NC BL 01/00/2008 Table: New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, Bulletin, May 2007 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, May 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........................................................... $19.14 5.2 36.3 $18.77 6.1 36.1 $21.67 6.0 37.6 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 30.48 5.8 39.1 32.12 7.0 39.8 26.63 6.0 37.7 Management, business, and financial............................... 36.32 11.8 40.4 37.25 12.2 40.8 – – – Professional and related.......................................... 28.50 4.6 38.7 29.59 6.1 39.3 26.64 5.9 37.8 Service............................................................. 10.62 13.2 31.4 10.49 14.4 30.9 12.19 6.0 38.4 Sales and office.................................................... 15.89 9.6 35.6 16.06 10.1 35.4 13.67 15.1 38.0 Sales and related................................................. 17.36 24.8 32.9 17.36 24.8 32.9 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 15.02 4.6 37.4 15.19 4.8 37.3 13.67 15.1 38.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 19.04 4.4 40.1 19.14 4.6 40.1 – – – Construction and extraction...................................... 18.97 2.1 40.0 19.07 2.2 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.10 8.2 40.1 19.21 8.7 40.1 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.24 8.7 37.7 16.27 9.2 38.0 15.76 19.2 33.3 Production........................................................ 19.13 17.2 39.8 19.13 17.2 39.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.93 9.7 36.8 14.84 10.6 37.2 15.76 19.2 33.3 Full time........................................................... 20.17 5.3 39.4 19.89 6.2 39.6 21.90 6.2 38.4 Part time........................................................... 9.10 5.4 20.5 9.01 5.6 20.5 11.89 6.1 19.0 Union............................................................... 21.57 9.0 38.1 19.98 9.8 38.3 30.15 15.9 36.9 Nonunion............................................................ 18.90 5.5 36.2 18.65 6.3 35.9 20.66 7.3 37.6 Time................................................................ 18.80 5.5 36.2 18.36 6.4 36.0 21.67 6.0 37.6 Incentive........................................................... 26.82 27.6 38.4 26.82 27.6 38.4 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 16.33 6.7 35.0 16.23 7.2 34.9 18.03 12.9 36.3 100-499 workers..................................................... 19.57 8.2 37.5 19.60 8.8 37.4 19.32 15.6 38.9 500 workers or more................................................. 24.32 8.8 38.0 24.80 12.3 38.1 23.34 4.5 37.7 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), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, May 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........................................................... $19.14 5.2 $20.17 5.3 $9.10 5.4 Management occupations.............................................. 42.53 9.7 42.53 9.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.36 8.4 33.36 8.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 69.55 23.7 69.55 23.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.76 15.1 40.76 15.1 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 60.65 9.2 60.65 9.2 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.76 15.3 24.60 15.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.39 11.7 41.39 11.7 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.48 27.9 21.48 27.9 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.68 13.6 24.68 13.6 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.51 13.0 35.51 13.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.49 3.0 41.49 3.0 – – Engineers......................................................... 37.79 14.6 37.79 14.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.52 3.5 41.52 3.5 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.76 10.1 28.76 10.1 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.57 14.5 18.45 14.7 – – Social workers.................................................... 18.91 5.1 18.91 5.1 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.98 7.2 32.53 7.3 9.58 32.4 Level 4 .................................................. 12.44 5.2 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.66 8.0 31.84 8.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.01 3.6 33.90 3.5 – – Level 10.................................................. 39.62 1.9 39.67 1.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.01 18.8 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 41.95 14.6 42.49 14.6 – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 29.02 8.1 29.21 7.4 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.23 2.9 34.23 2.9 – – Level 8 .................................................. 35.04 3.8 35.04 3.8 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.27 2.9 32.27 2.9 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.35 .4 32.35 .4 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.84 10.3 13.84 10.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.44 5.2 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 18.21 15.9 18.21 15.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.71 3.1 26.01 3.3 16.78 20.0 Level 5 .................................................. 15.95 2.0 15.93 2.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.52 4.4 23.64 4.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.76 5.5 29.76 5.5 – – Registered nurses................................................. 31.30 4.4 31.30 4.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. $29.92 6.5 $29.92 6.5 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.29 3.5 18.29 3.5 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.90 7.0 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.75 11.7 18.73 12.1 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.37 27.6 16.67 27.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.30 5.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.18 6.5 11.18 6.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.92 13.0 11.21 13.1 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.36 3.8 9.48 3.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.39 2.5 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.12 8.7 12.12 8.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.83 18.5 12.83 18.5 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 14.44 5.3 14.15 3.9 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.06 16.0 8.51 17.3 $7.07 19.9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.93 2.3 7.91 3.6 7.96 1.9 Level 2 .................................................. 7.46 16.5 7.60 26.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 5.98 23.2 6.45 22.8 5.15 26.0 Level 4 .................................................. 10.28 35.2 10.45 33.2 – – Cooks............................................................. 11.48 9.3 11.18 12.7 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.39 4.7 4.12 16.7 4.76 20.9 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.93 9.8 – – 3.22 24.4 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 7.84 17.5 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.81 3.1 9.74 4.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.43 3.3 9.60 4.3 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.50 2.8 9.63 3.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.43 3.3 9.60 4.3 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... – – 9.55 5.2 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.63 5.2 9.63 5.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.53 6.9 10.09 10.5 8.41 4.0 Level 3 .................................................. 7.80 3.8 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.36 24.8 19.92 25.2 8.07 10.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.15 15.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.83 9.6 10.13 8.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.60 8.7 14.66 9.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... – – 13.06 17.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 25.27 30.1 25.59 31.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.36 28.1 17.51 29.9 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.12 14.5 11.48 10.9 7.89 9.0 Level 2 .................................................. 10.15 15.9 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.53 4.4 – – 8.31 2.5 Cashiers...................................................... $8.53 4.4 – – $8.31 2.5 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.02 4.6 $15.28 4.7 10.97 7.7 Level 2 .................................................. 10.88 5.5 10.88 5.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.97 6.2 11.17 7.4 9.06 10.3 Level 4 .................................................. 14.51 7.0 14.63 6.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.71 11.7 16.71 11.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.06 5.3 21.06 5.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.77 15.6 28.77 15.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.74 9.5 19.06 9.2 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.13 8.0 12.47 10.0 10.76 8.5 Level 3 .................................................. 10.01 6.5 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.55 5.9 12.98 6.9 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.76 3.8 12.02 4.5 – – Tellers......................................................... 10.93 .3 10.65 2.3 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 20.14 5.4 20.14 5.4 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.96 6.5 9.13 8.7 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.72 3.8 17.80 3.9 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.19 6.1 20.19 6.1 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.26 8.0 13.26 8.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.97 2.1 18.85 1.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.11 9.7 18.11 9.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.25 4.9 20.25 4.9 – – Electricians...................................................... 19.42 1.0 19.09 1.0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.10 8.2 19.10 8.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.34 10.7 16.34 10.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.12 4.5 17.12 4.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.03 7.0 24.03 7.0 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.96 5.1 16.96 5.1 – – Production occupations.............................................. 19.13 17.2 19.13 17.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.23 9.5 15.23 9.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.34 16.1 19.34 16.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.49 6.2 30.49 6.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 25.47 26.0 25.47 26.0 – – Machinists........................................................ 24.70 .0 24.70 .0 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.07 .5 17.07 .5 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.93 9.7 15.60 9.2 8.78 10.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.40 8.2 9.77 6.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.74 2.6 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.34 7.4 18.34 7.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.61 4.1 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ $11.90 20.0 $12.85 17.2 – – Sailors and marine oilers......................................... 14.79 8.0 14.79 8.0 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.44 1.6 10.56 2.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.28 3.2 10.40 3.1 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.43 2.3 10.49 2.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.26 3.7 – – – – 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), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, May 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........................................................... $18.77 6.1 $19.89 6.2 $9.01 5.6 Management occupations.............................................. 42.96 10.1 42.96 10.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.36 8.4 33.36 8.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 70.46 23.8 70.46 23.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.76 15.1 40.76 15.1 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 60.65 9.2 60.65 9.2 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.93 17.1 25.77 17.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.39 11.7 41.39 11.7 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.75 33.2 21.75 33.2 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.68 13.6 24.68 13.6 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.70 14.5 36.70 14.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.49 3.0 41.49 3.0 – – Engineers......................................................... 37.79 14.6 37.79 14.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.52 3.5 41.52 3.5 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.50 14.2 28.50 14.2 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.25 19.0 15.96 19.3 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 38.13 19.5 41.21 18.4 9.76 34.5 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 49.97 6.9 51.22 5.0 – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 20.53 19.9 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 18.21 15.9 18.21 15.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.90 3.3 27.46 3.8 16.78 20.0 Level 9 .................................................. 30.00 8.1 30.00 8.1 – – Registered nurses................................................. 33.60 7.7 33.60 7.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.72 8.2 30.72 8.2 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.29 3.5 18.29 3.5 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.74 28.2 17.01 28.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.18 6.5 11.18 6.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.92 13.0 11.21 13.1 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.07 3.0 9.21 2.2 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.12 8.7 12.12 8.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.83 18.5 12.83 18.5 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.05 16.0 8.50 17.3 7.07 19.9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.93 2.3 7.91 3.6 7.96 1.9 Level 2 .................................................. 7.40 16.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 5.98 23.2 6.45 22.8 5.15 26.0 Level 4 .................................................. $10.28 35.2 $10.45 33.2 – – Cooks............................................................. 11.48 9.3 11.18 12.7 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.39 4.7 4.12 16.7 $4.76 20.9 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.93 9.8 – – 3.22 24.4 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 7.84 17.5 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.85 3.3 9.79 4.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.45 3.3 9.64 4.4 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.51 2.9 9.66 3.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.45 3.3 9.64 4.4 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.52 7.3 10.13 10.9 8.19 3.4 Level 3 .................................................. 7.73 3.7 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.36 24.8 19.92 25.2 8.07 10.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.15 15.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.83 9.6 10.13 8.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.60 8.7 14.66 9.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... – – 13.06 17.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 25.27 30.1 25.59 31.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.36 28.1 17.51 29.9 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.12 14.5 11.48 10.9 7.89 9.0 Level 2 .................................................. 10.15 15.9 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.53 4.4 – – 8.31 2.5 Cashiers...................................................... 8.53 4.4 – – 8.31 2.5 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.19 4.8 15.50 5.1 10.97 7.7 Level 2 .................................................. 11.05 6.3 11.05 6.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.98 6.2 11.19 7.5 9.06 10.3 Level 4 .................................................. 14.56 7.3 14.70 6.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.58 6.0 18.58 6.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.43 5.3 21.43 5.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.77 15.6 28.77 15.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.48 15.9 21.35 13.1 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.11 8.1 12.44 10.2 10.76 8.5 Level 3 .................................................. 10.01 6.5 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.50 6.1 12.93 7.3 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.69 4.1 11.95 4.6 – – Tellers......................................................... 10.93 .3 10.65 2.3 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 20.14 5.4 20.14 5.4 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.86 8.0 9.04 12.2 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.77 4.0 17.86 4.2 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.65 5.2 20.65 5.2 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.07 2.2 18.95 1.6 – – Electricians...................................................... 19.47 1.0 19.14 1.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... $19.21 8.7 $19.21 8.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.34 10.7 16.34 10.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.35 5.0 17.35 5.0 – – Production occupations.............................................. 19.13 17.2 19.13 17.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.23 9.5 15.23 9.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.34 16.1 19.34 16.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.49 6.2 30.49 6.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 25.47 26.0 25.47 26.0 – – Machinists........................................................ 24.70 .0 24.70 .0 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.07 .5 17.07 .5 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.84 10.6 15.53 9.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.40 8.2 9.77 6.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.66 4.6 17.66 4.6 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.93 20.8 12.85 17.2 – – Sailors and marine oilers......................................... 14.79 8.0 14.79 8.0 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.44 1.6 10.56 2.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.28 3.2 10.40 3.1 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.43 2.3 10.49 2.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.26 3.7 – – – – 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), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, May 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........................................................... $21.67 6.0 $21.90 6.2 $11.89 6.1 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.08 1.4 30.12 1.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.17 8.2 32.17 8.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.21 3.7 34.21 3.7 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.57 2.1 35.57 2.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 35.04 3.8 35.04 3.8 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.62 1.7 34.62 1.7 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 34.48 1.9 34.48 1.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.76 4.6 23.76 4.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.03 3.2 24.03 3.2 – – Registered nurses................................................. 27.82 3.1 27.82 3.1 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.67 15.1 13.67 15.1 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.76 19.2 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, May 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........................................................... $19.14 5.2 $20.17 5.3 $9.10 5.4 Management occupations.............................................. 42.53 9.7 42.53 9.7 – – Group III................................................. 47.14 14.2 – – – – Engineering managers.............................................. 60.65 9.2 60.65 9.2 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.76 15.3 24.60 15.6 – – Group II.................................................. 19.20 8.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 23.16 32.7 – – – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.48 27.9 21.48 27.9 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.68 13.6 24.68 13.6 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.51 13.0 35.51 13.0 – – Group II.................................................. 27.79 7.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 42.28 9.2 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 37.79 14.6 37.79 14.6 – – Group III................................................. 42.31 9.5 – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.76 10.1 28.76 10.1 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.57 14.5 18.45 14.7 – – Group II.................................................. 19.64 2.2 – – – – Social workers.................................................... 18.91 5.1 18.91 5.1 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.98 7.2 32.53 7.3 9.58 32.4 Group I................................................... 12.44 5.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 29.34 7.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 47.68 5.5 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 41.95 14.6 42.49 14.6 – – Group II.................................................. 19.62 6.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 52.93 2.3 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 29.02 8.1 29.21 7.4 – – Group III................................................. 42.93 21.8 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.23 2.9 34.23 2.9 – – Group II.................................................. 33.04 4.4 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.27 2.9 32.27 2.9 – – Group II.................................................. 31.35 3.2 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.35 .4 32.35 .4 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.84 10.3 13.84 10.3 – – Group I................................................... 12.44 5.2 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 18.21 15.9 18.21 15.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.71 3.1 26.01 3.3 16.78 20.0 Group I................................................... 14.13 2.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. $23.97 5.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 34.12 4.1 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 31.30 4.4 $31.30 4.4 – – Group II.................................................. 27.07 3.3 27.07 3.3 – – Group III................................................. 33.53 7.7 33.53 7.7 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.29 3.5 18.29 3.5 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.90 7.0 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.75 11.7 18.73 12.1 – – Group II.................................................. 19.36 12.2 19.36 12.7 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.37 27.6 16.67 27.6 – – Group I................................................... 10.82 7.4 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.36 3.8 9.48 3.3 – – Group I................................................... 9.36 3.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.39 2.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.39 2.5 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.12 8.7 12.12 8.7 – – Group I................................................... 12.08 9.0 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 14.44 5.3 14.15 3.9 – – Group II.................................................. 15.37 3.8 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.06 16.0 8.51 17.3 $7.07 19.9 Group I................................................... 7.76 14.5 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 11.48 9.3 11.18 12.7 – – Group I................................................... 11.48 9.3 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.39 4.7 4.12 16.7 4.76 20.9 Group I................................................... 4.39 4.7 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.93 9.8 – – 3.22 24.4 Group I................................................... 2.93 9.8 – – 3.22 24.4 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 7.84 17.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.84 17.5 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.81 3.1 9.74 4.2 – – Group I................................................... 9.73 2.6 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.50 2.8 9.63 3.3 – – Group I................................................... 9.50 2.8 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... – – 9.55 5.2 – – Group I................................................... – – 9.55 5.2 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.63 5.2 9.63 5.2 – – Group I................................................... 9.63 5.2 9.63 5.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.53 6.9 10.09 10.5 8.41 4.0 Group I................................................... 8.53 5.6 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.36 24.8 19.92 25.2 8.07 10.2 Group I................................................... $10.74 9.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 28.09 19.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 25.27 30.1 $25.59 31.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.36 28.1 17.51 29.9 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.12 14.5 11.48 10.9 $7.89 9.0 Group I................................................... 10.47 11.8 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.53 4.4 – – 8.31 2.5 Group I................................................... 8.38 1.7 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.53 4.4 – – 8.31 2.5 Group I................................................... 8.38 1.7 – – 8.31 2.5 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.02 4.6 15.28 4.7 10.97 7.7 Group I................................................... 13.12 6.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.79 6.4 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.13 8.0 12.47 10.0 10.76 8.5 Group I................................................... 11.18 3.6 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.76 3.8 12.02 4.5 – – Group I................................................... 11.19 7.0 11.46 9.0 – – Tellers......................................................... 10.93 .3 10.65 2.3 – – Group I................................................... 10.93 .3 10.65 2.3 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 20.14 5.4 20.14 5.4 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.96 6.5 9.13 8.7 – – Group I................................................... 8.81 6.5 8.93 8.6 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.72 3.8 17.80 3.9 – – Group II.................................................. 19.95 3.4 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.19 6.1 20.19 6.1 – – Group II.................................................. 20.43 5.9 20.43 5.9 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.26 8.0 13.26 8.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.58 7.6 12.58 7.6 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.97 2.1 18.85 1.5 – – Group II.................................................. 20.00 3.5 – – – – Electricians...................................................... 19.42 1.0 19.09 1.0 – – Group II.................................................. – – 19.43 3.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.10 8.2 19.10 8.2 – – Group I................................................... 14.23 8.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.52 4.1 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.96 5.1 16.96 5.1 – – Production occupations.............................................. 19.13 17.2 19.13 17.2 – – Group I................................................... 13.11 2.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.77 18.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 25.47 26.0 25.47 26.0 – – Group II.................................................. 25.47 26.0 25.47 26.0 – – Machinists........................................................ $24.70 0.0 $24.70 0.0 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.07 .5 17.07 .5 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.93 9.7 15.60 9.2 $8.78 10.5 Group I................................................... 13.00 8.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.79 15.0 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.90 20.0 12.85 17.2 – – Sailors and marine oilers......................................... 14.79 8.0 14.79 8.0 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.44 1.6 10.56 2.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.44 1.6 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.43 2.3 10.49 2.7 – – Group I................................................... 10.43 2.3 10.49 2.7 – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, May 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.09 $10.42 $15.36 $23.59 $36.00 Management occupations.............................................. 27.60 29.48 40.15 53.00 57.69 Engineering managers.............................................. 47.17 53.00 53.00 66.36 93.51 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.28 15.66 19.00 31.25 47.40 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 15.66 15.66 15.66 21.03 44.95 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.43 19.43 21.86 21.87 47.40 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.25 25.73 35.07 40.00 52.12 Engineers......................................................... 20.25 33.57 35.07 40.00 52.69 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 17.95 22.23 26.85 34.54 37.26 Community and social services occupations........................... 8.55 11.38 18.39 22.33 32.33 Social workers.................................................... 11.38 15.88 20.35 21.65 24.28 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.55 17.80 32.75 39.13 44.60 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 15.39 22.44 34.70 64.50 79.77 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 13.59 19.44 23.58 33.67 55.08 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.30 30.88 35.43 39.13 40.00 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 22.01 29.47 33.87 37.81 39.13 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.51 29.93 34.50 36.24 39.13 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.70 12.09 14.43 15.29 16.76 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 13.00 13.00 15.00 21.64 31.25 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.00 16.35 25.00 31.40 36.77 Registered nurses................................................. 22.00 25.62 29.85 35.00 39.47 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 10.00 15.00 16.25 25.00 28.26 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 10.36 12.43 15.69 16.25 18.65 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.42 15.84 16.21 24.08 24.08 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.84 9.16 11.75 31.00 31.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.55 8.84 8.90 10.00 10.31 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.89 8.89 9.00 10.00 10.06 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.50 10.71 11.75 12.64 18.08 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.69 11.50 14.17 16.38 18.65 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.17 5.54 7.99 10.13 13.53 Cooks............................................................. 7.00 7.35 12.33 14.00 14.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.17 3.05 6.06 7.82 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.60 3.00 5.54 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 5.06 6.00 7.63 9.00 12.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.00 8.50 9.45 10.00 13.25 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.00 8.50 9.25 10.00 11.50 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.50 8.50 9.25 10.00 11.16 Personal care and service occupations............................... $6.80 $7.30 $8.00 $10.00 $13.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.67 9.00 11.76 15.85 37.10 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 9.22 12.78 15.35 28.04 44.09 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 9.22 10.07 15.35 16.35 26.30 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.00 8.00 9.00 12.00 15.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.50 8.00 8.00 9.21 9.79 Cashiers...................................................... 6.50 8.00 8.00 9.21 9.79 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.62 10.98 13.75 17.50 21.79 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.00 10.00 11.00 13.20 15.63 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 7.57 10.04 11.78 14.42 14.83 Tellers......................................................... 9.50 10.00 10.32 11.70 13.20 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.72 16.93 21.25 21.41 25.50 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 7.59 7.59 8.37 9.34 12.09 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.67 17.50 17.50 20.00 20.19 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.83 20.19 20.35 22.27 22.27 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.82 11.06 11.53 14.41 18.68 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.00 16.00 19.50 20.50 25.00 Electricians...................................................... 15.00 16.00 18.50 25.00 25.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.20 15.00 17.27 20.71 29.30 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 11.78 17.27 17.27 17.27 20.66 Production occupations.............................................. 10.62 13.00 16.73 26.19 28.87 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 13.83 15.40 22.59 35.58 41.44 Machinists........................................................ 18.25 18.50 28.87 28.87 28.87 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 14.00 16.00 18.00 18.03 18.50 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 10.00 14.12 17.92 22.00 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.50 7.00 12.00 14.12 20.29 Sailors and marine oilers......................................... 10.42 14.17 14.38 14.38 22.82 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.50 10.00 10.00 10.75 11.62 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.83 10.00 10.00 10.75 11.62 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), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, May 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $10.03 $15.00 $22.00 $35.51 Management occupations.............................................. 22.32 29.48 40.15 53.00 66.36 Engineering managers.............................................. 47.17 53.00 53.00 66.36 93.51 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.66 15.66 19.23 35.05 49.42 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 15.66 15.66 15.66 21.03 44.95 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.43 19.43 21.86 21.87 47.40 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.25 30.29 35.07 40.00 52.69 Engineers......................................................... 20.25 33.57 35.07 40.00 52.69 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 17.95 26.51 26.85 36.88 37.26 Community and social services occupations........................... 8.55 8.55 17.02 21.65 22.33 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.67 20.36 28.83 64.50 79.77 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 17.43 28.83 44.98 79.77 79.77 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 13.59 13.59 21.09 27.97 29.88 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 13.00 13.00 15.00 21.64 31.25 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.00 16.25 25.53 36.06 39.47 Registered nurses................................................. 22.04 29.04 31.40 36.77 39.47 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 10.00 15.00 16.25 25.00 28.26 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.84 9.05 11.75 31.00 31.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.79 8.84 8.89 9.00 10.06 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.50 10.71 11.75 12.64 18.08 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.17 5.54 7.99 10.13 13.53 Cooks............................................................. 7.00 7.35 12.33 14.00 14.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.17 3.05 6.06 7.82 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.60 3.00 5.54 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 5.06 6.00 7.63 9.00 12.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.00 8.50 9.45 10.00 13.25 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.00 8.50 9.25 10.00 11.50 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.65 7.30 8.00 10.00 13.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.67 9.00 11.76 15.85 37.10 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 9.22 12.78 15.35 28.04 44.09 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 9.22 10.07 15.35 16.35 26.30 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.00 8.00 9.00 12.00 15.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.50 8.00 8.00 9.21 9.79 Cashiers...................................................... 6.50 8.00 8.00 9.21 9.79 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.79 11.00 13.96 17.50 21.79 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.00 10.00 11.00 13.20 15.63 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... $7.57 $10.04 $11.78 $14.42 $14.83 Tellers......................................................... 9.50 10.00 10.32 11.70 13.20 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.72 16.93 21.25 21.41 25.50 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 7.20 7.59 8.09 10.75 12.60 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.42 17.50 17.50 20.00 20.19 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.83 20.19 22.27 22.27 22.27 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.00 16.00 19.50 20.50 25.00 Electricians...................................................... 15.00 16.00 19.00 25.00 25.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.75 15.00 17.27 20.71 29.30 Production occupations.............................................. 10.62 13.00 16.73 26.19 28.87 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 13.83 15.40 22.59 35.58 41.44 Machinists........................................................ 18.25 18.50 28.87 28.87 28.87 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 14.00 16.00 18.00 18.03 18.50 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.69 10.00 14.17 18.32 20.50 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.50 7.00 12.00 14.12 20.29 Sailors and marine oilers......................................... 10.42 14.17 14.38 14.38 22.82 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.50 10.00 10.00 10.75 11.62 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.83 10.00 10.00 10.75 11.62 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), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, May 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.00 $12.61 $18.11 $29.52 $36.32 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.11 17.45 33.00 39.01 40.41 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.46 31.88 36.21 39.14 40.00 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.57 30.88 35.15 39.03 39.15 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.12 30.88 35.15 37.12 39.13 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.38 16.35 24.50 28.31 32.25 Registered nurses................................................. 21.64 25.51 26.10 29.57 32.25 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.34 10.17 11.53 15.72 18.68 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.00 10.70 12.86 15.59 30.17 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 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), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, May 2007 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.00 $11.53 $16.25 $25.00 $36.77 Management occupations.............................................. 27.60 29.48 40.15 53.00 57.69 Engineering managers.............................................. 47.17 53.00 53.00 66.36 93.51 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.28 15.66 19.00 29.01 47.40 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 15.66 15.66 15.66 21.03 44.95 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.43 19.43 21.86 21.87 47.40 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.25 25.73 35.07 40.00 52.12 Engineers......................................................... 20.25 33.57 35.07 40.00 52.69 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 17.95 22.23 26.85 34.54 37.26 Community and social services occupations........................... 8.55 9.57 18.03 22.24 32.77 Social workers.................................................... 11.38 15.88 20.35 21.65 24.28 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.11 20.45 32.88 39.14 44.98 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 15.39 22.82 35.51 64.50 79.77 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 13.59 19.81 23.79 34.30 55.08 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.30 30.88 35.43 39.13 40.00 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 22.01 29.47 33.87 37.81 39.13 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.51 29.93 34.50 36.24 39.13 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.70 12.09 14.43 15.29 16.76 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 13.00 13.00 15.00 21.64 31.25 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.00 16.35 25.62 31.40 36.77 Registered nurses................................................. 22.00 25.62 29.85 35.00 39.47 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 10.00 15.00 16.25 25.00 28.26 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.42 15.84 16.00 24.08 24.08 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.85 9.50 11.75 31.00 31.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.84 8.84 9.00 10.00 11.00 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.50 10.71 11.75 12.64 18.08 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.69 11.50 14.17 16.38 18.65 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.17 6.06 8.00 10.70 14.00 Cooks............................................................. 7.00 7.25 12.33 14.00 14.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.17 2.60 6.06 6.06 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.00 8.50 9.43 10.00 11.89 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.00 8.50 9.25 10.00 11.50 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.00 8.50 9.25 10.31 12.52 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.50 8.50 9.25 10.00 11.16 Personal care and service occupations............................... $6.83 $7.18 $8.14 $10.00 $13.75 Sales and related occupations....................................... 9.00 10.00 13.22 24.62 40.43 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 9.22 13.00 15.85 28.04 78.02 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 9.22 10.07 15.35 16.35 26.30 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.73 9.00 10.00 12.00 15.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.79 11.09 13.96 17.54 21.96 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.50 10.00 11.17 14.42 15.63 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 7.57 10.04 12.00 14.42 14.83 Tellers......................................................... 9.50 10.00 10.32 11.50 11.93 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.72 16.93 21.25 21.41 25.50 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 7.59 7.59 9.34 9.34 12.60 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.34 17.50 17.50 20.00 20.19 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.83 20.19 20.35 22.27 22.27 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.82 11.06 11.53 14.41 18.68 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.00 15.90 19.50 20.50 25.00 Electricians...................................................... 15.00 16.00 17.50 25.00 25.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.20 15.00 17.27 20.71 29.30 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 11.78 17.27 17.27 17.27 20.66 Production occupations.............................................. 10.62 13.00 16.73 26.19 28.87 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 13.83 15.40 22.59 35.58 41.44 Machinists........................................................ 18.25 18.50 28.87 28.87 28.87 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 14.00 16.00 18.00 18.03 18.50 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.83 10.75 14.38 20.00 22.82 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 7.00 7.00 14.12 16.49 20.29 Sailors and marine oilers......................................... 10.42 14.17 14.38 14.38 22.82 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.83 10.00 10.23 10.75 11.62 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.83 10.00 10.00 10.75 11.62 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), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, May 2007 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.00 $7.00 $8.50 $10.00 $13.30 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 6.00 6.00 6.00 13.54 17.43 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 10.36 10.36 19.54 21.52 21.52 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 4.15 7.63 8.92 12.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.17 4.15 6.11 10.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.17 2.62 4.15 5.54 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.80 7.37 7.72 9.31 10.26 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 9.20 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 9.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.50 7.50 8.00 9.00 9.62 Cashiers...................................................... 6.50 7.50 8.00 9.00 9.62 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.20 9.00 10.22 13.20 15.00 Financial clerks.................................................. 6.98 10.22 10.22 13.20 13.20 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.25 6.50 8.53 9.12 13.22 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, May 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........................................................... $20.17 $16.25 $796 $640 39.4 $40,476 $33,280 2,007 Management occupations.............................................. 42.53 40.15 1,757 1,606 41.3 90,114 80,496 2,119 Engineering managers.............................................. 60.65 53.00 2,562 2,385 42.2 133,216 124,025 2,196 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.60 19.00 969 760 39.4 50,404 39,510 2,049 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.48 15.66 857 626 39.9 44,563 32,569 2,074 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.68 21.86 987 874 40.0 51,334 45,469 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.51 35.07 1,468 1,511 41.4 76,357 78,593 2,150 Engineers......................................................... 37.79 35.07 1,572 1,528 41.6 81,735 79,433 2,163 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.76 26.85 1,163 1,128 40.4 59,802 58,643 2,079 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.45 18.03 738 721 40.0 37,009 38,251 2,005 Social workers.................................................... 18.91 20.35 756 814 40.0 39,329 42,328 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.53 32.88 1,175 1,195 36.1 43,643 44,026 1,342 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 42.49 35.51 1,653 1,351 38.9 64,906 54,126 1,527 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 29.21 23.79 1,168 951 40.0 46,378 37,612 1,588 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.23 35.43 1,202 1,261 35.1 44,006 46,086 1,285 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.27 33.87 1,138 1,217 35.3 41,834 44,422 1,296 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.35 34.50 1,141 1,220 35.3 42,057 44,422 1,300 Teacher assistants................................................ 13.84 14.43 490 505 35.4 17,717 18,076 1,280 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 18.21 15.00 728 600 40.0 37,873 31,200 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.01 25.62 1,030 1,000 39.6 53,262 51,709 2,048 Registered nurses................................................. 31.30 29.85 1,230 1,161 39.3 63,950 60,397 2,043 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.29 16.25 730 650 39.9 37,970 33,800 2,076 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.73 16.00 736 636 39.3 38,266 33,072 2,043 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.67 11.75 644 455 38.6 33,480 23,664 2,008 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.48 9.00 369 354 39.0 19,212 18,396 2,026 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.12 11.75 454 446 37.5 23,616 23,171 1,949 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.15 14.17 617 567 43.6 32,082 29,476 2,268 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.51 8.00 309 280 36.3 16,037 14,560 1,884 Cooks............................................................. 11.18 12.33 453 519 40.5 23,547 27,012 2,106 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.12 2.60 134 87 32.6 6,993 4,514 1,696 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.74 9.43 373 354 38.3 19,230 18,418 1,974 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.63 9.25 368 354 38.2 18,960 18,418 1,969 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... $9.55 $9.25 $356 $340 37.2 $17,836 $17,290 1,867 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.63 9.25 367 360 38.2 19,100 18,720 1,984 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.09 8.14 384 320 38.1 16,189 15,288 1,605 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.92 13.22 796 552 39.9 41,381 28,683 2,077 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 25.59 15.85 1,036 654 40.5 53,877 34,008 2,105 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.51 15.35 711 614 40.6 36,969 31,928 2,111 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.48 10.00 455 400 39.6 23,650 20,800 2,061 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.28 13.96 597 558 39.1 31,057 29,041 2,033 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.47 11.17 499 447 40.0 25,934 23,223 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.02 12.00 481 480 40.0 24,994 24,960 2,080 Tellers......................................................... 10.65 10.32 426 413 40.0 22,147 21,466 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 20.14 21.25 805 850 40.0 41,885 44,200 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.13 9.34 350 327 38.3 18,202 17,001 1,993 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.80 17.50 684 678 38.4 35,586 35,263 1,999 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.19 20.35 745 779 36.9 38,724 40,530 1,918 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.26 11.53 530 461 40.0 27,579 23,982 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.85 19.50 754 780 40.0 39,207 40,560 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 19.09 17.50 764 700 40.0 39,708 36,400 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.10 17.27 766 691 40.1 39,845 35,917 2,086 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 16.96 17.27 679 691 40.0 35,285 35,917 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 19.13 16.73 761 669 39.8 39,558 34,798 2,067 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 25.47 22.59 980 888 38.5 50,963 46,201 2,001 Machinists........................................................ 24.70 28.87 988 1,155 40.0 51,366 60,050 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.07 18.00 683 720 40.0 35,505 37,440 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... $15.60 $14.38 $634 $575 40.6 $32,683 $29,900 2,095 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.85 14.12 537 600 41.8 27,933 31,200 2,173 Sailors and marine oilers......................................... 14.79 14.38 615 575 41.6 31,997 29,900 2,164 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.56 10.23 387 400 36.6 20,112 20,800 1,904 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.49 10.00 379 400 36.2 19,722 20,800 1,880 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, May 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........................................................... $19.89 $16.00 $788 $636 39.6 $40,702 $33,045 2,046 Management occupations.............................................. 42.96 40.15 1,795 1,606 41.8 93,346 83,502 2,173 Engineering managers.............................................. 60.65 53.00 2,562 2,385 42.2 133,216 124,025 2,196 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.77 19.23 1,025 765 39.8 53,286 39,790 2,068 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.75 15.66 867 626 39.9 45,104 32,569 2,073 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.68 21.86 987 874 40.0 51,334 45,469 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.70 35.07 1,521 1,528 41.4 79,086 79,433 2,155 Engineers......................................................... 37.79 35.07 1,572 1,528 41.6 81,735 79,433 2,163 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.50 26.85 1,165 1,128 40.9 60,593 58,643 2,126 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.96 17.02 638 681 40.0 33,200 35,404 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 41.21 32.77 1,529 1,232 37.1 59,500 49,265 1,444 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 51.22 44.98 1,953 1,687 38.1 77,408 73,739 1,511 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 18.21 15.00 728 600 40.0 37,873 31,200 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.46 28.00 1,097 1,100 39.9 57,033 57,200 2,077 Registered nurses................................................. 33.60 31.40 1,340 1,256 39.9 69,699 65,318 2,074 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.29 16.25 730 650 39.9 37,970 33,800 2,076 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 17.01 11.75 656 455 38.5 34,088 23,664 2,004 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.21 8.89 357 354 38.7 18,565 18,396 2,015 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.12 11.75 454 446 37.5 23,616 23,171 1,949 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.50 8.00 308 280 36.3 16,035 14,560 1,886 Cooks............................................................. 11.18 12.33 453 519 40.5 23,547 27,012 2,106 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.12 2.60 134 87 32.6 6,993 4,514 1,696 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.79 9.43 373 354 38.1 19,408 18,418 1,982 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.66 9.25 367 343 38.0 19,106 17,836 1,977 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.13 8.00 385 320 38.0 16,124 14,934 1,592 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.92 13.22 796 552 39.9 41,381 28,683 2,077 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 25.59 15.85 1,036 654 40.5 53,877 34,008 2,105 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.51 15.35 711 614 40.6 36,969 31,928 2,111 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.48 10.00 455 400 39.6 23,650 20,800 2,061 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.50 14.41 608 558 39.2 31,619 29,041 2,041 Financial clerks.................................................. $12.44 $11.00 $498 $440 40.0 $25,884 $22,880 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.95 11.78 478 471 40.0 24,856 24,500 2,080 Tellers......................................................... 10.65 10.32 426 413 40.0 22,147 21,466 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 20.14 21.25 805 850 40.0 41,885 44,200 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.04 7.59 362 304 40.0 18,810 15,787 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.86 17.50 687 678 38.5 35,714 35,263 2,000 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.65 22.27 767 779 37.1 39,867 40,530 1,930 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.95 19.50 758 780 40.0 39,424 40,560 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 19.14 17.50 766 700 40.0 39,812 36,400 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.21 17.27 771 691 40.1 40,068 35,917 2,086 Production occupations.............................................. 19.13 16.73 761 669 39.8 39,558 34,798 2,067 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 25.47 22.59 980 888 38.5 50,963 46,201 2,001 Machinists........................................................ 24.70 28.87 988 1,155 40.0 51,366 60,050 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.07 18.00 683 720 40.0 35,505 37,440 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.53 14.38 635 575 40.9 33,009 29,900 2,125 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.85 14.12 537 600 41.8 27,933 31,200 2,173 Sailors and marine oilers......................................... 14.79 14.38 615 575 41.6 31,997 29,900 2,164 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.56 10.23 387 400 36.6 20,112 20,800 1,904 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.49 10.00 379 400 36.2 19,722 20,800 1,880 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, May 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........................................................... $21.90 $18.46 $841 $752 38.4 $39,236 $38,336 1,792 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.12 33.00 1,080 1,193 35.9 39,623 43,646 1,316 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.57 36.21 1,250 1,267 35.1 45,630 46,380 1,283 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.62 35.15 1,225 1,236 35.4 44,764 44,989 1,293 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 34.48 35.15 1,225 1,236 35.5 44,743 44,989 1,298 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.76 24.50 930 970 39.1 47,623 50,440 2,004 Registered nurses................................................. 27.82 26.10 1,069 1,025 38.4 55,585 53,290 1,998 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.67 11.53 520 461 38.0 27,035 23,982 1,978 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, May 2007 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $18.77 $16.23 $19.60 $24.80 Management, professional, and related...... 32.12 27.49 31.90 36.50 Management, business, and financial...... 37.25 32.73 33.30 50.25 Professional and related................. 29.59 24.60 30.55 32.93 Service.................................... 10.49 10.76 9.64 10.40 Sales and office........................... 16.06 14.40 20.89 15.33 Sales and related........................ 17.36 12.44 37.17 – Office and administrative support........ 15.19 16.13 12.67 15.92 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 19.14 19.38 18.43 – Construction and extraction............. 19.07 18.72 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 19.21 20.01 16.75 20.38 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 16.27 15.44 14.12 22.94 Production............................... 19.13 13.63 15.95 25.05 Transportation and material moving....... 14.84 15.94 13.48 14.63 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........................................................... 6.1 7.2 8.8 12.3 Management, professional, and related............................... 7.0 10.7 12.5 11.7 Management, business, and financial............................... 12.2 18.7 24.9 11.2 Professional and related.......................................... 6.1 8.8 6.1 11.2 Service............................................................. 14.4 21.4 5.4 5.9 Sales and office.................................................... 10.1 6.7 23.2 10.0 Sales and related................................................. 24.8 15.3 26.6 – Office and administrative support................................. 4.8 5.0 5.1 10.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.6 6.2 6.6 – Construction and extraction...................................... 2.2 5.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 8.7 10.8 8.4 4.7 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 9.2 16.0 8.4 17.2 Production........................................................ 17.2 3.3 7.8 14.4 Transportation and material moving................................ 10.6 19.0 11.7 16.4 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, May 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........................................................... $17.50 $15.43 $692 $620 39.6 $35,944 $32,094 2,055 Management occupations.............................................. 35.33 33.00 1,543 1,320 43.7 80,211 68,640 2,270 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.99 19.23 985 769 39.4 51,200 40,000 2,049 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 16.60 14.18 616 567 37.1 24,242 25,772 1,460 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 21.26 18.08 815 651 38.3 42,354 33,836 1,993 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.15 8.00 288 249 35.3 14,969 12,948 1,836 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.78 2.60 122 87 32.3 6,342 4,514 1,679 Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.05 12.00 561 480 39.9 29,177 24,960 2,076 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.48 15.35 750 614 40.6 38,997 31,928 2,111 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.70 15.35 719 614 40.6 37,391 31,928 2,113 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.55 10.00 457 400 39.6 23,790 20,800 2,059 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.51 17.50 645 678 39.1 33,551 35,263 2,033 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.26 10.32 490 413 40.0 25,491 21,466 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.60 17.50 717 678 38.6 37,305 35,263 2,006 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.53 19.50 741 780 40.0 38,542 40,560 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.01 17.27 804 691 40.2 41,811 35,917 2,089 Production occupations.............................................. 13.63 12.00 545 480 40.0 28,350 24,960 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.32 14.38 718 596 41.5 37,352 30,994 2,157 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.40 13.00 510 520 41.1 26,516 27,040 2,139 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, May 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........................................................... $22.57 $16.67 $895 $669 39.7 $45,969 $34,320 2,037 Management occupations.............................................. 48.95 40.15 1,979 1,606 40.4 102,885 83,502 2,102 Engineering managers.............................................. 67.62 66.36 2,705 2,654 40.0 140,659 138,020 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.11 16.75 1,042 670 39.9 54,188 34,840 2,076 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 41.85 38.19 1,674 1,528 40.0 87,049 79,433 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 45.18 38.19 1,807 1,528 40.0 93,981 79,433 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.50 26.85 1,165 1,128 40.9 60,593 58,643 2,126 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 51.62 44.98 1,915 1,687 37.1 74,179 65,776 1,437 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 56.28 64.50 2,131 2,419 37.9 81,550 94,070 1,449 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.13 28.21 1,123 1,114 39.9 58,392 57,952 2,076 Registered nurses................................................. 33.60 31.40 1,340 1,256 39.9 69,699 65,318 2,074 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.18 10.00 396 394 38.9 20,605 20,488 2,023 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.89 11.10 431 430 39.6 22,434 22,353 2,060 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.73 10.37 390 415 40.0 20,256 21,570 2,082 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.22 10.00 379 370 37.0 19,682 19,240 1,926 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.04 9.80 370 370 36.8 19,215 19,240 1,913 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.98 8.00 406 320 37.0 15,431 11,432 1,406 Sales and related occupations....................................... 33.12 24.69 1,324 985 40.0 68,827 51,203 2,078 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.29 13.06 563 523 39.4 29,288 27,173 2,050 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.68 11.78 507 471 40.0 26,384 24,500 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.42 11.78 497 471 40.0 25,843 24,500 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.12 12.98 496 519 37.8 25,772 27,000 1,964 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.63 12.98 475 442 37.7 24,721 22,968 1,958 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.82 20.00 793 800 40.0 41,232 41,600 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.58 17.50 703 700 40.0 36,558 36,400 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 17.27 18.24 691 730 40.0 35,915 37,939 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 21.37 18.25 848 730 39.7 44,077 37,960 2,062 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 25.47 22.59 980 888 38.5 50,963 46,201 2,001 Machinists........................................................ $24.70 $28.87 $988 $1,155 40.0 $51,366 $60,050 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.78 11.25 555 474 40.3 28,862 24,640 2,095 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.62 10.23 386 400 36.4 20,088 20,800 1,892 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, May 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........................................................... $21.57 $19.98 $30.15 $18.90 $18.65 $20.66 Management, professional, and related............................... 32.09 – 32.09 30.41 32.12 25.63 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 36.32 37.25 – Professional and related.......................................... 32.09 – 32.09 28.26 29.59 25.55 Service............................................................. – – – 10.57 10.49 11.68 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 15.90 16.07 13.67 Sales and related................................................. – – – 17.42 17.42 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 15.01 15.18 13.67 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 21.01 21.01 – 17.98 18.04 – Construction and extraction...................................... 18.52 18.52 – 19.43 19.69 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 17.18 17.10 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 19.78 19.79 – 15.23 15.19 15.73 Production........................................................ 24.56 24.56 – 16.82 16.82 – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.31 16.30 – 14.61 14.47 15.73 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........................................................... 9.0 9.8 15.9 5.5 6.3 7.3 Management, professional, and related............................... 15.5 – 15.5 6.2 7.0 7.0 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 11.8 12.2 – Professional and related.......................................... 15.5 – 15.5 4.9 6.1 6.2 Service............................................................. – – – 13.6 14.6 5.7 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 9.6 10.1 15.1 Sales and related................................................. – – – 24.8 24.8 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 4.6 4.8 15.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 11.7 11.7 – 2.8 2.9 – Construction and extraction...................................... .3 .3 – 2.0 2.6 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 3.1 3.1 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.5 15.5 – 9.0 9.7 19.6 Production........................................................ 12.8 12.8 – 12.1 12.1 – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.0 9.0 – 12.3 13.7 19.6 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, May 2007 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $18.80 $18.36 $26.82 $26.82 Management, professional, and related............................... 30.41 32.01 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 36.05 36.97 – – Professional and related.......................................... 28.50 29.59 – – Service............................................................. 10.70 10.57 – – Sales and office.................................................... 14.16 14.21 32.66 32.66 Sales and related................................................. 12.29 12.29 32.84 32.84 Office and administrative support................................. 15.00 15.17 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 19.04 19.14 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 19.07 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.10 19.21 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.29 16.32 – – Production........................................................ 19.13 19.13 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.91 14.81 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.5 6.4 27.6 27.6 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.9 7.1 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 12.0 12.4 – – Professional and related.......................................... 4.6 6.1 – – Service............................................................. 13.2 14.5 – – Sales and office.................................................... 3.4 3.4 28.7 28.7 Sales and related................................................. 7.4 7.4 28.9 28.9 Office and administrative support................................. 4.5 4.8 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.4 4.6 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 2.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 8.2 8.7 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 9.2 9.8 – – Production........................................................ 17.2 17.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.4 11.4 – – 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, May 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........................................................... - - - - $14.52 - - - $14.78 Management, professional, and related............................... - - - - 25.20 - - - – Management, business, and financial............................... - - - - 27.85 - - - – Professional and related.......................................... - - - - – - - - – Service............................................................. - - - - – - - - – Sales and office.................................................... - - - - 12.41 - - - – Sales and related................................................. - - - - 11.21 - - - – Office and administrative support................................. - - - - 12.95 - - - – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - - - - – - - - – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - - - - – - - - – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - - - - – - - - – Production........................................................ - - - - – - - - – Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - – - - - – B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... - - - - 2.0 - - - 6.8 Management, professional, and related............................... - - - - 15.0 - - - – Management, business, and financial............................... - - - - 18.5 - - - – Professional and related.......................................... - - - - – - - - – Service............................................................. - - - - – - - - – Sales and office.................................................... - - - - 6.7 - - - – Sales and related................................................. - - - - 15.5 - - - – Office and administrative support................................. - - - - 11.5 - - - – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - - - - – - - - – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - - - - – - - - – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - - - - – - - - – Production........................................................ - - - - – - - - – Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - – - - - – 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, May 2007 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 477,800 413,300 64,500 Management, professional, and related............................... 119,400 79,000 40,500 Management, business, and financial............................... 27,800 24,900 – Professional and related.......................................... 91,700 54,100 37,600 Service............................................................. 97,300 91,000 6,400 Sales and office.................................................... 146,500 136,800 9,600 Sales and related................................................. 58,900 58,900 – Office and administrative support................................. 87,600 78,000 9,600 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 45,200 42,800 – Construction and extraction...................................... 22,000 21,300 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 23,200 21,400 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 69,400 63,700 5,600 Production........................................................ 20,200 20,200 – Transportation and material moving................................ 49,200 43,500 5,600 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, May 2007 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 22,791 22,227 564 Total in sample....................................................... 255 232 23 Responding........................................................ 131 113 18 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 75 71 4 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 49 48 1 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.