NC BL 12/00/2004 Table: Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA, Bulletin 3125-19, August 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, Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA, August 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................................................................. $21.43 4.3 36.2 $20.84 5.5 36.2 $23.17 3.3 36.2 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 25.29 2.7 36.6 25.34 3.6 37.1 25.16 2.5 35.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.60 2.3 37.5 33.46 3.1 38.9 30.95 3.6 35.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.42 5.4 39.7 31.54 6.2 40.1 24.40 3.1 37.6 Sales............................................................. 11.21 9.5 33.3 11.21 9.5 33.3 – – – Administrative support............................................ 14.70 3.8 34.9 14.87 6.1 34.8 14.45 1.9 35.0 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 18.29 5.6 35.6 17.46 7.0 35.1 21.67 2.8 38.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 24.87 3.1 38.7 24.45 3.9 38.3 26.22 5.5 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 15.63 8.1 39.7 15.63 8.1 39.7 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.20 7.3 34.4 16.32 11.4 34.3 16.00 3.7 34.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.99 4.2 31.9 10.26 2.2 31.3 – – – Service occupations(5).............................................. 13.36 12.5 35.7 11.61 17.7 35.1 18.17 7.1 37.5 Full time........................................................... 23.08 3.7 39.7 22.75 4.8 39.8 23.99 3.2 39.6 Part time........................................................... 10.06 5.8 22.4 9.13 4.4 23.3 14.48 5.6 18.8 Union............................................................... 21.18 5.3 36.8 19.93 9.5 37.4 22.54 3.6 36.1 Nonunion............................................................ 21.65 6.9 35.7 21.28 7.3 35.6 27.46 5.0 36.9 Time................................................................ 21.52 4.3 36.4 20.95 5.6 36.5 23.17 3.3 36.2 Incentive........................................................... – – – – – – – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 21.66 6.7 35.7 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 12.32 11.2 35.0 11.68 11.1 34.9 21.66 8.2 36.9 100-499 workers..................................................... 16.60 6.0 34.6 15.09 7.3 33.8 21.29 5.9 37.1 500 workers or more................................................. 28.31 2.1 38.1 30.07 2.4 39.4 24.54 3.9 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, Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA, August 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................................................................... $21.43 4.3 $20.84 5.5 $23.17 3.3 All excluding sales............................................... 22.39 3.8 22.09 5.1 23.17 3.3 White collar........................................................ 25.29 2.7 25.34 3.6 25.16 2.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 27.74 2.1 28.96 2.9 25.16 2.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.60 2.3 33.46 3.1 30.95 3.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.94 2.8 34.87 4.6 32.22 2.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 38.09 5.1 38.04 5.4 – – Nuclear engineers........................................... 38.88 1.2 – – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 39.92 6.4 39.92 6.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 28.34 5.4 26.73 3.3 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.16 4.4 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 30.72 8.3 32.13 10.9 27.83 5.4 Registered nurses........................................... 26.71 2.8 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 31.42 5.8 – – 33.44 2.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 33.43 .4 – – 33.43 .4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 26.67 5.8 27.66 5.9 24.34 9.4 Science technicians, n.e.c.................................. 30.21 6.1 30.21 6.1 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.42 5.4 31.54 6.2 24.40 3.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.16 7.1 39.27 7.5 30.85 10.7 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.99 7.3 39.39 7.6 – – Management related............................................ 23.03 4.7 23.73 5.9 – – Sales............................................................. 11.21 9.5 11.21 9.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.28 10.6 9.28 10.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.70 3.8 14.87 6.1 14.45 1.9 Secretaries................................................. 14.12 7.9 13.46 8.5 – – Receptionists............................................... 9.73 7.7 9.62 7.7 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 17.79 2.6 – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 14.33 4.7 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 16.93 2.8 16.99 3.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 18.29 5.6 17.46 7.0 21.67 2.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 24.87 3.1 24.45 3.9 26.22 5.5 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. $17.44 1.3 $17.44 1.3 – – Electricians................................................ 30.30 1.8 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.63 8.1 15.63 8.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.20 7.3 16.32 11.4 $16.00 3.7 Bus drivers................................................. 13.78 10.5 – – 15.51 2.0 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.34 .3 14.34 .3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.99 4.2 10.26 2.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.85 4.5 10.85 4.5 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 10.71 14.3 10.55 17.1 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.55 3.7 10.55 3.7 – – Service............................................................. 13.36 12.5 11.61 17.7 18.17 7.1 Protective service............................................ 21.78 5.6 – – 22.93 7.4 Firefighting................................................ 21.26 .8 – – 21.26 .8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 25.74 .6 – – 25.74 .6 Food service.................................................. 8.55 5.1 8.13 3.8 11.51 5.5 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... – – – – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 7.19 .6 7.19 .6 – – Other food service........................................... 9.64 5.2 9.06 5.8 11.51 5.5 Cooks....................................................... 10.34 7.8 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.48 8.0 7.80 5.0 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 13.81 13.1 14.07 15.7 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 14.68 13.7 14.98 16.4 – – Personal service.............................................. 10.56 6.2 10.56 6.4 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA, August 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................................................................... $23.08 3.7 $22.75 4.8 $23.99 3.2 All excluding sales............................................... 23.92 3.1 23.89 4.2 23.99 3.2 White collar........................................................ 26.54 2.8 26.76 3.6 25.94 2.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 28.46 2.1 29.61 2.9 25.94 2.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.96 2.2 33.79 3.0 31.32 2.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 34.30 2.7 35.29 4.4 32.45 1.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 38.11 5.2 38.06 5.4 – – Nuclear engineers........................................... 38.88 1.2 – – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 39.92 6.4 39.92 6.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 28.34 5.4 26.73 3.3 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.16 4.4 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.30 8.7 32.61 11.3 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.85 3.0 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 32.23 3.9 – – 33.77 .6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 33.43 .4 – – 33.43 .4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 26.94 5.4 27.68 6.0 25.06 8.1 Science technicians, n.e.c.................................. 30.21 6.1 30.21 6.1 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.44 5.4 31.54 6.2 24.46 3.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.20 7.1 39.27 7.5 31.10 11.2 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.99 7.3 39.39 7.6 – – Management related............................................ 23.03 4.7 23.73 5.9 – – Sales............................................................. 11.97 14.9 11.97 14.9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.37 13.2 9.37 13.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.29 4.2 15.50 6.7 14.97 1.6 Secretaries................................................. 14.12 7.9 13.46 8.5 – – Receptionists............................................... 9.55 8.4 9.40 8.3 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 17.79 2.6 – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 14.33 4.7 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 17.33 2.9 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 20.04 3.8 19.42 4.9 22.31 4.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 25.38 2.3 25.10 2.5 26.22 5.5 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 17.44 1.3 17.44 1.3 – – Electricians................................................ $30.30 1.8 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.63 8.1 $15.63 8.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.92 8.1 17.11 11.6 $16.52 5.1 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.34 .3 14.34 .3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.85 4.2 11.93 4.8 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 11.43 15.0 – – – – Service............................................................. 14.66 14.4 12.73 21.7 19.11 6.7 Protective service............................................ 22.40 5.5 – – 23.07 7.6 Police and detectives, public service....................... 25.74 .6 – – 25.74 .6 Food service.................................................. 8.66 6.7 8.25 4.9 – – Other food service........................................... 9.64 7.9 9.06 7.3 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.38 9.2 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. $14.03 14.3 $14.37 17.4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 14.98 15.4 15.37 18.5 – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA, August 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $10.06 5.8 $9.13 4.4 $14.48 5.6 All excluding sales............................................... 10.25 7.5 9.10 6.2 14.48 5.6 White collar........................................................ 12.23 7.2 10.88 7.4 16.21 8.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 14.96 9.1 13.79 14.0 16.21 8.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.26 5.5 20.52 4.5 23.94 13.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 22.78 7.7 19.40 10.1 26.77 15.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 9.24 9.3 9.24 9.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.15 10.0 9.15 10.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.01 4.7 10.42 7.3 – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.69 7.6 8.06 6.1 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.66 8.1 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.81 5.7 7.81 5.7 – – Service............................................................. 8.56 4.7 8.25 4.8 10.48 .5 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 8.39 5.7 7.94 4.9 – – Other food service........................................... 9.65 4.9 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 9.58 1.2 9.51 .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 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, Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA, August 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................................................................... $917 3.7 39.7 $904 4.8 39.8 $951 3.2 39.6 All excluding sales............................................... 951 3.1 39.8 951 4.2 39.8 951 3.2 39.6 White collar........................................................ 1,051 2.8 39.6 1,066 3.7 39.8 1,011 2.6 39.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,128 2.1 39.6 1,183 2.9 40.0 1,011 2.6 39.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,301 2.1 39.5 1,349 3.1 39.9 1,211 2.5 38.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,350 2.5 39.4 1,407 4.3 39.9 1,247 1.6 38.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,525 5.2 40.0 1,523 5.5 40.0 – – – Nuclear engineers........................................... 1,555 1.2 40.0 – – – – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,597 6.4 40.0 1,597 6.4 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,139 5.5 40.2 1,076 3.7 40.3 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,255 4.3 40.3 – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,215 8.8 38.8 1,265 11.5 38.8 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 1,032 2.9 38.4 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,228 3.6 38.1 – – – 1,281 .6 37.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,266 .2 37.9 – – – 1,266 .2 37.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 1,079 5.3 40.0 1,110 5.9 40.1 1,000 8.2 39.9 Science technicians, n.e.c.................................. 1,208 6.1 40.0 1,208 6.1 40.0 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,220 5.4 40.1 1,264 6.2 40.1 979 3.2 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,530 7.1 40.0 1,573 7.5 40.0 1,244 11.2 40.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,561 7.4 40.0 1,577 7.6 40.0 – – – Management related............................................ 924 4.8 40.1 952 6.1 40.1 – – – Sales............................................................. 470 14.6 39.2 470 14.6 39.2 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 361 10.2 38.5 361 10.2 38.5 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 607 4.3 39.7 619 6.9 39.9 590 1.6 39.4 Secretaries................................................. 564 7.8 39.9 538 8.5 40.0 – – – Receptionists............................................... 382 8.4 40.0 376 8.3 40.0 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 712 2.6 40.0 – – – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 573 4.7 40.0 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 693 2.7 40.0 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... $791 4.2 39.5 $765 5.3 39.4 $888 4.9 39.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 1,015 2.3 40.0 1,004 2.5 40.0 1,049 5.5 40.0 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 698 1.3 40.0 698 1.3 40.0 – – – Electricians................................................ 1,212 1.8 40.0 – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 621 8.6 39.7 621 8.6 39.7 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 661 9.2 39.1 667 13.0 39.0 649 6.6 39.3 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 566 1.3 39.5 566 1.3 39.5 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 497 3.5 38.7 459 3.0 38.5 – – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 448 14.7 39.2 – – – – – – Service............................................................. 594 14.2 40.5 509 21.1 40.0 798 7.9 41.8 Protective service............................................ 944 7.4 42.1 – – – 999 10.3 43.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 1,050 1.1 40.8 – – – 1,050 1.1 40.8 Food service.................................................. 337 6.3 38.9 322 5.7 39.0 – – – Other food service........................................... 379 7.1 39.3 359 7.2 39.6 – – – Cooks....................................................... 407 8.1 39.2 – – – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 572 12.1 40.8 589 14.6 41.0 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 597 15.3 39.9 612 18.5 39.8 – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA, August 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................................................................... $45,900 3.7 1,989 $47,017 4.8 2,067 $43,210 3.2 1,801 All excluding sales............................................... 47,480 3.1 1,985 49,445 4.2 2,070 43,210 3.2 1,801 White collar........................................................ 51,753 2.8 1,950 55,445 3.7 2,072 43,848 2.6 1,690 White collar excluding sales.................................... 55,184 2.1 1,939 61,515 2.9 2,078 43,848 2.6 1,690 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 61,587 2.1 1,868 70,126 3.1 2,076 48,818 2.5 1,559 Professional specialty.......................................... 62,661 2.5 1,827 73,159 4.3 2,073 48,403 1.6 1,492 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 79,316 5.2 2,081 79,214 5.5 2,081 – – – Nuclear engineers........................................... 80,874 1.2 2,080 – – – – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 83,032 6.4 2,080 83,032 6.4 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 59,251 5.5 2,090 55,947 3.7 2,093 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 65,272 4.3 2,095 – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 58,570 8.8 1,871 65,758 11.5 2,016 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 48,614 2.9 1,811 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 45,265 3.6 1,404 – – – 46,178 .6 1,368 Elementary school teachers.................................. 45,663 .2 1,366 – – – 45,663 .2 1,366 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 56,105 5.3 2,082 57,710 5.9 2,085 52,010 8.2 2,075 Science technicians, n.e.c.................................. 62,833 6.1 2,080 62,833 6.1 2,080 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 63,423 5.4 2,084 65,745 6.2 2,084 50,884 3.2 2,080 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 79,540 7.1 2,082 81,777 7.5 2,082 64,679 11.2 2,080 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 81,186 7.4 2,082 82,011 7.6 2,082 – – – Management related............................................ 48,034 4.8 2,085 49,509 6.1 2,086 – – – Sales............................................................. 24,435 14.6 2,041 24,435 14.6 2,041 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 18,780 10.2 2,004 18,780 10.2 2,004 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 30,682 4.3 2,006 32,181 6.9 2,076 28,586 1.6 1,909 Secretaries................................................. 29,326 7.8 2,077 27,991 8.5 2,080 – – – Receptionists............................................... 19,865 8.4 2,080 19,544 8.3 2,080 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 36,999 2.6 2,080 – – – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 29,808 4.7 2,080 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 36,012 2.7 2,078 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... $40,634 4.2 2,028 $39,804 5.3 2,049 $43,536 4.9 1,951 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 52,112 2.3 2,054 52,212 2.5 2,080 51,818 5.5 1,976 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 36,277 1.3 2,080 36,277 1.3 2,080 – – – Electricians................................................ 63,030 1.8 2,080 – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 32,293 8.6 2,066 32,293 8.6 2,066 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 33,218 9.2 1,963 34,660 13.0 2,026 30,448 6.6 1,843 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 29,425 1.3 2,052 29,425 1.3 2,052 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 25,869 3.5 2,013 23,884 3.0 2,002 – – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 23,295 14.7 2,038 – – – – – – Service............................................................. 30,570 14.2 2,086 26,450 21.1 2,078 40,182 7.9 2,102 Protective service............................................ 49,063 7.4 2,190 – – – 51,962 10.3 2,252 Police and detectives, public service....................... 54,616 1.1 2,122 – – – 54,616 1.1 2,122 Food service.................................................. 16,974 6.3 1,960 16,731 5.7 2,029 – – – Other food service........................................... 18,681 7.1 1,938 18,684 7.2 2,061 – – – Cooks....................................................... 19,542 8.1 1,883 – – – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 29,756 12.1 2,120 30,612 14.6 2,131 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 31,057 15.3 2,073 31,837 18.5 2,071 – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA, August 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................................................................... $21.43 4.3 $20.84 5.5 $23.17 3.3 All excluding sales............................................... 22.39 3.8 22.09 5.1 23.17 3.3 White collar........................................................ 25.29 2.7 25.34 3.6 25.16 2.5 2....................................................... 8.95 7.3 8.20 5.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.33 6.1 10.68 8.7 13.37 2.4 4....................................................... 15.57 2.5 15.92 2.1 15.00 4.5 5....................................................... 15.67 2.5 14.89 1.8 17.35 5.1 6....................................................... 18.11 6.6 18.75 9.9 17.34 6.8 7....................................................... 22.21 6.6 22.77 6.0 – – 8....................................................... 24.50 5.5 25.29 5.7 – – 9....................................................... 29.95 1.8 28.86 2.3 30.57 2.7 10........................................................ 32.30 2.9 31.60 2.9 – – 11........................................................ 35.13 .9 35.19 1.3 35.04 1.4 12........................................................ 44.39 6.0 45.46 4.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 27.74 2.1 28.96 2.9 25.16 2.5 2....................................................... 11.26 4.6 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.84 3.8 10.82 5.7 13.37 2.4 4....................................................... 15.80 2.8 16.44 2.2 15.00 4.5 5....................................................... 16.31 3.1 15.33 3.2 17.35 5.1 6....................................................... 18.11 6.6 18.75 9.9 17.34 6.8 7....................................................... 22.21 6.6 22.77 6.0 – – 8....................................................... 24.50 5.5 25.29 5.7 – – 9....................................................... 29.95 1.8 28.86 2.3 30.57 2.7 10........................................................ 32.30 2.9 31.60 2.9 – – 11........................................................ 35.24 1.0 35.36 1.5 35.04 1.4 12........................................................ 44.39 6.0 45.46 4.4 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.60 2.3 33.46 3.1 30.95 3.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.94 2.8 34.87 4.6 32.22 2.2 8....................................................... 19.10 16.9 – – – – 9....................................................... 30.80 2.1 28.55 4.4 31.83 3.0 10........................................................ 32.04 3.5 31.48 2.7 – – 11........................................................ 35.33 1.2 35.56 2.0 34.90 1.4 12........................................................ 46.02 11.8 48.46 9.3 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 38.09 5.1 38.04 5.4 – – Nuclear engineers........................................... 38.88 1.2 – – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 39.92 6.4 39.92 6.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 28.34 5.4 26.73 3.3 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.16 4.4 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 30.72 8.3 32.13 10.9 27.83 5.4 9....................................................... 26.90 2.5 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.71 2.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 26.73 2.8 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... $31.42 5.8 – – $33.44 2.0 9....................................................... 33.56 .1 – – 33.56 .1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 33.43 .4 – – 33.43 .4 9....................................................... 33.43 .4 – – 33.43 .4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 26.67 5.8 $27.66 5.9 24.34 9.4 5....................................................... 18.12 9.2 – – – – 6....................................................... 21.21 7.7 – – – – 7....................................................... 25.20 5.6 – – – – Science technicians, n.e.c.................................. 30.21 6.1 30.21 6.1 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.42 5.4 31.54 6.2 24.40 3.1 9....................................................... 23.17 4.6 24.19 6.6 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.16 7.1 39.27 7.5 30.85 10.7 9....................................................... 24.53 6.1 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.99 7.3 39.39 7.6 – – Management related............................................ 23.03 4.7 23.73 5.9 – – Sales............................................................. 11.21 9.5 11.21 9.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.28 10.6 9.28 10.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.70 3.8 14.87 6.1 14.45 1.9 2....................................................... 11.26 4.6 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.84 3.8 10.82 5.7 13.37 2.4 4....................................................... 15.82 2.9 16.51 2.3 15.00 4.5 5....................................................... 16.78 3.5 – – 17.03 5.4 Secretaries................................................. 14.12 7.9 13.46 8.5 – – Receptionists............................................... 9.73 7.7 9.62 7.7 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 17.79 2.6 – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 14.33 4.7 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 16.93 2.8 16.99 3.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 18.29 5.6 17.46 7.0 21.67 2.8 1....................................................... 9.17 6.5 9.08 6.6 – – 2....................................................... 10.60 4.4 10.57 4.5 – – 3....................................................... 13.49 5.8 11.55 5.7 – – 4....................................................... 15.21 3.9 14.84 2.5 – – 5....................................................... 17.19 2.4 16.60 4.4 18.41 1.0 6....................................................... 18.84 2.1 18.67 2.5 – – 7....................................................... 25.22 4.0 25.46 5.2 24.51 5.4 9....................................................... 31.59 4.2 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $24.87 3.1 $24.45 3.9 $26.22 5.5 6....................................................... 18.51 2.9 18.51 2.9 – – 7....................................................... 25.46 4.4 25.84 6.0 24.51 5.4 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 17.44 1.3 17.44 1.3 – – Electricians................................................ 30.30 1.8 – – – – 7....................................................... 30.30 1.8 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.63 8.1 15.63 8.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.20 7.3 16.32 11.4 16.00 3.7 4....................................................... 14.54 .2 – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 13.78 10.5 – – 15.51 2.0 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.34 .3 14.34 .3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.99 4.2 10.26 2.2 – – 1....................................................... 9.25 6.5 9.16 6.7 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.85 4.5 10.85 4.5 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 10.71 14.3 10.55 17.1 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.55 3.7 10.55 3.7 – – Service............................................................. 13.36 12.5 11.61 17.7 18.17 7.1 1....................................................... 9.71 17.6 9.73 18.6 – – 2....................................................... 9.18 5.5 8.98 5.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.47 9.5 – – 11.61 7.0 4....................................................... 13.66 16.5 13.78 20.1 – – 5....................................................... 14.99 7.5 – – – – 7....................................................... 18.92 12.5 – – 22.16 6.1 Protective service............................................ 21.78 5.6 – – 22.93 7.4 7....................................................... 22.40 7.1 – – 22.40 7.1 Firefighting................................................ 21.26 .8 – – 21.26 .8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 25.74 .6 – – 25.74 .6 Food service.................................................. 8.55 5.1 8.13 3.8 11.51 5.5 1....................................................... 7.35 1.2 7.35 1.2 – – 3....................................................... 8.67 8.0 – – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders Waiters and waitresses...................................... 7.19 .6 7.19 .6 – – Other food service........................................... 9.64 5.2 9.06 5.8 11.51 5.5 Cooks....................................................... 10.34 7.8 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.48 8.0 7.80 5.0 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 13.81 13.1 14.07 15.7 – – 1....................................................... 13.03 20.8 13.63 21.0 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 14.68 13.7 14.98 16.4 – – Personal service.............................................. 10.56 6.2 10.56 6.4 – – 4....................................................... 13.12 3.9 13.12 3.9 – – 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, Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA, August 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................................................................... $23.08 3.7 $22.75 4.8 $23.99 3.2 All excluding sales............................................... 23.92 3.1 23.89 4.2 23.99 3.2 White collar........................................................ 26.54 2.8 26.76 3.6 25.94 2.8 3....................................................... 11.78 6.1 11.01 8.9 13.58 2.6 4....................................................... 15.65 2.7 16.09 2.3 15.00 4.5 5....................................................... 15.84 2.7 15.09 2.6 17.35 5.1 6....................................................... 18.25 6.8 18.95 9.2 17.30 7.9 7....................................................... 22.05 7.0 22.61 6.4 – – 8....................................................... 24.86 5.2 25.29 5.7 – – 9....................................................... 30.01 1.7 28.97 2.4 30.59 2.6 10........................................................ 32.15 2.9 31.60 2.9 – – 11........................................................ 35.14 1.0 35.20 1.3 35.04 1.4 12........................................................ 44.39 6.0 45.46 4.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 28.46 2.1 29.61 2.9 25.94 2.8 3....................................................... 12.27 4.4 11.25 5.8 13.58 2.6 4....................................................... 15.78 2.9 16.42 2.3 15.00 4.5 5....................................................... 16.62 2.6 15.85 3.2 17.35 5.1 6....................................................... 18.25 6.8 18.95 9.2 17.30 7.9 7....................................................... 22.05 7.0 22.61 6.4 – – 8....................................................... 24.86 5.2 25.29 5.7 – – 9....................................................... 30.01 1.7 28.97 2.4 30.59 2.6 10........................................................ 32.15 2.9 31.60 2.9 – – 11........................................................ 35.25 1.0 35.37 1.5 35.04 1.4 12........................................................ 44.39 6.0 45.46 4.4 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.96 2.2 33.79 3.0 31.32 2.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 34.30 2.7 35.29 4.4 32.45 1.8 9....................................................... 30.91 2.0 28.68 4.6 31.91 2.9 10........................................................ 31.85 3.3 31.48 2.7 – – 11........................................................ 35.34 1.2 35.57 2.0 34.90 1.4 12........................................................ 46.02 11.8 48.46 9.3 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 38.11 5.2 38.06 5.4 – – Nuclear engineers........................................... 38.88 1.2 – – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 39.92 6.4 39.92 6.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 28.34 5.4 26.73 3.3 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.16 4.4 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.30 8.7 32.61 11.3 – – 9....................................................... 27.05 2.6 26.39 1.7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.85 3.0 – – – – 9....................................................... 26.88 3.1 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 32.23 3.9 – – 33.77 .6 9....................................................... 33.50 .0 – – 33.50 .0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 33.43 .4 – – 33.43 .4 9....................................................... 33.43 .4 – – 33.43 .4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... $26.94 5.4 $27.68 6.0 $25.06 8.1 5....................................................... 18.12 9.2 – – – – Science technicians, n.e.c.................................. 30.21 6.1 30.21 6.1 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.44 5.4 31.54 6.2 24.46 3.2 9....................................................... 23.17 4.6 24.19 6.6 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.20 7.1 39.27 7.5 31.10 11.2 9....................................................... 24.53 6.1 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.99 7.3 39.39 7.6 – – Management related............................................ 23.03 4.7 23.73 5.9 – – Sales............................................................. 11.97 14.9 11.97 14.9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.37 13.2 9.37 13.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.29 4.2 15.50 6.7 14.97 1.6 3....................................................... 12.27 4.4 11.25 5.8 13.58 2.6 4....................................................... 15.80 3.0 16.49 2.4 15.00 4.5 5....................................................... 16.78 3.5 – – 17.03 5.4 Secretaries................................................. 14.12 7.9 13.46 8.5 – – Receptionists............................................... 9.55 8.4 9.40 8.3 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 17.79 2.6 – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 14.33 4.7 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 17.33 2.9 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 20.04 3.8 19.42 4.9 22.31 4.5 2....................................................... 11.62 10.2 11.62 10.2 – – 3....................................................... 14.46 4.1 – – – – 4....................................................... 15.34 4.4 14.84 2.5 – – 5....................................................... 17.19 2.4 16.60 4.4 18.41 1.0 6....................................................... 18.84 2.1 18.67 2.5 – – 7....................................................... 25.22 4.0 25.46 5.2 24.51 5.4 9....................................................... 31.59 4.2 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 25.38 2.3 25.10 2.5 26.22 5.5 6....................................................... 18.51 2.9 18.51 2.9 – – 7....................................................... 25.46 4.4 25.84 6.0 24.51 5.4 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 17.44 1.3 17.44 1.3 – – Electricians................................................ 30.30 1.8 – – – – 7....................................................... 30.30 1.8 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $15.63 8.1 $15.63 8.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.92 8.1 17.11 11.6 $16.52 5.1 4....................................................... 14.64 1.1 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.34 .3 14.34 .3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.85 4.2 11.93 4.8 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 11.43 15.0 – – – – Service............................................................. 14.66 14.4 12.73 21.7 19.11 6.7 1....................................................... 10.22 22.3 10.29 23.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.26 8.4 9.40 6.4 – – 4....................................................... 13.73 17.4 13.86 21.5 – – 5....................................................... 15.12 7.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 18.92 12.5 – – 22.16 6.1 Protective service............................................ 22.40 5.5 – – 23.07 7.6 7....................................................... 22.40 7.1 – – 22.40 7.1 Police and detectives, public service....................... 25.74 .6 – – 25.74 .6 Food service.................................................. 8.66 6.7 8.25 4.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.35 1.2 7.35 1.2 – – Other food service........................................... 9.64 7.9 9.06 7.3 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.38 9.2 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 14.03 14.3 14.37 17.4 – – 1....................................................... 13.66 21.2 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 14.98 15.4 15.37 18.5 – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA, August 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $10.06 5.8 $9.13 4.4 $14.48 5.6 All excluding sales............................................... 10.25 7.5 9.10 6.2 14.48 5.6 White collar........................................................ 12.23 7.2 10.88 7.4 16.21 8.5 2....................................................... 10.86 7.2 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.14 8.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.43 8.4 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 14.96 9.1 13.79 14.0 16.21 8.5 9....................................................... 28.43 8.4 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.26 5.5 20.52 4.5 23.94 13.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 22.78 7.7 19.40 10.1 26.77 15.7 9....................................................... 28.43 8.4 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 9.24 9.3 9.24 9.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.15 10.0 9.15 10.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.01 4.7 10.42 7.3 – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.69 7.6 8.06 6.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.55 3.5 7.55 3.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.66 8.1 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.81 5.7 7.81 5.7 – – Service............................................................. 8.56 4.7 8.25 4.8 10.48 .5 2....................................................... 8.91 5.9 – – – – 4....................................................... 12.83 8.6 – – – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 8.39 5.7 7.94 4.9 – – Other food service........................................... 9.65 4.9 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. $9.58 1.2 $9.51 0.6 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 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, Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA, August 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....................................................... $23.08 $10.06 $21.18 $21.65 $21.52 – All excluding sales............................................. 23.92 10.25 21.51 23.22 22.49 – White collar........................................................ 26.54 12.23 23.89 25.99 25.47 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 28.46 14.96 25.02 29.23 27.97 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.96 22.26 29.80 34.67 32.64 – Professional specialty.......................................... 34.30 22.78 31.23 35.46 33.99 – Technical....................................................... 26.94 – 26.60 26.87 26.67 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.44 – – 30.82 30.42 – Sales............................................................. 11.97 9.24 – 10.75 11.11 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.29 11.01 14.63 14.75 14.93 – Blue collar......................................................... 20.04 8.69 19.88 12.87 18.29 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 25.38 – 25.42 21.30 24.87 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.63 – 16.75 13.60 15.63 – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.92 11.66 18.60 9.68 16.20 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.85 7.81 11.76 9.20 10.99 – Service............................................................. 14.66 8.56 17.92 9.42 13.38 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.7 5.8 5.3 6.9 4.3 – All excluding sales............................................. 3.1 7.5 4.3 6.6 3.8 – White collar........................................................ 2.8 7.2 4.6 3.6 2.7 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.1 9.1 2.8 3.0 2.1 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.2 5.5 2.7 4.5 2.4 – Professional specialty.......................................... 2.7 7.7 2.0 5.0 3.0 – Technical....................................................... 5.4 – 6.2 13.6 5.8 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.4 – – 5.7 5.4 – Sales............................................................. 14.9 9.3 – 14.1 9.6 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.2 4.7 1.8 6.7 3.7 – Blue collar......................................................... 3.8 7.6 6.6 10.9 5.6 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.3 – 2.3 18.3 3.1 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.1 – 9.3 9.6 8.1 – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.1 8.1 5.3 8.5 7.3 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.2 5.7 7.6 3.1 4.2 – Service............................................................. 14.4 4.7 7.1 5.7 12.6 – 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 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, Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA, August 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....................................................... $20.84 - – - - $21.66 $31.30 - - $24.87 All excluding sales............................................. 22.09 - – - - 23.24 31.30 - - 24.87 White collar........................................................ 25.34 - – - - 25.74 34.21 - - 29.31 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 28.96 - – - - 29.64 34.21 - - 29.31 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 33.46 - – - - 34.08 – - - 33.40 Professional specialty.......................................... 34.87 - – - - 35.43 – - - 34.87 Technical....................................................... 27.66 - – - - 28.46 – - - 26.85 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.54 - – - - 32.00 38.90 - - 30.85 Sales............................................................. 11.21 - – - - 11.11 – - - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.87 - – - - 14.89 – - - 15.11 Blue collar......................................................... 17.46 - – - - 19.07 27.76 - - 22.77 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 24.45 - – - - 26.32 – - - 26.27 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.63 - – - - – – - - – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.32 - – - - 18.15 – - - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.26 - – - - 9.24 – - - – Service............................................................. 11.61 - – - - 11.59 – - - 12.84 B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 5.5 - – - - 6.7 3.6 - - 3.1 All excluding sales............................................. 5.1 - – - - 6.2 3.6 - - 3.1 White collar........................................................ 3.6 - – - - 3.8 9.3 - - 2.0 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.9 - – - - 3.2 9.3 - - 2.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.1 - – - - 3.5 – - - 3.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 4.6 - – - - 5.0 – - - 5.9 Technical....................................................... 5.9 - – - - 5.2 – - - 8.2 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.2 - – - - 6.8 1.2 - - 5.4 Sales............................................................. 9.5 - – - - 9.9 – - - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 6.1 - – - - 6.9 – - - 8.7 Blue collar......................................................... 7.0 - – - - 11.6 2.8 - - 19.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.9 - – - - 5.4 – - - 9.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.1 - – - - – – - - – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.4 - – - - 20.0 – - - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2.2 - – - - 5.1 – - - – Service............................................................. 17.7 - – - - 18.1 – - - 22.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA, August 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....................................................... $20.84 $11.68 $22.67 $15.09 $30.07 All excluding sales............................................. 22.09 12.45 23.57 15.63 30.07 White collar........................................................ 25.34 11.79 27.31 18.32 32.07 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 28.96 15.99 29.66 22.21 32.07 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 33.46 16.95 34.29 30.78 35.05 Professional specialty.......................................... 34.87 – 35.70 31.12 36.58 Technical....................................................... 27.66 – 28.32 29.86 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.54 – 32.11 23.28 33.69 Sales............................................................. 11.21 9.80 12.24 12.24 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.87 12.61 15.04 14.36 15.78 Blue collar......................................................... 17.46 – 18.26 14.84 30.03 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 24.45 – 24.51 18.75 30.03 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.63 – 15.57 15.57 – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.32 – 16.94 16.94 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.26 – 10.42 10.42 – Service............................................................. 11.61 9.12 12.49 8.54 18.18 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 5.5 11.1 4.2 7.3 2.4 All excluding sales............................................. 5.1 13.6 4.5 8.9 2.4 White collar........................................................ 3.6 14.0 3.3 7.9 2.7 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.9 4.0 2.9 7.4 2.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.1 2.9 2.6 7.5 2.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 4.6 – 3.7 10.2 4.4 Technical....................................................... 5.9 – 5.5 17.0 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.2 – 5.4 16.7 6.6 Sales............................................................. 9.5 14.8 17.9 17.9 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 6.1 12.7 6.2 5.9 10.4 Blue collar......................................................... 7.0 – 5.6 5.7 1.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.9 – 4.4 4.3 1.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.1 – 8.5 8.5 – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.4 – 11.3 11.3 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2.2 – 2.7 2.7 – Service............................................................. 17.7 1.9 22.5 5.7 8.6 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, Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA, August 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.52 $11.60 $19.04 $29.50 $38.56 All excluding sales........................... 8.50 12.62 20.05 29.95 39.04 White collar.................................... 9.52 14.55 23.48 34.81 41.46 White collar excluding sales................ 12.57 18.07 27.47 36.92 42.11 Professional specialty and technical.......... 20.82 26.88 31.92 38.47 42.98 Professional specialty...................... 21.64 27.98 33.80 39.57 44.42 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 30.45 33.39 37.67 41.70 45.99 Nuclear engineers....................... 33.76 36.42 38.72 41.21 42.82 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 30.53 34.90 39.13 44.80 49.54 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 18.77 25.10 27.40 33.09 36.32 Computer systems analysts and scientists 25.10 27.40 29.96 35.15 36.70 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 21.39 23.34 26.81 31.35 50.00 Registered nurses....................... 21.38 22.35 26.29 29.65 31.65 Teachers, college and university.......... – – – – – Teachers, except college and university... 14.00 26.84 32.61 38.92 41.46 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.92 28.27 33.81 38.87 41.46 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. – – – – – Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 18.88 21.53 28.98 28.98 33.87 Science technicians, n.e.c.............. 28.97 28.98 28.98 28.98 35.59 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.63 22.78 24.71 40.66 45.21 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 21.54 35.04 40.67 44.43 48.14 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 21.54 38.46 40.87 44.47 48.14 Management related........................ 18.21 22.78 22.82 24.18 27.18 Sales......................................... 7.16 7.43 8.72 14.49 18.07 Cashiers................................ 7.16 7.20 7.95 9.85 14.49 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.56 11.60 14.34 16.97 19.38 Secretaries............................. 11.60 11.60 14.76 15.49 17.36 Receptionists........................... 7.35 7.50 8.50 12.00 13.00 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 16.86 17.52 18.07 18.13 18.52 Billing clerks.......................... 11.70 12.79 13.97 15.07 18.65 General office clerks................... 14.04 15.14 16.78 19.04 20.67 Blue collar..................................... 7.55 11.10 17.07 27.48 30.59 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.98 19.60 29.09 29.50 31.21 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.48 15.48 17.31 19.02 19.76 Electricians............................ 29.09 30.21 30.59 31.21 31.21 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 10.77 12.41 14.52 19.70 20.58 Transportation and material moving............ $7.80 $12.85 $14.51 $17.54 $26.66 Bus drivers............................. 7.47 14.00 14.25 17.54 17.54 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.41 12.85 13.95 14.51 17.45 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.16 7.41 10.56 11.66 17.30 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.16 10.50 11.56 11.66 11.66 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 7.16 7.41 11.66 11.66 18.36 Hand packers and packagers.............. 8.63 10.56 10.56 10.77 11.10 Service......................................... 7.16 7.50 11.25 18.69 23.28 Protective service........................ 14.94 19.40 22.31 24.80 27.45 Firefighting............................ 20.96 21.51 21.95 21.95 23.67 Police and detectives, public service... 19.81 23.95 27.27 27.75 28.39 Food service.............................. 7.16 7.16 7.50 9.67 11.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... – – – – – Waiters and waitresses.................. 7.16 7.16 7.16 7.16 7.16 Other food service....................... 7.17 7.50 9.67 10.78 12.20 Cooks................................... 8.50 9.00 10.00 12.02 12.37 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.29 7.29 7.37 10.00 10.85 Health service............................ – – – – – Cleaning and building service............. 8.00 10.50 12.62 18.69 18.69 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.00 11.56 14.92 18.69 18.69 Personal service.......................... 7.16 7.16 9.81 13.51 14.37 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, Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA, August 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.36 $10.56 $18.07 $29.50 $38.92 All excluding sales........................... 7.50 11.56 19.47 30.18 39.66 White collar.................................... 8.29 14.40 23.48 35.23 42.66 White collar excluding sales................ 12.69 19.23 28.98 38.13 44.47 Professional specialty and technical.......... 20.94 28.85 32.21 38.72 46.54 Professional specialty...................... 21.39 29.18 34.62 39.98 49.54 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 30.45 33.31 37.64 41.59 46.30 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 30.53 34.90 39.13 44.80 49.54 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 18.56 22.73 27.40 29.96 34.43 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 21.38 23.34 27.78 31.91 50.00 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 19.98 26.07 28.98 28.98 28.98 Science technicians, n.e.c.............. 28.97 28.98 28.98 28.98 35.59 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 21.35 22.78 27.18 41.65 45.79 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 21.54 38.70 41.65 44.56 48.14 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 21.54 38.70 41.65 44.56 48.14 Management related........................ 20.49 22.78 23.22 24.28 27.79 Sales......................................... 7.16 7.43 8.72 14.49 18.07 Cashiers................................ 7.16 7.20 7.95 9.85 14.49 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.25 11.60 14.98 17.43 19.62 Secretaries............................. 11.60 11.60 11.60 15.32 16.60 Receptionists........................... 7.35 7.50 8.28 11.74 13.00 General office clerks................... 14.04 15.11 16.67 19.22 21.14 Blue collar..................................... 7.35 10.56 15.48 24.34 30.59 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.98 19.04 28.41 29.50 31.21 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.48 15.48 17.31 19.02 19.76 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 10.77 12.41 14.52 19.70 20.58 Transportation and material moving............ 7.35 8.75 13.95 22.46 29.32 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.41 12.85 13.95 14.51 17.45 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.16 7.30 10.56 11.60 14.49 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ $8.16 $10.50 $11.56 $11.66 $11.66 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 7.16 7.41 7.76 11.66 18.36 Hand packers and packagers.............. 8.63 10.56 10.56 10.77 11.10 Service......................................... 7.16 7.29 9.75 13.93 19.40 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 7.16 7.16 7.37 8.50 10.78 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Waiters and waitresses.................. 7.16 7.16 7.16 7.16 7.16 Other food service....................... 7.16 7.37 8.50 10.50 11.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.29 7.29 7.37 7.50 9.35 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. $8.00 $10.50 $12.62 $18.69 $18.69 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.75 10.00 18.69 18.69 18.69 Personal service.......................... 7.16 7.16 9.68 13.51 14.69 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, Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA, August 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $11.99 $14.92 $21.18 $29.25 $37.31 All excluding sales........................... 11.99 14.92 21.18 29.25 37.31 White collar.................................... 12.46 16.49 23.51 33.87 39.70 White collar excluding sales................ 12.46 16.49 23.51 33.87 39.70 Professional specialty and technical.......... 20.61 24.46 31.17 37.31 41.46 Professional specialty...................... 22.03 26.81 32.42 38.92 41.46 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 21.64 23.81 26.46 30.19 41.46 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 24.46 28.25 34.63 39.15 41.46 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.92 28.27 33.81 38.87 41.46 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Technical................................... 18.88 19.64 22.52 29.25 33.87 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.94 19.63 23.16 28.46 34.10 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 23.95 24.57 31.01 34.10 38.96 Management related........................ - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.59 11.89 14.11 16.49 18.87 Blue collar..................................... 14.00 15.23 20.44 29.09 30.59 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 16.89 21.18 29.09 29.25 30.66 Transportation and material moving............ 14.00 14.25 15.15 17.54 17.59 Bus drivers............................. 14.00 14.00 14.83 17.54 17.54 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 10.43 12.10 17.05 23.67 27.27 Protective service........................ 16.97 19.75 22.16 27.04 28.14 Firefighting............................ 20.96 21.51 21.95 21.95 23.67 Police and detectives, public service... 19.81 23.95 27.27 27.75 28.39 Food service.............................. 9.67 10.43 11.97 12.12 12.37 Other food service....................... 9.67 10.43 11.97 12.12 12.37 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 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, Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA, August 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.00 $14.08 $21.04 $30.46 $39.28 All excluding sales........................... 10.59 14.55 22.09 30.77 39.70 White collar.................................... 11.60 16.30 25.58 35.75 41.83 White collar excluding sales................ 14.08 19.26 28.82 37.27 42.41 Professional specialty and technical.......... 21.14 27.40 32.05 38.69 43.27 Professional specialty...................... 22.03 28.45 34.47 39.70 44.52 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 30.45 33.38 37.75 41.72 45.99 Nuclear engineers....................... 33.76 36.42 38.72 41.21 42.82 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 30.53 34.90 39.13 44.80 49.54 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 18.77 25.10 27.40 33.09 36.32 Computer systems analysts and scientists 25.10 27.40 29.96 35.15 36.70 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 21.39 23.37 26.81 31.35 50.00 Registered nurses....................... 21.38 22.35 26.46 30.19 32.35 Teachers, except college and university... 22.02 27.36 33.44 38.92 41.46 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.92 28.27 33.81 38.87 41.46 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 19.64 22.09 28.98 28.98 33.87 Science technicians, n.e.c.............. 28.97 28.98 28.98 28.98 35.59 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.63 22.78 24.71 40.66 45.21 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 21.54 35.04 40.67 44.43 48.14 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 21.54 38.46 40.87 44.47 48.14 Management related........................ 18.21 22.78 22.82 24.18 27.18 Sales......................................... 7.16 7.50 9.89 14.49 21.92 Cashiers................................ 7.16 7.18 8.29 10.24 14.49 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.59 11.70 14.99 17.56 19.85 Secretaries............................. 11.60 11.60 14.76 15.49 17.36 Receptionists........................... 7.35 7.50 8.27 11.74 12.74 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 16.86 17.52 18.07 18.13 18.52 Billing clerks.......................... 11.70 12.79 13.97 15.07 18.65 General office clerks................... 14.23 15.34 16.86 19.22 20.67 Blue collar..................................... 10.76 13.95 19.04 29.25 30.59 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 16.79 19.60 29.09 29.50 31.21 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.48 15.48 17.31 19.02 19.76 Electricians............................ 29.09 30.21 30.59 31.21 31.21 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 10.77 12.41 14.52 19.70 20.58 Transportation and material moving............ $7.88 $13.08 $15.15 $17.59 $28.14 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.41 12.85 13.95 14.51 17.45 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 10.56 10.56 11.56 14.49 19.65 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 7.16 7.41 11.66 11.66 18.36 Service......................................... 7.29 8.99 12.62 18.69 23.28 Protective service........................ 16.97 19.40 23.15 25.39 27.45 Police and detectives, public service... 19.81 23.95 27.27 27.75 28.39 Food service.............................. 7.16 7.16 7.50 9.50 12.02 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.29 7.50 9.00 11.00 12.37 Cooks................................... 8.50 8.50 10.00 12.02 13.16 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. $8.73 $11.25 $12.62 $18.69 $18.69 Janitors and cleaners................... 10.00 11.80 16.82 18.69 18.69 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA, August 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.16 $7.16 $8.05 $11.00 $14.49 All excluding sales........................... 7.16 7.16 8.50 11.16 14.00 White collar.................................... 7.20 7.80 10.52 13.32 19.64 White collar excluding sales................ 9.00 10.25 12.00 16.44 27.53 Professional specialty and technical.......... 10.67 12.00 21.87 27.90 38.47 Professional specialty...................... 10.67 12.00 22.84 29.79 38.47 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 7.16 7.43 7.80 9.90 14.49 Cashiers................................ 7.16 7.41 7.75 8.85 14.49 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.49 9.44 11.25 12.44 13.12 Blue collar..................................... 7.16 7.16 7.45 8.75 14.00 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 7.16 7.44 14.00 14.25 14.83 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.16 7.16 7.25 7.90 9.90 Service......................................... 7.16 7.16 7.50 9.67 10.81 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 7.16 7.16 7.50 9.73 10.78 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.16 7.17 10.43 10.78 11.16 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 7.16 7.16 7.40 13.00 14.00 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, Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA, August 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 33,400 23,800 9,600 All excluding sales............................................. 30,400 20,900 9,600 White collar........................................................ 19,400 13,000 6,400 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 16,400 10,100 6,400 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 9,400 5,400 4,000 Professional specialty.......................................... 7,900 4,400 3,600 Technical....................................................... 1,500 1,000 500 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 2,700 2,300 - Sales............................................................. 3,000 3,000 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4,300 2,400 1,900 Blue collar......................................................... 8,000 6,400 1,600 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3,200 2,400 800 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 500 500 – Transportation and material moving................................ 1,600 1,000 600 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2,700 2,500 - Service............................................................. 6,000 4,400 1,600 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.