NC BL 06/00/2004 Table: Memphis, TN-AR-MS, Bulletin 3120-70, 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, 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................................................................. $18.46 6.0 36.5 $17.84 7.6 36.3 $21.00 1.3 37.4 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 23.22 7.2 36.2 23.30 9.3 36.2 22.99 2.1 36.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.36 9.3 38.0 30.92 12.9 38.5 26.55 2.2 37.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.13 6.9 39.7 31.00 8.0 40.4 31.97 8.6 35.4 Sales............................................................. 15.00 9.7 33.6 15.14 9.8 33.5 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.13 3.1 33.3 13.56 3.1 33.0 11.64 8.0 34.6 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.71 4.4 37.1 15.42 4.6 36.9 19.29 10.7 39.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.92 6.5 40.1 20.31 7.6 40.2 24.80 9.1 39.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 14.10 6.1 40.0 13.90 6.5 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.25 3.4 36.4 16.29 3.5 36.4 15.26 10.9 36.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 11.74 4.8 34.5 11.63 5.2 34.1 12.92 3.0 39.9 Service occupations(5).............................................. 11.07 7.3 36.3 8.27 2.4 35.3 17.75 6.5 39.1 Full time........................................................... 19.36 6.3 39.8 18.86 8.1 40.1 21.22 1.4 38.7 Part time........................................................... 10.36 4.1 21.0 10.13 4.4 21.2 13.88 6.5 18.3 Union............................................................... 21.65 4.2 38.1 20.41 7.9 37.3 23.18 3.1 39.0 Nonunion............................................................ 17.61 7.7 36.1 17.41 8.9 36.1 18.98 2.2 36.1 Time................................................................ 18.09 6.9 37.4 17.26 9.2 37.4 21.00 1.3 37.4 Incentive........................................................... – – – – – – – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 17.40 6.7 40.2 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 19.43 21.2 36.4 19.47 21.3 36.4 13.26 10.4 32.4 100-499 workers..................................................... 15.09 9.7 38.3 15.04 10.3 38.3 15.94 6.2 38.3 500 workers or more................................................. 20.56 3.2 35.4 19.94 5.0 34.4 21.65 1.5 37.4 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, 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, 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................................................................... $18.46 6.0 $17.84 7.6 $21.00 1.3 All excluding sales............................................... 18.72 6.2 18.09 8.0 21.09 1.0 White collar........................................................ 23.22 7.2 23.30 9.3 22.99 2.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.59 7.4 25.12 9.9 23.18 1.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.36 9.3 30.92 12.9 26.55 2.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.64 9.7 32.27 13.5 27.91 2.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.43 6.6 26.96 5.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 34.83 5.6 34.87 5.8 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 34.83 5.6 34.87 5.8 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 26.88 5.7 27.55 6.2 22.24 5.5 Registered nurses........................................... 22.14 1.4 21.84 1.1 23.49 6.5 Teachers, college and university.............................. 26.83 6.8 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.92 3.2 20.31 8.5 30.63 .4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.25 2.8 – – 30.36 .3 Secondary school teachers................................... 28.99 1.8 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.31 3.7 – – 13.72 3.0 Social workers.............................................. 13.31 3.7 – – 13.72 3.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 25.42 6.4 26.54 2.2 – – Technical....................................................... 24.07 24.4 25.98 32.0 19.50 6.5 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 18.34 8.7 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.26 2.3 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 13.83 3.9 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.13 6.9 31.00 8.0 31.97 8.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.89 8.6 34.03 10.0 33.13 9.8 Financial managers.......................................... 29.32 9.0 29.32 9.0 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.92 13.9 39.34 14.2 – – Management related............................................ 23.74 5.2 23.63 5.5 – – Other financial officers.................................... 23.20 5.2 23.20 5.2 – – Sales............................................................. 15.00 9.7 15.14 9.8 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 22.42 4.7 22.42 4.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.40 5.3 9.46 5.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.13 3.1 13.56 3.1 11.64 8.0 Secretaries................................................. 14.74 4.1 15.36 2.1 12.49 3.9 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.40 6.6 13.00 7.6 – – General office clerks....................................... 10.28 3.6 10.40 5.3 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.23 4.4 – – 10.23 4.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... $15.06 6.2 $16.86 6.9 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.71 4.4 15.42 4.6 $19.29 10.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.92 6.5 20.31 7.6 24.80 9.1 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 24.83 14.8 25.40 15.2 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 16.34 5.6 16.34 5.6 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.97 4.1 19.97 4.1 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 13.36 6.2 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.10 6.1 13.90 6.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.25 3.4 16.29 3.5 15.26 10.9 Truck drivers............................................... 18.28 4.4 18.38 4.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.48 7.7 12.36 7.8 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 15.29 7.7 15.29 7.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.74 4.8 11.63 5.2 12.92 3.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 13.50 .8 – – 13.50 .8 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.80 10.6 9.80 10.6 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.65 3.9 11.65 3.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.72 10.1 12.77 10.3 – – Service............................................................. 11.07 7.3 8.27 2.4 17.75 6.5 Protective service............................................ 16.77 14.8 – – 21.18 4.0 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 24.63 .4 – – 24.63 .4 Firefighting................................................ 13.10 2.9 – – 13.10 2.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.51 .4 – – 21.51 .4 Food service.................................................. 7.70 3.7 7.11 3.9 11.64 8.3 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.21 3.0 2.21 3.0 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.22 3.6 2.22 3.6 – – Other food service........................................... 9.50 3.9 9.05 4.4 11.64 8.3 Cooks....................................................... 10.50 3.6 10.39 4.5 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.43 4.3 7.39 4.3 – – Health service................................................ 8.69 6.3 8.56 6.5 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.68 10.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.24 3.8 8.15 3.5 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.19 3.8 9.09 5.0 9.62 2.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.56 3.9 9.54 5.3 9.62 2.8 Personal service.............................................. 9.94 5.3 8.93 9.1 11.83 4.8 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 10.97 9.7 – – – – 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. 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, 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................................................................... $19.36 6.3 $18.86 8.1 $21.22 1.4 All excluding sales............................................... 19.52 6.6 19.00 8.7 21.32 1.1 White collar........................................................ 24.31 7.5 24.62 9.8 23.39 2.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.38 8.0 26.08 10.6 23.60 2.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.62 9.4 31.23 13.0 26.73 2.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.84 9.7 32.51 13.6 28.06 2.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.43 6.6 26.96 5.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 34.85 5.6 34.87 5.8 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 34.85 5.6 34.87 5.8 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 27.25 5.9 27.71 6.4 23.61 5.2 Registered nurses........................................... 21.99 1.7 21.56 1.7 23.96 7.3 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.96 3.2 20.40 8.0 30.63 .4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.28 2.7 – – 30.36 .3 Secondary school teachers................................... 28.99 1.8 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.31 3.7 – – 13.72 3.0 Social workers.............................................. 13.31 3.7 – – 13.72 3.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 25.42 6.4 26.54 2.2 – – Technical....................................................... 24.48 24.9 26.52 32.2 19.45 7.1 Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.26 2.3 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 13.84 3.9 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.10 7.0 31.00 8.0 31.78 8.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.86 8.6 34.03 10.0 32.91 10.2 Financial managers.......................................... 29.32 9.0 29.32 9.0 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.92 13.9 39.34 14.2 – – Management related............................................ 23.74 5.2 23.63 5.5 – – Other financial officers.................................... 23.20 5.2 23.20 5.2 – – Sales............................................................. 16.91 7.3 17.14 7.3 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 22.42 4.7 22.42 4.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.10 5.6 – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.23 3.9 13.67 3.9 11.89 9.0 Secretaries................................................. 14.74 4.1 15.36 2.1 12.49 3.9 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.28 6.7 12.81 7.8 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.29 2.4 14.29 2.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 10.28 3.6 10.40 5.3 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.30 7.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... $16.15 4.9 $15.86 5.2 $19.31 10.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.92 6.5 20.31 7.6 24.80 9.1 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 24.83 14.8 25.40 15.2 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 16.34 5.6 16.34 5.6 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.97 4.1 19.97 4.1 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 13.36 6.2 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.10 6.1 13.90 6.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.89 3.0 16.96 3.3 15.26 10.9 Truck drivers............................................... 18.77 5.2 18.90 5.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.79 7.6 12.67 7.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.92 5.3 11.81 6.0 12.92 3.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 13.52 1.1 – – 13.52 1.1 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.80 8.5 10.80 8.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.29 5.0 11.29 5.0 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.73 10.3 12.78 10.5 – – Service............................................................. 11.82 8.2 8.78 2.4 17.83 6.5 Protective service............................................ 16.78 14.8 – – 21.20 4.0 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 24.63 .4 – – 24.63 .4 Firefighting................................................ 13.10 2.9 – – 13.10 2.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.51 .4 – – 21.51 .4 Food service.................................................. 9.35 6.6 8.70 6.9 11.65 8.4 Other food service........................................... 9.76 4.9 9.18 4.8 11.65 8.4 Cooks....................................................... 10.09 3.7 9.68 2.5 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.55 1.3 – – – – Health service................................................ 8.68 5.2 8.54 5.3 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.21 9.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.32 3.5 8.24 3.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.19 3.8 9.09 5.0 9.62 2.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.56 3.9 9.54 5.3 9.62 2.8 Personal service.............................................. 9.87 7.4 9.11 10.3 – – 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, 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, 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................................................................... $10.36 4.1 $10.13 4.4 $13.88 6.5 All excluding sales............................................... 10.87 3.5 10.65 3.9 13.88 6.5 White collar........................................................ 12.00 6.2 11.73 7.1 14.06 7.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 14.24 2.7 – – 14.06 7.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.26 8.7 20.49 12.6 19.77 6.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 22.63 5.5 23.82 6.1 19.54 7.3 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.14 6.2 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.05 6.7 7.05 6.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.13 4.1 7.13 4.1 – – Service............................................................. 6.24 19.2 5.98 21.9 13.08 9.5 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.42 31.6 5.42 31.7 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.14 .2 2.14 .2 – – Other food service........................................... 8.80 12.4 8.80 12.4 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 10.29 17.0 7.90 7.0 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, 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................................................................... $770 6.3 39.8 $756 8.2 40.1 $821 1.8 38.7 All excluding sales............................................... 776 6.6 39.7 761 8.7 40.0 825 1.5 38.7 White collar........................................................ 961 7.6 39.5 985 9.8 40.0 890 2.3 38.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,000 8.1 39.4 1,042 10.7 40.0 897 2.0 38.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,156 9.8 39.0 1,241 13.2 39.7 1,011 2.3 37.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,206 10.1 39.1 1,303 13.6 40.1 1,054 2.8 37.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,186 5.7 41.7 1,132 4.8 42.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,392 5.6 40.0 1,395 5.8 40.0 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,392 5.6 40.0 1,395 5.8 40.0 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,087 5.9 39.9 1,108 6.4 40.0 922 4.7 39.0 Registered nurses........................................... 877 1.7 39.9 862 1.7 40.0 940 7.3 39.3 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,087 2.8 37.5 794 5.9 38.9 1,142 .4 37.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,093 2.7 37.3 – – – 1,132 .2 37.3 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,080 2.1 37.3 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 512 2.9 38.5 – – – 521 3.0 37.9 Social workers.............................................. 512 2.9 38.5 – – – 521 3.0 37.9 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,020 7.6 40.2 1,073 3.4 40.4 – – – Technical....................................................... 949 25.0 38.8 1,022 32.3 38.5 766 7.1 39.4 Licensed practical nurses................................... 570 1.9 37.4 – – – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 556 4.4 40.2 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,255 7.0 40.4 1,253 8.0 40.4 1,268 9.2 39.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,372 8.6 40.5 1,382 9.9 40.6 1,318 10.6 40.0 Financial managers.......................................... 1,208 8.9 41.2 1,208 8.9 41.2 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,572 13.9 40.4 1,589 14.2 40.4 – – – Management related............................................ 948 5.2 39.9 945 5.5 40.0 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 928 5.2 40.0 928 5.2 40.0 – – – Sales............................................................. 681 8.1 40.3 691 8.2 40.3 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 941 5.7 42.0 941 5.7 42.0 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 441 6.1 39.7 – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 521 4.1 39.4 546 4.1 39.9 449 8.6 37.8 Secretaries................................................. 585 4.7 39.7 614 2.1 40.0 485 5.5 38.9 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. $528 6.7 39.8 $512 7.8 40.0 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 572 2.4 40.0 572 2.4 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 411 3.6 40.0 416 5.3 40.0 – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 585 8.3 38.3 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 653 4.9 40.4 642 5.2 40.5 $763 10.9 39.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 840 6.5 40.1 816 7.6 40.2 989 9.2 39.9 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 1,022 16.8 41.2 1,055 17.3 41.5 – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 660 5.9 40.4 660 5.9 40.4 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 799 4.1 40.0 799 4.1 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 534 6.2 40.0 – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 564 6.1 40.0 556 6.5 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 700 3.6 41.5 707 4.0 41.7 561 18.2 36.8 Truck drivers............................................... 839 7.3 44.7 847 7.7 44.8 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 512 7.6 40.0 507 7.7 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 477 5.3 40.0 473 6.0 40.1 517 3.0 40.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 541 1.1 40.0 – – – 541 1.1 40.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 432 8.5 40.0 432 8.5 40.0 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 453 4.9 40.1 453 4.9 40.1 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 509 10.3 40.0 511 10.5 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 465 8.0 39.3 344 2.4 39.2 707 6.9 39.7 Protective service............................................ 680 15.1 40.5 – – – 865 3.8 40.8 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 987 .8 40.1 – – – 987 .8 40.1 Firefighting................................................ 689 3.5 52.6 – – – 689 3.5 52.6 Police and detectives, public service....................... 862 .4 40.1 – – – 862 .4 40.1 Food service.................................................. 353 9.0 37.8 332 12.0 38.1 426 10.2 36.6 Other food service........................................... 370 6.9 37.9 352 9.5 38.4 426 10.2 36.6 Cooks....................................................... 376 2.3 37.3 370 2.9 38.2 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 277 9.0 36.7 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 340 5.1 39.2 336 5.3 39.3 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 391 11.0 38.3 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 328 2.8 39.4 325 2.4 39.4 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 363 4.2 39.6 359 5.5 39.5 382 3.2 39.7 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 377 4.6 39.4 376 6.2 39.4 382 3.2 39.7 Personal service.............................................. 370 6.7 37.5 350 10.0 38.4 – – – 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, 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................................................................... $38,956 6.3 2,012 $39,190 8.2 2,078 $38,198 1.8 1,800 All excluding sales............................................... 39,193 6.6 2,008 39,457 8.7 2,076 38,395 1.5 1,801 White collar........................................................ 47,723 7.6 1,963 50,998 9.8 2,072 39,576 2.3 1,692 White collar excluding sales.................................... 49,409 8.1 1,946 53,894 10.7 2,067 39,919 2.0 1,692 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 55,497 9.8 1,874 63,738 13.2 2,041 43,692 2.3 1,635 Professional specialty.......................................... 56,829 10.1 1,843 66,677 13.6 2,051 44,233 2.8 1,577 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 61,671 5.7 2,169 58,882 4.8 2,184 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 72,406 5.6 2,078 72,532 5.8 2,080 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 72,406 5.6 2,078 72,532 5.8 2,080 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 56,521 5.9 2,074 57,638 6.4 2,080 47,921 4.7 2,029 Registered nurses........................................... 45,580 1.7 2,073 44,840 1.7 2,080 48,903 7.3 2,041 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 44,016 2.8 1,520 35,835 5.9 1,757 45,360 .4 1,481 Elementary school teachers.................................. 43,535 2.7 1,487 – – – 45,108 .2 1,486 Secondary school teachers................................... 42,537 2.1 1,467 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 26,630 2.9 2,001 – – – 27,068 3.0 1,973 Social workers.............................................. 26,630 2.9 2,001 – – – 27,068 3.0 1,973 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 52,750 7.6 2,076 55,424 3.4 2,089 – – – Technical....................................................... 49,370 25.0 2,017 53,146 32.3 2,004 39,842 7.1 2,048 Licensed practical nurses................................... 29,656 1.9 1,943 – – – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 28,898 4.4 2,089 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 64,815 7.0 2,084 65,174 8.0 2,102 62,643 9.2 1,971 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 70,651 8.6 2,087 71,883 9.9 2,112 64,527 10.6 1,960 Financial managers.......................................... 62,832 8.9 2,143 62,832 8.9 2,143 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 81,737 13.9 2,100 82,646 14.2 2,101 – – – Management related............................................ 49,280 5.2 2,076 49,119 5.5 2,079 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 48,260 5.2 2,080 48,260 5.2 2,080 – – – Sales............................................................. 35,249 8.1 2,084 35,941 8.2 2,098 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 48,936 5.7 2,183 48,936 5.7 2,183 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 22,123 6.1 1,992 – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 26,235 4.1 1,983 28,372 4.1 2,076 20,769 8.6 1,747 Secretaries................................................. 30,435 4.7 2,065 31,909 2.1 2,078 25,239 5.5 2,021 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. $27,477 6.7 2,070 $26,644 7.8 2,080 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 29,723 2.4 2,080 29,723 2.4 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 21,384 3.6 2,080 21,622 5.3 2,080 – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 28,378 8.3 1,855 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 33,908 4.9 2,099 33,405 5.2 2,106 $39,189 10.9 2,029 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 43,671 6.5 2,088 42,450 7.6 2,090 51,437 9.2 2,074 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 53,142 16.8 2,141 54,868 17.3 2,160 – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 34,317 5.9 2,100 34,317 5.9 2,100 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 41,542 4.1 2,080 41,542 4.1 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 27,790 6.2 2,080 – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 29,330 6.1 2,080 28,921 6.5 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 36,248 3.6 2,147 36,782 4.0 2,169 26,672 18.2 1,748 Truck drivers............................................... 43,608 7.3 2,324 44,018 7.7 2,330 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 26,601 7.6 2,080 26,344 7.7 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 24,814 5.3 2,083 24,590 6.0 2,083 26,883 3.0 2,080 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 28,115 1.1 2,080 – – – 28,115 1.1 2,080 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 22,458 8.5 2,080 22,458 8.5 2,080 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 23,562 4.9 2,086 23,562 4.9 2,086 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 26,473 10.3 2,080 26,579 10.5 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 23,667 8.0 2,002 17,845 2.4 2,031 34,706 6.9 1,946 Protective service............................................ 35,363 15.1 2,107 – – – 44,981 3.8 2,122 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 51,310 .8 2,083 – – – 51,310 .8 2,083 Firefighting................................................ 35,839 3.5 2,736 – – – 35,839 3.5 2,736 Police and detectives, public service....................... 44,848 .4 2,085 – – – 44,848 .4 2,085 Food service.................................................. 17,322 9.0 1,852 17,248 12.0 1,982 17,521 10.2 1,504 Other food service........................................... 18,095 6.9 1,854 18,329 9.5 1,996 17,521 10.2 1,504 Cooks....................................................... 17,819 2.3 1,767 19,234 2.9 1,986 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 14,125 9.0 1,872 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 17,684 5.1 2,038 17,451 5.3 2,044 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 20,319 11.0 1,991 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 17,062 2.8 2,050 16,875 2.4 2,049 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 18,397 4.2 2,002 18,691 5.5 2,056 17,234 3.2 1,792 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 18,948 4.6 1,982 19,538 6.2 2,047 17,234 3.2 1,792 Personal service.............................................. 17,456 6.7 1,768 17,411 10.0 1,912 – – – 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, 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................................................................... $18.46 6.0 $17.84 7.6 $21.00 1.3 All excluding sales............................................... 18.72 6.2 18.09 8.0 21.09 1.0 White collar........................................................ 23.22 7.2 23.30 9.3 22.99 2.1 1....................................................... 6.92 8.6 6.85 8.6 – – 2....................................................... 10.17 2.5 10.28 3.1 9.72 1.1 3....................................................... 10.87 2.1 11.06 2.5 10.36 3.0 4....................................................... 14.14 2.2 14.37 2.5 11.97 4.7 5....................................................... 17.50 4.8 16.84 3.8 19.63 10.9 6....................................................... 18.19 2.1 18.41 2.7 17.46 6.5 7....................................................... 20.16 7.1 21.27 9.3 18.43 4.4 8....................................................... 25.63 3.1 24.98 4.3 28.11 1.5 9....................................................... 28.69 2.1 27.32 3.8 29.92 2.0 10........................................................ 34.05 5.7 34.10 6.5 – – 11........................................................ 34.66 3.0 34.18 3.0 38.12 4.1 12........................................................ 44.17 17.1 45.42 22.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.48 35.1 19.22 35.6 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.59 7.4 25.12 9.9 23.18 1.9 2....................................................... 10.73 2.8 – – 9.72 1.1 3....................................................... 11.29 3.4 11.66 3.3 10.60 4.8 4....................................................... 13.73 2.2 13.98 2.6 11.97 4.7 5....................................................... 17.51 4.8 16.84 3.8 19.63 10.9 6....................................................... 18.25 2.2 18.50 3.0 17.46 6.5 7....................................................... 20.28 7.2 21.50 9.1 18.43 4.4 8....................................................... 25.96 3.4 25.19 5.2 28.11 1.5 9....................................................... 28.69 2.1 27.32 3.8 29.92 2.0 10........................................................ 33.97 5.7 34.01 6.6 – – 11........................................................ 34.66 3.0 34.18 3.0 38.12 4.1 12........................................................ 50.74 16.1 56.52 18.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.48 35.1 19.22 35.6 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.36 9.3 30.92 12.9 26.55 2.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.64 9.7 32.27 13.5 27.91 2.8 5....................................................... 21.93 8.5 – – 23.18 10.2 7....................................................... 20.91 10.8 23.47 8.3 15.19 2.3 8....................................................... 25.05 1.6 21.93 1.8 29.12 1.8 9....................................................... 29.03 2.2 25.62 3.2 30.33 1.4 10........................................................ 33.56 6.6 33.51 7.9 – – 11........................................................ – – – – 38.98 4.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.43 6.6 26.96 5.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 34.83 5.6 34.87 5.8 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 34.83 5.6 34.87 5.8 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 26.88 5.7 27.55 6.2 22.24 5.5 7....................................................... 21.01 .6 – – – – 8....................................................... 21.83 1.2 – – – – 9....................................................... $24.43 3.1 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.14 1.4 $21.84 1.1 $23.49 6.5 8....................................................... 21.83 1.2 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 26.83 6.8 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.92 3.2 20.31 8.5 30.63 .4 7....................................................... 18.10 16.0 18.10 16.0 – – 9....................................................... 30.03 2.8 – – 30.84 1.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.25 2.8 – – 30.36 .3 9....................................................... 29.61 3.1 – – – – Secondary school teachers................................... 28.99 1.8 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.31 3.7 – – 13.72 3.0 Social workers.............................................. 13.31 3.7 – – 13.72 3.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 25.42 6.4 26.54 2.2 – – Technical....................................................... 24.07 24.4 25.98 32.0 19.50 6.5 4....................................................... 14.28 5.6 14.28 5.6 – – 5....................................................... 15.12 3.5 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.89 7.4 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 18.34 8.7 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.26 2.3 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 13.83 3.9 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.13 6.9 31.00 8.0 31.97 8.6 7....................................................... 19.27 6.3 – – – – 8....................................................... 28.20 5.0 28.44 4.9 – – 9....................................................... 28.64 3.8 28.67 4.7 – – 10........................................................ 35.81 16.2 35.97 16.4 – – 11........................................................ 34.05 2.1 – – – – 12........................................................ 42.86 6.4 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.89 8.6 34.03 10.0 33.13 9.8 8....................................................... 28.78 5.2 28.99 5.1 – – 9....................................................... 29.39 2.6 29.84 2.6 – – 10........................................................ 35.81 16.2 35.97 16.4 – – 11........................................................ 34.05 2.1 – – – – 12........................................................ 43.44 9.9 – – – – Financial managers.......................................... 29.32 9.0 29.32 9.0 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.92 13.9 39.34 14.2 – – Management related............................................ 23.74 5.2 23.63 5.5 – – 9....................................................... 26.99 7.9 26.39 8.2 – – Other financial officers.................................... 23.20 5.2 23.20 5.2 – – Sales............................................................. 15.00 9.7 15.14 9.8 – – 2....................................................... 8.91 6.1 8.91 6.1 – – 3....................................................... $10.13 5.2 $10.27 5.9 – – 4....................................................... 15.48 4.3 15.48 4.3 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 22.42 4.7 22.42 4.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.40 5.3 9.46 5.9 – – 2....................................................... 8.24 10.3 8.24 10.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.13 3.1 13.56 3.1 $11.64 8.0 2....................................................... 10.73 2.8 – – 9.72 1.1 3....................................................... 11.38 3.7 11.88 3.4 10.60 4.8 4....................................................... 13.69 2.3 14.04 2.6 11.97 4.7 5....................................................... 16.54 2.3 16.64 2.4 – – 6....................................................... 19.00 1.6 19.28 1.8 – – 7....................................................... 16.57 6.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.43 14.2 12.43 14.2 – – Secretaries................................................. 14.74 4.1 15.36 2.1 12.49 3.9 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.40 6.6 13.00 7.6 – – General office clerks....................................... 10.28 3.6 10.40 5.3 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.23 4.4 – – 10.23 4.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.06 6.2 16.86 6.9 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.71 4.4 15.42 4.6 19.29 10.7 1....................................................... 9.31 2.8 9.30 2.9 – – 2....................................................... 12.18 5.3 12.04 6.5 12.83 4.3 3....................................................... 13.42 6.8 13.47 6.9 11.65 5.9 4....................................................... 15.61 7.3 15.66 7.6 14.26 6.8 5....................................................... 17.63 2.5 17.72 2.6 – – 6....................................................... 21.90 1.9 22.02 1.9 – – 7....................................................... 21.83 4.4 20.53 5.4 25.13 1.5 9....................................................... 32.64 3.4 31.96 4.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.92 6.5 20.31 7.6 24.80 9.1 4....................................................... 16.23 15.7 16.32 16.1 – – 5....................................................... 16.55 7.0 16.58 7.5 – – 7....................................................... 22.50 4.8 20.84 6.3 25.46 2.3 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 24.83 14.8 25.40 15.2 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 16.34 5.6 16.34 5.6 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.97 4.1 19.97 4.1 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 13.36 6.2 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.10 6.1 13.90 6.5 – – 3....................................................... 13.40 3.7 13.40 3.7 – – 7....................................................... 18.80 6.1 – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.25 3.4 16.29 3.5 15.26 10.9 2....................................................... 11.49 5.1 11.49 5.1 – – 3....................................................... 13.78 14.5 14.09 15.4 – – 4....................................................... $15.41 9.8 $15.45 10.3 – – 5....................................................... 19.01 2.0 19.10 1.9 – – 6....................................................... 20.84 1.1 20.92 1.1 – – Truck drivers............................................... 18.28 4.4 18.38 4.5 – – 5....................................................... 20.27 4.7 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.48 7.7 12.36 7.8 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 15.29 7.7 15.29 7.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.74 4.8 11.63 5.2 $12.92 3.0 1....................................................... 9.33 3.7 9.31 3.8 – – 2....................................................... 12.71 6.3 12.66 9.0 12.83 4.3 3....................................................... 13.37 11.5 13.37 11.8 – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 13.50 .8 – – 13.50 .8 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.80 10.6 9.80 10.6 – – 1....................................................... 8.42 4.9 8.42 4.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.65 3.9 11.65 3.9 – – 2....................................................... 10.65 5.8 10.65 5.8 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.72 10.1 12.77 10.3 – – Service............................................................. 11.07 7.3 8.27 2.4 17.75 6.5 1....................................................... 6.92 7.7 6.88 8.0 8.16 2.9 2....................................................... 8.32 6.5 7.99 7.3 10.57 5.3 3....................................................... 9.75 8.1 9.40 11.1 10.67 3.4 4....................................................... 10.22 6.4 10.07 7.6 10.79 5.9 5....................................................... 13.04 3.8 – – 13.15 5.0 6....................................................... 16.22 7.5 – – 16.22 7.5 7....................................................... 22.46 3.2 – – 22.46 3.2 8....................................................... 20.62 8.9 – – 20.62 8.9 Protective service............................................ 16.77 14.8 – – 21.18 4.0 3....................................................... 9.45 5.6 – – – – 5....................................................... 13.06 4.9 – – 13.06 4.9 7....................................................... 22.46 3.2 – – 22.46 3.2 8....................................................... 20.62 8.9 – – 20.62 8.9 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 24.63 .4 – – 24.63 .4 Firefighting................................................ 13.10 2.9 – – 13.10 2.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.51 .4 – – 21.51 .4 Food service.................................................. 7.70 3.7 7.11 3.9 11.64 8.3 1....................................................... 5.95 3.5 5.89 2.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.14 16.4 – – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.21 3.0 2.21 3.0 – – 1....................................................... 2.24 5.6 2.24 5.6 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.22 3.6 2.22 3.6 – – Other food service........................................... 9.50 3.9 9.05 4.4 11.64 8.3 1....................................................... 7.89 4.2 7.86 4.2 – – 3....................................................... 10.14 16.4 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 10.50 3.6 10.39 4.5 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... $7.43 4.3 $7.39 4.3 – – 1....................................................... 7.51 8.0 7.45 8.0 – – Health service................................................ 8.69 6.3 8.56 6.5 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.68 10.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.24 3.8 8.15 3.5 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.19 3.8 9.09 5.0 $9.62 2.8 1....................................................... 9.08 9.4 – – – – 2....................................................... 8.91 6.3 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.56 3.9 9.54 5.3 9.62 2.8 1....................................................... 9.66 6.1 – – – – 2....................................................... 8.81 7.1 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 9.94 5.3 8.93 9.1 11.83 4.8 2....................................................... 10.01 8.3 9.03 3.4 – – Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 10.97 9.7 – – – – 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, 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................................................................... $19.36 6.3 $18.86 8.1 $21.22 1.4 All excluding sales............................................... 19.52 6.6 19.00 8.7 21.32 1.1 White collar........................................................ 24.31 7.5 24.62 9.8 23.39 2.2 2....................................................... 9.98 3.0 10.03 4.1 9.83 1.5 3....................................................... 10.91 2.3 11.12 2.8 10.38 3.0 4....................................................... 14.01 2.5 14.25 2.8 11.97 4.7 5....................................................... 17.59 4.9 16.83 3.8 20.15 10.7 6....................................................... 18.26 2.1 18.50 2.7 17.47 6.5 7....................................................... 20.17 7.2 21.30 9.4 18.44 4.4 8....................................................... 25.64 3.2 24.99 4.3 28.13 1.6 9....................................................... 28.88 2.1 27.37 4.1 30.21 2.0 10........................................................ 34.05 5.7 34.10 6.5 – – 11........................................................ 34.63 3.0 34.18 3.0 – – 12........................................................ 44.22 17.2 45.42 22.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.22 39.5 20.22 39.5 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.38 8.0 26.08 10.6 23.60 2.0 2....................................................... 9.63 2.2 9.52 3.6 9.83 1.5 3....................................................... 11.32 3.5 11.72 3.3 10.62 4.9 4....................................................... 13.52 2.5 13.77 3.0 11.97 4.7 5....................................................... 17.60 5.0 16.83 3.9 20.15 10.7 6....................................................... 18.33 2.1 18.60 3.0 17.47 6.5 7....................................................... 20.28 7.3 21.54 9.3 18.44 4.4 8....................................................... 25.98 3.4 25.20 5.3 28.13 1.6 9....................................................... 28.88 2.1 27.37 4.1 30.21 2.0 10........................................................ 33.97 5.7 34.01 6.6 – – 11........................................................ 34.63 3.0 34.18 3.0 – – 12........................................................ 50.88 16.2 56.52 18.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.22 39.5 20.22 39.5 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.62 9.4 31.23 13.0 26.73 2.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.84 9.7 32.51 13.6 28.06 2.8 5....................................................... 22.57 8.3 – – 24.41 8.6 7....................................................... 20.94 11.1 23.59 8.2 – – 8....................................................... 25.07 1.7 21.81 2.3 29.15 1.8 9....................................................... 29.20 2.3 25.55 3.5 30.46 1.4 10........................................................ 33.56 6.6 33.51 7.9 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.43 6.6 26.96 5.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 34.85 5.6 34.87 5.8 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 34.85 5.6 34.87 5.8 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 27.25 5.9 27.71 6.4 23.61 5.2 Registered nurses........................................... 21.99 1.7 21.56 1.7 23.96 7.3 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.96 3.2 20.40 8.0 30.63 .4 9....................................................... 30.03 2.8 – – 30.84 1.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. $29.28 2.7 – – $30.36 0.3 9....................................................... 29.61 3.1 – – – – Secondary school teachers................................... 28.99 1.8 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.31 3.7 – – 13.72 3.0 Social workers.............................................. 13.31 3.7 – – 13.72 3.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 25.42 6.4 $26.54 2.2 – – Technical....................................................... 24.48 24.9 26.52 32.2 19.45 7.1 4....................................................... 14.28 5.6 14.28 5.6 – – 5....................................................... 15.14 3.5 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.89 7.4 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.26 2.3 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 13.84 3.9 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.10 7.0 31.00 8.0 31.78 8.9 7....................................................... 19.27 6.3 – – – – 8....................................................... 28.20 5.0 28.44 4.9 – – 9....................................................... 28.64 3.8 28.67 4.7 – – 10........................................................ 35.81 16.2 35.97 16.4 – – 11........................................................ 34.05 2.1 – – – – 12........................................................ 42.86 6.4 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.86 8.6 34.03 10.0 32.91 10.2 8....................................................... 28.78 5.2 28.99 5.1 – – 9....................................................... 29.39 2.6 29.84 2.6 – – 10........................................................ 35.81 16.2 35.97 16.4 – – 11........................................................ 34.05 2.1 – – – – 12........................................................ 43.44 9.9 – – – – Financial managers.......................................... 29.32 9.0 29.32 9.0 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.92 13.9 39.34 14.2 – – Management related............................................ 23.74 5.2 23.63 5.5 – – 9....................................................... 26.99 7.9 26.39 8.2 – – Other financial officers.................................... 23.20 5.2 23.20 5.2 – – Sales............................................................. 16.91 7.3 17.14 7.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.20 5.9 10.36 6.9 – – 4....................................................... 15.48 4.3 15.48 4.3 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 22.42 4.7 22.42 4.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.10 5.6 – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.23 3.9 13.67 3.9 11.89 9.0 2....................................................... 9.63 2.2 9.52 3.6 9.83 1.5 3....................................................... 11.39 3.7 11.88 3.4 10.62 4.9 4....................................................... 13.40 2.6 13.73 3.2 11.97 4.7 5....................................................... $16.52 2.4 $16.62 2.5 – – 6....................................................... 19.00 1.6 19.28 1.8 – – 7....................................................... 16.57 6.2 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 14.74 4.1 15.36 2.1 $12.49 3.9 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.28 6.7 12.81 7.8 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.29 2.4 14.29 2.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 10.28 3.6 10.40 5.3 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.30 7.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.15 4.9 15.86 5.2 19.31 10.8 1....................................................... 9.15 3.0 9.13 3.0 – – 2....................................................... 12.31 6.0 12.17 7.6 12.84 4.3 3....................................................... 13.57 7.2 13.63 7.4 11.65 5.9 4....................................................... 15.84 7.2 15.91 7.4 14.26 6.8 5....................................................... 17.63 2.5 17.72 2.6 – – 6....................................................... 22.00 2.0 22.12 2.0 – – 7....................................................... 21.83 4.4 20.53 5.4 25.13 1.5 9....................................................... 32.64 3.4 31.96 4.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.92 6.5 20.31 7.6 24.80 9.1 4....................................................... 16.23 15.7 16.32 16.1 – – 5....................................................... 16.55 7.0 16.58 7.5 – – 7....................................................... 22.50 4.8 20.84 6.3 25.46 2.3 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 24.83 14.8 25.40 15.2 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 16.34 5.6 16.34 5.6 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.97 4.1 19.97 4.1 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 13.36 6.2 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.10 6.1 13.90 6.5 – – 3....................................................... 13.40 3.7 13.40 3.7 – – 7....................................................... 18.80 6.1 – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.89 3.0 16.96 3.3 15.26 10.9 3....................................................... 13.78 14.6 14.10 15.5 – – 4....................................................... 15.90 8.5 15.99 9.0 – – 5....................................................... 19.01 2.0 19.10 1.9 – – 6....................................................... 21.03 2.0 21.13 2.1 – – Truck drivers............................................... 18.77 5.2 18.90 5.4 – – 5....................................................... 20.27 4.7 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.79 7.6 12.67 7.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.92 5.3 11.81 6.0 12.92 3.0 1....................................................... 9.10 4.7 9.07 4.8 – – 2....................................................... 12.71 6.5 12.65 9.4 12.84 4.3 3....................................................... 13.90 15.4 13.91 16.0 – – 4....................................................... 12.82 3.3 – – – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... $13.52 1.1 – – $13.52 1.1 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.80 8.5 $10.80 8.5 – – 1....................................................... 9.35 5.2 9.35 5.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.29 5.0 11.29 5.0 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.73 10.3 12.78 10.5 – – Service............................................................. 11.82 8.2 8.78 2.4 17.83 6.5 1....................................................... 7.73 3.5 7.71 3.8 – – 2....................................................... 8.77 2.3 8.60 2.3 9.92 2.2 3....................................................... 10.18 5.1 9.94 7.4 10.67 3.4 4....................................................... 10.04 5.9 9.83 6.7 10.79 5.9 5....................................................... 13.32 3.9 – – 13.15 5.0 6....................................................... 16.22 7.5 – – 16.22 7.5 7....................................................... 22.46 3.2 – – 22.46 3.2 8....................................................... 20.62 8.9 – – 20.62 8.9 Protective service............................................ 16.78 14.8 – – 21.20 4.0 3....................................................... 9.45 5.7 – – – – 5....................................................... 13.06 4.9 – – 13.06 4.9 7....................................................... 22.46 3.2 – – 22.46 3.2 8....................................................... 20.62 8.9 – – 20.62 8.9 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 24.63 .4 – – 24.63 .4 Firefighting................................................ 13.10 2.9 – – 13.10 2.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.51 .4 – – 21.51 .4 Food service.................................................. 9.35 6.6 8.70 6.9 11.65 8.4 1....................................................... 7.39 3.8 7.34 4.2 – – 3....................................................... 11.48 3.6 – – – – Other food service........................................... 9.76 4.9 9.18 4.8 11.65 8.4 1....................................................... 8.02 1.5 7.99 1.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.48 3.6 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 10.09 3.7 9.68 2.5 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.55 1.3 – – – – Health service................................................ 8.68 5.2 8.54 5.3 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.21 9.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.32 3.5 8.24 3.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.19 3.8 9.09 5.0 9.62 2.8 1....................................................... 9.08 9.4 – – – – 2....................................................... 8.91 6.3 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.56 3.9 9.54 5.3 9.62 2.8 1....................................................... 9.66 6.1 – – – – 2....................................................... 8.81 7.1 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 9.87 7.4 9.11 10.3 – – 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, 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................................................................... $10.36 4.1 $10.13 4.4 $13.88 6.5 All excluding sales............................................... 10.87 3.5 10.65 3.9 13.88 6.5 White collar........................................................ 12.00 6.2 11.73 7.1 14.06 7.4 1....................................................... 6.44 8.8 6.44 8.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.37 4.9 10.50 5.4 – – 11........................................................ 40.37 .6 – – 40.37 .6 Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.83 12.8 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 14.24 2.7 – – 14.06 7.4 11........................................................ 40.37 .6 – – 40.37 .6 Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.83 12.8 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.26 8.7 20.49 12.6 19.77 6.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 22.63 5.5 23.82 6.1 19.54 7.3 11........................................................ 40.37 .6 – – 40.37 .6 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.14 6.2 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.05 6.7 7.05 6.7 – – 2....................................................... 7.52 4.0 7.52 4.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.13 4.1 7.13 4.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.13 4.1 7.13 4.1 – – Service............................................................. 6.24 19.2 5.98 21.9 13.08 9.5 1....................................................... 4.63 31.1 4.61 31.5 – – 2....................................................... 6.20 27.2 – – – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.42 31.6 5.42 31.7 – – 1....................................................... 3.94 39.1 3.94 39.2 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... $2.14 0.2 $2.14 0.2 – – Other food service........................................... 8.80 12.4 8.80 12.4 – – 1....................................................... 7.41 21.4 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 10.29 17.0 7.90 7.0 – – 2....................................................... 10.76 16.2 – – – – 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, 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....................................................... $19.36 $10.36 $21.65 $17.61 $18.09 – All excluding sales............................................. 19.52 10.87 22.08 17.82 18.42 – White collar........................................................ 24.31 12.00 28.15 22.47 23.11 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.38 14.24 31.59 23.63 24.63 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.62 20.26 35.67 27.83 29.23 – Professional specialty.......................................... 30.84 22.63 – 30.66 30.63 – Technical....................................................... 24.48 – 57.43 16.28 24.07 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.10 – – 31.13 31.21 – Sales............................................................. 16.91 7.05 15.51 14.88 13.22 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.23 – 17.80 12.68 13.04 – Blue collar......................................................... 16.15 – 18.62 14.30 15.13 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.92 – 21.23 20.58 19.57 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.10 – 16.30 13.06 14.16 – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.89 – 19.85 14.82 15.72 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.92 – 13.46 11.30 11.40 – Service............................................................. 11.82 6.24 19.24 8.80 11.07 – 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....................................................... 6.3 4.1 4.2 7.7 6.9 – All excluding sales............................................. 6.6 3.5 4.3 8.0 7.1 – White collar........................................................ 7.5 6.2 13.5 8.6 8.5 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 8.0 2.7 15.1 9.0 8.6 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 9.4 8.7 15.2 12.4 10.4 – Professional specialty.......................................... 9.7 5.5 – 12.1 10.8 – Technical....................................................... 24.9 – 48.1 6.0 24.4 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.0 – – 6.9 7.9 – Sales............................................................. 7.3 6.7 6.2 12.0 7.0 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.9 – 3.4 3.4 3.6 – Blue collar......................................................... 4.9 – 4.7 4.3 4.3 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6.5 – 4.1 12.0 4.3 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.1 – 7.0 8.3 5.9 – Transportation and material moving................................ 3.0 – 12.4 7.7 4.2 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.3 – 7.8 5.3 4.2 – Service............................................................. 8.2 19.2 7.3 2.2 7.3 – 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, 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, 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....................................................... $17.84 $17.40 – - $17.28 - $21.44 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 18.09 17.29 – - 17.16 - 21.44 - - - White collar........................................................ 23.30 23.84 – - 23.69 - – - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.12 23.76 – - 23.59 - – - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.92 23.35 – - 23.35 - – - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 32.27 27.15 – - 27.15 - – - - - Technical....................................................... 25.98 15.42 – - 15.42 - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.00 30.51 – - 30.34 - – - - - Sales............................................................. 15.14 26.28 – - 26.28 - – - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.56 14.12 – - 14.27 - – - - - Blue collar......................................................... 15.42 13.84 – - 13.83 - 19.13 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.31 17.65 – - 17.65 - 27.91 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.90 14.54 – - 14.44 - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 16.29 13.31 – - 13.31 - 17.74 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.63 10.54 – - 10.39 - – - - - Service............................................................. 8.27 – – - – - – - - - 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....................................................... 7.6 6.7 – - 7.1 - 3.7 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 8.0 7.2 – - 7.7 - 3.8 - - - White collar........................................................ 9.3 4.3 – - 4.7 - – - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 9.9 5.1 – - 5.5 - – - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 12.9 14.6 – - 14.6 - – - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 13.5 5.2 – - 5.2 - – - - - Technical....................................................... 32.0 19.6 – - 19.6 - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.0 1.2 – - 1.2 - – - - - Sales............................................................. 9.8 15.2 – - 15.2 - – - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.1 12.6 – - 13.3 - – - - - Blue collar......................................................... 4.6 5.5 – - 5.8 - 7.5 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 7.6 6.2 – - 6.2 - 6.6 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.5 4.0 – - 4.6 - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 3.5 10.2 – - 10.2 - 5.7 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.2 10.0 – - 11.3 - – - - - Service............................................................. 2.4 – – - – - – - - - 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. 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, 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....................................................... $17.84 $19.47 $17.40 $15.04 $19.94 All excluding sales............................................. 18.09 19.59 17.69 15.18 20.58 White collar........................................................ 23.30 29.97 21.57 19.80 22.60 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.12 32.98 23.16 21.19 24.34 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.92 – 27.23 22.99 28.77 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.27 – 27.09 26.64 27.23 Technical....................................................... 25.98 – 27.64 16.34 34.29 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.00 30.94 31.02 33.73 29.14 Sales............................................................. 15.14 18.37 14.17 12.50 15.00 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.56 12.65 13.69 13.09 14.23 Blue collar......................................................... 15.42 13.58 15.83 14.49 18.25 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.31 18.69 20.72 17.62 24.99 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.90 11.73 15.03 14.51 – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.29 10.00 16.77 16.00 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.63 12.00 11.55 11.53 – Service............................................................. 8.27 7.49 8.59 8.26 9.25 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 7.6 21.3 5.7 10.3 5.0 All excluding sales............................................. 8.0 23.1 5.8 10.8 5.1 White collar........................................................ 9.3 20.1 5.3 12.0 5.2 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 9.9 17.9 4.8 11.8 3.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 12.9 – 8.2 5.8 9.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 13.5 – 3.1 13.4 2.1 Technical....................................................... 32.0 – 33.8 4.9 39.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.0 14.1 9.9 19.8 2.8 Sales............................................................. 9.8 14.7 9.8 21.7 11.8 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.1 8.6 3.4 5.4 3.4 Blue collar......................................................... 4.6 10.0 5.2 7.0 4.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 7.6 8.7 9.5 9.4 11.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.5 16.9 3.5 6.8 – Transportation and material moving................................ 3.5 8.4 4.2 6.7 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.2 16.8 5.1 7.6 – Service............................................................. 2.4 5.7 3.2 3.0 5.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.80 $10.40 $14.92 $23.49 $32.70 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 10.56 15.10 23.62 33.31 White collar.................................... 9.58 13.01 20.63 28.49 39.15 White collar excluding sales................ 10.75 13.77 21.64 30.16 39.43 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.66 19.67 25.46 33.75 43.92 Professional specialty...................... 17.45 22.98 27.79 35.55 50.70 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.50 24.57 27.90 32.61 36.72 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 23.76 30.71 34.49 39.43 41.30 Computer systems analysts and scientists 23.76 30.71 34.49 39.43 41.30 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 17.12 20.28 22.28 26.51 44.50 Registered nurses....................... 18.90 20.51 21.00 23.70 25.94 Teachers, college and university.......... 18.90 21.80 25.38 30.40 37.48 Teachers, except college and university... 22.46 24.69 28.50 33.17 37.97 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.12 25.22 28.50 33.17 36.78 Secondary school teachers............... 23.60 25.22 28.34 31.92 35.55 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 10.00 12.88 13.07 14.09 16.91 Social workers.......................... 10.00 12.88 13.07 14.09 16.91 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 17.94 24.12 24.92 27.01 29.08 Technical................................... 11.50 14.60 16.75 20.22 24.40 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 14.96 15.60 17.77 20.31 21.98 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.00 14.39 15.35 16.65 17.20 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 10.78 12.10 14.60 14.75 15.99 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.67 24.17 28.25 35.41 42.89 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.81 27.61 30.77 35.90 54.26 Financial managers...................... 21.71 27.18 27.75 34.29 34.29 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 27.50 28.25 31.88 42.50 71.75 Management related........................ 15.38 16.67 21.64 28.49 33.93 Other financial officers................ 15.38 20.14 22.33 27.01 28.93 Sales......................................... 7.00 8.67 12.00 21.80 28.15 Supervisors, sales...................... 11.75 18.50 24.15 28.15 28.85 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.75 9.30 11.06 14.50 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.98 10.50 12.66 15.00 18.51 Secretaries............................. 11.67 12.98 14.90 15.77 18.71 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.10 11.65 12.91 15.25 17.17 General office clerks................... 8.50 9.14 9.83 11.37 12.89 Teachers' aides......................... 8.30 8.98 10.34 11.18 11.18 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.72 12.74 13.45 18.51 19.57 Blue collar..................................... $9.00 $11.00 $14.38 $19.03 $24.57 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.00 15.33 20.19 25.59 34.25 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 12.00 18.57 25.00 33.54 34.25 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 12.96 14.00 15.50 18.64 20.57 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 16.34 19.30 20.95 20.95 21.22 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.00 12.00 13.05 13.65 16.90 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.00 9.67 15.00 16.60 19.02 Transportation and material moving............ 10.00 11.71 15.80 19.10 21.90 Truck drivers........................... 10.00 16.09 18.60 20.25 24.67 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.99 11.05 11.71 13.10 15.71 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 11.67 12.40 14.76 17.45 20.45 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.75 9.20 11.30 13.67 15.63 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 13.67 13.67 13.67 13.67 13.67 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.50 7.50 10.20 11.30 13.86 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.00 10.00 10.91 12.61 15.41 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 9.15 10.81 12.86 13.84 17.14 Service......................................... 7.00 7.65 9.07 12.23 22.24 Protective service........................ 7.80 9.15 18.98 22.24 24.53 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 24.53 24.53 24.53 24.53 24.53 Firefighting............................ 10.30 11.38 13.15 14.62 15.65 Police and detectives, public service... 18.93 22.24 22.24 22.24 22.24 Food service.............................. 2.13 3.15 8.00 10.50 12.03 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.15 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.15 2.15 Other food service....................... 7.25 7.35 9.00 11.25 14.00 Cooks................................... 8.50 9.25 10.75 11.25 12.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.14 7.25 7.25 7.51 9.00 Health service............................ 7.10 7.65 7.65 9.27 11.30 Health aides, except nursing............ 7.54 8.87 9.43 11.70 15.83 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.10 7.65 7.65 8.55 10.50 Cleaning and building service............. 7.10 8.00 9.07 10.40 11.00 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.40 9.00 9.49 10.40 11.00 Personal service.......................... 6.40 7.50 9.93 12.60 13.27 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 8.15 9.86 10.31 12.85 13.93 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.65 $10.00 $14.24 $21.11 $31.88 All excluding sales........................... 7.65 10.05 14.39 21.00 32.70 White collar.................................... 9.50 12.90 19.59 28.15 39.43 White collar excluding sales................ 10.88 14.00 21.00 29.93 42.40 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.66 19.13 24.53 35.82 59.34 Professional specialty...................... 18.75 22.46 27.35 39.43 59.34 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.50 23.10 27.42 28.23 32.93 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 24.10 30.96 33.99 39.43 40.44 Computer systems analysts and scientists 24.10 30.96 33.99 39.43 40.44 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 17.12 20.33 22.28 26.96 50.70 Registered nurses....................... 19.02 20.50 21.00 23.70 25.09 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 14.78 14.78 21.42 22.46 27.68 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 24.12 24.53 25.52 29.08 33.75 Technical................................... 10.78 14.05 15.42 18.34 21.56 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.61 23.15 28.25 35.41 43.27 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.29 27.53 31.88 35.50 54.26 Financial managers...................... 21.71 27.18 27.75 34.29 34.29 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 27.50 28.25 31.88 42.50 71.75 Management related........................ 15.38 16.67 21.64 28.05 33.93 Other financial officers................ 15.38 20.14 22.33 27.01 28.93 Sales......................................... 6.90 8.67 12.00 22.55 28.15 Supervisors, sales...................... 11.75 18.50 24.15 28.15 28.85 Cashiers................................ 5.75 6.50 10.00 11.06 14.50 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.00 11.25 13.10 15.24 19.36 Secretaries............................. 12.50 13.70 14.90 16.81 20.46 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.47 11.65 12.48 15.00 15.58 General office clerks................... 8.50 8.89 10.35 11.37 13.02 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.65 12.81 18.51 18.51 24.76 Blue collar..................................... 8.96 10.76 14.00 18.76 22.32 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.50 14.93 19.45 24.07 34.25 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 12.00 20.19 25.00 33.54 34.25 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 12.96 14.00 15.50 18.64 20.57 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 16.34 19.30 20.95 20.95 21.22 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. $9.00 $9.67 $14.66 $16.50 $18.44 Transportation and material moving............ 10.00 11.71 15.80 19.10 22.46 Truck drivers........................... 10.00 16.74 18.62 20.34 24.67 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.99 11.03 11.71 12.88 13.93 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 11.67 12.40 14.76 17.45 20.45 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.50 9.00 11.06 13.48 16.22 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.50 7.50 10.20 11.30 13.86 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.00 10.00 10.91 12.61 15.41 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 9.15 10.95 12.93 13.84 17.14 Service......................................... 6.00 7.35 8.00 9.73 11.27 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.15 7.35 9.28 11.75 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.15 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.15 2.15 Other food service....................... 7.14 7.25 8.50 10.41 12.75 Cooks................................... 8.50 9.00 10.35 11.50 12.75 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.14 7.25 7.25 7.50 9.00 Health service............................ 7.10 7.65 7.65 9.14 11.03 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.10 7.65 7.65 8.36 10.18 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.45 9.00 10.40 11.00 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.43 9.00 9.69 10.40 11.00 Personal service.......................... 6.00 6.50 8.00 11.44 12.60 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.60 $12.85 $22.24 $26.82 $33.77 All excluding sales........................... 9.80 13.06 22.24 26.82 33.90 White collar.................................... 9.61 13.07 24.32 30.61 36.72 White collar excluding sales................ 10.00 13.07 24.40 30.70 37.15 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.35 21.71 26.68 32.99 37.97 Professional specialty...................... 14.31 24.08 27.94 33.17 39.18 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 17.66 20.02 21.39 24.64 29.37 Registered nurses....................... 18.59 20.64 22.35 25.40 30.00 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 24.36 26.18 30.16 34.41 39.18 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.67 26.18 29.88 33.42 37.97 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.44 13.07 13.07 13.69 16.91 Social workers.......................... 12.44 13.07 13.07 13.69 16.91 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 14.50 16.87 18.46 24.40 24.40 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 23.60 27.61 28.67 39.15 41.00 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 25.45 27.61 28.67 40.07 41.00 Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.62 9.32 11.18 12.98 17.17 Secretaries............................. 9.39 11.67 12.65 13.17 15.60 Teachers' aides......................... 8.30 8.98 10.34 11.18 11.18 Blue collar..................................... 11.70 13.67 16.11 26.42 28.14 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.33 21.95 26.42 27.73 33.99 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 10.76 11.93 14.69 19.46 20.61 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 10.44 12.13 13.67 13.67 13.67 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 13.67 13.67 13.67 13.67 13.67 Service......................................... $9.25 $11.25 $20.39 $22.24 $24.53 Protective service........................ 13.96 20.39 22.24 24.53 24.53 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 24.53 24.53 24.53 24.53 24.53 Firefighting............................ 10.30 11.38 13.15 14.62 15.65 Police and detectives, public service... 18.93 22.24 22.24 22.24 22.24 Food service.............................. 9.16 10.75 11.25 11.25 15.53 Other food service....................... 9.16 10.75 11.25 11.25 15.53 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 7.17 9.07 9.07 10.32 12.67 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.17 9.07 9.07 10.32 12.67 Personal service.......................... 9.00 10.23 12.03 13.77 14.55 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.50 $10.80 $15.98 $24.53 $33.75 All excluding sales........................... 8.50 10.90 16.03 24.53 34.03 White collar.................................... 10.34 13.58 21.71 29.28 39.18 White collar excluding sales................ 10.83 14.60 22.69 31.50 40.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.78 19.80 25.52 33.99 46.14 Professional specialty...................... 17.55 23.16 27.89 35.55 50.70 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.50 24.57 27.90 32.61 36.72 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 23.76 30.85 34.58 39.43 41.30 Computer systems analysts and scientists 23.76 30.85 34.58 39.43 41.30 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 17.66 20.02 22.23 26.47 47.29 Registered nurses....................... 18.75 20.25 21.00 23.70 25.70 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 22.46 24.69 28.58 33.17 37.97 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.16 25.22 28.50 33.17 37.15 Secondary school teachers............... 23.60 25.22 28.34 31.92 35.55 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 10.00 12.88 13.07 14.09 16.91 Social workers.......................... 10.00 12.88 13.07 14.09 16.91 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 17.94 24.12 24.92 27.01 29.08 Technical................................... 11.90 14.60 16.91 20.22 24.40 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.00 14.39 15.35 16.66 17.20 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 10.78 12.10 14.60 14.75 15.99 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.67 24.17 28.25 35.41 42.50 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.81 27.61 30.77 35.90 53.66 Financial managers...................... 21.71 27.18 27.75 34.29 34.29 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 27.50 28.25 31.88 42.50 71.75 Management related........................ 15.38 16.67 21.64 28.49 33.93 Other financial officers................ 15.38 20.14 22.33 27.01 28.93 Sales......................................... 8.72 10.00 14.50 22.92 28.15 Supervisors, sales...................... 11.75 18.50 24.15 28.15 28.85 Cashiers................................ 9.05 9.94 10.00 12.70 14.50 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.98 10.35 12.57 15.19 19.36 Secretaries............................. 11.67 12.98 14.90 15.77 18.71 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.10 11.65 12.50 15.25 17.17 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 12.35 13.37 14.45 14.81 16.05 General office clerks................... 8.50 9.14 9.83 11.37 12.89 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.00 12.80 13.45 18.51 19.57 Blue collar..................................... 9.00 11.31 14.76 19.50 25.00 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $12.00 $15.33 $20.19 $25.59 $34.25 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 12.00 18.57 25.00 33.54 34.25 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 12.96 14.00 15.50 18.64 20.57 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 16.34 19.30 20.95 20.95 21.22 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.00 12.00 13.05 13.65 16.90 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.00 9.67 15.00 16.60 19.02 Transportation and material moving............ 10.51 12.30 17.45 19.55 23.50 Truck drivers........................... 10.01 18.35 18.75 20.64 24.67 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.36 11.55 11.71 13.35 16.69 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.75 9.34 11.70 13.67 16.88 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 13.67 13.67 13.67 13.67 13.67 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.50 8.70 11.06 12.61 14.85 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.35 9.45 10.77 12.42 13.83 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 9.15 10.81 12.86 13.84 17.14 Service......................................... 7.35 7.65 9.46 13.02 22.24 Protective service........................ 7.80 9.18 19.48 22.24 24.53 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 24.53 24.53 24.53 24.53 24.53 Firefighting............................ 10.30 11.38 13.15 14.62 15.65 Police and detectives, public service... 18.93 22.24 22.24 22.24 22.24 Food service.............................. 7.14 7.35 9.00 11.25 14.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.25 7.50 9.18 11.25 14.00 Cooks................................... 8.50 9.00 10.25 11.25 11.25 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.14 7.14 7.35 7.50 8.40 Health service............................ 7.52 7.65 7.65 9.42 11.27 Health aides, except nursing............ 7.54 8.87 9.27 11.70 13.60 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.52 7.65 7.65 8.73 10.59 Cleaning and building service............. 7.10 8.00 9.07 10.40 11.00 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.40 9.00 9.49 10.40 11.00 Personal service.......................... 6.40 7.54 10.12 12.60 12.85 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $2.15 $7.10 $10.60 $13.07 $16.10 All excluding sales........................... 2.13 7.25 11.01 13.74 16.77 White collar.................................... 6.00 7.80 11.46 14.73 16.77 White collar excluding sales................ 8.82 11.31 13.17 15.21 20.64 Professional specialty and technical.......... 10.28 11.69 20.64 24.70 30.90 Professional specialty...................... 10.40 19.22 22.86 26.11 30.90 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 10.37 20.64 23.62 26.74 30.90 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 5.50 6.00 7.00 8.00 8.75 Administrative support, including clerical.... - - - - - Blue collar..................................... - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.15 6.00 7.00 8.39 8.60 Service......................................... 2.13 2.13 7.10 8.50 11.75 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 2.15 8.50 11.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.15 Other food service....................... 7.25 7.25 8.50 10.75 12.00 Health service............................ - - - - - Personal service.......................... 6.50 7.50 9.36 14.16 14.55 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 241,000 190,600 50,400 All excluding sales............................................. 223,200 173,200 50,000 White collar........................................................ 120,100 88,400 31,700 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 102,300 71,000 31,300 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 49,000 29,100 19,900 Professional specialty.......................................... 40,000 22,700 17,200 Technical....................................................... 9,000 6,400 2,700 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 18,400 15,500 2,900 Sales............................................................. 17,800 17,400 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 35,000 26,500 8,500 Blue collar......................................................... 74,300 68,900 5,400 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18,500 16,000 2,500 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9,500 9,300 - Transportation and material moving................................ 19,600 18,800 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 26,600 24,800 1,900 Service............................................................. 46,600 33,300 13,400 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.