Bureau of Labor Statistics
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: FOR RELEASE: Cheryl Abbot Monday, Regional Economist September 17, 2007 (214) 767-6970 http://www.bls.gov/ro6/ HIGHLIGHTS OF AMARILLO, TX NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY MAY 2007 Workers in the Amarillo metropolitan area averaged $15.44 per hour during May 2007, according to new survey results from the National Compensation Survey (NCS) released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Regional Commissioner Stanley W. Suchman reported average hourly earnings of $22.84 for management, professional, and related workers and $15.97 for natural resources, construction, and maintenance workers. Production, transportation, and material moving workers averaged $13.76 an hour; sales and office workers, $12.62; and service workers, $10.03. [See table 1. Note: Occupational aggregations are now based on the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.] In the Amarillo area, management, professional, and related workers as well as sales and office workers represented the largest occupational groups in the survey, each accounting for 28 percent of the workforce. Service workers made up 21 percent and production, transportation, and material moving workers, 15 percent. Natural resources, construction, and maintenance represented the smallest group in the survey at eight percent. The NCS provides straight-time earnings for occupations in establishments with one or more workers in private industry and State and local governments. This NCS survey covered 265 establishments representing 99,700 workers in the Amarillo metropolitan area which is comprised of Armstrong, Carson, Potter, and Randall Counties in Texas. Agricultural establishments, private households, the self-employed, and the Federal Government were excluded from the survey. In the Amarillo area, average hourly wages were published for full-time workers in a number of detailed occupations. Within the management, professional, and related occupations, computer programmers averaged $27.78 per hour and registered nurses, $24.55. Stock clerks and order fillers, part of the office and administrative support occupational group, earned $10.03. In the service occupations, cooks earned $8.84. (See table 2.) The NCS also provides broad coverage of selected occupational characteristics. Establishments in the Amarillo area with 1-99 workers averaged $14.02 and those in establishments with 100-499 workers earned $13.25; workers in establishments with 500 or more employees earned $19.49. Full-time workers averaged $16.21 per hour while their part-time counterparts earned $9.11. (See table 1.) The NCS provides comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan provisions. In addition to the locality occupational earnings shown in this release, the Employment Cost Index (ECI) component measures changes in labor costs at the national and regional levels. Similarly, average employer costs for employee compensation are available from the Employer Cost for Employee Compensation (ECEC) series and details on benefits incidences and provisions are available from the Employee Benefits Survey (EBS). The occupational wage data may be used by businesses for establishing pay plans, making decisions concerning plant relocation, and in collective bargaining negotiations. Individuals may use such data to help choose potential careers. Details on the NCS are available at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/. Survey Availability Complete survey results are contained in the Amarillo, TX National Compensation Survey May 2007 (Bulletin 3140-01). While supplies last, single copies of the bulletin are available from the Dallas Information Office by calling 214-767-6970. In addition, data contained in the bulletin are available on the Internet in both text and PDF formats at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm. For personal assistance or further information on the National Compensation Survey, as well as other Bureau programs, contact the Dallas Information Office at 214-767-6970 from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. CT. Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Amarillo, TX, May 2007 =========================================================================================================================== | Civilian | Private industry | State & local government | workers | workers | workers |---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------- Worker and establishment | Hourly earnings | | Hourly earnings | | Hourly earnings | characteristics |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| | | Relative | Mean | | Relative | Mean | | Relative | Mean | | error(2)| weekly | | error(2)| weekly | | error(2)| weekly | Mean| (percent)| hours(3)| Mean| (percent)| hours(3)| Mean| (percent)| hours(3) =========================================================================================================================== All workers............................ $15.44 1.8 36.8 $14.47 1.9 36.5 $20.54 6.0 38.4 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, & related.. 22.84 6.2 38.5 21.19 6.9 38.4 26.58 7.1 38.8 Management, business, & financial.. 29.27 9.4 41.2 29.93 11.3 41.5 25.56 6.4 39.5 Professional and related........... 21.85 6.5 38.1 19.48 6.3 37.8 26.65 7.5 38.8 Service.............................. 10.03 4.0 33.1 8.23 5.4 31.3 15.21 3.5 39.4 Sales and office..................... 12.62 3.6 34.9 12.79 3.8 34.9 10.88 8.6 35.0 Sales and related.................. 12.94 5.2 32.8 12.94 5.2 32.8 – – – Office and administrative support.. 12.36 4.1 36.8 12.65 4.3 37.2 10.88 8.6 35.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance................ 15.97 6.6 40.3 16.05 6.7 40.3 – – – Construction and extraction....... 15.28 9.2 40.0 15.28 9.2 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair..................... 17.84 5.6 41.0 18.23 5.9 41.1 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving............ 13.76 3.0 40.7 13.76 3.0 40.7 – – – Production......................... 12.63 4.3 39.9 12.63 4.3 39.9 – – – Transportation & material moving... 15.03 5.4 41.8 15.03 5.4 41.8 – – – Full time............................ 16.21 1.8 40.3 15.37 1.9 40.4 20.29 5.9 39.8 Part time............................ 9.11 12.4 21.4 7.75 4.3 21.3 24.91 43.8 23.3 Union................................ 22.63 7.0 39.7 22.63 7.0 39.7 – – – Nonunion............................. 15.08 1.9 36.7 13.98 2.0 36.3 20.54 6.0 38.4 Time................................. 15.13 1.9 36.5 14.04 2.0 36.1 20.54 6.0 38.4 Incentive............................ 22.49 4.8 45.2 22.49 4.8 45.2 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing...................... (6) (6) (6) 15.23 4.9 39.9 (6) (6) (6) Service providing.................... (6) (6) (6) 14.26 2.0 35.7 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers......................... 14.02 3.9 36.1 13.93 4.0 36.1 15.77 18.1 35.0 100-499 workers...................... 13.25 6.3 36.1 12.03 3.7 35.4 19.02 21.0 39.5 500 workers or more.................. 19.49 2.9 38.7 17.94 3.3 38.5 22.28 5.3 39.0 =========================================================================================================================== (1) Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. For more information see Bulletin 3140-01. (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 see Bulletin 3140-01. (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. (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. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Amarillo, TX, May 2007 ========================================================================================================================= | | | | Hourly earnings(3) | Weekly earnings(4) | Annual earnings(5) |--------------------------------------------------|----------------------------- Occupation(2) | | | | | Mean | | | Mean | | | | | weekly | | | annual | Mean | Median | Mean | Median | hours | Mean | Median | hours ========================================================================================================================= All workers............................. $16.21 $13.90 $653 $556 40.3 $33,128 $29,037 2,044 Management occupations................ 36.24 26.67 1,488 1,067 41.1 76,790 55,463 2,119 Financial managers.................. 50.44 36.06 2,073 1,442 41.1 107,782 75,001 2,137 Business and financial operations occupations..................... 21.92 20.41 910 832 41.5 47,322 43,249 2,159 Computer and mathematical science occupations..................... 25.07 22.50 1,005 900 40.1 52,025 46,800 2,075 Computer programmers................ 27.78 23.99 1,111 959 40.0 57,187 49,893 2,059 Community and social services occupations..................... 21.77 20.15 871 806 40.0 40,044 40,566 1,839 Education, training, and library occupations..................... 25.50 26.21 1,021 1,048 40.0 40,803 39,870 1,600 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers....... 28.07 27.31 1,119 1,092 39.9 41,836 40,853 1,490 Elementary and middle school teachers........................ 28.02 27.31 1,118 1,092 39.9 41,796 40,857 1,492 Elementary school teachers, except special education........ 28.00 27.31 1,118 1,092 39.9 41,799 40,857 1,493 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations............ 13.51 15.00 540 600 40.0 28,101 31,208 2,080 Healthcare practitioner & technical occupations..................... 22.02 20.05 868 779 39.4 44,807 40,501 2,035 Registered nurses................... 24.55 24.00 958 934 39.0 49,803 48,570 2,028 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 11.15 10.55 446 422 40.0 23,189 21,944 2,080 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 11.15 10.55 446 422 40.0 23,189 21,944 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses............... 14.83 14.51 582 577 39.2 28,634 29,994 1,931 Healthcare support occupations........ 12.15 9.57 480 383 39.5 24,959 19,897 2,054 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides.................... 9.26 8.88 363 348 39.2 18,871 18,117 2,037 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants.................. 9.23 8.77 361 348 39.1 18,766 18,075 2,033 Protective service occupations........ 17.20 16.46 688 658 40.0 35,698 34,241 2,075 Food preparation and serving related occupations..................... 8.00 8.20 314 300 39.3 15,166 13,865 1,895 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers......................... 11.97 10.42 520 504 43.5 25,515 19,500 2,132 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation & serving workers......................... 11.97 10.42 520 504 43.5 25,515 19,500 2,132 Cooks............................... 8.84 8.83 329 322 37.2 13,745 12,247 1,555 Cooks, institution and cafeteria.. 9.15 8.95 323 320 35.3 11,748 11,516 1,284 Food service, tipped................ 3.14 2.75 121 110 38.3 6,270 5,722 1,994 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations......... 9.55 8.71 365 340 38.3 18,997 17,680 1,988 Building cleaning workers........... 8.99 8.24 342 309 38.0 17,782 16,068 1,978 Janitors and cleaners, except maids & housekeeping cleaners... 11.35 11.15 454 446 40.0 23,610 23,192 2,080 Personal care & service occupations... 8.85 8.00 354 320 40.0 18,401 16,640 2,080 Sales and related occupations......... 14.89 11.50 620 462 41.7 32,246 24,024 2,166 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers................... 18.47 14.19 792 568 42.9 41,196 29,511 2,231 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.73 13.68 757 552 42.7 39,349 28,704 2,219 Retail sales workers................ 12.45 9.29 519 371 41.7 27,005 19,292 2,168 Cashiers, all workers............. 9.00 9.00 360 360 40.0 18,718 18,720 2,080 Cashiers........................ 9.00 9.00 360 360 40.0 18,718 18,720 2,080 Retail salespersons............... 15.31 12.36 665 480 43.5 34,582 24,960 2,259 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing............... 25.00 26.54 1,021 1,062 40.9 53,115 55,201 2,125 Office and administrative support occupations..................... 12.69 11.68 505 464 39.8 26,215 24,086 2,066 Financial clerks.................... 13.40 12.83 536 513 40.0 27,863 26,676 2,079 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators............... 11.87 11.50 475 460 40.0 24,694 23,920 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks................. 12.67 11.69 506 468 40.0 26,334 24,319 2,078 Tellers........................... 12.24 12.76 489 510 40.0 25,450 26,545 2,080 Customer service representatives.... 10.45 10.18 415 407 39.7 21,555 21,174 2,062 Loan interviewers and clerks........ 13.86 13.99 554 560 40.0 28,821 29,101 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks.......................... 9.99 9.40 400 376 40.0 20,774 19,552 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers...... 10.03 9.25 401 370 40.0 20,864 19,240 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants...................... 15.37 15.61 615 624 40.0 31,973 32,458 2,080 Data entry & information processing workers........................ 10.71 11.47 428 459 40.0 21,790 23,847 2,034 Data entry keyers................. 10.71 11.47 428 459 40.0 21,790 23,847 2,034 Office clerks, general.............. 10.91 10.23 429 409 39.3 22,314 21,272 2,046 Construction and extraction occupations..................... 15.28 14.00 611 560 40.0 31,254 28,800 2,046 Electricians........................ 18.57 21.12 743 845 40.0 38,629 43,938 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations..................... 17.84 18.10 732 724 41.0 38,038 37,648 2,132 Production occupations................ 12.63 11.51 503 460 39.9 26,180 23,937 2,073 Printers............................ 12.14 12.00 484 479 39.9 25,180 24,902 2,075 Transportation and material moving occupations..................... 15.29 11.50 662 470 43.3 34,417 24,436 2,251 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers......................... 14.79 14.00 705 582 47.7 36,673 30,285 2,480 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer................. 17.91 17.09 890 869 49.7 46,268 45,198 2,583 Truck drivers, light or delivery services........................ 9.32 8.54 418 390 44.9 21,761 20,280 2,336 Industrial truck and tractor operators....................... 14.42 12.50 577 500 40.0 29,988 26,000 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand.. 9.29 9.25 371 370 40.0 19,315 19,240 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. (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 Bulletin 3140-01 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
Last Modified Date: September 17, 2007
