NC BL 12/00/2003 Table: Rockford, IL, Bulletin 3120-35, April 2003 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Rockford, IL, April 2003 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................................................................. $17.41 1.8 36.9 $16.38 2.4 37.3 $24.18 3.1 34.3 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 21.47 3.2 36.7 19.47 3.3 37.2 28.69 5.3 34.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.17 3.1 36.6 24.99 3.6 38.0 35.18 2.5 33.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.02 4.2 39.7 28.21 5.3 40.8 32.42 4.5 35.4 Sales............................................................. 16.35 22.3 33.2 16.38 22.3 33.4 – – – Administrative support............................................ 12.55 2.8 37.3 12.17 3.3 37.3 14.20 1.1 37.4 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 16.44 4.4 38.5 16.41 4.6 38.7 17.26 3.2 34.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 23.29 1.6 39.8 23.31 1.7 39.8 22.99 3.3 39.2 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 15.74 8.2 39.7 15.73 8.2 39.7 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.15 1.4 33.3 13.99 1.4 34.5 14.94 5.1 28.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 12.41 6.3 36.6 12.41 6.5 36.6 12.48 3.2 36.8 Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.59 3.0 32.7 8.13 3.1 32.5 17.70 2.8 33.0 Full time........................................................... 18.09 1.9 39.5 17.02 2.5 39.9 24.96 4.3 37.3 Part time........................................................... 9.48 14.5 20.9 9.23 16.4 21.8 11.74 10.6 15.0 Union............................................................... 22.89 3.7 37.0 20.97 6.3 37.3 26.71 4.0 36.4 Nonunion............................................................ 15.44 1.7 36.9 15.21 1.8 37.3 19.03 2.2 30.7 Time................................................................ 17.29 1.6 36.8 16.21 2.0 37.3 24.18 3.1 34.3 Incentive........................................................... 22.51 20.0 38.9 22.51 20.0 38.9 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 18.73 2.6 39.9 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 13.73 3.4 34.8 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 12.93 9.6 34.3 12.89 9.9 34.9 13.99 3.9 22.1 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.09 2.8 38.5 16.48 2.9 38.8 23.01 .9 35.6 500 workers or more................................................. 20.21 2.1 36.4 18.59 3.3 36.9 25.45 4.3 34.9 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, Rockford, IL, April 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.41 1.8 $16.38 2.4 $24.18 3.1 All excluding sales............................................... 17.46 1.8 16.38 2.4 24.20 3.1 White collar........................................................ 21.47 3.2 19.47 3.3 28.69 5.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.20 2.9 20.05 2.9 28.74 5.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.17 3.1 24.99 3.6 35.18 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.12 4.3 27.76 6.4 35.90 2.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.46 6.9 31.42 7.0 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 28.90 4.7 28.90 4.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 29.56 13.6 29.96 14.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 37.39 3.2 – – 38.44 1.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.80 3.8 – – 33.15 .9 Secondary school teachers................................... 31.17 2.4 – – 32.01 .7 Teachers, special education................................. 29.75 4.6 – – 29.75 4.6 Substitute teachers......................................... 9.78 3.1 – – 9.78 3.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.62 15.9 16.84 17.1 – – Technical....................................................... 20.23 4.9 20.43 4.9 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.24 7.0 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.02 4.2 28.21 5.3 32.42 4.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.56 5.0 31.25 6.5 32.44 5.2 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 33.01 5.5 – – 33.01 5.5 Administrators, education and related fields................ 32.01 11.8 – – 35.57 10.9 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.77 5.8 39.82 6.1 – – Management related............................................ 24.35 6.6 23.77 6.9 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.42 18.1 22.42 18.1 – – Sales............................................................. 16.35 22.3 16.38 22.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.64 3.5 7.64 3.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.55 2.8 12.17 3.3 14.20 1.1 Secretaries................................................. 13.41 7.0 – – 14.39 9.7 Receptionists............................................... 8.29 6.2 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.86 1.9 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.50 5.1 12.50 5.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.71 7.8 13.40 10.3 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.66 3.3 – – 9.66 3.3 Blue collar......................................................... $16.44 4.4 $16.41 4.6 $17.26 3.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 23.29 1.6 23.31 1.7 22.99 3.3 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 22.53 8.7 22.53 8.8 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 24.55 2.2 24.55 2.2 – – Machinists.................................................. 17.55 8.4 17.55 8.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.74 8.2 15.73 8.2 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 13.56 10.6 13.56 10.6 – – Numerical control machine operators......................... 16.61 1.1 16.61 1.1 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 13.15 13.1 13.15 13.1 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.93 7.9 11.93 7.9 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 12.09 11.6 12.09 11.6 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 12.07 23.8 12.07 23.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.36 6.9 14.27 7.1 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 14.21 10.0 14.21 10.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 18.20 16.4 18.20 16.4 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.71 4.1 11.71 4.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.15 1.4 13.99 1.4 14.94 5.1 Truck drivers............................................... 17.47 11.3 17.49 11.7 – – Bus drivers................................................. 14.61 5.0 – – 14.61 5.0 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.67 4.6 11.67 4.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.41 6.3 12.41 6.5 12.48 3.2 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.27 7.8 12.27 7.8 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.52 16.2 11.52 16.2 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.56 8.8 9.56 8.8 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.27 11.0 11.82 17.1 – – Service............................................................. 10.59 3.0 8.13 3.1 17.70 2.8 Protective service............................................ 20.30 10.5 – – 23.45 6.5 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 29.78 7.4 – – 29.78 7.4 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.57 21.7 – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.95 5.4 6.83 6.0 9.48 7.1 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.09 17.2 4.09 17.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.91 17.4 3.91 17.4 – – Other food service........................................... 9.19 12.1 9.16 13.3 9.48 7.1 Cooks....................................................... 10.42 4.7 10.30 5.3 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 7.10 4.8 7.10 4.8 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.21 4.9 6.81 3.1 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.43 2.5 10.24 1.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.10 7.0 8.06 4.7 13.85 5.5 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.70 7.6 8.64 4.8 13.79 5.2 Personal service.............................................. $10.60 6.0 – – $10.76 5.6 Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 9.18 6.7 – – – – 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, Rockford, IL, April 2003 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................................................................... $18.09 1.9 $17.02 2.5 $24.96 4.3 All excluding sales............................................... 18.05 1.9 16.92 2.4 24.96 4.3 White collar........................................................ 22.04 3.5 19.99 3.7 28.92 5.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.34 2.8 20.09 2.9 28.92 5.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.06 2.8 24.61 3.9 35.33 2.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.93 4.0 27.13 5.7 36.06 2.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.46 6.9 31.42 7.0 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 28.90 4.7 28.90 4.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 27.96 9.9 28.31 10.9 – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.54 3.1 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 37.62 3.1 – – 38.66 1.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.80 3.8 – – 33.15 .9 Secondary school teachers................................... 31.17 2.4 – – 32.01 .7 Teachers, special education................................. 29.75 4.6 – – 29.75 4.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.62 15.9 16.84 17.1 – – Technical....................................................... 20.31 5.0 20.53 5.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.47 4.0 28.68 5.0 32.83 4.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.65 5.1 31.25 6.5 32.85 5.2 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 33.19 5.2 – – 33.19 5.2 Administrators, education and related fields................ 32.01 11.8 – – 35.57 10.9 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.77 5.8 39.82 6.1 – – Management related............................................ 25.21 5.7 24.64 5.9 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 27.24 14.4 27.24 14.4 – – Sales............................................................. 19.31 29.5 19.31 29.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.75 2.9 12.39 3.4 14.25 1.2 Secretaries................................................. 13.41 7.0 – – 14.39 9.7 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.86 1.9 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.50 5.1 12.50 5.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.86 7.6 13.58 10.0 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.68 3.2 – – 9.68 3.2 Blue collar......................................................... 16.67 4.4 16.62 4.6 18.40 2.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $23.38 1.6 $23.41 1.7 $22.99 3.3 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 22.53 8.7 22.53 8.8 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 24.55 2.2 24.55 2.2 – – Machinists.................................................. 17.55 8.4 17.55 8.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.74 8.3 15.74 8.3 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 13.56 10.6 13.56 10.6 – – Numerical control machine operators......................... 16.61 1.1 16.61 1.1 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 13.15 13.1 13.15 13.1 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.93 7.9 11.93 7.9 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 12.20 11.2 12.20 11.2 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 12.07 23.8 12.07 23.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.36 6.9 14.27 7.1 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 14.21 10.0 14.21 10.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 18.20 16.6 18.20 16.6 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.71 4.1 11.71 4.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.94 3.2 14.74 3.3 16.53 3.6 Truck drivers............................................... 17.91 11.2 17.94 11.6 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.67 4.6 11.67 4.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.71 6.8 12.69 7.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 14.43 4.2 14.43 4.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.52 16.2 11.52 16.2 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.56 8.8 9.56 8.8 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.28 11.0 11.82 17.1 – – Service............................................................. 12.09 2.5 9.24 3.6 18.46 3.4 Protective service............................................ 21.24 11.5 – – 24.29 6.2 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 29.78 7.4 – – 29.78 7.4 Food service.................................................. 8.32 9.2 8.20 10.7 – – Other food service........................................... 10.28 10.7 10.33 11.8 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.43 4.8 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.68 4.5 7.26 2.1 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.47 2.6 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.44 8.0 8.12 5.8 14.18 5.1 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.12 8.5 8.81 6.9 14.13 4.8 Personal service.............................................. 11.38 7.8 – – – – 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 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, Rockford, IL, April 2003 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................................................................... $9.48 14.5 $9.23 16.4 $11.74 10.6 All excluding sales............................................... 9.73 16.2 9.47 18.7 11.82 10.4 White collar........................................................ 13.73 25.0 13.72 26.2 13.89 17.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.97 25.8 19.32 27.0 14.82 17.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.02 22.8 32.12 21.9 12.31 30.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 36.22 13.5 38.24 8.3 12.31 30.4 Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 11.61 27.5 – – 12.31 30.4 Substitute teachers......................................... 9.78 3.1 – – 9.78 3.1 Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.99 5.7 7.99 5.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.44 6.2 – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.73 5.2 8.55 5.0 – – Blue collar......................................................... 10.43 5.1 – – 12.13 3.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.43 3.0 – – 13.21 5.4 Bus drivers................................................. 13.21 5.4 – – 13.21 5.4 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 6.11 11.2 5.59 11.3 10.73 18.7 Protective service............................................ 12.09 30.7 – – 14.29 33.6 Food service.................................................. 5.35 12.6 5.32 12.9 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.52 19.1 4.52 19.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.31 20.7 4.31 20.7 – – Other food service........................................... 6.73 3.7 6.70 4.0 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 6.97 5.0 6.97 5.0 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 5.96 13.8 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.14 5.8 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.26 6.5 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.79 3.3 – – 8.07 1.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Rockford, IL, April 2003 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................................................................... $715 1.9 39.5 $679 2.5 39.9 $931 4.5 37.3 All excluding sales............................................... 713 1.9 39.5 675 2.4 39.9 931 4.5 37.3 White collar........................................................ 858 3.1 38.9 799 3.5 40.0 1,036 4.3 35.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 868 2.6 38.8 803 2.9 40.0 1,036 4.3 35.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,060 2.5 37.8 976 3.8 39.7 1,212 1.2 34.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,145 3.3 37.0 1,071 5.8 39.5 1,231 1.0 34.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,261 6.9 40.1 1,258 6.9 40.0 – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 1,158 4.6 40.1 1,158 4.6 40.1 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,113 9.8 39.8 1,132 10.9 40.0 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 898 3.2 39.8 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,252 2.3 33.3 – – – 1,282 .6 33.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,147 4.1 36.1 – – – 1,202 .1 36.3 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,125 2.8 36.1 – – – 1,161 .2 36.3 Teachers, special education................................. 1,098 3.1 36.9 – – – 1,098 3.1 36.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 700 15.5 39.7 668 16.5 39.7 – – – Technical....................................................... 813 5.0 40.0 821 5.0 40.0 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,228 4.3 41.7 1,209 5.5 42.1 1,306 4.7 39.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,343 4.9 42.4 1,351 6.5 43.2 1,319 5.0 40.1 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,335 4.2 40.2 – – – 1,335 4.2 40.2 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,283 11.9 40.1 – – – 1,426 11.0 40.1 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,665 6.6 41.9 1,671 7.0 42.0 – – – Management related............................................ 1,015 5.6 40.3 998 5.9 40.5 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,089 14.4 40.0 1,089 14.4 40.0 – – – Sales............................................................. 771 29.6 39.9 771 29.6 39.9 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 501 2.8 39.3 491 3.4 39.6 542 1.7 38.0 Secretaries................................................. 535 7.0 39.9 – – – 570 9.6 39.6 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 514 1.9 40.0 – – – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 500 5.1 40.0 500 5.1 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 550 7.5 39.7 540 10.0 39.8 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. $323 0.9 33.4 – – – $323 0.9 33.4 Blue collar......................................................... 664 4.4 39.8 $663 4.6 39.9 704 2.5 38.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 935 1.6 40.0 937 1.7 40.0 902 3.5 39.2 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 907 8.8 40.3 907 8.9 40.3 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 988 2.7 40.3 988 2.7 40.3 – – – Machinists.................................................. 702 8.4 40.0 702 8.4 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 627 8.3 39.9 627 8.4 39.9 – – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 541 10.8 39.9 541 10.8 39.9 – – – Numerical control machine operators......................... 664 1.1 40.0 664 1.1 40.0 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 526 13.1 40.0 526 13.1 40.0 – – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 477 7.9 40.0 477 7.9 40.0 – – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 488 11.2 40.0 488 11.2 40.0 – – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 483 23.8 40.0 483 23.8 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 573 6.9 39.9 570 7.1 39.9 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 517 17.9 36.4 517 17.9 36.4 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 727 16.6 40.0 727 16.6 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 468 4.1 40.0 468 4.1 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 593 3.5 39.7 598 4.3 40.6 554 4.9 33.5 Truck drivers............................................... 766 16.1 42.8 770 16.6 42.9 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 464 4.5 39.8 464 4.5 39.8 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 504 6.9 39.6 503 7.2 39.6 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 577 4.2 40.0 577 4.2 40.0 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 459 16.3 39.8 459 16.3 39.8 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 374 8.9 39.1 374 8.9 39.1 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 491 11.0 40.0 473 17.1 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 483 2.7 39.9 366 4.6 39.6 752 5.8 40.7 Protective service............................................ 935 12.4 44.0 – – – 1,099 2.6 45.2 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 1,191 7.4 40.0 – – – 1,191 7.4 40.0 Food service.................................................. 324 11.3 38.9 322 12.6 39.3 – – – Other food service........................................... 396 13.9 38.5 403 14.9 39.0 – – – Cooks....................................................... 413 5.5 39.6 – – – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 272 6.8 35.4 258 6.2 35.6 – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 417 2.3 39.9 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. $453 8.4 39.6 $317 7.4 39.0 $567 5.1 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 485 8.5 40.0 352 6.9 40.0 565 4.8 40.0 Personal service.............................................. 386 14.3 33.9 – – – – – – 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, Rockford, IL, April 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $35,421 1.9 1,958 $34,438 2.5 2,023 $40,472 4.5 1,622 All excluding sales............................................... 35,256 1.9 1,954 34,198 2.4 2,021 40,472 4.5 1,622 White collar........................................................ 41,677 3.1 1,891 41,250 3.5 2,064 42,705 4.3 1,477 White collar excluding sales.................................... 41,832 2.6 1,873 41,416 2.9 2,062 42,705 4.3 1,477 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 48,366 2.5 1,724 49,803 3.8 2,024 46,403 1.2 1,313 Professional specialty.......................................... 50,127 3.3 1,620 53,999 5.8 1,990 46,731 1.0 1,296 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 65,549 6.9 2,083 65,406 6.9 2,082 – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 60,192 4.6 2,083 60,192 4.6 2,083 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 57,893 9.8 2,070 58,889 10.9 2,080 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 46,682 3.2 2,071 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 45,343 2.3 1,205 – – – 46,465 .6 1,202 Elementary school teachers.................................. 41,760 4.1 1,313 – – – 43,879 .1 1,324 Secondary school teachers................................... 40,863 2.8 1,311 – – – 42,252 .2 1,320 Teachers, special education................................. 39,684 3.1 1,334 – – – 39,684 3.1 1,334 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 36,384 15.5 2,065 34,749 16.5 2,063 – – – Technical....................................................... 42,265 5.0 2,081 42,714 5.0 2,081 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 63,553 4.3 2,156 62,845 5.5 2,191 66,317 4.7 2,020 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 69,298 4.9 2,189 70,273 6.5 2,249 66,697 5.0 2,030 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 69,444 4.2 2,093 – – – 69,444 4.2 2,093 Administrators, education and related fields................ 61,701 11.9 1,927 – – – 66,378 11.0 1,866 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 86,590 6.6 2,177 86,916 7.0 2,183 – – – Management related............................................ 52,791 5.6 2,094 51,897 5.9 2,106 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 56,651 14.4 2,080 56,651 14.4 2,080 – – – Sales............................................................. 40,114 29.6 2,077 40,114 29.6 2,077 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 25,447 2.8 1,996 25,509 3.4 2,059 25,220 1.7 1,770 Secretaries................................................. 27,637 7.0 2,061 – – – 29,031 9.6 2,017 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 26,741 1.9 2,080 – – – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 25,897 5.1 2,072 25,897 5.1 2,072 – – – General office clerks....................................... 28,531 7.5 2,058 28,083 10.0 2,067 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. $11,664 0.9 1,205 – – – $11,664 0.9 1,205 Blue collar......................................................... 33,349 4.4 2,001 $33,307 4.6 2,004 34,698 2.5 1,886 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 44,045 1.6 1,884 43,885 1.7 1,875 46,920 3.5 2,041 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 47,173 8.8 2,094 47,172 8.9 2,094 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 51,396 2.7 2,093 51,396 2.7 2,093 – – – Machinists.................................................. 36,510 8.4 2,080 36,510 8.4 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 32,617 8.3 2,072 32,603 8.4 2,072 – – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 28,103 10.8 2,072 28,103 10.8 2,072 – – – Numerical control machine operators......................... 34,554 1.1 2,080 34,554 1.1 2,080 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 27,344 13.1 2,080 27,344 13.1 2,080 – – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 24,732 7.9 2,073 24,732 7.9 2,073 – – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 25,383 11.2 2,080 25,383 11.2 2,080 – – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 25,103 23.8 2,080 25,103 23.8 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 29,795 6.9 2,075 29,625 7.1 2,075 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 26,876 17.9 1,891 26,876 17.9 1,891 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 37,825 16.6 2,079 37,825 16.6 2,079 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 24,360 4.1 2,080 24,360 4.1 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 29,835 3.5 1,997 31,113 4.3 2,111 23,028 4.9 1,393 Truck drivers............................................... 39,840 16.1 2,225 40,029 16.6 2,231 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 24,120 4.5 2,067 24,120 4.5 2,067 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 24,949 6.9 1,963 24,859 7.2 1,958 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 29,985 4.2 2,078 29,985 4.2 2,078 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 23,872 16.3 2,071 23,872 16.3 2,071 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 19,433 8.9 2,033 19,433 8.9 2,033 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 25,509 11.0 2,078 24,548 17.1 2,077 – – – Service............................................................. 24,052 2.7 1,990 18,540 4.6 2,007 36,057 5.8 1,954 Protective service............................................ 48,603 12.4 2,289 – – – 57,136 2.6 2,352 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 61,939 7.4 2,080 – – – 61,939 7.4 2,080 Food service.................................................. 15,656 11.3 1,882 15,992 12.6 1,950 – – – Other food service........................................... 18,664 13.9 1,815 19,629 14.9 1,899 – – – Cooks....................................................... 21,305 5.5 2,043 – – – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 11,123 6.8 1,448 11,026 6.2 1,519 – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 21,704 2.3 2,073 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. $23,531 8.4 2,057 $16,488 7.4 2,030 $29,496 5.1 2,080 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 25,200 8.5 2,080 18,329 6.9 2,080 29,389 4.8 2,080 Personal service.............................................. 15,004 14.3 1,319 – – – – – – 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, Rockford, IL, April 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.41 1.8 $16.38 2.4 $24.18 3.1 All excluding sales............................................... 17.46 1.8 16.38 2.4 24.20 3.1 White collar........................................................ 21.47 3.2 19.47 3.3 28.69 5.3 1....................................................... 8.59 4.3 8.47 4.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.03 3.3 8.98 3.7 9.50 3.6 3....................................................... 10.15 9.2 9.92 10.7 11.71 12.2 4....................................................... 13.11 3.6 12.87 4.1 14.07 3.7 5....................................................... 14.66 7.8 14.34 8.7 16.55 3.3 6....................................................... 16.79 4.3 16.52 4.4 18.50 9.3 7....................................................... 22.47 7.1 22.37 8.6 22.96 6.9 8....................................................... 27.12 9.1 27.07 13.3 27.24 4.0 9....................................................... 30.72 4.5 24.89 3.0 38.57 1.4 10........................................................ 30.15 3.1 29.12 3.0 – – 11........................................................ 33.17 5.4 32.96 5.8 35.53 4.7 12........................................................ 39.69 6.7 41.36 7.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.06 11.6 21.61 11.2 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.20 2.9 20.05 2.9 28.74 5.3 2....................................................... 9.70 4.3 9.73 4.8 9.50 3.6 3....................................................... 11.05 6.5 10.90 7.9 11.71 12.2 4....................................................... 13.16 3.7 12.93 4.3 14.07 3.7 5....................................................... 14.91 8.6 14.62 9.7 16.55 3.3 6....................................................... 17.16 4.2 16.90 4.4 18.50 9.3 7....................................................... 21.12 3.2 20.63 3.4 22.96 6.9 8....................................................... 26.68 9.5 26.42 14.5 27.24 4.0 9....................................................... 31.07 4.8 24.95 3.3 38.57 1.4 10........................................................ 28.75 4.8 26.96 7.4 – – 11........................................................ 31.95 5.3 31.61 5.7 35.53 4.7 12........................................................ 39.69 6.7 41.36 7.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.78 11.8 21.21 10.9 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.17 3.1 24.99 3.6 35.18 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.12 4.3 27.76 6.4 35.90 2.3 6....................................................... 18.48 17.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.98 5.2 22.04 5.0 24.78 7.6 8....................................................... 29.03 11.3 30.57 19.3 27.24 4.0 9....................................................... 33.20 5.1 22.58 5.7 39.05 1.1 11........................................................ 30.10 4.5 29.98 4.5 – – 12........................................................ 43.73 6.0 44.09 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.54 15.6 25.54 15.6 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.46 6.9 31.42 7.0 – – 9....................................................... 28.28 5.5 28.28 5.5 – – 11........................................................ 30.64 5.5 30.50 5.6 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 28.90 4.7 28.90 4.7 – – 11........................................................ 30.40 5.9 30.40 5.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ $29.56 13.6 $29.96 14.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 37.39 3.2 – – $38.44 1.9 7....................................................... 25.58 4.0 – – – – 8....................................................... 29.41 .2 – – 29.41 .2 9....................................................... 40.31 .2 – – 40.31 .2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.80 3.8 – – 33.15 .9 9....................................................... 34.30 2.0 – – 34.30 2.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 31.17 2.4 – – 32.01 .7 9....................................................... 33.34 1.8 – – 33.34 1.8 Teachers, special education................................. 29.75 4.6 – – 29.75 4.6 Substitute teachers......................................... 9.78 3.1 – – 9.78 3.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.62 15.9 16.84 17.1 – – Technical....................................................... 20.23 4.9 20.43 4.9 – – 5....................................................... 16.97 6.1 16.95 6.8 – – 7....................................................... 21.39 3.5 21.39 3.5 – – 8....................................................... 23.43 4.3 23.43 4.3 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.24 7.0 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.02 4.2 28.21 5.3 32.42 4.5 8....................................................... 19.26 7.2 19.26 7.2 – – 9....................................................... 28.07 2.3 28.20 2.8 – – 10........................................................ 28.71 6.6 – – – – 11........................................................ 34.29 8.7 34.07 10.5 35.32 5.4 12........................................................ 36.79 9.8 38.47 13.4 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.56 5.0 31.25 6.5 32.44 5.2 11........................................................ 33.51 11.0 33.00 14.0 35.32 5.4 12........................................................ 40.04 7.7 – – – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 33.01 5.5 – – 33.01 5.5 Administrators, education and related fields................ 32.01 11.8 – – 35.57 10.9 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.77 5.8 39.82 6.1 – – Management related............................................ 24.35 6.6 23.77 6.9 – – 9....................................................... 27.84 6.1 27.84 6.1 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.42 18.1 22.42 18.1 – – Sales............................................................. 16.35 22.3 16.38 22.3 – – 9....................................................... 24.23 2.8 24.23 2.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.64 3.5 7.64 3.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.55 2.8 12.17 3.3 14.20 1.1 2....................................................... $9.74 4.4 $9.78 4.9 $9.50 3.6 3....................................................... 11.05 6.5 10.90 7.9 11.71 12.2 4....................................................... 13.05 2.4 12.78 2.6 14.01 4.3 5....................................................... 14.31 9.2 13.84 10.1 16.50 3.1 6....................................................... 17.23 8.3 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.41 3.4 19.16 4.0 – – Secretaries................................................. 13.41 7.0 – – 14.39 9.7 4....................................................... 13.85 10.9 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 8.29 6.2 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.86 1.9 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.50 5.1 12.50 5.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.71 7.8 13.40 10.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.45 5.0 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.66 3.3 – – 9.66 3.3 Blue collar......................................................... 16.44 4.4 16.41 4.6 17.26 3.2 1....................................................... 10.26 7.9 10.27 7.9 – – 2....................................................... 11.65 6.6 11.65 6.7 – – 3....................................................... 18.76 16.4 19.12 16.6 13.92 3.3 4....................................................... 16.02 5.5 15.82 5.9 – – 5....................................................... 17.63 .7 17.51 .4 19.74 8.0 6....................................................... 17.93 4.9 17.91 4.9 – – 7....................................................... 24.37 1.9 24.48 2.0 21.27 3.1 8....................................................... 27.93 4.9 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.55 7.0 28.55 7.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.81 9.5 19.81 9.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 23.29 1.6 23.31 1.7 22.99 3.3 2....................................................... 12.86 10.5 12.86 10.5 – – 4....................................................... 17.30 3.6 16.00 4.2 – – 5....................................................... 17.49 3.6 16.70 4.2 – – 6....................................................... 19.11 11.2 19.08 11.4 – – 7....................................................... 24.99 2.4 25.05 2.5 23.27 3.8 9....................................................... 28.55 7.0 28.55 7.0 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 22.53 8.7 22.53 8.8 – – 7....................................................... 23.89 8.1 23.91 8.2 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 24.55 2.2 24.55 2.2 – – 7....................................................... 24.53 6.3 24.53 6.3 – – Machinists.................................................. 17.55 8.4 17.55 8.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.74 8.2 15.73 8.2 – – 1....................................................... 10.14 9.5 10.14 9.5 – – 2....................................................... 11.24 4.1 11.24 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 20.20 15.0 20.22 15.0 – – 4....................................................... 15.68 6.4 15.66 6.5 – – 5....................................................... 16.28 .1 16.28 .1 – – 6....................................................... $17.26 0.0 $17.26 0.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.56 .3 16.56 .3 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 13.56 10.6 13.56 10.6 – – Numerical control machine operators......................... 16.61 1.1 16.61 1.1 – – 4....................................................... 16.10 .3 16.10 .3 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 13.15 13.1 13.15 13.1 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.93 7.9 11.93 7.9 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 12.09 11.6 12.09 11.6 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 12.07 23.8 12.07 23.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.36 6.9 14.27 7.1 – – 3....................................................... 18.02 6.0 – – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 14.21 10.0 14.21 10.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 18.20 16.4 18.20 16.4 – – 1....................................................... 9.35 1.3 9.35 1.3 – – 4....................................................... 16.90 8.5 16.90 8.5 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.71 4.1 11.71 4.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.15 1.4 13.99 1.4 $14.94 5.1 2....................................................... 12.32 4.2 12.23 4.2 – – 3....................................................... 16.96 10.4 19.14 9.8 13.81 7.5 Truck drivers............................................... 17.47 11.3 17.49 11.7 – – Bus drivers................................................. 14.61 5.0 – – 14.61 5.0 3....................................................... 13.11 3.9 – – 13.11 3.9 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.67 4.6 11.67 4.6 – – 2....................................................... 11.82 5.4 11.82 5.4 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.41 6.3 12.41 6.5 12.48 3.2 1....................................................... 10.11 8.7 10.13 8.8 – – 2....................................................... 11.79 12.1 11.83 12.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.28 6.3 10.45 5.3 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.27 7.8 12.27 7.8 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.52 16.2 11.52 16.2 – – 1....................................................... 11.49 22.4 11.49 22.4 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.56 8.8 9.56 8.8 – – 1....................................................... 9.40 15.3 9.40 15.3 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.27 11.0 11.82 17.1 – – 1....................................................... 9.26 7.4 9.31 7.7 – – Service............................................................. 10.59 3.0 8.13 3.1 17.70 2.8 1....................................................... 6.24 4.7 5.99 5.2 8.76 8.0 2....................................................... 5.94 12.3 5.53 11.9 9.47 6.8 3....................................................... 9.35 10.5 7.68 7.5 12.36 12.3 4....................................................... – – – – 14.04 4.7 5....................................................... 11.90 4.2 11.22 5.4 15.92 7.7 Protective service............................................ 20.30 10.5 – – 23.45 6.5 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 29.78 7.4 – – 29.78 7.4 Guards and police, except public service.................... $10.57 21.7 – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.95 5.4 $6.83 6.0 $9.48 7.1 2....................................................... 5.33 13.0 5.23 12.6 – – 3....................................................... 7.44 10.0 7.05 9.9 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.09 17.2 4.09 17.2 – – 2....................................................... 4.28 26.4 4.28 26.4 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.91 17.4 3.91 17.4 – – 2....................................................... 4.28 26.4 4.28 26.4 – – Other food service........................................... 9.19 12.1 9.16 13.3 9.48 7.1 1....................................................... 7.50 3.8 7.51 4.0 – – 2....................................................... 7.46 7.4 7.24 4.9 – – 3....................................................... 8.18 7.1 7.89 7.3 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.42 4.7 10.30 5.3 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 7.10 4.8 7.10 4.8 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.21 4.9 6.81 3.1 – – 1....................................................... 6.53 6.6 6.46 8.2 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.43 2.5 10.24 1.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.10 7.0 8.06 4.7 13.85 5.5 1....................................................... 7.79 7.2 7.37 6.4 9.78 7.3 3....................................................... 12.47 8.6 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.70 7.6 8.64 4.8 13.79 5.2 1....................................................... 8.28 6.6 – – 9.78 7.3 3....................................................... 12.92 7.8 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 10.60 6.0 – – 10.76 5.6 2....................................................... 9.07 6.3 – – – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 9.18 6.7 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Rockford, IL, April 2003 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................................................................... $18.09 1.9 $17.02 2.5 $24.96 4.3 All excluding sales............................................... 18.05 1.9 16.92 2.4 24.96 4.3 White collar........................................................ 22.04 3.5 19.99 3.7 28.92 5.2 2....................................................... 9.43 4.9 9.40 5.4 9.60 4.0 3....................................................... 10.48 9.4 10.25 11.2 11.74 12.5 4....................................................... 13.16 3.7 12.93 4.3 14.05 4.0 5....................................................... 14.88 8.5 14.60 9.6 16.51 3.2 6....................................................... 16.62 4.9 16.16 4.9 – – 7....................................................... 22.77 6.7 22.67 8.2 23.25 6.8 8....................................................... 24.51 3.6 22.93 5.6 27.24 4.0 9....................................................... 30.77 4.6 24.92 3.0 38.58 1.4 10........................................................ 30.15 3.1 29.12 3.0 – – 11........................................................ 33.29 5.5 33.10 5.9 35.53 4.7 12........................................................ 39.69 6.7 41.36 7.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.08 11.9 21.61 11.2 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.34 2.8 20.09 2.9 28.92 5.2 2....................................................... 9.82 4.5 9.85 5.0 9.60 4.0 3....................................................... 11.41 6.2 11.32 7.5 11.74 12.5 4....................................................... 13.16 3.7 12.93 4.3 14.05 4.0 5....................................................... 14.93 8.8 14.65 10.0 16.51 3.2 6....................................................... 17.07 4.8 16.61 5.1 – – 7....................................................... 21.46 2.8 20.98 2.7 23.25 6.8 8....................................................... 23.89 2.5 21.83 3.6 27.24 4.0 9....................................................... 31.12 4.9 24.99 3.4 38.58 1.4 10........................................................ 28.75 4.8 26.96 7.4 – – 11........................................................ 32.07 5.3 31.74 5.8 35.53 4.7 12........................................................ 39.69 6.7 41.36 7.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.79 12.2 21.21 10.9 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.06 2.8 24.61 3.9 35.33 2.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.93 4.0 27.13 5.7 36.06 2.2 7....................................................... 23.13 5.3 22.04 5.0 – – 8....................................................... 25.39 3.8 22.83 5.7 27.24 4.0 9....................................................... 33.28 5.2 22.63 5.8 39.06 1.1 11........................................................ 30.28 4.6 30.16 4.7 – – 12........................................................ 43.73 6.0 44.09 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.54 15.6 25.54 15.6 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.46 6.9 31.42 7.0 – – 9....................................................... 28.28 5.5 28.28 5.5 – – 11........................................................ 30.64 5.5 30.50 5.6 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 28.90 4.7 28.90 4.7 – – 11........................................................ 30.40 5.9 30.40 5.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 27.96 9.9 28.31 10.9 – – Registered nurses........................................... $22.54 3.1 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 37.62 3.1 – – $38.66 1.6 8....................................................... 29.41 .2 – – 29.41 .2 9....................................................... 40.33 .2 – – 40.33 .2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.80 3.8 – – 33.15 .9 9....................................................... 34.30 2.0 – – 34.30 2.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 31.17 2.4 – – 32.01 .7 9....................................................... 33.34 1.8 – – 33.34 1.8 Teachers, special education................................. 29.75 4.6 – – 29.75 4.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.62 15.9 $16.84 17.1 – – Technical....................................................... 20.31 5.0 20.53 5.0 – – 5....................................................... 16.98 6.1 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.39 3.5 21.39 3.5 – – 8....................................................... 23.43 4.3 23.43 4.3 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.47 4.0 28.68 5.0 32.83 4.6 8....................................................... 19.26 7.2 19.26 7.2 – – 9....................................................... 28.08 2.3 28.20 2.8 – – 10........................................................ 28.71 6.6 – – – – 11........................................................ 34.29 8.7 34.07 10.5 35.32 5.4 12........................................................ 36.79 9.8 38.47 13.4 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.65 5.1 31.25 6.5 32.85 5.2 11........................................................ 33.51 11.0 33.00 14.0 35.32 5.4 12........................................................ 40.04 7.7 – – – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 33.19 5.2 – – 33.19 5.2 Administrators, education and related fields................ 32.01 11.8 – – 35.57 10.9 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.77 5.8 39.82 6.1 – – Management related............................................ 25.21 5.7 24.64 5.9 – – 9....................................................... 27.84 6.1 27.84 6.1 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 27.24 14.4 27.24 14.4 – – Sales............................................................. 19.31 29.5 19.31 29.5 – – 9....................................................... 24.23 2.8 24.23 2.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.75 2.9 12.39 3.4 14.25 1.2 2....................................................... 9.86 4.6 9.90 5.2 9.60 4.0 3....................................................... 11.41 6.2 11.32 7.5 11.74 12.5 4....................................................... 13.04 2.4 12.79 2.6 13.99 4.6 5....................................................... 14.31 9.2 13.84 10.1 16.50 3.1 6....................................................... 17.23 8.3 – – – – 7....................................................... $19.41 3.4 $19.16 4.0 – – Secretaries................................................. 13.41 7.0 – – $14.39 9.7 4....................................................... 13.85 10.9 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.86 1.9 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.50 5.1 12.50 5.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.86 7.6 13.58 10.0 – – 4....................................................... 14.45 5.0 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.68 3.2 – – 9.68 3.2 Blue collar......................................................... 16.67 4.4 16.62 4.6 18.40 2.0 1....................................................... 10.35 8.9 10.36 8.9 – – 2....................................................... 11.68 6.7 11.66 6.7 – – 3....................................................... 18.96 16.5 19.18 16.6 14.46 2.1 4....................................................... 16.02 5.5 15.82 5.9 – – 5....................................................... 17.63 .7 17.51 .4 19.74 8.0 6....................................................... 17.93 4.9 17.91 4.9 – – 7....................................................... 24.37 1.9 24.48 2.0 21.27 3.1 8....................................................... 27.93 4.9 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.55 7.0 28.55 7.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.81 9.5 19.81 9.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 23.38 1.6 23.41 1.7 22.99 3.3 4....................................................... 17.30 3.6 16.00 4.2 – – 5....................................................... 17.49 3.6 16.70 4.2 – – 6....................................................... 19.11 11.2 19.08 11.4 – – 7....................................................... 24.99 2.4 25.05 2.5 23.27 3.8 9....................................................... 28.55 7.0 28.55 7.0 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 22.53 8.7 22.53 8.8 – – 7....................................................... 23.89 8.1 23.91 8.2 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 24.55 2.2 24.55 2.2 – – 7....................................................... 24.53 6.3 24.53 6.3 – – Machinists.................................................. 17.55 8.4 17.55 8.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.74 8.3 15.74 8.3 – – 1....................................................... 10.15 9.5 10.15 9.5 – – 2....................................................... 11.24 4.1 11.24 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 20.21 15.1 20.23 15.1 – – 4....................................................... 15.68 6.4 15.66 6.5 – – 5....................................................... 16.28 .1 16.28 .1 – – 6....................................................... 17.26 .0 17.26 .0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.56 .3 16.56 .3 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 13.56 10.6 13.56 10.6 – – Numerical control machine operators......................... 16.61 1.1 16.61 1.1 – – 4....................................................... 16.10 .3 16.10 .3 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 13.15 13.1 13.15 13.1 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.93 7.9 11.93 7.9 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... $12.20 11.2 $12.20 11.2 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 12.07 23.8 12.07 23.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.36 6.9 14.27 7.1 – – 3....................................................... 18.02 6.0 – – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 14.21 10.0 14.21 10.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 18.20 16.6 18.20 16.6 – – 1....................................................... 9.35 1.3 9.35 1.3 – – 4....................................................... 16.90 8.5 16.90 8.5 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.71 4.1 11.71 4.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.94 3.2 14.74 3.3 $16.53 3.6 2....................................................... 12.29 4.1 12.23 4.2 – – 3....................................................... 19.67 8.2 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 17.91 11.2 17.94 11.6 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.67 4.6 11.67 4.6 – – 2....................................................... 11.82 5.4 11.82 5.4 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.71 6.8 12.69 7.1 – – 1....................................................... 10.28 10.1 10.30 10.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.83 12.1 11.83 12.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.34 6.5 10.50 5.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 14.43 4.2 14.43 4.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.52 16.2 11.52 16.2 – – 1....................................................... 11.49 22.4 11.49 22.4 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.56 8.8 9.56 8.8 – – 1....................................................... 9.40 15.3 9.40 15.3 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.28 11.0 11.82 17.1 – – 1....................................................... 9.25 7.5 9.31 7.7 – – Service............................................................. 12.09 2.5 9.24 3.6 18.46 3.4 1....................................................... 7.96 5.9 7.84 5.6 – – 2....................................................... 5.58 7.1 4.87 6.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.62 9.3 8.97 3.4 12.38 12.3 5....................................................... 11.78 4.7 – – 14.58 7.7 Protective service............................................ 21.24 11.5 – – 24.29 6.2 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 29.78 7.4 – – 29.78 7.4 Food service.................................................. 8.32 9.2 8.20 10.7 – – 1....................................................... 8.18 5.9 8.18 5.9 – – 2....................................................... 4.62 7.8 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.14 1.1 – – – – Other food service........................................... 10.28 10.7 10.33 11.8 – – 1....................................................... 8.18 5.9 8.18 5.9 – – 3....................................................... 9.14 1.1 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 10.43 4.8 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.68 4.5 7.26 2.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.28 3.3 7.28 3.3 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... $10.47 2.6 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.44 8.0 $8.12 5.8 $14.18 5.1 1....................................................... 7.65 8.2 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.64 8.2 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.12 8.5 8.81 6.9 14.13 4.8 1....................................................... 8.29 8.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.92 7.8 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 11.38 7.8 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Rockford, IL, April 2003 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................................................................... $9.48 14.5 $9.23 16.4 $11.74 10.6 All excluding sales............................................... 9.73 16.2 9.47 18.7 11.82 10.4 White collar........................................................ 13.73 25.0 13.72 26.2 13.89 17.5 3....................................................... 8.55 7.5 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.97 25.8 19.32 27.0 14.82 17.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.02 22.8 32.12 21.9 12.31 30.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 36.22 13.5 38.24 8.3 12.31 30.4 Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 11.61 27.5 – – 12.31 30.4 Substitute teachers......................................... 9.78 3.1 – – 9.78 3.1 Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.99 5.7 7.99 5.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.44 6.2 – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.73 5.2 8.55 5.0 – – Blue collar......................................................... 10.43 5.1 – – 12.13 3.4 3....................................................... 13.53 10.5 – – 12.95 3.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.43 3.0 – – 13.21 5.4 3....................................................... 12.62 4.7 – – 13.14 4.6 Bus drivers................................................. 13.21 5.4 – – 13.21 5.4 3....................................................... 13.14 4.6 – – 13.14 4.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 6.11 11.2 5.59 11.3 10.73 18.7 1....................................................... 4.60 4.2 – – 8.20 5.6 2....................................................... 6.39 21.0 6.30 22.7 – – 3....................................................... 5.81 10.2 5.80 10.3 – – Protective service............................................ 12.09 30.7 – – 14.29 33.6 Food service.................................................. 5.35 12.6 5.32 12.9 – – 2....................................................... 6.08 24.3 6.08 24.3 – – 3....................................................... 5.75 10.9 5.75 10.9 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... $4.52 19.1 $4.52 19.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.31 20.7 4.31 20.7 – – Other food service........................................... 6.73 3.7 6.70 4.0 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 6.97 5.0 6.97 5.0 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 5.96 13.8 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.14 5.8 – – – – 1....................................................... 8.26 6.5 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.26 6.5 – – – – 1....................................................... 8.26 6.5 – – – – Personal service.............................................. $7.79 3.3 – – $8.07 1.4 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Rockford, IL, April 2003 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $18.09 $9.48 $22.89 $15.44 $17.29 $22.51 All excluding sales............................................. 18.05 9.73 22.89 15.38 17.50 13.65 White collar........................................................ 22.04 13.73 30.42 19.76 21.26 26.38 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.34 18.97 30.42 20.35 22.35 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.06 31.02 36.18 25.07 28.18 – Professional specialty.......................................... 30.93 36.22 38.07 27.44 31.14 – Technical....................................................... 20.31 – 18.22 20.45 20.23 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.47 – – 29.02 29.44 – Sales............................................................. 19.31 7.99 – 16.35 11.44 32.39 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.75 8.73 15.11 12.17 12.64 – Blue collar......................................................... 16.67 10.43 20.94 13.84 16.46 15.15 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 23.38 – 27.77 20.14 23.34 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.74 – 21.07 13.14 15.79 – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.94 11.43 15.51 12.86 13.77 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.71 – 15.84 10.35 12.41 – Service............................................................. 12.09 6.11 19.56 8.71 10.59 – 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....................................................... 1.9 14.5 3.7 1.7 1.6 20.0 All excluding sales............................................. 1.9 16.2 3.7 1.8 1.8 12.6 White collar........................................................ 3.5 25.0 7.6 3.2 3.5 18.2 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.8 25.8 7.6 2.7 2.9 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.8 22.8 3.4 3.5 3.1 – Professional specialty.......................................... 4.0 13.5 1.6 5.6 4.4 – Technical....................................................... 5.0 – 7.6 5.1 4.9 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.0 – – 4.2 4.3 – Sales............................................................. 29.5 5.7 – 22.3 11.8 9.0 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.9 5.2 5.6 3.0 2.7 – Blue collar......................................................... 4.4 5.1 6.1 2.3 4.3 15.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 1.6 – 3.5 3.0 1.6 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.3 – 10.7 2.4 7.9 – Transportation and material moving................................ 3.2 3.0 8.0 7.9 3.5 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.8 – 5.5 7.7 6.3 – Service............................................................. 2.5 11.2 5.9 3.0 3.0 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Rockford, IL, April 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $16.38 $18.73 – - $18.04 $13.73 $20.55 - $13.92 $14.64 All excluding sales............................................. 16.38 18.53 – - 17.81 13.75 18.94 - 13.90 14.68 White collar........................................................ 19.47 23.14 – - 23.14 17.80 23.07 - 13.92 19.61 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20.05 22.45 – - 22.45 18.81 20.47 - 13.90 19.82 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.99 25.43 – - 25.43 24.69 21.62 - – 26.13 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.76 29.60 – - 29.60 26.77 22.81 - – 29.04 Technical....................................................... 20.43 20.53 – - 20.53 20.34 19.27 - – 20.53 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.21 31.05 – - 31.05 26.58 – - – 20.91 Sales............................................................. 16.38 30.66 – - 30.66 13.52 – - – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.17 13.84 – - 13.84 11.56 15.16 - 11.85 10.16 Blue collar......................................................... 16.41 17.73 – - 16.76 11.93 – - – 9.65 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 23.31 23.49 – - 20.45 22.58 – - – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.73 16.81 – - 16.81 8.86 – - – 8.30 Transportation and material moving................................ 13.99 15.65 – - 15.65 12.84 – - – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.41 14.35 – - 13.16 9.22 – - – 8.11 Service............................................................. 8.13 – – - – 8.08 – - – 9.60 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....................................................... 2.4 2.6 – - 3.3 3.4 11.0 - 5.5 3.3 All excluding sales............................................. 2.4 2.5 – - 3.2 3.1 11.2 - 5.6 3.4 White collar........................................................ 3.3 1.7 – - 1.7 4.3 13.6 - 5.5 2.9 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.9 2.7 – - 2.7 3.5 17.6 - 5.6 2.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.6 1.4 – - 1.4 6.1 26.2 - – 4.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.4 5.9 – - 5.9 9.2 25.4 - – 9.3 Technical....................................................... 4.9 5.4 – - 5.4 7.9 29.7 - – 7.6 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.3 5.9 – - 5.9 7.2 – - – 14.3 Sales............................................................. 22.3 2.7 – - 2.7 31.2 – - – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.3 2.5 – - 2.5 4.5 12.7 - 14.2 6.7 Blue collar......................................................... 4.6 4.6 – - 6.0 4.3 – - – 8.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 1.7 1.8 – - 3.3 6.0 – - – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.2 7.9 – - 7.9 1.0 – - – .9 Transportation and material moving................................ 1.4 .9 – - .9 1.9 – - – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.5 7.8 – - 10.6 9.3 – - – .4 Service............................................................. 3.1 – – - – 3.2 – - – 5.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Rockford, IL, April 2003 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $16.38 $12.89 $17.32 $16.48 $18.59 All excluding sales............................................. 16.38 12.22 17.40 16.57 18.59 White collar........................................................ 19.47 17.09 20.15 19.17 22.01 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20.05 16.66 20.75 19.97 22.01 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.99 18.17 26.32 26.26 26.38 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.76 19.04 30.50 31.23 29.69 Technical....................................................... 20.43 – 20.88 18.92 22.59 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.21 – 28.55 27.79 30.56 Sales............................................................. 16.38 17.88 14.94 14.94 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.17 13.46 11.85 12.11 11.25 Blue collar......................................................... 16.41 14.38 16.69 15.70 18.08 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 23.31 20.18 24.19 26.42 20.48 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.73 12.10 16.08 13.08 19.72 Transportation and material moving................................ 13.99 – 14.13 12.96 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.41 8.49 12.89 13.30 12.09 Service............................................................. 8.13 7.49 9.09 6.99 – 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....................................................... 2.4 9.9 3.0 2.9 3.3 All excluding sales............................................. 2.4 8.0 2.4 1.8 3.3 White collar........................................................ 3.3 11.3 3.7 4.7 5.3 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.9 9.0 3.0 3.9 5.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.6 16.6 2.4 3.0 4.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.4 15.5 6.8 6.4 12.1 Technical....................................................... 4.9 – 4.1 2.7 5.8 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.3 – 4.8 4.2 8.4 Sales............................................................. 22.3 31.3 37.3 37.3 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.3 11.3 3.0 4.1 5.1 Blue collar......................................................... 4.6 10.8 4.8 3.0 6.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 1.7 8.4 2.4 4.9 2.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.2 5.1 8.8 5.6 9.0 Transportation and material moving................................ 1.4 – 1.4 12.4 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.5 12.0 6.0 6.1 10.9 Service............................................................. 3.1 3.0 8.6 7.0 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Rockford, IL, April 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.75 $10.18 $15.12 $22.57 $30.14 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 10.36 15.32 22.69 30.04 White collar.................................... 8.53 12.04 18.33 27.78 39.55 White collar excluding sales................ 9.30 12.50 19.28 27.78 39.90 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.57 19.28 24.93 34.51 46.09 Professional specialty...................... 17.11 22.56 27.69 39.74 51.29 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 23.96 26.20 29.99 35.70 41.58 Mechanical engineers.................... 23.39 25.33 27.86 32.95 35.95 Mathematical and computer scientists...... – – – – – Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 18.59 21.00 23.40 29.19 51.29 Teachers, college and university.......... – – – – – Teachers, except college and university... 21.60 27.68 36.80 46.09 57.86 Elementary school teachers.............. 20.56 23.72 30.68 39.17 44.01 Secondary school teachers............... 20.72 22.65 29.92 38.53 43.71 Teachers, special education............. 21.08 23.73 29.00 33.75 42.05 Substitute teachers..................... 8.67 8.67 9.68 10.71 10.83 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. – – – – – Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 8.00 11.00 15.85 23.40 27.40 Technical................................... 14.77 16.73 19.28 23.28 28.16 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.78 14.00 17.16 17.50 19.00 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.00 22.82 27.78 34.23 40.64 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.23 27.78 28.41 34.92 47.77 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 25.64 31.64 32.83 33.47 40.70 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 23.91 24.04 24.04 38.97 43.30 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 28.41 30.69 38.53 47.90 50.48 Management related........................ 16.27 17.06 23.08 29.70 37.48 Management related, n.e.c............... 12.24 12.24 19.71 33.98 37.78 Sales......................................... 6.50 7.00 9.75 19.44 37.60 Cashiers................................ 6.24 6.50 7.10 8.25 9.70 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.30 9.37 12.15 14.09 17.34 Secretaries............................. 10.48 11.00 13.15 15.83 16.29 Receptionists........................... 7.00 7.00 8.49 9.00 9.53 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.45 12.00 12.50 13.22 16.24 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.00 11.00 12.35 13.35 14.84 General office clerks................... 8.00 9.50 13.46 16.22 21.07 Teachers' aides......................... 7.53 8.32 9.35 10.25 11.78 Blue collar..................................... 8.40 10.56 15.51 20.12 25.62 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $15.09 $17.88 $21.02 $30.27 $32.25 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.09 19.04 21.96 26.83 29.90 Supervisors, production................. 14.49 21.37 25.30 28.06 29.28 Machinists.............................. 14.00 15.82 18.63 18.85 20.74 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.50 10.83 15.33 19.12 25.62 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators.......... 8.75 10.25 13.30 17.05 17.52 Numerical control machine operators..... 13.80 15.00 16.64 17.77 19.17 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 8.00 8.00 13.14 17.00 19.04 Molding and casting machine operators... 7.00 8.00 10.25 15.34 18.39 Packaging and filling machine operators. 6.00 8.48 10.57 15.84 19.12 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............................ 7.61 9.00 9.81 16.47 17.19 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.00 10.91 14.63 19.35 20.12 Welders and cutters..................... 7.00 12.39 14.25 17.70 18.66 Assemblers.............................. 8.50 10.49 18.48 25.62 25.62 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.70 10.83 11.18 11.20 16.85 Transportation and material moving............ 9.02 10.35 13.14 16.01 22.00 Truck drivers........................... 12.86 13.00 15.40 21.85 25.61 Bus drivers............................. 10.64 11.78 13.96 16.64 19.15 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.00 10.00 11.15 13.50 14.92 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.75 8.50 10.57 16.16 20.94 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.25 9.00 12.16 16.44 16.44 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.00 7.50 9.50 13.17 19.10 Hand packers and packagers.............. 6.00 8.03 8.50 9.75 15.08 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.75 8.50 11.00 13.29 25.24 Service......................................... 3.09 6.50 9.50 12.60 21.43 Protective service........................ 8.00 15.00 22.22 24.30 28.20 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 21.24 26.00 32.55 33.78 34.18 Guards and police, except public service 7.35 8.00 8.98 9.40 23.00 Food service.............................. 3.09 3.09 6.70 9.00 11.75 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 3.09 3.09 3.09 3.09 7.25 Waiters and waitresses.................. 3.09 3.09 3.09 3.09 7.25 Other food service....................... 6.00 6.75 8.10 11.50 13.00 Cooks................................... 7.75 9.45 11.50 11.50 11.75 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 6.00 6.30 6.75 7.75 9.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.50 6.60 7.25 8.03 9.00 Health service............................ – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.28 9.50 10.09 11.04 11.52 Cleaning and building service............. 6.75 7.50 10.82 13.65 16.27 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 8.50 11.20 13.98 17.08 Personal service.......................... 7.02 8.40 11.06 12.73 13.63 Child care workers, n.e.c............... $7.02 $7.68 $8.78 $10.92 $12.00 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, 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, Rockford, IL, April 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.50 $9.65 $14.29 $20.81 $28.05 All excluding sales........................... 7.81 10.00 14.50 20.90 27.78 White collar.................................... 8.14 11.14 16.73 24.93 34.23 White collar excluding sales................ 9.15 12.15 17.38 25.78 34.23 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.00 18.31 23.28 28.16 40.33 Professional specialty...................... 14.46 19.63 25.88 32.29 43.96 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 23.96 26.20 29.99 35.70 41.58 Mechanical engineers.................... 23.39 25.33 27.86 32.95 35.95 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.75 21.00 23.40 42.38 55.18 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 7.69 11.00 14.00 25.00 27.40 Technical................................... 15.38 17.46 19.28 23.28 28.16 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.00 22.12 27.78 34.23 39.09 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.72 27.78 27.78 34.33 48.23 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 28.41 30.69 38.53 47.90 50.48 Management related........................ 14.25 17.00 22.74 28.05 37.48 Management related, n.e.c............... 12.24 12.24 19.71 33.98 37.78 Sales......................................... 6.50 7.00 9.85 19.44 37.60 Cashiers................................ 6.24 6.50 7.10 8.20 9.70 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.25 9.15 12.09 13.46 16.18 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.00 11.00 12.35 13.35 14.84 General office clerks................... 8.00 9.00 12.19 14.42 21.07 Blue collar..................................... 8.35 10.50 15.50 20.10 25.62 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.09 17.50 20.94 30.27 32.25 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.09 18.86 21.02 27.63 29.90 Supervisors, production................. 14.49 21.37 25.30 28.06 29.28 Machinists.............................. 14.00 15.82 18.63 18.85 20.74 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.50 10.82 15.30 19.12 25.62 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators.......... 8.75 10.25 13.30 17.05 17.52 Numerical control machine operators..... 13.80 15.00 16.64 17.77 19.17 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 8.00 8.00 13.14 17.00 19.04 Molding and casting machine operators... 7.00 8.00 10.25 15.34 18.39 Packaging and filling machine operators. 6.00 8.48 10.57 15.84 19.12 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............................ $7.61 $9.00 $9.81 $16.47 $17.19 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.00 10.85 14.63 19.17 20.12 Welders and cutters..................... 7.00 12.39 14.25 17.70 18.66 Assemblers.............................. 8.50 10.49 18.48 25.62 25.62 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.70 10.83 11.18 11.20 16.85 Transportation and material moving............ 8.50 10.25 13.00 15.25 22.63 Truck drivers........................... 12.86 13.00 15.24 21.98 25.94 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.00 10.00 11.15 13.50 14.92 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.50 8.50 10.50 16.44 20.94 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.25 9.00 12.16 16.44 16.44 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.00 7.50 9.50 13.17 19.10 Hand packers and packagers.............. 6.00 8.03 8.50 9.75 15.08 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.75 8.50 9.00 12.64 25.24 Service......................................... 3.09 5.75 8.20 10.67 12.03 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 3.09 3.09 6.50 9.00 11.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 3.09 3.09 3.09 3.09 7.25 Waiters and waitresses.................. 3.09 3.09 3.09 3.09 7.25 Other food service....................... 6.00 6.75 8.10 11.50 13.00 Cooks................................... 7.75 9.45 11.50 11.50 11.50 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 6.00 6.30 6.75 7.75 9.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 3.09 6.50 7.25 7.45 8.75 Health service............................ - - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.27 9.41 10.00 10.90 11.42 Cleaning and building service............. 5.92 6.75 7.50 9.17 10.82 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.75 7.40 8.20 9.55 11.43 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, 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, Rockford, IL, April 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.48 $14.08 $21.83 $31.41 $43.62 All excluding sales........................... 10.52 14.08 21.83 31.41 43.62 White collar.................................... 11.67 17.03 26.59 38.72 48.71 White collar excluding sales................ 11.82 17.11 26.61 38.94 48.71 Professional specialty and technical.......... 20.44 24.69 33.32 43.87 56.55 Professional specialty...................... 21.58 25.52 34.31 44.52 57.86 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 22.22 29.08 38.24 46.59 57.86 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.13 25.52 32.55 40.15 44.78 Secondary school teachers............... 20.84 23.73 31.40 39.17 44.67 Teachers, special education............. 21.08 23.73 29.00 33.75 42.05 Substitute teachers..................... 8.67 8.67 9.68 10.71 10.83 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 23.91 27.42 32.83 34.45 42.97 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 23.91 27.42 32.83 36.93 43.30 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 25.64 31.64 32.83 33.47 40.70 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 23.91 23.91 36.93 42.60 45.38 Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.89 10.96 14.30 16.67 20.22 Secretaries............................. 9.54 11.47 14.30 16.34 20.14 Teachers' aides......................... 7.53 8.32 9.35 10.25 11.78 Blue collar..................................... 11.06 12.78 16.28 22.03 24.27 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 19.60 20.31 22.73 24.27 28.15 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 10.64 12.03 14.72 17.59 20.27 Bus drivers............................. 10.64 11.78 13.96 16.64 19.15 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... $8.17 $11.06 $12.78 $14.94 $15.85 Service......................................... 8.50 11.98 16.74 23.00 26.22 Protective service........................ 20.04 21.61 23.00 25.00 31.94 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 21.24 26.00 32.55 33.78 34.18 Food service.............................. 6.50 7.97 8.80 10.66 13.06 Other food service....................... 6.50 7.97 8.80 10.66 13.06 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 9.84 11.58 13.57 15.57 18.46 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.75 11.44 13.57 15.61 18.46 Personal service.......................... 7.68 8.52 11.27 12.81 13.63 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, 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, Rockford, IL, April 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.25 $10.83 $15.87 $23.28 $30.27 All excluding sales........................... 8.48 10.88 15.95 23.28 30.27 White collar.................................... 9.15 12.30 19.23 27.78 39.38 White collar excluding sales................ 9.40 12.74 19.43 27.78 39.17 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.57 19.31 24.93 33.56 46.09 Professional specialty...................... 17.19 22.54 27.40 38.24 52.30 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 23.96 26.20 29.99 35.70 41.58 Mechanical engineers.................... 23.39 25.33 27.86 32.95 35.95 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.57 19.63 23.40 28.17 55.18 Registered nurses....................... 17.11 19.58 23.17 24.50 28.17 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 21.69 27.75 36.93 46.09 57.86 Elementary school teachers.............. 20.56 23.72 30.68 39.17 44.01 Secondary school teachers............... 20.72 22.65 29.92 38.53 43.71 Teachers, special education............. 21.08 23.73 29.00 33.75 42.05 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 8.00 11.00 15.85 23.40 27.40 Technical................................... 14.58 16.73 19.28 23.28 28.16 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.06 23.08 27.78 34.23 40.75 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.23 27.78 28.41 36.91 47.77 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 25.64 31.64 32.83 33.47 40.70 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 23.91 24.04 24.04 38.97 43.30 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 28.41 30.69 38.53 47.90 50.48 Management related........................ 17.00 17.31 23.80 30.77 37.48 Management related, n.e.c............... 14.25 16.83 27.88 35.68 38.22 Sales......................................... 7.00 8.00 13.16 26.22 43.05 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.79 9.50 12.15 14.29 17.48 Secretaries............................. 10.48 11.00 13.15 15.83 16.29 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.45 12.00 12.50 13.22 16.24 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.00 11.00 12.35 13.35 14.84 General office clerks................... 8.00 10.00 13.46 16.22 21.07 Teachers' aides......................... 7.53 8.34 9.35 10.25 11.78 Blue collar..................................... 8.45 10.85 15.84 20.74 25.72 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.09 17.88 21.33 30.27 32.25 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.09 19.04 21.96 26.83 29.90 Supervisors, production................. $14.49 $21.37 $25.30 $28.06 $29.28 Machinists.............................. 14.00 15.82 18.63 18.85 20.74 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.50 10.83 15.33 19.12 25.62 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators.......... 8.75 10.25 13.30 17.05 17.52 Numerical control machine operators..... 13.80 15.00 16.64 17.77 19.17 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 8.00 8.00 13.14 17.00 19.04 Molding and casting machine operators... 7.00 8.00 10.25 15.34 18.39 Packaging and filling machine operators. 6.00 8.23 10.57 15.84 19.12 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............................ 7.61 9.00 9.81 16.47 17.19 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.00 10.91 14.63 19.35 20.12 Welders and cutters..................... 7.00 12.39 14.25 17.70 18.66 Assemblers.............................. 8.50 10.49 18.30 25.62 25.62 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.70 10.83 11.18 11.20 16.85 Transportation and material moving............ 10.00 11.15 13.50 17.25 23.47 Truck drivers........................... 12.86 13.00 15.40 22.00 25.94 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.00 10.00 11.15 13.50 14.92 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.76 8.50 11.15 16.44 20.94 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 9.50 12.46 15.75 16.44 17.82 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.00 7.50 9.50 13.17 19.10 Hand packers and packagers.............. 6.00 8.03 8.50 9.75 15.08 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.75 8.50 11.00 13.29 25.24 Service......................................... 5.75 8.29 10.70 13.63 22.42 Protective service........................ 9.00 18.49 22.47 24.31 28.40 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 21.24 26.00 32.55 33.78 34.18 Food service.............................. 3.09 3.84 7.90 11.50 13.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.00 7.65 9.45 11.50 13.03 Cooks................................... 7.75 9.45 11.50 11.50 11.75 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.50 7.00 7.25 8.46 8.98 Health service............................ - - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.28 9.51 10.12 11.14 11.55 Cleaning and building service............. 6.75 7.75 11.10 14.38 16.89 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.50 9.17 11.85 14.79 17.80 Personal service.......................... 8.30 9.54 12.02 12.92 13.63 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, 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, Rockford, IL, April 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $3.09 $6.15 $7.94 $10.00 $14.77 All excluding sales........................... 3.09 6.00 8.10 10.35 17.50 White collar.................................... 6.24 6.80 8.49 14.20 42.38 White collar excluding sales................ 7.50 8.30 12.24 23.08 43.96 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.33 17.50 42.38 43.96 43.96 Professional specialty...................... 10.71 29.33 42.38 43.96 43.96 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 7.00 8.67 9.68 10.71 26.33 Substitute teachers..................... 8.67 8.67 9.68 10.71 10.83 Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.00 6.30 6.80 9.17 11.62 Cashiers................................ 5.99 6.24 6.50 7.40 11.55 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.00 7.61 8.30 9.30 11.71 Blue collar..................................... 7.20 8.50 9.85 11.60 14.21 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 8.50 9.50 10.85 13.20 14.79 Bus drivers............................. 9.02 11.34 12.39 14.79 16.64 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 3.09 3.09 6.25 7.85 9.50 Protective service........................ 6.50 7.50 8.25 23.00 23.00 Food service.............................. 3.09 3.09 5.00 7.00 9.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 3.09 3.09 3.09 5.00 9.25 Waiters and waitresses.................. 3.09 3.09 3.09 3.09 9.50 Other food service....................... 5.50 6.15 6.60 7.30 8.15 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 6.00 6.30 6.58 7.00 8.15 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 3.09 3.09 6.70 7.10 9.00 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.00 7.85 8.50 9.86 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 7.40 8.20 8.84 10.51 Personal service.......................... 6.25 6.25 7.25 8.73 10.00 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, 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, Rockford, IL, April 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 88,400 74,000 14,400 All excluding sales............................................. 83,800 69,400 14,300 White collar........................................................ 32,700 24,000 8,700 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 28,100 19,400 8,700 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 14,400 8,600 5,800 Professional specialty.......................................... 11,200 5,500 5,700 Technical....................................................... 3,200 3,100 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3,300 2,500 700 Sales............................................................. 4,600 4,600 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10,400 8,300 2,100 Blue collar......................................................... 40,900 39,200 1,700 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 8,800 8,300 500 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 19,000 18,900 - Transportation and material moving................................ 3,000 2,200 700 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10,100 9,700 400 Service............................................................. 14,800 10,900 4,000 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.