NC SM 06/00/2008 Table: Salem, OR, Summary, October 2007 Table 1. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Salem, OR, October 2007 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $23.13 1.8 $23.19 1.9 $19.21 11.9 Management occupations.............................................. 34.12 3.7 34.57 4.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.97 4.0 31.97 4.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 39.60 1.4 39.60 1.4 – – General and operations managers................................... 34.47 5.5 34.47 5.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 39.25 1.6 39.25 1.6 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.24 1.3 24.24 1.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.24 6.8 21.24 6.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.47 5.9 23.47 5.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.90 3.5 26.90 3.5 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.21 .8 25.21 .8 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 27.92 8.6 27.92 8.6 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 24.77 4.0 24.77 4.0 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 21.76 5.7 21.76 5.7 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 28.46 8.2 29.10 8.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.29 2.1 34.29 2.1 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.12 1.0 34.20 1.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.45 2.0 34.45 2.0 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 33.84 .5 33.94 .1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.00 .1 34.00 .1 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.20 2.1 33.34 2.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.40 2.9 33.40 2.9 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 26.99 14.8 26.99 14.8 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.33 2.6 15.27 2.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.84 4.8 12.84 4.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.43 2.0 14.43 2.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.03 1.9 16.85 1.5 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.24 2.9 17.24 2.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.50 2.0 16.50 2.0 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.38 3.5 17.38 3.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.56 2.0 16.56 2.0 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.69 2.6 13.42 1.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.04 2.5 13.04 2.5 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 2. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Salem, OR, October 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $13.32 $16.14 $20.83 $27.96 $36.34 Management occupations.............................................. 23.69 27.68 35.59 40.74 42.27 General and operations managers................................... 24.12 27.43 36.34 40.39 42.41 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.60 21.10 24.82 26.91 30.07 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.16 23.26 25.13 27.68 29.00 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 21.90 23.44 25.12 32.78 36.45 Computer support specialists...................................... 22.07 23.44 25.12 25.12 30.44 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.97 18.91 22.12 24.58 27.11 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 16.61 19.83 30.27 35.89 37.98 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.49 30.27 35.89 37.13 37.98 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.49 32.65 35.89 37.13 37.13 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.58 29.16 35.89 35.89 35.89 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.44 20.60 22.31 28.48 50.92 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.53 13.03 15.06 17.71 19.40 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.32 15.70 18.09 19.40 19.40 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.32 15.84 18.09 19.40 19.40 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.60 12.28 13.24 15.31 16.47 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 3. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Salem, OR, October 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........................................................... $23.19 $20.83 $926 $833 39.9 $46,020 $43,335 1,984 Management occupations.............................................. 34.57 36.34 1,383 1,454 40.0 71,880 75,589 2,079 General and operations managers................................... 34.47 36.34 1,379 1,454 40.0 71,707 75,589 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.24 24.82 970 993 40.0 50,421 51,630 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.21 25.13 1,008 1,005 40.0 52,432 52,277 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 27.92 25.12 1,112 1,005 39.8 57,285 52,252 2,051 Computer support specialists...................................... 24.77 25.12 991 1,005 40.0 51,527 52,252 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 21.76 22.12 870 885 40.0 45,261 46,016 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.10 31.06 1,160 1,242 39.9 48,267 48,432 1,659 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.20 35.89 1,368 1,436 40.0 52,381 55,130 1,532 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 33.94 35.89 1,358 1,436 40.0 51,982 55,130 1,532 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.34 35.89 1,334 1,436 40.0 51,057 55,130 1,531 Protective service occupations...................................... 26.99 22.31 1,080 892 40.0 56,134 46,405 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.27 15.06 611 602 40.0 31,672 31,167 2,074 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.24 18.09 690 724 40.0 35,483 37,407 2,058 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.38 18.09 695 724 40.0 36,142 37,623 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.42 13.24 537 530 40.0 27,906 27,541 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