NC BL 10/00/2006 Table: Reading, PA, Bulletin 3135-17, January 2006 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Reading, PA, January 2006 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........................................................... $18.23 3.5 36.0 $17.42 4.1 36.1 $24.70 2.7 35.4 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 30.71 4.3 36.6 29.88 5.5 37.1 33.47 3.3 35.0 Management, business, and financial............................... 35.44 6.9 40.7 35.36 7.6 40.5 36.25 12.3 42.2 Professional and related.......................................... 27.75 6.1 34.4 25.40 9.7 34.6 32.92 4.9 33.8 Service............................................................. 11.19 5.4 30.4 10.14 6.6 29.6 15.69 2.4 34.9 Sales and office.................................................... 14.74 4.0 34.6 14.72 4.2 34.6 15.06 1.4 36.4 Sales and related................................................. 14.98 13.4 31.1 14.99 13.4 31.2 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 14.64 3.0 36.4 14.60 3.2 36.4 15.09 1.3 36.7 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.62 8.4 39.7 17.73 9.1 39.9 16.38 2.6 38.4 Construction and extraction...................................... 16.62 3.8 38.6 16.48 4.1 38.6 17.80 6.8 39.3 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.67 12.0 40.5 18.85 12.6 40.7 16.41 2.1 37.9 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.37 3.1 40.3 14.30 3.1 40.4 18.32 9.3 36.8 Production........................................................ 15.00 2.4 38.4 14.99 2.4 38.4 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.79 5.6 42.2 13.66 5.7 42.4 18.72 9.0 36.4 Full time........................................................... 19.31 3.5 40.1 18.49 4.1 40.4 25.54 2.0 38.2 Part time........................................................... 9.68 11.4 19.9 9.38 12.9 20.1 13.66 17.2 18.0 Union............................................................... 21.43 2.7 37.7 15.87 4.0 38.9 25.68 .6 36.8 Nonunion............................................................ 17.66 4.3 35.7 17.54 4.4 35.9 21.56 13.2 31.6 Time................................................................ 17.82 3.3 35.4 16.87 3.9 35.4 24.70 2.7 35.4 Incentive........................................................... 22.60 18.3 45.0 22.60 18.3 45.0 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 18.49 5.7 39.6 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 17.00 5.3 34.9 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 16.83 6.4 35.7 16.78 6.5 35.7 21.96 7.8 37.1 100-499 workers..................................................... 18.44 5.9 35.0 17.49 6.9 35.1 26.53 6.7 34.3 500 workers or more................................................. 20.69 3.7 37.8 19.08 4.9 38.8 24.25 1.3 35.7 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 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), Reading, PA, January 2006 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........................................................... $18.23 3.5 $19.31 3.5 $9.68 11.4 Management occupations.............................................. 44.40 10.4 44.40 10.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 43.03 29.7 43.03 29.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 47.51 27.8 47.51 27.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 49.67 7.8 49.67 7.8 – – Industrial production managers.................................... 43.20 34.1 43.20 34.1 – – Education administrators.......................................... 41.97 11.8 41.97 11.8 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.29 6.7 28.29 6.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.92 2.2 20.92 2.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.17 11.0 34.17 11.0 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 28.33 4.1 28.33 4.1 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 32.65 5.7 32.65 5.7 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.21 10.3 32.21 10.3 – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 32.93 12.8 32.93 12.8 – – Industrial engineers.......................................... 32.93 12.8 32.93 12.8 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 17.21 9.2 17.21 9.2 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.86 6.6 34.15 7.6 15.17 20.3 Level 2 .................................................. 11.16 2.0 – – 11.09 1.4 Level 6 .................................................. 12.65 16.2 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.57 15.7 31.65 15.9 – – Level 8 .................................................. 35.46 6.5 35.06 6.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.78 .2 37.84 .1 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 45.49 7.6 45.81 7.7 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.30 8.2 34.54 8.5 20.46 37.4 Level 7 .................................................. 20.52 34.8 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 35.49 6.7 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.16 .2 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 35.20 6.5 35.31 6.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.54 9.8 33.54 9.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 39.02 .1 39.02 .1 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.47 2.6 38.63 2.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 38.39 5.8 38.39 5.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 39.04 .1 39.04 .1 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.84 16.0 – – – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 37.36 4.4 37.87 3.1 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 37.14 4.6 37.65 3.3 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 37.86 1.5 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.35 3.2 12.71 10.2 10.57 .9 Level 2 .................................................. $11.16 2.0 – – $11.09 1.4 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.03 2.4 $24.15 7.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.41 1.9 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.77 4.1 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. – – 27.37 6.5 – – Registered nurses................................................. – – 33.42 18.0 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.69 3.5 11.85 3.4 10.34 8.5 Level 3 .................................................. 12.00 3.7 12.39 3.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.74 3.0 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.42 2.3 11.43 2.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.37 3.7 11.39 3.5 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.31 5.5 13.21 3.6 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 19.45 8.4 21.24 2.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.39 1.9 25.39 1.9 – – Police officers................................................... 26.75 3.6 26.75 3.6 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.75 3.6 26.75 3.6 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.50 5.0 9.48 7.9 5.69 9.8 Level 1 .................................................. 5.15 10.9 5.69 4.4 4.77 15.1 Level 2 .................................................. 7.38 17.1 9.99 7.9 5.98 31.5 Level 3 .................................................. 9.26 7.8 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 8.92 32.7 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 10.98 6.3 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.19 12.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.86 21.1 – – 4.11 22.1 Level 1 .................................................. 2.95 6.5 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.61 21.3 – – 3.90 22.6 Level 1 .................................................. 2.67 1.7 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.57 7.4 – – 7.95 9.0 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.46 7.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.19 10.5 13.23 9.5 7.25 6.7 Level 1 .................................................. 9.72 6.6 10.77 4.6 7.11 7.5 Level 2 .................................................. 12.05 6.1 12.05 6.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.79 9.3 12.81 5.7 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.67 5.8 11.99 3.4 7.25 6.7 Level 1 .................................................. 9.66 8.9 11.37 4.1 7.11 7.5 Level 2 .................................................. 11.14 5.7 11.14 5.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.79 9.3 12.81 5.7 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.30 4.2 12.17 3.3 7.88 4.1 Level 1 .................................................. 10.46 5.5 11.37 4.1 7.88 5.9 Level 2 .................................................. 12.01 2.8 12.01 2.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. $11.79 9.3 $12.81 5.7 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.43 18.8 – – $8.57 9.7 Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.98 13.4 19.03 17.9 7.18 6.4 Level 2 .................................................. 7.21 8.1 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.63 8.3 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 23.88 27.9 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.26 14.7 15.09 19.2 7.19 8.1 Level 2 .................................................. 7.23 9.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.63 8.3 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.19 6.4 – – 6.64 2.3 Level 2 .................................................. 6.71 .0 – – 6.47 .0 Cashiers...................................................... 7.19 6.4 – – 6.64 2.3 Level 2 .................................................. 6.71 .0 – – 6.47 .0 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.79 33.7 17.96 29.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.64 3.0 14.91 3.3 11.36 10.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.12 9.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.62 4.0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.43 3.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.73 6.0 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.00 5.5 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.34 7.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.85 6.0 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.57 7.9 15.85 8.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.94 2.2 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.97 5.1 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.78 13.1 16.26 13.6 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 15.19 7.7 15.63 8.4 – – Order clerks...................................................... 15.39 25.0 15.39 25.0 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.58 6.5 – – – – Dispatchers....................................................... 17.37 18.9 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.47 6.3 12.47 6.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.33 6.2 12.33 6.2 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.90 8.7 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.10 6.1 16.25 6.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.84 6.5 13.84 6.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.68 10.4 19.06 8.1 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.77 5.4 17.77 5.4 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.62 8.7 15.63 8.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.76 7.7 13.76 7.7 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 16.29 7.9 16.29 7.9 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.69 3.5 12.56 2.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.15 3.9 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. $16.62 3.8 $16.59 3.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.65 5.3 11.65 5.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.67 12.0 18.67 12.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.16 11.0 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.53 7.0 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.48 8.7 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.21 2.0 19.21 2.0 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.83 3.2 16.83 3.2 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.00 2.4 15.32 2.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.92 5.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.62 5.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.36 7.3 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.36 1.7 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.18 5.3 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.90 1.5 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.66 12.1 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 22.72 2.2 22.72 2.2 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 14.49 1.9 14.49 1.9 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 14.49 1.9 14.49 1.9 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.03 9.9 13.24 9.1 – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 17.76 15.5 17.76 15.5 – – Printers.......................................................... 17.73 5.3 17.73 5.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.99 5.1 18.99 5.1 – – Printing machine operators...................................... 17.85 5.4 17.85 5.4 – – Cutting workers................................................... 13.14 4.3 13.14 4.3 – – Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 13.14 4.3 13.14 4.3 – – Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 14.51 5.7 14.51 5.7 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.12 11.3 13.12 11.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.43 5.1 9.43 5.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.37 6.5 16.37 6.5 – – Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 15.54 15.9 15.54 15.9 – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 13.58 3.3 13.58 3.3 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.79 5.6 13.90 5.5 $9.77 9.4 Level 1 .................................................. 9.57 2.2 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.10 4.7 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.98 1.6 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.01 7.3 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.42 2.4 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.78 5.9 14.90 5.5 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.84 2.8 15.84 2.8 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.89 3.3 13.89 3.3 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ $13.34 2.7 $13.53 3.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.72 1.9 9.80 1.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.00 2.1 15.00 2.1 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.96 3.8 15.35 2.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.68 4.3 15.68 4.3 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 12.89 4.2 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.65 5.1 9.37 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. 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), Reading, PA, January 2006 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........................................................... $17.42 4.1 $18.49 4.1 $9.38 12.9 Management occupations.............................................. 46.38 11.8 46.38 11.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 45.07 33.4 45.07 33.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 49.61 8.0 49.61 8.0 – – Industrial production managers.................................... 43.20 34.1 43.20 34.1 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.10 6.8 28.10 6.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.69 2.7 20.69 2.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.17 11.0 34.17 11.0 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 28.62 4.2 28.62 4.2 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 32.65 5.7 32.65 5.7 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.47 10.1 32.47 10.1 – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 32.93 12.8 32.93 12.8 – – Industrial engineers.......................................... 32.93 12.8 32.93 12.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 15.60 16.1 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 38.98 9.2 39.75 9.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.51 1.5 23.51 8.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.13 .9 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. – – 26.85 5.8 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.49 3.9 11.66 4.0 10.34 8.5 Level 3 .................................................. 11.52 4.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.72 3.0 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.06 3.5 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.85 6.2 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.30 5.6 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.08 3.2 9.00 5.7 5.47 9.9 Level 1 .................................................. 4.92 14.2 – – 4.47 17.9 Level 2 .................................................. 7.06 16.9 – – 5.95 31.9 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.78 21.8 – – 4.09 22.4 Level 1 .................................................. 2.77 3.7 – – 2.91 9.8 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.61 21.3 – – 3.90 22.6 Level 1 .................................................. 2.67 1.7 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.17 7.9 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.45 7.1 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.73 15.2 12.98 14.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.45 8.6 10.55 5.4 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.48 7.1 11.06 4.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. $9.22 12.7 $11.24 6.6 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.18 5.3 11.27 4.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.23 8.6 11.24 6.6 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.53 19.1 – – $8.61 10.2 Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.99 13.4 19.03 17.9 7.17 6.4 Level 2 .................................................. 7.21 8.1 – – 7.00 6.6 Level 3 .................................................. 8.62 8.4 8.97 9.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 23.88 27.9 23.88 27.9 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.27 14.7 15.09 19.2 7.17 8.2 Level 2 .................................................. 7.23 9.9 – – 6.94 9.9 Level 3 .................................................. 8.62 8.4 8.97 9.4 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.17 6.3 – – 6.61 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 6.71 .0 – – 6.47 .0 Cashiers...................................................... 7.17 6.3 – – 6.61 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 6.71 .0 – – 6.47 .0 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.79 33.7 17.96 29.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.60 3.2 14.90 3.6 11.30 10.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.12 9.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.62 4.0 11.12 3.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.36 3.9 12.46 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.95 6.6 15.89 6.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.49 5.7 19.03 4.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.39 7.4 17.24 7.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.60 6.1 15.60 6.1 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.56 8.6 15.86 8.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.93 2.3 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.81 5.2 14.81 5.2 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.78 15.1 16.34 15.6 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 15.19 7.7 15.63 8.4 – – Order clerks...................................................... 15.39 25.0 15.39 25.0 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.58 6.5 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.47 6.3 12.47 6.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.33 6.2 12.33 6.2 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.90 8.7 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.06 6.9 16.21 7.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.75 7.0 13.75 7.0 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.77 5.4 17.77 5.4 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.44 10.6 15.44 10.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.63 8.5 13.63 8.5 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.71 3.6 12.67 3.3 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.48 4.1 16.45 4.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... $18.85 12.6 $18.85 12.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.53 7.0 18.53 7.0 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.09 3.8 20.09 3.8 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.99 2.4 15.32 2.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.92 5.8 9.00 6.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.62 5.6 11.83 5.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.31 7.3 14.09 5.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.36 1.7 15.36 1.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.23 5.4 17.23 5.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.90 1.5 20.90 1.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.90 12.8 22.90 12.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 22.72 2.2 22.72 2.2 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 14.49 1.9 14.49 1.9 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 14.49 1.9 14.49 1.9 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.03 9.9 13.24 9.1 – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 17.76 15.5 17.76 15.5 – – Printers.......................................................... 17.74 5.4 17.74 5.4 – – Printing machine operators...................................... 17.86 5.5 17.86 5.5 – – Cutting workers................................................... 13.14 4.3 13.14 4.3 – – Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 13.14 4.3 13.14 4.3 – – Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 14.51 5.7 14.51 5.7 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.05 11.4 13.05 11.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.43 5.1 9.43 5.1 – – Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 15.54 15.9 15.54 15.9 – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 13.35 3.4 13.35 3.4 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.66 5.7 13.77 5.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.57 2.2 9.65 1.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.10 4.7 11.10 4.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.01 1.7 15.01 1.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.93 7.4 14.93 7.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.36 2.4 16.36 2.4 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.76 6.0 14.88 5.6 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.84 2.8 15.84 2.8 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.89 3.3 13.89 3.3 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.34 2.7 13.53 3.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.72 1.9 9.80 1.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.00 2.1 15.00 2.1 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.96 3.8 15.35 2.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.68 4.3 15.68 4.3 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 12.89 4.2 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.65 5.1 9.37 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 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Reading, PA, January 2006 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........................................................... $24.70 2.7 $25.54 2.0 $13.66 17.2 Management occupations.............................................. 36.17 14.3 36.17 14.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.01 5.1 33.01 5.1 – – Education administrators.......................................... 42.00 10.8 42.00 10.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 35.43 1.0 37.83 1.2 16.72 20.6 Level 2 .................................................. 11.16 2.0 – – 11.09 1.4 Level 7 .................................................. 38.31 1.4 38.54 1.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 38.04 .5 37.68 1.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.20 .1 38.20 .1 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 37.54 .3 37.85 .7 31.72 16.2 Level 8 .................................................. 38.08 .5 37.71 1.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.16 .2 38.16 .2 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 37.65 2.4 37.79 2.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 37.16 4.2 37.16 4.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 39.02 .1 39.02 .1 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.47 2.6 38.63 2.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 38.39 5.8 38.39 5.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 39.04 .1 39.04 .1 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 37.36 4.4 37.87 3.1 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 37.14 4.6 37.65 3.3 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 37.86 1.5 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.35 3.2 12.71 10.2 10.57 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 11.16 2.0 – – 11.09 1.4 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.91 1.0 12.91 1.0 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 21.80 2.5 21.92 2.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.39 1.9 25.39 1.9 – – Police officers................................................... 26.75 3.6 26.75 3.6 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.75 3.6 26.75 3.6 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 12.21 1.1 13.11 5.6 10.15 .6 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.48 7.7 13.83 6.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.98 6.4 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.64 4.8 12.97 3.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.98 6.4 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.64 4.8 12.97 3.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.98 6.4 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.09 1.3 15.10 1.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.64 2.5 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.89 2.4 13.96 2.0 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... $16.48 3.2 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.48 3.2 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. $17.80 6.8 $17.80 6.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.41 2.1 16.41 2.1 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.72 9.0 19.46 9.3 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Reading, PA, January 2006 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........................................................... $18.23 3.5 $19.31 3.5 $9.68 11.4 Management occupations.............................................. 44.40 10.4 44.40 10.4 – – Group III................................................. 45.53 18.2 – – – – Industrial production managers.................................... 43.20 34.1 43.20 34.1 – – Education administrators.......................................... 41.97 11.8 41.97 11.8 – – Group III................................................. 40.40 12.7 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.29 6.7 28.29 6.7 – – Group II.................................................. 22.76 5.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 35.40 8.7 – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 28.33 4.1 28.33 4.1 – – Group II.................................................. 25.20 11.7 – – – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 32.65 5.7 32.65 5.7 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.21 10.3 32.21 10.3 – – Group II.................................................. 26.81 3.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.05 13.9 – – – – Engineers Group III................................................. 38.05 13.9 – – – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 32.93 12.8 32.93 12.8 – – Industrial engineers.......................................... 32.93 12.8 32.93 12.8 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 17.21 9.2 17.21 9.2 – – Group II.................................................. 17.21 9.2 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.86 6.6 34.15 7.6 15.17 20.3 Group I................................................... 11.06 3.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 32.17 9.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.40 .2 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 45.49 7.6 45.81 7.7 – – Group III................................................. 43.98 2.8 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.30 8.2 34.54 8.5 20.46 37.4 Group II.................................................. 31.47 11.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.16 .2 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 35.20 6.5 35.31 6.6 – – Group II.................................................. 33.56 9.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.02 .1 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.47 2.6 38.63 2.6 – – Group II.................................................. 37.99 5.1 38.30 4.9 – – Group III................................................. 39.04 .1 39.04 .1 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.84 16.0 – – – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 37.36 4.4 37.87 3.1 – – Group II.................................................. 37.84 6.9 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... $37.14 4.6 $37.65 3.3 – – Group II.................................................. 37.85 7.2 38.73 5.0 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 37.86 1.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 37.82 1.6 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.35 3.2 12.71 10.2 $10.57 0.9 Group I................................................... 11.35 3.2 12.71 10.2 10.57 .9 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.03 2.4 24.15 7.3 – – Group II.................................................. 21.55 3.3 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. – – 33.42 18.0 – – Group II.................................................. – – 27.75 3.4 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.69 3.5 11.85 3.4 10.34 8.5 Group I................................................... 11.78 3.9 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.42 2.3 11.43 2.2 – – Group I................................................... 11.46 3.4 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.37 3.7 11.39 3.5 – – Group I................................................... 11.37 3.7 11.39 3.5 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.31 5.5 13.21 3.6 – – Group I................................................... 12.31 5.5 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 19.45 8.4 21.24 2.7 – – Group II.................................................. 21.42 2.6 – – – – Police officers................................................... 26.75 3.6 26.75 3.6 – – Group II.................................................. 27.03 4.1 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.75 3.6 26.75 3.6 – – Group II.................................................. 27.03 4.1 27.03 4.1 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.50 5.0 9.48 7.9 5.69 9.8 Group I................................................... 6.92 6.4 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 10.98 6.3 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.19 12.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.19 12.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.86 21.1 – – 4.11 22.1 Group I................................................... 3.86 21.1 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.61 21.3 – – 3.90 22.6 Group I................................................... 3.61 21.3 – – 3.90 22.6 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.57 7.4 – – 7.95 9.0 Group I................................................... 8.61 7.6 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.46 7.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.51 7.3 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.19 10.5 13.23 9.5 7.25 6.7 Group I................................................... 10.76 5.1 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... $10.67 5.8 $11.99 3.4 $7.25 6.7 Group I................................................... 10.67 5.8 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.30 4.2 12.17 3.3 7.88 4.1 Group I................................................... 11.30 4.2 12.17 3.3 7.88 4.1 Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.43 18.8 – – 8.57 9.7 Group I................................................... 8.75 7.4 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.98 13.4 19.03 17.9 7.18 6.4 Group I................................................... 11.66 13.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.24 9.3 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.26 14.7 15.09 19.2 7.19 8.1 Group I................................................... 12.14 15.1 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.19 6.4 – – 6.64 2.3 Group I................................................... 7.19 6.4 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 7.19 6.4 – – 6.64 2.3 Group I................................................... 7.19 6.4 – – 6.64 2.3 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.79 33.7 17.96 29.2 – – Group I................................................... 15.79 33.7 17.96 29.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.64 3.0 14.91 3.3 11.36 10.3 Group I................................................... 13.26 3.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.77 4.5 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.57 7.9 15.85 8.2 – – Group I................................................... 13.40 3.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.61 10.8 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.78 13.1 16.26 13.6 – – Group I................................................... 12.20 6.5 12.78 11.7 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 15.19 7.7 15.63 8.4 – – Group II.................................................. 17.78 9.7 17.78 9.7 – – Order clerks...................................................... 15.39 25.0 15.39 25.0 – – Group I................................................... 15.77 26.5 15.77 26.5 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.58 6.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.58 6.5 – – – – Dispatchers....................................................... 17.37 18.9 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.47 6.3 12.47 6.3 – – Group I................................................... 12.47 6.3 12.47 6.3 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.90 8.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.74 8.5 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.10 6.1 16.25 6.4 – – Group I................................................... 13.84 6.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.42 7.8 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.77 5.4 17.77 5.4 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.62 8.7 15.63 8.7 – – Group I................................................... 13.75 7.7 13.76 7.7 – – Group II.................................................. 20.38 9.1 20.38 9.1 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... $16.29 7.9 $16.29 7.9 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.69 3.5 12.56 2.8 – – Group I................................................... 12.69 3.5 12.56 2.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.62 3.8 16.59 3.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.02 3.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.63 4.8 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.67 12.0 18.67 12.0 – – Group I................................................... 13.57 8.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.38 10.9 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.21 2.0 19.21 2.0 – – Group II.................................................. 20.07 2.5 – – – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.83 3.2 16.83 3.2 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.00 2.4 15.32 2.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.96 5.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.44 .4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 22.72 2.2 22.72 2.2 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 14.49 1.9 14.49 1.9 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 14.49 1.9 14.49 1.9 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.03 9.9 13.24 9.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.63 4.3 – – – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 17.76 15.5 17.76 15.5 – – Printers.......................................................... 17.73 5.3 17.73 5.3 – – Group II.................................................. 18.52 7.4 – – – – Printing machine operators...................................... 17.85 5.4 17.85 5.4 – – Group II.................................................. 18.83 6.6 18.83 6.6 – – Cutting workers................................................... 13.14 4.3 13.14 4.3 – – Group I................................................... 13.14 4.3 – – – – Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 13.14 4.3 13.14 4.3 – – Group I................................................... 13.14 4.3 13.14 4.3 – – Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 14.51 5.7 14.51 5.7 – – Group I................................................... 14.51 5.7 14.51 5.7 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.12 11.3 13.12 11.3 – – Group I................................................... 12.48 15.8 – – – – Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 15.54 15.9 15.54 15.9 – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 13.58 3.3 13.58 3.3 – – Group I................................................... 13.58 3.3 13.58 3.3 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.79 5.6 13.90 5.5 $9.77 9.4 Group I................................................... 12.54 4.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.60 2.9 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.78 5.9 14.90 5.5 – – Group I................................................... 12.54 9.1 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ $15.84 2.8 $15.84 2.8 – – Group I................................................... 14.66 3.4 14.66 3.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.89 3.3 13.89 3.3 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.34 2.7 13.53 3.0 – – Group I................................................... 13.34 2.7 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.96 3.8 15.35 2.9 – – Group I................................................... 14.96 3.8 15.35 2.9 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 12.89 4.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.89 4.2 – – – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Reading, PA, January 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.25 $11.07 $15.33 $20.90 $31.25 Management occupations.............................................. 25.15 27.26 34.68 50.52 78.37 Industrial production managers.................................... 28.71 34.68 34.68 42.37 75.96 Education administrators.......................................... 27.28 30.53 44.08 51.54 52.50 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.93 21.15 26.76 31.88 42.07 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.58 22.35 28.56 35.34 38.11 Computer systems analysts......................................... 24.34 28.56 32.96 37.61 39.16 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 17.31 19.23 32.69 41.46 46.88 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 21.96 27.50 32.94 38.08 43.45 Industrial engineers.......................................... 21.96 27.50 32.94 38.08 43.45 Community and social services occupations........................... 10.79 15.87 16.32 18.03 22.39 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.82 15.98 33.29 43.81 50.33 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 28.72 38.83 46.07 50.79 61.74 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 11.08 26.35 34.43 44.38 49.63 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 12.50 28.33 34.52 45.16 50.23 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 26.71 30.42 36.22 46.86 51.30 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 11.55 12.36 30.54 38.62 46.86 Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.49 30.06 35.13 44.40 50.01 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.35 30.06 35.13 43.95 50.88 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 27.77 31.11 37.84 45.24 51.09 Teacher assistants................................................ 8.00 9.75 11.33 12.10 15.10 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.77 19.75 20.62 24.01 30.73 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.04 11.01 11.35 12.76 14.16 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.09 11.00 11.35 11.49 12.94 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.65 10.25 11.43 12.10 13.01 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.66 10.85 12.76 14.16 14.16 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.50 14.38 18.93 25.22 28.48 Police officers................................................... 23.61 23.61 27.26 28.09 30.74 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 23.61 23.61 27.26 28.09 30.74 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.57 2.83 7.90 10.00 13.46 Cooks............................................................. 9.00 9.00 10.00 13.33 15.72 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.00 7.00 8.00 11.25 12.93 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.53 2.57 2.83 3.25 9.75 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.53 2.57 2.83 3.25 9.75 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.75 7.73 10.49 11.75 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.75 7.25 7.73 10.01 10.49 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 9.00 11.01 14.50 20.19 Building cleaning workers......................................... $7.00 $8.50 $10.65 $12.29 $14.85 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.81 9.32 11.13 12.92 15.55 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.25 7.66 8.42 11.00 21.46 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.50 7.00 8.69 17.80 23.25 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.18 7.00 8.01 13.75 20.05 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 5.65 6.30 7.00 7.25 8.43 Cashiers...................................................... 5.65 6.30 7.00 7.25 8.43 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.50 8.01 12.00 20.05 26.66 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 11.75 13.57 17.24 21.00 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.66 12.50 15.50 18.98 21.88 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.50 12.50 15.19 21.00 22.00 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.79 12.25 14.19 17.88 21.24 Order clerks...................................................... 10.50 11.50 12.30 22.98 22.98 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.55 9.35 12.25 13.00 13.00 Dispatchers....................................................... 10.25 10.25 17.13 23.75 23.80 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.10 10.50 11.12 15.25 16.52 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 6.80 7.35 9.95 12.70 13.45 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.07 12.88 15.73 19.00 22.14 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 12.88 16.86 17.07 19.40 21.31 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.00 13.90 15.60 16.02 25.00 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.15 14.08 18.00 18.00 18.00 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.00 11.75 12.00 14.60 15.43 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.00 12.25 15.60 20.00 25.70 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.24 14.35 16.50 21.25 24.75 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 15.01 16.74 17.80 22.30 22.50 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.96 15.50 17.80 17.80 17.80 Production occupations.............................................. 8.50 10.70 15.25 17.45 21.50 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 15.95 21.13 23.42 23.42 27.00 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.25 13.00 14.85 14.85 16.44 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 11.25 13.00 14.85 14.85 16.44 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.50 9.84 13.20 15.50 16.88 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 13.48 13.48 18.61 21.20 22.30 Printers.......................................................... 15.78 16.25 17.00 19.25 20.50 Printing machine operators...................................... 14.29 16.25 18.65 19.31 22.62 Cutting workers................................................... 7.68 8.75 12.75 17.68 17.73 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 7.68 8.75 12.75 17.68 17.73 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 12.00 13.40 15.25 15.25 17.12 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.00 9.25 13.85 16.57 17.75 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 9.36 14.72 16.57 18.47 18.47 Helpers--production workers..................................... 8.50 11.24 13.85 16.60 16.60 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.00 10.48 14.12 15.90 18.23 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.10 13.84 14.61 17.00 18.95 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ $13.84 $14.26 $15.00 $18.23 $19.20 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.45 11.85 14.14 15.70 17.25 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.30 10.25 13.95 15.90 17.53 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.65 14.25 15.90 17.53 17.73 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.90 10.90 13.95 13.95 15.35 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), Reading, PA, January 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $10.68 $14.85 $20.05 $28.56 Management occupations.............................................. 26.54 27.26 34.68 51.80 84.14 Industrial production managers.................................... 28.71 34.68 34.68 42.37 75.96 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.83 21.15 26.76 31.88 41.23 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 22.35 22.35 28.56 35.37 38.19 Computer systems analysts......................................... 24.34 28.56 32.96 37.61 39.16 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.05 21.96 32.69 41.46 46.88 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 21.96 27.50 32.94 38.08 43.45 Industrial engineers.......................................... 21.96 27.50 32.94 38.08 43.45 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.20 10.00 11.55 15.98 28.72 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 20.43 23.55 33.28 58.71 63.16 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.77 19.29 19.97 23.73 30.73 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.66 10.67 11.35 12.20 13.63 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.25 10.55 11.35 11.35 12.10 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.65 10.25 11.01 11.54 12.94 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.66 10.85 12.76 14.16 14.16 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.57 2.83 7.00 9.75 12.75 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.53 2.57 2.83 3.25 9.75 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.53 2.57 2.83 3.25 9.75 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.75 7.55 10.00 10.49 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.75 7.25 7.73 10.01 10.49 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.00 9.00 10.75 12.13 20.19 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.25 7.25 9.40 11.81 11.81 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.25 8.00 9.77 11.81 11.81 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.25 7.66 8.59 11.04 21.46 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.50 7.00 8.69 17.80 23.25 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.18 7.00 8.01 13.75 20.05 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 5.65 6.30 7.00 7.25 8.43 Cashiers...................................................... 5.65 6.30 7.00 7.25 8.43 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.50 8.01 12.00 20.05 26.66 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 11.75 13.11 17.65 21.24 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.55 12.37 15.06 19.00 22.00 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.50 11.45 12.50 21.00 22.00 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.79 12.25 14.19 17.88 21.24 Order clerks...................................................... 10.50 11.50 12.30 22.98 22.98 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.55 9.35 12.25 13.00 13.00 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.10 10.50 11.12 15.25 16.52 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 6.80 7.35 9.95 12.70 13.45 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... $10.00 $12.88 $15.73 $19.00 $22.14 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 12.88 16.86 17.07 19.40 21.31 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.00 12.68 13.90 15.73 25.00 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.45 11.75 12.00 14.60 15.43 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.50 12.25 14.23 20.00 27.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.21 14.35 16.74 21.65 29.08 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 16.74 17.80 19.25 22.30 22.50 Production occupations.............................................. 8.50 10.70 15.25 17.45 21.50 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 15.95 21.13 23.42 23.42 27.00 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.25 13.00 14.85 14.85 16.44 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 11.25 13.00 14.85 14.85 16.44 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.50 9.84 13.20 15.50 16.88 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 13.48 13.48 18.61 21.20 22.30 Printers.......................................................... 15.78 16.25 17.00 19.25 20.50 Printing machine operators...................................... 13.59 16.25 18.65 19.31 22.62 Cutting workers................................................... 7.68 8.75 12.75 17.68 17.73 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 7.68 8.75 12.75 17.68 17.73 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 12.00 13.40 15.25 15.25 17.12 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.00 9.25 13.85 16.33 17.75 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 9.36 14.72 16.57 18.47 18.47 Helpers--production workers..................................... 8.50 11.24 13.85 16.60 16.60 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.91 10.40 14.00 15.90 18.23 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.10 13.66 14.61 16.99 18.69 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.84 14.26 15.00 18.23 19.20 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.45 11.85 14.14 15.70 17.25 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.30 10.25 13.95 15.90 17.53 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.65 14.25 15.90 17.53 17.73 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.90 10.90 13.95 13.95 15.35 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), Reading, PA, January 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.43 $14.63 $19.55 $33.12 $46.86 Management occupations.............................................. 25.15 25.15 30.53 48.08 51.94 Education administrators.......................................... 30.53 30.53 44.57 51.54 51.99 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.41 28.69 35.13 46.07 50.79 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.35 30.06 35.13 46.11 50.23 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.35 30.05 35.54 46.11 50.62 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 26.71 30.42 36.22 46.86 51.30 Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.49 30.06 35.13 44.40 50.01 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.35 30.06 35.13 43.95 50.88 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 27.77 31.11 37.84 45.24 51.09 Teacher assistants................................................ 8.00 9.75 11.33 12.10 15.10 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.62 11.43 12.01 14.08 17.60 Protective service occupations...................................... 18.01 18.93 19.33 25.22 28.09 Police officers................................................... 23.61 23.61 27.26 28.09 30.74 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 23.61 23.61 27.26 28.09 30.74 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.15 10.84 11.97 13.33 14.60 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.00 10.87 12.92 15.00 17.28 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.60 10.82 12.66 14.58 16.27 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.60 10.82 12.66 14.58 16.27 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.95 13.49 15.14 16.18 17.65 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.35 14.39 16.10 17.65 17.65 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.35 14.39 16.10 17.65 17.65 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.60 15.80 15.96 16.51 24.30 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.28 15.01 15.45 17.17 21.63 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.91 15.34 18.55 20.18 26.19 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), Reading, PA, January 2006 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.77 $12.00 $15.96 $22.14 $32.69 Management occupations.............................................. 25.15 27.26 34.68 50.52 78.37 Industrial production managers.................................... 28.71 34.68 34.68 42.37 75.96 Education administrators.......................................... 27.28 30.53 44.08 51.54 52.50 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.93 21.15 26.76 31.88 42.07 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.58 22.35 28.56 35.34 38.11 Computer systems analysts......................................... 24.34 28.56 32.96 37.61 39.16 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 17.31 19.23 32.69 41.46 46.88 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 21.96 27.50 32.94 38.08 43.45 Industrial engineers.......................................... 21.96 27.50 32.94 38.08 43.45 Community and social services occupations........................... 10.79 15.87 16.32 18.03 22.39 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.55 27.35 34.55 45.16 50.79 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.55 38.83 46.07 54.63 61.74 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 12.36 28.33 34.55 44.40 50.13 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 21.93 28.33 34.52 45.16 50.23 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 27.28 30.42 36.31 46.86 51.30 Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.43 30.06 35.13 45.05 50.88 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.11 30.06 35.13 44.40 50.98 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.25 11.25 11.67 15.10 16.86 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.02 18.82 21.01 26.96 31.52 Registered nurses................................................. 26.19 26.91 26.96 34.11 66.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.15 11.35 11.35 12.76 14.16 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.09 11.01 11.35 11.49 12.94 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.65 10.25 11.43 12.01 13.02 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.15 12.61 13.00 14.16 16.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.38 18.93 19.33 26.67 28.48 Police officers................................................... 23.61 23.61 27.26 28.09 30.74 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 23.61 23.61 27.26 28.09 30.74 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.57 8.00 9.50 12.50 13.46 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.00 10.61 11.81 15.00 20.19 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.32 10.09 11.81 13.46 15.75 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.60 10.63 11.81 13.73 15.75 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.00 8.69 14.68 21.27 31.25 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.00 7.67 10.66 19.41 24.85 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.00 8.69 13.75 20.05 32.85 Office and administrative support occupations....................... $10.25 $12.00 $13.90 $17.52 $21.31 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.18 12.50 15.50 19.00 22.00 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.09 12.50 15.91 21.00 22.00 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.02 12.55 14.34 18.40 21.55 Order clerks...................................................... 10.50 11.50 12.30 22.98 22.98 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.10 10.50 11.12 15.25 16.52 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.00 13.90 15.73 19.00 22.14 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 12.88 16.86 17.07 19.40 21.31 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.00 13.90 15.60 16.02 25.00 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.15 14.08 18.00 18.00 18.00 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.00 11.75 12.00 13.90 15.43 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.00 12.25 15.50 18.50 25.70 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.24 14.35 16.50 21.25 24.75 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 15.01 16.74 17.80 22.30 22.50 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.96 15.50 17.80 17.80 17.80 Production occupations.............................................. 9.25 11.35 15.25 17.45 21.50 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 15.95 21.13 23.42 23.42 27.00 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.25 13.00 14.85 14.85 16.44 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 11.25 13.00 14.85 14.85 16.44 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.50 10.69 13.40 15.60 16.95 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 13.48 13.48 18.61 21.20 22.30 Printers.......................................................... 15.78 16.25 17.00 19.25 20.50 Printing machine operators...................................... 14.29 16.25 18.65 19.31 22.62 Cutting workers................................................... 7.68 8.75 12.75 17.68 17.73 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 7.68 8.75 12.75 17.68 17.73 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 12.00 13.40 15.25 15.25 17.12 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.00 9.25 13.85 16.57 17.75 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 9.36 14.72 16.57 18.47 18.47 Helpers--production workers..................................... 8.50 11.24 13.85 16.60 16.60 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.00 10.50 14.21 16.00 18.23 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.50 13.95 14.63 17.00 18.95 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.84 14.26 15.00 18.23 19.20 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.45 11.85 14.14 15.70 17.25 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.75 10.28 13.95 15.90 17.53 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.61 14.25 15.90 17.53 17.73 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), Reading, PA, January 2006 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $3.25 $6.50 $8.00 $10.90 $19.97 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.75 9.53 10.90 12.62 29.60 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 8.75 9.20 10.80 24.51 48.65 Teacher assistants................................................ 8.00 9.53 10.56 11.85 12.62 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.75 8.66 10.85 11.71 12.10 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.60 2.83 5.25 8.00 10.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.57 2.60 2.83 3.25 9.75 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.57 2.60 2.83 3.25 9.75 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.50 7.25 8.50 12.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.00 6.25 7.07 7.81 9.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.00 6.25 7.07 7.81 9.00 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.07 7.07 7.81 7.81 9.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.25 6.50 8.00 9.20 12.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 5.50 6.18 7.00 8.00 8.01 Retail sales workers.............................................. 5.50 6.00 7.00 8.01 8.01 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 5.50 6.00 6.50 7.25 8.00 Cashiers...................................................... 5.50 6.00 6.50 7.25 8.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 6.80 8.55 10.50 12.72 17.94 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.50 8.03 8.03 10.90 15.34 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Reading, PA, January 2006 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........................................................... $19.31 $15.96 $775 $646 40.1 $39,403 $33,800 2,041 Management occupations.............................................. 44.40 34.68 1,834 1,387 41.3 95,386 72,141 2,148 Industrial production managers.................................... 43.20 34.68 1,728 1,387 40.0 89,847 72,141 2,080 Education administrators.......................................... 41.97 44.08 1,620 1,653 38.6 84,258 85,952 2,008 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.29 26.76 1,136 1,067 40.1 59,072 55,501 2,088 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 28.33 28.56 1,125 1,107 39.7 58,475 57,542 2,064 Computer systems analysts......................................... 32.65 32.96 1,298 1,318 39.7 67,480 68,559 2,067 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.21 32.69 1,315 1,308 40.8 68,365 67,995 2,122 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 32.93 32.94 1,317 1,318 40.0 68,489 68,515 2,080 Industrial engineers.......................................... 32.93 32.94 1,317 1,318 40.0 68,489 68,515 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.21 16.32 680 653 39.5 34,957 33,954 2,031 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 34.15 34.55 1,278 1,300 37.4 48,899 49,268 1,432 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 45.81 46.07 1,751 1,728 38.2 67,649 69,104 1,477 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.54 34.55 1,301 1,296 37.7 49,030 48,711 1,420 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 35.31 34.52 1,328 1,296 37.6 50,022 48,711 1,416 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.63 36.31 1,445 1,358 37.4 54,094 50,499 1,400 Secondary school teachers....................................... 37.87 35.13 1,414 1,317 37.3 52,841 49,268 1,395 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 37.65 35.13 1,412 1,317 37.5 52,759 49,268 1,401 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.71 11.67 379 295 29.8 13,935 11,024 1,096 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.15 21.01 941 814 39.0 48,948 42,336 2,027 Registered nurses................................................. 33.42 26.96 1,328 1,078 39.7 69,040 56,068 2,066 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.85 11.35 454 454 38.3 23,578 23,606 1,989 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.43 11.35 449 454 39.3 23,336 23,606 2,042 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.39 11.43 442 429 38.8 22,976 22,289 2,018 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.21 13.00 466 467 35.3 24,104 24,274 1,824 Protective service occupations...................................... 21.24 19.33 845 757 39.8 43,931 39,374 2,068 Police officers................................................... 26.75 27.26 1,090 1,116 40.8 56,701 58,029 2,120 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.75 27.26 1,090 1,116 40.8 56,701 58,029 2,120 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.48 9.50 364 380 38.4 18,669 18,699 1,968 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.23 11.81 530 464 40.0 26,671 22,360 2,015 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.99 11.81 474 472 39.5 24,640 24,554 2,056 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.17 11.81 481 472 39.5 24,995 24,554 2,054 Sales and related occupations....................................... $19.03 $14.68 $748 $587 39.3 $38,917 $30,532 2,045 Retail sales workers.............................................. 15.09 10.66 584 405 38.7 30,351 21,068 2,011 Retail salespersons............................................. 17.96 13.75 728 550 40.5 37,858 28,600 2,108 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.91 13.90 590 542 39.5 30,436 28,079 2,041 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.85 15.50 628 595 39.6 32,642 30,930 2,060 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.26 15.91 639 568 39.3 33,235 29,539 2,044 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.63 14.34 622 573 39.8 32,359 29,771 2,070 Order clerks...................................................... 15.39 12.30 636 492 41.4 33,097 25,584 2,150 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.47 11.12 499 445 40.0 25,930 23,130 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.25 15.73 625 629 38.4 32,477 32,718 1,999 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.77 17.07 710 683 39.9 36,903 35,499 2,077 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.63 15.60 590 574 37.8 30,681 29,838 1,963 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 16.29 18.00 643 720 39.5 33,457 37,440 2,053 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.56 12.00 478 480 38.1 24,455 24,960 1,947 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.59 15.50 655 600 39.5 34,045 31,200 2,053 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.67 16.50 755 669 40.5 39,283 34,778 2,104 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 19.21 17.80 757 712 39.4 39,358 37,024 2,048 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.83 17.80 652 712 38.7 33,902 37,024 2,015 Production occupations.............................................. 15.32 15.25 612 610 39.9 31,830 31,720 2,077 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 22.72 23.42 956 1,054 42.1 49,735 54,798 2,189 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 14.49 14.85 580 594 40.0 30,135 30,888 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 14.49 14.85 580 594 40.0 30,135 30,888 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.24 13.40 530 536 40.0 27,545 27,872 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 17.76 18.61 711 744 40.0 36,948 38,705 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 17.73 17.00 709 680 40.0 36,876 35,360 2,080 Printing machine operators...................................... $17.85 $18.65 $714 $746 40.0 $37,119 $38,792 2,080 Cutting workers................................................... 13.14 12.75 526 510 40.0 27,336 26,520 2,080 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 13.14 12.75 526 510 40.0 27,336 26,520 2,080 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 14.51 15.25 580 610 40.0 30,177 31,720 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.12 13.85 525 554 40.0 27,279 28,808 2,080 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 15.54 16.57 622 663 40.0 32,326 34,466 2,080 Helpers--production workers..................................... 13.58 13.85 543 554 40.0 28,257 28,808 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... $13.90 $14.21 $605 $600 43.5 $31,437 $31,200 2,262 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.90 14.63 672 726 45.1 34,935 37,752 2,345 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.84 15.00 741 729 46.8 38,528 37,908 2,433 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.89 14.14 555 566 40.0 28,886 29,411 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.53 13.95 547 558 40.4 28,435 29,016 2,101 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 15.35 15.90 614 636 40.0 31,926 33,072 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, Reading, PA, January 2006 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........................................................... $18.49 $15.60 $747 $631 40.4 $38,578 $32,720 2,087 Management occupations.............................................. 46.38 34.68 1,900 1,387 41.0 98,797 72,141 2,130 Industrial production managers.................................... 43.20 34.68 1,728 1,387 40.0 89,847 72,141 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.10 26.76 1,129 1,067 40.2 58,721 55,501 2,090 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 28.62 28.56 1,141 1,107 39.9 59,320 57,542 2,073 Computer systems analysts......................................... 32.65 32.96 1,298 1,318 39.7 67,480 68,559 2,067 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.47 32.69 1,329 1,308 40.9 69,125 67,995 2,129 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 32.93 32.94 1,317 1,318 40.0 68,489 68,515 2,080 Industrial engineers.......................................... 32.93 32.94 1,317 1,318 40.0 68,489 68,515 2,080 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 39.75 33.56 1,590 1,343 40.0 60,631 55,310 1,525 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.51 20.91 918 803 39.1 47,757 41,766 2,032 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.66 11.35 445 454 38.2 23,157 23,606 1,987 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.00 9.00 348 350 38.7 18,110 18,200 2,013 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.98 11.81 525 438 40.4 26,045 22,360 2,007 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.06 10.95 442 438 40.0 22,998 22,776 2,080 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.27 11.81 451 472 40.0 23,447 24,554 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.03 14.68 748 587 39.3 38,917 30,532 2,045 Retail sales workers.............................................. 15.09 10.66 584 405 38.7 30,351 21,068 2,011 Retail salespersons............................................. 17.96 13.75 728 550 40.5 37,858 28,600 2,108 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.90 13.89 592 538 39.7 30,645 27,706 2,057 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.86 15.50 633 620 39.9 32,911 32,240 2,076 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.34 16.65 651 624 39.8 33,848 32,468 2,072 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.63 14.34 622 573 39.8 32,359 29,771 2,070 Order clerks...................................................... 15.39 12.30 636 492 41.4 33,097 25,584 2,150 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.47 11.12 499 445 40.0 25,930 23,130 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.21 15.73 624 629 38.5 32,470 32,718 2,003 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.77 17.07 710 683 39.9 36,903 35,499 2,077 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.44 13.90 583 556 37.7 30,302 28,912 1,962 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.67 12.00 482 480 38.1 25,089 24,960 1,981 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.45 14.23 650 563 39.5 33,781 29,286 2,054 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.85 16.74 767 680 40.7 39,875 35,360 2,115 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 20.09 19.25 803 770 40.0 41,780 40,040 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. $15.32 $15.25 $612 $610 39.9 $31,821 $31,720 2,077 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 22.72 23.42 956 1,054 42.1 49,735 54,798 2,189 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 14.49 14.85 580 594 40.0 30,135 30,888 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 14.49 14.85 580 594 40.0 30,135 30,888 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.24 13.40 530 536 40.0 27,545 27,872 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 17.76 18.61 711 744 40.0 36,948 38,705 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 17.74 17.00 710 680 40.0 36,900 35,360 2,080 Printing machine operators...................................... 17.86 18.65 714 746 40.0 37,151 38,792 2,080 Cutting workers................................................... 13.14 12.75 526 510 40.0 27,336 26,520 2,080 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 13.14 12.75 526 510 40.0 27,336 26,520 2,080 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 14.51 15.25 580 610 40.0 30,177 31,720 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.05 13.85 522 554 40.0 27,144 28,808 2,080 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 15.54 16.57 622 663 40.0 32,326 34,466 2,080 Helpers--production workers..................................... 13.35 13.85 534 554 40.0 27,759 28,808 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.77 14.15 601 600 43.6 31,226 31,200 2,268 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.88 14.61 671 725 45.1 34,907 37,700 2,346 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.84 15.00 741 729 46.8 38,528 37,908 2,433 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.89 14.14 555 566 40.0 28,886 29,411 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.53 13.95 547 558 40.4 28,435 29,016 2,101 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 15.35 15.90 614 636 40.0 31,926 33,072 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, Reading, PA, January 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $25.54 $20.70 $976 $784 38.2 $44,636 $40,664 1,748 Management occupations.............................................. 36.17 30.53 1,548 1,258 42.8 80,510 65,400 2,226 Education administrators.......................................... 42.00 44.57 1,622 1,653 38.6 84,344 85,952 2,008 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 37.83 36.63 1,397 1,352 36.9 52,671 50,451 1,392 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 37.85 35.13 1,414 1,317 37.3 52,890 49,268 1,397 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 37.79 35.55 1,413 1,333 37.4 52,883 50,120 1,399 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.63 36.31 1,445 1,358 37.4 54,094 50,499 1,400 Secondary school teachers....................................... 37.87 35.13 1,414 1,317 37.3 52,841 49,268 1,395 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 37.65 35.13 1,412 1,317 37.5 52,759 49,268 1,401 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.71 11.67 379 295 29.8 13,935 11,024 1,096 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.91 12.01 501 479 38.8 25,856 24,219 2,003 Protective service occupations...................................... 21.92 19.33 870 812 39.7 45,234 42,206 2,064 Police officers................................................... 26.75 27.26 1,090 1,116 40.8 56,701 58,029 2,120 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.75 27.26 1,090 1,116 40.8 56,701 58,029 2,120 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 13.11 13.20 475 481 36.3 22,145 22,601 1,689 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.83 13.26 542 517 39.2 28,163 26,894 2,036 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.97 12.92 507 486 39.1 26,341 25,292 2,031 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.97 12.92 507 486 39.1 26,341 25,292 2,031 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.10 15.14 565 546 37.4 28,207 28,392 1,868 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.80 15.96 699 638 39.3 36,362 33,201 2,043 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.41 15.45 621 614 37.9 32,312 31,907 1,969 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.46 19.55 763 757 39.2 39,666 39,355 2,038 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, Reading, PA, January 2006 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $17.42 $16.78 $17.49 $19.08 Management, professional, and related...... 29.88 31.69 27.56 29.65 Management, business, and financial...... 35.36 38.67 30.58 40.84 Professional and related................. 25.40 26.47 23.28 25.50 Service.................................... 10.14 9.50 11.53 – Sales and office........................... 14.72 14.76 13.38 17.32 Sales and related........................ 14.99 14.64 9.13 – Office and administrative support........ 14.60 14.85 14.67 13.89 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 17.73 17.46 16.60 – Construction and extraction............. 16.48 16.68 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 18.85 18.51 18.17 – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 14.30 12.74 14.65 16.31 Production............................... 14.99 12.52 15.44 16.95 Transportation and material moving....... 13.66 12.85 12.71 15.64 B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 4.1 6.5 6.9 4.9 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.5 9.9 10.7 4.5 Management, business, and financial............................... 7.6 12.4 9.7 8.5 Professional and related.......................................... 9.7 17.3 12.6 4.1 Service............................................................. 6.6 9.7 10.8 – Sales and office.................................................... 4.2 6.1 7.3 14.2 Sales and related................................................. 13.4 13.8 7.0 – Office and administrative support................................. 3.2 6.6 3.8 4.7 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9.1 11.2 6.3 – Construction and extraction...................................... 4.1 4.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 12.6 17.7 1.7 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.1 8.0 6.5 5.3 Production........................................................ 2.4 13.7 3.8 8.0 Transportation and material moving................................ 5.7 10.0 11.1 2.9 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 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. 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 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, Reading, PA, January 2006 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........................................................... $18.34 $14.67 $750 $620 40.9 $38,688 $31,200 2,110 Management occupations.............................................. 53.14 30.31 2,273 1,274 42.8 118,206 66,254 2,224 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.27 28.18 1,278 1,120 40.9 66,438 58,240 2,125 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.95 9.00 346 350 38.6 17,976 18,200 2,008 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.21 14.68 712 587 39.1 37,021 30,532 2,033 Retail sales workers.............................................. 16.61 12.50 636 420 38.3 33,054 21,840 1,990 Retail salespersons............................................. 21.86 20.05 891 587 40.8 46,340 30,532 2,120 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.58 13.25 614 510 39.4 31,595 26,520 2,029 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.87 15.73 597 629 37.6 31,056 32,718 1,957 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.65 15.00 657 600 39.5 34,165 31,200 2,052 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.51 16.00 757 656 40.9 39,377 34,106 2,128 Production occupations.............................................. 13.12 12.20 520 484 39.6 27,017 25,168 2,059 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.60 9.36 464 374 40.0 24,127 19,469 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.02 13.66 611 588 46.9 31,769 30,573 2,439 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.44 14.50 665 722 46.0 34,583 37,518 2,395 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.48 14.65 750 728 48.4 38,974 37,856 2,518 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, Reading, PA, January 2006 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........................................................... $18.64 $16.02 $744 $641 39.9 $38,463 $33,280 2,063 Management occupations.............................................. 42.32 38.60 1,691 1,544 40.0 87,913 80,282 2,078 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.15 23.79 995 928 39.6 51,751 48,256 2,058 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 28.61 28.56 1,141 1,107 39.9 59,307 57,542 2,073 Computer systems analysts......................................... 32.65 32.96 1,298 1,318 39.7 67,480 68,559 2,067 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.00 30.82 1,240 1,233 40.0 64,476 64,095 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 34.83 34.48 1,393 1,379 40.0 72,447 71,720 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.37 11.50 975 460 40.0 42,873 35,018 1,759 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.93 20.37 877 815 40.0 45,624 42,370 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.53 11.49 451 443 39.1 23,463 23,010 2,036 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.67 9.77 426 391 39.9 22,147 20,324 2,076 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.67 9.77 427 391 40.0 22,197 20,324 2,080 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.91 9.77 436 391 40.0 22,696 20,324 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.33 11.25 853 450 40.0 44,360 23,400 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.18 8.69 407 348 40.0 21,182 18,077 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.40 13.90 576 553 40.0 29,928 28,746 2,078 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.65 14.40 584 572 39.9 30,370 29,744 2,072 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.70 15.10 624 600 39.8 32,465 31,200 2,067 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.94 11.12 478 445 40.0 24,832 23,130 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.75 14.67 669 587 39.9 34,783 30,509 2,077 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.29 20.48 769 819 39.9 39,980 42,598 2,072 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.87 18.40 795 736 40.0 41,328 38,272 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 19.41 18.40 776 736 40.0 40,363 38,272 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.25 15.50 652 620 40.1 33,883 32,240 2,085 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.73 12.68 509 507 40.0 26,484 26,374 2,080 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 14.51 15.25 580 610 40.0 30,177 31,720 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.20 14.87 568 595 40.0 29,535 30,930 2,080 Helpers--production workers..................................... 14.29 14.71 572 588 40.0 29,730 30,597 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.73 15.22 589 609 40.0 30,634 31,658 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.09 14.50 564 580 40.0 29,306 30,160 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.09 14.25 564 570 40.0 29,315 29,640 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... $15.57 $15.90 $623 $636 40.0 $32,382 $33,072 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, Reading, PA, January 2006 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........................................................... $21.43 $15.87 $25.68 $17.66 $17.54 $21.56 Management, professional, and related............................... 32.21 – 34.34 30.32 30.34 30.13 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 35.54 35.36 37.74 Professional and related.......................................... 32.26 – 34.50 25.64 26.00 17.99 Service............................................................. 15.96 – 16.24 10.33 10.11 14.09 Sales and office.................................................... 15.60 – 15.55 14.70 14.71 14.22 Sales and related................................................. – – – 14.99 14.99 – Office and administrative support................................. 15.65 – 15.61 14.57 14.58 14.22 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.53 21.61 16.47 17.50 17.53 – Construction and extraction...................................... – – 19.10 – 16.06 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.09 – 16.41 18.75 18.75 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.70 15.63 16.95 14.01 13.97 – Production........................................................ 14.87 14.84 – 15.05 15.05 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – 17.14 13.19 13.10 – Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.7 4.0 0.6 4.3 4.4 13.2 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.4 – 5.4 4.9 5.2 10.5 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 7.1 7.6 15.4 Professional and related.......................................... 6.7 – 5.7 9.3 9.5 3.8 Service............................................................. 2.1 – 1.6 6.3 6.7 9.5 Sales and office.................................................... 1.5 – 1.7 4.2 4.3 4.2 Sales and related................................................. – – – 13.4 13.4 – Office and administrative support................................. 1.5 – 1.7 3.2 3.3 4.2 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 7.4 12.0 3.2 8.9 9.0 – Construction and extraction...................................... – – 6.7 – 6.1 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 9.0 – 2.1 13.3 13.3 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.9 4.1 4.1 3.7 3.7 – Production........................................................ 5.8 5.9 – 1.8 1.8 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – 3.3 6.7 6.7 – 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, Reading, PA, January 2006 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $17.82 $16.87 $22.60 $22.60 Management, professional, and related............................... 29.80 28.65 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 33.16 32.80 – – Professional and related.......................................... 27.82 25.47 – – Service............................................................. 11.20 10.15 – – Sales and office.................................................... 13.38 13.27 26.35 26.35 Sales and related................................................. 10.09 10.09 28.53 28.53 Office and administrative support................................. 14.47 14.42 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 16.66 16.69 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 16.48 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 17.09 17.14 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.58 14.51 13.40 13.40 Production........................................................ 15.17 15.17 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.82 13.62 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.3 3.9 18.3 18.3 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.5 5.8 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 6.8 7.4 – – Professional and related.......................................... 6.2 9.8 – – Service............................................................. 5.4 6.6 – – Sales and office.................................................... 3.2 3.5 14.3 14.3 Sales and related................................................. 7.3 7.3 18.7 18.7 Office and administrative support................................. 3.0 3.3 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.5 5.0 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 4.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.6 7.2 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 2.1 2.1 12.9 12.9 Production........................................................ 1.8 1.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 3.7 3.5 – – 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, Reading, PA, January 2006 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........................................................... – $18.54 $16.85 – – $20.52 – $7.97 $12.71 Management, professional, and related............................... – 34.73 42.40 – – 32.11 – – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 43.02 46.34 – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – 25.77 – – – – – – – Service............................................................. – – 13.34 – – – – 7.44 – Sales and office.................................................... – 16.51 13.92 – – 15.75 – 9.76 – Sales and related................................................. – – 14.08 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 16.35 13.72 – – 15.68 – – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 19.70 14.29 – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 19.83 14.16 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 15.05 14.71 – – 11.35 – – – Production........................................................ – 15.48 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 14.00 15.00 – – – – – – 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........................................................... – 6.3 7.0 – – 10.9 – 12.5 17.6 Management, professional, and related............................... – 2.8 8.3 – – 9.6 – – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 10.6 18.9 – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – 4.1 – – – – – – – Service............................................................. – – 15.9 – – – – 9.5 – Sales and office.................................................... – 1.5 7.8 – – 6.0 – 17.5 – Sales and related................................................. – – 13.6 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – .7 7.7 – – 6.2 – – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 1.2 8.6 – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 1.5 8.4 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – .0 6.5 – – 7.8 – – – Production........................................................ – 2.1 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 4.4 6.0 – – – – – – 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Reading, PA, January 2006 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 162,700 141,800 20,900 Management, professional, and related............................... 40,400 28,800 11,600 Management, business, and financial............................... 13,000 11,700 1,200 Professional and related.......................................... 27,400 17,000 10,400 Service............................................................. 31,500 26,200 5,300 Sales and office.................................................... 41,600 39,500 2,100 Sales and related................................................. 13,900 13,800 – Office and administrative support................................. 27,700 25,600 2,100 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 13,600 12,400 1,200 Construction and extraction...................................... 5,100 4,600 500 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7,900 7,200 600 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 35,600 35,000 700 Production........................................................ 17,900 17,800 – Transportation and material moving................................ 17,800 17,200 600 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Reading, PA, January 2006 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 4,140 4,103 38 Total in sample....................................................... 256 221 35 Responding........................................................ 160 130 30 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 62 57 5 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 34 34 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.