NC BL 09/00/2005 Table: Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, Bulletin 3130-11, December 2004 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2004 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................................................................. $20.39 2.4 37.6 $20.23 2.8 37.4 $21.12 3.5 38.7 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 24.99 2.6 38.2 25.16 3.2 38.1 24.36 3.8 38.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.79 1.9 38.3 33.19 2.3 38.5 29.02 2.5 37.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.93 6.2 40.4 36.66 7.1 40.5 30.98 5.1 40.0 Sales............................................................. 16.81 10.3 35.4 16.86 10.3 35.4 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.73 3.6 38.1 14.03 4.3 37.9 12.49 2.2 39.2 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.60 3.7 38.9 15.67 3.9 38.9 14.61 7.0 38.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.04 4.6 40.2 20.35 5.1 40.2 16.01 6.1 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 14.32 9.1 39.4 14.32 9.1 39.4 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.86 7.5 39.2 14.83 8.5 39.9 15.13 4.0 34.4 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 9.99 6.1 36.6 9.90 6.6 36.4 11.34 3.7 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 9.93 4.2 33.7 7.89 4.2 31.6 14.54 3.2 39.5 Full time........................................................... 21.09 2.6 39.6 21.05 3.0 39.6 21.25 3.7 39.5 Part time........................................................... 9.28 8.8 21.0 9.05 9.3 21.2 13.66 9.2 17.4 Union............................................................... 22.66 5.2 34.1 23.06 5.7 33.8 16.38 1.5 39.6 Nonunion............................................................ 20.23 2.6 37.9 19.98 3.2 37.8 21.23 3.5 38.7 Time................................................................ 20.29 2.6 37.5 20.09 3.1 37.2 21.12 3.5 38.7 Incentive........................................................... 23.63 14.6 43.2 23.63 14.6 43.2 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 18.66 2.3 36.5 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 17.71 10.7 37.4 17.71 10.7 37.4 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.55 3.8 37.3 17.48 3.9 37.3 19.81 7.1 37.5 500 workers or more................................................. 23.48 3.0 38.0 24.81 4.0 37.5 21.20 3.7 38.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $20.39 2.4 $20.23 2.8 $21.12 3.5 All excluding sales............................................... 20.70 2.6 20.58 3.1 21.16 3.4 White collar........................................................ 24.99 2.6 25.16 3.2 24.36 3.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.22 2.9 26.79 3.6 24.44 3.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.79 1.9 33.19 2.3 29.02 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.04 2.1 34.83 2.5 30.03 2.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.83 2.6 37.83 2.6 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 35.05 5.5 35.05 5.5 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 40.92 7.2 40.92 7.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 37.19 3.2 37.39 3.2 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 37.07 3.1 37.27 3.1 – – Natural scientists............................................ 25.80 12.9 29.40 11.3 – – Geologists and geodesists................................... 35.50 27.3 35.50 27.3 – – Health related................................................ 30.25 4.0 29.73 4.5 31.88 9.4 Registered nurses........................................... 28.77 3.2 28.44 4.0 29.65 5.4 Pharmacists................................................. 43.18 2.1 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 51.63 14.4 – – 47.82 15.1 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 55.43 24.1 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.48 2.1 28.69 10.8 29.55 2.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.23 1.1 – – 29.42 .8 Secondary school teachers................................... 30.96 3.2 – – 30.09 2.1 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 27.10 4.7 – – 28.34 2.8 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 31.33 5.5 – – 31.33 5.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 23.15 15.1 – – 23.46 16.3 Librarians.................................................. 23.19 15.2 – – 23.46 16.3 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 28.58 10.4 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.10 4.6 – – 16.46 5.7 Social workers.............................................. 16.84 4.1 – – 16.46 5.7 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 22.47 13.3 21.72 15.0 – – Designers................................................... 17.19 23.8 17.19 23.8 – – Technical....................................................... 25.96 5.6 27.44 6.2 18.66 8.3 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 23.35 6.0 23.40 6.1 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 22.89 15.7 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.24 1.4 17.41 1.6 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18.40 7.2 18.27 7.5 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 19.12 17.0 – – – – Drafters.................................................... 31.75 13.9 31.75 13.9 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 18.70 9.4 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.93 6.2 36.66 7.1 30.98 5.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.26 6.5 42.31 7.8 31.43 6.5 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 28.42 3.5 – – 28.42 3.5 Financial managers.......................................... $46.43 13.3 $46.89 13.4 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 47.42 11.9 47.42 11.9 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 32.46 20.9 – – $38.66 7.4 Managers, medicine and health............................... 30.69 13.7 30.53 14.3 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 43.94 7.9 45.75 8.4 – – Management related............................................ 28.77 6.9 28.85 7.1 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 28.96 7.9 28.96 7.9 – – Other financial officers.................................... 37.33 11.1 37.33 11.1 – – Management analysts......................................... 33.08 15.2 33.08 15.2 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.75 16.9 26.19 18.2 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 27.24 17.7 27.24 17.7 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.97 10.9 22.41 11.6 – – Sales............................................................. 16.81 10.3 16.86 10.3 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 19.87 9.8 19.87 9.8 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 17.01 9.1 17.01 9.1 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 33.00 14.9 33.00 14.9 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.48 2.8 10.48 2.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.41 7.1 8.28 7.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.73 3.6 14.03 4.3 12.49 2.2 Supervisors, general office................................. 17.55 7.2 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 16.59 4.4 17.55 4.8 13.71 1.9 Receptionists............................................... 10.93 7.3 10.91 8.0 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 10.91 4.2 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.21 6.6 12.57 8.8 14.12 8.3 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.47 4.3 14.55 4.5 – – Dispatchers................................................. 11.78 5.8 11.48 4.6 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.74 5.2 12.57 5.6 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.27 5.6 10.26 5.7 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 17.23 13.7 17.35 13.8 – – Bill and account collectors................................. 13.68 19.0 13.68 19.0 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.34 6.2 14.92 8.1 11.39 3.0 Teachers' aides............................................. 10.43 1.4 – – 10.48 1.6 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.02 4.1 – – 13.98 2.4 Blue collar......................................................... 15.60 3.7 15.67 3.9 14.61 7.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.04 4.6 20.35 5.1 16.01 6.1 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 17.65 3.9 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.42 8.5 16.47 10.8 – – Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 20.37 13.9 20.37 14.4 – – Electricians................................................ 26.51 4.3 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 24.76 8.4 26.31 6.7 – – Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 28.10 9.4 28.10 9.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $14.32 9.1 $14.32 9.1 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 14.96 14.0 14.96 14.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.23 10.2 11.23 10.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.86 7.5 14.83 8.5 $15.13 4.0 Truck drivers............................................... 16.39 13.6 16.49 13.9 – – Bus drivers................................................. 14.59 1.4 – – 14.73 1.3 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.18 8.5 11.18 8.5 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 15.40 18.3 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.99 6.1 9.90 6.6 11.34 3.7 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 10.63 14.9 – – 10.63 14.9 Helpers, construction trades................................ 10.58 .5 10.58 .5 – – Construction laborers....................................... 11.40 .3 11.41 .3 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.27 10.6 7.27 10.6 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.00 8.3 13.00 8.3 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 8.11 10.9 7.93 10.3 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.31 6.7 – – 12.14 10.0 Service............................................................. 9.93 4.2 7.89 4.2 14.54 3.2 Protective service............................................ 17.01 5.7 8.31 10.1 18.55 2.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.39 4.9 – – 23.39 4.9 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 19.99 2.1 – – 19.99 2.1 Correctional institution officers........................... 12.41 2.0 – – 12.41 2.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.05 13.9 – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.13 6.6 5.84 7.4 8.75 1.6 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.38 5.5 3.38 5.5 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.21 1.7 2.21 1.7 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.53 13.8 5.53 13.8 – – Other food service........................................... 8.36 5.1 8.28 6.3 8.75 1.6 Cooks....................................................... 9.17 5.7 9.17 5.7 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.41 2.7 8.43 3.0 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.83 3.4 7.10 6.3 8.81 1.7 Health service................................................ 9.72 3.9 9.02 3.1 11.41 5.9 Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.16 9.6 9.81 14.9 12.20 8.0 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.11 1.9 8.84 1.9 10.34 1.6 Cleaning and building service................................. 7.95 6.7 7.56 8.1 9.77 3.7 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.98 .7 6.98 .7 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.71 5.6 7.13 5.7 9.80 3.8 Personal service.............................................. 15.62 16.5 17.46 26.8 11.60 12.0 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 8.99 7.4 8.99 7.4 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2004 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................................................................... $21.09 2.6 $21.05 3.0 $21.25 3.7 All excluding sales............................................... 21.28 2.7 21.28 3.3 21.29 3.6 White collar........................................................ 25.59 2.6 25.90 3.2 24.46 3.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.50 2.9 27.12 3.7 24.54 3.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.93 1.8 33.34 2.2 29.18 2.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.16 1.9 34.90 2.3 30.22 2.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.68 2.7 37.68 2.7 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 35.05 5.5 35.05 5.5 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 40.92 7.2 40.92 7.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 37.19 3.2 37.39 3.2 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 37.07 3.1 37.27 3.1 – – Natural scientists............................................ 25.80 12.9 29.40 11.3 – – Geologists and geodesists................................... 35.50 27.3 35.50 27.3 – – Health related................................................ 30.17 4.1 29.58 4.7 31.90 9.4 Registered nurses........................................... 28.77 3.4 28.42 4.3 29.65 5.5 Teachers, college and university.............................. 53.63 14.6 – – 49.82 15.7 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 55.99 24.9 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.74 1.8 30.26 9.2 29.70 1.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.23 1.1 – – 29.42 .8 Secondary school teachers................................... 30.93 3.1 – – 30.09 2.1 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 28.12 3.0 – – 28.42 2.8 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 31.33 5.5 – – 31.33 5.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 23.47 16.2 – – – – Librarians.................................................. 23.47 16.2 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 28.58 10.4 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.13 4.6 – – 16.49 5.8 Social workers.............................................. 16.87 4.2 – – 16.49 5.8 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 22.51 14.4 21.89 15.4 – – Designers................................................... 17.19 23.8 17.19 23.8 – – Technical....................................................... 26.19 5.7 27.78 6.4 18.66 8.3 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 23.71 7.7 23.79 8.0 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 22.89 15.7 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.23 1.4 17.40 1.6 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18.46 7.8 18.31 8.4 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 19.12 17.0 – – – – Drafters.................................................... 31.75 13.9 31.75 13.9 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 18.70 9.4 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.95 6.2 36.68 7.1 30.98 5.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.26 6.5 42.31 7.8 31.43 6.5 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 28.42 3.5 – – 28.42 3.5 Financial managers.......................................... 46.43 13.3 46.89 13.4 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... $47.42 11.9 $47.42 11.9 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 32.46 20.9 – – $38.66 7.4 Managers, medicine and health............................... 30.69 13.7 30.53 14.3 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 43.94 7.9 45.75 8.4 – – Management related............................................ 28.79 6.9 28.86 7.1 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 29.02 8.0 29.02 8.0 – – Other financial officers.................................... 37.33 11.1 37.33 11.1 – – Management analysts......................................... 33.08 15.2 33.08 15.2 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.75 16.9 26.19 18.2 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 27.24 17.7 27.24 17.7 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.97 10.9 22.41 11.6 – – Sales............................................................. 18.58 10.9 18.66 11.0 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 19.87 9.8 19.87 9.8 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 17.01 9.1 17.01 9.1 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 33.00 14.9 33.00 14.9 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.54 3.3 10.54 3.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.89 4.1 9.76 4.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.85 3.7 14.19 4.4 12.53 2.0 Supervisors, general office................................. 17.55 7.2 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 16.40 4.5 17.36 5.2 13.71 1.9 Receptionists............................................... 10.87 8.2 10.84 9.1 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 10.91 4.2 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.41 6.9 – – 14.12 8.3 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.47 4.3 14.55 4.5 – – Dispatchers................................................. 12.11 6.1 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.74 5.2 12.57 5.6 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.37 6.0 10.36 6.1 – – Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c.................................................... 9.26 7.5 8.89 4.5 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 17.23 13.7 17.35 13.8 – – Bill and account collectors................................. 13.68 19.0 13.68 19.0 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.60 5.9 15.56 6.9 11.42 2.9 Teachers' aides............................................. 10.50 1.6 – – 10.50 1.6 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.00 4.0 – – 13.88 2.3 Blue collar......................................................... 15.82 3.9 15.89 4.1 14.71 7.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.05 4.6 20.37 5.1 16.01 6.1 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 17.65 3.9 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.42 8.5 16.47 10.8 – – Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 20.37 13.9 20.37 14.4 – – Electricians................................................ 26.51 4.3 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 24.76 8.4 26.31 6.7 – – Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 28.10 9.4 28.10 9.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $14.29 9.0 $14.29 9.0 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 14.96 14.0 14.96 14.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.23 10.2 11.23 10.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.91 7.8 14.84 8.6 $15.59 4.8 Truck drivers............................................... 16.41 13.6 16.49 13.9 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.03 1.5 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.18 8.5 11.18 8.5 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.19 6.5 10.11 7.2 11.34 3.7 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 10.63 14.9 – – 10.63 14.9 Helpers, construction trades................................ 10.58 .5 10.58 .5 – – Construction laborers....................................... 11.40 .3 11.41 .3 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.26 12.0 9.26 12.0 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.48 13.4 13.48 13.4 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 8.14 11.4 – – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.31 6.7 – – 12.14 10.0 Service............................................................. 10.76 7.8 8.55 9.7 14.63 3.4 Protective service............................................ 18.00 3.1 – – 18.56 2.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.39 4.9 – – 23.39 4.9 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 19.99 2.1 – – 19.99 2.1 Correctional institution officers........................... 12.41 2.0 – – 12.41 2.0 Food service.................................................. 6.60 16.7 6.32 18.0 8.92 1.5 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.58 14.9 3.58 14.9 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.22 3.9 2.22 3.9 – – Other food service........................................... 8.56 6.3 8.48 7.8 8.92 1.5 Cooks....................................................... 9.17 5.8 9.17 5.8 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.91 2.9 8.94 3.2 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.96 3.7 7.18 7.1 8.96 1.8 Health service................................................ 10.34 4.9 9.77 5.6 11.41 5.9 Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.16 9.6 9.81 14.9 12.20 8.0 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.89 2.8 9.75 3.4 10.34 1.6 Cleaning and building service................................. 8.38 8.4 8.00 10.5 9.77 3.7 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.98 .7 6.98 .7 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.20 8.5 7.57 9.9 9.80 3.8 Personal service.............................................. 16.53 18.8 19.17 33.3 11.60 12.0 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $9.28 8.8 $9.05 9.3 $13.66 9.2 All excluding sales............................................... 9.72 10.5 9.44 11.2 13.66 9.2 White collar........................................................ 12.49 7.9 12.25 8.5 16.45 12.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 16.72 10.5 16.75 11.6 16.45 12.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.85 12.3 27.89 14.2 18.91 13.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.00 14.9 31.82 17.4 18.91 13.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.34 5.6 31.37 5.7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 28.80 .4 28.76 .4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 21.12 3.5 – – 21.12 3.5 Teachers, except college and university....................... 14.31 24.4 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.64 1.7 18.64 1.7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.71 3.2 7.71 3.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.33 1.7 7.33 1.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.35 10.4 11.44 10.6 9.46 23.9 Blue collar......................................................... 8.92 9.6 8.44 9.9 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.18 9.4 8.18 9.4 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.32 7.5 6.32 7.5 – – Service............................................................. 5.79 12.0 5.74 12.3 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 4.31 20.5 4.09 19.2 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.90 2.9 2.90 2.9 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.18 3.4 2.18 3.4 – – Other food service........................................... 7.01 4.7 6.87 5.6 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.39 7.9 7.38 8.6 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.02 3.9 – – – – Health service................................................ $6.58 2.0 $6.58 2.0 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 6.58 2.0 6.58 2.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 6.04 1.6 6.04 1.6 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 6.04 1.6 6.04 1.6 – – Personal service.............................................. 7.13 9.9 7.13 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 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2004 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................................................................... $836 2.5 39.6 $835 3.0 39.6 $839 3.5 39.5 All excluding sales............................................... 841 2.7 39.5 841 3.3 39.5 841 3.4 39.5 White collar........................................................ 1,019 2.8 39.8 1,035 3.5 39.9 965 3.9 39.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,052 3.1 39.7 1,079 4.0 39.8 968 3.7 39.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,262 1.9 39.5 1,324 2.3 39.7 1,144 2.6 39.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,318 2.1 39.7 1,400 2.5 40.1 1,183 2.6 39.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,516 2.6 40.2 1,516 2.6 40.2 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 1,402 5.5 40.0 1,402 5.5 40.0 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,654 7.8 40.4 1,654 7.8 40.4 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,482 3.0 39.8 1,490 3.0 39.8 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,477 2.9 39.8 1,485 2.9 39.8 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 1,032 12.9 40.0 1,176 11.3 40.0 – – – Geologists and geodesists................................... 1,420 27.3 40.0 1,420 27.3 40.0 – – – Health related................................................ 1,203 4.0 39.9 1,180 4.5 39.9 1,269 9.4 39.8 Registered nurses........................................... 1,145 3.2 39.8 1,132 3.9 39.8 1,177 5.3 39.7 Teachers, college and university.............................. 2,062 15.7 38.4 – – – 1,893 16.8 38.0 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 2,122 26.0 37.9 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,164 2.4 39.1 1,250 10.2 41.3 1,157 2.4 39.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,142 1.1 39.1 – – – 1,140 1.1 38.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,204 3.5 38.9 – – – 1,169 2.5 38.9 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 1,122 2.8 39.9 – – – 1,134 2.6 39.9 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 1,245 6.0 39.8 – – – 1,245 6.0 39.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 939 16.2 40.0 – – – – – – Librarians.................................................. 939 16.2 40.0 – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 1,143 10.4 40.0 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 685 4.6 40.0 – – – 660 5.8 40.0 Social workers.............................................. 675 4.2 40.0 – – – 660 5.8 40.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 900 14.4 40.0 876 15.4 40.0 – – – Designers................................................... 688 23.8 40.0 688 23.8 40.0 – – – Technical....................................................... 1,012 5.5 38.6 1,065 6.1 38.3 747 8.3 40.0 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 937 10.0 39.5 939 10.4 39.5 – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 915 15.7 40.0 – – – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 686 1.5 39.8 692 1.8 39.8 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 738 7.8 40.0 732 8.4 40.0 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 765 17.0 40.0 – – – – – – Drafters.................................................... 1,270 13.9 40.0 1,270 13.9 40.0 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 756 10.0 40.4 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $1,453 6.0 40.4 $1,486 6.9 40.5 $1,239 5.1 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,630 6.1 40.5 1,718 7.3 40.6 1,257 6.5 40.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,137 3.5 40.0 – – – 1,137 3.5 40.0 Financial managers.......................................... 1,857 13.3 40.0 1,875 13.4 40.0 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,897 11.9 40.0 1,897 11.9 40.0 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,329 18.3 40.9 – – – 1,547 7.4 40.0 Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,228 13.7 40.0 1,221 14.3 40.0 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,790 8.0 40.7 1,866 8.5 40.8 – – – Management related............................................ 1,161 7.2 40.3 1,164 7.4 40.3 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 1,161 8.0 40.0 1,161 8.0 40.0 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 1,550 12.6 41.5 1,550 12.6 41.5 – – – Management analysts......................................... 1,335 15.8 40.4 1,335 15.8 40.4 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 1,030 16.9 40.0 1,047 18.2 40.0 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 1,090 17.7 40.0 1,090 17.7 40.0 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 923 10.8 40.2 901 11.5 40.2 – – – Sales............................................................. 760 11.0 40.9 764 11.0 40.9 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 871 8.0 43.8 871 8.0 43.8 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 680 9.1 40.0 680 9.1 40.0 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 1,320 14.9 40.0 1,320 14.9 40.0 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 419 3.6 39.7 419 3.6 39.7 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 396 4.1 40.0 390 4.6 40.0 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 546 3.6 39.4 559 4.4 39.4 497 2.0 39.7 Supervisors, general office................................. 702 7.2 40.0 – – – – – – Secretaries................................................. 656 4.5 40.0 695 5.2 40.0 548 1.9 40.0 Receptionists............................................... 423 8.7 38.9 423 9.8 39.1 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 430 3.5 39.4 – – – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 523 8.1 39.0 – – – 560 8.4 39.7 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 579 4.3 40.0 582 4.5 40.0 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 485 6.1 40.0 – – – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 510 5.2 40.0 503 5.6 40.0 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 415 6.0 40.0 414 6.1 40.0 – – – Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c.................................................... 370 7.5 40.0 356 4.5 40.0 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 689 13.7 40.0 694 13.8 40.0 – – – Bill and account collectors................................. 443 32.0 32.4 443 32.0 32.4 – – – General office clerks....................................... 542 6.0 39.8 618 7.2 39.8 456 2.9 39.9 Teachers' aides............................................. 408 1.5 38.8 – – – 408 1.5 38.8 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 519 4.1 39.9 – – – 555 2.3 40.0 Blue collar......................................................... $634 4.0 40.1 $638 4.3 40.2 $572 7.0 38.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 805 4.7 40.2 818 5.2 40.2 640 6.1 40.0 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 706 3.9 40.0 – – – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 657 8.5 40.0 659 10.8 40.0 – – – Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 815 13.9 40.0 815 14.4 40.0 – – – Electricians................................................ 1,060 4.3 40.0 – – – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 990 8.4 40.0 1,053 6.7 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 1,136 10.3 40.4 1,136 10.3 40.4 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 571 9.0 40.0 571 9.0 40.0 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 598 14.0 40.0 598 14.0 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 445 10.5 39.7 445 10.5 39.7 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 590 7.6 39.6 593 8.5 40.0 567 5.0 36.4 Truck drivers............................................... 657 13.6 40.0 660 13.8 40.0 – – – Bus drivers................................................. 525 1.6 34.9 – – – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 447 8.5 40.0 447 8.5 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 412 7.3 40.4 409 8.1 40.4 453 3.7 40.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 425 14.9 40.0 – – – 425 14.9 40.0 Helpers, construction trades................................ 423 .5 40.0 423 .5 40.0 – – – Construction laborers....................................... 456 .3 40.0 456 .3 40.0 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 365 11.6 39.4 365 11.6 39.4 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 539 13.4 40.0 539 13.4 40.0 – – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 325 11.4 40.0 – – – – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 333 6.7 40.0 – – – 486 10.0 40.0 Service............................................................. 406 8.6 37.7 313 10.4 36.6 584 2.9 39.9 Protective service............................................ 737 3.1 41.0 – – – 761 2.3 41.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 936 4.9 40.0 – – – 936 4.9 40.0 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 800 2.1 40.0 – – – 800 2.1 40.0 Correctional institution officers........................... 496 2.0 40.0 – – – 496 2.0 40.0 Food service.................................................. 251 18.1 38.0 244 20.2 38.6 306 5.9 34.3 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 138 15.3 38.6 138 15.3 38.6 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 86 2.6 38.6 86 2.6 38.6 – – – Other food service........................................... 323 8.8 37.7 327 10.9 38.6 306 5.9 34.3 Cooks....................................................... 367 5.8 40.0 367 5.8 40.0 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 326 7.1 36.6 333 8.4 37.3 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 296 4.4 37.2 285 7.3 39.7 309 5.6 34.5 Health service................................................ 410 5.1 39.6 386 5.9 39.6 454 6.0 39.8 Health aides, except nursing................................ $445 9.6 39.9 $392 14.9 40.0 $486 8.2 39.8 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 391 3.1 39.5 385 3.8 39.4 411 1.9 39.8 Cleaning and building service................................. 309 13.8 36.9 289 16.8 36.1 391 3.7 40.0 Maids and housemen.......................................... 275 2.0 39.4 275 2.1 39.4 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 296 15.6 36.1 264 18.4 34.8 392 3.8 40.0 Personal service.............................................. 501 14.6 30.3 515 20.8 26.8 464 12.0 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2004 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................................................................... $42,170 2.5 1,999 $43,304 3.0 2,057 $38,088 3.5 1,793 All excluding sales............................................... 42,355 2.7 1,990 43,626 3.3 2,050 38,141 3.4 1,792 White collar........................................................ 50,802 2.8 1,985 53,634 3.5 2,071 42,247 3.9 1,727 White collar excluding sales.................................... 52,152 3.1 1,968 55,912 4.0 2,061 42,344 3.7 1,726 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 60,125 1.9 1,883 68,202 2.3 2,046 47,549 2.6 1,629 Professional specialty.......................................... 61,610 2.1 1,858 71,929 2.5 2,061 48,213 2.6 1,595 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 78,832 2.6 2,092 78,832 2.6 2,092 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 72,904 5.5 2,080 72,904 5.5 2,080 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 86,021 7.8 2,102 86,021 7.8 2,102 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 77,051 3.0 2,072 77,463 3.0 2,072 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 76,789 2.9 2,072 77,203 2.9 2,072 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 53,659 12.9 2,080 61,151 11.3 2,080 – – – Geologists and geodesists................................... 73,843 27.3 2,080 73,843 27.3 2,080 – – – Health related................................................ 61,477 4.0 2,038 61,375 4.5 2,075 61,756 9.4 1,936 Registered nurses........................................... 58,555 3.2 2,035 58,879 3.9 2,072 57,800 5.3 1,950 Teachers, college and university.............................. 90,620 15.7 1,690 – – – 82,487 16.8 1,656 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 96,795 26.0 1,729 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 43,993 2.4 1,479 47,225 10.2 1,560 43,746 2.4 1,473 Elementary school teachers.................................. 42,633 1.1 1,458 – – – 42,671 1.1 1,450 Secondary school teachers................................... 44,912 3.5 1,452 – – – 43,788 2.5 1,455 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 43,004 2.8 1,529 – – – 43,041 2.6 1,514 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 52,225 6.0 1,667 – – – 52,225 6.0 1,667 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 41,689 16.2 1,776 – – – – – – Librarians.................................................. 41,689 16.2 1,776 – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 52,700 10.4 1,844 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 35,620 4.6 2,080 – – – 34,301 5.8 2,080 Social workers.............................................. 35,093 4.2 2,080 – – – 34,301 5.8 2,080 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 46,817 14.4 2,080 45,532 15.4 2,080 – – – Designers................................................... 35,761 23.8 2,080 35,761 23.8 2,080 – – – Technical....................................................... 52,600 5.5 2,008 55,381 6.1 1,994 38,819 8.3 2,080 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 48,732 10.0 2,055 48,852 10.4 2,054 – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 47,602 15.7 2,080 – – – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 35,647 1.5 2,069 35,966 1.8 2,067 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 38,401 7.8 2,080 38,079 8.4 2,080 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 39,773 17.0 2,080 – – – – – – Drafters.................................................... 66,043 13.9 2,080 66,043 13.9 2,080 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 39,301 10.0 2,101 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $75,161 6.0 2,091 $77,204 6.9 2,105 $62,015 5.1 2,002 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 84,187 6.1 2,091 89,273 7.3 2,110 63,267 6.5 2,013 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 58,551 3.5 2,060 – – – 58,551 3.5 2,060 Financial managers.......................................... 96,580 13.3 2,080 97,524 13.4 2,080 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 98,630 11.9 2,080 98,630 11.9 2,080 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 65,710 18.3 2,024 – – – 75,294 7.4 1,947 Managers, medicine and health............................... 63,838 13.7 2,080 63,505 14.3 2,080 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 93,060 8.0 2,118 97,039 8.5 2,121 – – – Management related............................................ 60,178 7.2 2,091 60,536 7.4 2,097 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 60,368 8.0 2,080 60,368 8.0 2,080 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 80,612 12.6 2,159 80,612 12.6 2,159 – – – Management analysts......................................... 69,421 15.8 2,099 69,421 15.8 2,099 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 53,568 16.9 2,080 54,469 18.2 2,080 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 56,668 17.7 2,080 56,668 17.7 2,080 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 47,428 10.8 2,065 46,853 11.5 2,090 – – – Sales............................................................. 39,523 11.0 2,128 39,718 11.0 2,128 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 45,280 8.0 2,279 45,280 8.0 2,279 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 35,377 9.1 2,080 35,377 9.1 2,080 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 68,634 14.9 2,080 68,634 14.9 2,080 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 21,768 3.6 2,065 21,768 3.6 2,065 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 20,577 4.1 2,080 20,297 4.6 2,080 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 27,733 3.6 2,002 29,051 4.4 2,047 23,050 2.0 1,840 Supervisors, general office................................. 36,501 7.2 2,080 – – – – – – Secretaries................................................. 33,477 4.5 2,041 36,119 5.2 2,080 26,592 1.9 1,940 Receptionists............................................... 21,740 8.7 2,000 22,016 9.8 2,031 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 22,361 3.5 2,050 – – – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 26,964 8.1 2,010 – – – 28,601 8.4 2,025 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 29,937 4.3 2,069 30,261 4.5 2,080 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 25,197 6.1 2,081 – – – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 26,499 5.2 2,080 26,147 5.6 2,080 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 21,564 6.0 2,080 21,552 6.1 2,080 – – – Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c.................................................... 19,251 7.5 2,080 18,493 4.5 2,080 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 35,832 13.7 2,080 36,092 13.8 2,080 – – – Bill and account collectors................................. 23,053 32.0 1,685 23,053 32.0 1,685 – – – General office clerks....................................... 27,376 6.0 2,013 32,162 7.2 2,067 22,333 2.9 1,955 Teachers' aides............................................. 15,202 1.5 1,447 – – – 15,202 1.5 1,447 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 26,879 4.1 2,068 – – – 27,985 2.3 2,016 Blue collar......................................................... $32,813 4.0 2,074 $33,159 4.3 2,086 $28,277 7.0 1,922 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 41,875 4.7 2,088 42,558 5.2 2,089 33,189 6.1 2,073 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 36,708 3.9 2,080 – – – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 34,159 8.5 2,080 34,264 10.8 2,080 – – – Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 42,365 13.9 2,080 42,364 14.4 2,080 – – – Electricians................................................ 55,137 4.3 2,080 – – – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 51,492 8.4 2,080 54,733 6.7 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 59,056 10.3 2,102 59,056 10.3 2,102 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 29,452 9.0 2,062 29,452 9.0 2,062 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 31,107 14.0 2,080 31,107 14.0 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 23,163 10.5 2,063 23,163 10.5 2,063 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 30,169 7.6 2,023 30,838 8.5 2,078 25,537 5.0 1,638 Truck drivers............................................... 34,140 13.6 2,081 34,301 13.8 2,081 – – – Bus drivers................................................. 22,445 1.6 1,493 – – – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 23,246 8.5 2,080 23,246 8.5 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 21,379 7.3 2,098 21,248 8.1 2,102 23,159 3.7 2,043 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 21,688 14.9 2,039 – – – 21,688 14.9 2,039 Helpers, construction trades................................ 22,008 .5 2,080 22,008 .5 2,080 – – – Construction laborers....................................... 23,702 .3 2,080 23,727 .3 2,080 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 18,987 11.6 2,049 18,987 11.6 2,049 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 28,044 13.4 2,080 28,044 13.4 2,080 – – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 16,922 11.4 2,080 – – – – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 17,196 6.7 2,069 – – – 24,436 10.0 2,013 Service............................................................. 20,636 8.6 1,919 16,236 10.4 1,900 28,563 2.9 1,952 Protective service............................................ 38,268 3.1 2,126 – – – 39,513 2.3 2,129 Police and detectives, public service....................... 48,417 4.9 2,070 – – – 48,417 4.9 2,070 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 41,623 2.1 2,082 – – – 41,623 2.1 2,082 Correctional institution officers........................... 25,811 2.0 2,080 – – – 25,811 2.0 2,080 Food service.................................................. 12,542 18.1 1,900 12,627 20.2 1,999 12,074 5.9 1,353 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7,177 15.3 2,005 7,177 15.3 2,005 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4,459 2.6 2,005 4,459 2.6 2,005 – – – Other food service........................................... 15,730 8.8 1,838 16,912 10.9 1,995 12,074 5.9 1,353 Cooks....................................................... 19,075 5.8 2,080 19,075 5.8 2,080 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 16,350 7.1 1,836 17,233 8.4 1,927 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 13,258 4.4 1,665 14,534 7.3 2,025 12,173 5.6 1,359 Health service................................................ 21,211 5.1 2,050 20,094 5.9 2,057 23,250 6.0 2,038 Health aides, except nursing................................ $23,153 9.6 2,075 $20,405 14.9 2,080 $25,263 8.2 2,071 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 20,139 3.1 2,037 19,997 3.8 2,050 20,601 1.9 1,993 Cleaning and building service................................. 15,925 13.8 1,900 14,974 16.8 1,873 19,581 3.7 2,004 Maids and housemen.......................................... 14,312 2.0 2,049 14,294 2.1 2,049 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 15,226 15.6 1,856 13,665 18.4 1,804 19,629 3.8 2,003 Personal service.............................................. 24,300 14.6 1,470 26,755 20.8 1,396 18,933 12.0 1,632 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $20.39 2.4 $20.23 2.8 $21.12 3.5 All excluding sales............................................... 20.70 2.6 20.58 3.1 21.16 3.4 White collar........................................................ 24.99 2.6 25.16 3.2 24.36 3.8 1....................................................... 8.44 3.6 8.38 3.7 – – 2....................................................... 9.65 4.2 9.59 4.7 10.12 2.8 3....................................................... 11.22 2.0 11.35 2.7 10.91 1.7 4....................................................... 14.82 3.2 15.03 3.8 13.92 2.9 5....................................................... 17.41 2.9 17.84 2.6 15.27 7.0 6....................................................... 20.40 3.2 20.24 3.9 21.13 2.8 7....................................................... 25.27 2.9 22.49 4.1 28.03 2.2 8....................................................... 28.13 2.8 28.79 3.5 26.99 3.9 9....................................................... 32.82 7.1 34.07 9.6 29.71 3.0 10........................................................ 37.43 11.3 37.94 12.8 34.15 6.7 11........................................................ 37.36 2.9 38.52 2.5 32.52 4.0 12........................................................ 47.51 4.4 47.94 4.7 42.12 7.6 13........................................................ 59.34 4.8 60.89 4.9 – – 14........................................................ 65.93 6.7 63.80 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.01 9.1 22.88 9.1 30.80 9.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.22 2.9 26.79 3.6 24.44 3.7 1....................................................... 9.19 6.5 – – – – 2....................................................... 9.83 5.5 9.83 6.3 9.90 2.0 3....................................................... 11.42 2.0 11.74 3.1 10.91 1.7 4....................................................... 14.34 3.6 14.47 4.6 13.92 2.9 5....................................................... 17.00 3.5 17.44 3.7 15.27 7.0 6....................................................... 20.35 3.0 20.15 3.7 21.13 2.8 7....................................................... 25.26 3.1 22.17 4.4 28.03 2.2 8....................................................... 28.34 3.1 29.20 4.0 26.99 3.9 9....................................................... 32.12 7.4 33.23 10.7 29.71 3.0 10........................................................ 37.48 11.4 38.01 13.0 34.15 6.7 11........................................................ 37.22 3.0 38.37 2.7 32.52 4.0 12........................................................ 46.89 4.4 47.29 4.8 42.12 7.6 13........................................................ 59.34 4.8 60.89 4.9 – – 14........................................................ 65.93 6.7 63.80 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.61 11.1 24.49 11.2 30.80 9.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.79 1.9 33.19 2.3 29.02 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.04 2.1 34.83 2.5 30.03 2.5 5....................................................... 17.88 7.4 18.16 8.8 – – 6....................................................... 23.53 8.9 22.50 11.5 25.39 10.1 7....................................................... 27.98 2.2 25.81 5.4 28.87 1.9 8....................................................... 29.35 2.8 30.46 3.0 28.10 4.0 9....................................................... 29.85 3.0 30.19 4.6 29.15 1.9 10........................................................ 35.62 7.2 36.02 10.5 34.71 10.0 11........................................................ 36.38 3.0 37.12 3.3 33.53 3.8 12........................................................ 46.10 5.6 45.97 5.8 – – 13........................................................ $55.33 16.3 $57.43 16.2 – – 14........................................................ 67.09 8.5 63.26 11.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.03 7.4 29.38 8.3 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.83 2.6 37.83 2.6 – – 8....................................................... 35.77 7.8 35.77 7.8 – – 9....................................................... 32.14 2.4 32.14 2.4 – – 10........................................................ 36.79 13.9 36.79 13.9 – – 11........................................................ 37.87 4.5 37.87 4.5 – – 12........................................................ 45.25 6.0 45.25 6.0 – – 13........................................................ 53.17 13.2 53.17 13.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.77 7.0 35.77 7.0 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 35.05 5.5 35.05 5.5 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 40.92 7.2 40.92 7.2 – – 11........................................................ 36.71 8.5 36.71 8.5 – – 12........................................................ 45.85 5.5 45.85 5.5 – – 13........................................................ 53.17 13.2 53.17 13.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 37.19 3.2 37.39 3.2 – – 9....................................................... 30.23 4.1 30.45 4.2 – – 12........................................................ 44.42 4.0 44.42 4.0 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 37.07 3.1 37.27 3.1 – – 9....................................................... 30.23 4.1 30.45 4.2 – – 12........................................................ 44.30 4.3 44.30 4.3 – – Natural scientists............................................ 25.80 12.9 29.40 11.3 – – Geologists and geodesists................................... 35.50 27.3 35.50 27.3 – – Health related................................................ 30.25 4.0 29.73 4.5 $31.88 9.4 7....................................................... 31.91 11.4 27.06 8.0 – – 8....................................................... 27.68 1.7 27.97 1.2 – – 9....................................................... 28.71 8.5 – – – – 11........................................................ 36.67 1.9 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 28.77 3.2 28.44 4.0 29.65 5.4 8....................................................... 27.49 1.4 27.76 .5 – – 9....................................................... 27.96 7.3 – – – – 11........................................................ 36.80 1.4 – – – – Pharmacists................................................. 43.18 2.1 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 51.63 14.4 – – 47.82 15.1 9....................................................... 41.81 8.2 – – 41.81 8.2 10........................................................ 42.60 16.5 – – 42.60 16.5 11........................................................ 35.04 6.0 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 55.43 24.1 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.48 2.1 28.69 10.8 29.55 2.2 6....................................................... 28.41 5.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 29.48 1.3 – – 29.69 1.0 8....................................................... 30.59 6.4 – – 29.48 5.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.23 1.1 – – 29.42 .8 7....................................................... 29.13 2.0 – – 29.57 .6 8....................................................... 29.09 1.2 – – 28.91 .9 Secondary school teachers................................... $30.96 3.2 – – $30.09 2.1 7....................................................... 30.37 .3 – – – – 8....................................................... 32.43 10.4 – – 29.52 7.4 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 27.10 4.7 – – 28.34 2.8 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 31.33 5.5 – – 31.33 5.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 23.15 15.1 – – 23.46 16.3 Librarians.................................................. 23.19 15.2 – – 23.46 16.3 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 28.58 10.4 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.10 4.6 – – 16.46 5.7 7....................................................... 17.83 5.0 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 16.84 4.1 – – 16.46 5.7 7....................................................... 17.25 4.2 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 22.47 13.3 $21.72 15.0 – – 8....................................................... 27.77 9.1 – – – – Designers................................................... 17.19 23.8 17.19 23.8 – – Technical....................................................... 25.96 5.6 27.44 6.2 18.66 8.3 4....................................................... 16.12 4.0 16.11 5.1 – – 5....................................................... 17.74 4.8 18.57 2.0 – – 6....................................................... 18.60 6.8 19.11 7.2 17.14 15.6 7....................................................... 22.16 6.1 23.19 5.3 – – 8....................................................... 25.63 4.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 83.67 38.7 91.84 41.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.38 6.2 20.38 6.2 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 23.35 6.0 23.40 6.1 – – 6....................................................... 21.55 4.2 21.51 4.6 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 22.89 15.7 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.24 1.4 17.41 1.6 – – 4....................................................... 16.66 3.2 – – – – 5....................................................... 17.58 2.6 17.58 2.7 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18.40 7.2 18.27 7.5 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 19.12 17.0 – – – – Drafters.................................................... 31.75 13.9 31.75 13.9 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 18.70 9.4 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.93 6.2 36.66 7.1 30.98 5.1 6....................................................... 21.73 4.8 21.94 5.3 – – 7....................................................... 17.88 7.5 17.52 8.1 – – 8....................................................... 26.36 11.3 27.90 11.0 – – 9....................................................... 28.28 6.2 27.74 7.9 – – 10........................................................ 32.49 10.5 32.46 11.4 – – 11........................................................ 37.16 5.2 38.70 4.8 31.31 5.8 12........................................................ 48.86 7.7 51.03 7.8 – – 13........................................................ 61.10 5.0 62.41 5.4 – – 14........................................................ 64.77 10.7 64.24 11.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... $39.15 12.9 $39.07 13.0 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.26 6.5 42.31 7.8 $31.43 6.5 7....................................................... 15.89 12.9 – – – – 8....................................................... 20.00 6.6 21.59 5.1 – – 9....................................................... 29.64 7.7 29.77 10.0 – – 10........................................................ 28.89 14.4 – – – – 11........................................................ 35.08 5.6 36.73 6.4 30.86 6.1 12........................................................ 49.83 9.4 53.37 9.6 – – 13........................................................ 62.52 5.4 64.25 5.9 – – 14........................................................ 63.52 11.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 46.00 9.6 45.93 9.6 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 28.42 3.5 – – 28.42 3.5 Financial managers.......................................... 46.43 13.3 46.89 13.4 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 47.42 11.9 47.42 11.9 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 32.46 20.9 – – 38.66 7.4 Managers, medicine and health............................... 30.69 13.7 30.53 14.3 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 43.94 7.9 45.75 8.4 – – 11........................................................ 37.61 7.6 37.61 7.6 – – 12........................................................ 44.95 7.1 44.95 7.1 – – 13........................................................ 65.56 7.4 65.56 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 46.20 11.6 46.20 11.6 – – Management related............................................ 28.77 6.9 28.85 7.1 – – 6....................................................... 21.73 4.8 21.94 5.3 – – 7....................................................... 20.21 3.7 20.34 3.8 – – 8....................................................... 30.16 15.0 30.20 15.4 – – 10........................................................ 38.50 11.4 38.50 11.4 – – 11........................................................ 40.66 3.2 41.32 2.2 – – 12........................................................ 46.31 6.5 46.31 6.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.11 6.0 20.11 6.0 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 28.96 7.9 28.96 7.9 – – Other financial officers.................................... 37.33 11.1 37.33 11.1 – – Management analysts......................................... 33.08 15.2 33.08 15.2 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.75 16.9 26.19 18.2 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 27.24 17.7 27.24 17.7 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.97 10.9 22.41 11.6 – – Sales............................................................. 16.81 10.3 16.86 10.3 – – 1....................................................... 8.13 2.9 8.13 2.9 – – 2....................................................... 9.29 8.6 9.18 9.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.55 6.2 10.55 6.2 – – 4....................................................... 16.54 5.3 16.54 5.3 – – 5....................................................... 19.07 6.2 19.07 6.2 – – 6....................................................... 20.90 9.0 20.90 9.0 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 19.87 9.8 19.87 9.8 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 17.01 9.1 17.01 9.1 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 33.00 14.9 33.00 14.9 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ $10.48 2.8 $10.48 2.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.41 7.1 8.28 7.4 – – 1....................................................... 8.24 6.4 8.24 6.4 – – 2....................................................... 8.42 11.3 8.07 12.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.73 3.6 14.03 4.3 $12.49 2.2 1....................................................... 9.19 6.5 – – – – 2....................................................... 9.83 5.5 9.83 6.3 9.90 2.0 3....................................................... 11.42 2.0 11.74 3.1 10.91 1.7 4....................................................... 14.09 3.8 14.23 4.9 13.65 3.5 5....................................................... 16.23 5.3 16.55 6.6 15.29 6.6 6....................................................... 18.34 5.1 18.70 5.3 15.65 4.3 7....................................................... 21.12 6.9 21.52 7.4 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 17.55 7.2 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 16.59 4.4 17.55 4.8 13.71 1.9 3....................................................... 11.26 2.7 – – – – 4....................................................... 15.92 6.2 17.05 8.3 14.34 6.4 5....................................................... 17.45 6.5 17.60 7.0 – – 6....................................................... 20.55 4.5 20.55 4.5 – – Receptionists............................................... 10.93 7.3 10.91 8.0 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 10.91 4.2 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.21 6.6 12.57 8.8 14.12 8.3 5....................................................... 15.33 6.5 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.47 4.3 14.55 4.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.06 4.0 14.02 4.2 – – Dispatchers................................................. 11.78 5.8 11.48 4.6 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.74 5.2 12.57 5.6 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.27 5.6 10.26 5.7 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 17.23 13.7 17.35 13.8 – – Bill and account collectors................................. 13.68 19.0 13.68 19.0 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.34 6.2 14.92 8.1 11.39 3.0 2....................................................... 9.82 10.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.25 3.6 – – 10.29 4.2 4....................................................... 14.24 8.7 15.49 13.4 12.90 4.9 Teachers' aides............................................. 10.43 1.4 – – 10.48 1.6 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.02 4.1 – – 13.98 2.4 4....................................................... 13.77 6.8 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.60 3.7 15.67 3.9 14.61 7.0 1....................................................... 8.41 7.2 8.35 7.7 9.85 2.7 2....................................................... 11.32 6.4 11.21 7.2 12.73 3.5 3....................................................... 13.29 7.8 13.07 9.2 14.78 2.0 4....................................................... 14.68 9.3 14.86 10.0 12.18 1.8 5....................................................... 19.00 3.0 19.08 3.3 18.27 5.8 6....................................................... 21.49 4.1 21.97 4.3 16.20 5.3 7....................................................... 23.75 6.0 24.26 6.6 17.57 1.5 8....................................................... $26.44 10.3 $26.65 10.7 – – 9....................................................... 29.54 16.7 29.54 16.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.25 7.8 14.25 7.8 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.04 4.6 20.35 5.1 $16.01 6.1 2....................................................... 13.07 4.5 13.07 4.5 – – 4....................................................... 13.55 7.0 13.76 8.7 – – 5....................................................... 18.64 3.6 18.69 3.9 – – 6....................................................... 21.77 4.7 22.35 5.0 16.20 5.3 7....................................................... 23.72 7.3 24.25 7.9 – – 8....................................................... 29.30 11.2 – – – – 9....................................................... 29.54 16.7 29.54 16.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.35 9.9 16.35 9.9 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 17.65 3.9 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.42 8.5 16.47 10.8 – – Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 20.37 13.9 20.37 14.4 – – Electricians................................................ 26.51 4.3 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 24.76 8.4 26.31 6.7 – – Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 28.10 9.4 28.10 9.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.32 9.1 14.32 9.1 – – 2....................................................... 9.16 12.5 9.16 12.5 – – 3....................................................... 14.58 15.8 14.58 15.8 – – 4....................................................... 12.97 8.5 12.97 8.5 – – 5....................................................... 16.17 5.4 16.17 5.4 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 14.96 14.0 14.96 14.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.23 10.2 11.23 10.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.86 7.5 14.83 8.5 15.13 4.0 2....................................................... 11.17 8.9 10.70 11.7 – – 3....................................................... 12.53 6.5 11.28 9.6 15.30 .4 4....................................................... 16.54 18.4 16.68 18.9 – – 5....................................................... 21.79 3.7 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 16.39 13.6 16.49 13.9 – – 4....................................................... 17.56 24.2 17.56 24.2 – – Bus drivers................................................. 14.59 1.4 – – 14.73 1.3 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.18 8.5 11.18 8.5 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 15.40 18.3 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.99 6.1 9.90 6.6 11.34 3.7 1....................................................... 8.47 7.1 8.41 7.6 9.85 2.7 2....................................................... 11.28 9.9 11.10 11.1 12.78 6.0 3....................................................... 11.54 3.6 11.38 3.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.04 10.1 13.04 10.1 – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 10.63 14.9 – – 10.63 14.9 Helpers, construction trades................................ 10.58 .5 10.58 .5 – – Construction laborers....................................... $11.40 0.3 $11.41 0.3 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.27 10.6 7.27 10.6 – – 1....................................................... 6.91 11.3 6.91 11.3 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.00 8.3 13.00 8.3 – – 2....................................................... 13.88 10.0 13.88 10.0 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 8.11 10.9 7.93 10.3 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.31 6.7 – – $12.14 10.0 Service............................................................. 9.93 4.2 7.89 4.2 14.54 3.2 1....................................................... 6.34 2.6 6.17 2.6 9.02 6.1 2....................................................... 7.46 4.9 6.66 6.3 9.95 4.8 3....................................................... 9.52 5.3 8.94 7.6 10.51 2.7 4....................................................... 18.92 5.9 22.47 9.7 15.32 3.9 5....................................................... 12.86 4.3 – – 13.05 5.4 6....................................................... 21.13 8.1 – – 21.13 8.1 7....................................................... 21.05 4.1 – – 21.48 5.1 Protective service............................................ 17.01 5.7 8.31 10.1 18.55 2.3 5....................................................... 12.55 2.3 – – 12.48 2.2 6....................................................... 21.40 7.1 – – 21.40 7.1 7....................................................... 21.48 5.1 – – 21.48 5.1 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.39 4.9 – – 23.39 4.9 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 19.99 2.1 – – 19.99 2.1 7....................................................... 20.14 2.5 – – 20.14 2.5 Correctional institution officers........................... 12.41 2.0 – – 12.41 2.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.05 13.9 – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.13 6.6 5.84 7.4 8.75 1.6 1....................................................... 5.70 5.3 5.53 6.3 – – 2....................................................... 5.18 9.4 4.33 11.1 8.78 2.6 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.38 5.5 3.38 5.5 – – 1....................................................... 4.15 13.7 4.15 13.7 – – 2....................................................... 2.60 20.1 2.60 20.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.21 1.7 2.21 1.7 – – 1....................................................... 2.29 5.2 2.29 5.2 – – 2....................................................... 2.17 .6 2.17 .6 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.53 13.8 5.53 13.8 – – 1....................................................... 5.53 13.8 5.53 13.8 – – Other food service........................................... 8.36 5.1 8.28 6.3 8.75 1.6 1....................................................... 7.07 2.9 6.90 2.2 – – 2....................................................... 8.66 4.0 8.56 7.2 8.78 2.6 Cooks....................................................... 9.17 5.7 9.17 5.7 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.41 2.7 8.43 3.0 – – 1....................................................... 8.16 5.6 8.20 6.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.88 5.6 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.83 3.4 7.10 6.3 8.81 1.7 1....................................................... 6.96 2.9 6.53 1.9 – – 2....................................................... 8.63 3.2 – – – – Health service................................................ $9.72 3.9 $9.02 3.1 $11.41 5.9 2....................................................... 9.12 4.9 8.29 4.2 12.09 7.1 3....................................................... 10.78 4.1 11.55 3.5 – – 4....................................................... 12.63 12.1 – – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.16 9.6 9.81 14.9 12.20 8.0 4....................................................... 12.40 17.0 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.11 1.9 8.84 1.9 10.34 1.6 2....................................................... 8.65 2.6 8.21 3.1 10.60 1.4 3....................................................... 10.32 2.7 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.95 6.7 7.56 8.1 9.77 3.7 1....................................................... 6.86 3.6 6.70 2.9 – – 2....................................................... 8.42 3.9 7.87 6.2 8.96 1.3 3....................................................... 10.80 9.2 – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.98 .7 6.98 .7 – – 1....................................................... 7.04 1.3 7.03 1.3 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.71 5.6 7.13 5.7 9.80 3.8 1....................................................... 6.82 4.3 6.62 3.2 – – 2....................................................... 8.62 1.9 8.20 4.0 8.96 1.3 3....................................................... 11.84 6.1 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 15.62 16.5 17.46 26.8 11.60 12.0 3....................................................... 8.60 7.0 – – – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 8.99 7.4 8.99 7.4 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2004 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................................................................... $21.09 2.6 $21.05 3.0 $21.25 3.7 All excluding sales............................................... 21.28 2.7 21.28 3.3 21.29 3.6 White collar........................................................ 25.59 2.6 25.90 3.2 24.46 3.9 1....................................................... 9.28 5.1 9.17 5.7 – – 2....................................................... 10.13 5.1 10.12 5.9 10.22 2.0 3....................................................... 11.42 3.1 11.66 4.3 10.91 1.7 4....................................................... 14.94 3.3 15.18 4.0 13.90 2.9 5....................................................... 17.34 3.0 17.75 2.7 15.31 7.1 6....................................................... 20.39 3.3 20.21 4.0 21.19 2.9 7....................................................... 25.37 3.1 22.50 4.2 28.25 2.3 8....................................................... 28.10 2.8 28.70 3.7 27.12 3.7 9....................................................... 32.87 7.2 34.16 9.7 29.71 3.0 10........................................................ 36.87 11.5 37.28 13.1 34.19 6.9 11........................................................ 37.37 2.9 38.53 2.5 32.52 4.0 12........................................................ 47.51 4.4 47.94 4.7 42.12 7.6 13........................................................ 59.34 4.8 60.89 4.9 – – 14........................................................ 65.93 6.7 63.80 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.27 9.8 23.14 9.9 30.80 9.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.50 2.9 27.12 3.7 24.54 3.8 2....................................................... 9.84 5.9 9.81 6.9 10.02 1.1 3....................................................... 11.44 2.1 11.79 3.2 10.91 1.7 4....................................................... 14.37 3.8 14.52 4.9 13.90 2.9 5....................................................... 16.87 3.6 17.30 3.9 15.31 7.1 6....................................................... 20.34 3.1 20.12 3.7 21.19 2.9 7....................................................... 25.37 3.2 22.17 4.5 28.25 2.3 8....................................................... 28.32 3.1 29.11 4.2 27.12 3.7 9....................................................... 32.17 7.5 33.32 10.7 29.71 3.0 10........................................................ 36.91 11.7 37.34 13.4 34.19 6.9 11........................................................ 37.22 3.0 38.38 2.7 32.52 4.0 12........................................................ 46.89 4.4 47.29 4.8 42.12 7.6 13........................................................ 59.34 4.8 60.89 4.9 – – 14........................................................ 65.93 6.7 63.80 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.82 12.0 24.70 12.1 30.80 9.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.93 1.8 33.34 2.2 29.18 2.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.16 1.9 34.90 2.3 30.22 2.4 5....................................................... 17.92 7.6 18.17 8.9 – – 6....................................................... 23.55 9.0 22.43 11.5 25.61 10.3 7....................................................... 28.17 2.3 25.87 5.5 29.13 1.9 8....................................................... 29.34 2.7 30.35 3.2 28.27 3.7 9....................................................... 29.90 3.0 30.27 4.6 29.15 1.9 10........................................................ 33.51 5.9 32.91 7.2 34.79 10.4 11........................................................ 36.39 3.0 37.13 3.3 33.53 3.8 12........................................................ 46.10 5.6 45.97 5.8 – – 13........................................................ 55.33 16.3 57.43 16.2 – – 14........................................................ $67.09 8.5 $63.26 11.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.64 8.3 29.99 9.5 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.68 2.7 37.68 2.7 – – 8....................................................... 35.77 7.8 35.77 7.8 – – 9....................................................... 32.14 2.4 32.14 2.4 – – 11........................................................ 37.87 4.5 37.87 4.5 – – 12........................................................ 45.25 6.0 45.25 6.0 – – 13........................................................ 53.17 13.2 53.17 13.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.77 7.0 35.77 7.0 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 35.05 5.5 35.05 5.5 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 40.92 7.2 40.92 7.2 – – 11........................................................ 36.71 8.5 36.71 8.5 – – 12........................................................ 45.85 5.5 45.85 5.5 – – 13........................................................ 53.17 13.2 53.17 13.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 37.19 3.2 37.39 3.2 – – 9....................................................... 30.23 4.1 30.45 4.2 – – 12........................................................ 44.42 4.0 44.42 4.0 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 37.07 3.1 37.27 3.1 – – 9....................................................... 30.23 4.1 30.45 4.2 – – 12........................................................ 44.30 4.3 44.30 4.3 – – Natural scientists............................................ 25.80 12.9 29.40 11.3 – – Geologists and geodesists................................... 35.50 27.3 35.50 27.3 – – Health related................................................ 30.17 4.1 29.58 4.7 $31.90 9.4 7....................................................... 32.42 11.4 – – – – 8....................................................... 27.26 1.5 27.49 .7 – – 9....................................................... 28.83 8.6 – – – – 11........................................................ 36.67 1.9 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 28.77 3.4 28.42 4.3 29.65 5.5 8....................................................... 27.29 1.6 27.55 .9 – – 11........................................................ 36.80 1.4 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 53.63 14.6 – – 49.82 15.7 11........................................................ 35.04 6.0 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 55.99 24.9 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.74 1.8 30.26 9.2 29.70 1.8 7....................................................... 29.61 1.1 – – 29.83 .7 8....................................................... 30.75 5.9 – – 29.68 5.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.23 1.1 – – 29.42 .8 7....................................................... 29.13 2.0 – – 29.57 .6 8....................................................... 29.09 1.2 – – 28.91 .9 Secondary school teachers................................... 30.93 3.1 – – 30.09 2.1 7....................................................... 30.37 .3 – – – – 8....................................................... 32.36 10.4 – – 29.52 7.4 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 28.12 3.0 – – 28.42 2.8 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 31.33 5.5 – – 31.33 5.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 23.47 16.2 – – – – Librarians.................................................. 23.47 16.2 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... $28.58 10.4 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.13 4.6 – – $16.49 5.8 7....................................................... 17.83 5.0 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 16.87 4.2 – – 16.49 5.8 7....................................................... 17.25 4.2 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 22.51 14.4 $21.89 15.4 – – Designers................................................... 17.19 23.8 17.19 23.8 – – Technical....................................................... 26.19 5.7 27.78 6.4 18.66 8.3 4....................................................... 16.15 4.2 16.16 5.3 – – 5....................................................... 17.67 5.0 18.54 2.1 – – 6....................................................... 18.48 7.1 18.98 7.7 17.14 15.6 7....................................................... 22.44 6.2 23.64 5.0 – – 9....................................................... 83.67 38.7 91.84 41.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.38 6.2 20.38 6.2 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 23.71 7.7 23.79 8.0 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 22.89 15.7 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.23 1.4 17.40 1.6 – – 4....................................................... 16.66 3.2 – – – – 5....................................................... 17.58 2.6 17.58 2.7 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18.46 7.8 18.31 8.4 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 19.12 17.0 – – – – Drafters.................................................... 31.75 13.9 31.75 13.9 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 18.70 9.4 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.95 6.2 36.68 7.1 30.98 5.1 6....................................................... 21.73 4.8 21.94 5.3 – – 7....................................................... 17.72 7.3 17.31 7.8 – – 8....................................................... 26.36 11.3 27.90 11.0 – – 9....................................................... 28.28 6.2 27.74 7.9 – – 10........................................................ 32.49 10.5 32.46 11.4 – – 11........................................................ 37.16 5.2 38.70 4.8 31.31 5.8 12........................................................ 48.86 7.7 51.03 7.8 – – 13........................................................ 61.10 5.0 62.41 5.4 – – 14........................................................ 64.77 10.7 64.24 11.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.15 12.9 39.07 13.0 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.26 6.5 42.31 7.8 31.43 6.5 7....................................................... 15.89 12.9 – – – – 8....................................................... 20.00 6.6 21.59 5.1 – – 9....................................................... 29.64 7.7 29.77 10.0 – – 10........................................................ 28.89 14.4 – – – – 11........................................................ 35.08 5.6 36.73 6.4 30.86 6.1 12........................................................ 49.83 9.4 53.37 9.6 – – 13........................................................ 62.52 5.4 64.25 5.9 – – 14........................................................ 63.52 11.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... $46.00 9.6 $45.93 9.6 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 28.42 3.5 – – $28.42 3.5 Financial managers.......................................... 46.43 13.3 46.89 13.4 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 47.42 11.9 47.42 11.9 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 32.46 20.9 – – 38.66 7.4 Managers, medicine and health............................... 30.69 13.7 30.53 14.3 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 43.94 7.9 45.75 8.4 – – 11........................................................ 37.61 7.6 37.61 7.6 – – 12........................................................ 44.95 7.1 44.95 7.1 – – 13........................................................ 65.56 7.4 65.56 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 46.20 11.6 46.20 11.6 – – Management related............................................ 28.79 6.9 28.86 7.1 – – 6....................................................... 21.73 4.8 21.94 5.3 – – 7....................................................... 19.94 3.4 20.06 3.6 – – 8....................................................... 30.16 15.0 30.20 15.4 – – 10........................................................ 38.50 11.4 38.50 11.4 – – 11........................................................ 40.66 3.2 41.32 2.2 – – 12........................................................ 46.31 6.5 46.31 6.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.11 6.0 20.11 6.0 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 29.02 8.0 29.02 8.0 – – Other financial officers.................................... 37.33 11.1 37.33 11.1 – – Management analysts......................................... 33.08 15.2 33.08 15.2 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.75 16.9 26.19 18.2 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 27.24 17.7 27.24 17.7 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.97 10.9 22.41 11.6 – – Sales............................................................. 18.58 10.9 18.66 11.0 – – 2....................................................... 11.01 4.1 11.02 4.7 – – 3....................................................... 11.33 13.5 11.33 13.5 – – 4....................................................... 17.08 4.3 17.08 4.3 – – 5....................................................... 19.07 6.2 19.07 6.2 – – 6....................................................... 20.90 9.0 20.90 9.0 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 19.87 9.8 19.87 9.8 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 17.01 9.1 17.01 9.1 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 33.00 14.9 33.00 14.9 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.54 3.3 10.54 3.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.89 4.1 9.76 4.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.85 3.7 14.19 4.4 12.53 2.0 2....................................................... 9.84 5.9 9.81 6.9 10.02 1.1 3....................................................... 11.44 2.1 11.79 3.2 10.91 1.7 4....................................................... 14.12 4.0 14.28 5.1 13.62 3.7 5....................................................... 15.95 5.6 16.18 7.3 15.34 6.7 6....................................................... 18.34 5.1 18.70 5.3 15.65 4.3 7....................................................... 21.12 6.9 21.52 7.4 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 17.55 7.2 – – – – Secretaries................................................. $16.40 4.5 $17.36 5.2 $13.71 1.9 3....................................................... 11.26 2.7 – – – – 4....................................................... 15.92 6.2 17.05 8.3 14.34 6.4 5....................................................... 16.46 6.4 16.53 7.4 – – 6....................................................... 20.55 4.5 20.55 4.5 – – Receptionists............................................... 10.87 8.2 10.84 9.1 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 10.91 4.2 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.41 6.9 – – 14.12 8.3 5....................................................... 15.33 6.5 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.47 4.3 14.55 4.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.06 4.0 14.02 4.2 – – Dispatchers................................................. 12.11 6.1 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.74 5.2 12.57 5.6 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.37 6.0 10.36 6.1 – – Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c.................................................... 9.26 7.5 8.89 4.5 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 17.23 13.7 17.35 13.8 – – Bill and account collectors................................. 13.68 19.0 13.68 19.0 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.60 5.9 15.56 6.9 11.42 2.9 2....................................................... 11.27 7.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.25 3.6 – – 10.29 4.2 4....................................................... 14.24 8.7 15.49 13.4 12.90 4.9 Teachers' aides............................................. 10.50 1.6 – – 10.50 1.6 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.00 4.0 – – 13.88 2.3 4....................................................... 13.70 6.8 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.82 3.9 15.89 4.1 14.71 7.4 1....................................................... 8.56 7.6 8.50 8.2 9.85 2.7 2....................................................... 11.33 7.1 11.24 7.7 12.71 4.5 3....................................................... 13.26 7.6 13.04 9.1 14.78 2.0 4....................................................... 14.70 9.3 14.86 10.0 12.14 1.8 5....................................................... 19.04 3.0 19.12 3.3 18.27 5.8 6....................................................... 21.49 4.1 21.97 4.3 16.20 5.3 7....................................................... 23.75 6.0 24.26 6.6 17.57 1.5 8....................................................... 26.44 10.3 26.65 10.7 – – 9....................................................... 29.54 16.7 29.54 16.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.20 7.9 14.20 7.9 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.05 4.6 20.37 5.1 16.01 6.1 2....................................................... 13.15 4.3 13.15 4.3 – – 4....................................................... 13.55 7.0 13.76 8.7 – – 5....................................................... 18.64 3.6 18.69 3.9 – – 6....................................................... 21.77 4.7 22.35 5.0 16.20 5.3 7....................................................... 23.72 7.3 24.25 7.9 – – 8....................................................... 29.30 11.2 – – – – 9....................................................... 29.54 16.7 29.54 16.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... $16.35 9.9 $16.35 9.9 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 17.65 3.9 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.42 8.5 16.47 10.8 – – Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 20.37 13.9 20.37 14.4 – – Electricians................................................ 26.51 4.3 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 24.76 8.4 26.31 6.7 – – Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 28.10 9.4 28.10 9.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.29 9.0 14.29 9.0 – – 2....................................................... 9.16 12.5 9.16 12.5 – – 3....................................................... 14.53 15.6 14.53 15.6 – – 4....................................................... 12.97 8.5 12.97 8.5 – – 5....................................................... 16.17 5.4 16.17 5.4 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 14.96 14.0 14.96 14.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.23 10.2 11.23 10.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.91 7.8 14.84 8.6 $15.59 4.8 2....................................................... 10.93 9.9 10.70 11.7 – – 3....................................................... 12.53 6.5 11.28 9.6 15.30 .4 4....................................................... 16.60 18.6 16.68 18.9 – – 5....................................................... 22.01 3.9 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 16.41 13.6 16.49 13.9 – – 4....................................................... 17.56 24.2 17.56 24.2 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.03 1.5 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.18 8.5 11.18 8.5 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.19 6.5 10.11 7.2 11.34 3.7 1....................................................... 8.66 7.4 8.60 8.0 9.85 2.7 2....................................................... 11.34 12.0 11.15 13.8 12.78 6.0 3....................................................... 11.54 3.6 11.38 3.7 – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 10.63 14.9 – – 10.63 14.9 Helpers, construction trades................................ 10.58 .5 10.58 .5 – – Construction laborers....................................... 11.40 .3 11.41 .3 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.26 12.0 9.26 12.0 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.48 13.4 13.48 13.4 – – 2....................................................... 14.59 14.6 14.59 14.6 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 8.14 11.4 – – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.31 6.7 – – 12.14 10.0 Service............................................................. 10.76 7.8 8.55 9.7 14.63 3.4 1....................................................... 6.64 6.3 6.46 6.0 9.26 6.6 2....................................................... 8.00 11.1 7.16 14.6 9.99 4.9 3....................................................... 9.85 4.0 9.32 6.8 10.51 2.7 4....................................................... 19.00 5.9 22.69 9.8 15.32 3.9 5....................................................... 12.81 4.3 – – 13.05 5.4 6....................................................... 21.13 8.1 – – 21.13 8.1 7....................................................... $21.05 4.1 – – $21.48 5.1 Protective service............................................ 18.00 3.1 – – 18.56 2.3 5....................................................... 12.48 2.2 – – 12.48 2.2 6....................................................... 21.40 7.1 – – 21.40 7.1 7....................................................... 21.48 5.1 – – 21.48 5.1 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.39 4.9 – – 23.39 4.9 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 19.99 2.1 – – 19.99 2.1 7....................................................... 20.14 2.5 – – 20.14 2.5 Correctional institution officers........................... 12.41 2.0 – – 12.41 2.0 Food service.................................................. 6.60 16.7 $6.32 18.0 8.92 1.5 1....................................................... 6.04 11.0 5.91 10.7 – – 2....................................................... 5.57 22.6 4.51 24.2 8.83 2.2 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.58 14.9 3.58 14.9 – – 1....................................................... 4.80 20.9 4.80 20.9 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.22 3.9 2.22 3.9 – – Other food service........................................... 8.56 6.3 8.48 7.8 8.92 1.5 1....................................................... 7.09 5.3 6.91 4.4 – – 2....................................................... 8.87 4.4 8.91 8.4 8.83 2.2 Cooks....................................................... 9.17 5.8 9.17 5.8 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.91 2.9 8.94 3.2 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.96 3.7 7.18 7.1 8.96 1.8 1....................................................... 6.91 3.0 6.52 1.9 – – 2....................................................... 9.02 3.6 – – – – Health service................................................ 10.34 4.9 9.77 5.6 11.41 5.9 2....................................................... 9.97 6.0 9.13 5.3 12.09 7.1 3....................................................... 10.85 5.0 – – – – 4....................................................... 12.63 12.1 – – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.16 9.6 9.81 14.9 12.20 8.0 4....................................................... 12.40 17.0 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.89 2.8 9.75 3.4 10.34 1.6 2....................................................... 9.55 3.3 9.18 3.6 10.60 1.4 Cleaning and building service................................. 8.38 8.4 8.00 10.5 9.77 3.7 1....................................................... 7.17 6.0 6.97 5.4 – – 2....................................................... 8.42 3.9 7.87 6.2 8.96 1.3 3....................................................... 10.80 9.2 – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.98 .7 6.98 .7 – – 1....................................................... 7.04 1.3 7.03 1.3 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.20 8.5 7.57 9.9 9.80 3.8 1....................................................... 7.22 8.8 – – – – 2....................................................... 8.62 1.9 8.20 4.0 8.96 1.3 3....................................................... 11.84 6.1 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 16.53 18.8 19.17 33.3 11.60 12.0 3....................................................... 8.60 7.1 – – – – 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $9.28 8.8 $9.05 9.3 $13.66 9.2 All excluding sales............................................... 9.72 10.5 9.44 11.2 13.66 9.2 White collar........................................................ 12.49 7.9 12.25 8.5 16.45 12.3 1....................................................... 7.73 2.6 7.76 2.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.48 7.0 8.49 7.0 – – 4....................................................... 10.80 6.8 – – – – 5....................................................... 19.16 3.5 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.46 8.1 – – 19.41 11.8 8....................................................... 28.83 6.8 31.04 3.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.57 24.4 13.57 24.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 16.72 10.5 16.75 11.6 16.45 12.3 2....................................................... 9.81 9.6 – – – – 5....................................................... 19.16 3.5 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.46 8.1 – – 19.41 11.8 8....................................................... 28.83 6.8 31.04 3.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.44 37.5 15.44 37.5 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.85 12.3 27.89 14.2 18.91 13.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.00 14.9 31.82 17.4 18.91 13.2 7....................................................... 19.75 9.8 – – 19.41 11.8 8....................................................... 29.44 6.6 31.89 1.0 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.34 5.6 31.37 5.7 – – 8....................................................... 31.52 .3 31.59 .1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 28.80 .4 28.76 .4 – – 8....................................................... 29.83 4.5 29.83 4.7 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 21.12 3.5 – – 21.12 3.5 Teachers, except college and university....................... 14.31 24.4 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.64 1.7 18.64 1.7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.71 3.2 7.71 3.2 – – 1....................................................... 7.70 3.4 7.70 3.4 – – 2....................................................... 7.50 4.8 7.50 4.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.33 1.7 7.33 1.7 – – 1....................................................... 7.62 3.0 7.62 3.0 – – 2....................................................... 7.26 4.1 7.26 4.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.35 10.4 11.44 10.6 9.46 23.9 2....................................................... $9.81 9.6 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.92 9.6 $8.44 9.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.34 7.7 7.34 7.7 – – 2....................................................... 11.14 12.2 10.39 15.4 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.18 9.4 8.18 9.4 – – 1....................................................... 7.34 7.7 7.34 7.7 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.32 7.5 6.32 7.5 – – 1....................................................... 6.32 7.5 6.32 7.5 – – Service............................................................. 5.79 12.0 5.74 12.3 – – 1....................................................... 5.46 11.9 5.38 12.4 – – 2....................................................... 5.26 13.2 5.22 13.2 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 4.31 20.5 4.09 19.2 – – 1....................................................... 4.50 27.9 4.17 29.9 – – 2....................................................... 4.02 7.5 3.91 4.3 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.90 2.9 2.90 2.9 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.18 3.4 2.18 3.4 – – Other food service........................................... 7.01 4.7 6.87 5.6 – – 1....................................................... 6.99 7.5 6.83 9.5 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.39 7.9 7.38 8.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.38 8.6 7.38 8.6 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.02 3.9 – – – – Health service................................................ 6.58 2.0 6.58 2.0 – – 2....................................................... 6.26 1.8 6.26 1.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 6.58 2.0 6.58 2.0 – – 2....................................................... 6.26 1.8 6.26 1.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 6.04 1.6 6.04 1.6 – – 1....................................................... 6.04 1.6 6.04 1.6 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 6.04 1.6 6.04 1.6 – – 1....................................................... 6.04 1.6 6.04 1.6 – – Personal service.............................................. 7.13 9.9 7.13 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 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2004 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....................................................... $21.09 $9.28 $22.66 $20.23 $20.29 $23.63 All excluding sales............................................. 21.28 9.72 23.34 20.49 20.66 23.52 White collar........................................................ 25.59 12.49 24.47 25.01 25.01 24.59 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 26.50 16.72 27.38 26.18 26.20 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.93 25.85 – 31.05 31.79 – Professional specialty.......................................... 33.16 28.00 – 33.04 33.04 – Technical....................................................... 26.19 18.64 – 21.33 25.96 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.95 – – 35.93 35.93 – Sales............................................................. 18.58 7.71 8.16 17.17 14.57 23.70 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.85 11.35 16.64 13.46 13.72 – Blue collar......................................................... 15.82 8.92 21.76 14.37 15.36 21.54 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.05 – 25.34 18.98 19.87 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.29 – – 12.85 14.04 – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.91 – 22.24 11.89 14.75 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.19 8.18 10.62 9.91 9.99 – Service............................................................. 10.76 5.79 22.95 9.44 9.93 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.6 8.8 5.2 2.6 2.6 14.6 All excluding sales............................................. 2.7 10.5 5.2 2.8 2.6 11.7 White collar........................................................ 2.6 7.9 15.5 2.7 3.0 19.3 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.9 10.5 21.1 3.0 2.9 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1.8 12.3 – 1.9 1.9 – Professional specialty.......................................... 1.9 14.9 – 2.1 2.1 – Technical....................................................... 5.7 1.7 – 5.8 5.6 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.2 – – 6.2 6.2 – Sales............................................................. 10.9 3.2 17.4 10.4 10.8 19.8 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.7 10.4 13.8 3.5 3.6 – Blue collar......................................................... 3.9 9.6 2.8 4.4 3.6 3.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.6 – 2.6 6.2 4.9 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.0 – – 9.6 8.4 – Transportation and material moving................................ 7.8 – 3.3 4.7 8.3 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.5 9.4 14.1 5.8 6.1 – Service............................................................. 7.8 12.0 7.7 4.1 4.2 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2004 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....................................................... $20.23 - - $18.36 - $18.66 $23.81 $13.54 - $20.18 All excluding sales............................................. 20.58 - - 18.36 - 18.93 23.75 12.87 - 20.01 White collar........................................................ 25.16 - - 36.50 - 22.79 27.76 16.89 - 25.15 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 26.79 - - 36.50 - 24.23 27.97 20.30 - 25.11 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 33.19 - - – - 30.79 51.07 – - 28.83 Professional specialty.......................................... 34.83 - - – - 32.03 34.90 – - 31.88 Technical....................................................... 27.44 - - – - 26.87 88.04 – - 19.45 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 36.66 - - 37.19 - 34.75 45.15 30.67 - 36.85 Sales............................................................. 16.86 - - – - 16.68 25.33 14.79 - 25.96 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.03 - - – - 13.47 15.15 12.58 - 13.29 Blue collar......................................................... 15.67 - - 15.07 - 14.46 19.04 11.75 - 12.11 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.35 - - 17.03 - 20.77 25.08 20.49 - 17.49 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.32 - - – - 12.04 – – - – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.83 - - – - 14.78 18.56 9.92 - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.90 - - 10.89 - 9.53 14.32 8.15 - 7.93 Service............................................................. 7.89 - - – - 7.89 – 5.74 - 7.66 B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.8 - - 17.9 - 2.3 5.1 6.0 - 2.2 All excluding sales............................................. 3.1 - - 17.9 - 2.2 5.2 4.9 - 1.9 White collar........................................................ 3.2 - - 16.1 - 2.8 9.1 5.4 - 5.4 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.6 - - 16.1 - 3.0 10.1 11.5 - 5.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.3 - - – - 3.0 9.3 – - 3.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 2.5 - - – - 3.7 6.1 – - 4.0 Technical....................................................... 6.2 - - – - 5.1 33.6 – - 2.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.1 - - 18.3 - 8.5 15.8 27.2 - 10.0 Sales............................................................. 10.3 - - – - 11.3 8.8 15.1 - 28.5 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.3 - - – - 5.0 13.4 7.1 - 7.6 Blue collar......................................................... 3.9 - - 10.9 - 4.0 5.5 7.7 - 4.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.1 - - 6.9 - 5.6 13.4 5.9 - 4.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.1 - - – - 10.2 – – - – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.5 - - – - 10.0 15.1 6.0 - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.6 - - .0 - 10.5 9.2 8.9 - 2.2 Service............................................................. 4.2 - - – - 4.2 – 5.0 - 2.9 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 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2004 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....................................................... $20.23 $17.71 $20.79 $17.48 $24.81 All excluding sales............................................. 20.58 17.89 21.19 17.80 24.86 White collar........................................................ 25.16 23.54 25.46 22.13 28.48 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 26.79 25.08 27.10 24.68 28.78 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 33.19 30.76 33.53 28.37 36.45 Professional specialty.......................................... 34.83 32.85 35.06 30.85 37.51 Technical....................................................... 27.44 26.22 27.70 18.24 32.61 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 36.66 33.45 37.54 37.82 37.34 Sales............................................................. 16.86 15.60 17.09 15.60 23.66 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.03 12.57 14.29 14.47 14.14 Blue collar......................................................... 15.67 14.09 16.09 14.69 18.83 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.35 17.98 20.94 20.54 21.49 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.32 14.33 14.32 12.44 20.61 Transportation and material moving................................ 14.83 9.85 16.25 14.75 19.32 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.90 11.55 9.39 8.74 11.09 Service............................................................. 7.89 7.76 7.93 6.56 10.44 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.8 10.7 3.5 3.9 4.0 All excluding sales............................................. 3.1 11.3 3.6 4.5 3.8 White collar........................................................ 3.2 11.9 5.0 4.7 6.8 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.6 12.9 5.3 5.7 6.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.3 15.9 2.1 3.4 2.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 2.5 19.4 2.6 3.4 2.5 Technical....................................................... 6.2 22.8 4.7 4.6 8.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.1 17.5 7.4 12.1 5.6 Sales............................................................. 10.3 8.7 12.0 13.7 23.8 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.3 12.7 3.8 6.6 2.7 Blue collar......................................................... 3.9 6.9 3.9 5.0 8.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.1 5.1 6.8 6.1 9.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.1 5.9 10.8 14.9 10.4 Transportation and material moving................................ 8.5 11.0 10.0 16.2 5.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.6 10.4 5.5 5.8 9.8 Service............................................................. 4.2 8.7 4.2 6.6 13.3 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.56 $10.29 $16.17 $25.96 $38.97 All excluding sales........................... 7.65 10.50 16.54 26.56 39.30 White collar.................................... 9.61 12.98 20.71 32.50 44.47 White collar excluding sales................ 10.12 14.28 22.54 33.66 45.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.00 23.32 28.89 37.29 46.36 Professional specialty...................... 20.00 25.25 30.81 38.32 47.50 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.58 29.25 37.07 44.76 53.62 Industrial engineers.................... 27.26 29.00 37.07 40.38 41.59 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 24.60 33.41 39.92 47.77 55.35 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 25.23 29.23 36.88 43.37 49.58 Computer systems analysts and scientists 25.23 29.21 36.59 42.85 49.58 Natural scientists........................ 14.78 16.35 20.26 28.50 46.66 Geologists and geodesists............... 16.35 16.35 39.63 47.12 61.81 Health related............................ 23.08 25.26 28.55 32.97 39.40 Registered nurses....................... 22.67 25.28 28.46 31.98 36.12 Pharmacists............................. 38.00 41.83 43.53 44.71 46.36 Teachers, college and university.......... 28.14 32.29 40.68 60.26 96.15 Other post-secondary teachers........... 30.77 33.65 48.77 63.38 93.39 Teachers, except college and university... 24.23 25.71 27.93 33.09 37.63 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.60 25.82 27.48 32.15 36.25 Secondary school teachers............... 24.71 26.07 28.82 35.06 40.40 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 18.34 24.40 26.38 31.76 34.15 Vocational and educational counselors... 24.35 27.27 32.25 35.54 41.77 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 13.39 17.45 21.83 29.86 33.68 Librarians.............................. 13.39 17.45 21.83 29.86 33.68 Social scientists and urban planners...... 17.55 22.77 31.73 31.73 32.94 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.58 13.90 16.83 19.56 24.12 Social workers.......................... 12.88 13.90 16.83 18.28 20.19 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 7.50 16.83 23.56 30.33 32.69 Designers............................... 7.50 11.37 16.83 20.91 29.33 Technical................................... 14.22 15.95 19.42 24.52 38.76 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 19.13 19.98 23.10 25.99 30.22 Radiological technicians................ 15.00 15.51 21.48 25.72 44.12 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.96 16.50 17.50 18.14 19.08 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 12.62 14.50 19.00 20.00 26.77 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 14.50 15.49 17.06 21.95 27.84 Drafters................................ 15.00 22.62 31.59 42.35 45.26 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 12.66 12.88 20.07 21.92 25.75 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.48 21.17 32.60 44.54 59.33 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.23 27.14 36.68 49.80 65.29 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 16.94 17.69 28.34 35.43 42.35 Financial managers...................... 30.52 31.33 43.27 54.38 83.13 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... $26.56 $33.87 $44.57 $62.50 $62.50 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 10.62 12.50 32.46 41.62 61.39 Managers, medicine and health........... 18.00 21.47 28.65 35.03 50.30 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 20.88 30.34 40.28 53.16 70.91 Management related........................ 16.83 18.72 23.56 36.69 47.21 Accountants and auditors................ 16.83 21.64 27.64 34.06 42.79 Other financial officers................ 19.23 22.36 40.44 45.00 57.69 Management analysts..................... 17.83 21.42 24.09 42.96 55.96 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 17.33 20.19 20.19 25.75 47.96 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 17.48 17.48 32.79 36.80 37.69 Management related, n.e.c............... 14.50 18.72 18.72 25.43 35.59 Sales......................................... 7.30 9.12 12.00 20.19 31.59 Supervisors, sales...................... 11.35 15.55 19.43 22.50 27.60 Sales, other business services.......... 12.00 12.95 15.39 16.30 29.15 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 17.90 21.92 27.33 42.55 55.97 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.87 9.18 10.75 11.19 12.64 Cashiers................................ 6.50 7.00 8.00 10.00 10.85 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.00 10.00 12.71 15.96 20.10 Supervisors, general office............. 12.45 14.81 16.64 18.56 25.77 Secretaries............................. 11.27 14.00 16.66 20.00 21.30 Receptionists........................... 9.00 9.50 10.00 11.25 14.44 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 9.00 9.50 9.50 12.40 13.79 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.70 11.88 12.98 15.40 17.19 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.49 13.17 14.39 15.48 17.52 Dispatchers............................. 8.40 10.81 12.20 12.43 14.28 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.55 10.50 12.71 13.49 15.96 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 6.75 8.67 10.04 12.00 12.88 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.00 13.50 15.72 22.45 22.45 Bill and account collectors............. 9.65 9.65 11.17 19.84 19.84 General office clerks................... 8.62 10.00 12.01 15.34 19.28 Teachers' aides......................... 8.68 9.00 9.72 11.54 13.75 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.23 10.86 12.50 14.75 16.39 Blue collar..................................... 7.75 10.00 13.50 20.00 25.46 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.00 14.00 18.61 24.54 28.70 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 13.50 14.19 19.43 19.89 20.76 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.50 14.35 15.00 16.78 21.29 Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. 15.00 18.64 19.50 20.00 30.00 Electricians............................ 18.93 25.62 28.70 28.85 28.95 Supervisors, production................. 14.50 17.95 22.95 30.29 35.62 Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c..................... $24.54 $24.54 $27.86 $28.26 $36.44 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.94 9.80 12.70 18.50 23.90 Welders and cutters..................... 7.25 10.13 17.75 19.76 20.06 Assemblers.............................. 7.86 9.00 10.00 12.75 16.38 Transportation and material moving............ 8.07 10.00 12.72 20.38 24.57 Truck drivers........................... 10.00 10.00 13.25 24.57 24.57 Bus drivers............................. 11.39 12.50 14.42 17.77 17.77 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.00 8.25 11.35 12.91 14.21 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 8.00 10.00 12.25 24.52 25.08 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.15 7.40 9.75 12.00 14.50 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 6.93 8.78 10.45 13.85 14.21 Helpers, construction trades............ 8.00 9.08 11.00 11.50 12.50 Construction laborers................... 8.50 10.00 12.00 13.00 13.85 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.25 5.25 6.00 8.45 10.85 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.95 10.50 11.91 14.76 19.56 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 7.00 7.00 7.40 8.25 10.90 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 5.15 6.75 7.94 9.00 12.00 Service......................................... 3.75 6.16 8.25 11.66 18.74 Protective service........................ 8.50 12.25 16.25 21.47 24.18 Police and detectives, public service... 17.52 20.32 23.36 28.00 30.53 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 18.01 18.34 19.64 20.81 22.95 Correctional institution officers....... 10.77 11.75 12.25 13.24 13.24 Guards and police, except public service 5.15 5.15 8.00 10.51 14.24 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.15 6.43 8.25 10.15 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.15 3.75 6.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.15 2.26 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 3.75 3.75 5.25 7.50 8.75 Other food service....................... 6.00 6.50 8.00 9.66 10.86 Cooks................................... 7.00 7.75 9.25 10.50 11.58 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.00 7.25 8.25 9.75 10.85 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.50 7.59 8.38 10.16 Health service............................ 6.00 7.56 9.71 11.35 13.40 Health aides, except nursing............ 7.35 8.59 10.00 13.87 16.39 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.00 7.00 9.01 11.00 11.98 Cleaning and building service............. 5.40 6.00 7.40 8.72 10.97 Maids and housemen...................... 6.00 6.44 6.80 7.64 8.30 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.40 5.95 7.50 8.90 10.59 Personal service.......................... 6.25 8.38 10.40 18.54 37.54 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 5.25 7.21 10.39 10.40 10.40 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.10 $10.00 $15.58 $25.46 $40.35 All excluding sales........................... 7.05 10.00 16.00 25.77 40.58 White collar.................................... 9.50 12.69 20.04 32.93 46.12 White collar excluding sales................ 10.00 14.27 22.01 35.08 47.77 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.31 22.62 30.24 39.81 49.25 Professional specialty...................... 20.46 25.50 32.92 41.08 50.00 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.58 29.25 37.07 44.76 53.62 Industrial engineers.................... 27.26 29.00 37.07 40.38 41.59 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 24.60 33.41 39.92 47.77 55.35 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 25.48 29.57 37.21 43.45 49.58 Computer systems analysts and scientists 25.48 29.57 36.88 43.24 49.62 Natural scientists........................ 16.35 16.70 25.12 42.31 51.68 Geologists and geodesists............... 16.35 16.35 39.63 47.12 61.81 Health related............................ 23.08 24.95 27.69 32.21 37.14 Registered nurses....................... 22.85 25.25 28.00 31.83 35.36 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 13.94 23.95 25.90 34.30 45.41 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 7.50 14.91 22.76 29.57 32.69 Designers............................... 7.50 11.37 16.83 20.91 29.33 Technical................................... 15.00 17.00 19.98 24.98 40.00 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 18.97 19.98 23.08 26.10 30.22 Licensed practical nurses............... 15.27 16.90 17.61 18.18 19.13 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 13.25 14.50 19.00 20.00 22.67 Drafters................................ 15.00 22.62 31.59 42.35 45.26 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.48 21.47 33.10 45.25 60.14 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.23 29.89 39.47 53.08 68.72 Financial managers...................... 30.52 31.33 43.27 54.38 83.13 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 26.56 33.87 44.57 62.50 62.50 Managers, medicine and health........... 18.00 21.47 28.65 35.91 50.30 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 26.45 32.60 42.77 57.12 70.91 Management related........................ 16.83 18.72 23.56 37.22 47.96 Accountants and auditors................ 16.83 21.64 27.64 34.06 42.79 Other financial officers................ 19.23 22.36 40.44 45.00 57.69 Management analysts..................... 17.83 21.42 24.09 42.96 55.96 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 17.67 20.19 20.19 25.75 47.96 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 17.48 17.48 32.79 36.80 37.69 Management related, n.e.c............... $14.50 $18.72 $18.72 $22.12 $35.36 Sales......................................... 7.30 9.03 12.15 20.27 31.59 Supervisors, sales...................... 11.35 15.55 19.43 22.50 27.60 Sales, other business services.......... 12.00 12.95 15.39 16.30 29.15 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 17.90 21.92 27.33 42.55 55.97 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.87 9.18 10.75 11.19 12.64 Cashiers................................ 6.50 7.00 7.80 9.72 10.85 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.00 10.00 12.92 16.52 21.43 Secretaries............................. 11.65 15.39 17.34 20.19 22.33 Receptionists........................... 9.00 9.50 10.00 11.25 14.44 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.70 9.70 12.76 13.50 18.98 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.49 13.20 14.39 15.48 17.69 Dispatchers............................. 8.40 10.31 11.90 12.43 13.75 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.55 10.29 12.55 13.08 15.54 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 6.75 8.67 10.00 12.00 12.88 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.00 13.54 16.00 22.45 22.45 Bill and account collectors............. 9.65 9.65 11.17 19.84 19.84 General office clerks................... 8.52 11.48 13.60 19.28 22.12 Blue collar..................................... 7.50 10.00 13.50 20.06 25.62 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.00 14.35 18.64 24.75 29.25 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 14.35 14.35 14.35 15.95 27.01 Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. 15.00 18.64 19.50 20.00 30.00 Supervisors, production................. 17.50 21.64 22.95 32.05 36.08 Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c..................... 24.54 24.54 27.86 28.26 36.44 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.94 9.80 12.70 18.50 23.90 Welders and cutters..................... 7.25 10.13 17.75 19.76 20.06 Assemblers.............................. 7.86 9.00 10.00 12.75 16.38 Transportation and material moving............ 8.00 10.00 12.38 23.66 24.57 Truck drivers........................... 10.00 10.00 13.25 24.57 24.57 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.00 8.25 11.35 12.91 14.21 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.00 7.30 9.50 12.00 14.50 Helpers, construction trades............ 8.00 9.08 11.00 11.50 12.50 Construction laborers................... 8.50 10.00 12.00 13.00 13.75 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.25 5.25 6.00 8.45 10.85 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ $8.95 $10.50 $11.91 $14.76 $19.56 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 7.00 7.00 7.00 8.00 10.35 Service......................................... 2.15 5.53 7.00 8.97 11.36 Protective service........................ 5.15 5.15 8.00 9.75 10.51 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.15 6.00 8.00 10.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.15 3.75 6.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.15 2.26 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 3.75 3.75 5.25 7.50 8.75 Other food service....................... 6.00 6.50 7.50 9.73 11.20 Cooks................................... 7.00 7.75 9.25 10.50 11.58 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.00 7.25 8.25 9.75 10.85 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.00 6.50 6.93 8.65 Health service............................ 6.00 7.00 8.50 11.00 12.21 Health aides, except nursing............ 6.00 7.35 9.37 12.24 13.66 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.00 6.93 8.50 10.74 11.83 Cleaning and building service............. 5.40 5.75 7.00 8.25 9.55 Maids and housemen...................... 6.00 6.38 6.80 7.64 8.30 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.35 5.50 7.00 8.25 9.55 Personal service.......................... 5.75 7.75 10.39 27.84 46.12 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 5.25 7.21 10.39 10.40 10.40 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.50 $12.25 $18.34 $27.54 $35.03 All excluding sales........................... 9.50 12.27 18.41 27.60 35.03 White collar.................................... 10.64 14.24 24.71 31.19 37.93 White collar excluding sales................ 10.69 14.33 24.71 31.21 37.98 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.90 24.40 27.55 33.17 39.70 Professional specialty...................... 19.54 25.07 28.13 33.64 40.03 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 22.91 26.45 30.30 36.93 43.78 Registered nurses....................... 22.35 25.53 29.51 32.91 38.08 Teachers, college and university.......... 28.67 32.29 40.68 55.15 78.66 Teachers, except college and university... 24.49 25.82 28.02 33.09 37.36 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.71 26.03 27.81 32.42 36.25 Secondary school teachers............... 24.71 25.82 28.13 34.18 39.19 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 24.20 24.87 27.14 31.97 34.77 Vocational and educational counselors... 24.35 27.27 32.25 35.54 41.77 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 13.39 15.40 22.50 30.17 33.68 Librarians.............................. 13.39 15.40 22.50 30.17 33.68 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.58 13.49 14.94 19.54 21.15 Social workers.......................... 12.58 13.49 14.94 19.54 21.15 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.68 12.88 16.50 20.49 26.77 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.73 20.65 28.76 37.03 43.52 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.93 20.80 29.06 37.84 44.55 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 16.94 17.69 28.34 35.43 42.35 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 19.67 30.95 36.73 43.42 65.29 Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.93 10.00 11.90 14.60 16.72 Secretaries............................. 10.98 11.79 13.82 15.15 18.09 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 11.88 12.12 13.69 16.32 17.19 General office clerks................... 8.84 9.63 11.08 12.68 14.88 Teachers' aides......................... 8.82 9.03 9.57 11.54 14.01 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.58 11.92 13.75 16.11 17.82 Blue collar..................................... 9.93 11.89 13.85 17.77 20.38 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $12.00 $13.08 $14.94 $19.89 $21.29 Transportation and material moving............ 10.31 12.45 14.86 17.77 20.38 Bus drivers............................. 11.40 12.64 14.86 17.77 17.77 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.78 9.66 10.45 13.02 14.30 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 6.93 8.78 10.45 13.85 14.21 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 9.18 9.88 10.85 14.30 18.16 Service......................................... 8.20 9.90 12.71 18.54 23.36 Protective service........................ 11.80 13.24 18.34 22.52 25.30 Police and detectives, public service... 17.52 20.32 23.36 28.00 30.53 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 18.01 18.34 19.64 20.81 22.95 Correctional institution officers....... 10.77 11.75 12.25 13.24 13.24 Food service.............................. 7.55 7.79 8.37 9.50 10.40 Other food service....................... 7.55 7.79 8.37 9.50 10.40 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.59 7.90 8.37 9.50 10.40 Health service............................ 8.58 9.66 10.07 13.40 16.37 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.19 10.00 10.00 15.76 16.39 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.43 9.01 10.11 11.59 12.28 Cleaning and building service............. 7.57 7.93 9.32 11.21 12.59 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.57 7.94 9.40 11.21 12.59 Personal service.......................... 8.38 8.71 10.53 13.52 18.54 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.24 $11.00 $17.00 $26.83 $39.71 All excluding sales........................... 8.10 11.00 17.02 27.06 39.96 White collar.................................... 10.00 13.51 21.56 32.92 44.62 White collar excluding sales................ 10.43 14.45 22.91 33.98 45.25 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.07 23.56 29.00 37.41 46.60 Professional specialty...................... 20.46 25.37 30.92 38.46 47.50 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.58 29.00 37.07 44.48 53.19 Industrial engineers.................... 27.26 29.00 37.07 40.38 41.59 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 24.60 33.41 39.92 47.77 55.35 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 25.23 29.23 36.88 43.37 49.58 Computer systems analysts and scientists 25.23 29.21 36.59 42.85 49.58 Natural scientists........................ 14.78 16.35 20.26 28.50 46.66 Geologists and geodesists............... 16.35 16.35 39.63 47.12 61.81 Health related............................ 23.08 25.16 28.49 32.75 39.40 Registered nurses....................... 22.50 25.20 28.47 32.16 36.49 Teachers, college and university.......... 28.78 32.75 40.68 62.50 96.15 Other post-secondary teachers........... 31.25 33.98 49.37 64.05 93.64 Teachers, except college and university... 24.40 25.80 27.98 33.10 37.76 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.60 25.82 27.48 32.15 36.25 Secondary school teachers............... 24.71 26.04 28.79 34.85 40.40 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 24.06 24.87 26.87 31.97 34.57 Vocational and educational counselors... 24.35 27.27 32.25 35.54 41.77 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 13.39 17.01 23.56 30.17 33.68 Librarians.............................. 13.39 17.01 23.56 30.17 33.68 Social scientists and urban planners...... 17.55 22.77 31.73 31.73 32.94 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.58 13.90 16.83 19.56 24.12 Social workers.......................... 12.97 13.90 16.83 18.28 20.19 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 7.50 16.83 23.80 30.33 32.69 Designers............................... 7.50 11.37 16.83 20.91 29.33 Technical................................... 14.18 15.79 19.50 24.53 39.00 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 18.78 20.75 23.28 26.49 30.22 Radiological technicians................ 15.00 15.51 21.48 25.72 44.12 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.89 16.48 17.48 18.11 19.09 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 12.62 14.50 18.57 20.33 26.92 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 14.50 15.49 17.06 21.95 27.84 Drafters................................ 15.00 22.62 31.59 42.35 45.26 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 12.66 12.88 20.07 21.92 25.75 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.48 21.17 32.60 44.54 59.33 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.23 27.14 36.68 49.80 65.29 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 16.94 17.69 28.34 35.43 42.35 Financial managers...................... 30.52 31.33 43.27 54.38 83.13 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 26.56 33.87 44.57 62.50 62.50 Administrators, education and related fields............................... $10.62 $12.50 $32.46 $41.62 $61.39 Managers, medicine and health........... 18.00 21.47 28.65 35.03 50.30 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 20.88 30.34 40.28 53.16 70.91 Management related........................ 16.83 18.72 23.56 36.80 47.60 Accountants and auditors................ 16.83 21.58 27.64 34.06 42.79 Other financial officers................ 19.23 22.36 40.44 45.00 57.69 Management analysts..................... 17.83 21.42 24.09 42.96 55.96 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 17.33 20.19 20.19 25.75 47.96 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 17.48 17.48 32.79 36.80 37.69 Management related, n.e.c............... 14.50 18.72 18.72 25.43 35.59 Sales......................................... 8.65 10.31 14.42 22.39 36.98 Supervisors, sales...................... 11.35 15.55 19.43 22.50 27.60 Sales, other business services.......... 12.00 12.95 15.39 16.30 29.15 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 17.90 21.92 27.33 42.55 55.97 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.97 9.27 10.95 11.25 12.64 Cashiers................................ 7.64 8.67 10.08 10.85 11.79 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.00 10.00 12.89 16.00 20.19 Supervisors, general office............. 12.45 14.81 16.64 18.56 25.77 Secretaries............................. 11.04 13.62 16.66 19.01 21.63 Receptionists........................... 9.00 9.50 10.00 11.00 17.48 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 9.00 9.50 9.50 12.40 13.79 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.70 11.88 12.98 15.40 17.19 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.49 13.17 14.39 15.48 17.52 Dispatchers............................. 8.32 11.72 12.30 13.50 14.58 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.55 10.50 12.71 13.49 15.96 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.16 8.76 10.04 12.00 12.95 Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c........... 7.50 7.50 8.35 9.58 12.40 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.00 13.50 15.72 22.45 22.45 Bill and account collectors............. 9.65 9.65 11.17 19.84 19.84 General office clerks................... 9.01 10.41 12.39 15.53 19.51 Teachers' aides......................... 8.82 9.07 9.61 11.54 14.01 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.20 10.72 12.50 14.71 16.39 Blue collar..................................... 8.00 10.07 13.77 20.06 25.48 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.00 14.00 18.61 24.54 28.70 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 13.50 14.19 19.43 19.89 20.76 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.50 14.35 15.00 16.78 21.29 Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. 15.00 18.64 19.50 20.00 30.00 Electricians............................ 18.93 25.62 28.70 28.85 28.95 Supervisors, production................. 14.50 17.95 22.95 30.29 35.62 Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c..................... $24.54 $24.54 $27.86 $28.26 $36.44 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.94 9.80 12.60 18.50 23.90 Welders and cutters..................... 7.25 10.13 17.75 19.76 20.06 Assemblers.............................. 7.86 9.00 10.00 12.75 16.38 Transportation and material moving............ 8.07 10.00 12.72 20.38 24.57 Truck drivers........................... 10.00 10.00 13.25 24.57 24.57 Bus drivers............................. 11.69 12.70 15.37 17.77 17.77 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.00 8.25 11.35 12.91 14.21 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.75 7.60 10.00 12.15 14.60 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 6.93 8.78 10.45 13.85 14.21 Helpers, construction trades............ 8.00 9.08 11.00 11.50 12.50 Construction laborers................... 8.50 10.00 12.00 13.00 13.85 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.00 6.50 8.30 12.91 14.05 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.90 10.76 11.91 14.86 19.64 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 7.00 7.00 7.50 8.50 11.00 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 5.15 6.75 7.94 9.00 12.00 Service......................................... 5.40 6.75 8.75 12.47 20.00 Protective service........................ 11.01 13.24 17.75 21.70 25.30 Police and detectives, public service... 17.52 20.32 23.36 28.00 30.53 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 18.01 18.34 19.64 20.81 22.95 Correctional institution officers....... 10.77 11.75 12.25 13.24 13.24 Food service.............................. 2.15 3.75 6.50 8.50 10.76 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.15 2.25 3.75 7.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.15 2.15 2.35 Other food service....................... 6.00 6.50 8.00 9.80 11.20 Cooks................................... 7.00 7.75 9.25 10.50 11.58 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.25 8.00 9.12 10.85 10.85 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.50 7.69 8.61 10.49 Health service............................ 7.06 8.43 10.00 11.72 13.87 Health aides, except nursing............ 7.35 8.59 10.00 13.87 16.39 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.06 8.33 9.92 11.30 12.16 Cleaning and building service............. $5.75 $6.50 $7.75 $9.19 $11.69 Maids and housemen...................... 6.00 6.44 6.80 7.64 8.30 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.50 6.76 7.80 9.41 11.21 Personal service.......................... 6.50 8.65 10.40 18.54 39.44 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.15 $5.85 $7.30 $10.00 $17.80 All excluding sales........................... 2.26 5.50 7.25 10.66 19.88 White collar.................................... 6.50 7.20 8.75 13.25 23.50 White collar excluding sales................ 8.00 10.00 12.00 20.00 30.45 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.50 19.00 23.17 30.99 42.50 Professional specialty...................... 11.50 19.50 26.00 35.00 43.50 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Health related............................ 25.00 26.00 30.45 35.00 43.00 Registered nurses....................... 26.00 26.00 28.00 30.45 33.47 Teachers, college and university.......... 19.50 19.50 19.50 23.50 31.25 Teachers, except college and university... 8.00 8.67 12.50 15.00 27.78 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 15.73 17.97 19.00 19.98 19.98 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.00 6.75 7.30 8.30 9.91 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.70 7.25 7.88 8.47 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.15 8.00 10.40 12.00 20.00 Blue collar..................................... 5.25 5.65 7.50 10.64 14.42 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.25 5.50 7.00 9.50 12.76 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.25 5.25 5.65 7.19 9.00 Service......................................... 2.13 5.15 5.85 7.00 8.50 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 6.43 8.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.26 6.43 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.26 Other food service....................... 5.55 6.00 7.50 8.00 8.45 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.00 6.50 7.50 8.25 8.45 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.55 5.55 7.58 8.00 8.00 Health service............................ 5.85 6.00 6.00 6.80 8.50 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 5.85 6.00 6.00 6.80 8.50 Cleaning and building service............. 5.15 5.25 5.50 6.50 8.00 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.15 5.25 5.50 6.50 8.00 Personal service.......................... $5.25 $5.25 $6.25 $9.65 $9.67 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 997,400 795,100 202,300 All excluding sales............................................. 917,200 715,600 201,600 White collar........................................................ 593,200 452,500 140,600 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 513,000 373,000 140,000 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 226,500 138,200 88,300 Professional specialty.......................................... 188,900 106,400 82,400 Technical....................................................... 37,600 31,700 5,900 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 103,900 90,000 13,900 Sales............................................................. 80,200 79,500 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 182,600 144,900 37,700 Blue collar......................................................... 244,700 226,700 18,000 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 96,100 89,100 7,000 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 35,100 35,100 – Transportation and material moving................................ 44,400 37,300 7,100 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 69,000 65,200 3,800 Service............................................................. 159,500 115,800 43,700 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.