NC BL 06/00/2004 Table: Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, Bulletin 3120-78, 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, 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................................................................. $18.29 3.9 38.6 $18.17 5.1 38.0 $18.58 5.4 40.2 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 22.75 4.9 39.2 22.84 6.9 38.5 22.56 4.5 40.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.86 4.2 39.3 27.41 5.8 37.5 26.18 5.6 41.8 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.11 6.9 40.5 34.34 7.6 40.6 – – – Sales............................................................. 12.33 11.4 37.8 12.33 11.4 37.8 – – – Administrative support............................................ 12.40 4.6 38.9 12.64 7.2 39.2 12.03 3.1 38.3 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.03 7.0 39.0 15.27 7.3 39.0 12.67 10.9 39.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.18 9.2 40.0 20.53 9.4 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 15.10 4.4 40.0 15.10 4.4 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.21 4.5 36.6 12.65 6.5 35.4 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.31 4.8 37.6 9.99 4.9 37.3 – – – Service occupations(5).............................................. 9.80 12.9 36.2 7.69 4.1 33.8 11.98 13.9 39.1 Full time........................................................... 18.73 3.7 40.3 18.77 4.8 40.0 18.63 5.2 41.1 Part time........................................................... 10.21 16.8 21.6 8.92 15.6 21.4 16.89 24.5 22.5 Union............................................................... 16.46 4.1 39.2 16.46 4.1 39.2 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 18.43 4.2 38.6 18.36 5.6 37.9 18.58 5.4 40.2 Time................................................................ 18.35 3.9 38.5 18.25 5.2 37.8 18.58 5.4 40.2 Incentive........................................................... 15.69 20.6 45.7 15.69 20.6 45.7 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 22.17 5.0 40.1 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 12.83 10.4 36.5 12.82 10.5 36.6 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 13.72 5.5 37.7 13.81 5.7 37.7 – – – 500 workers or more................................................. 21.35 5.3 39.5 23.28 7.6 38.9 18.88 5.9 40.3 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, 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................................................................... $18.29 3.9 $18.17 5.1 $18.58 5.4 All excluding sales............................................... 18.73 4.1 18.80 5.4 18.58 5.4 White collar........................................................ 22.75 4.9 22.84 6.9 22.56 4.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.32 4.6 25.38 6.2 22.56 4.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.86 4.2 27.41 5.8 26.18 5.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.16 4.9 31.93 6.2 28.55 6.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.48 8.5 36.48 8.5 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 24.55 4.3 26.96 .3 21.14 3.5 Registered nurses........................................... 25.76 1.8 26.44 2.1 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 37.64 7.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.13 1.7 – – 27.60 .6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 27.48 2.0 – – 28.29 .5 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.97 8.4 19.73 8.5 12.52 6.8 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.70 7.7 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.16 5.1 15.48 4.3 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.21 18.4 15.54 20.3 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.11 6.9 34.34 7.6 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.28 6.8 37.75 8.3 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.72 10.5 36.72 10.5 – – Management related............................................ 31.10 9.6 31.61 9.9 – – Sales............................................................. 12.33 11.4 12.33 11.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.27 3.6 7.27 3.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.40 4.6 12.64 7.2 12.03 3.1 Secretaries................................................. 12.40 6.9 12.23 9.6 12.82 6.3 Order clerks................................................ 10.12 4.0 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.21 4.6 11.08 7.0 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.53 5.2 12.53 5.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.47 9.5 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.54 9.8 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.03 7.0 15.27 7.3 12.67 10.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.18 9.2 20.53 9.4 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.47 .2 20.47 .2 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 15.36 5.5 14.54 8.0 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.35 9.5 17.82 11.0 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $15.10 4.4 $15.10 4.4 – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 11.23 4.8 11.23 4.8 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 6.83 3.3 6.83 3.3 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 14.87 6.9 14.87 6.9 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 15.27 9.9 15.27 9.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 19.82 6.9 19.82 6.9 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.05 4.1 13.05 4.1 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 13.26 12.7 13.26 12.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.21 4.5 12.65 6.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.07 3.8 16.07 3.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.31 4.8 9.99 4.9 – – Production helpers.......................................... 11.91 11.8 11.91 11.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.54 8.0 9.54 8.0 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.30 9.6 9.30 9.6 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.10 4.2 10.10 4.2 – – Service............................................................. 9.80 12.9 7.69 4.1 $11.98 13.9 Protective service............................................ 11.75 16.3 – – 14.74 4.5 Food service.................................................. 8.00 3.9 7.63 3.8 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... – – – – – – Other food service........................................... 8.03 3.9 7.65 3.5 – – Health service................................................ 8.25 3.5 8.41 2.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.21 3.5 8.41 2.7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.59 5.7 6.90 10.5 8.08 3.6 Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.44 3.1 7.03 9.6 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.55 7.4 6.81 13.4 – – Personal service.............................................. 14.34 26.3 – – – – 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 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, 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................................................................... $18.73 3.7 $18.77 4.8 $18.63 5.2 All excluding sales............................................... 19.12 3.9 19.33 5.1 18.63 5.2 White collar........................................................ 23.07 4.8 23.32 6.7 22.57 4.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.43 4.7 25.55 6.3 22.57 4.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.07 4.4 27.70 5.7 26.29 6.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.35 5.5 32.07 6.3 28.76 7.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.48 8.5 36.48 8.5 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 24.48 5.2 26.93 .4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.93 2.4 26.34 2.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 37.64 7.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.13 1.7 – – 27.60 .6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 27.48 2.0 – – 28.29 .5 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.14 8.4 20.05 8.1 12.48 6.8 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.70 7.7 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.72 3.4 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.42 18.4 15.92 19.6 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.15 6.9 34.38 7.7 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.28 6.8 37.75 8.3 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.72 10.5 36.72 10.5 – – Management related............................................ 31.16 9.7 31.67 10.0 – – Sales............................................................. 13.09 10.2 13.09 10.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.44 4.6 12.68 7.3 12.07 3.1 Secretaries................................................. 12.40 6.9 12.23 9.6 12.82 6.3 Order clerks................................................ 10.12 4.0 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.21 4.6 11.08 7.0 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.53 5.2 12.53 5.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.47 9.5 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.54 9.8 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.22 7.0 15.48 7.2 12.65 10.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.18 9.2 20.53 9.4 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.47 .2 20.47 .2 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 15.36 5.5 14.54 8.0 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.35 9.5 17.82 11.0 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.10 4.4 15.10 4.4 – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... $11.23 4.8 $11.23 4.8 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 6.83 3.3 6.83 3.3 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 14.87 6.9 14.87 6.9 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 15.27 9.9 15.27 9.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 19.82 6.9 19.82 6.9 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.05 4.1 13.05 4.1 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 13.26 12.7 13.26 12.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.37 4.0 12.98 5.9 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.07 3.8 16.07 3.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.54 5.4 10.23 5.8 – – Production helpers.......................................... 11.91 11.8 11.91 11.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.00 4.3 12.00 4.3 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.30 9.6 9.30 9.6 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.10 4.2 10.10 4.2 – – Service............................................................. 10.30 12.9 8.11 3.6 $12.10 14.5 Protective service............................................ 11.98 16.1 – – 14.99 5.2 Food service.................................................. 8.58 3.3 8.29 4.0 – – Other food service........................................... 8.61 2.8 8.32 3.2 – – Health service................................................ 8.22 4.0 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.18 4.0 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.99 3.0 7.73 6.6 8.08 3.6 Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.44 3.1 7.03 9.6 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.12 3.9 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 14.82 24.5 – – – – 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 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, 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................................................................... $10.21 16.8 $8.92 15.6 $16.89 24.5 All excluding sales............................................... 10.87 18.0 9.43 17.8 16.89 24.5 White collar........................................................ 14.85 20.0 12.59 23.7 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.22 15.5 18.96 24.5 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.89 12.0 20.78 20.0 – – Professional specialty.......................................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 6.73 5.4 6.73 5.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.79 4.8 6.79 4.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.10 9.8 7.95 10.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.70 5.7 7.70 5.7 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.32 3.6 7.32 3.6 – – Service............................................................. 6.74 9.4 6.34 8.2 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.51 12.9 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, 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................................................................... $756 3.7 40.3 $751 4.7 40.0 $766 5.5 41.1 All excluding sales............................................... 769 3.9 40.2 771 5.1 39.9 766 5.5 41.1 White collar........................................................ 941 4.8 40.8 942 6.6 40.4 940 5.7 41.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 993 4.7 40.7 1,024 6.2 40.1 940 5.7 41.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,119 3.6 41.3 1,107 5.5 40.0 1,134 4.6 43.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,267 4.4 41.7 1,271 6.4 39.6 1,262 6.0 43.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,459 8.5 40.0 1,459 8.5 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,031 1.1 42.1 1,051 1.2 39.0 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 1,005 3.0 38.8 1,021 3.2 38.8 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,950 8.8 51.8 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,041 1.4 38.4 – – – 1,057 .4 38.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,047 1.8 38.1 – – – 1,074 .9 38.0 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 731 8.0 40.3 814 7.1 40.6 493 6.2 39.5 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 788 7.7 40.0 – – – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 544 3.2 39.6 – – – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 599 17.4 41.6 673 16.7 42.3 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,389 7.0 40.7 1,401 7.7 40.8 – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,543 7.0 41.4 1,575 8.7 41.7 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,553 11.0 42.3 1,553 11.0 42.3 – – – Management related............................................ 1,246 9.7 40.0 1,267 10.0 40.0 – – – Sales............................................................. 548 14.2 41.9 548 14.2 41.9 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 489 4.7 39.3 503 7.2 39.7 467 3.7 38.7 Secretaries................................................. 485 6.6 39.1 484 9.0 39.6 485 6.8 37.9 Order clerks................................................ 403 3.9 39.8 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 473 3.8 38.8 443 7.0 40.0 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 501 5.2 40.0 501 5.2 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 619 9.5 40.0 – – – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 487 10.1 38.8 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 608 7.0 40.0 618 7.3 39.9 506 10.9 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 806 9.3 40.0 820 9.6 40.0 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 818 .2 40.0 818 .2 40.0 – – – Machinery maintenance....................................... $614 5.5 40.0 $582 8.0 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 694 9.5 40.0 713 11.0 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 603 4.5 40.0 603 4.5 40.0 – – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 446 5.3 39.8 446 5.3 39.8 – – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 273 3.3 40.0 273 3.3 40.0 – – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 594 7.0 39.9 594 7.0 39.9 – – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 609 10.1 39.9 609 10.1 39.9 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 793 6.9 40.0 793 6.9 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 522 4.1 40.0 522 4.1 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 530 12.7 40.0 530 12.7 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 492 4.0 39.8 515 5.8 39.7 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 642 3.8 39.9 642 3.8 39.9 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 422 5.4 40.0 409 5.8 40.0 – – – Production helpers.......................................... 476 11.8 40.0 476 11.8 40.0 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 480 4.3 40.0 480 4.3 40.0 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 372 9.6 40.0 372 9.6 40.0 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 403 4.2 39.9 403 4.2 39.9 – – – Service............................................................. 408 14.1 39.6 312 4.6 38.5 $490 16.0 40.5 Protective service............................................ 493 18.0 41.1 – – – 630 7.1 42.0 Food service.................................................. 322 7.7 37.5 315 9.6 38.0 – – – Other food service........................................... 326 7.6 37.9 320 9.6 38.5 – – – Health service................................................ 325 3.8 39.6 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 324 3.8 39.6 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 310 3.1 38.8 273 9.8 35.3 323 3.6 40.0 Maids and housemen.......................................... 268 4.2 36.1 221 13.1 31.4 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 325 3.9 40.0 – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 543 26.7 36.6 – – – – – – 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, 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................................................................... $38,077 3.7 2,033 $39,007 4.7 2,079 $35,948 5.5 1,930 All excluding sales............................................... 38,694 3.9 2,024 40,007 5.1 2,069 35,948 5.5 1,930 White collar........................................................ 46,466 4.8 2,014 48,834 6.6 2,094 42,189 5.7 1,869 White collar excluding sales.................................... 48,712 4.7 1,994 53,075 6.2 2,077 42,189 5.7 1,869 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 53,749 3.6 1,986 57,262 5.5 2,067 49,778 4.6 1,893 Professional specialty.......................................... 59,133 4.4 1,948 65,536 6.4 2,043 53,715 6.0 1,867 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 75,878 8.5 2,080 75,878 8.5 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 53,452 1.1 2,184 54,641 1.2 2,029 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 52,025 3.0 2,006 53,109 3.2 2,016 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 88,143 8.8 2,342 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 39,644 1.4 1,461 – – – 40,276 .4 1,459 Elementary school teachers.................................. 39,767 1.8 1,447 – – – 40,827 .9 1,443 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 38,004 8.0 2,095 42,314 7.1 2,111 25,613 6.2 2,052 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 40,971 7.7 2,080 – – – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 28,288 3.2 2,062 – – – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 31,165 17.4 2,162 34,982 16.7 2,198 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 72,016 7.0 2,109 72,633 7.7 2,113 – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 79,798 7.0 2,140 81,321 8.7 2,154 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 80,732 11.0 2,199 80,732 11.0 2,199 – – – Management related............................................ 64,818 9.7 2,080 65,882 10.0 2,080 – – – Sales............................................................. 28,487 14.2 2,177 28,487 14.2 2,177 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 24,157 4.7 1,942 26,167 7.2 2,063 21,551 3.7 1,786 Secretaries................................................. 25,067 6.6 2,022 25,179 9.0 2,058 24,802 6.8 1,935 Order clerks................................................ 20,933 3.9 2,069 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 24,510 3.8 2,007 23,039 7.0 2,080 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 26,055 5.2 2,080 26,055 5.2 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 30,000 9.5 1,939 – – – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 25,302 10.1 2,018 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 31,613 7.0 2,077 32,155 7.3 2,077 26,276 10.9 2,077 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 41,917 9.3 2,078 42,662 9.6 2,078 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 42,530 .2 2,078 42,530 .2 2,078 – – – Machinery maintenance....................................... $31,952 5.5 2,080 $30,247 8.0 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 35,986 9.5 2,075 37,061 11.0 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 31,361 4.5 2,077 31,361 4.5 2,077 – – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 23,215 5.3 2,067 23,215 5.3 2,067 – – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 14,210 3.3 2,080 14,210 3.3 2,080 – – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 30,882 7.0 2,077 30,882 7.0 2,077 – – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 31,662 10.1 2,073 31,662 10.1 2,073 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 41,207 6.9 2,080 41,207 6.9 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 27,149 4.1 2,080 27,149 4.1 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 27,574 12.7 2,080 27,574 12.7 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 25,589 4.0 2,069 26,777 5.8 2,063 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 33,377 3.8 2,077 33,377 3.8 2,077 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 21,920 5.4 2,079 21,263 5.8 2,079 – – – Production helpers.......................................... 24,745 11.8 2,078 24,745 11.8 2,078 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 24,959 4.3 2,080 24,959 4.3 2,080 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 19,345 9.6 2,080 19,345 9.6 2,080 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 20,969 4.2 2,077 20,969 4.2 2,077 – – – Service............................................................. 20,742 14.1 2,013 16,238 4.6 2,002 $24,467 16.0 2,022 Protective service............................................ 25,208 18.0 2,104 – – – 31,797 7.1 2,122 Food service.................................................. 15,528 7.7 1,810 16,372 9.6 1,975 – – – Other food service........................................... 15,694 7.6 1,822 16,649 9.6 2,001 – – – Health service................................................ 16,919 3.8 2,058 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 16,827 3.8 2,058 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 16,075 3.1 2,011 14,183 9.8 1,836 16,731 3.6 2,072 Maids and housemen.......................................... 13,960 4.2 1,876 11,493 13.1 1,635 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 16,852 3.9 2,075 – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 28,213 26.7 1,904 – – – – – – 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, 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................................................................... $18.29 3.9 $18.17 5.1 $18.58 5.4 All excluding sales............................................... 18.73 4.1 18.80 5.4 18.58 5.4 White collar........................................................ 22.75 4.9 22.84 6.9 22.56 4.5 1....................................................... 6.89 2.9 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.08 9.3 8.51 3.6 12.02 13.1 3....................................................... 10.31 4.1 10.33 4.5 – – 4....................................................... 13.51 5.9 14.15 7.1 11.84 5.4 5....................................................... 14.47 3.8 16.15 6.5 13.13 4.0 6....................................................... 24.16 4.3 – – 24.55 5.7 7....................................................... 23.07 3.1 23.64 3.2 16.42 5.7 8....................................................... 25.32 7.3 25.62 7.3 – – 9....................................................... 29.17 2.0 30.00 3.1 28.08 2.2 10........................................................ 31.93 2.8 31.93 2.8 – – 11........................................................ 35.91 2.7 36.80 2.9 33.91 1.0 12........................................................ 48.46 3.4 48.46 3.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.20 29.0 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.32 4.6 25.38 6.2 22.56 4.5 2....................................................... 10.56 9.4 9.01 3.7 12.02 13.1 3....................................................... 11.30 4.7 11.55 5.3 – – 4....................................................... 13.47 6.7 14.40 9.0 11.84 5.4 5....................................................... 14.34 4.1 16.36 6.9 13.13 4.0 6....................................................... 24.28 4.2 – – 24.55 5.7 7....................................................... 23.49 3.2 24.26 2.8 16.42 5.7 8....................................................... 26.28 5.5 26.65 5.2 – – 9....................................................... 29.17 2.0 30.00 3.1 28.08 2.2 10........................................................ 31.93 2.8 31.93 2.8 – – 11........................................................ 35.91 2.7 36.80 2.9 33.91 1.0 12........................................................ 48.46 3.4 48.46 3.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.03 26.2 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.86 4.2 27.41 5.8 26.18 5.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.16 4.9 31.93 6.2 28.55 6.6 6....................................................... 25.99 1.0 – – – – 7....................................................... – – – – 17.43 2.3 8....................................................... 26.73 5.7 27.21 5.3 – – 9....................................................... 29.29 2.5 30.62 4.2 28.08 2.2 11........................................................ 36.12 4.1 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.48 8.5 36.48 8.5 – – 9....................................................... 31.57 3.1 31.57 3.1 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 24.55 4.3 26.96 .3 21.14 3.5 8....................................................... 24.42 2.6 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.76 1.8 26.44 2.1 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 37.64 7.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.13 1.7 – – 27.60 .6 9....................................................... $28.74 0.2 – – $28.74 0.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 27.48 2.0 – – 28.29 .5 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.97 8.4 $19.73 8.5 12.52 6.8 4....................................................... 13.85 6.6 13.85 6.6 – – 5....................................................... 13.94 4.2 16.33 6.3 – – 7....................................................... 23.57 5.5 23.57 5.5 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.70 7.7 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.16 5.1 15.48 4.3 – – 5....................................................... 14.18 6.5 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.21 18.4 15.54 20.3 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.11 6.9 34.34 7.6 – – 9....................................................... 28.89 4.1 28.89 4.1 – – 11........................................................ 35.77 2.2 35.96 2.9 – – 12........................................................ 48.30 6.3 48.30 6.3 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.28 6.8 37.75 8.3 – – 9....................................................... 27.51 6.3 27.51 6.3 – – 11........................................................ 36.84 3.2 – – – – 12........................................................ 52.28 9.0 52.28 9.0 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.72 10.5 36.72 10.5 – – 9....................................................... 26.92 7.8 26.92 7.8 – – Management related............................................ 31.10 9.6 31.61 9.9 – – Sales............................................................. 12.33 11.4 12.33 11.4 – – 2....................................................... 6.91 6.7 6.91 6.7 – – 4....................................................... 13.65 10.8 13.65 10.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.27 3.6 7.27 3.6 – – 2....................................................... 6.91 6.7 6.91 6.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.40 4.6 12.64 7.2 12.03 3.1 2....................................................... 10.61 10.0 9.01 3.7 12.37 14.2 3....................................................... 11.77 5.8 12.32 5.3 – – 4....................................................... 13.40 7.9 14.56 11.3 11.84 5.4 5....................................................... 15.55 6.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 17.83 1.6 17.83 1.6 – – Secretaries................................................. 12.40 6.9 12.23 9.6 12.82 6.3 4....................................................... 14.00 7.0 – – – – Order clerks................................................ 10.12 4.0 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.21 4.6 11.08 7.0 – – 4....................................................... 12.51 3.6 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.53 5.2 12.53 5.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.47 9.5 – – – – 4....................................................... 16.25 10.0 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... $12.54 9.8 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.03 7.0 $15.27 7.3 $12.67 10.9 1....................................................... 8.04 1.8 7.99 1.9 – – 2....................................................... 11.00 4.6 11.00 4.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.22 2.7 12.50 1.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.56 4.3 14.79 4.3 – – 5....................................................... 16.34 5.6 16.93 5.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.70 3.5 21.37 3.6 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.18 9.2 20.53 9.4 – – 4....................................................... 12.46 6.6 12.46 6.6 – – 5....................................................... 16.12 4.1 16.34 4.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.53 3.2 21.28 3.2 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.47 .2 20.47 .2 – – 5....................................................... 16.76 1.3 16.76 1.3 – – 7....................................................... 22.86 5.7 22.86 5.7 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 15.36 5.5 14.54 8.0 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.35 9.5 17.82 11.0 – – 5....................................................... 14.08 4.8 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.10 4.4 15.10 4.4 – – 1....................................................... 6.74 1.2 6.74 1.2 – – 2....................................................... 11.34 6.4 11.34 6.4 – – 3....................................................... 12.78 2.6 12.78 2.6 – – 4....................................................... 16.10 6.8 16.10 6.8 – – 5....................................................... 17.78 6.8 17.78 6.8 – – 7....................................................... 21.89 8.9 21.89 8.9 – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 11.23 4.8 11.23 4.8 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 6.83 3.3 6.83 3.3 – – 1....................................................... 6.67 2.8 6.67 2.8 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 14.87 6.9 14.87 6.9 – – 4....................................................... 18.31 1.7 18.31 1.7 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 15.27 9.9 15.27 9.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 19.82 6.9 19.82 6.9 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.05 4.1 13.05 4.1 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 13.26 12.7 13.26 12.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.21 4.5 12.65 6.5 – – 3....................................................... 11.03 5.0 – – – – 4....................................................... 16.08 6.8 16.08 6.8 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.07 3.8 16.07 3.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.31 4.8 9.99 4.9 – – 1....................................................... 8.33 3.8 8.30 4.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.45 2.9 10.45 2.9 – – 3....................................................... $12.24 2.9 $12.24 2.9 – – 4....................................................... 13.68 13.7 15.47 5.6 – – Production helpers.......................................... 11.91 11.8 11.91 11.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.54 8.0 9.54 8.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.36 1.3 7.36 1.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.51 11.9 10.51 11.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.30 9.6 9.30 9.6 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.10 4.2 10.10 4.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.15 4.9 10.15 4.9 – – Service............................................................. 9.80 12.9 7.69 4.1 $11.98 13.9 1....................................................... 7.48 2.9 7.18 2.6 8.42 5.5 2....................................................... 7.70 3.8 7.55 6.3 7.86 4.2 4....................................................... 10.00 5.5 10.81 8.9 – – Protective service............................................ 11.75 16.3 – – 14.74 4.5 Food service.................................................. 8.00 3.9 7.63 3.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.38 6.9 6.64 5.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.14 3.3 8.14 3.3 – – Other food service........................................... 8.03 3.9 7.65 3.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.39 6.9 6.57 .9 – – 2....................................................... 8.14 3.3 8.14 3.3 – – Health service................................................ 8.25 3.5 8.41 2.7 – – 2....................................................... 7.70 3.9 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.21 3.5 8.41 2.7 – – 2....................................................... 7.70 3.9 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.59 5.7 6.90 10.5 8.08 3.6 1....................................................... 7.72 4.5 7.40 8.3 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.44 3.1 7.03 9.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.08 8.2 7.03 9.6 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.55 7.4 6.81 13.4 – – 1....................................................... 7.85 6.0 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 14.34 26.3 – – – – 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 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, 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................................................................... $18.73 3.7 $18.77 4.8 $18.63 5.2 All excluding sales............................................... 19.12 3.9 19.33 5.1 18.63 5.2 White collar........................................................ 23.07 4.8 23.32 6.7 22.57 4.6 2....................................................... 10.56 9.7 8.90 4.1 12.05 13.1 3....................................................... 10.42 4.0 10.45 4.4 – – 4....................................................... 13.50 6.0 14.15 7.2 11.84 5.4 5....................................................... 14.31 3.6 15.92 6.3 13.09 3.9 6....................................................... 24.30 4.3 – – 24.55 5.7 7....................................................... 22.88 3.8 23.47 3.8 – – 8....................................................... 25.32 7.3 25.62 7.3 – – 9....................................................... 29.50 1.8 30.00 3.1 28.74 .2 10........................................................ 31.93 2.8 31.93 2.8 – – 11........................................................ 35.91 2.7 36.80 2.9 33.91 1.0 12........................................................ 48.46 3.4 48.46 3.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.17 29.1 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.43 4.7 25.55 6.3 22.57 4.6 2....................................................... 10.56 9.7 8.90 4.1 12.05 13.1 3....................................................... 11.43 4.7 11.73 4.9 – – 4....................................................... 13.46 6.8 14.39 9.1 11.84 5.4 5....................................................... 14.15 3.8 16.07 6.7 13.09 3.9 6....................................................... 24.43 4.3 – – 24.55 5.7 7....................................................... 23.28 4.1 24.09 3.8 – – 8....................................................... 26.28 5.5 26.65 5.2 – – 9....................................................... 29.50 1.8 30.00 3.1 28.74 .2 10........................................................ 31.93 2.8 31.93 2.8 – – 11........................................................ 35.91 2.7 36.80 2.9 33.91 1.0 12........................................................ 48.46 3.4 48.46 3.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.01 26.3 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.07 4.4 27.70 5.7 26.29 6.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.35 5.5 32.07 6.3 28.76 7.8 6....................................................... 25.99 1.0 – – – – 8....................................................... 26.73 5.7 27.21 5.3 – – 9....................................................... 29.70 2.1 30.62 4.2 28.74 .2 11........................................................ 36.12 4.1 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.48 8.5 36.48 8.5 – – 9....................................................... 31.57 3.1 31.57 3.1 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 24.48 5.2 26.93 .4 – – 8....................................................... 24.42 2.6 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.93 2.4 26.34 2.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 37.64 7.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.13 1.7 – – 27.60 .6 9....................................................... 28.74 .2 – – 28.74 .2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 27.48 2.0 – – 28.29 .5 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... $18.14 8.4 $20.05 8.1 $12.48 6.8 4....................................................... 13.80 7.0 13.80 7.0 – – 5....................................................... 13.66 3.3 15.92 5.0 – – 7....................................................... 23.57 5.5 23.57 5.5 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.70 7.7 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.72 3.4 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.42 18.4 15.92 19.6 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.15 6.9 34.38 7.7 – – 9....................................................... 28.89 4.1 28.89 4.1 – – 11........................................................ 35.77 2.2 35.96 2.9 – – 12........................................................ 48.30 6.3 48.30 6.3 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.28 6.8 37.75 8.3 – – 9....................................................... 27.51 6.3 27.51 6.3 – – 11........................................................ 36.84 3.2 – – – – 12........................................................ 52.28 9.0 52.28 9.0 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.72 10.5 36.72 10.5 – – 9....................................................... 26.92 7.8 26.92 7.8 – – Management related............................................ 31.16 9.7 31.67 10.0 – – Sales............................................................. 13.09 10.2 13.09 10.2 – – 4....................................................... 13.65 10.8 13.65 10.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.44 4.6 12.68 7.3 12.07 3.1 2....................................................... 10.61 10.4 8.90 4.1 12.41 14.2 3....................................................... 11.81 5.9 12.39 5.3 – – 4....................................................... 13.40 7.9 14.56 11.3 11.84 5.4 5....................................................... 15.55 6.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 17.83 1.6 17.83 1.6 – – Secretaries................................................. 12.40 6.9 12.23 9.6 12.82 6.3 4....................................................... 14.00 7.0 – – – – Order clerks................................................ 10.12 4.0 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.21 4.6 11.08 7.0 – – 4....................................................... 12.51 3.6 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.53 5.2 12.53 5.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.47 9.5 – – – – 4....................................................... 16.25 10.0 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.54 9.8 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.22 7.0 15.48 7.2 12.65 10.9 1....................................................... 8.11 1.8 8.06 1.9 – – 2....................................................... 11.06 4.7 11.06 4.7 – – 3....................................................... 12.20 2.7 12.50 1.6 – – 4....................................................... $14.56 4.3 $14.79 4.3 – – 5....................................................... 16.34 5.6 16.93 5.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.70 3.5 21.37 3.6 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.18 9.2 20.53 9.4 – – 4....................................................... 12.46 6.6 12.46 6.6 – – 5....................................................... 16.12 4.1 16.34 4.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.53 3.2 21.28 3.2 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.47 .2 20.47 .2 – – 5....................................................... 16.76 1.3 16.76 1.3 – – 7....................................................... 22.86 5.7 22.86 5.7 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 15.36 5.5 14.54 8.0 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.35 9.5 17.82 11.0 – – 5....................................................... 14.08 4.8 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.10 4.4 15.10 4.4 – – 1....................................................... 6.74 1.2 6.74 1.2 – – 2....................................................... 11.34 6.4 11.34 6.4 – – 3....................................................... 12.78 2.6 12.78 2.6 – – 4....................................................... 16.10 6.8 16.10 6.8 – – 5....................................................... 17.78 6.8 17.78 6.8 – – 7....................................................... 21.89 8.9 21.89 8.9 – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 11.23 4.8 11.23 4.8 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 6.83 3.3 6.83 3.3 – – 1....................................................... 6.67 2.8 6.67 2.8 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 14.87 6.9 14.87 6.9 – – 4....................................................... 18.31 1.7 18.31 1.7 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 15.27 9.9 15.27 9.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 19.82 6.9 19.82 6.9 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.05 4.1 13.05 4.1 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 13.26 12.7 13.26 12.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.37 4.0 12.98 5.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.95 5.1 – – – – 4....................................................... 16.08 6.8 16.08 6.8 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.07 3.8 16.07 3.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.54 5.4 10.23 5.8 – – 1....................................................... 8.40 4.4 8.38 4.9 – – 2....................................................... 10.68 2.6 10.68 2.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.24 2.9 12.24 2.9 – – 4....................................................... 13.68 13.7 15.47 5.6 – – Production helpers.......................................... 11.91 11.8 11.91 11.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.00 4.3 12.00 4.3 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.30 9.6 9.30 9.6 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.10 4.2 10.10 4.2 – – 2....................................................... $10.15 4.9 $10.15 4.9 – – Service............................................................. 10.30 12.9 8.11 3.6 $12.10 14.5 1....................................................... 7.77 2.2 7.55 2.1 8.33 5.9 2....................................................... 7.89 2.5 8.08 1.9 – – 4....................................................... 10.13 5.8 – – – – Protective service............................................ 11.98 16.1 – – 14.99 5.2 Food service.................................................. 8.58 3.3 8.29 4.0 – – 1....................................................... 8.21 6.2 – – – – Other food service........................................... 8.61 2.8 8.32 3.2 – – Health service................................................ 8.22 4.0 – – – – 2....................................................... 7.64 4.2 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.18 4.0 – – – – 2....................................................... 7.64 4.2 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.99 3.0 7.73 6.6 8.08 3.6 1....................................................... 7.86 3.8 7.58 7.2 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.44 3.1 7.03 9.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.08 8.2 7.03 9.6 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.12 3.9 – – – – 1....................................................... 8.08 6.1 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 14.82 24.5 – – – – 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, 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................................................................... $10.21 16.8 $8.92 15.6 $16.89 24.5 All excluding sales............................................... 10.87 18.0 9.43 17.8 16.89 24.5 White collar........................................................ 14.85 20.0 12.59 23.7 – – 2....................................................... 7.55 8.0 7.53 8.2 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.22 15.5 18.96 24.5 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.89 12.0 20.78 20.0 – – Professional specialty.......................................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 6.73 5.4 6.73 5.4 – – 2....................................................... 6.91 6.7 6.91 6.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.79 4.8 6.79 4.8 – – 2....................................................... 6.91 6.7 6.91 6.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.10 9.8 7.95 10.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.52 6.5 7.52 6.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.70 5.7 7.70 5.7 – – 1....................................................... 7.81 5.3 7.81 5.3 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.32 3.6 7.32 3.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.35 1.5 7.35 1.5 – – Service............................................................. 6.74 9.4 6.34 8.2 – – 1....................................................... 6.47 9.8 6.10 7.7 – – 2....................................................... 6.91 14.2 – – – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.51 12.9 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, 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....................................................... $18.73 $10.21 $16.46 $18.43 $18.35 $15.69 All excluding sales............................................. 19.12 10.87 16.36 18.91 18.79 12.98 White collar........................................................ 23.07 14.85 16.08 22.95 22.80 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.43 20.22 14.91 24.48 24.23 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.07 21.89 – 26.86 26.86 – Professional specialty.......................................... 30.35 – – 30.16 30.16 – Technical....................................................... 18.14 – – 17.93 17.97 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.15 – – 34.11 33.70 – Sales............................................................. 13.09 6.73 – 11.73 11.12 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.44 – – 12.27 12.40 – Blue collar......................................................... 15.22 8.10 16.57 14.69 15.25 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.18 – 20.58 20.07 20.18 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.10 – 16.30 14.86 15.58 7.38 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.37 – – 11.29 12.21 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.54 7.70 12.37 9.75 10.39 – Service............................................................. 10.30 6.74 – 9.80 9.80 – 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....................................................... 3.7 16.8 4.1 4.2 3.9 20.6 All excluding sales............................................. 3.9 18.0 4.4 4.3 4.0 49.1 White collar........................................................ 4.8 20.0 7.2 4.9 5.0 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.7 15.5 8.4 4.6 4.6 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.4 12.0 – 4.2 4.2 – Professional specialty.......................................... 5.5 – – 4.9 4.9 – Technical....................................................... 8.4 – – 8.5 8.4 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.9 – – 6.9 7.2 – Sales............................................................. 10.2 5.4 – 11.9 9.7 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.6 – – 5.2 4.6 – Blue collar......................................................... 7.0 9.8 4.3 9.6 7.8 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 9.2 – 6.5 12.9 9.2 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.4 – 3.5 5.5 6.5 6.1 Transportation and material moving................................ 4.0 – – 5.8 4.5 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.4 5.7 4.7 5.3 5.0 – Service............................................................. 12.9 9.4 – 12.9 12.9 – 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, 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....................................................... $18.17 $22.17 – – $21.79 - – - - - All excluding sales............................................. 18.80 22.20 – – 21.82 - – - - - White collar........................................................ 22.84 30.95 – – 30.17 - – - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.38 31.25 – – 30.49 - – - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.41 32.67 – – 32.34 - – - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 31.93 36.09 – – 36.32 - – - - - Technical....................................................... 19.73 24.52 – – 24.52 - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.34 36.36 – – 35.60 - – - - - Sales............................................................. 12.33 – – – – - – - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.64 15.51 – – 15.34 - – - - - Blue collar......................................................... 15.27 16.32 – – 16.54 - – - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.53 22.08 – – 23.19 - – - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.10 15.20 – – 15.15 - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 12.65 13.73 – – 14.34 - – - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.99 11.30 – – 11.34 - – - - - Service............................................................. 7.69 – – – – - – - - - 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....................................................... 5.1 5.0 – – 5.3 - – - - - All excluding sales............................................. 5.4 5.0 – – 5.4 - – - - - White collar........................................................ 6.9 6.1 – – 7.4 - – - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.2 6.1 – – 7.4 - – - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.8 6.0 – – 7.2 - – - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 6.2 9.2 – – 11.1 - – - - - Technical....................................................... 8.5 4.6 – – 4.6 - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.6 8.5 – – 9.9 - – - - - Sales............................................................. 11.4 – – – – - – - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 7.2 12.3 – – 11.8 - – - - - Blue collar......................................................... 7.3 7.3 – – 7.4 - – - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 9.4 9.5 – – 7.1 - – - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.4 4.3 – – 4.7 - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 6.5 8.2 – – 11.0 - – - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.9 2.6 – – 2.3 - – - - - Service............................................................. 4.1 – – – – - – - - - 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, 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....................................................... $18.17 $12.82 $19.33 $13.81 $23.28 All excluding sales............................................. 18.80 12.47 20.00 14.43 23.28 White collar........................................................ 22.84 18.50 23.52 14.94 28.36 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.38 22.63 25.63 17.55 28.38 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.41 28.05 27.37 18.57 29.12 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.93 28.07 32.34 26.97 32.84 Technical....................................................... 19.73 – 19.71 14.75 21.74 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.34 36.90 34.13 30.02 35.16 Sales............................................................. 12.33 14.32 11.29 11.01 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.64 10.55 12.99 11.68 14.32 Blue collar......................................................... 15.27 10.69 16.20 13.57 18.90 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.53 13.84 22.11 17.96 25.49 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.10 9.98 15.54 12.99 18.53 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.65 9.87 15.91 15.93 15.90 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.99 8.05 10.44 9.95 10.99 Service............................................................. 7.69 7.28 7.94 8.59 – 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....................................................... 5.1 10.5 6.0 5.7 7.6 All excluding sales............................................. 5.4 12.5 5.8 5.1 7.6 White collar........................................................ 6.9 18.6 8.3 11.6 5.5 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.2 18.1 6.6 11.7 5.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.8 6.3 6.1 14.1 5.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.2 6.4 6.6 6.1 7.4 Technical....................................................... 8.5 – 8.5 12.8 5.8 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.6 7.9 8.5 22.6 9.0 Sales............................................................. 11.4 8.3 12.2 12.6 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 7.2 7.3 7.2 4.7 9.2 Blue collar......................................................... 7.3 6.2 8.2 3.4 11.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 9.4 9.6 7.8 3.9 8.1 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.4 22.2 5.7 1.3 7.0 Transportation and material moving................................ 6.5 8.7 5.6 7.6 5.5 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.9 4.6 6.4 7.6 8.1 Service............................................................. 4.1 3.9 5.5 6.2 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.50 $9.96 $14.34 $25.90 $33.05 All excluding sales........................... 7.72 10.26 15.10 25.90 33.90 White collar.................................... 9.30 12.22 21.41 30.32 37.81 White collar excluding sales................ 10.27 13.21 24.14 31.71 39.62 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.32 19.23 26.12 31.77 40.10 Professional specialty...................... 17.97 24.05 28.36 34.60 44.11 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 28.03 30.57 34.57 41.53 49.17 Mathematical and computer scientists...... – – – – – Health related............................ 12.32 21.27 26.25 27.75 33.05 Registered nurses....................... 21.24 24.19 26.25 27.59 29.65 Teachers, college and university.......... 20.74 24.40 30.32 47.63 64.15 Teachers, except college and university... 19.39 22.05 27.04 31.71 34.70 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.49 22.58 27.61 31.71 34.70 Social, recreation, and religious workers. – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 10.29 12.50 16.37 25.00 25.90 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 11.73 17.69 21.00 21.49 23.87 Licensed practical nurses............... 11.17 12.43 14.14 15.39 17.52 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.52 9.89 12.00 15.86 24.64 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 21.00 27.08 33.54 38.48 48.07 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.33 31.83 36.91 43.27 49.52 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 13.15 27.23 37.47 47.63 53.37 Management related........................ 22.80 25.90 31.60 34.20 42.27 Sales......................................... 6.50 7.67 10.61 13.41 22.43 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.50 7.00 7.79 8.61 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.00 9.83 11.37 14.64 18.63 Secretaries............................. 6.00 8.66 11.55 15.78 18.74 Order clerks............................ 8.50 8.99 9.88 11.30 12.44 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.00 10.85 11.98 13.75 15.12 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.00 9.86 13.80 13.91 13.91 General office clerks................... 9.97 12.29 17.43 18.63 18.63 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.08 10.27 10.99 13.23 18.59 Blue collar..................................... 7.87 10.30 13.14 19.09 25.24 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.00 14.41 19.07 25.90 29.74 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 13.92 16.00 20.10 25.24 27.70 Machinery maintenance................... 11.16 13.00 14.13 17.59 20.31 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.50 12.50 14.41 26.49 26.59 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.20 11.18 13.85 19.09 23.18 Winding and twisting machine operators.. 9.10 9.10 11.65 13.34 13.34 Textile sewing machine operators........ $5.25 $6.05 $6.75 $7.71 $8.00 Extruding and forming machine operators. 11.10 11.60 15.95 16.42 21.50 Mixing and blending machine operators... 12.71 12.71 13.44 14.07 21.50 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 14.79 16.85 21.78 23.18 23.18 Assemblers.............................. 10.26 10.26 13.53 15.31 15.31 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.60 9.60 12.27 15.39 21.50 Transportation and material moving............ 8.57 9.60 11.22 13.93 20.03 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 11.55 13.93 14.79 20.37 20.37 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.80 7.88 9.69 11.73 15.18 Production helpers...................... 6.80 9.00 12.01 15.18 19.09 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.20 6.60 8.90 12.10 12.15 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 6.80 6.80 8.05 11.65 11.65 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.47 7.84 11.32 11.73 11.73 Service......................................... 6.00 7.00 8.41 11.35 16.42 Protective service........................ 6.50 7.26 11.35 14.88 18.63 Food service.............................. 5.45 6.50 7.80 9.02 10.62 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... – – – – – Other food service....................... 5.50 6.75 7.80 9.00 10.04 Health service............................ 6.72 7.45 7.98 8.78 10.04 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.72 7.40 7.98 8.78 9.90 Cleaning and building service............. 5.30 6.25 7.52 8.51 10.00 Maids and housemen...................... 6.00 6.81 7.00 8.16 9.65 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.30 6.00 7.71 8.51 9.77 Personal service.......................... 7.98 8.57 14.60 19.34 21.08 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.00 $9.60 $14.41 $25.90 $32.57 All excluding sales........................... 7.25 10.00 15.75 25.90 33.33 White collar.................................... 8.32 11.83 22.26 30.22 39.50 White collar excluding sales................ 10.30 15.00 25.90 32.23 41.53 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.23 21.48 26.57 31.82 40.88 Professional specialty...................... 24.76 26.79 29.45 35.85 45.82 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 28.03 30.57 34.57 41.53 49.17 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 22.25 26.00 26.79 27.75 30.00 Registered nurses....................... 21.69 25.79 26.69 27.75 29.78 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.69 14.10 20.40 25.90 25.90 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.50 14.00 15.00 16.60 19.10 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.68 10.85 12.82 18.24 28.50 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 21.63 26.68 33.21 39.75 48.07 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.19 27.23 37.55 48.07 61.02 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 13.15 27.23 37.47 47.63 53.37 Management related........................ 22.80 25.90 31.78 34.76 42.80 Sales......................................... 6.50 7.67 10.61 13.41 22.43 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.50 7.00 7.79 8.61 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.00 9.12 11.66 15.78 18.63 Secretaries............................. 6.00 8.00 11.30 15.78 18.87 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 8.95 9.00 10.85 13.73 13.76 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.00 9.86 13.80 13.91 13.91 Blue collar..................................... 7.75 10.50 13.37 19.24 25.90 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.00 14.41 19.11 25.90 29.97 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 13.92 16.00 20.10 25.24 27.70 Machinery maintenance................... 11.16 11.85 13.00 15.80 21.21 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.50 12.50 14.41 26.59 26.59 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.20 11.18 13.85 19.09 23.18 Winding and twisting machine operators.. 9.10 9.10 11.65 13.34 13.34 Textile sewing machine operators........ 5.25 6.05 6.75 7.71 8.00 Extruding and forming machine operators. 11.10 11.60 15.95 16.42 21.50 Mixing and blending machine operators... 12.71 12.71 13.44 14.07 21.50 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 14.79 16.85 21.78 23.18 23.18 Assemblers.............................. $10.26 $10.26 $13.53 $15.31 $15.31 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.60 9.60 12.27 15.39 21.50 Transportation and material moving............ 7.50 9.60 11.55 14.29 20.37 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 11.55 13.93 14.79 20.37 20.37 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.80 7.75 9.31 11.65 13.05 Production helpers...................... 6.80 9.00 12.01 15.18 19.09 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.20 6.60 8.90 12.10 12.15 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 6.80 6.80 8.05 11.65 11.65 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.47 7.84 11.32 11.73 11.73 Service......................................... 5.45 6.33 7.50 8.75 10.04 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 5.40 6.23 7.70 8.89 10.04 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 5.45 6.25 7.70 8.75 10.04 Health service............................ 7.30 7.65 8.14 8.78 10.06 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.30 7.65 8.14 8.78 10.06 Cleaning and building service............. 5.30 5.30 6.00 8.05 10.00 Maids and housemen...................... 5.45 6.00 6.25 7.80 10.05 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.30 5.30 6.00 8.79 10.00 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.38 $10.34 $14.32 $23.58 $34.39 All excluding sales........................... 8.38 10.34 14.32 23.58 34.39 White collar.................................... 10.10 12.32 19.32 30.32 36.29 White collar excluding sales................ 10.10 12.32 19.32 30.32 36.29 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.32 15.55 24.64 31.71 38.06 Professional specialty...................... 12.32 21.34 26.43 33.68 41.70 Health related............................ 12.32 12.32 20.49 29.99 34.87 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 20.50 22.58 27.61 32.02 34.70 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.49 23.58 28.53 31.83 34.70 Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 9.86 10.29 12.55 14.54 15.70 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.11 10.06 11.20 13.26 17.84 Secretaries............................. 10.34 10.89 11.77 14.44 18.74 Blue collar..................................... 8.31 9.35 11.35 14.99 21.15 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 7.04 7.98 11.20 15.04 19.34 Protective service........................ 11.09 11.70 13.99 17.35 20.37 Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 6.59 6.93 7.72 8.66 9.98 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.91 $10.31 $14.79 $25.90 $33.62 All excluding sales........................... 7.98 10.51 15.62 25.90 34.13 White collar.................................... 9.62 12.32 21.49 30.66 38.11 White collar excluding sales................ 10.27 13.12 24.19 31.83 39.75 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.32 19.32 26.25 32.03 40.76 Professional specialty...................... 17.19 24.14 28.74 34.70 44.75 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 28.03 30.57 34.57 41.53 49.17 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 12.32 19.53 26.25 28.24 33.68 Registered nurses....................... 20.50 24.47 26.25 27.63 29.65 Teachers, college and university.......... 20.74 24.40 30.32 47.63 64.15 Teachers, except college and university... 19.39 22.05 27.04 31.71 34.70 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.49 22.58 27.61 31.71 34.70 Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 10.30 12.50 16.57 25.90 25.90 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 11.73 17.69 21.00 21.49 23.87 Licensed practical nurses............... 10.76 11.93 13.67 15.10 16.37 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.68 9.97 12.00 16.14 24.64 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 21.00 27.13 33.54 38.48 48.07 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.33 31.83 36.91 43.27 49.52 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 13.15 27.23 37.47 47.63 53.37 Management related........................ 22.80 25.90 31.67 34.20 42.50 Sales......................................... 7.00 8.61 11.70 13.80 25.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.00 9.87 11.37 14.64 18.63 Secretaries............................. 6.00 8.66 11.55 15.78 18.74 Order clerks............................ 8.50 8.99 9.88 11.30 12.44 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.00 10.85 11.98 13.75 15.12 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.00 9.86 13.80 13.91 13.91 General office clerks................... 9.97 12.29 17.43 18.63 18.63 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.08 10.27 10.99 13.23 18.59 Blue collar..................................... 8.00 10.50 13.34 19.11 25.90 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.00 14.41 19.07 25.90 29.74 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 13.92 16.00 20.10 25.24 27.70 Machinery maintenance................... 11.16 13.00 14.13 17.59 20.31 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.50 12.50 14.41 26.49 26.59 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.20 11.18 13.85 19.09 23.18 Winding and twisting machine operators.. 9.10 9.10 11.65 13.34 13.34 Textile sewing machine operators........ 5.25 6.05 6.75 7.71 8.00 Extruding and forming machine operators. $11.10 $11.60 $15.95 $16.42 $21.50 Mixing and blending machine operators... 12.71 12.71 13.44 14.07 21.50 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 14.79 16.85 21.78 23.18 23.18 Assemblers.............................. 10.26 10.26 13.53 15.31 15.31 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.60 9.60 12.27 15.39 21.50 Transportation and material moving............ 9.21 9.60 11.50 14.00 20.37 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 11.55 13.93 14.79 20.37 20.37 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.80 8.00 10.21 11.73 15.18 Production helpers...................... 6.80 9.00 12.01 15.18 19.09 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 11.14 11.63 12.15 12.15 14.73 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 6.80 6.80 8.05 11.65 11.65 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.47 7.84 11.32 11.73 11.73 Service......................................... 6.64 7.45 8.60 12.01 17.35 Protective service........................ 6.65 7.50 11.53 15.04 18.75 Food service.............................. 6.75 7.50 8.12 9.44 11.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.80 7.50 8.12 9.20 10.96 Health service............................ 6.72 7.40 7.98 8.70 9.90 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.72 7.40 7.98 8.66 9.77 Cleaning and building service............. 6.40 6.81 7.72 8.77 9.77 Maids and housemen...................... 6.00 6.81 7.00 8.16 9.65 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.40 7.28 7.74 8.86 9.77 Personal service.......................... 8.00 8.57 19.34 21.08 21.08 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.30 $5.80 $7.12 $10.28 $24.78 All excluding sales........................... 5.30 5.75 7.88 12.50 24.78 White collar.................................... 6.00 6.92 11.92 24.78 26.00 White collar excluding sales................ 8.78 15.00 22.50 24.78 27.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.50 19.10 22.50 26.00 28.00 Professional specialty...................... - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 5.50 6.00 6.76 7.12 7.90 Cashiers................................ 5.50 6.20 6.92 7.26 7.90 Administrative support, including clerical.... - - - - - Blue collar..................................... 5.75 6.20 7.30 9.69 12.10 Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.00 6.25 7.30 8.90 9.69 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.00 6.20 6.60 8.00 8.90 Service......................................... 5.20 5.30 6.00 8.22 9.35 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 5.20 5.35 5.70 7.40 8.75 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 89,200 63,200 26,000 All excluding sales............................................. 83,100 57,000 26,000 White collar........................................................ 47,700 31,300 16,400 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 41,500 25,100 16,400 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24,300 13,200 11,100 Professional specialty.......................................... 17,900 8,300 9,600 Technical....................................................... 6,400 4,900 1,500 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6,400 5,700 - Sales............................................................. 6,100 6,100 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10,800 6,200 4,700 Blue collar......................................................... 26,100 23,800 2,300 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 7,100 6,600 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9,500 9,500 – Transportation and material moving................................ 2,600 1,700 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6,900 5,900 - Service............................................................. 15,500 8,200 7,300 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.