NC BL 09/00/2007 Table: Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA, Bulletin 3140-12, December 2006 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $23.63 2.3 35.9 $23.23 2.8 35.9 $26.14 3.1 36.0 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 34.05 2.7 37.9 34.61 3.2 38.5 31.74 2.6 35.4 Management, business, and financial............................... 38.44 2.8 40.5 39.91 3.1 40.7 32.53 3.3 39.7 Professional and related.......................................... 31.56 3.1 36.5 31.62 3.8 37.4 31.28 2.8 33.4 Service............................................................. 13.12 5.0 30.5 11.72 4.0 29.4 19.48 9.8 36.5 Sales and office.................................................... 18.41 3.4 36.3 18.44 3.7 36.5 18.15 4.8 35.3 Sales and related................................................. 21.07 5.4 35.8 21.07 5.4 35.8 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 17.01 3.4 36.7 16.76 4.1 36.9 18.15 4.8 35.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 21.64 4.7 38.8 21.28 5.2 38.7 26.64 5.9 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 21.48 4.9 38.8 21.27 5.3 38.8 25.32 4.2 40.0 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 22.30 6.6 39.2 21.53 6.9 39.1 29.68 2.3 40.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 18.55 5.4 35.5 18.46 5.6 35.4 22.08 4.1 38.6 Production........................................................ 19.61 3.6 36.8 19.61 3.6 36.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.70 9.8 34.5 17.48 10.4 34.3 22.08 4.1 38.6 Full time........................................................... 24.98 2.9 39.8 24.74 3.4 39.8 26.49 3.0 39.7 Part time........................................................... 13.99 4.0 21.1 12.72 3.9 21.3 23.29 10.6 20.3 Union............................................................... 23.49 2.4 36.6 22.67 3.5 36.2 24.68 3.6 37.0 Nonunion............................................................ 23.67 3.2 35.7 23.34 3.4 35.8 29.83 5.6 33.5 Time................................................................ 23.35 2.5 35.7 22.88 3.0 35.7 26.14 3.1 36.0 Incentive........................................................... 28.34 11.0 39.4 28.34 11.0 39.4 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 24.87 3.6 38.9 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 19.42 3.4 34.7 19.36 3.6 34.6 21.00 5.5 36.7 100-499 workers..................................................... 23.80 5.0 36.6 23.71 5.4 36.3 24.93 6.7 40.1 500 workers or more................................................. 29.78 3.3 37.3 31.05 4.2 38.4 27.24 3.1 35.2 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $23.63 2.3 $24.98 2.9 $13.99 4.0 Management occupations.............................................. 41.55 3.8 41.54 3.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.51 10.2 32.51 10.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.90 11.3 42.90 11.3 – – Level 12.................................................. 53.93 6.7 53.93 6.7 – – Level 13.................................................. 59.08 8.0 59.08 8.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.11 4.6 45.11 4.6 – – General and operations managers................................... 35.97 23.9 35.97 23.9 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 46.17 9.5 46.17 9.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.43 4.8 43.43 4.8 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 45.78 3.3 45.78 3.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.63 5.2 45.63 5.2 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 55.99 10.3 55.99 10.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 59.58 6.5 59.58 6.5 – – Financial managers................................................ 37.78 8.0 37.66 8.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.81 19.3 39.81 19.3 – – Construction managers............................................. 38.02 2.9 38.02 2.9 – – Education administrators.......................................... 33.67 11.0 33.67 11.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 32.57 8.2 32.57 8.2 – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 48.58 5.5 48.58 5.5 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 42.91 8.5 42.91 8.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.12 4.5 33.19 4.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.31 2.7 21.36 2.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.21 8.2 27.35 8.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.97 2.8 27.86 3.1 – – Level 10.................................................. 30.27 3.2 30.27 3.2 – – Level 12.................................................. 42.33 2.9 42.33 2.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.22 7.6 37.22 7.6 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 37.00 8.4 37.00 8.4 – – Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation....................................... 48.37 32.7 – – – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.96 13.0 26.96 13.0 – – Management analysts............................................... 33.54 9.7 33.86 9.8 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.34 9.8 30.48 9.9 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 41.53 20.7 41.53 20.7 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.86 2.5 33.87 2.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.94 11.5 26.94 11.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.75 6.2 26.75 6.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.31 4.8 34.31 4.8 – – Level 10.................................................. 35.37 5.2 35.37 5.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 38.63 4.3 38.63 4.3 – – Level 12.................................................. 45.51 2.3 45.51 2.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.09 3.1 34.01 3.3 – – Computer software engineers....................................... $38.59 7.3 $38.62 7.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.21 9.1 33.21 9.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.42 6.4 40.42 6.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.59 10.8 39.71 11.3 – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 33.05 8.6 33.05 8.6 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 43.49 7.9 43.85 8.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.80 7.7 32.80 7.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.15 6.4 48.14 5.7 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 23.77 8.4 23.77 8.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.07 11.6 23.07 11.6 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 34.21 5.2 34.21 5.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.27 4.5 31.27 4.5 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 32.80 11.9 – – – – Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 40.39 3.3 40.39 3.3 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.50 4.7 31.31 4.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.68 5.3 24.68 5.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.24 6.4 24.68 7.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.47 4.2 27.47 4.2 – – Level 12.................................................. 43.48 2.7 43.48 2.7 – – Engineers......................................................... 35.59 7.1 35.59 7.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.47 .9 37.47 .9 – – Level 12.................................................. 43.94 3.0 43.94 3.0 – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 37.09 10.1 37.09 10.1 – – Industrial engineers.......................................... 37.09 10.1 37.09 10.1 – – Drafters.......................................................... 26.33 7.9 23.92 8.1 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.46 1.7 28.33 2.2 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.68 15.1 25.78 13.7 – – Life scientists................................................... – – 20.22 13.5 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 23.29 4.8 23.63 5.2 $20.58 21.1 Level 9 .................................................. 30.48 4.0 30.77 4.9 – – Counselors........................................................ 24.90 13.3 24.67 14.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.06 5.3 – – – – Social workers.................................................... 22.57 9.5 22.15 11.2 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 18.06 10.1 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 40.10 30.5 42.67 33.9 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.47 7.3 29.73 7.9 28.32 16.9 Level 3 .................................................. 11.59 4.2 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.20 7.0 12.12 7.5 13.78 6.2 Level 5 .................................................. 14.06 6.6 13.96 7.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.46 8.1 20.16 6.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.94 4.7 35.22 5.1 43.94 12.8 Postsecondary teachers............................................ $31.38 21.5 $26.93 13.4 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.43 11.2 31.69 10.8 $25.92 27.6 Level 7 .................................................. 21.27 11.1 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.54 5.8 36.52 5.8 – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 16.53 19.0 16.64 20.0 – – Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 13.23 1.1 13.04 1.1 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.52 5.1 35.01 5.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.38 5.8 36.63 6.4 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.42 4.5 33.90 5.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.69 5.5 35.88 6.2 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 38.41 6.0 38.82 5.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.41 6.0 38.82 5.9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 36.06 7.1 36.09 6.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.00 6.8 36.94 6.7 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.94 7.4 35.98 7.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.97 7.4 36.90 7.3 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 45.15 18.0 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 41.87 11.2 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.43 4.8 13.68 10.5 13.26 6.1 Level 4 .................................................. 13.20 7.0 12.12 7.5 13.78 6.2 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.32 5.7 26.65 6.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.85 10.5 23.81 11.4 – – Designers......................................................... 23.94 19.1 23.94 19.1 – – Writers and editors............................................... 27.54 9.2 28.02 11.3 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 32.15 5.5 31.91 6.1 33.81 3.0 Level 4 .................................................. 15.30 6.9 15.14 7.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.71 13.8 18.63 15.7 19.13 10.0 Level 6 .................................................. 21.71 3.6 21.40 4.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.47 3.9 27.57 4.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.46 5.9 31.03 9.6 37.51 8.2 Level 9 .................................................. 33.65 2.2 – – 34.29 1.1 Level 10.................................................. 43.39 6.4 43.71 6.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.55 3.6 43.54 4.5 – – Physicians and surgeons........................................... 90.87 11.5 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 33.63 2.1 – – 35.32 4.2 Level 8 .................................................. 30.62 11.2 28.37 13.7 36.32 5.0 Level 9 .................................................. 33.13 1.0 – – 34.03 1.1 Level 10.................................................. 34.74 4.0 – – – – Therapists........................................................ 38.03 9.9 38.54 10.5 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.95 1.0 22.89 .6 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 27.67 4.7 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 33.82 3.9 32.92 5.9 – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ $34.19 4.7 $33.29 6.3 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 17.97 12.4 17.96 12.5 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 21.09 2.6 21.06 2.8 $21.18 3.5 Level 6 .................................................. 21.53 3.4 21.43 4.1 – – Medical records and health information technicians................ 17.90 7.1 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.52 5.8 14.79 6.2 12.27 4.5 Level 2 .................................................. 10.96 2.0 10.96 .5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.63 5.7 13.87 5.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.88 5.2 14.84 5.7 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.59 2.4 12.81 2.7 11.55 4.6 Level 2 .................................................. 11.10 3.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.43 8.5 13.69 8.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.98 3.3 12.87 3.9 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.57 2.6 12.80 2.9 11.55 4.6 Level 2 .................................................. 11.10 3.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.43 8.5 13.69 8.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.98 3.7 12.85 4.5 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 16.74 6.6 16.79 6.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.73 3.3 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 22.86 9.8 23.99 7.9 9.41 2.5 Level 4 .................................................. 15.92 15.2 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.83 3.0 24.83 3.0 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 28.65 1.7 28.65 1.7 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 20.58 6.9 20.58 6.9 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 20.58 6.9 20.58 6.9 – – Police officers................................................... 30.82 5.4 30.82 5.4 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 30.82 5.4 30.82 5.4 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 15.31 9.9 15.84 12.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.86 17.4 – – – – Security guards................................................. 15.31 9.9 15.84 12.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.86 17.4 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.87 1.7 11.26 8.6 8.44 1.8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.18 1.0 8.62 2.9 8.06 1.1 Level 2 .................................................. 8.78 2.6 9.18 2.1 8.43 2.5 Level 3 .................................................. 9.03 1.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.79 2.3 12.06 1.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 15.47 5.8 15.47 6.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.91 11.3 14.88 11.7 – – Cooks............................................................. 10.99 3.3 11.74 1.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.78 .6 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.26 9.6 12.62 6.5 – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... $10.88 10.1 $11.70 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.72 11.1 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.40 4.5 – – $9.23 1.9 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.14 2.1 8.62 2.1 7.76 .3 Level 1 .................................................. 7.70 .9 – – 7.80 1.1 Level 2 .................................................. 8.18 2.1 – – 7.73 2.0 Level 3 .................................................. 8.28 6.0 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 8.76 1.4 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.67 .9 – – 7.73 .3 Level 2 .................................................. 7.71 1.6 – – 7.73 2.0 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.54 8.9 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.93 2.3 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.70 2.5 10.95 9.4 8.77 6.4 Level 2 .................................................. 9.16 5.7 – – 8.87 8.1 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 9.73 2.4 – – 8.86 9.7 Level 2 .................................................. 9.39 7.2 – – – – Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop. 9.63 10.2 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 8.93 3.3 – – 8.64 .2 Level 1 .................................................. 8.66 3.3 – – 8.42 .5 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.64 6.3 14.18 4.8 9.46 14.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.70 8.6 10.38 8.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.36 10.6 13.17 7.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.97 5.3 13.90 5.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.80 5.8 13.81 5.9 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.84 6.7 13.43 5.3 8.60 9.7 Level 1 .................................................. 9.70 8.6 10.38 8.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.03 11.8 12.91 8.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.36 5.9 13.36 5.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.27 3.6 13.27 3.8 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.19 4.6 14.24 4.6 11.68 7.4 Level 1 .................................................. 11.28 8.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 14.06 7.3 14.14 7.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.83 5.5 13.83 5.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.27 3.6 13.27 3.8 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.36 7.8 10.17 8.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. – – 9.70 13.2 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 15.49 4.7 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.18 6.6 14.84 8.4 9.37 4.8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.49 2.9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.27 4.3 – – 9.00 5.9 Level 3 .................................................. 9.45 5.6 9.34 6.8 9.92 9.9 Level 4 .................................................. 13.85 7.7 14.43 8.2 – – Child care workers................................................ 10.43 7.6 10.68 6.4 9.84 9.8 Level 2 .................................................. $8.74 5.7 – – – – Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.72 1.1 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 17.38 17.5 – – – – Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 19.83 17.3 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.07 5.4 $22.88 6.0 $11.44 2.4 Level 1 .................................................. 8.49 3.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.76 2.1 11.28 3.9 9.38 3.3 Level 3 .................................................. 12.58 2.4 12.76 3.3 12.20 3.5 Level 4 .................................................. 15.39 7.4 15.43 8.5 15.26 5.6 Level 5 .................................................. 22.12 11.0 22.25 11.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.31 11.5 23.31 11.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 32.41 10.2 32.41 10.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.44 23.6 31.44 23.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.44 19.5 35.44 19.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 29.43 7.1 29.43 7.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 27.16 6.6 27.16 6.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 32.89 10.2 32.89 10.2 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.18 8.5 15.20 11.6 11.33 2.5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.49 3.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.76 2.1 11.28 3.9 9.38 3.3 Level 3 .................................................. 12.61 2.6 12.76 3.3 12.27 4.2 Level 4 .................................................. 16.00 11.7 16.17 12.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.92 6.8 21.08 7.1 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 12.70 2.0 13.27 5.1 11.92 3.4 Level 2 .................................................. 10.80 1.1 11.23 4.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.89 5.1 14.66 7.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.75 4.9 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 12.70 2.0 13.27 5.1 11.92 3.4 Level 2 .................................................. 10.80 1.1 11.23 4.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.89 5.1 14.66 7.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.75 4.9 – – – – Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 17.53 16.9 18.66 14.8 – – Retail salespersons............................................. 14.94 19.1 15.73 20.5 10.08 8.4 Level 3 .................................................. 10.36 7.0 10.57 7.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.92 22.7 15.55 22.2 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.82 22.3 32.82 22.3 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 32.86 22.8 32.86 22.8 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.01 3.4 17.66 3.1 11.43 4.4 Level 1 .................................................. 9.15 6.1 – – 8.77 6.8 Level 2 .................................................. 10.85 4.6 12.02 4.1 9.29 3.8 Level 3 .................................................. 12.81 2.2 13.04 2.4 11.59 3.6 Level 4 .................................................. 15.66 3.1 15.91 3.2 13.10 3.2 Level 5 .................................................. 18.09 2.3 18.08 2.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. $21.24 3.6 $21.29 3.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.93 5.8 22.93 5.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.77 6.1 18.12 6.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.83 7.3 22.83 7.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.42 2.8 16.57 2.4 $13.92 9.7 Level 4 .................................................. 15.39 8.1 15.66 7.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.14 4.5 18.14 4.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.72 6.0 19.79 6.5 – – Bill and account collectors..................................... 19.91 5.3 19.91 5.3 – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.72 6.3 17.87 6.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.49 17.0 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.65 5.0 17.65 5.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.83 5.8 16.83 5.8 – – Tellers......................................................... 12.12 .5 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 17.98 10.1 18.18 10.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.33 2.4 15.33 2.4 – – Order clerks...................................................... 14.24 8.8 14.37 8.8 – – Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 18.53 3.9 18.48 4.1 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.12 6.2 13.63 6.4 11.21 8.9 Level 2 .................................................. 12.11 8.0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.36 2.7 – – – – Dispatchers....................................................... 21.06 14.6 21.06 14.6 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 18.13 15.9 18.13 15.9 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... – – 13.57 4.5 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.18 7.6 19.53 7.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.45 4.9 16.70 5.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.97 3.1 16.83 3.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.12 9.0 23.12 9.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.37 5.7 23.37 5.7 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.43 5.4 21.84 4.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.38 6.7 22.38 6.7 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.61 3.6 16.82 3.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.76 3.2 16.59 3.7 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.90 6.1 16.53 6.1 10.47 6.5 Level 2 .................................................. 10.12 6.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.03 5.5 12.16 7.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.93 4.0 15.49 4.5 13.29 2.2 Level 5 .................................................. 19.19 8.0 19.19 8.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.48 4.9 21.70 4.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.64 2.3 18.64 2.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.96 8.3 20.16 8.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.51 11.5 23.61 12.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.70 2.1 25.70 2.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 30.86 2.0 30.86 2.0 – – Carpenters........................................................ $22.10 8.3 $22.10 8.3 – – Construction laborers............................................. 15.76 16.3 16.39 16.8 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 27.38 7.0 27.38 7.0 – – Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 27.87 6.8 27.87 6.8 – – Electricians...................................................... 24.82 1.3 25.09 .5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.30 6.6 22.52 6.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.60 6.8 16.90 6.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.47 8.8 24.47 8.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.12 4.6 25.33 4.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 35.00 4.8 35.00 4.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 27.08 15.2 27.08 15.2 – – Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers.......... 15.40 3.5 – – – – Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................ 31.37 4.9 31.37 4.9 – – Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 28.50 6.3 28.50 6.3 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.69 8.4 19.69 8.4 – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.69 8.4 19.69 8.4 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 24.37 8.6 24.37 8.6 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.98 5.7 21.98 5.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.31 8.1 17.31 8.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.44 6.9 23.44 6.9 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 26.26 11.2 26.26 11.2 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.99 6.6 19.99 6.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.31 8.1 17.31 8.1 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 20.18 15.0 20.18 15.0 – – Production occupations.............................................. 19.61 3.6 20.17 3.8 $10.91 14.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.21 7.8 9.58 11.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.24 4.5 12.21 4.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.92 6.3 17.12 6.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.46 6.8 18.34 7.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.84 2.8 20.84 2.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.51 6.8 21.51 6.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.66 9.0 25.66 9.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.58 2.2 29.58 2.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 26.00 12.6 26.00 12.6 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.09 12.5 15.20 12.3 – – Machinists........................................................ 21.49 6.5 21.49 6.5 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.81 8.8 19.81 8.8 – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 20.26 10.1 20.26 10.1 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 22.06 9.2 22.06 9.2 – – Painting workers.................................................. 15.03 6.1 15.03 6.1 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.99 10.9 13.03 13.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. $9.65 8.8 $9.45 12.3 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.70 9.8 19.53 9.7 $11.16 5.3 Level 1 .................................................. 10.05 6.9 11.57 8.9 8.82 2.1 Level 2 .................................................. 12.82 7.2 12.26 5.9 14.67 14.2 Level 3 .................................................. 15.39 6.8 16.37 4.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.38 3.3 20.57 3.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.85 3.5 20.16 3.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.40 15.8 23.40 15.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.95 5.6 21.55 3.2 – – Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 120.50 12.0 120.50 12.0 – – Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 120.50 12.0 120.50 12.0 – – Bus drivers....................................................... 16.91 11.2 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.86 4.1 19.16 4.4 14.74 22.0 Level 4 .................................................. 20.89 8.4 20.97 9.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.09 4.2 20.23 4.3 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.28 3.7 19.26 3.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.23 9.3 16.96 10.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.28 4.6 20.26 4.7 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 18.85 10.9 18.81 11.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 20.48 8.3 20.48 8.3 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.25 7.1 15.02 6.2 9.54 1.9 Level 1 .................................................. 10.06 7.8 11.96 10.2 8.87 2.1 Level 2 .................................................. 12.96 3.0 13.06 3.5 12.13 8.3 Level 3 .................................................. 14.94 6.0 15.06 6.6 – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.44 5.3 11.62 5.5 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.04 6.4 16.10 5.3 9.71 2.7 Level 1 .................................................. 10.40 9.5 – – 8.91 3.1 Level 2 .................................................. 12.92 4.8 13.07 6.9 12.13 8.3 Level 3 .................................................. 15.97 4.0 16.06 4.6 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $23.23 2.8 $24.74 3.4 $12.72 3.9 Management occupations.............................................. 42.99 4.3 42.98 4.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.25 11.7 33.25 11.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.93 14.3 44.93 14.3 – – Level 12.................................................. 55.28 7.2 55.28 7.2 – – Level 13.................................................. 59.49 8.8 59.49 8.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.78 5.2 47.78 5.2 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 46.17 9.5 46.17 9.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.43 4.8 43.43 4.8 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 45.78 3.3 45.78 3.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.63 5.2 45.63 5.2 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 56.88 10.2 56.88 10.2 – – Financial managers................................................ 37.86 8.2 37.74 8.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.10 20.4 40.10 20.4 – – Construction managers............................................. 37.90 3.2 37.90 3.2 – – Education administrators.......................................... 23.66 12.2 23.66 12.2 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.77 4.2 34.81 4.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.83 3.7 21.83 3.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 28.95 10.6 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.12 2.3 28.36 2.2 – – Level 12.................................................. 42.33 2.9 42.33 2.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.36 6.3 38.36 6.3 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 37.00 8.4 37.00 8.4 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.26 13.4 26.26 13.4 – – Management analysts............................................... 34.50 9.1 34.87 9.2 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.55 9.4 31.74 9.5 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 43.96 19.5 43.96 19.5 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.15 2.6 34.16 2.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.94 11.5 26.94 11.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.75 6.2 26.75 6.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.09 5.6 35.09 5.6 – – Level 10.................................................. 38.14 5.9 38.14 5.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 39.80 5.3 39.80 5.3 – – Level 12.................................................. 45.51 2.3 45.51 2.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.03 3.2 33.93 3.4 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 39.46 7.4 39.53 7.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.40 11.3 34.40 11.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.59 10.8 39.71 11.3 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 43.64 7.9 44.01 8.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.65 8.5 32.65 8.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.15 6.4 48.14 5.7 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 23.77 8.4 23.77 8.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.07 11.6 23.07 11.6 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... $34.53 5.6 $34.53 5.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.33 5.9 31.33 5.9 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 32.80 11.9 – – – – Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 41.44 3.1 41.44 3.1 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.20 4.7 30.97 5.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.68 5.3 24.68 5.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.24 6.4 24.68 7.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.88 3.0 26.88 3.0 – – Level 12.................................................. 43.48 2.7 43.48 2.7 – – Engineers......................................................... 35.29 7.8 35.29 7.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.47 .9 37.47 .9 – – Level 12.................................................. 43.94 3.0 43.94 3.0 – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 37.09 10.1 37.09 10.1 – – Industrial engineers.......................................... 37.09 10.1 37.09 10.1 – – Drafters.......................................................... 26.33 7.9 23.92 8.1 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.60 1.8 28.51 2.5 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 22.84 20.4 24.48 20.0 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 19.54 12.5 20.49 8.9 – – Social workers.................................................... 13.78 8.2 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 40.02 32.5 42.75 36.7 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 23.73 24.3 24.82 24.5 $16.47 37.1 Level 7 .................................................. 22.13 13.5 19.66 12.5 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 16.29 11.9 16.40 12.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.19 12.5 – – – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 13.23 1.1 13.04 1.1 – – Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 13.23 1.1 13.04 1.1 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 24.65 10.8 25.18 9.8 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.94 9.2 25.18 9.8 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 25.93 6.3 26.15 6.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.85 10.5 23.81 11.4 – – Designers......................................................... 23.94 19.1 23.94 19.1 – – Writers and editors............................................... 27.54 9.2 28.02 11.3 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.97 5.9 31.75 6.5 33.86 3.9 Level 4 .................................................. 15.30 6.9 15.14 7.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.71 13.8 18.63 15.7 19.13 10.0 Level 6 .................................................. 21.49 3.4 21.14 4.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.67 3.9 27.79 4.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.97 6.7 31.49 10.4 38.41 9.5 Level 9 .................................................. 33.70 2.5 – – – – Level 10.................................................. $44.58 7.2 – – – – Level 11.................................................. 42.87 2.7 $42.65 3.2 – – Physicians and surgeons........................................... 90.87 11.5 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 33.69 2.5 – – $36.21 7.4 Level 8 .................................................. 30.80 13.7 28.40 16.3 37.61 5.0 Therapists........................................................ 37.39 11.3 37.86 12.8 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.95 1.0 22.89 .6 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 27.67 4.7 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 33.82 3.9 32.92 5.9 – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 34.19 4.7 33.29 6.3 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 17.97 12.4 17.96 12.5 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.71 2.5 20.60 2.4 21.18 3.5 Level 6 .................................................. 20.82 1.4 20.58 2.3 – – Medical records and health information technicians................ 17.90 7.1 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.24 6.7 14.52 7.3 12.27 4.5 Level 2 .................................................. 10.96 2.0 10.96 .5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.63 5.7 13.87 5.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.96 6.0 14.91 6.7 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.39 2.4 12.59 2.8 11.55 4.6 Level 2 .................................................. 11.10 3.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.43 8.5 13.69 8.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.51 3.2 12.29 3.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.36 2.4 12.56 2.9 11.55 4.6 Level 2 .................................................. 11.10 3.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.43 8.5 13.69 8.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.41 3.8 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 16.57 8.1 16.62 8.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.09 1.0 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 16.42 14.5 17.34 18.0 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 13.41 8.6 13.88 12.1 – – Security guards................................................. 13.41 8.6 13.88 12.1 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.81 1.7 11.21 8.7 8.38 1.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.18 1.0 8.62 2.9 8.06 1.1 Level 2 .................................................. 8.78 2.6 9.18 2.1 8.43 2.5 Level 3 .................................................. 8.99 1.0 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.64 2.3 11.92 1.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 15.47 6.0 15.47 6.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.88 11.7 14.88 11.7 – – Cooks............................................................. 10.99 3.3 11.74 1.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.78 .6 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.26 9.6 12.62 6.5 – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... $10.88 10.1 $11.70 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.72 11.1 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.26 3.5 – – $9.15 0.6 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.14 2.1 8.62 2.1 7.76 .3 Level 1 .................................................. 7.70 .9 – – 7.80 1.1 Level 2 .................................................. 8.18 2.1 – – 7.73 2.0 Level 3 .................................................. 8.28 6.0 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 8.76 1.4 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.67 .9 – – 7.73 .3 Level 2 .................................................. 7.71 1.6 – – 7.73 2.0 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.54 8.9 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.93 2.3 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.48 1.2 10.57 10.3 8.77 6.4 Level 2 .................................................. 9.16 5.7 – – 8.87 8.1 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 9.73 2.4 – – 8.86 9.7 Level 2 .................................................. 9.39 7.2 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 8.93 3.3 – – 8.64 .2 Level 1 .................................................. 8.66 3.3 – – 8.42 .5 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.92 9.1 13.63 7.1 8.48 9.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.70 8.6 10.38 8.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.61 17.1 12.89 14.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.59 6.4 13.59 6.4 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.04 9.4 12.79 8.3 8.48 9.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.70 8.6 10.38 8.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.78 20.1 12.16 18.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.84 6.7 12.84 6.7 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.87 8.1 13.94 8.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.28 8.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 16.11 21.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.24 6.6 13.24 6.6 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.36 7.8 10.17 8.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. – – 9.70 13.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.85 7.4 14.39 9.3 9.29 5.4 Level 1 .................................................. 8.41 3.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.27 4.3 – – 9.00 5.9 Level 3 .................................................. 9.34 6.3 9.34 6.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.72 7.6 14.29 8.1 – – Child care workers................................................ 10.39 7.9 10.68 6.4 9.68 10.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.74 5.7 – – – – Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.72 1.1 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 19.09 14.7 – – – – Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 19.83 17.3 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... $21.07 5.4 $22.88 6.0 $11.44 2.4 Level 1 .................................................. 8.49 3.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.76 2.1 11.28 3.9 9.38 3.3 Level 3 .................................................. 12.58 2.4 12.76 3.3 12.20 3.5 Level 4 .................................................. 15.39 7.4 15.43 8.5 15.26 5.6 Level 5 .................................................. 22.12 11.0 22.25 11.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.31 11.5 23.31 11.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 32.41 10.2 32.41 10.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.44 23.6 31.44 23.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.44 19.5 35.44 19.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 29.43 7.1 29.43 7.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 27.16 6.6 27.16 6.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 32.89 10.2 32.89 10.2 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.18 8.5 15.20 11.6 11.33 2.5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.49 3.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.76 2.1 11.28 3.9 9.38 3.3 Level 3 .................................................. 12.61 2.6 12.76 3.3 12.27 4.2 Level 4 .................................................. 16.00 11.7 16.17 12.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.92 6.8 21.08 7.1 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 12.70 2.0 13.27 5.1 11.92 3.4 Level 2 .................................................. 10.80 1.1 11.23 4.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.89 5.1 14.66 7.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.75 4.9 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 12.70 2.0 13.27 5.1 11.92 3.4 Level 2 .................................................. 10.80 1.1 11.23 4.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.89 5.1 14.66 7.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.75 4.9 – – – – Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 17.53 16.9 18.66 14.8 – – Retail salespersons............................................. 14.94 19.1 15.73 20.5 10.08 8.4 Level 3 .................................................. 10.36 7.0 10.57 7.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.92 22.7 15.55 22.2 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.82 22.3 32.82 22.3 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 32.86 22.8 32.86 22.8 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.76 4.1 17.42 3.8 11.27 4.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.15 6.1 – – 8.77 6.8 Level 2 .................................................. 10.95 4.8 12.03 4.3 9.36 4.5 Level 3 .................................................. 12.71 2.0 12.88 2.1 11.65 4.1 Level 4 .................................................. 15.72 3.7 15.92 3.7 13.38 2.6 Level 5 .................................................. 18.11 3.1 18.10 3.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.93 4.2 20.98 4.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.79 6.9 22.79 6.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.31 6.1 17.66 7.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. $24.26 5.5 $24.26 5.5 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.14 2.9 16.29 2.5 $13.92 9.7 Level 4 .................................................. 15.17 8.5 15.43 8.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.64 6.4 19.70 7.0 – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.72 6.3 17.87 6.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.49 17.0 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.51 5.5 17.51 5.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.59 6.8 16.59 6.8 – – Tellers......................................................... 12.12 .5 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 17.98 10.1 18.18 10.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.33 2.4 15.33 2.4 – – Order clerks...................................................... 14.24 8.8 14.37 8.8 – – Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 18.60 4.4 18.55 4.6 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.12 6.2 13.63 6.4 11.21 8.9 Level 2 .................................................. 12.11 8.0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.36 2.7 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 18.13 15.9 18.13 15.9 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... – – 13.57 4.5 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.26 10.3 20.85 10.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.15 7.1 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.54 6.2 15.54 6.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.32 6.6 23.32 6.6 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.43 7.0 21.99 6.2 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.54 7.2 17.19 5.9 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.04 8.3 16.59 7.7 10.73 7.9 Level 3 .................................................. 12.25 7.5 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.17 4.8 16.02 5.6 13.25 2.5 Level 5 .................................................. 19.53 9.0 19.53 9.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.27 5.3 21.49 5.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.64 2.3 18.64 2.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.16 11.2 19.34 11.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.36 12.5 23.46 13.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.70 2.1 25.70 2.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 30.97 1.7 30.97 1.7 – – Carpenters........................................................ 22.15 8.3 22.15 8.3 – – Construction laborers............................................. 15.76 16.3 16.39 16.8 – – Electricians...................................................... 24.79 1.4 25.08 .5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.53 6.9 21.75 6.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.60 6.8 16.90 6.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.08 10.8 23.08 10.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.53 4.6 24.75 4.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 35.85 4.7 35.85 4.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ $27.08 15.2 $27.08 15.2 – – Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers.......... 15.40 3.5 – – – – Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 28.50 6.3 28.50 6.3 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.14 8.9 19.14 8.9 – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.14 8.9 19.14 8.9 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 23.92 9.5 23.92 9.5 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.28 6.1 21.28 6.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.31 8.1 17.31 8.1 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 26.26 11.2 26.26 11.2 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 18.76 6.8 18.76 6.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.31 8.1 17.31 8.1 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 20.18 15.0 20.18 15.0 – – Production occupations.............................................. 19.61 3.6 20.17 3.8 $10.91 14.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.21 7.8 9.58 11.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.24 4.5 12.21 4.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.92 6.3 17.12 6.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.46 6.8 18.34 7.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.84 2.8 20.84 2.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.51 6.8 21.51 6.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.66 9.0 25.66 9.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.58 2.2 29.58 2.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 26.00 12.6 26.00 12.6 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.09 12.5 15.20 12.3 – – Machinists........................................................ 21.49 6.5 21.49 6.5 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.81 8.8 19.81 8.8 – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 20.26 10.1 20.26 10.1 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 22.06 9.2 22.06 9.2 – – Painting workers.................................................. 15.03 6.1 15.03 6.1 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.99 10.9 13.03 13.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.65 8.8 9.45 12.3 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.48 10.4 19.38 10.2 10.57 3.7 Level 1 .................................................. 10.05 6.9 11.57 8.9 8.82 2.1 Level 2 .................................................. 12.62 7.3 12.03 5.4 14.59 15.2 Level 3 .................................................. 15.39 6.8 16.37 4.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.39 3.6 20.55 3.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.36 4.3 19.79 4.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.80 16.7 22.80 16.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.95 5.6 21.55 3.2 – – Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 120.50 12.0 120.50 12.0 – – Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 120.50 12.0 120.50 12.0 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.72 4.3 19.03 4.7 14.74 22.0 Level 4 .................................................. 20.74 9.0 20.82 9.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. $20.06 4.9 $20.22 5.2 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.10 3.9 19.07 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.05 6.6 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.28 5.5 20.26 5.7 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 18.85 10.9 18.81 11.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 20.48 8.3 20.48 8.3 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.21 7.1 14.99 6.3 $9.54 1.9 Level 1 .................................................. 10.06 7.8 11.96 10.2 8.87 2.1 Level 2 .................................................. 12.66 1.6 12.73 1.8 12.13 8.3 Level 3 .................................................. 14.94 6.0 15.06 6.6 – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.44 5.3 11.62 5.5 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.00 6.5 16.07 5.4 9.71 2.7 Level 1 .................................................. 10.40 9.5 – – 8.91 3.1 Level 2 .................................................. 12.47 3.5 12.55 5.7 12.13 8.3 Level 3 .................................................. 15.97 4.0 16.06 4.6 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $26.14 3.1 $26.49 3.0 $23.29 10.6 Management occupations.............................................. 36.02 4.3 36.02 4.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.96 6.0 37.96 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.24 6.7 36.24 6.7 – – Education administrators.......................................... 41.87 11.1 41.87 11.1 – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 48.58 5.5 48.58 5.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.98 5.8 25.98 6.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.87 3.2 19.89 3.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.77 5.9 27.19 6.6 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 30.61 3.8 30.61 3.8 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 30.58 2.5 30.58 2.5 – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 30.24 1.9 30.24 1.9 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.44 8.1 28.16 9.4 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 25.84 7.0 25.80 8.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.99 5.1 – – – – Social workers.................................................... 24.89 11.1 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.87 3.7 31.99 5.4 31.44 17.9 Level 4 .................................................. 14.15 3.5 – – 14.37 3.9 Level 9 .................................................. 36.68 4.7 35.93 5.3 44.48 13.3 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 31.64 27.2 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 36.46 5.9 36.54 5.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.61 5.9 36.54 5.9 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 36.19 5.9 36.67 6.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.51 6.1 36.67 6.7 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 35.29 5.5 35.90 6.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.70 5.7 35.90 6.6 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 38.82 5.9 38.82 5.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.82 5.9 38.82 5.9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 37.00 6.8 36.94 6.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.00 6.8 36.94 6.7 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.97 7.4 36.90 7.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.97 7.4 36.90 7.3 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 14.44 2.0 14.87 7.6 14.15 3.8 Level 4 .................................................. 14.15 3.5 – – 14.37 3.9 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 34.46 4.0 35.04 7.7 – – Registered nurses................................................. 32.96 3.2 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... $24.76 9.0 $25.83 6.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.40 2.5 24.40 2.5 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 28.77 1.6 28.77 1.6 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 20.58 6.9 20.58 6.9 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 20.58 6.9 20.58 6.9 – – Police officers................................................... 30.82 5.4 30.82 5.4 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 30.82 5.4 30.82 5.4 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.42 4.8 15.43 6.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.26 6.5 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.62 4.8 14.63 4.9 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.62 4.8 14.63 4.9 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 15.62 2.5 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.15 4.8 18.83 4.6 $12.23 12.9 Level 4 .................................................. 15.39 2.8 15.82 1.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.05 2.7 18.04 2.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.19 6.0 22.19 6.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 19.72 4.7 19.72 4.7 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.60 5.1 17.64 5.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.54 3.1 17.39 3.2 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.67 2.2 16.53 1.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.30 2.4 17.11 2.6 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.51 2.8 16.37 9.2 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 25.32 4.2 25.32 4.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 24.35 7.5 24.35 7.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 29.68 2.3 29.68 2.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 28.01 7.1 28.01 7.1 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 22.08 4.1 22.67 6.6 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $23.63 2.3 $24.98 2.9 $13.99 4.0 Management occupations.............................................. 41.55 3.8 41.54 3.8 – – Group II.................................................. 18.47 9.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.93 5.2 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 58.69 6.3 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 35.97 23.9 35.97 23.9 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 46.17 9.5 46.17 9.5 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 45.78 3.3 45.78 3.3 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 55.99 10.3 55.99 10.3 – – Financial managers................................................ 37.78 8.0 37.66 8.1 – – Group III................................................. 31.98 15.0 31.52 15.8 – – Construction managers............................................. 38.02 2.9 38.02 2.9 – – Education administrators.......................................... 33.67 11.0 33.67 11.0 – – Group III................................................. 36.41 12.0 – – – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 48.58 5.5 48.58 5.5 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 42.91 8.5 42.91 8.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.12 4.5 33.19 4.5 – – Group II.................................................. 22.52 3.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 33.82 3.1 – – – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 37.00 8.4 37.00 8.4 – – Group III................................................. 32.41 5.0 – – – – Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation....................................... 48.37 32.7 – – – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.96 13.0 26.96 13.0 – – Group II.................................................. 21.38 8.0 – – – – Management analysts............................................... 33.54 9.7 33.86 9.8 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.34 9.8 30.48 9.9 – – Group II.................................................. 22.30 4.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 27.62 5.0 27.62 5.0 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 41.53 20.7 41.53 20.7 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.86 2.5 33.87 2.6 – – Group II.................................................. 26.07 7.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.39 2.5 – – – – Computer software engineers....................................... 38.59 7.3 38.62 7.5 – – Group III................................................. 37.48 4.9 – – – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 33.05 8.6 33.05 8.6 – – Group III................................................. 35.32 4.0 35.32 4.0 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 43.49 7.9 43.85 8.0 – – Group III................................................. 39.35 7.5 39.35 7.5 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 23.77 8.4 23.77 8.4 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 34.21 5.2 34.21 5.2 – – Group III................................................. 36.59 4.7 36.59 4.7 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 32.80 11.9 – – – – Network systems and data communications analysts.................. $40.39 3.3 $40.39 3.3 – – Group III................................................. 42.03 4.3 42.03 4.3 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.50 4.7 31.31 4.9 – – Group II.................................................. 25.61 3.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 35.31 4.8 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 35.59 7.1 35.59 7.1 – – Group II.................................................. 24.93 7.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.38 5.1 – – – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 37.09 10.1 37.09 10.1 – – Group III................................................. 38.51 8.9 – – – – Industrial engineers.......................................... 37.09 10.1 37.09 10.1 – – Group III................................................. 38.51 8.9 38.51 8.9 – – Drafters.......................................................... 26.33 7.9 23.92 8.1 – – Group II.................................................. 25.52 8.8 – – – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.46 1.7 28.33 2.2 – – Group II.................................................. 26.65 4.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 33.26 5.8 – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.68 15.1 25.78 13.7 – – Group II.................................................. 19.17 7.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 30.30 10.5 – – – – Life scientists................................................... – – 20.22 13.5 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 23.29 4.8 23.63 5.2 $20.58 21.1 Group II.................................................. 18.64 5.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 30.48 4.0 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 24.90 13.3 24.67 14.0 – – Group III................................................. 30.06 5.3 – – – – Social workers.................................................... 22.57 9.5 22.15 11.2 – – Group II.................................................. 19.80 6.7 – – – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 18.06 10.1 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 40.10 30.5 42.67 33.9 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.47 7.3 29.73 7.9 28.32 16.9 Group I................................................... 12.88 5.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.19 23.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 36.18 4.0 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 31.38 21.5 26.93 13.4 – – Group III................................................. 37.96 14.1 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.43 11.2 31.69 10.8 25.92 27.6 Group II.................................................. 15.30 3.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 36.54 5.8 – – – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 16.53 19.0 16.64 20.0 – – Group II.................................................. 13.23 1.1 – – – – Preschool teachers, except special education.................. $13.23 1.1 $13.04 1.1 – – Group II.................................................. 13.23 1.1 13.04 1.1 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.52 5.1 35.01 5.7 – – Group II.................................................. 21.52 10.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 36.38 5.8 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.42 4.5 33.90 5.2 – – Group II.................................................. 21.52 10.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 35.69 5.5 35.88 6.2 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 38.41 6.0 38.82 5.9 – – Group III................................................. 38.41 6.0 38.82 5.9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 36.06 7.1 36.09 6.9 – – Group III................................................. 37.00 6.8 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.94 7.4 35.98 7.2 – – Group III................................................. 36.97 7.4 36.90 7.3 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 45.15 18.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 41.73 10.8 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.43 4.8 13.68 10.5 $13.26 6.1 Group I................................................... 12.89 5.7 12.21 6.5 13.23 6.0 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.32 5.7 26.65 6.3 – – Group II.................................................. 21.71 8.5 – – – – Designers......................................................... 23.94 19.1 23.94 19.1 – – Writers and editors............................................... 27.54 9.2 28.02 11.3 – – Group II.................................................. 22.65 14.7 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 32.15 5.5 31.91 6.1 33.81 3.0 Group I................................................... 14.39 6.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 26.11 4.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 35.53 4.8 – – – – Physicians and surgeons........................................... 90.87 11.5 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 33.63 2.1 – – 35.32 4.2 Group II.................................................. 30.35 11.0 28.37 13.7 34.31 5.4 Group III................................................. 33.89 2.7 – – 35.53 5.7 Therapists........................................................ 38.03 9.9 38.54 10.5 – – Group II.................................................. 29.39 3.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.05 10.4 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.95 1.0 22.89 .6 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 27.67 4.7 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 33.82 3.9 32.92 5.9 – – Group II.................................................. 33.82 3.9 – – – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 34.19 4.7 33.29 6.3 – – Group II.................................................. 34.19 4.7 33.29 6.3 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 17.97 12.4 17.96 12.5 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 21.09 2.6 21.06 2.8 21.18 3.5 Group II.................................................. $21.10 2.6 $21.06 2.8 – – Medical records and health information technicians................ 17.90 7.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 14.82 6.5 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.52 5.8 14.79 6.2 $12.27 4.5 Group I................................................... 13.70 5.5 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.59 2.4 12.81 2.7 11.55 4.6 Group I................................................... 12.59 2.4 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.57 2.6 12.80 2.9 11.55 4.6 Group I................................................... 12.57 2.6 12.80 2.9 11.55 4.6 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 16.74 6.6 16.79 6.8 – – Group I................................................... 15.34 8.2 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 22.86 9.8 23.99 7.9 9.41 2.5 Group I................................................... 13.89 8.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.95 9.2 – – – – Fire fighters..................................................... 28.65 1.7 28.65 1.7 – – Group II.................................................. 28.77 1.6 28.77 1.6 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 20.58 6.9 20.58 6.9 – – Group II.................................................. 20.97 6.2 – – – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 20.58 6.9 20.58 6.9 – – Group II.................................................. 20.97 6.2 20.97 6.2 – – Police officers................................................... 30.82 5.4 30.82 5.4 – – Group II.................................................. 29.31 2.3 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 30.82 5.4 30.82 5.4 – – Group II.................................................. 29.31 2.3 29.31 2.3 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 15.31 9.9 15.84 12.3 – – Group I................................................... 13.93 11.0 – – – – Security guards................................................. 15.31 9.9 15.84 12.3 – – Group I................................................... 13.93 11.0 14.45 13.8 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.87 1.7 11.26 8.6 8.44 1.8 Group I................................................... 9.14 .8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.01 4.2 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 15.47 5.8 15.47 6.0 – – Group II.................................................. 18.19 5.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.91 11.3 14.88 11.7 – – Group II.................................................. 18.02 8.2 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 10.99 3.3 11.74 1.2 – – Group I................................................... 10.94 4.1 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.88 10.1 11.70 4.0 – – Group I................................................... 10.88 10.1 11.70 4.0 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.40 4.5 – – 9.23 1.9 Group I................................................... 9.40 4.5 – – 9.23 1.9 Food service, tipped.............................................. $8.14 2.1 $8.62 2.1 $7.76 0.3 Group I................................................... 8.14 2.1 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 8.76 1.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.76 1.4 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.67 .9 – – 7.73 .3 Group I................................................... 7.67 .9 – – 7.73 .3 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.54 8.9 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.54 8.9 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.70 2.5 10.95 9.4 8.77 6.4 Group I................................................... 9.70 2.5 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 9.73 2.4 – – 8.86 9.7 Group I................................................... 9.73 2.4 – – 8.86 9.7 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop. 9.63 10.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.63 10.2 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 8.93 3.3 – – 8.64 .2 Group I................................................... 8.93 3.3 – – 8.64 .2 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.64 6.3 14.18 4.8 9.46 14.5 Group I................................................... 12.81 6.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.23 5.0 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.84 6.7 13.43 5.3 8.60 9.7 Group I................................................... 12.27 5.8 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.19 4.6 14.24 4.6 11.68 7.4 Group I................................................... 13.53 3.6 13.57 3.7 11.68 7.4 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.36 7.8 10.17 8.4 – – Group I................................................... 9.36 7.8 10.17 8.4 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 15.49 4.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 15.49 4.7 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.18 6.6 14.84 8.4 9.37 4.8 Group I................................................... 10.96 5.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.57 9.9 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 10.43 7.6 10.68 6.4 9.84 9.8 Group I................................................... 10.43 7.6 10.68 6.4 9.84 9.8 Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.72 1.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.72 1.1 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 17.38 17.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.91 18.2 – – – – Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 19.83 17.3 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.07 5.4 22.88 6.0 11.44 2.4 Group I................................................... 12.66 1.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 25.92 7.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 45.17 16.1 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 29.43 7.1 29.43 7.1 – – Group II.................................................. $27.12 6.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 27.16 6.6 $27.16 6.6 – – Group II.................................................. 26.53 7.0 26.53 7.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 32.89 10.2 32.89 10.2 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.18 8.5 15.20 11.6 $11.33 2.5 Group I................................................... 12.36 2.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.50 6.6 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 12.70 2.0 13.27 5.1 11.92 3.4 Group I................................................... 12.70 2.0 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 12.70 2.0 13.27 5.1 11.92 3.4 Group I................................................... 12.70 2.0 13.27 5.1 11.92 3.4 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 17.53 16.9 18.66 14.8 – – Retail salespersons............................................. 14.94 19.1 15.73 20.5 10.08 8.4 Group I................................................... 11.89 5.7 12.30 6.9 10.06 8.5 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.82 22.3 32.82 22.3 – – Group II.................................................. 29.57 27.8 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 32.86 22.8 32.86 22.8 – – Group II.................................................. 29.49 29.1 29.49 29.1 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.01 3.4 17.66 3.1 11.43 4.4 Group I................................................... 13.99 2.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.35 4.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.83 7.3 22.83 7.3 – – Group II.................................................. 22.75 7.8 22.75 7.8 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.42 2.8 16.57 2.4 13.92 9.7 Group I................................................... 14.54 4.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.27 4.5 – – – – Bill and account collectors..................................... 19.91 5.3 19.91 5.3 – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.72 6.3 17.87 6.4 – – Group I................................................... 16.11 16.7 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.65 5.0 17.65 5.0 – – Group I................................................... 16.38 5.8 16.38 5.8 – – Group II.................................................. 19.27 5.7 19.27 5.7 – – Tellers......................................................... 12.12 .5 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.12 .5 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 17.98 10.1 18.18 10.0 – – Group I................................................... 14.00 5.2 14.33 5.0 – – Group II.................................................. 21.88 11.6 21.88 11.6 – – Order clerks...................................................... 14.24 8.8 14.37 8.8 – – Group I................................................... 12.51 7.5 – – – – Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 18.53 3.9 18.48 4.1 – – Group II.................................................. 18.51 5.2 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.12 6.2 13.63 6.4 11.21 8.9 Group I................................................... 13.12 6.2 13.63 6.4 11.21 8.9 Dispatchers....................................................... $21.06 14.6 $21.06 14.6 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 18.13 15.9 18.13 15.9 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... – – 13.57 4.5 – – Group I................................................... – – 13.59 4.8 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.18 7.6 19.53 7.9 – – Group I................................................... 15.88 5.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.04 8.8 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.43 5.4 21.84 4.8 – – Group II.................................................. 22.02 5.0 22.02 5.0 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.61 3.6 16.82 3.3 – – Group I................................................... 16.08 7.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.21 3.5 17.08 3.7 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.90 6.1 16.53 6.1 $10.47 6.5 Group I................................................... 12.55 5.1 14.19 5.4 10.47 6.5 Group II.................................................. 19.19 8.0 19.19 8.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.48 4.9 21.70 4.7 – – Group I................................................... 15.71 5.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.80 6.4 – – – – Carpenters........................................................ 22.10 8.3 22.10 8.3 – – Group II.................................................. 22.31 10.6 22.31 10.6 – – Construction laborers............................................. 15.76 16.3 16.39 16.8 – – Group I................................................... 15.06 13.8 15.66 14.5 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 27.38 7.0 27.38 7.0 – – Group II.................................................. 28.30 5.0 – – – – Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 27.87 6.8 27.87 6.8 – – Electricians...................................................... 24.82 1.3 25.09 .5 – – Group II.................................................. 27.23 6.0 27.92 5.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.30 6.6 22.52 6.5 – – Group I................................................... 13.46 6.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.43 7.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 27.08 15.2 27.08 15.2 – – Group II.................................................. 27.08 15.2 27.08 15.2 – – Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers.......... 15.40 3.5 – – – – Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................ 31.37 4.9 31.37 4.9 – – Group II.................................................. 31.37 4.9 – – – – Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 28.50 6.3 28.50 6.3 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.69 8.4 19.69 8.4 – – Group II.................................................. 23.69 6.7 – – – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.69 8.4 19.69 8.4 – – Group II.................................................. 23.69 6.7 23.69 6.7 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 24.37 8.6 24.37 8.6 – – Group II.................................................. 24.19 9.4 24.19 9.4 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers $21.98 5.7 $21.98 5.7 – – Group II.................................................. 21.01 6.3 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 26.26 11.2 26.26 11.2 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.99 6.6 19.99 6.6 – – Group II.................................................. 19.99 6.6 19.99 6.6 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 20.18 15.0 20.18 15.0 – – Production occupations.............................................. 19.61 3.6 20.17 3.8 $10.91 14.6 Group I................................................... 14.68 5.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.56 2.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 26.00 12.6 26.00 12.6 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.09 12.5 15.20 12.3 – – Group I................................................... 13.73 15.1 – – – – Machinists........................................................ 21.49 6.5 21.49 6.5 – – Group II.................................................. 21.72 6.0 21.72 6.0 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.81 8.8 19.81 8.8 – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 20.26 10.1 20.26 10.1 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 22.06 9.2 22.06 9.2 – – Group II.................................................. 25.33 11.7 25.33 11.7 – – Painting workers.................................................. 15.03 6.1 15.03 6.1 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.99 10.9 13.03 13.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.09 10.0 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.70 9.8 19.53 9.7 11.16 5.3 Group I................................................... 14.05 3.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.05 6.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 98.37 1.9 – – – – Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 120.50 12.0 120.50 12.0 – – Group III................................................. 120.50 12.0 – – – – Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 120.50 12.0 120.50 12.0 – – Group III................................................. 120.50 12.0 120.50 12.0 – – Bus drivers....................................................... 16.91 11.2 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.86 4.1 19.16 4.4 14.74 22.0 Group I................................................... 17.90 9.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.39 4.6 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.28 3.7 19.26 3.8 – – Group I................................................... 17.81 8.0 17.66 8.9 – – Group II.................................................. 19.41 5.2 19.38 5.3 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 18.85 10.9 18.81 11.5 – – Group I................................................... 18.84 11.5 18.80 12.0 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 20.48 8.3 20.48 8.3 – – Group I................................................... 19.24 12.7 19.24 12.7 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.25 7.1 15.02 6.2 9.54 1.9 Group I................................................... 12.76 7.7 – – – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.44 5.3 11.62 5.5 – – Group I................................................... $11.44 5.3 $11.62 5.5 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.04 6.4 16.10 5.3 $9.71 2.7 Group I................................................... 13.49 8.3 15.66 6.9 9.71 2.7 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.70 $13.89 $20.20 $30.29 $41.27 Management occupations.............................................. 25.00 30.35 38.46 51.23 64.35 General and operations managers................................... 25.48 25.48 25.48 38.08 75.85 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 32.99 38.50 46.47 52.41 64.35 Marketing managers.............................................. 38.46 42.49 46.47 46.47 53.53 Computer and information systems managers......................... 35.91 46.15 59.43 66.11 66.11 Financial managers................................................ 15.58 25.48 30.35 46.74 62.50 Construction managers............................................. 30.00 30.00 36.06 48.00 48.00 Education administrators.......................................... 16.09 25.00 33.71 42.87 49.69 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 42.36 42.87 44.76 49.69 68.59 Medical and health services managers.............................. 33.99 36.00 42.39 50.87 54.67 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.85 24.03 29.81 41.57 45.95 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 23.32 29.71 41.28 42.73 45.95 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation....................................... 19.59 25.10 30.90 85.58 85.58 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 18.29 18.29 26.00 36.70 41.18 Management analysts............................................... 20.43 25.00 30.04 41.66 51.36 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.00 21.64 25.00 32.22 47.12 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 23.43 23.43 41.55 50.93 68.59 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 22.49 25.77 31.86 41.23 46.90 Computer software engineers....................................... 25.95 29.50 37.61 43.42 58.44 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 25.32 27.96 30.89 37.91 41.15 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 27.90 36.06 43.42 51.88 58.44 Computer support specialists...................................... 17.36 22.49 23.23 26.63 28.86 Computer systems analysts......................................... 23.29 27.30 33.53 40.96 45.34 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 22.72 24.92 37.15 39.90 39.90 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 29.71 35.79 42.28 46.87 47.60 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.57 24.86 28.87 38.75 44.55 Engineers......................................................... 22.46 28.08 35.53 41.11 47.98 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 26.81 30.05 39.00 44.78 47.98 Industrial engineers.......................................... 26.81 30.05 39.00 44.78 47.98 Drafters.......................................................... 16.00 18.75 25.00 30.00 36.59 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.27 26.44 27.83 28.85 34.52 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 16.83 17.65 21.20 30.13 36.61 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.00 16.91 23.09 28.22 34.28 Counselors........................................................ 15.66 17.44 27.39 28.22 33.42 Social workers.................................................... 12.75 20.02 21.68 24.27 31.69 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 10.00 13.93 17.19 23.09 23.27 Legal occupations................................................... 19.35 24.04 26.44 43.52 76.92 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.90 16.56 29.55 38.55 45.30 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 16.56 24.53 30.94 36.23 58.49 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 13.80 22.99 32.30 41.04 46.58 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 11.19 12.00 14.37 14.75 30.47 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. $11.19 $12.00 $13.80 $14.37 $14.75 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 22.99 27.71 34.40 41.66 46.43 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.53 26.69 32.94 41.04 45.30 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.16 32.09 37.77 45.53 49.77 Secondary school teachers....................................... 23.46 30.48 35.66 42.06 47.81 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 22.99 30.27 35.60 41.95 48.38 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 16.58 26.77 44.63 60.00 65.00 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.00 11.07 13.45 14.58 16.73 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 18.12 19.31 26.63 32.93 36.65 Designers......................................................... 12.48 19.23 19.31 34.41 34.41 Writers and editors............................................... 16.64 19.81 25.32 36.65 36.82 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.83 26.73 32.00 36.19 43.60 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 32.34 32.34 69.11 154.95 187.15 Registered nurses................................................. 28.50 31.00 33.00 35.06 40.35 Therapists........................................................ 27.45 29.24 35.67 46.20 52.36 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 14.26 17.00 23.30 30.10 30.78 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 21.12 24.71 30.10 30.39 30.85 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 27.00 27.99 32.81 40.00 40.87 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 27.00 29.24 33.65 40.12 40.87 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 10.00 14.59 19.91 22.52 23.82 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.75 18.81 21.00 22.19 23.34 Medical records and health information technicians................ 13.00 16.00 17.75 19.60 25.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.16 11.62 13.57 17.00 18.80 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.14 10.53 12.23 13.72 16.01 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.14 10.50 12.00 13.82 16.01 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.03 13.50 17.00 18.66 20.44 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.34 16.96 23.99 28.92 31.80 Fire fighters..................................................... 23.99 27.08 28.78 31.71 33.31 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 16.21 18.74 20.38 22.28 24.17 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 16.21 18.74 20.38 22.28 24.17 Police officers................................................... 26.96 28.01 30.75 31.37 38.01 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.96 28.01 30.75 31.37 38.01 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 9.00 13.00 13.00 19.42 23.83 Security guards................................................. 9.00 13.00 13.00 19.42 23.83 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.63 7.93 8.75 10.50 14.03 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 9.00 10.50 14.42 19.71 23.44 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 9.00 10.50 14.42 19.08 23.44 Cooks............................................................. 8.30 8.75 11.00 12.50 14.03 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.50 9.25 10.50 12.00 14.03 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.93 8.00 9.00 11.08 11.08 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.52 7.63 7.93 8.25 9.00 Bartenders...................................................... 7.93 8.25 9.00 9.00 9.34 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... $7.52 $7.63 $7.63 $7.88 $7.93 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.49 7.63 7.93 7.93 11.81 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.63 8.00 8.75 11.50 13.44 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.63 7.93 8.75 11.57 14.05 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop........................................................... 8.00 8.50 8.67 9.00 13.44 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.00 8.50 9.00 9.25 9.80 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.91 10.35 13.29 15.60 19.07 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.84 9.67 13.00 14.85 17.27 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.02 12.00 13.29 15.56 19.07 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.47 7.63 8.67 9.68 12.21 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.86 15.00 16.00 16.00 19.35 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.63 8.40 10.81 15.18 25.00 Child care workers................................................ 8.00 8.50 10.60 11.00 13.00 Personal and home care aides...................................... 9.60 9.93 10.81 11.22 11.22 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 8.25 13.33 14.89 23.00 25.00 Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 14.89 14.89 23.00 25.00 25.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 9.00 11.07 16.25 26.13 42.31 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 14.61 17.75 32.53 40.06 43.22 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 14.61 15.66 17.75 40.06 42.31 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 15.59 31.25 36.03 36.44 43.22 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.30 10.03 11.70 17.45 22.02 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.15 10.38 11.70 17.40 17.70 Cashiers...................................................... 8.15 10.38 11.70 17.40 17.70 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 7.93 9.47 14.88 23.11 26.84 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.50 9.83 11.60 16.94 26.13 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 15.14 18.70 22.46 53.30 64.82 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 14.00 18.70 22.46 53.30 64.82 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.00 13.16 16.42 20.00 23.38 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.76 18.71 22.58 23.80 29.33 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.88 12.71 16.00 19.87 21.85 Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.65 20.00 20.00 22.00 23.69 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 13.75 15.72 17.90 18.69 22.15 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.16 15.14 17.99 19.87 22.57 Tellers......................................................... 10.69 10.96 12.00 12.63 15.25 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.62 14.42 16.95 20.60 30.21 Order clerks...................................................... 10.00 11.29 13.00 16.79 19.80 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 16.62 18.05 18.48 18.67 19.45 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.00 11.50 13.00 15.25 16.00 Dispatchers....................................................... 11.00 17.07 22.71 26.10 26.10 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.00 12.33 22.00 22.63 22.63 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.08 15.65 18.05 22.20 26.67 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.09 18.32 22.20 25.24 25.53 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.96 15.28 16.00 18.05 19.41 Office clerks, general............................................ $9.62 $11.00 $14.00 $18.26 $23.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.44 17.00 20.50 25.00 30.38 Carpenters........................................................ 19.00 19.13 20.50 25.00 28.00 Construction laborers............................................. 11.20 12.00 13.95 19.25 25.00 Construction equipment operators.................................. 23.17 25.19 28.57 30.43 30.85 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators...................................................... 25.19 28.01 28.57 30.43 30.85 Electricians...................................................... 12.00 22.29 24.27 30.00 34.50 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.50 15.66 21.54 28.01 34.23 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 11.75 19.00 28.85 37.11 39.65 Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers.......... 12.41 13.89 14.87 19.00 19.06 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................ 23.10 32.11 33.40 33.58 34.23 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 18.46 25.47 31.12 31.32 35.15 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 9.00 12.34 21.11 24.11 27.39 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 9.00 12.34 21.11 24.11 27.39 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 15.66 19.71 26.00 28.14 32.30 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 16.00 17.02 21.57 24.17 32.52 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.79 19.79 21.85 32.52 36.16 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.00 16.00 21.17 21.57 24.76 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 12.75 13.44 22.51 25.13 31.33 Production occupations.............................................. 10.25 14.00 19.18 24.76 29.55 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.00 20.77 21.64 28.37 46.11 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.00 10.30 11.50 17.21 26.78 Machinists........................................................ 17.00 19.00 21.00 23.93 25.00 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 14.58 17.28 20.43 23.50 23.50 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 14.84 15.95 20.35 23.86 27.49 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.00 15.00 22.76 29.40 30.56 Painting workers.................................................. 14.00 14.00 14.50 14.50 18.90 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 7.89 10.00 12.00 14.50 16.89 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.60 11.00 16.21 20.00 25.02 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 91.06 120.47 123.03 123.03 159.29 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 91.06 120.47 123.03 123.03 159.29 Bus drivers....................................................... 11.16 11.40 18.06 18.57 24.60 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.00 17.37 19.40 21.23 23.00 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.48 17.71 19.40 20.24 23.00 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 11.58 12.00 19.34 21.39 27.38 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.68 16.64 21.38 21.67 26.78 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.03 9.00 12.00 16.43 18.06 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 8.60 8.88 11.60 12.30 14.83 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.00 9.74 14.60 17.45 18.06 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.25 $13.00 $19.80 $30.00 $41.57 Management occupations.............................................. 24.74 30.35 39.45 54.33 66.11 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 32.99 38.50 46.47 52.41 64.35 Marketing managers.............................................. 38.46 42.49 46.47 46.47 53.53 Computer and information systems managers......................... 32.41 50.00 66.11 66.11 66.11 Financial managers................................................ 15.58 25.48 30.35 46.74 62.50 Construction managers............................................. 30.00 30.00 36.06 48.00 48.00 Education administrators.......................................... 16.09 20.75 21.46 25.00 25.00 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 21.00 24.62 32.22 42.73 46.96 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 23.32 29.71 41.28 42.73 45.95 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 18.29 18.29 26.26 28.37 38.37 Management analysts............................................... 21.01 27.50 30.29 41.83 51.36 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.00 22.12 27.05 32.22 51.66 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 23.43 30.22 42.70 68.59 68.59 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 22.49 25.39 32.40 42.28 47.12 Computer software engineers....................................... 25.95 29.95 38.69 43.46 58.44 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 27.90 36.06 43.42 51.88 58.44 Computer support specialists...................................... 17.36 22.49 23.23 26.63 28.86 Computer systems analysts......................................... 23.29 27.27 36.52 41.10 46.90 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 22.72 24.92 37.15 39.90 39.90 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 29.71 38.75 42.28 46.87 48.75 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.20 24.04 28.85 38.08 45.02 Engineers......................................................... 21.85 27.50 33.49 42.26 47.98 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 26.81 30.05 39.00 44.78 47.98 Industrial engineers.......................................... 26.81 30.05 39.00 44.78 47.98 Drafters.......................................................... 16.00 18.75 25.00 30.00 36.59 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.27 26.99 28.85 28.85 35.00 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 15.65 17.65 18.63 22.60 36.46 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.22 15.00 16.29 22.01 30.12 Social workers.................................................... 12.75 12.75 12.75 15.12 15.12 Legal occupations................................................... 19.35 24.04 26.44 45.67 76.92 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.58 12.90 22.60 38.55 38.55 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 11.19 12.18 14.37 15.31 24.35 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 11.19 12.00 13.80 14.37 14.75 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 11.19 12.00 13.80 14.37 14.75 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 13.90 19.94 24.00 29.55 40.21 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 13.90 19.94 24.15 29.55 40.21 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 18.12 19.23 25.69 34.41 36.65 Designers......................................................... 12.48 19.23 19.31 34.41 34.41 Writers and editors............................................... 16.64 19.81 25.32 36.65 36.82 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.16 26.00 32.00 35.99 43.49 Physicians and surgeons........................................... $32.34 $32.34 $69.11 $154.95 $187.15 Registered nurses................................................. 29.00 31.25 33.00 35.00 40.46 Therapists........................................................ 26.73 28.71 35.67 46.20 50.09 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 14.26 17.00 23.30 30.10 30.78 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 21.12 24.71 30.10 30.39 30.85 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 27.00 27.99 32.81 40.00 40.87 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 27.00 29.24 33.65 40.12 40.87 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 10.00 14.59 19.91 22.52 23.82 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.72 18.80 21.00 22.07 23.33 Medical records and health information technicians................ 13.00 16.00 17.75 19.60 25.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.16 11.17 13.20 17.00 18.54 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.14 10.50 11.73 13.28 16.01 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.14 10.50 11.73 13.36 16.01 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.00 13.20 17.00 18.00 20.44 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.00 10.98 13.00 21.33 29.33 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 9.00 9.34 13.00 14.33 17.99 Security guards................................................. 9.00 9.34 13.00 14.33 17.99 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.63 7.93 8.75 10.40 14.01 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 9.00 10.50 14.42 19.71 23.44 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 9.00 10.50 14.42 19.08 23.44 Cooks............................................................. 8.30 8.75 11.00 12.50 14.03 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.50 9.25 10.50 12.00 14.03 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.93 8.00 8.50 10.75 11.08 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.52 7.63 7.93 8.25 9.00 Bartenders...................................................... 7.93 8.25 9.00 9.00 9.34 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.52 7.63 7.63 7.88 7.93 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.49 7.63 7.93 7.93 11.81 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.63 8.00 8.75 9.00 13.20 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.63 7.93 8.75 11.57 14.05 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.00 8.50 9.00 9.25 9.80 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.64 9.60 12.21 15.56 17.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.63 9.00 11.59 14.03 16.44 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.60 10.94 13.06 15.56 21.63 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.47 7.63 8.67 9.68 12.21 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.63 8.40 10.70 14.45 25.00 Child care workers................................................ 7.84 8.50 10.50 11.00 13.00 Personal and home care aides...................................... 9.60 9.93 10.81 11.22 11.22 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 9.17 14.89 23.00 25.00 25.00 Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 14.89 14.89 23.00 25.00 25.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 9.00 11.07 16.25 26.13 42.31 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 14.61 17.75 32.53 40.06 43.22 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 14.61 15.66 17.75 40.06 42.31 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... $15.59 $31.25 $36.03 $36.44 $43.22 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.30 10.03 11.70 17.45 22.02 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.15 10.38 11.70 17.40 17.70 Cashiers...................................................... 8.15 10.38 11.70 17.40 17.70 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 7.93 9.47 14.88 23.11 26.84 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.50 9.83 11.60 16.94 26.13 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 15.14 18.70 22.46 53.30 64.82 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 14.00 18.70 22.46 53.30 64.82 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.00 12.72 16.03 20.00 23.07 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.43 20.90 23.80 24.38 30.80 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.88 12.63 15.72 19.87 21.63 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 13.75 15.72 17.90 18.69 22.15 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.88 14.00 17.00 19.87 22.83 Tellers......................................................... 10.69 10.96 12.00 12.63 15.25 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.62 14.42 16.95 20.60 30.21 Order clerks...................................................... 10.00 11.29 13.00 16.79 19.80 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 16.03 17.50 18.50 18.67 20.43 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.00 11.50 13.00 15.25 16.00 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.00 12.33 22.00 22.63 22.63 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.96 15.09 19.41 25.33 28.03 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.09 17.50 22.20 25.33 25.53 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.00 14.44 17.18 19.41 19.41 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.62 11.00 14.00 18.26 23.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.23 16.81 20.50 25.00 30.38 Carpenters........................................................ 19.00 19.13 20.50 25.00 28.00 Construction laborers............................................. 11.20 12.00 13.95 19.25 25.00 Electricians...................................................... 12.00 22.29 24.27 30.50 34.50 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.50 15.32 19.79 26.00 32.52 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 11.75 19.00 28.85 37.11 39.65 Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers.......... 12.41 13.89 14.87 19.00 19.06 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 18.46 25.47 31.12 31.32 35.15 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 9.00 12.34 19.84 23.31 27.39 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 9.00 12.34 19.84 23.31 27.39 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 15.66 19.14 25.00 28.68 32.30 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 16.00 16.50 19.79 21.85 32.52 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.79 19.79 21.85 32.52 36.16 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.00 16.00 17.02 21.57 21.57 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 12.75 13.44 22.51 25.13 31.33 Production occupations.............................................. 10.25 14.00 19.18 24.76 29.55 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.00 20.77 21.64 28.37 46.11 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.00 10.30 11.50 17.21 26.78 Machinists........................................................ 17.00 19.00 21.00 23.93 25.00 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... $14.58 $17.28 $20.43 $23.50 $23.50 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 14.84 15.95 20.35 23.86 27.49 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.00 15.00 22.76 29.40 30.56 Painting workers.................................................. 14.00 14.00 14.50 14.50 18.90 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 7.89 10.00 12.00 14.50 16.89 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.50 11.00 16.00 19.80 24.27 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 91.06 120.47 123.03 123.03 159.29 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 91.06 120.47 123.03 123.03 159.29 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.00 16.93 19.40 21.23 23.00 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.00 17.71 19.40 20.24 23.00 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 11.58 12.00 19.34 21.39 27.38 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.68 16.64 21.38 21.67 26.78 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.03 9.00 12.00 16.21 18.06 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 8.60 8.88 11.60 12.30 14.83 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.90 9.60 14.45 17.40 18.06 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $13.93 $17.76 $24.60 $32.64 $40.49 Management occupations.............................................. 25.48 30.28 33.78 42.39 46.49 Education administrators.......................................... 33.71 33.71 41.64 45.12 51.18 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 42.36 42.87 44.76 49.69 68.59 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.05 19.59 24.08 29.19 37.53 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 23.05 28.41 30.89 34.61 35.79 Computer software engineers....................................... 26.14 28.86 30.10 34.01 34.80 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 26.14 28.41 29.77 31.86 34.80 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 19.90 20.74 29.57 32.66 37.28 Community and social services occupations........................... 19.90 22.00 24.27 28.22 36.56 Social workers.................................................... 20.42 20.42 24.13 24.27 39.77 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 14.14 20.64 30.94 40.88 48.27 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 16.56 16.56 30.94 36.23 58.49 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.61 30.11 36.31 42.23 47.69 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.48 29.86 36.11 42.23 46.97 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.82 29.00 35.38 41.50 45.30 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.05 32.26 37.96 45.53 49.77 Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.47 31.18 36.38 42.25 48.27 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.09 31.17 36.38 42.17 48.64 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.12 13.17 14.02 15.18 16.73 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.38 28.29 33.20 38.93 46.83 Registered nurses................................................. 25.28 28.97 33.20 37.36 39.39 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.21 19.42 26.15 29.85 32.25 Fire fighters..................................................... 23.99 27.08 27.73 31.71 33.31 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 16.21 18.74 20.38 22.28 24.17 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 16.21 18.74 20.38 22.28 24.17 Police officers................................................... 26.96 28.01 30.75 31.37 38.01 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.96 28.01 30.75 31.37 38.01 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.97 13.29 13.93 17.27 19.35 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.97 13.29 13.29 15.95 17.82 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.97 13.29 13.29 15.95 17.82 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.25 12.53 16.90 16.90 21.41 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.99 15.29 17.99 20.89 24.00 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.81 17.99 19.09 22.00 23.69 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.28 15.65 17.19 19.21 20.89 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.28 15.65 16.00 18.05 18.05 Office clerks, general............................................ 7.93 11.66 13.97 18.04 22.13 Construction and extraction occupations............................. $20.85 $23.17 $25.21 $28.01 $28.86 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.39 25.81 28.14 33.58 37.78 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.22 18.57 22.79 24.60 30.98 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.50 $15.39 $21.67 $31.25 $42.31 Management occupations.............................................. 25.00 30.35 38.46 51.77 64.35 General and operations managers................................... 25.48 25.48 25.48 38.08 75.85 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 32.99 38.50 46.47 52.41 64.35 Marketing managers.............................................. 38.46 42.49 46.47 46.47 53.53 Computer and information systems managers......................... 35.91 46.15 59.43 66.11 66.11 Financial managers................................................ 15.58 25.48 30.35 46.74 62.50 Construction managers............................................. 30.00 30.00 36.06 48.00 48.00 Education administrators.......................................... 16.09 25.00 33.71 42.87 49.69 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 42.36 42.87 44.76 49.69 68.59 Medical and health services managers.............................. 33.99 36.00 42.39 50.87 54.67 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.90 24.04 29.82 41.57 45.95 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 23.32 29.71 41.28 42.73 45.95 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 18.29 18.29 26.00 36.70 41.18 Management analysts............................................... 20.43 26.56 30.04 41.83 51.36 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.00 21.64 26.44 32.22 47.12 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 23.43 23.43 41.55 50.93 68.59 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 22.49 25.77 31.86 41.27 46.90 Computer software engineers....................................... 25.95 29.47 37.80 43.42 58.44 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 25.32 27.96 30.89 37.91 41.15 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 27.90 36.06 43.42 51.88 58.44 Computer support specialists...................................... 17.36 22.49 23.23 26.63 28.86 Computer systems analysts......................................... 23.29 27.30 33.53 40.96 45.34 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 29.71 35.79 42.28 46.87 47.60 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.26 24.04 29.57 38.98 43.77 Engineers......................................................... 22.46 28.08 35.53 41.11 47.98 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 26.81 30.05 39.00 44.78 47.98 Industrial engineers.......................................... 26.81 30.05 39.00 44.78 47.98 Drafters.......................................................... 16.00 18.03 25.00 29.25 31.50 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.17 26.39 26.99 31.70 36.38 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 17.65 17.65 21.76 32.08 37.28 Life scientists................................................... 16.55 17.65 17.65 22.60 26.79 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.07 17.10 23.09 28.22 39.46 Counselors........................................................ 15.23 17.28 27.39 28.22 32.87 Social workers.................................................... 12.75 15.22 20.42 24.27 39.77 Legal occupations................................................... 20.19 24.04 34.10 46.88 76.92 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.80 20.64 30.35 38.55 43.37 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 16.56 16.56 30.94 33.61 36.23 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 13.80 23.66 32.74 41.04 46.48 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 11.19 12.00 13.80 14.75 30.47 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. $11.19 $11.80 $12.90 $14.37 $14.75 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 23.59 28.47 35.01 41.95 46.48 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.99 27.10 33.78 41.04 45.30 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.05 32.26 37.96 45.53 49.77 Secondary school teachers....................................... 23.66 30.51 35.62 42.06 48.07 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 22.99 30.30 35.46 41.95 48.45 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.00 11.69 13.60 14.43 19.24 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 18.12 19.23 26.63 33.73 36.65 Designers......................................................... 12.48 19.23 19.31 34.41 34.41 Writers and editors............................................... 16.00 19.77 29.13 36.65 36.82 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.00 26.28 32.00 35.23 43.60 Therapists........................................................ 26.73 29.24 38.70 48.62 52.36 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 14.26 17.00 23.30 30.10 30.78 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 27.00 27.99 31.98 38.00 40.87 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 27.00 29.24 32.02 38.00 40.87 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 10.00 14.59 19.91 22.52 23.82 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.36 18.80 20.98 22.12 25.19 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.50 11.73 14.17 17.00 18.85 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.16 11.17 12.50 14.20 16.01 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.16 11.17 12.50 14.20 16.06 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.35 13.50 17.00 18.66 20.44 Protective service occupations...................................... 13.00 18.74 25.63 29.32 31.85 Fire fighters..................................................... 23.99 27.08 28.78 31.71 33.31 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 16.21 18.74 20.38 22.28 24.17 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 16.21 18.74 20.38 22.28 24.17 Police officers................................................... 26.96 28.01 30.75 31.37 38.01 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.96 28.01 30.75 31.37 38.01 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 9.00 13.00 13.46 19.42 23.83 Security guards................................................. 9.00 13.00 13.46 19.42 23.83 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.00 8.75 9.50 13.08 16.83 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 9.00 10.50 14.42 19.71 23.44 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 9.00 10.50 14.42 19.08 23.44 Cooks............................................................. 8.75 10.00 11.50 13.00 14.67 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.70 10.50 11.50 13.00 14.03 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.63 7.93 9.00 9.00 9.50 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.75 8.75 9.00 13.44 14.66 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.05 11.82 13.92 16.00 19.15 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.00 10.94 13.29 15.51 17.63 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... $10.02 $12.00 $13.29 $15.56 $19.07 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.63 8.35 9.00 11.82 15.07 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.63 10.00 12.20 16.90 26.07 Child care workers................................................ 8.50 10.25 10.80 11.00 11.60 Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.38 11.70 17.70 31.25 44.54 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 14.61 17.75 32.53 40.06 43.22 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 14.61 15.66 17.75 40.06 42.31 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 15.59 31.25 36.03 36.44 43.22 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.25 10.50 13.00 17.70 23.90 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.38 11.06 11.70 17.45 17.70 Cashiers...................................................... 10.38 11.06 11.70 17.45 17.70 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 9.00 13.42 16.69 23.42 28.34 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.70 10.38 11.90 19.80 26.13 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 15.14 18.70 22.46 53.30 64.82 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 14.00 18.70 22.46 53.30 64.82 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.00 14.20 17.31 20.33 23.80 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.76 18.71 22.58 23.80 29.33 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.88 12.72 16.00 19.87 22.00 Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.65 20.00 20.00 22.00 23.69 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 13.75 15.72 17.90 19.50 22.15 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.16 15.14 17.99 19.87 22.57 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.14 14.58 17.20 20.74 30.21 Order clerks...................................................... 10.00 11.29 13.00 16.79 19.80 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 16.03 17.50 18.48 18.67 18.67 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.00 12.00 13.00 16.00 16.50 Dispatchers....................................................... 11.00 17.07 22.71 26.10 26.10 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.00 12.33 22.00 22.63 22.63 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.70 11.70 12.75 14.92 17.45 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.00 15.65 18.05 22.20 26.67 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.50 18.51 22.20 25.33 25.53 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.53 15.28 16.05 18.05 19.41 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.85 13.46 15.00 19.35 23.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.00 18.00 20.50 25.19 30.38 Carpenters........................................................ 19.00 19.13 20.50 25.00 28.00 Construction laborers............................................. 11.20 12.00 15.00 19.25 25.00 Construction equipment operators.................................. 23.17 25.19 28.57 30.43 30.85 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators...................................................... 25.19 28.01 28.57 30.43 30.85 Electricians...................................................... 11.72 19.87 24.50 30.83 34.50 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.75 16.00 21.57 28.14 34.23 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ $11.75 $19.00 $28.85 $37.11 $39.65 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................ 23.10 32.11 33.40 33.58 34.23 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 18.46 25.47 31.12 31.32 35.15 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 9.00 12.34 21.11 24.11 27.39 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 9.00 12.34 21.11 24.11 27.39 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 15.66 19.71 26.00 28.14 32.30 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 16.00 17.02 21.57 24.17 32.52 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.79 19.79 21.85 32.52 36.16 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.00 16.00 21.17 21.57 24.76 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 12.75 13.44 22.51 25.13 31.33 Production occupations.............................................. 11.00 14.50 20.00 25.00 29.55 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.00 20.77 21.64 28.37 46.11 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.00 10.30 11.70 17.74 26.78 Machinists........................................................ 17.00 19.00 21.00 23.93 25.00 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 14.58 17.28 20.43 23.50 23.50 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 14.84 15.95 20.35 23.86 27.49 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.00 15.00 22.76 29.40 30.56 Painting workers.................................................. 14.00 14.00 14.50 14.50 18.90 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 7.68 8.75 13.09 14.50 16.89 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.61 12.91 17.71 20.63 27.00 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 91.06 120.47 123.03 123.03 159.29 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 91.06 120.47 123.03 123.03 159.29 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.00 17.71 19.40 21.39 23.00 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.48 17.71 19.40 20.24 23.00 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 11.58 12.00 19.34 22.72 27.38 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.68 16.64 21.38 21.67 26.78 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.95 11.59 14.75 17.76 18.06 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 8.60 9.50 11.60 12.32 14.83 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.00 13.00 16.17 18.00 18.06 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.63 $8.00 $10.00 $15.21 $28.32 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.58 13.36 15.66 35.87 58.49 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 15.21 15.21 20.18 41.04 47.69 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.93 10.74 13.36 14.58 16.25 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.23 27.66 34.01 38.91 45.17 Registered nurses................................................. 25.82 29.21 34.35 39.46 45.31 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.42 18.88 21.00 23.33 23.33 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.14 10.14 11.83 12.75 16.09 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.04 10.14 10.50 12.41 14.20 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.04 10.14 10.50 12.41 14.20 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.61 9.26 9.26 9.34 9.35 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.63 7.63 7.93 8.50 10.00 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.75 8.00 8.50 11.08 11.08 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.52 7.63 7.63 7.93 7.93 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.52 7.63 7.63 7.88 8.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.63 7.90 8.11 8.50 11.57 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.63 7.63 7.93 8.11 13.20 Dishwashers....................................................... 7.63 8.50 8.50 9.37 9.37 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.47 7.47 7.91 9.67 12.40 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.47 7.47 7.84 9.67 11.59 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.25 11.17 12.40 12.40 13.42 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.00 8.40 8.40 10.25 12.53 Child care workers................................................ 7.63 7.84 10.25 11.32 13.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.75 8.25 10.03 13.91 17.45 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.75 8.10 10.03 13.91 17.45 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.65 8.22 10.53 17.40 17.70 Cashiers...................................................... 7.65 8.22 10.53 17.40 17.70 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.00 8.50 10.03 11.00 12.57 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.78 9.00 10.94 12.98 15.25 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.00 12.63 12.63 15.25 19.00 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.29 9.00 11.50 13.93 14.03 Office clerks, general............................................ 7.66 9.33 10.00 12.00 14.00 Production occupations.............................................. 7.93 7.93 10.00 13.06 15.56 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.65 8.03 9.00 12.45 19.55 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 7.93 7.93 16.07 20.42 20.79 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ $7.63 $8.00 $9.00 $10.00 $12.37 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.63 7.65 9.00 10.00 14.38 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $24.98 $21.67 $994 $862 39.8 $51,045 $43,800 2,043 Management occupations.............................................. 41.54 38.46 1,685 1,538 40.6 87,074 80,001 2,096 General and operations managers................................... 35.97 25.48 1,439 1,019 40.0 74,820 53,000 2,080 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 46.17 46.47 1,875 1,859 40.6 97,502 96,660 2,112 Marketing managers.............................................. 45.78 46.47 1,831 1,859 40.0 95,219 96,660 2,080 Computer and information systems managers......................... 55.99 59.43 2,426 2,142 43.3 126,170 111,405 2,253 Financial managers................................................ 37.66 30.35 1,524 1,214 40.5 79,229 63,134 2,104 Construction managers............................................. 38.02 36.06 1,521 1,442 40.0 79,085 75,001 2,080 Education administrators.......................................... 33.67 33.71 1,375 1,351 40.8 65,032 70,252 1,932 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 48.58 44.76 1,943 1,790 40.0 98,215 90,821 2,022 Medical and health services managers.............................. 42.91 42.39 1,716 1,696 40.0 89,256 88,171 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.19 29.82 1,359 1,178 41.0 70,680 61,251 2,130 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 37.00 41.28 1,570 1,709 42.4 81,661 88,868 2,207 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.96 26.00 1,078 1,040 40.0 56,079 54,076 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 33.86 30.04 1,352 1,202 39.9 70,321 62,483 2,077 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.48 26.44 1,325 1,092 43.5 68,905 56,805 2,261 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 41.53 41.55 1,661 1,662 40.0 86,386 86,416 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.87 31.86 1,414 1,430 41.7 73,532 74,360 2,171 Computer software engineers....................................... 38.62 37.80 1,645 1,553 42.6 85,544 80,760 2,215 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 33.05 30.89 1,501 1,471 45.4 78,058 76,474 2,362 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 43.85 43.42 1,765 1,737 40.2 91,759 90,314 2,093 Computer support specialists...................................... 23.77 23.23 991 929 41.7 51,554 48,308 2,168 Computer systems analysts......................................... 34.21 33.53 1,444 1,461 42.2 75,102 75,955 2,195 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 40.39 42.28 1,615 1,691 40.0 84,003 87,944 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.31 29.57 1,264 1,181 40.4 65,702 61,402 2,099 Engineers......................................................... 35.59 35.53 1,429 1,421 40.2 74,326 73,902 2,088 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 37.09 39.00 1,484 1,560 40.0 77,145 81,120 2,080 Industrial engineers.......................................... 37.09 39.00 1,484 1,560 40.0 77,145 81,120 2,080 Drafters.......................................................... 23.92 25.00 957 1,000 40.0 49,759 52,000 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.33 26.99 1,133 1,080 40.0 58,927 56,141 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 25.78 21.76 1,030 870 40.0 51,926 45,886 2,014 Life scientists................................................... 20.22 17.65 809 706 40.0 42,058 36,718 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 23.63 23.09 966 924 40.9 48,591 48,036 2,056 Counselors........................................................ 24.67 27.39 1,036 1,035 42.0 51,644 52,582 2,094 Social workers.................................................... 22.15 20.42 878 817 39.7 43,314 42,480 1,956 Legal occupations................................................... 42.67 34.10 1,707 1,364 40.0 88,749 70,920 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.73 30.35 1,105 1,082 37.2 45,481 45,577 1,530 Postsecondary teachers............................................ $26.93 $30.94 $971 $928 36.0 $41,593 $38,267 1,545 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.69 32.74 1,186 1,219 37.4 45,807 45,577 1,446 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 16.64 13.80 653 552 39.2 31,283 28,704 1,880 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 13.04 12.90 520 516 39.8 26,927 26,832 2,064 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 35.01 35.01 1,299 1,276 37.1 47,935 47,202 1,369 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.90 33.78 1,261 1,236 37.2 46,711 45,318 1,378 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 38.82 37.96 1,426 1,397 36.7 51,993 51,488 1,339 Secondary school teachers....................................... 36.09 35.62 1,337 1,344 37.0 49,330 49,625 1,367 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.98 35.46 1,339 1,346 37.2 49,493 50,137 1,376 Teacher assistants................................................ 13.68 13.60 455 436 33.2 18,202 17,211 1,331 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.65 26.63 1,066 1,065 40.0 53,817 55,399 2,019 Designers......................................................... 23.94 19.31 958 773 40.0 49,797 40,171 2,080 Writers and editors............................................... 28.02 29.13 1,121 1,165 40.0 52,957 52,666 1,890 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.91 32.00 1,252 1,280 39.2 64,776 66,560 2,030 Therapists........................................................ 38.54 38.70 1,512 1,542 39.2 75,098 72,269 1,948 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.89 23.30 900 920 39.3 46,775 47,830 2,043 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 32.92 31.98 1,317 1,279 40.0 68,476 66,518 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 33.29 32.02 1,332 1,281 40.0 69,240 66,602 2,080 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 17.96 19.91 669 797 37.2 34,774 41,419 1,936 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 21.06 20.98 799 802 37.9 40,201 40,581 1,908 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.79 14.17 552 544 37.3 28,593 28,288 1,933 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.81 12.50 489 469 38.2 25,171 24,398 1,965 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.80 12.50 487 469 38.1 25,060 24,398 1,959 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 16.79 17.00 610 559 36.3 31,699 29,044 1,888 Protective service occupations...................................... 23.99 25.63 1,010 1,025 42.1 52,494 53,310 2,188 Fire fighters..................................................... 28.65 28.78 1,371 1,382 47.9 71,302 71,845 2,489 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 20.58 20.38 823 815 40.0 42,810 42,390 2,080 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 20.58 20.38 823 815 40.0 42,810 42,390 2,080 Police officers................................................... 30.82 30.75 1,240 1,230 40.2 64,502 63,960 2,093 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 30.82 30.75 1,240 1,230 40.2 64,502 63,960 2,093 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 15.84 13.46 634 538 40.0 32,946 27,997 2,080 Security guards................................................. 15.84 13.46 634 538 40.0 32,946 27,997 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.26 9.50 430 370 38.2 22,218 19,240 1,973 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 15.47 14.42 635 640 41.0 33,006 33,280 2,134 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.88 14.42 614 577 41.2 31,906 30,000 2,144 Cooks............................................................. 11.74 11.50 456 455 38.8 23,687 23,660 2,017 Cooks, restaurant............................................... $11.70 $11.50 $455 $440 38.8 $23,635 $22,880 2,020 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.62 9.00 313 306 36.3 16,286 15,912 1,890 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.95 9.00 417 360 38.1 20,886 18,720 1,907 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.18 13.92 544 520 38.3 28,179 26,426 1,987 Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.43 13.29 532 532 39.6 27,521 27,647 2,049 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.24 13.29 569 532 40.0 29,439 27,647 2,067 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.17 9.00 387 360 38.1 20,141 18,720 1,981 Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.84 12.20 537 440 36.2 27,018 22,880 1,821 Child care workers................................................ 10.68 10.80 414 420 38.7 20,454 21,840 1,915 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.88 17.70 933 702 40.8 48,531 36,500 2,121 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 29.43 32.53 1,268 1,250 43.1 65,935 65,019 2,240 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 27.16 17.75 1,232 887 45.4 64,082 46,142 2,360 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 32.89 36.03 1,316 1,441 40.0 68,421 74,951 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 15.20 13.00 615 464 40.5 32,001 24,151 2,105 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 13.27 11.70 507 462 38.2 26,365 24,024 1,987 Cashiers...................................................... 13.27 11.70 507 462 38.2 26,365 24,024 1,987 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 18.66 16.69 746 668 40.0 38,818 34,721 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.73 11.90 666 464 42.4 34,651 24,149 2,203 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.82 22.46 1,347 898 41.0 70,055 46,721 2,134 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 32.86 22.46 1,350 898 41.1 70,182 46,721 2,136 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.66 17.31 698 687 39.5 36,177 35,506 2,048 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.83 22.58 922 903 40.4 47,937 46,956 2,099 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.57 16.00 660 640 39.8 34,336 33,280 2,072 Bill and account collectors..................................... 19.91 20.00 796 800 40.0 41,415 41,600 2,080 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.87 17.90 698 629 39.0 36,275 32,698 2,030 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.65 17.99 706 720 40.0 36,703 37,419 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 18.18 17.20 727 688 40.0 37,820 35,776 2,080 Order clerks...................................................... 14.37 13.00 575 520 40.0 29,892 27,040 2,080 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 18.48 18.48 725 700 39.2 37,713 36,408 2,040 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.63 13.00 536 520 39.3 27,863 27,040 2,044 Dispatchers....................................................... 21.06 22.71 843 908 40.0 43,813 47,237 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 18.13 22.00 725 880 40.0 37,718 45,760 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.57 12.75 508 499 37.4 26,423 25,933 1,947 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.53 18.05 771 722 39.5 39,693 37,536 2,032 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.84 22.20 867 888 39.7 45,089 46,174 2,064 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.82 16.05 673 640 40.0 34,293 33,288 2,038 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.53 15.00 628 597 38.0 32,083 31,056 1,941 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.70 20.50 863 820 39.8 44,656 42,640 2,058 Carpenters........................................................ $22.10 $20.50 $884 $820 40.0 $45,974 $42,640 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 16.39 15.00 629 558 38.4 32,513 29,016 1,984 Construction equipment operators.................................. 27.38 28.57 1,095 1,143 40.0 56,955 59,426 2,080 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators...................................................... 27.87 28.57 1,115 1,143 40.0 57,961 59,426 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 25.09 24.50 1,004 980 40.0 52,204 50,960 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.52 21.57 901 863 40.0 46,849 44,866 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 27.08 28.85 1,083 1,154 40.0 56,317 60,000 2,080 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................ 31.37 33.40 1,255 1,336 40.0 65,248 69,472 2,080 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 28.50 31.12 1,140 1,245 40.0 59,276 64,730 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.69 21.11 788 844 40.0 40,959 43,909 2,080 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.69 21.11 788 844 40.0 40,959 43,909 2,080 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 24.37 26.00 975 1,040 40.0 50,690 54,080 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 21.98 21.57 879 863 40.0 45,719 44,866 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 26.26 21.85 1,050 874 40.0 54,619 45,448 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.99 21.17 799 847 40.0 41,571 44,034 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 20.18 22.51 807 900 40.0 41,969 46,821 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 20.17 20.00 805 800 39.9 41,880 41,600 2,076 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 26.00 21.64 1,040 866 40.0 54,076 45,009 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.20 11.70 608 468 40.0 31,625 24,336 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 21.49 21.00 860 840 40.0 44,703 43,680 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.81 20.43 792 817 40.0 41,209 42,494 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 20.26 20.35 811 814 40.0 42,149 42,328 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. $22.06 $22.76 $882 $911 40.0 $45,882 $47,349 2,080 Painting workers.................................................. 15.03 14.50 601 580 40.0 31,256 30,160 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.03 13.09 521 523 40.0 27,112 27,217 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.53 17.71 773 708 39.6 40,166 36,837 2,057 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 120.50 123.03 2,980 3,494 24.7 154,969 181,672 1,286 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 120.50 123.03 2,980 3,494 24.7 154,969 181,672 1,286 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.16 19.40 766 776 40.0 39,844 40,352 2,080 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.26 19.40 770 776 40.0 40,055 40,352 2,080 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 18.81 19.34 753 773 40.0 39,131 40,217 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 20.48 21.38 819 855 40.0 42,593 44,470 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 15.02 14.75 600 590 40.0 31,212 30,680 2,078 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.62 11.60 465 464 40.0 24,172 24,128 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 16.10 16.17 644 647 40.0 33,481 33,627 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $24.74 $21.00 $985 $823 39.8 $51,041 $42,640 2,063 Management occupations.............................................. 42.98 39.45 1,745 1,558 40.6 90,083 80,999 2,096 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 46.17 46.47 1,875 1,859 40.6 97,502 96,660 2,112 Marketing managers.............................................. 45.78 46.47 1,831 1,859 40.0 95,219 96,660 2,080 Computer and information systems managers......................... 56.88 66.11 2,477 2,265 43.5 128,811 117,795 2,265 Financial managers................................................ 37.74 30.35 1,527 1,214 40.5 79,419 63,134 2,104 Construction managers............................................. 37.90 36.06 1,516 1,442 40.0 78,842 75,001 2,080 Education administrators.......................................... 23.66 21.46 922 858 39.0 40,194 43,160 1,699 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.81 32.22 1,435 1,284 41.2 74,631 66,747 2,144 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 37.00 41.28 1,570 1,709 42.4 81,661 88,868 2,207 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.26 26.26 1,050 1,051 40.0 54,623 54,627 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 34.87 30.77 1,392 1,231 39.9 72,399 64,002 2,077 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.74 27.05 1,399 1,130 44.1 72,737 58,750 2,291 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 43.96 42.70 1,758 1,708 40.0 91,428 88,816 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.16 32.57 1,432 1,461 41.9 74,455 75,955 2,179 Computer software engineers....................................... 39.53 38.69 1,696 1,716 42.9 88,197 89,247 2,231 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 44.01 43.42 1,771 1,737 40.3 92,115 90,314 2,093 Computer support specialists...................................... 23.77 23.23 991 929 41.7 51,554 48,308 2,168 Computer systems analysts......................................... 34.53 36.52 1,466 1,502 42.5 76,234 78,125 2,208 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 41.44 42.28 1,658 1,691 40.0 86,199 87,944 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 30.97 28.84 1,251 1,150 40.4 65,037 59,800 2,100 Engineers......................................................... 35.29 33.49 1,418 1,333 40.2 73,733 69,326 2,089 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 37.09 39.00 1,484 1,560 40.0 77,145 81,120 2,080 Industrial engineers.......................................... 37.09 39.00 1,484 1,560 40.0 77,145 81,120 2,080 Drafters.......................................................... 23.92 25.00 957 1,000 40.0 49,759 52,000 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.51 26.99 1,140 1,080 40.0 59,303 56,141 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.48 17.65 978 706 39.9 50,851 36,718 2,077 Community and social services occupations........................... 20.49 17.10 819 684 40.0 42,608 35,568 2,079 Legal occupations................................................... 42.75 29.25 1,710 1,170 40.0 88,924 60,834 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers........ 16.40 14.37 645 575 39.3 29,960 28,712 1,827 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 13.04 12.90 520 516 39.8 26,927 26,832 2,064 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 13.04 12.90 520 516 39.8 26,927 26,832 2,064 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.18 24.15 954 861 37.9 36,230 32,987 1,439 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.18 24.15 954 861 37.9 36,230 32,987 1,439 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.15 26.63 1,046 1,065 40.0 52,659 55,399 2,013 Designers......................................................... $23.94 $19.31 $958 $773 40.0 $49,797 $40,171 2,080 Writers and editors............................................... 28.02 29.13 1,121 1,165 40.0 52,957 52,666 1,890 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.75 32.00 1,247 1,280 39.3 64,821 66,560 2,042 Therapists........................................................ 37.86 38.56 1,503 1,476 39.7 78,130 76,731 2,064 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.89 23.30 900 920 39.3 46,775 47,830 2,043 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 32.92 31.98 1,317 1,279 40.0 68,476 66,518 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 33.29 32.02 1,332 1,281 40.0 69,240 66,602 2,080 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 17.96 19.91 669 797 37.2 34,774 41,419 1,936 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.60 20.98 791 796 38.4 41,155 41,392 1,998 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.52 13.50 538 528 37.1 27,985 27,454 1,927 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.59 12.00 480 469 38.2 24,977 24,398 1,984 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.56 11.73 478 468 38.0 24,838 24,336 1,978 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 16.62 17.00 591 544 35.6 30,734 28,288 1,849 Protective service occupations...................................... 17.34 13.00 711 520 41.0 36,994 27,040 2,133 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 13.88 13.00 555 520 40.0 28,870 27,040 2,080 Security guards................................................. 13.88 13.00 555 520 40.0 28,870 27,040 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.21 9.34 429 370 38.2 22,285 19,240 1,988 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 15.47 14.42 635 640 41.0 33,006 33,280 2,134 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.88 14.42 614 577 41.2 31,906 30,000 2,144 Cooks............................................................. 11.74 11.50 456 455 38.8 23,687 23,660 2,017 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.70 11.50 455 440 38.8 23,635 22,880 2,020 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.62 9.00 313 306 36.3 16,286 15,912 1,890 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.57 8.75 399 315 37.8 20,769 16,380 1,965 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.63 13.27 514 480 37.7 26,676 24,960 1,957 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.79 12.00 503 480 39.4 26,133 24,960 2,044 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.94 13.06 557 522 40.0 28,908 27,165 2,073 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.17 9.00 387 360 38.1 20,141 18,720 1,981 Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.39 11.22 515 434 35.8 25,795 22,464 1,792 Child care workers................................................ 10.68 10.80 414 420 38.7 20,454 21,840 1,915 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.88 17.70 933 702 40.8 48,531 36,500 2,121 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 29.43 32.53 1,268 1,250 43.1 65,935 65,019 2,240 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 27.16 17.75 1,232 887 45.4 64,082 46,142 2,360 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 32.89 36.03 1,316 1,441 40.0 68,421 74,951 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 15.20 13.00 615 464 40.5 32,001 24,151 2,105 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 13.27 11.70 507 462 38.2 26,365 24,024 1,987 Cashiers...................................................... 13.27 11.70 507 462 38.2 26,365 24,024 1,987 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ $18.66 $16.69 $746 $668 40.0 $38,818 $34,721 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.73 11.90 666 464 42.4 34,651 24,149 2,203 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.82 22.46 1,347 898 41.0 70,055 46,721 2,134 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 32.86 22.46 1,350 898 41.1 70,182 46,721 2,136 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.42 16.89 689 671 39.5 35,805 34,913 2,056 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.26 23.80 982 952 40.5 51,066 49,500 2,105 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.29 15.72 649 629 39.8 33,735 32,698 2,071 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.87 17.90 698 629 39.0 36,275 32,698 2,030 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.51 17.00 700 680 40.0 36,414 35,360 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 18.18 17.20 727 688 40.0 37,820 35,776 2,080 Order clerks...................................................... 14.37 13.00 575 520 40.0 29,892 27,040 2,080 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 18.55 18.50 726 700 39.1 37,741 36,408 2,034 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.63 13.00 536 520 39.3 27,863 27,040 2,044 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 18.13 22.00 725 880 40.0 37,718 45,760 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.57 12.75 508 499 37.4 26,423 25,933 1,947 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.85 19.41 819 776 39.3 42,554 40,364 2,041 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.99 22.20 880 888 40.0 45,749 46,174 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.19 18.02 688 721 40.0 35,722 37,482 2,078 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.59 15.38 633 645 38.1 32,821 33,800 1,979 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.49 20.50 855 820 39.8 44,195 42,203 2,057 Carpenters........................................................ 22.15 20.50 886 820 40.0 46,071 42,640 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 16.39 15.00 629 558 38.4 32,513 29,016 1,984 Electricians...................................................... 25.08 24.50 1,003 980 40.0 52,163 50,960 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.75 20.00 870 800 40.0 45,242 41,600 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 27.08 28.85 1,083 1,154 40.0 56,317 60,000 2,080 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 28.50 31.12 1,140 1,245 40.0 59,276 64,730 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.14 19.84 766 794 40.0 39,810 41,267 2,080 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.14 19.84 766 794 40.0 39,810 41,267 2,080 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 23.92 25.00 957 1,000 40.0 49,756 52,000 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 21.28 19.79 851 792 40.0 44,272 41,165 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 26.26 21.85 1,050 874 40.0 54,619 45,448 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 18.76 17.02 751 681 40.0 39,028 35,395 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 20.18 22.51 807 900 40.0 41,969 46,821 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 20.17 20.00 805 800 39.9 41,880 41,600 2,076 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 26.00 21.64 1,040 866 40.0 54,076 45,009 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.20 11.70 608 468 40.0 31,625 24,336 2,080 Machinists........................................................ $21.49 $21.00 $860 $840 40.0 $44,703 $43,680 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.81 20.43 792 817 40.0 41,209 42,494 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 20.26 20.35 811 814 40.0 42,149 42,328 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 22.06 22.76 882 911 40.0 45,882 47,349 2,080 Painting workers.................................................. 15.03 14.50 601 580 40.0 31,256 30,160 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.03 13.09 521 523 40.0 27,112 27,217 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.38 17.71 767 708 39.6 39,885 36,837 2,058 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 120.50 123.03 2,980 3,494 24.7 154,969 181,672 1,286 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 120.50 123.03 2,980 3,494 24.7 154,969 181,672 1,286 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.03 19.40 761 776 40.0 39,581 40,352 2,080 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.07 19.40 763 776 40.0 39,670 40,352 2,080 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 18.81 19.34 753 773 40.0 39,131 40,217 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 20.48 21.38 819 855 40.0 42,593 44,470 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.99 14.60 599 584 40.0 31,142 30,368 2,078 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.62 11.60 465 464 40.0 24,172 24,128 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 16.07 16.17 643 647 40.0 33,431 33,627 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $26.49 $25.24 $1,051 $1,008 39.7 $51,071 $49,224 1,928 Management occupations.............................................. 36.02 33.78 1,456 1,400 40.4 75,503 72,800 2,096 Education administrators.......................................... 41.87 41.64 1,781 1,704 42.5 91,095 87,646 2,176 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 48.58 44.76 1,943 1,790 40.0 98,215 90,821 2,022 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.98 24.57 1,034 983 39.8 53,758 51,106 2,069 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 30.61 30.89 1,225 1,236 40.0 63,677 64,251 2,080 Computer software engineers....................................... 30.58 30.10 1,223 1,204 40.0 63,610 62,608 2,080 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 30.24 29.77 1,210 1,191 40.0 62,903 61,922 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.16 26.52 1,126 1,061 40.0 53,742 49,950 1,909 Community and social services occupations........................... 25.80 24.27 1,072 971 41.6 52,656 50,484 2,041 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.99 31.68 1,182 1,165 36.9 45,874 48,263 1,434 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 36.54 36.38 1,348 1,339 36.9 49,538 49,317 1,356 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 36.67 36.53 1,355 1,353 37.0 49,794 49,831 1,358 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 35.90 36.38 1,329 1,317 37.0 48,987 49,537 1,365 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 38.82 37.96 1,426 1,397 36.7 51,993 51,488 1,339 Secondary school teachers....................................... 36.94 36.38 1,364 1,365 36.9 50,270 50,239 1,361 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.90 36.16 1,369 1,380 37.1 50,534 50,239 1,370 Teacher assistants................................................ 14.87 13.93 468 455 31.5 17,720 17,173 1,192 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 35.04 32.39 1,355 1,168 38.7 63,984 60,289 1,826 Protective service occupations...................................... 25.83 26.68 1,095 1,120 42.4 56,918 58,252 2,204 Fire fighters..................................................... 28.77 27.73 1,376 1,362 47.8 71,565 70,800 2,488 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 20.58 20.38 823 815 40.0 42,810 42,390 2,080 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 20.58 20.38 823 815 40.0 42,810 42,390 2,080 Police officers................................................... 30.82 30.75 1,240 1,230 40.2 64,502 63,960 2,093 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 30.82 30.75 1,240 1,230 40.2 64,502 63,960 2,093 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.43 13.93 616 557 39.9 31,783 28,981 2,060 Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.63 13.29 584 532 39.9 30,117 27,647 2,059 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.63 13.29 584 532 39.9 30,117 27,647 2,059 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.83 18.05 745 722 39.5 37,911 37,532 2,013 Financial clerks.................................................. 19.72 19.09 789 764 40.0 41,016 39,707 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.64 17.19 701 687 39.8 35,633 34,078 2,020 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.53 16.00 661 640 40.0 33,194 32,552 2,008 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.37 14.93 616 588 37.6 30,145 30,564 1,842 Construction and extraction occupations............................. $25.32 $25.21 $1,013 $1,008 40.0 $52,689 $52,437 2,081 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 29.68 28.14 1,187 1,126 40.0 61,728 58,531 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 22.67 22.79 907 912 40.0 46,034 47,403 2,031 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $23.23 $19.36 $23.71 $31.05 Management, professional, and related...... 34.61 31.01 34.97 37.26 Management, business, and financial...... 39.91 34.99 41.70 42.70 Professional and related................. 31.62 28.64 32.75 33.27 Service.................................... 11.72 10.98 11.30 16.14 Sales and office........................... 18.44 17.37 20.01 20.37 Sales and related........................ 21.07 19.20 21.82 37.40 Office and administrative support........ 16.76 16.25 17.58 17.64 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 21.28 20.29 22.51 27.06 Construction and extraction............. 21.27 20.77 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 21.53 19.48 22.44 28.39 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 18.46 15.75 17.22 26.08 Production............................... 19.61 17.52 19.79 23.67 Transportation and material moving....... 17.48 14.20 15.26 28.27 B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.8 3.6 5.4 4.2 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.2 5.3 6.5 2.7 Management, business, and financial............................... 3.1 4.8 4.9 4.1 Professional and related.......................................... 3.8 6.7 6.2 2.0 Service............................................................. 4.0 5.3 6.6 6.5 Sales and office.................................................... 3.7 6.2 7.1 7.5 Sales and related................................................. 5.4 11.5 8.9 24.2 Office and administrative support................................. 4.1 4.7 6.4 3.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.2 5.9 9.4 4.6 Construction and extraction...................................... 5.3 4.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.9 8.6 11.4 5.1 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.6 3.7 7.2 12.8 Production........................................................ 3.6 7.6 9.6 5.3 Transportation and material moving................................ 10.4 4.4 5.9 20.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $21.02 $18.68 $829 $732 39.4 $42,963 $37,502 2,044 Management occupations.............................................. 36.71 36.06 1,475 1,400 40.2 75,538 72,800 2,058 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 46.45 39.90 1,910 1,596 41.1 99,331 82,998 2,138 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 21.46 22.12 857 865 40.0 44,586 45,001 2,078 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.82 34.66 1,353 1,387 40.0 70,341 72,099 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 27.36 25.00 1,123 1,000 41.1 58,409 52,000 2,135 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 16.44 14.37 615 575 37.4 28,980 29,890 1,763 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 14.93 13.80 587 552 39.3 28,666 28,704 1,920 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.56 33.00 1,217 1,216 38.6 63,279 63,232 2,005 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.71 15.30 516 544 35.0 26,810 28,288 1,822 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.11 9.25 425 360 38.2 22,083 18,720 1,988 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 15.39 14.42 637 577 41.4 33,108 30,000 2,152 Cooks............................................................. 11.61 11.50 443 440 38.2 23,062 22,880 1,986 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.55 11.86 455 450 36.2 23,651 23,400 1,885 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.93 9.06 397 362 40.0 20,654 18,845 2,080 Personal care and service occupations............................... 16.13 14.45 611 485 37.9 31,250 24,508 1,937 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.68 15.39 823 595 39.8 42,808 30,950 2,070 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.45 17.75 1,043 887 42.7 54,249 46,142 2,218 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.76 11.55 535 442 38.9 27,815 23,005 2,022 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 12.76 11.70 482 442 37.8 25,062 23,005 1,964 Cashiers...................................................... 12.76 11.70 482 442 37.8 25,062 23,005 1,964 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 18.98 22.02 759 881 40.0 39,473 45,795 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.05 10.64 517 426 39.6 26,880 22,131 2,059 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 30.90 22.46 1,267 898 41.0 65,885 46,721 2,132 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 30.89 22.46 1,267 840 41.0 65,906 43,680 2,133 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.03 16.11 672 640 39.5 34,945 33,280 2,052 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.02 15.72 638 624 39.8 33,164 32,443 2,070 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.51 17.90 681 629 38.9 35,436 32,698 2,024 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.58 16.95 703 678 40.0 36,576 35,256 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.99 19.41 786 776 39.3 40,864 40,364 2,044 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.99 14.72 641 618 37.8 33,238 37,981 1,956 Construction and extraction occupations............................. $20.77 $20.00 $825 $800 39.7 $42,875 $41,600 2,064 Carpenters........................................................ 22.35 20.50 894 820 40.0 46,482 42,640 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 23.71 24.27 948 971 40.0 49,315 50,477 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.76 19.00 790 760 40.0 41,097 39,520 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 18.64 17.02 745 681 40.0 38,765 35,395 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 18.44 18.00 735 720 39.9 38,219 37,440 2,073 Machinists........................................................ 20.63 19.18 825 767 40.0 42,918 39,896 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.46 14.35 619 574 40.0 32,163 29,848 2,081 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.69 17.08 667 683 40.0 34,709 35,526 2,080 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.10 19.00 724 760 40.0 37,645 39,520 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 15.34 14.45 613 578 39.9 31,852 30,056 2,076 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 16.73 16.17 669 647 40.0 34,789 33,627 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $28.18 $25.48 $1,132 $1,009 40.2 $58,642 $51,646 2,081 Management occupations.............................................. 48.79 46.74 2,001 1,859 41.0 104,056 96,660 2,133 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 45.82 46.47 1,833 1,859 40.0 95,308 96,660 2,080 Marketing managers.............................................. 46.69 46.47 1,868 1,859 40.0 97,119 96,660 2,080 Computer and information systems managers......................... 57.44 66.11 2,520 2,442 43.9 131,019 127,005 2,281 Financial managers................................................ 42.72 31.46 1,738 1,214 40.7 90,374 63,134 2,115 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 36.33 35.58 1,503 1,381 41.4 78,180 71,802 2,152 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 38.67 41.57 1,650 1,709 42.7 85,825 88,868 2,219 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 30.16 26.44 1,206 1,058 40.0 62,735 54,999 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 34.87 30.77 1,392 1,231 39.9 72,399 64,002 2,077 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 34.08 28.49 1,541 1,171 45.2 80,143 60,902 2,352 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.26 31.93 1,456 1,466 42.5 75,717 76,236 2,210 Computer software engineers....................................... 40.09 39.73 1,740 1,737 43.4 90,467 90,314 2,257 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.54 43.42 1,877 1,737 40.3 97,605 90,314 2,097 Computer support specialists...................................... 23.39 23.23 992 929 42.4 51,563 48,308 2,204 Computer systems analysts......................................... 34.53 36.52 1,466 1,502 42.5 76,234 78,125 2,208 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 40.09 42.28 1,604 1,691 40.0 83,391 87,944 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.12 30.09 1,325 1,203 40.0 68,886 62,581 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 35.43 34.23 1,417 1,369 40.0 73,688 71,198 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.25 26.99 1,130 1,080 40.0 58,764 56,141 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 29.72 25.24 1,185 1,010 39.9 61,645 52,499 2,074 Community and social services occupations........................... 20.96 17.44 838 698 40.0 43,575 36,275 2,079 Education, training, and library occupations Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers........ 23.70 19.94 932 798 39.3 34,888 28,712 1,472 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 24.44 21.35 978 854 40.0 48,378 44,414 1,979 Writers and editors............................................... 27.03 25.32 1,081 1,013 40.0 50,562 52,666 1,871 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.83 32.00 1,259 1,280 39.6 65,461 66,560 2,057 Therapists........................................................ 29.41 28.73 1,158 1,117 39.4 60,228 58,094 2,048 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.89 23.30 900 920 39.3 46,775 47,830 2,043 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.60 20.98 791 796 38.4 41,155 41,392 1,998 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.40 13.20 554 526 38.4 28,798 27,373 1,999 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.92 12.58 486 472 37.6 25,295 24,561 1,957 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.92 12.52 483 450 37.4 25,141 23,381 1,947 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 16.92 14.53 677 581 40.0 35,197 30,222 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... $19.55 $17.65 $813 $679 41.6 $42,262 $35,298 2,162 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 14.57 13.78 583 551 40.0 30,315 28,662 2,080 Security guards................................................. 14.57 13.78 583 551 40.0 30,315 28,662 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.51 11.00 440 420 38.2 22,872 21,840 1,988 Cooks............................................................. 11.99 12.25 479 490 40.0 24,933 25,480 2,080 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.13 7.63 294 305 36.2 15,295 15,870 1,881 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.58 13.99 569 560 39.0 29,524 29,099 2,025 Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.16 13.83 553 531 39.1 28,693 27,602 2,027 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.32 13.99 572 560 40.0 29,668 29,099 2,072 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 12.04 11.79 364 386 30.3 18,946 20,051 1,574 Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.44 10.00 419 393 33.7 20,588 20,411 1,654 Sales and related occupations....................................... 26.20 20.16 1,109 896 42.4 57,694 46,567 2,202 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 33.47 36.44 1,454 1,458 43.4 75,600 75,801 2,258 Retail sales workers.............................................. 17.63 16.94 767 658 43.5 39,863 34,237 2,261 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 14.54 13.55 572 587 39.3 29,741 30,514 2,045 Cashiers...................................................... 14.54 13.55 572 587 39.3 29,741 30,514 2,045 Retail salespersons............................................. 18.96 17.05 878 755 46.3 45,644 39,256 2,408 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.02 17.28 714 688 39.6 37,137 35,770 2,061 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 26.00 25.74 1,067 1,018 41.0 55,491 52,942 2,134 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.71 17.57 709 703 40.0 36,843 36,546 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.22 17.55 689 702 40.0 35,810 36,500 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.92 15.86 677 634 40.0 35,192 32,978 2,080 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 18.55 18.50 726 700 39.1 37,741 36,408 2,034 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.68 14.27 578 560 39.4 30,067 29,120 2,047 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.67 12.47 482 499 38.0 25,071 25,933 1,978 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 22.26 24.13 872 962 39.2 45,331 49,998 2,036 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.81 22.02 873 881 40.0 45,371 45,802 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.96 16.85 718 674 40.0 37,114 35,048 2,067 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.53 16.25 609 645 39.2 31,673 33,530 2,040 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.52 23.53 941 941 40.0 47,900 48,464 2,036 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 25.11 23.31 1,005 932 40.0 52,236 48,489 2,080 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 28.50 31.12 1,140 1,245 40.0 59,276 64,730 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 24.10 21.85 964 874 40.0 50,121 45,448 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 26.30 21.85 1,052 874 40.0 54,704 45,448 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. $21.52 $21.38 $861 $855 40.0 $44,749 $44,470 2,079 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 32.75 28.37 1,310 1,135 40.0 68,113 59,010 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.98 14.00 679 560 40.0 35,311 29,120 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 22.06 22.76 882 911 40.0 45,882 47,349 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.31 8.50 412 340 40.0 21,450 17,680 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 22.30 18.06 876 722 39.3 45,530 37,565 2,042 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 120.50 123.03 2,980 3,494 24.7 154,969 181,672 1,286 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 120.50 123.03 2,980 3,494 24.7 154,969 181,672 1,286 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.81 20.24 832 810 40.0 43,287 42,099 2,080 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.77 19.40 791 776 40.0 41,125 40,352 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 20.75 21.62 830 865 40.0 43,161 44,970 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.63 14.60 585 584 40.0 30,422 30,368 2,080 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 12.66 11.74 506 470 40.0 26,334 24,425 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 15.36 15.10 614 604 40.0 31,944 31,408 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $23.49 $22.67 $24.68 $23.67 $23.34 $29.83 Management, professional, and related............................... 31.12 33.16 29.93 34.72 34.75 34.48 Management, business, and financial............................... 24.95 – 24.58 39.36 40.02 35.67 Professional and related.......................................... 31.99 33.38 31.04 31.41 31.36 32.17 Service............................................................. 19.10 16.49 20.49 11.48 11.25 15.91 Sales and office.................................................... 16.78 15.24 18.46 18.84 18.89 16.09 Sales and related................................................. 15.14 15.14 – 22.30 22.30 – Office and administrative support................................. 17.44 15.36 18.46 16.88 16.90 16.09 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 24.72 24.26 26.57 20.14 20.10 – Construction and extraction...................................... 24.04 23.79 25.32 20.28 20.28 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 26.32 25.20 29.89 20.11 19.97 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 21.40 21.42 21.09 16.92 16.86 – Production........................................................ 24.47 24.47 – 18.02 18.02 – Transportation and material moving................................ 20.07 19.97 21.09 15.68 15.54 – Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.4 3.5 3.6 3.2 3.4 5.6 Management, professional, and related............................... 2.5 2.9 3.8 3.1 3.4 2.0 Management, business, and financial............................... 9.5 – 10.6 2.8 3.0 3.7 Professional and related.......................................... 2.2 2.8 3.1 4.0 4.2 4.1 Service............................................................. 7.5 7.5 9.1 3.9 4.1 7.5 Sales and office.................................................... 3.6 3.4 5.6 4.4 4.4 16.4 Sales and related................................................. 3.6 3.6 – 6.5 6.5 – Office and administrative support................................. 5.1 10.2 5.6 4.3 4.4 16.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.9 7.3 6.0 4.8 4.8 – Construction and extraction...................................... 9.2 11.2 4.2 3.9 3.9 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.9 6.1 3.0 8.6 8.6 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.4 5.7 2.1 6.4 6.5 – Production........................................................ 4.0 4.0 – 4.4 4.4 – Transportation and material moving................................ 7.4 8.2 2.1 14.4 14.6 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $23.35 $22.88 $28.34 $28.34 Management, professional, and related............................... 33.64 34.11 51.21 51.21 Management, business, and financial............................... 37.90 39.35 47.07 47.07 Professional and related.......................................... 31.35 31.37 – – Service............................................................. 13.00 11.47 15.31 15.31 Sales and office.................................................... 16.94 16.76 27.53 27.53 Sales and related................................................. 16.49 16.49 29.74 29.74 Office and administrative support................................. 17.10 16.88 13.71 13.71 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 21.41 21.02 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 21.09 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 21.96 21.09 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 18.57 18.47 18.10 18.10 Production........................................................ 19.75 19.75 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.58 17.33 19.62 19.62 Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.5 3.0 11.0 11.0 Management, professional, and related............................... 2.4 2.9 16.5 16.5 Management, business, and financial............................... 3.1 3.4 14.4 14.4 Professional and related.......................................... 2.5 3.0 – – Service............................................................. 5.0 3.4 29.3 29.3 Sales and office.................................................... 3.5 4.1 9.3 9.3 Sales and related................................................. 9.0 9.0 10.4 10.4 Office and administrative support................................. 3.3 4.0 5.4 5.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.9 5.5 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 5.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.8 7.1 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.6 5.8 9.2 9.2 Production........................................................ 3.8 3.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.3 10.9 2.2 2.2 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... - $25.72 - - - - $21.69 - $12.74 Management, professional, and related............................... - – - - - - 28.23 - – Management, business, and financial............................... - – - - - - 27.63 - – Professional and related.......................................... - – - - - - 28.32 - – Service............................................................. - – - - - - 13.23 - 9.28 Sales and office.................................................... - 21.02 - - - - 17.08 - 12.53 Sales and related................................................. - 29.94 - - - - – - – Office and administrative support................................. - 17.24 - - - - 17.38 - – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - 22.36 - - - - – - – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - 26.53 - - - - – - – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - 20.22 - - - - 12.56 - 16.36 Production........................................................ - 20.43 - - - - – - – Transportation and material moving................................ - 18.58 - - - - – - – B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... - 2.1 - - - - 5.5 - 6.3 Management, professional, and related............................... - – - - - - 11.5 - – Management, business, and financial............................... - – - - - - 8.0 - – Professional and related.......................................... - – - - - - 12.9 - – Service............................................................. - – - - - - 4.8 - 9.9 Sales and office.................................................... - 12.4 - - - - 10.8 - .0 Sales and related................................................. - 36.1 - - - - – - – Office and administrative support................................. - 7.4 - - - - 8.4 - – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - 7.3 - - - - – - – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - 5.1 - - - - – - – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - 2.2 - - - - 28.8 - 10.3 Production........................................................ - 2.5 - - - - – - – Transportation and material moving................................ - 10.7 - - - - – - – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 1,787,600 1,523,900 263,800 Management, professional, and related............................... 625,400 481,000 144,400 Management, business, and financial............................... 204,600 162,800 41,800 Professional and related.......................................... 420,800 318,200 102,600 Service............................................................. 334,300 279,100 55,200 Sales and office.................................................... 379,700 334,500 45,200 Sales and related................................................. 133,400 133,400 – Office and administrative support................................. 246,300 201,100 45,200 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 183,300 171,200 12,100 Construction and extraction...................................... 120,400 114,300 6,100 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 59,300 53,700 5,500 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 264,900 258,000 6,900 Production........................................................ 113,800 113,800 – Transportation and material moving................................ 151,100 144,200 6,900 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 83,573 82,596 977 Total in sample....................................................... 631 566 65 Responding........................................................ 385 329 56 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 168 159 9 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 78 78 0 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.