NC BL 09/00/2004 Table: Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, Bulletin 3125-10, 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, 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................................................................. $21.68 3.5 36.5 $20.94 4.5 36.7 $24.91 1.5 35.4 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 25.51 2.7 37.1 25.03 3.6 37.7 27.36 1.3 34.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.69 1.9 37.1 29.16 2.7 37.8 30.93 1.6 35.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.26 4.7 39.5 32.05 5.3 39.7 34.11 8.9 38.1 Sales............................................................. 17.40 8.1 34.1 17.39 8.2 34.2 – – – Administrative support............................................ 16.32 1.8 36.9 16.58 2.4 38.6 15.41 1.3 31.9 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 18.25 3.6 36.5 18.00 3.9 36.6 20.82 1.2 35.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 23.14 3.7 39.8 23.04 4.1 39.7 24.40 2.7 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 17.94 4.5 37.7 17.94 4.5 37.7 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.00 7.8 34.2 16.12 10.2 34.7 19.88 1.5 32.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 12.45 3.9 33.5 12.13 4.2 33.3 17.30 1.5 35.9 Service occupations(5).............................................. 13.77 6.2 34.3 10.86 3.8 33.0 20.77 4.8 37.7 Full time........................................................... 22.56 3.5 39.7 21.85 4.5 39.8 25.86 2.1 39.6 Part time........................................................... 13.87 4.2 21.1 12.19 5.1 21.1 18.92 4.7 21.3 Union............................................................... 22.08 1.8 36.4 21.47 2.7 37.0 23.17 1.8 35.4 Nonunion............................................................ 21.38 5.9 36.5 20.68 6.7 36.6 33.16 3.0 35.4 Time................................................................ 21.63 3.8 36.4 20.85 5.0 36.6 24.91 1.5 35.4 Incentive........................................................... 23.54 13.0 40.7 23.54 13.0 40.7 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 24.69 2.7 39.2 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 16.46 5.6 35.0 16.43 5.7 35.0 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 18.11 5.9 36.5 17.88 6.2 36.6 22.77 7.6 33.1 500 workers or more................................................. 26.17 3.1 37.0 26.70 4.4 37.7 25.17 2.2 35.6 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, 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................................................................... $21.68 3.5 $20.94 4.5 $24.91 1.5 All excluding sales............................................... 22.00 4.0 21.28 5.3 24.92 1.6 White collar........................................................ 25.51 2.7 25.03 3.6 27.36 1.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.66 3.3 26.43 4.4 27.38 1.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.69 1.9 29.16 2.7 30.93 1.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.53 1.7 31.50 2.4 31.58 1.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 36.61 6.3 36.61 6.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.38 2.0 32.54 2.1 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 32.69 1.8 32.88 1.9 – – Natural scientists............................................ 32.93 16.4 – – – – Health related................................................ 29.72 4.7 29.97 5.6 28.66 4.2 Physicians.................................................. 63.91 22.7 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 29.37 2.2 29.27 2.6 29.82 3.1 Teachers, college and university.............................. 44.70 2.0 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 31.54 1.7 23.40 22.2 32.54 .2 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 26.51 15.1 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.87 2.1 26.13 22.7 32.56 1.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 32.35 1.3 – – 32.68 1.3 Teachers, special education................................. 33.19 5.2 – – 33.19 5.2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 23.03 13.3 20.27 15.3 30.78 8.0 Economists.................................................. 30.90 20.4 30.90 20.4 – – Psychologists............................................... 20.66 13.7 17.72 12.1 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.61 3.4 15.37 4.9 22.23 .6 Social workers.............................................. 20.42 3.4 14.83 5.5 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ 40.46 3.6 41.54 2.9 37.54 12.9 Lawyers..................................................... 39.74 1.7 41.54 2.9 34.09 5.4 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 25.83 14.6 26.43 16.7 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 24.11 13.6 – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.67 2.6 22.73 2.8 22.08 5.2 Health record technologists and technicians................. 20.60 16.7 – – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 26.83 1.5 26.99 1.5 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.86 1.0 19.08 1.4 18.31 1.2 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 24.51 10.6 24.51 10.6 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 23.03 2.7 – – – – Drafters.................................................... 24.70 7.1 24.70 7.1 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 25.75 8.0 25.13 10.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.26 4.7 32.05 5.3 34.11 8.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.08 3.3 36.54 3.7 42.00 4.1 Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.09 7.4 – – 37.92 7.3 Managers, medicine and health............................... 30.59 11.9 30.59 11.9 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... $39.32 6.0 $38.52 6.4 – – Management related............................................ 27.63 7.1 27.72 7.8 $26.84 5.8 Accountants and auditors.................................... 24.01 3.7 23.80 4.1 – – Other financial officers.................................... 35.79 4.4 36.23 4.9 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.84 11.9 21.84 11.9 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 22.56 7.9 24.81 2.2 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 23.91 7.3 22.91 7.0 – – Sales............................................................. 17.40 8.1 17.39 8.2 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 26.51 17.3 26.59 17.8 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 13.24 12.1 13.24 12.1 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 37.55 31.0 37.55 31.0 – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 28.33 8.4 28.33 8.4 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.51 12.9 10.51 12.9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 13.15 7.3 13.15 7.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.32 1.8 16.58 2.4 15.41 1.3 Secretaries................................................. 17.05 2.0 17.55 2.6 15.33 2.1 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 17.40 3.9 16.63 1.6 – – Receptionists............................................... 11.31 4.3 11.23 4.4 – – Order clerks................................................ 15.99 5.7 15.99 5.7 – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 17.15 3.1 17.09 3.4 – – Library clerks.............................................. 12.80 8.6 – – 12.65 10.5 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 16.10 8.2 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.69 3.4 15.52 3.7 16.74 7.7 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.52 5.5 16.52 5.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.49 2.4 15.39 3.2 15.68 3.1 Teachers' aides............................................. 12.31 1.0 – – 12.31 1.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.70 3.4 16.41 4.3 14.54 3.1 Blue collar......................................................... 18.25 3.6 18.00 3.9 20.82 1.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 23.14 3.7 23.04 4.1 24.40 2.7 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 27.44 7.5 26.49 8.7 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 19.82 8.0 19.73 8.2 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 21.88 1.0 21.88 1.0 – – Aircraft engine mechanics................................... 22.71 11.5 22.71 11.5 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.63 9.4 19.63 9.4 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 21.48 6.7 22.21 8.6 – – Carpenters.................................................. 25.68 2.6 25.68 2.6 – – Electricians................................................ 31.80 2.8 32.23 1.6 – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 18.51 10.7 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 18.89 4.5 18.89 4.5 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 18.25 2.8 18.25 2.8 – – Bakers...................................................... 16.37 9.7 16.37 9.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $17.94 4.5 $17.94 4.5 – – Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food.............. 14.25 11.2 14.25 11.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.59 12.8 15.59 12.8 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 19.10 5.0 19.10 5.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 19.99 4.5 19.99 4.5 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 17.21 18.6 17.21 18.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.00 7.8 16.12 10.2 $19.88 1.5 Truck drivers............................................... 17.28 6.5 17.23 6.9 – – Bus drivers................................................. 16.03 9.0 – – 18.40 4.5 Operating engineers......................................... 25.60 7.2 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 15.50 8.3 15.50 8.3 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 17.99 5.9 17.49 4.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.45 3.9 12.13 4.2 17.30 1.5 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 14.37 12.9 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 17.73 7.3 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.17 4.6 10.17 4.6 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 15.41 6.0 15.41 6.0 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 11.15 4.4 11.15 4.4 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.50 4.9 10.44 5.0 – – Service............................................................. 13.77 6.2 10.86 3.8 20.77 4.8 Protective service............................................ 22.82 8.0 11.61 6.8 23.48 8.8 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 33.37 7.2 – – 33.37 7.2 Firefighting................................................ 24.89 8.1 – – 24.89 8.1 Police and detectives, public service....................... 26.14 .2 – – 26.14 .2 Guards and police, except public service.................... 13.44 11.2 12.22 10.5 – – Food service.................................................. 9.91 3.7 9.75 3.4 12.27 2.8 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7.42 2.3 7.42 2.3 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 7.48 2.7 7.48 2.7 – – Other food service........................................... 10.68 3.7 10.54 3.7 12.27 2.8 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 11.55 9.1 11.55 9.1 – – Cooks....................................................... 12.83 2.4 12.72 2.5 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 9.02 11.6 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.61 5.1 9.60 5.2 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.59 7.4 9.13 7.0 – – Health service................................................ 11.94 2.4 11.48 2.9 14.70 .7 Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.70 6.6 12.40 9.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.74 1.7 11.25 1.7 14.77 .6 Cleaning and building service................................. 11.77 6.2 11.21 5.7 14.71 2.7 Maids and housemen.......................................... 9.57 3.0 9.51 2.9 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.69 8.0 11.03 7.2 14.80 2.3 Personal service.............................................. 11.90 14.4 11.90 15.7 11.91 1.3 Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 9.23 8.3 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. $14.16 14.2 $14.16 14.2 – – 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 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, 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................................................................... $22.56 3.5 $21.85 4.5 $25.86 2.1 All excluding sales............................................... 22.81 3.9 22.09 5.1 25.86 2.1 White collar........................................................ 26.14 2.9 25.53 3.8 28.75 1.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 27.03 3.3 26.57 4.4 28.77 1.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.83 2.1 29.32 2.9 31.07 1.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.72 1.8 31.74 2.6 31.67 1.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 36.61 6.3 36.61 6.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.38 2.0 32.54 2.1 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 32.69 1.8 32.88 1.9 – – Natural scientists............................................ 33.22 16.1 – – – – Health related................................................ 29.95 5.4 30.38 6.5 28.38 4.7 Registered nurses........................................... 29.66 2.2 29.64 2.6 29.73 3.6 Teachers, college and university.............................. 45.92 4.4 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 31.78 1.4 23.82 22.0 32.65 .4 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 26.70 14.8 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 32.01 2.0 26.81 19.9 32.64 1.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 32.47 1.0 – – 32.86 1.0 Teachers, special education................................. 33.19 5.2 – – 33.19 5.2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 22.95 13.3 20.13 15.3 30.78 8.0 Economists.................................................. 30.90 20.4 30.90 20.4 – – Psychologists............................................... 20.52 13.6 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.33 3.9 15.53 6.1 – – Social workers.............................................. 20.10 3.9 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ 40.46 3.6 41.54 2.9 37.54 12.9 Lawyers..................................................... 39.74 1.7 41.54 2.9 34.09 5.4 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 25.54 15.5 26.13 18.0 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 24.11 13.6 – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.69 2.6 22.72 2.8 22.44 5.5 Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.89 .9 19.08 1.3 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.16 20.4 – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 24.51 10.6 24.51 10.6 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 23.03 2.7 – – – – Drafters.................................................... 22.86 6.4 22.86 6.4 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 25.75 8.0 25.13 10.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.24 4.7 32.04 5.3 34.12 10.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.09 3.3 36.59 3.7 41.69 4.9 Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.09 7.4 – – 37.92 7.3 Managers, medicine and health............................... 30.59 11.9 30.59 11.9 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.32 6.0 38.52 6.4 – – Management related............................................ 27.52 7.3 27.63 7.9 26.53 6.2 Accountants and auditors.................................... $23.98 3.8 $23.76 4.4 – – Other financial officers.................................... 35.30 6.1 35.61 6.4 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.84 11.9 21.84 11.9 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 22.56 7.9 24.81 2.2 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 23.87 7.7 22.89 7.1 – – Sales............................................................. 19.00 8.2 18.98 8.3 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 26.51 17.3 26.59 17.8 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 14.52 9.1 14.52 9.1 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 37.55 31.0 37.55 31.0 – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 28.33 8.4 28.33 8.4 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.86 14.3 10.86 14.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 13.49 7.6 13.49 7.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.74 2.1 16.71 2.4 $16.94 2.2 Secretaries................................................. 17.15 2.0 17.57 2.7 15.52 1.8 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 17.29 4.6 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 11.24 3.8 11.13 3.8 – – Order clerks................................................ 16.14 5.4 16.14 5.4 – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 17.11 3.2 17.04 3.6 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 16.29 8.2 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.69 3.4 15.52 3.7 16.74 7.7 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.52 5.5 16.52 5.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.88 2.9 15.48 3.4 16.94 4.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.13 2.9 17.12 2.9 – – Blue collar......................................................... 19.26 3.8 19.04 4.2 21.61 .7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 23.23 3.7 23.13 4.0 24.40 2.7 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 27.44 7.5 26.49 8.7 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 19.82 8.0 19.73 8.2 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 21.88 1.0 21.88 1.0 – – Aircraft engine mechanics................................... 22.71 11.5 22.71 11.5 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.63 9.4 19.63 9.4 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 21.48 6.7 22.21 8.6 – – Carpenters.................................................. 25.68 2.6 25.68 2.6 – – Electricians................................................ 31.80 2.8 32.23 1.6 – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 18.51 10.7 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 18.89 4.5 18.89 4.5 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 18.25 2.8 18.25 2.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 18.39 4.8 18.39 4.8 – – Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food.............. 14.25 11.2 14.25 11.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.59 12.8 15.59 12.8 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 19.10 5.0 19.10 5.0 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 17.21 18.6 17.21 18.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ $18.30 7.1 $17.51 9.3 $21.02 1.5 Truck drivers............................................... 17.33 6.8 17.27 7.1 – – Bus drivers................................................. 16.47 11.1 – – 19.41 5.2 Operating engineers......................................... 25.60 7.2 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 15.69 8.6 15.69 8.6 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 18.35 6.6 17.63 5.5 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.58 5.0 13.25 5.3 17.71 1.2 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 14.37 12.9 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 17.73 7.3 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.81 4.9 11.81 4.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 16.16 6.5 16.16 6.5 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 11.69 1.3 11.69 1.3 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.62 6.6 11.56 6.5 – – Service............................................................. 14.50 6.5 11.32 4.3 21.15 5.2 Protective service............................................ 23.01 8.3 – – 23.37 8.9 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 33.37 7.2 – – 33.37 7.2 Firefighting................................................ 24.89 8.1 – – 24.89 8.1 Police and detectives, public service....................... 25.95 .7 – – 25.95 .7 Guards and police, except public service.................... 13.43 4.7 – – – – Food service.................................................. 10.64 4.9 10.48 4.7 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7.40 2.1 7.40 2.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 7.49 2.0 7.49 2.0 – – Other food service........................................... 11.18 4.8 11.04 4.7 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 11.55 9.1 11.55 9.1 – – Cooks....................................................... 13.01 2.7 12.92 2.9 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.88 5.9 9.88 5.9 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 10.43 7.8 – – – – Health service................................................ 12.18 2.9 11.66 3.8 14.71 .7 Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.86 7.2 12.57 10.0 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.99 2.4 11.39 2.7 14.77 .6 Cleaning and building service................................. 11.78 6.6 11.23 6.0 14.88 2.6 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.68 8.1 11.03 7.4 14.80 2.3 Personal service.............................................. 12.40 16.0 12.41 16.5 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, 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................................................................... $13.87 4.2 $12.19 5.1 $18.92 4.7 All excluding sales............................................... 14.40 5.2 12.61 6.7 18.95 4.7 White collar........................................................ 18.45 4.6 17.43 6.1 19.98 5.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.55 3.8 23.34 4.9 20.02 5.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.73 4.8 26.48 5.8 29.58 9.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.99 5.5 27.66 5.5 30.61 10.8 Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.84 4.2 28.61 4.7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 28.58 4.5 28.38 4.8 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 39.70 3.4 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.13 6.9 – – 29.83 3.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.42 7.3 – – 30.74 1.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.34 16.1 23.02 19.1 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.78 2.2 19.07 2.4 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.05 7.4 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 10.05 6.5 10.03 6.6 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.45 12.2 8.45 12.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 12.08 7.4 12.06 7.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.02 2.8 13.54 9.3 12.82 1.0 Library clerks.............................................. 12.42 10.0 – – 12.65 10.5 General office clerks....................................... 12.62 6.4 – – 12.63 7.7 Teachers' aides............................................. 12.31 1.0 – – 12.31 1.0 Blue collar......................................................... 10.08 5.3 9.34 5.2 15.95 1.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.18 12.2 10.65 13.4 16.34 1.4 Bus drivers................................................. 15.12 5.4 – – 16.29 1.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.77 4.7 8.75 4.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.70 4.9 11.70 4.9 – – Service............................................................. $9.97 7.6 $8.93 4.3 $16.29 18.1 Protective service............................................ 19.34 27.8 – – – – Food service.................................................. 8.45 3.2 8.27 3.3 10.98 1.5 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7.44 4.3 7.44 4.3 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 7.48 5.0 7.48 5.0 – – Other food service........................................... 9.19 3.4 8.96 3.8 10.98 1.5 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.30 5.9 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.72 5.8 8.54 5.7 – – Health service................................................ 10.88 5.2 10.82 5.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.77 6.6 10.77 6.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. $11.36 1.5 $10.83 1.4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.24 4.7 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 9.56 11.5 8.63 12.8 – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 9.59 10.0 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 9.99 25.1 9.99 25.1 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, 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................................................................... $897 3.7 39.7 $869 4.7 39.8 $1,024 2.0 39.6 All excluding sales............................................... 905 4.0 39.7 878 5.2 39.7 1,024 2.0 39.6 White collar........................................................ 1,039 3.2 39.8 1,019 4.2 39.9 1,126 1.3 39.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,073 3.4 39.7 1,058 4.4 39.8 1,127 1.3 39.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,178 2.0 39.5 1,165 2.9 39.7 1,209 1.7 38.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,251 1.8 39.4 1,262 2.5 39.8 1,230 1.7 38.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,464 6.3 40.0 1,464 6.3 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,295 2.0 40.0 1,302 2.1 40.0 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,307 1.8 40.0 1,315 1.9 40.0 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 1,329 16.1 40.0 – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,185 5.5 39.6 1,202 6.6 39.6 1,122 4.3 39.5 Registered nurses........................................... 1,173 2.1 39.5 1,171 2.5 39.5 1,180 3.0 39.7 Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,837 4.4 40.0 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,208 1.4 38.0 935 22.0 39.2 1,237 .4 37.9 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 1,038 12.6 38.9 – – – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,218 1.7 38.1 1,058 20.3 39.5 1,237 1.1 37.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,225 .8 37.7 – – – 1,239 .7 37.7 Teachers, special education................................. 1,237 4.1 37.3 – – – 1,237 4.1 37.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 901 13.7 39.3 792 16.3 39.3 1,200 7.0 39.0 Economists.................................................. 1,236 20.4 40.0 1,236 20.4 40.0 – – – Psychologists............................................... 800 14.0 39.0 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 812 3.8 40.0 619 5.7 39.9 – – – Social workers.............................................. 803 3.8 40.0 – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ 1,540 5.3 38.1 1,563 5.8 37.6 1,476 14.7 39.3 Lawyers..................................................... 1,510 3.4 38.0 1,563 5.8 37.6 1,336 7.1 39.2 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,019 15.4 39.9 1,045 18.0 40.0 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 964 13.6 40.0 – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 899 2.5 39.6 899 2.7 39.6 898 5.5 40.0 Licensed practical nurses................................... 742 .9 39.3 745 1.2 39.0 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 646 20.4 40.0 – – – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 980 10.6 40.0 980 10.6 40.0 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 921 2.7 40.0 – – – – – – Drafters.................................................... 915 6.4 40.0 915 6.4 40.0 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 1,029 8.0 40.0 1,004 9.9 40.0 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,287 4.7 39.9 1,279 5.3 39.9 1,360 10.4 39.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,482 3.3 40.0 1,462 3.7 40.0 1,668 4.9 40.0 Administrators, education and related fields................ $1,442 7.4 39.9 – – – $1,517 7.3 40.0 Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,223 11.9 40.0 $1,223 11.9 40.0 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,573 6.0 40.0 1,541 6.4 40.0 – – – Management related............................................ 1,098 7.1 39.9 1,102 7.8 39.9 1,054 6.3 39.7 Accountants and auditors.................................... 958 3.9 40.0 950 4.4 40.0 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 1,406 6.1 39.8 1,425 6.4 40.0 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 874 11.9 40.0 874 11.9 40.0 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 902 7.9 40.0 992 2.2 40.0 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 944 8.1 39.5 904 7.5 39.5 – – – Sales............................................................. 766 7.7 40.3 766 7.7 40.3 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 1,080 15.0 40.8 1,084 15.5 40.8 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 581 9.1 40.0 581 9.1 40.0 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 1,502 31.0 40.0 1,502 31.0 40.0 – – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 1,133 8.4 40.0 1,133 8.4 40.0 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 423 14.1 38.9 423 14.1 38.9 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 517 7.0 38.3 517 7.0 38.3 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 668 2.1 39.9 667 2.4 39.9 674 2.2 39.8 Secretaries................................................. 683 2.2 39.8 699 2.9 39.8 618 2.0 39.8 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 692 4.6 40.0 – – – – – – Receptionists............................................... 449 3.8 40.0 445 3.8 40.0 – – – Order clerks................................................ 646 5.4 40.0 646 5.4 40.0 – – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 685 3.2 40.0 682 3.6 40.0 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 648 8.3 39.8 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 625 3.3 39.8 619 3.6 39.9 662 7.2 39.6 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 661 5.5 40.0 661 5.5 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 634 3.0 39.9 618 3.4 39.9 675 4.1 39.9 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 645 2.9 40.0 685 2.9 40.0 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 769 3.8 39.9 760 4.2 39.9 863 .7 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 927 3.7 39.9 922 4.1 39.9 976 2.7 40.0 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 1,097 7.5 40.0 1,060 8.7 40.0 – – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 793 8.0 40.0 789 8.2 40.0 – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 875 1.0 40.0 875 1.0 40.0 – – – Aircraft engine mechanics................................... 909 11.5 40.0 909 11.5 40.0 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 785 9.4 40.0 785 9.4 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 859 6.7 40.0 888 8.6 40.0 – – – Carpenters.................................................. 1,027 2.6 40.0 1,027 2.6 40.0 – – – Electricians................................................ 1,272 2.8 40.0 1,289 1.6 40.0 – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 741 10.7 40.0 – – – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... $744 4.5 39.4 $744 4.5 39.4 – – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 697 4.8 38.2 697 4.8 38.2 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 736 4.8 40.0 736 4.8 40.0 – – – Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food.............. 570 11.2 40.0 570 11.2 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 624 12.8 40.0 624 12.8 40.0 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 764 5.0 40.0 764 5.0 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 688 18.6 40.0 688 18.6 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 732 7.1 40.0 701 9.3 40.0 $839 1.5 39.9 Truck drivers............................................... 693 6.8 40.0 691 7.1 40.0 – – – Bus drivers................................................. 657 11.0 39.9 – – – 773 5.2 39.8 Operating engineers......................................... 1,024 7.2 40.0 – – – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 628 8.6 40.0 628 8.6 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 734 6.6 40.0 705 5.5 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 541 5.0 39.8 527 5.3 39.8 709 1.2 40.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 575 12.9 40.0 – – – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 709 7.3 40.0 – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 455 5.4 38.5 455 5.4 38.5 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 646 6.6 39.9 646 6.6 39.9 – – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 467 1.3 40.0 467 1.3 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 465 6.6 40.0 462 6.5 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 570 6.7 39.3 439 4.3 38.8 855 5.5 40.4 Protective service............................................ 933 8.8 40.5 – – – 949 9.4 40.6 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 1,335 7.2 40.0 – – – 1,335 7.2 40.0 Firefighting................................................ 1,158 6.3 46.5 – – – 1,158 6.3 46.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 1,038 .7 40.0 – – – 1,038 .7 40.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 497 7.1 37.0 – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 408 6.2 38.4 402 6.1 38.3 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 254 3.3 34.3 254 3.3 34.3 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 259 2.6 34.6 259 2.6 34.6 – – – Other food service........................................... 438 5.9 39.2 433 6.0 39.2 – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 472 8.7 40.9 472 8.7 40.9 – – – Cooks....................................................... 516 2.7 39.7 515 2.8 39.9 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 389 6.5 39.3 389 6.5 39.3 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 386 13.2 37.0 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 482 3.0 39.6 461 3.9 39.5 589 .7 40.0 Health aides, except nursing................................ 514 7.2 40.0 503 10.0 40.0 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 473 2.3 39.5 448 2.7 39.3 591 .6 40.0 Cleaning and building service................................. 469 6.5 39.8 447 5.8 39.8 595 2.6 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... $467 8.1 40.0 $441 7.3 40.0 $592 2.3 40.0 Personal service.............................................. 460 11.4 37.1 460 11.7 37.1 – – – 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, 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................................................................... $45,131 3.7 2,000 $44,467 4.7 2,035 $47,919 2.0 1,853 All excluding sales............................................... 45,475 4.0 1,994 44,846 5.2 2,030 47,919 2.0 1,853 White collar........................................................ 51,284 3.2 1,962 51,589 4.2 2,021 50,154 1.3 1,744 White collar excluding sales.................................... 52,612 3.4 1,946 53,372 4.4 2,009 50,158 1.3 1,744 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 54,973 2.0 1,843 56,808 2.9 1,938 51,146 1.7 1,646 Professional specialty.......................................... 56,865 1.8 1,793 60,196 2.5 1,897 51,389 1.7 1,623 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 76,154 6.3 2,080 76,154 6.3 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 67,334 2.0 2,079 67,681 2.1 2,080 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 67,978 1.8 2,079 68,399 1.9 2,080 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 69,092 16.1 2,080 – – – – – – Health related................................................ 44,910 5.5 1,499 42,935 6.6 1,413 54,800 4.3 1,931 Registered nurses........................................... 39,656 2.1 1,337 36,704 2.5 1,238 57,413 3.0 1,931 Teachers, college and university.............................. 76,574 4.4 1,667 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 44,427 1.4 1,398 37,371 22.0 1,569 45,105 .4 1,381 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 40,599 12.6 1,520 – – – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 44,616 1.7 1,394 40,065 20.3 1,495 45,121 1.1 1,383 Secondary school teachers................................... 44,770 .8 1,379 – – – 45,135 .7 1,374 Teachers, special education................................. 45,242 4.1 1,363 – – – 45,242 4.1 1,363 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 44,425 13.7 1,936 41,188 16.3 2,046 51,836 7.0 1,684 Economists.................................................. 64,274 20.4 2,080 64,274 20.4 2,080 – – – Psychologists............................................... 38,654 14.0 1,883 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 41,645 3.8 2,049 32,181 5.7 2,072 – – – Social workers.............................................. 41,148 3.8 2,047 – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ 80,083 5.3 1,979 81,270 5.8 1,956 76,740 14.7 2,044 Lawyers..................................................... 78,510 3.4 1,976 81,270 5.8 1,956 69,489 7.1 2,038 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 45,678 15.4 1,788 45,315 18.0 1,734 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 50,149 13.6 2,080 – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 46,765 2.5 2,061 46,774 2.7 2,059 46,673 5.5 2,080 Licensed practical nurses................................... 38,594 .9 2,043 38,734 1.2 2,031 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 33,611 20.4 2,080 – – – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 51,051 10.6 2,083 51,051 10.6 2,083 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 47,903 2.7 2,080 – – – – – – Drafters.................................................... 47,557 6.4 2,080 47,557 6.4 2,080 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 53,527 8.0 2,079 52,231 9.9 2,078 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 66,860 4.7 2,074 66,530 5.3 2,076 69,917 10.4 2,049 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 76,990 3.3 2,076 76,035 3.7 2,078 85,726 4.9 2,056 Administrators, education and related fields................ $73,758 7.4 2,044 – – – $77,367 7.3 2,040 Managers, medicine and health............................... 63,618 11.9 2,080 $63,618 11.9 2,080 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 81,776 6.0 2,080 80,126 6.4 2,080 – – – Management related............................................ 57,010 7.1 2,071 57,312 7.8 2,075 54,171 6.3 2,042 Accountants and auditors.................................... 49,834 3.9 2,078 49,382 4.4 2,078 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 73,134 6.1 2,072 74,077 6.4 2,080 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 45,436 11.9 2,080 45,436 11.9 2,080 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 45,987 7.9 2,039 51,604 2.2 2,080 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 49,087 8.1 2,056 46,984 7.5 2,052 – – – Sales............................................................. 39,844 7.7 2,097 39,814 7.7 2,097 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 56,182 15.0 2,119 56,365 15.5 2,120 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 30,197 9.1 2,080 30,197 9.1 2,080 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 78,107 31.0 2,080 78,107 31.0 2,080 – – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 58,935 8.4 2,080 58,935 8.4 2,080 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 21,993 14.1 2,025 21,993 14.1 2,025 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 26,862 7.0 1,991 26,862 7.0 1,991 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 34,697 2.1 2,072 34,712 2.4 2,078 34,616 2.2 2,044 Secretaries................................................. 35,136 2.2 2,049 36,356 2.9 2,069 30,649 2.0 1,975 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 35,966 4.6 2,080 – – – – – – Receptionists............................................... 23,371 3.8 2,080 23,152 3.8 2,080 – – – Order clerks................................................ 33,578 5.4 2,080 33,578 5.4 2,080 – – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 35,595 3.2 2,080 35,447 3.6 2,080 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 33,706 8.3 2,069 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 32,494 3.3 2,071 32,172 3.6 2,073 34,449 7.2 2,059 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 34,366 5.5 2,080 34,366 5.5 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 32,952 3.0 2,075 32,143 3.4 2,076 35,125 4.1 2,073 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 33,159 2.9 2,055 35,619 2.9 2,080 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 39,844 3.8 2,069 39,447 4.2 2,072 44,026 .7 2,037 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 47,932 3.7 2,064 47,779 4.1 2,066 49,732 2.7 2,038 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 57,066 7.5 2,080 55,102 8.7 2,080 – – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 41,220 8.0 2,080 41,032 8.2 2,080 – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 45,506 1.0 2,080 45,506 1.0 2,080 – – – Aircraft engine mechanics................................... 47,304 11.5 2,083 47,304 11.5 2,083 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 40,842 9.4 2,081 40,842 9.4 2,081 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 43,408 6.7 2,021 46,227 8.6 2,081 – – – Carpenters.................................................. 53,420 2.6 2,080 53,420 2.6 2,080 – – – Electricians................................................ 66,139 2.8 2,080 67,033 1.6 2,080 – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 38,509 10.7 2,080 – – – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... $38,705 4.5 2,049 $38,705 4.5 2,049 – – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 36,237 4.8 1,986 36,237 4.8 1,986 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 38,295 4.8 2,082 38,295 4.8 2,082 – – – Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food.............. 29,633 11.2 2,080 29,633 11.2 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 32,427 12.8 2,080 32,427 12.8 2,080 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 39,738 5.0 2,080 39,738 5.0 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 35,828 18.6 2,082 35,828 18.6 2,082 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 37,924 7.1 2,072 36,426 9.3 2,080 $42,981 1.5 2,045 Truck drivers............................................... 36,056 6.8 2,080 35,915 7.1 2,080 – – – Bus drivers................................................. 33,791 11.0 2,051 – – – 39,391 5.2 2,030 Operating engineers......................................... 53,243 7.2 2,080 – – – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 32,634 8.6 2,080 32,634 8.6 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 38,172 6.6 2,080 36,679 5.5 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 27,994 5.0 2,061 27,357 5.3 2,065 35,680 1.2 2,014 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 28,369 12.9 1,974 – – – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 36,259 7.3 2,045 – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 23,647 5.4 2,003 23,647 5.4 2,003 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 33,567 6.6 2,077 33,567 6.6 2,077 – – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 24,306 1.3 2,080 24,306 1.3 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 24,178 6.6 2,080 24,042 6.5 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 29,371 6.7 2,026 22,737 4.3 2,008 43,651 5.5 2,064 Protective service............................................ 48,257 8.8 2,097 – – – 49,101 9.4 2,101 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 69,407 7.2 2,080 – – – 69,407 7.2 2,080 Firefighting................................................ 60,240 6.3 2,420 – – – 60,240 6.3 2,420 Police and detectives, public service....................... 53,967 .7 2,080 – – – 53,967 .7 2,080 Guards and police, except public service.................... 23,408 7.1 1,743 – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 21,091 6.2 1,983 20,901 6.1 1,994 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 13,205 3.3 1,784 13,205 3.3 1,784 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 13,491 2.6 1,801 13,491 2.6 1,801 – – – Other food service........................................... 22,599 5.9 2,021 22,501 6.0 2,037 – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 24,533 8.7 2,125 24,533 8.7 2,125 – – – Cooks....................................................... 26,250 2.7 2,018 26,769 2.8 2,073 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 20,210 6.5 2,045 20,210 6.5 2,045 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 20,076 13.2 1,925 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 25,074 3.0 2,058 23,951 3.9 2,054 30,606 .7 2,080 Health aides, except nursing................................ 26,742 7.2 2,080 26,142 10.0 2,080 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 24,593 2.3 2,052 23,301 2.7 2,046 30,715 .6 2,080 Cleaning and building service................................. 24,143 6.5 2,049 23,198 5.8 2,066 29,143 2.6 1,958 Janitors and cleaners....................................... $23,965 8.1 2,052 $22,885 7.3 2,074 $28,903 2.3 1,952 Personal service.............................................. 23,432 11.4 1,890 23,486 11.7 1,893 – – – 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, 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................................................................... $21.68 3.5 $20.94 4.5 $24.91 1.5 All excluding sales............................................... 22.00 4.0 21.28 5.3 24.92 1.6 White collar........................................................ 25.51 2.7 25.03 3.6 27.36 1.3 1....................................................... 7.91 2.9 7.91 2.9 – – 2....................................................... 12.69 3.9 12.87 4.4 10.81 5.9 3....................................................... 12.65 2.8 12.36 3.1 13.75 3.5 4....................................................... 15.48 1.5 15.45 1.6 15.61 3.5 5....................................................... 16.27 2.6 16.02 3.2 17.26 2.1 6....................................................... 20.27 6.2 20.29 6.5 19.95 8.6 7....................................................... 20.91 2.1 20.90 2.3 20.96 4.8 8....................................................... 25.15 6.6 24.75 7.7 27.69 3.7 9....................................................... 29.14 1.4 29.14 2.1 29.14 1.7 10........................................................ 31.18 3.4 30.74 4.3 32.16 5.0 11........................................................ 35.49 1.6 34.94 2.0 37.20 3.4 12........................................................ 41.68 3.2 41.55 3.2 42.45 11.6 14........................................................ 58.33 2.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.60 7.8 30.64 7.8 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.66 3.3 26.43 4.4 27.38 1.3 2....................................................... 14.50 6.4 15.08 8.1 10.81 5.9 3....................................................... 13.02 2.3 12.70 2.4 13.77 3.4 4....................................................... 15.69 1.9 15.71 2.3 15.61 3.5 5....................................................... 16.20 3.0 15.86 3.7 17.09 3.0 6....................................................... 19.65 6.6 19.63 7.0 19.95 8.6 7....................................................... 20.89 2.2 20.88 2.5 20.96 4.8 8....................................................... 23.89 4.1 23.23 4.7 27.69 3.7 9....................................................... 28.88 1.4 28.61 2.2 29.14 1.7 10........................................................ 31.40 3.1 31.00 3.9 32.16 5.0 11........................................................ 35.67 1.8 35.12 2.3 37.20 3.4 12........................................................ 41.85 3.2 41.75 3.3 42.45 11.6 14........................................................ 58.33 2.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.94 7.4 30.98 7.3 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.69 1.9 29.16 2.7 30.93 1.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.53 1.7 31.50 2.4 31.58 1.7 5....................................................... 15.41 14.9 14.72 15.5 – – 6....................................................... 18.05 17.3 18.30 18.7 – – 7....................................................... 21.70 5.4 21.79 5.9 – – 8....................................................... 25.74 2.3 24.68 2.9 28.93 3.4 9....................................................... 29.25 1.4 29.24 2.2 29.26 1.8 10........................................................ 31.72 3.7 31.58 5.0 31.90 5.4 11........................................................ 35.53 2.0 35.07 2.4 37.06 2.2 12........................................................ 41.36 2.0 42.27 1.7 – – 13........................................................ 50.06 5.5 51.91 7.0 – – 14........................................................ 57.29 4.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.89 3.0 32.89 3.0 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – 11........................................................ $35.06 2.9 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 36.61 6.3 $36.61 6.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.38 2.0 32.54 2.1 – – 7....................................................... 22.45 3.5 22.45 3.5 – – 8....................................................... 26.07 4.9 26.07 4.9 – – 9....................................................... 28.32 5.2 28.87 6.4 – – 11........................................................ 35.02 7.3 35.02 7.3 – – 12........................................................ 39.48 3.7 – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 32.69 1.8 32.88 1.9 – – 8....................................................... 27.03 5.3 27.03 5.3 – – 9....................................................... 28.32 5.2 28.87 6.4 – – 11........................................................ 35.02 7.3 35.02 7.3 – – Natural scientists............................................ 32.93 16.4 – – – – Health related................................................ 29.72 4.7 29.97 5.6 $28.66 4.2 8....................................................... 25.30 3.5 25.16 3.5 – – 9....................................................... 29.45 2.6 29.72 3.0 28.40 3.8 Physicians.................................................. 63.91 22.7 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 29.37 2.2 29.27 2.6 29.82 3.1 8....................................................... 26.28 4.0 26.18 4.2 – – 9....................................................... 30.13 1.9 30.30 2.1 29.38 3.5 Teachers, college and university.............................. 44.70 2.0 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 31.54 1.7 23.40 22.2 32.54 .2 7....................................................... 21.78 23.3 21.78 23.3 – – 9....................................................... 32.45 .5 – – 32.59 .4 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 26.51 15.1 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.87 2.1 26.13 22.7 32.56 1.4 9....................................................... 32.53 1.5 – – 32.70 1.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 32.35 1.3 – – 32.68 1.3 9....................................................... 32.89 1.4 – – 32.80 1.4 Teachers, special education................................. 33.19 5.2 – – 33.19 5.2 9....................................................... 32.89 5.0 – – 32.89 5.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 23.03 13.3 20.27 15.3 30.78 8.0 10........................................................ 27.56 14.5 – – – – Economists.................................................. 30.90 20.4 30.90 20.4 – – Psychologists............................................... 20.66 13.7 17.72 12.1 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.61 3.4 15.37 4.9 22.23 .6 Social workers.............................................. 20.42 3.4 14.83 5.5 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ 40.46 3.6 41.54 2.9 37.54 12.9 11........................................................ 36.62 5.2 – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 39.74 1.7 41.54 2.9 34.09 5.4 11........................................................ 36.62 5.2 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 25.83 14.6 26.43 16.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.95 23.9 21.95 23.9 – – Editors and reporters....................................... $24.11 13.6 – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.67 2.6 $22.73 2.8 $22.08 5.2 4....................................................... 16.77 3.9 – – – – 5....................................................... 16.24 10.7 15.36 14.0 18.30 2.2 6....................................................... 21.71 12.3 21.94 13.3 – – 7....................................................... 21.83 3.2 21.76 3.4 – – 8....................................................... 24.41 6.7 23.86 7.7 – – 9....................................................... 28.26 2.7 28.51 2.7 – – Health record technologists and technicians................. 20.60 16.7 – – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 26.83 1.5 26.99 1.5 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.86 1.0 19.08 1.4 18.31 1.2 5....................................................... 18.48 1.4 18.91 3.0 – – 6....................................................... 19.19 1.5 19.13 2.1 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 24.51 10.6 24.51 10.6 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 23.03 2.7 – – – – Drafters.................................................... 24.70 7.1 24.70 7.1 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 25.75 8.0 25.13 10.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.26 4.7 32.05 5.3 34.11 8.9 6....................................................... 19.32 1.6 19.32 1.6 – – 7....................................................... 20.91 2.8 20.76 2.0 – – 8....................................................... 21.22 6.8 21.24 7.5 – – 9....................................................... 26.52 5.8 26.48 6.8 – – 10........................................................ 32.11 8.3 31.66 10.4 – – 11........................................................ 34.75 2.2 – – 37.36 4.9 12........................................................ 40.88 5.2 38.61 4.9 49.32 6.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.08 3.3 36.54 3.7 42.00 4.1 7....................................................... 20.38 3.7 20.38 3.7 – – 9....................................................... 26.22 4.9 26.14 5.2 – – 11........................................................ 38.64 3.8 37.63 7.8 – – 12........................................................ 43.34 5.0 40.71 5.1 49.32 6.3 Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.09 7.4 – – 37.92 7.3 Managers, medicine and health............................... 30.59 11.9 30.59 11.9 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.32 6.0 38.52 6.4 – – 12........................................................ 46.96 4.6 44.94 3.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.88 8.7 33.88 8.7 – – Management related............................................ 27.63 7.1 27.72 7.8 26.84 5.8 7....................................................... 21.03 3.5 20.87 2.5 – – 8....................................................... 21.58 8.2 21.48 8.6 – – 9....................................................... 26.68 8.4 26.69 10.4 – – 11........................................................ 31.80 4.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.49 9.2 30.62 9.1 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 24.01 3.7 23.80 4.1 – – Other financial officers.................................... 35.79 4.4 36.23 4.9 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.84 11.9 21.84 11.9 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 22.56 7.9 24.81 2.2 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... $23.91 7.3 $22.91 7.0 – – Sales............................................................. 17.40 8.1 17.39 8.2 – – 1....................................................... 7.71 2.6 7.71 2.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.94 3.8 8.94 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.82 6.8 11.82 6.9 – – 4....................................................... 14.94 3.4 14.94 3.4 – – 5....................................................... 16.41 4.3 16.29 4.5 – – 8....................................................... 40.12 31.1 40.12 31.1 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 26.51 17.3 26.59 17.8 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 13.24 12.1 13.24 12.1 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 37.55 31.0 37.55 31.0 – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 28.33 8.4 28.33 8.4 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.51 12.9 10.51 12.9 – – 3....................................................... 9.64 6.7 9.64 6.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 13.15 7.3 13.15 7.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.67 4.2 14.67 4.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.32 1.8 16.58 2.4 $15.41 1.3 2....................................................... 14.50 6.4 15.08 8.1 10.81 5.9 3....................................................... 13.12 2.3 12.80 2.5 13.76 3.5 4....................................................... 15.66 1.9 15.72 2.3 15.52 3.6 5....................................................... 16.18 1.8 16.07 2.2 16.42 3.1 6....................................................... 19.24 3.3 18.97 3.4 – – 7....................................................... 19.50 4.4 19.54 4.9 19.17 9.9 Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.10 8.2 21.17 8.3 – – Secretaries................................................. 17.05 2.0 17.55 2.6 15.33 2.1 4....................................................... 14.97 2.5 14.40 2.7 15.52 3.6 5....................................................... 15.92 1.5 16.28 1.3 – – 7....................................................... 19.05 5.6 19.06 5.7 – – Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 17.40 3.9 16.63 1.6 – – Receptionists............................................... 11.31 4.3 11.23 4.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.43 3.9 11.43 3.9 – – Order clerks................................................ 15.99 5.7 15.99 5.7 – – 4....................................................... 14.59 6.7 14.59 6.7 – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 17.15 3.1 17.09 3.4 – – Library clerks.............................................. 12.80 8.6 – – 12.65 10.5 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 16.10 8.2 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.69 3.4 15.52 3.7 16.74 7.7 4....................................................... 14.89 5.8 14.72 7.2 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.52 5.5 16.52 5.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.49 2.4 15.39 3.2 15.68 3.1 2....................................................... 9.78 10.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 13.26 4.0 – – 13.61 4.5 4....................................................... 16.82 2.3 16.57 2.2 17.98 4.4 5....................................................... 15.80 3.8 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. $12.31 1.0 – – $12.31 1.0 3....................................................... 12.31 1.4 – – 12.31 1.4 4....................................................... 12.43 .2 – – 12.43 .2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.70 3.4 $16.41 4.3 14.54 3.1 4....................................................... 15.25 3.8 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 18.25 3.6 18.00 3.9 20.82 1.2 1....................................................... 9.18 5.1 9.18 5.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.48 5.2 11.44 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 13.45 4.7 13.10 5.2 16.67 3.7 4....................................................... 18.41 3.7 18.52 4.2 17.63 6.1 5....................................................... 17.96 3.5 17.34 4.4 20.32 1.4 6....................................................... 19.87 4.3 19.59 4.6 23.20 1.9 7....................................................... 25.58 4.2 25.59 4.6 25.50 .8 8....................................................... 28.70 2.7 28.70 2.7 – – 9....................................................... 30.39 4.5 30.06 4.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.16 11.8 21.23 11.9 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 23.14 3.7 23.04 4.1 24.40 2.7 4....................................................... 17.60 6.0 17.60 6.0 – – 5....................................................... 18.15 5.6 17.98 6.2 – – 6....................................................... 19.82 5.6 19.66 5.9 – – 7....................................................... 26.01 4.4 26.03 5.0 25.90 1.1 8....................................................... 29.47 2.3 29.47 2.3 – – 9....................................................... 29.34 6.1 29.34 6.1 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 27.44 7.5 26.49 8.7 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 19.82 8.0 19.73 8.2 – – 7....................................................... 21.74 2.6 21.70 2.8 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 21.88 1.0 21.88 1.0 – – Aircraft engine mechanics................................... 22.71 11.5 22.71 11.5 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.63 9.4 19.63 9.4 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 21.48 6.7 22.21 8.6 – – 7....................................................... 20.45 1.8 – – – – Carpenters.................................................. 25.68 2.6 25.68 2.6 – – Electricians................................................ 31.80 2.8 32.23 1.6 – – 7....................................................... 33.12 5.0 – – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 18.51 10.7 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 18.89 4.5 18.89 4.5 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 18.25 2.8 18.25 2.8 – – Bakers...................................................... 16.37 9.7 16.37 9.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.94 4.5 17.94 4.5 – – 2....................................................... 11.96 10.5 11.96 10.5 – – 3....................................................... 13.74 4.4 13.74 4.4 – – 5....................................................... 16.59 4.2 16.59 4.2 – – 6....................................................... 19.29 3.9 19.29 3.9 – – 7....................................................... $25.45 4.7 $25.45 4.7 – – Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food.............. 14.25 11.2 14.25 11.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.59 12.8 15.59 12.8 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 19.10 5.0 19.10 5.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 19.99 4.5 19.99 4.5 – – 2....................................................... 10.76 12.1 10.76 12.1 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 17.21 18.6 17.21 18.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.00 7.8 16.12 10.2 $19.88 1.5 2....................................................... 10.79 9.4 10.79 9.4 – – 3....................................................... 12.48 10.5 12.13 11.0 15.67 1.0 4....................................................... 15.61 6.6 14.43 7.4 17.56 8.3 5....................................................... 19.42 3.2 18.30 8.0 20.44 2.6 6....................................................... 21.41 5.1 – – – – 7....................................................... 23.50 11.4 23.35 12.9 – – Truck drivers............................................... 17.28 6.5 17.23 6.9 – – 4....................................................... 17.20 13.4 16.79 15.5 – – 5....................................................... 19.47 6.9 19.47 6.9 – – Bus drivers................................................. 16.03 9.0 – – 18.40 4.5 4....................................................... 15.75 9.4 – – 17.10 10.6 5....................................................... 20.02 4.6 – – 20.02 4.6 Operating engineers......................................... 25.60 7.2 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 15.50 8.3 15.50 8.3 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 17.99 5.9 17.49 4.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.45 3.9 12.13 4.2 17.30 1.5 1....................................................... 8.71 3.4 8.71 3.4 – – 2....................................................... 11.58 5.4 11.49 5.5 – – 3....................................................... 14.57 5.5 14.25 6.2 16.69 4.1 4....................................................... 16.72 4.4 16.55 5.2 – – 5....................................................... 16.44 7.6 – – – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 14.37 12.9 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 17.73 7.3 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.17 4.6 10.17 4.6 – – 1....................................................... 8.34 4.7 8.34 4.7 – – 3....................................................... 13.49 6.9 13.49 6.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 15.41 6.0 15.41 6.0 – – 2....................................................... 12.99 7.4 12.99 7.4 – – 3....................................................... 14.38 5.6 14.38 5.6 – – 4....................................................... 17.44 10.8 17.44 10.8 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 11.15 4.4 11.15 4.4 – – 1....................................................... 10.94 5.9 10.94 5.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.50 4.9 10.44 5.0 – – 2....................................................... 11.20 12.0 11.20 12.0 – – 3....................................................... 15.62 16.0 – – – – Service............................................................. $13.77 6.2 $10.86 3.8 $20.77 4.8 1....................................................... 9.44 4.6 9.02 3.2 14.10 4.6 2....................................................... 9.81 3.8 9.64 3.6 13.35 4.1 3....................................................... 10.87 5.6 10.57 5.9 12.79 1.9 4....................................................... 14.48 2.4 14.46 2.8 14.56 4.8 5....................................................... 16.49 4.9 12.28 6.6 17.76 7.8 6....................................................... 20.94 14.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 24.99 2.5 – – 26.17 .7 8....................................................... 28.48 7.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 32.24 19.7 – – 32.24 19.7 Protective service............................................ 22.82 8.0 11.61 6.8 23.48 8.8 5....................................................... 17.82 9.7 – – 18.13 11.4 7....................................................... 26.17 .7 – – 26.17 .7 9....................................................... 32.24 19.7 – – 32.24 19.7 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 33.37 7.2 – – 33.37 7.2 Firefighting................................................ 24.89 8.1 – – 24.89 8.1 Police and detectives, public service....................... 26.14 .2 – – 26.14 .2 7....................................................... 26.28 2.0 – – 26.28 2.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 13.44 11.2 12.22 10.5 – – Food service.................................................. 9.91 3.7 9.75 3.4 12.27 2.8 1....................................................... 8.02 2.1 8.01 2.1 – – 2....................................................... 8.81 5.4 8.68 5.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.64 3.1 9.25 3.9 – – 4....................................................... 12.74 5.8 12.70 6.3 – – 5....................................................... 12.14 7.0 11.86 7.1 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7.42 2.3 7.42 2.3 – – 1....................................................... 7.71 6.1 7.71 6.1 – – 2....................................................... 7.12 1.4 7.12 1.4 – – 3....................................................... 7.26 1.2 7.26 1.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 7.48 2.7 7.48 2.7 – – 2....................................................... 7.14 1.6 7.14 1.6 – – Other food service........................................... 10.68 3.7 10.54 3.7 12.27 2.8 1....................................................... 8.13 1.7 8.12 1.7 – – 2....................................................... 9.57 5.7 9.43 5.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.11 3.2 10.89 4.3 – – 4....................................................... 12.74 5.8 12.70 6.3 – – 5....................................................... 12.31 7.6 – – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 11.55 9.1 11.55 9.1 – – Cooks....................................................... 12.83 2.4 12.72 2.5 – – 4....................................................... 13.63 1.9 13.69 2.2 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 9.02 11.6 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.61 5.1 9.60 5.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.70 2.1 9.66 2.0 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.59 7.4 9.13 7.0 – – 1....................................................... 8.25 3.5 8.25 3.5 – – Health service................................................ $11.94 2.4 $11.48 2.9 $14.70 0.7 2....................................................... 10.44 4.0 10.26 4.9 – – 3....................................................... 11.82 6.9 11.76 7.0 – – 4....................................................... 13.67 4.2 13.52 5.5 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.70 6.6 12.40 9.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.74 1.7 11.25 1.7 14.77 .6 2....................................................... 10.45 4.4 10.25 5.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.64 8.3 11.57 8.5 – – 4....................................................... 13.02 3.0 12.84 3.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.77 6.2 11.21 5.7 14.71 2.7 1....................................................... 10.77 9.1 10.07 7.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.82 4.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.98 6.9 11.53 8.2 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 9.57 3.0 9.51 2.9 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.69 8.0 11.03 7.2 14.80 2.3 1....................................................... 10.99 11.9 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.41 6.1 11.79 8.0 – – Personal service.............................................. 11.90 14.4 11.90 15.7 11.91 1.3 2....................................................... 9.10 6.9 9.09 6.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.30 11.2 10.07 12.0 – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 9.23 8.3 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 14.16 14.2 14.16 14.2 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, 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................................................................... $22.56 3.5 $21.85 4.5 $25.86 2.1 All excluding sales............................................... 22.81 3.9 22.09 5.1 25.86 2.1 White collar........................................................ 26.14 2.9 25.53 3.8 28.75 1.5 2....................................................... 13.77 6.7 13.76 6.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.80 3.9 12.53 3.9 15.74 7.1 4....................................................... 15.69 1.6 15.55 1.7 16.48 3.6 5....................................................... 16.27 2.7 16.04 3.2 17.31 2.2 6....................................................... 19.78 5.4 19.75 5.7 – – 7....................................................... 20.86 2.1 20.86 2.3 20.84 5.1 8....................................................... 25.15 7.1 24.71 8.3 27.69 3.7 9....................................................... 29.21 1.4 29.10 2.3 29.32 1.5 10........................................................ 30.77 3.5 30.47 4.2 31.47 6.0 11........................................................ 35.46 1.6 34.97 2.1 37.08 3.6 12........................................................ 41.80 3.3 41.69 3.3 42.45 11.6 14........................................................ 59.08 1.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.63 7.9 30.65 7.8 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 27.03 3.3 26.57 4.4 28.77 1.5 2....................................................... 15.69 8.4 15.71 8.7 – – 3....................................................... 13.10 2.9 12.76 2.5 15.74 7.1 4....................................................... 15.95 2.0 15.81 2.3 16.48 3.6 5....................................................... 16.16 3.1 15.82 3.7 17.12 3.4 6....................................................... 19.04 5.0 18.96 5.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.84 2.3 20.84 2.5 20.84 5.1 8....................................................... 23.80 4.4 23.06 5.2 27.69 3.7 9....................................................... 28.93 1.4 28.54 2.3 29.32 1.5 10........................................................ 30.94 3.2 30.67 3.7 31.47 6.0 11........................................................ 35.64 1.8 35.16 2.4 37.08 3.6 12........................................................ 41.98 3.4 41.90 3.4 42.45 11.6 14........................................................ 59.08 1.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.97 7.4 30.99 7.4 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.83 2.1 29.32 2.9 31.07 1.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.72 1.8 31.74 2.6 31.67 1.8 5....................................................... 15.59 15.8 14.87 16.5 – – 6....................................................... 17.89 20.8 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.62 5.3 21.70 5.9 – – 8....................................................... 25.84 2.3 24.50 3.4 28.93 3.4 9....................................................... 29.37 1.3 29.18 2.3 29.50 1.6 10........................................................ 31.37 4.1 31.58 5.0 31.07 6.5 11........................................................ 35.43 2.0 35.07 2.4 36.80 2.5 12........................................................ 41.34 2.2 42.26 2.0 – – 13........................................................ 50.06 5.5 51.91 7.0 – – 14........................................................ 58.32 2.5 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – 11........................................................ 35.06 2.9 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... $36.61 6.3 $36.61 6.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.38 2.0 32.54 2.1 – – 7....................................................... 22.45 3.5 22.45 3.5 – – 8....................................................... 26.07 4.9 26.07 4.9 – – 9....................................................... 28.32 5.2 28.87 6.4 – – 11........................................................ 35.02 7.3 35.02 7.3 – – 12........................................................ 39.48 3.7 – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 32.69 1.8 32.88 1.9 – – 8....................................................... 27.03 5.3 27.03 5.3 – – 9....................................................... 28.32 5.2 28.87 6.4 – – 11........................................................ 35.02 7.3 35.02 7.3 – – Natural scientists............................................ 33.22 16.1 – – – – Health related................................................ 29.95 5.4 30.38 6.5 $28.38 4.7 8....................................................... 25.18 4.4 24.90 4.7 – – 9....................................................... 29.22 3.3 29.55 3.8 27.94 5.0 Registered nurses........................................... 29.66 2.2 29.64 2.6 29.73 3.6 8....................................................... 27.30 1.9 27.22 2.2 – – 9....................................................... 30.04 2.5 – – 29.15 4.7 Teachers, college and university.............................. 45.92 4.4 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 31.78 1.4 23.82 22.0 32.65 .4 9....................................................... 32.62 .6 – – 32.68 .6 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 26.70 14.8 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 32.01 2.0 26.81 19.9 32.64 1.6 9....................................................... 32.72 1.6 – – 32.79 1.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 32.47 1.0 – – 32.86 1.0 9....................................................... 33.08 1.0 – – 33.00 1.0 Teachers, special education................................. 33.19 5.2 – – 33.19 5.2 9....................................................... 32.89 5.0 – – 32.89 5.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 22.95 13.3 20.13 15.3 30.78 8.0 10........................................................ 27.56 14.5 – – – – Economists.................................................. 30.90 20.4 30.90 20.4 – – Psychologists............................................... 20.52 13.6 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.33 3.9 15.53 6.1 – – Social workers.............................................. 20.10 3.9 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ 40.46 3.6 41.54 2.9 37.54 12.9 11........................................................ 36.62 5.2 – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 39.74 1.7 41.54 2.9 34.09 5.4 11........................................................ 36.62 5.2 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 25.54 15.5 26.13 18.0 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 24.11 13.6 – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.69 2.6 22.72 2.8 22.44 5.5 5....................................................... 15.93 11.9 14.87 15.1 – – 6....................................................... 19.39 5.8 19.38 6.4 – – 7....................................................... 21.85 3.3 21.79 3.5 – – 8....................................................... $24.41 6.7 $23.86 7.7 – – 9....................................................... 28.37 2.8 28.63 2.8 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.89 .9 19.08 1.3 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.16 20.4 – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 24.51 10.6 24.51 10.6 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 23.03 2.7 – – – – Drafters.................................................... 22.86 6.4 22.86 6.4 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 25.75 8.0 25.13 10.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.24 4.7 32.04 5.3 $34.12 10.2 6....................................................... 19.32 1.6 19.32 1.6 – – 7....................................................... 20.79 2.9 20.76 2.0 – – 8....................................................... 21.14 6.9 21.16 7.5 – – 9....................................................... 26.32 6.0 26.48 6.8 – – 10........................................................ 31.23 7.5 30.51 9.4 – – 11........................................................ 34.83 2.1 – – 37.36 4.9 12........................................................ 41.22 5.3 38.96 5.0 49.32 6.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.09 3.3 36.59 3.7 41.69 4.9 7....................................................... 20.38 3.7 20.38 3.7 – – 9....................................................... 26.22 4.9 26.14 5.2 – – 11........................................................ 38.64 3.8 37.63 7.8 – – 12........................................................ 43.95 4.9 41.43 5.0 49.32 6.3 Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.09 7.4 – – 37.92 7.3 Managers, medicine and health............................... 30.59 11.9 30.59 11.9 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.32 6.0 38.52 6.4 – – 12........................................................ 46.96 4.6 44.94 3.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.88 8.7 33.88 8.7 – – Management related............................................ 27.52 7.3 27.63 7.9 26.53 6.2 7....................................................... 20.89 3.6 20.87 2.5 – – 8....................................................... 21.50 8.3 21.39 8.7 – – 9....................................................... 26.38 9.0 26.69 10.4 – – 11........................................................ 31.89 4.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.49 9.2 30.62 9.1 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 23.98 3.8 23.76 4.4 – – Other financial officers.................................... 35.30 6.1 35.61 6.4 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.84 11.9 21.84 11.9 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 22.56 7.9 24.81 2.2 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 23.87 7.7 22.89 7.1 – – Sales............................................................. 19.00 8.2 18.98 8.3 – – 3....................................................... 12.02 10.5 12.02 10.5 – – 4....................................................... 15.01 4.0 15.01 4.0 – – 5....................................................... 16.51 4.3 16.39 4.4 – – 8....................................................... 40.12 31.1 40.12 31.1 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 26.51 17.3 26.59 17.8 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 14.52 9.1 14.52 9.1 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. $37.55 31.0 $37.55 31.0 – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 28.33 8.4 28.33 8.4 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.86 14.3 10.86 14.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 13.49 7.6 13.49 7.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.69 4.7 14.69 4.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.74 2.1 16.71 2.4 $16.94 2.2 2....................................................... 15.69 8.4 15.71 8.7 – – 3....................................................... 13.25 2.9 12.88 2.6 – – 4....................................................... 15.94 2.0 15.79 2.4 16.50 3.6 5....................................................... 16.17 2.0 16.05 2.2 16.45 3.9 6....................................................... 19.26 3.5 18.99 3.6 – – 7....................................................... 19.42 4.5 19.41 5.1 19.52 11.6 Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.17 8.3 21.17 8.3 – – Secretaries................................................. 17.15 2.0 17.57 2.7 15.52 1.8 4....................................................... 14.97 2.7 – – 15.55 4.0 5....................................................... 15.89 1.5 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.05 5.6 19.06 5.7 – – Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 17.29 4.6 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 11.24 3.8 11.13 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.40 3.9 11.40 3.9 – – Order clerks................................................ 16.14 5.4 16.14 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.59 6.7 14.59 6.7 – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 17.11 3.2 17.04 3.6 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 16.29 8.2 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.69 3.4 15.52 3.7 16.74 7.7 4....................................................... 14.89 5.8 14.72 7.2 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.52 5.5 16.52 5.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.88 2.9 15.48 3.4 16.94 4.0 3....................................................... 13.42 5.8 – – – – 4....................................................... 16.96 2.5 16.68 2.4 – – 5....................................................... 15.51 5.5 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.13 2.9 17.12 2.9 – – 4....................................................... 15.25 3.8 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 19.26 3.8 19.04 4.2 21.61 .7 1....................................................... 10.80 5.9 10.80 5.9 – – 2....................................................... 11.89 4.9 11.84 4.9 – – 3....................................................... 14.00 4.4 13.68 4.8 17.25 3.1 4....................................................... 18.78 3.7 18.84 4.1 18.26 6.1 5....................................................... 18.00 3.7 17.37 4.5 20.93 .5 6....................................................... 19.87 4.3 19.59 4.6 23.20 1.9 7....................................................... 25.58 4.2 25.59 4.6 25.50 .8 8....................................................... 28.70 2.7 28.70 2.7 – – 9....................................................... 30.39 4.5 30.06 4.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.37 12.3 21.37 12.3 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $23.23 3.7 $23.13 4.0 $24.40 2.7 4....................................................... 17.60 6.0 17.60 6.0 – – 5....................................................... 18.15 5.6 17.98 6.2 – – 6....................................................... 19.82 5.6 19.66 5.9 – – 7....................................................... 26.01 4.4 26.03 5.0 25.90 1.1 8....................................................... 29.47 2.3 29.47 2.3 – – 9....................................................... 29.34 6.1 29.34 6.1 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 27.44 7.5 26.49 8.7 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 19.82 8.0 19.73 8.2 – – 7....................................................... 21.74 2.6 21.70 2.8 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 21.88 1.0 21.88 1.0 – – Aircraft engine mechanics................................... 22.71 11.5 22.71 11.5 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.63 9.4 19.63 9.4 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 21.48 6.7 22.21 8.6 – – 7....................................................... 20.45 1.8 – – – – Carpenters.................................................. 25.68 2.6 25.68 2.6 – – Electricians................................................ 31.80 2.8 32.23 1.6 – – 7....................................................... 33.12 5.0 – – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 18.51 10.7 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 18.89 4.5 18.89 4.5 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 18.25 2.8 18.25 2.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 18.39 4.8 18.39 4.8 – – 1....................................................... 13.52 11.2 13.52 11.2 – – 2....................................................... 11.96 10.5 11.96 10.5 – – 3....................................................... 13.83 4.7 13.83 4.7 – – 5....................................................... 16.59 4.2 16.59 4.2 – – 6....................................................... 19.29 3.9 19.29 3.9 – – 7....................................................... 25.45 4.7 25.45 4.7 – – Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food.............. 14.25 11.2 14.25 11.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.59 12.8 15.59 12.8 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 19.10 5.0 19.10 5.0 – – Assemblers 2....................................................... 10.76 12.1 10.76 12.1 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 17.21 18.6 17.21 18.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.30 7.1 17.51 9.3 21.02 1.5 2....................................................... 11.76 6.3 11.76 6.3 – – 3....................................................... 13.83 9.7 13.73 10.1 – – 4....................................................... 16.23 6.1 14.81 6.9 18.38 8.1 5....................................................... 19.85 3.5 18.56 8.0 21.27 2.6 6....................................................... 21.41 5.1 – – – – 7....................................................... 23.50 11.4 23.35 12.9 – – Truck drivers............................................... 17.33 6.8 17.27 7.1 – – 4....................................................... 17.51 14.7 17.01 15.5 – – Bus drivers................................................. $16.47 11.1 – – $19.41 5.2 Operating engineers......................................... 25.60 7.2 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 15.69 8.6 $15.69 8.6 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 18.35 6.6 17.63 5.5 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.58 5.0 13.25 5.3 17.71 1.2 1....................................................... 9.77 5.2 9.77 5.2 – – 2....................................................... 12.06 5.3 11.96 5.3 – – 3....................................................... 14.86 5.9 14.46 6.7 17.13 2.2 4....................................................... 16.72 4.4 16.55 5.2 – – 5....................................................... 16.44 7.6 – – – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 14.37 12.9 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 17.73 7.3 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.81 4.9 11.81 4.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 16.16 6.5 16.16 6.5 – – 4....................................................... 17.44 10.8 17.44 10.8 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 11.69 1.3 11.69 1.3 – – 1....................................................... 11.02 6.7 11.02 6.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.62 6.6 11.56 6.5 – – 2....................................................... 11.11 12.7 11.11 12.7 – – Service............................................................. 14.50 6.5 11.32 4.3 21.15 5.2 1....................................................... 10.08 6.4 9.55 4.3 – – 2....................................................... 9.96 3.6 9.79 3.4 14.18 2.4 3....................................................... 11.26 7.2 11.00 7.5 13.29 1.0 4....................................................... 14.71 2.0 14.75 2.2 14.57 5.0 5....................................................... 16.44 5.0 12.07 5.7 17.72 7.9 6....................................................... 20.94 14.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 24.79 2.6 – – 26.01 1.2 8....................................................... 28.48 7.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 32.24 19.7 – – 32.24 19.7 Protective service............................................ 23.01 8.3 – – 23.37 8.9 5....................................................... 17.84 10.2 – – 18.09 11.6 7....................................................... 26.01 1.2 – – 26.01 1.2 9....................................................... 32.24 19.7 – – 32.24 19.7 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 33.37 7.2 – – 33.37 7.2 Firefighting................................................ 24.89 8.1 – – 24.89 8.1 Police and detectives, public service....................... 25.95 .7 – – 25.95 .7 7....................................................... 26.06 2.9 – – 26.06 2.9 Guards and police, except public service.................... 13.43 4.7 – – – – Food service.................................................. 10.64 4.9 10.48 4.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.80 4.9 8.73 4.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.53 4.1 10.11 6.0 – – 4....................................................... 12.74 5.8 12.70 6.3 – – 5....................................................... 12.14 7.0 11.86 7.1 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7.40 2.1 7.40 2.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... $7.49 2.0 $7.49 2.0 – – Other food service........................................... 11.18 4.8 11.04 4.7 – – 2....................................................... 9.38 7.0 9.30 6.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.31 4.4 11.04 6.3 – – 4....................................................... 12.74 5.8 12.70 6.3 – – 5....................................................... 12.31 7.6 – – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 11.55 9.1 11.55 9.1 – – Cooks....................................................... 13.01 2.7 12.92 2.9 – – 4....................................................... 13.63 1.9 13.69 2.2 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.88 5.9 9.88 5.9 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 10.43 7.8 – – – – Health service................................................ 12.18 2.9 11.66 3.8 $14.71 0.7 2....................................................... 10.57 3.6 10.36 4.5 – – 3....................................................... 12.23 7.4 12.18 7.7 – – 4....................................................... 14.23 3.0 14.27 4.3 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.86 7.2 12.57 10.0 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.99 2.4 11.39 2.7 14.77 .6 2....................................................... 10.59 3.8 10.36 5.0 – – 3....................................................... 11.99 8.4 11.91 8.7 – – 4....................................................... 13.54 .9 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.78 6.6 11.23 6.0 14.88 2.6 1....................................................... 10.76 9.5 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.06 8.1 11.62 9.8 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.68 8.1 11.03 7.4 14.80 2.3 3....................................................... 12.35 6.1 11.79 8.0 – – Personal service.............................................. 12.40 16.0 12.41 16.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.15 12.1 10.15 12.1 – – 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, 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................................................................... $13.87 4.2 $12.19 5.1 $18.92 4.7 All excluding sales............................................... 14.40 5.2 12.61 6.7 18.95 4.7 White collar........................................................ 18.45 4.6 17.43 6.1 19.98 5.5 1....................................................... 7.82 2.9 7.82 2.9 – – 2....................................................... 9.12 5.4 8.53 6.0 10.25 5.0 3....................................................... 12.28 3.5 11.47 6.3 12.97 2.6 4....................................................... 13.85 3.5 14.26 4.6 13.37 4.1 5....................................................... 16.17 3.8 15.63 5.2 – – 6....................................................... 26.42 25.7 27.47 27.3 – – 7....................................................... 23.01 5.7 23.22 5.8 – – 8....................................................... 25.24 5.2 25.24 5.2 – – 9....................................................... 28.34 5.6 29.55 2.4 27.47 8.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.55 3.8 23.34 4.9 20.02 5.6 2....................................................... 10.03 4.6 9.75 7.2 10.25 5.0 3....................................................... 12.78 2.4 11.70 5.4 12.98 2.6 4....................................................... 13.66 3.0 14.14 5.2 13.37 4.1 5....................................................... 16.74 3.9 16.60 6.5 – – 6....................................................... 26.42 25.7 27.47 27.3 – – 7....................................................... 23.01 5.7 23.22 5.8 – – 8....................................................... 25.24 5.2 25.24 5.2 – – 9....................................................... 28.34 5.6 29.55 2.4 27.47 8.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.73 4.8 26.48 5.8 29.58 9.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.99 5.5 27.66 5.5 30.61 10.8 6....................................................... 19.15 22.2 – – – – 8....................................................... 25.29 6.0 25.29 6.0 – – 9....................................................... 28.20 5.8 29.77 2.5 27.07 8.7 Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.84 4.2 28.61 4.7 – – 8....................................................... 25.44 5.9 25.44 5.9 – – 9....................................................... 30.50 1.1 30.45 1.0 – – Registered nurses........................................... 28.58 4.5 28.38 4.8 – – 8....................................................... 25.44 5.9 25.44 5.9 – – 9....................................................... 30.43 1.0 30.45 1.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 39.70 3.4 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.13 6.9 – – 29.83 3.6 9....................................................... 29.00 6.0 – – 30.53 2.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.42 7.3 – – 30.74 1.4 9....................................................... 28.42 7.3 – – 30.74 1.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.34 16.1 23.02 19.1 – – 5....................................................... $17.45 6.0 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.78 2.2 $19.07 2.4 – – 5....................................................... 18.56 2.7 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.05 7.4 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 10.05 6.5 10.03 6.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.44 7.7 11.41 8.0 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.45 12.2 8.45 12.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 12.08 7.4 12.06 7.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.02 2.8 13.54 9.3 $12.82 1.0 2....................................................... 10.03 4.6 9.75 7.2 10.25 5.0 3....................................................... 12.78 2.4 11.70 5.4 12.98 2.6 4....................................................... 13.27 2.6 14.04 6.6 12.91 2.6 Library clerks.............................................. 12.42 10.0 – – 12.65 10.5 General office clerks....................................... 12.62 6.4 – – 12.63 7.7 Teachers' aides............................................. 12.31 1.0 – – 12.31 1.0 3....................................................... 12.31 1.4 – – 12.31 1.4 4....................................................... 12.43 .2 – – 12.43 .2 Blue collar......................................................... 10.08 5.3 9.34 5.2 15.95 1.8 1....................................................... 7.71 2.6 7.71 2.6 – – 2....................................................... 9.14 3.8 9.14 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.03 14.9 10.43 16.0 14.93 5.0 4....................................................... – – – – 15.16 3.8 5....................................................... 17.19 4.4 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.18 12.2 10.65 13.4 16.34 1.4 3....................................................... – – – – 15.69 2.8 4....................................................... – – – – 15.16 3.8 5....................................................... 17.19 4.4 – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.12 5.4 – – 16.29 1.8 4....................................................... – – – – 14.93 3.5 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.77 4.7 8.75 4.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.82 2.5 7.82 2.5 – – 2....................................................... 8.72 7.8 8.72 7.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers 1....................................................... 7.79 2.6 7.79 2.6 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ $11.70 4.9 $11.70 4.9 – – Service............................................................. 9.97 7.6 8.93 4.3 $16.29 18.1 1....................................................... 8.26 3.4 8.09 3.2 – – 2....................................................... 8.85 4.4 8.68 4.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.80 3.6 9.26 4.0 11.97 1.1 Protective service............................................ 19.34 27.8 – – – – Food service.................................................. 8.45 3.2 8.27 3.3 10.98 1.5 1....................................................... 7.98 3.1 7.96 3.2 – – 2....................................................... 8.83 7.6 8.49 7.0 – – 3....................................................... 8.94 6.2 8.66 7.5 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7.44 4.3 7.44 4.3 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 7.48 5.0 7.48 5.0 – – Other food service........................................... 9.19 3.4 8.96 3.8 10.98 1.5 1....................................................... 8.06 2.6 8.04 2.6 – – 2....................................................... 10.50 3.0 10.34 4.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.82 3.0 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.30 5.9 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.72 5.8 8.54 5.7 – – 1....................................................... 8.26 4.8 8.26 4.8 – – Health service................................................ 10.88 5.2 10.82 5.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.77 6.6 10.77 6.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.36 1.5 10.83 1.4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.24 4.7 – – – – Personal service.............................................. $9.56 11.5 $8.63 12.8 – – 2....................................................... 7.60 3.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.08 6.3 – – – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 9.59 10.0 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 9.99 25.1 9.99 25.1 – – 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, 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....................................................... $22.56 $13.87 $22.08 $21.38 $21.63 $23.54 All excluding sales............................................. 22.81 14.40 22.35 21.73 22.01 20.88 White collar........................................................ 26.14 18.45 24.96 25.78 25.50 25.64 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 27.03 21.55 25.86 27.08 26.65 28.14 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.83 27.73 30.04 29.40 29.69 – Professional specialty.......................................... 31.72 28.99 31.57 31.50 31.53 – Technical....................................................... 22.69 22.34 24.36 21.28 22.67 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.24 33.05 22.85 32.59 32.20 – Sales............................................................. 19.00 10.05 15.29 18.03 14.87 25.12 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.74 13.02 17.28 15.65 16.31 – Blue collar......................................................... 19.26 10.08 20.94 14.63 18.28 16.90 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 23.23 – 25.27 19.71 23.24 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 18.39 – 22.43 13.28 18.17 – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.30 12.18 19.50 12.96 16.97 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.58 8.77 13.68 11.07 12.31 – Service............................................................. 14.50 9.97 17.23 10.42 13.77 – 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 4.2 1.8 5.9 3.8 13.0 All excluding sales............................................. 3.9 5.2 1.9 7.0 4.0 10.8 White collar........................................................ 2.9 4.6 1.2 3.9 3.3 17.8 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.3 3.8 1.4 4.7 3.2 15.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.1 4.8 1.5 3.2 1.9 – Professional specialty.......................................... 1.8 5.5 1.5 2.5 1.7 – Technical....................................................... 2.6 16.1 2.2 4.2 2.6 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.7 7.4 10.1 4.7 4.6 – Sales............................................................. 8.2 6.5 2.3 10.1 6.2 24.7 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.1 2.8 2.6 2.6 1.8 – Blue collar......................................................... 3.8 5.3 3.8 2.3 3.5 13.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.7 – 4.5 3.8 3.8 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.8 – 5.0 4.7 3.9 – Transportation and material moving................................ 7.1 12.2 7.8 9.3 7.7 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.0 4.7 5.5 4.3 4.0 – Service............................................................. 6.5 7.6 4.6 5.5 6.2 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, 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....................................................... $20.94 $24.69 – $25.59 $24.58 - $21.06 $19.54 - - All excluding sales............................................. 21.28 24.45 – 25.59 24.31 - 21.25 20.30 - - White collar........................................................ 25.03 – – 26.01 – - 22.33 24.60 - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 26.43 – – 26.01 – - 22.81 – - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.16 – – – – - 30.74 – - - Professional specialty.......................................... 31.50 – – – – - 32.49 – - - Technical....................................................... 22.73 – – – – - – – - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.05 31.58 – – – - 28.60 – - - Sales............................................................. 17.39 39.48 – – 39.77 - – 17.15 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.58 19.64 – – 19.99 - 18.25 14.60 - - Blue collar......................................................... 18.00 20.96 – 25.51 19.88 - 18.97 14.09 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 23.04 25.72 – 27.14 24.92 - 22.83 17.87 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.94 18.79 – – 18.79 - – – - - Transportation and material moving................................ 16.12 18.62 – – 16.11 - 18.51 14.11 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.13 14.23 – – 13.44 - 14.79 11.64 - - Service............................................................. 10.86 – – – – - – 10.59 - - 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....................................................... 4.5 2.7 – 8.1 2.8 - 9.6 18.3 - - All excluding sales............................................. 5.3 3.3 – 8.1 3.5 - 10.3 24.2 - - White collar........................................................ 3.6 – – 6.4 – - 5.3 14.3 - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.4 – – 6.4 – - 6.2 – - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.7 – – – – - 16.0 – - - Professional specialty.......................................... 2.4 – – – – - 7.8 – - - Technical....................................................... 2.8 – – – – - – – - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.3 5.2 – – – - 12.4 – - - Sales............................................................. 8.2 26.3 – – 26.6 - – 5.5 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.4 3.7 – – 3.5 - 2.9 4.2 - - Blue collar......................................................... 3.9 5.6 – 10.3 4.9 - 14.8 5.0 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.1 4.0 – 7.3 3.0 - 3.9 3.4 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.5 4.7 – – 4.7 - – – - - Transportation and material moving................................ 10.2 11.8 – – 8.3 - 24.6 17.0 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.2 10.9 – – 14.8 - 11.0 2.7 - - Service............................................................. 3.8 – – – – - – 9.1 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, 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....................................................... $20.94 $16.43 $22.02 $17.88 $26.70 All excluding sales............................................. 21.28 16.87 22.25 17.72 26.80 White collar........................................................ 25.03 19.76 25.94 22.18 28.64 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 26.43 22.77 26.92 23.36 28.82 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.16 23.10 29.84 27.23 31.22 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.50 27.11 31.71 29.04 33.22 Technical....................................................... 22.73 21.11 23.29 19.30 24.90 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.05 30.84 32.22 27.30 34.13 Sales............................................................. 17.39 13.75 19.07 19.02 19.53 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.58 15.59 16.73 15.09 17.90 Blue collar......................................................... 18.00 15.91 18.66 15.85 24.10 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 23.04 21.59 23.59 21.48 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.94 12.97 18.79 14.57 – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.12 14.72 16.35 14.08 22.59 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.13 11.15 12.68 12.56 13.68 Service............................................................. 10.86 9.76 11.25 10.66 13.10 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....................................................... 4.5 5.7 4.3 6.2 4.4 All excluding sales............................................. 5.3 6.0 5.3 7.6 4.4 White collar........................................................ 3.6 6.1 3.4 7.0 4.7 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.4 5.8 4.5 8.7 4.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.7 7.9 3.0 8.0 2.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 2.4 9.9 2.3 6.6 2.2 Technical....................................................... 2.8 9.5 3.7 8.9 2.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.3 5.6 5.7 13.2 5.3 Sales............................................................. 8.2 10.6 11.6 12.7 9.0 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.4 4.4 2.6 4.6 3.1 Blue collar......................................................... 3.9 6.0 4.1 6.2 1.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.1 3.7 5.1 10.0 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.5 10.4 6.0 4.7 – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.2 6.7 11.8 12.0 6.9 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.2 12.3 2.9 3.2 5.7 Service............................................................. 3.8 4.3 3.6 3.4 4.6 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.33 $13.27 $19.50 $27.58 $36.98 All excluding sales........................... 9.69 13.56 20.00 27.77 37.27 White collar.................................... 12.16 16.70 22.75 32.53 41.46 White collar excluding sales................ 13.73 17.82 23.92 33.68 41.85 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.95 21.63 28.03 36.11 42.10 Professional specialty...................... 19.97 23.16 30.54 37.88 43.36 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... – – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers..... 24.76 27.60 37.59 42.78 49.49 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.50 23.46 32.12 39.42 47.16 Computer systems analysts and scientists 20.50 23.99 32.48 39.90 48.08 Natural scientists........................ 18.69 24.07 26.94 43.36 43.36 Health related............................ 21.14 24.00 29.26 33.11 36.71 Physicians.............................. 20.73 52.88 66.80 67.31 100.00 Registered nurses....................... 22.36 25.00 29.94 33.11 35.95 Teachers, college and university.......... 22.01 33.10 43.50 55.44 71.59 Teachers, except college and university... 21.64 25.67 31.48 38.44 41.46 Prekindergarten and kindergarten........ 9.73 16.47 27.21 37.37 39.30 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.08 26.00 31.72 38.51 41.46 Secondary school teachers............... 23.13 26.47 31.48 38.92 41.46 Teachers, special education............. 23.10 27.26 32.56 39.43 41.46 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... 12.24 15.97 21.03 29.53 36.01 Economists.............................. 20.19 21.15 30.05 30.05 50.75 Psychologists........................... 11.50 15.38 17.40 25.06 36.01 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 14.00 19.97 21.42 23.06 24.33 Social workers.......................... 14.00 19.97 20.99 23.06 24.33 Lawyers and judges........................ 27.77 33.25 36.89 45.59 61.17 Lawyers................................. 27.70 32.75 36.88 44.18 61.17 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 10.50 17.67 19.90 32.66 35.39 Editors and reporters................... 17.53 18.27 19.48 32.66 33.61 Technical................................... 13.81 18.27 21.14 26.41 30.50 Health record technologists and technicians.......................... 11.88 15.24 17.95 26.01 28.03 Radiological technicians................ 22.11 24.51 26.90 29.39 31.37 Licensed practical nurses............... 17.00 18.08 19.23 19.89 20.81 Electrical and electronic technicians... 17.37 21.02 24.00 30.44 30.60 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 18.27 21.39 22.26 25.90 27.52 Drafters................................ 18.75 20.00 23.00 26.90 31.63 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 19.25 21.00 26.38 30.96 31.46 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.47 22.84 29.81 40.39 47.84 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 21.25 27.55 38.46 45.29 49.66 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 18.48 27.52 41.32 42.78 43.48 Managers, medicine and health........... 20.61 23.52 32.70 32.70 38.22 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 25.01 27.88 40.39 47.90 52.07 Management related........................ 17.71 21.15 25.00 32.88 39.81 Accountants and auditors................ 18.27 20.55 24.72 26.92 30.40 Other financial officers................ $26.93 $30.72 $36.92 $40.92 $40.92 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 16.83 16.83 22.50 24.95 28.99 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 15.31 17.51 23.50 27.12 29.70 Management related, n.e.c............... 18.10 19.77 22.60 27.50 33.77 Sales......................................... 7.75 10.00 15.09 18.47 29.91 Supervisors, sales...................... 15.63 18.67 23.60 32.40 33.17 Sales, other business services.......... 7.50 10.00 12.54 17.55 17.55 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 16.80 16.99 25.00 53.18 85.34 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats. 11.70 14.99 25.19 38.51 47.71 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.20 8.00 9.79 12.60 15.00 Cashiers................................ 7.90 9.51 13.60 16.85 17.10 Administrative support, including clerical.... 11.30 13.00 15.79 19.07 22.15 Secretaries............................. 13.82 14.91 16.35 18.99 21.63 Transportation ticket and reservation agents............................... 10.95 13.31 20.29 20.74 20.88 Receptionists........................... 9.25 10.19 11.25 12.00 12.87 Order clerks............................ 10.25 13.24 14.98 20.32 22.15 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping.......................... 15.63 15.63 17.22 18.00 18.64 Library clerks.......................... 9.29 10.24 13.68 14.46 14.49 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 12.00 13.18 16.25 18.58 20.19 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.30 13.00 14.95 17.67 20.67 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 12.50 14.10 15.38 20.74 20.99 General office clerks................... 11.18 12.98 15.50 18.63 19.46 Teachers' aides......................... 11.17 11.90 12.17 12.89 13.56 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 12.50 14.24 16.00 17.00 18.46 Blue collar..................................... 8.75 12.00 17.55 23.76 28.50 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.49 18.63 22.70 27.77 31.21 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 19.49 19.49 31.45 33.27 33.54 Automobile mechanics.................... 13.84 16.00 19.50 21.60 25.28 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 17.93 19.14 22.00 23.67 24.00 Aircraft engine mechanics............... 13.84 16.73 22.24 29.49 29.49 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 14.34 16.29 19.11 20.18 30.60 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 15.30 19.74 20.47 22.06 31.30 Carpenters.............................. 21.00 22.70 26.00 28.40 30.96 Electricians............................ 26.82 28.83 31.71 35.00 35.00 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 13.41 14.19 19.84 21.13 23.09 Supervisors, production................. 14.37 17.56 18.63 20.40 21.20 Butchers and meat cutters............... 16.85 16.85 19.00 19.40 19.40 Bakers.................................. 11.38 14.49 17.67 17.67 17.67 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.57 12.00 17.12 24.81 25.91 Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food.......................... $9.00 $11.16 $13.60 $17.65 $18.70 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 11.01 12.70 14.39 17.50 22.42 Welders and cutters..................... 16.41 16.54 19.43 21.40 22.50 Assemblers.............................. 7.16 11.78 24.81 25.72 25.91 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 10.72 11.35 13.70 27.52 27.52 Transportation and material moving............ 9.15 12.16 16.36 20.74 23.77 Truck drivers........................... 11.25 15.75 16.91 20.65 21.22 Bus drivers............................. 10.50 12.50 15.71 18.46 22.82 Operating engineers..................... 20.62 23.55 23.55 29.64 29.64 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.50 13.20 15.14 17.80 20.47 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 14.97 15.30 17.12 20.45 21.99 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.26 8.50 11.22 15.58 18.95 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.80 11.20 13.90 16.77 20.21 Construction laborers................... 14.00 16.00 17.43 18.19 23.15 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.26 7.52 8.33 12.05 15.90 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 10.25 12.15 15.14 18.15 20.20 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 7.50 9.00 10.80 12.00 15.15 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.01 7.16 9.00 12.50 15.58 Service......................................... 7.25 9.10 11.55 15.99 25.54 Protective service........................ 15.26 16.80 24.05 27.74 30.42 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 30.27 30.88 34.57 36.21 37.63 Firefighting............................ 21.48 24.42 25.34 27.13 27.65 Police and detectives, public service... 20.82 23.70 27.16 28.98 29.97 Guards and police, except public service 8.82 11.00 13.70 14.54 19.64 Food service.............................. 7.16 7.22 9.15 11.82 14.05 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 7.01 7.01 7.16 7.16 8.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 7.01 7.16 7.16 7.16 9.69 Other food service....................... 7.36 8.50 10.30 12.68 14.35 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 8.50 8.50 11.80 13.50 15.52 Cooks................................... 8.59 11.50 12.55 14.40 17.31 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 7.16 7.16 7.90 11.04 12.85 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.36 7.80 9.50 10.04 12.60 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.16 8.00 9.46 10.48 12.68 Health service............................ 8.50 10.04 11.57 14.20 15.99 Health aides, except nursing............ 7.75 10.91 12.08 15.99 15.99 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.50 9.76 11.46 13.71 15.09 Cleaning and building service............. 8.75 9.10 11.25 13.92 15.74 Maids and housemen...................... 8.42 8.50 9.42 10.46 11.48 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.95 9.10 11.40 13.92 15.28 Personal service.......................... 7.01 8.40 9.82 12.69 19.67 Child care workers, n.e.c............... $7.50 $8.00 $8.50 $10.62 $11.60 Service, n.e.c.......................... 8.25 9.32 14.30 17.67 19.67 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.96 $12.16 $18.62 $26.92 $36.06 All excluding sales........................... 9.10 12.50 19.23 27.55 36.78 White collar.................................... 11.87 16.30 22.10 31.95 41.13 White collar excluding sales................ 13.57 17.65 23.58 33.17 41.98 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.13 20.94 27.69 35.26 42.47 Professional specialty...................... 17.98 23.10 31.07 38.21 43.87 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Electrical and electronic engineers..... 24.76 27.60 37.59 42.78 49.49 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.50 23.10 32.55 40.00 48.08 Computer systems analysts and scientists 20.50 23.46 33.00 40.00 50.00 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 21.50 24.00 29.50 33.15 36.92 Registered nurses....................... 22.36 24.93 30.06 33.00 35.77 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 11.27 15.23 21.95 30.75 37.51 Elementary school teachers.............. 13.87 18.81 26.00 33.95 38.21 Social scientists and urban planners...... 12.00 15.38 17.78 22.87 30.05 Economists.............................. 20.19 21.15 30.05 30.05 50.75 Psychologists........................... 11.33 15.38 16.29 20.61 25.06 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.00 13.50 15.08 17.38 20.13 Social workers.......................... 11.00 13.50 14.20 16.23 20.13 Lawyers and judges........................ 29.16 36.88 36.89 45.70 61.17 Lawyers................................. 29.16 36.88 36.89 45.70 61.17 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 10.50 17.53 21.94 32.66 35.26 Technical................................... 12.83 18.42 21.30 26.41 30.60 Radiological technicians................ 21.76 24.51 27.53 29.39 32.47 Licensed practical nurses............... 16.85 18.05 19.56 20.00 21.02 Electrical and electronic technicians... 17.37 21.02 24.00 30.44 30.60 Drafters................................ 18.75 20.00 23.00 26.90 31.63 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 18.85 20.50 23.57 31.46 31.46 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.47 22.75 29.06 39.90 46.89 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 21.25 27.00 37.54 44.88 49.01 Managers, medicine and health........... 20.61 23.52 32.70 32.70 38.22 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 25.01 27.55 39.90 46.63 51.13 Management related........................ 17.71 20.67 24.72 32.21 40.87 Accountants and auditors................ 18.27 18.85 23.08 27.22 30.40 Other financial officers................ 26.93 30.72 36.92 40.92 42.31 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 16.83 16.83 22.50 24.95 28.99 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 20.63 20.63 25.74 28.82 29.70 Management related, n.e.c............... 17.82 19.70 22.24 23.05 33.51 Sales......................................... 7.75 10.00 15.00 18.47 29.91 Supervisors, sales...................... 15.63 18.13 24.04 32.40 33.17 Sales, other business services.......... $7.50 $10.00 $12.54 $17.55 $17.55 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 16.80 16.99 25.00 53.18 85.34 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats. 11.70 14.99 25.19 38.51 47.71 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.20 8.00 9.79 12.60 15.00 Cashiers................................ 7.90 9.51 13.60 16.85 17.10 Administrative support, including clerical.... 11.15 13.13 16.01 19.47 22.96 Secretaries............................. 14.00 15.15 16.83 19.74 22.21 Transportation ticket and reservation agents............................... 10.85 12.26 20.00 20.82 20.88 Receptionists........................... 8.39 10.19 11.25 11.87 12.80 Order clerks............................ 10.25 13.24 14.98 20.32 22.15 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping.......................... 15.41 15.63 17.11 17.79 18.64 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.25 12.67 14.95 17.67 19.51 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 12.50 14.10 15.38 20.74 20.99 General office clerks................... 11.35 12.98 15.38 18.63 19.38 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.00 16.00 16.85 17.97 19.79 Blue collar..................................... 8.50 11.50 16.94 24.00 28.50 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.37 18.37 22.55 27.77 31.30 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 19.49 19.49 29.05 33.27 33.54 Automobile mechanics.................... 13.63 16.00 19.50 21.60 26.09 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 17.93 19.14 22.00 23.67 24.00 Aircraft engine mechanics............... 13.84 16.73 22.24 29.49 29.49 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 14.34 16.29 19.11 20.18 30.60 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 15.15 20.47 21.40 23.77 31.30 Carpenters.............................. 21.00 22.70 26.00 28.40 30.96 Electricians............................ 26.82 30.00 34.64 35.00 35.00 Supervisors, production................. 14.37 17.56 18.63 20.40 21.20 Butchers and meat cutters............... 16.85 16.85 19.00 19.40 19.40 Bakers.................................. 11.38 14.49 17.67 17.67 17.67 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.57 12.00 17.12 24.81 25.91 Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food.......................... 9.00 11.16 13.60 17.65 18.70 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 11.01 12.70 14.39 17.50 22.42 Welders and cutters..................... 16.41 16.54 19.43 21.40 22.50 Assemblers.............................. 7.16 11.78 24.81 25.72 25.91 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 10.72 11.35 13.70 27.52 27.52 Transportation and material moving............ 8.97 10.84 15.45 19.50 24.02 Truck drivers........................... $11.25 $15.75 $16.91 $20.65 $21.22 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.50 13.20 15.14 17.80 20.47 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 14.97 15.30 16.75 20.42 20.76 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.25 8.33 11.00 15.14 18.95 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.26 7.52 8.33 12.05 15.90 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 10.25 12.15 15.14 18.15 20.20 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 7.50 9.00 10.80 12.00 15.15 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.01 7.16 9.00 12.50 15.58 Service......................................... 7.16 8.50 10.00 12.29 15.08 Protective service........................ 8.20 8.82 11.00 14.54 14.96 Guards and police, except public service 8.30 9.05 12.55 14.54 16.51 Food service.............................. 7.16 7.16 8.59 11.60 14.05 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 7.01 7.01 7.16 7.16 8.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 7.01 7.16 7.16 7.16 9.69 Other food service....................... 7.30 8.15 10.04 12.55 14.35 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 8.50 8.50 11.80 13.50 15.52 Cooks................................... 8.50 11.00 12.42 14.40 17.31 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.36 7.80 9.50 10.04 12.60 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.16 8.00 8.50 10.48 11.03 Health service............................ 8.48 9.75 11.20 13.03 14.85 Health aides, except nursing............ 7.75 10.77 11.63 15.99 15.99 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.48 9.53 11.03 12.66 14.40 Cleaning and building service............. 8.50 9.10 10.22 12.23 15.08 Maids and housemen...................... 8.26 8.50 9.19 10.46 11.37 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.95 9.10 10.00 12.10 15.08 Personal service.......................... 7.01 8.00 9.57 12.50 19.67 Service, n.e.c.......................... 8.25 9.32 14.30 17.67 19.67 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $13.92 $16.80 $23.00 $30.13 $39.19 All excluding sales........................... 13.92 16.80 22.97 30.13 39.21 White collar.................................... 13.97 19.07 24.87 35.15 41.46 White collar excluding sales................ 14.00 19.07 24.92 35.23 41.46 Professional specialty and technical.......... 20.48 23.06 28.96 37.27 41.84 Professional specialty...................... 20.99 23.16 29.70 37.37 42.38 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 20.48 23.20 28.19 32.16 36.71 Registered nurses....................... 22.19 26.53 29.41 33.97 36.71 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 23.02 26.68 32.56 38.92 41.46 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.05 26.72 32.83 38.87 41.46 Secondary school teachers............... 23.35 26.99 31.73 39.11 41.46 Teachers, special education............. 23.10 27.26 32.56 39.43 41.46 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 21.03 28.04 30.54 36.01 39.70 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 19.97 20.99 22.03 23.06 24.33 Lawyers and judges........................ 25.66 29.28 34.91 41.26 58.64 Lawyers................................. 25.66 28.28 32.75 40.50 41.84 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 15.95 18.08 19.49 26.38 29.74 Licensed practical nurses............... 17.65 18.08 18.08 18.92 19.48 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.48 25.04 34.00 41.84 49.22 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 27.64 37.64 41.84 49.22 55.00 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 18.48 36.72 41.84 42.78 43.48 Management related........................ 15.31 22.78 26.03 33.29 34.56 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 11.80 12.87 14.56 17.43 19.87 Secretaries............................. 13.49 14.29 15.50 16.28 17.37 Library clerks.......................... 9.29 10.45 13.68 14.47 14.49 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 13.27 14.56 15.02 20.24 22.76 General office clerks................... 10.48 12.98 16.12 18.30 19.46 Teachers' aides......................... 11.17 11.90 12.17 12.89 13.56 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 12.80 13.87 14.58 15.61 16.33 Blue collar..................................... 15.37 17.26 20.49 23.07 27.65 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $19.74 $20.07 $23.62 $27.65 $30.04 Transportation and material moving............ 15.01 16.30 20.49 22.82 23.55 Bus drivers............................. 14.81 15.46 18.26 21.88 22.82 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 15.13 16.77 17.43 18.07 20.21 Service......................................... 13.24 15.07 18.89 26.62 29.39 Protective service........................ 15.26 16.80 24.42 28.05 30.94 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 30.27 30.88 34.57 36.21 37.63 Firefighting............................ 21.48 24.42 25.34 27.13 27.65 Police and detectives, public service... 20.82 23.70 27.16 28.98 29.97 Food service.............................. 10.08 11.14 12.68 13.24 14.58 Other food service....................... 10.08 11.14 12.68 13.24 14.58 Health service............................ 12.24 13.19 14.58 16.39 16.39 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 12.24 13.92 14.92 16.39 16.39 Cleaning and building service............. $13.60 $14.09 $14.72 $15.07 $16.38 Janitors and cleaners................... 13.80 14.10 14.66 14.98 16.09 Personal service.......................... 10.62 11.43 11.79 12.79 13.34 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.40 $14.46 $20.45 $28.13 $37.63 All excluding sales........................... 10.50 14.72 20.70 28.50 38.05 White collar.................................... 13.19 17.07 23.18 33.00 41.83 White collar excluding sales................ 14.29 18.32 24.33 34.35 42.07 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.95 21.50 28.20 36.54 42.50 Professional specialty...................... 19.90 23.20 30.84 38.34 43.50 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Electrical and electronic engineers..... 24.76 27.60 37.59 42.78 49.49 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.50 23.46 32.12 39.42 47.16 Computer systems analysts and scientists 20.50 23.99 32.48 39.90 48.08 Natural scientists........................ 18.15 24.07 27.59 43.36 43.36 Health related............................ 20.93 24.63 29.41 33.00 36.92 Registered nurses....................... 22.36 26.50 30.08 33.00 35.95 Teachers, college and university.......... 21.00 35.71 43.50 56.59 71.93 Teachers, except college and university... 21.93 25.84 31.65 38.51 41.46 Prekindergarten and kindergarten........ 9.73 17.56 27.64 37.56 39.30 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.19 26.13 32.20 38.51 41.46 Secondary school teachers............... 23.23 26.78 31.65 39.11 41.46 Teachers, special education............. 23.10 27.26 32.56 39.43 41.46 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 12.24 15.97 21.03 29.45 36.01 Economists.............................. 20.19 21.15 30.05 30.05 50.75 Psychologists........................... 11.50 15.38 17.40 25.06 36.01 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 14.00 19.43 20.99 22.60 24.33 Social workers.......................... 14.00 18.99 20.99 22.60 24.33 Lawyers and judges........................ 27.77 33.25 36.89 45.59 61.17 Lawyers................................. 27.70 32.75 36.88 44.18 61.17 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 10.50 17.65 19.48 32.66 35.63 Editors and reporters................... 17.53 18.27 19.48 32.66 33.61 Technical................................... 13.81 18.27 21.32 26.44 30.50 Licensed practical nurses............... 17.00 18.08 19.24 19.89 20.81 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.52 10.00 15.08 19.49 28.18 Electrical and electronic technicians... 17.37 21.02 24.00 30.44 30.60 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 18.27 21.39 22.26 25.90 27.52 Drafters................................ 18.75 20.00 22.93 26.73 28.10 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 19.25 21.00 26.38 30.96 31.46 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.47 22.78 29.81 40.39 47.90 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 21.25 27.52 38.46 45.29 49.57 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 18.48 27.52 41.32 42.78 43.48 Managers, medicine and health........... 20.61 23.52 32.70 32.70 38.22 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 25.01 27.88 40.39 47.90 52.07 Management related........................ 17.71 20.86 24.95 32.09 38.94 Accountants and auditors................ 18.27 19.87 23.89 26.92 30.40 Other financial officers................ 26.93 30.72 36.92 40.92 40.92 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... $16.83 $16.83 $22.50 $24.95 $28.99 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 15.31 17.51 23.50 27.12 29.70 Management related, n.e.c............... 18.10 19.77 22.60 27.50 33.77 Sales......................................... 8.85 11.84 16.45 21.05 32.40 Supervisors, sales...................... 15.63 18.67 23.60 32.40 33.17 Sales, other business services.......... 10.00 11.00 15.42 17.55 17.55 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 16.80 16.99 25.00 53.18 85.34 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats. 11.70 14.99 25.19 38.51 47.71 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.56 8.15 10.23 12.60 15.09 Cashiers................................ 8.00 11.00 13.67 16.85 17.10 Administrative support, including clerical.... 11.62 13.65 16.26 19.46 22.53 Secretaries............................. 14.00 15.00 16.42 19.25 21.63 Transportation ticket and reservation agents............................... 10.95 12.91 20.29 20.74 20.88 Receptionists........................... 10.19 10.19 11.25 11.87 12.80 Order clerks............................ 10.50 13.50 15.23 20.32 22.15 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping.......................... 15.63 15.63 17.11 17.79 18.64 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 12.00 13.60 16.25 18.68 20.51 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.30 13.00 14.95 17.67 20.67 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 12.50 14.10 15.38 20.74 20.99 General office clerks................... 11.57 13.50 15.89 18.63 19.46 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 13.53 14.58 16.00 17.00 18.46 Blue collar..................................... 10.00 13.39 18.80 24.81 28.83 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.67 18.63 22.70 27.77 31.30 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 19.49 19.49 31.45 33.27 33.54 Automobile mechanics.................... 13.84 16.00 19.50 21.60 25.28 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 17.93 19.14 22.00 23.67 24.00 Aircraft engine mechanics............... 13.84 16.73 22.24 29.49 29.49 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 14.34 16.29 19.11 20.18 30.60 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 15.30 19.74 20.47 22.06 31.30 Carpenters.............................. 21.00 22.70 26.00 28.40 30.96 Electricians............................ 26.82 28.83 31.71 35.00 35.00 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 13.41 14.19 19.84 21.13 23.09 Supervisors, production................. 14.37 17.56 18.63 20.40 21.20 Butchers and meat cutters............... 16.85 16.85 19.00 19.40 19.40 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 10.60 12.44 17.49 25.66 25.91 Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food.......................... 9.00 11.16 13.60 17.65 18.70 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 11.01 12.70 14.39 17.50 22.42 Welders and cutters..................... 16.41 16.54 19.43 21.40 22.50 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ $10.72 $11.35 $13.70 $27.52 $27.52 Transportation and material moving............ 10.50 13.58 17.15 21.22 25.34 Truck drivers........................... 12.02 15.75 16.91 20.65 21.22 Bus drivers............................. 9.75 11.51 16.36 21.58 22.82 Operating engineers..................... 20.62 23.55 23.55 29.64 29.64 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.50 13.20 15.44 17.80 20.47 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 15.30 16.75 17.45 20.45 22.98 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.31 10.00 12.81 16.77 19.95 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.80 11.20 13.90 16.77 20.21 Construction laborers................... 14.00 16.00 17.43 18.19 23.15 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.06 9.50 11.50 13.65 16.85 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 11.29 14.16 16.00 19.95 20.20 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 8.50 10.00 11.11 12.64 15.15 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.60 8.25 10.00 13.55 15.58 Service......................................... 8.26 9.32 12.50 16.50 26.31 Protective service........................ 15.26 16.80 24.06 27.69 30.94 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 30.27 30.88 34.57 36.21 37.63 Firefighting............................ 21.48 24.42 25.34 27.13 27.65 Police and detectives, public service... 20.70 23.39 27.12 28.98 30.39 Guards and police, except public service 11.00 12.31 13.70 14.54 16.97 Food service.............................. 7.16 8.00 10.19 12.85 14.45 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 7.01 7.01 7.16 7.22 8.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 7.01 7.01 7.16 7.22 10.19 Other food service....................... 7.80 8.50 11.00 13.46 14.45 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 8.50 8.50 11.80 13.50 15.52 Cooks................................... 10.30 11.50 13.24 14.45 17.31 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.80 8.50 10.00 10.04 14.05 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 8.00 8.50 10.48 12.12 12.68 Health service............................ 8.50 10.17 12.01 14.58 15.99 Health aides, except nursing............ 7.75 10.90 12.64 15.99 15.99 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.60 9.95 11.86 14.40 15.26 Cleaning and building service............. $8.75 $9.10 $11.36 $13.92 $15.79 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.95 9.10 11.40 13.92 15.28 Personal service.......................... 7.01 9.07 9.95 14.30 20.42 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.16 $7.55 $10.87 $16.05 $25.12 All excluding sales........................... 7.16 7.75 11.33 16.53 27.52 White collar.................................... 7.50 11.00 14.47 23.33 33.45 White collar excluding sales................ 11.16 12.50 19.58 27.04 35.14 Professional specialty and technical.......... 18.13 22.14 24.40 32.97 38.92 Professional specialty...................... 21.76 23.06 26.60 33.55 38.44 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 22.53 23.38 27.82 33.15 36.23 Registered nurses....................... 22.53 23.38 28.72 33.15 35.95 Teachers, college and university.......... 23.92 31.66 33.56 47.22 59.59 Teachers, except college and university... 12.04 22.95 28.27 33.55 38.25 Elementary school teachers.............. 12.04 23.97 28.27 34.06 39.52 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 14.12 16.50 18.94 21.14 55.00 Licensed practical nurses............... 16.17 18.42 19.14 20.00 21.14 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 24.72 24.72 29.60 43.07 43.07 Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 7.16 7.40 8.25 11.50 16.85 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.16 7.16 7.16 9.14 11.85 Cashiers................................ 7.45 7.90 11.50 16.85 16.85 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.04 11.49 12.47 14.00 16.92 Library clerks.......................... 9.29 10.24 13.65 14.46 14.49 General office clerks................... 9.80 10.48 12.41 13.82 17.43 Teachers' aides......................... 11.17 11.90 12.17 12.89 13.56 Blue collar..................................... 7.01 7.26 8.06 12.16 16.00 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 7.75 8.00 12.16 15.17 17.12 Bus drivers............................. 12.16 13.27 14.81 16.28 17.50 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.01 7.01 7.52 9.84 12.15 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.50 9.00 10.50 13.00 16.00 Service......................................... 7.16 7.16 8.50 11.08 12.79 Protective service........................ 8.10 9.05 19.64 29.00 29.00 Food service.............................. $7.16 $7.16 $7.36 $10.00 $11.01 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 7.16 7.16 7.16 7.16 9.69 Waiters and waitresses.................. 7.16 7.16 7.16 7.16 9.69 Other food service....................... 7.25 7.49 8.75 10.50 11.67 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.25 7.40 9.00 10.50 12.60 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.16 7.41 8.00 10.14 10.87 Health service............................ 8.48 9.66 10.81 12.01 13.71 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.00 9.38 10.60 12.23 13.71 Cleaning and building service............. $9.50 $9.70 $11.17 $12.75 $14.37 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.25 9.85 12.75 14.37 14.49 Personal service.......................... 7.16 7.16 8.00 11.58 12.41 Child care workers, n.e.c............... 7.16 7.56 9.29 11.60 11.79 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.16 7.16 7.40 8.50 12.09 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 763,600 605,000 158,500 All excluding sales............................................. 708,500 550,300 158,200 White collar........................................................ 433,200 327,300 106,000 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 378,200 272,500 105,700 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 208,700 137,700 71,000 Professional specialty.......................................... 170,200 103,000 67,200 Technical....................................................... 38,400 34,600 3,800 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 70,500 63,100 7,500 Sales............................................................. 55,000 54,700 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 99,000 71,800 27,200 Blue collar......................................................... 211,700 191,400 20,300 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 66,300 61,200 5,200 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 44,200 44,200 – Transportation and material moving................................ 47,300 35,200 12,000 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 53,900 50,700 3,100 Service............................................................. 118,700 86,400 32,300 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.