NC BL 12/00/2005 Table: Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, Bulletin 3130-24, August 2005 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $13.57 5.3 34.6 $11.01 10.2 32.5 $18.45 2.4 39.5 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 18.59 5.6 37.4 15.45 12.5 36.1 22.15 7.4 39.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.70 5.4 38.4 25.33 16.5 38.7 27.50 2.4 38.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.97 9.3 41.3 26.00 16.3 43.1 31.15 12.0 40.0 Sales............................................................. 10.53 8.8 31.0 10.53 8.8 31.0 – – – Administrative support............................................ 10.06 2.6 39.5 9.47 3.4 39.0 10.70 2.4 40.0 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 10.92 10.3 37.7 10.67 12.7 37.2 12.07 3.4 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.07 4.1 40.7 14.99 5.8 40.9 15.28 1.1 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 8.86 8.0 34.3 8.86 8.0 34.3 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.09 32.0 42.5 14.62 44.1 43.9 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 7.21 4.1 35.3 6.98 4.5 34.7 8.80 6.6 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 7.52 4.1 29.4 6.23 3.8 26.7 11.14 5.1 40.6 Full time........................................................... 15.10 4.0 39.1 12.70 8.8 38.8 18.47 2.4 39.6 Part time........................................................... 6.38 3.0 22.3 6.37 3.0 22.3 – – – Union............................................................... – – – – – – – – – Nonunion............................................................ 13.57 5.3 34.6 11.01 10.2 32.5 18.45 2.4 39.5 Time................................................................ 13.47 5.5 34.3 10.66 11.2 31.9 18.45 2.4 39.5 Incentive........................................................... 15.91 20.0 41.8 15.91 20.0 41.8 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 12.19 12.0 38.6 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 10.72 12.7 31.2 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 10.13 6.5 36.7 9.71 6.5 36.4 14.33 10.8 39.5 100-499 workers..................................................... 11.75 14.4 31.1 11.00 16.7 30.4 19.14 9.4 39.9 500 workers or more................................................. 16.22 2.9 37.2 12.14 9.0 33.9 18.58 2.4 39.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $13.57 5.3 $11.01 10.2 $18.45 2.4 All excluding sales............................................... 13.85 5.7 11.08 11.7 18.45 2.4 White collar........................................................ 18.59 5.6 15.45 12.5 22.15 7.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.27 5.4 17.82 12.7 22.15 7.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.70 5.4 25.33 16.5 27.50 2.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.76 7.3 37.99 21.8 27.71 2.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 48.40 29.6 53.29 30.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 28.74 2.2 28.95 1.9 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.29 1.8 – – 29.06 1.7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.07 .5 – – 29.07 .5 Secondary school teachers................................... 28.87 3.1 – – 28.89 3.1 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.84 8.0 16.02 8.2 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.34 2.8 16.52 2.9 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 13.48 23.4 13.63 24.2 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.97 9.3 26.00 16.3 31.15 12.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.12 9.6 29.03 15.7 32.51 12.1 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 28.60 19.7 23.30 14.7 – – Management related............................................ 17.35 15.2 13.92 12.1 – – Sales............................................................. 10.53 8.8 10.53 8.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.33 3.8 8.33 3.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.06 2.6 9.47 3.4 10.70 2.4 Secretaries................................................. 9.89 2.6 9.24 1.0 10.50 2.6 General office clerks....................................... 8.93 6.2 – – 9.44 1.9 Blue collar......................................................... 10.92 10.3 10.67 12.7 12.07 3.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.07 4.1 14.99 5.8 15.28 1.1 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.86 8.0 8.86 8.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.09 32.0 14.62 44.1 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.21 4.1 6.98 4.5 8.80 6.6 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.99 4.2 5.99 4.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.44 9.0 9.44 9.0 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 5.79 6.7 5.79 6.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 6.96 6.9 – – 8.67 7.5 Service............................................................. $7.52 4.1 $6.23 3.8 $11.14 5.1 Protective service............................................ 11.15 9.7 – – 16.03 12.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.64 2.7 – – 21.64 2.7 Food service.................................................. 7.18 13.9 5.35 11.2 10.52 5.6 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... – – – – – – Other food service........................................... 8.14 10.2 6.32 8.0 10.52 5.6 Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 7.88 17.6 7.88 17.6 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.66 7.6 5.52 3.3 – – Health service................................................ 6.37 4.7 6.20 5.0 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 8.20 11.9 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 6.05 4.7 5.98 4.9 – – Cleaning and building service................................. $8.57 5.5 $8.46 13.7 $8.64 3.3 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.56 2.5 8.40 4.8 8.64 3.3 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $15.10 4.0 $12.70 8.8 $18.47 2.4 All excluding sales............................................... 15.32 4.2 12.78 9.9 18.47 2.4 White collar........................................................ 19.39 5.4 16.56 12.2 22.17 7.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.41 5.6 18.03 12.9 22.17 7.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.79 5.4 25.47 16.7 27.55 2.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.81 7.3 37.99 21.8 27.76 2.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 48.40 29.6 53.29 30.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 28.74 2.2 28.95 1.9 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.35 1.5 – – 29.14 1.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.07 .5 – – 29.07 .5 Secondary school teachers................................... 28.87 3.1 – – 28.89 3.1 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.74 8.7 15.92 8.9 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.34 2.9 16.53 3.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.24 9.3 26.55 16.0 31.15 12.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.12 9.6 29.03 15.7 32.51 12.1 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 28.60 19.7 23.30 14.7 – – Management related............................................ 18.21 15.2 – – – – Sales............................................................. 12.03 8.3 12.03 8.3 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.64 11.7 9.64 11.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.52 4.8 9.52 4.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.12 2.5 9.56 3.2 10.70 2.4 Secretaries................................................. 9.89 2.6 9.24 1.0 10.50 2.6 General office clerks....................................... 8.93 6.2 – – 9.44 1.9 Blue collar......................................................... 11.33 10.4 11.15 13.0 12.07 3.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.07 4.1 14.99 5.8 15.28 1.1 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.38 7.1 9.38 7.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.09 32.0 14.62 44.1 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.38 4.7 7.14 5.4 8.80 6.6 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.11 6.6 6.11 6.6 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 5.79 6.7 5.79 6.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 7.12 9.1 – – 8.67 7.5 Service............................................................. $8.61 4.4 $6.59 6.0 $11.15 5.0 Protective service............................................ 11.71 6.2 – – 16.05 12.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.64 2.7 – – 21.64 2.7 Food service.................................................. 7.44 14.1 5.31 14.3 10.52 5.6 Other food service........................................... 8.68 9.5 6.67 9.4 10.52 5.6 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.95 7.0 – – – – Health service................................................ 7.50 7.3 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.56 5.8 8.41 15.2 8.64 3.3 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.55 2.5 8.31 5.4 8.64 3.3 Personal service.............................................. 7.73 9.6 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $6.38 3.0 $6.37 3.0 – – All excluding sales............................................... 6.13 2.5 6.12 2.5 – – White collar........................................................ 8.10 5.7 8.10 5.8 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 10.42 17.3 10.56 19.0 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. – – – – – – Professional specialty.......................................... – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.67 6.2 7.67 6.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.40 5.9 7.40 5.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 6.24 6.9 6.24 6.9 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.12 4.3 6.12 4.3 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.91 5.1 5.91 5.1 – – Service............................................................. 5.93 2.0 5.93 2.0 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.47 1.6 5.47 1.6 – – Other food service........................................... 5.47 1.6 5.47 1.6 – – Health service................................................ 5.68 3.2 5.68 3.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 5.59 2.8 5.59 2.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $591 3.4 39.1 $493 7.6 38.8 $731 2.4 39.6 All excluding sales............................................... 600 3.8 39.2 497 8.7 38.9 731 2.4 39.6 White collar........................................................ 764 5.3 39.4 659 12.2 39.8 867 7.2 39.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 808 5.6 39.6 726 13.0 40.2 867 7.2 39.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,041 5.7 38.8 1,010 16.9 39.7 1,058 2.3 38.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,151 7.5 38.6 1,499 22.2 39.5 1,066 2.3 38.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,905 29.9 39.4 2,089 30.8 39.2 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 1,124 2.2 39.1 1,124 1.1 38.8 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,081 1.5 38.1 – – – 1,109 1.5 38.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,097 .2 37.7 – – – 1,097 .2 37.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,101 2.4 38.1 – – – 1,102 2.4 38.1 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 626 8.6 39.8 634 8.9 39.8 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 646 2.0 39.6 654 2.2 39.6 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,222 10.2 41.8 1,185 19.4 44.6 1,246 12.0 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,311 10.2 42.1 1,329 18.3 45.8 1,300 12.1 40.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,228 15.5 42.9 1,030 10.1 44.2 – – – Management related............................................ 728 15.2 40.0 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 462 8.0 38.4 462 8.0 38.4 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 364 4.9 37.7 364 4.9 37.7 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 352 8.5 37.0 352 8.5 37.0 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 404 2.5 40.0 382 3.2 39.9 428 2.4 40.0 Secretaries................................................. 395 2.6 40.0 370 1.0 40.0 420 2.6 40.0 General office clerks....................................... 357 6.2 40.0 – – – 378 1.9 40.0 Blue collar......................................................... 454 11.7 40.1 448 14.6 40.1 483 3.4 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 613 5.0 40.7 613 6.9 40.9 611 1.1 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 375 7.1 40.0 375 7.1 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 556 38.4 42.5 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 283 4.7 38.3 271 5.4 38.0 352 6.6 40.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. $244 6.6 40.0 $244 6.6 40.0 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 211 8.7 36.5 211 8.7 36.5 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 285 9.1 40.0 – – – $347 7.5 40.0 Service............................................................. 323 8.5 37.5 232 9.7 35.2 453 4.6 40.7 Protective service............................................ 494 6.1 42.2 – – – 708 11.2 44.1 Police and detectives, public service....................... 866 2.7 40.0 – – – 866 2.7 40.0 Food service.................................................. 279 16.5 37.5 195 16.0 36.7 408 8.9 38.8 Other food service........................................... 330 11.5 38.1 249 9.3 37.3 408 8.9 38.8 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 262 9.2 37.7 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 235 20.1 31.3 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 339 5.5 39.6 327 14.6 39.0 346 3.3 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 338 1.8 39.6 320 4.4 38.5 346 3.3 40.0 Personal service.............................................. 309 9.6 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, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $28,499 3.4 1,887 $25,507 7.6 2,009 $32,120 2.4 1,739 All excluding sales............................................... 28,796 3.8 1,880 25,697 8.7 2,011 32,120 2.4 1,739 White collar........................................................ 35,385 5.3 1,825 34,040 12.2 2,055 36,445 7.2 1,644 White collar excluding sales.................................... 36,805 5.6 1,804 37,414 13.0 2,075 36,445 7.2 1,644 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 44,960 5.7 1,678 51,756 16.9 2,032 42,040 2.3 1,526 Professional specialty.......................................... 47,581 7.5 1,596 75,368 22.2 1,984 42,235 2.3 1,521 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 99,064 29.9 2,047 108,647 30.8 2,039 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 58,469 2.2 2,035 58,452 1.1 2,019 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 40,936 1.5 1,444 – – – 41,820 1.5 1,435 Elementary school teachers.................................. 41,089 .2 1,414 – – – 41,089 .2 1,414 Secondary school teachers................................... 41,776 2.4 1,447 – – – 41,819 2.4 1,448 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 32,535 8.6 2,067 32,957 8.9 2,070 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 33,617 2.0 2,058 33,994 2.2 2,057 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 58,819 10.2 2,012 61,631 19.4 2,321 57,234 12.0 1,838 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 62,475 10.2 2,008 69,111 18.3 2,380 59,089 12.1 1,818 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 63,832 15.5 2,232 53,560 10.1 2,299 – – – Management related............................................ 37,068 15.2 2,036 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 24,023 8.0 1,996 24,023 8.0 1,996 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 18,924 4.9 1,962 18,924 4.9 1,962 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 18,326 8.5 1,924 18,326 8.5 1,924 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 19,552 2.5 1,932 19,755 3.2 2,067 19,368 2.4 1,810 Secretaries................................................. 18,933 2.6 1,915 19,222 1.0 2,080 18,695 2.6 1,780 General office clerks....................................... 18,565 6.2 2,080 – – – 19,634 1.9 2,080 Blue collar......................................................... 23,382 11.7 2,064 23,276 14.6 2,088 23,793 3.4 1,972 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 31,856 5.0 2,114 31,887 6.9 2,127 31,772 1.1 2,080 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 19,513 7.1 2,080 19,513 7.1 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 27,297 38.4 2,086 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14,699 4.7 1,991 14,106 5.4 1,976 18,311 6.6 2,080 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. $12,709 6.6 2,080 $12,709 6.6 2,080 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10,979 8.7 1,896 10,979 8.7 1,896 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 14,820 9.1 2,080 – – – $18,034 7.5 2,080 Service............................................................. 16,109 8.5 1,870 11,956 9.7 1,813 21,697 4.6 1,946 Protective service............................................ 25,695 6.1 2,194 – – – 36,819 11.2 2,293 Police and detectives, public service....................... 45,013 2.7 2,080 – – – 45,013 2.7 2,080 Food service.................................................. 13,008 16.5 1,748 10,082 16.0 1,897 16,508 8.9 1,569 Other food service........................................... 14,924 11.5 1,720 12,818 9.3 1,921 16,508 8.9 1,569 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 11,964 9.2 1,722 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 12,207 20.1 1,628 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 17,444 5.5 2,039 16,891 14.6 2,010 17,754 3.3 2,055 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 17,383 1.8 2,034 16,455 4.4 1,981 17,754 3.3 2,055 Personal service.............................................. 14,966 9.6 1,936 – – – – – – 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, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $13.57 5.3 $11.01 10.2 $18.45 2.4 All excluding sales............................................... 13.85 5.7 11.08 11.7 18.45 2.4 White collar........................................................ 18.59 5.6 15.45 12.5 22.15 7.4 1....................................................... 8.98 3.7 8.98 3.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.03 3.2 7.71 1.5 9.88 6.0 3....................................................... 9.67 6.1 9.57 8.3 9.96 4.2 4....................................................... 11.52 4.1 12.63 6.8 10.66 3.0 5....................................................... 13.76 5.7 14.33 7.8 – – 6....................................................... 14.01 5.6 14.13 8.0 – – 7....................................................... 27.31 2.5 22.73 13.1 28.16 1.9 8....................................................... 25.63 5.2 – – 25.40 6.6 9....................................................... 27.34 8.5 26.13 15.6 28.69 4.7 11........................................................ 35.39 2.2 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.27 5.4 17.82 12.7 22.15 7.4 2....................................................... 8.63 3.8 8.18 1.7 9.88 6.0 3....................................................... 9.07 3.2 8.71 4.4 9.96 4.2 4....................................................... 11.19 2.2 12.56 5.8 10.66 3.0 5....................................................... 13.80 5.8 14.39 8.1 – – 6....................................................... 14.25 5.9 14.53 8.8 – – 7....................................................... 27.38 2.5 23.07 13.3 28.16 1.9 8....................................................... 25.63 5.2 – – 25.40 6.6 9....................................................... 27.34 8.5 26.13 15.6 28.69 4.7 11........................................................ 35.07 2.4 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.70 5.4 25.33 16.5 27.50 2.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.76 7.3 37.99 21.8 27.71 2.4 7....................................................... 28.77 1.6 – – 28.67 1.7 8....................................................... 26.14 7.6 – – 25.87 8.6 9....................................................... 30.97 6.9 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 48.40 29.6 53.29 30.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 28.74 2.2 28.95 1.9 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.29 1.8 – – 29.06 1.7 7....................................................... 28.97 1.3 – – 28.97 1.3 8....................................................... 29.48 3.7 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.07 .5 – – 29.07 .5 Secondary school teachers................................... 28.87 3.1 – – 28.89 3.1 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.84 8.0 16.02 8.2 – – 4....................................................... 16.04 1.2 16.76 2.3 – – 5....................................................... 15.22 9.7 15.22 9.7 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.34 2.8 16.52 2.9 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 13.48 23.4 13.63 24.2 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $28.97 9.3 $26.00 16.3 $31.15 12.0 7....................................................... 18.18 17.3 – – – – 9....................................................... 20.81 12.0 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.12 9.6 29.03 15.7 32.51 12.1 9....................................................... 21.33 12.2 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 28.60 19.7 23.30 14.7 – – Management related............................................ 17.35 15.2 13.92 12.1 – – Sales............................................................. 10.53 8.8 10.53 8.8 – – 1....................................................... 9.19 3.8 9.19 3.8 – – 2....................................................... 7.26 3.8 7.26 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 13.57 17.0 13.57 17.0 – – 4....................................................... 12.70 12.7 12.70 12.7 – – Sales workers, other commodities 4....................................................... 10.34 16.7 10.34 16.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.33 3.8 8.33 3.8 – – 1....................................................... 9.15 4.2 9.15 4.2 – – 2....................................................... 7.13 5.4 7.13 5.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.06 2.6 9.47 3.4 10.70 2.4 2....................................................... 8.57 4.0 – – 9.88 6.0 3....................................................... 9.07 3.3 8.71 4.5 9.96 4.2 4....................................................... 10.69 2.3 10.73 2.7 10.68 2.9 Secretaries................................................. 9.89 2.6 9.24 1.0 10.50 2.6 3....................................................... 9.11 5.4 – – – – 4....................................................... 10.49 1.3 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 8.93 6.2 – – 9.44 1.9 Blue collar......................................................... 10.92 10.3 10.67 12.7 12.07 3.4 1....................................................... 6.10 3.4 5.99 3.3 – – 2....................................................... 8.25 6.0 7.83 5.2 10.37 8.4 3....................................................... 8.70 2.5 8.74 2.8 8.40 3.5 4....................................................... 10.65 9.5 11.64 14.1 – – 5....................................................... 17.27 29.3 17.27 29.3 – – 6....................................................... 15.13 3.0 15.36 8.4 15.00 2.1 7....................................................... 17.57 4.1 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.07 4.1 14.99 5.8 15.28 1.1 5....................................................... 14.48 9.4 14.48 9.4 – – 6....................................................... 15.32 2.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 17.57 4.1 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.86 8.0 8.86 8.0 – – 1....................................................... 6.49 5.0 6.49 5.0 – – 2....................................................... 7.98 7.8 7.98 7.8 – – 3....................................................... $8.52 0.4 $8.52 0.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.09 32.0 14.62 44.1 – – 2....................................................... 8.10 8.2 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.21 4.1 6.98 4.5 $8.80 6.6 1....................................................... 5.95 4.0 5.77 4.2 – – 2....................................................... 8.58 7.9 8.49 9.0 – – 3....................................................... 8.60 4.3 8.70 5.2 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.99 4.2 5.99 4.2 – – 1....................................................... 5.90 4.9 5.90 4.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.44 9.0 9.44 9.0 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 5.79 6.7 5.79 6.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 6.96 6.9 – – 8.67 7.5 Service............................................................. 7.52 4.1 6.23 3.8 11.14 5.1 1....................................................... 6.06 3.7 5.86 3.3 8.93 3.7 2....................................................... 6.23 4.3 6.06 4.5 – – 3....................................................... 8.56 1.7 8.07 5.1 8.72 .3 4....................................................... 11.06 6.5 – – 12.32 8.0 5....................................................... 12.46 3.1 – – – – 6....................................................... 11.58 3.6 – – – – Protective service............................................ 11.15 9.7 – – 16.03 12.9 6....................................................... 11.58 3.6 – – – – Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.64 2.7 – – 21.64 2.7 Food service.................................................. 7.18 13.9 5.35 11.2 10.52 5.6 1....................................................... 5.74 9.3 5.43 10.5 – – 2....................................................... 4.63 29.1 4.63 29.1 – – Other food service........................................... 8.14 10.2 6.32 8.0 10.52 5.6 1....................................................... 6.45 7.6 6.11 9.2 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 7.88 17.6 7.88 17.6 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.66 7.6 5.52 3.3 – – Health service................................................ 6.37 4.7 6.20 5.0 – – 2....................................................... 6.55 5.2 6.47 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 8.07 5.1 – – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 8.20 11.9 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 6.05 4.7 5.98 4.9 – – 2....................................................... 6.30 2.3 6.20 1.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.57 5.5 8.46 13.7 8.64 3.3 1....................................................... 8.03 9.6 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.56 2.5 8.40 4.8 8.64 3.3 1....................................................... 8.92 4.4 – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 3 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, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $15.10 4.0 $12.70 8.8 $18.47 2.4 All excluding sales............................................... 15.32 4.2 12.78 9.9 18.47 2.4 White collar........................................................ 19.39 5.4 16.56 12.2 22.17 7.5 2....................................................... 8.48 4.3 8.14 2.4 9.88 6.0 3....................................................... 9.68 6.2 9.58 8.5 9.96 4.2 4....................................................... 11.47 4.3 12.64 7.2 10.66 3.0 5....................................................... 13.84 5.8 14.36 8.0 – – 6....................................................... 13.95 5.7 14.05 8.3 – – 7....................................................... 27.31 2.5 22.73 13.1 28.16 1.9 8....................................................... 25.63 5.2 – – 25.40 6.6 9....................................................... 27.34 8.5 26.13 15.6 28.69 4.7 11........................................................ 35.39 2.2 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.41 5.6 18.03 12.9 22.17 7.5 2....................................................... 8.63 3.8 8.18 1.7 9.88 6.0 3....................................................... 9.07 3.3 8.71 4.5 9.96 4.2 4....................................................... 11.08 1.7 12.26 4.7 10.66 3.0 5....................................................... 13.86 5.9 14.39 8.1 – – 6....................................................... 14.19 6.1 14.44 9.2 – – 7....................................................... 27.38 2.5 23.07 13.3 28.16 1.9 8....................................................... 25.63 5.2 – – 25.40 6.6 9....................................................... 27.34 8.5 26.13 15.6 28.69 4.7 11........................................................ 35.07 2.4 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.79 5.4 25.47 16.7 27.55 2.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.81 7.3 37.99 21.8 27.76 2.2 7....................................................... 28.77 1.6 – – 28.67 1.7 8....................................................... 26.14 7.6 – – 25.87 8.6 9....................................................... 30.97 6.9 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 48.40 29.6 53.29 30.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 28.74 2.2 28.95 1.9 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.35 1.5 – – 29.14 1.4 7....................................................... 28.97 1.3 – – 28.97 1.3 8....................................................... 29.48 3.7 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.07 .5 – – 29.07 .5 Secondary school teachers................................... 28.87 3.1 – – 28.89 3.1 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.74 8.7 15.92 8.9 – – 4....................................................... 15.27 3.1 – – – – 5....................................................... 15.22 9.7 15.22 9.7 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.34 2.9 16.53 3.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.24 9.3 26.55 16.0 31.15 12.0 7....................................................... $18.18 17.3 – – – – 9....................................................... 20.81 12.0 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.12 9.6 $29.03 15.7 $32.51 12.1 9....................................................... 21.33 12.2 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 28.60 19.7 23.30 14.7 – – Management related............................................ 18.21 15.2 – – – – Sales............................................................. 12.03 8.3 12.03 8.3 – – 4....................................................... 13.04 12.9 13.04 12.9 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.64 11.7 9.64 11.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.52 4.8 9.52 4.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.12 2.5 9.56 3.2 10.70 2.4 2....................................................... 8.57 4.0 – – 9.88 6.0 3....................................................... 9.07 3.3 8.71 4.5 9.96 4.2 4....................................................... 10.69 2.3 10.73 2.7 10.68 2.9 Secretaries................................................. 9.89 2.6 9.24 1.0 10.50 2.6 3....................................................... 9.11 5.4 – – – – 4....................................................... 10.49 1.3 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 8.93 6.2 – – 9.44 1.9 Blue collar......................................................... 11.33 10.4 11.15 13.0 12.07 3.4 1....................................................... 6.17 3.6 6.02 3.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.27 6.4 7.82 5.5 10.37 8.4 3....................................................... 8.89 2.7 8.97 3.0 8.40 3.5 4....................................................... 10.65 9.5 11.64 14.1 – – 5....................................................... 17.27 29.3 17.27 29.3 – – 6....................................................... 15.13 3.0 15.36 8.4 15.00 2.1 7....................................................... 17.57 4.1 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.07 4.1 14.99 5.8 15.28 1.1 5....................................................... 14.48 9.4 14.48 9.4 – – 6....................................................... 15.32 2.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 17.57 4.1 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.38 7.1 9.38 7.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.13 3.9 7.13 3.9 – – 3....................................................... 8.52 .4 8.52 .4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.09 32.0 14.62 44.1 – – 2....................................................... 8.10 8.2 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.38 4.7 7.14 5.4 8.80 6.6 1....................................................... 5.92 4.4 5.69 4.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.69 8.1 – – – – 3....................................................... 8.99 5.1 9.20 5.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. $6.11 6.6 $6.11 6.6 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 5.79 6.7 5.79 6.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 7.12 9.1 – – $8.67 7.5 Service............................................................. 8.61 4.4 6.59 6.0 11.15 5.0 1....................................................... 6.34 7.5 5.64 10.4 8.94 3.7 2....................................................... 6.45 5.5 6.20 6.0 – – 3....................................................... 8.62 1.9 – – 8.73 .3 4....................................................... 11.11 6.4 – – 12.32 8.0 5....................................................... 12.46 3.1 – – – – Protective service............................................ 11.71 6.2 – – 16.05 12.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.64 2.7 – – 21.64 2.7 Food service.................................................. 7.44 14.1 5.31 14.3 10.52 5.6 1....................................................... 5.82 11.1 5.42 13.8 – – 2....................................................... 4.63 29.1 4.63 29.1 – – Other food service........................................... 8.68 9.5 6.67 9.4 10.52 5.6 1....................................................... 6.85 8.7 6.41 11.7 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.95 7.0 – – – – Health service................................................ 7.50 7.3 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.56 5.8 8.41 15.2 8.64 3.3 1....................................................... 7.87 11.3 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.55 2.5 8.31 5.4 8.64 3.3 Personal service.............................................. $7.73 9.6 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 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, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $6.38 3.0 $6.37 3.0 – – All excluding sales............................................... 6.13 2.5 6.12 2.5 – – White collar........................................................ 8.10 5.7 8.10 5.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.64 10.2 7.64 10.2 – – 4....................................................... 12.55 19.1 12.55 19.1 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 10.42 17.3 10.56 19.0 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. – – – – – – Professional specialty.......................................... – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.67 6.2 7.67 6.2 – – 1....................................................... 7.89 9.2 7.89 9.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.40 5.9 7.40 5.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.86 9.1 7.86 9.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 6.24 6.9 6.24 6.9 – – 1....................................................... 5.88 5.0 5.88 5.0 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.12 4.3 6.12 4.3 – – 1....................................................... 6.10 6.1 6.10 6.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.91 5.1 5.91 5.1 – – 1....................................................... 5.95 6.7 5.95 6.7 – – Service............................................................. 5.93 2.0 5.93 2.0 – – 1....................................................... 5.93 3.0 5.93 3.0 – – 2....................................................... 5.85 2.9 5.85 2.9 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.47 1.6 5.47 1.6 – – Other food service........................................... 5.47 1.6 5.47 1.6 – – Health service................................................ 5.68 3.2 5.68 3.2 – – 2....................................................... 5.92 3.1 5.92 3.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 5.59 2.8 5.59 2.8 – – 2....................................................... 5.79 1.2 5.79 1.2 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2005 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $15.10 $6.38 – $13.57 $13.47 $15.91 All excluding sales............................................. 15.32 6.13 – 13.85 13.76 17.22 White collar........................................................ 19.39 8.10 – 18.59 18.96 12.73 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20.41 10.42 – 20.27 20.51 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.79 – – 26.70 26.70 – Professional specialty.......................................... 29.81 – – 29.76 29.76 – Technical....................................................... 15.74 – – 15.84 15.84 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.24 – – 28.97 28.97 – Sales............................................................. 12.03 7.67 – 10.53 9.39 14.24 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.12 – – 10.06 10.11 – Blue collar......................................................... 11.33 6.24 – 10.92 10.06 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.07 – – 15.07 14.99 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.38 – – 8.86 8.86 – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.09 – – 13.09 8.60 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.38 6.12 – 7.21 7.21 – Service............................................................. 8.61 5.93 – 7.51 7.48 – 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....................................................... 4.0 3.0 – 5.3 5.5 20.0 All excluding sales............................................. 4.2 2.5 – 5.7 5.8 32.9 White collar........................................................ 5.4 5.7 – 5.6 5.8 9.5 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.6 17.3 – 5.4 5.5 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.4 – – 5.4 5.4 – Professional specialty.......................................... 7.3 – – 7.3 7.3 – Technical....................................................... 8.7 – – 8.0 8.0 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9.3 – – 9.3 9.3 – Sales............................................................. 8.3 6.2 – 8.8 9.2 3.6 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.5 – – 2.6 2.7 – Blue collar......................................................... 10.4 6.9 – 10.3 6.0 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.1 – – 4.1 3.8 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.1 – – 8.0 8.0 – Transportation and material moving................................ 32.0 – – 32.0 7.8 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.7 4.3 – 4.1 4.1 – Service............................................................. 4.4 2.0 – 4.2 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, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2005 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $11.01 $12.19 – – $12.15 $10.72 $11.73 $9.02 - $11.66 All excluding sales............................................. 11.08 11.96 – – 11.88 10.83 11.73 8.14 - 11.66 White collar........................................................ 15.45 20.21 – – 20.21 15.19 – 10.15 - 19.95 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.82 18.49 – – 18.49 17.77 – – - 19.95 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.33 – – – – 25.34 – – - 26.96 Professional specialty.......................................... 37.99 – – – – 39.16 – – - 39.16 Technical....................................................... 16.02 – – – – 16.05 – – - 17.31 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.00 – – – – 29.55 – – - – Sales............................................................. 10.53 – – – – 10.15 – 10.15 - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.47 – – – – 9.46 – – - 9.31 Blue collar......................................................... 10.67 11.27 – – 11.06 9.60 – 9.35 - – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.99 14.00 – – 14.10 16.95 – – - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.86 9.06 – – 9.06 – – – - – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.62 24.80 – – 24.80 – – – - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.98 6.93 – – 6.32 7.04 – 7.14 - – Service............................................................. 6.23 – – – – 6.19 – 6.22 - 6.18 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....................................................... 10.2 12.0 – – 13.8 12.7 37.6 1.7 - 19.4 All excluding sales............................................. 11.7 13.8 – – 16.0 14.9 37.6 3.8 - 19.4 White collar........................................................ 12.5 2.1 – – 2.1 13.7 – 6.6 - 12.6 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 12.7 7.8 – – 7.8 13.9 – – - 12.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 16.5 – – – – 17.3 – – - 14.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 21.8 – – – – 22.5 – – - 22.5 Technical....................................................... 8.2 – – – – 8.2 – – - 4.2 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 16.3 – – – – 15.8 – – - – Sales............................................................. 8.8 – – – – 8.0 – 8.0 - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.4 – – – – 3.5 – – - 6.0 Blue collar......................................................... 12.7 17.4 – – 20.7 13.9 – 7.9 - – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.8 6.6 – – 10.0 8.9 – – - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.0 8.3 – – 8.3 – – – - – Transportation and material moving................................ 44.1 33.4 – – 33.4 – – – - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.5 4.5 – – 4.4 7.9 – 10.3 - – Service............................................................. 3.8 – – – – 3.8 – 13.6 - 3.2 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 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, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2005 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $11.01 $9.71 $11.38 $11.00 $12.14 All excluding sales............................................. 11.08 9.29 11.63 11.31 12.14 White collar........................................................ 15.45 13.43 15.82 14.86 17.66 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.82 12.93 18.72 19.81 17.66 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.33 – 26.88 39.17 19.86 Professional specialty.......................................... 37.99 – 38.06 – 25.00 Technical....................................................... 16.02 – 17.26 18.98 16.61 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.00 21.75 28.16 – – Sales............................................................. 10.53 – 9.86 9.86 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.47 10.96 9.15 9.37 8.71 Blue collar......................................................... 10.67 11.59 10.25 9.73 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.99 16.18 13.50 11.93 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.86 8.23 9.01 8.66 – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.62 – 15.47 15.47 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.98 6.92 7.00 6.90 – Service............................................................. 6.23 5.09 6.58 6.57 – 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....................................................... 10.2 6.5 12.3 16.7 9.0 All excluding sales............................................. 11.7 7.8 14.1 20.7 9.0 White collar........................................................ 12.5 12.9 14.5 23.4 8.2 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 12.7 18.2 14.0 27.0 8.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 16.5 – 14.3 23.5 5.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 21.8 – 21.8 – 6.9 Technical....................................................... 8.2 – 4.2 8.8 5.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 16.3 17.8 20.2 – – Sales............................................................. 8.8 – 10.2 10.2 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.4 8.4 2.5 2.7 3.7 Blue collar......................................................... 12.7 7.5 17.8 20.5 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.8 5.2 8.0 8.0 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.0 4.4 8.8 10.9 – Transportation and material moving................................ 44.1 – 46.1 46.1 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.5 9.1 5.4 5.8 – Service............................................................. 3.8 6.1 4.3 6.6 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.40 $6.74 $9.52 $15.99 $28.95 All excluding sales........................... 5.40 6.65 9.54 16.48 29.98 White collar.................................... 7.57 9.43 13.13 25.97 34.14 White collar excluding sales................ 8.34 9.99 16.00 28.12 35.05 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.21 17.79 25.20 31.45 35.85 Professional specialty...................... 15.59 23.39 27.72 32.86 36.93 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists...... – – – – – Health related............................ 24.04 27.00 30.98 45.00 120.19 Registered nurses....................... 23.06 26.35 28.95 30.98 34.19 Teachers, college and university.......... – – – – – Teachers, except college and university... 22.10 24.11 28.21 33.14 36.10 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.04 24.60 28.02 32.92 36.60 Secondary school teachers............... 22.10 24.11 28.21 33.14 36.31 Social, recreation, and religious workers. – – – – – Technical................................... 9.23 13.16 16.00 18.54 22.49 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.50 18.71 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 7.54 9.23 9.80 18.97 21.78 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.63 18.17 32.17 37.48 40.40 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.05 19.93 34.07 37.63 40.69 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 18.17 18.17 26.50 37.50 46.58 Management related........................ 8.50 15.06 16.35 18.25 34.03 Sales......................................... 6.10 7.07 9.30 12.00 16.08 Cashiers................................ 5.80 6.35 8.10 10.38 11.19 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.25 8.50 9.81 11.09 12.92 Secretaries............................. 8.00 9.00 9.81 10.84 12.17 General office clerks................... 6.00 8.43 8.70 10.21 10.70 Blue collar..................................... 5.40 6.50 8.98 13.29 18.50 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.00 13.00 14.67 17.60 20.00 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 5.50 6.35 8.74 10.41 13.00 Transportation and material moving............ 6.40 7.00 8.77 12.51 31.90 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.15 5.40 7.00 8.22 10.15 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.25 5.25 5.65 6.00 7.25 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.00 8.00 9.08 9.77 12.72 Hand packers and packagers.............. 5.15 5.15 5.40 7.01 7.08 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 5.25 5.90 6.40 7.88 9.35 Service......................................... 5.15 5.40 6.25 8.43 11.48 Protective service........................ $5.15 $5.15 $10.13 $13.61 $24.74 Police and detectives, public service... 14.06 16.30 23.53 26.42 27.03 Food service.............................. 2.13 5.15 5.90 9.54 12.36 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... – – – – – Other food service....................... 5.15 5.40 7.54 11.33 12.36 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 5.15 5.75 6.35 11.11 11.47 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 5.15 5.40 5.50 8.36 8.73 Health service............................ 5.15 5.15 6.00 6.75 8.43 Health aides, except nursing............ 5.50 5.98 8.58 9.68 12.66 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 5.15 5.15 6.00 6.25 7.27 Cleaning and building service............. 6.56 7.44 8.44 9.38 10.05 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.06 7.73 8.47 9.36 10.00 Personal service.......................... – – – – – 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2005 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.15 $6.05 $7.75 $11.80 $18.55 All excluding sales........................... 5.15 6.00 7.47 11.70 19.28 White collar.................................... 6.98 8.22 10.58 16.62 27.00 White collar excluding sales................ 7.33 8.75 11.47 18.69 31.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 9.33 13.48 17.50 25.75 36.26 Professional specialty...................... 9.50 10.65 27.00 35.72 67.31 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 24.09 27.00 31.01 48.00 123.55 Registered nurses....................... 23.90 26.10 28.68 31.01 35.72 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Technical................................... 9.23 13.88 16.00 18.57 22.63 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.50 15.00 16.00 17.50 18.82 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 7.54 9.23 9.80 19.00 21.78 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.63 17.85 19.17 36.27 39.44 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.85 18.17 28.12 37.50 40.69 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 18.17 18.17 18.17 27.58 34.79 Management related........................ 7.25 8.50 15.63 17.35 17.35 Sales......................................... 6.10 7.07 9.30 12.00 16.08 Cashiers................................ 5.80 6.35 8.10 10.38 11.19 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.00 7.70 8.99 10.58 12.10 Secretaries............................. 7.21 8.25 9.19 10.07 11.18 Blue collar..................................... 5.30 6.21 8.50 13.00 19.03 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 8.75 12.50 14.08 18.55 20.00 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 5.50 6.35 8.74 10.41 13.00 Transportation and material moving............ 6.40 6.50 7.50 31.90 34.57 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.15 5.40 6.20 8.00 10.00 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.25 5.25 5.65 6.00 7.25 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.00 8.00 9.08 9.77 12.72 Hand packers and packagers.............. 5.15 5.15 5.40 7.01 7.08 Service......................................... 5.15 5.15 6.05 6.67 8.00 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 4.38 5.15 5.75 8.01 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... $5.15 $5.15 $5.40 $6.45 $9.54 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 5.15 5.75 6.35 11.11 11.47 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 5.15 5.15 5.40 5.50 6.25 Health service............................ 5.15 5.15 6.00 6.25 7.47 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 5.15 5.15 6.00 6.25 7.25 Cleaning and building service............. 5.50 6.75 7.79 9.96 11.51 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.75 7.20 8.35 9.96 10.00 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2005 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.43 $9.81 $13.35 $27.04 $33.89 All excluding sales........................... 8.43 9.81 13.35 27.04 33.89 White collar.................................... 9.75 11.26 23.39 31.45 35.83 White collar excluding sales................ 9.75 11.26 23.39 31.45 35.83 Professional specialty and technical.......... 19.23 23.40 27.72 32.57 35.83 Professional specialty...................... 19.23 23.61 27.95 32.61 35.85 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 22.67 24.60 28.51 33.24 36.31 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.04 24.60 28.02 32.92 36.60 Secondary school teachers............... 22.10 24.11 28.21 33.16 36.31 Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.63 26.44 33.59 37.59 40.40 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 14.63 30.62 34.86 39.11 40.71 Management related........................ - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.65 9.44 10.42 11.54 13.13 Secretaries............................. 9.03 9.49 10.11 11.54 12.60 General office clerks................... 8.38 8.65 9.01 10.32 10.85 Blue collar..................................... 8.04 8.92 11.52 15.41 16.56 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.16 15.06 15.48 16.07 17.28 Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.50 7.55 8.05 9.69 12.38 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.19 7.65 8.04 9.49 10.15 Service......................................... 7.80 8.39 9.41 12.04 15.46 Protective service........................ 9.41 10.13 13.35 22.77 26.45 Police and detectives, public service... 14.06 16.30 23.53 26.42 27.03 Food service.............................. 7.90 8.42 11.39 12.36 13.03 Other food service....................... 7.90 8.42 11.39 12.36 13.03 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 7.20 8.03 8.49 9.07 10.03 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.20 8.03 8.49 9.07 10.03 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.10 $8.04 $10.71 $18.55 $31.01 All excluding sales........................... 6.00 8.00 10.69 19.43 31.70 White collar.................................... 8.20 9.80 14.52 26.91 34.74 White collar excluding sales................ 8.45 10.08 16.00 28.36 35.05 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.47 18.00 25.20 31.45 35.85 Professional specialty...................... 16.01 23.39 27.77 32.92 36.93 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 24.04 27.00 30.98 45.00 120.19 Registered nurses....................... 23.06 26.35 28.95 30.98 34.19 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 22.10 24.11 28.21 33.14 36.15 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.04 24.60 28.02 32.92 36.60 Secondary school teachers............... 22.10 24.11 28.21 33.14 36.31 Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... 9.23 13.16 16.00 18.49 21.01 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.22 15.00 16.00 17.50 18.69 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.83 18.17 32.17 37.50 40.40 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.05 19.93 34.07 37.63 40.69 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 18.17 18.17 26.50 37.50 46.58 Management related........................ 8.50 15.06 16.83 18.25 34.03 Sales......................................... 6.98 8.50 10.90 13.65 17.20 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.77 7.37 9.01 11.66 13.66 Cashiers................................ 6.00 8.10 10.58 11.19 11.88 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.26 8.62 9.95 11.09 13.00 Secretaries............................. 8.00 9.00 9.81 10.84 12.17 General office clerks................... 6.00 8.43 8.70 10.21 10.70 Blue collar..................................... 5.50 7.04 9.40 13.64 18.71 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.00 13.00 14.67 17.60 20.00 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 6.00 7.40 9.28 10.90 13.50 Transportation and material moving............ 6.40 7.00 8.77 12.51 31.90 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.15 5.40 7.08 8.44 10.50 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.25 5.25 5.75 6.00 8.00 Hand packers and packagers.............. 5.15 5.15 5.40 7.01 7.08 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 5.25 5.50 6.00 8.04 9.89 Service......................................... 5.15 6.00 7.96 9.99 12.72 Protective service........................ 5.15 5.15 10.13 14.06 25.51 Police and detectives, public service... 14.06 16.30 23.53 26.42 27.03 Food service.............................. $2.13 $5.15 $7.15 $11.11 $12.36 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 5.15 5.65 8.36 11.58 12.36 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 5.15 5.15 6.25 8.42 9.23 Health service............................ 6.25 6.25 7.25 8.43 9.31 Cleaning and building service............. 6.56 7.48 8.43 9.23 10.05 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.06 7.76 8.45 9.20 10.00 Personal service.......................... 5.70 6.00 7.96 7.96 10.02 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, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.15 $5.35 $6.05 $6.70 $8.00 All excluding sales........................... 5.15 5.30 6.00 6.15 6.85 White collar.................................... 5.77 6.25 7.25 8.85 10.39 White collar excluding sales................ 5.15 7.25 7.97 10.63 20.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... - - - - - Professional specialty...................... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 5.80 6.25 7.07 8.83 10.18 Cashiers................................ 5.77 6.20 7.00 8.65 9.97 Administrative support, including clerical.... - - - - - Blue collar..................................... 5.25 5.30 6.00 6.40 8.32 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.25 5.60 6.20 6.40 6.95 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.25 5.25 5.65 6.25 7.05 Service......................................... 5.15 5.25 6.00 6.05 6.85 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 5.15 5.15 5.40 5.40 5.90 Other food service....................... 5.15 5.15 5.40 5.40 5.90 Health service............................ 5.15 5.15 5.35 6.00 6.25 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 5.15 5.15 5.35 6.00 6.25 Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2005 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 49,100 32,600 16,600 All excluding sales............................................. 44,800 28,300 16,600 White collar........................................................ 22,900 11,400 11,500 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 18,600 7,100 11,500 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 9,900 3,100 6,900 Professional specialty.......................................... 8,100 1,300 6,800 Technical....................................................... 1,800 1,800 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,700 700 1,100 Sales............................................................. 4,300 4,300 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 7,000 3,400 3,600 Blue collar......................................................... 9,200 7,600 1,600 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2,500 1,800 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2,000 2,000 – Transportation and material moving................................ 1,500 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3,100 2,800 400 Service............................................................. 17,000 13,600 3,500 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.