NC BL 12/00/2004 Table: Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, Bulletin 3125-30, March 2004 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2004 Total Private industry State and local government 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) Total................................................................. $21.74 2.6 37.7 $21.80 3.5 37.4 $21.59 2.1 38.5 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 25.22 2.7 38.7 25.99 3.3 38.9 23.51 4.1 38.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.29 4.0 38.5 31.84 5.1 38.8 30.07 5.4 37.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.15 6.0 40.8 34.01 7.0 41.2 30.73 10.7 39.7 Sales............................................................. 14.44 11.7 37.5 14.42 11.9 37.5 – – – Administrative support............................................ 14.25 3.0 38.7 15.45 4.5 38.8 12.48 2.5 38.6 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 14.56 6.4 36.0 14.52 7.3 35.8 14.88 3.8 37.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.37 6.8 40.4 19.03 9.6 40.5 16.29 1.6 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 14.51 11.3 39.1 14.62 11.2 39.1 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.00 21.2 29.6 11.95 22.1 30.4 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 11.24 6.3 34.6 11.24 7.0 34.0 11.19 6.8 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 11.29 3.9 34.6 10.02 5.0 32.1 13.82 6.4 40.9 Full time........................................................... 22.34 2.7 39.8 22.62 3.6 40.1 21.66 2.1 39.0 Part time........................................................... 10.98 8.4 19.5 10.87 8.8 19.8 13.34 7.3 15.5 Union............................................................... – – – – – – – – – Nonunion............................................................ 21.83 2.7 37.8 21.92 3.7 37.6 21.59 2.1 38.5 Time................................................................ 21.84 2.8 37.6 21.93 3.8 37.2 21.59 2.1 38.5 Incentive........................................................... – – – – – – – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 26.05 4.4 39.9 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 16.04 14.0 36.0 16.02 14.1 36.0 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 20.30 11.9 37.2 20.33 12.4 37.1 19.84 7.7 39.5 500 workers or more................................................. 24.06 2.8 38.4 25.87 4.7 38.4 21.66 2.3 38.5 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, and 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $21.74 2.6 $21.80 3.5 $21.59 2.1 All excluding sales............................................... 22.20 2.4 22.44 3.2 21.60 2.1 White collar........................................................ 25.22 2.7 25.99 3.3 23.51 4.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.20 2.5 27.56 3.3 23.53 4.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.29 4.0 31.84 5.1 30.07 5.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.71 3.1 33.90 4.4 33.29 2.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 35.03 5.4 36.92 4.9 – – Civil engineers............................................. 28.50 9.1 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 36.90 7.3 36.90 7.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 35.26 2.9 35.26 2.9 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 35.13 2.7 35.13 2.7 – – Natural scientists............................................ 32.62 11.7 29.79 11.0 – – Health related................................................ 23.41 5.0 23.90 5.3 20.78 14.4 Registered nurses........................................... 24.85 2.8 25.58 3.3 20.56 6.7 Teachers, college and university.............................. 61.94 9.8 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 22.53 3.5 23.28 19.4 22.37 .1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 22.58 1.0 – – 22.35 .1 Secondary school teachers................................... 23.73 6.4 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 33.11 7.3 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.49 8.0 – – 17.25 3.6 Social workers.............................................. 19.49 8.0 – – 17.25 3.6 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 36.53 8.4 36.53 8.4 – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 36.01 5.8 36.01 5.8 – – Technical....................................................... 21.03 6.9 22.52 6.5 18.27 18.0 Computer programmers........................................ 30.73 4.2 30.73 6.0 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 12.89 13.5 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.15 6.0 34.01 7.0 30.73 10.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.30 5.7 42.46 7.4 35.29 3.7 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 36.10 16.6 – – 36.10 16.6 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 46.52 10.4 47.07 11.2 – – Management related............................................ 26.07 9.9 26.45 12.2 24.76 2.8 Accountants and auditors.................................... 29.49 9.4 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.78 6.4 – – – – Sales............................................................. 14.44 11.7 14.42 11.9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.06 7.2 7.79 5.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.25 3.0 15.45 4.5 12.48 2.5 Secretaries................................................. 17.05 3.0 17.19 3.2 16.00 4.9 Order clerks................................................ 17.68 9.6 17.68 9.6 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... $13.62 4.7 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.91 2.3 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.80 11.6 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 12.26 2.8 $13.11 7.1 $12.03 2.4 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.40 2.5 – – 11.40 2.5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.01 3.2 15.07 3.3 – – Blue collar......................................................... 14.56 6.4 14.52 7.3 14.88 3.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.37 6.8 19.03 9.6 16.29 1.6 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.26 7.9 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.51 11.3 14.62 11.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.10 14.3 15.10 14.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.00 21.2 11.95 22.1 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.24 6.3 11.24 7.0 11.19 6.8 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 11.25 14.2 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.44 6.7 10.71 6.8 – – Service............................................................. 11.29 3.9 10.02 5.0 13.82 6.4 Protective service............................................ 13.85 14.4 – – 17.10 7.7 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 28.08 5.7 – – 28.08 5.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 19.78 3.0 – – 19.78 3.0 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 12.89 6.5 – – 12.89 6.5 Food service.................................................. 8.78 4.2 8.78 5.1 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.52 14.9 4.52 14.9 – – Other food service........................................... 9.45 6.9 9.61 8.2 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.92 9.2 – – – – Health service................................................ 10.63 3.0 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.53 3.8 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.90 16.6 11.26 19.4 9.26 6.7 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.04 5.2 8.97 6.4 9.26 6.7 Personal service.............................................. 12.62 13.5 – – 13.91 13.1 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. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $22.34 2.7 $22.62 3.6 $21.66 2.1 All excluding sales............................................... 22.78 2.4 23.26 3.3 21.67 2.1 White collar........................................................ 25.48 2.7 26.35 3.4 23.58 4.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.35 2.5 27.78 3.3 23.60 4.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.48 4.0 32.12 5.2 30.11 5.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 34.03 3.2 34.32 4.5 33.37 2.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 35.03 5.4 36.92 4.9 – – Civil engineers............................................. 28.50 9.1 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 36.90 7.3 36.90 7.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 35.26 2.9 35.26 2.9 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 35.13 2.7 35.13 2.7 – – Natural scientists............................................ 32.62 11.7 29.79 11.0 – – Health related................................................ 22.84 7.3 23.30 8.0 20.71 15.9 Registered nurses........................................... 24.51 4.3 25.33 4.5 20.42 7.9 Teachers, college and university.............................. 61.95 9.8 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 22.67 3.5 24.19 20.4 22.38 .2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 22.58 1.0 – – 22.35 .1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 33.11 7.3 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.49 8.0 – – 17.25 3.6 Social workers.............................................. 19.49 8.0 – – 17.25 3.6 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 37.11 6.8 37.11 6.8 – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 36.01 5.8 36.01 5.8 – – Technical....................................................... 21.03 6.9 22.52 6.5 18.27 18.0 Computer programmers........................................ 30.73 4.2 30.73 6.0 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 12.89 13.5 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.15 6.0 34.01 7.0 30.73 10.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.30 5.7 42.46 7.4 35.29 3.7 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 36.10 16.6 – – 36.10 16.6 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 46.52 10.4 47.07 11.2 – – Management related............................................ 26.07 9.9 26.45 12.2 24.76 2.8 Accountants and auditors.................................... 29.49 9.4 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.78 6.4 – – – – Sales............................................................. 15.14 12.6 15.13 12.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.29 3.1 15.55 4.7 12.49 2.6 Secretaries................................................. 17.05 3.0 17.20 3.3 16.00 4.9 Order clerks................................................ 18.06 9.4 18.06 9.4 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.86 5.0 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.91 2.3 – – – – General office clerks....................................... $12.26 2.8 $13.11 7.1 $12.03 2.4 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.40 2.5 – – 11.40 2.5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.08 3.2 15.14 3.3 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.21 6.5 15.24 7.4 14.96 3.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.37 6.8 19.03 9.6 16.29 1.6 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.26 7.9 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.66 11.0 14.77 10.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.10 14.3 15.10 14.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.69 26.1 13.67 27.0 – – Truck drivers............................................... 13.29 32.2 13.29 32.2 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.36 7.3 11.38 8.2 11.19 6.8 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 11.25 14.2 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.22 8.5 – – – – Service............................................................. 11.94 4.0 10.71 5.8 13.85 6.6 Protective service............................................ 14.63 12.0 – – 17.10 7.7 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 28.08 5.7 – – 28.08 5.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 19.78 3.0 – – 19.78 3.0 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 12.89 6.5 – – 12.89 6.5 Food service.................................................. 9.65 6.0 9.90 7.0 – – Other food service........................................... 9.77 6.9 10.09 8.1 – – Health service................................................ 10.63 3.0 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.53 3.8 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.90 16.6 11.26 19.4 9.26 6.7 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.04 5.2 8.97 6.4 9.26 6.7 Personal service.............................................. 13.78 16.0 – – – – 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $10.98 8.4 $10.87 8.8 $13.34 7.3 All excluding sales............................................... 11.37 8.9 11.27 9.4 13.34 7.3 White collar........................................................ 16.05 10.0 16.19 11.0 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.41 9.5 20.09 10.8 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.39 8.2 23.56 8.6 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 23.39 8.2 23.56 8.6 – – Health related................................................ 25.58 5.3 25.89 5.3 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.90 5.4 26.26 5.5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.36 11.7 12.49 15.4 – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.62 11.5 8.54 12.0 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 7.54 9.3 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 7.56 8.0 7.57 8.1 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.55 8.6 6.55 8.6 – – Other food service........................................... 8.17 18.0 8.17 18.0 – – Personal service.............................................. 9.35 9.9 – – – – 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $889 2.9 39.8 $906 4.0 40.1 $846 2.3 39.0 All excluding sales............................................... 904 2.5 39.7 930 3.5 40.0 846 2.3 39.0 White collar........................................................ 1,008 3.0 39.6 1,055 3.9 40.0 911 4.2 38.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,039 2.7 39.4 1,108 3.6 39.9 911 4.2 38.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,232 4.1 39.1 1,274 5.3 39.7 1,147 5.1 38.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,330 3.3 39.1 1,366 4.7 39.8 1,255 2.0 37.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,398 5.6 39.9 1,476 5.3 40.0 – – – Civil engineers............................................. 1,136 9.0 39.9 – – – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,463 8.1 39.6 1,463 8.1 39.6 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,390 2.8 39.4 1,390 2.8 39.4 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,385 2.7 39.4 1,385 2.7 39.4 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 1,291 11.6 39.6 1,177 10.9 39.5 – – – Health related................................................ 893 6.6 39.1 907 7.2 38.9 829 15.9 40.0 Registered nurses........................................... 951 4.0 38.8 977 4.3 38.6 817 7.9 40.0 Teachers, college and university.............................. 2,478 9.8 40.0 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 830 3.0 36.6 1,055 12.3 43.6 796 .3 35.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 798 1.0 35.3 – – – 790 .0 35.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 1,314 7.7 39.7 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 754 9.0 38.7 – – – 656 2.8 38.0 Social workers.............................................. 754 9.0 38.7 – – – 656 2.8 38.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,491 10.0 40.2 1,491 10.0 40.2 – – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 1,394 6.6 38.7 1,394 6.6 38.7 – – – Technical....................................................... 828 6.6 39.4 879 5.9 39.1 731 18.0 40.0 Computer programmers........................................ 1,179 3.3 38.4 1,159 4.2 37.7 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 516 13.5 40.0 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,352 6.9 40.8 1,400 8.4 41.2 1,221 10.7 39.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,669 7.4 41.4 1,792 9.4 42.2 1,400 3.4 39.7 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,427 15.8 39.5 – – – 1,427 15.8 39.5 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,910 12.5 41.1 1,942 13.3 41.3 – – – Management related............................................ 1,047 10.0 40.2 1,066 12.3 40.3 986 2.4 39.8 Accountants and auditors.................................... 1,188 8.9 40.3 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 791 6.4 40.0 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 625 16.8 41.3 624 17.0 41.3 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 564 3.1 39.5 618 4.6 39.8 489 2.6 39.1 Secretaries................................................. $675 2.7 39.6 $682 2.8 39.6 $626 6.3 39.1 Order clerks................................................ 723 9.4 40.0 723 9.4 40.0 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 554 5.0 40.0 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 636 2.3 40.0 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 485 2.5 39.6 501 6.8 38.2 480 2.4 39.9 Teachers' aides............................................. 401 2.0 35.2 – – – 401 2.0 35.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 600 3.0 39.8 603 3.1 39.8 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 609 6.6 40.1 611 7.5 40.1 598 3.9 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 741 7.0 40.4 770 9.9 40.5 651 1.6 40.0 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 690 7.9 40.0 – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 585 11.0 39.9 590 10.9 39.9 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 604 14.3 40.0 604 14.3 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 547 26.1 40.0 546 27.0 40.0 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 531 32.1 40.0 531 32.1 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 451 7.0 39.8 452 7.9 39.7 447 6.8 40.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 437 12.0 38.8 – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 449 8.5 40.0 – – – – – – Service............................................................. 487 4.3 40.8 433 6.0 40.4 572 7.5 41.3 Protective service............................................ 608 13.7 41.6 – – – 730 9.6 42.7 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 1,161 7.4 41.3 – – – 1,161 7.4 41.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 827 3.0 41.8 – – – 827 3.0 41.8 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 518 7.0 40.2 – – – 518 7.0 40.2 Food service.................................................. 396 7.7 41.0 412 8.9 41.6 – – – Other food service........................................... 402 8.9 41.1 421 10.5 41.7 – – – Health service................................................ 425 3.0 40.0 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 421 3.8 40.0 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 435 16.6 39.9 450 19.4 40.0 367 7.1 39.6 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 361 5.2 39.9 359 6.4 40.0 367 7.1 39.6 Personal service.............................................. 516 11.3 37.5 – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $45,168 2.9 2,021 $47,076 4.0 2,081 $40,885 2.3 1,887 All excluding sales............................................... 45,881 2.5 2,014 48,279 3.5 2,076 40,898 2.3 1,887 White collar........................................................ 50,856 3.0 1,996 54,770 3.9 2,078 43,340 4.2 1,838 White collar excluding sales.................................... 52,293 2.7 1,984 57,500 3.6 2,070 43,361 4.2 1,837 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 61,005 4.1 1,938 66,093 5.3 2,058 51,929 5.1 1,724 Professional specialty.......................................... 65,093 3.3 1,913 70,849 4.7 2,064 54,960 2.0 1,647 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 72,698 5.6 2,075 76,746 5.3 2,079 – – – Civil engineers............................................. 59,080 9.0 2,073 – – – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 76,080 8.1 2,062 76,080 8.1 2,062 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 72,300 2.8 2,051 72,300 2.8 2,051 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 72,012 2.7 2,050 72,012 2.7 2,050 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 64,201 11.6 1,968 61,190 10.9 2,054 – – – Health related................................................ 46,432 6.6 2,033 47,141 7.2 2,023 43,084 15.9 2,080 Registered nurses........................................... 49,466 4.0 2,018 50,818 4.3 2,006 42,479 7.9 2,080 Teachers, college and university.............................. 105,001 9.8 1,695 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 36,523 3.0 1,611 51,770 12.3 2,140 34,431 .3 1,538 Elementary school teachers.................................. 34,459 1.0 1,526 – – – 34,214 .0 1,531 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 68,326 7.7 2,063 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 39,200 9.0 2,012 – – – 34,112 2.8 1,977 Social workers.............................................. 39,200 9.0 2,012 – – – 34,112 2.8 1,977 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 77,551 10.0 2,090 77,551 10.0 2,090 – – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 72,510 6.6 2,014 72,510 6.6 2,014 – – – Technical....................................................... 43,055 6.6 2,048 45,732 5.9 2,031 37,994 18.0 2,080 Computer programmers........................................ 61,307 3.3 1,995 60,273 4.2 1,961 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 26,820 13.5 2,080 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 70,154 6.9 2,116 72,621 8.4 2,135 63,491 10.7 2,066 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 86,432 7.4 2,145 92,644 9.4 2,182 72,787 3.4 2,063 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 74,205 15.8 2,055 – – – 74,205 15.8 2,055 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 99,325 12.5 2,135 100,960 13.3 2,145 – – – Management related............................................ 54,466 10.0 2,089 55,417 12.3 2,095 51,268 2.4 2,070 Accountants and auditors.................................... 61,755 8.9 2,094 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 41,140 6.4 2,080 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 32,482 16.8 2,145 32,459 17.0 2,146 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 28,936 3.1 2,024 32,120 4.6 2,066 24,574 2.6 1,968 Secretaries................................................. $35,017 2.7 2,054 $35,370 2.8 2,057 $32,563 6.3 2,035 Order clerks................................................ 37,573 9.4 2,080 37,573 9.4 2,080 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 28,815 5.0 2,079 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 33,062 2.3 2,078 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 25,226 2.5 2,057 26,073 6.8 1,988 24,984 2.4 2,076 Teachers' aides............................................. 17,280 2.0 1,515 – – – 17,280 2.0 1,515 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 31,216 3.0 2,070 31,335 3.1 2,070 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 31,682 6.6 2,083 31,765 7.5 2,084 31,118 3.9 2,080 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 38,543 7.0 2,099 40,050 9.9 2,105 33,875 1.6 2,080 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 35,902 7.9 2,080 – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 30,433 11.0 2,077 30,666 10.9 2,077 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 31,415 14.3 2,080 31,415 14.3 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 28,457 26.1 2,078 28,409 27.0 2,078 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 27,615 32.1 2,078 27,615 32.1 2,078 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 23,476 7.0 2,067 23,503 7.9 2,065 23,268 6.8 2,080 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 22,702 12.0 2,018 – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 23,345 8.5 2,080 – – – – – – Service............................................................. 25,160 4.3 2,107 22,473 6.0 2,098 29,396 7.5 2,122 Protective service............................................ 31,541 13.7 2,156 – – – 37,962 9.6 2,220 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 60,355 7.4 2,150 – – – 60,355 7.4 2,150 Police and detectives, public service....................... 43,006 3.0 2,174 – – – 43,006 3.0 2,174 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 26,939 7.0 2,090 – – – 26,939 7.0 2,090 Food service.................................................. 20,414 7.7 2,116 21,422 8.9 2,163 – – – Other food service........................................... 20,700 8.9 2,118 21,869 10.5 2,168 – – – Health service................................................ 22,115 3.0 2,080 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 21,910 3.8 2,080 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 22,325 16.6 2,047 23,350 19.4 2,074 17,905 7.1 1,933 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 18,469 5.2 2,043 18,658 6.4 2,080 17,905 7.1 1,933 Personal service.............................................. 26,837 11.3 1,948 – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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. 5 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $21.74 2.6 $21.80 3.5 $21.59 2.1 All excluding sales............................................... 22.20 2.4 22.44 3.2 21.60 2.1 White collar........................................................ 25.22 2.7 25.99 3.3 23.51 4.1 2....................................................... 9.66 6.8 9.49 8.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.28 4.3 10.43 9.7 11.70 2.6 4....................................................... 12.88 2.7 13.16 3.2 12.13 2.0 5....................................................... 18.24 3.7 18.52 3.9 15.41 5.4 6....................................................... 17.19 2.0 17.01 2.7 17.54 2.7 7....................................................... 22.16 2.2 22.50 2.2 21.34 7.2 8....................................................... 24.00 4.9 24.71 5.7 21.34 4.6 9....................................................... 26.23 3.2 29.06 4.1 23.11 4.4 10........................................................ 34.11 7.2 34.11 7.2 – – 11........................................................ 38.18 4.1 37.17 5.8 40.52 4.7 12........................................................ 49.93 11.9 44.55 4.4 62.28 25.0 13........................................................ 52.92 7.1 52.66 7.5 – – 14........................................................ 66.83 5.0 66.72 5.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.96 18.7 38.96 18.7 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.20 2.5 27.56 3.3 23.53 4.1 2....................................................... 10.21 10.3 10.20 15.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.78 2.5 12.12 6.4 11.70 2.6 4....................................................... 13.56 3.3 14.32 3.7 12.12 2.0 5....................................................... 18.29 4.1 18.61 4.3 15.30 6.0 6....................................................... 17.26 2.1 17.13 2.8 17.52 2.7 7....................................................... 22.16 2.3 22.52 2.3 21.34 7.2 8....................................................... 24.12 5.0 24.95 5.8 21.34 4.6 9....................................................... 26.23 3.2 29.06 4.1 23.11 4.4 10........................................................ 34.11 7.2 34.11 7.2 – – 11........................................................ 37.40 4.2 35.93 6.3 40.52 4.7 12........................................................ 49.93 11.9 44.55 4.4 62.28 25.0 13........................................................ 52.92 7.1 52.66 7.5 – – 14........................................................ 66.83 5.0 66.72 5.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.96 18.7 38.96 18.7 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.29 4.0 31.84 5.1 30.07 5.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.71 3.1 33.90 4.4 33.29 2.0 5....................................................... 17.23 10.8 18.50 10.2 – – 6....................................................... 18.78 3.4 18.11 5.8 20.06 4.1 7....................................................... 25.14 2.6 26.02 4.2 23.23 4.5 8....................................................... 26.75 4.7 28.07 5.0 21.92 3.6 9....................................................... 25.84 3.9 29.91 4.1 21.83 2.4 10........................................................ 33.68 8.9 33.68 8.9 – – 11........................................................ 38.01 5.9 35.02 8.3 – – 12........................................................ 50.94 14.2 43.92 2.6 – – 13........................................................ 49.14 4.4 48.64 4.9 – – 14........................................................ 64.87 3.9 64.87 3.9 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... $35.03 5.4 $36.92 4.9 – – 11........................................................ 39.90 3.9 40.25 4.2 – – 12........................................................ 43.53 4.7 43.53 4.7 – – Civil engineers............................................. 28.50 9.1 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 36.90 7.3 36.90 7.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 35.26 2.9 35.26 2.9 – – 9....................................................... 32.05 2.1 32.05 2.1 – – 12........................................................ 43.06 3.0 43.06 3.0 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 35.13 2.7 35.13 2.7 – – 9....................................................... 32.05 2.1 32.05 2.1 – – 12........................................................ 43.23 3.2 43.23 3.2 – – Natural scientists............................................ 32.62 11.7 29.79 11.0 – – 11........................................................ 33.27 18.9 – – – – Health related................................................ 23.41 5.0 23.90 5.3 $20.78 14.4 7....................................................... 21.32 3.9 – – – – 8....................................................... 24.91 1.0 25.03 .9 – – 9....................................................... 26.21 4.8 26.63 4.7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.85 2.8 25.58 3.3 20.56 6.7 8....................................................... 24.80 1.0 24.93 .9 – – 9....................................................... 26.21 4.8 26.63 4.7 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 61.94 9.8 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 22.53 3.5 23.28 19.4 22.37 .1 6....................................................... 18.80 8.3 – – – – 8....................................................... 30.74 6.0 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 22.58 1.0 – – 22.35 .1 8....................................................... 28.11 11.6 – – – – Secondary school teachers................................... 23.73 6.4 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 33.11 7.3 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.49 8.0 – – 17.25 3.6 Social workers.............................................. 19.49 8.0 – – 17.25 3.6 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 36.53 8.4 36.53 8.4 – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 36.01 5.8 36.01 5.8 – – Technical....................................................... 21.03 6.9 22.52 6.5 18.27 18.0 5....................................................... 18.31 3.8 18.30 4.2 – – 7....................................................... 19.98 8.6 22.53 8.5 – – 8....................................................... 21.94 9.3 22.85 11.8 – – Computer programmers........................................ 30.73 4.2 30.73 6.0 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 12.89 13.5 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.15 6.0 34.01 7.0 30.73 10.7 7....................................................... 22.09 4.8 – – – – 8....................................................... 23.51 8.2 23.31 9.6 24.70 .6 9....................................................... 26.51 8.2 25.78 8.8 29.97 6.4 11........................................................ $35.94 6.7 $37.63 9.5 $33.62 6.4 12........................................................ 46.08 8.8 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.30 5.7 42.46 7.4 35.29 3.7 8....................................................... 31.80 13.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.59 7.7 27.99 8.8 30.99 8.7 11........................................................ 38.39 6.9 – – 35.12 4.0 12........................................................ 50.31 2.6 – – – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 36.10 16.6 – – 36.10 16.6 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 46.52 10.4 47.07 11.2 – – Management related............................................ 26.07 9.9 26.45 12.2 24.76 2.8 7....................................................... 22.00 5.3 – – – – 9....................................................... 20.16 6.6 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 29.49 9.4 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.78 6.4 – – – – Sales............................................................. 14.44 11.7 14.42 11.9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.06 7.2 7.79 5.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.25 3.0 15.45 4.5 12.48 2.5 2....................................................... 10.20 15.1 10.20 15.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.79 2.5 12.12 6.4 11.71 2.7 4....................................................... 13.49 3.6 14.29 4.3 12.08 2.0 5....................................................... 18.14 5.8 18.41 6.2 15.21 1.9 6....................................................... 15.48 1.5 15.89 3.1 14.79 2.0 7....................................................... 18.98 4.2 18.98 4.4 – – Secretaries................................................. 17.05 3.0 17.19 3.2 16.00 4.9 4....................................................... 15.56 7.8 15.56 7.8 – – 5....................................................... 18.27 6.7 18.79 6.8 – – Order clerks................................................ 17.68 9.6 17.68 9.6 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.62 4.7 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.91 2.3 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.80 11.6 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 12.26 2.8 13.11 7.1 12.03 2.4 3....................................................... 11.31 .6 – – 11.47 .4 4....................................................... 12.41 3.1 – – 12.08 2.3 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.40 2.5 – – 11.40 2.5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.01 3.2 15.07 3.3 – – Blue collar......................................................... 14.56 6.4 14.52 7.3 14.88 3.8 1....................................................... 9.55 10.0 9.52 10.1 – – 2....................................................... 9.73 7.9 9.66 8.5 10.56 6.2 3....................................................... 14.00 11.5 14.27 11.7 – – 4....................................................... 16.53 9.3 16.68 9.8 – – 5....................................................... 18.51 3.8 18.66 4.0 15.67 4.1 6....................................................... 20.03 5.1 20.02 5.2 – – 7....................................................... 18.84 3.6 20.68 4.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $18.37 6.8 $19.03 9.6 $16.29 1.6 7....................................................... 18.85 3.7 20.74 4.7 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.26 7.9 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.51 11.3 14.62 11.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.55 9.2 9.55 9.2 – – 3....................................................... 12.79 5.2 13.34 2.8 – – 4....................................................... 17.45 14.2 17.45 14.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.10 14.3 15.10 14.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.00 21.2 11.95 22.1 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.24 6.3 11.24 7.0 11.19 6.8 1....................................................... 9.25 6.8 9.19 7.0 – – 2....................................................... 11.32 2.9 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.33 4.0 11.31 4.2 – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 11.25 14.2 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.44 6.7 10.71 6.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.16 3.7 11.16 3.7 – – Service............................................................. 11.29 3.9 10.02 5.0 13.82 6.4 1....................................................... 8.17 4.4 7.85 6.4 8.95 2.7 2....................................................... 8.29 10.7 8.05 13.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.27 3.4 9.23 4.3 9.53 4.4 4....................................................... 11.80 3.2 11.24 4.5 – – 5....................................................... 12.72 4.8 – – 12.57 4.0 6....................................................... 16.02 3.6 – – 17.65 2.0 7....................................................... 14.71 6.5 – – 14.38 9.3 Protective service............................................ 13.85 14.4 – – 17.10 7.7 5....................................................... 12.55 4.0 – – 12.55 4.0 6....................................................... 17.54 2.7 – – 17.54 2.7 7....................................................... 14.90 8.3 – – 14.19 8.0 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 28.08 5.7 – – 28.08 5.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 19.78 3.0 – – 19.78 3.0 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 12.89 6.5 – – 12.89 6.5 Food service.................................................. 8.78 4.2 8.78 5.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.60 7.8 6.92 9.6 – – 3....................................................... 7.53 9.7 – – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.52 14.9 4.52 14.9 – – Other food service........................................... 9.45 6.9 9.61 8.2 – – 1....................................................... 7.67 8.5 6.94 10.9 – – 3....................................................... 8.39 5.4 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.92 9.2 – – – – Health service................................................ 10.63 3.0 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.53 3.8 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. $10.90 16.6 $11.26 19.4 $9.26 6.7 1....................................................... 8.50 6.8 8.34 8.0 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.04 5.2 8.97 6.4 9.26 6.7 1....................................................... 8.61 8.6 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 12.62 13.5 – – 13.91 13.1 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 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. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $22.34 2.7 $22.62 3.6 $21.66 2.1 All excluding sales............................................... 22.78 2.4 23.26 3.3 21.67 2.1 White collar........................................................ 25.48 2.7 26.35 3.4 23.58 4.2 2....................................................... 9.76 7.6 9.53 10.2 – – 3....................................................... 11.28 4.3 10.43 9.7 11.70 2.6 4....................................................... 12.91 2.8 13.19 3.2 12.15 2.1 5....................................................... 18.28 3.8 18.56 4.1 15.44 5.5 6....................................................... 17.22 2.1 17.06 2.7 17.54 2.7 7....................................................... 22.16 2.2 22.51 2.2 21.34 7.2 8....................................................... 23.93 5.1 24.66 6.0 21.34 4.6 9....................................................... 26.30 3.3 29.28 4.0 23.12 4.5 10........................................................ 34.23 7.3 34.23 7.3 – – 11........................................................ 38.18 4.1 37.17 5.8 40.52 4.7 12........................................................ 49.93 11.9 44.55 4.4 62.28 25.0 13........................................................ 52.92 7.1 52.66 7.5 – – 14........................................................ 66.83 5.0 66.72 5.0 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.35 2.5 27.78 3.3 23.60 4.1 2....................................................... 9.70 8.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.78 2.5 12.12 6.4 11.70 2.6 4....................................................... 13.63 3.4 14.39 3.7 12.14 2.1 5....................................................... 18.34 4.3 18.65 4.5 15.32 6.1 6....................................................... 17.30 2.1 17.19 2.9 17.52 2.7 7....................................................... 22.17 2.3 22.53 2.3 21.34 7.2 8....................................................... 24.04 5.1 24.91 6.1 21.34 4.6 9....................................................... 26.30 3.3 29.28 4.0 23.12 4.5 10........................................................ 34.23 7.3 34.23 7.3 – – 11........................................................ 37.40 4.2 35.93 6.3 40.52 4.7 12........................................................ 49.93 11.9 44.55 4.4 62.28 25.0 13........................................................ 52.92 7.1 52.66 7.5 – – 14........................................................ 66.83 5.0 66.72 5.0 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.48 4.0 32.12 5.2 30.11 5.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 34.03 3.2 34.32 4.5 33.37 2.1 5....................................................... 17.29 10.7 18.50 10.2 – – 6....................................................... 18.93 3.4 18.32 5.7 20.06 4.1 7....................................................... 25.21 2.7 26.14 4.5 23.23 4.5 8....................................................... 26.94 5.3 28.58 5.7 21.92 3.6 9....................................................... 25.91 4.0 30.27 3.7 21.83 2.5 10........................................................ 33.80 9.1 33.80 9.1 – – 11........................................................ 38.01 5.9 35.02 8.3 – – 12........................................................ 50.94 14.2 43.92 2.6 – – 13........................................................ 49.14 4.4 48.64 4.9 – – 14........................................................ 64.87 3.9 64.87 3.9 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 35.03 5.4 36.92 4.9 – – 11........................................................ 39.90 3.9 40.25 4.2 – – 12........................................................ $43.53 4.7 $43.53 4.7 – – Civil engineers............................................. 28.50 9.1 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 36.90 7.3 36.90 7.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 35.26 2.9 35.26 2.9 – – 9....................................................... 32.05 2.1 32.05 2.1 – – 12........................................................ 43.06 3.0 43.06 3.0 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 35.13 2.7 35.13 2.7 – – 9....................................................... 32.05 2.1 32.05 2.1 – – 12........................................................ 43.23 3.2 43.23 3.2 – – Natural scientists............................................ 32.62 11.7 29.79 11.0 – – 11........................................................ 33.27 18.9 – – – – Health related................................................ 22.84 7.3 23.30 8.0 $20.71 15.9 8....................................................... 24.73 1.1 – – – – 9....................................................... 27.19 5.2 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.51 4.3 25.33 4.5 20.42 7.9 9....................................................... 27.19 5.2 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 61.95 9.8 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 22.67 3.5 24.19 20.4 22.38 .2 8....................................................... 30.69 6.0 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 22.58 1.0 – – 22.35 .1 8....................................................... 28.11 11.6 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 33.11 7.3 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.49 8.0 – – 17.25 3.6 Social workers.............................................. 19.49 8.0 – – 17.25 3.6 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 37.11 6.8 37.11 6.8 – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 36.01 5.8 36.01 5.8 – – Technical....................................................... 21.03 6.9 22.52 6.5 18.27 18.0 5....................................................... 18.31 3.8 18.30 4.2 – – 7....................................................... 19.98 8.6 22.53 8.5 – – 8....................................................... 21.94 9.3 22.85 11.8 – – Computer programmers........................................ 30.73 4.2 30.73 6.0 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 12.89 13.5 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.15 6.0 34.01 7.0 30.73 10.7 7....................................................... 22.09 4.8 – – – – 8....................................................... 23.51 8.2 23.31 9.6 24.70 .6 9....................................................... 26.51 8.2 25.78 8.8 29.97 6.4 11........................................................ 35.94 6.7 37.63 9.5 33.62 6.4 12........................................................ 46.08 8.8 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.30 5.7 42.46 7.4 35.29 3.7 8....................................................... 31.80 13.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.59 7.7 27.99 8.8 30.99 8.7 11........................................................ 38.39 6.9 – – 35.12 4.0 12........................................................ $50.31 2.6 – – – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 36.10 16.6 – – $36.10 16.6 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 46.52 10.4 $47.07 11.2 – – Management related............................................ 26.07 9.9 26.45 12.2 24.76 2.8 7....................................................... 22.00 5.3 – – – – 9....................................................... 20.16 6.6 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 29.49 9.4 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.78 6.4 – – – – Sales............................................................. 15.14 12.6 15.13 12.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.29 3.1 15.55 4.7 12.49 2.6 3....................................................... 11.79 2.5 12.12 6.4 11.71 2.7 4....................................................... 13.56 3.7 14.38 4.3 12.10 2.1 5....................................................... 18.21 6.2 18.49 6.6 15.17 2.0 6....................................................... 15.48 1.5 15.89 3.1 14.79 2.0 7....................................................... 18.98 4.2 18.98 4.4 – – Secretaries................................................. 17.05 3.0 17.20 3.3 16.00 4.9 4....................................................... 15.57 7.9 15.57 7.9 – – 5....................................................... 18.27 6.7 18.79 6.8 – – Order clerks................................................ 18.06 9.4 18.06 9.4 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.86 5.0 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.91 2.3 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 12.26 2.8 13.11 7.1 12.03 2.4 3....................................................... 11.31 .6 – – 11.47 .4 4....................................................... 12.41 3.1 – – 12.08 2.3 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.40 2.5 – – 11.40 2.5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.08 3.2 15.14 3.3 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.21 6.5 15.24 7.4 14.96 3.9 1....................................................... 10.15 10.6 10.12 10.9 – – 2....................................................... 9.95 7.8 9.88 8.5 – – 3....................................................... 14.10 12.0 14.39 12.2 – – 4....................................................... 16.57 9.4 16.68 9.8 – – 5....................................................... 18.60 4.2 18.75 4.5 15.67 4.1 6....................................................... 20.03 5.1 20.02 5.2 – – 7....................................................... 18.84 3.6 20.68 4.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.37 6.8 19.03 9.6 16.29 1.6 7....................................................... 18.85 3.7 20.74 4.7 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.26 7.9 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.66 11.0 14.77 10.9 – – 2....................................................... 9.77 8.9 9.77 8.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.79 5.2 13.34 2.8 – – 4....................................................... 17.45 14.2 17.45 14.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... $15.10 14.3 $15.10 14.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.69 26.1 13.67 27.0 – – Truck drivers............................................... 13.29 32.2 13.29 32.2 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.36 7.3 11.38 8.2 $11.19 6.8 1....................................................... 8.62 5.8 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.32 2.9 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.43 5.4 11.42 5.8 – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 11.25 14.2 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.22 8.5 – – – – Service............................................................. 11.94 4.0 10.71 5.8 13.85 6.6 1....................................................... 8.40 4.0 8.09 6.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.71 3.7 9.75 4.7 9.53 4.4 4....................................................... 12.28 4.6 – – – – 5....................................................... 12.72 4.8 – – 12.57 4.0 6....................................................... 16.14 4.8 – – 17.65 2.0 7....................................................... 14.71 6.5 – – 14.38 9.3 Protective service............................................ 14.63 12.0 – – 17.10 7.7 5....................................................... 12.55 4.0 – – 12.55 4.0 6....................................................... 17.54 2.7 – – 17.54 2.7 7....................................................... 14.90 8.3 – – 14.19 8.0 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 28.08 5.7 – – 28.08 5.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 19.78 3.0 – – 19.78 3.0 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 12.89 6.5 – – 12.89 6.5 Food service.................................................. 9.65 6.0 9.90 7.0 – – Other food service........................................... 9.77 6.9 10.09 8.1 – – Health service................................................ 10.63 3.0 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.53 3.8 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.90 16.6 11.26 19.4 9.26 6.7 1....................................................... 8.50 6.8 8.34 8.0 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.04 5.2 8.97 6.4 9.26 6.7 1....................................................... 8.61 8.6 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 13.78 16.0 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D 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 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. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $10.98 8.4 $10.87 8.8 $13.34 7.3 All excluding sales............................................... 11.37 8.9 11.27 9.4 13.34 7.3 White collar........................................................ 16.05 10.0 16.19 11.0 – – 2....................................................... 9.43 16.6 9.43 16.6 – – 9....................................................... 23.96 2.4 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.41 9.5 20.09 10.8 – – 9....................................................... 23.96 2.4 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.39 8.2 23.56 8.6 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 23.39 8.2 23.56 8.6 – – 9....................................................... 23.96 2.4 – – – – Health related................................................ 25.58 5.3 25.89 5.3 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.90 5.4 26.26 5.5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.36 11.7 12.49 15.4 – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.62 11.5 8.54 12.0 – – 1....................................................... 8.51 15.1 8.51 15.1 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 7.54 9.3 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 7.56 8.0 7.57 8.1 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.55 8.6 6.55 8.6 – – Other food service........................................... 8.17 18.0 8.17 18.0 – – Personal service.............................................. 9.35 9.9 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D 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 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. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2004 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $22.34 $10.98 – $21.83 $21.84 – All excluding sales............................................. 22.78 11.37 – 22.30 22.23 – White collar........................................................ 25.48 16.05 – 25.24 25.42 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 26.35 19.41 – 26.22 26.26 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.48 23.39 – 31.29 31.43 – Professional specialty.......................................... 34.03 23.39 – 33.72 33.92 – Technical....................................................... 21.03 – – 21.03 21.03 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.15 – – 33.15 33.15 – Sales............................................................. 15.14 – – 14.44 14.38 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.29 12.36 – 14.22 14.25 – Blue collar......................................................... 15.21 8.62 – 14.29 14.47 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.37 – – 18.35 18.28 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.66 – – 14.72 14.51 – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.69 7.54 – 9.47 12.00 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.36 – – 11.19 11.24 – Service............................................................. 11.94 7.56 – 11.27 11.29 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.7 8.4 – 2.7 2.8 – All excluding sales............................................. 2.4 8.9 – 2.5 2.3 – White collar........................................................ 2.7 10.0 – 2.7 3.0 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.5 9.5 – 2.5 2.6 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.0 8.2 – 4.0 4.0 – Professional specialty.......................................... 3.2 8.2 – 3.1 3.2 – Technical....................................................... 6.9 – – 6.9 6.9 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.0 – – 6.0 6.0 – Sales............................................................. 12.6 – – 11.7 17.5 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.1 11.7 – 3.0 3.0 – Blue collar......................................................... 6.5 11.5 – 6.6 6.3 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6.8 – – 7.1 7.1 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.0 – – 12.0 11.3 – Transportation and material moving................................ 26.1 9.3 – 11.6 21.2 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.3 – – 7.2 6.3 – Service............................................................. 4.0 8.0 – 3.9 3.9 – 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. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B 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 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an 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. 6 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 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $21.80 $26.05 – – $26.31 - $24.61 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 22.44 25.58 – – 25.83 - 24.65 - - - White collar........................................................ 25.99 34.01 – – 34.01 - 28.51 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 27.56 33.45 – – 33.45 - 28.96 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.84 35.76 – – 35.76 - 30.92 - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 33.90 37.09 – – 37.09 - 36.33 - - - Technical....................................................... 22.52 19.56 – – 19.56 - 22.90 - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.01 41.56 – – 41.56 - – - - - Sales............................................................. 14.42 – – – – - – - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.45 19.32 – – 19.32 - 15.26 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 14.52 14.97 – – 14.84 - 18.32 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.03 16.78 – – 16.41 - – - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.62 15.79 – – 15.79 - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 11.95 – – – – - – - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.24 10.55 – – 10.53 - – - - - Service............................................................. 10.02 – – – – - – - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.5 4.4 – – 4.5 - 5.7 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 3.2 4.1 – – 4.2 - 5.6 - - - White collar........................................................ 3.3 1.7 – – 1.7 - 7.0 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.3 1.5 – – 1.5 - 5.2 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.1 .9 – – .9 - 3.7 - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 4.4 3.0 – – 3.0 - 5.7 - - - Technical....................................................... 6.5 2.9 – – 2.9 - 7.3 - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.0 11.2 – – 11.2 - – - - - Sales............................................................. 11.9 – – – – - – - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.5 5.8 – – 5.8 - 10.3 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 7.3 8.7 – – 9.7 - 13.8 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 9.6 10.6 – – 11.4 - – - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.2 9.6 – – 9.6 - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 22.1 – – – – - – - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.0 15.1 – – 17.0 - – - - - Service............................................................. 5.0 – – – – - – - - - 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. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 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. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2004 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $21.80 $16.02 $24.02 $20.33 $25.87 All excluding sales............................................. 22.44 17.25 24.09 20.84 25.61 White collar........................................................ 25.99 19.82 27.89 27.10 28.15 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 27.56 24.56 28.19 29.43 27.85 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.84 – 31.59 31.76 31.55 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.90 – 34.01 33.56 34.13 Technical....................................................... 22.52 – 22.52 22.56 22.51 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.01 36.82 33.80 37.23 32.51 Sales............................................................. 14.42 11.19 21.93 14.42 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.45 14.03 16.03 18.51 15.29 Blue collar......................................................... 14.52 11.80 16.01 14.18 18.37 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.03 18.86 19.08 15.14 24.20 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.62 – 14.59 15.35 13.93 Transportation and material moving................................ 11.95 – 16.92 14.15 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.24 10.28 12.08 11.20 13.44 Service............................................................. 10.02 9.11 10.59 – 11.25 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.5 14.1 4.7 12.4 4.7 All excluding sales............................................. 3.2 13.2 4.7 12.8 4.7 White collar........................................................ 3.3 12.8 3.7 8.6 4.3 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.3 7.2 3.8 7.4 4.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.1 – 6.0 6.6 7.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 4.4 – 5.3 7.8 6.6 Technical....................................................... 6.5 – 6.5 8.3 7.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.0 37.9 6.8 11.4 7.7 Sales............................................................. 11.9 12.0 14.5 22.8 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.5 8.9 3.3 6.6 2.1 Blue collar......................................................... 7.3 13.5 5.6 5.1 5.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 9.6 7.3 13.7 12.5 6.2 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.2 – 9.4 10.2 10.6 Transportation and material moving................................ 22.1 – 26.5 28.4 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.0 9.0 6.1 4.7 12.8 Service............................................................. 5.0 14.4 4.0 – 6.1 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. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 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 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.81 $11.97 $17.79 $26.73 $40.61 All excluding sales........................... 9.15 12.36 18.20 27.56 40.87 White collar.................................... 10.96 13.78 20.72 31.62 45.50 White collar excluding sales................ 11.99 14.78 21.72 32.63 45.67 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.55 20.54 28.01 37.88 48.41 Professional specialty...................... 18.27 22.27 29.69 40.87 50.29 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.56 25.66 32.94 44.95 48.56 Civil engineers......................... 20.91 21.94 24.97 30.80 47.79 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 21.67 32.94 37.42 45.84 45.84 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 22.38 27.89 34.62 41.35 49.50 Computer systems analysts and scientists 22.38 27.80 34.66 41.35 49.05 Natural scientists........................ 19.64 23.29 30.22 44.47 50.29 Health related............................ 14.42 20.05 23.08 28.16 29.54 Registered nurses....................... 19.20 21.00 25.00 28.77 30.32 Teachers, college and university.......... 33.88 38.99 49.54 78.79 121.81 Teachers, except college and university... 16.07 17.11 21.72 26.68 30.72 Elementary school teachers.............. 16.55 18.11 21.89 26.05 29.35 Secondary school teachers............... 16.07 18.68 22.57 27.02 32.33 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... 23.35 29.33 37.14 37.26 37.26 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.04 16.29 20.33 22.27 25.15 Social workers.......................... 13.04 16.29 20.33 22.27 25.15 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 23.20 27.72 40.87 44.14 47.24 Professional, n.e.c..................... 21.83 28.27 36.04 44.14 44.14 Technical................................... 11.94 15.00 18.86 26.08 31.99 Computer programmers.................... 22.12 26.89 31.26 33.59 37.60 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 9.26 10.18 11.51 14.03 17.07 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.39 21.87 28.85 39.44 50.94 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.84 29.96 39.44 48.25 53.39 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 22.93 23.50 42.80 45.51 45.51 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 29.96 37.18 48.25 50.53 59.62 Management related........................ 17.66 19.58 23.12 28.58 33.77 Accountants and auditors................ 23.12 23.98 27.74 33.77 39.75 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.53 17.35 19.69 21.15 23.64 Sales......................................... 7.00 8.81 10.40 14.41 22.20 Cashiers................................ 6.50 7.00 7.50 8.85 10.60 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.23 11.66 13.55 16.31 19.19 Secretaries............................. 12.86 14.46 16.80 19.23 21.35 Order clerks............................ 10.96 14.42 18.27 18.70 26.50 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.68 11.88 14.04 14.28 15.81 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 13.46 13.52 15.00 18.26 19.23 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 9.31 11.85 12.88 17.86 19.99 General office clerks................... $9.99 $10.93 $11.86 $13.50 $14.94 Teachers' aides......................... 10.59 10.59 11.33 12.14 13.00 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 12.03 13.07 13.87 16.12 20.04 Blue collar..................................... 7.65 9.90 13.45 18.62 23.50 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.02 14.14 16.99 21.73 26.73 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.91 14.50 15.75 19.23 22.93 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.00 10.04 13.78 17.86 21.38 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.34 11.21 13.60 22.36 22.36 Transportation and material moving............ 7.00 7.00 8.86 14.50 24.55 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.00 9.15 11.25 12.98 15.10 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.50 9.00 9.64 14.09 15.76 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.50 8.74 10.25 11.25 14.96 Service......................................... 6.75 8.32 10.00 12.93 18.08 Protective service........................ 8.10 9.55 12.32 16.00 22.07 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 18.50 26.36 28.59 29.01 35.52 Police and detectives, public service... 14.02 15.37 20.16 23.65 26.00 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 11.11 11.67 12.32 13.52 15.43 Food service.............................. 6.00 6.75 8.50 10.50 14.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 3.75 6.50 7.50 Other food service....................... 6.00 7.50 8.70 12.00 14.44 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.65 8.50 8.72 9.22 Health service............................ 8.50 9.52 10.72 11.30 12.00 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.62 9.52 10.87 11.39 12.00 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.95 9.30 11.07 21.64 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.75 7.79 9.00 9.91 11.23 Personal service.......................... 8.80 9.83 10.40 11.76 19.17 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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.50 $11.73 $18.26 $28.45 $40.87 All excluding sales........................... 8.73 12.48 18.90 29.13 41.25 White collar.................................... 11.00 14.75 22.23 33.65 45.84 White collar excluding sales................ 13.13 17.31 23.89 35.58 46.55 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.58 22.41 29.81 39.75 47.24 Professional specialty...................... 19.71 24.72 31.59 40.87 48.23 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.67 29.42 35.75 45.84 49.52 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 21.67 32.94 37.42 45.84 45.84 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 22.38 27.89 34.62 41.35 49.50 Computer systems analysts and scientists 22.38 27.80 34.66 41.35 49.05 Natural scientists........................ 19.23 22.04 29.02 33.40 45.50 Health related............................ 18.51 20.65 24.28 28.57 30.20 Registered nurses....................... 20.25 21.60 26.27 29.15 30.85 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 13.36 13.36 20.41 31.00 35.65 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 23.20 27.72 40.87 44.14 47.24 Professional, n.e.c..................... 21.83 28.27 36.04 44.14 44.14 Technical................................... 14.03 16.87 20.95 28.45 33.28 Computer programmers.................... 22.12 23.53 31.01 35.99 38.47 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.25 19.97 28.85 43.28 53.39 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.79 29.96 40.87 48.28 56.18 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 29.96 37.18 48.25 50.87 59.62 Management related........................ 17.01 19.39 21.15 28.85 39.62 Sales......................................... 7.00 8.81 10.20 14.34 22.20 Cashiers................................ 6.50 6.75 7.25 8.50 10.20 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.64 12.61 14.71 18.20 20.79 Secretaries............................. 12.86 14.70 17.00 19.54 21.80 Order clerks............................ 10.96 14.42 18.27 18.70 26.50 General office clerks................... 9.77 11.00 12.00 15.47 17.90 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 12.03 13.18 13.87 16.33 20.04 Blue collar..................................... 7.25 9.50 12.98 19.00 24.55 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.54 13.51 19.23 23.20 26.73 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.00 10.34 13.78 17.86 21.57 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.34 11.21 13.60 22.36 22.36 Transportation and material moving............ $7.00 $7.00 $8.81 $14.50 $24.55 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.80 9.20 11.40 12.98 15.10 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.50 9.15 10.75 11.40 14.96 Service......................................... 6.50 7.25 9.25 11.40 14.44 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 6.00 6.50 8.00 12.00 14.44 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 3.75 6.50 7.50 Other food service....................... 6.00 7.00 8.50 12.72 14.44 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. $6.75 $8.00 $9.40 $11.23 $21.64 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.75 7.10 9.21 9.83 11.04 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.23 $12.14 $16.29 $23.94 $36.52 All excluding sales........................... 10.23 12.14 16.29 23.94 36.52 White collar.................................... 10.92 12.58 17.95 26.24 40.09 White collar excluding sales................ 10.91 12.58 17.98 26.26 40.09 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.82 17.85 22.03 31.80 50.29 Professional specialty...................... 16.55 19.03 24.11 34.94 59.35 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 13.78 15.60 19.60 21.91 24.52 Registered nurses....................... 16.12 18.40 20.96 22.45 24.30 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 16.55 18.11 21.72 25.89 28.91 Elementary school teachers.............. 16.55 18.11 21.72 25.89 29.21 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.11 14.39 17.97 20.17 20.84 Social workers.......................... 12.11 14.39 17.97 20.17 20.84 Technical................................... 10.10 12.16 17.53 20.65 31.27 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 23.94 23.94 28.49 36.52 39.89 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 24.54 30.64 36.52 36.52 45.22 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 22.93 23.50 42.80 45.51 45.51 Management related........................ 23.44 23.94 23.94 24.95 28.49 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.13 10.96 12.20 13.67 14.83 Secretaries............................. 12.51 13.70 16.31 18.68 18.69 General office clerks................... 9.99 10.92 11.83 13.22 14.12 Teachers' aides......................... 10.59 10.59 11.33 12.14 13.00 Blue collar..................................... 9.41 13.59 15.22 16.31 18.62 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.14 15.18 16.10 16.99 18.62 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.72 8.99 10.19 12.83 15.59 Service......................................... 8.54 9.15 11.92 15.93 22.08 Protective service........................ $11.67 $12.33 $15.19 $20.36 $26.23 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 18.50 26.36 28.59 29.01 35.52 Police and detectives, public service... 14.02 15.37 20.16 23.65 26.00 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 11.11 11.67 12.32 13.52 15.43 Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 7.65 7.95 8.96 10.35 11.83 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.65 7.95 8.96 10.35 11.83 Personal service.......................... 6.81 9.83 12.05 19.17 19.17 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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.44 $12.36 $18.20 $27.56 $40.87 All excluding sales........................... 9.91 12.93 18.49 28.40 40.87 White collar.................................... 11.02 13.91 20.82 31.96 45.67 White collar excluding sales................ 12.03 14.83 21.80 32.94 45.84 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.55 20.53 28.31 38.45 48.56 Professional specialty...................... 18.27 22.37 30.03 40.87 50.29 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.56 25.66 32.94 44.95 48.56 Civil engineers......................... 20.91 21.94 24.97 30.80 47.79 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 21.67 32.94 37.42 45.84 45.84 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 22.38 27.89 34.62 41.35 49.50 Computer systems analysts and scientists 22.38 27.80 34.66 41.35 49.05 Natural scientists........................ 19.64 23.29 30.22 44.47 50.29 Health related............................ 13.56 19.23 22.17 27.24 29.22 Registered nurses....................... 18.99 20.87 24.28 28.74 29.36 Teachers, college and university.......... 33.88 38.99 49.54 78.79 121.81 Teachers, except college and university... 16.55 17.87 21.89 26.68 30.72 Elementary school teachers.............. 16.55 18.11 21.89 26.05 29.35 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 23.35 29.33 37.14 37.26 37.26 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.04 16.29 20.33 22.27 25.15 Social workers.......................... 13.04 16.29 20.33 22.27 25.15 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 24.00 28.72 40.87 44.14 47.24 Professional, n.e.c..................... 21.83 28.27 36.04 44.14 44.14 Technical................................... 11.94 15.00 18.86 26.08 31.99 Computer programmers.................... 22.12 26.89 31.26 33.59 37.60 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 9.26 10.18 11.51 14.03 17.07 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.39 21.87 28.85 39.44 50.94 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.84 29.96 39.44 48.25 53.39 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 22.93 23.50 42.80 45.51 45.51 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 29.96 37.18 48.25 50.53 59.62 Management related........................ 17.66 19.58 23.12 28.58 33.77 Accountants and auditors................ 23.12 23.98 27.74 33.77 39.75 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.53 17.35 19.69 21.15 23.64 Sales......................................... 7.73 8.81 10.60 15.04 22.73 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.31 11.73 13.66 16.37 19.19 Secretaries............................. 12.86 14.46 16.84 19.24 21.33 Order clerks............................ 10.96 14.42 18.40 19.06 26.50 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.68 12.50 14.28 14.28 16.14 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 13.46 13.52 15.00 18.26 19.23 General office clerks................... 9.99 10.93 11.86 13.50 14.94 Teachers' aides......................... 10.59 10.59 11.33 12.14 13.00 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 12.03 13.18 13.87 16.33 20.04 Blue collar..................................... $8.00 $10.75 $13.89 $19.07 $24.55 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.02 14.14 16.99 21.73 26.73 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.91 14.50 15.75 19.23 22.93 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.00 10.34 13.78 17.86 21.57 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.34 11.21 13.60 22.36 22.36 Transportation and material moving............ 7.00 8.00 11.50 18.78 24.55 Truck drivers........................... 7.00 8.00 9.90 24.55 24.55 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.00 9.25 11.50 12.98 15.46 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.50 9.00 9.64 14.09 15.76 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.74 9.15 10.75 13.25 14.96 Service......................................... 7.05 8.65 10.75 14.00 19.17 Protective service........................ 8.25 11.00 13.00 16.97 23.12 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 18.50 26.36 28.59 29.01 35.52 Police and detectives, public service... 14.02 15.37 20.16 23.65 26.00 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 11.11 11.67 12.32 13.52 15.43 Food service.............................. 6.50 7.50 8.72 12.35 14.44 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.65 7.73 8.72 12.72 14.44 Health service............................ 8.50 9.52 10.72 11.30 12.00 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.62 9.52 10.87 11.39 12.00 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.95 9.30 11.07 21.64 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.75 7.79 9.00 9.91 11.23 Personal service.......................... 9.45 10.40 11.25 16.31 19.17 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 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.00 $7.00 $8.55 $12.00 $22.04 All excluding sales........................... 6.00 7.00 9.00 12.00 23.40 White collar.................................... 7.00 8.00 12.41 23.40 28.48 White collar excluding sales................ 9.31 11.87 20.65 25.71 30.85 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.00 20.65 24.00 28.48 30.85 Professional specialty...................... 14.00 20.65 24.00 28.48 30.85 Health related............................ 20.65 21.98 25.24 28.48 30.85 Registered nurses....................... 20.65 22.65 25.75 28.89 30.85 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.75 10.00 11.85 13.97 19.87 Blue collar..................................... 6.00 7.00 8.50 10.00 11.90 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 6.00 7.00 7.00 8.50 9.01 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 2.13 6.00 8.00 9.55 12.00 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 3.75 6.00 8.50 12.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.00 6.00 8.50 8.84 12.00 Personal service.......................... 6.80 7.90 10.20 10.20 10.50 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 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 229,800 164,700 65,100 All excluding sales............................................. 216,500 151,500 65,000 White collar........................................................ 159,000 106,400 52,600 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 145,700 93,300 52,400 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 85,300 55,700 29,700 Professional specialty.......................................... 70,100 45,700 24,400 Technical....................................................... 15,200 9,900 5,300 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 15,800 11,500 4,300 Sales............................................................. 13,300 13,200 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 44,600 26,100 18,500 Blue collar......................................................... 45,600 40,200 5,400 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14,200 10,700 3,500 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8,600 8,500 - Transportation and material moving................................ 11,800 10,900 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11,100 10,100 900 Service............................................................. 25,200 18,000 7,200 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. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.