NC BL 09/00/2005 Table: Pittsburgh, PA, Bulletin 3130-06, December 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $18.33 3.4 36.0 $17.44 4.0 36.0 $23.92 3.8 36.3 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 21.06 3.0 36.2 20.05 3.6 36.5 28.22 3.8 34.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.06 3.3 35.4 26.53 4.3 36.0 34.25 2.8 33.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.12 6.9 39.4 28.11 7.5 39.5 28.25 12.6 38.5 Sales............................................................. 10.10 5.6 32.3 10.09 5.6 32.4 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.68 3.3 37.5 13.49 3.7 37.5 15.31 2.4 36.7 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 16.20 4.4 37.6 15.85 4.8 37.5 19.05 3.8 38.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.64 3.6 39.4 18.67 3.9 39.3 18.32 3.8 39.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.53 13.7 38.7 13.53 13.7 38.7 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.46 4.2 37.0 16.79 5.0 36.6 19.72 3.2 38.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 12.78 5.7 34.4 11.98 5.7 34.0 18.42 7.6 37.9 Service occupations(5).............................................. 11.69 5.7 33.2 9.57 5.3 32.0 18.90 8.5 38.4 Full time........................................................... 19.34 3.5 39.3 18.49 4.1 39.4 24.29 3.3 39.0 Part time........................................................... 9.92 5.7 21.1 9.52 5.9 21.7 16.35 22.0 15.1 Union............................................................... 20.82 3.3 37.1 18.83 5.0 36.5 23.97 4.0 38.0 Nonunion............................................................ 17.30 5.2 35.6 17.08 5.4 35.8 23.72 4.0 30.0 Time................................................................ 18.39 3.5 36.0 17.49 4.1 35.9 23.92 3.8 36.3 Incentive........................................................... 15.91 6.7 37.5 15.91 6.7 37.5 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 18.71 10.9 38.5 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 17.09 4.1 35.3 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 15.93 9.0 35.3 15.81 9.2 35.3 22.45 2.8 38.7 100-499 workers..................................................... 16.62 4.9 36.0 15.64 4.8 35.9 27.15 6.3 36.6 500 workers or more................................................. 21.02 3.5 36.4 20.45 4.3 36.4 22.85 4.5 36.2 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, 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $18.33 3.4 $17.44 4.0 $23.92 3.8 All excluding sales............................................... 19.00 3.4 18.14 4.0 23.95 3.8 White collar........................................................ 21.06 3.0 20.05 3.6 28.22 3.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.66 2.9 21.73 3.5 28.29 3.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.06 3.3 26.53 4.3 34.25 2.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.78 3.5 28.18 4.6 35.30 2.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.33 6.1 31.33 6.1 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 31.39 2.7 31.39 2.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.91 5.6 29.91 5.6 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.11 5.7 30.11 5.7 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 26.03 6.1 26.13 6.2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.70 3.8 24.76 3.9 – – Pharmacists................................................. 37.46 .7 37.46 .7 – – Physical therapists......................................... 27.53 10.6 27.53 10.6 – – Therapists, n.e.c........................................... 14.29 15.1 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 41.34 2.3 – – 37.61 3.2 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 35.84 5.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 35.54 3.2 23.08 11.3 36.45 3.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.10 3.1 – – 37.80 3.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.87 3.1 – – 36.32 3.3 Teachers, special education................................. 39.88 8.6 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 21.55 10.5 20.56 10.2 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 12.07 16.5 10.76 15.7 – – Social workers.............................................. 14.91 9.2 13.10 8.6 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 36.84 33.2 36.84 33.2 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 26.41 7.5 26.41 7.5 – – Technical....................................................... 20.25 13.6 20.30 14.6 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 22.29 5.6 22.29 5.6 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 19.88 3.8 19.88 3.8 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.35 2.2 16.33 2.4 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 12.49 4.7 12.49 4.7 – – Drafters.................................................... 24.55 7.5 24.55 7.5 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.12 6.9 28.11 7.5 28.25 12.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.86 8.9 34.17 9.7 31.54 17.6 Financial managers.......................................... 42.35 7.3 42.35 7.3 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 33.45 14.7 32.14 17.7 35.01 23.0 Managers, medicine and health............................... 26.02 14.7 26.02 14.7 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 33.20 11.9 32.97 12.2 – – Management related............................................ 22.39 5.0 22.46 5.2 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... $23.83 9.2 $23.87 9.8 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.26 14.0 24.26 14.0 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 22.23 9.9 22.23 9.9 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.61 7.0 23.24 7.3 – – Sales............................................................. 10.10 5.6 10.09 5.6 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 17.27 22.9 17.27 22.9 – – Sales workers, apparel...................................... 8.82 13.1 8.82 13.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.32 3.1 7.27 3.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.68 3.3 13.49 3.7 $15.31 2.4 Secretaries................................................. 15.42 4.0 14.82 5.2 17.44 1.2 Stenographers............................................... 14.55 4.2 13.05 1.7 – – Receptionists............................................... 9.61 3.0 9.61 3.0 – – Order clerks................................................ 18.10 14.4 18.10 14.4 – – Library clerks.............................................. 12.67 4.3 – – – – File clerks................................................. 8.74 8.4 8.74 8.4 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.31 6.9 13.31 6.9 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.17 2.9 13.92 2.9 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 12.41 6.1 12.41 6.1 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 9.87 7.4 9.87 7.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.86 6.8 13.89 9.9 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.37 6.6 – – 12.33 1.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.06 11.4 15.58 12.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.20 4.4 15.85 4.8 19.05 3.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.64 3.6 18.67 3.9 18.32 3.8 Automobile mechanics........................................ 17.21 2.3 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 14.58 1.9 14.58 1.9 – – Carpenters.................................................. 19.80 7.5 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 25.44 5.3 25.44 5.3 – – Machinists.................................................. 16.09 8.6 16.09 8.6 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 15.19 4.9 15.19 4.9 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.53 13.7 13.53 13.7 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.61 6.6 13.61 6.6 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 15.27 14.3 15.27 14.3 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.02 16.4 11.02 16.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.46 4.2 16.79 5.0 19.72 3.2 Truck drivers............................................... 17.07 7.1 16.96 7.3 – – Bus drivers................................................. 17.44 10.3 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 15.61 1.7 15.61 1.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.78 5.7 11.98 5.7 18.42 7.6 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. $8.54 13.1 $8.54 13.1 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 18.32 7.6 18.32 7.6 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 9.11 10.7 9.11 10.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 14.78 9.9 12.68 5.8 – – Service............................................................. 11.69 5.7 9.57 5.3 $18.90 8.5 Protective service............................................ 21.09 10.6 10.45 19.5 24.47 8.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 27.05 2.0 – – 27.05 2.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 11.83 19.6 11.83 19.6 – – Food service.................................................. 7.11 10.0 6.88 10.3 11.62 4.7 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.55 16.4 4.55 16.4 – – Bartenders.................................................. 6.69 11.2 6.69 11.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.34 10.3 3.34 10.3 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.99 3.9 5.99 3.9 – – Other food service........................................... 8.64 5.8 8.39 6.2 11.62 4.7 Cooks....................................................... 9.54 4.5 9.57 4.5 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.81 3.9 7.81 3.9 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.17 10.6 7.38 12.9 11.89 3.3 Health service................................................ 10.72 1.7 10.42 1.7 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.53 1.6 10.45 1.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.75 2.0 10.42 1.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 12.50 5.5 11.36 7.7 14.61 2.9 Maids and housemen.......................................... 9.72 3.5 9.69 3.3 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.70 7.0 11.21 10.3 14.68 3.2 Personal service.............................................. 16.75 5.4 18.21 5.7 – – Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 10.58 10.3 – – – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 9.84 17.3 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Pittsburgh, PA, December 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................................................................... $19.34 3.5 $18.49 4.1 $24.29 3.3 All excluding sales............................................... 19.77 3.4 18.95 4.0 24.29 3.3 White collar........................................................ 22.00 3.0 21.00 3.5 28.68 4.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.02 3.0 22.08 3.5 28.68 4.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.63 3.0 27.08 4.0 34.78 2.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.53 3.4 28.91 4.4 35.95 1.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.33 6.1 31.33 6.1 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 31.39 2.7 31.39 2.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.91 5.6 29.91 5.6 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.11 5.7 30.11 5.7 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 26.03 7.0 26.10 7.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.91 4.4 24.94 4.5 – – Pharmacists................................................. 37.73 2.1 37.73 2.1 – – Physical therapists......................................... 27.54 11.4 27.54 11.4 – – Therapists, n.e.c........................................... 14.29 15.1 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 42.07 1.7 – – 38.47 1.4 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 35.84 5.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.13 2.1 23.40 12.5 37.10 2.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.25 3.0 – – 37.80 3.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 36.13 2.6 – – 36.59 2.8 Teachers, special education................................. 38.97 8.5 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 21.55 10.5 20.56 10.2 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.17 11.4 11.66 10.9 – – Social workers.............................................. 15.09 9.9 13.14 9.1 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 37.89 35.8 37.89 35.8 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 26.41 7.5 26.41 7.5 – – Technical....................................................... 20.43 13.9 20.50 15.0 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 22.74 6.8 22.74 6.8 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 20.18 2.3 20.18 2.3 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.38 2.4 16.36 2.7 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 12.44 4.8 12.44 4.8 – – Drafters.................................................... 24.55 7.5 24.55 7.5 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.12 6.9 28.11 7.5 28.25 12.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.86 8.9 34.17 9.7 31.54 17.6 Financial managers.......................................... 42.35 7.3 42.35 7.3 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 33.45 14.7 32.14 17.7 35.01 23.0 Managers, medicine and health............................... 26.02 14.7 26.02 14.7 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 33.20 11.9 32.97 12.2 – – Management related............................................ 22.39 5.0 22.46 5.2 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... $23.83 9.2 $23.87 9.8 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.26 14.0 24.26 14.0 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 22.23 9.9 22.23 9.9 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.61 7.0 23.24 7.3 – – Sales............................................................. 11.78 6.9 11.78 6.9 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 17.27 22.9 17.27 22.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.89 3.4 13.69 3.8 $15.57 2.9 Secretaries................................................. 15.58 3.9 15.00 5.1 17.44 1.2 Stenographers............................................... 14.68 4.1 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 9.96 2.4 9.96 2.4 – – Order clerks................................................ 18.13 14.5 18.13 14.5 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.33 7.2 13.33 7.2 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.21 2.9 13.97 2.8 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 12.41 6.1 12.41 6.1 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 9.87 7.4 9.87 7.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.07 7.4 14.11 10.9 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.43 7.3 – – 12.49 2.5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 17.33 6.4 17.33 6.4 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.71 4.6 16.41 5.1 19.09 3.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.72 3.5 18.76 3.8 18.32 3.8 Automobile mechanics........................................ 17.21 2.3 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 14.61 1.9 14.61 1.9 – – Carpenters.................................................. 19.80 7.5 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 25.44 5.3 25.44 5.3 – – Machinists.................................................. 16.09 8.6 16.09 8.6 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 15.19 4.9 15.19 4.9 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.62 14.0 13.62 14.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.61 6.6 13.61 6.6 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 15.27 14.3 15.27 14.3 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.31 17.3 11.31 17.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.94 3.9 17.34 4.7 19.83 3.1 Truck drivers............................................... 17.40 7.4 17.30 7.7 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 15.61 1.7 15.61 1.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.20 7.9 13.40 8.4 18.43 7.7 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.43 12.2 12.43 12.2 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 16.32 8.5 14.57 6.1 – – Service............................................................. 12.94 6.7 10.50 6.3 19.45 7.2 Protective service............................................ 21.89 9.2 10.70 22.0 25.36 5.2 Police and detectives, public service....................... $27.05 2.0 – – $27.05 2.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 12.14 18.9 $12.14 18.9 – – Food service.................................................. 7.79 14.8 7.48 15.2 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.88 25.5 4.88 25.5 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.48 20.0 3.48 20.0 – – Other food service........................................... 9.53 9.8 9.22 10.6 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.82 3.5 9.82 3.5 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.33 19.2 6.95 20.0 – – Health service................................................ 10.81 2.1 10.48 1.9 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.52 1.7 10.43 1.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.85 2.4 10.49 2.2 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 12.86 4.2 11.75 6.4 14.76 3.0 Maids and housemen.......................................... 9.91 3.0 9.80 2.9 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 13.07 5.2 11.68 8.4 14.73 3.0 Personal service.............................................. 18.12 6.6 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Pittsburgh, PA, December 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................................................................... $9.92 5.7 $9.52 5.9 $16.35 22.0 All excluding sales............................................... 10.89 6.6 10.43 7.0 16.59 24.4 White collar........................................................ 12.01 7.9 11.41 7.7 19.98 19.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 16.56 10.1 15.98 10.7 20.70 23.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.93 14.9 20.22 16.5 25.06 28.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 21.46 16.5 20.76 18.7 25.06 28.4 Health related................................................ 26.04 7.3 26.23 7.3 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.93 3.6 24.10 3.7 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.46 34.4 – – 25.92 34.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 7.71 25.6 7.71 25.6 – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.81 3.1 15.81 3.1 – – Sales............................................................. 6.98 2.0 6.92 1.9 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 7.38 10.4 7.38 10.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.63 2.1 6.54 1.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.63 11.9 10.61 13.1 10.87 7.0 Blue collar......................................................... 9.01 13.1 8.78 13.8 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.73 11.4 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.96 10.2 7.91 10.2 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.36 1.8 6.36 1.8 – – Service............................................................. 7.03 5.3 6.89 5.7 9.31 3.3 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.28 7.2 6.19 7.5 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.14 6.2 4.14 6.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.19 1.6 3.19 1.6 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.71 11.1 5.71 11.1 – – Other food service........................................... 7.55 4.2 7.46 4.5 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.43 1.1 7.43 1.1 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.99 3.0 7.77 4.3 – – Health service................................................ 9.92 1.4 9.92 1.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.84 1.8 9.84 1.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. $8.51 14.1 $8.45 15.5 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Pittsburgh, PA, December 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................................................................... $760 3.4 39.3 $728 4.0 39.4 $948 3.3 39.0 All excluding sales............................................... 777 3.4 39.3 746 4.0 39.4 948 3.3 39.0 White collar........................................................ 864 3.0 39.3 828 3.6 39.4 1,102 3.9 38.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 904 3.0 39.3 871 3.6 39.4 1,102 3.9 38.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,122 3.1 39.2 1,068 4.1 39.4 1,331 2.4 38.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,198 3.6 39.2 1,144 4.8 39.6 1,375 1.6 38.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,253 6.1 40.0 1,253 6.1 40.0 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,256 2.7 40.0 1,256 2.7 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,190 5.6 39.8 1,190 5.6 39.8 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,200 5.6 39.8 1,200 5.6 39.8 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,011 7.6 38.8 1,014 7.7 38.8 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 959 4.5 38.5 960 4.6 38.5 – – – Pharmacists................................................. 1,534 1.9 40.6 1,534 1.9 40.6 – – – Physical therapists......................................... 1,069 9.7 38.8 1,069 9.7 38.8 – – – Therapists, n.e.c........................................... 548 17.7 38.4 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,586 1.9 37.7 – – – 1,427 2.3 37.1 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 1,347 5.2 37.6 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,385 2.4 38.3 866 10.9 37.0 1,426 2.5 38.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,431 4.6 38.4 – – – 1,456 5.3 38.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,359 1.4 37.6 – – – 1,376 .1 37.6 Teachers, special education................................. 1,541 9.5 39.5 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 852 10.4 39.5 815 10.3 39.6 – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 551 7.9 41.8 498 7.1 42.7 – – – Social workers.............................................. 594 9.3 39.4 526 9.1 40.0 – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,386 30.7 36.6 1,386 30.7 36.6 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 990 7.5 37.5 990 7.5 37.5 – – – Technical....................................................... 796 12.2 39.0 800 13.1 39.0 – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 910 6.8 40.0 910 6.8 40.0 – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 805 2.1 39.9 805 2.1 39.9 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 650 1.9 39.7 648 2.1 39.6 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 502 3.9 40.3 502 3.9 40.3 – – – Drafters.................................................... 982 7.5 40.0 982 7.5 40.0 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,108 6.5 39.4 1,110 7.0 39.5 1,087 13.8 38.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,333 8.2 39.4 1,347 8.9 39.4 1,228 18.9 38.9 Financial managers.......................................... 1,608 6.7 38.0 1,608 6.7 38.0 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ $1,333 16.0 39.9 $1,296 19.6 40.3 $1,377 26.0 39.3 Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,089 11.9 41.9 1,089 11.9 41.9 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,326 11.4 39.9 1,319 11.7 40.0 – – – Management related............................................ 882 5.2 39.4 888 5.5 39.5 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 939 9.4 39.4 945 10.0 39.6 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 951 14.1 39.2 951 14.1 39.2 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 889 9.9 40.0 889 9.9 40.0 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 900 7.0 39.8 930 7.1 40.0 – – – Sales............................................................. 464 6.9 39.4 464 6.9 39.4 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 687 22.5 39.8 687 22.5 39.8 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 546 3.3 39.3 539 3.8 39.4 602 2.1 38.7 Secretaries................................................. 613 3.8 39.3 590 5.0 39.3 687 2.4 39.4 Stenographers............................................... 575 3.1 39.2 – – – – – – Receptionists............................................... 397 2.4 39.9 397 2.4 39.9 – – – Order clerks................................................ 720 14.3 39.7 720 14.3 39.7 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 523 6.4 39.3 523 6.4 39.3 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 553 3.4 38.9 544 3.2 38.9 – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 496 6.1 40.0 496 6.1 40.0 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 395 7.4 40.0 395 7.4 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 558 7.0 39.7 562 10.7 39.9 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 431 6.8 37.7 – – – 455 5.1 36.5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 665 6.3 38.4 665 6.3 38.4 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 661 4.0 39.5 649 4.4 39.5 755 4.0 39.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 740 3.1 39.5 741 3.3 39.5 728 4.1 39.7 Automobile mechanics........................................ 680 4.2 39.5 – – – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 585 1.9 40.0 585 1.9 40.0 – – – Carpenters.................................................. 789 7.8 39.8 – – – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 959 9.0 37.7 959 9.0 37.7 – – – Machinists.................................................. 638 9.1 39.7 638 9.1 39.7 – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 608 4.9 40.0 608 4.9 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 535 12.6 39.3 535 12.6 39.3 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 544 6.6 40.0 544 6.6 40.0 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 602 15.3 39.4 602 15.3 39.4 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 453 17.3 40.0 453 17.3 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 715 3.8 39.8 693 4.7 40.0 781 3.4 39.4 Truck drivers............................................... 696 7.4 40.0 692 7.7 40.0 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ $625 1.7 40.0 $625 1.7 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 561 7.7 39.5 529 8.3 39.5 $729 8.5 39.6 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 489 12.8 39.3 489 12.8 39.3 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 653 8.5 40.0 583 6.1 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 505 6.5 39.1 407 5.9 38.8 775 7.2 39.9 Protective service............................................ 904 7.8 41.3 476 16.6 44.4 1,026 5.1 40.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 1,082 2.0 40.0 – – – 1,082 2.0 40.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 477 19.9 39.3 477 19.9 39.3 – – – Food service.................................................. 304 14.5 39.0 293 15.1 39.2 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 185 26.4 37.9 185 26.4 37.9 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 129 19.0 37.2 129 19.0 37.2 – – – Other food service........................................... 379 9.4 39.7 370 10.3 40.2 – – – Cooks....................................................... 387 3.1 39.4 387 3.1 39.4 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 325 18.5 39.0 278 20.0 40.0 – – – Health service................................................ 426 2.6 39.5 413 2.4 39.4 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 421 1.7 40.0 417 1.1 40.0 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 427 3.0 39.4 412 2.7 39.3 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 513 4.2 39.9 470 6.4 40.0 588 2.8 39.8 Maids and housemen.......................................... 396 3.0 40.0 392 2.9 40.0 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 522 5.2 39.9 467 8.5 39.9 587 2.9 39.9 Personal service.............................................. 570 2.5 31.5 – – – – – – 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $38,312 3.4 1,981 $37,266 4.0 2,016 $43,766 3.3 1,802 All excluding sales............................................... 39,106 3.4 1,978 38,152 4.0 2,014 43,766 3.3 1,802 White collar........................................................ 43,127 3.0 1,961 42,363 3.6 2,017 47,325 3.9 1,650 White collar excluding sales.................................... 44,945 3.0 1,952 44,462 3.6 2,014 47,325 3.9 1,650 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 53,116 3.1 1,855 53,231 4.1 1,966 52,764 2.4 1,517 Professional specialty.......................................... 55,556 3.6 1,820 56,348 4.8 1,949 53,538 1.6 1,489 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 65,176 6.1 2,080 65,176 6.1 2,080 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 65,286 2.7 2,080 65,286 2.7 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 61,899 5.6 2,069 61,899 5.6 2,069 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 62,389 5.6 2,072 62,389 5.6 2,072 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 52,579 7.6 2,020 52,715 7.7 2,020 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 49,877 4.5 2,003 49,924 4.6 2,002 – – – Pharmacists................................................. 79,753 1.9 2,114 79,753 1.9 2,114 – – – Physical therapists......................................... 55,614 9.7 2,019 55,614 9.7 2,019 – – – Therapists, n.e.c........................................... 28,516 17.7 1,996 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 59,956 1.9 1,425 – – – 56,811 2.3 1,477 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 57,219 5.2 1,596 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 52,516 2.4 1,453 35,025 10.9 1,497 53,809 2.5 1,450 Elementary school teachers.................................. 53,509 4.6 1,436 – – – 54,434 5.3 1,440 Secondary school teachers................................... 50,772 1.4 1,405 – – – 51,398 .1 1,405 Teachers, special education................................. 58,277 9.5 1,495 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 43,718 10.4 2,029 42,384 10.3 2,061 – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 22,953 7.9 1,743 19,948 7.1 1,710 – – – Social workers.............................................. 30,905 9.3 2,048 27,339 9.1 2,080 – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 71,886 30.7 1,897 71,886 30.7 1,897 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 51,490 7.5 1,950 51,490 7.5 1,950 – – – Technical....................................................... 41,395 12.2 2,026 41,583 13.1 2,029 – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 47,301 6.8 2,080 47,301 6.8 2,080 – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 41,853 2.1 2,074 41,853 2.1 2,074 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 33,803 1.9 2,064 33,708 2.1 2,060 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 26,096 3.9 2,098 26,096 3.9 2,098 – – – Drafters.................................................... 51,072 7.5 2,080 51,072 7.5 2,080 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 57,433 6.5 2,042 57,594 7.0 2,049 55,764 13.8 1,974 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 68,908 8.2 2,035 69,761 8.9 2,042 62,624 18.9 1,986 Financial managers.......................................... 83,607 6.7 1,974 83,607 6.7 1,974 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ $66,408 16.0 1,985 $64,089 19.6 1,994 $69,126 26.0 1,975 Managers, medicine and health............................... 56,646 11.9 2,177 56,646 11.9 2,177 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 68,971 11.4 2,077 68,568 11.7 2,080 – – – Management related............................................ 45,888 5.2 2,050 46,169 5.5 2,056 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 48,840 9.4 2,050 49,135 10.0 2,058 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 49,441 14.1 2,038 49,441 14.1 2,038 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 46,237 9.9 2,080 46,237 9.9 2,080 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 46,777 7.0 2,069 48,382 7.1 2,082 – – – Sales............................................................. 24,108 6.9 2,047 24,108 6.9 2,047 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 35,719 22.5 2,068 35,719 22.5 2,068 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 28,132 3.3 2,026 27,993 3.8 2,045 29,213 2.1 1,877 Secretaries................................................. 31,871 3.8 2,045 30,679 5.0 2,045 35,703 2.4 2,047 Stenographers............................................... 27,740 3.1 1,890 – – – – – – Receptionists............................................... 20,640 2.4 2,072 20,640 2.4 2,072 – – – Order clerks................................................ 37,445 14.3 2,065 37,445 14.3 2,065 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 27,209 6.4 2,042 27,209 6.4 2,042 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 28,778 3.4 2,025 28,274 3.2 2,024 – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 25,375 6.1 2,044 25,375 6.1 2,044 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 20,299 7.4 2,056 20,299 7.4 2,056 – – – General office clerks....................................... 29,012 7.0 2,062 29,247 10.7 2,073 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 18,233 6.8 1,596 – – – 17,594 5.1 1,408 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 34,562 6.3 1,994 34,562 6.3 1,994 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 34,166 4.0 2,044 33,570 4.4 2,046 38,790 4.0 2,032 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 38,435 3.1 2,053 38,487 3.3 2,052 37,852 4.1 2,066 Automobile mechanics........................................ 35,382 4.2 2,056 – – – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 30,398 1.9 2,080 30,398 1.9 2,080 – – – Carpenters.................................................. 41,020 7.8 2,072 – – – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 49,876 9.0 1,961 49,876 9.0 1,961 – – – Machinists.................................................. 33,183 9.1 2,063 33,183 9.1 2,063 – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 31,597 4.9 2,080 31,597 4.9 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 27,734 12.6 2,036 27,734 12.6 2,036 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 27,946 6.6 2,054 27,946 6.6 2,054 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 31,281 15.3 2,049 31,281 15.3 2,049 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 23,382 17.3 2,067 23,382 17.3 2,067 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 36,949 3.8 2,059 36,041 4.7 2,078 39,678 3.4 2,001 Truck drivers............................................... 36,187 7.4 2,080 35,987 7.7 2,080 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ $32,478 1.7 2,080 $32,478 1.7 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 28,566 7.7 2,012 26,834 8.3 2,003 $37,931 8.5 2,058 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 25,427 12.8 2,046 25,427 12.8 2,046 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 33,954 8.5 2,080 30,313 6.1 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 25,384 6.5 1,962 20,467 5.9 1,949 38,856 7.2 1,998 Protective service............................................ 41,178 7.8 1,881 15,030 16.6 1,404 53,341 5.1 2,103 Police and detectives, public service....................... 56,268 2.0 2,080 – – – 56,268 2.0 2,080 Guards and police, except public service.................... 24,805 19.9 2,043 24,805 19.9 2,043 – – – Food service.................................................. 15,473 14.5 1,987 15,232 15.1 2,037 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 9,615 26.4 1,969 9,615 26.4 1,969 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 6,724 19.0 1,933 6,724 19.0 1,933 – – – Other food service........................................... 19,035 9.4 1,998 19,221 10.3 2,085 – – – Cooks....................................................... 20,053 3.1 2,042 20,053 3.1 2,042 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 15,624 18.5 1,875 14,446 20.0 2,080 – – – Health service................................................ 22,173 2.6 2,052 21,473 2.4 2,049 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 21,887 1.7 2,080 21,704 1.1 2,080 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 22,220 3.0 2,047 21,433 2.7 2,043 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 26,422 4.2 2,055 24,159 6.4 2,056 30,308 2.8 2,053 Maids and housemen.......................................... 20,606 3.0 2,080 20,377 2.9 2,080 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 26,785 5.2 2,049 23,880 8.5 2,045 30,273 2.9 2,055 Personal service.............................................. 28,049 2.5 1,548 – – – – – – 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $18.33 3.4 $17.44 4.0 $23.92 3.8 All excluding sales............................................... 19.00 3.4 18.14 4.0 23.95 3.8 White collar........................................................ 21.06 3.0 20.05 3.6 28.22 3.8 1....................................................... 6.76 7.8 6.76 7.9 – – 2....................................................... 8.71 3.1 8.63 3.2 – – 3....................................................... 10.12 6.1 9.95 6.3 14.14 9.7 4....................................................... 14.13 5.6 13.97 6.6 15.04 3.6 5....................................................... 14.65 4.2 14.22 4.2 18.77 10.4 6....................................................... 17.25 4.3 16.49 4.8 – – 7....................................................... 21.53 2.8 19.54 3.7 30.22 5.6 8....................................................... 23.72 4.0 22.71 3.1 30.29 7.4 9....................................................... 29.54 3.1 26.00 3.9 39.19 6.5 10........................................................ 31.46 4.8 31.39 4.9 – – 11........................................................ 38.22 10.1 38.58 11.1 35.78 16.5 12........................................................ 51.39 6.7 52.65 7.1 – – 13........................................................ 52.44 7.1 52.44 7.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.20 11.2 23.81 11.8 35.83 6.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.66 2.9 21.73 3.5 28.29 3.8 2....................................................... 9.57 3.2 9.51 3.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.88 6.8 10.66 7.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.35 6.0 14.22 7.2 15.04 3.6 5....................................................... 14.60 4.2 14.15 4.2 18.77 10.4 6....................................................... 17.27 4.8 16.44 5.4 – – 7....................................................... 21.49 2.8 19.47 3.7 30.22 5.6 8....................................................... 23.72 4.0 22.71 3.1 30.29 7.4 9....................................................... 29.42 3.1 25.77 3.4 39.19 6.5 10........................................................ 31.40 4.8 31.32 5.0 – – 11........................................................ 38.23 10.2 38.60 11.3 35.78 16.5 12........................................................ 51.39 6.7 52.65 7.1 – – 13........................................................ 52.44 7.1 52.44 7.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.31 12.1 29.01 12.8 35.83 6.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.06 3.3 26.53 4.3 34.25 2.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.78 3.5 28.18 4.6 35.30 2.4 5....................................................... 14.05 17.1 14.35 17.8 – – 6....................................................... 19.93 10.8 18.48 23.0 – – 7....................................................... 22.98 5.8 19.09 9.0 32.27 3.3 8....................................................... 26.44 3.8 25.27 2.8 31.32 6.1 9....................................................... 30.58 3.6 25.88 3.7 39.21 6.5 10........................................................ 31.68 4.9 31.57 5.4 – – 11........................................................ 38.14 7.6 37.37 9.5 – – 12........................................................ 50.20 7.8 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.41 30.2 38.63 30.2 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.33 6.1 31.33 6.1 – – 9....................................................... 30.62 1.9 30.62 1.9 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... $31.39 2.7 $31.39 2.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.91 5.6 29.91 5.6 – – 9....................................................... 30.55 7.0 30.55 7.0 – – 11........................................................ 39.04 4.2 39.04 4.2 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.11 5.7 30.11 5.7 – – 9....................................................... 31.78 5.4 31.78 5.4 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 26.03 6.1 26.13 6.2 – – 7....................................................... 19.63 9.4 19.53 9.6 – – 8....................................................... 24.01 1.3 24.18 1.4 – – 9....................................................... 25.39 4.6 25.39 4.6 – – 10........................................................ 33.06 4.0 33.06 4.0 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.70 3.8 24.76 3.9 – – 7....................................................... 22.50 2.2 22.46 2.2 – – 8....................................................... 23.48 .7 23.66 .7 – – 9....................................................... 23.98 5.3 23.98 5.3 – – Pharmacists................................................. 37.46 .7 37.46 .7 – – Physical therapists......................................... 27.53 10.6 27.53 10.6 – – Therapists, n.e.c........................................... 14.29 15.1 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 41.34 2.3 – – $37.61 3.2 9....................................................... 27.15 11.5 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 35.84 5.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 35.54 3.2 23.08 11.3 36.45 3.3 7....................................................... 32.48 3.5 – – 32.48 3.5 8....................................................... 30.98 7.6 24.26 19.9 32.63 4.2 9....................................................... 40.22 6.9 – – 40.74 6.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.10 3.1 – – 37.80 3.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.87 3.1 – – 36.32 3.3 8....................................................... 32.83 8.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 37.36 1.8 – – 37.36 1.8 Teachers, special education................................. 39.88 8.6 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 21.55 10.5 20.56 10.2 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 12.07 16.5 10.76 15.7 – – Social workers.............................................. 14.91 9.2 13.10 8.6 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 36.84 33.2 36.84 33.2 – – 9....................................................... 23.33 6.2 23.33 6.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 53.04 49.1 53.04 49.1 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 26.41 7.5 26.41 7.5 – – Technical....................................................... 20.25 13.6 20.30 14.6 – – 4....................................................... 13.18 4.8 12.83 3.6 – – 5....................................................... 14.50 9.3 14.36 10.0 – – 6....................................................... 15.51 15.7 13.79 14.1 – – 7....................................................... 20.61 5.8 20.61 5.8 – – 9....................................................... $25.41 7.3 $25.41 7.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.05 12.6 20.05 12.6 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 22.29 5.6 22.29 5.6 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 19.88 3.8 19.88 3.8 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.35 2.2 16.33 2.4 – – 4....................................................... 16.69 5.5 15.51 .8 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 12.49 4.7 12.49 4.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.05 4.9 12.05 4.9 – – Drafters.................................................... 24.55 7.5 24.55 7.5 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.12 6.9 28.11 7.5 $28.25 12.6 7....................................................... 19.68 3.6 20.02 3.7 – – 8....................................................... 19.69 8.1 19.40 8.3 – – 9....................................................... 25.53 5.5 25.55 5.5 – – 10........................................................ 30.79 12.1 30.79 12.1 – – 11........................................................ 30.42 7.4 31.24 6.7 – – 12........................................................ 53.54 11.1 54.90 11.5 – – 13........................................................ 53.19 8.3 53.19 8.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.89 8.5 30.35 9.2 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.86 8.9 34.17 9.7 31.54 17.6 9....................................................... 28.06 9.6 28.11 9.6 – – 11........................................................ 29.50 8.5 30.23 7.4 – – 12........................................................ 53.54 11.1 54.90 11.5 – – 13........................................................ 50.39 8.1 50.39 8.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.47 9.8 34.13 11.1 – – Financial managers.......................................... 42.35 7.3 42.35 7.3 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 33.45 14.7 32.14 17.7 35.01 23.0 Managers, medicine and health............................... 26.02 14.7 26.02 14.7 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 33.20 11.9 32.97 12.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.28 19.2 36.87 20.4 – – Management related............................................ 22.39 5.0 22.46 5.2 – – 7....................................................... 19.18 2.2 19.42 2.3 – – 8....................................................... 19.43 8.2 19.10 8.3 – – 9....................................................... 23.55 4.7 23.55 4.7 – – 10........................................................ 29.45 13.5 29.45 13.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.56 2.6 22.56 2.6 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 23.83 9.2 23.87 9.8 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.26 14.0 24.26 14.0 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 22.23 9.9 22.23 9.9 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.61 7.0 23.24 7.3 – – Sales............................................................. 10.10 5.6 10.09 5.6 – – 1....................................................... 6.72 9.1 6.72 9.1 – – 2....................................................... 7.20 2.4 7.20 2.4 – – 3....................................................... 8.75 10.3 8.70 10.7 – – 4....................................................... 11.79 4.2 11.79 4.2 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... $17.27 22.9 $17.27 22.9 – – Sales workers, apparel...................................... 8.82 13.1 8.82 13.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.32 3.1 7.27 3.0 – – 2....................................................... 7.15 5.1 7.15 5.1 – – 3....................................................... 7.48 10.6 7.32 10.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.68 3.3 13.49 3.7 $15.31 2.4 2....................................................... 9.57 3.2 9.51 3.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.56 2.6 11.35 2.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.47 6.3 14.38 7.6 14.95 3.5 5....................................................... 14.44 4.9 13.70 4.3 – – 6....................................................... 17.03 4.0 16.95 4.1 – – 7....................................................... 18.38 .7 18.38 .7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.79 7.2 12.79 7.2 – – Secretaries................................................. 15.42 4.0 14.82 5.2 17.44 1.2 3....................................................... 13.11 9.0 11.83 2.0 – – 4....................................................... 13.64 4.1 12.71 4.0 16.00 5.8 5....................................................... 19.30 13.3 16.24 6.1 – – 6....................................................... 18.59 8.3 18.58 9.8 – – Stenographers............................................... 14.55 4.2 13.05 1.7 – – 4....................................................... 14.62 4.4 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 9.61 3.0 9.61 3.0 – – 2....................................................... 9.87 3.8 9.87 3.8 – – Order clerks................................................ 18.10 14.4 18.10 14.4 – – Library clerks.............................................. 12.67 4.3 – – – – File clerks................................................. 8.74 8.4 8.74 8.4 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.31 6.9 13.31 6.9 – – 4....................................................... 13.16 8.0 13.16 8.0 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.17 2.9 13.92 2.9 – – 4....................................................... 14.04 5.1 14.04 5.1 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 12.41 6.1 12.41 6.1 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 9.87 7.4 9.87 7.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.86 6.8 13.89 9.9 – – 4....................................................... 13.61 8.7 13.39 12.4 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.37 6.6 – – 12.33 1.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.06 11.4 15.58 12.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.20 4.4 15.85 4.8 19.05 3.8 1....................................................... 8.66 3.1 8.14 3.3 – – 2....................................................... 12.99 8.7 12.77 9.4 – – 3....................................................... 14.40 6.5 14.17 7.0 – – 4....................................................... 14.21 9.2 14.05 9.4 – – 5....................................................... 16.83 3.3 16.74 3.5 – – 6....................................................... 19.43 7.0 18.77 10.9 – – 7....................................................... 21.04 4.7 21.27 5.5 19.66 1.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $18.64 3.6 $18.67 3.9 $18.32 3.8 3....................................................... 12.99 2.9 12.99 2.9 – – 4....................................................... 12.60 2.7 – – – – 5....................................................... 16.82 2.5 16.84 2.5 – – 6....................................................... 18.87 7.8 18.34 8.4 – – 7....................................................... 21.31 4.8 21.85 5.5 17.96 2.8 Automobile mechanics........................................ 17.21 2.3 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 14.58 1.9 14.58 1.9 – – Carpenters.................................................. 19.80 7.5 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 25.44 5.3 25.44 5.3 – – Machinists.................................................. 16.09 8.6 16.09 8.6 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 15.19 4.9 15.19 4.9 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.53 13.7 13.53 13.7 – – 2....................................................... 11.53 9.9 11.53 9.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.61 19.7 12.61 19.7 – – 5....................................................... 14.42 8.7 14.42 8.7 – – 6....................................................... 19.66 15.4 19.66 15.4 – – 7....................................................... 18.28 10.8 18.28 10.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.61 6.6 13.61 6.6 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 15.27 14.3 15.27 14.3 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.02 16.4 11.02 16.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.46 4.2 16.79 5.0 19.72 3.2 2....................................................... 13.41 8.9 – – – – 3....................................................... 14.48 5.8 14.10 5.9 – – 4....................................................... 17.82 4.9 17.75 5.0 – – 5....................................................... 18.87 4.3 19.48 6.7 – – 7....................................................... 21.12 5.3 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 17.07 7.1 16.96 7.3 – – 4....................................................... 17.97 5.8 17.88 5.9 – – 5....................................................... 20.17 9.6 – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 17.44 10.3 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 15.61 1.7 15.61 1.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.78 5.7 11.98 5.7 18.42 7.6 1....................................................... 8.56 3.8 7.88 4.6 – – 2....................................................... 14.04 9.0 14.11 9.7 – – 3....................................................... 16.68 8.3 16.39 9.3 – – 4....................................................... 18.22 4.6 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.54 13.1 8.54 13.1 – – 1....................................................... 6.75 5.7 6.75 5.7 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 18.32 7.6 18.32 7.6 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 9.11 10.7 9.11 10.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 14.78 9.9 12.68 5.8 – – Service............................................................. $11.69 5.7 $9.57 5.3 $18.90 8.5 1....................................................... 7.66 10.7 7.34 11.0 11.88 3.1 2....................................................... 8.63 7.2 8.33 7.9 11.99 8.2 3....................................................... 10.34 3.7 9.15 3.0 14.01 3.4 4....................................................... 10.98 5.3 10.36 6.4 – – 5....................................................... 21.01 10.7 – – – – 6....................................................... 18.60 10.2 14.65 9.3 – – 7....................................................... 26.27 3.5 – – 25.97 3.5 Protective service............................................ 21.09 10.6 10.45 19.5 24.47 8.9 7....................................................... 25.97 3.5 – – 25.97 3.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 27.05 2.0 – – 27.05 2.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 11.83 19.6 11.83 19.6 – – Food service.................................................. 7.11 10.0 6.88 10.3 11.62 4.7 1....................................................... 6.37 13.4 5.98 12.4 – – 2....................................................... 5.88 18.1 5.72 18.8 – – 3....................................................... 7.44 6.6 7.09 6.5 – – 4....................................................... 11.33 2.5 11.47 2.4 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.55 16.4 4.55 16.4 – – 1....................................................... 5.36 16.8 5.36 16.8 – – 2....................................................... 3.22 10.2 3.22 10.2 – – 3....................................................... 5.30 21.7 5.30 21.7 – – Bartenders.................................................. 6.69 11.2 6.69 11.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.34 10.3 3.34 10.3 – – 3....................................................... 4.17 18.2 4.17 18.2 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.99 3.9 5.99 3.9 – – 1....................................................... 6.41 5.0 6.41 5.0 – – Other food service........................................... 8.64 5.8 8.39 6.2 11.62 4.7 1....................................................... 7.14 14.7 6.50 13.3 – – 2....................................................... 7.87 5.0 7.68 5.8 – – 3....................................................... 9.11 5.6 8.72 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 11.39 2.3 11.55 2.0 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.54 4.5 9.57 4.5 – – 4....................................................... 11.27 2.3 11.44 1.9 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.81 3.9 7.81 3.9 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.17 10.6 7.38 12.9 11.89 3.3 1....................................................... 7.19 17.8 6.41 15.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.04 7.3 – – – – Health service................................................ 10.72 1.7 10.42 1.7 – – 2....................................................... 10.68 1.7 10.57 1.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.79 3.0 10.19 1.8 – – 4....................................................... 10.64 2.7 10.64 2.7 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.53 1.6 10.45 1.2 – – 4....................................................... 10.21 1.9 10.21 1.9 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.75 2.0 10.42 1.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.64 1.6 10.52 1.5 – – 3....................................................... $10.77 3.1 $10.17 1.7 – – 4....................................................... 11.10 5.4 11.10 5.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 12.50 5.5 11.36 7.7 $14.61 2.9 1....................................................... 9.92 10.7 9.76 11.0 – – 2....................................................... 11.54 5.6 10.96 6.4 – – 3....................................................... 13.15 2.9 11.06 7.3 14.22 2.8 Maids and housemen.......................................... 9.72 3.5 9.69 3.3 – – 2....................................................... 9.87 3.8 9.82 .4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.70 7.0 11.21 10.3 14.68 3.2 1....................................................... 10.08 13.5 – – – – 2....................................................... 13.41 5.4 – – – – 3....................................................... 13.68 2.8 11.80 10.3 14.22 2.8 Personal service.............................................. 16.75 5.4 18.21 5.7 – – 1....................................................... 7.02 9.0 7.02 9.0 – – 4....................................................... 11.17 7.0 – – – – Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 10.58 10.3 – – – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 9.84 17.3 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. 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 appendix A 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 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................................................................... $19.34 3.5 $18.49 4.1 $24.29 3.3 All excluding sales............................................... 19.77 3.4 18.95 4.0 24.29 3.3 White collar........................................................ 22.00 3.0 21.00 3.5 28.68 4.1 2....................................................... 9.60 2.8 9.54 2.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.93 4.5 10.77 4.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.20 5.9 14.04 7.0 15.13 4.2 5....................................................... 14.73 4.3 14.26 4.4 – – 6....................................................... 17.27 4.4 16.51 4.8 – – 7....................................................... 21.58 2.9 19.49 3.9 30.55 6.8 8....................................................... 23.68 4.3 22.53 3.2 31.10 6.9 9....................................................... 29.67 3.0 26.07 4.0 39.61 6.7 10........................................................ 31.42 5.1 31.34 5.2 – – 11........................................................ 38.22 10.1 38.58 11.1 35.78 16.5 12........................................................ 51.92 6.6 52.65 7.1 – – 13........................................................ 50.40 6.6 50.40 6.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.44 11.5 24.03 12.2 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.02 3.0 22.08 3.5 28.68 4.1 2....................................................... 9.84 3.3 9.78 3.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.40 4.4 11.19 4.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.37 6.3 14.22 7.6 15.13 4.2 5....................................................... 14.67 4.4 14.18 4.4 – – 6....................................................... 17.30 4.8 16.47 5.5 – – 7....................................................... 21.54 3.0 19.42 3.9 30.55 6.8 8....................................................... 23.68 4.3 22.53 3.2 31.10 6.9 9....................................................... 29.54 2.9 25.82 3.5 39.61 6.7 10........................................................ 31.36 5.1 31.27 5.3 – – 11........................................................ 38.23 10.2 38.60 11.3 35.78 16.5 12........................................................ 51.92 6.6 52.65 7.1 – – 13........................................................ 50.40 6.6 50.40 6.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.63 12.7 29.30 13.4 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.63 3.0 27.08 4.0 34.78 2.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.53 3.4 28.91 4.4 35.95 1.4 6....................................................... 20.11 10.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 23.15 6.3 18.95 9.9 32.68 4.9 8....................................................... 26.78 4.1 25.33 3.1 32.35 4.9 9....................................................... 30.84 3.5 25.98 4.0 39.64 6.7 10........................................................ 31.63 5.3 31.51 5.9 – – 11........................................................ 38.14 7.6 37.37 9.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.22 33.3 40.22 33.3 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.33 6.1 31.33 6.1 – – 9....................................................... 30.62 1.9 30.62 1.9 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 31.39 2.7 31.39 2.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.91 5.6 29.91 5.6 – – 9....................................................... 30.55 7.0 30.55 7.0 – – 11........................................................ $39.04 4.2 $39.04 4.2 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.11 5.7 30.11 5.7 – – 9....................................................... 31.78 5.4 31.78 5.4 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 26.03 7.0 26.10 7.1 – – 7....................................................... 19.31 11.5 19.18 11.9 – – 8....................................................... 23.87 1.2 23.99 1.1 – – 9....................................................... 25.41 5.4 25.41 5.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.91 4.4 24.94 4.5 – – 7....................................................... 23.11 .2 23.08 .2 – – 8....................................................... 23.33 .7 23.46 .5 – – 9....................................................... 23.88 5.8 23.88 5.8 – – Pharmacists................................................. 37.73 2.1 37.73 2.1 – – Physical therapists......................................... 27.54 11.4 27.54 11.4 – – Therapists, n.e.c........................................... 14.29 15.1 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 42.07 1.7 – – $38.47 1.4 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 35.84 5.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.13 2.1 23.40 12.5 37.10 2.1 7....................................................... 32.88 5.1 – – 32.88 5.1 8....................................................... 31.36 7.3 24.26 19.9 33.17 2.7 9....................................................... 40.77 7.3 – – 41.36 7.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.25 3.0 – – 37.80 3.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 36.13 2.6 – – 36.59 2.8 8....................................................... 32.83 8.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 37.36 1.8 – – 37.36 1.8 Teachers, special education................................. 38.97 8.5 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 21.55 10.5 20.56 10.2 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.17 11.4 11.66 10.9 – – Social workers.............................................. 15.09 9.9 13.14 9.1 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 37.89 35.8 37.89 35.8 – – 9....................................................... 23.33 6.2 23.33 6.2 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 26.41 7.5 26.41 7.5 – – Technical....................................................... 20.43 13.9 20.50 15.0 – – 4....................................................... 13.01 5.1 12.62 3.3 – – 5....................................................... 14.32 10.2 14.15 11.1 – – 6....................................................... 15.51 15.8 13.78 14.3 – – 7....................................................... 20.63 5.9 20.63 5.9 – – 9....................................................... 25.41 7.3 25.41 7.3 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 22.74 6.8 22.74 6.8 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 20.18 2.3 20.18 2.3 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.38 2.4 16.36 2.7 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 12.44 4.8 12.44 4.8 – – Drafters.................................................... 24.55 7.5 24.55 7.5 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $28.12 6.9 $28.11 7.5 $28.25 12.6 7....................................................... 19.68 3.6 20.02 3.7 – – 8....................................................... 19.69 8.1 19.40 8.3 – – 9....................................................... 25.53 5.5 25.55 5.5 – – 10........................................................ 30.79 12.1 30.79 12.1 – – 11........................................................ 30.42 7.4 31.24 6.7 – – 12........................................................ 53.54 11.1 54.90 11.5 – – 13........................................................ 53.19 8.3 53.19 8.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.89 8.5 30.35 9.2 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.86 8.9 34.17 9.7 31.54 17.6 9....................................................... 28.06 9.6 28.11 9.6 – – 11........................................................ 29.50 8.5 30.23 7.4 – – 12........................................................ 53.54 11.1 54.90 11.5 – – 13........................................................ 50.39 8.1 50.39 8.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.47 9.8 34.13 11.1 – – Financial managers.......................................... 42.35 7.3 42.35 7.3 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 33.45 14.7 32.14 17.7 35.01 23.0 Managers, medicine and health............................... 26.02 14.7 26.02 14.7 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 33.20 11.9 32.97 12.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.28 19.2 36.87 20.4 – – Management related............................................ 22.39 5.0 22.46 5.2 – – 7....................................................... 19.18 2.2 19.42 2.3 – – 8....................................................... 19.43 8.2 19.10 8.3 – – 9....................................................... 23.55 4.7 23.55 4.7 – – 10........................................................ 29.45 13.5 29.45 13.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.56 2.6 22.56 2.6 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 23.83 9.2 23.87 9.8 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.26 14.0 24.26 14.0 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 22.23 9.9 22.23 9.9 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.61 7.0 23.24 7.3 – – Sales............................................................. 11.78 6.9 11.78 6.9 – – 4....................................................... 12.16 4.7 12.16 4.7 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 17.27 22.9 17.27 22.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.89 3.4 13.69 3.8 15.57 2.9 2....................................................... 9.84 3.3 9.78 3.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.76 2.7 11.56 2.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.49 6.6 14.38 8.0 15.04 4.1 5....................................................... 14.44 4.9 13.70 4.3 – – 6....................................................... 17.03 4.0 16.95 4.1 – – 7....................................................... 18.31 .7 18.31 .7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.79 7.2 12.79 7.2 – – Secretaries................................................. 15.58 3.9 15.00 5.1 17.44 1.2 3....................................................... 13.31 11.6 – – – – 4....................................................... $13.75 4.1 $12.82 4.1 $16.00 5.8 5....................................................... 19.30 13.3 16.24 6.1 – – 6....................................................... 18.59 8.3 18.58 9.8 – – Stenographers............................................... 14.68 4.1 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 9.96 2.4 9.96 2.4 – – Order clerks................................................ 18.13 14.5 18.13 14.5 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.33 7.2 13.33 7.2 – – 4....................................................... 13.16 8.0 13.16 8.0 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.21 2.9 13.97 2.8 – – 4....................................................... 14.04 5.1 14.04 5.1 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 12.41 6.1 12.41 6.1 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 9.87 7.4 9.87 7.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.07 7.4 14.11 10.9 – – 4....................................................... 13.61 8.7 13.39 12.4 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.43 7.3 – – 12.49 2.5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 17.33 6.4 17.33 6.4 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.71 4.6 16.41 5.1 19.09 3.8 1....................................................... 9.42 4.9 8.75 4.0 – – 2....................................................... 13.92 6.1 13.87 6.3 – – 3....................................................... 14.59 6.9 14.34 7.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.21 9.2 14.05 9.4 – – 5....................................................... 16.83 3.3 16.74 3.5 – – 6....................................................... 19.43 7.0 18.77 10.9 – – 7....................................................... 21.04 4.7 21.27 5.5 19.66 1.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.72 3.5 18.76 3.8 18.32 3.8 3....................................................... 13.05 3.0 13.05 3.0 – – 4....................................................... 12.60 2.7 – – – – 5....................................................... 16.82 2.5 16.84 2.5 – – 6....................................................... 18.87 7.8 18.34 8.4 – – 7....................................................... 21.31 4.8 21.85 5.5 17.96 2.8 Automobile mechanics........................................ 17.21 2.3 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 14.61 1.9 14.61 1.9 – – Carpenters.................................................. 19.80 7.5 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 25.44 5.3 25.44 5.3 – – Machinists.................................................. 16.09 8.6 16.09 8.6 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 15.19 4.9 15.19 4.9 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.62 14.0 13.62 14.0 – – 3....................................................... 12.61 19.7 12.61 19.7 – – 5....................................................... 14.42 8.7 14.42 8.7 – – 6....................................................... 19.66 15.4 19.66 15.4 – – 7....................................................... 18.28 10.8 18.28 10.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.61 6.6 13.61 6.6 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 15.27 14.3 15.27 14.3 – – Assemblers.................................................. $11.31 17.3 $11.31 17.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.94 3.9 17.34 4.7 $19.83 3.1 3....................................................... 15.00 7.2 14.57 7.9 – – 4....................................................... 17.82 4.9 17.75 5.0 – – 5....................................................... 18.87 4.3 19.48 6.7 – – 7....................................................... 21.12 5.3 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 17.40 7.4 17.30 7.7 – – 4....................................................... 17.97 5.8 17.88 5.9 – – 5....................................................... 20.17 9.6 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 15.61 1.7 15.61 1.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.20 7.9 13.40 8.4 18.43 7.7 1....................................................... 9.60 6.9 – – – – 2....................................................... 14.98 6.2 15.25 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 17.36 8.6 17.05 9.3 – – 4....................................................... 18.22 4.6 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.43 12.2 12.43 12.2 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 16.32 8.5 14.57 6.1 – – Service............................................................. 12.94 6.7 10.50 6.3 19.45 7.2 1....................................................... 8.30 12.0 8.00 12.3 – – 2....................................................... 9.23 11.2 8.83 12.0 13.18 6.0 3....................................................... 11.11 4.4 9.91 3.4 14.05 3.2 4....................................................... 11.19 6.5 10.50 7.8 – – 5....................................................... 21.01 10.7 – – – – 6....................................................... 19.07 10.0 15.00 10.5 – – 7....................................................... 26.27 3.5 – – 25.97 3.5 Protective service............................................ 21.89 9.2 10.70 22.0 25.36 5.2 7....................................................... 25.97 3.5 – – 25.97 3.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 27.05 2.0 – – 27.05 2.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 12.14 18.9 12.14 18.9 – – Food service.................................................. 7.79 14.8 7.48 15.2 – – 1....................................................... 6.74 17.9 6.13 16.4 – – 2....................................................... 4.63 18.2 4.41 16.0 – – 3....................................................... 8.89 6.4 8.53 5.4 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.88 25.5 4.88 25.5 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.48 20.0 3.48 20.0 – – Other food service........................................... 9.53 9.8 9.22 10.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.15 26.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.40 5.3 8.98 5.1 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.82 3.5 9.82 3.5 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.33 19.2 6.95 20.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.15 26.7 – – – – Health service................................................ 10.81 2.1 10.48 1.9 – – 2....................................................... 10.67 1.8 10.54 1.9 – – 3....................................................... $11.00 4.5 $10.33 2.5 – – 4....................................................... 10.66 2.7 10.66 2.7 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.52 1.7 10.43 1.1 – – 4....................................................... 10.17 2.4 10.17 2.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.85 2.4 10.49 2.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.62 1.8 10.48 1.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.99 4.8 10.31 2.5 – – 4....................................................... 11.20 4.9 11.20 4.9 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 12.86 4.2 11.75 6.4 $14.76 3.0 1....................................................... 10.39 10.0 10.27 10.3 – – 2....................................................... 11.77 5.1 11.03 6.4 – – 3....................................................... 13.18 2.9 11.09 7.5 14.22 2.8 Maids and housemen.......................................... 9.91 3.0 9.80 2.9 – – 2....................................................... 10.08 2.2 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 13.07 5.2 11.68 8.4 14.73 3.0 1....................................................... 10.59 12.6 10.46 13.1 – – 2....................................................... 13.55 5.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 13.72 2.9 11.90 11.0 14.22 2.8 Personal service.............................................. 18.12 6.6 – – – – 4....................................................... 11.17 7.0 – – – – 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 four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. 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 appendix A 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 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................................................................... $9.92 5.7 $9.52 5.9 $16.35 22.0 All excluding sales............................................... 10.89 6.6 10.43 7.0 16.59 24.4 White collar........................................................ 12.01 7.9 11.41 7.7 19.98 19.7 1....................................................... 6.71 9.0 6.71 9.0 – – 2....................................................... 7.04 3.4 6.97 3.3 – – 3....................................................... 7.59 10.0 7.31 9.5 – – 4....................................................... 12.98 9.1 13.09 9.1 – – 5....................................................... 12.92 13.1 13.33 14.5 – – 7....................................................... 19.99 6.2 20.98 5.0 – – 8....................................................... 24.16 3.5 24.91 3.1 – – 9....................................................... 27.37 8.3 24.80 4.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.24 13.0 14.08 14.3 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 16.56 10.1 15.98 10.7 20.70 23.4 2....................................................... 8.03 6.4 7.87 6.5 – – 3....................................................... 8.42 16.1 8.11 16.2 – – 4....................................................... 13.98 7.3 14.19 6.9 – – 5....................................................... 13.04 13.6 13.49 15.0 – – 7....................................................... 19.99 6.2 20.98 5.0 – – 8....................................................... 24.16 3.5 24.91 3.1 – – 9....................................................... 27.37 8.3 24.80 4.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.28 6.3 16.31 7.0 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.93 14.9 20.22 16.5 25.06 28.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 21.46 16.5 20.76 18.7 25.06 28.4 7....................................................... 19.94 6.9 21.05 5.7 – – 8....................................................... 24.16 3.5 24.91 3.1 – – 9....................................................... 27.37 8.3 24.80 4.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.22 7.8 – – – – Health related................................................ 26.04 7.3 26.23 7.3 – – 7....................................................... 21.05 5.7 21.05 5.7 – – 8....................................................... 24.50 3.4 24.91 3.1 – – 9....................................................... 25.30 4.4 25.30 4.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.93 3.6 24.10 3.7 – – 7....................................................... 21.05 5.7 21.05 5.7 – – 8....................................................... 24.00 2.5 24.42 2.0 – – 9....................................................... 24.40 5.3 24.40 5.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.46 34.4 – – 25.92 34.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 7.71 25.6 7.71 25.6 – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.81 3.1 15.81 3.1 – – Sales............................................................. 6.98 2.0 6.92 1.9 – – 1....................................................... $6.69 10.1 $6.69 10.1 – – 2....................................................... 6.66 2.7 6.66 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 6.88 11.2 6.64 10.8 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 7.38 10.4 7.38 10.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.63 2.1 6.54 1.6 – – 2....................................................... 6.50 3.6 6.50 3.6 – – 3....................................................... 6.94 12.5 6.67 12.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.63 11.9 10.61 13.1 $10.87 7.0 2....................................................... 8.03 6.4 7.87 6.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.13 8.4 9.82 9.1 – – Blue collar......................................................... 9.01 13.1 8.78 13.8 – – 1....................................................... 6.99 4.4 6.93 4.4 – – 2....................................................... 9.26 12.9 8.40 2.2 – – 3....................................................... 12.99 14.4 12.99 14.4 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.73 11.4 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.96 10.2 7.91 10.2 – – 1....................................................... 6.72 3.4 6.66 3.3 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.36 1.8 6.36 1.8 – – 1....................................................... 6.29 2.0 6.29 2.0 – – Service............................................................. 7.03 5.3 6.89 5.7 9.31 3.3 1....................................................... 6.55 8.9 6.17 8.5 – – 2....................................................... 7.29 7.0 7.21 7.6 – – 3....................................................... 6.46 11.4 6.42 11.7 – – 4....................................................... 9.14 2.8 9.34 2.1 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.28 7.2 6.19 7.5 – – 1....................................................... 5.93 9.7 5.81 9.3 – – 2....................................................... 6.81 9.8 6.70 10.3 – – 3....................................................... 4.69 5.7 4.69 5.7 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.14 6.2 4.14 6.2 – – 1....................................................... 4.54 16.7 4.54 16.7 – – 3....................................................... 3.77 11.2 3.77 11.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.19 1.6 3.19 1.6 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.71 11.1 5.71 11.1 – – Other food service........................................... 7.55 4.2 7.46 4.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.12 5.4 6.94 4.8 – – 2....................................................... 7.66 6.6 7.54 7.1 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... $7.43 1.1 $7.43 1.1 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.99 3.0 7.77 4.3 – – 1....................................................... 7.28 5.0 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.92 1.4 9.92 1.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.40 7.0 9.40 7.0 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.84 1.8 9.84 1.8 – – 3....................................................... 9.38 7.3 9.38 7.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 8.51 14.1 8.45 15.5 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. 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 appendix A 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 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....................................................... $19.34 $9.92 $20.82 $17.30 $18.39 $15.91 All excluding sales............................................. 19.77 10.89 20.89 18.13 19.03 17.71 White collar........................................................ 22.00 12.01 28.16 19.73 21.18 12.16 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.02 16.56 28.50 21.39 22.66 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.63 20.93 36.34 25.39 28.06 – Professional specialty.......................................... 30.53 21.46 36.57 27.35 29.78 – Technical....................................................... 20.43 15.81 34.56 17.64 20.25 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.12 – – 28.16 28.12 – Sales............................................................. 11.78 6.98 – 10.14 9.88 12.00 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.89 10.63 16.24 13.12 13.68 – Blue collar......................................................... 16.71 9.01 18.01 13.91 16.08 17.82 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.72 – 19.90 17.42 18.80 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.62 – 14.44 12.52 13.11 – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.94 11.73 19.03 13.05 17.51 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.20 7.96 16.61 9.03 12.73 – Service............................................................. 12.94 7.03 16.01 8.96 11.69 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.5 5.7 3.3 5.2 3.5 6.7 All excluding sales............................................. 3.4 6.6 3.3 5.3 3.5 2.5 White collar........................................................ 3.0 7.9 7.6 4.7 3.1 2.2 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.0 10.1 7.7 4.6 2.9 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.0 14.9 8.2 7.0 3.3 – Professional specialty.......................................... 3.4 16.5 7.7 8.1 3.5 – Technical....................................................... 13.9 3.1 42.7 6.2 13.7 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.9 – – 7.1 6.9 – Sales............................................................. 6.9 2.0 – 5.7 6.1 2.4 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.4 11.9 8.0 2.4 3.3 – Blue collar......................................................... 4.6 13.1 2.5 5.7 4.4 2.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.5 – 2.5 6.2 4.1 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.0 – 11.0 15.3 11.5 – Transportation and material moving................................ 3.9 11.4 3.5 7.7 4.3 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.9 10.2 5.5 7.8 5.7 – Service............................................................. 6.7 5.3 6.9 6.4 5.8 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $17.44 $18.71 - - $18.21 $17.09 $22.73 $10.86 - $18.41 All excluding sales............................................. 18.14 18.63 - - 18.11 17.99 22.73 11.78 - 18.53 White collar........................................................ 20.05 23.34 - - 23.24 19.56 25.51 11.50 - 21.31 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 21.73 23.23 - - 23.12 21.47 25.57 14.93 - 21.57 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.53 28.29 - - 27.84 26.31 35.18 – - 25.54 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.18 30.13 - - 29.68 27.93 38.89 – - 27.50 Technical....................................................... 20.30 20.96 - - 20.96 20.23 – – - 17.51 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.11 29.32 - - 29.79 27.75 28.48 20.92 - 25.86 Sales............................................................. 10.09 – - - – 9.69 – 8.80 - 13.08 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.49 14.30 - - 14.24 13.35 18.37 10.20 - 12.98 Blue collar......................................................... 15.85 16.16 - - 15.24 15.47 19.00 12.67 - 18.98 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.67 19.27 - - 17.73 17.95 23.22 14.83 - 22.09 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.53 13.58 - - 13.58 – – – - – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.79 15.89 - - 15.37 17.36 17.68 15.45 - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.98 15.09 - - 13.13 11.02 15.97 8.70 - – Service............................................................. 9.57 16.13 - - 16.13 9.44 – 6.22 - 9.92 B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.0 10.9 - - 12.4 4.1 8.8 5.1 - 5.9 All excluding sales............................................. 4.0 10.4 - - 11.8 4.2 8.7 7.3 - 5.4 White collar........................................................ 3.6 10.5 - - 11.2 3.8 11.0 6.9 - 5.0 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.5 9.7 - - 10.4 3.7 11.0 9.7 - 4.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.3 9.9 - - 10.2 4.7 36.1 – - 4.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 4.6 8.9 - - 9.2 5.1 6.6 – - 5.6 Technical....................................................... 14.6 6.4 - - 6.4 16.4 – – - 5.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.5 6.9 - - 4.0 9.5 14.7 1.7 - 7.6 Sales............................................................. 5.6 – - - – 4.4 – 4.1 - 21.9 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.7 9.6 - - 10.3 4.2 6.8 4.3 - 2.0 Blue collar......................................................... 4.8 8.3 - - 9.2 3.8 3.2 4.8 - 10.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.9 6.4 - - 6.9 4.5 3.1 6.2 - 3.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.7 14.4 - - 14.4 – – – - – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.0 4.7 - - 7.6 8.0 14.1 5.9 - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.7 5.8 - - 2.0 6.2 13.4 2.9 - – Service............................................................. 5.3 2.5 - - 2.5 5.3 – 14.6 - 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 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2004 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $17.44 $15.81 $17.86 $15.64 $20.45 All excluding sales............................................. 18.14 16.55 18.54 16.20 21.23 White collar........................................................ 20.05 18.35 20.37 18.69 21.70 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 21.73 20.80 21.89 20.52 22.89 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.53 28.79 26.20 23.98 28.09 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.18 32.62 27.56 25.29 29.63 Technical....................................................... 20.30 – 20.96 17.76 23.00 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.11 24.82 28.65 25.12 30.81 Sales............................................................. 10.09 9.15 10.37 10.12 10.74 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.49 12.90 13.61 13.86 13.44 Blue collar......................................................... 15.85 16.01 15.79 14.55 19.05 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.67 21.48 17.44 15.89 21.36 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.53 12.47 14.38 14.36 14.43 Transportation and material moving................................ 16.79 – 16.90 15.68 21.09 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.98 12.57 11.59 8.83 16.31 Service............................................................. 9.57 7.41 10.14 8.65 13.11 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.0 9.2 3.9 4.8 4.3 All excluding sales............................................. 4.0 9.6 3.9 5.0 4.3 White collar........................................................ 3.6 9.2 3.8 4.4 4.9 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.5 8.9 3.7 4.1 5.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.3 7.4 4.8 5.8 5.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 4.6 6.8 4.5 6.2 3.9 Technical....................................................... 14.6 – 16.2 13.3 21.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.5 12.8 7.9 8.2 10.1 Sales............................................................. 5.6 10.4 6.9 8.7 11.7 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.7 7.9 3.8 7.3 2.6 Blue collar......................................................... 4.8 10.2 4.1 4.3 4.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.9 7.4 4.0 3.8 2.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.7 11.2 14.0 14.6 15.0 Transportation and material moving................................ 5.0 – 5.1 5.4 5.2 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.7 23.0 6.6 7.7 3.6 Service............................................................. 5.3 11.5 5.2 7.1 3.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.00 $10.60 $15.45 $22.40 $31.66 All excluding sales........................... 8.50 11.26 16.10 22.91 32.51 White collar.................................... 8.65 11.67 17.69 25.89 37.69 White collar excluding sales................ 10.05 13.30 18.95 27.50 40.02 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.74 18.30 24.82 34.00 46.94 Professional specialty...................... 14.97 20.49 26.63 36.71 48.94 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 20.20 25.44 30.67 37.30 42.65 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 23.72 25.47 32.14 36.97 41.18 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 21.59 21.63 31.25 35.58 40.26 Computer systems analysts and scientists 21.63 22.15 31.25 35.58 40.51 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 18.04 20.80 23.99 27.23 34.55 Registered nurses....................... 18.95 21.59 23.94 26.32 29.95 Pharmacists............................. 33.68 35.14 37.98 39.18 41.60 Physical therapists..................... 20.19 20.80 28.80 32.02 33.93 Therapists, n.e.c....................... 11.38 11.58 12.38 17.00 19.05 Teachers, college and university.......... 21.06 30.64 38.95 47.68 59.94 Other post-secondary teachers........... 19.16 21.75 34.60 49.31 59.94 Teachers, except college and university... 17.00 25.96 33.69 49.07 51.59 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.97 28.44 33.94 46.51 52.04 Secondary school teachers............... 24.87 27.98 32.98 43.39 52.30 Teachers, special education............. 21.73 26.72 49.07 49.74 50.40 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... 15.59 18.30 18.30 23.18 33.67 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 5.50 8.23 11.58 16.78 20.24 Social workers.......................... 10.60 11.24 12.38 17.86 23.31 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.42 18.39 24.73 31.23 83.44 Editors and reporters................... 14.67 21.23 21.30 30.97 44.18 Technical................................... 10.34 14.08 16.88 21.40 26.79 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 18.69 20.57 21.71 25.40 25.90 Radiological technicians................ 15.25 17.75 20.97 22.24 22.97 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.25 15.09 15.60 17.20 19.09 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 8.00 9.51 12.49 14.54 16.15 Drafters................................ 17.00 21.39 24.72 27.81 32.00 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.47 18.50 23.88 34.00 44.48 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.88 22.18 32.08 40.87 50.72 Financial managers...................... 17.88 26.60 41.59 46.15 62.05 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 16.83 22.18 36.66 40.07 44.75 Managers, medicine and health........... 18.61 18.61 25.04 32.58 36.06 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 17.47 23.15 27.64 37.66 50.72 Management related........................ 16.05 17.81 20.00 24.87 30.58 Accountants and auditors................ 17.15 19.16 21.22 24.99 29.11 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... $14.49 $15.43 $24.69 $31.44 $37.84 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 15.43 18.75 21.21 23.36 24.39 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.83 18.50 19.23 28.74 30.51 Sales......................................... 5.80 6.60 8.58 10.75 15.59 Supervisors, sales...................... 9.09 10.42 14.85 17.84 37.51 Sales workers, apparel.................. 6.12 7.00 8.00 10.49 12.27 Cashiers................................ 5.50 6.00 6.94 8.54 9.55 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.00 10.40 12.93 15.95 20.30 Secretaries............................. 10.25 12.58 14.59 17.60 21.37 Stenographers........................... 11.54 13.15 14.76 15.71 17.14 Receptionists........................... 8.00 8.11 9.56 10.25 12.22 Order clerks............................ 10.25 13.38 20.60 20.60 25.47 Library clerks.......................... 10.45 11.15 12.92 14.16 14.52 File clerks............................. 6.50 7.73 8.52 9.35 11.46 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.75 11.55 12.75 15.40 16.83 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 12.00 12.27 13.75 15.62 16.93 Billing clerks.......................... 11.00 11.00 11.00 14.06 15.54 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.00 8.25 9.50 9.55 13.17 General office clerks................... 10.40 10.78 12.66 14.94 20.60 Teachers' aides......................... 8.08 8.98 10.86 13.85 14.89 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 6.25 12.45 15.16 18.62 20.70 Blue collar..................................... 8.80 12.15 15.50 19.95 23.61 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.00 14.25 17.62 22.30 27.72 Automobile mechanics.................... 14.00 16.19 17.50 18.96 20.00 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.00 12.00 12.83 17.12 20.93 Carpenters.............................. 18.61 18.61 18.69 18.80 25.96 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 19.48 19.48 27.78 29.78 29.78 Machinists.............................. 13.02 14.00 15.71 17.95 19.41 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 11.52 12.39 13.79 15.75 22.77 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.10 10.45 12.85 15.27 19.48 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 12.15 12.15 13.38 14.87 15.30 Welders and cutters..................... 12.82 12.85 13.67 16.04 22.12 Assemblers.............................. 8.25 8.50 9.95 11.78 16.51 Transportation and material moving............ 11.00 14.38 16.50 21.11 24.66 Truck drivers........................... 9.00 14.38 16.50 21.00 25.36 Bus drivers............................. 11.00 13.50 18.65 21.53 21.53 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 13.76 15.03 15.90 16.71 17.00 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.25 7.50 11.97 17.00 20.54 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.50 6.00 6.55 9.66 14.30 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ $12.22 $17.00 $20.12 $20.54 $20.54 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 6.25 7.00 8.00 10.50 14.75 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.50 13.25 15.62 16.35 20.20 Service......................................... 4.75 7.50 10.40 13.09 22.71 Protective service........................ 6.75 15.49 23.27 27.48 28.02 Police and detectives, public service... 25.07 25.07 26.59 27.94 29.74 Guards and police, except public service 5.75 6.75 12.04 16.34 17.47 Food service.............................. 2.83 4.15 6.60 9.40 11.35 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.83 2.83 3.25 6.50 8.80 Bartenders.............................. 3.50 6.50 6.50 7.50 9.40 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.83 2.83 2.83 3.10 4.16 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 2.83 4.20 5.35 8.80 8.90 Other food service....................... 5.70 6.50 8.35 10.65 12.46 Cooks................................... 6.50 7.25 9.50 11.15 13.23 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.30 6.50 7.50 8.65 9.38 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 4.63 6.00 8.39 10.35 11.80 Health service............................ 8.76 9.61 10.70 11.65 12.93 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.01 9.54 10.03 11.45 12.91 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.63 9.69 10.80 11.65 12.93 Cleaning and building service............. 8.00 9.40 12.05 15.15 17.16 Maids and housemen...................... 7.89 8.55 9.83 10.61 12.29 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.12 9.85 13.06 15.60 17.16 Personal service.......................... 7.50 8.77 12.00 30.10 30.10 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 7.50 8.50 10.31 12.01 14.20 Child care workers, n.e.c............... 5.65 8.09 9.31 10.09 14.21 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.50 $10.05 $14.61 $21.11 $30.04 All excluding sales........................... 8.11 10.78 15.37 21.68 30.51 White collar.................................... 8.29 11.00 16.96 24.54 35.42 White collar excluding sales................ 9.81 12.72 18.39 25.75 36.71 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.00 18.03 23.49 31.25 41.67 Professional specialty...................... 12.41 19.25 25.12 33.65 43.13 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 20.20 25.44 30.67 37.30 42.65 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 23.72 25.47 32.14 36.97 41.18 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 21.59 21.63 31.25 35.58 40.26 Computer systems analysts and scientists 21.63 22.15 31.25 35.58 40.51 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.01 20.98 24.04 27.30 34.84 Registered nurses....................... 19.12 21.63 23.97 26.32 29.92 Pharmacists............................. 33.68 35.14 37.98 39.18 41.60 Physical therapists..................... 20.19 20.80 28.80 32.02 33.93 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 12.09 17.62 21.05 27.35 32.53 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 15.59 18.30 18.30 19.70 27.16 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 5.50 6.75 11.08 12.50 19.07 Social workers.......................... 10.60 11.24 12.00 14.90 17.86 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.42 18.39 24.73 31.23 83.44 Editors and reporters................... 14.67 21.23 21.30 30.97 44.18 Technical................................... 10.06 13.83 16.61 21.27 27.81 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 18.69 20.57 21.71 25.40 25.90 Radiological technicians................ 15.25 17.75 20.97 22.24 22.97 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.25 15.20 15.60 17.48 19.09 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 8.00 9.51 12.49 14.54 16.15 Drafters................................ 17.00 21.39 24.72 27.81 32.00 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.59 18.61 23.55 33.10 44.28 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.03 22.18 30.61 40.73 53.79 Financial managers...................... 17.88 26.60 41.59 46.15 62.05 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 22.18 22.18 32.08 36.66 38.51 Managers, medicine and health........... 18.61 18.61 25.04 32.58 36.06 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 17.32 23.15 27.52 37.66 50.73 Management related........................ 16.15 17.82 19.94 24.87 31.25 Accountants and auditors................ 16.97 18.27 21.11 24.83 29.11 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 14.49 15.43 24.69 31.44 37.84 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 15.43 18.75 21.21 23.36 24.39 Management related, n.e.c............... $18.50 $18.50 $19.35 $28.74 $31.68 Sales......................................... 5.75 6.60 8.55 10.75 15.78 Supervisors, sales...................... 9.09 10.42 14.85 17.84 37.51 Sales workers, apparel.................. 6.12 7.00 8.00 10.49 12.27 Cashiers................................ 5.50 6.00 6.90 8.50 9.37 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.97 10.15 12.62 15.67 20.33 Secretaries............................. 10.00 12.23 13.94 16.83 21.37 Stenographers........................... 11.21 12.04 13.19 14.09 14.97 Receptionists........................... 8.00 8.11 9.56 10.25 12.22 Order clerks............................ 10.25 13.38 20.60 20.60 25.47 File clerks............................. 6.50 7.73 8.52 9.35 11.46 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.75 11.55 12.75 15.40 16.83 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 12.00 12.27 13.46 15.22 16.92 Billing clerks.......................... 11.00 11.00 11.00 14.06 15.54 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.00 8.25 9.50 9.55 13.17 General office clerks................... 10.40 10.78 11.06 16.10 20.60 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 6.00 13.13 16.36 18.92 21.03 Blue collar..................................... 8.25 11.77 15.03 19.82 23.74 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.00 14.00 17.50 22.77 27.78 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.00 12.00 12.83 17.12 20.93 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 19.48 19.48 27.78 29.78 29.78 Machinists.............................. 13.02 14.00 15.71 17.95 19.41 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 11.52 12.39 13.79 15.75 22.77 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.10 10.45 12.85 15.27 19.48 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 12.15 12.15 13.38 14.87 15.30 Welders and cutters..................... 12.82 12.85 13.67 16.04 22.12 Assemblers.............................. 8.25 8.50 9.95 11.78 16.51 Transportation and material moving............ 10.30 14.26 16.50 19.95 25.22 Truck drivers........................... 9.00 14.38 16.50 21.00 25.36 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 13.76 15.03 15.90 16.71 17.00 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.25 7.29 10.61 16.35 20.36 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.50 6.00 6.55 9.66 14.30 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 12.22 17.00 20.12 20.54 20.54 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 6.25 7.00 8.00 10.50 14.75 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.29 8.53 13.25 16.33 16.89 Service......................................... $3.25 $6.75 $9.46 $11.15 $13.23 Protective service........................ 2.72 5.75 9.00 17.12 17.47 Guards and police, except public service 5.75 6.75 12.04 16.34 17.47 Food service.............................. 2.83 3.80 6.50 9.10 11.05 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.83 2.83 3.25 6.50 8.80 Bartenders.............................. 3.50 6.50 6.50 7.50 9.40 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.83 2.83 2.83 3.10 4.16 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 2.83 4.20 5.35 8.80 8.90 Other food service....................... 5.50 6.40 8.00 10.25 11.88 Cooks................................... 6.50 7.50 9.50 11.15 13.23 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.30 6.50 7.50 8.65 9.38 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 4.13 6.00 7.15 9.39 10.35 Health service............................ 8.61 9.55 10.55 11.34 12.00 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.01 9.50 10.03 11.24 12.62 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.50 9.55 10.60 11.34 12.00 Cleaning and building service............. 7.95 8.63 10.42 13.06 15.64 Maids and housemen...................... 7.95 8.60 9.80 10.59 11.44 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.75 8.64 10.60 13.06 15.99 Personal service.......................... 7.10 8.17 12.00 30.10 30.10 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $12.66 $15.55 $20.90 $28.02 $44.75 All excluding sales........................... 12.66 15.60 21.00 28.02 44.75 White collar.................................... 13.32 16.50 25.50 39.58 49.74 White collar excluding sales................ 13.55 16.53 25.50 39.58 49.74 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.12 24.95 32.03 48.59 51.59 Professional specialty...................... 18.84 25.50 33.57 48.94 51.59 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... 20.57 25.09 36.66 49.31 59.94 Teachers, except college and university... 18.74 27.28 36.19 49.07 51.72 Elementary school teachers.............. 25.36 28.92 34.59 46.94 52.04 Secondary school teachers............... 25.24 28.32 33.45 43.85 52.31 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.86 16.83 28.29 39.58 44.75 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 14.86 16.83 33.21 42.78 44.75 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 16.83 16.83 40.07 42.78 44.75 Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 11.25 12.66 15.14 17.07 19.73 Secretaries............................. 13.22 14.86 17.07 19.17 20.24 Teachers' aides......................... 9.75 10.25 11.47 14.42 14.89 Blue collar..................................... 14.43 16.08 18.86 21.53 22.73 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.71 16.19 18.61 18.69 22.03 Transportation and material moving............ 14.43 16.53 21.53 21.53 22.22 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 10.34 15.62 19.39 22.73 24.56 Service......................................... 11.04 13.09 17.14 25.07 27.94 Protective service........................ 15.49 22.71 25.07 27.94 28.84 Police and detectives, public service... 25.07 25.07 26.59 27.94 29.74 Food service.............................. 10.60 11.09 11.88 12.74 12.86 Other food service....................... 10.60 11.09 11.88 12.74 12.86 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 10.60 11.09 11.92 12.74 12.86 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 10.93 13.88 15.04 16.14 17.21 Janitors and cleaners................... $11.04 $13.88 $15.04 $16.14 $17.21 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.10 $11.60 $16.34 $23.09 $33.03 All excluding sales........................... 9.50 12.01 16.71 23.71 33.65 White collar.................................... 9.55 12.55 18.30 26.99 38.95 White collar excluding sales................ 10.40 13.62 19.09 27.98 40.87 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.53 18.62 25.20 35.29 47.74 Professional specialty...................... 16.77 21.23 27.14 37.50 49.07 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 20.20 25.44 30.67 37.30 42.65 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 23.72 25.47 32.14 36.97 41.18 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 21.59 21.63 31.25 35.58 40.26 Computer systems analysts and scientists 21.63 22.15 31.25 35.58 40.51 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.00 20.64 23.94 27.08 36.62 Registered nurses....................... 19.12 21.63 23.94 26.18 29.92 Pharmacists............................. 33.33 36.11 38.11 39.25 41.60 Physical therapists..................... 20.19 20.80 28.80 32.81 34.59 Therapists, n.e.c....................... 11.38 11.58 12.38 17.00 19.05 Teachers, college and university.......... 21.09 33.22 41.48 48.10 59.94 Other post-secondary teachers........... 19.16 21.75 34.60 49.31 59.94 Teachers, except college and university... 19.71 26.72 34.54 49.07 51.72 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.97 28.50 34.20 46.51 52.04 Secondary school teachers............... 25.00 28.30 33.05 43.85 52.31 Teachers, special education............. 21.56 26.72 49.07 49.74 50.40 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 15.59 18.30 18.30 23.18 33.67 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 2.72 10.60 12.00 17.11 21.40 Social workers.......................... 10.91 11.58 12.50 17.33 23.37 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 17.05 18.39 26.68 32.70 83.44 Editors and reporters................... 14.67 21.23 21.30 30.97 44.18 Technical................................... 10.32 14.16 17.00 21.67 26.80 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 18.75 20.57 21.77 25.40 25.90 Radiological technicians................ 16.83 18.08 20.97 21.78 22.63 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.25 14.95 15.60 17.20 19.09 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 8.00 9.51 12.38 14.66 16.15 Drafters................................ 17.00 21.39 24.72 27.81 32.00 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.47 18.50 23.88 34.00 44.48 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.88 22.18 32.08 40.87 50.72 Financial managers...................... 17.88 26.60 41.59 46.15 62.05 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 16.83 22.18 36.66 40.07 44.75 Managers, medicine and health........... 18.61 18.61 25.04 32.58 36.06 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 17.47 23.15 27.64 37.66 50.72 Management related........................ 16.05 17.81 20.00 24.87 30.58 Accountants and auditors................ 17.15 19.16 21.22 24.99 29.11 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... $14.49 $15.43 $24.69 $31.44 $37.84 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 15.43 18.75 21.21 23.36 24.39 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.83 18.50 19.23 28.74 30.51 Sales......................................... 7.10 8.00 9.61 12.98 17.95 Supervisors, sales...................... 9.09 10.42 14.85 17.84 37.51 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.41 10.59 13.13 16.15 20.33 Secretaries............................. 10.33 12.63 14.66 18.05 21.37 Stenographers........................... 11.54 13.15 14.97 15.98 17.14 Receptionists........................... 8.10 9.46 9.75 10.50 12.40 Order clerks............................ 10.25 13.38 20.60 20.60 25.47 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.75 11.73 12.75 15.40 16.83 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 12.00 12.27 13.80 15.64 16.93 Billing clerks.......................... 11.00 11.00 11.00 14.06 15.54 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.00 8.25 9.50 9.55 13.17 General office clerks................... 10.40 10.78 12.66 15.30 20.60 Teachers' aides......................... 8.08 8.98 10.88 13.95 14.89 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 13.13 14.75 17.59 18.92 21.99 Blue collar..................................... 9.99 12.85 16.04 20.04 24.46 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.02 14.25 17.62 22.43 27.72 Automobile mechanics.................... 14.00 16.19 17.50 18.96 20.00 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.00 12.00 12.83 17.12 20.93 Carpenters.............................. 18.61 18.61 18.69 18.80 25.96 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 19.48 19.48 27.78 29.78 29.78 Machinists.............................. 13.02 14.00 15.71 17.95 19.41 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 11.52 12.39 13.79 15.75 22.77 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.39 10.45 12.85 15.27 19.49 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 12.15 12.15 13.38 14.87 15.30 Welders and cutters..................... 12.82 12.85 13.67 16.04 22.12 Assemblers.............................. 8.25 9.65 9.95 12.18 16.51 Transportation and material moving............ 12.63 15.03 16.75 21.53 25.22 Truck drivers........................... 11.00 14.38 16.50 21.93 25.36 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 13.76 15.03 15.90 16.71 17.00 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.00 9.50 14.75 18.66 20.54 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.80 9.30 11.77 15.20 16.60 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 13.25 13.25 15.62 16.89 22.73 Service......................................... 6.00 9.03 11.05 14.49 25.07 Protective service........................ 6.75 17.47 25.07 27.48 28.02 Police and detectives, public service... 25.07 25.07 26.59 27.94 29.74 Guards and police, except public service $5.75 $6.75 $12.28 $17.47 $17.47 Food service.............................. 2.83 4.62 7.50 10.75 12.76 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.83 2.83 4.10 6.50 8.80 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.38 2.83 2.83 3.00 7.27 Other food service....................... 5.33 6.85 10.00 11.76 14.00 Cooks................................... 6.50 7.50 9.75 11.25 13.23 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 3.28 5.33 9.30 11.33 12.46 Health service............................ 8.76 9.70 10.89 11.72 13.01 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.01 9.47 10.03 11.51 12.91 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.63 9.75 10.95 11.72 13.04 Cleaning and building service............. 8.50 9.85 12.78 15.60 17.18 Maids and housemen...................... 7.96 8.65 10.00 10.88 12.29 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.65 10.60 13.27 15.63 17.18 Personal service.......................... 8.00 9.54 12.01 30.10 30.10 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.50 $6.00 $7.60 $10.60 $20.06 All excluding sales........................... 5.25 6.30 8.25 12.25 21.95 White collar.................................... 5.50 6.10 8.25 14.42 24.65 White collar excluding sales................ 6.00 8.59 13.50 22.24 27.88 Professional specialty and technical.......... 5.75 14.00 21.34 26.32 30.10 Professional specialty...................... 5.75 14.42 22.00 26.83 31.25 Health related............................ 18.95 21.53 24.50 27.84 31.75 Registered nurses....................... 18.95 21.34 24.09 27.00 29.95 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 9.79 10.67 22.00 28.00 49.74 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 5.50 5.50 5.75 7.50 15.32 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.05 13.70 15.25 16.71 20.81 Sales......................................... 5.50 5.90 6.30 7.68 9.25 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.00 6.00 6.90 7.80 9.93 Cashiers................................ 5.50 5.50 6.15 7.00 8.74 Administrative support, including clerical.... 6.50 8.11 9.81 11.87 20.30 Blue collar..................................... 5.50 6.30 7.50 11.00 13.50 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 7.07 8.30 13.50 13.50 14.60 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.50 6.00 6.55 7.75 12.22 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.50 5.70 6.25 6.55 7.03 Service......................................... 2.83 5.50 7.00 9.05 10.30 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.83 3.80 6.40 8.15 9.47 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.83 2.83 2.98 4.75 7.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.83 2.83 2.83 3.13 3.80 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 2.83 3.61 6.10 7.52 9.10 Other food service....................... 5.70 6.30 7.00 8.65 10.30 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.30 6.50 7.10 8.35 8.65 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.75 6.30 7.80 9.50 10.60 Health service............................ 8.87 9.46 9.90 10.60 11.19 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.64 9.46 9.90 10.50 11.15 Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 5.15 6.00 7.10 12.00 13.20 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 561,000 476,600 84,400 All excluding sales............................................. 515,700 431,800 83,900 White collar........................................................ 332,900 282,000 50,900 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 287,600 237,200 50,500 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 138,200 103,400 34,700 Professional specialty.......................................... 117,000 83,800 33,200 Technical....................................................... 21,100 19,600 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 47,900 43,700 4,200 Sales............................................................. 45,300 44,800 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 101,600 90,000 11,500 Blue collar......................................................... 127,100 113,700 13,400 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 44,100 40,500 3,600 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 25,600 25,600 – Transportation and material moving................................ 31,200 24,200 7,000 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 26,300 23,400 2,900 Service............................................................. 101,000 81,000 20,000 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.