NC BL 12/00/2004 Table: New Orleans,LA, Bulletin 3125-25, March 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, New Orleans, LA, March 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................................................................. $16.71 4.2 37.7 $16.65 5.5 37.5 $16.92 2.1 38.2 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 21.69 3.5 37.7 22.29 4.8 37.6 20.38 1.7 37.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.74 3.4 37.2 28.94 5.0 36.8 23.49 2.8 37.8 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.95 8.1 40.0 29.33 9.6 40.8 32.51 15.3 36.7 Sales............................................................. 17.53 20.0 36.5 17.53 20.0 36.5 – – – Administrative support............................................ 11.96 4.5 37.8 12.03 5.2 37.5 11.82 8.9 38.3 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 14.38 3.7 40.5 14.82 4.2 41.0 11.87 3.1 38.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.54 3.9 39.8 21.06 3.6 39.9 13.87 2.3 39.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.66 9.0 39.3 13.82 9.7 39.2 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.78 6.8 46.4 12.77 7.2 47.6 12.93 5.7 34.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 9.35 4.7 36.1 9.55 6.1 35.7 8.65 5.0 37.7 Service occupations(5).............................................. 8.49 6.0 34.0 7.66 7.4 32.6 11.01 4.6 39.1 Full time........................................................... 17.36 4.1 40.3 17.49 5.4 40.7 17.01 2.2 39.1 Part time........................................................... 8.23 6.2 20.4 7.29 7.0 19.9 14.53 5.7 23.8 Union............................................................... 16.19 7.3 36.0 16.03 8.9 35.7 16.95 2.8 37.5 Nonunion............................................................ 16.76 4.4 37.8 16.71 5.9 37.7 16.92 2.2 38.2 Time................................................................ 16.47 4.6 37.5 16.31 6.2 37.3 16.92 2.1 38.2 Incentive........................................................... 21.85 20.3 40.6 21.85 20.3 40.6 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 21.39 5.6 40.2 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 13.76 9.1 35.8 13.79 9.2 35.7 11.64 9.1 43.1 100-499 workers..................................................... 14.92 10.4 39.2 14.96 11.0 39.2 14.28 5.1 38.9 500 workers or more................................................. 19.22 6.0 37.1 21.22 9.9 36.2 17.21 2.1 38.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, New Orleans, LA, March 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................................................................... $16.71 4.2 $16.65 5.5 $16.92 2.1 All excluding sales............................................... 16.68 4.2 16.60 5.7 16.92 2.1 White collar........................................................ 21.69 3.5 22.29 4.8 20.38 1.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.03 3.9 22.88 5.6 20.38 1.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.74 3.4 28.94 5.0 23.49 2.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.56 4.4 32.65 6.3 25.76 3.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 41.35 8.2 41.72 8.2 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 42.93 9.3 42.93 9.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 27.70 3.6 28.68 3.9 25.71 4.3 Registered nurses........................................... 27.66 4.9 29.19 4.7 25.07 5.4 Teachers, college and university.............................. 37.63 10.0 44.63 2.3 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.99 3.9 15.14 10.3 27.51 2.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.35 1.0 – – 28.59 .8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.78 6.5 – – 12.96 3.5 Social workers.............................................. 14.03 7.3 – – 13.15 4.6 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.53 14.7 17.15 20.2 – – Technical....................................................... 20.26 5.0 22.21 7.5 15.78 5.8 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.61 6.4 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.58 9.1 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.50 13.3 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.95 8.1 29.33 9.6 32.51 15.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.89 12.2 30.53 14.9 37.71 15.7 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 52.21 21.3 – – 52.21 21.3 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 43.94 13.6 43.94 13.6 – – Management related............................................ 26.75 8.5 27.33 8.8 24.40 19.2 Accountants and auditors.................................... 26.99 11.4 29.38 8.6 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 26.68 12.8 – – – – Sales............................................................. 17.53 20.0 17.53 20.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.96 4.5 12.03 5.2 11.82 8.9 Secretaries................................................. 13.36 4.2 13.85 5.4 12.80 6.6 Receptionists............................................... 8.91 11.6 8.42 12.4 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.07 20.1 – – 14.93 23.7 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.34 9.9 11.47 10.9 – – Dispatchers................................................. 15.66 38.8 – – 16.31 6.9 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.29 13.3 – – – – General office clerks....................................... $10.80 9.1 – – $10.49 13.8 Teachers' aides............................................. 9.54 3.2 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.39 17.0 – – 12.52 1.2 Blue collar......................................................... 14.38 3.7 $14.82 4.2 11.87 3.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.54 3.9 21.06 3.6 13.87 2.3 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.11 4.9 18.06 7.2 13.56 6.3 Supervisors, production..................................... 20.45 9.2 20.65 9.6 – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 11.57 4.6 – – 11.57 4.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.66 9.0 13.82 9.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.78 6.8 12.77 7.2 12.93 5.7 Sailors and deckhands....................................... 9.83 8.3 9.83 8.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.35 4.7 9.55 6.1 8.65 5.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 7.29 6.1 – – 7.39 10.9 Construction laborers....................................... 8.00 12.7 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.51 19.6 9.51 19.6 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.47 10.5 – – – – Service............................................................. 8.49 6.0 7.66 7.4 11.01 4.6 Protective service............................................ 11.59 6.1 9.77 12.8 12.53 4.7 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 18.80 2.4 – – 18.80 2.4 Firefighting................................................ 10.97 9.0 – – 10.97 9.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 14.96 4.4 – – 15.10 4.9 Correctional institution officers........................... 9.42 4.3 – – 9.42 4.3 Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.06 7.2 7.81 9.1 – – Food service.................................................. 7.11 16.6 6.99 18.0 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.42 31.7 4.42 31.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.64 36.9 3.64 36.9 – – Other food service........................................... 8.56 8.3 8.49 9.2 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.43 10.2 8.99 10.7 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.67 9.7 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.05 19.0 9.69 20.5 – – Health service................................................ 8.63 13.0 7.74 10.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.90 9.3 7.57 11.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.53 5.7 7.45 6.8 7.94 6.2 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.83 7.5 6.82 7.8 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.83 2.4 7.79 2.4 7.94 8.6 Personal service.............................................. 8.63 4.3 8.95 3.4 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 7.24 2.2 7.41 3.0 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, New Orleans, LA, March 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................................................................... $17.36 4.1 $17.49 5.4 $17.01 2.2 All excluding sales............................................... 17.31 4.1 17.42 5.5 17.01 2.2 White collar........................................................ 22.07 3.5 22.90 4.8 20.32 1.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.30 3.9 23.35 5.6 20.32 1.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.93 3.5 29.30 5.1 23.41 3.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.72 4.6 32.88 6.4 25.74 3.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 41.35 8.2 41.72 8.2 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 42.93 9.3 42.93 9.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 27.73 4.1 28.81 4.3 25.39 5.8 Registered nurses........................................... 27.71 5.5 29.43 5.0 24.65 6.0 Teachers, college and university.............................. 37.63 10.1 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.28 4.2 – – 27.67 2.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.22 .9 – – 28.47 .3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.78 6.5 – – 12.96 3.5 Social workers.............................................. 14.03 7.3 – – 13.15 4.6 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.53 14.7 17.15 20.2 – – Technical....................................................... 20.53 5.3 22.67 8.1 15.80 5.8 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.61 6.4 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.82 14.8 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.05 8.2 29.33 9.6 33.16 15.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.05 12.2 30.53 14.9 38.81 15.5 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 52.21 21.3 – – 52.21 21.3 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 43.94 13.6 43.94 13.6 – – Management related............................................ 26.78 8.4 27.33 8.8 24.52 19.2 Accountants and auditors.................................... 26.99 11.4 29.38 8.6 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 26.84 12.9 – – – – Sales............................................................. 18.91 22.9 18.91 22.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.15 4.6 12.30 5.4 11.85 9.1 Secretaries................................................. 13.36 4.2 13.85 5.4 12.80 6.6 Receptionists............................................... 9.12 14.6 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.07 20.1 – – 14.93 23.7 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.34 9.9 11.47 10.9 – – Dispatchers................................................. 15.66 38.8 – – 16.31 6.9 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.29 13.3 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 10.80 9.1 – – 10.49 13.8 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... $15.65 16.9 – – $12.52 1.2 Blue collar......................................................... 14.63 3.2 $15.13 3.5 11.83 3.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.56 3.9 21.06 3.6 13.90 2.5 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.11 4.9 18.06 7.2 13.56 6.3 Supervisors, production..................................... 20.45 9.2 20.65 9.6 – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 11.76 1.3 – – 11.76 1.3 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.79 9.1 13.97 9.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.77 6.9 12.78 7.3 12.61 8.8 Sailors and deckhands....................................... 9.83 8.3 9.83 8.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.72 4.3 10.08 5.3 8.65 5.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 7.29 6.1 – – 7.38 10.9 Construction laborers....................................... 9.29 6.2 – – – – Service............................................................. 9.10 7.0 8.21 8.1 11.37 4.6 Protective service............................................ 11.90 4.8 10.10 11.8 12.71 4.4 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 18.80 2.4 – – 18.80 2.4 Firefighting................................................ 10.97 9.0 – – 10.97 9.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 14.96 4.4 – – 15.10 4.9 Correctional institution officers........................... 9.42 4.3 – – 9.42 4.3 Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.11 6.7 – – – – Food service.................................................. 8.40 17.0 8.31 18.6 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.98 24.1 4.98 24.1 – – Other food service........................................... 9.45 12.1 9.47 13.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.43 10.2 8.99 10.7 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.47 22.5 – – – – Health service................................................ 8.56 13.1 7.62 10.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.81 9.1 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.47 6.2 7.40 7.4 7.82 7.8 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.71 7.7 6.70 8.0 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.75 3.0 7.75 2.9 7.76 11.1 Personal service.............................................. 9.16 3.5 9.16 3.6 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 7.50 3.9 7.41 3.0 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, March 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................................................................... $8.23 6.2 $7.29 7.0 $14.53 5.7 All excluding sales............................................... 8.20 6.8 7.17 7.8 14.53 5.7 White collar........................................................ 13.07 9.2 10.76 10.5 22.75 14.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 14.48 8.5 11.67 11.2 22.75 14.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.24 12.3 17.66 19.6 25.68 12.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.94 9.4 23.15 14.9 – – Health related................................................ 27.32 7.4 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 11.77 46.6 – – 11.77 46.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.43 5.7 8.52 5.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 7.46 11.1 6.79 9.8 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.87 9.0 6.83 9.3 – – Service............................................................. 5.89 13.0 5.77 15.0 6.90 8.2 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.07 22.2 5.07 22.2 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.03 42.7 4.03 42.7 – – Other food service........................................... 6.25 .4 6.25 .4 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.20 7.2 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, New Orleans, LA, March 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................................................................... $699 3.9 40.3 $712 5.3 40.7 $665 2.3 39.1 All excluding sales............................................... 697 4.0 40.3 709 5.4 40.7 665 2.3 39.1 White collar........................................................ 871 3.6 39.5 916 5.0 40.0 782 1.7 38.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 879 4.2 39.4 933 6.0 39.9 782 1.7 38.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,061 3.7 39.4 1,170 5.1 39.9 904 3.0 38.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,162 4.6 39.1 1,305 6.3 39.7 987 3.3 38.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,654 8.2 40.0 1,669 8.2 40.0 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,718 9.3 40.0 1,718 9.3 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,112 4.2 40.1 1,149 4.7 39.9 1,033 5.4 40.7 Registered nurses........................................... 1,114 5.7 40.2 1,172 5.7 39.8 1,007 5.9 40.8 Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,482 9.5 39.4 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 949 3.5 36.1 – – – 992 2.3 35.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,003 1.2 35.6 – – – 1,015 .2 35.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 545 6.6 39.5 – – – 511 3.6 39.5 Social workers.............................................. 554 7.7 39.5 – – – 518 5.1 39.4 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 700 14.6 39.9 685 20.0 39.9 – – – Technical....................................................... 824 5.0 40.1 916 7.6 40.4 624 6.0 39.5 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 784 6.4 40.0 – – – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 713 14.8 40.0 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,208 9.4 40.2 1,197 11.1 40.8 1,249 16.8 37.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,307 14.2 40.8 1,265 17.6 41.4 1,480 16.5 38.1 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 2,060 22.3 39.5 – – – 2,060 22.3 39.5 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,947 14.0 44.3 1,947 14.0 44.3 – – – Management related............................................ 1,050 8.8 39.2 1,088 8.7 39.8 906 19.3 37.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 1,049 13.2 38.9 1,168 8.8 39.7 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,040 12.9 38.8 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 763 22.7 40.4 763 22.7 40.4 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 476 4.9 39.1 486 6.1 39.5 457 9.2 38.5 Secretaries................................................. 516 4.7 38.6 538 7.0 38.8 490 6.0 38.3 Receptionists............................................... 365 14.6 40.0 – – – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 560 20.2 39.8 – – – 593 23.9 39.7 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. $454 9.9 40.0 $459 10.9 40.0 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 581 43.1 37.1 – – – $654 6.7 40.1 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 412 13.3 40.0 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 414 9.4 38.3 – – – 388 13.8 37.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 618 17.2 39.5 – – – 483 3.2 38.6 Blue collar......................................................... 610 3.3 41.7 639 3.4 42.2 458 4.4 38.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 779 3.9 39.9 840 3.6 39.9 551 3.0 39.7 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 636 4.8 39.5 722 7.2 40.0 527 6.4 38.9 Supervisors, production..................................... 804 10.1 39.3 812 10.5 39.3 – – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 470 1.3 40.0 – – – 470 1.3 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 549 9.3 39.8 556 9.9 39.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 599 8.0 46.9 610 8.6 47.7 461 6.0 36.6 Sailors and deckhands....................................... 522 5.3 53.1 522 5.3 53.1 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 382 5.0 39.3 401 5.4 39.8 328 9.5 37.9 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 258 13.1 35.5 – – – 242 18.4 32.8 Construction laborers....................................... 372 6.2 40.0 – – – – – – Service............................................................. 365 7.0 40.1 325 7.7 39.6 471 4.9 41.5 Protective service............................................ 497 6.0 41.7 393 13.5 38.9 548 5.5 43.2 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 792 3.2 42.2 – – – 792 3.2 42.2 Firefighting................................................ 549 8.6 50.0 – – – 549 8.6 50.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 623 4.4 41.6 – – – 630 4.9 41.8 Correctional institution officers........................... 390 4.1 41.5 – – – 390 4.1 41.5 Guards and police, except public service.................... 314 8.6 38.7 – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 334 16.9 39.8 333 18.6 40.1 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 199 24.1 40.0 199 24.1 40.0 – – – Other food service........................................... 375 12.2 39.7 380 13.3 40.1 – – – Cooks....................................................... 379 10.9 40.2 366 12.1 40.8 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 375 22.6 39.6 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 337 13.7 39.4 300 11.2 39.3 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 307 9.8 39.3 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 296 5.2 39.6 293 6.2 39.5 310 7.5 39.7 Maids and housemen.......................................... 265 5.4 39.5 264 5.6 39.4 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 307 3.1 39.6 307 3.1 39.6 307 10.5 39.6 Personal service.............................................. 359 3.9 39.3 359 4.1 39.2 – – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 290 1.9 38.7 286 .2 38.6 – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, March 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................................................................... $35,541 3.9 2,047 $36,859 5.3 2,108 $32,188 2.3 1,892 All excluding sales............................................... 35,396 4.0 2,045 36,720 5.4 2,108 32,188 2.3 1,892 White collar........................................................ 43,553 3.6 1,974 47,228 5.0 2,062 36,770 1.7 1,810 White collar excluding sales.................................... 43,820 4.2 1,965 48,062 6.0 2,058 36,770 1.7 1,810 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 51,137 3.7 1,899 59,665 5.1 2,036 40,410 3.0 1,726 Professional specialty.......................................... 54,321 4.6 1,828 65,877 6.3 2,003 42,373 3.3 1,646 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 86,018 8.2 2,080 86,796 8.2 2,080 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 89,332 9.3 2,081 89,332 9.3 2,081 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 57,842 4.2 2,086 59,733 4.7 2,073 53,702 5.4 2,115 Registered nurses........................................... 57,904 5.7 2,090 60,948 5.7 2,071 52,350 5.9 2,124 Teachers, college and university.............................. 58,844 9.5 1,564 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 36,107 3.5 1,374 – – – 36,972 2.3 1,336 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36,915 1.2 1,308 – – – 37,231 .2 1,308 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 28,325 6.6 2,056 – – – 26,593 3.6 2,052 Social workers.............................................. 28,804 7.7 2,053 – – – 26,939 5.1 2,049 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 36,422 14.6 2,077 35,599 20.0 2,076 – – – Technical....................................................... 42,827 5.0 2,086 47,622 7.6 2,101 32,431 6.0 2,053 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 40,794 6.4 2,080 – – – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 37,058 14.8 2,080 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 62,205 9.4 2,070 62,251 11.1 2,122 62,032 16.8 1,871 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 67,396 14.2 2,103 65,786 17.6 2,155 73,724 16.5 1,900 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 107,127 22.3 2,052 – – – 107,127 22.3 2,052 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 101,254 14.0 2,305 101,254 14.0 2,305 – – – Management related............................................ 54,037 8.8 2,018 56,589 8.7 2,070 44,817 19.3 1,828 Accountants and auditors.................................... 54,573 13.2 2,022 60,719 8.8 2,067 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 51,895 12.9 1,934 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 39,689 22.7 2,099 39,689 22.7 2,099 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 24,480 4.9 2,015 25,229 6.1 2,050 23,103 9.2 1,949 Secretaries................................................. 26,476 4.7 1,981 27,978 7.0 2,020 24,796 6.0 1,938 Receptionists............................................... 18,970 14.6 2,080 – – – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 29,107 20.2 2,068 – – – 30,816 23.9 2,064 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. $23,595 9.9 2,080 $23,851 10.9 2,080 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 30,187 43.1 1,927 – – – $34,033 6.7 2,087 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 21,410 13.3 2,080 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 21,437 9.4 1,984 – – – 20,000 13.8 1,907 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 32,125 17.2 2,053 – – – 25,131 3.2 2,007 Blue collar......................................................... 31,630 3.3 2,162 33,222 3.4 2,196 23,513 4.4 1,987 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 40,531 3.9 2,072 43,693 3.6 2,075 28,673 3.0 2,063 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 33,082 4.8 2,054 37,560 7.2 2,080 27,393 6.4 2,020 Supervisors, production..................................... 41,812 10.1 2,045 42,201 10.5 2,044 – – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 24,459 1.3 2,080 – – – 24,459 1.3 2,080 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 28,550 9.3 2,071 28,909 9.9 2,070 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 30,914 8.0 2,420 31,725 8.6 2,482 21,552 6.0 1,709 Sailors and deckhands....................................... 27,145 5.3 2,761 27,145 5.3 2,761 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 19,881 5.0 2,045 20,878 5.4 2,071 17,064 9.5 1,973 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 13,433 13.1 1,844 – – – 12,588 18.4 1,705 Construction laborers....................................... 19,324 6.2 2,080 – – – – – – Service............................................................. 18,845 7.0 2,070 16,905 7.7 2,058 23,891 4.9 2,102 Protective service............................................ 25,783 6.0 2,167 20,432 13.5 2,023 28,451 5.5 2,239 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 41,204 3.2 2,192 – – – 41,204 3.2 2,192 Firefighting................................................ 28,538 8.6 2,601 – – – 28,538 8.6 2,601 Police and detectives, public service....................... 32,374 4.4 2,164 – – – 32,775 4.9 2,171 Correctional institution officers........................... 20,299 4.1 2,156 – – – 20,299 4.1 2,156 Guards and police, except public service.................... 16,238 8.6 2,001 – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 16,932 16.9 2,017 17,325 18.6 2,084 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 10,363 24.1 2,080 10,363 24.1 2,080 – – – Other food service........................................... 18,876 12.2 1,998 19,754 13.3 2,085 – – – Cooks....................................................... 18,970 10.9 2,013 19,057 12.1 2,119 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 18,918 22.6 1,997 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 17,535 13.7 2,049 15,581 11.2 2,045 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 15,968 9.8 2,046 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 15,374 5.2 2,058 15,225 6.2 2,056 16,138 7.5 2,065 Maids and housemen.......................................... 13,765 5.4 2,052 13,731 5.6 2,051 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 15,956 3.1 2,059 15,951 3.1 2,059 15,976 10.5 2,058 Personal service.............................................. 18,693 3.9 2,041 18,680 4.1 2,040 – – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 15,079 1.9 2,010 14,867 .2 2,006 – – – 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, New Orleans, LA, March 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................................................................... $16.71 4.2 $16.65 5.5 $16.92 2.1 All excluding sales............................................... 16.68 4.2 16.60 5.7 16.92 2.1 White collar........................................................ 21.69 3.5 22.29 4.8 20.38 1.7 1....................................................... 7.06 3.9 – – – – 2....................................................... 9.99 4.1 10.12 6.3 9.83 5.1 3....................................................... 9.68 5.2 9.70 6.0 9.58 6.6 4....................................................... 13.00 8.4 13.14 11.8 12.72 11.0 5....................................................... 16.54 5.2 15.09 9.1 18.73 2.7 6....................................................... 19.53 3.0 19.48 4.0 19.66 3.3 7....................................................... 23.14 5.9 23.87 6.1 20.45 8.8 8....................................................... 23.86 3.0 24.50 4.3 23.43 3.5 9....................................................... 29.44 5.4 30.06 6.3 27.77 9.0 10........................................................ 35.22 5.9 36.12 6.2 – – 11........................................................ 38.26 13.1 39.00 15.9 35.08 3.8 12........................................................ 50.99 5.9 51.58 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.44 15.7 25.67 18.8 28.82 24.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.03 3.9 22.88 5.6 20.38 1.7 1....................................................... 7.06 3.9 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.20 3.5 10.53 4.7 9.83 5.1 3....................................................... 9.60 6.1 9.60 7.3 9.58 6.6 4....................................................... 12.15 5.8 11.76 4.9 12.72 11.0 5....................................................... 17.01 6.9 15.29 13.6 18.73 2.7 6....................................................... 19.53 3.0 19.48 4.0 19.66 3.3 7....................................................... 21.24 3.3 21.47 3.8 20.45 8.8 8....................................................... 23.86 3.0 24.50 4.3 23.43 3.5 9....................................................... 29.75 5.2 30.51 5.9 27.77 9.0 10........................................................ 35.22 5.9 36.12 6.2 – – 11........................................................ 38.26 13.1 39.00 15.9 35.08 3.8 12........................................................ 50.99 5.9 51.58 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.22 15.1 26.67 17.9 28.82 24.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.74 3.4 28.94 5.0 23.49 2.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.56 4.4 32.65 6.3 25.76 3.2 5....................................................... 20.71 11.8 – – 25.58 5.8 6....................................................... 21.94 7.0 22.44 4.1 – – 7....................................................... 20.84 3.5 22.23 5.8 19.21 5.3 8....................................................... 25.18 6.2 – – 23.80 4.1 9....................................................... 30.56 4.9 29.36 6.6 33.06 6.6 10........................................................ 37.58 8.5 39.64 7.9 – – 11........................................................ 38.50 15.6 39.25 19.1 – – 12........................................................ 53.51 5.8 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.73 14.7 32.62 13.8 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 41.35 8.2 41.72 8.2 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 42.93 9.3 42.93 9.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ $27.70 3.6 $28.68 3.9 $25.71 4.3 6....................................................... 21.87 1.7 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.66 4.9 29.19 4.7 25.07 5.4 Teachers, college and university.............................. 37.63 10.0 44.63 2.3 – – 10........................................................ 34.52 2.0 34.52 2.0 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.99 3.9 15.14 10.3 27.51 2.3 5....................................................... 24.66 8.6 – – – – 8....................................................... 28.29 1.4 – – 28.29 1.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.35 1.0 – – 28.59 .8 8....................................................... 28.92 .5 – – 28.92 .5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.78 6.5 – – 12.96 3.5 Social workers.............................................. 14.03 7.3 – – 13.15 4.6 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.53 14.7 17.15 20.2 – – Technical....................................................... 20.26 5.0 22.21 7.5 15.78 5.8 6....................................................... 18.40 9.2 – – 18.37 5.9 8....................................................... 21.73 4.9 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.61 6.4 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.58 9.1 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.50 13.3 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.95 8.1 29.33 9.6 32.51 15.3 6....................................................... 19.90 13.1 – – 28.77 15.8 7....................................................... 23.55 7.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 30.78 8.6 31.91 8.8 25.92 15.3 12........................................................ 48.08 8.4 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.05 29.2 – – 56.89 17.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.89 12.2 30.53 14.9 37.71 15.7 9....................................................... 33.15 6.3 33.97 6.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.20 44.7 – – 56.89 17.8 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 52.21 21.3 – – 52.21 21.3 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 43.94 13.6 43.94 13.6 – – Management related............................................ 26.75 8.5 27.33 8.8 24.40 19.2 6....................................................... 19.80 19.3 – – – – 9....................................................... 27.26 17.6 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 26.99 11.4 29.38 8.6 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 26.68 12.8 – – – – Sales............................................................. 17.53 20.0 17.53 20.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.96 4.5 12.03 5.2 11.82 8.9 1....................................................... 7.06 3.9 – – – – 2....................................................... $10.20 3.5 $10.53 4.7 $9.83 5.1 3....................................................... 9.18 5.1 9.11 6.1 9.49 7.1 4....................................................... 12.40 6.9 11.99 5.2 12.94 12.8 5....................................................... 14.28 9.4 14.77 12.6 12.82 8.4 6....................................................... 16.57 6.7 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.70 13.2 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 13.36 4.2 13.85 5.4 12.80 6.6 4....................................................... 11.72 6.6 – – – – 5....................................................... 15.36 3.9 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 8.91 11.6 8.42 12.4 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.07 20.1 – – 14.93 23.7 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.34 9.9 11.47 10.9 – – Dispatchers................................................. 15.66 38.8 – – 16.31 6.9 4....................................................... 13.71 17.0 – – 16.31 6.9 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.29 13.3 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 10.80 9.1 – – 10.49 13.8 3....................................................... 9.69 5.9 – – – – 4....................................................... 11.10 17.8 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.54 3.2 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.39 17.0 – – 12.52 1.2 Blue collar......................................................... 14.38 3.7 14.82 4.2 11.87 3.1 1....................................................... 8.52 6.9 8.74 7.8 6.97 3.3 2....................................................... 9.49 3.7 9.25 4.4 10.90 8.2 3....................................................... 11.67 5.4 11.89 7.0 11.11 6.0 4....................................................... 14.32 9.0 14.93 9.4 11.62 2.5 5....................................................... 14.83 2.4 14.91 2.5 11.65 2.6 6....................................................... 20.05 5.5 20.07 5.6 – – 7....................................................... 20.25 6.1 22.80 6.5 14.57 2.6 8....................................................... 26.39 10.4 27.74 8.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.29 5.5 15.29 5.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.54 3.9 21.06 3.6 13.87 2.3 3....................................................... 12.33 6.9 – – 11.71 1.8 4....................................................... 14.54 10.0 – – – – 5....................................................... 13.86 4.8 14.03 4.7 – – 6....................................................... 21.08 4.6 21.14 4.7 – – 7....................................................... 19.89 6.3 22.60 7.4 14.48 3.5 8....................................................... 26.84 10.1 28.32 8.4 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.11 4.9 18.06 7.2 13.56 6.3 7....................................................... 17.54 10.0 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 20.45 9.2 20.65 9.6 – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 11.57 4.6 – – 11.57 4.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.66 9.0 13.82 9.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.59 11.5 12.84 14.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ $12.78 6.8 $12.77 7.2 $12.93 5.7 2....................................................... 9.31 4.7 – – 13.70 9.9 3....................................................... 11.84 3.6 – – 11.99 6.1 Sailors and deckhands....................................... 9.83 8.3 9.83 8.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.35 4.7 9.55 6.1 8.65 5.0 1....................................................... 8.83 7.0 9.28 7.9 6.94 3.4 2....................................................... 9.03 5.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.45 16.9 – – – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 7.29 6.1 – – 7.39 10.9 Construction laborers....................................... 8.00 12.7 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.51 19.6 9.51 19.6 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.47 10.5 – – – – Service............................................................. 8.49 6.0 7.66 7.4 11.01 4.6 1....................................................... 7.03 4.4 7.11 4.8 6.27 2.5 2....................................................... 6.87 4.2 6.62 5.9 8.38 5.8 3....................................................... 8.13 6.3 7.44 10.8 8.95 5.8 4....................................................... 9.44 11.3 8.94 12.5 12.17 7.0 5....................................................... 9.84 27.1 – – 10.92 2.4 6....................................................... 15.40 7.1 – – 15.49 7.2 7....................................................... 12.66 5.5 – – 14.66 3.3 8....................................................... 18.47 2.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 15.88 1.8 – – – – Protective service............................................ 11.59 6.1 9.77 12.8 12.53 4.7 2....................................................... 7.37 5.8 – – – – 3....................................................... 8.94 7.8 – – 8.76 9.0 4....................................................... 12.23 3.7 – – 12.53 2.1 5....................................................... 10.67 2.2 – – 10.87 2.7 6....................................................... 14.57 5.3 – – 14.65 5.6 7....................................................... 13.41 5.3 – – 14.66 3.3 9....................................................... 15.88 1.8 – – – – Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 18.80 2.4 – – 18.80 2.4 Firefighting................................................ 10.97 9.0 – – 10.97 9.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 14.96 4.4 – – 15.10 4.9 7....................................................... 14.26 2.9 – – 14.26 2.9 Correctional institution officers........................... 9.42 4.3 – – 9.42 4.3 Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.06 7.2 7.81 9.1 – – Food service.................................................. 7.11 16.6 6.99 18.0 – – 1....................................................... 6.31 4.0 6.40 4.5 – – 2....................................................... 6.19 12.5 6.00 13.7 – – 3....................................................... 7.40 15.9 6.67 18.3 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.42 31.7 4.42 31.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.64 36.9 3.64 36.9 – – Other food service........................................... 8.56 8.3 8.49 9.2 – – 1....................................................... $6.25 4.9 $6.36 5.7 – – 2....................................................... 7.43 7.9 7.17 8.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.03 13.3 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 9.43 10.2 8.99 10.7 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.67 9.7 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.05 19.0 9.69 20.5 – – Health service................................................ 8.63 13.0 7.74 10.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.90 9.3 7.57 11.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.53 5.7 7.45 6.8 $7.94 6.2 1....................................................... 7.35 4.9 7.47 5.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.33 6.3 – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.83 7.5 6.82 7.8 – – 1....................................................... 6.96 8.6 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.83 2.4 7.79 2.4 7.94 8.6 1....................................................... 7.50 4.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.75 7.8 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 8.63 4.3 8.95 3.4 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 7.24 2.2 7.41 3.0 – – 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, New Orleans, LA, March 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................................................................... $17.36 4.1 $17.49 5.4 $17.01 2.2 All excluding sales............................................... 17.31 4.1 17.42 5.5 17.01 2.2 White collar........................................................ 22.07 3.5 22.90 4.8 20.32 1.7 2....................................................... 10.03 4.1 10.19 6.4 9.83 5.1 3....................................................... 9.94 5.9 10.02 7.0 9.58 6.6 4....................................................... 13.16 8.5 13.40 12.1 12.72 11.0 5....................................................... 16.65 6.0 15.26 10.3 18.68 2.6 6....................................................... 20.08 2.7 20.24 3.6 19.76 3.4 7....................................................... 23.00 6.2 23.82 6.3 19.78 6.4 8....................................................... 23.65 3.0 24.34 4.0 23.18 3.7 9....................................................... 29.44 5.4 30.06 6.3 27.77 9.0 10........................................................ 35.22 5.9 36.12 6.2 – – 11........................................................ 38.26 13.1 39.00 15.9 35.08 3.8 12........................................................ 50.99 5.9 51.58 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.08 15.8 26.14 19.3 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.30 3.9 23.35 5.6 20.32 1.7 2....................................................... 10.21 3.5 10.56 4.7 9.83 5.1 3....................................................... 9.67 6.6 9.70 8.0 9.58 6.6 4....................................................... 12.31 5.7 12.00 4.4 12.72 11.0 5....................................................... 16.96 7.0 15.28 13.7 18.68 2.6 6....................................................... 20.08 2.7 20.24 3.6 19.76 3.4 7....................................................... 21.04 3.1 21.39 3.9 19.78 6.4 8....................................................... 23.65 3.0 24.34 4.0 23.18 3.7 9....................................................... 29.76 5.3 30.52 5.9 27.77 9.0 10........................................................ 35.22 5.9 36.12 6.2 – – 11........................................................ 38.26 13.1 39.00 15.9 35.08 3.8 12........................................................ 50.99 5.9 51.58 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.93 15.2 27.20 18.4 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.93 3.5 29.30 5.1 23.41 3.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.72 4.6 32.88 6.4 25.74 3.4 5....................................................... 20.77 12.7 – – – – 6....................................................... 22.06 7.3 22.61 4.2 – – 7....................................................... 19.94 6.0 21.81 6.7 17.66 12.6 8....................................................... 24.96 6.4 – – 23.55 4.2 9....................................................... 30.57 5.0 29.37 6.7 33.06 6.6 10........................................................ 37.58 8.5 39.64 7.9 – – 11........................................................ 38.50 15.6 39.25 19.1 – – 12........................................................ 53.51 5.8 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.89 14.5 32.62 13.8 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 41.35 8.2 41.72 8.2 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 42.93 9.3 42.93 9.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 27.73 4.1 28.81 4.3 25.39 5.8 6....................................................... $22.02 1.8 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.71 5.5 $29.43 5.0 $24.65 6.0 Teachers, college and university.............................. 37.63 10.1 – – – – 10........................................................ 34.52 2.0 34.52 2.0 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.28 4.2 – – 27.67 2.4 8....................................................... 28.29 1.4 – – 28.29 1.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.22 .9 – – 28.47 .3 8....................................................... 28.92 .5 – – 28.92 .5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.78 6.5 – – 12.96 3.5 Social workers.............................................. 14.03 7.3 – – 13.15 4.6 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.53 14.7 17.15 20.2 – – Technical....................................................... 20.53 5.3 22.67 8.1 15.80 5.8 6....................................................... 20.04 4.4 – – – – 8....................................................... 21.73 4.9 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.61 6.4 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.82 14.8 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.05 8.2 29.33 9.6 33.16 15.5 6....................................................... 19.93 13.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 23.55 7.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 30.78 8.6 31.91 8.8 25.92 15.3 12........................................................ 48.08 8.4 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.05 12.2 30.53 14.9 38.81 15.5 9....................................................... 33.15 6.3 33.97 6.5 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 52.21 21.3 – – 52.21 21.3 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 43.94 13.6 43.94 13.6 – – Management related............................................ 26.78 8.4 27.33 8.8 24.52 19.2 6....................................................... 19.83 19.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 27.26 17.6 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 26.99 11.4 29.38 8.6 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 26.84 12.9 – – – – Sales............................................................. 18.91 22.9 18.91 22.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.15 4.6 12.30 5.4 11.85 9.1 2....................................................... 10.21 3.5 10.56 4.7 9.83 5.1 3....................................................... 9.23 5.6 9.17 6.9 9.49 7.1 4....................................................... 12.54 6.8 12.21 4.4 12.94 12.8 5....................................................... 14.28 9.4 14.77 12.6 12.82 8.4 6....................................................... 16.57 6.7 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.70 13.2 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 13.36 4.2 13.85 5.4 12.80 6.6 4....................................................... $11.72 6.6 – – – – 5....................................................... 15.36 3.9 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 9.12 14.6 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.07 20.1 – – $14.93 23.7 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.34 9.9 $11.47 10.9 – – Dispatchers................................................. 15.66 38.8 – – 16.31 6.9 4....................................................... 13.71 17.0 – – 16.31 6.9 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.29 13.3 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 10.80 9.1 – – 10.49 13.8 3....................................................... 9.69 5.9 – – – – 4....................................................... 11.10 17.8 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.65 16.9 – – 12.52 1.2 Blue collar......................................................... 14.63 3.2 15.13 3.5 11.83 3.3 1....................................................... 8.69 7.1 8.95 7.9 6.97 3.3 2....................................................... 9.58 3.8 9.43 4.2 10.43 10.2 3....................................................... 12.24 3.2 12.73 2.8 11.07 6.3 4....................................................... 14.32 9.0 14.93 9.4 11.62 2.5 5....................................................... 14.83 2.4 14.91 2.5 11.65 2.6 6....................................................... 20.05 5.5 20.07 5.6 – – 7....................................................... 20.25 6.1 22.80 6.5 14.57 2.6 8....................................................... 26.39 10.4 27.74 8.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.29 5.5 15.29 5.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.56 3.9 21.06 3.6 13.90 2.5 3....................................................... 12.40 6.9 – – 11.83 2.5 4....................................................... 14.54 10.0 – – – – 5....................................................... 13.86 4.8 14.03 4.7 – – 6....................................................... 21.08 4.6 21.14 4.7 – – 7....................................................... 19.89 6.3 22.60 7.4 14.48 3.5 8....................................................... 26.84 10.1 28.32 8.4 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.11 4.9 18.06 7.2 13.56 6.3 7....................................................... 17.54 10.0 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 20.45 9.2 20.65 9.6 – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 11.76 1.3 – – 11.76 1.3 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.79 9.1 13.97 9.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.59 11.5 12.84 14.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.77 6.9 12.78 7.3 12.61 8.8 2....................................................... 9.13 5.2 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.80 3.6 – – 11.83 6.2 Sailors and deckhands....................................... 9.83 8.3 9.83 8.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.72 4.3 10.08 5.3 8.65 5.0 1....................................................... 9.07 6.7 9.62 6.5 6.94 3.4 2....................................................... $9.54 2.5 – – – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 7.29 6.1 – – $7.38 10.9 Construction laborers....................................... 9.29 6.2 – – – – Service............................................................. 9.10 7.0 $8.21 8.1 11.37 4.6 1....................................................... 7.21 4.4 7.33 5.0 6.29 2.5 2....................................................... 6.93 7.0 6.56 8.7 8.38 5.8 3....................................................... 8.83 5.5 8.10 8.0 9.70 6.4 4....................................................... 9.36 11.4 8.84 12.7 12.17 7.0 5....................................................... 11.66 6.1 – – 10.87 2.7 6....................................................... 15.40 7.1 – – 15.49 7.2 7....................................................... 12.66 5.5 – – 14.66 3.3 8....................................................... 18.47 2.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 15.88 1.8 – – – – Protective service............................................ 11.90 4.8 10.10 11.8 12.71 4.4 2....................................................... 7.20 3.6 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.34 4.0 – – – – 4....................................................... 12.23 3.7 – – 12.53 2.1 5....................................................... 10.67 2.2 – – 10.87 2.7 6....................................................... 14.57 5.3 – – 14.65 5.6 7....................................................... 13.41 5.3 – – 14.66 3.3 9....................................................... 15.88 1.8 – – – – Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 18.80 2.4 – – 18.80 2.4 Firefighting................................................ 10.97 9.0 – – 10.97 9.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 14.96 4.4 – – 15.10 4.9 7....................................................... 14.26 2.9 – – 14.26 2.9 Correctional institution officers........................... 9.42 4.3 – – 9.42 4.3 Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.11 6.7 – – – – Food service.................................................. 8.40 17.0 8.31 18.6 – – 1....................................................... 6.62 4.3 6.83 5.1 – – 2....................................................... 6.41 21.9 6.04 23.4 – – 3....................................................... 8.76 13.0 – – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.98 24.1 4.98 24.1 – – Other food service........................................... 9.45 12.1 9.47 13.4 – – 1....................................................... 6.66 5.1 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.04 14.5 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 9.43 10.2 8.99 10.7 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.47 22.5 – – – – Health service................................................ 8.56 13.1 7.62 10.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.81 9.1 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.47 6.2 7.40 7.4 7.82 7.8 1....................................................... 7.35 4.9 7.47 5.1 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.71 7.7 6.70 8.0 – – 1....................................................... 6.96 8.6 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.75 3.0 7.75 2.9 7.76 11.1 1....................................................... 7.50 4.3 – – – – Personal service.............................................. $9.16 3.5 $9.16 3.6 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 7.50 3.9 7.41 3.0 – – 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, New Orleans, LA, March 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................................................................... $8.23 6.2 $7.29 7.0 $14.53 5.7 All excluding sales............................................... 8.20 6.8 7.17 7.8 14.53 5.7 White collar........................................................ 13.07 9.2 10.76 10.5 22.75 14.2 Not able to be leveled.................................... 8.06 26.5 – – 8.96 48.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 14.48 8.5 11.67 11.2 22.75 14.2 Not able to be leveled.................................... 8.06 26.5 – – 8.96 48.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.24 12.3 17.66 19.6 25.68 12.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.94 9.4 23.15 14.9 – – Health related................................................ 27.32 7.4 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 11.77 46.6 – – 11.77 46.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.43 5.7 8.52 5.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 7.46 11.1 6.79 9.8 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.87 9.0 6.83 9.3 – – Service............................................................. 5.89 13.0 5.77 15.0 6.90 8.2 1....................................................... 5.86 5.4 – – – – 2....................................................... 6.75 6.1 6.75 6.1 – – 3....................................................... 6.07 15.6 – – – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.07 22.2 5.07 22.2 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.03 42.7 4.03 42.7 – – Other food service........................................... 6.25 .4 6.25 .4 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.20 7.2 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, March 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....................................................... $17.36 $8.23 $16.19 $16.76 $16.47 $21.85 All excluding sales............................................. 17.31 8.20 16.44 16.71 16.55 21.20 White collar........................................................ 22.07 13.07 19.46 21.73 21.60 23.23 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.30 14.48 22.68 22.02 21.99 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.93 21.24 – 26.73 26.86 – Professional specialty.......................................... 29.72 24.94 – 29.66 29.84 – Technical....................................................... 20.53 – – 20.26 20.26 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.05 11.77 – 29.95 29.82 – Sales............................................................. 18.91 – – 18.15 12.21 22.78 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.15 8.43 – 11.96 11.96 – Blue collar......................................................... 14.63 7.46 17.73 13.62 13.97 20.14 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.56 – 20.68 19.16 19.23 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.79 – 17.46 13.05 13.37 – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.77 – – 12.05 12.42 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.72 6.87 – 8.70 9.35 – Service............................................................. 9.10 5.89 8.28 8.51 8.49 – 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....................................................... 4.1 6.2 7.3 4.4 4.6 20.3 All excluding sales............................................. 4.1 6.8 6.3 4.4 4.6 17.7 White collar........................................................ 3.5 9.2 15.6 3.5 4.1 28.5 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.9 8.5 7.7 3.9 4.1 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.5 12.3 – 3.5 3.5 – Professional specialty.......................................... 4.6 9.4 – 4.6 4.3 – Technical....................................................... 5.3 – – 5.0 5.0 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.2 46.6 – 8.1 8.5 – Sales............................................................. 22.9 – – 22.9 13.0 25.5 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.6 5.7 – 4.5 4.5 – Blue collar......................................................... 3.2 11.1 5.2 5.8 4.1 11.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.9 – 6.1 7.0 4.1 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.1 – 2.1 9.7 5.7 – Transportation and material moving................................ 6.9 – – 7.0 7.4 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.3 9.0 – 2.9 4.7 – Service............................................................. 7.0 13.0 10.4 6.6 6.0 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, New Orleans, LA, March 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....................................................... $16.65 $21.39 – - $21.13 - $16.93 - - $14.43 All excluding sales............................................. 16.60 21.39 – - 21.13 - 16.93 - - 14.46 White collar........................................................ 22.29 28.29 – - 26.89 - 27.76 - - 19.84 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.88 28.29 – - 26.89 - 27.76 - - 20.02 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.94 34.80 – - 32.89 - – - - 26.02 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.65 44.45 – - 43.40 - – - - 28.94 Technical....................................................... 22.21 25.32 – - 24.38 - – - - 20.09 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.33 32.15 – - 31.25 - – - - 21.48 Sales............................................................. 17.53 – – - – - – - - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.03 16.21 – - 15.30 - 13.81 - - 9.71 Blue collar......................................................... 14.82 17.20 – - 16.94 - 13.46 - - 10.34 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.06 20.60 – - 20.03 - – - - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.82 13.96 – - 13.54 - – - - – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.77 17.39 – - 17.16 - 12.38 - - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.55 – – - – - – - - 8.67 Service............................................................. 7.66 – – - – - – - - 8.05 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 5.6 – - 6.9 - 18.2 - - 10.1 All excluding sales............................................. 5.7 5.6 – - 6.9 - 18.2 - - 10.1 White collar........................................................ 4.8 3.0 – - 3.0 - 28.7 - - 5.5 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.6 3.0 – - 3.0 - 28.7 - - 5.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.0 3.5 – - 2.0 - – - - 5.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.3 7.6 – - 12.6 - – - - 4.3 Technical....................................................... 7.5 14.5 – - 15.5 - – - - 7.8 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9.6 10.1 – - 13.2 - – - - 17.3 Sales............................................................. 20.0 – – - – - – - - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 5.2 5.1 – - 1.5 - 5.1 - - 4.1 Blue collar......................................................... 4.2 3.0 – - 1.3 - 5.7 - - 16.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.6 4.6 – - 3.9 - – - - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.7 6.5 – - 6.7 - – - - – Transportation and material moving................................ 7.2 4.0 – - 7.0 - 3.4 - - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.1 – – - – - – - - 2.9 Service............................................................. 7.4 – – - – - – - - 6.2 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, New Orleans, LA, March 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....................................................... $16.65 $13.79 $17.42 $14.96 $21.22 All excluding sales............................................. 16.60 13.87 17.34 14.55 21.37 White collar........................................................ 22.29 17.47 23.85 20.54 26.02 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.88 18.04 24.48 20.71 26.33 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.94 20.60 30.24 27.25 31.34 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.65 20.60 35.85 29.81 37.97 Technical....................................................... 22.21 – 22.21 23.88 21.55 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.33 30.37 28.83 24.94 30.70 Sales............................................................. 17.53 – 18.97 20.06 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.03 10.40 12.88 12.36 13.26 Blue collar......................................................... 14.82 12.34 15.24 14.84 17.84 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.06 – 21.68 21.47 22.39 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.82 9.72 15.54 15.29 16.67 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.77 – 12.73 12.65 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.55 9.20 9.64 9.74 9.00 Service............................................................. 7.66 7.90 7.58 6.74 8.66 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 9.2 7.8 11.0 9.9 All excluding sales............................................. 5.7 9.5 8.1 10.5 9.6 White collar........................................................ 4.8 14.4 6.3 9.9 7.5 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.6 16.4 6.7 9.6 7.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.0 11.9 5.3 6.0 6.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.3 11.9 6.0 4.5 6.4 Technical....................................................... 7.5 – 7.5 14.4 7.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9.6 22.2 9.0 9.1 11.1 Sales............................................................. 20.0 – 16.3 18.9 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 5.2 10.0 6.8 11.9 8.1 Blue collar......................................................... 4.2 16.0 4.5 4.9 10.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.6 – 4.1 5.5 7.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.7 8.2 9.6 11.5 10.0 Transportation and material moving................................ 7.2 – 7.5 7.8 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.1 8.3 7.5 6.6 26.4 Service............................................................. 7.4 16.0 5.0 7.7 3.2 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, March 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.50 $8.80 $13.13 $20.50 $31.22 All excluding sales........................... 6.50 8.75 13.15 20.54 31.00 White collar.................................... 8.73 11.65 17.79 27.75 38.50 White collar excluding sales................ 8.75 12.00 18.64 28.00 38.41 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.06 17.33 24.04 32.00 44.80 Professional specialty...................... 13.77 20.00 26.44 35.24 51.66 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 27.75 33.00 40.10 51.66 54.24 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 29.00 35.12 43.27 52.88 53.36 Mathematical and computer scientists...... – – – – – Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 19.44 20.45 25.44 30.17 36.00 Registered nurses....................... 19.44 20.46 25.44 29.80 35.00 Teachers, college and university.......... 19.52 23.17 34.87 47.98 67.94 Teachers, except college and university... 15.45 23.39 26.45 31.22 33.99 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.73 24.89 27.84 32.08 33.45 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 10.67 10.80 12.97 15.23 19.58 Social workers.......................... 10.67 11.69 13.17 15.41 19.84 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 9.65 13.46 15.82 18.03 31.88 Technical................................... 11.75 15.25 19.51 23.37 29.75 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 9.85 11.53 22.25 24.32 26.35 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.50 14.75 18.00 20.00 21.00 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 10.00 12.60 16.01 16.95 29.75 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.73 19.27 26.92 36.95 52.67 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.66 20.34 29.18 36.95 55.15 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 20.88 29.15 55.76 64.27 73.71 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 30.10 36.95 36.95 54.55 71.16 Management related........................ 15.39 16.75 25.48 34.17 42.69 Accountants and auditors................ 14.57 17.42 28.16 32.28 40.39 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.64 19.50 19.85 35.87 37.96 Sales......................................... 7.42 11.15 12.69 17.70 45.68 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.50 8.67 10.58 13.76 17.79 Secretaries............................. 8.24 10.68 13.26 15.48 17.40 Receptionists........................... 6.50 6.65 8.93 10.50 12.26 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 7.10 8.87 14.87 19.64 20.27 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 7.50 10.05 10.58 13.06 13.06 Dispatchers............................. 8.00 8.00 10.02 18.53 34.66 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 6.20 7.78 11.50 12.37 12.37 General office clerks................... 7.35 8.33 9.54 11.20 16.45 Teachers' aides......................... $8.18 $8.65 $9.80 $10.51 $11.01 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.91 10.60 12.73 22.12 23.75 Blue collar..................................... 7.50 9.42 12.95 17.67 22.81 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.70 15.00 18.00 23.00 28.66 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.80 13.18 16.46 17.78 19.46 Supervisors, production................. 12.99 13.13 19.47 26.60 29.42 Water and sewer treatment plant operators............................ 7.97 8.94 10.50 11.80 19.12 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.50 11.50 12.49 15.91 18.24 Transportation and material moving............ 6.75 8.75 12.36 16.46 18.42 Sailors and deckhands................... 8.17 8.34 9.17 10.42 12.33 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.27 7.50 8.60 11.05 12.39 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 5.75 6.06 7.00 8.19 9.55 Construction laborers................... 5.15 5.15 7.99 9.00 12.66 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.00 7.00 7.10 10.40 10.40 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.25 7.50 8.00 11.12 12.00 Service......................................... 5.25 6.12 7.40 10.42 13.84 Protective service........................ 6.75 7.89 11.84 14.32 17.13 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 16.29 17.72 19.33 19.87 20.80 Firefighting............................ 7.73 9.32 10.84 12.66 13.84 Police and detectives, public service... 12.81 13.96 14.78 15.82 17.53 Correctional institution officers....... 7.22 7.88 8.36 11.00 12.22 Guards and police, except public service 6.50 6.75 7.40 9.00 10.55 Food service.............................. 2.13 5.25 6.41 8.80 11.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 5.25 6.00 7.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.25 5.25 Other food service....................... 5.35 6.00 7.50 10.58 13.68 Cooks................................... 6.75 6.75 10.48 11.50 11.55 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 5.15 5.50 6.00 6.75 8.52 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.46 6.00 7.80 9.94 16.01 Health service............................ 6.00 6.25 8.00 9.50 11.81 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.00 6.25 7.75 9.07 10.26 Cleaning and building service............. 5.91 6.25 7.10 8.29 10.05 Maids and housemen...................... 5.90 6.12 6.47 7.34 8.10 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.91 6.43 7.38 9.00 10.45 Personal service.......................... 5.25 6.01 6.94 9.01 15.60 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 5.15 5.35 6.10 6.85 11.85 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 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, New Orleans, LA, March 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.47 $8.34 $13.00 $20.40 $32.00 All excluding sales........................... 6.41 8.34 13.06 20.52 31.71 White collar.................................... 8.80 11.65 17.81 29.00 42.69 White collar excluding sales................ 8.93 12.21 19.27 29.82 42.45 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.33 19.50 25.73 35.34 51.66 Professional specialty...................... 15.46 20.17 29.85 41.10 54.70 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 28.34 33.00 40.10 51.66 54.24 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 29.00 35.12 43.27 52.88 53.36 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 19.51 20.09 26.21 32.00 37.00 Registered nurses....................... 19.50 20.09 27.18 32.00 36.00 Teachers, college and university.......... 25.23 33.95 38.97 52.03 70.09 Teachers, except college and university... 13.24 13.72 15.45 16.39 19.23 Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 9.65 10.88 15.82 18.03 31.88 Technical................................... 13.29 17.00 22.09 26.29 31.25 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.64 19.27 26.00 36.95 52.67 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.66 19.27 26.00 36.95 54.55 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 30.10 36.95 36.95 54.55 71.16 Management related........................ 15.39 16.75 26.01 33.94 42.69 Accountants and auditors................ 17.42 26.92 29.40 33.16 40.39 Sales......................................... 7.42 11.15 12.69 17.70 45.68 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.50 8.93 10.58 13.06 17.79 Secretaries............................. 9.00 11.29 13.15 16.11 18.46 Receptionists........................... 6.50 6.65 8.89 10.14 10.50 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 7.50 10.05 10.58 13.06 13.06 Blue collar..................................... 7.50 9.85 13.33 17.96 23.17 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.25 16.46 20.00 25.86 30.34 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 15.50 16.46 16.75 19.46 20.23 Supervisors, production................. 12.99 13.13 20.08 26.60 29.42 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.07 11.50 12.49 16.07 18.24 Transportation and material moving............ 6.75 8.75 12.33 16.48 18.88 Sailors and deckhands................... 8.17 8.34 9.17 10.42 12.33 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... $6.95 $7.50 $9.00 $11.05 $12.00 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.00 7.00 7.10 10.40 10.40 Service......................................... 5.25 6.00 7.00 9.00 11.90 Protective service........................ 6.50 6.75 9.25 12.42 13.00 Guards and police, except public service 6.50 6.50 7.00 8.00 10.95 Food service.............................. 2.13 5.25 6.28 8.00 11.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 5.25 6.00 7.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.25 5.25 Other food service....................... 5.35 6.00 7.50 10.58 13.50 Cooks................................... 6.75 6.75 8.80 10.58 11.50 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.25 7.80 16.01 16.01 Health service............................ 6.00 6.00 7.45 8.93 10.00 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.00 6.00 6.60 8.51 10.00 Cleaning and building service............. $6.00 $6.25 $7.00 $8.10 $9.75 Maids and housemen...................... 5.90 6.12 6.47 7.34 8.10 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.25 6.75 7.42 8.50 10.00 Personal service.......................... 5.25 6.00 7.11 9.50 16.50 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 5.15 5.25 6.02 6.90 12.00 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 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, New Orleans, LA, March 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.40 $9.80 $14.20 $20.80 $29.71 All excluding sales........................... 7.40 9.80 14.20 20.80 29.71 White collar.................................... 8.60 11.75 17.68 25.64 34.17 White collar excluding sales................ 8.60 11.75 17.68 25.64 34.17 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.34 15.44 22.63 27.84 34.63 Professional specialty...................... 12.96 18.03 24.88 29.89 36.03 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 17.68 21.06 24.34 26.37 32.00 Registered nurses....................... 17.68 21.08 24.05 25.97 29.12 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 21.33 24.47 27.47 31.57 34.61 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.89 25.23 27.84 32.40 33.47 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 10.67 10.67 12.95 13.87 16.40 Social workers.......................... 10.67 10.67 12.97 13.87 16.45 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 10.70 12.60 15.57 18.09 21.61 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.29 19.01 30.52 37.18 52.09 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 21.76 29.18 36.48 41.50 63.74 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 20.88 29.15 55.76 64.27 73.71 Management related........................ 14.55 15.29 19.01 34.17 45.31 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.00 8.33 10.51 14.81 18.70 Secretaries............................. 8.11 9.50 14.32 15.48 16.27 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 6.96 8.19 18.08 19.85 20.27 Dispatchers............................. 11.55 16.19 16.55 18.53 18.96 General office clerks................... 6.96 7.53 9.47 11.69 16.45 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.72 10.60 12.32 13.50 15.85 Blue collar..................................... 7.02 8.88 11.76 14.65 16.41 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.53 11.28 13.21 15.82 17.77 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.02 11.34 13.18 15.82 16.32 Water and sewer treatment plant operators............................ 7.97 8.94 10.50 11.80 19.12 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 8.74 9.74 12.79 15.80 18.42 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... $5.75 $6.27 $8.27 $9.13 $13.15 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 5.75 6.06 6.74 8.16 9.80 Service......................................... 5.91 7.40 10.36 14.26 17.52 Protective service........................ 7.40 9.13 12.22 15.31 17.93 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 16.29 17.72 19.33 19.87 20.80 Firefighting............................ 7.73 9.32 10.84 12.66 13.84 Police and detectives, public service... 12.81 14.29 15.31 15.82 17.53 Correctional institution officers....... 7.22 7.88 8.36 11.00 12.22 Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. $5.68 $5.90 $7.30 $10.19 $10.71 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.68 5.90 6.67 10.71 10.71 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, New Orleans, LA, March 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.00 $9.50 $13.84 $21.28 $32.00 All excluding sales........................... 7.00 9.31 14.00 21.32 31.83 White collar.................................... 9.00 12.24 18.12 28.00 39.62 White collar excluding sales................ 9.00 12.37 19.00 28.38 38.97 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.24 17.37 24.04 32.05 44.87 Professional specialty...................... 13.70 20.00 26.47 35.50 52.03 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 27.75 33.00 40.10 51.66 54.24 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 29.00 35.12 43.27 52.88 53.36 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 19.09 20.10 25.44 29.73 37.00 Registered nurses....................... 19.09 20.24 25.44 29.12 35.00 Teachers, college and university.......... 19.52 23.17 34.87 47.98 67.94 Teachers, except college and university... 15.45 23.73 26.55 31.22 34.14 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.73 24.88 27.66 31.84 33.63 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 10.67 10.80 12.97 15.23 19.58 Social workers.......................... 10.67 11.69 13.17 15.41 19.84 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 9.65 13.46 15.82 18.03 31.88 Technical................................... 12.11 15.57 20.00 23.46 29.81 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 9.85 11.53 22.25 24.32 26.35 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 11.01 12.85 16.19 16.95 29.75 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.86 19.27 26.97 36.95 52.67 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.66 20.34 29.18 36.95 55.15 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 20.88 29.15 55.76 64.27 73.71 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 30.10 36.95 36.95 54.55 71.16 Management related........................ 15.39 16.75 25.55 34.17 42.69 Accountants and auditors................ 14.57 17.42 28.16 32.28 40.39 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.64 19.50 19.85 35.87 37.96 Sales......................................... 9.35 11.45 12.86 19.30 50.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.50 8.78 10.98 14.00 18.00 Secretaries............................. 8.24 10.68 13.26 15.48 17.40 Receptionists........................... 6.50 7.15 9.00 10.50 12.26 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 7.10 8.87 14.87 19.64 20.27 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 7.50 10.05 10.58 13.06 13.06 Dispatchers............................. 8.00 8.00 10.02 18.53 34.66 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 6.20 7.78 11.50 12.37 12.37 General office clerks................... 7.35 8.33 9.54 11.20 16.45 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.00 10.60 12.88 22.12 23.75 Blue collar..................................... $8.00 $10.00 $13.15 $17.78 $23.00 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.70 15.00 18.00 23.00 28.66 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.80 13.18 16.46 17.78 19.46 Supervisors, production................. 12.99 13.13 19.47 26.60 29.42 Water and sewer treatment plant operators............................ 7.87 8.87 10.50 12.43 19.13 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.50 11.50 12.49 15.91 18.24 Transportation and material moving............ 6.75 8.75 12.33 16.46 18.42 Sailors and deckhands................... 8.17 8.34 9.17 10.42 12.33 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.50 8.00 9.06 11.12 12.65 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 5.75 6.06 7.00 8.19 9.55 Construction laborers................... 7.25 7.62 8.82 10.00 13.29 Service......................................... 5.91 6.45 7.93 10.92 14.64 Protective service........................ 7.00 8.66 12.11 14.32 17.13 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 16.29 17.72 19.33 19.87 20.80 Firefighting............................ 7.73 9.32 10.84 12.66 13.84 Police and detectives, public service... 12.81 13.96 14.78 15.82 17.53 Correctional institution officers....... 7.22 7.88 8.36 11.00 12.22 Guards and police, except public service 6.50 6.90 7.40 9.00 10.95 Food service.............................. 5.15 6.00 7.50 10.82 13.84 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 5.25 6.50 7.00 Other food service....................... 6.00 6.75 8.80 11.50 14.66 Cooks................................... 6.75 6.75 10.48 11.50 11.55 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.36 6.00 7.80 16.01 16.01 Health service............................ 6.00 6.25 8.00 9.47 10.98 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.00 6.25 7.61 9.00 10.00 Cleaning and building service............. 5.91 6.25 7.00 8.25 10.00 Maids and housemen...................... 5.85 6.00 6.30 7.24 8.00 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.04 6.50 7.35 8.91 10.00 Personal service.......................... 5.15 5.90 7.11 10.15 17.23 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 5.15 5.25 6.08 9.20 12.00 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. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, March 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $2.50 $5.25 $6.99 $9.00 $13.50 All excluding sales........................... 2.13 5.25 6.99 8.87 13.50 White collar.................................... 6.25 7.42 9.21 13.50 27.84 White collar excluding sales................ 6.50 8.30 9.25 20.00 30.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 9.22 13.50 20.00 28.00 32.00 Professional specialty...................... 19.50 20.00 25.00 32.00 33.45 Health related............................ 19.50 25.00 26.00 32.00 32.00 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 4.19 5.19 8.65 18.20 27.43 Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 6.50 7.50 8.42 9.15 9.66 Blue collar..................................... 5.15 5.15 7.00 7.75 9.50 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.15 5.15 7.00 7.75 8.00 Service......................................... 2.13 5.25 5.90 7.00 8.87 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.50 5.25 6.25 7.29 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.50 5.25 7.00 Other food service....................... 5.20 5.30 5.73 7.00 8.19 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 5.89 6.04 6.19 9.00 9.00 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, New Orleans, LA, March 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 238,500 176,300 62,200 All excluding sales............................................. 229,600 167,400 62,200 White collar........................................................ 118,300 78,800 39,500 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 109,400 69,900 39,500 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 55,600 31,800 23,800 Professional specialty.......................................... 40,700 21,300 19,300 Technical....................................................... 15,000 10,500 4,500 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 15,900 12,500 3,500 Sales............................................................. 8,900 8,900 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 37,800 25,600 12,200 Blue collar......................................................... 65,800 55,200 10,600 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22,000 17,300 4,700 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10,300 9,500 - Transportation and material moving................................ 17,400 15,700 1,700 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 16,200 12,700 3,400 Service............................................................. 54,400 42,300 12,100 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.