RSE Table 32                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Private industry sector(1): Relative standard errors(2) of mean
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             hourly earnings(3) for major occupational groups
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                 Goods producing                                                                                            Service providing                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                       Trade, transportation, and utilities                    Financial activities           Education and health services           Leisure and hospitality                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                        Occupational group(4)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                          Mining   Constructi- Manufactur-                                     Transporta-                                                                         Health care                Arts,    Accommodati-   Other  
                                                                                        on         ing                  Wholesale     Retail       tion                              Finance   Real estate             Educational     and                 entertainm-      on       services
                                                                                                               All        trade       trade        and      Utilities      All         and      and rental     All       services     social       All         ent,      and food            
                                                                                                                                               warehousing                          insurance  and leasing                          assistance                 and       services            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            recreation                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
All workers...........................................................     6.2%         –          1.6%        1.0%         –          1.4%        2.4%        2.3%         –           –          4.8%        1.2%        2.4%        1.2%         –          4.7%          –         2.0%  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
  Management, professional, and related...............................     9.2          –          1.1         1.9          –          3.6         2.4         2.1          –           –          5.8         1.5         2.2         1.6          –          9.3           –         3.5   
    Management, business, and financial...............................    13.8          –          1.7         2.2          –          4.2         2.6         3.3          –           –          6.2         2.0         4.1         2.2          –          8.6           –         6.0   
    Professional and related..........................................     5.8          –          1.1         3.6          –          6.5         4.1         2.6          –           –         11.1         1.7         2.5         1.8          –         16.4           –         5.2   
  Service.............................................................     5.9          –          5.4         1.7          –          2.1         6.4         9.8          –           –          7.2         1.3         2.4         1.3          –          6.5           –         4.8   
  Sales and office....................................................     7.3          –          2.0         1.1          –          1.3         3.1         3.5          –           –          5.1         1.1         1.7         1.3          –          5.8           –         3.3   
    Sales and related.................................................    13.8          –          5.4         1.5          –          1.6         9.9        13.1          –           –          8.8         6.5         6.7         8.8          –          6.1           –         9.0   
    Office and administrative support.................................     6.6          –          1.3         1.2          –          1.5         3.5         3.4          –           –          3.4         1.0         1.8         1.3          –          7.5           –         2.5   
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance....................     6.7          –          2.3         2.2          –          2.7         5.1         2.1          –           –          6.7         3.5         4.5         4.4          –         12.1           –         3.5   
    Installation, maintenance, and repair.............................     7.7          –          2.4         2.2          –          2.8         5.4         1.9          –           –          3.7         4.3         7.1         5.3          –         14.3           –         3.7   
  Production, transportation, and material moving.....................     6.3          –          1.1         1.9          –          2.4         3.2         4.6          –           –          7.8         6.5         8.8         7.1          –         13.1           –         4.1   
    Production........................................................     8.8          –          1.1         3.0          –          2.1        13.8         2.9          –           –         14.3         5.2         8.8         5.5          –         16.5           –         4.2   
    Transportation and material moving................................     4.6          –          1.9         2.1          –          3.1         3.1        11.9          –           –          6.6        10.5        12.8        11.3          –         11.9           –         9.1   

  1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
  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 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, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the
pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighed by hours.
  4 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.

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SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.