NC BL 12/00/200 Table: Lincoln, NE, Bulletin 3140-21, April 2007 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Lincoln, NE, April 2007 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........................................................... $16.00 2.9 35.3 $14.92 3.3 34.9 $20.59 5.5 36.7 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 24.58 3.7 38.3 23.48 4.2 38.6 26.50 6.8 37.9 Management, business, and financial............................... 25.59 7.7 42.6 25.66 11.0 44.0 25.44 6.5 40.0 Professional and related.......................................... 24.17 4.2 36.8 22.48 2.9 36.6 26.86 9.8 37.2 Service............................................................. 10.30 3.9 29.7 9.29 5.4 29.0 14.34 4.8 32.8 Sales and office.................................................... 13.54 2.7 34.6 13.50 3.0 34.3 13.87 3.4 37.0 Sales and related................................................. 13.43 9.4 33.4 13.47 9.6 33.3 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 13.59 2.2 35.1 13.51 2.6 34.8 14.00 3.3 36.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 16.69 4.6 39.8 16.35 4.8 40.0 18.29 10.1 38.8 Construction and extraction...................................... 16.33 4.2 39.1 16.16 4.3 38.7 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 16.91 6.7 40.5 16.44 7.3 40.6 18.66 12.5 40.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 13.42 4.1 37.8 13.29 4.2 37.7 – – – Production........................................................ 14.70 5.2 39.2 14.56 5.4 39.2 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.94 7.4 36.2 11.93 7.4 36.3 – – – Full time........................................................... 17.04 2.4 40.0 15.97 2.6 40.1 21.28 5.3 39.6 Part time........................................................... 10.27 6.9 21.4 9.65 5.6 21.2 14.54 18.4 22.4 Union............................................................... 19.10 3.3 38.3 16.76 2.7 39.1 20.11 4.4 38.0 Nonunion............................................................ 15.54 3.3 34.8 14.83 3.5 34.7 21.02 8.9 35.5 Time................................................................ 15.92 2.5 35.0 14.71 2.7 34.6 20.64 5.5 36.6 Incentive........................................................... 16.94 17.1 38.2 17.01 17.3 38.1 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 14.06 4.5 34.7 13.86 4.6 34.7 18.30 14.9 36.3 100-499 workers..................................................... 16.05 6.7 35.7 14.71 8.2 34.8 20.80 10.0 38.9 500 workers or more................................................. 19.32 4.0 35.8 18.20 4.2 35.8 20.92 6.8 35.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Lincoln, NE, April 2007 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........................................................... $16.00 2.9 $17.04 2.4 $10.27 6.9 Management occupations.............................................. 28.98 7.1 28.98 7.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.74 4.2 25.74 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.71 7.3 26.71 7.3 – – Education administrators.......................................... 26.77 8.7 26.77 8.8 – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 26.93 10.3 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.97 11.8 22.97 11.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 29.41 22.7 29.41 22.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.63 4.2 19.63 4.2 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 17.89 7.1 17.89 7.1 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.65 6.8 26.65 6.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.58 12.4 22.58 12.4 – – Engineers......................................................... 30.98 13.2 30.98 13.2 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.85 5.3 17.85 5.3 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.67 21.5 23.67 21.5 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.51 8.9 16.79 8.6 – – Legal occupations................................................... 17.58 7.4 17.82 7.7 – – Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 16.58 5.2 16.58 5.2 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.45 13.6 30.57 15.2 29.35 8.3 Level 7 .................................................. 20.19 17.9 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 22.38 9.8 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.52 2.6 28.52 2.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.37 16.7 33.35 18.3 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 37.04 32.7 38.05 34.7 25.53 2.8 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.68 .7 33.56 .5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.45 5.5 28.45 5.5 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.40 .8 34.40 .8 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 34.19 1.8 34.19 1.8 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 32.45 3.3 28.20 3.8 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 32.44 3.7 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.63 1.7 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.64 5.8 24.17 6.5 21.70 8.3 Level 4 .................................................. 14.29 2.9 14.13 4.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.71 3.1 15.65 3.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.01 2.1 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 30.61 8.6 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. $25.16 3.0 $25.19 3.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.97 14.6 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 22.70 6.0 22.49 4.4 $23.33 15.9 Level 7 .................................................. 22.80 3.5 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.73 10.1 20.50 11.2 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 25.68 3.9 – – – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 25.86 5.9 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.01 6.0 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.90 10.3 12.11 12.0 11.30 4.3 Level 3 .................................................. 11.87 11.6 – – 12.87 7.5 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.78 7.9 10.50 9.9 11.30 5.0 Level 3 .................................................. 11.90 12.3 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.89 9.6 – – 12.02 7.7 Level 3 .................................................. 11.90 12.3 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 12.72 20.8 13.90 22.2 8.88 8.9 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.96 7.1 10.03 10.1 6.44 2.9 Level 1 .................................................. 6.14 19.7 7.01 16.0 5.17 20.0 Level 2 .................................................. 6.52 3.2 – – 6.44 1.7 Level 3 .................................................. 7.04 17.1 7.17 27.1 6.95 17.7 Level 4 .................................................. 9.22 1.0 9.27 1.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 12.51 7.3 12.51 7.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.51 7.3 12.51 7.3 – – Cooks............................................................. 10.47 5.0 11.30 6.2 8.93 2.4 Level 4 .................................................. 10.42 5.7 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.96 2.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.42 5.7 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.90 26.7 5.81 39.9 4.30 11.5 Level 2 .................................................. 5.99 39.5 – – 5.53 31.3 Level 3 .................................................. 5.51 42.8 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.86 17.4 – – 4.15 13.9 Level 2 .................................................. 5.99 40.0 – – 5.52 31.8 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.83 4.9 – – 6.65 3.8 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.83 3.6 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.90 9.1 11.20 9.9 9.36 11.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.16 3.9 8.12 3.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.20 7.6 9.21 9.6 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.03 8.0 10.16 8.5 9.39 13.5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.15 3.9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.21 9.6 9.21 9.6 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... $10.89 10.1 $11.22 9.5 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.16 5.5 7.94 3.1 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.66 13.2 11.20 17.3 $8.50 2.8 Level 1 .................................................. 7.64 5.3 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.43 9.4 15.34 4.9 7.75 4.3 Level 3 .................................................. 7.75 3.2 – – 7.40 3.3 Level 4 .................................................. 12.43 16.5 12.86 14.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.36 12.2 13.99 12.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.82 8.4 15.82 8.4 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.83 16.6 11.46 12.1 7.68 4.2 Level 4 .................................................. 11.37 24.5 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.82 12.6 – – 7.44 6.9 Cashiers...................................................... 8.85 12.6 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 9.34 15.2 – – 7.81 3.7 Insurance sales agents............................................ 18.52 10.4 18.52 10.4 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.59 2.2 14.09 2.9 10.84 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.73 5.3 9.37 7.2 10.11 8.2 Level 3 .................................................. 11.13 2.6 11.10 2.9 11.44 3.4 Level 4 .................................................. 12.70 2.8 12.91 1.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.22 5.5 15.22 5.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.36 3.9 16.47 3.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.38 5.1 19.38 5.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.41 4.7 14.49 6.1 10.73 1.0 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.51 11.6 21.58 12.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.05 4.0 13.41 6.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.41 4.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.28 4.1 12.84 3.3 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.77 3.9 14.35 6.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.64 5.7 13.62 3.5 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.32 5.1 13.33 5.2 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.74 9.0 12.08 8.5 9.08 15.7 Level 3 .................................................. 11.13 3.5 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.51 7.4 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.79 4.2 15.95 4.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.53 7.3 14.53 7.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.39 8.5 16.39 8.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.59 4.6 15.10 8.0 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.38 8.1 16.38 8.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.14 12.2 16.14 12.2 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 14.74 5.6 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.55 6.1 13.55 6.1 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.63 3.7 – – – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... $15.03 12.0 $15.03 12.0 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.59 5.2 12.84 5.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.00 2.9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.12 9.6 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.33 4.2 16.36 4.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.93 2.9 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.91 6.7 16.92 6.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.17 11.7 16.24 11.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.64 8.8 20.64 8.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.57 11.1 17.57 11.1 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.08 5.0 18.08 5.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.57 6.0 21.57 6.0 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.24 6.1 17.24 6.1 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 15.31 8.4 15.31 8.4 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.70 5.2 14.87 5.8 $9.57 6.7 Level 2 .................................................. 10.43 6.0 10.45 7.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.78 8.5 13.78 8.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.97 3.0 13.97 3.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.99 8.1 15.99 8.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.15 5.3 16.15 5.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.79 8.2 22.79 8.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.88 5.1 – – – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 12.94 2.4 13.30 1.2 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 12.95 2.5 – – – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.47 5.6 13.47 5.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.77 11.5 13.24 12.1 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.94 7.4 12.77 5.6 7.67 8.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.53 12.9 – – 7.11 5.6 Level 2 .................................................. 10.29 6.9 10.51 9.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.12 3.3 12.12 3.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.55 2.5 16.55 2.5 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.10 7.8 11.37 7.6 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.61 8.9 11.61 8.9 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 9.99 11.0 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.89 6.6 10.83 4.6 7.60 10.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.72 15.2 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.00 7.1 10.35 11.0 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.57 9.5 10.47 6.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.42 13.7 9.42 13.7 – – 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 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), Lincoln, NE, April 2007 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........................................................... $14.92 3.3 $15.97 2.6 $9.65 5.6 Management occupations.............................................. 31.00 9.6 31.02 9.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.63 4.0 26.63 4.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.64 9.4 30.64 9.4 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.32 15.6 22.32 15.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.64 4.7 19.64 4.7 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 17.89 7.1 17.89 7.1 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 28.40 10.1 28.40 10.1 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.99 9.7 20.99 9.7 – – Engineers......................................................... 28.21 13.6 28.21 13.6 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.85 5.3 17.85 5.3 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 17.35 12.5 17.35 12.5 – – Legal occupations................................................... 16.26 4.7 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.64 8.5 26.53 9.1 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.39 5.2 23.51 5.8 22.93 7.6 Level 4 .................................................. 14.80 .0 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.24 2.3 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 30.61 8.6 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.49 2.3 25.53 2.3 – – Registered nurses................................................. 23.53 5.7 22.58 4.5 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.73 10.1 20.50 11.2 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 25.68 3.9 – – – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 25.86 5.9 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.37 5.7 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.97 10.9 12.18 12.5 11.30 4.7 Level 3 .................................................. 11.87 11.6 – – 12.87 7.5 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.78 8.7 – – 11.31 5.5 Level 3 .................................................. 11.90 12.3 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.87 10.1 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.90 12.3 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... – – – – 8.99 12.8 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.82 7.9 9.78 11.3 6.38 3.2 Level 1 .................................................. 6.12 23.2 7.01 16.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 6.47 3.4 – – 6.41 1.8 Level 3 .................................................. 6.96 17.8 – – 6.95 17.7 Level 4 .................................................. $9.30 0.5 $9.27 1.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 12.27 9.9 12.27 9.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.27 9.9 12.27 9.9 – – Cooks............................................................. 10.49 5.3 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.42 5.7 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.96 2.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.42 5.7 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.90 26.8 5.81 39.9 $4.29 11.5 Level 2 .................................................. 5.99 40.0 – – 5.52 31.8 Level 3 .................................................. 5.51 42.8 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.86 17.4 – – 4.15 13.9 Level 2 .................................................. 5.99 40.0 – – 5.52 31.8 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.83 4.9 – – 6.65 3.8 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.83 3.6 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.84 12.6 11.36 13.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.16 3.9 8.12 3.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.93 9.7 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.51 11.4 9.80 13.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.15 3.9 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.65 18.6 11.64 18.4 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.16 5.5 7.94 3.1 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.70 1.7 8.81 2.4 8.22 4.2 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.47 9.6 15.38 5.0 7.72 4.3 Level 3 .................................................. 7.75 3.2 – – 7.40 3.3 Level 4 .................................................. 12.40 17.7 12.86 15.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.36 12.2 13.99 12.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.82 8.4 15.82 8.4 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.76 17.5 11.38 13.1 7.65 4.1 Level 4 .................................................. 11.22 27.1 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.84 13.3 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.87 13.2 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 9.14 15.5 – – 7.81 3.7 Insurance sales agents............................................ 18.52 10.4 18.52 10.4 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.51 2.6 14.04 3.4 10.85 2.4 Level 2 .................................................. 9.71 5.5 9.33 7.4 10.11 8.2 Level 3 .................................................. 11.11 2.7 11.09 2.9 11.29 3.1 Level 4 .................................................. 12.78 2.9 13.02 2.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.28 5.6 15.29 5.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.15 2.6 17.39 1.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. $19.20 5.5 $19.20 5.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.73 6.2 15.16 8.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.51 11.6 21.58 12.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.05 4.2 13.43 6.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.41 4.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.25 4.1 12.80 3.4 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.78 4.0 14.39 6.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.60 5.8 13.57 3.5 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.32 5.1 13.33 5.2 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.72 9.2 12.08 8.5 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.51 7.4 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.18 4.0 17.67 4.2 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.76 8.2 18.76 8.2 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.63 3.7 – – – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.03 12.0 15.03 12.0 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.41 5.7 12.67 5.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.02 3.0 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.16 4.3 16.19 4.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.93 2.9 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.44 7.3 16.45 7.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.34 12.9 16.42 12.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.53 7.7 19.53 7.7 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.16 7.7 18.16 7.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.56 5.4 14.73 6.0 $9.57 6.7 Level 2 .................................................. 10.43 6.0 10.45 7.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.78 8.5 13.78 8.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.97 3.0 13.97 3.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.99 8.1 15.99 8.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.15 5.3 16.15 5.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.11 9.0 22.11 9.0 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 12.94 2.4 13.30 1.2 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 12.95 2.5 – – – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.47 5.6 13.47 5.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.49 2.1 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.93 7.4 12.77 5.6 7.56 7.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.53 12.9 – – 7.11 5.6 Level 2 .................................................. 10.24 7.1 10.51 9.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.12 3.3 12.12 3.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.55 2.5 16.55 2.5 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.10 7.8 11.37 7.6 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.61 8.9 11.61 8.9 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... $9.99 11.0 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.89 6.6 $10.83 4.6 $7.60 10.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.72 15.2 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.00 7.1 10.35 11.0 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.57 9.5 10.47 6.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.42 13.7 9.42 13.7 – – 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 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), Lincoln, NE, April 2007 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........................................................... $20.59 5.5 $21.28 5.3 $14.54 18.4 Management occupations.............................................. 25.95 10.3 25.95 10.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.83 3.5 24.83 3.5 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.34 5.7 24.34 5.7 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.62 14.2 30.76 16.0 29.32 8.4 Level 9 .................................................. 28.52 2.6 28.52 2.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.37 16.7 33.35 18.3 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 37.23 34.0 38.29 36.2 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.04 .7 34.01 .8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.45 5.5 28.45 5.5 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.62 1.0 34.62 1.0 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 34.50 1.8 34.50 1.8 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.19 1.2 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.63 1.7 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.19 26.1 28.95 28.5 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 17.70 10.4 18.95 10.7 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.91 15.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.06 4.7 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.18 4.9 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.18 4.9 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 17.00 12.5 – – 9.16 2.9 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.00 3.3 14.30 3.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 15.18 5.3 15.18 5.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.85 5.9 13.46 1.7 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.56 4.2 14.56 4.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 15.09 5.6 15.09 5.6 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.37 9.6 14.37 9.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 14.24 11.4 14.24 11.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.66 12.5 18.66 12.5 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Lincoln, NE, April 2007 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........................................................... $16.00 2.9 $17.04 2.4 $10.27 6.9 Management occupations.............................................. 28.98 7.1 28.98 7.2 – – Group III................................................. 30.50 11.7 – – – – Education administrators.......................................... 26.77 8.7 26.77 8.8 – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 26.93 10.3 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.97 11.8 22.97 11.8 – – Group II.................................................. 21.97 19.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 31.34 12.8 – – – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 17.89 7.1 17.89 7.1 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.65 6.8 26.65 6.8 – – Group III................................................. 30.82 4.9 – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.58 12.4 22.58 12.4 – – Group II.................................................. 20.43 4.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.46 5.5 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 30.98 13.2 30.98 13.2 – – Group III................................................. 37.46 5.5 – – – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.85 5.3 17.85 5.3 – – Group II.................................................. 19.32 2.9 – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.67 21.5 23.67 21.5 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.51 8.9 16.79 8.6 – – Group II.................................................. 15.30 5.9 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 17.58 7.4 17.82 7.7 – – Group II.................................................. 17.00 4.1 – – – – Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 16.58 5.2 16.58 5.2 – – Group II.................................................. 16.58 5.2 16.58 5.2 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.45 13.6 30.57 15.2 29.35 8.3 Group II.................................................. 17.66 18.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.69 10.0 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 37.04 32.7 38.05 34.7 25.53 2.8 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.68 .7 33.56 .5 – – Group II.................................................. 28.02 4.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.45 5.5 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.40 .8 34.40 .8 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 34.19 1.8 34.19 1.8 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 32.45 3.3 28.20 3.8 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 32.44 3.7 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.63 1.7 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... $23.64 5.8 $24.17 6.5 $21.70 8.3 Group I................................................... 13.88 3.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.59 7.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 25.20 3.0 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 22.70 6.0 22.49 4.4 23.33 15.9 Group II.................................................. 22.14 3.9 21.09 6.0 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.73 10.1 20.50 11.2 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 25.68 3.9 – – – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 25.86 5.9 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.01 6.0 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.90 10.3 12.11 12.0 11.30 4.3 Group I................................................... 11.75 11.1 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.78 7.9 10.50 9.9 11.30 5.0 Group I................................................... 10.76 8.7 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.89 9.6 – – 12.02 7.7 Group I................................................... 10.88 10.8 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 12.72 20.8 13.90 22.2 8.88 8.9 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.96 7.1 10.03 10.1 6.44 2.9 Group I................................................... 6.92 2.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 13.30 6.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 12.51 7.3 12.51 7.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.51 7.3 12.51 7.3 – – Cooks............................................................. 10.47 5.0 11.30 6.2 8.93 2.4 Group I................................................... 9.93 2.6 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.96 2.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.96 2.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.90 26.7 5.81 39.9 4.30 11.5 Group I................................................... 4.90 26.7 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.86 17.4 – – 4.15 13.9 Group I................................................... 3.86 17.4 – – 4.15 13.9 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.83 4.9 – – 6.65 3.8 Group I................................................... 6.83 4.9 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.83 3.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 6.83 3.6 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.90 9.1 11.20 9.9 9.36 11.6 Group I................................................... 9.21 4.3 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.03 8.0 10.16 8.5 9.39 13.5 Group I................................................... 8.85 5.2 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... $10.89 10.1 $11.22 9.5 – – Group I................................................... 9.47 9.4 9.51 6.8 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.16 5.5 7.94 3.1 – – Group I................................................... 8.16 5.5 7.94 3.1 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.66 13.2 11.20 17.3 $8.50 2.8 Group I................................................... 8.61 1.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.54 17.6 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.43 9.4 15.34 4.9 7.75 4.3 Group I................................................... 10.23 18.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.26 11.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.82 8.4 15.82 8.4 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.83 16.6 11.46 12.1 7.68 4.2 Group I................................................... 9.35 23.1 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.82 12.6 – – 7.44 6.9 Group I................................................... 8.53 15.6 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.85 12.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.57 15.7 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 9.34 15.2 – – 7.81 3.7 Group I................................................... 8.26 7.3 – – – – Insurance sales agents............................................ 18.52 10.4 18.52 10.4 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.59 2.2 14.09 2.9 10.84 2.2 Group I................................................... 11.75 2.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.69 3.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.51 11.6 21.58 12.3 – – Group II.................................................. 19.55 8.1 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.05 4.0 13.41 6.6 – – Group I................................................... 11.84 3.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.16 2.2 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.77 3.9 14.35 6.5 – – Group I................................................... 12.40 3.8 12.83 3.3 – – Group II.................................................. 16.16 2.2 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.32 5.1 13.33 5.2 – – Group I................................................... 13.23 5.3 13.24 5.3 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.74 9.0 12.08 8.5 9.08 15.7 Group I................................................... 10.92 4.2 11.19 3.8 9.08 15.7 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.51 7.4 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.79 4.2 15.95 4.5 – – Group I................................................... 14.69 6.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.73 5.8 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.38 8.1 16.38 8.1 – – Group II.................................................. 16.64 11.0 16.64 11.0 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 14.74 5.6 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... $13.55 6.1 $13.55 6.1 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.63 3.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.63 3.7 – – – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.03 12.0 15.03 12.0 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.59 5.2 12.84 5.3 – – Group I................................................... 12.41 6.6 12.67 6.9 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.33 4.2 16.36 4.5 – – Group I................................................... 11.90 8.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.33 2.9 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.91 6.7 16.92 6.7 – – Group II.................................................. 19.29 6.6 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.08 5.0 18.08 5.0 – – Group II.................................................. 18.16 7.1 – – – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.24 6.1 17.24 6.1 – – Group II.................................................. 16.85 8.8 16.85 8.8 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 15.31 8.4 15.31 8.4 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.70 5.2 14.87 5.8 $9.57 6.7 Group I................................................... 12.42 6.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.03 5.8 – – – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 12.94 2.4 13.30 1.2 – – Group I................................................... 12.95 2.5 – – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 12.95 2.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.95 2.5 – – – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.47 5.6 13.47 5.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.77 11.5 13.24 12.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.01 4.6 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.94 7.4 12.77 5.6 7.67 8.0 Group I................................................... 10.81 5.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.31 3.8 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.10 7.8 11.37 7.6 – – Group I................................................... 10.67 6.3 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.61 8.9 11.61 8.9 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 9.99 11.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.99 11.0 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.89 6.6 10.83 4.6 7.60 10.0 Group I................................................... 9.69 8.8 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.57 9.5 10.47 6.5 – – Group I................................................... 9.18 12.6 10.16 8.3 – – 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), Lincoln, NE, April 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $10.00 $14.18 $19.13 $26.22 Management occupations.............................................. 21.51 24.00 24.94 32.26 46.39 Education administrators.......................................... 22.86 24.94 24.94 24.94 30.55 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 24.94 24.94 24.94 24.94 30.55 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.81 18.51 18.86 24.18 33.59 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 13.88 15.85 18.70 19.47 20.07 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 15.00 21.91 24.86 32.83 36.35 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 13.40 17.54 20.39 24.86 35.44 Engineers......................................................... 22.14 22.14 32.21 37.29 42.36 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 12.48 14.97 18.09 20.39 23.25 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 15.16 16.18 20.69 32.42 33.65 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.17 14.44 15.63 18.27 22.65 Legal occupations................................................... 13.50 15.75 17.55 17.89 22.91 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 12.74 15.75 17.14 17.83 17.89 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.86 19.00 29.57 38.22 48.41 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 19.23 27.66 30.28 51.70 62.75 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.07 29.00 32.53 39.40 44.46 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.84 29.04 33.32 40.38 44.46 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.74 29.00 32.53 39.40 44.56 Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.29 27.43 30.57 37.93 47.35 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.29 27.43 30.57 39.06 47.35 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.86 12.86 12.86 12.98 12.98 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.37 17.64 22.00 26.65 31.50 Registered nurses................................................. 16.82 18.84 22.67 26.22 29.59 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 10.06 12.98 23.88 24.48 26.11 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 20.50 20.61 26.76 30.43 31.09 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 18.34 20.61 30.43 30.43 30.43 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.55 15.25 15.25 20.98 21.13 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.50 9.82 10.99 14.44 15.31 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.80 9.82 10.00 11.14 15.31 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.80 9.82 9.82 11.95 15.31 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.84 8.26 8.74 16.14 22.07 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.00 6.41 7.10 9.67 14.20 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 8.00 10.60 14.20 14.20 14.20 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 8.00 10.60 14.20 14.20 14.20 Cooks............................................................. 8.00 8.75 10.50 11.50 14.98 Cooks, restaurant............................................... $8.00 $8.75 $10.25 $10.75 $11.50 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.65 6.69 11.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.65 3.75 8.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.05 6.41 6.41 7.45 8.30 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.85 6.05 6.45 7.69 8.30 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 8.00 9.34 11.85 17.65 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.50 7.75 9.25 11.29 16.75 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.75 8.50 9.93 11.50 17.65 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.19 7.75 7.85 8.48 9.27 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.89 8.50 8.50 9.70 19.61 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.00 8.00 11.09 17.19 25.48 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.73 12.98 13.75 16.56 26.63 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.98 7.50 8.00 11.00 17.19 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.98 6.98 8.14 11.09 11.09 Cashiers...................................................... 6.98 6.98 8.20 11.09 11.09 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.00 7.50 8.00 9.85 19.32 Insurance sales agents............................................ 14.42 15.29 16.65 19.70 21.56 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.88 10.93 12.84 15.33 18.11 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.75 14.84 19.95 20.34 23.32 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.00 11.50 12.75 14.76 17.00 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.00 12.03 13.46 15.75 17.50 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.93 10.93 12.84 14.42 16.83 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.75 9.75 11.42 13.00 16.66 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.80 9.40 11.96 12.68 13.10 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.06 12.86 14.98 19.14 20.49 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 11.06 13.14 15.19 19.75 22.36 Medical secretaries............................................. 10.61 11.41 13.99 17.96 19.50 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.19 12.42 13.26 14.31 17.50 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 10.67 10.81 11.50 12.95 12.95 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 9.45 10.97 13.03 18.86 23.28 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.58 10.58 12.11 13.35 16.10 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 12.75 16.30 21.00 23.16 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 7.75 13.00 16.26 20.45 25.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 13.55 14.57 18.20 19.18 23.47 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 13.55 14.18 16.94 18.99 23.47 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 12.40 12.40 16.12 16.12 20.25 Production occupations.............................................. 9.25 10.40 14.90 18.27 19.19 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 9.10 9.70 10.69 18.61 18.61 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 9.10 9.70 10.54 18.61 18.61 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.00 11.90 14.84 14.84 14.84 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.25 9.50 14.84 14.94 15.74 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... $7.50 $10.00 $11.25 $13.75 $15.80 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.00 10.00 10.00 12.60 13.75 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 10.00 10.00 10.00 12.60 13.75 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 7.50 8.00 10.00 12.00 13.05 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.25 7.80 10.17 11.69 12.60 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.00 7.50 10.00 11.19 12.00 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), Lincoln, NE, April 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.75 $9.77 $13.35 $18.28 $24.43 Management occupations.............................................. 22.60 24.00 28.00 36.54 48.00 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.61 18.51 18.51 23.79 33.59 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 13.88 15.85 18.70 19.47 20.07 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 15.00 18.66 28.09 32.83 54.55 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 13.20 17.06 20.03 22.14 33.43 Engineers......................................................... 22.14 22.14 25.34 34.29 39.28 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 12.48 14.97 18.09 20.39 23.25 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.17 14.89 16.94 22.65 22.65 Legal occupations................................................... 12.74 15.75 16.49 17.83 17.89 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 17.31 19.53 32.07 33.69 35.60 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.74 18.63 23.58 27.39 31.50 Registered nurses................................................. 18.63 19.81 23.58 26.65 30.28 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 10.06 12.98 23.88 24.48 26.11 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 20.50 20.61 26.76 30.43 31.09 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 18.34 20.61 30.43 30.43 30.43 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.55 15.25 15.25 17.25 21.13 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.00 9.82 10.99 14.44 15.31 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.80 9.82 10.00 11.00 15.31 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.80 9.82 9.82 13.23 15.31 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.00 6.41 7.10 9.54 14.20 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 8.00 10.60 14.20 14.20 14.20 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 8.00 10.60 14.20 14.20 14.20 Cooks............................................................. 8.00 8.75 10.50 11.50 14.98 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.00 8.75 10.25 10.75 11.50 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.65 6.69 11.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.65 3.75 8.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.05 6.41 6.41 7.45 8.30 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.85 6.05 6.45 7.69 8.30 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 7.75 8.50 12.12 17.65 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.50 7.75 8.48 9.30 17.65 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.50 7.75 8.50 12.09 17.65 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.19 7.75 7.85 8.48 9.27 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.82 8.50 8.50 9.40 9.53 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.00 8.00 11.09 17.19 25.48 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... $10.73 $12.98 $13.75 $16.56 $26.63 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.98 7.35 8.00 11.00 17.19 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.98 6.98 8.20 11.09 11.09 Cashiers...................................................... 6.98 6.98 8.20 11.09 11.09 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.00 7.50 8.00 9.00 12.86 Insurance sales agents............................................ 14.42 15.29 16.65 19.70 21.56 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.75 10.90 12.75 15.25 18.00 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.75 14.84 19.95 20.34 23.32 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.00 11.50 12.75 14.76 17.00 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.00 12.11 13.46 15.39 17.50 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.93 10.93 12.84 14.42 16.83 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.75 9.75 11.42 12.63 16.66 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.80 9.40 11.96 12.68 13.10 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.76 13.99 17.96 19.50 22.36 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.36 14.34 19.14 22.36 22.36 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 10.67 10.81 11.50 12.95 12.95 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 9.45 10.97 13.03 18.86 23.28 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.58 10.58 12.11 13.35 16.10 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 12.75 14.75 20.50 23.16 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 7.75 12.50 16.50 20.45 23.90 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 13.55 14.46 18.09 22.25 23.46 Production occupations.............................................. 9.25 10.00 14.84 18.27 19.19 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 9.10 9.70 10.69 18.61 18.61 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 9.10 9.70 10.54 18.61 18.61 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.00 11.90 14.84 14.84 14.84 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.00 9.28 9.50 11.50 13.96 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.50 10.00 11.25 13.41 15.80 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.00 10.00 10.00 12.60 13.75 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 10.00 10.00 10.00 12.60 13.75 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 7.50 8.00 10.00 12.00 13.05 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.25 7.80 10.17 11.69 12.60 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.00 7.50 10.00 11.19 12.00 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), Lincoln, NE, April 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.50 $12.86 $17.14 $24.94 $33.71 Management occupations.............................................. 20.94 22.33 24.94 24.94 32.26 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.81 18.00 21.41 29.25 40.23 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.34 21.93 21.93 27.79 32.30 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.86 19.00 29.57 38.22 48.96 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 19.23 27.66 30.28 52.11 62.75 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.86 29.00 32.53 39.40 44.46 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.86 29.24 33.32 40.38 44.46 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.86 29.10 32.53 39.40 44.56 Secondary school teachers....................................... 27.42 28.99 30.57 39.40 47.35 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.86 12.86 12.86 12.98 12.98 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 12.27 14.74 17.64 21.80 86.54 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.24 12.85 17.50 20.28 27.81 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.92 6.44 8.55 12.67 15.06 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.25 9.72 10.78 11.36 14.21 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.61 9.81 10.95 11.47 14.64 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.61 9.81 10.95 11.47 14.64 Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.24 10.25 18.39 22.29 27.89 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.50 11.06 13.26 16.22 18.43 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.06 11.77 13.61 17.09 19.96 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 11.06 11.06 13.53 16.63 19.96 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.40 14.43 16.26 18.99 29.95 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), Lincoln, NE, April 2007 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.74 $11.19 $15.02 $19.90 $27.27 Management occupations.............................................. 21.51 24.00 24.94 32.26 46.39 Education administrators.......................................... 22.86 24.94 24.94 24.94 34.53 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.81 18.51 18.86 24.18 33.59 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 13.88 15.85 18.70 19.47 20.07 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 15.00 21.91 24.86 32.83 36.35 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 13.40 17.54 20.39 24.86 35.44 Engineers......................................................... 22.14 22.14 32.21 37.29 42.36 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 12.48 14.97 18.09 20.39 23.25 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 15.16 16.18 20.69 32.42 33.65 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.88 14.80 16.11 18.27 22.65 Legal occupations................................................... 14.12 16.16 17.55 18.44 22.91 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 12.74 15.75 17.14 17.83 17.89 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.86 18.27 29.57 38.22 52.11 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 20.66 28.66 30.28 52.39 65.96 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.70 28.22 32.53 39.40 44.03 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.84 29.04 33.32 40.38 44.46 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.74 29.00 32.53 39.40 44.56 Secondary school teachers....................................... 20.38 21.47 27.42 33.01 37.93 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.89 17.69 22.67 26.76 31.92 Registered nurses................................................. 18.38 19.33 22.67 25.53 26.65 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 10.06 12.98 24.48 24.48 26.11 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.00 9.82 12.30 15.00 15.31 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.40 8.50 9.82 10.86 15.31 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.26 8.74 12.82 18.81 23.84 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.65 7.90 10.60 14.20 14.20 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 8.00 10.60 14.20 14.20 14.20 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 8.00 10.60 14.20 14.20 14.20 Cooks............................................................. 8.75 10.25 10.62 11.50 14.98 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.53 11.50 16.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.75 8.48 9.78 12.12 17.65 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.75 7.85 9.30 11.31 16.02 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.50 9.14 10.25 11.61 17.65 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. $7.19 $7.50 $7.76 $8.48 $8.54 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.50 8.50 8.50 10.25 20.91 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 10.00 13.84 19.21 26.25 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.73 12.98 13.75 16.56 26.63 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.85 8.00 10.00 15.61 19.32 Insurance sales agents............................................ 14.42 15.29 16.65 19.70 21.56 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.02 11.06 13.30 16.10 19.14 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 14.84 18.23 20.34 20.34 37.02 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.99 11.87 13.46 15.25 17.50 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.50 12.11 14.71 16.00 17.50 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.93 10.93 12.98 14.42 16.83 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.75 10.39 11.42 13.00 16.66 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.06 13.14 15.13 19.14 20.49 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 11.06 13.14 15.19 19.75 22.36 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.19 12.42 13.26 14.31 17.50 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 9.45 10.97 13.03 18.86 23.28 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.58 10.62 12.67 13.50 16.10 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 12.75 16.30 21.00 23.16 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 7.75 13.00 16.26 20.45 25.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 13.55 14.57 18.20 19.18 23.47 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 13.55 14.18 16.94 18.99 23.47 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 12.40 12.40 16.12 16.12 20.25 Production occupations.............................................. 9.25 10.63 14.94 18.27 19.19 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 9.50 9.77 10.69 18.61 18.61 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.00 11.90 14.84 14.84 14.84 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.28 10.50 14.86 14.94 15.82 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.00 10.00 12.00 14.57 16.74 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.00 10.00 10.00 12.60 13.75 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 10.00 10.00 10.00 12.60 13.75 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.50 10.00 11.19 12.08 12.60 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.50 10.00 10.75 11.46 12.08 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), Lincoln, NE, April 2007 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.25 $6.98 $8.40 $11.09 $15.83 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 19.00 26.34 30.57 31.79 39.40 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 19.00 19.00 26.34 31.79 31.79 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.74 16.82 20.98 24.34 31.50 Registered nurses................................................. 14.74 16.49 22.33 31.50 31.50 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.00 10.00 10.99 11.14 14.42 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.00 10.00 10.99 11.14 14.42 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.99 10.99 10.99 13.23 14.43 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.21 7.84 7.84 9.37 9.37 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.00 6.05 6.41 7.25 8.50 Cooks............................................................. 7.50 8.00 8.50 10.25 10.80 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 3.00 6.69 8.75 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 3.00 6.00 8.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.41 6.41 6.50 7.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 7.75 9.25 9.30 13.24 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.50 7.50 8.00 9.30 16.82 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.98 7.82 8.52 9.24 10.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.67 6.98 7.45 8.13 9.55 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.53 6.98 7.28 8.00 9.40 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.98 6.98 6.98 8.00 8.85 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.50 7.00 7.50 8.00 10.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.19 10.00 10.62 12.00 13.36 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 5.55 5.55 8.40 12.23 13.46 Production occupations.............................................. 7.54 7.85 9.00 10.34 12.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.00 6.00 7.50 8.00 10.17 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.00 6.00 7.80 8.25 10.17 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, Lincoln, NE, April 2007 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........................................................... $17.04 $15.02 $681 $600 40.0 $34,824 $31,200 2,044 Management occupations.............................................. 28.98 24.94 1,213 1,048 41.9 63,020 54,500 2,175 Education administrators.......................................... 26.77 24.94 1,098 998 41.0 56,849 51,871 2,124 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.97 18.86 994 923 43.3 51,675 47,990 2,250 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 17.89 18.70 715 748 39.9 37,169 38,900 2,077 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.65 24.86 1,061 994 39.8 55,180 51,705 2,071 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.58 20.39 903 816 40.0 46,959 42,411 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 30.98 32.21 1,239 1,288 40.0 64,429 67,001 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.85 18.09 714 724 40.0 37,128 37,627 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.67 20.69 947 828 40.0 49,241 43,035 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.79 16.11 672 644 40.0 34,927 33,500 2,080 Legal occupations................................................... 17.82 17.55 700 686 39.3 36,389 35,651 2,042 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 16.58 17.14 645 676 38.9 33,561 35,131 2,024 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.57 29.57 1,153 1,146 37.7 45,921 45,092 1,502 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 38.05 30.28 1,506 1,211 39.6 60,527 48,443 1,591 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.56 32.53 1,212 1,180 36.1 45,816 44,310 1,365 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.40 33.32 1,230 1,187 35.7 46,573 45,092 1,354 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 34.19 32.53 1,229 1,180 35.9 46,482 44,832 1,360 Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.20 27.42 1,105 1,080 39.2 41,055 40,032 1,456 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.17 22.67 965 876 39.9 50,170 45,531 2,075 Registered nurses................................................. 22.49 22.67 884 850 39.3 45,951 44,179 2,043 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.50 24.48 820 979 40.0 42,642 50,918 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.11 12.30 478 492 39.4 24,837 25,584 2,051 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.50 9.82 410 368 39.1 21,334 19,141 2,031 Protective service occupations...................................... 13.90 12.82 556 513 40.0 28,917 26,670 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.03 10.60 377 368 37.6 19,499 19,133 1,943 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 12.51 14.20 502 568 40.1 25,985 29,536 2,077 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.51 14.20 502 568 40.1 25,985 29,536 2,077 Cooks............................................................. 11.30 10.62 407 368 36.0 20,672 19,133 1,829 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.81 2.53 198 85 34.2 10,318 4,430 1,777 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... $11.20 $9.78 $444 $390 39.7 $23,111 $20,259 2,063 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.16 9.30 402 370 39.6 20,927 19,240 2,061 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.22 10.25 449 410 40.0 23,336 21,316 2,080 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.94 7.76 309 300 38.9 16,054 15,600 2,022 Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.20 8.50 437 340 39.0 22,713 17,680 2,028 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.34 13.84 613 554 40.0 31,868 28,791 2,078 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.82 13.75 635 550 40.1 33,016 28,600 2,087 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.46 10.00 444 390 38.7 23,070 20,280 2,013 Insurance sales agents............................................ 18.52 16.65 741 666 40.0 38,530 34,630 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.09 13.30 561 532 39.9 29,081 27,327 2,065 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 21.58 20.34 860 814 39.9 44,738 42,313 2,073 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.41 13.46 536 538 40.0 27,878 28,001 2,078 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.35 14.71 573 588 40.0 29,807 30,601 2,078 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.33 12.98 533 519 40.0 27,724 27,000 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.08 11.42 483 457 40.0 25,123 23,749 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.95 15.13 638 604 40.0 32,704 31,335 2,050 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.38 15.19 654 607 39.9 34,028 31,587 2,077 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.55 13.26 542 530 40.0 26,212 24,094 1,934 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.03 13.03 583 502 38.8 30,301 26,104 2,016 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.84 12.67 502 484 39.1 25,973 25,189 2,022 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.36 16.30 658 660 40.2 34,225 34,320 2,092 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.92 16.26 685 650 40.5 35,633 33,821 2,106 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 18.08 18.20 722 723 40.0 37,567 37,621 2,078 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.24 16.94 689 678 40.0 35,854 35,235 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 15.31 16.12 612 645 40.0 31,840 33,530 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 14.87 14.94 589 598 39.6 30,353 31,075 2,041 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.30 10.69 532 428 40.0 27,656 22,235 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. $13.47 $14.84 $539 $594 40.0 $28,019 $30,867 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.24 14.86 530 594 40.0 26,865 30,909 2,028 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.77 12.00 511 480 40.0 26,170 24,128 2,049 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.37 10.00 455 400 40.0 22,682 20,800 1,995 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.61 10.00 464 400 40.0 22,787 20,800 1,963 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.83 11.19 428 430 39.5 22,255 22,360 2,054 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.47 10.75 419 430 40.0 21,770 22,360 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, Lincoln, NE, April 2007 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........................................................... $15.97 $14.45 $640 $576 40.1 $33,161 $29,890 2,077 Management occupations.............................................. 31.02 28.00 1,340 1,200 43.2 69,693 62,400 2,247 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.32 18.51 994 964 44.5 51,685 50,124 2,315 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 17.89 18.70 715 748 39.9 37,169 38,900 2,077 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 28.40 28.09 1,127 1,124 39.7 58,602 58,423 2,064 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.99 20.03 840 801 40.0 43,659 41,662 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 28.21 25.34 1,129 1,014 40.0 58,686 52,707 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.85 18.09 714 724 40.0 37,128 37,627 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.35 16.94 694 678 40.0 36,080 35,244 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.53 32.07 1,116 1,070 42.1 47,784 48,519 1,801 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.51 23.88 938 904 39.9 48,782 47,008 2,075 Registered nurses................................................. 22.58 22.77 886 850 39.2 46,089 44,179 2,041 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.50 24.48 820 979 40.0 42,642 50,918 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.18 13.50 480 540 39.4 24,968 28,080 2,049 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.78 9.75 366 350 37.5 19,055 18,200 1,948 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 12.27 14.20 493 568 40.1 25,621 29,536 2,088 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.27 14.20 493 568 40.1 25,621 29,536 2,088 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.81 2.53 198 85 34.2 10,318 4,430 1,777 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.36 8.50 449 340 39.5 23,363 17,680 2,056 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.80 8.48 386 320 39.4 20,091 16,640 2,050 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.64 8.50 466 340 40.0 24,209 17,680 2,080 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.94 7.76 309 300 38.9 16,054 15,600 2,022 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.81 8.50 335 340 38.0 17,413 17,680 1,977 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.38 14.03 614 554 40.0 31,951 28,791 2,078 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.82 13.75 635 550 40.1 33,016 28,600 2,087 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.38 10.00 440 377 38.6 22,859 19,614 2,009 Insurance sales agents............................................ 18.52 16.65 741 666 40.0 38,530 34,630 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.04 13.30 559 532 39.8 29,079 27,664 2,071 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 21.58 20.34 860 814 39.9 44,738 42,313 2,073 Financial clerks.................................................. $13.43 $13.46 $537 $538 40.0 $27,918 $28,001 2,078 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.39 14.76 575 590 40.0 29,887 30,701 2,077 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.33 12.98 533 519 40.0 27,724 27,000 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.08 11.42 483 457 40.0 25,123 23,749 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.67 18.00 706 720 39.9 36,653 37,440 2,075 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.76 19.14 748 766 39.9 38,922 39,811 2,074 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.03 13.03 583 502 38.8 30,301 26,104 2,016 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.67 12.67 493 484 38.9 25,650 25,189 2,024 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.19 14.75 647 590 40.0 33,669 30,680 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.45 16.50 669 660 40.6 34,769 34,320 2,113 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 18.16 18.09 725 721 39.9 37,714 37,505 2,077 Production occupations.............................................. 14.73 15.22 584 609 39.6 30,029 30,867 2,038 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.30 10.69 532 428 40.0 27,656 22,235 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.47 14.84 539 594 40.0 28,019 30,867 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.77 12.00 511 480 40.0 26,215 24,128 2,053 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.37 10.00 455 400 40.0 22,682 20,800 1,995 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.61 10.00 464 400 40.0 22,787 20,800 1,963 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.83 11.19 428 430 39.5 22,255 22,360 2,054 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.47 10.75 419 430 40.0 21,770 22,360 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, Lincoln, NE, April 2007 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........................................................... $21.28 $17.87 $842 $724 39.6 $40,909 $37,107 1,922 Management occupations.............................................. 25.95 24.94 1,038 998 40.0 53,852 51,871 2,075 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.83 21.41 993 857 40.0 51,648 44,539 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.34 21.93 973 877 40.0 50,617 45,614 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.76 29.57 1,155 1,146 37.5 45,848 45,092 1,490 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 38.29 30.28 1,515 1,211 39.6 61,006 48,443 1,593 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.01 32.75 1,225 1,180 36.0 46,333 44,832 1,362 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.62 33.32 1,236 1,187 35.7 46,821 45,092 1,352 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 34.50 32.53 1,237 1,180 35.9 46,838 44,832 1,358 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.95 17.69 1,158 708 40.0 60,225 36,795 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... 18.95 18.36 758 734 40.0 39,415 38,189 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.30 13.53 572 541 40.0 29,092 27,238 2,035 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.56 13.61 582 544 40.0 29,555 27,327 2,030 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.37 13.53 575 541 40.0 29,887 28,151 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.66 16.26 746 650 40.0 38,805 33,821 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 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Lincoln, NE, April 2007 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $14.92 $13.86 $14.71 $18.20 Management, professional, and related...... 23.48 21.77 25.79 24.99 Management, business, and financial...... 25.66 24.45 29.57 25.20 Professional and related................. 22.48 20.47 24.01 24.91 Service.................................... 9.29 8.61 11.10 12.80 Sales and office........................... 13.50 13.64 12.57 14.61 Sales and related........................ 13.47 15.34 11.41 – Office and administrative support........ 13.51 12.98 13.72 14.36 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 16.35 14.67 – – Construction and extraction............. 16.16 15.74 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 16.44 13.80 – – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 13.29 12.91 12.20 15.51 Production............................... 14.56 – 13.11 17.19 Transportation and material moving....... 11.93 12.55 9.55 12.12 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........................................................... 3.3 4.6 8.2 4.2 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.2 5.9 7.0 6.2 Management, business, and financial............................... 11.0 14.0 16.0 6.3 Professional and related.......................................... 2.9 4.9 4.2 7.4 Service............................................................. 5.4 6.5 13.8 13.1 Sales and office.................................................... 3.0 4.9 5.9 2.7 Sales and related................................................. 9.6 18.8 12.7 – Office and administrative support................................. 2.6 2.9 5.8 3.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.8 9.0 – – Construction and extraction...................................... 4.3 4.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7.3 16.1 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.2 6.9 8.1 7.4 Production........................................................ 5.4 – 12.7 6.6 Transportation and material moving................................ 7.4 8.6 15.7 9.6 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 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, Lincoln, NE, April 2007 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........................................................... $14.90 $13.75 $599 $540 40.2 $31,086 $28,001 2,086 Management occupations.............................................. 29.53 26.20 1,302 1,200 44.1 67,726 62,400 2,294 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.67 18.66 827 747 40.0 42,990 38,821 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.02 24.48 948 979 41.2 49,293 50,918 2,141 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.24 13.50 482 540 39.4 25,060 28,080 2,048 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.78 8.30 331 332 37.7 17,219 17,264 1,962 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.82 8.48 347 314 39.4 18,070 16,328 2,049 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.15 8.00 320 310 39.3 16,660 16,120 2,044 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.61 14.42 651 577 39.2 33,855 30,000 2,038 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.42 12.98 535 519 39.9 27,822 27,000 2,073 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.54 13.46 542 538 40.0 28,173 28,001 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.53 14.71 581 588 40.0 30,230 30,601 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.11 11.04 484 442 40.0 25,180 22,963 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.77 14.00 631 560 40.0 32,807 29,120 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.81 13.55 555 542 40.2 28,885 28,184 2,091 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.00 12.50 520 500 40.0 26,529 24,960 2,041 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.19 10.00 448 400 40.0 22,279 20,800 1,990 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, Lincoln, NE, April 2007 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........................................................... $17.30 $15.52 $690 $620 39.9 $35,749 $32,032 2,066 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.64 20.29 1,006 812 40.8 52,295 42,199 2,122 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 25.90 22.14 1,036 886 40.0 53,865 46,049 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 28.21 25.34 1,129 1,014 40.0 58,686 52,707 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.89 21.90 931 850 39.0 48,410 44,179 2,027 Registered nurses................................................. 21.54 21.00 818 779 38.0 42,550 40,491 1,976 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.88 14.20 405 382 37.2 21,036 19,847 1,933 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 18.18 17.65 726 706 39.9 37,733 36,712 2,075 Building cleaning workers......................................... 15.01 17.65 598 706 39.9 31,110 36,712 2,073 Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.04 12.00 573 473 40.8 29,804 24,606 2,123 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.68 13.50 584 540 39.8 30,359 27,976 2,068 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.16 13.20 525 528 39.9 27,287 27,452 2,074 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.09 12.84 524 513 40.0 27,229 26,701 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.11 19.14 723 766 39.9 37,546 39,811 2,073 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.60 19.14 781 766 39.9 40,616 39,811 2,072 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.00 12.90 579 484 38.6 30,112 25,155 2,007 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.14 12.11 479 484 39.5 24,917 25,189 2,053 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.63 20.25 808 810 41.2 42,024 42,120 2,141 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 20.36 22.25 812 890 39.9 42,237 46,280 2,075 Production occupations.............................................. 14.88 14.83 588 592 39.5 30,179 29,306 2,029 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.30 10.69 532 428 40.0 27,656 22,235 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.19 11.25 489 447 40.1 25,408 23,269 2,084 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.09 13.05 564 522 40.0 29,315 27,146 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.62 11.19 416 430 39.2 21,619 22,360 2,036 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.33 11.00 413 440 40.0 21,495 22,880 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, Lincoln, NE, April 2007 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........................................................... $19.10 $16.76 $20.11 $15.54 $14.83 $21.02 Management, professional, and related............................... 23.86 – 23.86 24.73 23.48 28.93 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 25.95 25.66 26.78 Professional and related.......................................... 24.22 – 24.22 24.15 22.48 30.14 Service............................................................. 16.45 – 16.71 9.38 9.21 10.98 Sales and office.................................................... 14.29 – – 13.50 13.49 13.67 Sales and related................................................. – – – 13.43 13.47 – Office and administrative support................................. 14.29 – – 13.53 13.49 13.87 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 20.24 – 19.82 16.27 16.23 16.63 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 16.10 16.10 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20.15 – 19.71 16.42 16.30 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.83 16.83 – 12.47 12.25 – Production........................................................ 17.40 17.40 – 13.61 13.27 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 11.41 11.39 – 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........................................................... 3.3 2.7 4.4 3.3 3.5 8.9 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.5 – 6.5 4.4 4.2 12.0 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 8.2 11.0 5.3 Professional and related.......................................... 8.0 – 8.0 5.0 2.9 20.9 Service............................................................. 6.7 – 7.3 4.5 5.0 9.5 Sales and office.................................................... 3.7 – – 2.8 3.0 5.1 Sales and related................................................. – – – 9.4 9.6 – Office and administrative support................................. 3.7 – – 2.3 2.5 5.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.8 – 10.9 4.5 4.8 12.0 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 4.2 4.3 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 10.1 – 12.3 6.7 7.3 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 1.8 1.8 – 4.8 4.8 – Production........................................................ 1.9 1.9 – 5.0 4.8 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 8.5 8.6 – 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, Lincoln, NE, April 2007 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $15.92 $14.71 $16.94 $17.01 Management, professional, and related............................... 24.35 23.06 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 24.86 24.56 – – Professional and related.......................................... 24.14 22.42 – – Service............................................................. 10.34 9.29 – – Sales and office.................................................... 13.49 13.43 13.82 13.85 Sales and related................................................. 12.43 12.46 15.03 15.12 Office and administrative support................................. 13.76 13.71 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 15.95 15.37 22.99 22.99 Construction and extraction...................................... – 15.19 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 16.21 15.45 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 13.03 12.88 – – Production........................................................ 14.12 13.90 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.89 11.88 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.5 2.7 17.1 17.3 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.5 3.4 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 5.8 8.1 – – Professional and related.......................................... 4.2 2.9 – – Service............................................................. 3.9 5.5 – – Sales and office.................................................... 2.4 2.8 11.5 11.9 Sales and related................................................. 8.4 8.5 15.9 16.6 Office and administrative support................................. 2.2 2.6 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 7.1 8.3 .4 .4 Construction and extraction...................................... – 2.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 10.3 12.6 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.1 4.2 – – Production........................................................ 4.6 4.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 7.6 7.6 – – 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, Lincoln, NE, April 2007 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........................................................... - $16.22 - - - - - - $13.20 Management, professional, and related............................... - 26.58 - - - - - - – Management, business, and financial............................... - 36.58 - - - - - - – Professional and related.......................................... - 25.45 - - - - - - – Service............................................................. - – - - - - - - – Sales and office.................................................... - 16.26 - - - - - - – Sales and related................................................. - – - - - - - - – Office and administrative support................................. - 14.85 - - - - - - – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - 20.10 - - - - - - – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - 20.02 - - - - - - – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - 14.72 - - - - - - – Production........................................................ - 14.95 - - - - - - – Transportation and material moving................................ - 13.61 - - - - - - – 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........................................................... - 5.3 - - - - - - 3.2 Management, professional, and related............................... - 12.8 - - - - - - – Management, business, and financial............................... - .2 - - - - - - – Professional and related.......................................... - 11.3 - - - - - - – Service............................................................. - – - - - - - - – Sales and office.................................................... - 1.6 - - - - - - – Sales and related................................................. - – - - - - - - – Office and administrative support................................. - 10.8 - - - - - - – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - 3.1 - - - - - - – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - 2.9 - - - - - - – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - 3.9 - - - - - - – Production........................................................ - 6.1 - - - - - - – Transportation and material moving................................ - 3.4 - - - - - - – 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, Lincoln, NE, April 2007 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 147,600 118,600 29,000 Management, professional, and related............................... 35,600 21,300 14,300 Management, business, and financial............................... 8,900 5,800 3,000 Professional and related.......................................... 26,800 15,500 11,300 Service............................................................. 33,500 27,000 6,500 Sales and office.................................................... 45,300 40,300 5,100 Sales and related................................................. 12,900 12,600 – Office and administrative support................................. 32,400 27,700 4,700 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 12,400 10,200 2,300 Construction and extraction...................................... 3,600 3,400 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 8,700 6,800 1,800 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 20,600 19,800 – Production........................................................ 10,600 9,900 – Transportation and material moving................................ 10,100 10,000 – 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, Lincoln, NE, April 2007 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 6,524 6,330 194 Total in sample....................................................... 284 257 27 Responding........................................................ 165 138 27 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 80 80 0 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 39 39 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.