NC BL 04/00/2001 Table: Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, Bulletin 3105-45, July 2000 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2000 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $16.90 2.9 34.9 $15.27 2.9 34.6 $21.90 4.8 35.7 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 19.24 4.2 34.3 16.69 4.3 33.9 24.92 5.3 35.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.58 4.9 34.0 21.34 3.8 33.3 33.00 6.0 34.8 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.42 5.3 37.8 29.00 6.4 38.5 23.89 9.0 36.3 Sales............................................................. 12.94 9.9 31.7 12.71 10.3 31.4 - - - Administrative support............................................ 12.36 3.2 34.7 11.83 3.6 34.4 13.74 5.7 35.5 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.80 2.9 37.8 15.93 3.2 37.8 14.53 3.4 37.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.72 3.3 39.6 20.33 3.6 39.6 15.30 5.5 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 15.20 4.4 39.2 15.16 4.4 39.2 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 14.15 6.7 34.1 14.08 8.3 34.3 14.46 2.3 33.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 11.48 5.7 35.3 11.28 6.5 34.9 12.74 8.8 38.1 Service occupations(5).............................................. 11.15 5.6 31.3 8.14 4.5 29.3 16.81 5.4 36.1 Full time........................................................... 18.19 3.0 39.1 16.52 2.9 39.4 22.80 5.3 38.3 Part time........................................................... 9.36 3.5 21.3 9.15 3.9 21.6 10.85 7.5 19.6 Union............................................................... 18.93 3.7 35.8 16.11 3.7 35.1 22.33 4.9 36.7 Nonunion............................................................ 14.91 3.9 34.0 14.80 4.1 34.3 17.47 13.7 28.1 Time................................................................ 16.93 3.0 35.0 15.25 2.9 34.7 21.90 4.8 35.7 Incentive........................................................... 15.85 14.5 31.1 15.85 14.5 31.1 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 13.36 7.2 34.2 13.35 7.3 34.2 - - - 100-499 workers..................................................... 14.54 4.3 34.6 13.97 4.5 34.5 19.18 6.2 35.3 500 workers or more................................................. 20.47 3.7 35.4 18.66 3.8 35.0 22.57 5.7 35.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUS- TRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2000 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $16.90 2.9 $15.27 2.9 $21.90 4.8 All excluding sales............................................... 17.18 3.0 15.51 2.9 21.95 4.8 White collar........................................................ 19.24 4.2 16.69 4.3 24.92 5.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.17 4.0 17.55 4.2 25.04 5.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.58 4.9 21.34 3.8 33.00 6.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.31 4.8 23.80 3.5 34.63 5.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.13 4.6 28.57 4.8 - - Industrial engineers........................................ 25.04 9.0 25.04 9.0 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 30.81 6.7 30.81 6.7 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 26.76 4.0 - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 22.76 4.3 22.05 4.9 24.55 9.1 Registered nurses........................................... 19.77 1.8 19.86 1.9 19.47 4.4 Pharmacists................................................. 32.75 6.2 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 48.30 11.6 - - 53.16 7.2 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 31.00 12.7 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 32.93 5.8 18.97 12.0 34.75 5.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 33.46 9.7 € € 37.26 7.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 33.64 6.3 € € 34.95 6.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.97 6.0 - - 19.23 4.2 Social workers.............................................. 17.86 8.9 € € € € Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 21.51 12.6 20.86 13.7 - - Technical....................................................... 15.85 5.4 15.29 5.9 17.91 10.2 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 15.98 2.9 16.27 2.9 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.86 4.6 12.59 5.6 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.05 7.7 12.92 8.7 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.42 5.3 29.00 6.4 23.89 9.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.43 6.0 32.69 6.6 27.68 13.2 Financial managers.......................................... 38.84 16.6 38.84 16.6 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 30.86 6.2 30.86 6.2 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 30.54 9.4 € € 32.95 7.4 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 34.91 5.1 34.91 5.1 € € Management related............................................ 21.69 6.2 22.52 8.8 20.40 8.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.89 7.1 21.02 7.8 € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 20.74 8.9 € € € € Sales............................................................. 12.94 9.9 12.71 10.3 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 14.98 15.7 14.98 15.7 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 7.82 8.0 7.82 8.0 € € Cashiers.................................................... $7.91 9.6 $7.35 8.7 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.36 3.2 11.83 3.6 $13.74 5.7 Computer operators.......................................... 16.87 6.3 € € € € Secretaries................................................. 14.06 3.7 13.29 5.1 15.32 3.6 Typists..................................................... 12.73 4.5 € € 13.18 5.7 Receptionists............................................... 9.04 3.3 9.04 3.3 € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 10.13 6.1 9.66 4.1 € € Library clerks.............................................. 12.60 8.6 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.13 5.2 11.13 5.2 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.91 5.9 13.91 9.5 13.91 1.7 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.31 10.7 12.31 10.7 € € General office clerks....................................... 12.17 4.1 12.36 9.2 12.05 3.5 Data entry keyers........................................... 10.77 6.9 € € € € Teachers' aides............................................. 9.13 7.3 € € 9.32 8.3 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 9.60 6.3 9.55 6.8 € € Blue collar......................................................... 15.80 2.9 15.93 3.2 14.53 3.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.72 3.3 20.33 3.6 15.30 5.5 Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.07 11.6 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.14 7.1 20.14 7.1 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.30 8.8 20.45 7.7 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 22.85 5.3 22.85 5.3 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.20 4.4 15.16 4.4 - - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 11.60 7.1 11.60 7.1 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.91 7.3 13.40 7.7 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 16.74 11.3 16.74 11.3 € € Assemblers.................................................. 15.75 7.3 15.75 7.3 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.22 15.0 14.22 15.0 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 14.15 6.7 14.08 8.3 14.46 2.3 Truck drivers............................................... 13.40 7.1 13.31 8.8 € € Bus drivers................................................. 10.55 8.1 € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 17.28 6.9 17.28 6.9 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 16.79 5.8 17.13 7.1 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.48 5.7 11.28 6.5 12.74 8.8 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.00 17.9 9.00 17.9 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.89 8.9 13.89 8.9 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.63 18.4 11.63 18.4 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.78 7.3 € € € € Service............................................................. 11.15 5.6 8.14 4.5 16.81 5.4 Protective service............................................ 20.62 4.2 - - 21.18 3.6 Food service.................................................. $6.63 8.6 $6.60 8.7 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.69 25.2 4.69 25.2 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.69 25.2 4.69 25.2 € € Other food service........................................... 7.50 5.5 7.47 5.6 - - Cooks....................................................... 9.61 7.2 9.61 7.2 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.01 5.9 6.92 5.7 € € Health service................................................ 9.48 3.5 8.51 3.4 $13.72 5.4 Health aides, except nursing................................ 9.97 11.2 9.52 11.1 € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.44 3.7 8.44 3.6 13.69 5.6 Cleaning and building service................................. 10.26 4.9 9.34 7.2 11.64 6.1 Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.74 10.2 € € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.46 4.7 9.29 6.1 11.66 6.3 Personal service.............................................. 8.92 5.3 8.74 7.2 9.34 7.6 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RE- SULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2000 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $18.19 3.0 $16.52 2.9 $22.80 5.3 All excluding sales............................................... 18.33 3.0 16.60 2.9 22.86 5.4 White collar........................................................ 20.67 4.2 18.00 4.2 25.84 6.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.23 4.1 18.44 4.1 25.98 6.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.38 5.2 21.71 4.2 33.68 6.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.14 5.0 24.24 3.8 35.28 5.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.13 4.6 28.57 4.8 - - Industrial engineers........................................ 25.04 9.0 25.04 9.0 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 30.81 6.7 30.81 6.7 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 26.76 4.0 - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 23.30 5.1 22.55 6.2 24.69 9.2 Registered nurses........................................... 19.80 2.5 19.95 2.9 19.47 4.6 Pharmacists................................................. 32.75 6.2 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 48.73 11.6 - - 53.76 6.9 Teachers, except college and university....................... 33.98 6.1 19.21 10.6 35.97 6.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 33.46 9.7 € € 37.26 7.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 33.64 6.3 € € 34.95 6.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.97 6.0 - - 19.23 4.2 Social workers.............................................. 17.86 8.9 € € € € Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 21.51 12.6 20.86 13.7 - - Technical....................................................... 16.14 5.9 15.54 6.5 18.20 10.6 Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.82 4.8 12.52 5.9 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.04 5.0 29.50 6.0 24.63 8.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.94 5.7 32.69 6.6 29.41 10.8 Financial managers.......................................... 38.84 16.6 38.84 16.6 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 30.86 6.2 30.86 6.2 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 30.97 9.1 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 34.91 5.1 34.91 5.1 € € Management related............................................ 22.24 6.3 23.34 8.7 20.63 8.1 Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.89 7.1 21.02 7.8 € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.81 9.3 € € € € Sales............................................................. 15.59 10.7 15.41 11.4 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 14.98 15.7 14.98 15.7 € € Cashiers.................................................... 9.15 12.7 7.88 8.3 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.99 3.2 12.44 3.7 14.32 5.1 Computer operators.......................................... 16.87 6.3 € € € € Secretaries................................................. $14.16 3.7 $13.40 5.3 $15.32 3.6 Typists..................................................... 12.77 5.1 € € 13.15 6.1 Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 10.15 6.1 9.68 4.2 € € Library clerks.............................................. 12.89 8.3 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.37 5.2 11.37 5.2 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.91 5.9 13.91 9.5 13.91 1.7 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 14.00 20.1 € € € € General office clerks....................................... 13.02 3.4 13.66 9.2 12.65 1.0 Data entry keyers........................................... 10.82 7.2 € € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.78 7.4 10.83 8.2 € € Blue collar......................................................... 16.41 2.8 16.58 3.0 14.76 3.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.79 3.3 20.42 3.6 15.30 5.5 Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.07 11.6 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.14 7.1 20.14 7.1 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.30 8.8 20.45 7.7 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 22.85 5.3 22.85 5.3 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.54 4.3 15.51 4.3 - - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 11.60 7.1 11.60 7.1 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.91 7.3 13.40 7.7 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 16.74 11.3 16.74 11.3 € € Assemblers.................................................. 16.54 6.3 16.54 6.3 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.22 15.0 14.22 15.0 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 15.14 5.7 15.26 6.8 14.58 2.4 Truck drivers............................................... 13.20 7.1 13.04 9.0 € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 17.36 6.9 17.36 6.9 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 16.90 6.3 € € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.35 5.9 12.18 6.7 13.32 8.9 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.09 22.1 12.09 22.1 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.62 9.1 14.62 9.1 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.63 18.4 11.63 18.4 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.11 7.9 € € € € Service............................................................. 12.75 6.4 8.88 5.8 17.67 5.3 Protective service............................................ 21.03 4.0 - - 21.56 3.4 Food service.................................................. 7.99 8.8 7.95 9.0 - - Other food service........................................... 8.17 7.6 8.12 7.8 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.27 7.7 7.16 7.7 € € Health service................................................ 10.03 5.1 8.60 5.2 14.02 6.0 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.00 5.5 8.42 5.5 14.02 6.0 Cleaning and building service................................. 10.80 5.4 9.82 8.2 12.26 6.3 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.17 4.6 10.01 6.1 12.26 6.3 Personal service.............................................. $9.27 6.2 $8.96 8.6 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RE- SULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2000 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $9.36 3.5 $9.15 3.9 $10.85 7.5 All excluding sales............................................... 9.68 4.0 9.48 4.5 10.85 7.5 White collar........................................................ 10.76 5.3 10.67 5.9 11.32 10.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 12.10 6.8 12.29 8.1 11.32 10.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 18.07 5.7 18.77 6.3 15.11 6.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 19.66 6.0 20.80 6.1 15.29 8.1 Health related................................................ 20.81 6.0 20.86 6.2 - - Registered nurses........................................... 19.69 1.4 19.70 1.5 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - € € - - Technical....................................................... 13.63 6.3 13.49 7.3 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - € € - - Management related............................................ - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 7.57 7.3 7.57 7.3 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 7.04 6.7 7.04 6.7 € € Cashiers.................................................... 7.06 12.0 7.06 12.0 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.10 2.8 9.21 2.8 8.57 6.8 Secretaries................................................. 11.91 2.4 11.91 2.4 € € General office clerks....................................... 8.42 9.1 8.07 4.0 8.76 16.6 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 7.83 5.8 7.83 5.8 € € Blue collar......................................................... 8.90 5.7 8.52 5.9 12.25 9.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.39 3.2 7.39 3.2 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 10.91 9.9 10.10 11.4 - - Bus drivers................................................. 10.76 8.8 € € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.21 5.5 7.27 5.9 - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.90 12.2 9.90 12.2 € € Service............................................................. 7.27 5.7 7.00 6.4 9.24 8.3 Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 5.28 10.5 5.28 10.5 € € Other food service........................................... 6.47 2.9 6.47 2.9 € € Health service................................................ 8.62 2.7 8.40 2.8 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.59 2.6 8.46 2.8 € € Cleaning and building service................................. $7.91 7.6 - - - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.51 9.2 € € € € Personal service.............................................. 7.80 6.2 - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RE- SULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2000 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $712 3.1 39.1 $651 3.0 39.4 $873 5.6 38.3 All excluding sales............................................... 717 3.1 39.1 654 3.0 39.4 875 5.7 38.3 White collar........................................................ 800 4.2 38.7 708 4.3 39.3 970 6.5 37.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 819 4.2 38.6 723 4.3 39.2 975 6.5 37.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,043 5.1 38.1 846 4.4 39.0 1,252 6.2 37.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,146 4.9 38.0 950 4.0 39.2 1,307 6.0 37.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,140 4.1 40.5 1,160 4.2 40.6 - - - Industrial engineers........................................ 1,016 8.8 40.6 1,016 8.8 40.6 € € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,246 6.2 40.4 1,246 6.2 40.4 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,055 4.8 39.4 - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - € € € Health related................................................ 882 5.1 37.9 860 6.4 38.1 922 8.9 37.3 Registered nurses........................................... 755 2.6 38.2 759 2.6 38.1 747 5.9 38.4 Pharmacists................................................. 1,272 5.4 38.8 € € € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,817 11.1 37.3 - - - 1,983 7.6 36.9 Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,244 5.0 36.6 738 13.9 38.4 1,309 4.7 36.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,275 6.7 38.1 € € € 1,419 1.5 38.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,259 5.0 37.4 € € € 1,303 4.9 37.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 673 7.1 37.5 - - - 734 6.0 38.2 Social workers.............................................. 694 10.9 38.9 € € € € € € Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 839 12.1 39.0 812 13.1 38.9 - - - Technical....................................................... 621 6.5 38.5 598 7.2 38.5 697 12.1 38.3 Licensed practical nurses................................... 489 6.4 38.1 471 7.4 37.6 € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,111 5.6 39.6 1,179 6.8 40.0 959 9.2 38.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,267 6.8 39.7 1,313 7.9 40.2 1,121 13.1 38.1 Financial managers.......................................... 1,594 19.3 41.0 1,594 19.3 41.0 € € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,230 8.1 39.9 1,230 8.1 39.9 € € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,234 9.1 39.8 € € € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,422 6.3 40.7 1,422 6.3 40.7 € € € Management related............................................ 880 6.2 39.6 923 8.7 39.6 818 7.9 39.6 Accountants and auditors.................................... 836 7.1 40.0 841 7.8 40.0 € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 883 8.9 38.7 € € € € € € Sales............................................................. 622 10.7 39.9 614 11.4 39.9 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 599 15.7 40.0 599 15.7 40.0 € € € Cashiers.................................................... $362 13.0 39.6 $311 8.8 39.5 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 502 3.2 38.7 487 3.7 39.1 $539 5.5 37.6 Computer operators.......................................... 661 6.8 39.2 € € € € € € Secretaries................................................. 534 3.8 37.7 502 5.5 37.5 584 3.9 38.1 Typists..................................................... 476 7.4 37.3 € € € 482 9.2 36.6 Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 396 6.3 39.0 381 5.2 39.3 € € € Library clerks.............................................. 489 12.8 37.9 € € € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 451 4.9 39.7 451 4.9 39.7 € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 533 6.5 38.3 531 10.3 38.2 538 3.2 38.6 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 542 19.8 38.7 € € € € € € General office clerks....................................... 503 3.6 38.7 535 9.0 39.1 486 1.6 38.4 Data entry keyers........................................... 433 7.2 40.0 € € € € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 428 7.5 39.7 429 8.3 39.6 € € € Blue collar......................................................... 655 2.8 39.9 662 3.0 39.9 590 3.8 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 791 3.3 40.0 816 3.6 40.0 612 5.5 40.0 Automobile mechanics........................................ 723 11.6 40.0 € € € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 806 7.1 40.0 806 7.1 40.0 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 687 8.7 39.7 807 7.9 39.5 € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 914 5.3 40.0 914 5.3 40.0 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 620 4.3 39.9 618 4.3 39.9 - - - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 464 7.1 40.0 464 7.1 40.0 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 556 7.3 40.0 536 7.7 40.0 € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 670 11.3 40.0 670 11.3 40.0 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 662 6.3 40.0 662 6.3 40.0 € € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 563 14.8 39.6 563 14.8 39.6 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 604 5.8 39.9 608 6.9 39.8 583 2.4 40.0 Truck drivers............................................... 528 7.1 40.0 521 9.0 40.0 € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 695 6.9 40.0 695 6.9 40.0 € € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 676 6.3 40.0 € € € € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 493 5.9 40.0 487 6.7 39.9 533 8.9 40.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 484 22.1 40.0 484 22.1 40.0 € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 585 9.1 40.0 585 9.1 40.0 € € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 465 18.4 40.0 465 18.4 40.0 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 485 7.9 40.0 € € € € € € Service............................................................. 495 7.0 38.8 338 6.6 38.0 704 5.6 39.9 Protective service............................................ $859 3.9 40.9 - - - $882 3.3 40.9 Food service.................................................. 302 10.2 37.8 $302 10.5 38.1 - - - Other food service........................................... 306 9.3 37.5 307 9.6 37.8 € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 266 9.5 36.6 266 10.1 37.2 € € € Health service................................................ 386 5.8 38.5 326 5.7 37.9 561 6.0 40.0 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 385 6.3 38.5 319 6.1 38.0 561 6.0 40.0 Cleaning and building service................................. 419 5.5 38.8 374 7.9 38.1 490 6.3 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 441 4.7 39.5 390 6.1 38.9 490 6.3 40.0 Personal service.............................................. 339 6.7 36.6 340 9.4 37.9 - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2000 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $35,865 3.1 1,972 $33,563 3.0 2,032 $41,555 5.6 1,823 All excluding sales............................................... 36,102 3.1 1,969 33,745 3.0 2,033 41,594 5.7 1,820 White collar........................................................ 39,445 4.2 1,909 36,221 4.3 2,012 44,849 6.5 1,736 White collar excluding sales.................................... 40,278 4.2 1,897 37,074 4.3 2,011 44,957 6.5 1,730 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 48,244 5.1 1,762 42,599 4.4 1,962 53,305 6.2 1,583 Professional specialty.......................................... 51,599 4.9 1,712 47,162 4.0 1,946 54,673 6.0 1,550 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 59,262 4.1 2,107 60,326 4.2 2,111 - - - Industrial engineers........................................ 52,820 8.8 2,109 52,820 8.8 2,109 € € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 64,768 6.2 2,102 64,768 6.2 2,102 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 54,836 4.8 2,049 - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - € € € Health related................................................ 45,016 5.1 1,932 44,721 6.4 1,983 45,523 8.9 1,844 Registered nurses........................................... 39,069 2.6 1,974 39,485 2.6 1,979 38,203 5.9 1,962 Pharmacists................................................. 66,156 5.4 2,020 € € € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 66,245 11.1 1,359 - - - 70,313 7.6 1,308 Teachers, except college and university....................... 48,622 5.0 1,431 25,583 13.9 1,332 51,992 4.7 1,445 Elementary school teachers.................................. 48,178 6.7 1,440 € € € 54,156 1.5 1,453 Secondary school teachers................................... 49,411 5.0 1,469 € € € 52,114 4.9 1,491 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 34,994 7.1 1,948 - - - 38,158 6.0 1,984 Social workers.............................................. 36,084 10.9 2,021 € € € € € € Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 43,639 12.1 2,028 42,215 13.1 2,024 - - - Technical....................................................... 32,279 6.5 2,000 31,117 7.2 2,003 36,263 12.1 1,992 Licensed practical nurses................................... 25,410 6.4 1,982 24,484 7.4 1,955 € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 57,674 5.6 2,057 61,105 6.8 2,072 49,852 9.2 2,024 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 65,897 6.8 2,063 68,275 7.9 2,089 58,284 13.1 1,982 Financial managers.......................................... 82,883 19.3 2,134 82,883 19.3 2,134 € € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 63,953 8.1 2,072 63,953 8.1 2,072 € € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 64,147 9.1 2,071 € € € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 73,948 6.3 2,118 73,948 6.3 2,118 € € € Management related............................................ 45,552 6.2 2,048 47,601 8.7 2,039 42,523 7.9 2,061 Accountants and auditors.................................... 43,452 7.1 2,080 43,730 7.8 2,080 € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 45,928 8.9 2,013 € € € € € € Sales............................................................. 31,493 10.7 2,020 31,074 11.4 2,016 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 31,155 15.7 2,080 31,155 15.7 2,080 € € € Cashiers.................................................... $18,111 13.0 1,980 $15,439 8.8 1,960 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 25,915 3.2 1,995 25,231 3.7 2,029 $27,470 5.5 1,918 Computer operators.......................................... 34,388 6.8 2,039 € € € € € € Secretaries................................................. 27,785 3.8 1,962 26,111 5.5 1,948 30,375 3.9 1,983 Typists..................................................... 24,737 7.4 1,938 € € € 25,053 9.2 1,906 Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 20,607 6.3 2,030 19,800 5.2 2,046 € € € Library clerks.............................................. 24,436 12.8 1,895 € € € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 23,469 4.9 2,064 23,469 4.9 2,064 € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 27,731 6.5 1,994 27,594 10.3 1,984 27,956 3.2 2,010 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 28,202 19.8 2,014 € € € € € € General office clerks....................................... 26,178 3.6 2,011 27,795 9.0 2,035 25,258 1.6 1,997 Data entry keyers........................................... 22,511 7.2 2,080 € € € € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 21,154 7.5 1,962 21,118 8.3 1,950 € € € Blue collar......................................................... 33,992 2.8 2,071 34,410 3.0 2,075 29,970 3.8 2,031 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 41,117 3.3 2,078 42,427 3.6 2,078 31,818 5.5 2,080 Automobile mechanics........................................ 37,590 11.6 2,080 € € € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 41,898 7.1 2,080 41,898 7.1 2,080 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 35,742 8.7 2,066 41,974 7.9 2,053 € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 47,530 5.3 2,080 47,530 5.3 2,080 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 32,219 4.3 2,073 32,150 4.3 2,073 - - - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 24,126 7.1 2,080 24,126 7.1 2,080 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 28,924 7.3 2,080 27,864 7.7 2,080 € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 34,816 11.3 2,080 34,816 11.3 2,080 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 34,411 6.3 2,080 34,411 6.3 2,080 € € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 29,284 14.8 2,060 29,284 14.8 2,060 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 31,390 5.8 2,073 31,618 6.9 2,071 30,319 2.4 2,080 Truck drivers............................................... 27,451 7.1 2,080 27,115 9.0 2,080 € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 36,119 6.9 2,080 36,119 6.9 2,080 € € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 35,153 6.3 2,080 € € € € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 25,322 5.9 2,050 25,308 6.7 2,077 25,394 8.9 1,906 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 25,148 22.1 2,080 25,148 22.1 2,080 € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 30,408 9.1 2,080 30,408 9.1 2,080 € € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 24,197 18.4 2,080 24,197 18.4 2,080 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 25,199 7.9 2,080 € € € € € € Service............................................................. 25,286 7.0 1,983 17,278 6.6 1,947 35,870 5.6 2,030 Protective service............................................ $44,691 3.9 2,125 - - - $45,869 3.3 2,128 Food service.................................................. 14,773 10.2 1,850 $14,872 10.5 1,871 - - - Other food service........................................... 14,850 9.3 1,819 14,968 9.6 1,843 € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 12,363 9.5 1,700 12,400 10.1 1,732 € € € Health service................................................ 20,054 5.8 1,999 16,968 5.7 1,972 29,170 6.0 2,080 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 20,033 6.3 2,003 16,613 6.1 1,974 29,170 6.0 2,080 Cleaning and building service................................. 21,811 5.5 2,019 19,447 7.9 1,980 25,496 6.3 2,080 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 22,920 4.7 2,053 20,264 6.1 2,025 25,496 6.3 2,080 Personal service.............................................. 16,308 6.7 1,759 17,477 9.4 1,951 - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 4-1.Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2000 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $16.90 2.9 $15.27 2.9 $21.90 4.8 All excluding sales............................................... 17.18 3.0 15.51 2.9 21.95 4.8 White collar........................................................ 19.24 4.2 16.69 4.3 24.92 5.3 1....................................................... 8.16 5.7 7.28 7.6 11.02 7.9 2....................................................... 9.32 4.7 8.21 2.3 10.91 3.7 3....................................................... 9.54 3.9 9.44 4.0 10.21 12.9 4....................................................... 12.42 3.0 11.96 3.3 14.00 3.1 5....................................................... 13.58 3.4 13.28 4.2 14.57 3.9 6....................................................... 15.81 5.5 15.74 7.6 15.97 4.3 7....................................................... 19.25 4.4 19.03 4.7 19.86 9.9 8....................................................... 27.48 7.4 20.70 3.6 35.65 6.9 9....................................................... 24.17 3.8 24.05 5.0 24.33 5.8 10........................................................ 27.85 5.5 26.30 5.0 € € 11........................................................ 31.44 3.1 30.62 4.1 32.76 4.5 12........................................................ 34.67 4.3 34.27 6.3 34.99 5.7 13........................................................ 61.62 12.5 47.71 20.1 € € 14........................................................ 59.73 12.1 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.12 30.5 € € € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.17 4.0 17.55 4.2 25.04 5.3 1....................................................... 9.14 5.6 € € 11.02 7.9 2....................................................... 9.36 4.8 8.21 2.4 10.91 3.7 3....................................................... 9.83 4.5 9.76 4.8 10.21 12.9 4....................................................... 12.89 3.1 12.44 4.1 14.00 3.1 5....................................................... 13.60 2.8 13.31 3.3 14.51 4.4 6....................................................... 15.27 3.4 14.87 4.5 15.97 4.3 7....................................................... 19.12 4.5 18.83 4.8 19.86 9.9 8....................................................... 27.49 7.5 20.61 3.6 35.65 6.9 9....................................................... 24.18 3.8 24.07 5.0 24.33 5.8 10........................................................ 28.89 4.8 26.93 4.5 € € 11........................................................ 31.57 3.1 30.63 4.1 32.76 4.5 12........................................................ 34.67 4.3 34.27 6.3 34.99 5.7 13........................................................ 61.62 12.5 47.71 20.1 € € 14........................................................ 59.73 12.1 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.19 42.7 € € € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.58 4.9 21.34 3.8 33.00 6.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.31 4.8 23.80 3.5 34.63 5.8 5....................................................... 15.83 7.0 15.66 8.2 € € 6....................................................... 16.38 7.0 € € € € 7....................................................... 20.49 3.9 20.88 4.2 € € 8....................................................... 30.25 7.7 21.18 4.9 37.12 6.5 9....................................................... 23.98 5.3 23.46 8.4 24.40 6.6 10........................................................ 28.75 5.9 25.86 5.6 € € 11........................................................ 32.23 3.8 30.40 6.1 33.47 4.6 12........................................................ 36.72 6.2 33.27 8.3 € € 13........................................................ $61.54 15.6 € € € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.13 4.6 $28.57 4.8 - - 9....................................................... 25.00 3.6 25.97 3.8 € € 11........................................................ 32.08 4.1 32.08 4.1 € € 12........................................................ 33.51 2.9 € € € € Industrial engineers........................................ 25.04 9.0 25.04 9.0 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 30.81 6.7 30.81 6.7 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 26.76 4.0 - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 22.76 4.3 22.05 4.9 $24.55 9.1 7....................................................... 19.61 2.5 19.55 3.3 € € 8....................................................... 21.07 5.3 19.74 .9 € € 9....................................................... 22.03 7.9 23.41 13.0 20.52 5.1 Registered nurses........................................... 19.77 1.8 19.86 1.9 19.47 4.4 7....................................................... 19.61 2.5 19.55 3.3 € € 8....................................................... 19.62 1.4 19.84 .7 € € 9....................................................... 19.48 3.0 19.12 3.1 19.81 5.0 Pharmacists................................................. 32.75 6.2 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 48.30 11.6 - - 53.16 7.2 11........................................................ 36.37 10.7 € € € € Other post-secondary teachers............................... 31.00 12.7 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 32.93 5.8 18.97 12.0 34.75 5.6 8....................................................... 39.44 3.6 € € 39.44 3.6 9....................................................... 27.33 9.2 € € € € Elementary school teachers.................................. 33.46 9.7 € € 37.26 7.2 8....................................................... 39.82 2.9 € € 39.82 2.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 33.64 6.3 € € 34.95 6.4 8....................................................... 41.05 2.4 € € 41.05 2.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.97 6.0 - - 19.23 4.2 Social workers.............................................. 17.86 8.9 € € € € Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 21.51 12.6 20.86 13.7 - - Technical....................................................... 15.85 5.4 15.29 5.9 17.91 10.2 4....................................................... 11.47 4.1 11.47 4.1 € € 5....................................................... 14.32 2.7 14.27 3.6 € € 6....................................................... 14.30 5.1 14.00 6.6 € € 7....................................................... 18.11 13.6 18.37 14.3 € € 8....................................................... 18.16 4.6 18.53 4.6 € € Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 15.98 2.9 16.27 2.9 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.86 4.6 12.59 5.6 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.05 7.7 12.92 8.7 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.42 5.3 29.00 6.4 23.89 9.0 7....................................................... $16.65 6.0 € € € € 8....................................................... 22.97 7.3 $23.21 10.4 € € 9....................................................... 24.86 4.4 25.06 5.3 € € 11........................................................ 31.95 5.0 30.77 4.5 € € 12........................................................ 32.40 5.9 35.95 10.5 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.43 6.0 32.69 6.6 $27.68 13.2 9....................................................... 25.77 6.7 25.77 6.7 € € 11........................................................ 32.89 4.2 31.67 3.4 € € 12........................................................ 34.32 6.6 € € € € Financial managers.......................................... 38.84 16.6 38.84 16.6 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 30.86 6.2 30.86 6.2 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 30.54 9.4 € € 32.95 7.4 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 34.91 5.1 34.91 5.1 € € Management related............................................ 21.69 6.2 22.52 8.8 20.40 8.0 7....................................................... 16.02 6.4 € € € € 8....................................................... 20.05 8.1 € € € € 9....................................................... 23.65 3.2 23.51 5.0 € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.89 7.1 21.02 7.8 € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 20.74 8.9 € € € € Sales............................................................. 12.94 9.9 12.71 10.3 - - 1....................................................... 5.95 2.6 5.95 2.6 € € 3....................................................... 8.57 6.6 8.57 6.6 € € 4....................................................... 10.80 3.9 10.80 3.9 € € 5....................................................... 13.44 16.0 13.12 19.5 € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 14.98 15.7 14.98 15.7 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 7.82 8.0 7.82 8.0 € € Cashiers.................................................... 7.91 9.6 7.35 8.7 € € 1....................................................... 5.93 2.9 5.93 2.9 € € 3....................................................... 8.87 11.1 8.87 11.1 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.36 3.2 11.83 3.6 13.74 5.7 1....................................................... 9.14 5.6 € € 11.02 7.9 2....................................................... 9.36 4.8 8.21 2.4 10.91 3.7 3....................................................... 9.83 4.6 9.75 4.9 10.21 12.9 4....................................................... 13.04 3.3 12.59 4.5 14.00 3.1 5....................................................... 13.07 3.1 12.81 3.7 14.06 3.1 6....................................................... 15.68 3.7 15.07 4.4 € € 7....................................................... 20.13 9.7 18.20 7.3 € € Computer operators.......................................... 16.87 6.3 € € € € Secretaries................................................. 14.06 3.7 13.29 5.1 15.32 3.6 4....................................................... 14.00 4.1 12.53 4.4 € € Typists..................................................... 12.73 4.5 € € 13.18 5.7 Receptionists............................................... 9.04 3.3 9.04 3.3 € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 10.13 6.1 9.66 4.1 € € Library clerks.............................................. 12.60 8.6 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... $11.13 5.2 $11.13 5.2 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.91 5.9 13.91 9.5 $13.91 1.7 4....................................................... 13.83 9.0 13.84 15.6 € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.31 10.7 12.31 10.7 € € General office clerks....................................... 12.17 4.1 12.36 9.2 12.05 3.5 2....................................................... 10.39 8.6 € € € € 4....................................................... 13.20 4.2 € € € € Data entry keyers........................................... 10.77 6.9 € € € € Teachers' aides............................................. 9.13 7.3 € € 9.32 8.3 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 9.60 6.3 9.55 6.8 € € Blue collar......................................................... 15.80 2.9 15.93 3.2 14.53 3.4 1....................................................... 7.43 3.4 7.50 3.5 € € 2....................................................... 9.94 5.1 9.32 3.6 € € 3....................................................... 16.05 6.0 16.23 6.2 € € 4....................................................... 15.09 6.7 15.05 7.3 15.64 7.3 5....................................................... 15.07 3.8 15.30 4.1 13.84 5.7 6....................................................... 15.96 2.7 16.08 3.0 € € 7....................................................... 20.77 3.9 21.21 4.3 17.05 4.6 8....................................................... 22.98 6.5 22.98 6.5 € € 9....................................................... 25.84 5.7 25.84 5.7 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.72 3.3 20.33 3.6 15.30 5.5 4....................................................... 14.39 12.0 14.39 12.0 € € 5....................................................... 13.95 5.5 14.41 4.0 € € 6....................................................... 16.68 4.0 17.08 4.6 € € 7....................................................... 21.16 4.3 21.72 4.8 17.05 4.6 8....................................................... 23.06 6.9 23.06 6.9 € € 9....................................................... 25.84 5.7 25.84 5.7 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.07 11.6 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.14 7.1 20.14 7.1 € € 7....................................................... 22.35 7.0 22.35 7.0 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.30 8.8 20.45 7.7 € € 7....................................................... 18.28 9.6 20.90 11.0 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 22.85 5.3 22.85 5.3 € € 7....................................................... 20.02 3.9 20.02 3.9 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.20 4.4 15.16 4.4 - - 1....................................................... 8.04 3.7 8.04 3.7 € € 2....................................................... 9.14 3.9 9.14 3.9 € € 4....................................................... 17.57 6.8 17.55 7.3 € € 5....................................................... 15.04 6.3 15.04 6.3 € € 6....................................................... 14.71 4.9 14.71 4.9 € € 7....................................................... 16.78 8.8 16.78 8.8 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 11.60 7.1 11.60 7.1 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.91 7.3 13.40 7.7 € € 5....................................................... $15.64 9.1 $15.64 9.1 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 16.74 11.3 16.74 11.3 € € Assemblers.................................................. 15.75 7.3 15.75 7.3 € € 2....................................................... 10.19 3.4 10.19 3.4 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.22 15.0 14.22 15.0 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 14.15 6.7 14.08 8.3 $14.46 2.3 3....................................................... 14.41 14.5 € € € € 4....................................................... 12.78 12.0 12.66 12.7 € € 5....................................................... 15.83 3.4 16.66 3.8 14.44 2.6 Truck drivers............................................... 13.40 7.1 13.31 8.8 € € 4....................................................... 13.20 15.6 13.20 15.6 € € 5....................................................... 14.77 5.5 15.38 7.8 € € Bus drivers................................................. 10.55 8.1 € € € € 4....................................................... 10.15 7.5 € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 17.28 6.9 17.28 6.9 € € 5....................................................... 16.39 4.2 16.39 4.2 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 16.79 5.8 17.13 7.1 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.48 5.7 11.28 6.5 12.74 8.8 1....................................................... 7.22 5.7 7.31 6.0 € € 2....................................................... 10.69 9.7 9.56 6.1 € € 3....................................................... 13.85 9.3 14.02 10.4 € € 4....................................................... 11.83 5.6 € € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.00 17.9 9.00 17.9 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.89 8.9 13.89 8.9 € € 3....................................................... 15.51 6.5 15.51 6.5 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.63 18.4 11.63 18.4 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.78 7.3 € € € € Service............................................................. 11.15 5.6 8.14 4.5 16.81 5.4 1....................................................... 7.17 6.0 6.38 2.8 9.92 9.9 2....................................................... 8.78 5.2 7.96 6.3 11.95 2.7 3....................................................... 8.54 9.3 8.04 10.0 € € 4....................................................... 10.46 6.1 9.78 6.0 12.90 9.0 5....................................................... 13.32 10.1 € € 14.95 6.9 6....................................................... 17.68 17.2 € € € € 7....................................................... 21.72 7.7 € € 23.10 6.1 Protective service............................................ 20.62 4.2 - - 21.18 3.6 7....................................................... 23.10 6.1 € € 23.10 6.1 Food service.................................................. 6.63 8.6 6.60 8.7 - - 1....................................................... 6.27 2.7 6.17 2.3 € € 2....................................................... 5.91 18.7 5.91 18.7 € € 3....................................................... 6.33 16.9 6.33 16.9 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.69 25.2 4.69 25.2 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.69 25.2 4.69 25.2 € € Other food service........................................... $7.50 5.5 $7.47 5.6 € € 1....................................................... 6.35 2.3 6.25 1.7 € € 2....................................................... 7.78 5.0 7.78 5.0 € € 3....................................................... 8.49 6.0 8.49 6.0 € € Cooks....................................................... 9.61 7.2 9.61 7.2 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.01 5.9 6.92 5.7 € € 1....................................................... 6.46 3.5 6.31 2.4 € € Health service................................................ 9.48 3.5 8.51 3.4 $13.72 5.4 2....................................................... 9.38 3.7 8.57 3.9 € € 3....................................................... 9.36 4.9 9.16 4.0 € € 4....................................................... 9.84 10.4 € € € € Health aides, except nursing................................ 9.97 11.2 9.52 11.1 € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.44 3.7 8.44 3.6 13.69 5.6 2....................................................... 9.41 3.8 8.60 4.0 € € 4....................................................... 9.60 10.7 € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 10.26 4.9 9.34 7.2 11.64 6.1 1....................................................... 8.76 9.5 6.76 5.7 11.17 11.0 2....................................................... 9.04 7.1 € € € € 3....................................................... 10.96 6.9 € € € € 5....................................................... 13.29 6.6 € € € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.74 10.2 € € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.46 4.7 9.29 6.1 11.66 6.3 1....................................................... 9.24 10.3 € € 11.17 11.0 2....................................................... 9.63 7.8 € € € € 3....................................................... 11.14 7.7 € € € € Personal service.............................................. 8.92 5.3 8.74 7.2 9.34 7.6 1....................................................... 6.78 5.3 € € € € 4....................................................... 10.40 7.4 € € € € 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2000 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $18.19 3.0 $16.52 2.9 $22.80 5.3 All excluding sales............................................... 18.33 3.0 16.60 2.9 22.86 5.4 White collar........................................................ 20.67 4.2 18.00 4.2 25.84 6.0 1....................................................... 9.76 8.1 7.41 3.5 € € 2....................................................... 9.77 5.5 8.12 2.3 € € 3....................................................... 9.87 4.8 9.66 5.0 € € 4....................................................... 12.62 2.9 12.17 3.4 14.01 3.2 5....................................................... 13.71 3.5 13.38 4.3 14.89 3.7 6....................................................... 15.83 5.9 15.69 8.1 16.18 4.5 7....................................................... 19.45 4.7 19.21 5.1 20.03 10.3 8....................................................... 28.40 7.6 20.97 4.2 35.84 6.8 9....................................................... 24.29 3.9 24.20 5.1 24.41 5.8 10........................................................ 27.85 5.5 26.30 5.0 € € 11........................................................ 31.45 3.1 30.62 4.1 32.79 4.6 12........................................................ 34.67 4.3 34.27 6.3 34.99 5.7 13........................................................ 61.62 12.5 47.71 20.1 € € 14........................................................ 59.73 12.1 € € € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.23 4.1 18.44 4.1 25.98 6.0 1....................................................... 10.38 7.9 € € € € 2....................................................... 9.84 5.6 8.12 2.5 € € 3....................................................... 10.03 5.4 9.81 5.6 € € 4....................................................... 12.94 3.3 12.46 4.3 14.01 3.2 5....................................................... 13.72 2.9 13.38 3.4 14.88 4.3 6....................................................... 15.24 3.7 14.75 4.7 16.18 4.5 7....................................................... 19.30 4.8 19.00 5.2 20.03 10.3 8....................................................... 28.43 7.7 20.86 4.3 35.84 6.8 9....................................................... 24.30 3.9 24.23 5.2 24.41 5.8 10........................................................ 28.89 4.8 26.93 4.5 € € 11........................................................ 31.58 3.1 30.63 4.1 32.79 4.6 12........................................................ 34.67 4.3 34.27 6.3 34.99 5.7 13........................................................ 61.62 12.5 47.71 20.1 € € 14........................................................ 59.73 12.1 € € € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.38 5.2 21.71 4.2 33.68 6.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.14 5.0 24.24 3.8 35.28 5.9 5....................................................... 16.66 6.4 € € € € 7....................................................... 20.75 4.4 20.99 5.0 € € 8....................................................... 31.76 7.7 21.76 6.4 37.14 6.5 9....................................................... 24.15 5.5 23.71 9.1 24.49 6.6 10........................................................ 28.75 5.9 25.86 5.6 € € 11........................................................ 32.24 3.9 30.40 6.1 33.51 4.7 12........................................................ 36.72 6.2 33.27 8.3 € € 13........................................................ 61.54 15.6 € € € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.13 4.6 28.57 4.8 - - 9....................................................... 25.00 3.6 25.97 3.8 € € 11........................................................ $32.08 4.1 $32.08 4.1 € € 12........................................................ 33.51 2.9 € € € € Industrial engineers........................................ 25.04 9.0 25.04 9.0 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 30.81 6.7 30.81 6.7 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 26.76 4.0 - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 23.30 5.1 22.55 6.2 $24.69 9.2 7....................................................... 19.39 3.8 € € € € 8....................................................... 21.84 8.1 19.73 1.5 € € 9....................................................... 22.22 8.7 23.88 14.7 20.57 5.4 Registered nurses........................................... 19.80 2.5 19.95 2.9 19.47 4.6 7....................................................... 19.39 3.8 € € € € 8....................................................... 19.52 2.4 € € € € 9....................................................... 19.37 3.3 18.80 3.4 19.84 5.3 Pharmacists................................................. 32.75 6.2 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 48.73 11.6 - - 53.76 6.9 11........................................................ 36.37 10.7 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 33.98 6.1 19.21 10.6 35.97 6.0 8....................................................... 39.44 3.6 € € 39.44 3.6 9....................................................... 27.33 9.2 € € € € Elementary school teachers.................................. 33.46 9.7 € € 37.26 7.2 8....................................................... 39.82 2.9 € € 39.82 2.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 33.64 6.3 € € 34.95 6.4 8....................................................... 41.05 2.4 € € 41.05 2.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.97 6.0 - - 19.23 4.2 Social workers.............................................. 17.86 8.9 € € € € Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 21.51 12.6 20.86 13.7 - - Technical....................................................... 16.14 5.9 15.54 6.5 18.20 10.6 5....................................................... 14.48 2.9 14.39 3.8 € € 6....................................................... 14.11 5.4 13.75 6.8 € € 7....................................................... 18.27 14.0 18.56 14.8 € € 8....................................................... 18.31 5.0 18.73 5.0 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.82 4.8 12.52 5.9 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.04 5.0 29.50 6.0 24.63 8.7 7....................................................... 17.04 6.5 € € € € 8....................................................... 23.12 7.8 23.21 10.4 € € 9....................................................... 24.86 4.4 25.06 5.3 € € 11........................................................ 31.95 5.0 30.77 4.5 € € 12........................................................ 32.40 5.9 35.95 10.5 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.94 5.7 32.69 6.6 29.41 10.8 9....................................................... 25.77 6.7 25.77 6.7 € € 11........................................................ $32.89 4.2 $31.67 3.4 € € 12........................................................ 34.32 6.6 € € € € Financial managers.......................................... 38.84 16.6 38.84 16.6 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 30.86 6.2 30.86 6.2 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 30.97 9.1 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 34.91 5.1 34.91 5.1 € € Management related............................................ 22.24 6.3 23.34 8.7 $20.63 8.1 7....................................................... 16.40 7.3 € € € € 8....................................................... 20.05 8.1 € € € € 9....................................................... 23.65 3.2 23.51 5.0 € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.89 7.1 21.02 7.8 € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.81 9.3 € € € € Sales............................................................. 15.59 10.7 15.41 11.4 - - 4....................................................... 11.35 5.2 11.35 5.2 € € 5....................................................... 13.67 16.2 13.38 20.0 € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 14.98 15.7 14.98 15.7 € € Cashiers.................................................... 9.15 12.7 7.88 8.3 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.99 3.2 12.44 3.7 14.32 5.1 1....................................................... 10.38 7.9 € € € € 2....................................................... 9.84 5.6 8.12 2.5 € € 3....................................................... 10.03 5.4 9.81 5.6 € € 4....................................................... 13.10 3.4 12.64 4.7 14.01 3.2 5....................................................... 13.10 3.2 12.84 3.8 14.06 3.1 6....................................................... 15.68 3.7 15.07 4.4 € € 7....................................................... 20.13 9.7 18.20 7.3 € € Computer operators.......................................... 16.87 6.3 € € € € Secretaries................................................. 14.16 3.7 13.40 5.3 15.32 3.6 4....................................................... 14.10 4.0 12.59 4.7 € € Typists..................................................... 12.77 5.1 € € 13.15 6.1 Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 10.15 6.1 9.68 4.2 € € Library clerks.............................................. 12.89 8.3 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.37 5.2 11.37 5.2 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.91 5.9 13.91 9.5 13.91 1.7 4....................................................... 13.83 9.0 13.84 15.6 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 14.00 20.1 € € € € General office clerks....................................... 13.02 3.4 13.66 9.2 12.65 1.0 4....................................................... 13.20 4.2 € € € € Data entry keyers........................................... 10.82 7.2 € € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.78 7.4 10.83 8.2 € € Blue collar......................................................... 16.41 2.8 16.58 3.0 14.76 3.8 1....................................................... 8.11 4.0 8.23 3.7 € € 2....................................................... 10.19 5.3 9.55 3.7 € € 3....................................................... 16.22 5.8 16.40 6.0 € € 4....................................................... $15.76 6.4 $15.75 6.8 € € 5....................................................... 15.12 3.9 15.32 4.2 $13.94 6.3 6....................................................... 15.96 2.7 16.08 3.0 € € 7....................................................... 20.78 3.9 21.22 4.3 17.05 4.6 8....................................................... 22.98 6.5 22.98 6.5 € € 9....................................................... 25.84 5.7 25.84 5.7 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.79 3.3 20.42 3.6 15.30 5.5 4....................................................... 14.39 12.0 14.39 12.0 € € 5....................................................... 13.96 5.9 14.47 4.3 € € 6....................................................... 16.68 4.0 17.08 4.6 € € 7....................................................... 21.17 4.3 21.73 4.8 17.05 4.6 8....................................................... 23.06 6.9 23.06 6.9 € € 9....................................................... 25.84 5.7 25.84 5.7 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.07 11.6 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.14 7.1 20.14 7.1 € € 7....................................................... 22.35 7.0 22.35 7.0 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.30 8.8 20.45 7.7 € € 7....................................................... 18.28 9.6 20.90 11.0 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 22.85 5.3 22.85 5.3 € € 7....................................................... 20.02 3.9 20.02 3.9 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.54 4.3 15.51 4.3 - - 1....................................................... 8.23 4.9 8.23 4.9 € € 2....................................................... 9.46 3.8 9.46 3.8 € € 4....................................................... 17.57 6.8 17.55 7.3 € € 5....................................................... 15.04 6.3 15.04 6.3 € € 6....................................................... 14.71 4.9 14.71 4.9 € € 7....................................................... 16.78 8.8 16.78 8.8 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 11.60 7.1 11.60 7.1 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.91 7.3 13.40 7.7 € € 5....................................................... 15.64 9.1 15.64 9.1 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 16.74 11.3 16.74 11.3 € € Assemblers.................................................. 16.54 6.3 16.54 6.3 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.22 15.0 14.22 15.0 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 15.14 5.7 15.26 6.8 14.58 2.4 3....................................................... 14.37 15.4 € € € € 4....................................................... 13.96 12.9 13.96 12.9 € € 5....................................................... 16.00 3.4 16.70 3.8 14.68 2.5 Truck drivers............................................... 13.20 7.1 13.04 9.0 € € 5....................................................... 14.76 5.7 € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 17.36 6.9 17.36 6.9 € € 5....................................................... 16.39 4.2 16.39 4.2 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 16.90 6.3 € € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $12.35 5.9 $12.18 6.7 $13.32 8.9 1....................................................... 7.93 6.7 € € € € 2....................................................... 10.81 10.0 9.66 6.4 € € 3....................................................... 14.07 9.3 14.28 10.4 € € 4....................................................... 11.83 5.6 € € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.09 22.1 12.09 22.1 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.62 9.1 14.62 9.1 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.63 18.4 11.63 18.4 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.11 7.9 € € € € Service............................................................. 12.75 6.4 8.88 5.8 17.67 5.3 1....................................................... 7.36 11.6 € € 12.04 10.1 2....................................................... 9.68 4.3 8.35 5.6 12.08 2.8 3....................................................... 9.65 5.0 9.28 5.1 € € 4....................................................... 10.61 6.0 9.95 5.8 € € 5....................................................... 13.32 10.1 € € 14.95 6.9 6....................................................... 17.68 17.2 € € € € 7....................................................... 21.72 7.7 € € 23.10 6.1 Protective service............................................ 21.03 4.0 - - 21.56 3.4 7....................................................... 23.10 6.1 € € 23.10 6.1 Food service.................................................. 7.99 8.8 7.95 9.0 - - 1....................................................... 6.44 5.5 € € € € Other food service........................................... 8.17 7.6 8.12 7.8 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.27 7.7 7.16 7.7 € € Health service................................................ 10.03 5.1 8.60 5.2 14.02 6.0 2....................................................... 10.20 5.6 8.71 6.8 € € 3....................................................... 9.26 4.4 9.26 4.4 € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.00 5.5 8.42 5.5 14.02 6.0 2....................................................... 10.20 5.6 8.71 6.8 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 10.80 5.4 9.82 8.2 12.26 6.3 1....................................................... 9.60 15.0 € € € € 2....................................................... 9.42 8.5 € € € € 3....................................................... 10.95 7.2 € € € € 5....................................................... 13.29 6.6 € € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.17 4.6 10.01 6.1 12.26 6.3 1....................................................... 10.86 13.3 € € € € 3....................................................... 11.14 7.7 € € € € Personal service.............................................. 9.27 6.2 8.96 8.6 - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2000 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $9.36 3.5 $9.15 3.9 $10.85 7.5 All excluding sales............................................... 9.68 4.0 9.48 4.5 10.85 7.5 White collar........................................................ 10.76 5.3 10.67 5.9 11.32 10.7 1....................................................... 7.19 9.8 7.24 9.8 € € 2....................................................... 8.40 4.1 8.31 4.3 € € 3....................................................... 8.92 5.3 8.99 6.1 € € 4....................................................... 10.64 7.1 10.54 7.1 € € 5....................................................... 11.56 5.5 11.55 5.7 € € 7....................................................... 17.27 7.5 17.44 8.8 € € 8....................................................... 19.61 1.5 € € € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 12.10 6.8 12.29 8.1 11.32 10.7 2....................................................... 8.40 4.1 8.31 4.3 € € 3....................................................... 9.25 6.2 9.57 6.4 € € 4....................................................... 12.29 6.4 12.21 6.8 € € 5....................................................... 11.92 5.1 12.14 3.5 € € 7....................................................... 17.27 7.5 17.44 8.8 € € 8....................................................... 19.61 1.5 € € € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 18.07 5.7 18.77 6.3 15.11 6.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 19.66 6.0 20.80 6.1 15.29 8.1 7....................................................... 19.38 4.8 20.37 2.7 € € Health related................................................ 20.81 6.0 20.86 6.2 - - 7....................................................... 20.03 2.4 20.03 2.4 € € Registered nurses........................................... 19.69 1.4 19.70 1.5 € € 7....................................................... 20.03 2.4 20.03 2.4 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - € € - - Technical....................................................... 13.63 6.3 13.49 7.3 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - € € - - Management related............................................ - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 7.57 7.3 7.57 7.3 € € 1....................................................... 5.80 2.0 5.80 2.0 € € 3....................................................... 8.50 9.2 8.50 9.2 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 7.04 6.7 7.04 6.7 € € Cashiers.................................................... 7.06 12.0 7.06 12.0 € € 1....................................................... 5.75 2.1 5.75 2.1 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.10 2.8 9.21 2.8 8.57 6.8 2....................................................... 8.40 4.1 8.31 4.3 € € 3....................................................... 9.19 6.5 9.52 7.1 € € 4....................................................... 12.10 8.7 11.96 9.5 € € Secretaries................................................. $11.91 2.4 $11.91 2.4 € € General office clerks....................................... 8.42 9.1 8.07 4.0 $8.76 16.6 2....................................................... 8.59 6.1 € € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 7.83 5.8 7.83 5.8 € € Blue collar......................................................... 8.90 5.7 8.52 5.9 12.25 9.5 1....................................................... 6.75 4.0 6.77 4.2 € € 2....................................................... 7.21 4.9 7.21 4.9 € € 3....................................................... 10.85 9.2 10.13 8.7 € € 4....................................................... 11.22 11.7 10.70 12.4 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.39 3.2 7.39 3.2 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 10.91 9.9 10.10 11.4 - - 4....................................................... 11.22 11.7 10.70 12.4 € € Bus drivers................................................. 10.76 8.8 € € € € 4....................................................... 10.28 9.0 € € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.21 5.5 7.27 5.9 - - 1....................................................... 6.64 3.8 6.65 4.0 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.90 12.2 9.90 12.2 € € Service............................................................. 7.27 5.7 7.00 6.4 9.24 8.3 1....................................................... 6.97 4.4 6.59 3.6 8.13 8.8 2....................................................... 7.73 8.9 7.65 9.2 € € 3....................................................... 6.31 20.8 5.81 21.5 € € Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 5.28 10.5 5.28 10.5 € € 1....................................................... 6.10 1.4 6.10 1.4 € € 3....................................................... 4.56 22.6 4.56 22.6 € € Other food service........................................... 6.47 2.9 6.47 2.9 € € 1....................................................... 6.10 1.4 6.10 1.4 € € Health service................................................ 8.62 2.7 8.40 2.8 - - 2....................................................... 8.59 2.7 8.49 2.8 € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.59 2.6 8.46 2.8 € € 2....................................................... 8.62 2.6 8.53 2.7 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 7.91 7.6 - - - - 1....................................................... 7.75 9.4 € € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.51 9.2 € € € € Personal service.............................................. 7.80 6.2 - - - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2000 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $18.19 $9.36 $18.93 $14.91 $16.93 $15.85 All excluding sales............................................. 18.33 9.68 19.21 15.07 17.18 17.39 White collar........................................................ 20.67 10.76 22.22 17.14 19.36 15.62 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 21.23 12.10 23.20 17.84 20.15 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.38 18.07 29.73 22.43 26.58 € Professional specialty.......................................... 30.14 19.66 32.74 24.49 29.31 € Technical....................................................... 16.14 13.63 16.05 15.66 15.85 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.04 - 23.12 28.95 27.37 - Sales............................................................. 15.59 7.57 11.50 13.47 12.42 14.78 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.99 9.10 14.20 11.28 12.36 € Blue collar......................................................... 16.41 8.90 17.22 13.52 15.77 16.73 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.79 - 20.07 19.11 19.73 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.54 7.39 17.69 11.22 15.22 - Transportation and material moving................................ 15.14 10.91 14.55 13.43 13.73 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.35 7.21 13.03 9.44 11.44 - Service............................................................. 12.75 7.27 14.12 8.04 11.16 - B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.0 3.5 3.7 3.9 3.0 14.5 All excluding sales............................................. 3.0 4.0 3.7 4.1 3.0 7.6 White collar........................................................ 4.2 5.3 5.3 4.9 4.2 22.7 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.1 6.8 5.1 4.9 4.1 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.2 5.7 6.6 4.2 4.9 € Professional specialty.......................................... 5.0 6.0 6.0 3.7 4.8 € Technical....................................................... 5.9 6.3 6.1 8.8 5.4 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.0 - 6.4 6.3 5.3 - Sales............................................................. 10.7 7.3 14.6 12.4 10.3 24.3 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.2 2.8 4.9 3.1 3.2 € Blue collar......................................................... 2.8 5.7 3.4 5.2 3.0 4.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.3 - 4.1 4.7 3.3 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.3 3.2 4.3 5.2 4.4 - Transportation and material moving................................ 5.7 9.9 8.3 8.8 7.0 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.9 5.5 6.7 6.8 5.8 - Service............................................................. 6.4 5.7 6.1 6.1 5.7 - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRE- SPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2000 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $15.27 - - - - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 15.51 - - - - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 16.69 - € - - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.55 - € - - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.34 - € - - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 23.80 - € - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 15.29 - € - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.00 - € - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 12.71 - € - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.83 - € - - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 15.93 - - - - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.33 - - - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.16 - - - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 14.08 - - - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.28 - € - - - - - - - Service............................................................. 8.14 - € - - - - - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.9 - - - - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 2.9 - - - - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 4.3 - € - - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.2 - € - - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.8 - € - - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 3.5 - € - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 5.9 - € - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.4 - € - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 10.3 - € - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.6 - € - - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 3.2 - - - - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.6 - - - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.4 - - - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 8.3 - - - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.5 - € - - - - - - - Service............................................................. 4.5 - € - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUS- TRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2000 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $15.27 $13.35 $15.74 $13.97 $18.66 All excluding sales............................................. 15.51 13.27 16.05 14.41 18.48 White collar........................................................ 16.69 14.43 17.13 15.88 18.96 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.55 14.50 18.11 17.64 18.64 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.34 15.16 22.12 22.61 21.78 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.80 19.08 24.17 24.03 24.28 Technical....................................................... 15.29 - 16.21 17.60 15.47 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.00 24.98 29.83 30.89 28.35 Sales............................................................. 12.71 14.19 12.31 10.75 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.83 11.50 11.91 11.72 12.21 Blue collar......................................................... 15.93 15.40 16.06 13.56 20.33 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.33 19.16 20.77 19.31 22.81 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.16 13.15 15.43 11.99 19.68 Transportation and material moving................................ 14.08 13.90 14.12 12.87 16.57 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.28 11.53 11.20 10.11 - Service............................................................. 8.14 7.11 8.57 8.30 9.27 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.9 7.3 3.2 4.5 3.8 All excluding sales............................................. 2.9 7.3 3.2 4.6 3.7 White collar........................................................ 4.3 9.6 4.8 6.6 5.5 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.2 11.0 4.4 6.7 5.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.8 13.4 3.6 5.1 4.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 3.5 15.0 3.6 5.1 4.9 Technical....................................................... 5.9 - 5.7 12.6 3.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.4 8.9 7.2 7.0 13.9 Sales............................................................. 10.3 19.9 11.2 7.6 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.6 10.6 3.7 4.5 6.2 Blue collar......................................................... 3.2 7.0 3.6 5.0 3.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.6 5.2 4.6 7.0 3.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.4 7.7 4.9 5.0 4.1 Transportation and material moving................................ 8.3 19.5 8.8 12.3 11.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.5 14.9 6.9 6.5 - Service............................................................. 4.5 9.4 4.8 6.2 7.6 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORD- INGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2000 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.00 $10.00 $14.44 $21.28 $28.52 All excluding sales........................... 8.25 10.37 14.85 21.31 29.22 White collar.................................... 8.47 11.00 15.59 24.33 35.36 White collar excluding sales................ 8.97 11.59 16.78 25.08 36.89 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.01 17.58 23.32 32.90 41.71 Professional specialty...................... 17.15 20.02 26.75 36.79 42.46 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.31 22.98 27.01 31.94 36.57 Industrial engineers.................... 17.58 21.08 27.01 29.22 31.94 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 22.53 27.00 28.71 36.48 41.44 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 23.46 24.47 26.75 26.75 31.25 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 17.15 18.95 20.08 23.09 33.61 Registered nurses....................... 17.15 18.89 19.84 20.34 23.09 Pharmacists............................. 21.51 30.68 31.54 36.79 39.22 Teachers, college and university.......... 23.32 32.50 42.24 63.44 82.92 Other post-secondary teachers........... 23.32 23.32 28.11 39.76 39.76 Teachers, except college and university... 20.22 26.89 36.63 40.89 42.46 Elementary school teachers.............. 20.22 26.16 37.74 40.89 41.71 Secondary school teachers............... 26.89 27.55 32.90 40.45 42.46 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.35 16.67 18.06 18.74 21.01 Social workers.......................... 13.35 13.35 17.24 21.01 23.60 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.30 14.90 15.38 29.19 32.84 Technical................................... 11.00 12.32 14.44 17.01 25.21 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 14.20 14.20 16.77 16.82 17.34 Licensed practical nurses............... 10.50 11.00 13.31 14.35 14.44 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 10.11 11.84 14.57 16.53 16.82 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.04 20.51 24.92 31.41 38.89 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.78 23.87 30.98 34.50 39.42 Financial managers...................... 23.17 31.41 31.41 33.13 68.50 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 23.87 25.30 31.26 31.26 37.50 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 19.97 27.24 30.81 38.92 38.92 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 22.65 31.48 34.50 37.48 46.70 Management related........................ 14.01 16.48 22.05 24.18 28.07 Accountants and auditors................ 16.44 18.28 20.13 24.09 28.72 Management related, n.e.c............... 14.01 16.48 21.81 23.66 25.26 Sales......................................... 6.00 8.00 10.22 14.24 27.09 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.22 10.22 11.54 14.24 27.09 Sales workers, other commodities........ 5.79 6.95 8.37 9.47 9.47 Cashiers................................ 5.63 5.78 6.70 8.37 14.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... $8.40 $9.23 $11.44 $14.33 $17.75 Computer operators...................... 12.00 16.28 18.87 18.87 18.87 Secretaries............................. 10.70 12.48 14.24 15.66 16.84 Typists................................. 11.22 11.67 11.67 14.03 15.60 Receptionists........................... 7.94 8.25 9.00 9.25 10.13 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 8.43 8.97 9.45 10.69 11.53 Library clerks.......................... 8.43 11.72 13.05 14.74 14.74 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.46 9.24 11.12 11.69 13.71 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.83 12.50 13.95 15.00 15.83 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.25 10.86 10.86 15.38 21.43 General office clerks................... 7.99 10.00 12.73 13.05 17.07 Data entry keyers....................... 8.00 8.24 11.21 11.85 12.57 Teachers' aides......................... 7.77 7.95 8.40 10.39 10.44 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 6.18 7.49 9.22 10.37 13.10 Blue collar..................................... 8.65 10.85 15.11 20.54 22.92 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.27 15.59 18.97 24.16 26.80 Automobile mechanics.................... 13.91 14.85 16.75 23.87 23.87 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 16.24 16.24 18.79 25.84 26.77 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 9.66 14.96 16.52 21.28 25.87 Supervisors, production................. 16.85 18.97 21.68 27.06 29.52 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.39 10.80 14.67 20.54 22.39 Packaging and filling machine operators. 7.62 9.01 11.77 12.40 15.30 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.34 10.70 13.50 16.44 19.13 Welders and cutters..................... 10.38 11.53 15.58 22.39 22.39 Assemblers.............................. 7.86 10.36 16.32 21.31 21.31 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 7.74 10.00 14.38 18.43 21.28 Transportation and material moving............ 9.61 10.57 14.28 17.45 19.13 Truck drivers........................... 10.00 10.58 13.11 15.82 17.80 Bus drivers............................. 7.84 9.59 9.74 10.57 13.20 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.70 13.00 17.22 22.15 22.88 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 14.81 15.08 18.84 19.13 19.13 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.48 8.64 10.85 15.00 17.57 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.56 6.16 6.48 9.43 21.29 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.70 10.13 15.00 15.00 20.54 Hand packers and packagers.............. 8.80 8.80 8.80 10.70 21.80 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 10.00 10.85 10.85 11.60 17.35 Service......................................... 6.00 7.47 9.15 13.02 20.44 Protective service........................ 17.28 18.76 20.44 23.30 26.98 Food service.............................. $3.30 $5.50 $6.35 $8.38 $9.87 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 3.30 3.30 3.30 4.47 10.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 3.30 3.30 3.30 4.47 10.50 Other food service....................... 5.90 6.01 6.75 8.57 9.87 Cooks................................... 8.30 8.38 9.50 9.84 12.22 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.00 6.50 7.26 8.57 Health service............................ 6.28 8.55 8.74 10.20 13.40 Health aides, except nursing............ 7.10 8.32 10.53 11.56 11.56 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.28 8.61 8.74 9.62 13.40 Cleaning and building service............. 6.15 8.00 9.62 11.95 15.00 Maids and housemen...................... 6.00 6.00 8.91 9.00 9.41 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.70 8.37 10.34 11.95 14.37 Personal service.......................... 6.00 7.02 8.90 10.46 11.87 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STAN- DARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2000 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.54 $9.30 $12.70 $20.22 $25.44 All excluding sales........................... 7.77 9.45 13.70 20.34 25.42 White collar.................................... 8.25 9.66 13.67 20.77 30.68 White collar excluding sales................ 8.65 10.54 14.78 21.81 31.25 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.32 15.00 19.73 24.95 32.63 Professional specialty...................... 15.00 19.13 20.71 28.35 33.33 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.08 24.29 27.01 32.72 36.82 Industrial engineers.................... 17.58 21.08 27.01 29.22 31.94 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 22.53 27.00 28.71 36.48 41.44 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 16.22 18.95 20.08 21.81 31.54 Registered nurses....................... 17.93 18.95 19.88 20.50 21.81 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 11.79 20.21 20.22 20.22 22.71 Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.30 14.90 15.00 21.47 32.84 Technical................................... 10.50 12.05 14.35 16.93 18.79 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 14.20 14.92 16.82 17.34 17.34 Licensed practical nurses............... 10.50 10.50 13.14 14.35 14.38 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 10.11 11.84 12.05 14.57 16.53 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.44 22.05 27.58 33.13 38.89 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.71 24.04 31.26 35.28 42.97 Financial managers...................... 23.17 31.41 31.41 33.13 68.50 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 23.87 25.30 31.26 31.26 37.50 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 22.65 31.48 34.50 37.48 46.70 Management related........................ 12.25 16.44 22.05 25.26 30.79 Accountants and auditors................ 16.44 16.44 20.13 24.09 28.72 Sales......................................... 5.79 8.00 9.78 12.46 27.09 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.22 10.22 11.54 14.24 27.09 Sales workers, other commodities........ 5.79 6.95 8.37 9.47 9.47 Cashiers................................ 5.40 5.70 6.50 8.37 9.65 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.34 8.97 10.86 13.59 17.90 Secretaries............................. 9.66 10.93 13.43 14.95 17.42 Receptionists........................... 7.94 8.25 9.00 9.25 10.13 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 8.43 8.97 9.45 10.69 10.69 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.46 9.24 11.12 11.69 13.71 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... $9.05 $10.50 $13.95 $15.64 $22.35 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.25 10.86 10.86 15.38 21.43 General office clerks................... 7.77 8.41 11.52 17.07 18.12 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 6.18 7.49 9.22 10.37 13.10 Blue collar..................................... 8.64 10.85 15.46 20.54 23.50 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.87 16.24 20.33 24.93 27.16 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 16.24 16.24 18.79 25.84 26.77 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 16.00 17.70 21.28 25.87 25.87 Supervisors, production................. 16.85 18.97 21.68 27.06 29.52 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.39 10.70 14.51 20.54 22.39 Packaging and filling machine operators. 7.62 9.01 11.77 12.40 15.30 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.61 10.70 11.96 15.58 19.13 Welders and cutters..................... 10.38 11.53 15.58 22.39 22.39 Assemblers.............................. 7.86 10.36 16.32 21.31 21.31 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 7.74 10.00 14.38 18.43 21.28 Transportation and material moving............ 9.59 10.00 13.00 18.07 19.19 Truck drivers........................... 10.00 10.50 11.97 17.13 17.80 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.70 13.00 17.22 22.15 22.88 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 10.03 15.08 18.84 19.13 19.13 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.48 8.64 10.70 14.97 18.04 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.56 6.16 6.48 9.43 21.29 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.70 10.13 15.00 15.00 20.54 Hand packers and packagers.............. 8.80 8.80 8.80 10.70 21.80 Service......................................... 5.90 6.28 8.61 9.39 10.37 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 3.30 5.50 6.35 8.38 9.84 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 3.30 3.30 3.30 4.47 10.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 3.30 3.30 3.30 4.47 10.50 Other food service....................... 5.90 6.01 6.75 8.57 9.84 Cooks................................... 8.30 8.38 9.50 9.84 12.22 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.00 6.50 7.26 8.57 Health service............................ 6.00 7.56 8.64 9.39 9.62 Health aides, except nursing............ 7.10 7.10 10.53 11.56 11.56 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.00 7.56 8.64 9.39 9.62 Cleaning and building service............. 6.00 7.00 9.00 10.37 15.00 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.30 7.47 9.00 10.37 11.95 Personal service.......................... $6.00 $8.51 $8.90 $9.32 $12.24 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2000 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $11.12 $13.29 $17.35 $26.89 $39.76 All excluding sales........................... 11.04 13.24 17.35 26.89 40.02 White collar.................................... 11.85 14.09 20.10 32.90 41.71 White collar excluding sales................ 11.85 14.08 20.10 33.04 41.71 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.15 23.18 32.50 40.89 43.41 Professional specialty...................... 18.96 24.47 32.90 41.57 43.50 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 17.15 19.35 20.02 28.80 36.89 Registered nurses....................... 17.15 17.15 19.84 20.02 23.73 Teachers, college and university.......... 32.50 36.89 43.02 63.44 95.42 Teachers, except college and university... 26.16 27.92 37.74 41.30 42.46 Elementary school teachers.............. 26.16 37.74 37.74 41.71 41.71 Secondary school teachers............... 26.89 29.02 32.90 41.30 42.46 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 17.24 17.24 18.74 21.01 23.60 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.32 14.01 14.84 25.21 25.21 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.04 16.64 23.56 29.40 38.92 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 12.96 19.78 30.81 30.81 38.92 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 27.24 29.40 30.81 38.92 38.92 Management related........................ 16.04 16.48 19.57 24.18 27.28 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.43 11.67 13.08 15.66 17.22 Secretaries............................. 13.14 14.00 15.66 15.76 15.76 Typists................................. 11.67 11.67 13.29 14.46 15.60 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 12.98 13.05 14.33 14.33 14.33 General office clerks................... 9.08 12.06 12.73 12.80 13.08 Teachers' aides......................... 7.82 7.95 8.40 10.39 10.44 Blue collar..................................... 11.19 12.90 14.96 16.82 17.85 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.66 13.91 15.37 17.66 19.08 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 12.90 13.11 14.28 15.11 16.19 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... $6.09 $11.19 $12.82 $15.55 $17.35 Service......................................... 9.67 12.05 17.65 21.96 25.23 Protective service........................ 17.79 18.76 20.44 23.41 26.98 Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ 12.05 12.05 13.40 13.40 16.99 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 12.05 12.05 13.40 13.40 16.99 Cleaning and building service............. 8.37 9.67 11.44 13.84 15.68 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.37 9.67 11.44 13.84 15.68 Personal service.......................... 7.00 7.00 10.46 11.03 11.34 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2000 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.97 $11.24 $15.66 $22.35 $30.79 All excluding sales........................... 9.00 11.32 15.80 22.35 30.81 White collar.................................... 9.53 11.85 17.15 26.75 36.89 White collar excluding sales................ 9.83 12.23 17.75 27.00 37.50 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.14 18.19 24.47 33.61 41.71 Professional specialty...................... 17.93 20.34 27.00 36.89 42.46 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.31 22.98 27.01 31.94 36.57 Industrial engineers.................... 17.58 21.08 27.01 29.22 31.94 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 22.53 27.00 28.71 36.48 41.44 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 23.46 24.47 26.75 26.75 31.25 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 17.15 18.95 20.34 24.95 36.79 Registered nurses....................... 17.15 18.84 19.84 20.34 23.73 Pharmacists............................. 21.51 30.68 31.54 36.79 39.22 Teachers, college and university.......... 23.07 32.50 42.24 63.44 82.92 Teachers, except college and university... 22.71 26.89 37.25 41.30 42.46 Elementary school teachers.............. 20.22 26.16 37.74 40.89 41.71 Secondary school teachers............... 26.89 27.55 32.90 40.45 42.46 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.35 16.67 18.06 18.74 21.01 Social workers.......................... 13.35 13.35 17.24 21.01 23.60 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.30 14.90 15.38 29.19 32.84 Technical................................... 11.00 13.05 14.44 17.18 25.21 Licensed practical nurses............... 10.50 11.00 13.31 14.35 14.44 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.48 20.85 27.24 31.41 38.92 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.51 24.04 30.98 35.28 39.42 Financial managers...................... 23.17 31.41 31.41 33.13 68.50 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 23.87 25.30 31.26 31.26 37.50 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 20.71 29.40 30.81 38.92 38.92 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 22.65 31.48 34.50 37.48 46.70 Management related........................ 16.04 16.64 22.05 24.92 28.07 Accountants and auditors................ 16.44 18.28 20.13 24.09 28.72 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.48 16.48 23.56 23.66 35.80 Sales......................................... 7.50 9.78 12.46 21.51 28.17 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.22 10.22 11.54 14.24 27.09 Cashiers................................ 6.50 6.73 8.15 9.65 15.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.70 10.21 12.06 14.95 18.32 Computer operators...................... 12.00 16.28 18.87 18.87 18.87 Secretaries............................. 10.70 12.48 14.78 15.66 16.84 Typists................................. 11.22 11.67 11.67 14.08 15.60 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 8.43 8.97 9.45 10.69 11.53 Library clerks.......................... $8.43 $11.72 $13.05 $14.74 $14.74 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.46 11.12 11.69 11.69 13.71 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.83 12.50 13.95 15.00 15.83 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 7.65 8.00 10.79 17.22 23.07 General office clerks................... 10.00 12.06 12.73 13.08 17.07 Data entry keyers....................... 8.00 11.12 11.21 11.85 12.57 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.34 8.89 10.37 12.05 15.00 Blue collar..................................... 9.60 11.70 15.58 20.54 23.50 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.27 15.69 19.08 24.16 27.06 Automobile mechanics.................... 13.91 14.85 16.75 23.87 23.87 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 16.24 16.24 18.79 25.84 26.77 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 9.66 14.96 16.52 21.28 25.87 Supervisors, production................. 16.85 18.97 21.68 27.06 29.52 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.30 11.25 14.87 20.54 22.39 Packaging and filling machine operators. 7.62 9.01 11.77 12.40 15.30 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.34 10.70 13.50 16.44 19.13 Welders and cutters..................... 10.38 11.53 15.58 22.39 22.39 Assemblers.............................. 9.50 11.00 20.54 21.31 21.31 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 7.74 10.00 14.38 18.43 21.28 Transportation and material moving............ 10.00 10.70 14.80 18.59 19.19 Truck drivers........................... 10.00 10.50 13.05 14.68 17.80 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.70 14.68 17.22 22.15 22.88 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 14.81 15.08 18.84 19.13 19.13 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.64 8.80 10.85 15.00 18.04 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.48 7.90 9.43 15.53 21.29 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.70 11.24 15.00 15.00 20.54 Hand packers and packagers.............. 8.80 8.80 8.80 10.70 21.80 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 10.85 10.85 10.85 12.25 17.35 Service......................................... 6.00 8.61 10.46 17.65 22.42 Protective service........................ 17.65 18.76 21.60 23.30 26.98 Food service.............................. 6.00 6.50 8.38 9.84 10.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.00 6.75 8.38 9.50 10.19 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.00 6.92 8.57 9.87 Health service............................ 6.00 8.61 9.58 12.05 13.40 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.00 8.61 9.58 12.05 13.40 Cleaning and building service............. 6.30 8.97 10.37 12.94 15.00 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.00 9.47 10.87 12.94 15.31 Personal service.......................... 6.00 8.84 8.90 10.46 12.24 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2000 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.70 $6.54 $8.51 $10.11 $14.58 All excluding sales........................... 5.90 7.02 8.64 10.57 15.82 White collar.................................... 6.03 7.82 8.65 12.84 19.57 White collar excluding sales................ 7.49 8.40 10.11 14.09 19.88 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.05 14.09 19.49 19.88 20.77 Professional specialty...................... 14.09 18.65 19.57 20.71 21.88 Health related............................ 16.85 19.49 19.88 20.71 21.73 Registered nurses....................... 18.05 19.49 19.88 20.71 20.77 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Technical................................... 10.11 12.05 13.59 15.51 16.93 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 5.63 5.79 8.00 8.37 9.30 Sales workers, other commodities........ 5.79 5.79 6.95 8.37 8.37 Cashiers................................ 5.33 5.68 6.03 6.43 14.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.40 7.95 8.65 9.63 11.83 Secretaries............................. 11.10 12.14 12.14 12.25 12.25 General office clerks................... 5.15 7.01 7.77 9.08 11.24 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 6.05 6.18 7.49 9.22 10.36 Blue collar..................................... 6.01 6.50 7.66 10.57 13.87 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 6.50 6.99 7.66 7.66 7.89 Transportation and material moving............ 7.14 7.84 10.57 13.20 15.82 Bus drivers............................. 7.84 9.59 10.57 12.90 15.12 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.56 6.01 6.54 7.34 10.00 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.15 7.29 7.35 11.04 18.61 Service......................................... 3.30 6.00 7.52 8.74 9.39 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 3.30 3.30 5.90 6.35 8.30 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 5.88 5.90 6.12 6.54 7.26 Health service............................ 7.52 8.55 8.64 8.85 9.39 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.52 8.55 8.64 8.85 9.39 Cleaning and building service............. 6.00 6.15 7.47 9.58 9.58 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.00 6.15 7.47 9.58 9.58 Personal service.......................... $5.90 $7.00 $7.02 $8.51 $9.68 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2000 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 283,900 210,800 73,100 All excluding sales............................................. 262,700 190,300 72,400 White collar........................................................ 153,200 103,000 50,300 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 132,000 82,400 49,600 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 58,600 30,100 28,600 Professional specialty.......................................... 47,900 21,500 26,400 Technical....................................................... 10,700 8,600 2,200 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 15,200 10,300 4,900 Sales............................................................. 21,200 20,500 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 58,200 42,100 16,200 Blue collar......................................................... 82,400 74,300 8,200 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 24,700 21,700 3,000 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 28,000 27,600 - Transportation and material moving................................ 13,000 10,400 2,600 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 16,700 14,500 2,200 Service............................................................. 48,200 33,600 14,700 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Appendix table 2. Number of establishments represented by survey and the number studied by industry division and establishment employment size, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2000 Number of establishments studied Number of Industry establish- 100 workers or more ments rep- Total 50 - 99 resented(1) studied workers Total 100 - 499 500 workers workers or more All industries........................................................ 1,600 151 34 117 68 49 Private industry.................................................... 1,500 125 34 91 62 29 Goods-producing industries........................................ 400 47 9 38 26 12 Mining.......................................................... (2) 1 1 - - - Construction.................................................... (2) 2 1 1 1 - Manufacturing................................................... 300 44 7 37 25 12 Service-producing industries...................................... 1,100 78 25 53 36 17 Tranportation and public utilities.............................. 100 9 4 5 3 2 Wholesale and retail trade...................................... 400 23 9 14 12 2 Finance, insurance and real estate.............................. 100 5 1 4 2 2 Services........................................................ 600 41 11 30 19 11 State and local government.......................................... 100 26 - 26 6 20 1 Number of establishments represented by the survey rounded to the nearest 100. 2 Number of establishments represented by the survey is fewer than 50. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups may include data for categories not shown separately.