NC BL 09/00/2004 Table: Atlanta, GA, Bulletin 3125-11, December 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, Atlanta, GA, December 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................................................................. $19.71 2.5 37.5 $19.33 3.1 37.2 $21.41 3.4 38.8 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 24.15 3.0 38.0 24.11 3.6 37.6 24.29 4.9 39.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.93 6.4 38.7 32.36 8.8 38.3 27.67 3.6 39.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.43 4.7 40.4 31.47 3.6 40.5 31.29 16.8 40.0 Sales............................................................. 17.52 13.2 35.1 17.53 13.3 35.2 – – – Administrative support............................................ 15.26 2.3 37.4 15.68 2.7 37.2 13.48 1.0 38.6 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.22 3.0 38.8 15.14 3.2 39.3 16.58 1.6 33.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.34 4.6 40.0 20.41 4.9 40.1 19.38 .5 39.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.85 6.1 39.4 13.86 6.1 39.4 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.57 2.2 39.4 14.35 2.5 42.3 15.80 3.1 28.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.82 3.9 37.0 10.79 4.0 37.0 11.94 5.6 36.8 Service occupations(5).............................................. 11.70 2.4 33.7 10.51 1.8 32.0 14.99 4.0 39.7 Full time........................................................... 20.42 2.7 39.6 20.14 3.3 39.6 21.64 3.3 39.6 Part time........................................................... 9.63 4.7 21.4 9.31 5.4 21.2 13.38 4.2 23.5 Union............................................................... 23.15 15.7 36.6 23.72 16.5 36.3 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 19.33 2.5 37.6 18.78 3.0 37.3 21.63 3.5 38.7 Time................................................................ 19.67 2.6 37.3 19.25 3.2 37.0 21.41 3.4 38.8 Incentive........................................................... 20.19 14.8 39.3 20.19 14.8 39.3 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 15.09 8.8 36.3 15.09 8.8 36.3 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 18.54 4.9 38.2 18.65 5.0 38.2 14.60 4.6 40.3 500 workers or more................................................. 22.44 3.6 37.5 22.80 5.1 36.9 21.78 3.6 38.8 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, 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, Atlanta, GA, December 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................................................................... $19.71 2.5 $19.33 3.1 $21.41 3.4 All excluding sales............................................... 19.90 2.8 19.53 3.4 21.42 3.4 White collar........................................................ 24.15 3.0 24.11 3.6 24.29 4.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.28 3.4 25.61 4.2 24.31 4.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.93 6.4 32.36 8.8 27.67 3.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.55 3.7 32.80 5.2 29.24 3.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.48 6.3 32.38 6.5 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 32.87 4.4 32.87 4.4 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 38.45 3.9 38.45 3.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 31.12 5.5 31.63 5.5 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.20 4.5 30.76 4.5 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 35.22 8.7 35.22 8.7 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 32.08 13.2 33.12 14.2 25.64 7.8 Registered nurses........................................... 27.23 6.3 27.34 7.3 26.62 6.4 Pharmacists................................................. 39.71 5.4 39.71 5.4 – – Dietitians.................................................. 22.72 10.8 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 39.66 20.8 32.02 12.6 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.93 4.2 22.04 7.3 31.22 3.7 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 30.33 12.2 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.96 5.1 – – 30.70 5.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.77 4.2 – – 31.38 .9 Teachers, special education................................. 29.85 1.5 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 28.53 6.6 18.76 8.4 – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 39.93 .8 – – 39.93 .8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 25.84 7.3 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.19 9.1 – – 19.15 9.7 Social workers.............................................. 19.33 9.1 – – 19.29 9.7 Lawyers and judges............................................ 54.77 3.1 – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 54.77 3.1 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 35.76 7.1 35.76 7.1 – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 40.25 15.2 40.25 15.2 – – Technical....................................................... 28.97 26.2 31.29 28.8 17.23 11.7 Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.94 1.1 17.44 1.9 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.24 11.2 – – 13.26 14.7 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.21 9.8 22.60 8.0 – – Airplane pilots and navigators.............................. 138.45 12.6 138.45 12.6 – – Computer programmers........................................ 26.54 3.0 27.63 3.2 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 19.22 3.3 19.22 3.3 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.43 4.7 31.47 3.6 31.29 16.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.35 6.5 35.16 5.8 46.00 18.7 Administrators and officials, public administration......... $23.34 8.0 – – $23.34 8.0 Financial managers.......................................... 42.00 16.5 $33.79 9.9 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 48.35 20.0 – – 54.46 22.3 Managers, medicine and health............................... 33.58 7.0 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 40.29 6.3 40.29 6.3 – – Management related............................................ 24.81 4.7 26.96 4.9 19.05 13.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 24.13 9.7 26.20 5.7 – – Other financial officers.................................... 22.80 7.2 22.80 7.2 – – Management analysts......................................... 31.76 11.8 31.76 11.8 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.98 15.5 24.94 14.0 – – Construction inspectors..................................... 17.72 1.6 – – 17.72 1.6 Management related, n.e.c................................... 28.75 13.5 31.73 15.6 – – Sales............................................................. 17.52 13.2 17.53 13.3 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23.84 7.7 23.84 7.7 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 24.21 15.4 24.21 15.4 – – Sales workers, hardware and building supplies............... 11.50 4.3 11.50 4.3 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 11.62 2.6 11.62 2.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.96 6.3 8.96 6.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.26 2.3 15.68 2.7 13.48 1.0 Supervisors, general office................................. 24.28 4.8 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 18.00 7.7 19.21 9.2 14.38 2.1 Receptionists............................................... 10.96 5.2 11.02 5.3 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.22 6.6 14.25 7.2 – – Order clerks................................................ 15.39 3.8 15.39 3.8 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.55 4.3 14.68 3.4 12.07 4.2 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.86 7.3 15.55 9.0 13.27 3.1 Billing clerks.............................................. 13.43 8.8 13.43 8.8 – – Dispatchers................................................. 18.67 7.1 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.37 19.9 – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 17.73 9.9 19.51 7.7 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 14.88 9.5 14.88 9.5 – – Bill and account collectors................................. 14.95 8.6 15.00 9.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.56 2.9 14.94 3.0 12.15 3.3 Data entry keyers........................................... 12.07 7.2 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.55 6.1 – – 12.09 2.8 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.04 5.4 16.18 5.4 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.22 3.0 15.14 3.2 16.58 1.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.34 4.6 20.41 4.9 19.38 .5 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 34.59 17.6 – – – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 19.90 7.3 19.95 1.6 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 21.22 7.0 20.82 7.3 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.00 5.4 19.22 5.7 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... $12.33 36.3 – – – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 22.94 4.6 $23.50 5.1 – – Telephone installers and repairers.......................... 20.25 17.5 20.25 17.5 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.53 10.9 19.09 12.1 – – Electricians................................................ 21.98 6.7 24.06 9.8 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 23.45 14.6 23.45 14.6 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 11.01 21.2 11.01 21.2 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.85 6.1 13.86 6.1 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 13.37 4.3 13.37 4.3 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.21 10.8 15.21 10.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 17.09 16.4 17.09 16.4 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 10.94 9.4 10.94 9.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.57 2.2 14.35 2.5 $15.80 3.1 Truck drivers............................................... 14.55 2.8 14.63 2.8 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.57 6.4 – – 16.57 3.5 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.08 4.7 14.08 4.7 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 16.56 13.0 16.56 13.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.82 3.9 10.79 4.0 11.94 5.6 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 11.49 8.3 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.23 5.9 10.23 5.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.33 4.2 14.33 4.2 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 8.79 5.0 8.79 5.0 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.78 8.0 9.69 8.8 – – Service............................................................. 11.70 2.4 10.51 1.8 14.99 4.0 Protective service............................................ 14.06 7.5 10.62 9.2 17.09 4.5 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 26.74 6.4 – – 26.74 6.4 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 25.33 15.7 – – 25.33 15.7 Firefighting................................................ 15.78 1.9 – – 14.23 2.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.07 5.3 – – 17.07 5.3 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 17.46 4.5 – – 17.46 4.5 Correctional institution officers........................... 14.13 5.8 – – 14.13 5.8 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.86 5.9 9.64 4.9 – – Food service.................................................. 7.95 5.9 7.59 6.3 12.92 15.1 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.44 13.3 4.44 13.3 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.85 17.8 3.85 17.8 – – Other food service........................................... 9.90 11.4 9.55 12.1 12.92 15.1 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 13.45 7.9 13.43 8.3 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.63 3.7 10.63 3.7 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 7.10 7.2 6.94 6.1 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 10.35 5.2 9.75 5.2 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.50 20.1 7.19 12.9 13.92 26.2 Health service................................................ $10.11 3.6 $10.05 3.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.11 4.0 10.11 4.2 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.36 4.2 9.92 5.4 $11.69 11.0 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.25 2.2 8.25 2.2 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.70 4.6 10.27 6.2 11.69 11.0 Personal service.............................................. 17.09 8.1 19.11 10.5 10.90 6.4 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 11.76 1.4 – – – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 9.92 7.5 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 10.32 22.5 10.33 22.7 – – 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, Atlanta, GA, December 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................................................................... $20.42 2.7 $20.14 3.3 $21.64 3.3 All excluding sales............................................... 20.49 3.0 20.20 3.6 21.64 3.3 White collar........................................................ 24.87 3.0 24.99 3.6 24.47 4.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.63 3.5 26.03 4.4 24.47 4.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.06 6.5 32.52 8.9 27.78 3.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.67 3.7 32.96 5.2 29.33 3.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.48 6.3 32.38 6.5 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 32.87 4.4 32.87 4.4 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 38.45 3.9 38.45 3.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 31.12 5.5 31.63 5.5 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.20 4.5 30.76 4.5 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 35.22 8.7 35.22 8.7 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 32.41 13.3 33.56 14.3 25.64 7.8 Registered nurses........................................... 27.43 6.5 27.58 7.6 26.62 6.4 Pharmacists................................................. 39.74 5.5 39.74 5.5 – – Dietitians.................................................. 22.72 10.8 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 41.74 21.9 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 30.05 3.9 22.06 7.4 31.36 3.2 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 30.33 12.2 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.96 5.1 – – 30.70 5.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.77 4.2 – – 31.38 .9 Teachers, special education................................. 29.85 1.5 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 28.97 6.7 18.78 8.5 – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 39.93 .8 – – 39.93 .8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 25.84 7.3 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.19 9.1 – – 19.15 9.7 Social workers.............................................. 19.33 9.1 – – 19.29 9.7 Lawyers and judges............................................ 54.77 3.1 – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 54.77 3.1 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 35.76 7.1 35.76 7.1 – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 40.25 15.2 40.25 15.2 – – Technical....................................................... 29.14 26.4 31.47 29.1 17.36 11.7 Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.84 1.8 17.42 1.9 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.42 11.5 – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.21 9.8 22.60 8.0 – – Airplane pilots and navigators.............................. 138.45 12.6 138.45 12.6 – – Computer programmers........................................ 26.54 3.0 27.63 3.2 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 19.22 3.3 19.22 3.3 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.48 4.7 31.54 3.6 31.29 16.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.48 6.6 35.31 5.8 46.00 18.7 Administrators and officials, public administration......... $23.34 8.0 – – $23.34 8.0 Financial managers.......................................... 42.00 16.5 $33.79 9.9 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 49.62 19.8 – – 54.46 22.3 Managers, medicine and health............................... 33.58 7.0 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 40.29 6.3 40.29 6.3 – – Management related............................................ 24.81 4.7 26.96 4.9 19.05 13.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 24.13 9.7 26.20 5.7 – – Other financial officers.................................... 22.80 7.2 22.80 7.2 – – Management analysts......................................... 31.76 11.8 31.76 11.8 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.98 15.5 24.94 14.0 – – Construction inspectors..................................... 17.72 1.6 – – 17.72 1.6 Management related, n.e.c................................... 28.75 13.5 31.73 15.6 – – Sales............................................................. 19.56 13.3 19.55 13.3 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23.84 7.7 23.84 7.7 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 24.46 15.2 24.46 15.2 – – Sales workers, hardware and building supplies............... 11.67 4.4 11.67 4.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.04 7.0 10.04 7.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.53 2.6 16.01 3.1 13.60 1.0 Supervisors, general office................................. 24.28 4.8 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 18.14 7.7 19.26 9.2 14.68 3.2 Receptionists............................................... 11.96 3.8 12.09 3.8 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.22 6.6 14.25 7.2 – – Order clerks................................................ 15.42 3.8 15.42 3.8 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.44 4.7 14.66 2.9 12.07 4.2 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.12 7.4 15.80 9.3 13.51 3.0 Billing clerks.............................................. 13.43 8.8 13.43 8.8 – – Dispatchers................................................. 18.67 7.1 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.25 8.6 – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 17.73 9.9 19.51 7.7 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.03 10.2 16.03 10.2 – – Bill and account collectors................................. 14.95 8.6 15.00 9.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.74 3.1 15.15 3.3 12.15 3.3 Data entry keyers........................................... 12.07 7.2 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.99 3.2 – – 12.09 2.8 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.05 5.4 16.20 5.4 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.52 3.3 15.45 3.4 16.63 1.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.39 4.6 20.47 5.0 19.38 .5 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 34.59 17.6 – – – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 19.90 7.3 19.95 1.6 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 21.26 6.9 20.85 7.3 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.00 5.4 19.22 5.7 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 12.33 36.3 – – – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ $22.94 4.6 $23.50 5.1 – – Telephone installers and repairers.......................... 20.25 17.5 20.25 17.5 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.53 10.9 19.09 12.1 – – Electricians................................................ 21.98 6.7 24.06 9.8 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 23.45 14.6 23.45 14.6 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 11.01 21.2 11.01 21.2 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.91 6.2 13.92 6.2 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 13.83 1.9 13.83 1.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.21 10.8 15.21 10.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 17.09 16.4 17.09 16.4 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 10.94 9.4 10.94 9.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.49 2.4 14.41 2.7 $15.22 4.2 Truck drivers............................................... 14.57 2.9 14.66 3.0 – – Bus drivers................................................. 14.77 9.7 – – 16.38 5.7 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.24 4.4 14.24 4.4 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 16.56 13.0 16.56 13.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.20 4.4 11.17 4.5 12.13 6.4 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.30 7.1 11.30 7.1 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.70 4.2 14.70 4.2 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.22 7.0 9.22 7.0 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.78 8.1 9.69 8.8 – – Service............................................................. 12.33 2.9 11.13 3.1 15.08 3.6 Protective service............................................ 14.19 7.5 10.71 9.7 17.15 4.3 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 26.74 6.4 – – 26.74 6.4 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 25.33 15.7 – – 25.33 15.7 Firefighting................................................ 15.78 1.9 – – 14.23 2.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.07 5.3 – – 17.07 5.3 Correctional institution officers........................... 14.13 5.8 – – 14.13 5.8 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.86 5.9 9.64 5.0 – – Food service.................................................. 9.18 6.9 8.77 7.4 13.27 13.6 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.07 22.1 5.07 22.1 – – Other food service........................................... 10.77 9.4 10.41 10.2 13.27 13.6 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 13.63 9.1 13.61 9.6 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 10.70 5.6 10.13 5.3 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.96 21.2 7.32 14.8 13.92 26.2 Health service................................................ 10.12 3.8 10.07 3.9 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.12 4.2 10.13 4.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.48 4.0 10.06 5.2 11.69 11.0 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.25 2.2 8.25 2.2 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.86 4.3 10.48 5.7 11.69 11.0 Personal service.............................................. 17.51 7.7 20.40 9.6 10.99 6.6 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, December 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................................................................... $9.63 4.7 $9.31 5.4 $13.38 4.2 All excluding sales............................................... 9.90 6.2 9.51 7.3 13.54 4.2 White collar........................................................ 10.68 6.9 10.74 7.3 9.59 7.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 12.95 9.5 13.32 10.0 9.68 7.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.87 13.1 22.64 10.0 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 22.42 10.7 24.12 5.5 – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.71 5.0 8.71 5.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.87 3.7 7.85 3.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.83 6.4 10.98 6.7 9.27 10.9 Blue collar......................................................... 10.24 4.1 8.82 5.9 16.33 1.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.34 3.9 12.53 5.5 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.01 3.8 7.98 3.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.24 5.5 7.24 5.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.60 3.3 11.60 3.3 – – Service............................................................. 7.85 16.2 7.80 16.8 – – Protective service............................................ 8.41 5.8 – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.60 6.2 5.48 6.1 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.78 16.6 3.78 16.6 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.53 19.7 3.53 19.7 – – Other food service........................................... 7.47 11.5 7.31 11.3 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.87 6.6 6.87 6.6 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 15.57 31.7 15.78 32.5 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, December 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................................................................... $809 2.5 39.6 $798 2.9 39.6 $856 3.5 39.6 All excluding sales............................................... 810 2.8 39.5 798 3.4 39.5 856 3.5 39.6 White collar........................................................ 988 2.5 39.7 993 2.8 39.7 973 4.6 39.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,016 3.0 39.6 1,030 3.7 39.6 973 4.6 39.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,220 4.9 39.3 1,271 6.7 39.1 1,105 2.9 39.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,265 3.7 39.9 1,325 5.2 40.2 1,157 2.9 39.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,314 6.1 40.5 1,310 6.2 40.5 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,370 7.8 41.7 1,370 7.8 41.7 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,538 3.9 40.0 1,538 3.9 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,267 5.6 40.7 1,289 5.7 40.8 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,234 5.1 40.9 1,258 5.2 40.9 – – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 1,409 8.7 40.0 1,409 8.7 40.0 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,288 13.7 39.7 1,332 14.9 39.7 1,026 7.8 40.0 Registered nurses........................................... 1,087 7.0 39.6 1,091 8.2 39.6 1,065 6.4 40.0 Pharmacists................................................. 1,590 5.5 40.0 1,590 5.5 40.0 – – – Dietitians.................................................. 909 10.8 40.0 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,611 21.9 38.6 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,182 3.5 39.3 877 7.2 39.8 1,231 2.8 39.2 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 1,213 12.2 40.0 – – – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,188 4.4 39.6 – – – 1,217 4.3 39.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,186 4.1 39.8 – – – 1,251 .6 39.9 Teachers, special education................................. 1,183 1.9 39.6 – – – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 1,108 5.9 38.2 749 8.3 39.9 – – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 1,567 1.2 39.3 – – – 1,567 1.2 39.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 1,034 7.3 40.0 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 768 9.1 40.0 – – – 766 9.7 40.0 Social workers.............................................. 773 9.1 40.0 – – – 771 9.7 40.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ 2,141 3.8 39.1 – – – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 2,141 3.8 39.1 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,459 8.8 40.8 1,459 8.8 40.8 – – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 1,610 15.2 40.0 1,610 15.2 40.0 – – – Technical....................................................... 1,090 19.4 37.4 1,152 21.0 36.6 732 9.2 42.1 Licensed practical nurses................................... 670 1.4 39.8 692 1.7 39.7 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 712 7.7 43.3 – – – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 848 9.8 40.0 904 8.0 40.0 – – – Airplane pilots and navigators.............................. 2,637 2.7 19.0 2,637 2.7 19.0 – – – Computer programmers........................................ 1,062 3.0 40.0 1,105 3.2 40.0 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ $769 3.3 40.0 $769 3.3 40.0 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,273 4.8 40.5 1,280 3.8 40.6 $1,251 16.8 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,531 6.7 40.8 1,450 6.2 41.1 1,840 18.7 40.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 933 8.0 40.0 – – – 933 8.0 40.0 Financial managers.......................................... 1,678 16.5 40.0 1,349 9.8 39.9 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,983 19.7 40.0 – – – 2,179 22.3 40.0 Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,331 6.7 39.6 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,670 7.2 41.4 1,670 7.2 41.4 – – – Management related............................................ 993 4.5 40.0 1,080 4.6 40.0 762 13.0 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 965 9.7 40.0 1,048 5.7 40.0 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 918 7.4 40.2 918 7.4 40.2 – – – Management analysts......................................... 1,316 11.5 41.4 1,316 11.5 41.4 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 799 15.5 40.0 997 14.0 40.0 – – – Construction inspectors..................................... 709 1.6 40.0 – – – 709 1.6 40.0 Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,137 13.8 39.6 1,248 16.2 39.3 – – – Sales............................................................. 794 12.4 40.6 793 12.5 40.6 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 1,006 10.9 42.2 1,006 10.9 42.2 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 957 15.8 39.1 957 15.8 39.1 – – – Sales workers, hardware and building supplies............... 489 1.8 41.9 489 1.8 41.9 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 399 7.2 39.7 399 7.2 39.7 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 616 2.4 39.6 635 2.9 39.7 538 1.1 39.5 Supervisors, general office................................. 959 6.3 39.5 – – – – – – Secretaries................................................. 710 7.3 39.1 751 8.6 39.0 582 3.5 39.6 Receptionists............................................... 474 3.9 39.6 479 3.9 39.6 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 566 6.6 39.8 567 7.1 39.8 – – – Order clerks................................................ 615 3.7 39.9 615 3.7 39.9 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 535 4.7 39.8 580 3.4 39.6 483 4.2 40.0 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 598 6.6 39.5 622 8.1 39.4 539 3.1 39.9 Billing clerks.............................................. 537 8.8 40.0 537 8.8 40.0 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 747 7.1 40.0 – – – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 530 8.6 40.0 – – – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 705 9.3 39.7 772 7.0 39.6 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 634 9.4 39.6 634 9.4 39.6 – – – Bill and account collectors................................. 598 8.6 40.0 600 9.2 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 580 3.3 39.3 595 3.6 39.2 486 3.3 40.0 Data entry keyers........................................... 483 7.2 40.0 – – – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 454 3.7 37.9 – – – 455 4.1 37.7 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 637 5.7 39.7 642 5.7 39.7 – – – Blue collar......................................................... $628 3.2 40.5 $630 3.4 40.8 $606 2.6 36.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 821 4.2 40.2 825 4.5 40.3 768 .7 39.6 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 1,375 17.8 39.7 – – – – – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 796 7.3 40.0 798 1.6 40.0 – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 845 6.7 39.8 834 7.3 40.0 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 760 5.4 40.0 769 5.7 40.0 – – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 616 18.6 50.0 – – – – – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 918 4.6 40.0 940 5.1 40.0 – – – Telephone installers and repairers.......................... 810 17.5 40.0 810 17.5 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 741 10.9 40.0 763 12.1 40.0 – – – Electricians................................................ 879 6.7 40.0 962 9.8 40.0 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 938 14.6 40.0 938 14.6 40.0 – – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 440 21.2 40.0 440 21.2 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 552 6.2 39.7 552 6.2 39.7 – – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 553 1.9 40.0 553 1.9 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 609 10.8 40.0 609 10.8 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 684 16.4 40.0 684 16.4 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 438 9.4 40.0 438 9.4 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 623 2.6 43.0 648 3.2 44.9 477 4.9 31.4 Truck drivers............................................... 706 6.6 48.4 715 6.8 48.8 – – – Bus drivers................................................. 431 8.2 29.2 – – – 464 6.5 28.3 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 570 4.4 40.0 570 4.4 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 663 13.0 40.0 663 13.0 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 448 4.4 40.0 447 4.6 40.0 485 6.4 40.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 449 7.2 39.8 449 7.2 39.8 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 594 4.9 40.4 594 4.9 40.4 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 369 7.0 40.0 369 7.0 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 393 7.9 40.1 389 8.6 40.2 – – – Service............................................................. 462 3.9 37.4 405 4.3 36.4 605 3.5 40.1 Protective service............................................ 557 12.2 39.3 386 17.3 36.0 730 4.8 42.6 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 1,262 11.7 47.2 – – – 1,262 11.7 47.2 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 1,013 15.7 40.0 – – – 1,013 15.7 40.0 Firefighting................................................ 782 3.6 49.5 – – – 737 4.9 51.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 689 5.4 40.3 – – – 689 5.4 40.3 Correctional institution officers........................... 567 5.9 40.1 – – – 567 5.9 40.1 Guards and police, except public service.................... $352 13.1 35.7 $343 12.4 35.5 – – – Food service.................................................. 344 7.9 37.5 335 8.3 38.2 $415 22.2 31.3 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 189 26.6 37.3 189 26.6 37.3 – – – Other food service........................................... 404 7.9 37.5 402 8.4 38.6 415 22.2 31.3 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 557 7.7 40.8 556 8.1 40.9 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 399 9.0 37.2 376 11.2 37.1 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 321 18.2 35.8 286 13.9 39.1 398 33.5 28.6 Health service................................................ 398 3.9 39.4 396 4.0 39.3 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 398 4.4 39.3 398 4.6 39.3 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 410 4.0 39.1 398 5.6 39.5 445 5.5 38.1 Maids and housemen.......................................... 315 3.4 38.2 315 3.4 38.2 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 427 4.0 39.3 418 6.0 39.9 445 5.5 38.1 Personal service.............................................. 527 5.1 30.1 564 6.3 27.7 414 5.6 37.7 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, Atlanta, GA, December 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................................................................... $40,933 2.5 2,004 $41,366 2.9 2,054 $39,278 3.5 1,815 All excluding sales............................................... 40,909 2.8 1,996 41,377 3.4 2,048 39,271 3.5 1,815 White collar........................................................ 49,454 2.5 1,988 51,392 2.8 2,056 43,641 4.6 1,783 White collar excluding sales.................................... 50,543 3.0 1,972 53,271 3.7 2,047 43,635 4.6 1,783 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 58,612 4.9 1,887 65,243 6.7 2,006 46,266 2.9 1,666 Professional specialty.......................................... 59,201 3.7 1,869 67,624 5.2 2,052 47,164 2.9 1,608 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 68,326 6.1 2,104 68,142 6.2 2,104 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 71,245 7.8 2,167 71,245 7.8 2,167 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 79,979 3.9 2,080 79,979 3.9 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 65,899 5.6 2,118 67,029 5.7 2,119 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 64,151 5.1 2,125 65,418 5.2 2,127 – – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 73,260 8.7 2,080 73,260 8.7 2,080 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 66,504 13.7 2,052 69,256 14.9 2,064 50,972 7.8 1,988 Registered nurses........................................... 56,186 7.0 2,049 56,725 8.2 2,057 53,339 6.4 2,004 Pharmacists................................................. 82,659 5.5 2,080 82,659 5.5 2,080 – – – Dietitians.................................................. 47,265 10.8 2,080 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 64,584 21.9 1,547 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 45,543 3.5 1,515 36,741 7.2 1,665 46,833 2.8 1,493 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 46,322 12.2 1,527 – – – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 45,052 4.4 1,504 – – – 46,254 4.3 1,507 Secondary school teachers................................... 44,880 4.1 1,507 – – – 47,533 .6 1,515 Teachers, special education................................. 45,046 1.9 1,509 – – – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 44,756 5.9 1,545 38,728 8.3 2,062 – – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 60,116 1.2 1,506 – – – 60,116 1.2 1,506 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 51,544 7.3 1,995 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 38,615 9.1 2,012 – – – 38,454 9.7 2,009 Social workers.............................................. 38,853 9.1 2,010 – – – 38,700 9.7 2,007 Lawyers and judges............................................ 111,326 3.8 2,033 – – – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 111,326 3.8 2,033 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 75,870 8.8 2,121 75,870 8.8 2,121 – – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 83,724 15.2 2,080 83,724 15.2 2,080 – – – Technical....................................................... 56,690 19.4 1,945 59,892 21.0 1,903 38,040 9.2 2,192 Licensed practical nurses................................... 34,825 1.4 2,068 35,961 1.7 2,064 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 37,001 7.7 2,254 – – – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 44,112 9.8 2,080 47,003 8.0 2,080 – – – Airplane pilots and navigators.............................. 137,138 2.7 991 137,138 2.7 991 – – – Computer programmers........................................ 55,201 3.0 2,080 57,477 3.2 2,080 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ $39,979 3.3 2,080 $39,979 3.3 2,080 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 65,856 4.8 2,092 66,532 3.8 2,109 $63,737 16.8 2,037 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 79,245 6.7 2,114 75,301 6.2 2,132 94,081 18.7 2,045 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 48,538 8.0 2,080 – – – 48,538 8.0 2,080 Financial managers.......................................... 87,259 16.5 2,078 70,144 9.8 2,076 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 100,162 19.7 2,019 – – – 109,956 22.3 2,019 Managers, medicine and health............................... 69,205 6.7 2,061 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 86,828 7.2 2,155 86,828 7.2 2,155 – – – Management related............................................ 51,316 4.5 2,068 56,136 4.6 2,082 38,685 13.0 2,031 Accountants and auditors.................................... 50,200 9.7 2,080 54,487 5.7 2,080 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 47,723 7.4 2,093 47,723 7.4 2,093 – – – Management analysts......................................... 68,448 11.5 2,155 68,448 11.5 2,155 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 41,549 15.5 2,080 51,869 14.0 2,080 – – – Construction inspectors..................................... 36,857 1.6 2,080 – – – 36,857 1.6 2,080 Management related, n.e.c................................... 57,741 13.8 2,008 64,876 16.2 2,045 – – – Sales............................................................. 41,265 12.4 2,110 41,249 12.5 2,110 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 52,328 10.9 2,195 52,328 10.9 2,195 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 49,763 15.8 2,034 49,763 15.8 2,034 – – – Sales workers, hardware and building supplies............... 25,454 1.8 2,180 25,454 1.8 2,180 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 20,725 7.2 2,064 20,725 7.2 2,064 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 31,505 2.4 2,028 33,016 2.9 2,062 25,883 1.1 1,903 Supervisors, general office................................. 49,894 6.3 2,055 – – – – – – Secretaries................................................. 36,203 7.3 1,995 39,035 8.6 2,027 27,941 3.5 1,903 Receptionists............................................... 24,652 3.9 2,061 24,902 3.9 2,060 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 29,435 6.6 2,070 29,492 7.1 2,069 – – – Order clerks................................................ 32,006 3.7 2,075 32,006 3.7 2,075 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 27,797 4.7 2,068 30,176 3.4 2,058 25,106 4.2 2,080 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 31,082 6.6 2,055 32,355 8.1 2,047 28,016 3.1 2,074 Billing clerks.............................................. 27,944 8.8 2,080 27,944 8.8 2,080 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 38,219 7.1 2,047 – – – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 27,551 8.6 2,080 – – – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 36,638 9.3 2,066 40,156 7.0 2,058 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 32,990 9.4 2,058 32,990 9.4 2,058 – – – Bill and account collectors................................. 31,099 8.6 2,080 31,198 9.2 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 30,146 3.3 2,046 30,918 3.6 2,040 25,263 3.3 2,080 Data entry keyers........................................... 25,097 7.2 2,080 – – – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 17,412 3.7 1,452 – – – 16,941 4.1 1,401 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 33,110 5.7 2,062 33,408 5.7 2,062 – – – Blue collar......................................................... $32,510 3.2 2,095 $32,751 3.4 2,119 $28,892 2.6 1,737 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 42,579 4.2 2,088 42,884 4.5 2,095 38,758 .7 2,000 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 70,730 17.8 2,045 – – – – – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 41,002 7.3 2,060 41,505 1.6 2,080 – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 43,234 6.7 2,034 43,371 7.3 2,080 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 39,517 5.4 2,080 39,970 5.7 2,080 – – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 32,057 18.6 2,600 – – – – – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 47,717 4.6 2,080 48,872 5.1 2,080 – – – Telephone installers and repairers.......................... 42,125 17.5 2,080 42,125 17.5 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 38,542 10.9 2,080 39,702 12.1 2,080 – – – Electricians................................................ 45,722 6.7 2,080 50,049 9.8 2,080 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 48,775 14.6 2,080 48,775 14.6 2,080 – – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 22,893 21.2 2,080 22,893 21.2 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 28,699 6.2 2,063 28,707 6.2 2,063 – – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 28,771 1.9 2,080 28,771 1.9 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 31,646 10.8 2,080 31,646 10.8 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 35,543 16.4 2,080 35,543 16.4 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 22,764 9.4 2,080 22,764 9.4 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 31,528 2.6 2,175 33,672 3.2 2,337 20,775 4.9 1,365 Truck drivers............................................... 36,701 6.6 2,519 37,178 6.8 2,537 – – – Bus drivers................................................. 18,644 8.2 1,262 – – – 19,129 6.5 1,168 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 29,623 4.4 2,080 29,623 4.4 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 34,451 13.0 2,080 34,451 13.0 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 23,314 4.4 2,082 23,248 4.6 2,082 25,233 6.4 2,080 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 23,374 7.2 2,069 23,374 7.2 2,069 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 30,896 4.9 2,102 30,896 4.9 2,102 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 19,178 7.0 2,080 19,178 7.0 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 20,425 7.9 2,087 20,231 8.6 2,088 – – – Service............................................................. 23,503 3.9 1,906 21,036 4.3 1,890 29,300 3.5 1,943 Protective service............................................ 28,984 12.2 2,042 20,055 17.3 1,872 37,954 4.8 2,213 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 65,638 11.7 2,455 – – – 65,638 11.7 2,455 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 52,693 15.7 2,080 – – – 52,693 15.7 2,080 Firefighting................................................ 40,653 3.6 2,576 – – – 38,338 4.9 2,693 Police and detectives, public service....................... 35,812 5.4 2,097 – – – 35,812 5.4 2,097 Correctional institution officers........................... 29,477 5.9 2,087 – – – 29,477 5.9 2,087 Guards and police, except public service.................... $18,328 13.1 1,859 $17,819 12.4 1,848 – – – Food service.................................................. 17,226 7.9 1,877 17,432 8.3 1,987 $15,963 22.2 1,203 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 9,825 26.6 1,940 9,825 26.6 1,940 – – – Other food service........................................... 19,968 7.9 1,854 20,924 8.4 2,009 15,963 22.2 1,203 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 28,947 7.7 2,124 28,937 8.1 2,126 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 18,754 9.0 1,752 19,555 11.2 1,931 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 14,954 18.2 1,668 14,858 13.9 2,031 15,108 33.5 1,085 Health service................................................ 20,717 3.9 2,047 20,581 4.0 2,045 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 20,682 4.4 2,043 20,671 4.6 2,041 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 20,912 4.0 1,995 20,677 5.6 2,055 21,517 5.5 1,840 Maids and housemen.......................................... 16,371 3.4 1,984 16,371 3.4 1,984 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 21,675 4.0 1,996 21,757 6.0 2,077 21,517 5.5 1,840 Personal service.............................................. 25,899 5.1 1,479 29,259 6.3 1,435 17,477 5.6 1,591 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, Atlanta, GA, December 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................................................................... $19.71 2.5 $19.33 3.1 $21.41 3.4 All excluding sales............................................... 19.90 2.8 19.53 3.4 21.42 3.4 White collar........................................................ 24.15 3.0 24.11 3.6 24.29 4.9 1....................................................... 8.62 6.5 8.65 6.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.44 2.8 10.41 3.0 10.80 7.8 3....................................................... 11.38 3.3 11.17 4.0 12.42 3.0 4....................................................... 14.21 2.6 14.62 3.1 12.55 2.6 5....................................................... 17.82 4.8 18.49 5.2 14.87 5.1 6....................................................... 18.60 4.7 19.67 5.5 14.64 3.1 7....................................................... 21.49 2.9 22.39 2.8 19.71 4.8 8....................................................... 24.10 2.5 23.35 2.7 27.25 5.1 9....................................................... 30.71 2.1 30.35 2.6 31.18 3.5 10........................................................ 36.86 4.5 37.02 5.0 35.84 9.8 11........................................................ 47.09 20.8 48.52 24.4 40.34 9.9 12........................................................ 46.45 4.3 46.13 4.5 – – 13........................................................ 61.07 17.0 50.43 8.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.58 11.0 28.58 11.0 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.28 3.4 25.61 4.2 24.31 4.9 1....................................................... 10.51 3.9 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.05 2.6 11.08 2.8 10.80 7.8 3....................................................... 12.33 3.3 12.29 4.5 12.42 3.0 4....................................................... 14.13 1.9 14.66 2.6 12.55 2.6 5....................................................... 16.69 3.3 17.25 3.5 14.87 5.1 6....................................................... 17.66 3.2 18.72 3.6 14.64 3.1 7....................................................... 21.36 3.0 22.23 3.0 19.68 4.8 8....................................................... 24.01 2.6 23.19 2.7 27.25 5.1 9....................................................... 30.46 2.0 29.88 2.7 31.18 3.5 10........................................................ 36.97 4.6 37.16 5.1 35.84 9.8 11........................................................ 49.21 23.5 51.57 28.1 40.34 9.9 12........................................................ 46.15 4.4 45.77 4.6 – – 13........................................................ 61.07 17.0 50.43 8.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.14 11.2 29.14 11.2 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.93 6.4 32.36 8.8 27.67 3.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.55 3.7 32.80 5.2 29.24 3.5 6....................................................... 19.19 8.6 21.82 7.0 – – 7....................................................... 22.23 5.1 22.76 8.3 21.67 6.5 8....................................................... 24.77 4.7 23.36 4.6 29.00 4.7 9....................................................... 30.80 2.2 29.01 2.8 32.04 3.5 10........................................................ 37.39 5.8 37.69 6.3 – – 11........................................................ 36.98 5.7 37.17 6.7 36.16 9.8 12........................................................ 46.36 5.2 45.06 3.8 – – 13........................................................ 49.94 9.5 49.94 9.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.58 30.2 45.58 30.2 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.48 6.3 32.38 6.5 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... $32.87 4.4 $32.87 4.4 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 38.45 3.9 38.45 3.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 31.12 5.5 31.63 5.5 – – 8....................................................... 22.93 9.9 22.93 9.9 – – 9....................................................... 30.78 4.0 30.67 4.2 – – 10........................................................ 35.35 6.1 35.35 6.1 – – 11........................................................ 37.24 3.9 37.24 3.9 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.20 4.5 30.76 4.5 – – 8....................................................... 22.81 10.3 22.81 10.3 – – 9....................................................... 31.06 4.5 30.94 4.7 – – 10........................................................ 34.92 6.3 34.92 6.3 – – 11........................................................ 34.37 8.2 34.37 8.2 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 35.22 8.7 35.22 8.7 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 32.08 13.2 33.12 14.2 $25.64 7.8 7....................................................... 25.21 9.2 26.73 3.2 – – 8....................................................... 23.62 2.7 23.24 2.9 – – 9....................................................... 25.24 1.8 25.27 .9 – – 11........................................................ 35.04 6.8 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.23 6.3 27.34 7.3 26.62 6.4 7....................................................... 25.51 7.6 – – – – 8....................................................... 24.22 1.2 23.85 .8 – – 9....................................................... 25.29 .6 25.29 .6 – – Pharmacists................................................. 39.71 5.4 39.71 5.4 – – Dietitians.................................................. 22.72 10.8 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 39.66 20.8 32.02 12.6 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.93 4.2 22.04 7.3 31.22 3.7 6....................................................... 18.78 6.9 18.78 6.9 – – 7....................................................... 24.35 5.6 – – – – 8....................................................... 29.04 6.5 – – 31.00 4.1 9....................................................... 32.31 3.9 – – 32.38 3.9 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 30.33 12.2 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.96 5.1 – – 30.70 5.2 8....................................................... 30.88 7.0 – – – – 9....................................................... 32.50 8.3 – – 32.53 8.3 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.77 4.2 – – 31.38 .9 7....................................................... 26.87 8.0 – – – – 9....................................................... 32.85 3.0 – – 32.85 3.0 Teachers, special education................................. 29.85 1.5 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 28.53 6.6 18.76 8.4 – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 39.93 .8 – – 39.93 .8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 25.84 7.3 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.19 9.1 – – 19.15 9.7 Social workers.............................................. 19.33 9.1 – – 19.29 9.7 Lawyers and judges............................................ 54.77 3.1 – – – – Lawyers..................................................... $54.77 3.1 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 35.76 7.1 $35.76 7.1 – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 40.25 15.2 40.25 15.2 – – Technical....................................................... 28.97 26.2 31.29 28.8 $17.23 11.7 5....................................................... 15.16 9.1 17.10 2.5 – – 6....................................................... 17.95 10.1 18.93 11.5 – – 7....................................................... 21.09 5.3 21.83 4.2 – – 8....................................................... 20.65 7.4 20.72 7.6 – – 9....................................................... 28.18 7.0 29.25 8.1 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.94 1.1 17.44 1.9 – – 5....................................................... 16.56 2.2 17.10 2.5 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.24 11.2 – – 13.26 14.7 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.21 9.8 22.60 8.0 – – 7....................................................... 22.13 7.0 22.13 7.0 – – Airplane pilots and navigators.............................. 138.45 12.6 138.45 12.6 – – Computer programmers........................................ 26.54 3.0 27.63 3.2 – – 9....................................................... 27.58 5.4 – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 19.22 3.3 19.22 3.3 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.43 4.7 31.47 3.6 31.29 16.8 5....................................................... 17.20 5.3 17.01 6.2 – – 6....................................................... 14.93 4.5 16.36 7.1 – – 7....................................................... 19.48 3.5 21.02 3.5 17.74 3.5 8....................................................... 23.66 7.5 23.83 8.8 22.91 11.6 9....................................................... 30.90 6.1 31.65 6.7 – – 10........................................................ 39.12 4.6 40.11 3.1 – – 11........................................................ 37.96 9.3 35.20 9.1 44.43 16.3 12........................................................ 45.92 5.0 46.61 5.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.25 12.9 37.25 12.9 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.35 6.5 35.16 5.8 46.00 18.7 8....................................................... 23.39 12.7 22.83 15.5 – – 9....................................................... 34.78 7.5 35.78 7.9 – – 10........................................................ 37.71 7.5 38.35 7.4 – – 11........................................................ 38.21 11.6 35.27 11.4 46.08 20.1 12........................................................ 46.02 2.8 47.08 3.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.53 17.0 43.53 17.0 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 23.34 8.0 – – 23.34 8.0 Financial managers.......................................... 42.00 16.5 33.79 9.9 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 48.35 20.0 – – 54.46 22.3 Managers, medicine and health............................... 33.58 7.0 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 40.29 6.3 40.29 6.3 – – 9....................................................... 36.88 11.5 36.88 11.5 – – 12........................................................ 47.18 2.9 47.18 2.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.29 20.4 45.29 20.4 – – Management related............................................ 24.81 4.7 26.96 4.9 19.05 13.0 5....................................................... $18.10 2.9 – – – – 6....................................................... 15.02 5.9 $17.89 5.4 – – 7....................................................... 19.48 3.9 21.27 3.9 $17.74 3.5 8....................................................... 24.00 4.1 25.06 2.1 – – 9....................................................... 27.90 6.5 28.15 7.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.81 10.1 24.81 10.1 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 24.13 9.7 26.20 5.7 – – Other financial officers.................................... 22.80 7.2 22.80 7.2 – – Management analysts......................................... 31.76 11.8 31.76 11.8 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.98 15.5 24.94 14.0 – – Construction inspectors..................................... 17.72 1.6 – – 17.72 1.6 Management related, n.e.c................................... 28.75 13.5 31.73 15.6 – – Sales............................................................. 17.52 13.2 17.53 13.3 – – 1....................................................... 7.62 4.5 7.59 4.6 – – 2....................................................... 9.22 2.2 9.22 2.2 – – 3....................................................... 10.00 4.4 10.00 4.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.51 8.0 14.51 8.0 – – 5....................................................... 22.16 8.7 22.16 8.7 – – 6....................................................... 23.05 14.3 23.05 14.3 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23.84 7.7 23.84 7.7 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 24.21 15.4 24.21 15.4 – – Sales workers, hardware and building supplies............... 11.50 4.3 11.50 4.3 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 11.62 2.6 11.62 2.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.96 6.3 8.96 6.4 – – 1....................................................... 7.43 5.1 7.38 5.3 – – 2....................................................... 9.30 2.3 9.30 2.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.83 8.1 9.83 8.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.26 2.3 15.68 2.7 13.48 1.0 1....................................................... 10.51 3.9 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.05 2.8 11.08 3.0 10.80 7.8 3....................................................... 12.35 3.3 12.29 4.5 12.50 2.9 4....................................................... 14.25 2.1 14.69 2.5 12.84 3.5 5....................................................... 16.74 4.5 17.32 5.0 14.50 2.9 6....................................................... 18.42 3.9 18.66 4.0 – – 7....................................................... 21.41 7.0 22.58 7.3 17.84 8.5 Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.65 5.0 15.65 5.0 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 24.28 4.8 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 18.00 7.7 19.21 9.2 14.38 2.1 3....................................................... 14.65 3.9 – – – – 4....................................................... 14.57 9.3 14.99 13.8 – – 5....................................................... 20.10 14.0 21.07 15.3 – – 7....................................................... 22.89 11.4 24.39 8.6 – – Receptionists............................................... 10.96 5.2 11.02 5.3 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.22 6.6 14.25 7.2 – – 4....................................................... $13.37 6.3 $13.32 6.9 – – Order clerks................................................ 15.39 3.8 15.39 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.48 9.1 12.48 9.1 – – 4....................................................... 15.74 3.0 15.74 3.0 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.55 4.3 14.68 3.4 $12.07 4.2 4....................................................... 13.95 8.7 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.86 7.3 15.55 9.0 13.27 3.1 4....................................................... 13.35 3.5 13.49 5.7 – – 5....................................................... 15.49 3.4 – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 13.43 8.8 13.43 8.8 – – Dispatchers................................................. 18.67 7.1 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.37 19.9 – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 17.73 9.9 19.51 7.7 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 14.88 9.5 14.88 9.5 – – 4....................................................... 13.98 8.4 13.98 8.4 – – Bill and account collectors................................. 14.95 8.6 15.00 9.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.56 2.9 14.94 3.0 12.15 3.3 3....................................................... 11.09 2.6 – – – – 4....................................................... 14.79 7.0 15.29 7.5 – – 5....................................................... 16.79 4.7 17.15 4.8 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 12.07 7.2 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.55 6.1 – – 12.09 2.8 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.04 5.4 16.18 5.4 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.22 3.0 15.14 3.2 16.58 1.6 1....................................................... 8.30 2.9 8.30 2.9 – – 2....................................................... 10.88 8.9 10.29 9.4 14.88 3.9 3....................................................... 14.59 4.1 14.59 4.2 – – 4....................................................... 14.63 4.2 14.67 4.4 – – 5....................................................... 16.19 7.2 16.35 8.1 14.90 5.0 6....................................................... 20.25 5.2 20.40 5.3 – – 7....................................................... 21.59 4.8 21.77 5.3 20.35 7.8 9....................................................... 34.99 9.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.67 8.1 20.67 8.1 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.34 4.6 20.41 4.9 19.38 .5 4....................................................... 13.24 7.6 13.24 7.6 – – 5....................................................... 18.00 6.7 18.33 7.2 – – 6....................................................... 20.77 4.3 21.00 4.4 – – 7....................................................... 22.05 5.9 22.28 6.6 20.55 8.0 9....................................................... 34.99 9.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.26 7.8 23.26 7.8 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 34.59 17.6 – – – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 19.90 7.3 19.95 1.6 – – 7....................................................... 21.14 7.2 19.95 1.6 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 21.22 7.0 20.82 7.3 – – 7....................................................... $21.00 8.2 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.00 5.4 $19.22 5.7 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 12.33 36.3 – – – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 22.94 4.6 23.50 5.1 – – Telephone installers and repairers.......................... 20.25 17.5 20.25 17.5 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.53 10.9 19.09 12.1 – – Electricians................................................ 21.98 6.7 24.06 9.8 – – 7....................................................... 21.63 8.2 23.70 12.0 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 23.45 14.6 23.45 14.6 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 11.01 21.2 11.01 21.2 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.85 6.1 13.86 6.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.64 6.9 7.64 6.9 – – 2....................................................... 9.89 11.9 9.89 11.9 – – 3....................................................... 17.84 4.4 17.84 4.4 – – 4....................................................... 15.49 9.8 15.49 9.8 – – 5....................................................... 14.25 10.4 14.25 10.4 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 13.37 4.3 13.37 4.3 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.21 10.8 15.21 10.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 17.09 16.4 17.09 16.4 – – 3....................................................... 22.40 12.0 22.40 12.0 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 10.94 9.4 10.94 9.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.57 2.2 14.35 2.5 $15.80 3.1 2....................................................... 13.49 7.0 11.22 7.6 – – 3....................................................... 13.48 5.0 13.32 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.63 7.7 14.72 8.3 – – 5....................................................... 14.29 8.3 13.99 10.8 – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.55 2.8 14.63 2.8 – – 3....................................................... 13.62 10.4 13.62 10.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.72 8.8 14.75 9.1 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.57 6.4 – – 16.57 3.5 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.08 4.7 14.08 4.7 – – 4....................................................... 14.91 9.0 14.91 9.0 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 16.56 13.0 16.56 13.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.82 3.9 10.79 4.0 11.94 5.6 1....................................................... 8.50 3.4 8.51 3.4 – – 2....................................................... 10.73 9.1 10.74 10.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.76 5.3 12.76 5.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.72 5.6 14.78 5.7 – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 11.49 8.3 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.23 5.9 10.23 5.9 – – 1....................................................... 8.89 1.4 8.89 1.4 – – 3....................................................... 12.33 11.5 12.33 11.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ $14.33 4.2 $14.33 4.2 – – 1....................................................... 10.15 5.4 10.15 5.4 – – 3....................................................... 12.96 15.7 12.96 15.7 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 8.79 5.0 8.79 5.0 – – 1....................................................... 8.28 6.6 8.28 6.6 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.78 8.0 9.69 8.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.95 5.7 7.95 5.8 – – Service............................................................. 11.70 2.4 10.51 1.8 $14.99 4.0 1....................................................... 6.86 3.5 6.44 2.7 11.09 10.2 2....................................................... 8.44 2.7 7.95 4.2 10.07 3.7 3....................................................... 10.43 5.2 9.77 4.1 13.40 11.6 4....................................................... 12.03 2.8 10.94 4.3 14.24 5.7 5....................................................... 13.03 5.9 12.04 9.2 14.37 1.7 6....................................................... 16.39 6.3 17.82 15.5 15.39 1.7 7....................................................... 25.95 9.8 – – 17.37 1.7 8....................................................... 22.96 4.0 – – 22.96 4.0 Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.57 27.6 – – – – Protective service............................................ 14.06 7.5 10.62 9.2 17.09 4.5 3....................................................... 9.94 5.2 – – – – 4....................................................... 14.09 4.7 – – 14.60 6.7 5....................................................... 13.83 4.7 – – 14.12 .2 6....................................................... 15.39 1.7 – – 15.39 1.7 7....................................................... 17.37 1.7 – – 17.37 1.7 8....................................................... 22.96 4.0 – – 22.96 4.0 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 26.74 6.4 – – 26.74 6.4 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 25.33 15.7 – – 25.33 15.7 Firefighting................................................ 15.78 1.9 – – 14.23 2.9 7....................................................... 14.92 1.5 – – 14.92 1.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.07 5.3 – – 17.07 5.3 7....................................................... 18.25 .3 – – 18.25 .3 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 17.46 4.5 – – 17.46 4.5 Correctional institution officers........................... 14.13 5.8 – – 14.13 5.8 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.86 5.9 9.64 4.9 – – Food service.................................................. 7.95 5.9 7.59 6.3 12.92 15.1 1....................................................... 5.51 8.6 5.45 9.0 – – 2....................................................... 6.37 8.9 6.27 9.7 – – 3....................................................... 10.22 11.5 8.81 9.2 13.88 19.4 4....................................................... 9.97 14.0 9.97 14.0 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.44 13.3 4.44 13.3 – – 1....................................................... 4.20 13.0 4.20 13.0 – – 2....................................................... 3.89 20.7 3.89 20.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.85 17.8 3.85 17.8 – – 1....................................................... 3.43 14.6 3.43 14.6 – – Other food service........................................... 9.90 11.4 9.55 12.1 12.92 15.1 1....................................................... 6.90 10.6 6.79 9.7 – – 2....................................................... $8.84 9.5 $8.86 10.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.81 11.3 9.29 7.3 $13.88 19.4 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 13.45 7.9 13.43 8.3 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.63 3.7 10.63 3.7 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 7.10 7.2 6.94 6.1 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 10.35 5.2 9.75 5.2 – – 1....................................................... 10.07 10.2 10.07 10.2 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.50 20.1 7.19 12.9 13.92 26.2 1....................................................... 6.41 3.6 6.41 3.6 – – 3....................................................... 13.24 25.4 – – – – Health service................................................ 10.11 3.6 10.05 3.7 – – 2....................................................... 9.67 3.7 9.67 3.7 – – 3....................................................... 9.88 5.9 9.92 6.5 – – 4....................................................... 11.38 2.8 11.27 3.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.11 4.0 10.11 4.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.73 4.9 9.73 4.9 – – 3....................................................... 9.88 5.9 9.92 6.5 – – 4....................................................... 11.46 3.1 11.44 3.2 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.36 4.2 9.92 5.4 11.69 11.0 1....................................................... 8.98 4.9 8.33 1.7 – – 2....................................................... 9.48 5.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.34 8.3 11.55 7.0 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.25 2.2 8.25 2.2 – – 1....................................................... 8.13 1.5 8.13 1.5 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.70 4.6 10.27 6.2 11.69 11.0 1....................................................... 9.31 6.2 8.44 2.9 – – 2....................................................... 9.50 6.5 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.60 8.7 11.81 6.8 – – Personal service.............................................. $17.09 8.1 $19.11 10.5 $10.90 6.4 1....................................................... 5.88 8.9 – – – – 2....................................................... 9.86 6.1 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.08 5.9 – – – – Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 11.76 1.4 – – – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 9.92 7.5 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 10.32 22.5 10.33 22.7 – – 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, Atlanta, GA, December 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................................................................... $20.42 2.7 $20.14 3.3 $21.64 3.3 All excluding sales............................................... 20.49 3.0 20.20 3.6 21.64 3.3 White collar........................................................ 24.87 3.0 24.99 3.6 24.47 4.7 1....................................................... 9.40 7.8 9.46 7.8 – – 2....................................................... 11.04 3.3 11.04 3.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.79 3.3 11.60 4.3 12.45 3.0 4....................................................... 14.35 2.8 14.75 3.3 12.67 2.6 5....................................................... 17.86 5.0 18.57 5.4 14.87 5.1 6....................................................... 18.60 4.7 19.67 5.5 14.64 3.1 7....................................................... 21.49 2.9 22.41 2.8 19.71 4.8 8....................................................... 24.09 2.6 23.31 2.7 27.25 5.1 9....................................................... 30.71 2.1 30.36 2.6 31.18 3.5 10........................................................ 36.86 4.5 37.02 5.0 35.84 9.8 11........................................................ 47.11 20.9 48.55 24.4 40.34 9.9 12........................................................ 46.45 4.3 46.13 4.5 – – 13........................................................ 61.07 17.0 50.43 8.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.75 10.9 28.75 10.9 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.63 3.5 26.03 4.4 24.47 4.7 2....................................................... 11.47 2.7 11.51 2.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.37 2.7 12.34 3.8 12.45 3.0 4....................................................... 14.25 2.1 14.77 2.8 12.67 2.6 5....................................................... 16.72 3.5 17.31 3.8 14.87 5.1 6....................................................... 17.67 3.2 18.72 3.6 14.64 3.1 7....................................................... 21.36 3.1 22.25 3.1 19.68 4.8 8....................................................... 24.00 2.6 23.15 2.8 27.25 5.1 9....................................................... 30.46 2.0 29.89 2.7 31.18 3.5 10........................................................ 36.97 4.6 37.16 5.1 35.84 9.8 11........................................................ 49.24 23.6 51.62 28.2 40.34 9.9 12........................................................ 46.15 4.4 45.77 4.6 – – 13........................................................ 61.07 17.0 50.43 8.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.32 11.1 29.32 11.1 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.06 6.5 32.52 8.9 27.78 3.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.67 3.7 32.96 5.2 29.33 3.3 6....................................................... 19.20 8.6 21.85 7.0 – – 7....................................................... 22.26 5.1 22.85 8.5 21.67 6.5 8....................................................... 24.78 4.9 23.28 4.8 29.00 4.7 9....................................................... 30.80 2.2 29.01 2.8 32.04 3.5 10........................................................ 37.39 5.8 37.69 6.3 – – 11........................................................ 36.98 5.8 37.16 6.8 36.16 9.8 12........................................................ 46.36 5.2 45.06 3.8 – – 13........................................................ 49.94 9.5 49.94 9.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.58 30.2 45.58 30.2 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.48 6.3 32.38 6.5 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 32.87 4.4 32.87 4.4 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ $38.45 3.9 $38.45 3.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 31.12 5.5 31.63 5.5 – – 8....................................................... 22.93 9.9 22.93 9.9 – – 9....................................................... 30.78 4.0 30.67 4.2 – – 10........................................................ 35.35 6.1 35.35 6.1 – – 11........................................................ 37.24 3.9 37.24 3.9 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.20 4.5 30.76 4.5 – – 8....................................................... 22.81 10.3 22.81 10.3 – – 9....................................................... 31.06 4.5 30.94 4.7 – – 10........................................................ 34.92 6.3 34.92 6.3 – – 11........................................................ 34.37 8.2 34.37 8.2 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 35.22 8.7 35.22 8.7 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 32.41 13.3 33.56 14.3 $25.64 7.8 7....................................................... 25.40 9.6 – – – – 8....................................................... 23.43 2.7 22.94 2.5 – – 9....................................................... 25.24 1.8 25.27 .9 – – 11........................................................ 34.91 6.9 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.43 6.5 27.58 7.6 26.62 6.4 8....................................................... 24.13 1.4 23.66 .5 – – 9....................................................... 25.29 .6 25.29 .6 – – Pharmacists................................................. 39.74 5.5 39.74 5.5 – – Dietitians.................................................. 22.72 10.8 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 41.74 21.9 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 30.05 3.9 22.06 7.4 31.36 3.2 7....................................................... 24.35 5.6 – – – – 8....................................................... 29.04 6.5 – – 31.00 4.1 9....................................................... 32.31 3.9 – – 32.38 3.9 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 30.33 12.2 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.96 5.1 – – 30.70 5.2 8....................................................... 30.88 7.0 – – – – 9....................................................... 32.50 8.3 – – 32.53 8.3 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.77 4.2 – – 31.38 .9 7....................................................... 26.87 8.0 – – – – 9....................................................... 32.85 3.0 – – 32.85 3.0 Teachers, special education................................. 29.85 1.5 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 28.97 6.7 18.78 8.5 – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 39.93 .8 – – 39.93 .8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 25.84 7.3 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.19 9.1 – – 19.15 9.7 Social workers.............................................. 19.33 9.1 – – 19.29 9.7 Lawyers and judges............................................ 54.77 3.1 – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 54.77 3.1 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 35.76 7.1 35.76 7.1 – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... $40.25 15.2 $40.25 15.2 – – Technical....................................................... 29.14 26.4 31.47 29.1 $17.36 11.7 5....................................................... 14.74 10.8 – – – – 6....................................................... 17.95 10.1 18.93 11.5 – – 7....................................................... 21.09 5.3 21.83 4.2 – – 8....................................................... 20.65 7.4 20.72 7.6 – – 9....................................................... 28.19 7.0 29.27 8.2 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.84 1.8 17.42 1.9 – – 5....................................................... 16.33 2.9 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.42 11.5 – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.21 9.8 22.60 8.0 – – 7....................................................... 22.13 7.0 22.13 7.0 – – Airplane pilots and navigators.............................. 138.45 12.6 138.45 12.6 – – Computer programmers........................................ 26.54 3.0 27.63 3.2 – – 9....................................................... 27.58 5.4 – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 19.22 3.3 19.22 3.3 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.48 4.7 31.54 3.6 31.29 16.8 5....................................................... 17.59 4.5 17.44 5.3 – – 6....................................................... 14.93 4.5 16.36 7.1 – – 7....................................................... 19.48 3.5 21.02 3.5 17.74 3.5 8....................................................... 23.66 7.5 23.83 8.8 22.91 11.6 9....................................................... 30.90 6.1 31.65 6.7 – – 10........................................................ 39.12 4.6 40.11 3.1 – – 11........................................................ 37.96 9.3 35.20 9.1 44.43 16.3 12........................................................ 45.92 5.0 46.61 5.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.25 12.9 37.25 12.9 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.48 6.6 35.31 5.8 46.00 18.7 8....................................................... 23.39 12.7 22.83 15.5 – – 9....................................................... 34.78 7.5 35.78 7.9 – – 10........................................................ 37.71 7.5 38.35 7.4 – – 11........................................................ 38.21 11.6 35.27 11.4 46.08 20.1 12........................................................ 46.02 2.8 47.08 3.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.53 17.0 43.53 17.0 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 23.34 8.0 – – 23.34 8.0 Financial managers.......................................... 42.00 16.5 33.79 9.9 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 49.62 19.8 – – 54.46 22.3 Managers, medicine and health............................... 33.58 7.0 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 40.29 6.3 40.29 6.3 – – 9....................................................... 36.88 11.5 36.88 11.5 – – 12........................................................ 47.18 2.9 47.18 2.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.29 20.4 45.29 20.4 – – Management related............................................ 24.81 4.7 26.96 4.9 19.05 13.0 5....................................................... 18.10 2.9 – – – – 6....................................................... 15.02 5.9 17.89 5.4 – – 7....................................................... 19.48 3.9 21.27 3.9 17.74 3.5 8....................................................... $24.00 4.1 $25.06 2.1 – – 9....................................................... 27.90 6.5 28.15 7.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.81 10.1 24.81 10.1 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 24.13 9.7 26.20 5.7 – – Other financial officers.................................... 22.80 7.2 22.80 7.2 – – Management analysts......................................... 31.76 11.8 31.76 11.8 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.98 15.5 24.94 14.0 – – Construction inspectors..................................... 17.72 1.6 – – $17.72 1.6 Management related, n.e.c................................... 28.75 13.5 31.73 15.6 – – Sales............................................................. 19.56 13.3 19.55 13.3 – – 2....................................................... 9.83 3.9 9.83 3.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.60 6.4 10.60 6.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.70 8.3 14.70 8.3 – – 5....................................................... 22.16 8.7 22.16 8.7 – – 6....................................................... 23.05 14.3 23.05 14.3 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23.84 7.7 23.84 7.7 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 24.46 15.2 24.46 15.2 – – Sales workers, hardware and building supplies............... 11.67 4.4 11.67 4.4 – – 4....................................................... 12.67 2.7 12.67 2.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.04 7.0 10.04 7.0 – – 2....................................................... 10.04 4.5 10.04 4.5 – – 3....................................................... 11.21 9.1 11.21 9.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.53 2.6 16.01 3.1 13.60 1.0 2....................................................... 11.47 2.9 11.52 3.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.40 2.7 12.34 3.8 12.53 2.8 4....................................................... 14.36 2.2 14.81 2.7 12.92 3.6 5....................................................... 16.74 4.5 17.33 5.1 14.50 2.9 6....................................................... 18.42 3.9 18.66 4.0 – – 7....................................................... 21.41 7.0 22.58 7.3 17.84 8.5 Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.76 5.1 15.76 5.1 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 24.28 4.8 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 18.14 7.7 19.26 9.2 14.68 3.2 4....................................................... 14.57 9.3 14.99 13.8 – – 5....................................................... 20.15 14.0 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.89 11.4 24.39 8.6 – – Receptionists............................................... 11.96 3.8 12.09 3.8 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.22 6.6 14.25 7.2 – – 4....................................................... 13.37 6.3 13.32 6.9 – – Order clerks................................................ 15.42 3.8 15.42 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.53 9.4 12.53 9.4 – – 4....................................................... 15.74 3.0 15.74 3.0 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.44 4.7 14.66 2.9 12.07 4.2 4....................................................... 14.04 9.9 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.12 7.4 15.80 9.3 13.51 3.0 4....................................................... $13.71 3.5 $13.76 6.0 – – 5....................................................... 15.49 3.4 – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 13.43 8.8 13.43 8.8 – – Dispatchers................................................. 18.67 7.1 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.25 8.6 – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 17.73 9.9 19.51 7.7 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.03 10.2 16.03 10.2 – – Bill and account collectors................................. 14.95 8.6 15.00 9.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.74 3.1 15.15 3.3 $12.15 3.3 3....................................................... 11.09 2.6 – – – – 4....................................................... 14.92 7.2 15.48 7.7 – – 5....................................................... 16.79 4.7 17.15 4.8 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 12.07 7.2 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.99 3.2 – – 12.09 2.8 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.05 5.4 16.20 5.4 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.52 3.3 15.45 3.4 16.63 1.8 1....................................................... 8.46 3.8 8.46 3.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.51 9.3 10.25 9.9 13.13 4.4 3....................................................... 14.78 4.6 14.79 4.7 – – 4....................................................... 14.68 4.3 14.72 4.6 – – 5....................................................... 16.19 7.2 16.35 8.1 14.90 5.0 6....................................................... 20.25 5.2 20.40 5.3 – – 7....................................................... 21.60 4.8 21.78 5.3 20.35 7.8 9....................................................... 34.99 9.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.67 8.1 20.67 8.1 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.39 4.6 20.47 5.0 19.38 .5 4....................................................... 13.51 8.5 13.51 8.5 – – 5....................................................... 18.00 6.7 18.33 7.2 – – 6....................................................... 20.77 4.3 21.00 4.4 – – 7....................................................... 22.06 5.9 22.30 6.6 20.55 8.0 9....................................................... 34.99 9.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.26 7.8 23.26 7.8 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 34.59 17.6 – – – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 19.90 7.3 19.95 1.6 – – 7....................................................... 21.14 7.2 19.95 1.6 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 21.26 6.9 20.85 7.3 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.00 5.4 19.22 5.7 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 12.33 36.3 – – – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 22.94 4.6 23.50 5.1 – – Telephone installers and repairers.......................... 20.25 17.5 20.25 17.5 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.53 10.9 19.09 12.1 – – Electricians................................................ 21.98 6.7 24.06 9.8 – – 7....................................................... 21.63 8.2 23.70 12.0 – – Supervisors, production..................................... $23.45 14.6 $23.45 14.6 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 11.01 21.2 11.01 21.2 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.91 6.2 13.92 6.2 – – 1....................................................... 7.64 6.9 7.64 6.9 – – 2....................................................... 9.79 13.4 9.79 13.4 – – 3....................................................... 17.84 4.4 17.84 4.4 – – 4....................................................... 15.49 9.8 15.49 9.8 – – 5....................................................... 14.25 10.4 14.25 10.4 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 13.83 1.9 13.83 1.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.21 10.8 15.21 10.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 17.09 16.4 17.09 16.4 – – 3....................................................... 22.40 12.0 22.40 12.0 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 10.94 9.4 10.94 9.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.49 2.4 14.41 2.7 $15.22 4.2 2....................................................... 12.36 7.6 11.22 8.4 – – 3....................................................... 13.43 5.7 13.44 5.8 – – 4....................................................... 14.60 8.1 14.69 8.7 – – 5....................................................... 14.29 8.3 13.99 10.8 – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.57 2.9 14.66 3.0 – – 3....................................................... 13.62 10.4 13.62 10.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.69 9.4 14.72 9.7 – – Bus drivers................................................. 14.77 9.7 – – 16.38 5.7 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.24 4.4 14.24 4.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.91 9.0 14.91 9.0 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 16.56 13.0 16.56 13.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.20 4.4 11.17 4.5 12.13 6.4 1....................................................... 8.77 4.6 8.77 4.6 – – 2....................................................... 10.74 9.2 10.74 10.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.99 6.0 12.99 6.0 – – 4....................................................... 14.72 5.6 14.78 5.7 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.30 7.1 11.30 7.1 – – 1....................................................... 10.20 7.8 10.20 7.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.63 10.3 12.63 10.3 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.70 4.2 14.70 4.2 – – 1....................................................... 10.01 6.3 10.01 6.3 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.22 7.0 9.22 7.0 – – 1....................................................... 8.65 9.5 8.65 9.5 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.78 8.1 9.69 8.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.95 5.8 7.95 5.8 – – Service............................................................. 12.33 2.9 11.13 3.1 15.08 3.6 1....................................................... 7.66 6.1 7.13 5.0 11.24 10.0 2....................................................... 9.01 6.8 8.59 9.7 10.07 3.7 3....................................................... $10.59 5.4 $9.92 4.1 $13.60 10.7 4....................................................... 12.29 2.7 11.21 4.3 14.24 5.7 5....................................................... 13.09 6.0 12.04 9.2 14.54 2.3 6....................................................... 16.42 7.2 – – 15.39 1.7 7....................................................... 25.58 8.4 – – 17.37 1.7 8....................................................... 22.96 4.0 – – 22.96 4.0 Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.57 27.6 – – – – Protective service............................................ 14.19 7.5 10.71 9.7 17.15 4.3 4....................................................... 14.09 4.7 – – 14.60 6.7 5....................................................... 13.94 4.6 – – 14.31 1.3 6....................................................... 15.39 1.7 – – 15.39 1.7 7....................................................... 17.37 1.7 – – 17.37 1.7 8....................................................... 22.96 4.0 – – 22.96 4.0 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 26.74 6.4 – – 26.74 6.4 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 25.33 15.7 – – 25.33 15.7 Firefighting................................................ 15.78 1.9 – – 14.23 2.9 7....................................................... 14.92 1.5 – – 14.92 1.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.07 5.3 – – 17.07 5.3 7....................................................... 18.25 .3 – – 18.25 .3 Correctional institution officers........................... 14.13 5.8 – – 14.13 5.8 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.86 5.9 9.64 5.0 – – Food service.................................................. 9.18 6.9 8.77 7.4 13.27 13.6 1....................................................... 6.13 10.1 6.01 10.3 – – 2....................................................... 7.07 25.7 6.95 27.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.62 10.7 9.19 6.8 14.60 16.1 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.07 22.1 5.07 22.1 – – Other food service........................................... 10.77 9.4 10.41 10.2 13.27 13.6 1....................................................... 7.22 13.1 7.03 12.5 – – 2....................................................... 9.91 11.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.91 11.6 9.35 6.9 14.60 16.1 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 13.63 9.1 13.61 9.6 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 10.70 5.6 10.13 5.3 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.96 21.2 7.32 14.8 13.92 26.2 1....................................................... 6.29 3.9 6.29 3.9 – – 3....................................................... 13.24 25.4 – – – – Health service................................................ 10.12 3.8 10.07 3.9 – – 2....................................................... 9.67 3.7 9.67 3.7 – – 3....................................................... 9.91 6.4 9.96 7.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.38 2.8 11.27 3.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.12 4.2 10.13 4.4 – – 2....................................................... 9.73 4.9 9.73 4.9 – – 3....................................................... 9.91 6.4 9.96 7.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.46 3.1 11.44 3.2 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.48 4.0 10.06 5.2 11.69 11.0 1....................................................... 9.17 5.2 8.52 2.5 – – 2....................................................... 9.48 5.7 – – – – 3....................................................... $12.34 8.3 $11.55 7.0 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.25 2.2 8.25 2.2 – – 1....................................................... 8.13 1.5 8.13 1.5 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.86 4.3 10.48 5.7 $11.69 11.0 1....................................................... 9.61 6.2 8.76 3.6 – – 2....................................................... 9.50 6.5 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.60 8.7 11.81 6.8 – – Personal service.............................................. 17.51 7.7 20.40 9.6 10.99 6.6 3....................................................... 10.38 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 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, Atlanta, GA, December 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................................................................... $9.63 4.7 $9.31 5.4 $13.38 4.2 All excluding sales............................................... 9.90 6.2 9.51 7.3 13.54 4.2 White collar........................................................ 10.68 6.9 10.74 7.3 9.59 7.0 1....................................................... 7.63 3.9 7.58 4.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.82 4.3 8.84 4.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.14 8.8 10.14 8.8 – – 4....................................................... 11.47 3.1 11.77 3.6 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 12.95 9.5 13.32 10.0 9.68 7.6 3....................................................... 12.05 16.6 12.10 16.9 – – 4....................................................... 11.36 3.2 11.79 4.2 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.87 13.1 22.64 10.0 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 22.42 10.7 24.12 5.5 – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.71 5.0 8.71 5.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.51 3.6 7.45 3.3 – – 2....................................................... 8.42 1.7 8.42 1.7 – – 3....................................................... 9.05 5.7 9.05 5.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.87 3.7 7.85 3.7 – – 1....................................................... 7.42 2.8 7.35 2.3 – – 2....................................................... 8.39 1.9 8.39 1.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.83 6.4 10.98 6.7 9.27 10.9 3....................................................... 12.05 16.6 12.10 16.9 – – 4....................................................... 11.50 3.7 11.79 4.2 – – Blue collar......................................................... 10.24 4.1 8.82 5.9 16.33 1.2 1....................................................... 7.39 4.7 7.38 4.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.27 7.8 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.34 3.9 12.53 5.5 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.01 3.8 7.98 3.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.39 4.7 7.38 4.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. $7.24 5.5 $7.24 5.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.09 8.0 7.09 8.0 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.60 3.3 11.60 3.3 – – Service............................................................. 7.85 16.2 7.80 16.8 – – 1....................................................... 5.20 7.7 5.18 7.8 – – 2....................................................... 5.73 25.1 5.73 25.1 – – 3....................................................... 8.17 12.2 7.78 13.2 – – Protective service............................................ 8.41 5.8 – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.60 6.2 5.48 6.1 – – 1....................................................... 4.96 13.8 4.96 13.8 – – 2....................................................... 5.26 26.7 5.26 26.7 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.78 16.6 3.78 16.6 – – 1....................................................... 3.74 13.7 3.74 13.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.53 19.7 3.53 19.7 – – 1....................................................... 3.74 13.7 3.74 13.7 – – Other food service........................................... 7.47 11.5 7.31 11.3 – – 1....................................................... 6.54 5.5 6.54 5.5 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.87 6.6 6.87 6.6 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 15.57 31.7 15.78 32.5 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 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, Atlanta, GA, December 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....................................................... $20.42 $9.63 $23.15 $19.33 $19.67 $20.19 All excluding sales............................................. 20.49 9.90 23.43 19.52 20.05 16.64 White collar........................................................ 24.87 10.68 36.74 23.55 24.16 24.01 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.63 12.95 46.35 24.55 25.40 21.56 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.06 20.87 99.15 29.17 30.90 – Professional specialty.......................................... 31.67 22.42 – 31.54 31.52 – Technical....................................................... 29.14 – 116.10 21.13 28.97 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.48 – – 31.57 31.27 34.86 Sales............................................................. 19.56 8.71 20.55 17.12 13.63 25.38 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.53 10.83 19.25 15.03 15.26 15.28 Blue collar......................................................... 15.52 10.24 18.59 14.20 15.38 13.57 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.39 – 21.93 19.67 19.91 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.91 – 19.17 11.41 14.84 7.76 Transportation and material moving................................ 14.49 15.34 17.69 14.03 14.37 15.51 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.20 8.01 11.29 10.74 11.05 – Service............................................................. 12.33 7.85 16.88 11.40 11.70 – 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....................................................... 2.7 4.7 15.7 2.5 2.6 14.8 All excluding sales............................................. 3.0 6.2 17.0 2.7 2.8 8.0 White collar........................................................ 3.0 6.9 41.2 2.7 3.3 15.4 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.5 9.5 47.1 3.1 3.7 14.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.5 13.1 37.8 3.5 6.4 – Professional specialty.......................................... 3.7 10.7 – 3.7 3.7 – Technical....................................................... 26.4 – 32.7 3.0 26.2 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.7 – – 4.6 5.0 12.1 Sales............................................................. 13.3 5.0 12.2 15.1 8.0 21.9 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.6 6.4 3.6 2.0 2.5 2.7 Blue collar......................................................... 3.3 4.1 4.7 3.3 2.5 17.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.6 – 2.2 5.9 4.4 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.2 – 12.2 4.9 6.4 9.7 Transportation and material moving................................ 2.4 3.9 9.0 2.0 2.6 5.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.4 3.8 3.1 4.5 3.6 – Service............................................................. 2.9 16.2 3.6 2.9 2.4 – 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 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, Atlanta, GA, December 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....................................................... $19.33 - – - - - $25.31 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 19.53 - – - - - 25.81 - - - White collar........................................................ 24.11 - – - - - 31.04 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.61 - – - - - 33.54 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.36 - – - - - 50.68 - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 32.80 - – - - - 34.03 - - - Technical....................................................... 31.29 - – - - - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.47 - – - - - 34.77 - - - Sales............................................................. 17.53 - – - - - 20.09 - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.68 - – - - - 16.68 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 15.14 - – - - - 18.99 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.41 - – - - - 25.50 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.86 - – - - - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 14.35 - – - - - 15.23 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.79 - – - - - 15.16 - - - Service............................................................. 10.51 - – - - - – - - - 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....................................................... 3.1 - – - - - 6.5 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 3.4 - – - - - 7.4 - - - White collar........................................................ 3.6 - – - - - 12.9 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.2 - – - - - 14.6 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 8.8 - – - - - 44.0 - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 5.2 - – - - - 2.1 - - - Technical....................................................... 28.8 - – - - - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3.6 - – - - - 6.1 - - - Sales............................................................. 13.3 - – - - - 4.3 - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.7 - – - - - 6.7 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 3.2 - – - - - 2.2 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.9 - – - - - 4.7 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.1 - – - - - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 2.5 - – - - - 2.0 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.0 - – - - - 9.5 - - - Service............................................................. 1.8 - – - - - – - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, December 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....................................................... $19.33 $15.09 $20.77 $18.65 $22.80 All excluding sales............................................. 19.53 15.30 20.96 18.71 22.90 White collar........................................................ 24.11 21.53 24.72 22.26 26.97 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.61 24.29 25.89 23.67 27.51 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.36 36.42 31.64 29.62 32.70 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.80 43.38 31.14 33.80 29.79 Technical....................................................... 31.29 24.21 32.94 19.54 40.55 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.47 27.92 32.16 33.08 31.64 Sales............................................................. 17.53 13.26 19.01 18.35 20.96 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.68 13.62 16.23 16.28 16.17 Blue collar......................................................... 15.14 12.13 16.62 14.80 19.18 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.41 16.89 21.18 19.51 23.13 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.86 11.53 14.96 11.90 19.71 Transportation and material moving................................ 14.35 13.49 15.09 13.97 18.66 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.79 9.55 11.71 10.90 12.71 Service............................................................. 10.51 7.14 12.07 10.33 12.96 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....................................................... 3.1 8.8 2.8 5.0 5.1 All excluding sales............................................. 3.4 9.6 3.4 5.1 5.8 White collar........................................................ 3.6 12.1 3.8 6.1 7.2 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.2 12.6 4.7 6.2 8.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 8.8 16.3 10.3 12.0 14.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 5.2 14.7 6.0 12.2 4.5 Technical....................................................... 28.8 12.7 34.0 8.4 41.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3.6 11.1 3.8 6.5 4.8 Sales............................................................. 13.3 9.9 14.1 18.3 19.7 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.7 5.9 2.6 4.2 2.5 Blue collar......................................................... 3.2 7.4 5.3 4.5 10.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.9 6.8 6.4 6.1 11.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.1 11.6 7.1 4.0 11.0 Transportation and material moving................................ 2.5 8.7 10.4 5.5 8.1 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.0 5.5 5.4 6.2 11.1 Service............................................................. 1.8 4.4 3.3 5.0 4.2 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, December 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.15 $11.00 $15.92 $24.71 $35.29 All excluding sales........................... 8.25 11.20 16.12 24.83 35.35 White collar.................................... 10.50 13.94 20.11 30.06 40.66 White collar excluding sales................ 11.60 14.95 21.12 30.94 41.25 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.14 20.96 27.14 35.93 44.23 Professional specialty...................... 18.23 23.28 29.47 38.00 45.19 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.22 27.81 32.85 38.53 39.88 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 22.04 29.72 34.28 36.39 39.53 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 32.53 35.87 38.53 39.64 45.13 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 16.26 23.39 31.31 38.00 42.94 Computer systems analysts and scientists 15.68 22.07 29.86 37.56 42.40 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............................. 26.22 29.60 36.35 39.98 43.31 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 19.71 22.82 26.92 35.84 46.15 Registered nurses....................... 19.88 22.25 25.94 29.89 35.30 Pharmacists............................. 33.10 38.76 40.00 41.74 44.23 Dietitians.............................. 16.50 17.00 24.00 26.86 29.09 Teachers, college and university.......... 20.00 28.53 33.49 46.96 63.14 Teachers, except college and university... 19.95 24.70 28.48 36.04 42.10 Prekindergarten and kindergarten........ 22.53 23.53 29.41 36.53 42.10 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.05 24.73 27.94 35.20 42.70 Secondary school teachers............... 21.54 23.95 28.22 34.78 39.40 Teachers, special education............. 23.62 27.45 28.48 31.80 40.41 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 17.31 23.28 28.27 35.50 40.75 Vocational and educational counselors... 33.27 35.56 42.10 43.18 44.82 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... 21.05 23.03 24.52 27.69 31.71 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.55 14.88 17.56 21.91 28.99 Social workers.......................... 11.35 14.95 17.79 22.02 28.99 Lawyers and judges........................ 40.86 48.02 54.13 59.77 65.13 Lawyers................................. 40.86 48.02 54.13 59.77 65.13 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 17.84 21.35 37.05 38.50 48.39 Professional, n.e.c..................... 28.21 29.86 38.73 48.39 57.78 Technical................................... 14.14 16.75 21.05 25.94 33.17 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.17 15.50 16.78 18.11 20.00 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.11 10.75 15.13 19.00 25.77 Electrical and electronic technicians... 13.05 16.14 21.84 25.59 26.87 Airplane pilots and navigators.......... 30.12 39.95 168.77 230.69 235.11 Computer programmers.................... 19.92 21.85 26.40 30.37 33.65 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 14.34 16.76 19.61 21.64 23.60 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.30 19.33 28.57 38.75 51.28 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.91 25.50 33.75 45.92 55.98 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 19.58 20.67 21.50 25.01 28.25 Financial managers...................... 27.43 27.43 34.85 63.98 63.98 Administrators, education and related fields............................... $28.51 $32.95 $43.11 $55.77 $89.14 Managers, medicine and health........... 28.94 28.94 31.77 34.83 45.92 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 20.88 31.69 37.36 46.20 55.98 Management related........................ 14.88 17.29 22.13 30.70 38.47 Accountants and auditors................ 10.49 19.37 24.04 30.77 31.25 Other financial officers................ 15.87 17.79 23.08 24.76 31.96 Management analysts..................... 23.21 25.21 29.06 34.75 45.60 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 11.35 13.19 17.67 24.14 31.67 Construction inspectors................. 14.87 15.50 17.18 20.34 21.63 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.89 17.78 21.98 39.88 47.89 Sales......................................... 7.65 9.38 13.38 21.49 34.31 Supervisors, sales...................... 14.00 17.17 20.67 35.48 35.55 Sales, other business services.......... 13.26 20.11 20.53 28.70 35.48 Sales workers, hardware and building supplies............................. 9.00 9.70 11.41 13.00 13.82 Sales workers, other commodities........ 8.20 9.00 10.00 13.00 17.82 Cashiers................................ 6.50 7.35 8.50 10.00 12.35 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.11 11.75 14.15 17.88 21.59 Supervisors, general office............. 13.85 19.23 27.16 30.56 30.77 Secretaries............................. 11.84 13.33 15.46 23.08 27.18 Receptionists........................... 7.75 9.62 11.00 13.00 13.44 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 11.00 11.88 13.34 15.94 17.95 Order clerks............................ 11.51 12.69 15.13 17.58 19.60 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.32 11.00 13.06 15.50 18.73 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.38 12.19 14.27 17.27 20.63 Billing clerks.......................... 10.00 11.00 13.00 15.50 16.25 Dispatchers............................. 11.58 15.14 18.97 21.72 27.07 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.00 10.91 11.65 19.85 24.08 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 12.45 14.34 16.96 21.19 23.08 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 11.00 12.00 13.95 17.68 21.91 Bill and account collectors............. 10.50 11.73 15.09 17.45 19.23 General office clerks................... 9.85 11.98 14.47 17.99 19.23 Data entry keyers....................... 8.86 10.60 11.00 13.89 16.40 Teachers' aides......................... 8.21 9.01 10.54 13.95 16.83 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.90 13.53 16.03 18.50 19.71 Blue collar..................................... 7.75 9.75 13.50 18.94 25.62 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.00 15.01 19.20 24.98 31.07 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 24.03 24.03 33.15 51.92 51.92 Automobile mechanics.................... 13.43 16.00 19.01 22.00 29.24 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 16.00 17.50 20.50 23.39 31.04 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.47 16.71 18.21 20.98 24.97 Machinery maintenance................... $8.30 $8.30 $8.30 $14.14 $23.32 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................. 10.00 20.24 26.30 26.30 26.83 Telephone installers and repairers...... 15.91 16.64 18.86 24.00 25.13 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.20 13.20 16.20 21.02 26.26 Electricians............................ 15.35 17.39 22.01 24.98 30.00 Supervisors, production................. 14.50 18.79 19.56 27.85 37.98 Butchers and meat cutters............... 7.40 7.95 8.20 14.00 19.20 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.25 9.32 12.51 16.58 25.75 Packaging and filling machine operators. 11.08 12.31 13.86 14.22 15.41 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 11.30 11.30 13.39 19.34 25.09 Assemblers.............................. 7.25 9.60 12.35 26.04 26.31 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.00 9.00 9.95 11.00 13.62 Transportation and material moving............ 9.50 11.50 13.62 17.97 20.01 Truck drivers........................... 9.50 11.50 13.60 17.96 20.38 Bus drivers............................. 9.75 12.05 16.38 17.97 20.41 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.00 12.06 13.62 16.50 18.90 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 13.53 13.53 15.51 19.33 23.99 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.00 8.00 10.00 12.52 16.30 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 7.98 9.04 12.00 13.43 14.61 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.65 8.25 10.00 12.00 14.77 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.00 10.25 12.68 18.12 21.73 Hand packers and packagers.............. 6.70 7.13 8.15 9.85 11.07 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.50 7.50 9.50 11.25 13.50 Service......................................... 6.00 8.00 10.00 13.12 18.23 Protective service........................ 8.75 9.82 12.36 16.50 21.98 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention........................... 20.68 22.55 27.36 30.64 33.64 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 16.30 20.38 21.98 33.21 37.70 Firefighting............................ 10.90 12.36 15.01 17.92 24.21 Police and detectives, public service... 11.35 14.24 16.55 19.69 23.36 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 14.24 15.46 17.93 19.39 22.41 Correctional institution officers....... 11.35 12.13 14.74 14.74 16.40 Guards and police, except public service 8.50 9.00 9.50 10.50 11.50 Food service.............................. 2.13 5.15 7.50 10.84 12.44 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 7.00 8.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 6.00 8.05 Other food service....................... 5.80 7.00 9.26 11.97 13.77 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 9.00 9.75 12.00 13.77 28.85 Cooks................................... $6.75 $8.00 $11.95 $12.44 $12.75 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 5.50 6.00 7.00 7.50 8.50 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.70 9.00 10.25 11.60 13.92 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.15 6.00 7.50 9.75 11.61 Health service............................ 8.00 8.50 9.75 11.45 12.63 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.00 8.50 9.75 11.47 12.78 Cleaning and building service............. 7.25 8.00 9.70 11.58 14.86 Maids and housemen...................... 7.00 7.49 7.98 8.70 9.90 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.72 8.00 10.41 11.70 16.02 Personal service.......................... 6.69 8.65 11.00 16.50 45.26 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 9.94 10.15 11.57 12.55 13.30 Child care workers, n.e.c............... 7.72 8.32 9.00 9.99 11.61 Service, n.e.c.......................... 4.83 6.66 9.00 16.00 16.50 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, December 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.00 $10.50 $15.50 $24.04 $34.62 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 10.77 15.73 24.27 34.62 White collar.................................... 10.40 13.83 20.08 29.73 40.66 White collar excluding sales................ 11.88 15.16 21.12 30.77 41.74 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.14 21.05 26.97 37.05 46.15 Professional specialty...................... 19.55 23.38 30.05 38.53 46.29 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.22 27.57 32.61 38.53 39.88 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 22.04 29.72 34.28 36.39 39.53 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 32.53 35.87 38.53 39.64 45.13 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 18.67 24.28 31.73 38.00 42.94 Computer systems analysts and scientists 17.95 22.67 30.18 37.98 43.00 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............................. 26.22 29.60 36.35 39.98 43.31 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 20.00 23.21 27.17 40.00 46.15 Registered nurses....................... 20.04 22.43 25.75 29.20 43.75 Pharmacists............................. 33.10 38.76 40.00 41.74 44.23 Teachers, college and university.......... 20.00 20.00 33.41 35.51 52.53 Teachers, except college and university... 17.31 19.95 22.27 24.68 27.82 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 11.06 17.31 19.95 19.95 26.45 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............... 17.84 21.35 37.05 38.50 48.39 Professional, n.e.c..................... 28.21 29.86 38.73 48.39 57.78 Technical................................... 15.37 18.01 21.77 26.63 33.65 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.90 15.91 17.31 18.93 20.25 Electrical and electronic technicians... 16.08 20.02 23.03 25.59 28.06 Airplane pilots and navigators.......... 30.12 39.95 168.77 230.69 235.11 Computer programmers.................... 20.68 22.29 27.47 32.01 35.27 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 14.34 16.76 19.61 21.64 23.60 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.14 20.30 30.25 38.31 49.71 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 14.59 25.24 33.65 42.84 52.79 Financial managers...................... 18.57 27.43 34.85 40.95 40.95 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 20.88 31.69 37.36 46.20 55.98 Management related........................ 16.83 19.14 24.20 31.25 41.59 Accountants and auditors................ 19.18 20.96 24.04 30.77 37.66 Other financial officers................ 15.87 17.79 23.08 24.76 31.96 Management analysts..................... 23.21 25.21 29.06 34.75 45.60 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 13.65 17.67 21.15 31.67 34.33 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.84 17.78 26.44 47.50 57.69 Sales......................................... $7.61 $9.38 $13.38 $21.40 $34.34 Supervisors, sales...................... 14.00 17.17 20.67 35.48 35.55 Sales, other business services.......... 13.26 20.11 20.53 28.70 35.48 Sales workers, hardware and building supplies............................. 9.00 9.70 11.41 13.00 13.82 Sales workers, other commodities........ 8.20 9.00 10.00 13.00 17.82 Cashiers................................ 6.50 7.30 8.50 10.04 12.35 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.25 12.00 14.71 18.75 21.76 Secretaries............................. 12.00 13.94 17.75 24.72 27.97 Receptionists........................... 7.72 9.79 11.00 13.00 14.52 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 11.00 11.86 13.35 16.06 18.08 Order clerks............................ 11.51 12.69 15.13 17.58 19.60 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.86 12.27 14.50 16.42 18.75 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.50 12.39 14.47 18.89 20.63 Billing clerks.......................... 10.00 11.00 13.00 15.50 16.25 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 15.63 16.45 18.65 22.18 23.59 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 11.00 12.00 13.95 17.68 21.91 Bill and account collectors............. 10.50 11.73 15.09 17.45 19.23 General office clerks................... 10.00 12.17 15.35 18.80 19.23 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 12.17 13.64 16.31 18.50 19.71 Blue collar..................................... 7.75 9.50 13.39 18.94 25.64 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 8.50 15.00 19.25 24.98 31.07 Automobile mechanics.................... 15.00 18.00 20.00 21.00 24.75 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 16.00 17.00 19.95 23.00 31.07 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.52 16.71 18.38 20.98 24.97 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................. 10.00 23.58 26.30 26.30 26.83 Telephone installers and repairers...... 15.91 16.64 18.86 24.00 25.13 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.20 13.20 18.89 23.79 32.50 Electricians............................ 17.39 17.39 24.98 27.75 30.00 Supervisors, production................. 14.50 18.79 19.56 27.85 37.98 Butchers and meat cutters............... 7.40 7.95 8.20 14.00 19.20 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.25 9.35 12.51 16.58 25.75 Packaging and filling machine operators. 11.08 12.31 13.86 14.22 15.41 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 11.30 11.30 13.39 19.34 25.09 Assemblers.............................. 7.25 9.60 12.35 26.04 26.31 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.00 9.00 9.95 11.00 13.62 Transportation and material moving............ $9.43 $11.20 $13.53 $16.81 $20.01 Truck drivers........................... 9.50 11.82 13.75 18.00 20.38 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.00 12.06 13.62 16.50 18.90 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 13.53 13.53 15.51 19.33 23.99 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.75 8.00 10.00 12.50 16.30 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.65 8.25 10.00 12.00 14.77 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.00 10.25 12.68 18.12 21.73 Hand packers and packagers.............. 6.70 7.13 8.15 9.85 11.07 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.50 7.45 9.50 11.25 13.50 Service......................................... 5.00 7.50 9.12 11.27 14.04 Protective service........................ 8.25 9.00 9.75 10.88 13.78 Guards and police, except public service 8.50 9.00 9.36 10.30 11.00 Food service.............................. 2.13 5.15 7.25 10.00 12.30 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 7.00 8.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 6.00 8.05 Other food service....................... 5.50 6.75 9.00 11.60 13.12 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 9.00 9.53 12.00 13.77 28.85 Cooks................................... 6.75 8.00 11.95 12.44 12.75 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 5.50 6.00 7.00 7.50 8.45 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.25 8.50 9.75 11.50 11.60 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.15 5.50 6.50 8.80 10.54 Health service............................ 8.00 8.50 9.65 11.36 12.60 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.00 8.50 9.75 11.47 12.80 Cleaning and building service............. 7.25 8.00 9.21 10.92 13.97 Maids and housemen...................... 7.00 7.49 7.98 8.70 9.90 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.00 8.00 9.86 11.70 13.97 Personal service.......................... 6.25 8.50 11.09 23.25 51.14 Service, n.e.c.......................... 4.83 6.66 8.77 16.00 16.50 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, December 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.31 $12.92 $17.47 $27.35 $37.41 All excluding sales........................... 10.31 12.94 17.48 27.38 37.41 White collar.................................... 11.03 13.96 21.50 31.17 40.57 White collar excluding sales................ 11.03 13.96 21.50 31.17 40.66 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.82 19.71 27.37 34.24 41.13 Professional specialty...................... 15.77 23.28 28.48 35.56 42.10 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 18.02 20.35 25.39 31.17 31.37 Registered nurses....................... 19.09 20.69 26.88 31.17 31.37 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 22.19 25.84 30.34 37.42 42.11 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.81 24.73 28.96 35.57 42.70 Secondary school teachers............... 22.84 26.03 31.35 36.09 40.67 Vocational and educational counselors... 33.27 35.56 42.10 43.18 44.82 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.35 14.75 17.30 22.02 29.74 Social workers.......................... 11.35 14.88 17.38 22.35 29.74 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Technical................................... 9.63 13.05 16.40 20.45 25.19 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 8.59 10.26 15.13 15.36 17.57 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 12.19 16.79 23.01 39.88 56.53 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 21.50 28.51 38.47 55.77 81.35 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 19.58 20.67 21.50 25.01 28.25 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 28.51 38.00 47.78 55.77 111.06 Management related........................ 11.35 13.67 17.10 21.23 28.82 Construction inspectors................. 14.87 15.50 17.18 20.34 21.63 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.82 11.03 13.07 15.00 17.62 Secretaries............................. 10.50 12.85 13.76 15.24 18.24 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.11 10.69 11.35 12.99 13.99 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.38 11.35 12.87 14.52 17.16 General office clerks................... 8.66 10.62 11.98 13.63 15.07 Teachers' aides......................... 8.37 9.46 11.63 14.15 17.02 Blue collar..................................... 9.80 12.90 16.20 19.10 22.96 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $13.48 $15.24 $18.30 $22.69 $28.95 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 11.12 12.55 16.23 17.97 20.13 Bus drivers............................. 11.81 14.26 17.31 18.30 20.67 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 9.33 9.33 10.71 13.43 17.96 Service......................................... 8.87 11.30 14.18 17.60 22.16 Protective service........................ 11.35 13.64 15.70 19.29 24.40 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention........................... 20.68 22.55 27.36 30.64 33.64 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 16.30 20.38 21.98 33.21 37.70 Firefighting............................ 10.25 12.25 14.22 16.22 18.02 Police and detectives, public service... 11.35 14.24 16.55 19.69 23.36 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 14.24 15.46 17.93 19.39 22.41 Correctional institution officers....... 11.35 12.13 14.74 14.74 16.40 Food service.............................. 7.84 8.87 11.13 14.12 24.18 Other food service....................... 7.84 8.87 11.13 14.12 24.18 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.44 8.07 9.85 23.52 25.56 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 7.72 8.96 11.03 13.21 18.87 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.72 8.96 11.03 13.21 18.87 Personal service.......................... 7.98 8.70 10.15 12.33 13.95 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, December 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.75 $11.55 $16.71 $25.28 $36.02 All excluding sales........................... 8.75 11.60 16.71 25.47 36.03 White collar.................................... 11.33 14.50 20.73 30.70 41.00 White collar excluding sales................ 12.00 15.13 21.50 31.29 41.74 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.15 21.00 27.41 36.17 44.33 Professional specialty...................... 18.25 23.39 29.70 38.00 45.62 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.22 27.81 32.85 38.53 39.88 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 22.04 29.72 34.28 36.39 39.53 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 32.53 35.87 38.53 39.64 45.13 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 16.26 23.39 31.31 38.00 42.94 Computer systems analysts and scientists 15.68 22.07 29.86 37.56 42.40 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............................. 26.22 29.60 36.35 39.98 43.31 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 19.68 22.64 27.33 38.76 46.15 Registered nurses....................... 19.78 22.12 26.40 30.53 37.51 Pharmacists............................. 33.10 39.00 40.00 41.74 44.23 Dietitians.............................. 16.50 17.00 24.00 26.86 29.09 Teachers, college and university.......... 27.62 30.35 34.80 50.40 65.40 Teachers, except college and university... 19.95 24.73 28.51 36.09 42.10 Prekindergarten and kindergarten........ 22.53 23.53 29.41 36.53 42.10 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.05 24.73 27.94 35.20 42.70 Secondary school teachers............... 21.54 23.95 28.22 34.78 39.40 Teachers, special education............. 23.62 27.45 28.48 31.80 40.41 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 17.64 24.70 28.44 35.74 40.75 Vocational and educational counselors... 33.27 35.56 42.10 43.18 44.82 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 21.05 23.03 24.52 27.69 31.71 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.55 14.88 17.56 21.91 28.99 Social workers.......................... 11.35 14.95 17.79 22.02 28.99 Lawyers and judges........................ 40.86 48.02 54.13 59.77 65.13 Lawyers................................. 40.86 48.02 54.13 59.77 65.13 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 17.84 21.35 37.05 38.50 48.39 Professional, n.e.c..................... 28.21 29.86 38.73 48.39 57.78 Technical................................... 14.20 16.78 21.05 26.08 33.41 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.25 15.59 16.70 18.00 19.77 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.25 11.33 15.13 19.20 25.77 Electrical and electronic technicians... 13.05 16.14 21.84 25.59 26.87 Airplane pilots and navigators.......... 30.12 39.95 168.77 230.69 235.11 Computer programmers.................... 19.92 21.85 26.40 30.37 33.65 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 14.34 16.76 19.61 21.64 23.60 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.40 19.38 28.63 38.75 51.28 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.25 26.71 33.82 45.94 55.98 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 19.58 20.67 21.50 25.01 28.25 Financial managers...................... 27.43 27.43 34.85 63.98 63.98 Administrators, education and related fields............................... $28.51 $32.95 $43.55 $55.77 $89.14 Managers, medicine and health........... 28.94 28.94 31.77 34.83 45.92 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 20.88 31.69 37.36 46.20 55.98 Management related........................ 14.88 17.29 22.13 30.70 38.47 Accountants and auditors................ 10.49 19.37 24.04 30.77 31.25 Other financial officers................ 15.87 17.79 23.08 24.76 31.96 Management analysts..................... 23.21 25.21 29.06 34.75 45.60 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 11.35 13.19 17.67 24.14 31.67 Construction inspectors................. 14.87 15.50 17.18 20.34 21.63 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.89 17.78 21.98 39.88 47.89 Sales......................................... 8.51 10.79 16.61 23.86 35.59 Supervisors, sales...................... 14.00 17.17 20.67 35.48 35.55 Sales, other business services.......... 13.50 20.11 21.00 28.70 35.48 Sales workers, hardware and building supplies............................. 9.09 9.85 11.75 13.00 13.82 Cashiers................................ 7.36 8.00 10.00 11.95 12.95 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.50 12.00 14.39 18.06 21.72 Supervisors, general office............. 13.85 19.23 27.16 30.56 30.77 Secretaries............................. 12.00 13.39 15.49 23.08 27.26 Receptionists........................... 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.52 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 11.00 11.88 13.34 15.94 17.95 Order clerks............................ 11.51 12.69 15.14 17.61 19.60 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.20 11.00 12.84 15.50 18.73 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.25 12.38 14.27 17.27 20.63 Billing clerks.......................... 10.00 11.00 13.00 15.50 16.25 Dispatchers............................. 11.58 15.14 18.97 21.72 27.07 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.35 12.00 13.07 14.84 17.86 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 12.45 14.34 16.96 21.19 23.08 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 12.85 13.26 14.88 18.35 21.91 Bill and account collectors............. 10.50 11.73 15.09 17.45 19.23 General office clerks................... 10.00 12.07 14.73 18.01 19.23 Data entry keyers....................... 8.86 10.60 11.00 13.89 16.40 Teachers' aides......................... 8.37 9.46 11.63 13.95 17.02 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.90 13.53 16.03 18.50 19.71 Blue collar..................................... 8.00 10.00 13.75 19.20 25.75 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.50 15.12 19.20 24.98 31.07 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 24.03 24.03 33.15 51.92 51.92 Automobile mechanics.................... 13.43 16.00 19.01 22.00 29.24 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 16.00 17.50 20.50 23.39 31.04 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.47 16.71 18.21 20.98 24.97 Machinery maintenance................... 8.30 8.30 8.30 14.14 23.32 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................. $10.00 $20.24 $26.30 $26.30 $26.83 Telephone installers and repairers...... 15.91 16.64 18.86 24.00 25.13 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.20 13.20 16.20 21.02 26.26 Electricians............................ 15.35 17.39 22.01 24.98 30.00 Supervisors, production................. 14.50 18.79 19.56 27.85 37.98 Butchers and meat cutters............... 7.40 7.95 8.20 14.00 19.20 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.25 9.07 12.73 16.58 25.96 Packaging and filling machine operators. 12.18 12.55 13.97 14.33 15.80 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 11.30 11.30 13.39 19.34 25.09 Assemblers.............................. 7.25 9.60 12.35 26.04 26.31 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.00 9.00 9.95 11.00 13.62 Transportation and material moving............ 9.50 11.20 13.62 17.96 20.01 Truck drivers........................... 9.50 11.37 13.51 18.00 20.38 Bus drivers............................. 9.50 10.15 16.18 17.97 18.81 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.04 12.41 13.62 16.50 18.90 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 13.53 13.53 15.51 19.33 23.99 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.13 8.15 10.31 13.00 17.20 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.48 9.50 11.50 12.25 14.77 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.85 10.25 13.00 20.13 21.76 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.13 7.15 8.54 9.85 12.12 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.50 7.50 9.50 11.25 13.72 Service......................................... 7.17 8.50 10.63 13.77 18.87 Protective service........................ 9.00 10.00 12.69 16.55 21.98 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention........................... 20.68 22.55 27.36 30.64 33.64 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 16.30 20.38 21.98 33.21 37.70 Firefighting............................ 10.90 12.36 15.01 17.92 24.21 Police and detectives, public service... 11.35 14.24 16.55 19.69 23.36 Correctional institution officers....... 11.35 12.13 14.74 14.74 16.40 Guards and police, except public service 8.50 9.00 9.50 10.50 11.50 Food service.............................. 2.13 6.50 8.65 11.60 13.77 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 5.00 7.46 8.65 Other food service....................... 6.00 7.50 10.40 12.44 13.92 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 8.85 9.53 11.50 13.77 28.85 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 8.00 9.50 10.79 11.60 13.92 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.15 6.00 7.25 10.00 13.34 Health service............................ 8.00 8.50 9.75 11.47 12.67 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.00 8.50 9.80 11.47 12.80 Cleaning and building service............. 7.62 8.00 9.75 11.70 14.86 Maids and housemen...................... 7.00 7.49 7.98 8.70 9.90 Janitors and cleaners................... $8.00 $8.00 $10.59 $11.70 $16.50 Personal service.......................... 7.17 9.00 11.09 17.99 47.19 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, December 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.15 $6.65 $8.50 $11.00 $16.00 All excluding sales........................... 2.13 6.29 8.50 11.60 17.19 White collar.................................... 6.53 8.00 9.50 11.14 18.11 White collar excluding sales................ 7.75 9.50 11.00 15.16 23.75 Professional specialty and technical.......... 11.13 18.11 22.04 24.00 25.30 Professional specialty...................... 12.04 20.00 24.00 24.00 27.00 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.30 7.00 8.48 10.00 11.04 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.75 8.00 8.75 9.65 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.50 8.75 10.35 11.61 15.16 Blue collar..................................... 5.92 7.25 9.00 12.00 16.69 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 9.45 12.05 15.52 18.07 20.26 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.67 6.25 7.87 9.00 10.64 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.50 6.01 7.25 8.25 9.00 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 10.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 14.00 Service......................................... 2.13 2.13 6.75 8.75 12.11 Protective service........................ 7.00 7.50 8.16 9.00 10.00 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 6.00 7.50 9.04 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 6.00 7.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.15 7.00 Other food service....................... 5.45 6.00 7.00 8.75 11.20 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 2.13 5.50 7.62 8.75 9.50 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 6.50 7.50 10.70 16.25 37.60 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, December 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 888,300 716,900 171,400 All excluding sales............................................. 812,300 641,300 171,100 White collar........................................................ 498,800 383,100 115,700 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 422,900 307,500 115,400 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 197,000 129,400 67,600 Professional specialty.......................................... 150,700 89,900 60,800 Technical....................................................... 46,300 39,500 6,800 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 70,900 53,800 17,100 Sales............................................................. 75,900 75,600 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 155,000 124,300 30,700 Blue collar......................................................... 232,900 214,400 18,500 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 74,200 68,800 5,400 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 44,500 44,400 - Transportation and material moving................................ 41,900 31,200 10,700 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 72,300 70,000 2,300 Service............................................................. 156,600 119,400 37,200 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.