NC BL 06/00/2008 Table: Birmingham-Hoover, AL, Bulletin, March 2008 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, March 2008 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $17.89 5.5 36.7 $17.04 6.0 36.5 $22.92 7.5 37.8 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 30.35 5.3 38.1 30.06 6.6 38.0 31.23 7.1 38.4 Management, business, and financial............................... 38.31 13.4 40.4 36.17 14.2 40.5 – – – Professional and related.......................................... 27.53 4.4 37.3 27.22 6.2 36.9 28.23 2.0 38.3 Service............................................................. 10.74 7.0 33.0 9.19 6.2 32.1 18.11 4.9 37.6 Sales and office.................................................... 14.49 6.9 36.4 14.31 7.7 36.1 15.82 4.2 38.9 Sales and related................................................. 15.22 16.0 35.2 15.22 16.0 35.2 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 14.17 5.3 36.9 13.83 6.3 36.6 15.82 4.2 38.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 16.47 7.5 40.0 16.25 8.0 40.0 19.55 9.6 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 15.71 10.6 40.0 15.45 11.5 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 17.79 10.4 39.9 17.62 11.0 39.9 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 13.91 4.2 37.4 13.85 4.2 38.1 14.88 14.4 29.3 Production........................................................ 15.15 4.9 40.1 15.18 4.9 40.1 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.79 7.7 35.2 12.67 8.1 36.4 – – – Full time........................................................... 18.85 5.6 40.0 17.97 6.2 40.0 23.58 8.8 40.0 Part time........................................................... 11.35 14.1 23.5 11.25 15.4 23.7 12.81 7.5 20.5 Union............................................................... 21.81 7.4 38.0 21.04 8.1 38.2 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 17.69 5.6 36.6 16.81 6.1 36.4 22.69 7.3 37.8 Time................................................................ 18.08 5.6 36.4 17.17 6.2 36.2 22.92 7.5 37.8 Incentive........................................................... 15.89 10.9 39.5 15.89 10.9 39.5 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 14.24 8.2 35.5 14.24 8.2 35.5 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 15.91 6.6 36.1 15.07 5.5 35.9 27.02 21.4 39.2 500 workers or more................................................. 23.16 6.4 38.4 23.64 8.6 38.9 22.28 8.4 37.6 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Birmingham-Hoover, AL, March 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $17.89 5.5 $18.85 5.6 $11.35 14.1 Management occupations.............................................. 44.89 17.3 44.89 17.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.96 6.6 43.96 6.6 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.08 6.8 25.08 6.8 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.80 4.6 35.80 4.6 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.68 3.4 33.68 3.4 – – Engineers......................................................... 36.38 3.9 36.38 3.9 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 25.19 17.0 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.19 3.5 30.68 6.0 10.61 13.3 Level 6 .................................................. 16.31 9.9 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.36 5.7 31.51 5.6 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 33.89 5.8 33.89 5.8 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.45 6.1 30.72 5.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.86 2.5 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.36 5.7 31.51 5.6 – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 23.45 21.2 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.43 6.6 31.43 6.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.75 6.8 31.75 6.8 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.25 6.3 31.25 6.3 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.45 4.6 31.45 4.6 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.25 6.1 30.25 6.1 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.40 11.8 17.77 11.6 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.33 4.2 23.62 5.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. – – 16.11 2.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.23 4.5 17.23 4.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. – – 23.15 14.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.48 1.6 25.43 1.7 – – Registered nurses................................................. 28.28 4.2 27.87 4.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.79 1.3 25.74 1.3 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 15.48 .4 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.74 1.8 17.51 2.9 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.07 5.3 11.51 5.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.35 2.0 10.07 2.8 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.38 1.8 10.47 2.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.32 1.7 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.32 1.9 10.36 3.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.32 1.7 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 15.24 17.1 15.70 15.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.53 19.2 – – – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers Level 3 .................................................. 10.53 19.2 – – – – Security guards Level 3 .................................................. 10.53 19.2 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.63 6.0 – – 5.87 5.5 Level 2 .................................................. 7.19 9.3 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.27 10.3 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.94 5.9 7.94 5.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.69 4.2 7.69 4.2 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.94 6.0 7.94 6.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.69 4.2 7.69 4.2 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.22 16.0 16.77 11.9 8.22 .0 Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.52 19.8 17.12 12.6 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.25 6.4 12.68 3.8 8.22 .0 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.51 19.6 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 10.51 19.6 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 10.84 .0 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.17 5.3 14.39 5.4 11.96 11.2 Level 1 .................................................. 11.86 9.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.24 6.1 10.25 5.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.54 8.8 11.67 9.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.38 4.6 14.40 4.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.16 5.3 17.16 5.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.76 7.8 19.76 7.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.37 9.4 12.40 9.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.57 11.5 18.57 11.5 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.34 9.1 14.83 8.1 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 20.16 9.7 20.16 9.7 – – Tellers......................................................... 10.02 2.1 10.09 1.4 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.81 6.4 13.81 6.4 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.11 7.7 10.30 7.7 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.01 4.9 18.08 5.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.45 2.9 16.88 1.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.45 7.1 18.45 7.1 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.57 9.3 19.57 9.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.45 7.1 18.45 7.1 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.49 9.8 14.66 10.6 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.45 5.1 16.32 8.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.40 5.2 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.71 10.6 15.71 10.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.80 7.5 16.80 7.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.40 7.1 21.40 7.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.79 10.4 17.81 10.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.43 6.9 15.43 6.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.95 17.1 15.95 17.1 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.27 8.3 16.27 8.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.15 4.9 15.15 4.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.57 11.6 11.57 11.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.83 2.3 11.83 2.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.14 3.0 18.14 3.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.80 22.8 23.80 22.8 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.79 7.7 13.10 8.1 11.30 5.2 Level 1 .................................................. 9.50 11.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.69 7.7 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.89 4.0 13.89 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.12 6.1 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.16 16.0 12.47 15.7 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.13 10.2 12.54 14.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.50 12.9 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.11 10.8 12.41 14.9 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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), Birmingham-Hoover, AL, March 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $17.04 6.0 $17.97 6.2 $11.25 15.4 Management occupations.............................................. 42.51 19.7 42.51 19.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.31 7.1 43.31 7.1 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.08 6.8 25.08 6.8 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.80 4.6 35.80 4.6 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.68 3.9 34.68 3.9 – – Engineers......................................................... 37.08 4.3 37.08 4.3 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 19.48 23.6 20.80 31.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.86 2.5 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 17.22 1.4 17.76 .0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.86 2.5 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.78 14.2 17.17 14.0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.03 4.4 23.26 5.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. – – 16.20 2.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.18 .6 25.12 .7 – – Registered nurses................................................. 28.10 4.5 27.63 5.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.47 .3 – – – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 15.48 .4 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.00 5.5 11.42 6.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.35 2.0 10.07 2.8 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.25 1.4 10.20 1.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.32 1.7 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.18 1.5 9.99 1.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.32 1.7 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.27 6.4 – – 5.83 5.0 Level 2 .................................................. 6.43 2.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.27 10.3 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.69 4.2 7.69 4.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.69 4.2 7.69 4.2 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.69 4.2 7.69 4.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.69 4.2 7.69 4.2 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.22 16.0 16.77 11.9 8.22 .0 Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.52 19.8 17.12 12.6 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.25 6.4 12.68 3.8 8.22 .0 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.51 19.6 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 10.51 19.6 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 10.84 .0 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.83 6.3 14.07 6.6 11.88 11.7 Level 1 .................................................. 11.86 9.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.69 5.1 9.76 5.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.53 9.0 11.65 9.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.11 5.4 14.13 5.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.71 6.2 16.71 6.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.58 7.0 21.58 7.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.51 11.1 12.55 11.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.84 12.5 18.84 12.5 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.34 9.1 14.83 8.1 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 20.16 9.7 20.16 9.7 – – Tellers......................................................... 10.02 2.1 10.09 1.4 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.81 6.4 13.81 6.4 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.71 8.4 9.90 8.6 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.94 5.7 19.07 5.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.07 4.0 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.42 11.1 21.42 11.1 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.72 6.5 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.45 11.5 15.45 11.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.47 13.6 15.47 13.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.89 2.8 22.89 2.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.62 11.0 17.64 11.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.43 6.9 15.43 6.9 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 15.09 6.9 15.09 6.9 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.18 4.9 15.18 4.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.83 2.3 11.83 2.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.07 3.5 18.07 3.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.80 22.8 23.80 22.8 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.67 8.1 13.03 8.4 10.55 6.8 Level 1 .................................................. 9.50 11.8 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.89 4.0 13.89 4.0 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.94 16.9 12.24 16.7 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.13 10.2 12.54 14.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.50 12.9 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.11 10.8 12.41 14.9 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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), Birmingham-Hoover, AL, March 2008 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........................................................... $22.92 7.5 $23.58 8.8 $12.81 7.5 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.80 2.3 31.18 5.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.69 5.6 31.69 5.6 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.74 5.1 31.74 5.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.69 5.6 31.69 5.6 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.75 6.8 31.75 6.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.75 6.8 31.75 6.8 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 32.55 1.9 32.55 1.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.30 10.5 26.30 10.5 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 19.19 3.5 19.26 3.3 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.82 4.2 15.83 4.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.48 5.6 15.48 5.6 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.91 6.5 16.91 6.5 – – 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 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Birmingham-Hoover, AL, March 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $17.89 5.5 $18.85 5.6 $11.35 14.1 Management occupations.............................................. 44.89 17.3 44.89 17.3 – – Group III................................................. 41.91 12.0 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.08 6.8 25.08 6.8 – – Group II.................................................. 22.50 8.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 30.70 8.4 – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.80 4.6 35.80 4.6 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.68 3.4 33.68 3.4 – – Group II.................................................. 31.54 5.2 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 36.38 3.9 36.38 3.9 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 25.19 17.0 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.19 3.5 30.68 6.0 10.61 13.3 Group II.................................................. 29.79 5.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 33.50 4.3 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 33.89 5.8 33.89 5.8 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.45 6.1 30.72 5.9 – – Group II.................................................. 30.35 6.7 – – – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 23.45 21.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.45 21.2 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.43 6.6 31.43 6.6 – – Group II.................................................. 31.43 6.6 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.25 6.3 31.25 6.3 – – Group II.................................................. 31.25 6.3 31.25 6.3 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.45 4.6 31.45 4.6 – – Group II.................................................. 31.27 6.3 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.25 6.1 30.25 6.1 – – Group II.................................................. 30.25 6.1 30.25 6.1 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.40 11.8 17.77 11.6 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.33 4.2 23.62 5.1 – – Group II.................................................. 22.29 10.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.12 5.6 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 28.28 4.2 27.87 4.9 – – Group III................................................. 27.83 5.1 27.81 5.2 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 15.48 .4 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.74 1.8 17.51 2.9 – – Group II.................................................. 17.76 3.1 17.76 3.1 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.07 5.3 11.51 5.5 – – Group I................................................... 11.07 5.3 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.38 1.8 10.47 2.8 – – Group I................................................... 10.38 1.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.32 1.9 10.36 3.6 – – Group I................................................... 10.32 1.9 10.36 3.6 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 15.24 17.1 15.70 15.8 – – Group I................................................... 10.70 11.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.37 3.4 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.63 6.0 – – 5.87 5.5 Group I................................................... 6.58 5.4 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.27 10.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 5.27 10.3 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.94 5.9 7.94 5.9 – – Group I................................................... 7.94 6.0 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.94 6.0 7.94 6.0 – – Group I................................................... 7.94 6.0 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.22 16.0 16.77 11.9 8.22 .0 Group I................................................... 11.59 .0 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.25 6.4 12.68 3.8 8.22 .0 Group I................................................... 11.59 .0 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.51 19.6 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 10.51 19.6 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 10.84 .0 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.98 .0 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.17 5.3 14.39 5.4 11.96 11.2 Group I................................................... 12.30 3.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.99 5.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.57 11.5 18.57 11.5 – – Group II.................................................. 18.02 12.4 18.02 12.4 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.34 9.1 14.83 8.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.49 6.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.93 6.9 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 20.16 9.7 20.16 9.7 – – Tellers......................................................... 10.02 2.1 10.09 1.4 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.81 6.4 13.81 6.4 – – Group I................................................... 13.57 7.0 13.57 7.0 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.11 7.7 10.30 7.7 – – Group I................................................... 10.08 8.2 10.28 8.2 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.01 4.9 18.08 5.0 – – Group I................................................... 16.11 3.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.84 5.3 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.57 9.3 19.57 9.3 – – Group II.................................................. 19.70 9.5 19.70 9.5 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.49 9.8 14.66 10.6 – – Group I................................................... 16.23 4.9 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.45 5.1 16.32 8.4 – – Group I................................................... 15.45 5.1 16.32 8.4 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.71 10.6 15.71 10.6 – – Group I................................................... 12.57 11.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.31 4.2 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.79 10.4 17.81 10.8 – – Group I................................................... 15.25 2.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.37 12.9 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.27 8.3 16.27 8.3 – – Group II.................................................. 20.20 1.7 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.15 4.9 15.15 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.45 10.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.96 5.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.80 22.8 23.80 22.8 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.79 7.7 13.10 8.1 11.30 5.2 Group I................................................... 11.65 7.0 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.16 16.0 12.47 15.7 – – Group I................................................... 10.55 15.7 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.13 10.2 12.54 14.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.26 10.7 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.11 10.8 12.41 14.9 – – Group I................................................... 11.34 11.3 – – – – 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), Birmingham-Hoover, AL, March 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.29 $10.50 $14.56 $21.78 $31.02 Management occupations.............................................. 21.37 32.78 33.94 48.38 77.73 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.55 21.69 23.75 28.51 35.63 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.71 32.14 35.64 35.64 39.06 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 25.74 29.77 30.66 39.96 44.75 Engineers......................................................... 27.42 30.66 35.93 42.79 44.75 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.00 17.57 25.35 31.35 32.06 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.67 26.58 31.70 34.14 36.46 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 27.50 30.81 32.45 35.30 41.65 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.39 27.59 32.33 34.74 35.86 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 10.78 15.00 24.31 31.46 34.78 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 24.16 27.72 32.33 33.93 36.62 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.16 27.72 32.33 33.93 36.46 Secondary school teachers....................................... 23.83 28.83 33.48 34.74 35.86 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 19.99 26.38 32.81 34.74 34.74 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 12.57 12.57 16.39 18.59 25.56 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.83 18.00 21.72 29.42 34.19 Registered nurses................................................. 20.19 25.07 29.14 31.02 36.50 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 11.67 13.49 14.99 19.83 19.83 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.09 17.61 18.00 18.00 18.88 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.19 10.00 10.50 13.00 13.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.00 10.00 10.50 10.50 11.56 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.61 10.00 10.50 10.50 11.56 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.50 10.51 14.99 20.63 23.28 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.00 5.85 6.43 7.00 9.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 5.85 5.85 6.00 6.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.30 7.00 8.00 8.52 9.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.30 7.00 8.00 8.52 9.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.29 11.00 13.93 21.47 23.57 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.54 8.90 12.32 13.75 14.02 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.18 6.54 11.46 14.02 14.02 Cashiers...................................................... 6.18 6.54 11.46 14.02 14.02 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.40 9.00 11.30 12.50 12.50 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.00 10.40 13.48 16.06 20.98 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 14.42 15.43 15.43 22.02 25.65 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.50 9.80 12.15 16.56 23.44 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.78 16.00 20.98 23.44 24.00 Tellers......................................................... 9.47 9.50 9.80 10.34 11.06 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.67 12.05 13.50 14.16 18.66 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.29 8.29 10.00 11.50 11.59 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.02 14.86 17.51 20.21 27.00 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.43 16.46 18.00 22.11 27.00 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.34 10.87 13.82 18.88 19.27 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.00 11.76 15.46 20.00 20.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 7.80 12.00 16.25 19.50 21.92 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.08 13.16 17.00 20.93 27.02 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.61 12.61 16.39 20.29 20.29 Production occupations.............................................. 9.34 11.17 15.08 16.69 20.52 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 15.72 15.72 15.72 34.08 39.05 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 9.67 12.00 14.31 19.66 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.00 8.00 10.97 16.95 19.66 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.47 9.67 12.39 13.74 18.21 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.47 9.67 12.39 13.74 18.21 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), Birmingham-Hoover, AL, March 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $10.04 $13.91 $20.58 $29.42 Management occupations.............................................. 21.37 30.76 33.75 45.74 59.37 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.55 21.69 23.75 28.51 35.63 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.71 32.14 35.64 35.64 39.06 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 27.42 30.38 33.04 40.65 44.75 Engineers......................................................... 27.42 32.41 38.13 43.35 44.75 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.78 13.15 16.80 23.39 24.24 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 10.78 13.15 17.00 23.39 23.39 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 12.57 12.57 14.94 18.59 25.56 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.22 18.00 21.93 29.42 31.02 Registered nurses................................................. 20.19 24.89 28.80 31.02 36.50 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 11.67 13.49 14.99 19.83 19.83 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.18 10.00 10.50 13.00 13.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.93 10.00 10.45 10.50 11.56 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.61 10.00 10.50 10.50 11.50 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 5.85 6.43 6.62 7.50 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 5.85 5.85 6.00 6.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.30 7.00 8.00 8.52 9.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.30 7.00 8.00 8.52 9.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.29 11.00 13.93 21.47 23.57 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.54 8.90 12.32 13.75 14.02 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.18 6.54 11.46 14.02 14.02 Cashiers...................................................... 6.18 6.54 11.46 14.02 14.02 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.40 9.00 11.30 12.50 12.50 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.00 10.00 12.50 15.43 21.23 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 14.42 15.43 15.43 22.02 25.65 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.50 9.80 12.15 16.56 23.44 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.78 16.00 20.98 23.44 24.00 Tellers......................................................... 9.47 9.50 9.80 10.34 11.06 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.67 12.05 13.50 14.16 18.66 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.29 8.29 9.00 11.50 11.50 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.47 14.86 18.00 22.97 27.00 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.27 18.00 20.29 27.00 27.00 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.67 12.51 17.46 19.27 19.69 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 7.80 11.45 16.25 19.50 21.52 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 13.16 17.00 21.03 27.15 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.61 12.61 14.15 16.50 20.88 Production occupations.............................................. 9.34 11.17 15.08 16.69 20.69 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 15.72 15.72 15.72 34.08 39.05 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 9.50 12.00 14.00 19.66 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.00 8.00 10.58 14.74 19.66 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.47 9.67 12.39 13.74 18.21 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.47 9.67 12.39 13.74 18.21 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), Birmingham-Hoover, AL, March 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.90 $15.33 $19.91 $29.77 $34.74 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.71 27.50 32.14 34.56 36.49 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.47 28.11 32.65 34.74 35.86 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 24.31 28.11 32.33 34.10 37.08 Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.79 30.78 34.74 34.74 35.86 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.39 17.46 19.82 34.19 50.07 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.62 15.74 19.16 22.26 24.46 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.54 12.72 15.87 18.33 20.35 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.70 14.98 16.96 18.97 22.11 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), Birmingham-Hoover, AL, March 2008 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.00 $11.56 $15.43 $22.50 $32.64 Management occupations.............................................. 21.37 32.78 33.94 48.38 77.73 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.55 21.69 23.75 28.51 35.63 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.71 32.14 35.64 35.64 39.06 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 25.74 29.77 30.66 39.96 44.75 Engineers......................................................... 27.42 30.66 35.93 42.79 44.75 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 23.39 27.50 32.33 34.56 36.49 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 27.50 30.81 32.45 35.30 41.65 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.16 27.61 32.33 34.74 35.86 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 24.16 27.72 32.33 33.93 36.62 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.16 27.72 32.33 33.93 36.46 Secondary school teachers....................................... 23.83 28.83 33.48 34.74 35.86 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 19.99 26.38 32.81 34.74 34.74 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 12.57 12.57 16.39 18.59 25.56 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.81 17.61 23.13 29.42 36.50 Registered nurses................................................. 20.19 24.30 27.42 30.72 36.50 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 13.81 15.60 17.61 18.52 19.82 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.93 10.00 11.91 13.00 13.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.56 9.38 10.00 11.00 12.78 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.53 9.18 10.00 10.97 12.78 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.00 10.51 15.36 21.13 23.38 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.30 7.00 8.00 8.52 9.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.30 7.00 8.00 8.52 9.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 11.00 12.50 14.02 21.84 24.62 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.00 11.88 12.50 14.02 14.02 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.00 11.28 13.74 16.16 21.23 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 14.42 15.43 15.43 22.02 25.65 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.57 10.30 13.14 18.29 23.44 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.78 16.00 20.98 23.44 24.00 Tellers......................................................... 9.37 9.57 9.80 10.50 11.44 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.67 12.05 13.50 14.16 18.66 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.29 8.29 10.80 11.50 11.77 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.42 14.86 17.54 20.29 27.00 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.43 16.46 18.00 22.11 27.00 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.34 10.87 14.62 18.88 19.31 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.76 13.29 15.87 19.03 21.23 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 7.80 12.00 16.25 19.50 21.92 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 13.16 17.25 21.01 27.15 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.61 12.61 16.39 20.29 20.29 Production occupations.............................................. 9.34 11.17 15.08 16.69 20.52 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 15.72 15.72 15.72 34.08 39.05 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 9.88 12.39 14.97 19.66 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.00 8.00 11.25 16.95 19.66 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.47 12.39 13.74 14.00 18.21 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.47 6.47 13.74 14.00 18.21 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), Birmingham-Hoover, AL, March 2008 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.00 $7.40 $10.00 $12.71 $18.00 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.26 8.26 8.26 12.71 15.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 5.85 6.00 6.65 7.40 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.18 6.25 8.50 9.29 10.44 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.18 6.25 8.50 9.29 10.44 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.49 9.43 10.00 13.48 20.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.50 9.67 9.92 12.00 16.74 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, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, March 2008 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........................................................... $18.85 $15.43 $753 $617 40.0 $38,564 $32,157 2,046 Management occupations.............................................. 44.89 33.94 1,828 1,350 40.7 94,840 70,200 2,113 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.08 23.75 1,001 950 39.9 52,045 49,400 2,075 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.80 35.64 1,432 1,426 40.0 74,465 74,127 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.68 30.66 1,347 1,226 40.0 70,046 63,769 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 36.38 35.93 1,455 1,437 40.0 75,671 74,724 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.68 32.33 1,246 1,277 40.6 49,587 49,530 1,616 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 33.89 32.45 1,501 1,513 44.3 67,056 60,000 1,978 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.72 32.33 1,190 1,272 38.7 44,579 47,634 1,451 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.43 32.33 1,210 1,276 38.5 45,554 47,675 1,449 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.25 32.33 1,210 1,276 38.7 45,585 47,721 1,459 Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.45 33.48 1,231 1,306 39.1 45,755 51,130 1,455 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.25 32.81 1,173 1,242 38.8 43,140 46,052 1,426 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.77 16.39 711 656 40.0 36,226 34,091 2,039 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.62 23.13 944 925 40.0 48,708 47,570 2,062 Registered nurses................................................. 27.87 27.42 1,115 1,097 40.0 57,837 57,138 2,075 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.51 17.61 697 704 39.8 35,046 36,421 2,002 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.51 11.91 460 476 40.0 23,946 24,773 2,080 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.47 10.00 419 400 40.0 21,786 20,800 2,080 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.36 10.00 415 400 40.0 21,557 20,800 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.70 15.36 627 614 40.0 32,623 31,949 2,078 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.94 8.00 307 280 38.7 15,962 14,560 2,010 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.94 8.00 307 280 38.6 15,956 14,560 2,009 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.77 14.02 669 561 39.9 34,770 29,162 2,073 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.68 12.50 503 500 39.7 26,176 26,000 2,064 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.39 13.74 573 550 39.8 29,753 28,579 2,067 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.57 15.43 734 617 39.5 38,163 32,101 2,055 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.83 13.14 590 529 39.8 30,693 27,498 2,069 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 20.16 20.98 795 839 39.4 41,324 43,638 2,050 Tellers......................................................... 10.09 9.80 403 392 40.0 20,977 20,384 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.81 13.50 552 540 40.0 28,685 28,080 2,077 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.30 10.80 412 432 40.0 21,422 22,464 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.08 17.54 720 702 39.8 37,421 36,504 2,070 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.57 18.00 779 721 39.8 40,519 37,502 2,070 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.66 14.62 587 585 40.0 30,502 30,410 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.32 15.87 639 635 39.1 31,960 32,999 1,958 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.71 16.25 628 650 40.0 32,680 33,800 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.81 17.25 715 690 40.1 37,171 35,880 2,087 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.27 16.39 651 656 40.0 33,840 34,087 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 15.15 15.08 607 603 40.1 31,580 31,356 2,084 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.80 15.72 968 629 40.7 50,331 32,704 2,115 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.10 12.39 526 495 40.2 27,363 25,763 2,089 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.47 11.25 504 450 40.4 26,203 23,400 2,102 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.54 13.74 502 550 40.0 26,082 28,579 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.41 13.74 496 550 40.0 25,806 28,579 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 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, March 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $17.97 $14.23 $718 $569 40.0 $37,310 $29,494 2,076 Management occupations.............................................. 42.51 33.75 1,740 1,350 40.9 90,458 70,200 2,128 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.08 23.75 1,001 950 39.9 52,045 49,400 2,075 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.80 35.64 1,432 1,426 40.0 74,465 74,127 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.68 33.04 1,387 1,321 40.0 72,126 68,717 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 37.08 38.13 1,483 1,525 40.0 77,125 79,300 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 20.80 17.53 694 701 33.4 27,219 28,103 1,308 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 17.76 17.53 697 701 39.2 26,337 25,246 1,483 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.17 14.94 687 598 40.0 35,710 31,071 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.26 23.35 930 934 40.0 48,383 48,568 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 27.63 27.01 1,105 1,080 40.0 57,467 56,181 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.42 11.72 457 469 40.0 23,755 24,378 2,080 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.20 10.00 408 400 40.0 21,220 20,800 2,080 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.99 10.00 400 400 40.0 20,779 20,800 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.69 8.00 297 280 38.6 15,430 14,560 2,007 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.69 8.00 296 280 38.6 15,417 14,560 2,006 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.77 14.02 669 561 39.9 34,770 29,162 2,073 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.68 12.50 503 500 39.7 26,176 26,000 2,064 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.07 13.22 562 522 39.9 29,208 27,156 2,076 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.84 15.43 754 617 40.0 39,195 32,101 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.83 13.14 590 529 39.8 30,693 27,498 2,069 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 20.16 20.98 795 839 39.4 41,324 43,638 2,050 Tellers......................................................... 10.09 9.80 403 392 40.0 20,977 20,384 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.81 13.50 552 540 40.0 28,685 28,080 2,077 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.90 9.50 396 380 40.0 20,591 19,760 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.07 18.00 761 720 39.9 39,563 37,440 2,074 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.42 20.29 857 812 40.0 44,545 42,207 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.45 16.25 618 650 40.0 32,139 33,800 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.64 16.50 708 660 40.1 36,826 34,320 2,087 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 15.09 14.15 604 566 40.0 31,384 29,432 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 15.18 15.08 608 603 40.1 31,635 31,356 2,084 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.80 15.72 968 629 40.7 50,331 32,704 2,115 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.03 12.39 523 495 40.2 27,215 25,763 2,089 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.24 11.25 495 450 40.4 25,736 23,400 2,103 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.54 13.74 502 550 40.0 26,082 28,579 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.41 13.74 496 550 40.0 25,806 28,579 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 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, March 2008 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........................................................... $23.58 $20.29 $942 $812 40.0 $44,758 $40,560 1,898 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.18 32.45 1,280 1,306 41.1 50,989 49,946 1,636 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.74 32.65 1,228 1,293 38.7 45,983 48,956 1,449 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.75 32.33 1,221 1,276 38.4 46,032 47,721 1,450 Secondary school teachers....................................... 32.55 34.74 1,272 1,352 39.1 47,388 51,130 1,456 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.30 19.82 1,043 793 39.7 50,970 40,019 1,938 Protective service occupations...................................... 19.26 19.24 771 770 40.0 40,068 40,019 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.83 15.87 625 635 39.5 32,123 32,999 2,029 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.91 16.96 672 680 39.7 34,926 35,360 2,065 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, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, March 2008 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $17.04 $14.24 $15.07 $23.64 Management, professional, and related...... 30.06 31.34 24.19 31.74 Management, business, and financial...... 36.17 32.43 – 42.95 Professional and related................. 27.22 26.94 23.89 28.50 Service.................................... 9.19 8.33 9.92 10.75 Sales and office........................... 14.31 13.24 13.71 16.55 Sales and related........................ 15.22 14.61 13.99 – Office and administrative support........ 13.83 12.38 13.33 15.68 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 16.25 16.52 14.73 22.07 Construction and extraction............. 15.45 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 17.62 15.63 19.97 22.38 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 13.85 11.74 14.77 18.14 Production............................... 15.18 13.75 15.02 19.99 Transportation and material moving....... 12.67 10.44 14.54 – 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........................................................... 6.0 8.2 5.5 8.6 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.6 10.0 9.9 10.2 Management, business, and financial............................... 14.2 10.1 – 25.1 Professional and related.......................................... 6.2 29.5 11.0 7.8 Service............................................................. 6.2 10.7 5.9 6.3 Sales and office.................................................... 7.7 7.0 13.1 11.6 Sales and related................................................. 16.0 12.2 19.3 – Office and administrative support................................. 6.3 5.9 8.2 10.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.0 6.8 12.0 15.4 Construction and extraction...................................... 11.5 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 11.0 7.7 6.0 15.9 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.2 9.4 7.4 8.0 Production........................................................ 4.9 12.7 2.9 4.9 Transportation and material moving................................ 8.1 6.2 14.7 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, March 2008 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........................................................... $15.22 $13.16 $607 $526 39.9 $31,514 $27,369 2,071 Management occupations.............................................. 37.16 33.75 1,487 1,350 40.0 77,300 70,200 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 17.10 17.10 661 599 38.7 25,944 25,246 1,517 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 17.76 17.53 697 701 39.2 26,337 25,246 1,483 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.67 13.93 627 557 40.0 32,598 28,970 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.42 11.54 497 462 40.0 25,830 24,003 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.78 12.15 551 486 40.0 28,655 25,266 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.56 13.16 626 526 40.2 32,545 27,369 2,092 Production occupations.............................................. 13.75 12.50 550 500 40.0 28,591 26,000 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.25 9.97 414 399 40.4 21,546 20,738 2,101 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, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, March 2008 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........................................................... $19.96 $16.29 $798 $652 40.0 $41,503 $33,883 2,080 Management occupations.............................................. 46.30 37.11 1,926 1,484 41.6 100,169 77,189 2,164 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.21 24.71 963 988 39.8 50,099 51,401 2,069 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.80 35.64 1,432 1,426 40.0 74,465 74,127 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.39 31.51 1,336 1,261 40.0 69,453 65,549 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 35.62 35.49 1,425 1,419 40.0 74,089 73,813 2,080 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.17 14.94 687 598 40.0 35,710 31,071 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.26 23.35 930 934 40.0 48,383 48,568 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 27.63 27.01 1,105 1,080 40.0 57,467 56,181 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.47 10.00 419 400 40.0 21,785 20,800 2,080 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.20 10.00 408 400 40.0 21,220 20,800 2,080 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.99 10.00 400 400 40.0 20,779 20,800 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.39 21.37 729 923 39.7 37,919 48,009 2,062 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.31 13.91 610 556 39.9 31,728 28,933 2,073 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.00 16.13 633 645 39.6 32,916 33,550 2,057 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.04 12.66 562 506 40.0 29,206 26,335 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.00 18.00 758 720 39.9 39,398 37,440 2,074 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.38 20.29 855 812 40.0 44,478 42,207 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.85 12.54 554 501 40.0 28,799 26,075 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.30 20.58 852 823 40.0 44,298 42,806 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.83 16.39 673 656 40.0 35,016 34,087 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 15.85 15.48 636 619 40.1 33,067 32,205 2,086 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.06 13.74 602 550 40.0 31,323 28,579 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.33 13.00 493 520 40.0 25,651 27,040 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.16 13.00 486 520 40.0 25,285 27,040 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. 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, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, March 2008 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........................................................... $21.81 $21.04 – $17.69 $16.81 $22.69 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 30.30 30.06 31.07 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 38.31 36.17 – Professional and related.......................................... – – – 27.42 27.22 27.88 Service............................................................. – – – 10.66 9.08 18.11 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 14.12 13.88 15.82 Sales and related................................................. – – – 14.48 14.48 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 13.98 13.59 15.82 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 22.65 22.65 – 15.39 15.03 19.55 Construction and extraction...................................... 21.08 21.08 – 15.21 14.88 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 23.55 23.55 – 15.77 15.36 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 17.47 17.47 – 13.63 13.54 14.88 Production........................................................ 17.55 17.55 – 14.77 14.76 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 12.73 12.60 – 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........................................................... 7.4 8.1 – 5.6 6.1 7.3 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 5.4 6.6 7.4 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 13.4 14.2 – Professional and related.......................................... – – – 4.5 6.2 2.1 Service............................................................. – – – 7.2 6.6 4.9 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 6.4 7.1 4.2 Sales and related................................................. – – – 14.5 14.5 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 5.3 6.4 4.2 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.4 6.4 – 9.3 10.1 9.6 Construction and extraction...................................... 5.6 5.6 – 13.0 14.3 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 8.1 8.1 – 6.7 5.3 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 8.2 8.2 – 4.2 4.2 14.4 Production........................................................ 7.0 7.0 – 6.3 6.5 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 7.6 8.1 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, March 2008 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $18.08 $17.17 $15.89 $15.89 Management, professional, and related............................... 30.44 30.18 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 39.02 36.83 – – Professional and related.......................................... 27.54 27.24 – – Service............................................................. 10.74 9.19 – – Sales and office.................................................... 14.29 14.04 15.68 15.68 Sales and related................................................. 14.30 14.30 – – Office and administrative support................................. 14.29 13.94 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 16.63 16.39 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 15.45 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.03 18.90 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 13.65 13.55 – – Production........................................................ 15.12 15.14 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.20 12.00 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.6 6.2 10.9 10.9 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.4 6.8 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 14.0 14.9 – – Professional and related.......................................... 4.4 6.2 – – Service............................................................. 7.0 6.2 – – Sales and office.................................................... 7.2 8.2 15.6 15.6 Sales and related................................................. 16.9 16.9 – – Office and administrative support................................. 5.7 7.0 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.1 8.8 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 11.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 9.1 10.2 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.8 4.8 – – Production........................................................ 5.5 5.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 7.8 8.4 – – 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. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, March 2008 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... - - - - $19.24 - - - – Management, professional, and related............................... - - - - 35.08 - - - – Management, business, and financial............................... - - - - 31.19 - - - – Professional and related.......................................... - - - - 43.15 - - - – Service............................................................. - - - - – - - - – Sales and office.................................................... - - - - 13.35 - - - – Sales and related................................................. - - - - – - - - – Office and administrative support................................. - - - - 12.95 - - - – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - - - - – - - - – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - - - - – - - - – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - - - - – - - - – Production........................................................ - - - - – - - - – Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - – - - - – B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... - - - - 15.1 - - - – Management, professional, and related............................... - - - - 10.3 - - - – Management, business, and financial............................... - - - - 14.6 - - - – Professional and related.......................................... - - - - 6.8 - - - – Service............................................................. - - - - – - - - – Sales and office.................................................... - - - - 6.2 - - - – Sales and related................................................. - - - - – - - - – Office and administrative support................................. - - - - 7.2 - - - – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - - - - – - - - – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - - - - – - - - – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - - - - – - - - – Production........................................................ - - - - – - - - – Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - – - - - – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, March 2008 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 449,100 380,300 68,900 Management, professional, and related............................... 109,100 78,600 30,500 Management, business, and financial............................... 25,500 23,200 – Professional and related.......................................... 83,600 55,400 28,200 Service............................................................. 93,200 78,500 14,600 Sales and office.................................................... 134,600 119,400 15,100 Sales and related................................................. 42,100 42,100 – Office and administrative support................................. 92,400 77,300 15,100 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 55,600 51,900 3,700 Construction and extraction...................................... 35,200 32,800 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20,300 19,100 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 56,700 51,800 4,900 Production........................................................ 24,800 23,100 – Transportation and material moving................................ 31,800 28,700 – 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, March 2008 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 15,606 14,698 908 Total in sample....................................................... 174 159 15 Responding........................................................ 102 89 13 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 49 47 2 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 23 23 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.