NC BL 12/00/2005 Table: Columbus, OH, Bulletin 3130-36, April 2005 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, April 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $17.99 3.1 37.2 $16.62 4.3 36.9 $23.47 1.5 38.6 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 20.82 4.5 38.1 19.34 6.3 37.9 25.14 1.5 38.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.51 3.8 37.9 27.86 7.0 37.1 29.34 2.2 39.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.35 9.9 39.3 34.62 11.5 39.2 26.68 6.6 39.5 Sales............................................................. 12.57 3.1 37.7 12.57 3.1 37.7 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.87 2.0 37.9 13.33 2.3 38.0 16.60 3.4 37.6 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.04 3.8 37.9 14.87 4.2 37.9 18.07 1.4 37.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.12 4.4 39.9 18.05 4.8 39.9 18.76 2.7 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 14.94 7.3 40.0 14.87 7.5 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.69 8.5 39.5 14.34 9.8 40.2 18.01 .4 34.1 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 12.11 4.4 33.7 12.08 4.5 33.6 13.98 13.8 37.5 Service occupations(5).............................................. 12.44 8.8 32.4 9.27 7.5 30.2 19.58 5.6 38.9 Full time........................................................... 18.54 3.5 40.0 17.16 4.6 40.1 23.69 1.2 39.6 Part time........................................................... 11.41 9.5 20.2 11.16 9.9 20.3 15.04 16.1 19.6 Union............................................................... 20.18 4.9 37.7 16.29 7.2 36.6 23.98 4.1 38.8 Nonunion............................................................ 17.30 4.4 37.0 16.68 5.0 36.9 22.68 4.0 38.3 Time................................................................ 18.12 3.1 36.9 16.72 4.3 36.5 23.47 1.5 38.6 Incentive........................................................... 14.11 13.1 48.1 14.11 13.1 48.1 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 17.32 14.5 39.2 17.34 14.6 39.2 14.77 18.8 35.6 100-499 workers..................................................... 15.36 5.3 34.8 14.75 5.4 34.7 24.98 12.0 36.1 500 workers or more................................................. 20.03 4.1 38.3 18.10 6.4 37.9 23.38 2.0 38.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, April 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.99 3.1 $16.62 4.3 $23.47 1.5 All excluding sales............................................... 18.24 3.1 16.85 4.4 23.47 1.5 White collar........................................................ 20.82 4.5 19.34 6.3 25.14 1.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.52 4.3 20.13 6.3 25.14 1.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.51 3.8 27.86 7.0 29.34 2.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.07 3.6 29.81 6.9 30.38 1.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 35.01 4.5 35.88 4.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 26.94 9.0 26.86 9.2 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 23.85 8.8 23.65 8.7 – – Natural scientists............................................ 29.00 12.0 – – – – Health related................................................ 26.37 10.7 29.07 8.1 20.46 20.3 Registered nurses........................................... 27.06 2.3 26.86 2.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 34.88 1.5 26.23 15.4 35.62 .5 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 33.37 9.4 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 35.96 3.9 – – 36.23 4.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.65 1.1 – – 35.90 1.2 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 33.65 10.3 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 26.95 15.8 – – 30.06 16.4 Librarians.................................................. 26.95 15.8 – – 30.06 16.4 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 23.43 21.0 – – 27.77 21.2 Social workers.............................................. 23.74 21.0 – – 27.77 21.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.18 8.3 20.97 9.2 24.21 8.6 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 13.14 19.4 13.14 23.3 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 17.83 10.9 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.49 1.2 19.63 .9 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.86 8.4 21.86 8.4 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.35 9.9 34.62 11.5 26.68 6.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.47 14.4 41.60 16.3 33.20 8.5 Financial managers.......................................... 26.69 14.9 26.69 14.9 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 44.04 5.1 – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 30.53 6.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 49.67 16.9 50.02 17.1 – – Management related............................................ 25.96 4.3 26.63 6.2 24.97 6.1 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.38 8.4 – – – – Other financial officers.................................... 25.13 15.0 – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.98 11.2 – – – – Sales............................................................. 12.57 3.1 12.57 3.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... $8.88 4.2 $8.88 4.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.87 2.0 13.33 2.3 $16.60 3.4 Secretaries................................................. 16.23 3.8 15.23 3.4 18.34 3.3 Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 11.65 3.9 11.65 3.9 – – Order clerks................................................ 10.52 9.5 10.52 9.5 – – Library clerks.............................................. 11.20 10.2 – – 10.39 7.5 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.78 5.5 15.35 7.3 16.79 6.0 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.62 7.4 13.62 7.4 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.85 4.1 12.84 4.2 – – Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 13.72 7.0 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 12.79 7.4 12.54 9.1 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 12.38 6.8 12.32 8.6 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.26 2.6 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.05 1.6 12.97 1.3 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.04 3.8 14.87 4.2 18.07 1.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.12 4.4 18.05 4.8 18.76 2.7 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.70 14.0 18.72 14.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.94 7.3 14.87 7.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.38 9.8 12.38 9.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.69 8.5 14.34 9.8 18.01 .4 Truck drivers............................................... 21.64 7.7 21.64 7.7 – – Bus drivers................................................. 18.09 .7 – – 18.09 .7 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.77 3.3 13.77 3.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.11 4.4 12.08 4.5 13.98 13.8 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.60 2.4 10.60 2.4 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.17 11.7 11.11 12.0 – – Service............................................................. 12.44 8.8 9.27 7.5 19.58 5.6 Protective service............................................ 22.87 5.5 – – 24.55 2.2 Food service.................................................. 8.42 10.2 7.81 13.2 12.05 8.1 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.61 28.2 4.61 28.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.07 37.4 4.07 37.4 – – Other food service........................................... 10.62 6.7 10.20 8.6 12.05 8.1 Cooks....................................................... 11.10 3.1 – – 11.01 3.9 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.56 5.3 8.37 5.2 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.58 17.6 – – – – Health service................................................ 10.91 1.4 10.88 1.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.50 2.4 10.45 2.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.08 8.4 9.80 7.8 14.24 6.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.91 9.3 10.21 5.8 14.24 6.8 Personal service.............................................. $9.74 19.1 $7.38 14.8 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.59 18.7 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, April 2005 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................................................................... $18.54 3.5 $17.16 4.6 $23.69 1.2 All excluding sales............................................... 18.76 3.3 17.37 4.5 23.69 1.2 White collar........................................................ 21.19 4.7 19.69 6.7 25.32 1.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.78 4.4 20.36 6.6 25.32 1.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.76 3.7 28.22 6.9 29.39 2.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.17 3.5 29.98 6.7 30.38 1.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 35.03 4.6 35.88 4.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 26.94 9.0 26.86 9.2 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 23.85 8.8 23.65 8.7 – – Natural scientists............................................ 29.00 12.0 – – – – Health related................................................ 25.85 11.7 29.25 7.3 20.26 19.9 Registered nurses........................................... 27.21 1.8 27.07 2.1 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 34.92 1.5 26.28 15.6 35.67 .6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 35.90 3.7 – – 36.17 4.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.65 1.1 – – 35.90 1.2 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 34.07 10.4 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 27.28 15.7 – – 30.75 15.1 Librarians.................................................. 27.28 15.7 – – 30.75 15.1 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 23.43 21.0 – – 27.77 21.2 Social workers.............................................. 23.74 21.0 – – 27.77 21.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.72 8.3 21.56 10.2 24.42 8.0 Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.92 2.7 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 23.06 32.4 23.22 33.3 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.86 8.4 21.86 8.4 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.30 10.1 34.60 11.8 26.67 6.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.47 14.4 41.60 16.3 33.17 8.5 Financial managers.......................................... 26.69 14.9 26.69 14.9 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 44.04 5.1 – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 30.53 6.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 49.67 16.9 50.02 17.1 – – Management related............................................ 25.69 4.3 26.20 6.3 24.97 6.1 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.38 8.4 – – – – Other financial officers.................................... 25.13 15.0 – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.98 11.2 – – – – Sales............................................................. 13.25 4.5 13.25 4.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.01 2.3 13.47 2.6 16.73 3.2 Secretaries................................................. $16.34 4.3 $15.27 3.3 $19.10 5.1 Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 11.74 3.8 11.74 3.8 – – Library clerks.............................................. 11.49 10.7 – – 10.60 7.2 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.98 5.4 15.61 7.2 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.62 7.4 13.62 7.4 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.39 5.5 12.22 4.9 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.94 4.8 12.94 4.9 – – Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 13.72 7.0 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 12.79 7.4 12.54 9.1 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 12.38 6.8 12.32 8.6 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.11 1.8 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.35 3.9 15.18 4.3 18.37 1.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.12 4.4 18.05 4.8 18.76 2.7 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.70 14.0 18.72 14.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.95 7.4 14.89 7.6 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.38 9.8 12.38 9.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.93 9.9 14.60 11.2 18.37 1.3 Truck drivers............................................... 21.64 7.7 21.64 7.7 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.77 3.3 13.77 3.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.51 4.3 12.46 4.4 15.58 6.2 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.73 2.7 11.73 2.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.25 11.6 11.19 11.9 – – Service............................................................. 13.71 9.8 10.13 10.0 19.79 5.7 Protective service............................................ 23.29 5.6 – – 24.61 2.4 Food service.................................................. 9.86 24.1 9.17 32.8 12.05 8.5 Other food service........................................... 12.33 13.0 12.50 20.0 12.05 8.5 Health service................................................ 10.95 1.5 10.92 1.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.52 2.2 10.47 2.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.43 9.0 10.10 9.5 14.24 6.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.60 8.4 – – 14.24 6.8 Personal service.............................................. 11.33 15.7 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 10.64 9.9 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, April 2005 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................................................................... $11.41 9.5 $11.16 9.9 $15.04 16.1 All excluding sales............................................... 11.65 9.8 11.39 10.4 15.04 16.1 White collar........................................................ 15.07 6.6 14.89 7.1 16.90 17.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 16.70 9.5 16.67 10.5 16.90 17.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.71 8.1 23.63 8.6 24.63 26.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.65 10.4 27.37 11.5 30.47 8.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.74 10.4 28.55 10.7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.55 4.7 26.27 4.5 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 30.11 4.3 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 16.53 8.3 16.99 8.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 9.04 2.3 9.04 2.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.70 3.9 8.70 3.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.73 5.6 11.29 5.1 14.40 3.5 Blue collar......................................................... 10.47 11.6 10.32 12.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.46 13.4 10.49 13.6 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.04 5.4 8.04 5.4 – – Service............................................................. 6.97 5.9 6.85 5.1 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.46 5.2 6.38 3.8 – – Other food service........................................... 8.28 2.5 8.20 2.8 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.88 2.3 7.88 2.3 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, April 2005 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................................................................... $742 3.6 40.0 $688 4.8 40.1 $938 1.2 39.6 All excluding sales............................................... 747 3.6 39.8 693 5.0 39.9 938 1.2 39.6 White collar........................................................ 852 4.8 40.2 796 6.9 40.4 1,002 1.2 39.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 869 4.9 39.9 815 7.3 40.0 1,002 1.2 39.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,156 5.1 40.2 1,152 9.5 40.8 1,161 2.0 39.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,220 5.5 40.4 1,242 10.3 41.4 1,197 1.0 39.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,563 9.6 44.6 1,619 8.8 45.1 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,077 9.0 40.0 1,075 9.2 40.0 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 954 8.8 40.0 946 8.7 40.0 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 1,160 12.0 40.0 – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,018 11.7 39.4 1,147 8.3 39.2 803 19.2 39.6 Registered nurses........................................... 1,065 2.5 39.1 1,058 2.9 39.1 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,363 1.5 39.0 1,019 14.9 38.8 1,393 .6 39.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,379 3.4 38.4 – – – 1,389 3.7 38.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,398 .9 39.2 – – – 1,412 .9 39.3 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 1,359 10.4 39.9 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 1,014 15.9 37.2 – – – 1,152 15.1 37.5 Librarians.................................................. 1,014 15.9 37.2 – – – 1,152 15.1 37.5 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 935 21.1 39.9 – – – 1,107 21.4 39.9 Social workers.............................................. 948 21.0 39.9 – – – 1,107 21.4 39.9 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 891 8.9 39.2 834 10.2 38.7 977 8.0 40.0 Licensed practical nurses................................... 780 1.2 39.1 – – – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 919 32.0 39.9 926 32.9 39.9 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 874 8.4 40.0 874 8.4 40.0 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,292 10.7 40.0 1,385 12.8 40.0 1,066 6.6 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,633 16.1 40.3 1,682 18.3 40.4 1,321 8.6 39.8 Financial managers.......................................... 1,056 13.9 39.5 1,056 13.9 39.5 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,738 3.5 39.5 – – – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 1,193 6.7 39.1 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,980 16.9 39.9 1,995 17.1 39.9 – – – Management related............................................ 1,021 4.4 39.7 1,036 6.5 39.6 999 6.1 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 854 8.3 39.9 – – – – – – Other financial officers.................................... 1,005 15.0 40.0 – – – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 975 11.1 39.0 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. $595 3.3 44.9 $595 3.3 44.9 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 555 2.3 39.6 534 2.6 39.7 $660 3.3 39.5 Secretaries................................................. 643 4.2 39.3 606 3.4 39.7 734 5.7 38.5 Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 467 3.8 39.7 467 3.8 39.7 – – – Library clerks.............................................. 437 11.0 38.0 – – – 397 4.2 37.5 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 624 6.8 39.1 604 9.3 38.7 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 545 7.4 40.0 545 7.4 40.0 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 495 5.5 40.0 489 4.9 40.0 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 515 4.7 39.8 514 4.8 39.8 – – – Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 549 7.0 40.0 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 509 7.3 39.8 498 9.1 39.7 – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 492 7.2 39.7 489 9.1 39.7 – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 522 1.9 39.8 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 616 3.9 40.1 610 4.3 40.2 721 1.9 39.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 723 4.4 39.9 720 4.8 39.9 750 2.7 40.0 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 726 15.7 38.8 726 16.0 38.8 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 598 7.4 40.0 595 7.6 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 495 9.8 40.0 495 9.8 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 611 11.9 40.9 603 13.4 41.3 685 7.3 37.3 Truck drivers............................................... 1,048 2.1 48.4 1,048 2.1 48.4 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 551 3.3 40.0 551 3.3 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 501 4.3 40.0 499 4.4 40.0 623 6.2 40.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 469 2.7 40.0 469 2.7 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 450 11.6 40.0 447 11.9 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 531 10.6 38.7 386 11.5 38.1 789 5.8 39.9 Protective service............................................ 971 6.4 41.7 – – – 1,030 4.1 41.9 Food service.................................................. 348 29.7 35.3 323 40.6 35.2 429 2.8 35.6 Other food service........................................... 467 12.8 37.9 492 20.2 39.4 429 2.8 35.6 Health service................................................ 429 1.6 39.2 428 1.8 39.2 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 410 1.2 39.0 408 1.2 39.0 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 449 9.2 39.3 394 9.0 39.0 567 6.9 39.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 490 9.9 38.9 – – – 567 6.9 39.8 Personal service.............................................. 416 15.2 36.8 – – – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 426 9.9 40.0 – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, April 2005 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................................................................... $37,722 3.6 2,034 $35,651 4.8 2,078 $44,716 1.2 1,888 All excluding sales............................................... 37,968 3.6 2,023 35,874 5.0 2,065 44,716 1.2 1,888 White collar........................................................ 43,011 4.8 2,030 41,279 6.9 2,096 47,266 1.2 1,867 White collar excluding sales.................................... 43,785 4.9 2,010 42,236 7.3 2,074 47,266 1.2 1,867 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 55,707 5.1 1,937 59,286 9.5 2,101 52,142 2.0 1,774 Professional specialty.......................................... 57,774 5.5 1,915 63,733 10.3 2,126 52,364 1.0 1,724 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 81,263 9.6 2,320 84,182 8.8 2,346 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 56,029 9.0 2,080 55,879 9.2 2,080 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 49,602 8.8 2,080 49,185 8.7 2,080 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 60,328 12.0 2,080 – – – – – – Health related................................................ 52,395 11.7 2,027 59,648 8.3 2,039 40,649 19.2 2,007 Registered nurses........................................... 55,387 2.5 2,036 54,999 2.9 2,032 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 52,421 1.5 1,501 41,193 14.9 1,567 53,350 .6 1,496 Elementary school teachers.................................. 51,427 3.4 1,432 – – – 51,830 3.7 1,433 Secondary school teachers................................... 52,950 .9 1,485 – – – 53,657 .9 1,494 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 56,530 10.4 1,659 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 46,308 15.9 1,697 – – – 49,557 15.1 1,612 Librarians.................................................. 46,308 15.9 1,697 – – – 49,557 15.1 1,612 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 48,325 21.1 2,063 – – – 56,968 21.4 2,051 Social workers.............................................. 48,963 21.0 2,062 – – – 56,968 21.4 2,051 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 46,306 8.9 2,038 43,361 10.2 2,011 50,804 8.0 2,080 Licensed practical nurses................................... 40,536 1.2 2,035 – – – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 47,807 32.0 2,073 48,136 32.9 2,073 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 45,459 8.4 2,080 45,459 8.4 2,080 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 66,960 10.7 2,073 72,003 12.8 2,081 54,774 6.6 2,054 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 84,245 16.1 2,082 87,436 18.3 2,102 65,002 8.6 1,960 Financial managers.......................................... 54,891 13.9 2,056 54,891 13.9 2,056 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 79,550 3.5 1,806 – – – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 62,033 6.7 2,032 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 102,974 16.9 2,073 103,752 17.1 2,074 – – – Management related............................................ 53,077 4.4 2,066 53,874 6.5 2,057 51,947 6.1 2,080 Accountants and auditors.................................... 44,385 8.3 2,076 – – – – – – Other financial officers.................................... 52,277 15.0 2,080 – – – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 50,713 11.1 2,030 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. $30,943 3.3 2,334 $30,943 3.3 2,334 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 28,678 2.3 2,047 27,772 2.6 2,061 $33,113 3.3 1,980 Secretaries................................................. 32,299 4.2 1,977 31,384 3.4 2,055 34,372 5.7 1,800 Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 24,261 3.8 2,066 24,261 3.8 2,066 – – – Library clerks.............................................. 21,528 11.0 1,873 – – – 19,290 4.2 1,820 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 32,463 6.8 2,031 31,388 9.3 2,011 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 28,322 7.4 2,080 28,322 7.4 2,080 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 25,765 5.5 2,080 25,408 4.9 2,080 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 26,759 4.7 2,067 26,737 4.8 2,067 – – – Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 28,533 7.0 2,080 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 26,394 7.3 2,063 25,894 9.1 2,066 – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 25,578 7.2 2,065 25,413 9.1 2,062 – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 27,149 1.9 2,070 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 31,774 3.9 2,069 31,530 4.3 2,077 35,677 1.9 1,943 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 37,579 4.4 2,074 37,423 4.8 2,073 39,016 2.7 2,080 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 37,737 15.7 2,018 37,763 16.0 2,017 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 30,910 7.4 2,067 30,764 7.6 2,067 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 25,749 9.8 2,080 25,749 9.8 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 30,627 11.9 2,052 30,675 13.4 2,102 30,231 7.3 1,646 Truck drivers............................................... 54,510 2.1 2,518 54,510 2.1 2,518 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 28,648 3.3 2,080 28,648 3.3 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 26,026 4.3 2,080 25,927 4.4 2,080 32,408 6.2 2,080 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 24,398 2.7 2,080 24,398 2.7 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 23,390 11.6 2,080 23,270 11.9 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 26,897 10.6 1,962 19,971 11.5 1,971 38,540 5.8 1,947 Protective service............................................ 50,493 6.4 2,168 – – – 53,583 4.1 2,178 Food service.................................................. 17,191 29.7 1,744 16,801 40.6 1,832 18,212 2.8 1,512 Other food service........................................... 22,267 12.8 1,806 25,596 20.2 2,047 18,212 2.8 1,512 Health service................................................ 22,306 1.6 2,037 22,238 1.8 2,037 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 21,322 1.2 2,027 21,213 1.2 2,026 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 23,358 9.2 2,043 20,500 9.0 2,029 29,491 6.9 2,072 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 25,498 9.9 2,023 – – – 29,491 6.9 2,072 Personal service.............................................. 18,307 15.2 1,616 – – – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 19,900 9.9 1,870 – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, April 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.99 3.1 $16.62 4.3 $23.47 1.5 All excluding sales............................................... 18.24 3.1 16.85 4.4 23.47 1.5 White collar........................................................ 20.82 4.5 19.34 6.3 25.14 1.5 1....................................................... 10.84 9.6 10.76 11.0 – – 2....................................................... 9.96 3.0 9.77 3.2 13.75 2.5 3....................................................... 12.10 2.1 12.00 2.4 13.82 4.3 4....................................................... 12.67 3.1 12.47 3.4 14.17 2.3 5....................................................... 15.08 2.7 15.11 3.5 15.00 2.1 6....................................................... 18.02 6.9 18.42 10.0 17.20 4.1 7....................................................... 20.58 2.3 20.63 3.1 20.44 1.9 8....................................................... 26.14 4.9 25.70 4.1 26.86 9.9 9....................................................... 29.86 1.6 27.41 4.2 31.43 1.7 10........................................................ 35.91 4.9 34.90 4.4 – – 11........................................................ 35.77 10.3 41.81 3.6 26.60 12.2 12........................................................ 41.32 3.9 43.00 5.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.70 14.9 20.43 15.2 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.52 4.3 20.13 6.3 25.14 1.5 2....................................................... 10.03 3.2 9.82 3.5 13.75 2.5 3....................................................... 12.08 2.4 11.94 2.6 13.82 4.3 4....................................................... 13.27 3.1 13.12 3.6 14.17 2.3 5....................................................... 15.01 2.6 15.01 3.5 15.00 2.1 6....................................................... 17.21 2.5 17.21 3.4 17.20 4.1 7....................................................... 20.63 2.4 20.70 3.3 20.44 1.9 8....................................................... 26.14 4.9 25.70 4.1 26.86 9.9 9....................................................... 29.86 1.6 27.41 4.2 31.43 1.7 10........................................................ 35.91 4.9 34.90 4.4 – – 11........................................................ 35.77 10.3 41.81 3.6 26.60 12.2 12........................................................ 41.32 3.9 43.00 5.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.70 14.9 20.43 15.2 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.51 3.8 27.86 7.0 29.34 2.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.07 3.6 29.81 6.9 30.38 1.1 6....................................................... 14.71 5.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.97 5.0 22.24 6.2 20.57 5.5 8....................................................... 26.54 2.3 27.16 2.5 24.21 1.9 9....................................................... 31.12 2.5 25.53 5.5 34.48 3.6 10........................................................ 34.80 5.5 – – – – 11........................................................ 29.25 15.5 – – – – 12........................................................ 40.18 2.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.66 8.0 35.24 9.1 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 35.01 4.5 35.88 4.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 26.94 9.0 26.86 9.2 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 23.85 8.8 23.65 8.7 – – Natural scientists............................................ 29.00 12.0 – – – – Health related................................................ 26.37 10.7 29.07 8.1 20.46 20.3 9....................................................... $26.32 2.3 $25.28 2.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.06 2.3 26.86 2.6 – – 9....................................................... 26.38 1.6 25.73 2.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 34.88 1.5 26.23 15.4 $35.62 0.5 9....................................................... 36.16 2.6 – – 36.44 2.9 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 33.37 9.4 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 35.96 3.9 – – 36.23 4.2 9....................................................... 36.03 4.1 – – 36.31 4.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.65 1.1 – – 35.90 1.2 9....................................................... 35.65 1.1 – – 35.90 1.2 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 33.65 10.3 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 26.95 15.8 – – 30.06 16.4 Librarians.................................................. 26.95 15.8 – – 30.06 16.4 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 23.43 21.0 – – 27.77 21.2 Social workers.............................................. 23.74 21.0 – – 27.77 21.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.18 8.3 20.97 9.2 24.21 8.6 5....................................................... 15.38 5.1 16.07 6.2 – – 6....................................................... 17.56 4.0 18.02 3.5 – – 7....................................................... 19.98 1.5 20.18 1.5 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 13.14 19.4 13.14 23.3 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 17.83 10.9 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.49 1.2 19.63 .9 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.86 8.4 21.86 8.4 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.35 9.9 34.62 11.5 26.68 6.6 7....................................................... 19.82 9.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.38 8.0 30.74 6.7 24.92 9.3 11........................................................ 40.22 5.9 41.07 6.0 36.29 14.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.22 15.8 29.20 15.9 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.47 14.4 41.60 16.3 33.20 8.5 9....................................................... 30.63 11.3 30.54 13.8 – – 11........................................................ 40.97 6.5 42.28 6.3 36.29 14.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.80 17.1 29.78 17.1 – – Financial managers.......................................... 26.69 14.9 26.69 14.9 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 44.04 5.1 – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 30.53 6.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 49.67 16.9 50.02 17.1 – – Management related............................................ 25.96 4.3 26.63 6.2 24.97 6.1 9....................................................... 27.50 8.2 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.38 8.4 – – – – Other financial officers.................................... 25.13 15.0 – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ $24.98 11.2 – – – – Sales............................................................. 12.57 3.1 $12.57 3.1 – – 1....................................................... 8.59 7.2 8.59 7.2 – – 4....................................................... 9.72 20.7 9.72 20.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.88 4.2 8.88 4.2 – – 1....................................................... 8.70 7.3 8.70 7.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.87 2.0 13.33 2.3 $16.60 3.4 2....................................................... 10.05 3.1 9.85 3.4 13.75 2.5 3....................................................... 12.08 2.4 11.94 2.6 13.82 4.3 4....................................................... 13.26 3.0 13.12 3.5 14.13 2.3 5....................................................... 14.83 2.5 14.68 3.1 15.47 3.6 6....................................................... 17.57 3.9 17.68 5.0 17.41 7.0 7....................................................... 20.48 3.1 – – 20.66 1.8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.24 10.0 13.24 10.0 – – Secretaries................................................. 16.23 3.8 15.23 3.4 18.34 3.3 4....................................................... 15.63 1.9 16.00 2.6 – – 5....................................................... 15.65 3.0 14.66 4.4 – – 7....................................................... 19.49 5.2 – – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 11.65 3.9 11.65 3.9 – – Order clerks................................................ 10.52 9.5 10.52 9.5 – – Library clerks.............................................. 11.20 10.2 – – 10.39 7.5 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.78 5.5 15.35 7.3 16.79 6.0 5....................................................... 14.36 5.5 13.88 7.5 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.62 7.4 13.62 7.4 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.85 4.1 12.84 4.2 – – Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 13.72 7.0 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 12.79 7.4 12.54 9.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.04 6.5 – – – – 4....................................................... 12.04 14.5 – – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 12.38 6.8 12.32 8.6 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.26 2.6 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.05 1.6 12.97 1.3 – – 5....................................................... 13.85 6.9 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.04 3.8 14.87 4.2 18.07 1.4 1....................................................... 10.42 6.4 10.43 6.4 – – 2....................................................... 12.88 6.5 12.83 6.7 – – 3....................................................... 13.75 5.8 13.74 5.9 – – 4....................................................... 16.62 3.9 16.48 4.2 18.64 2.6 5....................................................... 18.21 9.2 18.28 10.2 17.48 2.0 6....................................................... 18.73 10.3 18.82 10.9 – – 7....................................................... 20.11 2.8 20.66 3.3 18.35 2.8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.88 7.2 13.88 7.2 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $18.12 4.4 $18.05 4.8 $18.76 2.7 4....................................................... 18.19 11.7 18.19 11.7 – – 6....................................................... 18.87 11.4 18.93 12.0 – – 7....................................................... 20.14 3.1 20.62 3.5 18.44 3.9 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.70 14.0 18.72 14.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.94 7.3 14.87 7.5 – – 3....................................................... 14.49 9.7 14.49 9.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.10 6.0 12.10 6.0 – – 5....................................................... 19.90 14.2 19.90 14.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.38 9.8 12.38 9.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.69 8.5 14.34 9.8 18.01 .4 2....................................................... 11.85 4.4 11.64 4.9 – – 3....................................................... 13.11 3.9 12.95 4.8 – – 4....................................................... 18.81 6.7 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 21.64 7.7 21.64 7.7 – – Bus drivers................................................. 18.09 .7 – – 18.09 .7 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.77 3.3 13.77 3.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.11 4.4 12.08 4.5 13.98 13.8 1....................................................... 10.94 6.9 10.96 6.9 – – 2....................................................... 11.47 7.0 11.42 7.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.52 5.4 12.53 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 17.04 14.5 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.60 2.4 10.60 2.4 – – 1....................................................... 9.11 6.1 9.11 6.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.17 11.7 11.11 12.0 – – Service............................................................. 12.44 8.8 9.27 7.5 19.58 5.6 1....................................................... 7.83 11.3 7.67 10.9 – – 2....................................................... 9.34 5.9 8.85 8.1 13.48 1.9 3....................................................... 9.50 15.9 6.99 31.2 11.92 5.4 4....................................................... 12.14 5.8 11.61 3.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.24 6.6 – – 19.96 7.9 8....................................................... 26.23 5.1 – – 26.23 5.1 Protective service............................................ 22.87 5.5 – – 24.55 2.2 7....................................................... 19.96 7.9 – – 19.96 7.9 8....................................................... 26.23 5.1 – – 26.23 5.1 Food service.................................................. 8.42 10.2 7.81 13.2 12.05 8.1 2....................................................... 6.37 28.6 – – – – 3....................................................... 8.65 27.6 – – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.61 28.2 4.61 28.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.07 37.4 4.07 37.4 – – Other food service........................................... 10.62 6.7 10.20 8.6 12.05 8.1 1....................................................... $8.10 11.2 $8.10 11.2 – – 2....................................................... 8.16 3.5 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.48 7.4 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 11.10 3.1 – – $11.01 3.9 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.56 5.3 8.37 5.2 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.58 17.6 – – – – Health service................................................ 10.91 1.4 10.88 1.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.09 2.8 10.09 2.8 – – 4....................................................... 11.84 2.1 11.84 2.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.50 2.4 10.45 2.1 – – 2....................................................... 10.09 2.8 10.09 2.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.08 8.4 9.80 7.8 14.24 6.8 1....................................................... 9.14 10.1 8.77 10.4 – – 3....................................................... 13.08 8.7 – – 12.78 8.1 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.91 9.3 10.21 5.8 14.24 6.8 1....................................................... 9.24 9.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 13.08 8.7 – – 12.78 8.1 Personal service.............................................. 9.74 19.1 7.38 14.8 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.59 18.7 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, April 2005 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................................................................... $18.54 3.5 $17.16 4.6 $23.69 1.2 All excluding sales............................................... 18.76 3.3 17.37 4.5 23.69 1.2 White collar........................................................ 21.19 4.7 19.69 6.7 25.32 1.3 2....................................................... 10.35 5.0 10.14 4.7 13.75 2.5 3....................................................... 12.23 1.9 12.12 2.1 13.91 5.0 4....................................................... 12.63 3.5 12.48 3.8 13.96 3.3 5....................................................... 15.06 2.7 15.05 3.6 15.07 1.9 6....................................................... 18.02 6.9 18.42 10.0 17.20 4.1 7....................................................... 20.67 2.4 20.76 3.3 20.44 1.9 8....................................................... 25.92 5.2 25.27 4.1 26.86 9.9 9....................................................... 29.92 1.5 27.37 3.9 31.41 1.7 10........................................................ 35.47 4.9 34.34 4.2 – – 11........................................................ 35.77 10.3 41.81 3.6 26.60 12.2 12........................................................ 41.32 3.9 43.00 5.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.78 15.1 20.51 15.3 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.78 4.4 20.36 6.6 25.32 1.3 2....................................................... 10.35 5.0 10.14 4.7 13.75 2.5 3....................................................... 12.16 2.6 12.00 2.8 13.91 5.0 4....................................................... 13.24 3.3 13.15 3.8 13.96 3.3 5....................................................... 14.98 2.7 14.94 3.6 15.07 1.9 6....................................................... 17.21 2.5 17.21 3.4 17.20 4.1 7....................................................... 20.73 2.5 20.84 3.6 20.44 1.9 8....................................................... 25.92 5.2 25.27 4.1 26.86 9.9 9....................................................... 29.92 1.5 27.37 3.9 31.41 1.7 10........................................................ 35.47 4.9 34.34 4.2 – – 11........................................................ 35.77 10.3 41.81 3.6 26.60 12.2 12........................................................ 41.32 3.9 43.00 5.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.78 15.1 20.51 15.3 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.76 3.7 28.22 6.9 29.39 2.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.17 3.5 29.98 6.7 30.38 1.0 6....................................................... 14.71 5.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.98 5.0 22.26 6.2 20.57 5.5 8....................................................... 26.17 2.0 26.79 2.3 24.21 1.9 9....................................................... 31.37 2.4 25.63 6.2 34.49 3.6 10........................................................ 34.03 4.8 – – – – 11........................................................ 29.25 15.5 – – – – 12........................................................ 40.18 2.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.86 10.1 36.50 11.6 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 35.03 4.6 35.88 4.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 26.94 9.0 26.86 9.2 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 23.85 8.8 23.65 8.7 – – Natural scientists............................................ 29.00 12.0 – – – – Health related................................................ 25.85 11.7 29.25 7.3 20.26 19.9 9....................................................... 26.70 2.3 25.57 3.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... $27.21 1.8 $27.07 2.1 – – 9....................................................... 26.88 .5 26.33 1.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 34.92 1.5 26.28 15.6 $35.67 0.6 9....................................................... 36.18 2.7 – – 36.46 2.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 35.90 3.7 – – 36.17 4.1 9....................................................... 35.90 3.7 – – 36.17 4.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.65 1.1 – – 35.90 1.2 9....................................................... 35.65 1.1 – – 35.90 1.2 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 34.07 10.4 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 27.28 15.7 – – 30.75 15.1 Librarians.................................................. 27.28 15.7 – – 30.75 15.1 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 23.43 21.0 – – 27.77 21.2 Social workers.............................................. 23.74 21.0 – – 27.77 21.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.72 8.3 21.56 10.2 24.42 8.0 5....................................................... 14.84 4.4 – – – – 6....................................................... 17.56 4.0 18.02 3.5 – – 7....................................................... 20.55 1.7 20.94 2.0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.92 2.7 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 23.06 32.4 23.22 33.3 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.86 8.4 21.86 8.4 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.30 10.1 34.60 11.8 26.67 6.5 7....................................................... 19.82 9.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.05 7.6 30.35 6.3 24.92 9.3 11........................................................ 40.22 5.9 41.07 6.0 36.29 14.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.20 15.9 29.20 15.9 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.47 14.4 41.60 16.3 33.17 8.5 9....................................................... 30.63 11.3 30.54 13.8 – – 11........................................................ 40.97 6.5 42.28 6.3 36.29 14.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.78 17.1 29.78 17.1 – – Financial managers.......................................... 26.69 14.9 26.69 14.9 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 44.04 5.1 – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 30.53 6.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 49.67 16.9 50.02 17.1 – – Management related............................................ 25.69 4.3 26.20 6.3 24.97 6.1 9....................................................... 26.98 8.1 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.38 8.4 – – – – Other financial officers.................................... 25.13 15.0 – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.98 11.2 – – – – Sales............................................................. 13.25 4.5 13.25 4.5 – – 4....................................................... $9.70 22.5 $9.70 22.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.01 2.3 13.47 2.6 $16.73 3.2 2....................................................... 10.35 5.0 10.14 4.7 13.75 2.5 3....................................................... 12.16 2.6 12.00 2.8 13.91 5.0 4....................................................... 13.24 3.2 13.14 3.7 13.91 3.3 5....................................................... 14.83 2.5 14.68 3.1 15.47 3.6 6....................................................... 17.57 3.9 17.68 5.0 17.41 7.0 7....................................................... 20.48 3.1 – – 20.66 1.8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.24 10.0 13.24 10.0 – – Secretaries................................................. 16.34 4.3 15.27 3.3 19.10 5.1 4....................................................... 15.85 2.0 16.00 2.6 – – 5....................................................... 15.65 3.0 14.66 4.4 – – 7....................................................... 19.49 5.2 – – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 11.74 3.8 11.74 3.8 – – Library clerks.............................................. 11.49 10.7 – – 10.60 7.2 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.98 5.4 15.61 7.2 – – 5....................................................... 14.36 5.5 13.88 7.5 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.62 7.4 13.62 7.4 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.39 5.5 12.22 4.9 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.94 4.8 12.94 4.9 – – Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 13.72 7.0 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 12.79 7.4 12.54 9.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.04 6.5 – – – – 4....................................................... 12.04 14.5 – – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 12.38 6.8 12.32 8.6 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.11 1.8 – – – – 5....................................................... 13.85 6.9 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.35 3.9 15.18 4.3 18.37 1.2 1....................................................... 10.44 6.5 10.44 6.5 – – 2....................................................... 13.07 6.5 13.02 6.7 – – 3....................................................... 13.76 5.9 13.75 5.9 – – 4....................................................... 16.62 3.9 16.48 4.2 – – 5....................................................... 18.21 9.3 18.28 10.2 17.48 2.0 6....................................................... 18.73 10.3 18.82 10.9 – – 7....................................................... 20.11 2.8 20.66 3.3 18.35 2.8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.88 7.2 13.88 7.2 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.12 4.4 18.05 4.8 18.76 2.7 4....................................................... 18.19 11.7 18.19 11.7 – – 6....................................................... 18.87 11.4 18.93 12.0 – – 7....................................................... 20.14 3.1 20.62 3.5 18.44 3.9 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.70 14.0 18.72 14.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.95 7.4 14.89 7.6 – – 3....................................................... $14.53 10.1 $14.53 10.1 – – 4....................................................... 12.10 6.0 12.10 6.0 – – 5....................................................... 19.90 14.2 19.90 14.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.38 9.8 12.38 9.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.93 9.9 14.60 11.2 $18.37 1.3 2....................................................... 12.11 7.0 11.89 7.4 – – 3....................................................... 13.09 4.3 12.95 4.8 – – 4....................................................... 18.82 6.8 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 21.64 7.7 21.64 7.7 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.77 3.3 13.77 3.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.51 4.3 12.46 4.4 15.58 6.2 1....................................................... 11.23 7.3 11.23 7.3 – – 2....................................................... 11.66 7.1 11.60 7.2 – – 3....................................................... 12.52 5.4 12.53 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 17.04 14.5 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.73 2.7 11.73 2.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.25 11.6 11.19 11.9 – – Service............................................................. 13.71 9.8 10.13 10.0 19.79 5.7 1....................................................... 8.16 15.9 7.93 15.5 – – 2....................................................... 9.62 9.2 9.07 11.4 – – 3....................................................... 12.44 5.5 – – 12.19 6.1 4....................................................... 12.14 5.8 11.61 3.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.24 6.6 – – 19.96 7.9 8....................................................... 26.23 5.1 – – 26.23 5.1 Protective service............................................ 23.29 5.6 – – 24.61 2.4 7....................................................... 19.96 7.9 – – 19.96 7.9 8....................................................... 26.23 5.1 – – 26.23 5.1 Food service.................................................. 9.86 24.1 9.17 32.8 12.05 8.5 3....................................................... 11.93 6.6 – – – – Other food service........................................... 12.33 13.0 12.50 20.0 12.05 8.5 Health service................................................ 10.95 1.5 10.92 1.5 – – 4....................................................... 11.84 2.1 11.84 2.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.52 2.2 10.47 2.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.43 9.0 10.10 9.5 14.24 6.8 1....................................................... 9.57 13.1 9.09 14.0 – – 3....................................................... 13.08 8.7 – – 12.78 8.1 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.60 8.4 – – 14.24 6.8 1....................................................... 11.45 9.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 13.08 8.7 – – 12.78 8.1 Personal service.............................................. $11.33 15.7 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 10.64 9.9 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, April 2005 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................................................................... $11.41 9.5 $11.16 9.9 $15.04 16.1 All excluding sales............................................... 11.65 9.8 11.39 10.4 15.04 16.1 White collar........................................................ 15.07 6.6 14.89 7.1 16.90 17.8 1....................................................... 9.95 14.8 10.01 14.8 – – 2....................................................... 8.24 7.4 8.24 7.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.81 4.7 10.81 4.8 – – 4....................................................... 13.07 4.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.48 8.3 27.84 9.3 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 16.70 9.5 16.67 10.5 16.90 17.8 2....................................................... 7.88 9.1 7.88 9.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.29 3.4 11.31 3.5 – – 4....................................................... 13.48 4.0 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.48 8.3 27.84 9.3 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.71 8.1 23.63 8.6 24.63 26.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.65 10.4 27.37 11.5 30.47 8.7 9....................................................... 26.00 6.3 24.70 4.0 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.74 10.4 28.55 10.7 – – 9....................................................... 25.17 4.6 24.68 4.0 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.55 4.7 26.27 4.5 – – 9....................................................... 25.10 4.7 24.60 4.0 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 30.11 4.3 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 16.53 8.3 16.99 8.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 9.04 2.3 9.04 2.3 – – 1....................................................... 8.17 5.4 8.17 5.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.70 3.9 8.70 3.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.73 5.6 11.29 5.1 14.40 3.5 3....................................................... 11.29 3.4 11.31 3.5 – – 4....................................................... 13.47 4.1 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 10.47 11.6 10.32 12.6 – – 1....................................................... 10.38 14.4 10.41 14.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $10.46 13.4 $10.49 13.6 – – 1....................................................... 10.61 14.0 10.65 14.2 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.04 5.4 8.04 5.4 – – 1....................................................... 7.82 4.6 7.82 4.6 – – Service............................................................. 6.97 5.9 6.85 5.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.17 1.6 7.17 1.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.33 5.0 8.13 4.2 – – 3....................................................... 5.16 26.5 4.88 29.1 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.46 5.2 6.38 3.8 – – Other food service........................................... 8.28 2.5 8.20 2.8 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.88 2.3 7.88 2.3 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, April 2005 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....................................................... $18.54 $11.41 $20.18 $17.30 $18.12 $14.11 All excluding sales............................................. 18.76 11.65 20.28 17.56 18.23 – White collar........................................................ 21.19 15.07 24.98 20.08 21.21 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 21.78 16.70 25.39 20.78 21.52 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.76 23.71 31.93 27.32 28.51 – Professional specialty.......................................... 30.17 27.65 32.51 28.97 30.07 – Technical....................................................... 22.72 16.53 – 22.51 22.18 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.30 – – 33.09 32.35 – Sales............................................................. 13.25 9.04 – 12.76 12.51 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.01 11.73 15.96 13.59 13.87 – Blue collar......................................................... 15.35 10.47 16.78 13.89 14.93 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.12 – – 19.14 18.12 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.95 – 19.19 12.53 14.94 – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.93 – 17.83 12.57 14.13 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.51 10.46 12.68 11.85 11.98 – Service............................................................. 13.71 6.97 20.17 9.64 12.44 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.5 9.5 4.9 4.4 3.1 13.1 All excluding sales............................................. 3.3 9.8 5.0 4.5 3.1 – White collar........................................................ 4.7 6.6 4.5 5.6 4.0 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.4 9.5 4.6 5.4 4.3 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.7 8.1 4.4 5.9 3.8 – Professional specialty.......................................... 3.5 10.4 4.4 6.4 3.6 – Technical....................................................... 8.3 8.3 – 8.3 8.3 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 10.1 – – 9.9 9.9 – Sales............................................................. 4.5 2.3 – 2.8 6.7 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.3 5.6 7.6 2.3 2.0 – Blue collar......................................................... 3.9 11.6 6.1 4.3 4.1 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.4 – – 5.3 4.4 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.4 – 8.9 9.6 7.3 – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.9 – 6.9 9.9 7.7 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.3 13.4 8.8 4.7 4.7 – Service............................................................. 9.8 5.9 6.4 7.2 8.8 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, April 2005 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $16.62 - – $18.80 - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 16.85 - – 18.89 - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 19.34 - – – - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20.13 - – – - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.86 - – – - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 29.81 - – – - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 20.97 - – – - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.62 - – – - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 12.57 - – – - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.33 - – – - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 14.87 - – 19.00 - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.05 - – – - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.87 - – – - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 14.34 - – – - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.08 - – – - - - - - - Service............................................................. 9.27 - – – - - - - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.3 - – 7.0 - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 4.4 - – 7.0 - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 6.3 - – – - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.3 - – – - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 7.0 - – – - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 6.9 - – – - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 9.2 - – – - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 11.5 - – – - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 3.1 - – – - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.3 - – – - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 4.2 - – 7.2 - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.8 - – – - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.5 - – – - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 9.8 - – – - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.5 - – – - - - - - - Service............................................................. 7.5 - – – - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, April 2005 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $16.62 $17.34 $16.42 $14.75 $18.10 All excluding sales............................................. 16.85 17.89 16.59 14.77 18.38 White collar........................................................ 19.34 21.58 18.64 17.97 19.05 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20.13 23.64 19.17 18.53 19.53 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.86 27.81 27.88 25.53 29.79 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.81 30.93 29.35 27.30 31.06 Technical....................................................... 20.97 17.09 22.64 18.73 25.52 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.62 36.18 33.83 32.29 34.47 Sales............................................................. 12.57 – 12.30 14.47 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.33 13.67 13.27 12.78 13.52 Blue collar......................................................... 14.87 12.73 15.27 13.79 17.79 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.05 – 18.25 16.87 23.64 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.87 – 15.08 12.62 – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.34 – 15.47 11.66 16.77 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.08 11.92 12.13 11.43 13.08 Service............................................................. 9.27 9.40 9.22 8.31 10.80 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.3 14.6 3.3 5.4 6.4 All excluding sales............................................. 4.4 15.8 3.4 5.4 5.8 White collar........................................................ 6.3 17.8 5.6 7.1 7.9 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.3 19.3 6.0 9.1 7.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 7.0 16.4 6.3 11.5 8.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.9 12.1 5.6 12.7 5.3 Technical....................................................... 9.2 18.9 10.5 3.6 17.2 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 11.5 10.5 16.8 22.8 21.8 Sales............................................................. 3.1 – 4.0 24.7 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.3 12.9 2.7 7.9 1.9 Blue collar......................................................... 4.2 8.9 3.9 6.1 10.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.8 – 5.9 4.3 9.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.5 – 7.0 8.2 – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.8 – 6.8 8.9 8.9 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.5 12.6 5.0 5.8 6.9 Service............................................................. 7.5 16.8 4.9 7.6 4.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, April 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.00 $11.25 $15.17 $21.68 $31.22 All excluding sales........................... 9.08 11.50 15.40 22.12 31.35 White collar.................................... 10.00 12.50 17.05 25.93 37.60 White collar excluding sales................ 10.65 12.98 17.78 26.84 38.03 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.97 20.60 27.02 36.38 43.80 Professional specialty...................... 16.97 22.14 28.87 37.94 43.80 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.76 26.56 37.01 40.48 43.80 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.32 20.82 24.92 31.73 39.70 Computer systems analysts and scientists 20.00 20.32 20.82 27.42 33.78 Natural scientists........................ 19.79 23.61 28.61 29.66 34.05 Health related............................ 14.43 20.30 25.25 33.03 36.05 Registered nurses....................... 20.79 22.60 26.48 31.95 34.09 Teachers, college and university.......... – – – – – Teachers, except college and university... 22.84 27.05 33.85 42.80 48.58 Prekindergarten and kindergarten........ 20.10 27.05 32.54 41.02 43.65 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.17 27.88 34.24 43.14 50.91 Secondary school teachers............... 25.00 28.11 34.88 42.80 47.82 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 14.40 23.47 36.47 44.96 46.76 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 15.40 20.85 24.51 34.63 40.48 Librarians.............................. 15.40 20.85 24.51 34.63 40.48 Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.07 13.52 19.86 36.66 37.73 Social workers.......................... 12.31 13.75 19.86 36.66 37.73 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 12.77 16.66 20.35 25.91 29.66 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 8.37 8.85 11.35 16.59 22.13 Radiological technicians................ 13.51 13.51 17.54 21.09 24.97 Licensed practical nurses............... 16.50 18.20 19.40 20.95 22.80 Electrical and electronic technicians... 18.81 18.81 20.60 25.37 25.37 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.75 21.91 27.21 35.45 45.68 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.36 22.79 35.23 45.68 65.00 Financial managers...................... 16.44 19.23 22.79 29.22 46.15 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 36.06 40.89 44.12 45.55 52.95 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 15.81 21.00 29.38 45.68 45.68 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 23.13 23.13 45.24 72.35 77.07 Management related........................ 16.19 21.53 24.58 31.76 35.02 Accountants and auditors................ 15.63 17.87 22.76 23.67 24.58 Other financial officers................ 14.27 15.61 27.21 31.23 32.53 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 19.40 19.40 24.37 26.77 35.78 Sales......................................... 5.82 8.75 10.00 16.16 18.75 Cashiers................................ 7.00 7.50 8.20 10.34 11.17 Administrative support, including clerical.... $9.64 $11.20 $13.30 $15.89 $19.01 Secretaries............................. 11.56 13.62 15.88 19.01 21.25 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 10.00 10.66 11.25 12.25 14.52 Order clerks............................ 6.55 9.16 10.78 12.07 12.61 Library clerks.......................... 8.72 9.19 10.86 12.72 14.54 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.15 13.02 15.75 18.11 19.67 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.47 11.30 14.05 15.40 15.40 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.20 11.87 12.96 14.10 15.68 Eligibility clerks, social welfare...... 10.88 11.59 13.28 14.78 17.89 General office clerks................... 8.25 9.67 12.66 14.42 15.43 Data entry keyers....................... 9.64 10.80 11.89 13.56 16.10 Teachers' aides......................... 8.68 10.33 11.93 13.88 14.78 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.72 11.59 13.22 14.08 15.07 Blue collar..................................... 9.00 11.11 14.48 17.74 23.08 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.24 15.40 16.50 20.80 24.00 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.37 11.00 18.86 25.51 25.67 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.50 11.11 12.51 18.40 24.81 Assemblers.............................. 8.35 8.60 10.50 13.25 20.66 Transportation and material moving............ 7.50 10.82 14.65 16.50 22.60 Truck drivers........................... 15.33 17.99 22.51 25.55 25.55 Bus drivers............................. 13.88 15.94 18.66 21.38 21.38 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.00 12.45 14.43 15.10 15.52 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.99 9.02 11.76 14.15 16.25 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.34 8.87 10.25 12.40 14.54 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.77 8.00 10.25 13.70 16.75 Service......................................... 6.00 8.25 10.49 14.58 25.30 Protective service........................ 11.15 17.90 25.30 27.96 30.31 Food service.............................. 2.13 5.15 7.82 11.13 15.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.15 13.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.00 13.00 Other food service....................... 6.25 7.25 9.74 11.88 17.35 Cooks................................... 9.38 9.74 11.09 11.77 13.79 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.36 6.75 8.00 10.25 10.50 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.00 7.50 9.52 14.53 Health service............................ 8.50 9.50 10.80 12.00 13.23 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.50 9.25 10.50 11.53 12.40 Cleaning and building service............. 6.98 8.69 10.33 13.00 16.92 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.73 10.26 10.33 14.68 17.61 Personal service.......................... 6.15 6.37 8.50 13.24 14.86 Service, n.e.c.......................... 6.37 6.37 8.50 10.84 11.60 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, April 2005 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.50 $10.65 $14.00 $19.00 $27.14 All excluding sales........................... 8.65 11.00 14.10 19.45 27.26 White collar.................................... 9.50 11.56 15.08 22.86 35.37 White collar excluding sales................ 10.08 12.00 15.68 23.90 37.50 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.05 20.32 26.24 34.92 43.80 Professional specialty...................... 18.25 22.11 28.17 38.03 43.80 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 26.56 28.55 38.03 40.48 43.80 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.32 20.82 24.26 32.76 39.70 Computer systems analysts and scientists 20.00 20.32 20.82 25.64 33.78 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 20.85 22.99 27.27 33.16 40.00 Registered nurses....................... 21.00 22.83 26.24 31.39 34.08 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 14.40 14.40 25.76 34.46 40.61 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.35 16.30 18.81 22.80 42.97 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 8.37 8.65 10.35 18.47 22.13 Licensed practical nurses............... 16.52 18.25 19.83 20.95 23.20 Electrical and electronic technicians... 18.81 18.81 20.60 25.37 25.37 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.44 21.64 29.81 37.50 56.15 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.80 22.79 35.37 45.68 72.35 Financial managers...................... 16.44 19.23 22.79 29.22 46.15 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 23.13 23.13 45.24 72.35 77.07 Management related........................ 15.63 19.40 27.21 33.75 35.78 Sales......................................... 5.82 8.75 10.00 16.16 18.75 Cashiers................................ 7.00 7.50 8.20 10.34 11.17 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.50 11.00 12.85 15.06 18.10 Secretaries............................. 10.19 13.41 14.95 17.59 19.54 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 10.00 10.66 11.25 12.25 14.52 Order clerks............................ 6.55 9.16 10.78 12.07 12.61 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.58 12.00 14.78 17.75 21.70 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.47 11.30 14.05 15.40 15.40 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.07 11.83 12.96 14.11 15.68 General office clerks................... 7.00 8.50 11.55 14.42 17.27 Data entry keyers....................... 9.64 10.80 12.16 13.56 16.10 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.00 11.71 13.26 13.89 15.07 Blue collar..................................... $9.00 $11.11 $14.25 $16.79 $23.75 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.24 15.40 15.89 21.00 24.78 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.37 10.37 18.86 25.51 25.67 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.50 11.11 12.50 18.61 24.81 Assemblers.............................. 8.35 8.60 10.50 13.25 20.66 Transportation and material moving............ 7.15 10.31 14.43 16.20 23.94 Truck drivers........................... 15.33 17.99 22.51 25.55 25.55 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.00 12.45 14.43 15.10 15.52 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.98 9.01 11.75 14.10 16.25 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.34 8.87 10.25 12.40 14.54 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.77 8.00 10.25 13.35 16.75 Service......................................... 5.15 6.75 9.45 11.15 13.00 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 3.00 6.85 10.25 15.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.15 13.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.00 13.00 Other food service....................... 6.00 6.75 8.50 10.50 17.83 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.25 6.75 7.85 10.25 10.25 Health service............................ 8.50 9.50 10.75 12.00 13.20 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.50 9.25 10.48 11.50 12.38 Cleaning and building service............. 6.75 8.23 10.00 10.33 13.00 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.23 9.10 10.33 10.33 11.53 Personal service.......................... 6.00 6.30 6.37 8.50 10.65 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, April 2005 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $13.08 $16.17 $21.35 $29.16 $37.16 All excluding sales........................... 13.08 16.17 21.35 29.16 37.16 White collar.................................... 13.51 17.33 22.95 30.83 39.49 White collar excluding sales................ 13.51 17.33 22.95 30.83 39.49 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.83 21.82 28.80 36.66 43.65 Professional specialty...................... 15.83 22.60 29.18 37.73 44.96 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 13.15 13.83 15.83 29.05 33.78 Teachers, except college and university... 24.05 27.90 35.06 43.64 48.65 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.61 28.06 34.48 43.65 50.96 Secondary school teachers............... 25.00 28.11 35.07 42.80 48.18 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 18.70 20.85 34.63 40.48 40.48 Librarians.............................. 18.70 20.85 34.63 40.48 40.48 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.44 16.73 34.16 37.60 37.73 Social workers.......................... 12.44 16.73 34.16 37.60 37.73 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Technical................................... 16.59 19.79 25.64 29.56 29.66 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.87 21.93 24.46 32.85 35.32 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.30 21.93 33.50 40.27 45.55 Management related........................ 18.13 21.53 24.37 29.05 33.58 Administrative support, including clerical.... 12.51 13.75 16.00 19.23 21.68 Secretaries............................. 14.02 15.29 18.47 21.29 22.37 Library clerks.......................... 8.72 8.80 10.55 11.75 12.72 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 12.49 15.01 17.97 18.76 18.98 Blue collar..................................... 15.28 17.03 18.19 19.47 21.38 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.98 17.10 18.47 20.44 21.22 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 14.34 16.39 18.25 19.89 21.38 Bus drivers............................. 13.88 15.94 18.66 21.38 21.38 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 9.00 11.76 15.28 17.08 17.62 Service......................................... 10.49 13.53 17.97 27.34 29.76 Protective service........................ 16.98 18.63 25.84 28.71 30.31 Food service.............................. $9.58 $9.74 $11.48 $13.11 $15.33 Other food service....................... 9.58 9.74 11.48 13.11 15.33 Cooks................................... 9.74 9.74 11.09 11.81 12.62 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 9.22 11.47 14.37 17.54 18.43 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.22 11.47 14.37 17.54 18.43 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, April 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.56 $11.85 $15.40 $22.40 $31.67 All excluding sales........................... 9.85 11.99 15.40 22.78 32.26 White collar.................................... 10.19 12.84 17.63 26.56 37.73 White collar excluding sales................ 10.76 13.15 18.25 27.11 38.03 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.22 20.80 27.16 36.66 43.80 Professional specialty...................... 16.83 22.22 28.92 38.03 43.80 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.76 26.56 37.01 40.48 43.80 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.32 20.82 24.92 31.73 39.70 Computer systems analysts and scientists 20.00 20.32 20.82 27.42 33.78 Natural scientists........................ 19.79 23.61 28.61 29.66 34.05 Health related............................ 13.83 19.55 24.90 32.73 35.38 Registered nurses....................... 20.50 23.07 26.55 32.05 34.09 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 23.01 27.25 34.02 42.80 48.48 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.24 27.90 34.24 42.80 50.00 Secondary school teachers............... 25.00 28.11 34.88 42.80 47.82 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 14.40 25.81 36.47 44.96 46.76 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 15.53 21.13 24.51 34.63 40.48 Librarians.............................. 15.53 21.13 24.51 34.63 40.48 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.07 13.52 19.86 36.66 37.73 Social workers.......................... 12.31 13.75 19.86 36.66 37.73 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.51 17.25 20.80 26.69 29.66 Licensed practical nurses............... 17.00 18.42 19.83 21.00 23.20 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 13.40 14.47 18.16 24.24 47.19 Electrical and electronic technicians... 18.81 18.81 20.60 25.37 25.37 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.48 21.64 27.21 35.37 45.68 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.36 22.79 35.23 45.68 65.00 Financial managers...................... 16.44 19.23 22.79 29.22 46.15 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 36.06 40.89 44.12 45.55 52.95 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 15.81 21.00 29.38 45.68 45.68 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 23.13 23.13 45.24 72.35 77.07 Management related........................ 16.00 20.97 24.46 31.23 35.02 Accountants and auditors................ 15.63 17.87 22.76 23.67 24.58 Other financial officers................ 14.27 15.61 27.21 31.23 32.53 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 19.40 19.40 24.37 26.77 35.78 Sales......................................... 5.04 8.75 11.37 18.05 18.75 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.67 11.25 13.41 16.05 19.23 Secretaries............................. 11.00 13.48 16.07 19.01 21.25 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 10.30 10.71 11.25 12.25 14.52 Library clerks.......................... $8.72 $9.19 $10.86 $14.17 $14.54 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.63 13.56 16.27 18.33 19.86 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.47 11.30 14.05 15.40 15.40 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 9.64 11.00 12.70 13.20 13.60 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 9.14 12.05 13.31 14.33 15.68 Eligibility clerks, social welfare...... 10.88 11.59 13.28 14.78 17.89 General office clerks................... 8.25 9.67 12.66 14.42 15.43 Data entry keyers....................... 9.64 10.80 11.89 13.56 16.10 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.90 11.75 13.27 14.08 15.07 Blue collar..................................... 9.50 11.50 15.00 18.04 23.75 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.24 15.40 16.50 20.80 24.00 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.37 11.00 18.86 25.51 25.67 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.50 11.11 12.51 18.56 24.81 Assemblers.............................. 8.35 8.60 10.50 13.25 20.66 Transportation and material moving............ 8.00 11.90 14.94 16.50 23.48 Truck drivers........................... 15.33 17.99 22.51 25.55 25.55 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.00 12.45 14.43 15.10 15.52 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.00 10.00 12.02 14.54 16.75 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 9.25 10.01 11.40 12.85 14.54 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.77 8.40 10.30 13.70 16.75 Service......................................... 7.00 9.38 11.53 16.75 26.87 Protective service........................ 13.80 17.97 25.30 28.48 30.31 Food service.............................. 2.13 6.00 9.74 13.00 17.66 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.00 8.60 11.09 15.10 20.44 Health service............................ 8.52 9.57 10.85 12.02 13.23 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.50 9.30 10.50 11.56 12.39 Cleaning and building service............. 7.96 9.21 10.33 13.37 17.21 Janitors and cleaners................... 10.04 10.33 10.34 14.86 17.84 Personal service.......................... 6.15 8.50 11.60 13.78 17.21 Service, n.e.c.......................... 8.50 8.50 10.65 11.60 12.91 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, April 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.00 $7.25 $9.25 $12.96 $20.37 All excluding sales........................... 5.67 7.00 9.43 13.20 21.23 White collar.................................... 7.50 9.40 12.11 17.00 29.30 White collar excluding sales................ 8.32 10.79 13.20 21.00 33.11 Professional specialty and technical.......... 10.00 17.00 22.16 29.73 38.15 Professional specialty...................... 20.27 21.84 26.75 33.31 40.61 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Health related............................ 21.00 22.14 27.00 33.31 40.61 Registered nurses....................... 21.00 22.14 26.00 31.65 33.65 Teachers, except college and university... 11.50 20.27 21.26 55.53 55.53 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 9.00 10.80 16.70 20.37 23.49 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 7.25 7.75 8.60 10.30 11.17 Cashiers................................ 7.00 7.50 8.20 9.90 11.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.19 10.00 11.92 13.20 16.00 Blue collar..................................... 6.25 8.00 9.00 12.75 16.05 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.90 8.00 9.00 12.35 16.05 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.00 6.90 8.04 8.75 9.25 Service......................................... 2.13 5.67 6.75 8.95 10.25 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 5.15 6.62 8.50 10.25 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.38 6.75 7.55 10.25 10.25 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.25 6.58 7.25 9.35 10.25 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, April 2005 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 418,300 331,900 86,500 All excluding sales............................................. 400,000 313,500 86,500 White collar........................................................ 233,700 170,700 63,100 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 215,400 152,300 63,100 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 79,700 42,900 36,900 Professional specialty.......................................... 63,600 32,100 31,500 Technical....................................................... 16,100 10,700 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27,300 19,500 - Sales............................................................. 18,400 18,400 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 108,300 90,000 18,400 Blue collar......................................................... 124,200 117,000 7,200 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 33,900 30,600 3,300 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 31,700 31,000 - Transportation and material moving................................ 20,400 17,700 2,700 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 38,200 37,700 600 Service............................................................. 60,400 44,200 16,200 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.