29,399 2,070 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 21.45 22.84 858 914 40.0 44,624 47,507 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.60 14.53 581 560 39.8 30,224 29,120 2,071 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.72 14.77 589 591 40.0 30,619 30,722 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.62 15.50 625 620 40.0 32,488 32,240 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.50 14.21 540 568 40.0 28,089 29,557 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.82 11.45 473 458 40.0 24,588 23,816 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.74 17.79 789 712 40.0 41,050 36,999 2,080 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.65 21.00 786 840 40.0 40,868 43,680 2,079 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.11 13.60 553 510 39.2 28,717 26,520 2,035 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.48 14.00 579 560 40.0 30,001 28,560 2,072 Electricians...................................................... 18.19 19.00 728 760 40.0 37,844 39,520 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.53 18.50 820 740 40.0 42,666 38,480 2,078 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 28.84 19.23 1,153 769 40.0 59,980 40,000 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.51 19.59 777 784 39.8 40,422 40,756 2,072 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.66 19.91 930 830 39.3 48,336 43,139 2,043 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.55 19.59 702 784 40.0 36,510 40,756 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.49 15.52 654 616 39.7 34,025 32,032 2,063 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.03 24.34 975 1,000 40.6 50,686 52,000 2,109 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.40 13.88 616 555 40.0 32,035 28,870 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.06 14.46 551 576 39.2 28,665 29,936 2,039 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.30 13.91 532 556 40.0 27,670 28,933 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.11 14.37 643 575 39.9 33,446 29,890 2,076 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.55 17.79 645 676 39.0 33,565 35,153 2,028 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.59 13.40 621 536 39.8 32,166 27,768 2,063 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.83 15.40 688 616 40.9 35,602 32,022 2,115 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.18 16.74 704 668 41.0 36,436 34,736 2,121 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.40 12.00 573 475 39.8 29,773 24,681 2,068 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.32 11.07 453 443 40.0 23,393 23,026 2,066 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.41 11.35 456 454 40.0 23,730 23,608 2,080 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 12.35 12.29 494 492 40.0 23,934 24,835 1,938 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, June 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........................................................... $21.93 $19.98 $857 $789 39.1 $41,271 $38,440 1,882 Management occupations.............................................. 48.44 40.38 1,938 1,615 40.0 98,165 83,990 2,027 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.63 18.03 730 693 39.2 37,970 36,046 2,038 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.02 24.50 937 919 37.5 39,763 39,505 1,589 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 48.17 43.11 1,834 1,722 38.1 74,351 67,150 1,544 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.11 25.96 1,014 974 37.4 43,143 41,861 1,591 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.88 25.56 1,006 959 37.4 42,906 41,222 1,596 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 26.98 25.91 1,009 972 37.4 42,969 41,777 1,592 Secondary school teachers....................................... 27.49 26.72 1,027 1,002 37.3 43,783 43,429 1,592 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 27.49 26.72 1,027 1,002 37.3 43,783 43,429 1,592 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.00 10.42 412 391 37.4 17,611 16,802 1,601 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.71 22.44 832 845 38.3 42,807 43,966 1,972 Registered nurses................................................. 24.97 23.49 935 845 37.4 48,622 43,966 1,947 Protective service occupations...................................... 23.38 25.34 969 1,014 41.5 50,412 52,713 2,156 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.21 10.06 408 402 40.0 21,194 20,916 2,076 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.21 10.06 408 402 40.0 21,194 20,916 2,076 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.00 10.06 400 402 40.0 20,749 20,916 2,075 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.27 13.14 481 498 39.2 25,011 25,900 2,039 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.86 13.06 497 470 38.6 25,846 24,448 2,009 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, June 2007 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $20.51 $16.58 $18.54 $31.46 Management, professional, and related...... 37.37 26.95 32.72 50.50 Management, business, and financial...... 44.26 32.10 33.67 61.44 Professional and related................. 27.60 20.08 31.50 32.71 Service.................................... 10.03 8.83 10.38 25.35 Sales and office........................... 17.04 18.13 15.33 16.43 Sales and related........................ 19.29 20.16 14.91 35.29 Office and administrative support........ 15.53 15.55 15.57 15.48 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 17.69 14.65 22.41 26.25 Construction and extraction............. 14.48 13.78 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 20.53 15.85 23.75 28.79 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 15.73 15.16 13.51 19.88 Production............................... 16.32 16.28 13.47 19.24 Transportation and material moving....... 15.16 14.34 13.54 21.19 B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.0 8.7 8.1 7.7 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.2 11.2 9.9 6.6 Management, business, and financial............................... 7.5 12.6 10.8 12.1 Professional and related.......................................... 10.4 15.7 17.3 4.3 Service............................................................. 4.4 4.6 5.3 13.2 Sales and office.................................................... 9.0 16.0 7.9 11.4 Sales and related................................................. 18.5 26.5 18.7 12.5 Office and administrative support................................. 3.7 2.8 6.7 9.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.8 2.9 12.1 13.1 Construction and extraction...................................... 1.9 7.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 9.7 4.5 12.7 11.5 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.5 6.3 5.4 10.3 Production........................................................ 4.2 6.9 8.1 4.4 Transportation and material moving................................ 7.9 11.2 6.2 28.3 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, June 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........................................................... $18.54 $15.15 $736 $600 39.7 $38,190 $31,200 2,060 Management occupations.............................................. 33.75 22.50 1,353 900 40.1 70,365 46,800 2,085 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.91 20.49 996 820 40.0 51,816 42,628 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.39 8.50 284 319 38.4 14,750 16,575 1,996 Sales and related occupations....................................... 24.03 19.75 955 790 39.7 49,656 41,080 2,067 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.70 21.22 908 849 40.0 47,216 44,127 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 22.70 21.22 908 849 40.0 47,216 44,127 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.81 10.49 423 393 39.1 22,003 20,459 2,035 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.92 14.53 631 565 39.6 32,809 29,399 2,061 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.48 14.00 573 552 39.6 29,805 28,705 2,058 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.88 17.61 715 705 40.0 37,182 36,635 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.78 13.83 551 553 40.0 28,534 28,560 2,071 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.85 15.39 634 615 40.0 32,966 32,001 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.96 15.15 673 603 39.7 34,998 31,346 2,064 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.91 13.80 594 552 39.9 30,811 28,704 2,066 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.52 13.80 541 552 40.0 27,889 28,704 2,063 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, June 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........................................................... $25.18 $18.39 $1,000 $734 39.7 $51,899 $38,064 2,062 Management occupations.............................................. 42.87 40.24 1,747 1,654 40.7 90,828 86,000 2,119 General and operations managers................................... 47.25 32.91 1,988 1,488 42.1 103,370 77,393 2,188 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 54.55 31.27 2,201 1,251 40.3 114,449 65,040 2,098 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 28.59 22.06 1,189 883 41.6 61,830 45,891 2,163 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 27.07 23.27 1,087 931 40.1 56,507 48,410 2,088 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.66 25.20 1,087 1,008 40.8 56,512 52,410 2,120 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 43.19 30.05 1,728 1,202 40.0 89,834 62,510 2,080 Financial analysts.............................................. 40.18 29.81 1,607 1,192 40.0 83,583 62,001 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.23 37.78 1,582 1,511 40.3 82,279 78,578 2,098 Computer software engineers....................................... 41.82 38.46 1,673 1,538 40.0 86,992 79,993 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 40.82 40.96 1,658 1,661 40.6 86,204 86,349 2,112 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.59 32.93 1,340 1,317 39.9 69,669 68,503 2,074 Engineers......................................................... 37.29 35.45 1,491 1,418 40.0 77,554 73,732 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 45.66 45.60 1,826 1,824 40.0 94,978 94,848 2,080 Electrical engineers.......................................... 45.66 45.60 1,827 1,824 40.0 94,979 94,848 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 27.54 29.88 1,093 1,195 39.7 56,822 62,150 2,063 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 22.47 23.35 899 934 40.0 46,731 48,570 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.52 35.07 1,301 1,403 40.0 50,646 53,481 1,558 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 19.99 18.38 847 827 42.4 42,677 43,000 2,135 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.81 21.67 888 848 38.9 45,863 43,179 2,011 Registered nurses................................................. 26.84 24.99 1,056 978 39.3 53,982 50,704 2,011 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.62 18.54 748 656 38.1 38,893 34,133 1,983 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.70 12.50 503 497 39.6 26,134 25,838 2,058 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.90 13.50 556 540 40.0 28,902 28,080 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.34 9.35 362 368 38.8 18,845 19,148 2,018 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.69 10.74 457 429 39.1 23,747 22,333 2,031 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.78 12.70 775 484 39.2 40,279 25,168 2,036 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.27 10.20 395 383 38.5 20,565 19,929 2,002 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.62 14.14 624 560 39.9 32,424 29,141 2,076 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.68 15.05 587 602 40.0 30,532 31,304 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.98 15.74 639 630 40.0 33,246 32,739 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.79 11.90 512 476 40.0 26,600 24,752 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.95 23.08 878 923 40.0 45,631 48,000 2,079 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.22 22.47 888 899 40.0 46,176 46,740 2,079 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.41 12.00 494 480 39.8 25,679 24,960 2,069 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 26.10 24.16 1,042 966 39.9 54,191 50,253 2,076 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.57 18.87 778 755 39.8 40,467 39,250 2,068 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.66 19.91 930 830 39.3 48,336 43,139 2,043 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.66 18.50 707 740 40.0 36,740 38,480 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.33 15.53 648 616 39.7 33,691 32,032 2,063 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 25.74 25.45 1,030 1,018 40.0 53,536 52,936 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.40 13.88 616 555 40.0 32,035 28,870 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.37 14.02 575 561 40.0 29,895 29,162 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.02 14.00 641 560 40.0 33,315 29,120 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 17.62 17.79 684 676 38.8 35,554 35,153 2,018 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.01 12.55 637 504 39.8 32,997 26,208 2,061 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.55 19.60 860 784 41.9 44,739 40,768 2,177 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.55 19.60 860 784 41.9 44,739 40,768 2,177 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.62 11.87 585 475 40.0 30,404 24,681 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.22 11.00 449 440 40.0 23,154 22,880 2,064 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.39 11.35 456 454 40.0 23,688 23,608 2,080 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 12.35 12.29 494 492 40.0 23,934 24,835 1,938 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, June 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........................................................... $24.06 $24.06 – $20.51 $20.36 $21.75 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 34.50 37.37 25.11 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 43.45 44.26 33.75 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 26.01 27.60 23.47 Service............................................................. – – – 10.65 9.33 17.89 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 16.91 17.04 12.27 Sales and related................................................. – – – 19.29 19.29 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 15.37 15.52 12.27 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 26.20 26.20 – 17.15 17.18 – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 14.45 14.47 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 26.05 26.05 – 19.88 19.94 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 21.88 21.88 – 14.65 14.70 – Production........................................................ 21.51 21.51 – 15.33 15.33 – Transportation and material moving................................ 22.35 22.35 – 14.04 14.12 – 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........................................................... 14.0 14.0 – 4.6 5.2 3.2 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 4.3 5.2 5.3 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 7.1 7.5 26.9 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 7.4 10.4 5.2 Service............................................................. – – – 5.0 4.2 10.8 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 8.9 9.0 4.2 Sales and related................................................. – – – 18.5 18.5 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 3.5 3.7 4.2 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.9 3.9 – 6.6 6.7 – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 1.8 1.8 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.2 4.2 – 10.3 10.6 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 18.1 18.1 – 4.9 5.0 – Production........................................................ 3.2 3.2 – 4.6 4.6 – Transportation and material moving................................ 42.1 42.1 – 6.0 6.1 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, June 2007 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $18.03 $17.55 $43.16 $43.16 Management, professional, and related............................... 28.27 29.53 63.25 63.25 Management, business, and financial............................... 33.02 32.93 66.97 66.97 Professional and related.......................................... 24.96 25.98 43.82 43.82 Service............................................................. 11.19 9.99 – – Sales and office.................................................... 15.11 15.21 30.39 30.39 Sales and related................................................. 15.88 15.88 35.35 35.35 Office and administrative support................................. 14.67 14.80 23.44 23.44 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.11 17.14 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 14.48 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.68 19.74 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.57 15.64 – – Production........................................................ 16.29 16.29 16.62 16.62 Transportation and material moving................................ 14.87 14.98 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 4.7 5.4 7.2 7.2 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.7 7.1 11.1 11.1 Management, business, and financial............................... 7.6 8.0 12.6 12.6 Professional and related.......................................... 8.5 12.9 8.4 8.4 Service............................................................. 5.0 4.5 – – Sales and office.................................................... 5.9 6.0 10.3 10.3 Sales and related................................................. 14.2 14.2 7.4 7.4 Office and administrative support................................. 3.5 3.8 3.7 3.7 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.5 5.6 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 1.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 8.9 9.2 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.8 5.9 – – Production........................................................ 4.5 4.5 24.0 24.0 Transportation and material moving................................ 8.8 9.1 – – 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, June 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........................................................... - $20.04 $18.58 $23.89 $43.95 - $17.34 - $15.13 Management, professional, and related............................... - 34.76 32.75 33.68 60.74 - 22.46 - – Management, business, and financial............................... - 39.03 40.04 – 64.04 - – - – Professional and related.......................................... - 29.48 27.44 – 40.03 - 22.38 - – Service............................................................. - – 20.17 – – - 10.68 - – Sales and office.................................................... - 19.39 16.23 20.95 19.18 - 14.85 - – Sales and related................................................. - – 17.01 – 25.77 - – - – Office and administrative support................................. - 15.33 14.74 – 18.65 - 14.92 - – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - 19.83 25.43 – – - – - – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - 22.09 25.43 – – - – - – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - 16.89 15.63 – – - – - – Production........................................................ - 17.40 11.12 – – - – - – Transportation and material moving................................ - 14.52 16.46 – – - – - – 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........................................................... - 2.9 12.2 25.1 4.8 - 1.7 - 12.2 Management, professional, and related............................... - 3.8 12.0 5.4 8.9 - 4.4 - – Management, business, and financial............................... - 8.0 4.2 – 11.0 - – - – Professional and related.......................................... - 5.1 27.4 – 5.6 - 5.8 - – Service............................................................. - – 13.9 – – - 2.8 - – Sales and office.................................................... - 11.5 18.5 31.4 4.5 - 3.9 - – Sales and related................................................. - – 26.5 – 16.6 - – - – Office and administrative support................................. - 3.7 3.2 – 3.6 - 4.4 - – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - .2 11.3 – – - – - – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - 1.2 11.3 – – - – - – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - .9 13.3 – – - – - – Production........................................................ - .5 7.4 – – - – - – Transportation and material moving................................ - 3.5 13.2 – – - – - – 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, June 2007 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 878,000 782,900 95,200 Management, professional, and related............................... 230,500 168,100 62,400 Management, business, and financial............................... 103,000 95,100 7,900 Professional and related.......................................... 127,500 73,000 54,500 Service............................................................. 169,700 147,900 21,800 Sales and office.................................................... 237,800 231,700 6,000 Sales and related................................................. 103,400 103,400 – Office and administrative support................................. 134,400 128,400 6,000 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 94,000 91,700 – Construction and extraction...................................... 42,700 41,700 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 49,700 48,400 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 146,100 143,400 – Production........................................................ 68,600 68,600 – Transportation and material moving................................ 77,500 74,800 – 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, June 2007 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 38,184 37,356 827 Total in sample....................................................... 343 320 23 Responding........................................................ 218 198 20 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 63 60 3 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 62 62 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.