NC BL 06/00/2008 Table: Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA, Bulletin, September 2007 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA, September 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........................................................... $20.49 4.4 36.5 $19.92 4.9 36.2 $25.61 3.9 38.9 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 29.76 5.0 38.3 29.77 6.4 38.1 29.70 4.7 39.0 Management, business, and financial............................... 32.55 5.0 40.4 32.36 5.5 40.4 34.12 12.2 40.0 Professional and related.......................................... 28.67 6.8 37.5 28.54 9.3 37.0 29.01 4.0 38.8 Service............................................................. 11.51 3.7 31.0 11.09 3.1 30.6 17.11 3.5 37.3 Sales and office.................................................... 17.28 5.6 36.8 17.27 6.0 36.6 17.37 5.6 39.5 Sales and related................................................. 18.79 16.5 36.5 18.82 17.2 36.4 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 16.51 3.3 36.9 16.45 3.5 36.7 17.22 5.4 39.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 27.23 2.6 39.9 27.30 2.7 39.9 25.67 2.3 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 28.50 3.0 40.0 28.52 3.1 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 23.26 8.3 39.6 23.15 9.1 39.5 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.54 5.1 37.6 15.32 5.2 37.6 23.53 15.9 38.0 Production........................................................ 16.25 2.9 39.1 16.20 2.9 39.1 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.86 10.7 36.3 14.43 11.4 36.2 23.41 18.1 37.8 Full time........................................................... 21.36 4.1 39.6 20.81 4.6 39.6 25.96 4.5 39.6 Part time........................................................... 12.99 8.5 21.7 12.72 9.0 21.5 18.64 16.0 28.4 Union............................................................... 24.24 2.7 36.7 23.66 3.4 35.9 25.47 3.0 38.5 Nonunion............................................................ 19.25 6.0 36.4 19.04 6.2 36.3 26.13 13.4 40.3 Time................................................................ 20.31 4.3 36.4 19.69 4.8 36.2 25.61 3.9 38.9 Incentive........................................................... 26.08 21.5 37.7 26.08 21.5 37.7 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 17.50 6.0 35.7 17.49 6.1 35.6 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 21.35 7.7 36.5 21.18 8.0 36.4 26.12 21.4 39.6 500 workers or more................................................. 25.39 5.5 38.1 24.95 8.3 37.9 26.23 3.6 38.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA, September 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........................................................... $20.49 4.4 $21.36 4.1 $12.99 8.5 Management occupations.............................................. 35.54 8.4 35.54 8.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.43 10.0 28.43 10.0 – – Level 10.................................................. 35.19 5.0 35.19 5.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 28.29 13.8 28.29 13.8 – – Level 12.................................................. 47.14 4.7 47.14 4.7 – – Level 13.................................................. 51.14 7.5 51.14 7.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.89 2.4 50.89 2.4 – – General and operations managers................................... 31.94 15.3 31.94 15.3 – – Financial managers................................................ 42.94 25.6 42.94 25.6 – – Education administrators.......................................... 33.17 12.5 33.17 12.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.74 6.1 29.74 6.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.98 4.7 18.98 4.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.89 5.4 20.89 5.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.00 4.8 31.00 4.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.07 2.4 31.07 2.4 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 24.20 9.5 24.20 9.5 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.27 8.2 25.27 8.2 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 28.92 13.0 29.16 13.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.85 2.0 33.85 2.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.85 6.9 41.85 6.9 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 38.67 7.2 38.67 7.2 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 16.74 26.6 16.64 28.6 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 33.77 2.6 33.77 2.6 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.26 2.5 32.26 2.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.21 6.7 25.21 6.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.93 5.7 31.93 5.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.06 4.6 43.06 4.6 – – Engineers......................................................... 39.92 1.7 39.92 1.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.82 9.6 34.82 9.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.41 2.6 44.41 2.6 – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 39.15 4.2 39.15 4.2 – – Industrial engineers.......................................... 39.31 5.1 39.31 5.1 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.89 4.8 23.89 4.8 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 29.98 6.2 29.98 6.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.28 9.6 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.53 8.8 18.51 8.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 14.78 1.7 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 16.90 9.4 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.19 8.1 30.06 8.2 – – Counselors........................................................ 25.81 13.3 26.60 14.6 – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 25.83 13.4 26.60 14.6 – – Social workers.................................................... 18.66 9.8 18.66 9.8 – – Legal occupations................................................... 56.47 10.6 56.47 10.6 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.70 8.8 28.21 9.3 19.23 10.2 Level 8 .................................................. 33.46 10.7 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.39 5.2 32.06 3.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.55 18.4 37.55 18.4 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 37.49 17.0 39.02 18.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.55 18.4 37.55 18.4 – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 35.44 20.6 37.06 22.2 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.25 9.2 29.70 9.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.38 5.2 32.06 3.5 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.78 6.2 32.95 3.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.28 6.7 32.53 3.5 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.46 10.0 32.22 6.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.85 10.1 31.71 5.9 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.08 1.5 34.08 1.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.74 3.3 33.74 3.3 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.31 5.3 34.31 5.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.78 4.8 33.78 4.8 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.31 5.3 34.31 5.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.78 4.8 33.78 4.8 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.52 11.4 12.34 12.0 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.71 24.6 16.59 24.8 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.17 4.6 29.27 4.9 28.17 6.5 Level 4 .................................................. 14.44 8.4 13.81 9.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.57 11.5 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.86 3.4 22.90 3.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.13 5.8 26.81 4.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.77 5.3 36.00 5.6 33.52 3.9 Level 10.................................................. 43.08 10.1 43.08 10.1 – – Pharmacists....................................................... 48.24 2.7 48.24 2.7 – – Registered nurses................................................. 35.34 3.1 35.38 3.1 35.11 3.1 Level 9 .................................................. 34.82 3.3 34.82 3.3 34.83 4.2 Therapists........................................................ 28.59 3.9 28.05 6.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.63 4.7 28.01 7.3 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.67 3.3 18.87 3.7 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 18.05 2.7 18.11 3.1 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 29.68 16.7 29.68 16.7 – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 29.68 16.7 29.68 16.7 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 23.51 2.3 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.05 9.6 14.23 9.0 10.83 10.1 Level 3 .................................................. 12.33 9.9 12.39 12.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.03 6.7 16.08 7.8 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.11 7.1 11.94 6.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.10 3.7 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.21 8.2 12.36 6.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.42 5.8 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 16.60 4.1 17.55 5.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.65 6.0 – – – – Medical assistants.............................................. 14.92 2.2 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.21 5.2 11.33 6.2 8.13 .5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.26 1.8 – – 7.99 .4 Level 2 .................................................. 9.60 6.0 10.22 2.9 8.27 1.7 Level 3 .................................................. 11.05 2.5 11.67 1.9 – – Cooks............................................................. 12.86 5.2 12.86 5.2 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.99 .6 – – 7.94 .8 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.94 .3 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.25 1.0 – – 8.11 .7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.03 .6 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.72 2.1 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.19 .7 – – 8.11 .7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.03 .6 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.06 4.6 12.55 5.0 10.57 6.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.73 7.7 9.65 6.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.82 6.1 12.01 7.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.36 7.9 13.54 8.2 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.96 4.6 12.50 5.3 10.57 6.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.73 7.7 9.65 6.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.82 6.1 12.01 7.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.50 8.3 14.88 8.6 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.27 5.0 12.74 5.6 10.26 6.6 Level 1 .................................................. 10.59 4.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. – – 11.60 6.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.50 8.3 14.88 8.6 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.31 8.0 11.73 8.8 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.98 9.9 11.36 12.5 9.33 4.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.86 1.4 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.79 16.5 19.83 15.9 9.74 4.5 Level 2 .................................................. 10.47 10.1 10.77 11.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.88 8.4 14.46 10.5 11.68 3.1 Level 4 .................................................. 14.20 12.3 14.35 12.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 25.32 10.0 25.32 10.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.02 19.8 18.02 19.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.10 10.5 18.10 10.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.37 6.0 19.37 6.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.10 10.5 18.10 10.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.37 6.0 19.37 6.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.28 11.8 13.62 12.5 10.65 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.52 9.9 10.77 11.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.16 8.3 14.63 10.6 12.06 2.8 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.04 10.1 11.29 10.5 9.43 13.6 Level 2 .................................................. 10.65 13.4 11.02 14.5 – – Cashiers...................................................... 11.04 10.1 11.29 10.5 9.43 13.6 Level 2 .................................................. 10.65 13.4 11.02 14.5 – – Retail salespersons............................................. 14.59 14.2 14.88 14.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.99 8.6 15.79 10.9 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.51 3.3 16.39 3.4 17.33 11.5 Level 2 .................................................. 11.84 10.2 11.54 10.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.18 5.3 13.26 5.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.71 3.5 15.77 3.3 14.63 10.5 Level 5 .................................................. 19.59 3.3 18.64 3.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.55 7.6 20.55 7.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.49 7.0 24.49 7.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.30 13.1 16.89 16.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.86 8.3 22.86 8.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.82 5.7 15.82 5.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.32 3.8 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.99 3.6 15.00 3.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.40 3.8 19.78 3.3 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.05 2.8 17.04 3.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.41 1.9 15.41 1.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.23 4.8 19.66 4.4 – – Tellers......................................................... 12.25 2.7 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.70 6.8 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.55 10.4 16.79 9.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.09 15.2 17.57 13.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.86 4.7 19.86 4.7 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.09 6.3 – – – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.85 8.2 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.30 3.6 19.33 7.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.81 5.1 15.83 5.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. – – 18.82 7.5 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.80 10.7 20.80 10.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.24 1.1 18.24 1.1 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.67 3.5 15.67 3.5 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.44 5.0 15.80 5.4 12.46 8.2 Level 3 .................................................. 13.25 8.0 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.38 7.2 16.53 6.5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 28.50 3.0 28.50 3.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 29.85 3.7 29.85 3.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.70 1.4 31.70 1.4 – – Carpenters........................................................ 20.36 19.8 20.36 19.8 – – Electricians...................................................... 30.97 7.8 30.97 7.8 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 30.79 9.2 30.79 9.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.28 6.4 31.28 6.4 – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 30.60 8.3 30.60 8.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.26 8.3 23.01 9.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.51 3.6 18.51 3.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.57 2.7 23.92 1.6 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.40 5.1 18.40 5.1 – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 18.40 5.1 18.40 5.1 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.88 7.2 21.57 5.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.00 6.2 22.43 3.6 – – Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 21.90 3.9 21.90 3.9 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.25 2.9 16.32 3.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.00 4.0 11.01 4.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.72 9.3 12.83 6.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.33 4.0 15.33 4.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.21 4.4 18.21 4.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.45 2.8 18.45 2.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.07 9.2 23.07 9.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.40 4.2 27.40 4.2 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 15.82 5.4 15.82 5.4 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 15.82 5.4 15.82 5.4 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.91 10.3 15.91 10.3 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 23.34 15.5 23.34 15.5 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 23.34 15.5 23.34 15.5 – – Printers.......................................................... 18.06 14.7 18.06 14.7 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.75 8.5 14.75 8.5 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.93 4.9 14.44 3.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.32 10.6 12.32 10.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.86 10.7 15.35 11.3 10.82 5.9 Level 1 .................................................. 9.09 5.4 8.94 6.8 9.60 5.4 Level 2 .................................................. 11.15 16.2 11.35 16.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.29 4.5 13.30 5.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.44 6.5 19.44 6.5 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.04 7.7 16.94 8.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 22.35 4.9 22.35 4.9 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.33 4.6 20.29 4.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.49 6.8 20.49 6.8 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 15.22 24.3 15.22 24.3 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.46 11.5 13.46 11.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.04 3.7 15.04 3.7 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.54 8.0 12.00 9.7 10.07 4.9 Level 1 .................................................. 9.75 4.3 9.53 2.9 10.15 10.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.40 12.3 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.85 8.8 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.46 5.3 13.02 7.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.12 2.6 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.16 6.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.85 8.8 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA, September 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........................................................... $19.92 4.9 $20.81 4.6 $12.72 9.0 Management occupations.............................................. 34.91 9.6 34.91 9.6 – – Level 10.................................................. 35.19 5.0 35.19 5.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 27.60 14.3 27.60 14.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 51.14 2.2 51.14 2.2 – – Financial managers................................................ 42.94 25.6 42.94 25.6 – – Education administrators.......................................... 29.59 11.1 29.59 11.1 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.15 6.4 30.15 6.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.88 4.7 18.88 4.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.12 5.8 21.12 5.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.21 4.9 31.21 4.9 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 24.20 9.5 24.20 9.5 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.43 9.7 25.43 9.7 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 28.84 14.7 29.02 14.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.85 6.9 41.85 6.9 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 39.12 7.7 39.12 7.7 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 16.44 28.8 16.36 30.4 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 35.98 1.2 35.98 1.2 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.95 3.7 32.95 3.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.47 11.1 24.47 11.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.93 5.7 31.93 5.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.50 5.0 43.50 5.0 – – Engineers......................................................... 39.97 1.7 39.97 1.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.82 9.6 34.82 9.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.04 2.4 45.04 2.4 – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 39.15 4.2 39.15 4.2 – – Industrial engineers.......................................... 39.31 5.1 39.31 5.1 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.69 5.9 23.69 5.9 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 32.23 8.1 32.23 8.1 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.05 9.8 15.96 10.0 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 20.58 16.9 20.49 18.1 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 34.43 26.3 34.18 26.7 – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 34.43 26.3 34.18 26.7 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 15.96 16.8 15.70 18.8 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.16 26.6 16.02 26.8 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.94 5.5 30.21 5.9 27.68 7.4 Level 4 .................................................. 14.44 8.4 13.81 9.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.09 2.6 24.21 2.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.70 5.2 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.65 6.0 36.80 6.4 34.83 4.2 Level 10.................................................. 46.81 8.7 46.81 8.7 – – Pharmacists....................................................... 48.24 2.7 48.24 2.7 – – Registered nurses................................................. 35.25 3.6 35.27 3.8 35.11 3.1 Level 9 .................................................. 34.59 4.0 34.55 4.2 34.83 4.2 Therapists........................................................ 29.99 1.9 29.99 1.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.41 3.5 30.41 3.5 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. – – 18.83 5.1 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... – – 16.89 3.3 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.93 10.0 14.13 9.6 10.76 10.1 Level 3 .................................................. 12.28 10.1 12.39 12.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.93 7.7 16.13 9.1 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.00 7.0 11.85 6.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.01 3.4 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.09 8.0 12.26 6.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.30 5.6 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 16.60 4.4 17.64 5.9 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.20 5.4 11.33 6.2 8.08 .2 Level 1 .................................................. 8.26 1.8 – – 7.99 .4 Level 2 .................................................. 9.53 6.7 10.20 3.2 8.08 1.7 Level 3 .................................................. 11.05 2.5 11.67 1.9 – – Cooks............................................................. 12.92 5.0 12.92 5.0 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.99 .6 – – 7.94 .8 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.94 .3 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.21 1.3 – – 8.04 .3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.03 .6 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.15 1.0 – – 8.04 .3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.03 .6 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.58 4.5 11.99 5.3 10.57 6.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.73 7.7 9.65 6.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.82 6.1 12.01 7.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.06 12.7 13.33 13.2 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.48 4.5 11.91 5.6 10.57 6.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.73 7.7 9.65 6.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.82 6.1 12.01 7.2 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.58 5.0 11.99 6.1 10.26 6.6 Level 1 .................................................. 10.59 4.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. – – 11.60 6.4 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.31 8.0 11.73 8.8 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.05 10.5 11.36 12.5 9.38 6.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.86 1.4 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.82 17.2 19.92 16.6 9.74 4.5 Level 2 .................................................. 10.47 10.1 10.77 11.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.94 9.5 14.65 12.2 11.68 3.1 Level 4 .................................................. 14.20 12.3 14.35 12.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 25.61 10.5 25.61 10.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.02 19.8 18.02 19.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.35 11.4 17.35 11.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.14 7.2 19.14 7.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.35 11.4 17.35 11.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.14 7.2 19.14 7.2 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.27 12.4 13.63 13.2 10.65 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.52 9.9 10.77 11.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.27 9.4 14.86 12.4 12.06 2.8 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.76 11.0 10.99 11.6 9.43 13.6 Level 2 .................................................. 10.65 13.4 11.02 14.5 – – Cashiers...................................................... 10.76 11.0 10.99 11.6 9.43 13.6 Level 2 .................................................. 10.65 13.4 11.02 14.5 – – Retail salespersons............................................. 14.59 14.2 14.88 14.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.99 8.6 15.79 10.9 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.45 3.5 16.31 3.7 17.30 12.1 Level 2 .................................................. 11.84 10.2 11.54 10.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.25 6.0 13.34 6.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.58 3.7 15.67 3.5 13.59 11.1 Level 5 .................................................. 19.63 3.8 18.51 3.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.43 8.7 20.43 8.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.45 7.3 24.45 7.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.30 13.1 16.89 16.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.86 8.3 22.86 8.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.45 6.2 15.42 6.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.32 3.8 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.99 3.6 15.00 3.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.44 5.1 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.00 3.0 16.99 3.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.41 1.9 15.41 1.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.44 5.1 – – – – Tellers......................................................... 12.25 2.7 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.70 6.8 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.55 10.4 16.79 9.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.09 15.2 17.57 13.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.86 4.7 19.86 4.7 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.09 6.3 – – – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.85 8.2 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.48 4.2 19.47 9.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.79 6.0 15.81 6.4 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.74 16.0 21.74 16.0 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.63 3.9 15.63 3.9 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.21 5.5 15.61 6.0 12.46 8.2 Level 3 .................................................. 13.53 9.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.12 8.3 16.29 7.3 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 28.52 3.1 28.52 3.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 29.90 3.8 29.90 3.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.87 1.7 31.87 1.7 – – Electricians...................................................... 30.97 7.8 30.97 7.8 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 30.79 9.2 30.79 9.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.28 6.4 31.28 6.4 – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 30.60 8.3 30.60 8.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.15 9.1 22.88 10.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.51 3.6 18.51 3.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.50 3.0 23.78 1.8 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.40 5.1 18.40 5.1 – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 18.40 5.1 18.40 5.1 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.57 7.9 21.02 5.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.74 7.2 21.79 2.8 – – Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 21.90 3.9 21.90 3.9 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.20 2.9 16.27 3.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.00 4.0 11.01 4.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.72 9.3 12.83 6.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.33 4.0 15.33 4.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.21 4.4 18.21 4.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.16 2.0 18.16 2.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.07 9.2 23.07 9.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.40 4.2 27.40 4.2 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 15.82 5.4 15.82 5.4 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 15.82 5.4 15.82 5.4 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.91 10.3 15.91 10.3 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 23.34 15.5 23.34 15.5 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 23.34 15.5 23.34 15.5 – – Printers.......................................................... 18.06 14.7 18.06 14.7 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.75 8.5 14.75 8.5 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.93 4.9 14.44 3.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.32 10.6 12.32 10.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.43 11.4 14.90 11.9 10.47 6.0 Level 1 .................................................. 9.09 5.4 8.94 6.8 9.60 5.4 Level 2 .................................................. 11.05 17.0 11.24 17.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.22 4.9 13.30 5.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.09 7.5 19.09 7.5 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.04 7.7 16.94 8.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 22.35 4.9 22.35 4.9 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.33 4.6 20.29 4.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.49 6.8 20.49 6.8 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 15.22 24.3 15.22 24.3 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.46 11.5 13.46 11.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.04 3.7 15.04 3.7 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.54 8.0 12.00 9.7 10.07 4.9 Level 1 .................................................. 9.75 4.3 9.53 2.9 10.15 10.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.40 12.3 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.85 8.8 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.46 5.3 13.02 7.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.12 2.6 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.16 6.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.85 8.8 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA, September 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........................................................... $25.61 3.9 $25.96 4.5 $18.64 16.0 Management occupations.............................................. 39.56 13.5 39.56 13.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.67 4.3 24.67 4.3 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.57 8.7 – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 26.37 11.5 26.37 11.5 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.07 10.0 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 24.39 10.6 24.39 10.6 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.44 4.7 33.20 5.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.79 1.8 33.79 1.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 49.49 2.9 49.49 2.9 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 42.75 13.6 49.49 2.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 49.49 2.9 49.49 2.9 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.98 2.7 33.98 2.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.79 1.8 33.79 1.8 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.09 .8 34.09 .8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.74 .3 33.74 .3 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 34.10 2.6 34.10 2.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.74 2.0 33.74 2.0 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.08 1.5 34.08 1.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.74 3.3 33.74 3.3 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.74 4.7 34.74 4.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.24 4.2 34.24 4.2 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.74 4.7 34.74 4.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.24 4.2 34.24 4.2 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 15.56 6.3 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.74 5.9 26.48 5.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.90 4.9 33.18 4.9 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 22.04 5.5 22.04 5.5 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.05 6.3 15.05 6.3 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.91 7.7 14.91 7.7 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.91 7.7 14.91 7.7 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.22 5.4 17.17 5.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.34 6.2 17.20 7.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.24 3.0 19.24 3.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 20.16 6.1 20.16 6.1 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 16.80 13.4 16.80 13.4 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 23.41 18.1 – – – – 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), Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA, September 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........................................................... $20.49 4.4 $21.36 4.1 $12.99 8.5 Management occupations.............................................. 35.54 8.4 35.54 8.4 – – Group II.................................................. 22.08 6.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 31.38 7.4 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 54.20 8.8 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 31.94 15.3 31.94 15.3 – – Financial managers................................................ 42.94 25.6 42.94 25.6 – – Education administrators.......................................... 33.17 12.5 33.17 12.5 – – Group III................................................. 32.03 13.0 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.74 6.1 29.74 6.1 – – Group II.................................................. 23.39 5.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 35.08 11.1 – – – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 24.20 9.5 24.20 9.5 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.27 8.2 25.27 8.2 – – Group II.................................................. 21.56 5.0 21.56 5.0 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 28.92 13.0 29.16 13.1 – – Group II.................................................. 19.38 19.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.42 5.0 – – – – Computer software engineers....................................... 38.67 7.2 38.67 7.2 – – Group III................................................. 38.90 8.0 – – – – Computer support specialists...................................... 16.74 26.6 16.64 28.6 – – Group II.................................................. 16.74 26.6 16.64 28.6 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 33.77 2.6 33.77 2.6 – – Group III................................................. 33.97 2.8 33.97 2.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.26 2.5 32.26 2.5 – – Group II.................................................. 24.67 2.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.01 4.7 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 39.92 1.7 39.92 1.7 – – Group II.................................................. 31.27 .7 – – – – Group III................................................. 41.37 2.2 – – – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 39.15 4.2 39.15 4.2 – – Group III................................................. 39.64 5.4 – – – – Industrial engineers.......................................... 39.31 5.1 39.31 5.1 – – Group III................................................. 39.93 6.9 39.93 6.9 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.89 4.8 23.89 4.8 – – Group II.................................................. 22.82 4.3 – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 29.98 6.2 29.98 6.4 – – Group III................................................. 31.38 8.5 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.53 8.8 18.51 8.9 – – Group II.................................................. 16.11 6.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 30.20 8.1 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 25.81 13.3 26.60 14.6 – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 25.83 13.4 26.60 14.6 – – Social workers.................................................... 18.66 9.8 18.66 9.8 – – Legal occupations................................................... 56.47 10.6 56.47 10.6 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.70 8.8 28.21 9.3 19.23 10.2 Group I................................................... 12.52 11.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.24 26.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 32.74 5.4 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 37.49 17.0 39.02 18.1 – – Group III................................................. 37.55 15.4 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 35.44 20.6 37.06 22.2 – – Group III................................................. 34.51 19.3 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.25 9.2 29.70 9.0 – – Group III................................................. 31.38 5.2 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.78 6.2 32.95 3.2 – – Group III................................................. 31.28 6.7 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.46 10.0 32.22 6.1 – – Group III................................................. 29.85 10.1 31.71 5.9 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.08 1.5 34.08 1.5 – – Group III................................................. 33.74 3.3 33.74 3.3 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.31 5.3 34.31 5.3 – – Group III................................................. 33.78 4.8 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.31 5.3 34.31 5.3 – – Group III................................................. 33.78 4.8 33.78 4.8 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.52 11.4 12.34 12.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.52 11.4 12.34 12.0 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.71 24.6 16.59 24.8 – – Group II.................................................. 18.76 19.8 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.17 4.6 29.27 4.9 28.17 6.5 Group I................................................... 14.82 9.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.53 9.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 36.79 5.2 – – – – Pharmacists....................................................... 48.24 2.7 48.24 2.7 – – Group III................................................. 48.63 3.3 48.63 3.3 – – Registered nurses................................................. 35.34 3.1 35.38 3.1 35.11 3.1 Group III................................................. 35.33 3.1 35.38 3.1 34.83 4.2 Therapists........................................................ 28.59 3.9 28.05 6.1 – – Group III................................................. 28.91 4.7 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.67 3.3 18.87 3.7 – – Group II.................................................. 19.55 6.7 – – – – Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 18.05 2.7 18.11 3.1 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 29.68 16.7 29.68 16.7 – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 29.68 16.7 29.68 16.7 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 23.51 2.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.51 2.3 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.05 9.6 14.23 9.0 10.83 10.1 Group I................................................... 12.63 9.1 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.11 7.1 11.94 6.8 – – Group I................................................... 10.92 6.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.21 8.2 12.36 6.3 – – Group I................................................... 10.99 7.8 12.04 6.1 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 16.60 4.1 17.55 5.5 – – Group I................................................... 16.13 4.6 – – – – Medical assistants.............................................. 14.92 2.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 14.92 2.2 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.21 5.2 11.33 6.2 8.13 .5 Group I................................................... 9.68 5.7 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 12.86 5.2 12.86 5.2 – – Group I................................................... 12.81 5.6 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.99 .6 – – 7.94 .8 Group I................................................... 7.99 .6 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.94 .3 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.94 .3 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.25 1.0 – – 8.11 .7 Group I................................................... 8.25 1.0 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.19 .7 – – 8.11 .7 Group I................................................... 8.19 .7 – – 8.11 .7 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.06 4.6 12.55 5.0 10.57 6.3 Group I................................................... 11.86 4.5 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.96 4.6 12.50 5.3 10.57 6.3 Group I................................................... 11.88 4.4 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.27 5.0 12.74 5.6 10.26 6.6 Group I................................................... 12.16 4.8 12.61 5.3 10.26 6.6 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.31 8.0 11.73 8.8 – – Group I................................................... 11.31 8.0 11.73 8.8 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.98 9.9 11.36 12.5 9.33 4.8 Group I................................................... 10.54 12.5 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.79 16.5 19.83 15.9 9.74 4.5 Group I................................................... 12.36 8.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.35 7.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.10 10.5 18.10 10.5 – – Group II.................................................. 18.85 6.7 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.10 10.5 18.10 10.5 – – Group II.................................................. 18.85 6.7 18.85 6.7 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.28 11.8 13.62 12.5 10.65 2.2 Group I................................................... 12.49 8.0 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.04 10.1 11.29 10.5 9.43 13.6 Group I................................................... 11.04 10.1 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 11.04 10.1 11.29 10.5 9.43 13.6 Group I................................................... 11.04 10.1 11.29 10.5 9.43 13.6 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.59 14.2 14.88 14.0 – – Group I................................................... 13.15 8.3 13.32 9.3 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.51 3.3 16.39 3.4 17.33 11.5 Group I................................................... 14.39 3.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.63 2.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.86 8.3 22.86 8.3 – – Group II.................................................. 22.34 9.6 22.34 9.6 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.82 5.7 15.82 5.9 – – Group I................................................... 14.07 5.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.28 3.7 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.05 2.8 17.04 3.0 – – Group I................................................... 15.41 1.9 15.41 1.9 – – Group II.................................................. 18.85 4.6 19.11 4.7 – – Tellers......................................................... 12.25 2.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.25 2.7 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.55 10.4 16.79 9.7 – – Group I................................................... 15.74 11.5 16.03 10.8 – – Group II.................................................. 18.96 11.4 18.96 11.4 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.09 6.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 14.64 7.1 – – – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.85 8.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.85 8.2 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.30 3.6 19.33 7.8 – – Group I................................................... 15.59 3.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.71 4.6 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.80 10.7 20.80 10.7 – – Group II.................................................. 21.83 10.9 21.83 10.9 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.67 3.5 15.67 3.5 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.44 5.0 15.80 5.4 12.46 8.2 Group I................................................... 15.35 5.7 15.65 6.3 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 28.50 3.0 28.50 3.0 – – Group I................................................... 19.71 23.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 30.51 4.6 – – – – Carpenters........................................................ 20.36 19.8 20.36 19.8 – – Electricians...................................................... 30.97 7.8 30.97 7.8 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 30.79 9.2 30.79 9.2 – – Group II.................................................. 30.98 10.0 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 30.60 8.3 30.60 8.3 – – Group II.................................................. 30.81 9.4 30.81 9.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.26 8.3 23.01 9.8 – – Group II.................................................. 24.27 9.9 – – – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.40 5.1 18.40 5.1 – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 18.40 5.1 18.40 5.1 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.88 7.2 21.57 5.8 – – Group II.................................................. 24.12 5.1 – – – – Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 21.90 3.9 21.90 3.9 – – Group II.................................................. 21.90 3.9 21.90 3.9 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.25 2.9 16.32 3.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.96 2.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.12 3.4 – – – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 15.82 5.4 15.82 5.4 – – Group I................................................... 14.15 3.0 – – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 15.82 5.4 15.82 5.4 – – Group I................................................... 14.15 3.0 14.15 3.0 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.91 10.3 15.91 10.3 – – Group I................................................... 15.78 13.3 – – – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 23.34 15.5 23.34 15.5 – – Group II.................................................. 25.23 14.9 – – – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 23.34 15.5 23.34 15.5 – – Group II.................................................. 25.23 14.9 25.23 14.9 – – Printers.......................................................... 18.06 14.7 18.06 14.7 – – Group II.................................................. 20.19 4.5 – – – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.75 8.5 14.75 8.5 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.93 4.9 14.44 3.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.84 8.0 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.86 10.7 15.35 11.3 10.82 5.9 Group I................................................... 12.83 9.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.81 7.5 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.04 7.7 16.94 8.0 – – Group I................................................... 16.40 9.8 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.33 4.6 20.29 4.7 – – Group I................................................... 19.89 6.6 19.89 6.6 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 15.22 24.3 15.22 24.3 – – Group I................................................... 15.22 24.3 15.22 24.3 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.46 11.5 13.46 11.5 – – Group I................................................... 13.13 11.8 13.13 11.8 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.54 8.0 12.00 9.7 10.07 4.9 Group I................................................... 11.19 6.4 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.46 5.3 13.02 7.3 – – Group I................................................... 12.06 4.6 12.50 7.2 – – 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), Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA, September 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.00 $11.33 $17.40 $25.96 $35.83 Management occupations.............................................. 20.25 21.55 33.98 46.12 57.25 General and operations managers................................... 19.23 19.23 34.63 40.04 42.93 Financial managers................................................ 20.84 20.84 40.82 67.24 67.24 Education administrators.......................................... 23.26 23.65 33.98 40.41 47.87 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.50 21.63 30.67 32.39 45.01 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 19.68 19.68 23.62 28.99 28.99 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 18.50 19.59 23.64 31.25 34.49 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 10.75 20.21 31.20 36.57 44.14 Computer software engineers....................................... 31.20 31.82 38.92 44.80 49.40 Computer support specialists...................................... 10.50 10.75 16.21 23.61 24.80 Computer systems analysts......................................... 30.04 30.68 34.55 36.90 37.13 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.03 23.94 31.70 38.89 47.12 Engineers......................................................... 31.70 33.60 38.62 46.17 49.05 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 28.67 33.66 42.81 43.14 47.78 Industrial engineers.......................................... 28.67 28.98 43.14 43.14 48.65 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 18.94 20.15 22.56 27.31 32.51 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 21.01 26.37 27.24 33.80 44.05 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.10 13.96 16.09 19.68 25.13 Counselors........................................................ 11.89 15.79 25.11 38.90 41.99 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 11.89 15.79 25.11 38.90 41.99 Social workers.................................................... 14.29 14.29 19.68 21.19 23.70 Legal occupations................................................... 20.97 40.87 51.61 60.10 96.15 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.46 16.85 26.07 36.49 44.72 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 22.50 25.93 32.27 47.47 58.39 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 22.50 25.93 31.22 44.32 57.87 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 13.76 21.60 30.09 37.47 42.15 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 19.29 24.45 33.33 37.99 43.02 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 17.54 22.81 31.75 37.30 41.99 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 24.25 28.09 33.89 39.76 45.16 Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.19 27.87 33.77 40.63 45.54 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 24.19 27.87 33.77 40.63 45.54 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.46 10.46 10.46 14.61 17.59 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 9.13 9.68 16.83 23.43 26.85 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.00 19.92 30.06 36.35 46.09 Pharmacists....................................................... 46.32 46.32 47.06 50.68 54.60 Registered nurses................................................. 29.00 31.57 35.95 38.95 41.33 Therapists........................................................ 22.56 22.56 27.81 32.95 37.06 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 14.66 16.96 18.14 20.89 21.91 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 14.48 16.96 17.97 19.57 21.81 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 21.20 21.20 32.02 36.85 39.58 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 21.20 21.20 32.02 36.85 39.58 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 22.11 22.30 22.97 24.93 24.93 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.91 10.03 11.49 15.65 19.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.91 9.91 10.34 11.49 14.78 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.91 9.91 10.34 11.49 15.30 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.36 14.80 16.68 19.37 20.00 Medical assistants.............................................. 7.93 13.52 15.65 16.68 18.60 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.80 7.95 8.75 11.14 14.76 Cooks............................................................. 9.00 10.00 14.08 14.76 15.46 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.80 7.80 7.85 8.05 8.11 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.80 7.80 7.95 8.11 8.11 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.80 7.95 7.95 8.52 9.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.80 7.95 7.95 8.50 8.80 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.25 10.42 11.25 14.00 16.10 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.00 10.00 11.25 13.57 15.46 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.00 10.79 11.25 13.79 16.52 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.80 9.98 11.50 13.00 14.55 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.80 8.30 9.07 12.33 18.23 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.16 10.70 15.88 20.19 27.83 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.45 15.75 16.35 21.08 27.69 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 11.45 15.75 16.35 21.08 27.69 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.16 9.25 11.00 16.30 19.54 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.16 8.75 10.70 12.22 16.30 Cashiers...................................................... 8.16 8.75 10.70 12.22 16.30 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.43 10.00 12.21 17.48 19.59 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.47 13.00 16.00 19.50 22.24 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 16.52 18.62 25.02 27.08 30.48 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.05 13.00 15.62 18.00 20.88 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.95 15.58 17.00 18.76 20.88 Tellers......................................................... 11.05 11.05 13.00 13.00 13.14 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.00 10.50 16.96 22.24 22.24 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.50 12.10 14.71 15.00 17.26 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.00 9.25 10.55 14.16 16.36 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.09 16.00 21.92 21.92 25.52 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.60 17.43 19.83 21.61 32.69 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.09 15.09 15.21 15.87 17.57 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.15 12.50 15.04 18.54 18.54 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.64 24.62 29.66 33.00 34.99 Carpenters........................................................ 12.25 14.00 17.75 30.22 30.22 Electricians...................................................... 13.72 33.00 33.00 33.74 33.74 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 21.90 28.56 30.00 34.99 36.70 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 21.90 28.00 30.00 34.49 36.70 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.75 17.50 21.17 25.89 37.18 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 11.30 14.50 17.50 21.50 26.92 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 11.30 14.50 17.50 21.50 26.92 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 14.00 19.82 22.30 25.54 30.72 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 16.22 22.26 22.30 22.30 25.35 Production occupations.............................................. 9.71 11.14 16.00 19.03 23.15 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 10.29 13.00 15.99 18.91 20.77 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 10.29 13.00 15.99 18.91 20.77 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.00 11.70 16.74 21.55 22.25 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.08 16.47 21.62 32.79 32.79 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.08 16.47 21.62 32.79 32.79 Printers.......................................................... 12.00 13.65 18.95 19.86 25.96 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 9.00 9.75 14.00 15.97 18.83 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.00 10.50 11.55 16.45 21.65 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.80 8.78 12.98 18.03 24.04 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.25 11.50 16.00 20.92 27.00 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.00 18.77 20.91 21.17 22.67 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 8.25 8.25 10.50 27.00 27.00 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.00 10.00 11.00 16.50 21.62 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.14 8.78 10.00 13.15 18.03 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.14 9.50 11.50 14.30 19.71 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), Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA, September 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.89 $11.00 $16.47 $24.66 $34.99 Management occupations.............................................. 19.23 21.55 33.98 46.12 56.30 Financial managers................................................ 20.84 20.84 40.82 67.24 67.24 Education administrators.......................................... 23.26 23.65 23.65 34.18 40.41 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.57 21.78 30.67 32.39 51.24 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 19.68 19.68 23.62 28.99 28.99 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 19.59 19.59 24.41 31.25 34.49 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 10.75 19.23 31.20 36.57 45.29 Computer software engineers....................................... 31.20 33.73 39.81 45.19 49.51 Computer support specialists...................................... 10.50 10.75 14.50 23.61 24.41 Computer systems analysts......................................... 33.23 35.51 35.51 37.13 37.13 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.00 23.94 32.48 42.58 47.34 Engineers......................................................... 31.70 32.86 38.89 46.57 49.09 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 28.67 33.66 42.81 43.14 47.78 Industrial engineers.......................................... 28.67 28.98 43.14 43.14 48.65 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 18.94 19.90 21.64 28.75 32.51 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.87 26.75 30.45 37.57 44.47 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.65 13.10 14.98 17.65 19.68 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.19 10.46 17.54 25.93 32.27 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 22.50 25.93 30.26 32.27 57.87 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 22.50 25.93 30.26 32.27 57.87 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 9.76 10.26 16.39 20.17 22.81 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 9.13 9.68 15.35 20.89 26.85 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.66 18.58 32.02 37.29 46.32 Pharmacists....................................................... 46.32 46.32 47.06 50.68 54.60 Registered nurses................................................. 28.55 31.49 35.93 38.69 40.59 Therapists........................................................ 23.89 26.33 30.34 33.69 35.48 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.91 10.03 11.49 15.45 19.37 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.91 9.91 10.34 11.49 14.78 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.91 9.91 10.34 11.49 14.89 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.36 14.80 16.50 19.37 20.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.80 7.95 8.52 11.14 14.76 Cooks............................................................. 9.00 10.00 14.08 14.97 15.46 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.80 7.80 7.85 8.05 8.11 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.80 7.80 7.95 8.11 8.11 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.80 7.95 7.95 8.52 9.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.80 7.95 7.95 8.50 8.75 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.00 10.00 11.16 12.74 14.86 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.55 10.00 11.16 11.70 14.55 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.50 10.00 11.16 11.70 15.14 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.80 9.98 11.50 13.00 14.55 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.80 8.30 9.07 12.33 18.23 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.16 10.25 15.88 20.00 27.83 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.45 15.75 16.15 20.00 21.25 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 11.45 15.75 16.15 20.00 21.25 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.16 9.25 11.00 16.30 19.54 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.16 8.75 10.55 12.22 16.30 Cashiers...................................................... 8.16 8.75 10.55 12.22 16.30 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.43 10.00 12.21 17.48 19.59 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.29 13.00 15.98 19.50 22.24 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 16.52 18.62 25.02 27.08 30.48 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.00 13.00 15.58 17.21 20.88 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.95 15.58 16.35 18.87 20.88 Tellers......................................................... 11.05 11.05 13.00 13.00 13.14 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.00 10.50 16.96 22.24 22.24 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.50 12.10 14.71 15.00 17.26 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.00 9.25 10.55 14.16 16.36 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.09 17.43 21.92 21.92 25.52 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.00 16.49 19.83 32.69 32.69 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.09 15.09 15.09 15.87 17.57 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.35 12.50 14.64 18.54 18.54 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.64 24.62 29.66 33.00 34.99 Electricians...................................................... 13.72 33.00 33.00 33.74 33.74 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 21.90 28.56 30.00 34.99 36.70 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 21.90 28.00 30.00 34.49 36.70 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.50 17.40 21.17 25.89 43.22 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 11.30 14.50 17.50 21.50 26.92 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 11.30 14.50 17.50 21.50 26.92 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 14.00 19.82 22.30 25.35 30.72 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 16.22 22.26 22.30 22.30 25.35 Production occupations.............................................. 9.71 11.10 15.97 19.01 22.71 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 10.29 13.00 15.99 18.91 20.77 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 10.29 13.00 15.99 18.91 20.77 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.00 11.70 16.74 21.55 22.25 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.08 16.47 21.62 32.79 32.79 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.08 16.47 21.62 32.79 32.79 Printers.......................................................... 12.00 13.65 18.95 19.86 25.96 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 9.00 9.75 14.00 15.97 18.83 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.00 10.50 11.55 16.45 21.65 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.80 8.78 12.50 18.00 24.04 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.25 11.50 16.00 20.92 27.00 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.00 18.77 20.91 21.17 22.67 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 8.25 8.25 10.50 27.00 27.00 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.00 10.00 11.00 16.50 21.62 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.14 8.78 10.00 13.15 18.03 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.14 9.50 11.50 14.30 19.71 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), Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA, September 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $13.96 $17.80 $23.98 $31.57 $39.87 Management occupations.............................................. 26.65 29.58 36.06 47.87 62.21 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.50 20.23 24.40 27.68 33.59 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.67 24.45 30.68 35.55 35.55 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.14 22.56 24.85 28.79 38.57 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 21.01 26.37 26.88 27.68 44.05 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.99 17.59 23.26 27.60 41.28 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 15.88 24.66 33.33 40.57 46.12 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 18.00 37.01 46.12 52.81 58.39 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.19 27.87 33.89 40.53 44.05 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 24.20 28.48 33.89 39.66 44.05 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.20 28.66 33.33 39.28 43.25 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 24.25 28.09 33.89 39.76 45.16 Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.59 28.48 34.42 40.63 45.54 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 24.59 28.48 34.42 40.63 45.54 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.55 13.65 15.75 17.59 20.11 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 19.57 20.89 24.93 31.57 38.06 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.49 15.49 21.03 26.78 29.02 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.42 13.57 15.61 16.52 18.03 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.19 13.57 15.57 16.52 18.03 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.19 13.57 15.57 16.52 18.03 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.89 13.96 17.66 20.14 22.71 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.17 18.34 20.14 20.72 25.67 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.89 12.85 16.07 22.41 23.10 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.79 16.33 23.61 29.45 34.34 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), Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA, September 2007 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.68 $12.50 $18.40 $27.06 $36.55 Management occupations.............................................. 20.25 21.55 33.98 46.12 57.25 General and operations managers................................... 19.23 19.23 34.63 40.04 42.93 Financial managers................................................ 20.84 20.84 40.82 67.24 67.24 Education administrators.......................................... 23.26 23.65 33.98 40.41 47.87 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.50 21.63 30.67 32.39 45.01 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 19.68 19.68 23.62 28.99 28.99 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 18.50 19.59 23.64 31.25 34.49 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 10.75 22.99 31.24 36.57 44.46 Computer software engineers....................................... 31.20 31.82 38.92 44.80 49.40 Computer support specialists...................................... 10.50 10.75 16.10 24.01 24.89 Computer systems analysts......................................... 30.04 30.68 34.55 36.90 37.13 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.03 23.94 31.70 38.89 47.12 Engineers......................................................... 31.70 33.60 38.62 46.17 49.05 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 28.67 33.66 42.81 43.14 47.78 Industrial engineers.......................................... 28.67 28.98 43.14 43.14 48.65 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 18.94 20.15 22.56 27.31 32.51 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 21.01 26.37 27.24 33.80 44.05 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.10 13.96 16.75 19.68 25.13 Counselors........................................................ 11.89 17.59 25.74 39.03 41.99 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 11.89 17.59 25.74 39.03 41.99 Social workers.................................................... 14.29 14.29 19.68 21.19 23.70 Legal occupations................................................... 20.97 40.87 51.61 60.10 96.15 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.46 17.59 27.38 37.01 45.16 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 22.50 28.61 32.27 48.19 58.39 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 22.50 25.93 31.22 45.27 59.44 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 13.76 22.81 30.85 37.76 43.25 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 22.81 26.33 33.33 38.90 43.25 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.41 24.72 33.33 37.99 41.99 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 24.25 28.09 33.89 39.76 45.16 Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.19 27.87 33.77 40.63 45.54 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 24.19 27.87 33.77 40.63 45.54 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.46 10.46 10.46 14.22 17.59 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 9.13 9.68 16.83 23.43 26.85 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.00 20.26 29.51 36.35 46.32 Pharmacists....................................................... 46.32 46.32 47.06 50.68 54.60 Registered nurses................................................. 28.73 31.57 35.83 39.33 41.61 Therapists........................................................ 22.56 22.56 27.50 32.48 35.34 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 14.48 16.96 18.58 20.89 21.91 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 13.70 16.96 18.14 19.57 21.91 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 21.20 21.20 32.02 36.85 39.58 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 21.20 21.20 32.02 36.85 39.58 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.25 11.00 13.52 18.00 19.37 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.03 10.34 11.49 12.48 15.45 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.34 10.34 11.49 14.06 16.06 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.00 15.10 18.60 19.37 20.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.95 8.52 10.61 13.50 15.46 Cooks............................................................. 9.00 10.00 14.08 14.76 15.46 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.00 10.45 11.50 14.55 16.29 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.00 11.00 11.50 14.55 16.52 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.00 11.00 11.43 14.71 16.92 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.21 9.80 11.50 14.55 14.55 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.80 9.07 9.07 13.62 19.17 Sales and related occupations....................................... 9.08 11.00 16.30 21.25 31.56 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.45 15.75 16.35 21.08 27.69 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 11.45 15.75 16.35 21.08 27.69 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.43 9.50 11.26 16.30 19.54 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.16 9.25 10.79 12.23 16.30 Cashiers...................................................... 8.16 9.25 10.79 12.23 16.30 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.63 10.00 12.21 19.54 19.59 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.50 13.00 15.95 18.87 22.41 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 16.52 18.62 25.02 27.08 30.48 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.00 13.00 15.62 18.34 20.88 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.95 15.58 16.35 18.87 20.88 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.00 10.70 18.63 22.24 22.24 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.09 15.87 17.60 22.10 25.52 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.60 17.43 19.83 21.61 32.69 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.09 15.09 15.21 15.87 17.57 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.36 13.00 15.87 18.54 19.20 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.64 24.62 29.66 33.00 34.99 Carpenters........................................................ 12.25 14.00 17.75 30.22 30.22 Electricians...................................................... 13.72 33.00 33.00 33.74 33.74 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 21.90 28.56 30.00 34.99 36.70 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 21.90 28.00 30.00 34.49 36.70 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.50 17.50 21.17 25.04 43.22 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 11.30 14.50 17.50 21.50 26.92 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 11.30 14.50 17.50 21.50 26.92 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 14.00 19.82 22.30 24.73 26.14 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 16.22 22.26 22.30 22.30 25.35 Production occupations.............................................. 9.66 11.25 16.01 19.25 23.58 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 10.29 13.00 15.99 18.91 20.77 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 10.29 13.00 15.99 18.91 20.77 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.00 11.70 16.74 21.55 22.25 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.08 16.47 21.62 32.79 32.79 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.08 16.47 21.62 32.79 32.79 Printers.......................................................... 12.00 13.65 18.95 19.86 25.96 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 9.00 9.75 14.00 15.97 18.83 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.84 10.50 12.00 16.45 21.65 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.80 9.00 13.15 19.76 25.93 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.25 11.50 15.50 21.17 27.00 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.00 18.00 20.91 21.17 22.67 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 8.25 8.25 10.50 27.00 27.00 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.00 10.00 11.00 16.50 21.62 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.14 8.78 11.00 13.88 19.71 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.14 9.50 12.63 14.95 19.71 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), Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA, September 2007 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.81 $7.95 $10.00 $15.70 $21.92 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.35 15.88 17.54 18.00 32.06 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.79 17.96 30.12 36.72 38.11 Registered nurses................................................. 30.12 31.17 36.72 38.06 39.82 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.91 8.91 9.91 10.59 15.65 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.78 7.85 7.95 8.10 8.80 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.77 7.85 7.95 7.95 8.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.78 7.95 7.95 7.95 8.75 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.78 7.95 7.95 7.95 8.75 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.80 9.50 10.79 11.25 13.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.80 9.50 10.79 11.25 13.00 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.55 9.50 10.79 11.25 11.25 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.80 7.80 8.05 9.00 12.35 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.80 8.00 8.00 10.50 15.70 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.80 7.81 8.95 14.84 15.88 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.81 7.95 8.28 9.85 14.08 Cashiers...................................................... 7.81 7.95 8.28 9.85 14.08 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.29 11.35 18.00 21.92 21.92 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.00 10.55 11.35 11.75 17.90 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.94 8.40 9.00 12.00 16.00 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.80 7.94 9.00 11.00 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, Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA, September 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........................................................... $21.36 $18.40 $846 $720 39.6 $43,350 $37,440 2,029 Management occupations.............................................. 35.54 33.98 1,463 1,359 41.2 75,764 70,670 2,132 General and operations managers................................... 31.94 34.63 1,322 1,385 41.4 68,729 72,030 2,152 Financial managers................................................ 42.94 40.82 1,718 1,633 40.0 89,322 84,895 2,080 Education administrators.......................................... 33.17 33.98 1,327 1,359 40.0 68,240 70,670 2,057 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.74 30.67 1,181 1,227 39.7 61,406 63,794 2,064 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 24.20 23.62 987 945 40.8 51,304 49,138 2,120 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.27 23.64 1,011 946 40.0 52,560 49,173 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.16 31.24 1,164 1,250 39.9 60,546 64,979 2,076 Computer software engineers....................................... 38.67 38.92 1,547 1,557 40.0 80,425 80,954 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 16.64 16.10 670 594 40.3 34,845 30,888 2,094 Computer systems analysts......................................... 33.77 34.55 1,386 1,382 41.0 72,080 71,864 2,134 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.26 31.70 1,305 1,268 40.4 67,848 65,936 2,103 Engineers......................................................... 39.92 38.62 1,602 1,545 40.1 83,286 80,330 2,087 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 39.15 42.81 1,587 1,726 40.5 82,511 89,740 2,108 Industrial engineers.......................................... 39.31 43.14 1,598 1,726 40.7 83,086 89,740 2,114 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.89 22.56 956 902 40.0 49,697 46,925 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 29.98 27.24 1,173 1,075 39.1 58,907 55,915 1,965 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.51 16.75 740 670 40.0 35,230 31,152 1,903 Counselors........................................................ 26.60 25.74 1,064 1,030 40.0 45,662 43,548 1,717 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 26.60 25.74 1,064 1,030 40.0 45,662 43,548 1,717 Social workers.................................................... 18.66 19.68 746 787 40.0 37,025 40,936 1,984 Legal occupations................................................... 56.47 51.61 2,210 1,935 39.1 114,925 100,638 2,035 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 28.21 27.38 1,102 1,080 39.1 45,618 44,774 1,617 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 39.02 32.27 1,558 1,452 39.9 65,375 62,945 1,675 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 37.06 31.22 1,479 1,249 39.9 64,312 62,802 1,736 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.70 30.85 1,158 1,207 39.0 46,464 47,552 1,564 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.95 33.33 1,283 1,333 38.9 49,749 50,921 1,510 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.22 33.33 1,247 1,312 38.7 49,101 50,711 1,524 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.08 33.89 1,340 1,356 39.3 50,719 51,790 1,488 Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.31 33.77 1,344 1,351 39.2 50,676 51,594 1,477 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.31 33.77 1,344 1,351 39.2 50,676 51,594 1,477 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.34 10.46 471 418 38.2 21,276 21,751 1,724 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.59 16.83 656 614 39.5 34,101 31,928 2,056 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.27 29.51 1,137 1,120 38.8 58,745 56,347 2,007 Pharmacists....................................................... 48.24 47.06 1,930 1,883 40.0 100,348 97,893 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 35.38 35.83 1,341 1,330 37.9 68,563 67,892 1,938 Therapists........................................................ 28.05 27.50 1,105 1,083 39.4 56,172 53,706 2,003 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.87 18.58 752 743 39.8 39,097 38,646 2,072 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 18.11 18.14 725 726 40.0 37,674 37,731 2,080 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 29.68 32.02 1,145 1,211 38.6 59,560 62,962 2,007 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 29.68 32.02 1,145 1,211 38.6 59,560 62,962 2,007 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.23 13.52 527 527 37.0 27,390 27,417 1,925 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.94 11.49 444 431 37.2 23,092 22,409 1,933 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.36 11.49 481 431 38.9 25,011 22,409 2,024 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.55 18.60 646 640 36.8 33,582 33,280 1,913 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.33 10.61 427 363 37.7 22,108 18,876 1,952 Cooks............................................................. 12.86 14.08 483 563 37.5 24,723 29,286 1,923 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.55 11.50 495 460 39.4 25,550 23,920 2,036 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.50 11.50 494 460 39.5 25,467 23,920 2,038 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.74 11.43 506 448 39.7 26,040 23,275 2,044 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.73 11.50 456 460 38.8 23,687 23,920 2,020 Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.36 9.07 443 363 39.0 22,684 18,872 1,998 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.83 16.30 796 654 40.2 41,412 34,000 2,088 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.10 16.35 754 700 41.6 39,194 36,400 2,165 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.10 16.35 754 700 41.6 39,194 36,400 2,165 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.62 11.26 543 450 39.9 28,235 23,419 2,073 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.29 10.79 450 428 39.9 23,426 22,254 2,076 Cashiers...................................................... 11.29 10.79 450 428 39.9 23,426 22,254 2,076 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.88 12.21 592 488 39.8 30,796 25,386 2,069 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.39 15.95 650 628 39.7 33,728 32,481 2,058 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.86 25.02 914 1,001 40.0 47,000 52,037 2,056 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.82 15.62 632 625 39.9 32,852 32,481 2,076 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.04 16.35 679 654 39.9 35,330 34,000 2,074 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.79 18.63 671 745 40.0 34,915 38,752 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.33 17.60 738 703 38.2 38,034 36,254 1,968 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.80 19.83 832 793 40.0 43,240 41,244 2,079 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.67 15.21 627 608 40.0 31,590 31,387 2,015 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.80 15.87 632 635 40.0 32,862 33,010 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 28.50 29.66 1,140 1,186 40.0 59,280 61,689 2,080 Carpenters........................................................ 20.36 17.75 814 710 40.0 42,341 36,920 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 30.97 33.00 1,239 1,320 40.0 64,423 68,640 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 30.79 30.00 1,232 1,200 40.0 64,044 62,400 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 30.60 30.00 1,224 1,200 40.0 63,649 62,400 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.01 21.17 920 847 40.0 47,856 44,034 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.40 17.50 736 700 40.0 38,273 36,400 2,080 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 18.40 17.50 736 700 40.0 38,273 36,400 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.57 22.30 863 892 40.0 44,867 46,384 2,080 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 21.90 22.30 876 892 40.0 45,558 46,384 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.32 16.01 649 639 39.8 33,730 33,218 2,067 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 15.82 15.99 633 640 40.0 32,897 33,268 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 15.82 15.99 633 640 40.0 32,897 33,268 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.91 16.74 636 670 40.0 33,091 34,821 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 23.34 21.62 934 865 40.0 48,555 44,970 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 23.34 21.62 934 865 40.0 48,555 44,970 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 18.06 18.95 722 758 40.0 37,570 39,414 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.75 14.00 590 560 40.0 30,687 29,120 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.44 12.00 578 480 40.0 30,030 24,960 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.35 13.15 608 526 39.6 31,345 27,040 2,042 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.94 15.50 678 620 40.0 35,236 32,240 2,080 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.29 20.91 811 837 40.0 42,196 43,499 2,080 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 15.22 10.50 609 420 40.0 31,657 21,840 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.46 11.00 539 440 40.0 28,006 22,880 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.00 11.00 478 440 39.9 24,869 22,880 2,073 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.02 12.63 518 477 39.8 26,953 24,794 2,071 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, Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA, September 2007 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $20.81 $17.45 $824 $687 39.6 $42,666 $35,630 2,050 Management occupations.............................................. 34.91 33.98 1,444 1,359 41.4 74,833 70,670 2,144 Financial managers................................................ 42.94 40.82 1,718 1,633 40.0 89,322 84,895 2,080 Education administrators.......................................... 29.59 23.65 1,184 946 40.0 61,554 49,184 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.15 30.67 1,196 1,227 39.7 62,204 63,794 2,063 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 24.20 23.62 987 945 40.8 51,304 49,138 2,120 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.43 24.41 1,017 976 40.0 52,898 50,762 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.02 31.24 1,159 1,250 39.9 60,245 64,979 2,076 Computer software engineers....................................... 39.12 39.81 1,565 1,593 40.0 81,379 82,811 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 16.36 13.59 659 538 40.3 34,284 27,955 2,095 Computer systems analysts......................................... 35.98 35.51 1,534 1,485 42.6 79,750 77,226 2,217 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.95 32.48 1,334 1,302 40.5 69,388 67,692 2,106 Engineers......................................................... 39.97 38.89 1,604 1,556 40.1 83,401 80,900 2,087 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 39.15 42.81 1,587 1,726 40.5 82,511 89,740 2,108 Industrial engineers.......................................... 39.31 43.14 1,598 1,726 40.7 83,086 89,740 2,114 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.69 21.64 948 865 40.0 49,282 45,003 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 32.23 30.45 1,231 1,162 38.2 64,008 60,418 1,986 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.96 14.98 638 599 40.0 30,643 26,179 1,920 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 20.49 18.36 806 677 39.3 38,698 36,116 1,888 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 34.18 30.26 1,382 1,210 40.4 60,211 53,700 1,762 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 34.18 30.26 1,382 1,210 40.4 60,211 53,700 1,762 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 15.70 14.42 597 577 38.0 29,292 27,520 1,865 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.02 15.35 641 614 40.0 33,329 31,928 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.21 32.09 1,163 1,137 38.5 60,446 59,134 2,001 Pharmacists....................................................... 48.24 47.06 1,930 1,883 40.0 100,348 97,893 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 35.27 35.83 1,351 1,344 38.3 70,270 69,900 1,992 Therapists........................................................ 29.99 30.34 1,180 1,208 39.3 60,507 62,816 2,018 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.83 17.97 747 719 39.6 38,832 37,367 2,062 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 16.89 17.13 676 685 40.0 35,139 35,630 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.13 13.36 521 498 36.9 27,091 25,875 1,917 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.85 11.49 440 414 37.1 22,861 21,507 1,928 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.26 11.49 477 431 38.9 24,786 22,409 2,021 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.64 19.00 644 640 36.5 33,487 33,280 1,899 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.33 10.61 427 363 37.7 22,208 18,876 1,960 Cooks............................................................. 12.92 14.08 485 563 37.6 25,178 29,286 1,949 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.99 11.16 472 446 39.4 24,545 23,204 2,048 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.91 11.16 471 446 39.5 24,473 23,204 2,054 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.99 11.16 477 446 39.8 24,817 23,204 2,069 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.73 11.50 456 460 38.8 23,687 23,920 2,020 Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.36 9.07 443 363 39.0 22,684 18,872 1,998 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.92 16.30 800 654 40.2 41,600 34,000 2,089 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.35 16.15 726 700 41.8 37,753 36,400 2,176 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.35 16.15 726 700 41.8 37,753 36,400 2,176 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.63 11.00 543 440 39.9 28,250 22,880 2,072 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.99 10.70 438 428 39.9 22,801 22,254 2,075 Cashiers...................................................... 10.99 10.70 438 428 39.9 22,801 22,254 2,075 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.88 12.21 592 488 39.8 30,796 25,386 2,069 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.31 15.89 646 625 39.6 33,577 32,481 2,059 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.86 25.02 914 1,001 40.0 47,000 52,037 2,056 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.42 15.58 616 623 39.9 32,017 32,415 2,076 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.99 15.62 677 625 39.9 35,215 32,481 2,073 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.79 18.63 671 745 40.0 34,915 38,752 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.47 17.60 737 641 37.9 38,345 33,342 1,969 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.74 19.83 868 793 40.0 45,161 41,244 2,078 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.63 15.09 625 604 40.0 32,513 31,387 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.61 15.87 624 635 40.0 32,459 33,010 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 28.52 29.66 1,141 1,186 40.0 59,312 61,689 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 30.97 33.00 1,239 1,320 40.0 64,423 68,640 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 30.79 30.00 1,232 1,200 40.0 64,044 62,400 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 30.60 30.00 1,224 1,200 40.0 63,649 62,400 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.88 20.87 915 835 40.0 47,581 43,399 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.40 17.50 736 700 40.0 38,273 36,400 2,080 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 18.40 17.50 736 700 40.0 38,273 36,400 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.02 22.26 841 891 40.0 43,720 46,307 2,080 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 21.90 22.30 876 892 40.0 45,558 46,384 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.27 16.00 647 639 39.8 33,638 33,218 2,067 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 15.82 15.99 633 640 40.0 32,897 33,268 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 15.82 15.99 633 640 40.0 32,897 33,268 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.91 16.74 636 670 40.0 33,091 34,821 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 23.34 21.62 934 865 40.0 48,555 44,970 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 23.34 21.62 934 865 40.0 48,555 44,970 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 18.06 18.95 722 758 40.0 37,570 39,414 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.75 14.00 590 560 40.0 30,687 29,120 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.44 12.00 578 480 40.0 30,030 24,960 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.90 13.00 591 520 39.6 30,518 27,040 2,049 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.94 15.50 678 620 40.0 35,236 32,240 2,080 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.29 20.91 811 837 40.0 42,196 43,499 2,080 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 15.22 10.50 609 420 40.0 31,657 21,840 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.46 11.00 539 440 40.0 28,006 22,880 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.00 11.00 478 440 39.9 24,869 22,880 2,073 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.02 12.63 518 477 39.8 26,953 24,794 2,071 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, Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA, September 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........................................................... $25.96 $24.45 $1,028 $976 39.6 $48,524 $47,237 1,869 Management occupations.............................................. 39.56 36.06 1,582 1,442 40.0 81,386 75,005 2,057 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.67 24.40 987 976 40.0 51,322 50,752 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 26.37 24.85 1,055 994 40.0 54,843 51,682 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 24.39 23.26 976 931 40.0 45,512 43,335 1,866 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.20 33.64 1,292 1,333 38.9 49,131 50,921 1,480 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 49.49 48.19 1,924 1,847 38.9 74,957 73,272 1,515 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.98 33.89 1,336 1,351 39.3 50,655 51,359 1,491 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.09 33.89 1,341 1,356 39.3 50,673 51,457 1,487 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 34.10 33.33 1,341 1,333 39.3 50,637 50,921 1,485 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.08 33.89 1,340 1,356 39.3 50,719 51,790 1,488 Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.74 34.42 1,359 1,351 39.1 51,287 51,594 1,476 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.74 34.42 1,359 1,351 39.1 51,287 51,594 1,476 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.48 24.93 1,054 1,074 39.8 53,599 55,809 2,024 Protective service occupations...................................... 22.04 21.03 881 841 40.0 45,835 43,742 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.05 15.61 597 624 39.6 29,884 31,325 1,985 Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.91 15.57 591 615 39.6 29,439 29,827 1,974 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.91 15.57 591 615 39.6 29,439 29,827 1,974 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.17 17.66 687 706 40.0 35,290 36,608 2,055 Financial clerks.................................................. 20.16 20.14 806 805 40.0 41,924 41,885 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.80 16.07 672 643 40.0 34,941 33,426 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA, September 2007 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $19.92 $17.49 $21.18 $24.95 Management, professional, and related...... 29.77 24.81 32.12 33.85 Management, business, and financial...... 32.36 28.54 31.50 41.11 Professional and related................. 28.54 22.34 32.35 30.95 Service.................................... 11.09 10.64 11.38 12.93 Sales and office........................... 17.27 16.29 16.86 21.87 Sales and related........................ 18.82 16.38 15.36 – Office and administrative support........ 16.45 16.21 17.29 15.28 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 27.30 27.44 27.47 24.24 Construction and extraction............. 28.52 28.33 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 23.15 24.57 17.80 23.59 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 15.32 13.30 14.79 20.21 Production............................... 16.20 15.25 15.28 18.96 Transportation and material moving....... 14.43 11.90 13.94 21.66 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........................................................... 4.9 6.1 8.0 8.3 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.4 7.1 10.8 6.8 Management, business, and financial............................... 5.5 7.5 9.4 5.9 Professional and related.......................................... 9.3 10.5 12.7 8.6 Service............................................................. 3.1 2.3 8.8 8.2 Sales and office.................................................... 6.0 7.6 4.2 24.5 Sales and related................................................. 17.2 15.5 7.6 – Office and administrative support................................. 3.5 7.5 4.9 8.2 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 2.7 3.3 8.0 3.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 3.1 2.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 9.1 14.8 13.8 2.1 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.2 9.1 1.8 5.9 Production........................................................ 2.9 7.8 1.5 4.1 Transportation and material moving................................ 11.4 15.4 7.1 8.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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, Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA, September 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........................................................... $18.27 $15.62 $719 $612 39.3 $37,317 $31,616 2,042 Management occupations.............................................. 29.82 23.65 1,217 946 40.8 63,283 49,184 2,122 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.93 30.67 1,103 1,227 39.5 57,338 63,794 2,053 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 30.48 28.85 1,279 1,231 42.0 66,512 63,999 2,182 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 17.36 16.35 677 655 39.0 34,306 24,253 1,976 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.13 23.25 985 930 37.7 51,150 48,360 1,957 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.05 14.59 529 541 35.1 27,508 28,139 1,828 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.90 10.61 406 363 37.2 21,073 18,876 1,933 Cooks............................................................. 12.89 14.08 484 563 37.5 25,095 29,286 1,947 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.40 11.00 448 440 39.3 23,273 22,880 2,041 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.44 15.75 704 654 40.4 36,586 34,000 2,098 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.63 16.35 745 752 42.3 38,736 39,112 2,198 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.63 16.35 745 752 42.3 38,736 39,112 2,198 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.39 10.97 536 439 40.0 27,858 22,818 2,080 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.39 9.25 375 370 40.0 19,523 19,230 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 9.39 9.25 375 370 40.0 19,523 19,230 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.82 11.00 593 440 40.0 30,834 22,880 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.47 15.49 610 586 39.4 31,706 30,472 2,050 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.29 15.60 609 624 39.9 31,684 32,448 2,072 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.06 15.62 640 625 39.8 33,257 32,481 2,071 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.46 18.63 698 745 40.0 36,317 38,752 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.69 15.87 651 604 36.8 33,866 31,387 1,914 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.65 17.00 626 680 40.0 32,555 35,360 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 28.33 29.66 1,133 1,186 40.0 58,924 61,689 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 29.12 29.50 1,165 1,180 40.0 60,565 61,360 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.22 21.17 969 847 40.0 50,386 44,034 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 15.33 13.00 608 520 39.7 31,570 27,040 2,059 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.05 10.00 482 400 40.0 25,044 20,800 2,078 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.88 14.79 555 591 40.0 28,863 30,757 2,080 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.05 20.17 762 807 40.0 39,619 41,954 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.35 9.50 414 380 40.0 21,534 19,760 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA, September 2007 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $23.51 $19.23 $937 $766 39.9 $48,400 $39,414 2,059 Management occupations.............................................. 37.38 36.55 1,557 1,462 41.6 80,541 76,030 2,155 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.56 28.99 1,342 1,160 40.0 69,779 60,299 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.04 23.64 1,001 946 40.0 52,073 49,173 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.27 31.82 1,176 1,273 40.2 61,175 66,184 2,090 Computer software engineers....................................... 39.12 39.81 1,565 1,593 40.0 81,379 82,811 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.44 32.86 1,345 1,328 40.2 69,931 69,060 2,091 Engineers......................................................... 40.11 38.89 1,610 1,556 40.1 83,734 80,900 2,087 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 39.27 42.81 1,592 1,726 40.6 82,799 89,740 2,109 Industrial engineers.......................................... 39.46 43.14 1,605 1,726 40.7 83,467 89,740 2,115 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.69 21.64 948 865 40.0 49,282 45,003 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 32.23 30.45 1,231 1,162 38.2 64,008 60,418 1,986 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.07 22.50 955 900 39.7 43,260 38,700 1,797 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.91 20.89 916 836 40.0 47,657 43,449 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.53 34.28 1,314 1,328 39.2 68,335 69,077 2,038 Registered nurses................................................. 35.76 36.04 1,381 1,412 38.6 71,820 73,424 2,008 Therapists........................................................ 30.48 30.61 1,202 1,224 39.4 62,487 63,669 2,050 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.83 17.97 747 719 39.6 38,832 37,367 2,062 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 16.89 17.13 676 685 40.0 35,139 35,630 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.98 11.49 510 431 39.3 26,502 22,409 2,042 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.98 11.49 468 431 39.1 24,337 22,409 2,031 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.98 11.49 468 431 39.1 24,337 22,409 2,031 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 13.10 8.52 524 341 40.0 27,260 17,713 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.61 11.70 498 468 39.5 25,910 24,328 2,055 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.26 11.70 484 468 39.5 25,168 24,328 2,052 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.18 11.46 483 451 39.6 25,091 23,442 2,060 Sales and related occupations....................................... 25.36 16.83 1,008 673 39.8 52,441 35,000 2,067 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.17 14.61 560 584 39.5 29,132 30,385 2,055 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.00 16.61 676 660 39.8 35,124 34,299 2,066 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.55 18.62 902 745 40.0 46,140 37,240 2,046 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.59 15.42 624 617 40.0 32,430 32,074 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 19.38 20.88 775 835 40.0 40,304 43,428 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.58 19.38 663 775 40.0 34,487 40,302 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.17 21.55 825 856 38.9 42,881 44,517 2,025 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.23 19.26 767 770 39.9 39,899 40,061 2,075 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.54 15.79 622 632 40.0 32,318 32,843 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 28.89 32.27 1,155 1,291 40.0 60,083 67,122 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 35.76 34.99 1,430 1,400 40.0 74,380 72,779 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 35.95 34.99 1,438 1,400 40.0 74,771 72,779 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.37 19.82 815 793 40.0 42,369 41,230 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.85 22.30 834 892 40.0 43,361 46,384 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.98 16.47 677 659 39.9 35,194 34,258 2,073 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 15.82 15.99 633 640 40.0 32,897 33,268 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 15.82 15.99 633 640 40.0 32,897 33,268 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 18.43 18.26 737 731 40.0 38,333 37,987 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 19.63 18.95 785 758 40.0 40,839 39,414 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.75 14.00 590 560 40.0 30,687 29,120 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.83 18.00 776 720 39.1 39,679 37,440 2,001 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 19.59 21.62 784 865 40.0 40,756 44,970 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 15.54 12.98 615 519 39.6 32,003 27,000 2,059 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 15.98 18.03 632 721 39.6 32,874 37,496 2,057 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, Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA, September 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........................................................... $24.24 $23.66 $25.47 $19.25 $19.04 $26.13 Management, professional, and related............................... 29.88 29.43 30.09 29.72 29.81 28.59 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 33.42 33.13 35.98 Professional and related.......................................... 30.34 30.79 30.24 28.06 28.38 23.37 Service............................................................. 15.07 13.69 16.90 10.88 10.83 – Sales and office.................................................... 16.53 16.03 17.35 17.40 17.40 – Sales and related................................................. 15.51 – – 19.17 19.10 – Office and administrative support................................. 16.87 16.31 17.75 16.44 16.47 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 30.17 30.47 25.67 20.78 20.78 – Construction and extraction...................................... 30.42 30.49 – 22.16 22.16 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 29.09 30.27 – 19.14 19.14 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 19.88 19.52 23.53 13.67 13.67 – Production........................................................ 22.10 22.02 – 14.92 14.92 – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.92 18.33 23.41 11.99 11.99 – 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........................................................... 2.7 3.4 3.0 6.0 6.2 13.4 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.2 6.9 3.6 6.5 7.0 11.6 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 5.4 6.0 14.6 Professional and related.......................................... 3.3 7.7 3.7 9.4 9.9 5.7 Service............................................................. 6.8 8.4 5.3 2.8 2.8 – Sales and office.................................................... 3.3 4.8 5.5 6.3 6.4 – Sales and related................................................. 10.0 – – 18.2 18.3 – Office and administrative support................................. 2.8 4.2 5.4 3.9 3.9 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.0 4.4 2.3 7.2 7.2 – Construction and extraction...................................... 3.1 3.2 – 9.3 9.3 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 13.1 15.3 – 3.9 3.9 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.8 3.4 15.9 6.7 6.7 – Production........................................................ 6.3 6.5 – 4.9 4.9 – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.0 4.4 18.1 14.4 14.4 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA, September 2007 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $20.31 $19.69 $26.08 $26.08 Management, professional, and related............................... 29.95 30.02 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 32.87 32.72 – – Professional and related.......................................... 28.83 28.76 – – Service............................................................. 11.51 11.09 – – Sales and office.................................................... 16.17 16.07 27.61 27.61 Sales and related................................................. 15.22 15.06 28.95 28.95 Office and administrative support................................. 16.53 16.47 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 27.26 27.33 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 28.52 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 23.12 22.99 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.54 15.32 – – Production........................................................ 16.25 16.20 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.86 14.43 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 4.3 4.8 21.5 21.5 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.2 6.6 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 5.1 5.6 – – Professional and related.......................................... 7.1 9.6 – – Service............................................................. 3.7 3.1 – – Sales and office.................................................... 4.2 4.5 26.6 26.6 Sales and related................................................. 12.5 13.1 25.2 25.2 Office and administrative support................................. 3.3 3.6 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 2.7 2.8 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 3.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 8.9 9.9 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.1 5.2 – – Production........................................................ 2.9 2.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.7 11.4 – – 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA, September 2007 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 1,090,200 974,800 115,500 Management, professional, and related............................... 304,100 231,100 73,000 Management, business, and financial............................... 77,600 69,400 8,200 Professional and related.......................................... 226,500 161,700 64,800 Service............................................................. 213,200 198,400 14,800 Sales and office.................................................... 287,900 269,800 18,100 Sales and related................................................. 100,300 96,900 – Office and administrative support................................. 187,600 173,000 14,600 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 90,500 86,600 3,800 Construction and extraction...................................... 68,500 67,100 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 21,000 19,300 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 194,600 188,800 5,800 Production........................................................ 91,500 91,100 – Transportation and material moving................................ 103,000 97,700 5,300 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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, Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA, September 2007 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 56,884 55,807 1,077 Total in sample....................................................... 436 407 29 Responding........................................................ 209 184 25 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 165 161 4 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.