NC BL 06/00/2004 Table: Birmingham, AL, Bulletin 3120-69, February 2004 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Birmingham, AL, February 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $16.36 5.6 37.8 $15.31 6.4 37.3 $20.47 5.1 39.8 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 19.35 8.8 37.5 18.16 10.7 36.9 23.26 2.9 39.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.76 4.4 39.4 22.27 5.2 39.3 26.78 3.2 39.6 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.60 9.7 40.2 27.10 11.2 40.2 30.06 15.1 40.5 Sales............................................................. 10.93 14.3 29.0 10.94 14.7 28.9 – – – Administrative support............................................ 12.03 5.3 37.8 11.87 6.3 37.5 12.63 10.2 38.9 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 14.06 6.5 39.6 14.03 7.3 39.5 14.28 3.3 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.15 4.4 39.7 17.95 4.6 39.7 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 15.07 2.6 40.0 15.14 2.7 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.20 8.4 39.1 12.65 10.9 38.8 14.91 2.8 40.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 9.69 12.7 39.5 9.59 14.3 39.4 – – – Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.84 6.0 36.8 9.27 5.8 35.7 15.98 3.0 40.6 Full time........................................................... 17.05 4.7 39.9 16.05 5.4 39.7 20.65 5.1 40.4 Part time........................................................... 8.30 3.8 23.4 8.23 3.6 23.5 9.82 18.8 21.9 Union............................................................... 19.46 8.4 40.0 19.66 8.3 40.0 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 16.12 5.9 37.6 14.88 6.6 37.0 20.55 5.3 39.8 Time................................................................ 16.35 5.6 37.8 15.28 6.4 37.3 20.47 5.1 39.8 Incentive........................................................... – – – – – – – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.96 4.3 39.8 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 16.08 13.1 36.8 16.21 13.5 36.7 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 14.78 12.4 36.9 13.18 10.9 36.6 25.18 10.0 38.9 500 workers or more................................................. 18.09 4.0 39.2 17.68 6.0 38.7 18.90 3.9 40.3 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Birmingham, AL, February 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $16.36 5.6 $15.31 6.4 $20.47 5.1 All excluding sales............................................... 16.74 4.8 15.69 5.6 20.51 5.1 White collar........................................................ 19.35 8.8 18.16 10.7 23.26 2.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.46 5.8 19.43 7.5 23.35 2.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.76 4.4 22.27 5.2 26.78 3.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.22 4.8 25.65 7.7 29.30 3.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.40 11.8 30.40 11.8 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 22.98 4.8 – – 25.33 6.2 Registered nurses........................................... – – – – 25.16 6.3 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.00 1.6 – – 28.00 1.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.02 9.7 18.45 10.9 15.84 4.6 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.17 9.3 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 12.67 7.1 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.60 9.7 27.10 11.2 30.06 15.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.32 14.1 28.21 16.2 34.61 14.9 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 30.33 36.1 30.78 38.5 – – Management related............................................ 24.50 7.4 25.13 9.9 – – Sales............................................................. 10.93 14.3 10.94 14.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.03 5.3 11.87 6.3 12.63 10.2 Secretaries................................................. 13.89 3.7 14.51 4.0 12.96 5.1 General office clerks....................................... 11.69 6.0 – – 11.21 6.0 Blue collar......................................................... 14.06 6.5 14.03 7.3 14.28 3.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.15 4.4 17.95 4.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.07 2.6 15.14 2.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.20 8.4 12.65 10.9 14.91 2.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.69 12.7 9.59 14.3 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.05 5.9 10.05 5.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.02 13.1 – – – – Service............................................................. $10.84 6.0 $9.27 5.8 $15.98 3.0 Protective service............................................ 12.83 19.4 8.98 .5 17.70 1.2 Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.84 1.5 8.78 .5 – – Food service.................................................. 9.51 25.4 9.44 26.8 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... – – – – – – Other food service........................................... 13.88 23.3 14.19 25.1 – – Health service................................................ 9.86 4.4 9.79 4.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.45 5.2 9.44 5.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.65 11.2 7.58 10.6 12.12 10.9 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.29 10.1 7.59 10.7 10.83 3.5 Personal service.............................................. 11.00 3.6 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Birmingham, AL, February 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.05 4.7 $16.05 5.4 $20.65 5.1 All excluding sales............................................... 17.21 4.5 16.19 5.3 20.70 5.0 White collar........................................................ 20.26 6.5 19.19 8.0 23.52 2.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.79 5.5 19.77 7.1 23.61 2.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.84 4.5 22.31 5.2 26.93 3.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.34 4.9 25.83 8.1 29.29 3.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.40 11.8 30.40 11.8 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.13 5.4 – – 25.16 6.3 Registered nurses........................................... – – – – 25.16 6.3 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.00 1.6 – – 28.00 1.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.10 9.6 18.45 10.9 16.25 3.6 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.17 9.3 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 12.67 7.1 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.60 9.7 27.10 11.2 30.06 15.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.32 14.1 28.21 16.2 34.61 14.9 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 30.33 36.1 30.78 38.5 – – Management related............................................ 24.50 7.4 25.13 9.9 – – Sales............................................................. 13.22 16.7 13.29 17.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.35 5.0 12.22 5.9 12.85 9.6 Secretaries................................................. 13.89 3.7 14.51 4.0 12.96 5.1 General office clerks....................................... 11.89 6.1 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 14.25 6.8 14.25 7.6 14.28 3.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.33 4.1 18.13 4.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.07 2.6 15.14 2.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.53 8.4 13.05 11.1 14.91 2.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.84 13.8 9.75 15.8 – – Service............................................................. 11.33 6.1 9.64 6.1 16.11 2.6 Protective service............................................ 13.19 18.5 – – 17.70 1.2 Food service.................................................. $11.19 30.5 $11.20 33.3 – – Other food service........................................... 15.24 23.7 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.86 4.4 9.79 4.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.45 5.2 9.44 5.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.84 11.4 7.78 10.5 $12.22 12.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.44 10.3 7.78 10.5 10.82 4.3 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Birmingham, AL, February 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $8.30 3.8 $8.23 3.6 $9.82 18.8 All excluding sales............................................... 8.40 5.6 8.29 5.5 9.82 18.8 White collar........................................................ 8.75 8.1 8.67 7.8 9.98 26.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 9.93 12.1 – – 9.98 26.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. – – – – – – Professional specialty.......................................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.14 .4 8.14 .4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 7.89 2.3 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.98 6.6 8.98 6.6 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 7.33 2.3 7.25 2.0 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Birmingham, AL, February 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $680 4.7 39.9 $638 5.5 39.7 $834 4.4 40.4 All excluding sales............................................... 687 4.5 39.9 644 5.3 39.8 836 4.3 40.4 White collar........................................................ 807 6.6 39.8 763 8.2 39.8 939 2.8 39.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 829 5.6 39.9 789 7.2 39.9 943 2.6 39.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 950 4.4 39.8 890 5.2 39.9 1,072 3.1 39.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,087 4.8 39.8 1,027 7.8 39.8 1,164 3.4 39.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,216 11.8 40.0 1,216 11.8 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 925 5.4 40.0 – – – 1,006 6.3 40.0 Registered nurses........................................... – – – – – – 1,006 6.3 40.0 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,112 1.4 39.7 – – – 1,112 1.4 39.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 724 9.6 40.0 738 10.9 40.0 650 3.6 40.0 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 687 9.3 40.0 – – – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 507 7.1 40.0 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,111 10.0 40.2 1,089 11.5 40.2 1,218 15.5 40.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,184 14.6 40.4 1,137 16.7 40.3 1,413 14.9 40.8 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,237 38.0 40.8 1,256 40.6 40.8 – – – Management related............................................ 979 7.4 40.0 1,004 9.8 40.0 – – – Sales............................................................. 512 17.4 38.7 514 18.1 38.7 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 492 5.3 39.8 486 6.2 39.7 514 9.6 40.0 Secretaries................................................. 553 3.7 39.8 576 4.2 39.7 518 5.1 40.0 General office clerks....................................... 476 6.1 40.0 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 571 6.8 40.1 571 7.6 40.1 571 3.3 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 733 4.1 40.0 725 4.3 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 603 2.6 40.0 606 2.7 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 546 8.8 40.4 529 11.9 40.5 596 2.8 40.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $394 13.8 40.0 $390 15.8 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 452 6.5 39.8 378 7.7 39.2 $674 4.7 41.8 Protective service............................................ 546 21.4 41.4 – – – 770 2.3 43.5 Food service.................................................. 453 36.9 40.5 468 40.3 41.8 – – – Other food service........................................... 634 34.2 41.6 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 392 4.1 39.7 389 4.3 39.7 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 375 5.4 39.7 374 5.6 39.6 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 323 18.0 36.5 277 18.9 35.6 489 12.8 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 307 17.2 36.4 277 18.9 35.6 433 4.3 40.0 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Birmingham, AL, February 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $34,454 4.7 2,021 $33,024 5.5 2,058 $39,180 4.4 1,897 All excluding sales............................................... 34,776 4.5 2,021 33,356 5.3 2,060 39,254 4.3 1,896 White collar........................................................ 40,217 6.6 1,985 39,447 8.2 2,056 42,257 2.8 1,797 White collar excluding sales.................................... 41,219 5.6 1,983 40,738 7.2 2,061 42,384 2.6 1,795 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 46,115 4.4 1,935 45,982 5.2 2,061 46,340 3.1 1,721 Professional specialty.......................................... 50,720 4.8 1,855 52,783 7.8 2,044 48,551 3.4 1,657 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 63,225 11.8 2,080 63,225 11.8 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 48,110 5.4 2,080 – – – 52,329 6.3 2,080 Registered nurses........................................... – – – – – – 52,329 6.3 2,080 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 42,556 1.4 1,520 – – – 42,556 1.4 1,520 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 37,654 9.6 2,080 38,377 10.9 2,080 33,794 3.6 2,080 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 35,711 9.3 2,080 – – – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 26,353 7.1 2,080 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 57,678 10.0 2,090 56,606 11.5 2,089 62,917 15.5 2,093 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 61,464 14.6 2,096 59,106 16.7 2,095 72,687 14.9 2,100 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 64,334 38.0 2,121 65,319 40.6 2,122 – – – Management related............................................ 50,923 7.4 2,078 52,203 9.8 2,078 – – – Sales............................................................. 26,601 17.4 2,013 26,733 18.1 2,011 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 24,773 5.3 2,006 24,976 6.2 2,045 24,086 9.6 1,875 Secretaries................................................. 27,692 3.7 1,994 29,941 4.2 2,063 24,629 5.1 1,900 General office clerks....................................... 22,855 6.1 1,922 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 29,694 6.8 2,083 29,693 7.6 2,084 29,707 3.3 2,080 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 38,126 4.1 2,080 37,704 4.3 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 31,353 2.6 2,080 31,501 2.7 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 28,410 8.8 2,100 27,495 11.9 2,107 31,009 2.8 2,080 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $20,468 13.8 2,080 $20,290 15.8 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 23,255 6.5 2,052 19,538 7.7 2,028 $34,183 4.7 2,122 Protective service............................................ 28,232 21.4 2,141 – – – 39,569 2.3 2,235 Food service.................................................. 21,632 36.9 1,933 23,219 40.3 2,073 – – – Other food service........................................... 28,345 34.2 1,860 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 20,369 4.1 2,065 20,210 4.3 2,065 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 19,491 5.4 2,062 19,462 5.6 2,061 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 16,775 18.0 1,898 14,385 18.9 1,850 25,320 12.8 2,071 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 15,974 17.2 1,893 14,385 18.9 1,850 22,400 4.3 2,070 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Birmingham, AL, February 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $16.36 5.6 $15.31 6.4 $20.47 5.1 All excluding sales............................................... 16.74 4.8 15.69 5.6 20.51 5.1 White collar........................................................ 19.35 8.8 18.16 10.7 23.26 2.9 1....................................................... 9.73 6.7 9.79 7.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.28 5.1 9.91 3.0 11.70 7.7 3....................................................... 12.12 8.5 12.22 8.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.49 5.1 12.22 7.1 12.99 6.8 5....................................................... 18.14 7.6 17.30 8.9 19.81 14.5 6....................................................... 19.69 3.8 19.71 3.9 – – 7....................................................... 24.30 6.1 22.33 7.3 26.57 4.6 8....................................................... 21.81 9.4 21.34 10.3 24.31 18.5 9....................................................... 27.06 7.3 26.80 10.2 27.75 4.0 10........................................................ 34.78 2.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.70 28.4 15.93 23.0 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.46 5.8 19.43 7.5 23.35 2.9 1....................................................... 9.73 6.7 9.79 7.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.75 7.7 9.65 12.2 11.70 7.7 4....................................................... 12.53 5.1 12.26 7.1 12.99 6.8 5....................................................... 18.14 7.6 17.30 8.9 19.81 14.5 6....................................................... 19.27 4.2 19.27 4.4 – – 7....................................................... 24.30 6.1 22.33 7.3 26.57 4.6 8....................................................... 21.81 9.4 21.34 10.3 24.31 18.5 9....................................................... 27.06 7.3 26.80 10.2 27.75 4.0 10........................................................ 35.23 1.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.33 24.3 17.80 20.6 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.76 4.4 22.27 5.2 26.78 3.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.22 4.8 25.65 7.7 29.30 3.7 7....................................................... 26.26 3.8 – – 27.03 3.3 9....................................................... 30.14 6.7 – – 29.50 5.4 Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.84 9.9 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.40 11.8 30.40 11.8 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 22.98 4.8 – – 25.33 6.2 Registered nurses........................................... – – – – 25.16 6.3 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.00 1.6 – – 28.00 1.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.02 9.7 18.45 10.9 15.84 4.6 4....................................................... 13.16 10.1 – – – – 5....................................................... 14.72 5.4 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... $17.17 9.3 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 12.67 7.1 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.60 9.7 $27.10 11.2 $30.06 15.1 9....................................................... 24.89 10.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.70 25.8 19.66 18.6 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.32 14.1 28.21 16.2 34.61 14.9 9....................................................... 23.44 12.5 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 30.33 36.1 30.78 38.5 – – Management related............................................ 24.50 7.4 25.13 9.9 – – Sales............................................................. 10.93 14.3 10.94 14.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.03 5.3 11.87 6.3 12.63 10.2 1....................................................... 9.73 6.7 9.79 7.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.87 8.3 9.62 13.7 11.91 8.5 4....................................................... 12.31 5.7 11.65 7.2 13.27 7.3 5....................................................... 16.28 9.2 16.28 9.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 10.49 4.0 10.49 4.0 – – Secretaries................................................. 13.89 3.7 14.51 4.0 12.96 5.1 4....................................................... 13.46 5.5 – – 13.02 4.9 General office clerks....................................... 11.69 6.0 – – 11.21 6.0 2....................................................... 11.50 7.4 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 14.06 6.5 14.03 7.3 14.28 3.3 1....................................................... 7.70 11.6 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.39 7.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.56 7.4 11.56 7.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.27 5.5 14.24 6.7 – – 5....................................................... 14.85 4.1 14.85 4.1 – – 6....................................................... 18.68 7.5 18.42 8.0 – – 7....................................................... 18.75 .7 18.68 .5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.15 4.4 17.95 4.6 – – 5....................................................... 14.51 11.5 14.51 11.5 – – 6....................................................... 21.24 9.9 20.88 10.9 – – 7....................................................... 18.88 1.0 18.80 .9 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.07 2.6 15.14 2.7 – – 4....................................................... 14.78 8.9 – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.20 8.4 12.65 10.9 14.91 2.8 4....................................................... 14.76 6.3 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.69 12.7 9.59 14.3 – – 1....................................................... 7.73 12.6 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. $10.05 5.9 $10.05 5.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.02 13.1 – – – – Service............................................................. 10.84 6.0 9.27 5.8 $15.98 3.0 1....................................................... 6.87 5.9 6.42 5.4 9.70 3.9 2....................................................... 8.93 3.5 8.62 2.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.07 12.2 8.10 8.6 14.28 5.7 4....................................................... 11.38 8.0 10.75 4.5 – – 5....................................................... 16.20 4.4 – – – – Protective service............................................ 12.83 19.4 8.98 .5 17.70 1.2 3....................................................... 12.64 17.5 – – – – Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.84 1.5 8.78 .5 – – Food service.................................................. 9.51 25.4 9.44 26.8 – – Other food service........................................... 13.88 23.3 14.19 25.1 – – Health service................................................ 9.86 4.4 9.79 4.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.45 5.2 9.44 5.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.65 11.2 7.58 10.6 12.12 10.9 1....................................................... 7.22 8.7 6.44 8.2 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.29 10.1 7.59 10.7 10.83 3.5 1....................................................... 7.22 8.7 6.44 8.2 – – Personal service.............................................. 11.00 3.6 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Birmingham, AL, February 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.05 4.7 $16.05 5.4 $20.65 5.1 All excluding sales............................................... 17.21 4.5 16.19 5.3 20.70 5.0 White collar........................................................ 20.26 6.5 19.19 8.0 23.52 2.7 1....................................................... 9.97 7.1 10.01 7.5 – – 2....................................................... 12.14 5.0 – – 11.70 7.7 4....................................................... 12.50 5.1 12.22 7.1 13.01 6.8 5....................................................... 18.36 7.5 17.30 8.9 20.59 14.8 6....................................................... 19.69 3.8 19.71 3.9 – – 7....................................................... 24.42 6.0 22.46 7.4 26.57 4.6 8....................................................... 21.74 9.5 21.34 10.3 – – 9....................................................... 27.06 7.3 26.80 10.2 27.75 4.0 10........................................................ 34.78 2.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.88 28.8 16.07 23.7 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.79 5.5 19.77 7.1 23.61 2.5 1....................................................... 9.97 7.1 10.01 7.5 – – 2....................................................... 11.46 6.0 10.98 10.5 11.70 7.7 4....................................................... 12.53 5.1 12.26 7.1 13.01 6.8 5....................................................... 18.36 7.5 17.30 8.9 20.59 14.8 6....................................................... 19.27 4.2 19.27 4.4 – – 7....................................................... 24.42 6.0 22.46 7.4 26.57 4.6 8....................................................... 21.74 9.5 21.34 10.3 – – 9....................................................... 27.06 7.3 26.80 10.2 27.75 4.0 10........................................................ 35.23 1.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.61 24.5 18.02 21.1 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.84 4.5 22.31 5.2 26.93 3.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.34 4.9 25.83 8.1 29.29 3.7 7....................................................... 26.51 3.4 – – 27.03 3.3 9....................................................... 30.14 6.7 – – 29.50 5.4 Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.84 9.9 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.40 11.8 30.40 11.8 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.13 5.4 – – 25.16 6.3 Registered nurses........................................... – – – – 25.16 6.3 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.00 1.6 – – 28.00 1.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.10 9.6 18.45 10.9 16.25 3.6 4....................................................... 13.16 10.1 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.17 9.3 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 12.67 7.1 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $27.60 9.7 $27.10 11.2 $30.06 15.1 9....................................................... 24.89 10.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.70 25.8 19.66 18.6 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.32 14.1 28.21 16.2 34.61 14.9 9....................................................... 23.44 12.5 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 30.33 36.1 30.78 38.5 – – Management related............................................ 24.50 7.4 25.13 9.9 – – Sales............................................................. 13.22 16.7 13.29 17.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.35 5.0 12.22 5.9 12.85 9.6 1....................................................... 9.97 7.1 10.01 7.5 – – 2....................................................... 11.69 6.4 11.22 11.1 11.91 8.5 4....................................................... 12.32 5.7 11.65 7.2 13.30 7.3 5....................................................... 16.28 9.2 16.28 9.2 – – Secretaries................................................. 13.89 3.7 14.51 4.0 12.96 5.1 4....................................................... 13.46 5.5 – – 13.02 4.9 General office clerks....................................... 11.89 6.1 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.50 7.4 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 14.25 6.8 14.25 7.6 14.28 3.3 1....................................................... 7.80 13.6 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.69 6.9 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.41 8.3 11.41 8.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.43 5.5 14.43 6.7 – – 5....................................................... 14.85 4.1 14.85 4.1 – – 6....................................................... 18.68 7.5 18.42 8.0 – – 7....................................................... 18.75 .7 18.68 .5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.33 4.1 18.13 4.3 – – 5....................................................... 14.51 11.5 14.51 11.5 – – 6....................................................... 21.24 9.9 20.88 10.9 – – 7....................................................... 18.88 1.0 18.80 .9 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.07 2.6 15.14 2.7 – – 4....................................................... 14.78 8.9 – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.53 8.4 13.05 11.1 14.91 2.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.84 13.8 9.75 15.8 – – Service............................................................. 11.33 6.1 9.64 6.1 16.11 2.6 1....................................................... 6.91 7.3 6.42 6.4 – – 2....................................................... 8.91 3.5 8.59 2.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.45 10.3 9.19 2.6 14.28 5.7 4....................................................... $11.28 8.2 – – – – 5....................................................... 16.19 4.4 – – – – Protective service............................................ 13.19 18.5 – – $17.70 1.2 Food service.................................................. 11.19 30.5 $11.20 33.3 – – Other food service........................................... 15.24 23.7 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.86 4.4 9.79 4.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.45 5.2 9.44 5.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.84 11.4 7.78 10.5 12.22 12.8 1....................................................... 7.30 9.5 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.44 10.3 7.78 10.5 10.82 4.3 1....................................................... 7.30 9.5 – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Birmingham, AL, February 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $8.30 3.8 $8.23 3.6 $9.82 18.8 All excluding sales............................................... 8.40 5.6 8.29 5.5 9.82 18.8 White collar........................................................ 8.75 8.1 8.67 7.8 9.98 26.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 9.93 12.1 – – 9.98 26.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. – – – – – – Professional specialty.......................................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.14 .4 8.14 .4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 7.89 2.3 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.98 6.6 8.98 6.6 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 7.33 2.3 7.25 2.0 – – 1....................................................... 6.73 6.1 – – – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Birmingham, AL, February 2004 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $17.05 $8.30 $19.46 $16.12 $16.35 – All excluding sales............................................. 17.21 8.40 19.46 16.51 16.73 – White collar........................................................ 20.26 8.75 – 19.16 19.33 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20.79 9.93 – 20.31 20.45 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.84 – – 23.78 23.76 – Professional specialty.......................................... 27.34 – – 27.22 27.22 – Technical....................................................... 18.10 – – 16.16 18.02 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.60 – – 27.60 27.71 – Sales............................................................. 13.22 8.14 – 10.93 10.93 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.35 7.89 – 11.90 12.03 – Blue collar......................................................... 14.25 8.98 17.41 13.18 14.02 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.33 – 19.48 17.63 18.15 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.07 – 16.57 14.39 15.07 – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.53 – – 12.43 12.89 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.84 – 12.94 9.32 9.69 – Service............................................................. 11.33 7.33 – 10.84 10.84 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.7 3.8 8.4 5.9 5.6 – All excluding sales............................................. 4.5 5.6 8.4 5.0 4.9 – White collar........................................................ 6.5 8.1 – 9.1 8.8 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.5 12.1 – 5.9 5.9 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.5 – – 4.7 4.4 – Professional specialty.......................................... 4.9 – – 4.8 4.8 – Technical....................................................... 9.6 – – 5.4 9.7 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9.7 – – 9.7 9.8 – Sales............................................................. 16.7 .4 – 14.3 14.3 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 5.0 2.3 – 5.4 5.3 – Blue collar......................................................... 6.8 6.6 4.7 7.3 6.6 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.1 – 7.0 5.0 4.4 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.6 – 3.3 8.3 2.6 – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.4 – – 9.3 8.7 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.8 – 12.1 13.4 12.7 – Service............................................................. 6.1 2.3 – 6.0 6.0 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Birmingham, AL, February 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $15.31 $15.96 – - $16.54 - $24.67 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 15.69 15.78 – - 16.34 - 24.67 - - - White collar........................................................ 18.16 17.26 – - 17.53 - 25.92 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 19.43 16.86 – - 17.13 - 25.92 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.27 – – - – - – - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 25.65 – – - – - – - - - Technical....................................................... 18.45 – – - – - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.10 – – - – - – - - - Sales............................................................. 10.94 – – - – - – - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.87 – – - – - 14.60 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 14.03 15.16 – - 15.74 - 20.11 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.95 17.26 – - 18.52 - – - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.14 14.93 – - 14.80 - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 12.65 – – - – - – - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.59 11.51 – - 12.47 - – - - - Service............................................................. 9.27 – – - – - – - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 6.4 4.3 – - 5.6 - 10.9 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 5.6 4.4 – - 5.6 - 10.9 - - - White collar........................................................ 10.7 16.4 – - 17.6 - 11.7 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 7.5 17.1 – - 18.4 - 11.7 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.2 – – - – - – - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 7.7 – – - – - – - - - Technical....................................................... 10.9 – – - – - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 11.2 – – - – - – - - - Sales............................................................. 14.7 – – - – - – - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 6.3 – – - – - 13.0 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 7.3 2.4 – - 3.5 - 13.5 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.6 3.7 – - 3.7 - – - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.7 3.1 – - 2.7 - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 10.9 – – - – - – - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.3 4.5 – - 9.6 - – - - - Service............................................................. 5.8 – – - – - – - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Birmingham, AL, February 2004 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $15.31 $16.21 $15.09 $13.18 $17.68 All excluding sales............................................. 15.69 16.06 15.60 13.77 17.68 White collar........................................................ 18.16 23.87 17.34 14.96 19.75 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 19.43 24.12 18.70 17.17 19.75 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.27 – 21.93 23.18 21.02 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.65 – 24.46 – 23.76 Technical....................................................... 18.45 – 18.47 – 15.06 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.10 – 26.18 – 30.90 Sales............................................................. 10.94 – 10.17 10.17 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.87 14.24 11.71 11.08 12.20 Blue collar......................................................... 14.03 13.20 14.50 13.46 16.81 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.95 15.57 19.67 21.28 17.48 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.14 13.93 16.28 15.22 – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.65 – 13.12 11.86 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.59 9.96 9.39 – – Service............................................................. 9.27 9.26 9.27 9.15 9.52 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 6.4 13.5 7.0 10.9 6.0 All excluding sales............................................. 5.6 13.6 5.9 10.6 6.0 White collar........................................................ 10.7 14.2 11.7 19.2 9.6 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 7.5 15.4 8.2 15.3 9.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.2 – 5.9 9.6 6.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 7.7 – 6.1 – 5.9 Technical....................................................... 10.9 – 14.2 – 9.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 11.2 – 11.2 – 8.6 Sales............................................................. 14.7 – 4.3 4.3 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 6.3 16.6 5.7 7.9 6.1 Blue collar......................................................... 7.3 5.6 11.2 16.9 4.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.6 2.3 5.0 5.2 6.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.7 6.9 4.7 4.8 – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.9 – 11.3 10.9 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.3 5.1 21.9 – – Service............................................................. 5.8 22.5 3.6 4.9 6.2 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. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Birmingham, AL, February 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.54 $9.52 $13.68 $20.94 $27.65 All excluding sales........................... 7.65 10.00 14.47 21.35 27.96 White collar.................................... 8.40 10.94 17.20 25.39 32.34 White collar excluding sales................ 9.48 12.16 18.91 25.59 32.72 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.50 17.96 22.88 27.01 33.25 Professional specialty...................... 19.19 21.30 25.50 31.39 35.25 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.71 25.19 27.96 33.60 41.20 Mathematical and computer scientists...... – – – – – Health related............................ 18.50 19.88 21.30 24.29 33.25 Teachers, college and university.......... – – – – – Teachers, except college and university... 20.59 23.49 28.74 32.34 34.57 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 11.23 13.67 16.67 23.00 25.59 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 9.46 13.13 17.96 21.01 24.72 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.10 10.06 11.94 13.71 17.70 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.10 18.85 24.52 33.11 41.97 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 13.23 17.08 26.92 35.08 48.04 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 9.35 13.51 18.10 47.12 62.50 Management related........................ 17.51 20.00 21.63 26.44 37.84 Sales......................................... 7.35 7.84 8.45 10.55 20.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.05 9.45 11.15 13.26 17.18 Secretaries............................. 10.72 11.86 13.10 16.16 18.27 General office clerks................... 8.99 9.37 11.56 13.46 14.61 Blue collar..................................... 7.21 10.00 13.88 17.35 20.14 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.50 14.35 17.97 20.26 25.45 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 11.00 12.37 16.04 16.98 17.85 Transportation and material moving............ 8.44 10.00 12.50 15.88 17.78 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.65 6.75 9.50 11.47 15.36 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.00 9.00 10.00 11.59 11.59 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 5.60 5.60 8.00 12.75 13.88 Service......................................... 6.00 7.65 9.72 12.02 18.60 Protective service........................ 7.35 8.41 10.20 17.63 20.55 Guards and police, except public service $7.00 $8.00 $8.45 $10.20 $10.20 Food service.............................. 5.15 5.17 7.00 10.00 15.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... – – – – – Other food service....................... 7.00 8.37 10.00 15.50 28.53 Health service............................ 7.50 8.25 9.40 11.24 12.65 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.50 8.25 9.09 10.78 11.75 Cleaning and building service............. 5.45 5.90 7.61 9.75 12.02 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.45 5.75 7.56 9.75 11.33 Personal service.......................... 6.18 6.50 12.02 16.73 16.73 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Birmingham, AL, February 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.25 $9.00 $12.75 $19.75 $25.59 All excluding sales........................... 7.21 9.48 13.17 20.00 26.44 White collar.................................... 8.07 10.25 15.99 23.64 28.85 White collar excluding sales................ 9.45 11.85 17.51 25.19 31.30 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.08 16.30 21.71 25.59 30.00 Professional specialty...................... 18.40 20.81 24.29 27.96 35.25 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.71 25.19 27.96 33.60 41.20 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.82 13.67 16.75 23.64 25.59 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 13.51 17.76 24.52 34.78 41.97 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 12.82 15.80 26.44 36.95 48.08 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 9.22 12.82 17.96 47.12 62.50 Management related........................ 17.51 20.00 20.00 31.30 40.00 Sales......................................... 7.35 7.83 8.45 10.55 21.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.00 9.45 10.75 13.10 17.65 Secretaries............................. 10.49 11.86 13.59 17.72 18.27 Blue collar..................................... 6.75 10.00 13.88 17.35 20.14 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.75 14.35 17.60 20.14 25.45 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 11.00 12.37 16.14 16.98 17.85 Transportation and material moving............ 8.04 9.49 11.00 15.88 18.59 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.65 6.50 9.00 11.59 16.18 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.00 9.00 10.00 11.59 11.59 Service......................................... 5.75 7.00 8.41 10.20 12.29 Protective service........................ 7.00 8.00 8.45 10.20 10.20 Guards and police, except public service 7.00 8.00 8.45 10.20 10.20 Food service.............................. 5.15 5.15 6.79 10.00 15.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.00 8.37 10.00 15.50 28.53 Health service............................ 7.50 8.23 9.27 11.20 12.50 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.50 8.25 9.00 10.81 11.75 Cleaning and building service............. 5.45 5.50 7.00 8.16 10.53 Janitors and cleaners................... $5.45 $5.50 $7.04 $8.17 $10.53 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Birmingham, AL, February 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.88 $12.51 $18.68 $25.68 $32.34 All excluding sales........................... 9.88 12.64 18.85 25.68 32.34 White collar.................................... 10.11 14.01 22.35 29.50 34.57 White collar excluding sales................ 10.11 14.35 22.35 29.50 34.57 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.46 20.59 25.93 32.34 35.18 Professional specialty...................... 20.44 23.34 28.12 32.34 36.31 Health related............................ 19.89 21.89 26.27 27.56 30.28 Registered nurses....................... 19.89 21.89 26.27 27.56 29.48 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 20.59 23.49 28.74 32.34 34.57 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 8.59 11.15 16.23 19.18 22.60 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.85 22.16 25.32 31.90 37.93 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 21.99 24.33 31.90 33.14 41.29 Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.00 9.92 12.34 14.61 17.00 Secretaries............................. 10.72 11.81 12.98 13.94 15.36 General office clerks................... 8.76 9.22 10.20 13.26 15.55 Blue collar..................................... 9.71 10.94 13.26 16.50 20.26 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 11.47 13.26 15.36 16.50 17.78 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 9.92 11.24 15.81 19.30 23.05 Protective service........................ 11.24 14.36 18.56 20.55 23.05 Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 8.71 9.01 10.94 12.84 18.07 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.61 9.01 10.94 12.02 13.48 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Birmingham, AL, February 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.02 $10.10 $14.85 $21.71 $28.22 All excluding sales........................... 8.10 10.20 15.00 21.75 28.49 White collar.................................... 9.45 11.94 18.41 25.59 32.43 White collar excluding sales................ 9.70 12.74 19.69 25.59 33.11 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.50 17.96 23.00 27.17 33.43 Professional specialty...................... 19.68 21.58 25.52 31.44 35.25 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.71 25.19 27.96 33.60 41.20 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 18.75 20.02 21.43 24.29 33.25 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 20.59 23.49 28.74 32.34 34.57 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.75 13.67 16.75 23.00 25.59 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 9.46 13.13 17.96 21.01 24.72 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.10 10.06 11.94 13.71 17.70 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.10 18.85 24.52 33.11 41.97 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 13.23 17.08 26.92 35.08 48.04 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 9.35 13.51 18.10 47.12 62.50 Management related........................ 17.51 20.00 21.63 26.44 37.84 Sales......................................... 8.00 8.36 9.51 17.38 23.51 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.49 9.54 11.81 13.46 17.72 Secretaries............................. 10.72 11.86 13.10 16.16 18.27 General office clerks................... 9.00 9.83 12.12 13.46 14.61 Blue collar..................................... 7.55 10.00 14.18 17.35 20.26 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.75 14.50 17.97 20.26 25.45 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 11.00 12.37 16.04 16.98 17.85 Transportation and material moving............ 9.23 10.25 13.26 15.88 18.24 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.65 6.75 9.50 11.51 15.53 Service......................................... 6.79 8.00 10.00 12.50 19.30 Protective service........................ 7.80 8.45 10.20 18.33 20.55 Food service.............................. 6.00 6.57 8.37 10.00 28.53 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.00 8.69 10.00 28.53 28.53 Health service............................ $7.50 $8.25 $9.40 $11.24 $12.65 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.50 8.25 9.09 10.78 11.75 Cleaning and building service............. 5.45 6.50 7.92 9.75 12.23 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.45 6.50 7.65 9.75 11.33 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Birmingham, AL, February 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.65 $6.52 $7.54 $8.50 $11.34 All excluding sales........................... 5.15 6.25 7.35 9.00 13.00 White collar.................................... 7.08 7.50 7.82 8.50 10.39 White collar excluding sales................ 7.00 7.50 7.74 9.21 18.91 Professional specialty and technical.......... - - - - - Professional specialty...................... - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Sales......................................... 7.25 7.50 7.84 8.23 9.51 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.00 7.50 7.50 8.27 9.21 Blue collar..................................... 6.50 6.50 8.04 13.00 13.00 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 5.15 5.50 6.50 8.52 11.02 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. - - - - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Birmingham, AL, February 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 219,600 173,600 46,000 All excluding sales............................................. 201,300 155,500 45,800 White collar........................................................ 126,500 95,400 31,100 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 108,200 77,300 30,900 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 54,200 34,200 - Professional specialty.......................................... 35,300 18,500 - Technical....................................................... 18,800 15,700 3,100 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 17,000 14,100 2,900 Sales............................................................. - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 37,000 29,000 8,100 Blue collar......................................................... 45,800 41,100 4,700 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14,900 14,200 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8,100 7,800 - Transportation and material moving................................ 8,500 6,500 2,000 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14,300 12,600 - Service............................................................. 47,400 37,100 10,300 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.