Table 1. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, all workers (2), Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July - August 1996 All industries Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Mean Median Middle range Mean Median Middle range Mean Median Middle range All workers........................ $14.30 $12.00 $8.89 - $17.00 $14.10 $12.00 $8.75 - $16.83 $15.29 $12.62 $9.23 - $18.04 All workers excluding sales...... 14.32 12.00 9.00 - 17.00 14.10 12.00 8.95 - 16.76 15.30 12.62 9.23 - 18.06 White-collar occupations......... 17.26 14.48 9.80 - 21.67 17.42 14.48 9.70 - 22.50 16.75 14.47 9.89 - 19.96 Professional specialty and technical occupations....... 21.80 19.71 15.52 - 25.47 21.87 20.34 15.87 - 26.77 21.66 18.18 15.40 - 23.08 Professional specialty occupations............... 23.84 21.46 17.12 - 27.81 24.14 22.57 18.09 - 30.00 23.34 19.53 16.46 - 24.19 Engineering occupations... 25.18 23.42 19.76 - 29.71 25.77 24.95 20.58 - 30.29 - - - - Civil engineers........ 22.54 - - - - - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic engineers 25.81 25.12 20.20 - 31.04 25.81 25.12 20.20 - 31.04 - - - - Industrial engineers... 30.56 - - - 30.56 - - - - - - - Engineers, N.E.C....... 23.56 - - - 21.82 - - - - - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.......... 30.21 29.66 22.87 - 40.36 30.44 30.05 23.08 - 40.87 - - - - Operations and systems researchers and analysts............ 25.42 - - - 25.42 - - - - - - - Chemists, except biochemists......... 19.20 - - - 19.34 - - - - - - - Biological and life scientists.......... 25.70 - - - 25.70 - - - - - - - Registered nurses...... 19.04 18.93 16.22 - 21.40 - - - - 19.10 18.53 16.49 - 21.64 Teachers................... 23.95 19.69 15.52 - 25.81 11.16 - - - 25.33 20.69 16.40 - 26.36 Teachers, except college and university........ 17.63 17.14 14.91 - 20.87 10.03 - - - 18.69 18.17 15.52 - 21.63 Secondary school teachers............ 18.92 - - - - - - - 18.92 - - - Vocational and educational counselors.......... 16.22 - - - - - - - - - - - Librarians............. 19.29 - - - - - - - - - - - Economists............. 26.62 - - - 26.62 - - - - - - - Social workers......... 13.71 13.33 11.47 - 15.69 - - - - 14.21 13.84 12.05 - 16.50 Editors and reporters.. 15.10 - - - 15.10 - - - - - - - Technical occupations........ 16.79 16.08 12.69 - 20.62 17.29 17.12 12.74 - 21.67 15.18 15.40 12.20 - 16.85 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians......... 14.55 - - - 12.96 - - - - - - - Licensed practical nurses.............. 13.56 - - - - - - - - - - - Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C............... 10.92 - - - - - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic technicians......... 17.68 17.71 14.26 - 20.02 17.75 17.86 14.13 - 20.10 - - - - Drafters............... 17.24 - - - - - - - - - - - Chemical technicians... $12.61 - - - $12.25 - - - - - - - Computer programmers... 22.43 - - - 22.25 - - - - - - - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.. 9.81 - - - - - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations...... 23.01 $19.87 $14.95 - $28.50 23.34 $19.72 $14.90 - $28.94 $20.66 $19.87 $15.02 - $23.62 Administrators and officials, public administration...... 20.84 - - - - - - - 20.84 - - - Financial managers..... 26.39 25.40 17.83 - 32.27 25.90 - - - - - - - Personnel and labor relations managers.. 24.79 - - - 24.75 - - - - - - - Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations.... 27.43 - - - 27.76 - - - - - - - Administrators, education and related fields...... 21.13 - - - - - - - - - - - Managers, medicine and health.............. 33.73 - - - - - - - - - - - Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments...... 14.31 - - - 14.31 - - - - - - - Managers, service organizations, N.E.C............... 17.75 - - - - - - - - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C............... 31.72 28.94 23.56 - 36.78 31.80 28.94 23.85 - 36.78 - - - - Accountants and auditors............ 15.98 15.39 13.46 - 19.52 15.97 - - - 16.17 - - - Other financial officers............ 16.35 - - - 16.39 - - - - - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists......... 17.91 - - - 18.02 - - - - - - - Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C....... 17.94 - - - - - - - - - - - Management related occupations, N.E.C.. 15.65 14.38 12.50 - 17.06 15.46 14.04 12.38 - 16.49 - - - - Sales occupations.............. 14.06 11.03 7.00 - 17.01 14.08 11.03 6.96 - 17.01 11.00 - - - Supervisors, sales occupations......... 19.55 - - - 19.72 - - - - - - - Sales occupations, other business services............ 23.33 - - - 23.42 - - - - - - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale........... $20.04 $16.35 $14.91 - $21.01 $20.04 $16.35 $14.91 - $21.01 - - - - Sales workers, other commodities......... 13.07 8.65 6.00 - 19.23 13.07 8.65 6.00 - 19.23 - - - - Sales counter clerks... 8.93 - - - 8.93 - - - - - - - Cashiers............... 6.65 6.00 5.50 - 7.00 6.58 6.00 5.50 - 7.00 - - - - Administrative support including clerical occupations................. 10.32 9.91 8.65 - 11.52 10.44 10.00 8.52 - 11.93 $10.03 $9.75 $8.83 - $10.75 Supervisors, general office.............. 16.37 - - - 16.37 - - - - - - - Computer operators..... 11.35 - - - - - - - - - - - Secretaries............ 11.52 10.76 10.34 - 12.72 11.76 12.50 10.00 - 13.03 - - - - Typists................ 10.17 - - - 10.54 - - - - - - - Receptionists.......... 9.02 - - - 9.04 - - - - - - - Order clerks........... 9.77 - - - 9.77 - - - - - - - Records clerks, N.E.C.. 10.09 9.94 8.00 - 11.73 8.64 - - - 11.42 - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks. 10.68 10.00 9.00 - 12.00 10.65 10.00 8.89 - 12.00 11.19 - - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.... 10.56 - - - 10.56 - - - - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.............. 9.34 - - - 9.21 - - - - - - - Investigators and adjusters except insurance........... 10.65 10.31 9.05 - 11.85 10.71 10.36 9.05 - 11.95 - - - - General office clerks.. 9.92 9.50 8.40 - 11.03 9.86 9.00 7.75 - 13.00 9.96 9.73 8.83 - 10.75 Data entry keyers...... 9.02 8.87 8.60 - 9.13 8.99 - - - - - - - Administrative support occupations, N.E.C.. 11.18 10.82 10.00 - 12.50 11.16 10.82 10.00 - 12.50 - - - - White-collar occupations excluding sales............. 17.72 15.02 10.25 - 22.18 18.09 15.33 10.41 - 23.34 16.77 14.53 9.89 - 19.96 Blue-collar occupations.......... 11.51 11.78 9.00 - 13.00 11.52 11.78 9.00 - 13.00 11.29 11.94 8.36 - 13.25 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations...... - - - - - - - - 13.06 12.92 12.09 - 14.11 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers....... 15.82 - - - 17.59 - - - - - - - Automobile mechanics... 16.77 - - - - - - - - - - - Industrial machinery repairers........... 17.78 - - - 17.78 - - - - - - - Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics........... 13.45 - - - 13.92 - - - - - - - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.... 12.71 12.25 11.45 - 14.84 12.59 - - - - - - - Carpenters............. 10.73 - - - 10.73 - - - - - - - Supervisors, production occupations......... $16.42 - - - $16.42 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.......... 9.18 $8.00 $6.67 - $11.27 9.18 $8.00 $6.67 - $11.27 - - - - Inspectors, testers, and graders......... 12.33 - - - 12.33 - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.............. 10.27 10.05 8.50 - 12.03 10.24 10.05 8.50 - 12.00 - - - - Packaging and filling machine operators... 10.19 9.92 9.60 - 10.83 10.19 9.92 9.60 - 10.83 - - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C.... 11.14 10.45 8.82 - 12.88 11.14 10.45 8.82 - 12.88 - - - - Assemblers............. 9.93 - - - 9.93 - - - - - - - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners........... 9.93 - - - 9.93 - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.......... 11.65 10.20 8.25 - 14.37 11.82 10.52 8.25 - 14.75 $8.91 - - - Truck drivers.......... 13.93 12.94 9.90 - 19.95 13.93 12.94 9.90 - 19.95 - - - - Driver-sales workers... 8.27 - - - 8.27 - - - - - - - Bus drivers............ 7.23 - - - - - - - 8.29 - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators........... 9.77 - - - 9.77 - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers....... 7.98 8.00 6.80 - 9.10 7.91 8.00 6.58 - 9.10 8.79 $8.36 $8.36 - $8.47 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm................ 8.08 - - - - - - - - - - - Helpers, construction trades.............. 8.58 - - - - - - - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers............. 8.57 9.00 6.70 - 10.50 8.63 9.10 6.50 - 11.00 - - - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C............... 8.58 - - - 8.58 - - - - - - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C. 7.16 7.15 6.05 - 8.15 7.16 7.15 6.05 - 8.15 - - - - Service occupations.............. 7.51 6.89 5.70 - 8.75 6.84 6.50 5.50 - 7.75 9.65 8.24 6.90 - 11.33 Protective service occupations............. 10.99 10.21 7.12 - 13.15 7.74 - - - 13.33 11.89 10.21 - 14.83 Supervisors, police and detectives.......... 20.02 - - - - - - - 20.02 - - - Police and detectives, public service...... 14.35 13.57 11.88 - 17.75 - - - - 14.35 13.57 11.88 - 17.75 Guards and police except public service............. 8.33 - - - 7.75 - - - - - - - Food service occupations.. $5.66 $5.75 $5.00 - $6.65 $5.60 $5.75 $5.00 - $6.75 - - - - Waiters and waitresses. 3.47 2.13 2.13 - 4.25 3.47 2.13 2.13 - 4.25 - - - - Cooks.................. 6.73 - - - 6.76 - - - - - - - Food counter, fountain, and related occupations......... 5.33 - - - 5.33 - - - - - - - Kitchen workers, food preparation......... 6.50 5.75 5.50 - 7.20 6.34 - - - - - - - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C.. 6.06 5.87 5.46 - 6.50 6.14 6.00 5.25 - 6.50 - - - - Health service occupations............. 9.61 8.63 7.32 - 11.35 9.97 8.75 7.11 - 12.50 $8.12 - - - Health aides except nursing............. 10.01 8.56 7.09 - 14.19 10.10 - - - - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants.......... 8.23 - - - - - - - - - - - Cleaning and building service occupations..... 7.79 7.50 6.25 - 9.35 7.74 7.50 5.75 - 9.35 7.99 $7.28 $6.95 - $8.34 Maids and housemen..... 6.19 - - - 6.19 - - - - - - - Janitors and cleaners.. 7.92 7.56 6.84 - 9.35 8.04 7.70 6.50 - 9.50 7.60 7.26 6.95 - 7.98 Personal services occupations............. 7.26 6.89 6.10 - 7.63 7.13 - - - 7.64 7.41 6.73 - 8.24 Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities.......... 6.37 - - - - - - - 6.78 - - - Welfare service aides.. 6.48 - - - 6.41 - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. Table 2. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, full-time workers only(2), Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July - August 1996 All industries Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Mean Median Middle range Mean Median Middle range Mean Median Middle range All workers........................ $14.98 $12.50 $9.42 - $17.48 $14.88 $12.50 $9.43 - $17.26 $15.39 $12.72 $9.31 - $18.10 All workers excluding sales...... 14.89 12.50 9.42 - 17.38 14.77 12.50 9.44 - 17.02 15.39 12.72 9.31 - 18.10 White-collar occupations......... 17.89 15.15 10.38 - 22.50 18.27 15.48 10.60 - 23.54 16.78 14.45 9.89 - 19.98 Professional specialty and technical occupations....... 22.15 19.96 15.82 - 25.81 22.31 20.71 16.34 - 27.13 21.83 18.26 15.40 - 23.10 Professional specialty occupations............... 24.16 21.70 17.46 - 27.97 24.52 22.67 18.40 - 30.10 23.58 19.67 16.48 - 24.45 Engineering occupations... 25.19 23.42 19.76 - 29.71 25.77 24.73 20.45 - 30.29 - - - - Civil engineers........ 22.54 - - - - - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic engineers 25.81 25.12 20.20 - 31.04 25.81 25.12 20.20 - 31.04 - - - - Industrial engineers... 30.56 - - - 30.56 - - - - - - - Engineers, N.E.C....... 23.40 - - - - - - - - - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.......... 30.34 29.81 23.05 - 40.60 30.57 30.15 23.16 - 40.87 - - - - Operations and systems researchers and analysts............ 25.42 - - - 25.42 - - - - - - - Chemists, except biochemists......... 19.20 - - - 19.34 - - - - - - - Biological and life scientists.......... 25.70 - - - 25.70 - - - - - - - Registered nurses...... 18.61 18.46 16.16 - 20.98 - - - - 19.25 - - - Teachers................... 24.56 20.09 15.83 - 25.85 12.37 - - - 25.49 20.69 16.46 - 26.61 Teachers, except college and university........ 18.09 17.46 15.22 - 21.21 11.20 - - - 18.76 18.17 15.52 - 21.64 Secondary school teachers............ 18.92 - - - - - - - 18.92 - - - Vocational and educational counselors.......... 16.22 - - - - - - - - - - - Librarians............. 19.29 - - - - - - - - - - - Economists............. 26.62 - - - 26.62 - - - - - - - Social workers......... 13.69 13.33 11.43 - 15.69 - - - - 14.20 13.64 12.02 - 16.50 Editors and reporters.. 15.09 - - - 15.09 - - - - - - - Technical occupations........ 17.10 16.23 12.74 - 21.00 17.75 17.40 12.84 - 21.95 15.18 15.40 12.20 - 16.83 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians......... 14.98 - - - - - - - - - - - Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C............... 12.65 - - - - - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic technicians......... 17.72 17.73 14.26 - 20.08 17.80 17.87 14.42 - 20.11 - - - - Drafters............... 17.24 - - - - - - - - - - - Chemical technicians... 13.14 - - - - - - - - - - - Computer programmers... 22.43 - - - 22.25 - - - - - - - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.. $9.81 - - - - - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations...... 23.08 $20.00 $15.02 - $28.50 $23.40 $20.00 $14.99 - $28.94 $20.71 $19.87 $15.02 - $23.62 Administrators and officials, public administration...... 20.84 - - - - - - - 20.84 - - - Financial managers..... 26.39 25.40 17.83 - 32.27 25.90 - - - - - - - Personnel and labor relations managers.. 24.79 - - - 24.75 - - - - - - - Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations.... 27.43 - - - 27.76 - - - - - - - Administrators, education and related fields...... 21.13 - - - - - - - - - - - Managers, medicine and health.............. 33.73 - - - - - - - - - - - Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments...... 14.31 - - - 14.31 - - - - - - - Managers, service organizations, N.E.C............... 17.75 - - - - - - - - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C............... 31.72 28.94 23.56 - 36.78 31.80 28.94 23.85 - 36.78 - - - - Accountants and auditors............ 16.29 15.94 13.46 - 19.71 16.31 - - - - - - - Other financial officers............ 16.30 - - - 16.39 - - - - - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists......... 17.91 - - - 18.02 - - - - - - - Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C....... 17.94 - - - - - - - - - - - Management related occupations, N.E.C.. 15.65 14.38 12.50 - 17.06 15.46 14.04 12.38 - 16.49 - - - - Sales occupations.............. 16.26 12.98 9.20 - 19.50 16.29 12.98 9.12 - 19.50 - - - - Supervisors, sales occupations......... 19.55 - - - 19.72 - - - - - - - Sales occupations, other business services............ 23.33 - - - 23.42 - - - - - - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale........... 20.04 16.35 14.91 - 21.01 20.04 16.35 14.91 - 21.01 - - - - Sales workers, other commodities......... $14.43 $8.87 $6.50 - $20.98 $14.43 $8.87 $6.50 - $20.98 - - - - Sales counter clerks... 9.84 - - - 9.84 - - - - - - - Cashiers............... 7.72 - - - 7.56 - - - - - - - Administrative support including clerical occupations................. 10.40 10.00 8.80 - 11.58 10.59 10.25 8.75 - 12.00 $10.03 $9.75 $8.83 - $10.75 Supervisors, general office.............. 16.49 - - - 16.49 - - - - - - - Computer operators..... 11.35 - - - - - - - - - - - Secretaries............ 11.91 11.27 10.34 - 12.86 12.59 12.69 11.40 - 13.30 - - - - Receptionists.......... 9.20 - - - 9.24 - - - - - - - Order clerks........... 10.58 - - - 10.58 - - - - - - - Records clerks, N.E.C.. 10.26 10.30 8.25 - 11.89 8.77 - - - - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks. 10.35 10.00 8.89 - 10.60 10.30 10.00 8.89 - 10.60 11.19 - - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.... 10.56 - - - 10.56 - - - - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.............. 9.52 - - - 9.39 - - - - - - - Investigators and adjusters except insurance........... 10.78 10.36 9.05 - 12.02 10.85 - - - - - - - General office clerks.. 10.05 9.66 8.55 - 11.19 10.19 9.50 7.86 - 13.00 9.96 9.73 8.83 - 10.75 Data entry keyers...... 9.07 - - - 9.26 - - - - - - - Administrative support occupations, N.E.C.. 11.20 10.82 10.00 - 12.50 11.17 10.82 10.00 - 12.50 - - - - White-collar occupations excluding sales............. 18.08 15.36 10.49 - 22.79 18.60 16.02 10.80 - 23.86 16.79 14.45 9.89 - 20.01 Blue-collar occupations.......... 11.78 12.00 9.42 - 13.44 11.79 12.00 9.45 - 13.43 11.63 12.09 8.63 - 13.54 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations...... - - - - - - - - 13.06 12.92 12.09 - 14.11 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers....... 15.82 - - - 17.59 - - - - - - - Automobile mechanics... 16.79 - - - - - - - - - - - Industrial machinery repairers........... 17.78 - - - 17.78 - - - - - - - Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics........... 13.45 - - - 13.92 - - - - - - - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.... 12.71 12.25 11.45 - 14.84 12.59 - - - - - - - Carpenters............. 10.73 - - - 10.73 - - - - - - - Supervisors, production occupations......... 16.42 - - - 16.42 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.......... 9.18 8.00 6.67 - 11.27 9.18 8.00 6.67 - 11.27 - - - - Inspectors, testers, and graders......... $12.33 - - - $12.33 - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.............. 10.39 $10.05 $8.80 - $12.21 10.36 $10.05 $8.77 - $12.09 - - - - Packaging and filling machine operators... 10.32 - - - 10.32 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C.... 11.28 10.53 9.11 - 13.13 11.28 10.53 9.11 - 13.13 - - - - Assemblers............. 10.16 - - - 10.16 - - - - - - - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners........... 9.93 - - - 9.93 - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.......... 12.21 10.75 9.00 - 14.81 12.24 10.82 8.97 - 14.85 - - - - Truck drivers.......... 13.97 13.25 9.80 - 19.95 13.97 13.25 9.80 - 19.95 - - - - Driver-sales workers... 9.41 - - - 9.41 - - - - - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators........... 9.77 - - - 9.77 - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers....... 8.33 8.36 7.15 - 9.45 8.29 8.00 7.00 - 9.50 $8.75 $8.36 $8.36 - $8.43 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm................ 8.13 - - - - - - - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers............. 9.23 9.25 7.50 - 11.00 9.37 9.50 7.40 - 11.41 - - - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C............... 8.80 - - - 8.80 - - - - - - - Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 7.39 - - - - - - - - - - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C. 7.57 7.15 6.80 - 8.90 7.57 7.15 6.75 - 9.00 - - - - Service occupations.............. 8.24 7.25 6.00 - 9.50 7.46 7.00 6.00 - 8.75 9.74 8.31 6.95 - 11.44 Protective service occupations............. 12.04 10.81 9.51 - 13.84 - - - - 13.42 12.01 10.21 - 14.95 Supervisors, police and detectives.......... 20.02 - - - - - - - 20.02 - - - Police and detectives, public service...... 14.52 13.60 12.04 - 17.75 - - - - 14.52 13.60 12.04 - 17.75 Guards and police except public service............. 9.06 - - - - - - - - - - - Food service occupations.. 6.07 6.00 5.46 - 7.00 6.07 6.00 5.25 - 7.00 - - - - Cooks.................. 6.51 - - - 6.53 - - - - - - - Kitchen workers, food preparation......... 6.87 - - - - - - - - - - - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C.. 6.14 - - - 6.37 - - - - - - - Health service occupations............. $9.61 $8.65 $7.28 - $11.35 $9.97 $8.75 $7.11 - $12.50 $8.11 - - - Health aides except nursing............. 10.03 - - - 10.10 - - - - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants.......... 8.23 - - - - - - - - - - - Cleaning and building service occupations..... 7.75 7.35 6.46 - 9.35 7.65 7.50 5.45 - 9.35 7.99 $7.28 $6.95 - $8.34 Maids and housemen..... 6.16 - - - 6.16 - - - - - - - Janitors and cleaners.. 7.94 7.57 6.95 - 9.35 8.17 - - - 7.60 7.26 6.95 - 7.98 Personal services occupations............. 7.86 7.33 6.80 - 8.23 7.85 - - - - - - - Welfare service aides.. 7.47 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. Table 3. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, part-time workers only(2), Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July - August 1996 All industries Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Mean Median Middle range Mean Median Middle range Mean Median Middle range All workers........................ $7.97 $6.89 $5.55 - $8.63 $7.75 $6.65 $5.50 - $8.40 $11.90 $8.99 $7.40 - $16.18 All workers excluding sales...... 8.31 7.00 5.75 - 9.00 8.07 7.00 5.75 - 9.00 12.03 9.01 7.40 - 16.30 White-collar occupations......... 9.85 7.50 6.00 - 10.73 9.49 7.50 6.00 - 9.77 15.32 15.50 9.09 - 18.60 Professional specialty and technical occupations....... 15.66 15.40 7.50 - 21.01 15.50 15.40 7.40 - 21.40 16.31 15.89 12.00 - 19.84 Professional specialty occupations............... 17.49 16.23 8.00 - 23.13 17.84 - - - 16.53 16.30 12.00 - 19.93 Registered nurses...... 20.38 - - - - - - - 18.44 - - - Technical occupations........ 12.30 - - - 12.06 - - - - - - - Sales occupations.............. 6.21 6.00 5.50 - 6.55 6.21 6.00 5.50 - 6.55 - - - - Sales workers, other commodities......... 6.02 - - - 6.02 - - - - - - - Cashiers............... 6.11 6.00 5.50 - 6.50 6.11 6.00 5.50 - 6.50 - - - - Administrative support including clerical occupations................. 9.46 8.52 7.35 - 10.00 9.46 8.50 7.25 - 10.50 - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks. 12.02 - - - 12.02 - - - - - - - General office clerks.. 7.89 - - - 7.83 - - - - - - - White-collar occupations excluding sales............. 11.88 9.00 7.47 - 15.20 11.49 9.00 7.40 - 15.00 15.69 15.52 12.00 - 18.79 Blue-collar occupations.......... 7.15 7.00 5.50 - 8.19 7.06 7.00 5.50 - 8.00 8.29 - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.......... 7.59 - - - - - - - 8.12 - - - Bus drivers............ 7.81 - - - - - - - 8.12 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers....... 6.81 6.55 5.45 - 8.00 6.78 6.50 5.45 - 8.00 - - - - Stock handlers and baggers............. 5.67 - - - 5.67 - - - - - - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C. 6.27 - - - 6.27 - - - - - - - Service occupations.............. 5.94 6.00 5.00 - 7.00 5.92 6.00 5.00 - 7.00 6.66 6.50 5.53 - 7.93 Protective service occupations............. 7.16 - - - - - - - - - - - Food service occupations.. 5.15 5.50 4.25 - 6.35 5.15 5.50 4.25 - 6.35 - - - - Waiters and waitresses. 3.33 - - - 3.33 - - - - - - - Food counter, fountain, and related occupations......... 5.39 - - - 5.39 - - - - - - - Kitchen workers, food preparation......... 5.62 - - - 5.62 - - - - - - - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C.. 5.97 6.00 5.10 - 6.50 5.97 6.00 5.10 - 6.50 - - - - Cleaning and building service occupations..... 7.90 - - - 7.90 - - - - - - - Janitors and cleaners.. 7.88 - - - 7.88 - - - - - - - Personal services occupations............. 5.94 - - - - - - - 6.40 - - - Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities.......... $6.28 - - - - - - - $6.78 - - - Welfare service aides.. 5.81 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. Table 4. Mean weekly earnings(1) and hours for selected white-collar occupations, full-time workers only(2), Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July - August 1996 All industries Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Mean Weekly earnings Mean Weekly earnings Mean Weekly earnings weekly weekly weekly hours(- hours(- hours(- 4) Mean Median 4) Mean Median 4) Mean Median White-collar occupations.............. 39.9 $714 $592 40.3 $736 $612 38.8 $651 $550 Professional specialty and technical occupations...................... 39.8 881 778 40.6 907 824 38.2 833 702 Professional specialty occupations 39.7 958 828 41.0 1005 914 37.7 890 724 Engineering occupations........ 40.0 1007 937 40.0 1032 989 - - - Civil engineers............. 40.1 904 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic engineers................ 40.1 1034 1005 40.1 1034 1005 - - - Industrial engineers........ 39.1 1194 - 39.1 1194 - - - - Engineers, N.E.C............ 40.3 942 - - - - - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists........... 42.7 1295 1147 42.8 1308 1159 - - - Operations and systems researchers and analysts. 39.6 1007 - 39.6 1007 - - - - Chemists, except biochemists 40.0 768 - 40.0 774 - - - - Biological and life scientists............... 39.1 1005 - 39.1 1005 - - - - Registered nurses........... 39.3 731 706 - - - 40.0 770 - Teachers........................ 37.1 911 713 40.0 495 - 36.9 941 730 Teachers, except college and university................. 36.1 653 636 40.0 448 - 35.8 671 643 Secondary school teachers... 37.1 702 - - - - 37.1 702 - Vocational and educational counselors............... 39.0 632 - - - - - - - Librarians.................. 39.9 770 - - - - - - - Economists.................. 39.1 1042 - 39.1 1042 - - - - Social workers.............. 39.1 535 533 - - - 38.9 552 543 Editors and reporters....... 39.4 595 - 39.4 595 - - - - Technical occupations............. 40.0 684 654 40.0 710 696 40.0 607 616 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.............. 39.9 598 - - - - - - - Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C....... 38.9 492 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic technicians.............. 40.0 709 709 40.0 712 715 - - - Drafters.................... 40.0 690 - - - - - - - Chemical technicians........ 40.0 526 - - - - - - - Computer programmers........ 40.0 897 - 40.0 890 - - - - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C....... 43.2 424 - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations........... 40.7 940 800 40.8 956 800 39.9 826 795 Administrators and officials, public administration........... 39.9 $831 - - - - 39.9 $831 - Financial managers.......... 41.5 1096 $1016 42.2 $1092 - - - - Personnel and labor relations managers....... 39.3 974 - 39.3 973 - - - - Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations................ 42.4 1163 - 42.4 1178 - - - - Administrators, education and related fields....... 40.5 855 - - - - - - - Managers, medicine and health................... 41.1 1385 - - - - - - - Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments... 45.4 650 - 45.4 650 - - - - Managers, service organizations, N.E.C..... 39.7 704 - - - - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.................... 40.8 1295 1172 40.8 1299 $1183 - - - Accountants and auditors.... 39.8 648 638 39.8 649 - - - - Other financial officers.... 40.0 652 - 40.0 656 - - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.............. 40.0 715 - 39.9 719 - - - - Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C............ 39.9 716 - - - - - - - Management related occupations, N.E.C....... 40.5 634 565 40.6 627 562 - - - Sales occupations................... 39.6 644 509 39.6 645 509 - - - Supervisors, sales occupations.............. 39.4 770 - 39.4 777 - - - - Sales occupations, other business services........ 40.1 935 - 40.1 939 - - - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale............ 40.1 804 654 40.1 804 654 - - - Sales workers, other commodities.............. 38.0 548 350 38.0 548 350 - - - Sales counter clerks........ 39.0 384 - 39.0 384 - - - - Cashiers.................... 39.1 302 - 39.1 295 - - - - Administrative support including clerical occupations............. 39.7 413 398 39.8 422 404 39.3 395 $382 Supervisors, general office. 40.8 673 - 40.8 673 - - - - Computer operators.......... 39.9 453 - - - - - - - Secretaries................. 39.6 472 451 39.4 496 500 - - - Receptionists............... 40.0 $368 - 40.0 $370 - - - - Order clerks................ 40.0 423 - 40.0 423 - - - - Records clerks, N.E.C....... 39.9 409 $412 39.8 349 - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks.......... 39.4 408 400 39.4 406 $400 39.1 $438 - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks......... 40.0 422 - 40.0 422 - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.. 40.6 386 - 40.6 381 - - - - Investigators and adjusters except insurance......... 40.0 431 414 40.0 434 - - - - General office clerks....... 39.6 398 386 39.1 399 381 40.0 398 $388 Data entry keyers........... 40.0 363 - 40.0 370 - - - - Administrative support occupations, N.E.C....... 40.0 447 433 40.0 446 433 - - - White-collar occupations excluding sales............................ 39.9 722 598 40.4 752 628 38.8 652 550 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week. Table 5. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group and level(2), Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July - August 1996 Full-time and part-time Full-time workers Part-time workers workers(4) Occupational group(3) and level All State and All State and All State and indus- Private local indus- Private local indus- Private local tries industry govern- tries industry govern- tries industry govern- ment ment ment White-collar occupations...... $17.26 $17.42 $16.75 $17.89 $18.27 $16.78 $9.85 $9.49 $15.32 Professional specialty and technical occupations.... 21.80 21.87 21.66 22.15 22.31 21.83 15.66 15.50 16.31 Professional specialty occupations............ 23.84 24.14 23.34 24.16 24.52 23.58 17.49 17.84 16.53 Level 5........... 14.51 15.45 10.90 16.04 16.76 - - - - Level 6........... 13.26 12.89 - 13.47 13.02 - - - - Level 7........... 18.63 19.42 17.61 18.63 19.42 17.61 - - - Level 8........... 17.32 17.27 17.45 17.38 17.39 17.36 16.74 - - Level 9........... 19.84 22.31 18.66 19.60 21.75 18.66 24.26 - - Level 10.......... 23.59 24.80 19.25 23.72 24.85 19.45 - - - Level 11.......... 23.69 23.26 - 23.69 23.26 - - - - Level 12.......... 27.19 27.93 - 27.22 27.98 - - - - Level 13.......... 44.64 37.25 - 44.64 37.25 - - - - Engineering occupations. 25.18 25.77 - 25.19 25.77 - - - - Level 7........... 20.30 - - 20.30 - - - - - Level 9........... 23.82 23.82 - 23.82 23.82 - - - - Level 11.......... 26.85 26.91 - 26.85 26.91 - - - - Level 12.......... 29.71 29.71 - 30.08 30.08 - - - - Electrical and electronic engineers........ 25.81 25.81 - 25.81 25.81 - - - - Registered nurses... 19.04 - 19.10 18.61 - 19.25 20.38 - 18.44 Level 9........... 18.94 - - - - - - - - Natural scientists...... 29.63 29.81 - 29.74 29.92 - - - - Level 10.......... 25.54 25.54 - 25.54 25.54 - - - - Level 11.......... 24.26 24.25 - 24.26 24.25 - - - - Level 12.......... 32.96 32.96 - 32.96 32.96 - - - - Level 13.......... 37.42 37.42 - 37.42 37.42 - - - - Teachers................ 23.95 11.16 25.33 24.56 12.37 25.49 - - - Level 8........... 17.45 - 17.45 18.02 - 18.02 - - - Teachers, except college and university......... 17.63 10.03 18.69 18.09 11.20 18.76 - - - Level 8........... 18.02 - 18.02 18.02 - 18.02 - - - Technical occupations..... 16.79 17.29 15.18 17.10 17.75 15.18 12.30 12.06 - Level 4........... 11.11 11.19 - 11.75 12.05 - - - - Level 5........... 13.91 14.05 - 13.69 13.81 - - - - Level 6........... 12.62 12.55 - 13.53 13.51 - - - - Level 7........... 16.92 17.26 15.45 16.92 17.26 15.45 - - - Level 8........... 15.21 14.96 - 15.61 15.53 - - - - Level 9........... 22.14 22.85 - 22.15 22.85 - - - - Electrical and electronic technicians...... 17.68 17.75 - 17.72 17.80 - - - - Level 7........... $15.32 - - $15.32 - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations.............. 23.01 $23.34 $20.66 23.08 $23.40 $20.71 - - - Level 5........... 17.22 17.23 - 17.22 17.23 - - - - Level 6........... 10.67 10.00 - 10.67 10.00 - - - - Level 7........... 14.65 13.37 - 14.65 13.37 - - - - Level 8........... 16.53 16.66 - 16.52 16.66 - - - - Level 9........... 18.98 19.05 - 19.33 19.41 - - - - Level 10.......... 21.00 21.16 - 21.00 21.16 - - - - Level 11.......... 21.38 21.47 19.92 21.38 21.47 19.92 - - - Level 12.......... 30.57 31.27 - 30.57 31.27 - - - - Level 13.......... 31.24 31.57 29.18 31.24 31.57 29.18 - - - Level 14.......... 35.51 41.23 - 35.51 41.23 - - - - Level 15.......... 48.72 49.30 - 48.72 49.30 - - - - Executives, managers and administrators....... 28.33 28.62 25.52 28.33 28.62 25.52 - - - Level 9........... 20.96 21.01 - 20.96 21.01 - - - - Level 10.......... 20.86 21.08 - 20.86 21.08 - - - - Level 11.......... 20.84 20.92 19.34 20.84 20.92 19.34 - - - Level 12.......... 30.54 31.01 24.84 30.54 31.01 24.84 - - - Level 13.......... 31.24 31.57 29.18 31.24 31.57 29.18 - - - Level 14.......... 35.51 41.23 - 35.51 41.23 - - - - Level 15.......... 48.72 49.30 - 48.72 49.30 - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C............ 31.72 31.80 - 31.72 31.80 - - - - Level 10.......... 19.80 19.80 - 19.80 19.80 - - - - Level 11.......... 22.33 22.31 - 22.33 22.31 - - - - Level 12.......... 32.38 32.38 - 32.38 32.38 - - - - Level 13.......... 34.07 34.07 - 34.07 34.07 - - - - Level 15.......... 54.03 54.00 - 54.03 54.00 - - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists...... 17.91 18.02 - 17.91 18.02 - - - - Sales occupations........... 14.06 14.08 11.00 16.26 16.29 - $6.21 $6.21 - Level 1........... 5.92 5.92 - - - - 6.10 6.10 - Level 2........... 6.17 6.16 - - - - 5.98 5.97 - Level 3........... 7.17 - - 8.48 - - 5.98 - - Level 4........... 7.61 7.59 - 8.32 8.30 - 6.25 6.25 - Level 5........... 10.41 - - 10.61 - - - - - Level 6........... 13.36 13.36 - 13.79 13.80 - - - - Level 7........... 15.34 15.36 - 15.76 15.79 - - - - Level 8........... 23.56 23.65 - 23.56 23.65 - - - - Level 9........... $15.26 $15.26 - $15.26 $15.26 - - - - Level 10.......... 24.08 - - 24.08 - - - - - Cashiers............ 6.65 6.58 - 7.72 7.56 - $6.11 $6.11 - Level 1........... 5.66 5.66 - - - - - - - Level 2........... 6.13 6.12 - - - - 5.97 5.95 - Level 3........... 7.89 7.96 - - - - 6.00 - - Administrative support including clerical occupations.............. 10.32 10.44 $10.03 10.40 10.59 $10.03 9.46 9.46 - Level 1........... 7.41 7.41 - 6.76 6.76 - - - - Level 2........... 8.36 8.30 - 8.49 8.42 - 7.62 7.62 - Level 3........... 9.08 - - 9.23 - - 7.44 - - Level 4........... 9.84 - - 9.94 - - 8.93 - - Level 5........... 11.06 11.06 11.07 11.15 11.13 11.31 - - - Level 6........... 11.68 11.36 - 11.46 11.03 - - - - Level 7........... 12.64 12.61 - 12.64 12.61 - - - - Not able to be leveled........ 9.25 9.25 - - - - - - - Secretaries......... 11.52 11.76 - 11.91 12.59 - - - - Level 4........... 9.90 - - 10.46 - - - - - Level 5........... 13.08 13.04 - 13.11 13.06 - - - - Level 7........... 14.34 - - 14.34 - - - - - Order clerks........ 9.77 9.77 - 10.58 10.58 - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks.. 10.68 10.65 11.19 10.35 10.30 11.19 12.02 12.02 - Level 3........... 10.26 - - 10.26 - - - - - Level 4........... 9.37 9.32 - 9.42 9.36 - - - - Level 5........... 11.47 11.47 - 11.68 11.68 - - - - General office clerks........... 9.92 9.86 9.96 10.05 10.19 9.96 7.89 7.83 - Level 2........... 7.77 7.77 - - - - - - - Level 3........... 9.34 9.50 9.22 9.43 9.76 9.22 - - - Level 4........... 10.22 9.57 10.37 10.26 9.73 10.37 - - - White-collar occupations excluding sales.......... 17.72 18.09 16.77 18.08 18.60 16.79 11.88 11.49 $15.69 Level 1........... 7.41 7.41 - 6.76 6.76 - - - - Level 2........... 8.37 8.30 - 8.47 8.42 - 7.62 7.62 - Level 3........... 9.09 8.82 9.31 9.24 9.14 9.31 7.44 7.42 - Level 4........... 9.85 9.67 10.27 9.96 9.79 10.29 8.87 8.89 - Level 5........... 12.88 13.00 11.82 12.99 13.07 12.22 11.33 11.82 - Level 6........... 12.01 11.71 13.38 11.98 11.66 13.36 12.23 - - Level 7........... 15.77 15.38 16.99 15.77 15.38 16.99 - - - Level 8........... 16.22 16.19 16.32 16.29 16.32 16.20 14.48 - - Level 9........... 20.00 20.98 18.86 19.93 20.89 18.86 21.65 - - Level 10.......... $22.47 $22.83 $19.02 $22.55 $22.90 $19.16 - - - Level 11.......... 22.55 22.19 24.08 22.75 22.42 24.08 - - - Level 12.......... 28.74 29.60 - 28.77 29.63 - - - - Level 13.......... 40.52 35.38 - 40.52 35.38 - - - - Level 14.......... 35.54 37.50 - 35.54 37.50 - - - - Level 15.......... 48.77 48.14 - 48.87 48.31 - - - - Not able to be leveled........ 11.58 11.61 - - - - $8.99 $8.99 - Blue-collar occupations....... 11.51 11.52 11.29 11.78 11.79 11.63 7.15 7.06 $8.29 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations... - - 13.06 - - 13.06 - - - Level 6........... 11.40 11.29 - 11.30 11.18 - - - - Level 7........... 14.35 14.66 - 14.35 14.66 - - - - Level 8........... 15.47 15.59 - 15.47 15.59 - - - - Level 9........... 15.97 15.97 - 15.97 15.97 - - - - Level 10.......... 18.38 18.38 - 18.38 18.38 - - - - Level 11.......... 15.56 18.00 - 15.56 18.00 - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors............... 10.27 10.24 - 10.39 10.36 - - - - Level 1........... 7.78 7.78 - 7.82 7.82 - - - - Level 2........... 10.21 10.21 - 10.21 10.21 - - - - Level 3........... 8.38 8.40 - 8.61 8.63 - - - - Level 4........... 10.09 10.09 - 10.09 10.09 - - - - Level 5........... 11.92 11.92 - 11.92 11.92 - - - - Level 6........... 13.96 13.77 - 13.96 13.77 - - - - Level 7........... 13.50 13.50 - 13.50 13.50 - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations....... 11.65 11.82 8.91 12.21 12.24 - 7.59 - 8.12 Level 2........... 7.62 7.61 - 8.00 8.00 - - - - Level 3........... 9.72 10.20 - 10.46 10.46 - - - - Level 4........... 10.82 10.74 - 10.73 10.62 - - - - Level 5........... 15.21 15.21 - 15.21 15.21 - - - - Truck drivers....... 13.93 13.93 - 13.97 13.97 - - - - Level 5........... 16.41 16.41 - 16.41 16.41 - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................. 7.98 7.91 8.79 8.33 8.29 8.75 6.81 6.78 - Level 1........... 6.88 6.85 - 7.13 7.10 - 6.29 6.29 - Level 2........... 7.81 7.73 - 7.97 7.84 - - - - Level 3........... 8.11 7.99 - 8.37 8.33 - 6.22 - - Level 4........... 8.54 8.53 - 8.93 8.92 - - - - Service occupations........... 7.51 6.84 9.65 8.24 7.46 9.74 5.94 5.92 6.66 Level 1........... 5.96 5.92 - 6.21 6.23 - 5.51 5.50 - Level 2........... 6.59 6.40 7.19 6.91 6.76 7.28 5.43 5.42 - Level 3........... $6.78 $6.73 $7.28 $7.56 $7.60 $7.34 $5.95 $5.94 - Level 4........... 6.50 6.06 9.35 7.29 6.74 9.53 5.24 5.17 - Level 5........... 9.18 9.13 - 9.09 9.02 - - - - Level 6........... 9.96 11.15 - 9.99 11.25 - - - - Level 7........... 11.19 - 11.20 11.29 - 11.20 - - - Level 8........... 11.66 - 13.13 11.66 - 13.13 - - - Level 9........... 16.49 - - 18.38 - - - - - Level 11.......... 19.80 - 19.80 19.80 - 19.80 - - - Protective service occupations.......... 10.99 7.74 13.33 12.04 - 13.42 7.16 - - Level 6........... 11.44 - 11.19 11.49 - 11.49 - - - Level 7........... 11.13 - 11.13 11.13 - 11.13 - - - Level 8........... 13.26 - 13.13 13.26 - 13.13 - - - Level 11.......... 19.80 - 19.80 19.80 - 19.80 - - - Guards and police except public service.......... 8.33 7.75 - 9.06 - - - - - Food service occupations.......... 5.66 5.60 - 6.07 6.07 - 5.15 5.15 - Level 1........... 5.60 5.54 - 5.70 5.65 - 5.45 5.45 - Level 2........... 5.83 5.83 - 6.07 6.07 - 5.36 5.36 - Level 3........... 5.76 5.66 - 7.21 7.40 - 4.75 4.75 - Level 4........... 4.62 4.44 - 5.25 4.86 - 4.17 4.17 - Health service occupations.......... 9.61 9.97 8.12 9.61 9.97 8.11 - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants....... 8.23 - - 8.23 - - - - - Cleaning and building service occupations.. 7.79 7.74 7.99 7.75 7.65 7.99 7.90 7.90 - Level 1........... 6.55 6.43 - 6.68 6.53 - - - - Level 2........... 7.60 - - 7.76 - - - - - Level 3........... 9.31 - - 8.78 - - - - - Janitors and cleaners......... 7.92 8.04 7.60 7.94 8.17 7.60 7.88 7.88 - Level 1........... 7.07 6.98 - 7.53 7.53 - - - - Level 2........... 7.69 - - - - - - - - Level 3........... 9.36 - - 8.72 - - - - - Personal services occupations.......... 7.26 7.13 7.64 7.86 7.85 - 5.94 - $6.40 Level 4........... 7.19 7.04 - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 2 Each occupation for which wage 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 ranking within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See technical note for more information. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 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. Table 6. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group and selected characteristic, all industries, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July - August 1996 Nonunion- Full-time Part-time Incen- Occupational group(2) Union(3) (3) workers(- workers(- Time(5) tive(5) 4) 4) All workers.................................. $12.79 $14.39 $14.98 $7.97 $14.18 $17.24 All workers excluding sales.............. 12.79 14.42 14.89 8.31 14.35 12.49 White-collar occupations................. 15.47 17.29 17.89 9.85 17.13 19.46 Professional specialty and technical occupations......................... - 21.88 22.15 15.66 21.80 - Professional specialty occupations... - 23.93 24.16 17.49 23.84 - Technical occupations................ - 16.68 17.10 12.30 16.79 - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations.............. - 23.12 23.08 - 23.19 - Sales occupations...................... - 14.06 16.26 6.21 10.61 19.99 Administrative support including clerical occupations................ 9.99 10.32 10.40 9.46 10.32 - White-collar excluding sales........... 15.47 17.77 18.08 11.88 17.74 16.58 Blue-collar occupations.................. 12.22 11.41 11.78 7.15 11.47 13.69 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations......................... 16.10 - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.......................... 10.66 10.11 10.39 - 10.30 - Transportation and material moving occupations......................... - 10.41 12.21 7.59 11.56 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers........................ 8.81 7.74 8.33 6.81 7.95 - Service occupations...................... - 7.46 8.24 5.94 7.60 5.14 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 3 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 4 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. 5 Time workers wages are based solely on hourly or weekly rates; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. Table 7. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group and selected characteristic, private industry, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July - August 1996 Nonunion- Full-time Part-time Incen- Occupational group(2) Union(3) (3) workers(- workers(- Time(5) tive(5) 4) 4) All workers.................................. $12.64 $14.19 $14.88 $7.75 $13.93 $17.24 All workers excluding sales.............. 12.64 14.20 14.77 8.07 14.13 12.49 White-collar occupations................. - 17.43 18.27 9.49 17.25 19.46 Professional specialty and technical occupations......................... - 21.92 22.31 15.50 21.87 - Professional specialty occupations... - 24.18 24.52 17.84 24.14 - Technical occupations................ - 17.14 17.75 12.06 17.29 - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations.............. - 23.40 23.40 - 23.56 - Sales occupations...................... - 14.08 16.29 6.21 10.60 19.99 Administrative support including clerical occupations................ - 10.45 10.59 9.46 10.45 - White-collar excluding sales........... - 18.12 18.60 11.49 18.11 16.58 Blue-collar occupations.................. 12.19 11.42 11.79 7.06 11.47 13.69 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations......................... 16.20 - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.......................... 10.54 10.12 10.36 - 10.27 - Transportation and material moving occupations......................... - 10.52 12.24 - 11.73 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers........................ 8.81 7.63 8.29 6.78 7.88 - Service occupations...................... - 6.82 7.46 5.92 6.92 5.14 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 3 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 4 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. 5 Time workers wages are based solely on hourly or weekly rates; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. Table 8. Hourly earnings(1) by occupational group by selected characteristics, State and local government, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July - August 1996 Nonunion- Full-time Part-time Occupational group(2) (3) workers(- workers(- Time(5) 4) 4) All workers.................................. $15.33 $15.39 $11.90 $15.29 White-collar occupations................... 16.83 16.78 15.32 16.75 Professional specialty and technical occupations........................... 21.81 21.83 16.31 21.66 Professional specialty occupations..... 23.49 23.58 16.53 23.34 Technical occupations.................. 15.24 15.18 - 15.18 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations........................... 20.97 20.71 - 20.66 Sales occupations........................ 11.00 - - 11.00 Administrative support including clerical occupations........................... 10.03 10.03 - 10.03 White-collar excluding sales............. 16.85 16.79 15.69 16.77 Blue-collar occupations.................... 11.14 11.63 8.29 11.29 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations........................... 13.06 13.06 - 13.06 Transportation and material moving occupations........................... 8.91 - 8.12 8.91 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.......................... 8.79 8.75 - 8.79 Service occupations........................ 9.55 9.74 6.66 9.65 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 3 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 4 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. 5 Time workers wages are based solely on hourly or weekly rates; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. Table 9. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group, private industry, all workers(2), Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July - August 1996 Goods-producing Service-producing industries(5) industries(4) Trans- Fin- Occupational group(3) All private port- Whole- ance, industries Con- Manu- ation sale in- Total struc- fac- Total and and sur- Serv- tion turing public retail ance, ices util- trade and ities real estate All workers........................ $14.10 $15.06 - $17.12 $13.47 $17.23 $9.68 $14.04 $14.53 All workers excluding sales.... 14.10 14.86 - 16.81 13.55 17.21 9.25 14.18 14.31 White-collar occupations....... 17.42 23.05 $14.48 23.86 15.77 19.43 11.53 14.22 17.06 Professional specialty and technical occupations..... 21.87 24.77 - 24.96 20.30 18.30 - 23.08 20.44 Professional specialty occupations............. 24.14 27.14 - 27.33 22.42 23.29 - 24.52 22.31 Technical occupations...... 17.29 19.42 - 19.41 16.28 - - - 17.02 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations 23.34 29.23 - 29.48 21.49 - 15.66 20.39 19.42 Sales occupations............ 14.08 23.16 - 25.10 12.92 17.40 10.77 - 18.51 Administrative support including clerical occupations............... 10.44 11.79 10.11 12.23 10.20 9.96 8.96 10.45 10.45 White-collar excluding sales. 18.09 23.04 14.61 23.75 16.45 19.68 12.67 14.38 16.94 Blue-collar occupations........ 11.52 11.73 - 10.83 11.04 13.41 10.07 - 10.05 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations.... - - - 13.16 14.26 14.71 14.27 - 13.89 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors 10.24 10.59 - 10.59 8.57 - - - 8.71 Transportation and material moving occupations........ 11.82 8.89 - 8.89 12.24 15.49 10.14 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.... 7.91 8.34 8.20 8.38 7.62 - 7.48 - 7.71 Service occupations............ 6.84 - - - 6.80 - 5.62 - 7.84 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 5 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. Table 10. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group, private industry, full-time workers only(2), Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July - August 1996 Goods-producing Service-producing industries(5) industries(4) Trans- Fin- Occupational group(3) All private port- Whole- ance, industries Con- Manu- ation sale in- Total struc- fac- Total and and sur- Serv- tion turing public retail ance, ices util- trade and ities real estate All workers........................ $14.88 $15.11 - $17.18 $14.71 $18.01 $11.29 $14.31 $15.49 All workers excluding sales.... 14.77 14.89 - 16.87 14.67 18.06 10.66 14.48 15.21 White-collar occupations....... 18.27 23.28 $15.16 23.98 16.63 19.92 13.04 14.45 17.78 Professional specialty and technical occupations..... 22.31 24.79 - 24.99 20.83 21.98 - 23.08 20.69 Professional specialty occupations............. 24.52 27.19 - 27.39 22.87 24.73 - 24.52 22.58 Technical occupations...... 17.75 19.42 - 19.41 16.84 - - - 17.20 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations 23.40 29.23 - 29.48 21.56 - 15.66 20.39 19.60 Sales occupations............ 16.29 24.29 - 25.10 15.03 17.40 13.04 - 20.12 Administrative support including clerical occupations............... 10.59 11.98 10.23 12.44 10.31 9.98 9.24 10.59 10.56 White-collar excluding sales. 18.60 23.19 14.82 23.89 16.95 20.25 13.05 14.63 17.58 Blue-collar occupations........ 11.79 11.75 - 10.85 11.90 14.25 11.02 - 10.70 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations.... - - - 13.20 14.30 14.71 14.38 - 13.89 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors 10.36 10.62 - 10.62 8.84 - - - 9.08 Transportation and material moving occupations........ 12.24 8.89 - 8.89 12.77 15.81 10.59 - 10.46 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.... 8.29 8.37 - 8.38 8.19 - 8.43 - 8.09 Service occupations............ 7.46 - - - 7.42 - 6.16 - 8.16 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 5 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. Table 11. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group, private industry, part-time workers only(2), Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July - August 1996 Service-producing industries(5) All pri- Goods- Trans- Fin- Occupational group(3) vate producing port- Whole- ance, industries indus- ation sale insur- Serv- tries(4) Total and and ance, ices public retail and util- trade real ities estate All workers........................ $7.75 $9.14 $7.71 $8.07 $5.73 $8.01 $9.87 All workers excluding sales.... 8.07 9.56 8.03 8.07 5.52 8.01 10.02 White-collar occupations....... 9.49 10.23 9.46 - 6.26 - 12.26 Professional specialty and technical occupations..... 15.50 - 15.25 - - - 17.86 Professional specialty occupations............. 17.84 - 17.58 - - - 19.37 Technical occupations...... 12.06 - 12.06 - - - 15.18 Sales occupations............ 6.21 - 6.16 - 6.17 - - Administrative support including clerical occupations............... 9.46 - 9.55 - - - 10.10 White-collar excluding sales. 11.49 - 11.49 - 6.98 - 12.72 Blue-collar occupations........ 7.06 - 7.06 - 6.07 - 7.33 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.... 6.78 - 6.80 - 5.81 - 6.98 Service occupations............ 5.92 - 5.92 - 5.16 - 7.10 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 5 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. Table 12. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group, private industry by establishment employment size, all workers(2), Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July - August 1996 100 workers or more Occupational group(3) All 1 - 99 workers workers 100 - 499 500 Total workers workers or more All workers............................. $14.10 $11.98 $16.52 $15.01 $17.85 All workers excluding sales......... 14.10 11.87 16.52 15.07 17.71 White-collar occupations............ 17.42 14.08 20.03 19.01 20.77 Professional specialty and technical occupations.......... 21.87 20.39 22.49 22.57 22.44 Professional specialty occupations.................. 24.14 22.89 24.58 23.92 25.04 Technical occupations........... 17.29 16.68 17.64 16.35 17.96 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations......... 23.34 16.60 26.88 30.35 25.23 Sales occupations................. 14.08 12.93 16.49 14.42 22.52 Administrative support including clerical occupations........... 10.44 10.11 10.81 10.63 10.99 White-collar excluding sales...... 18.09 14.48 20.41 19.96 20.69 Blue-collar occupations............. 11.52 11.51 11.53 10.86 12.30 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............. - - 14.62 13.54 15.84 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10.24 9.07 10.58 10.34 10.90 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 11.82 11.42 12.42 10.40 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.......... 7.91 7.56 8.23 7.08 8.92 Service occupations................. 6.84 6.49 7.57 6.82 8.82 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. Table 13. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group, private industry by establishment employment size, full-time workers(2) only, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July - August 1996 100 workers or more Occupational group(3) All 1 - 99 workers workers 100 - 499 500 Total workers workers or more All workers............................. $14.88 $12.71 $17.21 $15.78 $18.43 All workers excluding sales......... 14.77 12.44 17.17 15.76 18.30 White-collar occupations............ 18.27 15.00 20.53 19.63 21.16 Professional specialty and technical occupations.......... 22.31 21.78 22.50 22.47 22.51 Professional specialty occupations.................. 24.52 24.27 24.60 23.79 25.17 Technical occupations........... 17.75 17.88 17.69 16.39 18.02 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations......... 23.40 16.69 26.88 30.35 25.23 Sales occupations................. 16.29 15.35 17.94 16.04 22.52 Administrative support including clerical occupations........... 10.59 10.11 11.09 10.86 11.34 White-collar excluding sales...... 18.60 14.90 20.78 20.27 21.10 Blue-collar occupations............. 11.79 11.70 11.93 11.19 12.80 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............. - - 14.66 13.61 15.84 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10.36 9.18 10.70 10.34 11.24 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 12.24 11.54 13.45 11.46 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.......... 8.29 8.11 8.45 7.21 9.19 Service occupations................. 7.46 7.23 7.85 7.09 - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. Table 14. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group, private industry by establishment employment size, part-time workers(2) only, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July - August 1996 100 workers or more Occupational group(3) All 1 - 99 workers workers 100 - 499 500 Total workers workers or more All workers............................. $7.75 $7.46 $8.36 $7.67 $9.29 All workers excluding sales......... 8.07 7.80 8.55 7.88 9.29 White-collar occupations............ 9.49 9.21 10.22 9.60 10.93 Professional specialty and technical occupations.......... 15.50 13.65 21.88 - - Professional specialty occupations.................. 17.84 15.19 23.75 - - Technical occupations........... 12.06 11.92 - - - Sales occupations................. 6.21 6.11 6.61 6.61 - Administrative support including clerical occupations........... 9.46 10.11 8.48 7.89 8.83 White-collar excluding sales...... 11.49 11.50 11.46 12.34 10.93 Blue-collar occupations............. 7.06 6.53 7.42 6.81 7.93 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.......... 6.78 5.74 7.60 - - Service occupations................. 5.92 5.61 6.93 6.39 - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay--one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates, and one-fourth earn the same as or more than the higher rate. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. Table 15. Number of workers(1) studied by occupation, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July - August 1996 Full-time and part-time Full-time workers Part-time workers workers Occupation(2) State State State All Private and All Private and All Private and indus- indust- local indus- indust- local indus- indust- local tries ry govern- tries ry govern- tries ry govern- ment ment ment All workers............................. 526,150 436,124 90,026 437,144 353,805 83,338 89,006 82,319 6,687 All workers excluding sales........... 481,880 392,200 89,681 409,957 326,785 83,173 71,923 65,415 6,508 White-collar occupations.............. 290,921 221,303 69,618 248,822 183,151 65,671 42,099 38,151 3,947 Professional specialty and technical occupations...................... 101,064 65,413 35,651 90,213 57,851 32,362 10,851 7,562 3,289 Professional specialty occupations 71,826 42,924 28,902 64,593 38,660 25,934 7,233 4,265 2,968 Engineering occupations........ 11,839 10,414 - 11,676 10,252 - - - - Civil engineers............. 2,558 - - 2,558 - - - - - Electrical and electronic engineers................ 5,935 5,935 - 5,935 5,935 - - - - Industrial engineers........ 850 850 - 850 850 - - - - Engineers, N.E.C............ 1,023 895 - 861 - - - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists........... 10,580 10,307 - 10,477 10,204 - - - - Operations and systems researchers and analysts. 1,293 1,293 - 1,293 1,293 - - - - Chemists, except biochemists 535 518 - 535 518 - - - - Biological and life scientists............... 680 680 - 680 680 - - - - Registered nurses........... 5,738 - 3,022 3,536 - 1,999 2,202 - 1,023 Teachers........................ 22,009 2,077 19,932 19,881 1,313 18,568 - - - Teachers, except college and university................. 15,759 1,864 13,895 14,709 1,172 13,537 - - - Secondary school teachers... 1,822 - 1,822 1,822 - 1,822 - - - Vocational and educational counselors............... 1,082 - - 1,082 - - - - - Librarians.................. 2,218 - - 2,218 - - - - - Economists.................. 809 809 - 809 809 - - - - Social workers.............. 1,383 - 1,122 1,358 - 1,097 - - - Editors and reporters....... 1,265 1,265 - 1,071 1,071 - - - - Technical occupations............. 29,238 22,489 6,749 25,620 19,192 6,428 3,618 3,297 - Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.............. 2,986 1,556 - 2,448 - - - - - Licensed practical nurses... 2,557 - - - - - - - - Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C....... 2,779 - - 1,639 - - - - - Electrical and electronic technicians.............. 4,116 4,002 - 3,969 3,854 - - - - Drafters.................... 618 - - 618 - - - - - Chemical technicians........ 735 599 - 646 - - - - - Computer programmers........ 7,536 6,509 - 7,536 6,509 - - - - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C....... 2,366 - - 2,366 - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations........... 50,587 44,250 6,337 50,110 43,973 6,137 - - - Administrators and officials, public administration........... 423 - 423 423 - 423 - - - Financial managers.......... 4,105 2,954 - 4,105 2,954 - - - - Personnel and labor relations managers....... 1,767 1,747 - 1,767 1,747 - - - - Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations................ 2,217 2,132 - 2,217 2,132 - - - - Administrators, education and related fields....... 984 - - 984 - - - - - Managers, medicine and health................... 1,151 - - 1,151 - - - - - Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments... 1,430 1,430 - 1,430 1,430 - - - - Managers, service organizations, N.E.C..... 725 - - 725 - - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.................... 14,788 14,585 - 14,788 14,585 - - - - Accountants and auditors.... 3,852 3,630 222 3,557 3,353 - - - - Other financial officers.... 1,888 1,662 - 1,706 1,662 - - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.............. 3,016 1,848 - 3,016 1,848 - - - - Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C............ 709 - - 709 - - - - - Management related occupations, N.E.C....... 11,995 10,352 - 11,995 10,352 - - - - Sales occupations................... 44,270 43,925 345 27,187 27,021 - 17,083 16,904 - Supervisors, sales occupations.............. 1,490 1,450 - 1,490 1,450 - - - - Sales occupations, other business services........ 4,699 4,657 - 4,699 4,657 - - - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale............ 4,728 4,728 - 4,728 4,728 - - - - Sales workers, other commodities.............. 6,869 6,869 - 4,949 4,949 - 1,920 1,920 - Sales counter clerks........ 3,090 3,090 - 1,947 1,947 - - - - Cashiers.................... 10,241 9,978 - 2,053 1,970 - 8,188 8,009 - Administrative support including clerical occupations............. 94,999 67,715 27,284 81,312 54,306 27,006 13,687 13,409 - Supervisors, general office. 2,210 2,210 - 1,517 1,517 - - - - Computer operators.......... 1,182 - - 1,182 - - - - - Secretaries................. 8,329 4,998 - 6,823 3,491 - - - - Typists..................... 2,313 1,286 - - - - - - - Receptionists............... 3,847 3,589 - 3,112 2,853 - - - - Order clerks................ 1,143 1,143 - 794 794 - - - - Records clerks, N.E.C....... 3,425 1,633 1,792 2,927 1,388 - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks.......... 9,432 9,046 386 6,336 5,950 386 3,096 3,096 - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks......... 1,465 1,465 - 1,465 1,465 - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.. 2,766 2,699 - 2,493 2,426 - - - - Investigators and adjusters except insurance......... 4,082 3,954 - 3,836 3,709 - - - - General office clerks....... 20,302 8,943 11,359 18,577 7,244 11,333 1,725 1,699 - Data entry keyers........... 5,621 1,378 - 5,334 1,091 - - - - Administrative support occupations, N.E.C....... 6,827 6,645 - 6,684 6,503 - - - - White-collar occupations excluding sales............................ 246,651 177,378 69,273 221,636 156,131 65,505 25,015 21,248 3,768 Blue-collar occupations............... 171,211 162,966 8,245 153,538 147,278 6,260 17,673 15,688 1,985 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... - - 3,758 - - 3,758 - - - Supervisors, mechanics and repairers................ 2,458 1,431 - 2,458 1,431 - - - - Automobile mechanics........ 1,287 - - 983 - - - - - Industrial machinery repairers................ 1,511 1,511 - 1,511 1,511 - - - - Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics................ 4,073 2,060 - 4,073 2,060 - - - - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.................... 2,209 2,044 - 2,209 2,044 - - - - Carpenters.................. 3,292 3,292 - 3,292 3,292 - - - - Supervisors, production occupations.............. 2,155 2,155 - 2,155 2,155 - - - - Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers..... 3,255 3,255 - 3,255 3,255 - - - - Inspectors, testers, and graders.................. 931 931 - 931 931 - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................... 27,836 27,564 - 26,074 25,802 - - - - Packaging and filling machine operators........ 5,254 5,254 - 4,763 4,763 - - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C......... 4,154 4,154 - 3,948 3,948 - - - - Assemblers.................. 4,990 4,990 - 4,486 4,486 - - - - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners... 870 870 - 870 870 - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18,785 16,648 2,136 13,983 13,715 - 4,802 - 1,869 Truck drivers............... 8,587 8,587 - 8,355 8,355 - - - - Driver-sales workers........ 2,173 2,173 - 1,279 1,279 - - - - Bus drivers................. 2,975 - 1,914 - - - 2,184 - 1,869 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators...... 1,151 1,151 - 1,151 1,151 - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............ 31,304 29,225 2,079 20,977 19,015 1,962 10,327 10,211 - Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.............. 2,561 - - 2,324 - - - - - Helpers, construction trades 1,081 - - - - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.. 4,393 4,135 - 3,000 2,742 - 1,393 1,393 - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C.......... 5,661 5,661 - 2,392 2,392 - - - - Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners....... - - - 934 - - - - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C...... 8,029 7,897 - 4,514 4,422 - 3,515 3,474 - Service occupations................... 64,018 51,855 12,163 34,784 23,376 11,408 29,235 28,480 755 Protective service occupations 9,647 5,187 4,460 6,050 - 4,318 3,597 - - Supervisors, police and detectives............... 234 - 234 234 - 234 - - - Police and detectives, public service........... 1,445 - 1,445 1,402 - 1,402 - - - Guards and police except public service........... 6,130 5,065 - 2,676 - - - - - Food service occupations....... 30,480 27,822 - 12,316 9,658 - 18,164 18,164 - Waiters and waitresses...... 6,432 6,432 - - - - 5,249 5,249 - Cooks....................... 2,577 2,538 - 1,874 1,834 - - - - Food counter, fountain, and related occupations...... 2,846 2,846 - - - - 1,836 1,836 - Kitchen workers, food preparation.............. 3,397 2,850 - 1,963 - - 1,434 1,434 - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C....... 12,624 10,553 - 5,090 3,019 - 7,534 7,534 - Health service occupations.... 4,922 3,905 1,017 4,790 3,905 884 - - - Health aides except nursing. 3,056 2,858 - 2,923 2,858 - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants............... 1,524 - - 1,524 - - - - - Cleaning and building service occupations.................. 11,476 9,211 2,265 7,268 5,052 2,217 4,207 4,159 - Maids and housemen.......... 1,935 1,935 - 1,813 1,813 - - - - Janitors and cleaners....... 8,811 6,776 2,034 4,997 2,962 2,034 3,814 3,814 - Personal services occupations. 7,494 5,730 1,763 4,360 3,029 - 3,134 - 432 Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities.... 773 - 426 - - - 660 - 314 Welfare service aides....... 3,455 3,262 - 981 - - 2,474 - - 1 Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 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 establishment, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. Table 16. Numbers of workers(1) by occupational group and level(2), Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July - August 1996 Full-time and part-time Full-time workers Part-time workers workers Occupational group(3) and level All State and All State and All State and indus- Private local indus- Private local indus- Private local tries industry govern- tries industry govern- tries industry govern- ment ment ment White-collar occupations...... 290,921 221,303 69,618 248,822 183,151 65,671 42,099 38,151 3,947 Professional specialty and technical occupations.... 101,064 65,413 35,651 90,213 57,851 32,362 10,851 7,562 3,289 Professional specialty occupations............ 71,826 42,924 28,902 64,593 38,660 25,934 7,233 4,265 2,968 Level 5........... 1,997 1,542 455 1,404 1,153 - - - - Level 6........... 4,206 3,615 - 2,735 2,327 - - - - Level 7........... 6,170 3,441 2,729 6,170 3,441 2,729 - - - Level 8........... 7,351 4,546 2,805 5,158 3,822 1,336 2,193 - - Level 9........... 20,520 6,513 14,007 18,697 5,319 13,379 1,822 - - Level 10.......... 3,200 2,482 719 3,065 2,411 654 - - - Level 11.......... 9,904 6,925 - 9,904 6,925 - - - - Level 12.......... 8,154 6,142 - 7,992 5,980 - - - - Level 13.......... 4,722 3,544 - 4,722 3,544 - - - - Engineering occupations. 11,839 10,414 - 11,676 10,252 - - - - Level 7........... 2,401 - - 2,401 - - - - - Level 9........... 2,549 2,549 - 2,549 2,549 - - - - Level 11.......... 1,605 1,587 - 1,605 1,587 - - - - Level 12.......... 1,418 1,418 - 1,256 1,256 - - - - Electrical and electronic engineers........ 5,935 5,935 - 5,935 5,935 - - - - Registered nurses... 5,738 - 3,022 3,536 - 1,999 2,202 - 1,023 Level 9........... 2,548 - - - - - - - - Natural scientists...... 12,417 12,145 - 12,314 12,041 - - - - Level 10.......... 1,223 1,223 - 1,223 1,223 - - - - Level 11.......... 2,299 2,149 - 2,299 2,149 - - - - Level 12.......... 1,806 1,806 - 1,806 1,806 - - - - Level 13.......... 2,392 2,392 - 2,392 2,392 - - - - Teachers................ 22,009 2,077 19,932 19,881 1,313 18,568 - - - Level 8........... 2,013 - 2,013 1,007 - 1,007 - - - Teachers, except college and university......... 15,759 1,864 13,895 14,709 1,172 13,537 - - - Level 8........... 1,007 - 1,007 1,007 - 1,007 - - - Technical occupations..... 29,238 22,489 6,749 25,620 19,192 6,428 3,618 3,297 - Level 4........... 1,597 1,338 - 1,077 818 - - - - Level 5........... 4,256 3,656 - 3,342 2,850 - - - - Level 6........... 3,546 3,297 - 2,679 2,537 - - - - Level 7........... 4,938 3,997 942 4,938 3,997 942 - - - Level 8........... 4,898 3,371 - 4,371 2,844 - - - - Level 9........... 6,294 4,385 - 6,187 4,385 - - - - Electrical and electronic technicians...... 4,116 4,002 - 3,969 3,854 - - - - Level 7........... 1,174 - - 1,174 - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations.............. 50,587 44,250 6,337 50,110 43,973 6,137 - - - Level 5........... 2,656 2,615 - 2,656 2,615 - - - - Level 6........... 2,011 1,762 - 2,011 1,762 - - - - Level 7........... 3,899 2,625 - 3,899 2,625 - - - - Level 8........... 10,203 8,495 - 10,020 8,495 - - - - Level 9........... 5,833 5,632 - 5,538 5,355 - - - - Level 10.......... 3,333 3,149 - 3,333 3,149 - - - - Level 11.......... 6,953 6,496 457 6,953 6,496 457 - - - Level 12.......... 7,305 6,586 - 7,305 6,586 - - - - Level 13.......... 2,370 2,045 325 2,370 2,045 325 - - - Level 14.......... 2,368 1,324 - 2,368 1,324 - - - - Level 15.......... 3,155 3,020 - 3,155 3,020 - - - - Executives, managers and administrators....... 27,626 24,978 2,648 27,626 24,978 2,648 - - - Level 9........... 2,212 2,169 - 2,212 2,169 - - - - Level 10.......... 2,331 2,146 - 2,331 2,146 - - - - Level 11.......... 5,876 5,566 309 5,876 5,566 309 - - - Level 12.......... 6,407 5,907 500 6,407 5,907 500 - - - Level 13.......... 2,370 2,045 325 2,370 2,045 325 - - - Level 14.......... 2,368 1,324 - 2,368 1,324 - - - - Level 15.......... 3,155 3,020 - 3,155 3,020 - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C............ 14,788 14,585 - 14,788 14,585 - - - - Level 10.......... 823 823 - 823 823 - - - - Level 11.......... 2,050 1,909 - 2,050 1,909 - - - - Level 12.......... 4,045 4,045 - 4,045 4,045 - - - - Level 13.......... 1,063 1,063 - 1,063 1,063 - - - - Level 15.......... 1,900 1,880 - 1,900 1,880 - - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists...... 3,016 1,848 - 3,016 1,848 - - - - Sales occupations........... 44,270 43,925 345 27,187 27,021 - 17,083 16,904 - Level 1........... 3,082 3,082 - - - - 2,068 2,068 - Level 2........... 5,001 4,955 - - - - 4,577 4,532 - Level 3........... 8,276 - - 2,212 - - 6,065 - - Level 4........... 6,151 6,109 - 2,879 2,837 - 3,272 3,272 - Level 5........... 4,435 - - 4,085 - - - - - Level 6........... 2,736 2,694 - 2,239 2,197 - - - - Level 7........... 3,317 3,298 - 3,062 3,043 - - - - Level 8........... 1,834 1,813 - 1,834 1,813 - - - - Level 9........... 3,323 3,323 - 3,323 3,323 - - - - Level 10.......... 4,455 - - 4,455 - - - - - Cashiers............ 10,241 9,978 - 2,053 1,970 - 8,188 8,009 - Level 1........... 2,206 2,206 - - - - - - - Level 2........... 4,007 3,961 - - - - 3,693 3,648 - Level 3........... 2,958 2,824 - - - - 2,372 - - Administrative support including clerical occupations.............. 94,999 67,715 27,284 81,312 54,306 27,006 13,687 13,409 - Level 1........... 2,094 2,094 - 1,431 1,431 - - - - Level 2........... 3,526 3,419 - 2,777 2,670 - 749 749 - Level 3........... 30,065 - - 25,762 - - 4,303 - - Level 4........... 25,315 - - 21,498 - - 3,817 - - Level 5........... 10,408 9,492 915 9,741 8,994 747 - - - Level 6........... 11,937 9,229 - 10,526 7,843 - - - - Level 7........... 5,974 5,798 - 5,974 5,798 - - - - Not able to be leveled........ 1,447 1,447 - - - - - - - Secretaries......... 8,329 4,998 - 6,823 3,491 - - - - Level 4........... 2,957 - - 1,940 - - - - - Level 5........... 1,692 1,531 - 1,646 1,486 - - - - Level 7........... 781 - - 781 - - - - - Order clerks........ 1,143 1,143 - 794 794 - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks.. 9,432 9,046 386 6,336 5,950 386 3,096 3,096 - Level 3........... 720 - - 720 - - - - - Level 4........... 3,582 3,396 - 2,667 2,481 - - - - Level 5........... 1,469 1,469 - 1,262 1,262 - - - - General office clerks........... 20,302 8,943 11,359 18,577 7,244 11,333 1,725 1,699 - Level 2........... 1,154 1,154 - - - - - - - Level 3........... 9,196 3,807 5,389 8,752 3,363 5,389 - - - Level 4........... 6,103 1,321 4,782 5,692 910 4,782 - - - White-collar occupations excluding sales.......... 246,651 177,378 69,273 221,636 156,131 65,505 25,015 21,248 3,768 Level 1........... 2,094 2,094 - 1,431 1,431 - - - - Level 2........... 4,532 3,419 - 3,783 2,670 - 749 749 - Level 3........... 30,323 14,424 15,899 26,021 10,206 15,815 4,303 4,219 - Level 4........... 27,893 19,729 8,164 23,260 15,392 7,868 4,633 4,338 - Level 5........... 19,316 17,305 2,011 17,144 15,612 1,532 2,172 1,693 - Level 6........... 21,700 17,902 3,798 17,951 14,468 3,483 3,749 - - Level 7........... 20,981 15,861 5,121 20,981 15,861 5,121 - - - Level 8........... 24,082 17,916 6,167 21,180 16,665 4,515 2,902 - - Level 9........... 33,681 17,564 16,116 31,456 16,093 15,363 2,224 - - Level 10.......... 9,534 8,631 903 8,715 7,877 838 - - - Level 11.......... 17,765 14,329 3,436 17,072 13,636 3,436 - - - Level 12.......... 15,563 12,831 - 15,401 12,669 - - - - Level 13.......... 7,092 5,589 - 7,092 5,589 - - - - Level 14.......... 4,919 3,874 - 4,919 3,874 - - - - Level 15.......... 4,775 3,609 - 4,592 3,451 - - - - Not able to be leveled........ 2,400 2,301 - - - - 1,761 1,662 - Blue-collar occupations....... 171,211 162,966 8,245 153,538 147,278 6,260 17,673 15,688 1,985 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations... - - 3,758 - - 3,758 - - - Level 6........... 4,947 4,810 - 4,643 4,506 - - - - Level 7........... 11,281 9,200 - 11,281 9,200 - - - - Level 8........... 3,582 3,376 - 3,582 3,376 - - - - Level 9........... 3,446 3,446 - 3,446 3,446 - - - - Level 10.......... 1,559 1,500 - 1,559 1,500 - - - - Level 11.......... 1,897 870 - 1,897 870 - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors............... 27,836 27,564 - 26,074 25,802 - - - - Level 1........... 3,179 3,179 - 2,956 2,956 - - - - Level 2........... 4,151 4,151 - 4,151 4,151 - - - - Level 3........... 4,240 4,185 - 3,205 3,149 - - - - Level 4........... 8,155 8,155 - 8,155 8,155 - - - - Level 5........... 4,845 4,845 - 4,845 4,845 - - - - Level 6........... 1,114 898 - 1,114 898 - - - - Level 7........... 1,035 1,035 - 1,035 1,035 - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations....... 18,785 16,648 2,136 13,983 13,715 - 4,802 - 1,869 Level 2........... 3,224 2,992 - 2,413 2,413 - - - - Level 3........... 3,817 2,226 - 1,911 1,911 - - - - Level 4........... 2,195 1,989 - 1,917 1,757 - - - - Level 5........... 4,344 4,344 - 4,344 4,344 - - - - Truck drivers....... 8,587 8,587 - 8,355 8,355 - - - - Level 5........... 3,263 3,263 - 3,263 3,263 - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................. 31,304 29,225 2,079 20,977 19,015 1,962 10,327 10,211 - Level 1........... 9,359 9,242 - 5,109 4,991 - 4,251 4,251 - Level 2........... 8,066 7,527 - 3,924 3,426 - - - - Level 3........... 7,272 5,984 - 6,076 4,864 - 1,196 - - Level 4........... 3,800 3,736 - 3,264 3,199 - - - - Service occupations........... 64,018 51,855 12,163 34,784 23,376 11,408 29,235 28,480 755 Level 1........... 19,627 16,927 - 9,793 7,193 - 9,835 9,734 - Level 2........... 8,384 6,703 1,681 5,488 3,947 1,541 2,896 2,756 - Level 3........... 14,163 13,078 1,085 5,382 4,411 972 8,781 8,668 - Level 4........... 9,664 8,627 1,037 4,363 3,551 812 5,301 5,076 - Level 5........... 2,070 1,969 - 1,528 1,427 - - - - Level 6........... 3,399 1,698 - 2,850 1,325 - - - - Level 7........... 3,169 - 2,288 2,976 - 2,288 - - - Level 8........... 1,135 - 439 1,135 - 439 - - - Level 9........... 1,030 - - 881 - - - - - Level 11.......... 294 - 294 294 - 294 - - - Protective service occupations.......... 9,647 5,187 4,460 6,050 - 4,318 3,597 - - Level 6........... 635 - 485 443 - 443 - - - Level 7........... 2,080 - 2,080 2,080 - 2,080 - - - Level 8........... 728 - 439 728 - 439 - - - Level 11.......... 294 - 294 294 - 294 - - - Guards and police except public service.......... 6,130 5,065 - 2,676 - - - - - Food service occupations.......... 30,480 27,822 - 12,316 9,658 - 18,164 18,164 - Level 1........... 12,624 10,612 - 5,638 3,625 - 6,987 6,987 - Level 2........... 4,797 4,797 - 2,422 2,422 - 2,375 2,375 - Level 3........... 7,060 6,522 - 1,950 1,412 - 5,110 5,110 - Level 4........... 4,348 4,241 - 1,231 1,123 - 3,117 3,117 - Health service occupations.......... 4,922 3,905 1,017 4,790 3,905 884 - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants....... 1,524 - - 1,524 - - - - - Cleaning and building service occupations.. 11,476 9,211 2,265 7,268 5,052 2,217 4,207 4,159 - Level 1........... 5,100 4,604 - 3,377 2,881 - - - - Level 2........... 2,531 - - 2,150 - - - - - Level 3........... 1,579 - - 837 - - - - - Janitors and cleaners......... 8,811 6,776 2,034 4,997 2,962 2,034 3,814 3,814 - Level 1........... 3,583 3,087 - 1,981 1,486 - - - - Level 2........... 2,392 - - - - - - - - Level 3........... 1,389 - - 696 - - - - - Personal services occupations.......... 7,494 5,730 1,763 4,360 3,029 - 3,134 - 432 Level 4........... 2,409 2,178 - - - - - - - 1 Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 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 establishment, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Each occupation for which wage 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 ranking within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See technical note for more information. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. Table 17. Number of workers(1) by occupational group and selected characteristic, all industries, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July - August 1996 Occupational group(2) Union(3) Nonunion- Full-time Part-time Time(4) Incen- (3) workers workers tive(4) All workers............................. 26,942 499,208 437,144 89,006 504,966 21,184 All workers excluding sales......... 26,942 454,938 409,957 71,923 473,842 8,038 White-collar occupations............ 4,709 286,212 248,822 42,099 275,361 15,560 Professional specialty and technical occupations.......... - 98,529 90,213 10,851 101,064 - Professional specialty occupations.................. - 70,703 64,593 7,233 71,826 - Technical occupations........... - 27,826 25,620 3,618 29,238 - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations......... - 49,906 50,110 - 48,753 - Sales occupations................. - 44,270 27,187 17,083 31,124 13,146 Administrative support including clerical occupations........... 1,493 93,506 81,312 13,687 94,419 - White-collar excluding sales...... 4,709 241,942 221,636 25,015 244,236 2,415 Blue-collar occupations............. 21,595 149,616 153,538 17,673 168,019 3,192 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............. 4,409 - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7,608 20,229 26,074 - 27,677 - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... - 16,205 13,983 4,802 17,602 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.......... 6,999 24,305 20,977 10,327 30,962 - Service occupations................. - 63,380 34,784 29,235 61,586 2,432 1 Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 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 establishment, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational 'groups. 3 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 4 Time workers wages are based solely on hourly or weekly rates; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. Table 18. Number of workers(1) by occupational group, private industry, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July - August 1996 Goods-producing Service-producing industries(4) industries(3) All pri- Trans- Fin- Occupational group(2) vate port- Whole- ance, industries Con- Manu- ation sale insur- Serv- Total struc- fac- Total and and ance, ices tion turing public retail and util- trade real ities estate All workers........................ 436,124 156,879 - 87,697 279,245 39,379 91,361 28,623 119,883 All workers excluding sales.... 392,200 152,851 - 84,486 239,348 36,762 62,708 26,511 113,367 White-collar occupations....... 221,303 46,326 4,067 42,258 174,977 24,363 41,945 27,576 81,093 Professional specialty and technical occupations..... 65,413 22,319 - 21,328 43,095 3,872 - 1,807 36,468 Professional specialty occupations............. 42,924 15,555 - 15,023 27,370 2,201 - 1,319 23,148 Technical occupations...... 22,489 6,764 - 6,305 15,725 - - - 13,321 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations 44,250 10,433 - 10,068 33,817 - 5,805 7,338 11,106 Sales occupations............ 43,925 4,028 - 3,211 39,897 2,617 28,653 - 6,515 Administrative support including clerical occupations............... 67,715 9,547 1,895 7,651 58,168 8,306 6,539 16,319 27,003 White-collar excluding sales. 177,378 42,298 3,250 39,048 135,080 21,747 13,292 25,464 74,577 Blue-collar occupations........ 162,966 109,889 - 44,775 53,077 15,015 23,107 - 14,521 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations.... - - - 12,341 14,481 5,085 5,746 - 3,286 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors 27,564 22,507 - 22,507 5,057 - - - 3,925 Transportation and material moving occupations........ 16,648 1,906 - 1,906 14,742 5,634 5,649 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.... 29,225 10,429 2,408 8,021 18,796 - 10,865 - 3,919 Service occupations............ 51,855 - - - 51,191 - 26,309 - 24,269 1 Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 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 establishment, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 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. Table 19. Number of workers(1) by occupational group, private industry by establishment employment size, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July - August 1996 100 workers or more Occupational group(2) All 1 - 99 workers workers 100 - 499 500 Total workers workers or more All workers............................. 436,124 239,744 196,381 94,308 102,073 All workers excluding sales......... 392,200 208,552 183,648 84,435 99,213 White-collar occupations............ 221,303 102,598 118,705 50,783 67,922 Professional specialty and technical occupations.......... 65,413 20,044 45,369 15,673 29,696 Professional specialty occupations.................. 42,924 11,090 31,835 12,885 18,950 Technical occupations........... 22,489 8,954 13,535 2,789 10,746 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations......... 44,250 15,077 29,174 9,072 20,102 Sales occupations................. 43,925 31,192 12,733 9,873 2,860 Administrative support including clerical occupations........... 67,715 36,286 31,429 16,166 15,263 White-collar excluding sales...... 177,378 71,406 105,972 40,911 65,061 Blue-collar occupations............. 162,966 100,341 62,625 33,241 29,384 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............. - - 18,798 10,032 8,766 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 27,564 6,346 21,218 12,127 9,091 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 16,648 9,486 7,162 5,237 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.......... 29,225 13,778 15,448 5,846 9,601 Service occupations................. 51,855 36,805 15,051 10,283 4,767 1 Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 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 establishment, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. Table A1. Number of establishments studied by industry group and employment size, and number represented by industry group, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July - August 1996 Number of establishments studied Number of establish- Industry 100 workers or more ments rep- Fewer than resented by All workers 100 workers survey Total 100 - 499 500 workers workers or more All industries.......................... 286 165 121 71 50 22,812 Private Industry...................... 248 157 91 61 30 22,731 Goods-producing industries.......... 61 21 40 26 14 5,675 Manufacturing..................... 48 8 40 26 14 499 Construction...................... 13 13 - - - 5,177 Service-producing industries........ 187 136 51 35 16 17,056 Tranportation and public utilities 16 11 5 2 3 682 Wholesale and retail trade........ 81 68 13 12 1 7,766 Finance, insurance and real estate 17 11 6 3 3 1,179 Services.......................... 73 46 27 18 9 7,429 State and Local government............ 38 8 30 10 20 81 Table A2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, all workers(2), Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, July - August 1996 All State and Occupation(3) indus- Private local tries industry govern- ment All workers............................. 3.1% 3.5% 6.6% All workers excluding sales........... 3.2 3.6 6.7 White-collar occupations.............. 3.3 3.6 7.4 Professional specialty and technical occupations...................... 4.2 4.2 - Professional specialty occupations 4.9 4.8 - Engineering occupations........ 3.7 3.3 - Computer systems analysts and scientists........... 7.8 7.8 - Technical occupations............. 5.8 6.5 - Electrical and electronic technicians.............. 5.7 5.8 - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations........... 4.3 4.6 8.0 Financial managers.......... 10.4 - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.................... 6.3 6.4 - Management related occupations, N.E.C....... 6.4 7.3 - Sales occupations................... 9.3 9.3 - Supervisors, sales occupations.............. 22.5 22.9 - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale............ 14.2 14.2 - Sales workers, other commodities.............. 21.2 21.2 - Cashiers.................... 6.4 6.6 - Administrative support including clerical occupations............. 1.6 2.1 1.8 Secretaries................. 3.5 4.9 - Receptionists............... 3.2 3.4 - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks.......... 5.2 5.5 - Stock and inventory clerks.. 3.8 - - Investigators and adjusters except insurance......... 5.1 5.2 - General office clerks....... 2.9 5.9 - Administrative support occupations, N.E.C....... 3.3 3.3 - White-collar occupations excluding sales............................ 3.4 3.7 7.4 Blue-collar occupations............... 3.7 3.9 - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.................... 4.9 5.2 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................... 3.4 3.4 - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C......... 8.6% 8.6% - Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.1 7.4 - Truck drivers............... 7.6 7.6 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............ 2.9 3.1 - Stock handlers and baggers.. 5.6 5.9 - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C.......... 3.6 3.6 - Laborers except construction, N.E.C...... 5.4 5.5 - Service occupations................... 3.2% 3.6% 7.9% Protective service occupations 8.7 - 7.2 Food service occupations....... 3.3 3.7 - Waiters and waitresses...... 11.4 11.4 - Kitchen workers, food preparation.............. 5.8 7.1 - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C....... 4.0 5.0 - Cleaning and building service occupations.................. 5.0 6.2 - Janitors and cleaners....... 4.5 5.9 - Personal services occupations. 6.5 - - 1 The relative standard error is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. See the technical note for a complete listing of occupations.