NC BL 09/00/2004 Table: Reading, PA, Bulletin 3125-02, January 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, Reading, PA, January 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................................................................. $18.45 3.5 37.7 $17.07 4.2 38.1 $24.84 1.7 36.0 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 23.03 4.0 37.7 20.91 5.5 38.3 29.96 3.5 35.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.08 4.4 36.8 24.11 6.6 37.2 35.29 3.6 36.2 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.20 8.8 40.6 33.80 11.0 40.4 35.86 5.6 41.8 Sales............................................................. 12.92 10.0 34.9 12.94 10.0 35.0 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.60 3.1 37.9 13.64 3.8 39.3 13.41 3.1 32.5 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.41 2.8 39.4 15.27 2.9 39.4 17.16 4.1 38.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.29 5.3 40.2 19.44 5.9 40.2 17.99 4.8 39.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 15.33 5.2 39.7 15.34 5.2 39.7 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.65 6.5 38.6 15.47 8.5 38.9 16.43 2.1 37.4 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 13.32 3.9 38.9 12.76 2.9 38.8 17.32 7.7 39.7 Service occupations(5).............................................. 12.12 6.6 33.8 10.44 10.0 33.5 16.62 5.1 34.4 Full time........................................................... 18.92 3.5 39.7 17.47 4.3 40.0 25.73 1.5 38.6 Part time........................................................... 10.66 6.7 20.5 10.21 5.4 21.0 12.40 21.4 18.5 Union............................................................... 21.34 2.5 38.3 15.28 3.3 39.3 26.24 2.7 37.5 Nonunion............................................................ 17.57 4.4 37.5 17.32 4.5 37.9 21.21 14.8 32.6 Time................................................................ 18.35 2.6 37.6 16.87 3.1 38.0 24.84 1.7 36.0 Incentive........................................................... 20.35 27.1 39.8 20.35 27.1 39.8 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 18.08 6.4 40.0 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 18.94 13.8 38.1 18.87 15.1 38.0 19.76 7.8 38.2 100-499 workers..................................................... 16.37 3.0 37.3 15.40 3.2 37.6 25.46 3.4 34.6 500 workers or more................................................. 20.67 4.6 38.1 18.72 7.0 38.9 25.12 1.1 36.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, January 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................................................................... $18.45 3.5 $17.07 4.2 $24.84 1.7 All excluding sales............................................... 18.66 3.7 17.26 4.6 24.86 1.7 White collar........................................................ 23.03 4.0 20.91 5.5 29.96 3.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.91 3.6 21.83 5.4 29.99 3.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.08 4.4 24.11 6.6 35.29 3.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.33 2.8 28.37 5.9 36.54 2.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.55 6.9 37.55 6.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 24.59 6.0 24.59 6.0 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 24.87 7.7 24.87 7.7 – – Health related................................................ 26.46 4.0 25.72 3.0 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.14 1.0 25.05 1.1 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 44.18 8.7 36.00 9.6 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.86 1.6 – – 36.86 1.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.46 4.4 – – 36.46 4.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 36.58 .6 – – 36.58 .6 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 38.70 .7 – – 38.70 .7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.75 4.1 18.93 4.1 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.02 1.1 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.20 8.8 33.80 11.0 35.86 5.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 41.08 8.0 41.69 9.7 38.83 6.7 Financial managers.......................................... 23.07 13.4 23.07 13.4 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 44.44 9.3 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 35.90 14.1 35.68 14.5 – – Management related............................................ 22.93 7.3 21.56 7.9 29.71 1.7 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.51 13.3 21.53 13.4 – – Sales............................................................. 12.92 10.0 12.94 10.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.60 3.1 13.64 3.8 13.41 3.1 Secretaries................................................. 15.16 5.9 15.05 7.7 15.54 1.1 Order clerks................................................ 12.89 6.8 12.89 6.8 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.78 8.4 11.91 8.7 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.06 7.0 13.06 7.0 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.19 5.7 – – 10.19 5.7 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.56 9.1 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.41 2.8 15.27 2.9 17.16 4.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $19.29 5.3 $19.44 5.9 $17.99 4.8 Supervisors, production..................................... 21.85 11.4 21.85 11.4 – – Machinists.................................................. 20.59 7.8 20.59 7.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.33 5.2 15.34 5.2 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 14.44 2.8 14.44 2.8 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 17.02 3.7 17.02 3.7 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 13.52 4.1 13.52 4.1 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 13.84 1.2 13.84 1.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.04 8.1 12.04 8.1 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.63 1.1 13.63 1.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.65 6.5 15.47 8.5 16.43 2.1 Truck drivers............................................... 17.22 6.4 17.45 6.9 – – Bus drivers................................................. 13.49 7.5 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.59 .4 14.59 .4 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.32 3.9 12.76 2.9 17.32 7.7 Production helpers.......................................... 11.76 7.4 11.76 7.4 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.50 5.2 9.50 5.2 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 12.49 8.2 12.49 8.2 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 13.24 4.2 13.24 4.2 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.50 9.5 12.33 10.7 – – Service............................................................. 12.12 6.6 10.44 10.0 16.62 5.1 Protective service............................................ 22.10 3.7 – – 22.43 3.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.40 2.2 – – 23.40 2.2 Food service.................................................. 8.19 7.6 7.70 7.0 11.99 1.6 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.27 26.3 5.27 26.3 – – Other food service........................................... 9.81 18.2 9.34 21.1 11.99 1.6 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.43 5.7 – – 10.37 4.1 Health service................................................ 11.55 4.9 11.00 4.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.31 3.6 10.57 2.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 13.23 8.6 13.18 12.2 13.36 3.3 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.86 4.8 10.55 5.2 13.00 3.2 Personal service.............................................. 7.71 7.3 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Reading, PA, January 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................................................................... $18.92 3.5 $17.47 4.3 $25.73 1.5 All excluding sales............................................... 19.08 3.8 17.61 4.7 25.73 1.5 White collar........................................................ 23.50 3.8 21.23 5.3 30.94 4.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.19 3.6 21.94 5.3 30.94 4.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.46 4.9 24.38 7.3 35.48 3.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.77 2.8 28.75 6.4 36.78 1.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.55 6.9 37.55 6.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 24.59 6.0 24.59 6.0 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 24.87 7.7 24.87 7.7 – – Health related................................................ 27.02 4.1 26.11 2.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.34 .9 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 44.43 8.8 36.66 10.0 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 37.17 1.2 – – 37.17 1.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.46 4.4 – – 36.46 4.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 36.58 .6 – – 36.58 .6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.01 4.5 19.22 4.7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.20 8.8 33.80 11.0 35.86 5.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 41.08 8.0 41.69 9.7 38.83 6.7 Financial managers.......................................... 23.07 13.4 23.07 13.4 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 44.44 9.3 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 35.90 14.1 35.68 14.5 – – Management related............................................ 22.93 7.3 21.56 7.9 29.71 1.7 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.51 13.3 21.53 13.4 – – Sales............................................................. 13.94 10.8 13.94 10.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.76 3.2 13.69 3.8 14.19 1.5 Secretaries................................................. 15.37 6.0 15.31 7.9 – – Order clerks................................................ 12.89 6.8 12.89 6.8 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.78 8.4 11.91 8.7 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.06 7.0 13.06 7.0 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.10 14.7 – – 12.10 14.7 Blue collar......................................................... 15.53 2.8 15.37 3.0 17.63 2.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.29 5.3 19.44 5.9 17.99 4.8 Supervisors, production..................................... 21.85 11.4 21.85 11.4 – – Machinists.................................................. 20.59 7.8 20.59 7.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $15.38 5.3 $15.38 5.3 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 14.44 2.8 14.44 2.8 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 17.02 3.7 17.02 3.7 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 13.52 4.1 13.52 4.1 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 13.84 1.2 13.84 1.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.04 8.1 12.04 8.1 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.72 1.2 13.72 1.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.88 7.0 15.71 8.9 $16.67 2.5 Truck drivers............................................... 17.22 6.4 17.45 6.9 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.59 .4 14.59 .4 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.52 4.2 12.90 3.1 18.12 3.6 Production helpers.......................................... 11.76 7.4 11.76 7.4 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 12.49 8.2 12.49 8.2 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 13.24 4.2 13.24 4.2 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.84 9.9 12.71 11.3 – – Service............................................................. 13.28 6.7 11.53 9.8 17.35 3.3 Protective service............................................ 22.21 3.8 – – 22.54 3.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.40 2.2 – – 23.40 2.2 Food service.................................................. 10.23 15.4 9.82 16.4 – – Other food service........................................... 10.34 18.4 9.85 20.3 – – Health service................................................ 11.74 5.3 11.14 5.0 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.50 4.1 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 13.25 8.5 13.18 12.2 13.45 3.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.90 5.0 10.55 5.2 13.09 3.6 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, January 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................................................................... $10.66 6.7 $10.21 5.4 $12.40 21.4 All excluding sales............................................... 10.93 7.5 10.48 6.1 12.43 21.7 White collar........................................................ 15.15 10.7 15.23 11.8 14.92 25.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.67 10.7 19.09 13.9 15.05 25.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.32 10.5 21.10 10.4 28.72 13.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.61 6.5 24.69 4.5 28.72 13.0 Health related................................................ 24.74 4.6 24.74 4.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.74 4.6 24.74 4.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.72 13.0 – – 28.72 13.0 Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.79 4.3 – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.21 5.1 – – 9.73 4.6 Teachers' aides............................................. 9.05 1.2 – – 9.05 1.2 Blue collar......................................................... 9.03 9.2 8.70 7.5 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.85 8.6 – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 11.85 8.6 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 6.42 9.4 6.05 12.9 8.76 8.6 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 4.95 13.5 4.23 16.3 9.82 .5 Other food service........................................... 7.82 12.0 – – 9.82 .5 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.20 8.3 – – – – 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, Reading, PA, January 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................................................................... $752 3.6 39.7 $698 4.4 40.0 $993 1.8 38.6 All excluding sales............................................... 758 3.8 39.7 704 4.8 40.0 993 1.8 38.6 White collar........................................................ 928 3.9 39.5 849 5.4 40.0 1,173 4.8 37.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 956 3.8 39.5 879 5.5 40.1 1,173 4.8 37.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,107 4.7 38.9 973 7.3 39.9 1,323 3.8 37.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,265 2.7 38.6 1,146 6.5 39.9 1,375 1.8 37.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,502 6.9 40.0 1,502 6.9 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 983 6.0 40.0 983 6.0 40.0 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 995 7.7 40.0 995 7.7 40.0 – – – Health related................................................ 1,075 4.2 39.8 1,044 2.1 40.0 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 1,009 .9 39.8 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,692 8.6 38.1 1,466 10.0 40.0 – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,384 1.0 37.2 – – – 1,384 1.0 37.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,364 4.5 37.4 – – – 1,364 4.5 37.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,360 .4 37.2 – – – 1,360 .4 37.2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 754 4.8 39.7 769 4.7 40.0 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,390 9.4 40.6 1,364 11.5 40.4 1,498 7.1 41.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,696 8.1 41.3 1,693 10.2 40.6 1,706 3.3 43.9 Financial managers.......................................... 923 13.4 40.0 923 13.4 40.0 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,735 9.9 39.0 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,446 14.3 40.3 1,427 14.5 40.0 – – – Management related............................................ 909 7.0 39.6 862 7.9 40.0 1,126 1.3 37.9 Accountants and auditors.................................... 859 13.3 39.9 861 13.4 40.0 – – – Sales............................................................. 548 10.8 39.3 548 10.8 39.3 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 544 3.3 39.6 547 3.9 40.0 528 3.0 37.2 Secretaries................................................. 604 5.9 39.3 610 7.7 39.8 – – – Order clerks................................................ 516 6.8 40.0 516 6.8 40.0 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 505 7.7 39.5 476 8.7 40.0 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 531 8.3 40.7 531 8.3 40.7 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 364 19.5 30.0 – – – 364 19.5 30.0 Blue collar......................................................... 621 2.8 40.0 615 3.0 40.0 698 2.7 39.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $775 5.3 40.2 $782 6.0 40.2 $712 5.6 39.6 Supervisors, production..................................... 901 11.3 41.2 901 11.3 41.2 – – – Machinists.................................................. 823 7.8 40.0 823 7.8 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 615 5.3 40.0 615 5.3 40.0 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 577 2.8 40.0 577 2.8 40.0 – – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 681 3.7 40.0 681 3.7 40.0 – – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 541 4.1 40.0 541 4.1 40.0 – – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 554 1.2 40.0 554 1.2 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 482 8.1 40.0 482 8.1 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 549 1.2 40.0 549 1.2 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 634 7.0 39.9 628 8.9 40.0 657 1.8 39.4 Truck drivers............................................... 689 6.4 40.0 698 6.9 40.0 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 583 .4 40.0 583 .4 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 541 4.2 40.0 516 3.1 40.0 722 4.0 39.8 Production helpers.......................................... 470 7.4 40.0 470 7.4 40.0 – – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 500 8.2 40.0 500 8.2 40.0 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 530 4.2 40.0 530 4.2 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 514 9.9 40.0 508 11.3 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 528 7.3 39.7 458 10.3 39.7 691 4.0 39.8 Protective service............................................ 904 3.0 40.7 – – – 918 3.0 40.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 943 2.0 40.3 – – – 943 2.0 40.3 Food service.................................................. 408 16.6 39.9 397 18.4 40.4 – – – Other food service........................................... 412 20.0 39.9 399 22.8 40.5 – – – Health service................................................ 458 6.7 39.0 432 6.2 38.8 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 448 5.4 38.9 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 528 8.7 39.8 527 12.2 40.0 530 3.9 39.4 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 472 4.9 39.6 422 5.2 40.0 515 3.7 39.3 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, January 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................................................................... $38,093 3.6 2,013 $36,288 4.4 2,077 $45,259 1.8 1,759 All excluding sales............................................... 38,397 3.8 2,012 36,599 4.8 2,079 45,259 1.8 1,759 White collar........................................................ 45,749 3.9 1,947 44,069 5.4 2,076 50,039 4.8 1,617 White collar excluding sales.................................... 46,937 3.8 1,940 45,603 5.5 2,079 50,039 4.8 1,617 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 51,243 4.7 1,801 50,359 7.3 2,066 52,330 3.8 1,475 Professional specialty.......................................... 55,791 2.7 1,702 59,055 6.5 2,054 53,493 1.8 1,454 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 78,103 6.9 2,080 78,103 6.9 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 51,141 6.0 2,080 51,141 6.0 2,080 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 51,721 7.7 2,080 51,721 7.7 2,080 – – – Health related................................................ 55,880 4.2 2,068 54,311 2.1 2,080 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 52,487 .9 2,071 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 66,021 8.6 1,486 55,913 10.0 1,525 – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 52,087 1.0 1,401 – – – 52,087 1.0 1,401 Elementary school teachers.................................. 51,132 4.5 1,402 – – – 51,132 4.5 1,402 Secondary school teachers................................... 50,818 .4 1,389 – – – 50,818 .4 1,389 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 39,190 4.8 2,062 39,978 4.7 2,080 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 72,277 9.4 2,113 70,950 11.5 2,099 77,905 7.1 2,172 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 88,169 8.1 2,146 88,034 10.2 2,112 88,707 3.3 2,285 Financial managers.......................................... 47,986 13.4 2,080 47,986 13.4 2,080 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 90,229 9.9 2,030 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 75,174 14.3 2,094 74,209 14.5 2,080 – – – Management related............................................ 47,259 7.0 2,061 44,842 7.9 2,080 58,569 1.3 1,972 Accountants and auditors.................................... 44,678 13.3 2,077 44,778 13.4 2,080 – – – Sales............................................................. 28,521 10.8 2,046 28,521 10.8 2,046 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 27,926 3.3 2,029 28,467 3.9 2,080 25,233 3.0 1,779 Secretaries................................................. 31,434 5.9 2,046 31,699 7.7 2,071 – – – Order clerks................................................ 26,821 6.8 2,080 26,821 6.8 2,080 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 26,256 7.7 2,054 24,778 8.7 2,080 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 27,608 8.3 2,114 27,608 8.3 2,114 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 13,362 19.5 1,104 – – – 13,362 19.5 1,104 Blue collar......................................................... 32,314 2.8 2,080 31,997 3.0 2,082 36,318 2.7 2,061 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $40,296 5.3 2,089 $40,690 6.0 2,093 $36,998 5.6 2,057 Supervisors, production..................................... 46,828 11.3 2,143 46,828 11.3 2,143 – – – Machinists.................................................. 42,821 7.8 2,080 42,821 7.8 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 31,980 5.3 2,080 31,994 5.3 2,080 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 30,027 2.8 2,080 30,027 2.8 2,080 – – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 35,396 3.7 2,080 35,396 3.7 2,080 – – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 28,117 4.1 2,080 28,117 4.1 2,080 – – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 28,795 1.2 2,080 28,795 1.2 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 25,044 8.1 2,080 25,044 8.1 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 28,542 1.2 2,080 28,542 1.2 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 32,949 7.0 2,074 32,672 8.9 2,080 34,169 1.8 2,050 Truck drivers............................................... 35,823 6.4 2,080 36,299 6.9 2,080 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 30,339 .4 2,080 30,339 .4 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 28,107 4.2 2,079 26,826 3.1 2,080 37,525 4.0 2,071 Production helpers.......................................... 24,462 7.4 2,080 24,462 7.4 2,080 – – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 25,975 8.2 2,080 25,975 8.2 2,080 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 27,547 4.2 2,080 27,547 4.2 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 26,705 9.9 2,080 26,436 11.3 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 27,269 7.3 2,054 23,811 10.3 2,065 35,197 4.0 2,028 Protective service............................................ 47,020 3.0 2,117 – – – 47,754 3.0 2,118 Police and detectives, public service....................... 49,030 2.0 2,095 – – – 49,030 2.0 2,095 Food service.................................................. 20,760 16.6 2,030 20,622 18.4 2,099 – – – Other food service........................................... 20,874 20.0 2,020 20,725 22.8 2,104 – – – Health service................................................ 23,727 6.7 2,021 22,468 6.2 2,017 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 23,184 5.4 2,015 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 27,451 8.7 2,072 27,419 12.2 2,080 27,540 3.9 2,048 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 24,527 4.9 2,061 21,936 5.2 2,080 26,772 3.7 2,045 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, January 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................................................................... $18.45 3.5 $17.07 4.2 $24.84 1.7 All excluding sales............................................... 18.66 3.7 17.26 4.6 24.86 1.7 White collar........................................................ 23.03 4.0 20.91 5.5 29.96 3.5 2....................................................... 10.39 3.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.31 5.0 11.28 5.3 11.74 9.2 4....................................................... 14.38 1.7 14.43 2.0 14.23 2.7 5....................................................... 15.94 4.6 15.92 5.3 16.09 3.0 6....................................................... 17.98 2.7 17.81 3.1 18.95 6.4 7....................................................... 25.91 5.8 18.75 3.0 37.02 2.0 8....................................................... 28.54 2.1 25.18 1.8 35.42 2.6 9....................................................... 30.95 3.1 28.03 3.2 34.61 2.6 11........................................................ 44.50 15.0 45.71 18.0 – – 12........................................................ 44.32 7.9 49.27 5.9 38.93 6.7 Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.43 4.4 22.43 4.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.91 3.6 21.83 5.4 29.99 3.5 2....................................................... 10.39 3.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.17 5.1 12.21 5.5 11.81 9.4 4....................................................... 14.35 1.8 14.39 2.3 14.23 2.7 5....................................................... 15.77 5.1 15.72 6.0 16.09 3.0 6....................................................... 17.98 2.7 17.81 3.1 18.95 6.4 7....................................................... 25.91 5.8 18.75 3.0 37.02 2.0 8....................................................... 28.62 2.1 25.08 2.0 35.42 2.6 9....................................................... 30.95 3.1 28.03 3.2 34.61 2.6 11........................................................ 44.50 15.0 45.71 18.0 – – 12........................................................ 44.32 7.9 49.27 5.9 38.93 6.7 Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.26 4.2 22.26 4.2 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.08 4.4 24.11 6.6 35.29 3.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.33 2.8 28.37 5.9 36.54 2.0 6....................................................... 20.10 7.1 – – – – 7....................................................... 31.25 9.0 18.38 12.6 37.66 1.6 8....................................................... 30.34 2.7 25.50 1.5 35.61 2.6 9....................................................... 32.80 3.0 28.21 4.5 36.09 .8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.77 8.1 28.77 8.1 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.55 6.9 37.55 6.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 24.59 6.0 24.59 6.0 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 24.87 7.7 24.87 7.7 – – Health related................................................ 26.46 4.0 25.72 3.0 – – 8....................................................... 25.30 2.0 25.31 2.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.14 1.0 25.05 1.1 – – 8....................................................... 24.84 .6 24.84 .6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 44.18 8.7 36.00 9.6 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.86 1.6 – – 36.86 1.6 7....................................................... 38.62 .5 – – 38.62 .5 8....................................................... 36.49 2.1 – – 36.49 2.1 9....................................................... $36.09 0.8 – – $36.09 0.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.46 4.4 – – 36.46 4.4 8....................................................... 36.36 5.8 – – 36.36 5.8 Secondary school teachers................................... 36.58 .6 – – 36.58 .6 8....................................................... 36.84 .9 – – 36.84 .9 9....................................................... 35.87 .0 – – 35.87 .0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 38.70 .7 – – 38.70 .7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.75 4.1 $18.93 4.1 – – 4....................................................... 16.08 2.0 – – – – 5....................................................... 17.46 1.9 17.46 1.9 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.02 1.1 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.20 8.8 33.80 11.0 35.86 5.6 7....................................................... 18.00 7.6 17.36 7.2 – – 8....................................................... 24.26 7.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.45 7.1 27.88 9.1 – – 11........................................................ 45.89 19.6 48.07 25.6 – – 12........................................................ 41.56 12.2 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 41.08 8.0 41.69 9.7 38.83 6.7 9....................................................... 27.42 9.4 27.26 10.5 – – 11........................................................ 48.89 22.8 – – – – 12........................................................ 42.11 13.1 – – – – Financial managers.......................................... 23.07 13.4 23.07 13.4 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 44.44 9.3 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 35.90 14.1 35.68 14.5 – – Management related............................................ 22.93 7.3 21.56 7.9 29.71 1.7 9....................................................... 30.20 2.8 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.51 13.3 21.53 13.4 – – Sales............................................................. 12.92 10.0 12.94 10.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.04 6.2 9.03 6.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.60 3.1 13.64 3.8 13.41 3.1 2....................................................... 10.24 5.2 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.14 5.5 12.17 5.9 11.81 9.4 4....................................................... 14.01 2.9 14.16 3.7 13.53 2.6 5....................................................... 14.10 5.9 13.06 4.4 – – 6....................................................... 16.46 3.7 16.58 3.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.22 8.9 15.22 8.9 – – Secretaries................................................. 15.16 5.9 15.05 7.7 15.54 1.1 4....................................................... 14.19 4.1 14.14 4.6 – – 5....................................................... $14.80 5.6 – – – – Order clerks................................................ 12.89 6.8 $12.89 6.8 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.78 8.4 11.91 8.7 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.06 7.0 13.06 7.0 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.19 5.7 – – $10.19 5.7 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.56 9.1 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.41 2.8 15.27 2.9 17.16 4.1 1....................................................... 9.35 2.4 9.35 2.4 – – 2....................................................... 11.35 3.9 11.27 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 13.74 1.9 13.72 1.9 – – 4....................................................... 14.56 2.6 14.55 2.8 – – 5....................................................... 16.77 1.7 16.79 1.9 16.57 2.7 6....................................................... 18.67 3.7 18.66 3.7 – – 7....................................................... 20.55 4.1 20.45 4.4 20.83 10.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.29 5.3 19.44 5.9 17.99 4.8 5....................................................... 14.33 7.1 13.51 9.3 – – 6....................................................... 18.54 5.6 18.54 5.6 – – 7....................................................... 20.37 5.4 20.55 6.2 19.28 1.7 Supervisors, production..................................... 21.85 11.4 21.85 11.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.61 2.7 20.61 2.7 – – Machinists.................................................. 20.59 7.8 20.59 7.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.33 5.2 15.34 5.2 – – 1....................................................... 8.57 1.0 8.57 1.0 – – 2....................................................... 11.40 2.9 11.40 2.9 – – 3....................................................... 13.29 1.7 13.29 1.7 – – 4....................................................... 14.17 1.6 14.17 1.6 – – 5....................................................... 16.84 .6 16.88 .6 – – 7....................................................... 20.13 4.6 20.13 4.6 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 14.44 2.8 14.44 2.8 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 17.02 3.7 17.02 3.7 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 13.52 4.1 13.52 4.1 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 13.84 1.2 13.84 1.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.04 8.1 12.04 8.1 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.63 1.1 13.63 1.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.65 6.5 15.47 8.5 16.43 2.1 3....................................................... 13.38 3.3 12.55 1.2 – – 4....................................................... 18.18 10.0 – – – – 5....................................................... 17.65 4.7 17.73 5.9 – – Truck drivers............................................... 17.22 6.4 17.45 6.9 – – Bus drivers................................................. 13.49 7.5 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.59 .4 14.59 .4 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $13.32 3.9 $12.76 2.9 $17.32 7.7 1....................................................... 9.54 3.5 9.54 3.5 – – 2....................................................... 12.11 6.6 11.98 8.2 – – 3....................................................... 14.12 3.9 14.14 3.9 – – 4....................................................... 14.20 4.3 14.32 5.0 – – Production helpers.......................................... 11.76 7.4 11.76 7.4 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.50 5.2 9.50 5.2 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 12.49 8.2 12.49 8.2 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 13.24 4.2 13.24 4.2 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.50 9.5 12.33 10.7 – – Service............................................................. 12.12 6.6 10.44 10.0 16.62 5.1 1....................................................... 8.57 8.4 8.25 8.8 10.05 7.6 2....................................................... 9.15 9.2 – – 12.24 2.2 3....................................................... 11.30 5.1 9.97 4.8 14.22 .9 4....................................................... 8.71 30.6 7.88 35.6 – – 7....................................................... 21.63 1.8 – – 21.63 1.8 Protective service............................................ 22.10 3.7 – – 22.43 3.9 7....................................................... 21.63 1.8 – – 21.63 1.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.40 2.2 – – 23.40 2.2 Food service.................................................. 8.19 7.6 7.70 7.0 11.99 1.6 1....................................................... 6.81 13.9 – – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.27 26.3 5.27 26.3 – – Other food service........................................... 9.81 18.2 9.34 21.1 11.99 1.6 1....................................................... 9.01 2.3 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.43 5.7 – – 10.37 4.1 1....................................................... 9.01 2.3 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.55 4.9 11.00 4.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.39 5.4 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.31 3.6 10.57 2.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.39 5.4 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 13.23 8.6 13.18 12.2 13.36 3.3 1....................................................... 10.45 6.9 10.00 9.1 – – 3....................................................... 13.54 3.9 – – 14.16 .4 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.86 4.8 10.55 5.2 13.00 3.2 1....................................................... 10.45 6.9 10.00 9.1 – – 3....................................................... 13.32 4.6 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.71 7.3 – – – – 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, Reading, PA, January 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................................................................... $18.92 3.5 $17.47 4.3 $25.73 1.5 All excluding sales............................................... 19.08 3.8 17.61 4.7 25.73 1.5 White collar........................................................ 23.50 3.8 21.23 5.3 30.94 4.1 3....................................................... 11.59 5.1 11.55 5.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.40 1.7 14.43 2.0 14.31 3.0 5....................................................... 16.06 4.6 16.02 5.4 – – 6....................................................... 18.09 2.8 17.85 3.2 – – 7....................................................... 25.92 5.8 18.75 3.0 37.12 2.1 8....................................................... 28.73 2.4 25.32 2.0 35.18 3.3 9....................................................... 30.93 3.2 27.89 3.3 34.61 2.6 11........................................................ 44.50 15.0 45.71 18.0 – – 12........................................................ 44.32 7.9 49.27 5.9 38.93 6.7 Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.43 4.4 22.43 4.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.19 3.6 21.94 5.3 30.94 4.1 3....................................................... 12.24 5.3 12.22 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.37 1.9 14.39 2.3 14.31 3.0 5....................................................... 15.89 5.2 15.82 6.2 – – 6....................................................... 18.09 2.8 17.85 3.2 – – 7....................................................... 25.92 5.8 18.75 3.0 37.12 2.1 8....................................................... 28.83 2.4 25.22 2.2 35.18 3.3 9....................................................... 30.93 3.2 27.89 3.3 34.61 2.6 11........................................................ 44.50 15.0 45.71 18.0 – – 12........................................................ 44.32 7.9 49.27 5.9 38.93 6.7 Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.26 4.2 22.26 4.2 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.46 4.9 24.38 7.3 35.48 3.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.77 2.8 28.75 6.4 36.78 1.9 7....................................................... 31.29 9.1 18.38 12.6 37.77 1.7 8....................................................... 30.90 2.9 25.89 1.4 35.37 3.3 9....................................................... 32.84 3.2 27.91 5.2 36.09 .8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.80 8.2 28.80 8.2 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.55 6.9 37.55 6.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 24.59 6.0 24.59 6.0 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 24.87 7.7 24.87 7.7 – – Health related................................................ 27.02 4.1 26.11 2.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.34 .9 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 44.43 8.8 36.66 10.0 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 37.17 1.2 – – 37.17 1.2 7....................................................... 38.76 .6 – – 38.76 .6 8....................................................... 36.27 2.8 – – 36.27 2.8 9....................................................... 36.09 .8 – – 36.09 .8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.46 4.4 – – 36.46 4.4 8....................................................... 36.36 5.8 – – 36.36 5.8 Secondary school teachers................................... 36.58 .6 – – 36.58 .6 8....................................................... 36.84 .9 – – 36.84 .9 9....................................................... $35.87 0.0 – – $35.87 0.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.01 4.5 $19.22 4.7 – – 4....................................................... 16.08 2.0 – – – – 5....................................................... 17.37 2.6 17.37 2.6 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.20 8.8 33.80 11.0 35.86 5.6 7....................................................... 18.00 7.6 17.36 7.2 – – 8....................................................... 24.26 7.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.45 7.1 27.88 9.1 – – 11........................................................ 45.89 19.6 48.07 25.6 – – 12........................................................ 41.56 12.2 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 41.08 8.0 41.69 9.7 38.83 6.7 9....................................................... 27.42 9.4 27.26 10.5 – – 11........................................................ 48.89 22.8 – – – – 12........................................................ 42.11 13.1 – – – – Financial managers.......................................... 23.07 13.4 23.07 13.4 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 44.44 9.3 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 35.90 14.1 35.68 14.5 – – Management related............................................ 22.93 7.3 21.56 7.9 29.71 1.7 9....................................................... 30.20 2.8 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.51 13.3 21.53 13.4 – – Sales............................................................. 13.94 10.8 13.94 10.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.76 3.2 13.69 3.8 14.19 1.5 3....................................................... 12.20 5.6 12.19 5.9 – – 4....................................................... 14.03 2.9 14.16 3.7 13.61 2.3 5....................................................... 14.29 6.6 – – – – 6....................................................... 16.46 3.7 16.58 3.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.22 8.9 15.22 8.9 – – Secretaries................................................. 15.37 6.0 15.31 7.9 – – 4....................................................... 14.19 4.1 14.14 4.6 – – Order clerks................................................ 12.89 6.8 12.89 6.8 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.78 8.4 11.91 8.7 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.06 7.0 13.06 7.0 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.10 14.7 – – 12.10 14.7 Blue collar......................................................... 15.53 2.8 15.37 3.0 17.63 2.6 1....................................................... 9.48 1.6 9.48 1.6 – – 2....................................................... 11.59 4.1 11.51 4.3 – – 3....................................................... 13.74 2.0 13.73 2.0 – – 4....................................................... $14.56 2.6 $14.55 2.8 – – 5....................................................... 16.77 1.7 16.79 1.9 $16.57 2.7 6....................................................... 18.67 3.7 18.66 3.7 – – 7....................................................... 20.55 4.1 20.45 4.4 20.83 10.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.29 5.3 19.44 5.9 17.99 4.8 5....................................................... 14.33 7.1 13.51 9.3 – – 6....................................................... 18.54 5.6 18.54 5.6 – – 7....................................................... 20.37 5.4 20.55 6.2 19.28 1.7 Supervisors, production..................................... 21.85 11.4 21.85 11.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.61 2.7 20.61 2.7 – – Machinists.................................................. 20.59 7.8 20.59 7.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.38 5.3 15.38 5.3 – – 1....................................................... 8.57 1.0 8.57 1.0 – – 2....................................................... 11.56 2.7 11.56 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 13.29 1.7 13.29 1.7 – – 4....................................................... 14.17 1.6 14.17 1.6 – – 5....................................................... 16.84 .6 16.88 .6 – – 7....................................................... 20.13 4.6 20.13 4.6 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 14.44 2.8 14.44 2.8 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 17.02 3.7 17.02 3.7 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 13.52 4.1 13.52 4.1 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 13.84 1.2 13.84 1.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.04 8.1 12.04 8.1 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.72 1.2 13.72 1.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.88 7.0 15.71 8.9 16.67 2.5 4....................................................... 18.18 10.0 – – – – 5....................................................... 17.65 4.7 17.73 5.9 – – Truck drivers............................................... 17.22 6.4 17.45 6.9 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.59 .4 14.59 .4 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.52 4.2 12.90 3.1 18.12 3.6 1....................................................... 9.71 3.0 9.71 3.0 – – 2....................................................... 12.38 5.8 12.29 7.2 – – 3....................................................... 14.12 3.9 14.14 3.9 – – 4....................................................... 14.20 4.3 14.32 5.0 – – Production helpers.......................................... 11.76 7.4 11.76 7.4 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 12.49 8.2 12.49 8.2 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 13.24 4.2 13.24 4.2 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.84 9.9 12.71 11.3 – – Service............................................................. 13.28 6.7 11.53 9.8 17.35 3.3 1....................................................... 9.86 4.5 9.56 4.1 – – 2....................................................... 9.63 7.8 – – 12.49 3.4 3....................................................... $11.59 5.0 $10.18 3.6 $14.42 0.2 4....................................................... 12.45 7.1 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.63 1.8 – – 21.63 1.8 Protective service............................................ 22.21 3.8 – – 22.54 3.9 7....................................................... 21.63 1.8 – – 21.63 1.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.40 2.2 – – 23.40 2.2 Food service.................................................. 10.23 15.4 9.82 16.4 – – Other food service........................................... 10.34 18.4 9.85 20.3 – – Health service................................................ 11.74 5.3 11.14 5.0 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.50 4.1 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 13.25 8.5 13.18 12.2 13.45 3.8 1....................................................... 10.49 7.0 10.00 9.1 – – 3....................................................... 13.57 3.9 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.90 5.0 10.55 5.2 13.09 3.6 1....................................................... 10.49 7.0 10.00 9.1 – – 3....................................................... 13.35 4.7 – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, January 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................................................................... $10.66 6.7 $10.21 5.4 $12.40 21.4 All excluding sales............................................... 10.93 7.5 10.48 6.1 12.43 21.7 White collar........................................................ 15.15 10.7 15.23 11.8 14.92 25.2 2....................................................... 10.30 3.5 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.17 3.2 8.89 3.5 10.46 9.1 8....................................................... 26.59 10.1 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.67 10.7 19.09 13.9 15.05 25.4 2....................................................... 10.30 3.5 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.50 7.0 – – – – 8....................................................... 26.59 10.1 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.32 10.5 21.10 10.4 28.72 13.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.61 6.5 24.69 4.5 28.72 13.0 8....................................................... 26.59 10.1 – – – – Health related................................................ 24.74 4.6 24.74 4.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.74 4.6 24.74 4.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.72 13.0 – – 28.72 13.0 Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.79 4.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 8.79 4.3 – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.21 5.1 – – 9.73 4.6 3....................................................... 10.50 7.0 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.05 1.2 – – 9.05 1.2 Blue collar......................................................... 9.03 9.2 8.70 7.5 – – 2....................................................... 8.42 5.6 8.42 5.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.85 8.6 – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 11.85 8.6 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 6.42 9.4 6.05 12.9 8.76 8.6 1....................................................... 5.87 17.7 5.31 21.5 7.92 7.6 3....................................................... 9.20 9.5 – – – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 4.95 13.5 4.23 16.3 9.82 .5 1....................................................... 4.66 26.7 – – – – Other food service........................................... 7.82 12.0 – – 9.82 .5 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.20 8.3 – – – – 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, Reading, PA, January 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....................................................... $18.92 $10.66 $21.34 $17.57 $18.35 $20.35 All excluding sales............................................. 19.08 10.93 21.34 17.81 18.56 20.88 White collar........................................................ 23.50 15.15 30.05 21.31 22.67 34.47 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.19 17.67 30.09 22.23 23.44 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.46 22.32 33.81 24.62 28.08 – Professional specialty.......................................... 32.77 25.61 36.80 28.46 32.33 – Technical....................................................... 19.01 – – 19.06 18.75 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.20 – – 34.52 32.20 – Sales............................................................. 13.94 8.79 – 12.94 11.82 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.76 10.21 14.41 13.51 13.63 – Blue collar......................................................... 15.53 9.03 15.38 15.42 15.53 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.29 – 20.20 19.09 19.29 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.38 – 13.88 15.71 15.62 – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.88 11.85 16.44 14.88 15.65 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.52 – 14.79 12.56 13.32 – Service............................................................. 13.28 6.42 16.91 10.73 11.51 – 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....................................................... 3.5 6.7 2.5 4.4 2.6 27.1 All excluding sales............................................. 3.8 7.5 2.5 4.7 2.7 32.8 White collar........................................................ 3.8 10.7 3.9 5.5 3.3 34.8 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.6 10.7 3.9 5.4 2.9 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.9 10.5 5.7 6.0 4.4 – Professional specialty.......................................... 2.8 6.5 2.2 5.6 2.8 – Technical....................................................... 4.5 – – 4.6 4.1 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.8 – – 9.4 8.7 – Sales............................................................. 10.8 4.3 – 10.0 8.7 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.2 5.1 2.5 3.5 3.1 – Blue collar......................................................... 2.8 9.2 3.4 3.0 3.0 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.3 – 9.9 4.5 5.4 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.3 – 1.4 6.3 5.6 – Transportation and material moving................................ 7.0 8.6 4.5 13.6 6.5 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.2 – 5.3 5.7 3.9 – Service............................................................. 6.7 9.4 5.4 9.0 5.5 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Reading, PA, January 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $17.07 $18.08 - – $18.10 - - - $15.88 $18.45 All excluding sales............................................. 17.26 18.00 - – 18.02 - - - 15.82 18.45 White collar........................................................ 20.91 24.74 - – 24.81 - - - 15.88 23.15 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 21.83 24.94 - – 25.02 - - - 15.82 23.15 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.11 25.45 - – 25.45 - - - – 23.73 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.37 29.20 - – 29.20 - - - – 28.27 Technical....................................................... 18.93 – - – – - - - – 17.31 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.80 34.12 - – 34.12 - - - – 39.50 Sales............................................................. 12.94 22.04 - – 22.04 - - - – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.64 15.23 - – 15.27 - - - 14.51 13.37 Blue collar......................................................... 15.27 15.46 - – 15.40 - - - – 8.66 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.44 19.46 - – 19.72 - - - – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.34 15.34 - – 15.34 - - - – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.47 16.45 - – 16.45 - - - – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.76 12.77 - – 12.77 - - - – – Service............................................................. 10.44 12.16 - – 12.16 - - - – 11.64 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....................................................... 4.2 6.4 - – 6.5 - - - 2.9 8.1 All excluding sales............................................. 4.6 6.8 - – 6.9 - - - 2.8 8.1 White collar........................................................ 5.5 6.6 - – 6.5 - - - 2.9 8.1 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.4 7.0 - – 7.0 - - - 2.8 8.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.6 8.5 - – 8.5 - - - – 9.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 5.9 7.3 - – 7.3 - - - – 8.4 Technical....................................................... 4.1 – - – – - - - – 4.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 11.0 11.7 - – 11.7 - - - – 31.7 Sales............................................................. 10.0 6.5 - – 6.5 - - - – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.8 7.6 - – 7.7 - - - 2.5 2.4 Blue collar......................................................... 2.9 3.2 - – 3.1 - - - – 5.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.9 6.0 - – 3.8 - - - – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.2 5.2 - – 5.2 - - - – – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.5 9.7 - – 9.7 - - - – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2.9 3.1 - – 3.1 - - - – – Service............................................................. 10.0 11.0 - – 11.0 - - - – 10.2 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 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, Reading, PA, January 2004 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $17.07 $18.87 $16.73 $15.40 $18.72 All excluding sales............................................. 17.26 18.92 16.93 15.68 18.69 White collar........................................................ 20.91 28.42 19.53 17.92 22.22 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 21.83 28.83 20.41 19.14 22.20 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.11 – 22.58 22.89 22.27 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.37 – 25.89 25.93 25.82 Technical....................................................... 18.93 – 19.06 18.83 19.24 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.80 36.65 32.42 27.75 38.83 Sales............................................................. 12.94 – 12.85 12.19 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.64 13.92 13.60 13.46 13.86 Blue collar......................................................... 15.27 13.50 15.59 14.28 16.96 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.44 19.01 19.62 19.12 20.18 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.34 12.17 15.86 14.03 17.87 Transportation and material moving................................ 15.47 11.13 16.18 14.33 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.76 – 13.18 12.29 13.98 Service............................................................. 10.44 7.35 11.11 11.34 – 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....................................................... 4.2 15.1 3.3 3.2 7.0 All excluding sales............................................. 4.6 15.3 3.7 3.7 7.0 White collar........................................................ 5.5 21.5 4.4 5.7 6.2 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.4 22.0 4.0 5.0 6.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.6 – 4.7 8.2 3.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 5.9 – 4.8 8.8 2.0 Technical....................................................... 4.1 – 4.3 2.6 6.8 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 11.0 28.8 18.4 19.6 19.1 Sales............................................................. 10.0 – 10.4 14.3 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.8 7.3 3.6 4.7 4.2 Blue collar......................................................... 2.9 7.0 3.2 3.3 4.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.9 18.2 3.0 1.2 6.1 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.2 11.3 5.2 2.3 10.8 Transportation and material moving................................ 8.5 14.4 9.4 13.3 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2.9 – 3.4 8.1 1.4 Service............................................................. 10.0 8.0 10.2 11.8 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Reading, PA, January 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.10 $11.80 $15.80 $21.38 $30.44 All excluding sales........................... 9.25 12.20 15.95 21.64 31.02 White collar.................................... 10.54 13.70 18.75 28.26 41.77 White collar excluding sales................ 11.25 14.26 19.64 29.42 42.60 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.95 19.56 25.38 34.90 45.72 Professional specialty...................... 20.50 24.95 29.42 40.53 48.52 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.99 27.21 38.81 44.09 51.36 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 13.85 23.54 25.48 25.87 30.24 Computer systems analysts and scientists 13.85 25.48 25.48 25.87 30.24 Health related............................ 22.95 24.53 25.38 26.51 29.42 Registered nurses....................... 22.85 23.96 25.38 26.00 27.01 Teachers, college and university.......... 28.79 36.85 45.82 49.31 59.94 Teachers, except college and university... 25.22 29.64 36.15 44.67 49.67 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.47 28.75 34.23 44.99 49.67 Secondary school teachers............... 25.69 29.57 36.06 44.17 48.25 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 26.88 31.98 38.25 44.78 50.23 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 13.71 16.42 18.50 21.97 24.99 Licensed practical nurses............... 16.48 17.05 18.49 19.00 19.31 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.96 21.38 28.83 37.87 71.35 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.12 27.60 34.62 47.77 71.64 Financial managers...................... 20.25 20.25 20.25 26.92 33.65 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 23.08 41.65 46.68 47.77 58.97 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 22.12 25.98 31.20 37.02 59.66 Management related........................ 15.87 16.96 21.29 25.75 34.05 Accountants and auditors................ 15.87 15.87 18.27 24.76 34.05 Sales......................................... 6.75 8.39 10.30 14.81 23.54 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.90 11.25 13.25 16.00 17.30 Secretaries............................. 12.10 13.25 14.51 16.22 20.10 Order clerks............................ 9.90 11.30 11.80 14.90 16.00 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.45 10.30 13.22 14.63 15.82 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.17 11.49 12.80 14.45 16.66 Teachers' aides......................... 7.50 8.75 9.55 10.64 14.54 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.96 10.67 12.47 15.32 16.83 Blue collar..................................... 9.25 12.53 14.99 17.85 21.65 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.00 16.24 19.00 21.70 27.26 Supervisors, production................. 16.63 17.77 21.63 26.92 28.87 Machinists.............................. 16.25 16.85 20.48 23.96 23.96 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. $9.79 $12.53 $14.85 $17.00 $20.88 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 9.60 11.00 15.08 17.33 18.79 Molding and casting machine operators... 14.40 14.40 15.64 19.29 22.35 Packaging and filling machine operators. 9.79 13.00 14.25 14.43 15.80 Mixing and blending machine operators... 10.00 10.70 14.37 15.04 16.88 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.50 8.50 13.87 15.61 15.92 Assemblers.............................. 11.13 12.28 13.45 14.43 16.00 Transportation and material moving............ 9.59 12.97 16.25 18.01 20.23 Truck drivers........................... 12.60 15.13 16.73 17.23 23.91 Bus drivers............................. 8.24 12.25 13.51 15.91 18.01 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.20 12.97 15.15 16.15 16.25 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.15 10.33 13.60 15.25 16.73 Production helpers...................... 7.92 8.63 14.00 14.00 14.88 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.50 7.60 8.35 11.05 13.80 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 9.24 9.69 13.40 14.02 16.34 Hand packers and packagers.............. 12.45 13.40 13.40 13.66 14.29 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.10 9.50 13.98 16.03 16.23 Service......................................... 6.25 8.75 11.00 14.88 20.20 Protective service........................ 20.20 20.20 21.25 23.13 26.22 Police and detectives, public service... 21.25 21.25 23.13 24.80 26.77 Food service.............................. 2.83 6.00 8.50 9.98 12.38 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.83 2.83 2.83 9.09 9.98 Other food service....................... 6.25 7.55 8.75 11.51 15.04 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.25 7.25 8.64 8.75 10.17 Health service............................ 9.25 9.81 10.94 12.60 14.88 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.25 9.76 10.94 12.08 13.97 Cleaning and building service............. 8.86 10.50 13.03 15.62 17.91 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.50 9.45 11.70 13.97 15.80 Personal service.......................... 6.00 6.25 8.00 8.75 8.75 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, Reading, PA, January 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.88 $11.35 $15.07 $20.10 $25.98 All excluding sales........................... 9.00 11.69 15.25 20.23 26.00 White collar.................................... 10.23 12.89 17.00 24.99 33.65 White collar excluding sales................ 11.25 13.75 17.50 25.38 35.82 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.78 17.50 22.93 26.09 37.33 Professional specialty...................... 17.00 23.39 25.48 31.98 40.85 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.99 27.21 38.81 44.09 51.36 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 13.85 23.54 25.48 25.87 30.24 Computer systems analysts and scientists 13.85 25.48 25.48 25.87 30.24 Health related............................ 22.78 24.14 25.38 26.50 29.42 Registered nurses....................... 22.68 23.92 25.38 26.00 26.75 Teachers, college and university.......... 19.23 22.75 31.63 52.23 60.05 Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.48 16.42 18.75 21.97 24.99 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.34 21.29 26.22 36.06 71.64 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.12 25.98 31.50 59.66 71.64 Financial managers...................... 20.25 20.25 20.25 26.92 33.65 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 22.12 25.98 31.11 36.91 59.66 Management related........................ 15.87 16.90 21.29 21.88 34.05 Accountants and auditors................ 15.87 15.87 18.27 24.76 34.05 Sales......................................... 6.75 8.39 10.30 15.28 23.54 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.00 11.25 13.25 16.19 17.30 Secretaries............................. 12.10 13.25 13.75 16.22 20.10 Order clerks............................ 9.90 11.30 11.80 14.90 16.00 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.25 10.13 10.80 14.00 14.66 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.17 11.49 12.80 14.45 16.66 Blue collar..................................... 9.19 12.45 14.85 17.25 21.65 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.57 16.25 19.00 21.98 27.50 Supervisors, production................. 16.63 17.77 21.63 26.92 28.87 Machinists.............................. 16.25 16.85 20.48 23.96 23.96 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.79 12.54 14.85 17.00 21.22 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 9.60 11.00 15.08 17.33 18.79 Molding and casting machine operators... 14.40 14.40 15.64 19.29 22.35 Packaging and filling machine operators. 9.79 13.00 14.25 14.43 15.80 Mixing and blending machine operators... 10.00 10.70 14.37 15.04 16.88 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.50 8.50 13.87 15.61 15.92 Assemblers.............................. 11.13 12.28 13.45 14.43 16.00 Transportation and material moving............ $8.99 $12.50 $16.23 $17.85 $20.23 Truck drivers........................... 12.60 16.25 16.73 17.23 23.91 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.20 12.97 15.15 16.15 16.25 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.09 10.05 13.40 15.13 16.13 Production helpers...................... 7.92 8.63 14.00 14.00 14.88 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.50 7.60 8.35 11.05 13.80 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 9.24 9.69 13.40 14.02 16.34 Hand packers and packagers.............. 12.45 13.40 13.40 13.66 14.29 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.05 9.00 13.45 16.03 16.33 Service......................................... 6.00 8.60 9.86 12.59 15.62 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.83 5.35 7.77 8.95 11.28 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.83 2.83 2.83 9.09 9.98 Other food service....................... 6.25 7.25 8.50 8.95 13.00 Health service............................ 9.25 9.76 10.66 11.48 14.07 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.25 9.76 10.42 11.00 12.22 Cleaning and building service............. 8.82 9.80 12.87 15.68 18.15 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.60 8.82 9.64 12.75 14.80 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, Reading, PA, January 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $11.36 $14.54 $21.25 $33.81 $44.99 All excluding sales........................... 11.41 14.58 21.25 33.89 44.99 White collar.................................... 12.59 16.43 30.44 41.23 47.84 White collar excluding sales................ 12.63 16.58 30.44 41.35 47.86 Professional specialty and technical.......... 20.45 26.24 34.82 44.64 49.67 Professional specialty...................... 24.34 28.01 35.94 44.94 49.83 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 25.22 29.64 36.15 44.67 49.67 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.47 28.75 34.23 44.99 49.67 Secondary school teachers............... 25.69 29.57 36.06 44.17 48.25 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 26.88 31.98 38.25 44.78 50.23 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 25.50 30.44 34.62 42.06 46.68 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 34.62 34.62 34.62 42.45 47.77 Management related........................ 23.00 25.50 30.44 30.44 42.06 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.05 10.82 14.05 15.15 17.15 Secretaries............................. 13.14 13.67 15.29 17.14 19.20 Teachers' aides......................... 7.50 8.75 9.55 10.64 14.54 Blue collar..................................... 11.67 14.43 17.15 19.59 24.78 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.97 15.76 19.59 20.08 20.45 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 13.67 15.00 17.15 18.25 19.59 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 10.34 14.14 18.54 24.78 24.78 Service......................................... 10.34 12.26 15.80 21.25 23.13 Protective service........................ 20.20 20.20 21.25 23.13 26.22 Police and detectives, public service... 21.25 21.25 23.13 24.80 26.77 Food service.............................. 8.50 9.48 11.87 13.93 15.99 Other food service....................... 8.50 9.48 11.87 13.93 15.99 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 8.30 8.50 9.05 13.25 13.93 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. $10.00 $11.20 $13.53 $15.46 $16.04 Janitors and cleaners................... 10.00 11.20 13.38 15.15 16.04 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, Reading, PA, January 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.69 $12.48 $16.00 $21.65 $31.25 All excluding sales........................... 9.82 12.87 16.00 21.65 31.44 White collar.................................... 11.00 14.06 19.25 28.60 42.19 White collar excluding sales................ 11.40 14.50 19.84 30.11 43.15 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.10 19.56 25.38 36.15 45.72 Professional specialty...................... 20.60 25.17 30.24 40.85 49.24 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.99 27.21 38.81 44.09 51.36 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 13.85 23.54 25.48 25.87 30.24 Computer systems analysts and scientists 13.85 25.48 25.48 25.87 30.24 Health related............................ 23.26 24.95 25.38 27.02 29.42 Registered nurses....................... 22.85 24.95 25.38 26.00 27.01 Teachers, college and university.......... 29.54 37.76 45.82 49.31 59.94 Teachers, except college and university... 25.46 29.94 36.24 44.64 49.67 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.47 28.75 34.23 44.99 49.67 Secondary school teachers............... 25.69 29.57 36.06 44.17 48.25 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 14.50 16.42 18.51 21.97 24.99 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.96 21.38 28.83 37.87 71.35 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.12 27.60 34.62 47.77 71.64 Financial managers...................... 20.25 20.25 20.25 26.92 33.65 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 23.08 41.65 46.68 47.77 58.97 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 22.12 25.98 31.20 37.02 59.66 Management related........................ 15.87 16.96 21.29 25.75 34.05 Accountants and auditors................ 15.87 15.87 18.27 24.76 34.05 Sales......................................... 7.12 8.85 11.06 17.24 23.69 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.10 11.28 13.70 16.10 17.30 Secretaries............................. 13.25 13.25 14.60 16.22 20.10 Order clerks............................ 9.90 11.30 11.80 14.90 16.00 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.45 10.30 13.22 14.63 15.82 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.17 11.49 12.80 14.45 16.66 Teachers' aides......................... 9.05 10.05 10.73 14.54 17.08 Blue collar..................................... 9.59 12.90 15.07 17.98 21.65 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.00 16.24 19.00 21.70 27.26 Supervisors, production................. 16.63 17.77 21.63 26.92 28.87 Machinists.............................. 16.25 16.85 20.48 23.96 23.96 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.89 12.75 14.85 17.00 21.65 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 9.60 11.00 15.08 17.33 18.79 Molding and casting machine operators... $14.40 $14.40 $15.64 $19.29 $22.35 Packaging and filling machine operators. 9.79 13.00 14.25 14.43 15.80 Mixing and blending machine operators... 10.00 10.70 14.37 15.04 16.88 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.50 8.50 13.87 15.61 15.92 Assemblers.............................. 11.15 12.35 13.47 14.48 16.00 Transportation and material moving............ 9.59 13.51 16.35 18.49 20.23 Truck drivers........................... 12.60 15.13 16.73 17.23 23.91 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.20 12.97 15.15 16.15 16.25 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.46 10.72 13.60 15.25 16.73 Production helpers...................... 7.92 8.63 14.00 14.00 14.88 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 9.24 9.69 13.40 14.02 16.34 Hand packers and packagers.............. 12.45 13.40 13.40 13.66 14.29 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.45 10.20 14.25 16.03 16.23 Service......................................... 8.75 9.53 11.93 15.68 21.25 Protective service........................ 20.20 20.20 21.25 23.13 26.22 Police and detectives, public service... 21.25 21.25 23.13 24.80 26.77 Food service.............................. 7.00 8.50 8.95 10.40 15.15 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.70 8.00 8.75 12.00 15.99 Health service............................ 9.25 9.83 10.94 13.14 14.90 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.25 9.81 10.94 12.60 14.10 Cleaning and building service............. 8.93 10.55 13.38 15.62 17.91 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.50 9.45 11.90 14.00 15.80 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, January 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $2.83 $6.31 $8.85 $11.51 $23.00 All excluding sales........................... 2.83 6.20 8.75 12.10 23.92 White collar.................................... 7.50 9.33 11.15 22.95 25.38 White collar excluding sales................ 8.75 10.33 15.91 23.92 25.38 Professional specialty and technical.......... 11.03 16.88 23.00 25.38 31.61 Professional specialty...................... 17.89 23.00 24.66 25.38 32.91 Health related............................ 22.70 23.00 24.66 25.38 26.75 Registered nurses....................... 22.70 23.00 24.66 25.38 26.75 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 11.40 14.42 32.91 45.47 46.36 Technical................................... - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.55 6.85 9.50 9.93 10.70 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.50 8.67 9.90 12.10 12.10 Teachers' aides......................... 7.50 8.50 8.85 9.85 10.64 Blue collar..................................... 5.69 6.31 8.09 10.40 14.45 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 6.25 8.85 12.50 14.45 15.91 Bus drivers............................. 6.25 8.85 12.50 14.45 15.91 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 2.83 2.83 6.25 8.60 11.00 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.83 2.83 2.83 6.25 8.55 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 5.75 6.25 7.50 8.68 11.51 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.50 6.15 7.00 8.30 8.70 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, Reading, PA, January 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 70,300 55,500 14,800 All excluding sales............................................. 67,600 52,800 14,800 White collar........................................................ 33,300 23,600 9,600 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 30,600 21,000 9,600 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 14,300 8,200 6,100 Professional specialty.......................................... 10,400 4,600 5,800 Technical....................................................... 3,900 3,600 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5,200 4,200 1,000 Sales............................................................. 2,700 2,700 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11,000 8,500 2,500 Blue collar......................................................... 25,900 23,900 2,000 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4,100 3,600 400 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11,100 11,100 - Transportation and material moving................................ 3,000 2,400 600 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7,700 6,800 900 Service............................................................. 11,100 8,000 3,200 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.