NC BL 03/00/2007 Table: Huntsville, AL, Bulletin 3135-47, May 2006 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Huntsville, AL, May 2006 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers 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) All workers........................................................... $19.63 2.1 36.8 $19.48 2.2 36.4 $20.57 5.4 39.0 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 31.44 1.9 38.2 32.56 2.1 38.1 27.04 4.4 38.8 Management, business, and financial............................... 35.14 2.3 40.1 34.78 2.3 40.1 38.54 7.9 40.0 Professional and related.......................................... 30.47 2.3 37.8 31.87 2.6 37.5 25.79 5.2 38.7 Service............................................................. 9.88 5.4 32.5 9.14 6.5 31.1 12.96 9.5 39.5 Sales and office.................................................... 15.03 3.3 37.1 15.06 3.5 36.8 14.80 7.6 39.8 Sales and related................................................. 16.58 3.6 35.7 16.69 3.7 35.7 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 13.89 3.4 38.1 13.66 3.5 37.8 15.11 7.3 39.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 15.52 3.4 39.3 15.44 3.6 39.2 16.44 6.3 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 15.01 5.0 38.7 14.99 5.3 38.7 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 15.87 5.0 39.7 15.77 5.4 39.6 16.85 7.8 40.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.41 5.5 37.3 14.35 5.7 37.4 15.68 6.5 36.2 Production........................................................ 16.08 6.3 38.6 16.00 6.4 38.5 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.76 9.4 35.5 11.54 10.5 35.5 14.08 5.7 35.1 Full time........................................................... 20.92 2.1 39.9 20.95 2.3 39.9 20.74 5.4 39.8 Part time........................................................... 10.50 13.8 23.6 10.29 14.5 23.6 15.77 20.2 25.0 Union............................................................... 23.98 2.3 38.6 23.98 2.3 38.6 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 19.35 2.3 36.7 19.14 2.5 36.3 20.57 5.4 39.0 Time................................................................ 19.68 2.0 36.6 19.52 2.1 36.2 20.57 5.4 39.0 Incentive........................................................... 18.77 12.6 39.9 18.77 12.6 39.9 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.65 3.8 39.5 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 19.03 2.5 35.4 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 17.31 5.2 34.7 17.31 5.2 34.7 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.52 7.3 37.3 17.52 7.5 37.3 – – – 500 workers or more................................................. 24.82 2.9 39.3 27.95 4.0 39.6 20.75 5.5 39.0 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Huntsville, AL, May 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $19.63 2.1 $20.92 2.1 $10.50 13.8 Management occupations.............................................. 37.92 3.9 37.92 3.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.59 4.5 29.59 4.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.91 4.8 42.91 4.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.62 10.6 40.62 10.6 – – General and operations managers................................... 43.86 19.8 43.86 19.8 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 35.30 16.1 35.30 16.1 – – Education administrators.......................................... 40.33 6.9 40.33 6.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.32 4.9 32.35 4.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.40 2.8 22.40 2.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.48 3.1 24.53 3.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.99 7.0 27.99 7.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 36.37 6.3 36.37 6.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 44.91 7.1 44.91 7.1 – – Cost estimators................................................... 29.46 7.9 29.46 7.9 – – Management analysts............................................... 37.83 9.8 37.83 9.8 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 34.60 12.0 34.60 12.0 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.17 4.3 35.16 3.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.35 5.5 24.35 5.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.04 5.0 27.68 3.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.22 1.4 32.08 1.0 – – Level 10.................................................. 31.63 5.5 31.63 5.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.57 4.6 42.92 6.2 – – Level 12.................................................. 46.39 7.2 46.39 7.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.21 6.4 45.21 6.4 – – Computer programmers.............................................. 25.63 6.1 24.43 5.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.25 11.5 24.25 11.5 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 40.06 3.5 40.93 6.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.34 1.6 33.34 1.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.13 7.7 41.13 7.7 – – Level 12.................................................. 48.25 5.1 48.25 5.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.30 2.8 43.30 2.8 – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 38.82 6.9 40.95 2.2 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 40.92 11.2 40.92 11.2 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 37.13 17.1 36.25 18.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.95 .4 32.73 .6 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.31 3.3 33.87 1.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.40 2.3 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.07 10.5 18.07 10.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.97 2.8 26.97 2.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.38 7.7 31.38 7.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.83 2.1 32.83 2.1 – – Level 10.................................................. $35.36 0.9 $35.36 0.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 36.17 4.6 36.17 4.6 – – Level 12.................................................. 44.32 4.1 44.32 4.1 – – Level 14.................................................. 49.75 2.8 51.02 2.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.65 11.0 35.65 11.0 – – Engineers......................................................... 38.72 1.6 38.02 .9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.85 5.7 27.85 5.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.79 .6 33.79 .6 – – Level 10.................................................. 35.36 .9 35.36 .9 – – Level 11.................................................. 36.17 4.6 36.17 4.6 – – Level 12.................................................. 44.32 4.1 44.32 4.1 – – Level 14.................................................. 49.75 2.8 51.02 2.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.87 4.2 39.87 4.2 – – Aerospace engineers............................................. 44.57 2.3 42.30 5.6 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 36.62 3.6 36.62 3.6 – – Electrical engineers.......................................... 36.57 3.6 36.57 3.6 – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 35.44 8.7 35.44 8.7 – – Industrial engineers.......................................... 36.73 7.3 36.73 7.3 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.09 9.2 23.09 9.2 – – Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 23.10 17.5 23.10 17.5 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.10 15.0 28.10 15.0 – – Physical scientists............................................... 31.27 13.2 31.27 13.2 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 15.56 9.7 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.69 3.6 30.00 3.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.77 5.4 29.13 5.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 29.98 .8 29.98 .8 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.77 2.7 28.97 2.3 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.52 2.3 28.80 1.6 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.51 3.0 28.86 2.5 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.99 14.7 18.27 15.3 $12.54 11.8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.68 30.4 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.54 9.1 25.11 10.0 20.67 11.2 Level 4 .................................................. 13.07 12.3 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.05 8.6 25.87 13.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.08 5.0 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 25.44 4.9 25.29 5.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.08 5.0 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.81 4.5 15.37 5.3 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.96 6.5 10.13 6.5 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.43 .5 9.41 .6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ $9.43 0.5 $9.41 0.6 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 14.17 13.1 14.55 13.3 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.74 6.5 11.00 6.5 – – Security guards................................................. 10.74 6.5 11.00 6.5 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.88 1.9 10.41 7.6 $6.09 0.7 Level 1 .................................................. 6.30 6.6 7.62 13.4 5.54 12.6 Level 2 .................................................. 6.93 4.0 – – 6.55 1.6 Level 3 .................................................. 6.88 5.5 – – 6.67 .8 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.34 4.0 13.34 4.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.82 9.0 13.82 9.0 – – Cooks............................................................. 6.88 8.8 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.55 19.8 – – 4.69 15.6 Level 1 .................................................. 4.34 30.5 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.28 25.7 – – 4.58 20.4 Level 1 .................................................. 4.14 33.6 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.71 1.8 – – 6.55 1.8 Level 1 .................................................. 6.71 1.3 – – 6.52 2.5 Level 2 .................................................. 6.62 2.2 – – 6.55 1.6 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.69 1.6 – – 6.55 1.8 Level 1 .................................................. 6.74 1.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 6.55 1.6 – – 6.55 1.6 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.65 11.8 10.27 8.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.38 5.0 8.87 3.0 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.68 5.7 9.20 4.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.24 5.2 8.73 3.5 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.58 7.5 9.07 6.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.92 6.0 8.32 4.3 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 16.15 33.6 – – 7.83 11.9 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.58 3.6 18.63 5.3 8.96 2.2 Level 1 .................................................. 7.48 12.4 – – 7.77 11.8 Level 2 .................................................. 9.66 7.8 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.39 5.5 – – 8.91 2.4 Level 4 .................................................. 12.73 1.8 12.99 1.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 25.51 18.8 25.51 18.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.34 21.5 18.34 21.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.24 16.7 22.24 16.7 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.07 1.1 12.04 4.1 8.58 1.1 Level 2 .................................................. 9.42 10.3 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. $9.91 4.9 – – $8.87 2.4 Level 4 .................................................. 12.26 .8 $12.55 2.5 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.27 4.2 10.13 1.1 8.12 3.4 Level 3 .................................................. 8.81 4.7 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.27 4.2 10.13 1.1 8.12 3.4 Level 3 .................................................. 8.81 4.7 – – – – Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 10.47 12.3 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 11.49 2.1 12.57 4.8 8.79 1.4 Level 3 .................................................. 10.36 2.6 – – 9.27 3.9 Level 4 .................................................. 11.67 10.6 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 34.14 11.4 34.14 11.4 – – Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 12.05 14.8 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.89 3.4 14.04 3.5 11.23 7.7 Level 1 .................................................. 9.14 7.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.25 3.5 10.32 3.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.47 7.3 12.54 7.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.85 2.5 13.79 2.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.30 9.2 18.15 7.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.62 7.4 17.61 7.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.06 11.4 23.06 11.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.40 16.9 24.40 16.9 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.51 3.7 12.60 4.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.06 2.3 11.11 2.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.88 5.3 12.86 5.5 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.89 7.2 13.92 7.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.44 7.4 13.45 7.7 – – Tellers......................................................... 10.91 1.7 10.95 1.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.74 2.7 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 15.29 5.7 15.29 5.7 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.65 5.5 10.98 4.6 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 17.57 5.1 17.57 5.1 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.30 3.8 16.25 3.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.42 3.3 15.27 3.4 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.28 4.2 19.28 4.2 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.82 6.6 13.82 6.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.38 5.4 15.38 5.4 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.01 9.3 14.01 9.3 – – Data entry keyers............................................... 11.95 5.5 11.95 5.5 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 10.71 7.4 10.79 7.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.81 3.9 9.81 3.9 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.01 5.0 15.19 4.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.56 3.5 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.47 3.7 31.47 3.7 – – Construction laborers............................................. $12.42 8.1 $12.42 8.1 – – Electricians...................................................... 21.60 11.5 21.60 11.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.87 5.0 15.92 5.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.19 6.3 15.19 6.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.66 8.4 18.66 8.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.46 8.2 18.46 8.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 25.13 18.4 25.13 18.4 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 14.07 8.2 14.07 8.2 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.66 6.0 17.66 6.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.44 10.2 16.44 10.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.68 3.4 20.68 3.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.90 2.4 22.90 2.4 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.29 5.8 20.29 5.8 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.37 10.5 14.37 10.5 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.08 6.3 16.49 6.4 $8.51 6.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.08 1.0 7.97 .7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.18 5.6 9.26 5.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 19.57 4.6 19.91 3.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.11 4.7 17.21 4.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.02 4.7 17.02 4.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.33 2.1 18.33 2.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.26 4.4 23.30 4.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.48 4.6 16.64 5.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.60 9.6 20.60 9.6 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 9.78 4.1 10.08 3.8 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 9.69 3.5 9.98 3.3 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 23.27 5.3 23.27 5.3 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 19.09 6.3 19.09 6.3 – – Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.72 7.7 13.72 7.7 – – Machinists........................................................ 18.05 6.0 18.05 6.0 – – Tool and die makers............................................... 25.67 .6 25.67 .6 – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 16.04 24.0 16.04 24.0 – – Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................... 11.34 9.4 11.34 9.4 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.59 1.2 15.98 2.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.52 9.7 18.52 9.7 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.03 5.0 13.15 5.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.83 2.2 13.83 2.2 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.76 9.4 12.48 9.3 8.16 10.4 Level 1 .................................................. $8.13 7.5 $8.72 6.4 $7.12 8.8 Level 2 .................................................. 10.35 5.6 10.51 6.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.84 19.2 13.88 19.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.16 19.5 15.12 21.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.16 13.4 16.16 13.4 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.46 13.3 14.18 10.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.68 21.7 14.68 21.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.99 22.8 18.99 22.8 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.94 7.7 13.91 7.8 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 16.60 19.0 16.60 19.0 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.64 3.8 9.82 3.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.91 6.2 9.26 5.2 7.79 8.5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.13 5.4 8.32 4.0 7.79 8.5 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.38 5.2 9.35 5.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.48 3.9 8.11 1.5 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 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 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. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Huntsville, AL, May 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $19.48 2.2 $20.95 2.3 $10.29 14.5 Management occupations.............................................. 37.62 4.5 37.62 4.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.59 4.5 29.59 4.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.34 5.7 43.34 5.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.50 13.3 40.50 13.3 – – General and operations managers................................... 45.63 19.6 45.63 19.6 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 35.30 16.1 35.30 16.1 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.37 4.9 32.40 4.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.40 2.8 22.40 2.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.48 3.1 24.53 3.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.93 7.4 27.93 7.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 36.37 6.3 36.37 6.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 44.91 7.1 44.91 7.1 – – Cost estimators................................................... 29.46 7.9 29.46 7.9 – – Management analysts............................................... 37.83 9.8 37.83 9.8 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 35.38 12.8 35.38 12.8 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.97 4.3 36.00 3.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.35 5.5 24.35 5.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.38 5.8 28.19 3.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.22 1.4 32.08 1.0 – – Level 10.................................................. 31.63 5.5 31.63 5.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.57 4.6 42.92 6.2 – – Level 12.................................................. 46.39 7.2 46.39 7.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.21 6.4 45.21 6.4 – – Computer programmers.............................................. 27.10 3.8 25.89 1.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.20 1.8 27.20 1.8 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 40.06 3.5 40.93 6.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.34 1.6 33.34 1.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.13 7.7 41.13 7.7 – – Level 12.................................................. 48.25 5.1 48.25 5.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.30 2.8 43.30 2.8 – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 38.82 6.9 40.95 2.2 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 40.92 11.2 40.92 11.2 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 37.31 18.1 36.38 19.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.95 .4 32.73 .6 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.64 3.4 34.20 1.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.40 2.3 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.07 10.5 18.07 10.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.23 3.0 27.23 3.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.38 7.7 31.38 7.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.83 2.1 32.83 2.1 – – Level 10.................................................. 35.36 .9 35.36 .9 – – Level 11.................................................. $36.17 4.6 $36.17 4.6 – – Level 12.................................................. 44.32 4.1 44.32 4.1 – – Level 14.................................................. 49.75 2.8 51.02 2.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.11 5.6 39.11 5.6 – – Engineers......................................................... 38.85 1.6 38.15 .8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.79 .6 33.79 .6 – – Level 10.................................................. 35.36 .9 35.36 .9 – – Level 11.................................................. 36.17 4.6 36.17 4.6 – – Level 12.................................................. 44.32 4.1 44.32 4.1 – – Level 14.................................................. 49.75 2.8 51.02 2.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.87 4.2 39.87 4.2 – – Aerospace engineers............................................. 44.57 2.3 42.30 5.6 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 36.62 3.6 36.62 3.6 – – Electrical engineers.......................................... 36.57 3.6 36.57 3.6 – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 35.44 8.7 35.44 8.7 – – Industrial engineers.......................................... 36.73 7.3 36.73 7.3 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.18 10.1 23.18 10.1 – – Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 23.10 17.5 23.10 17.5 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 29.28 15.6 29.28 15.6 – – Physical scientists............................................... 31.27 13.2 31.27 13.2 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 15.57 10.4 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.04 17.7 22.36 19.2 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 19.26 17.0 19.69 17.6 $11.50 9.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.67 24.5 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.78 15.0 25.83 17.0 20.17 13.2 Level 9 .................................................. 26.61 4.0 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 24.90 8.4 24.39 10.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.61 4.0 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.01 6.2 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.38 9.4 10.67 9.6 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 10.58 6.9 10.85 6.8 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.58 6.9 10.85 6.8 – – Security guards................................................. 10.58 6.9 10.85 6.8 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.71 1.5 10.44 9.1 6.07 .7 Level 1 .................................................. 5.85 8.3 6.60 13.3 5.54 12.6 Level 2 .................................................. 6.69 2.4 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 6.64 .0 – – 6.64 .0 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... $13.34 4.0 $13.34 4.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.82 9.0 13.82 9.0 – – Cooks............................................................. 6.88 8.8 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.55 19.8 – – $4.69 15.6 Level 1 .................................................. 4.34 30.5 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.28 25.7 – – 4.58 20.4 Level 1 .................................................. 4.14 33.6 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.65 1.4 – – 6.53 1.7 Level 1 .................................................. 6.71 1.3 – – 6.52 2.5 Level 2 .................................................. 6.61 2.2 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.61 1.0 – – 6.53 1.8 Level 1 .................................................. 6.74 1.4 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.41 15.0 10.13 11.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.07 6.3 8.62 4.7 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.21 5.3 8.71 3.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.04 6.4 8.60 5.0 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.84 5.7 8.24 3.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.47 6.2 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 17.13 33.2 – – 8.09 17.7 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.69 3.7 18.79 5.4 8.99 2.3 Level 1 .................................................. 7.51 13.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.66 7.8 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.23 6.2 – – 8.91 2.4 Level 4 .................................................. 12.73 1.8 12.99 1.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 25.51 18.8 25.51 18.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.34 21.5 18.34 21.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.24 16.7 22.24 16.7 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.05 1.1 12.04 4.3 8.60 1.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.42 10.3 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.69 5.6 – – 8.87 2.4 Level 4 .................................................. 12.26 .8 12.55 2.5 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.23 4.5 10.04 .3 8.21 2.9 Cashiers...................................................... 9.23 4.5 10.04 .3 8.21 2.9 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 10.47 12.3 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 11.45 2.1 12.56 5.0 8.79 1.4 Level 3 .................................................. 10.16 2.9 – – 9.27 3.9 Level 4 .................................................. 11.67 10.6 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 34.14 11.4 34.14 11.4 – – Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 12.05 14.8 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... $13.66 3.5 $13.81 3.7 $11.29 7.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.14 7.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.22 3.9 10.28 4.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.73 9.5 12.83 9.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.55 2.8 13.46 2.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.68 8.9 18.89 4.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.62 7.4 17.61 7.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.41 11.7 23.41 11.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.03 26.0 24.03 26.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 11.76 3.4 11.78 4.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.06 2.3 11.11 2.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.92 4.2 11.86 4.7 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.37 8.8 12.31 9.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.91 6.4 11.78 7.7 – – Tellers......................................................... 10.91 1.7 10.95 1.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.74 2.7 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 15.29 5.7 15.29 5.7 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.65 5.5 10.98 4.6 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 17.57 5.1 17.57 5.1 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.78 5.1 16.74 5.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.56 1.3 15.37 .9 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.18 4.7 19.18 4.7 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.86 9.8 13.86 9.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.60 4.1 15.60 4.1 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.90 11.8 14.90 11.8 – – Data entry keyers............................................... 12.42 5.1 12.42 5.1 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 10.86 9.1 10.96 9.1 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.99 5.3 15.19 4.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.56 3.5 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.47 3.7 31.47 3.7 – – Construction laborers............................................. 12.42 8.1 12.42 8.1 – – Electricians...................................................... 21.60 11.5 21.60 11.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.77 5.4 15.82 5.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.67 4.8 14.67 4.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.66 8.4 18.66 8.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.51 9.2 18.51 9.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 25.13 18.4 25.13 18.4 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 14.07 8.2 14.07 8.2 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.66 6.0 17.66 6.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.44 10.2 16.44 10.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.68 3.4 20.68 3.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. $22.90 2.4 $22.90 2.4 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.29 5.8 20.29 5.8 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.37 10.5 14.37 10.5 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.00 6.4 16.41 6.5 $8.51 6.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.08 1.0 7.97 .7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.18 5.6 9.26 5.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 19.66 4.7 20.01 3.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.11 4.7 17.21 4.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.02 4.7 17.02 4.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.33 2.1 18.33 2.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.26 4.4 23.30 4.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.77 1.5 15.94 2.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 19.59 9.8 19.59 9.8 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 9.78 4.1 10.08 3.8 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 9.69 3.5 9.98 3.3 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 23.27 5.3 23.27 5.3 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 19.09 6.3 19.09 6.3 – – Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.72 7.7 13.72 7.7 – – Machinists........................................................ 18.05 6.0 18.05 6.0 – – Tool and die makers............................................... 25.67 .6 25.67 .6 – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 16.04 24.0 16.04 24.0 – – Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................... 11.34 9.4 11.34 9.4 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.59 1.2 15.98 2.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.52 9.7 18.52 9.7 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.03 5.0 13.15 5.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.83 2.2 13.83 2.2 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.54 10.5 12.34 10.5 7.69 8.9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.63 6.1 7.98 4.7 7.12 8.8 Level 2 .................................................. 10.35 5.6 10.51 6.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.15 19.9 14.15 19.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.27 21.5 15.27 21.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.28 18.2 16.28 18.2 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.22 15.8 14.02 12.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.68 21.7 14.68 21.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.67 22.5 19.67 22.5 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.79 8.7 13.77 8.8 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.64 3.8 9.82 3.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.91 6.2 9.26 5.2 7.79 8.5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.13 5.4 8.32 4.0 7.79 8.5 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.38 5.2 9.35 5.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. $8.48 3.9 $8.11 1.5 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 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 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. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Huntsville, AL, May 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $20.57 5.4 $20.74 5.4 $15.77 20.2 Management occupations.............................................. 39.36 7.5 39.36 7.5 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.00 3.7 30.31 3.6 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.20 5.8 24.27 6.2 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 17.30 11.9 17.30 11.9 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.16 3.6 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.59 11.1 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.39 5.1 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.46 14.0 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.46 14.0 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.11 7.3 15.14 7.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.63 5.4 11.63 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.25 4.6 15.25 4.6 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.88 7.4 15.88 7.4 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.86 5.7 14.86 5.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.85 7.8 16.85 7.8 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.08 5.7 13.93 5.3 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 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 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. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Huntsville, AL, May 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $19.63 2.1 $20.92 2.1 $10.50 13.8 Management occupations.............................................. 37.92 3.9 37.92 3.9 – – Group II.................................................. 21.10 7.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.74 7.0 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 43.86 19.8 43.86 19.8 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 35.30 16.1 35.30 16.1 – – Education administrators.......................................... 40.33 6.9 40.33 6.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.32 4.9 32.35 4.9 – – Group II.................................................. 21.91 5.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 30.70 2.1 – – – – Buyers and purchasing agents Group II.................................................. 17.74 13.0 – – – – Cost estimators................................................... 29.46 7.9 29.46 7.9 – – Management analysts............................................... 37.83 9.8 37.83 9.8 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 34.60 12.0 34.60 12.0 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.17 4.3 35.16 3.6 – – Group II.................................................. 25.08 3.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.12 3.2 – – – – Computer programmers.............................................. 25.63 6.1 24.43 5.5 – – Group II.................................................. 24.37 7.7 24.37 7.7 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 40.06 3.5 40.93 6.0 – – Group III................................................. 43.44 2.6 – – – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 38.82 6.9 40.95 2.2 – – Group III................................................. 39.04 5.3 39.04 5.3 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 40.92 11.2 40.92 11.2 – – Group III................................................. 46.12 5.0 46.12 5.0 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 37.13 17.1 36.25 18.3 – – Group II.................................................. 27.89 7.7 27.89 7.7 – – Group III................................................. 38.87 9.4 37.27 9.5 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.31 3.3 33.87 1.5 – – Group II.................................................. 24.96 5.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.51 2.0 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 38.72 1.6 38.02 .9 – – Group II.................................................. 30.34 12.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.89 .8 – – – – Aerospace engineers............................................. 44.57 2.3 42.30 5.6 – – Group III................................................. 37.44 2.3 37.44 2.3 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 36.62 3.6 36.62 3.6 – – Electrical engineers.......................................... 36.57 3.6 36.57 3.6 – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 35.44 8.7 35.44 8.7 – – Group III................................................. 38.40 4.6 – – – – Industrial engineers.......................................... 36.73 7.3 36.73 7.3 – – Group III................................................. $38.40 4.6 $38.40 4.6 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.09 9.2 23.09 9.2 – – Group II.................................................. 23.44 10.7 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 23.10 17.5 23.10 17.5 – – Group II.................................................. 23.67 19.2 23.67 19.2 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.10 15.0 28.10 15.0 – – Group II.................................................. 18.54 4.4 – – – – Physical scientists............................................... 31.27 13.2 31.27 13.2 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 15.56 9.7 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.69 3.6 30.00 3.5 – – Group II.................................................. 29.08 2.5 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.77 2.7 28.97 2.3 – – Group II.................................................. 28.79 2.7 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.52 2.3 28.80 1.6 – – Group II.................................................. 28.52 2.3 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.51 3.0 28.86 2.5 – – Group II.................................................. 28.51 3.0 28.86 2.5 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.99 14.7 18.27 15.3 $12.54 11.8 Group II.................................................. 19.66 5.1 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.54 9.1 25.11 10.0 20.67 11.2 Group I................................................... 12.55 10.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.27 4.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.49 22.6 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 25.44 4.9 25.29 5.4 – – Group II.................................................. 22.93 2.3 22.93 2.3 – – Group III................................................. 29.09 5.3 29.74 6.5 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.81 4.5 15.37 5.3 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.96 6.5 10.13 6.5 – – Group I................................................... 9.61 6.1 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.43 .5 9.41 .6 – – Group I................................................... 9.43 .5 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.43 .5 9.41 .6 – – Group I................................................... 9.43 .5 9.41 .6 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 14.17 13.1 14.55 13.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.35 8.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.90 7.8 – – – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.74 6.5 11.00 6.5 – – Group I................................................... 10.54 7.7 – – – – Security guards................................................. 10.74 6.5 11.00 6.5 – – Group I................................................... $10.54 7.7 $10.80 7.3 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.88 1.9 10.41 7.6 $6.09 0.7 Group I................................................... 6.80 3.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 14.81 2.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.34 4.0 13.34 4.0 – – Group II.................................................. 14.81 2.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.82 9.0 13.82 9.0 – – Group II.................................................. 15.92 4.2 15.92 4.2 – – Cooks............................................................. 6.88 8.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 6.88 8.8 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.55 19.8 – – 4.69 15.6 Group I................................................... 4.55 19.8 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.28 25.7 – – 4.58 20.4 Group I................................................... 4.28 25.7 – – 4.58 20.4 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.71 1.8 – – 6.55 1.8 Group I................................................... 6.71 1.8 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.69 1.6 – – 6.55 1.8 Group I................................................... 6.69 1.6 – – 6.55 1.8 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.65 11.8 10.27 8.5 – – Group I................................................... 8.77 6.9 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.68 5.7 9.20 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 8.30 4.8 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.58 7.5 9.07 6.5 – – Group I................................................... 8.04 5.6 8.43 3.8 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 16.15 33.6 – – 7.83 11.9 Group I................................................... 7.19 6.7 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.58 3.6 18.63 5.3 8.96 2.2 Group I................................................... 10.89 2.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 25.87 10.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.24 16.7 22.24 16.7 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.07 1.1 12.04 4.1 8.58 1.1 Group I................................................... 10.29 2.2 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.27 4.2 10.13 1.1 8.12 3.4 Group I................................................... 9.37 10.0 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.27 4.2 10.13 1.1 8.12 3.4 Group I................................................... 9.37 10.0 – – 8.17 2.9 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 10.47 12.3 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 11.49 2.1 12.57 4.8 8.79 1.4 Group I................................................... 10.32 2.5 11.28 5.5 8.79 1.4 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ $34.14 11.4 $34.14 11.4 – – Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 12.05 14.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.05 14.8 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.89 3.4 14.04 3.5 $11.23 7.7 Group I................................................... 12.38 1.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.30 6.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.40 16.9 24.40 16.9 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.51 3.7 12.60 4.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.30 4.0 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.89 7.2 13.92 7.4 – – Group I................................................... 13.46 7.5 13.48 7.8 – – Tellers......................................................... 10.91 1.7 10.95 1.8 – – Group I................................................... 10.91 1.7 10.95 1.8 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 15.29 5.7 15.29 5.7 – – Group I................................................... 15.41 8.1 15.41 8.1 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.65 5.5 10.98 4.6 – – Group I................................................... 10.65 5.5 10.98 4.6 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 17.57 5.1 17.57 5.1 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.30 3.8 16.25 3.9 – – Group I................................................... 14.14 5.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.62 1.0 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.28 4.2 19.28 4.2 – – Group II.................................................. 20.79 .6 20.79 .6 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.82 6.6 13.82 6.6 – – Group I................................................... 13.73 7.0 13.73 7.0 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.01 9.3 14.01 9.3 – – Group I................................................... 13.15 9.2 – – – – Data entry keyers............................................... 11.95 5.5 11.95 5.5 – – Group I................................................... 11.95 5.5 11.95 5.5 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 10.71 7.4 10.79 7.4 – – Group I................................................... 9.99 3.2 10.06 3.2 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.01 5.0 15.19 4.6 – – Group I................................................... 11.49 7.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.56 7.9 – – – – Construction laborers............................................. 12.42 8.1 12.42 8.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.42 8.1 12.42 8.1 – – Electricians...................................................... 21.60 11.5 21.60 11.5 – – Group II.................................................. 21.60 11.5 21.60 11.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.87 5.0 15.92 5.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.61 2.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.16 5.6 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ $25.13 18.4 $25.13 18.4 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 14.07 8.2 14.07 8.2 – – Group II.................................................. 14.78 4.7 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.66 6.0 17.66 6.0 – – Group II.................................................. 20.04 3.4 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.29 5.8 20.29 5.8 – – Group II.................................................. 22.40 2.8 22.40 2.8 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.37 10.5 14.37 10.5 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.08 6.3 16.49 6.4 $8.51 6.1 Group I................................................... 15.05 7.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.72 6.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.60 9.6 20.60 9.6 – – Group II.................................................. 18.73 12.0 18.73 12.0 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 9.78 4.1 10.08 3.8 – – Group I................................................... 9.26 5.6 – – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 9.69 3.5 9.98 3.3 – – Group I................................................... 9.11 4.4 – – – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 23.27 5.3 23.27 5.3 – – Group I................................................... 23.15 5.5 – – – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 19.09 6.3 19.09 6.3 – – Group I................................................... 19.41 7.8 – – – – Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.72 7.7 13.72 7.7 – – Machinists........................................................ 18.05 6.0 18.05 6.0 – – Tool and die makers............................................... 25.67 .6 25.67 .6 – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 16.04 24.0 16.04 24.0 – – Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................... 11.34 9.4 11.34 9.4 – – Group I................................................... 11.34 9.4 11.34 9.4 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.59 1.2 15.98 2.0 – – Group I................................................... 13.89 12.7 14.51 11.4 – – Group II.................................................. 17.88 7.5 17.72 9.0 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.03 5.0 13.15 5.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.52 2.7 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.76 9.4 12.48 9.3 8.16 10.4 Group I................................................... 10.91 11.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.73 9.0 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.46 13.3 14.18 10.3 – – Group I................................................... 13.01 17.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.25 7.0 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.94 7.7 13.91 7.8 – – Group I................................................... $13.51 9.6 $13.48 9.8 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 16.60 19.0 16.60 19.0 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.64 3.8 9.82 3.4 – – Group I................................................... 9.64 3.8 9.82 3.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.91 6.2 9.26 5.2 $7.79 8.5 Group I................................................... 8.92 6.2 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.38 5.2 9.35 5.7 – – Group I................................................... 9.40 5.0 9.38 5.5 – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 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. 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Huntsville, AL, May 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.50 $10.00 $15.24 $26.92 $38.16 Management occupations.............................................. 20.08 26.56 36.07 47.73 57.84 General and operations managers................................... 10.84 22.81 43.03 63.99 73.03 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 26.56 26.56 31.15 37.62 52.98 Education administrators.......................................... 28.38 37.33 40.05 44.79 50.95 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.43 23.29 29.84 38.46 46.81 Cost estimators................................................... 22.88 25.10 32.50 32.50 32.50 Management analysts............................................... 29.80 29.80 41.04 45.85 45.85 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.64 28.80 30.58 34.15 58.77 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.60 26.13 33.46 44.36 50.20 Computer programmers.............................................. 16.32 17.68 27.38 29.98 35.82 Computer software engineers....................................... 22.94 31.79 43.50 49.04 51.18 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 20.80 31.25 43.50 45.37 49.04 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 24.18 32.61 44.62 50.32 52.32 Computer systems analysts......................................... 23.56 27.88 35.37 43.72 54.54 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 19.87 26.51 34.00 42.00 47.40 Engineers......................................................... 28.85 32.99 37.94 44.88 50.00 Aerospace engineers............................................. 32.69 38.18 42.50 50.00 58.15 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 25.00 31.97 33.70 40.87 53.15 Electrical engineers.......................................... 25.00 31.71 33.70 40.87 53.15 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 26.51 34.15 37.60 39.15 43.73 Industrial engineers.......................................... 26.51 34.68 38.00 42.43 43.73 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 16.71 18.93 22.11 27.40 34.08 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 13.74 17.00 21.55 27.42 34.08 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 15.60 16.37 22.07 42.78 51.08 Physical scientists............................................... 16.23 16.37 27.59 42.78 53.83 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.08 13.08 14.61 15.38 17.56 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 21.67 25.24 29.77 33.35 38.01 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 21.85 25.24 29.44 32.05 34.38 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 21.85 25.00 29.18 31.59 33.35 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.48 25.24 29.18 31.59 33.35 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 9.21 10.30 16.95 24.14 35.00 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.65 16.60 21.58 26.62 45.04 Registered nurses................................................. 18.30 21.27 25.00 27.60 32.08 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 12.31 13.56 16.15 16.60 19.58 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.50 8.50 9.00 9.95 14.94 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.50 8.86 9.14 9.73 10.87 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.50 8.86 9.14 9.73 10.87 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.98 11.30 12.85 17.64 19.96 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 7.25 8.00 11.50 12.11 13.47 Security guards................................................. $7.25 $8.00 $11.50 $12.11 $13.47 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.37 6.00 6.78 9.10 12.50 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 9.58 10.00 12.50 17.25 17.78 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 9.58 10.00 14.38 17.78 17.78 Cooks............................................................. 5.50 6.00 6.11 9.00 9.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.38 2.75 5.37 5.44 5.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.38 2.75 5.15 5.44 5.44 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.00 6.50 7.15 7.75 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.00 6.00 6.35 7.05 7.75 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.00 7.10 9.08 10.22 12.72 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.00 6.80 8.30 10.02 10.46 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.00 6.75 8.00 9.55 10.76 Personal care and service occupations............................... 5.85 7.41 15.87 23.92 31.52 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.85 9.03 11.07 20.49 36.39 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.68 15.68 19.71 28.13 31.92 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.50 8.46 9.66 11.07 20.26 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.05 7.71 9.52 11.00 11.25 Cashiers...................................................... 7.05 7.71 9.52 11.00 11.25 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 7.25 8.25 8.75 10.00 16.08 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.65 8.53 10.08 11.07 20.49 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 19.38 29.99 41.15 41.15 43.90 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 8.00 11.16 11.16 11.16 16.35 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.77 10.24 12.91 16.64 20.49 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.00 17.65 25.26 25.26 39.44 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.75 10.50 12.29 13.18 17.52 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.92 11.18 13.18 16.99 19.20 Tellers......................................................... 9.75 9.77 10.82 12.62 12.89 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.24 13.20 13.25 18.00 22.43 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.77 9.79 11.00 11.00 11.97 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 10.56 14.08 17.51 18.85 26.44 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 9.57 13.29 17.03 19.50 21.17 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.63 17.03 20.40 20.94 22.54 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 8.62 10.53 13.75 16.95 18.00 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 9.83 10.82 13.03 13.59 19.60 Data entry keyers............................................... 9.83 10.82 12.48 13.03 13.59 Office clerks, general............................................ 7.50 9.06 10.00 10.78 14.33 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.00 9.95 11.91 15.24 31.06 Construction laborers............................................. 9.00 9.34 11.06 14.50 20.50 Electricians...................................................... 12.00 13.00 15.00 32.11 33.33 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.25 11.76 13.50 19.94 24.47 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ $14.00 $14.00 $28.00 $30.01 $37.28 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 11.00 13.05 13.50 15.00 20.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 11.00 11.76 18.50 20.48 24.47 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 11.76 16.00 20.48 23.06 31.06 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 9.27 11.00 11.00 17.71 19.72 Production occupations.............................................. 7.30 9.50 14.50 22.89 27.23 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 14.50 14.50 19.23 25.07 30.00 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 7.00 7.71 9.22 11.23 13.00 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 7.00 7.50 9.22 11.23 12.52 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.55 22.90 27.23 27.23 27.23 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 9.75 13.80 23.07 24.14 24.36 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 8.77 10.88 13.80 16.81 18.88 Machinists........................................................ 13.25 16.50 19.00 20.16 20.50 Tool and die makers............................................... 17.00 20.25 31.16 31.16 31.16 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 10.30 10.50 14.00 17.13 30.92 Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................... 7.13 8.80 10.72 16.32 16.32 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 7.83 9.97 14.56 22.61 24.51 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.50 9.35 13.18 15.27 18.88 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.00 8.14 10.25 13.00 18.47 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 5.93 10.50 11.25 16.04 27.00 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 10.25 10.50 11.25 15.24 27.00 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.96 11.65 14.68 23.00 27.00 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 8.14 8.73 9.00 9.00 12.93 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.75 7.50 8.50 9.47 11.91 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.25 12.55 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Huntsville, AL, May 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.25 $9.58 $14.52 $27.00 $39.44 Management occupations.............................................. 19.27 26.56 35.50 47.73 58.41 General and operations managers................................... 10.84 35.50 44.28 73.03 73.03 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 26.56 26.56 31.15 37.62 52.98 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.32 23.29 29.96 38.95 46.81 Cost estimators................................................... 22.88 25.10 32.50 32.50 32.50 Management analysts............................................... 29.80 29.80 41.04 45.85 45.85 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.64 22.50 30.58 38.46 58.77 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 21.47 26.66 33.91 44.89 51.18 Computer programmers.............................................. 17.68 24.05 27.66 30.04 36.75 Computer software engineers....................................... 22.94 31.79 43.50 49.04 51.18 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 20.80 31.25 43.50 45.37 49.04 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 24.18 32.61 44.62 50.32 52.32 Computer systems analysts......................................... 23.38 26.88 35.65 45.99 54.54 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 19.87 27.41 34.00 42.43 47.87 Engineers......................................................... 29.38 33.10 38.00 44.99 50.00 Aerospace engineers............................................. 32.69 38.18 42.50 50.00 58.15 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 25.00 31.97 33.70 40.87 53.15 Electrical engineers.......................................... 25.00 31.71 33.70 40.87 53.15 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 26.51 34.15 37.60 39.15 43.73 Industrial engineers.......................................... 26.51 34.68 38.00 42.43 43.73 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 16.35 18.72 23.18 27.41 34.08 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 13.74 17.00 21.55 27.42 34.08 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 16.23 16.37 26.82 42.78 51.79 Physical scientists............................................... 16.23 16.37 27.59 42.78 53.83 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.08 13.08 14.61 15.38 17.56 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 14.75 17.43 23.55 23.55 31.32 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 9.21 9.31 18.03 25.22 35.00 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 10.50 14.34 19.00 26.28 53.37 Registered nurses................................................. 19.00 22.50 24.93 26.28 31.92 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 12.50 13.84 16.50 16.60 20.34 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.02 8.90 9.05 10.57 14.94 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.25 7.98 11.30 12.11 13.32 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 7.25 7.98 11.30 12.11 13.32 Security guards................................................. 7.25 7.98 11.30 12.11 13.32 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.37 6.00 6.50 8.75 13.75 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 9.58 10.00 12.50 17.25 17.78 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ $9.58 $10.00 $14.38 $17.78 $17.78 Cooks............................................................. 5.50 6.00 6.11 9.00 9.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.38 2.75 5.37 5.44 5.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.38 2.75 5.15 5.44 5.44 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.00 6.40 7.00 7.70 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.00 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.75 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.00 6.80 8.50 10.02 12.72 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.00 6.50 8.00 10.02 10.07 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 5.75 6.50 7.36 8.94 10.07 Personal care and service occupations............................... 5.85 8.50 15.87 23.92 31.52 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.85 9.03 11.07 20.56 36.81 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.68 15.68 19.71 28.13 31.92 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.50 8.40 9.66 11.07 20.26 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.71 9.31 11.00 11.25 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.71 9.31 11.00 11.25 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 7.25 8.25 8.75 10.00 16.08 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.65 8.50 9.80 11.07 20.56 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 19.38 29.99 41.15 41.15 43.90 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 8.00 11.16 11.16 11.16 16.35 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.62 10.00 12.89 16.01 19.99 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.00 17.64 17.65 39.44 39.44 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.75 10.50 11.25 13.12 14.34 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 7.50 10.50 13.18 13.19 16.44 Tellers......................................................... 9.75 9.77 10.82 12.62 12.89 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.24 13.20 13.25 18.00 22.43 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.77 9.79 11.00 11.00 11.97 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 10.56 14.08 17.51 18.85 26.44 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 8.62 13.75 17.31 20.43 21.84 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.38 17.03 20.39 20.94 22.54 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 8.62 8.62 15.87 17.06 18.00 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 10.82 12.48 13.03 19.60 22.72 Data entry keyers............................................... 10.82 10.82 12.48 13.59 13.59 Office clerks, general............................................ 7.50 9.89 10.00 10.19 15.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.00 9.95 11.68 15.00 31.06 Construction laborers............................................. 9.00 9.34 11.06 14.50 20.50 Electricians...................................................... 12.00 13.00 15.00 32.11 33.33 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.25 11.00 13.50 19.89 25.08 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 14.00 14.00 28.00 30.01 37.28 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 11.00 13.05 13.50 15.00 20.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 11.00 11.76 18.50 20.48 24.47 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. $11.76 $16.00 $20.48 $23.06 $31.06 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 9.27 11.00 11.00 17.71 19.72 Production occupations.............................................. 7.30 9.48 14.50 22.67 27.23 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 14.50 14.50 16.24 24.29 30.00 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 7.00 7.71 9.22 11.23 13.00 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 7.00 7.50 9.22 11.23 12.52 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.55 22.90 27.23 27.23 27.23 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 9.75 13.80 23.07 24.14 24.36 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 8.77 10.88 13.80 16.81 18.88 Machinists........................................................ 13.25 16.50 19.00 20.16 20.50 Tool and die makers............................................... 17.00 20.25 31.16 31.16 31.16 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 10.30 10.50 14.00 17.13 30.92 Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................... 7.13 8.80 10.72 16.32 16.32 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 7.83 9.97 14.56 22.61 24.51 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.50 9.35 13.18 15.27 18.88 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.50 8.03 9.97 12.25 20.06 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 5.93 10.25 11.11 15.25 27.00 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 10.25 10.50 11.11 14.80 27.00 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 8.14 8.73 9.00 9.00 12.93 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.75 7.50 8.50 9.47 11.91 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.25 12.55 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Huntsville, AL, May 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.58 $12.77 $19.01 $26.52 $33.61 Management occupations.............................................. 31.50 33.45 39.90 44.64 50.95 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 21.67 25.75 29.95 33.35 38.01 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.66 17.93 22.83 27.17 35.08 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.85 12.85 15.98 19.96 25.44 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.15 9.30 10.16 11.46 12.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.60 8.20 9.83 11.33 17.80 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.29 8.02 9.16 10.76 17.80 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.29 8.02 9.16 10.76 17.80 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.83 11.13 13.85 17.73 25.26 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.00 13.17 16.99 17.73 19.26 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 9.85 11.78 13.85 18.17 20.40 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.20 12.96 19.54 19.94 21.04 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.41 11.75 15.16 16.27 16.65 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Huntsville, AL, May 2006 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.74 $11.00 $16.71 $27.49 $39.44 Management occupations.............................................. 20.08 26.56 36.07 47.73 57.84 General and operations managers................................... 10.84 22.81 43.03 63.99 73.03 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 26.56 26.56 31.15 37.62 52.98 Education administrators.......................................... 28.38 37.33 40.05 44.79 50.95 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.43 23.29 29.84 38.95 46.81 Cost estimators................................................... 22.88 25.10 32.50 32.50 32.50 Management analysts............................................... 29.80 29.80 41.04 45.85 45.85 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.64 28.80 30.58 34.15 58.77 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.10 26.13 33.46 44.36 50.15 Computer programmers.............................................. 16.32 17.68 24.06 29.50 33.42 Computer software engineers....................................... 24.62 34.57 43.50 49.04 51.18 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 26.20 35.00 43.50 49.04 49.04 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 24.18 32.61 44.62 50.32 52.32 Computer systems analysts......................................... 23.29 26.66 34.15 42.12 50.15 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.00 26.51 33.70 40.73 46.56 Engineers......................................................... 28.49 32.60 36.88 43.23 48.55 Aerospace engineers............................................. 31.84 36.36 42.50 47.02 53.64 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 25.00 31.97 33.70 40.87 53.15 Electrical engineers.......................................... 25.00 31.71 33.70 40.87 53.15 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 26.51 34.15 37.60 39.15 43.73 Industrial engineers.......................................... 26.51 34.68 38.00 42.43 43.73 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 16.71 18.93 22.11 27.40 34.08 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 13.74 17.00 21.55 27.42 34.08 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 15.60 16.37 22.07 42.78 51.08 Physical scientists............................................... 16.23 16.37 27.59 42.78 53.83 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 21.67 25.75 29.95 33.35 38.01 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 21.67 25.62 29.44 32.22 34.38 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 21.67 25.75 29.44 31.88 33.61 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.48 26.01 29.44 31.59 33.35 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 9.21 10.30 16.95 24.14 35.00 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.65 16.63 21.57 27.11 49.04 Registered nurses................................................. 17.94 20.55 24.93 27.94 32.13 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 12.20 13.14 14.34 16.96 19.17 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.19 8.80 9.05 10.09 14.94 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.50 8.86 9.13 9.69 10.86 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.50 8.86 9.13 9.69 10.86 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.50 12.11 12.85 18.53 19.96 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. $7.25 $10.00 $11.96 $12.11 $13.80 Security guards................................................. 7.25 10.00 11.96 12.11 13.80 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.50 7.50 9.62 12.50 17.69 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 9.58 10.00 12.50 17.25 17.78 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 9.58 10.00 14.38 17.78 17.78 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.78 8.00 10.00 10.76 14.42 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.50 7.71 8.78 10.02 10.72 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.50 7.19 8.36 10.07 11.71 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.35 10.00 12.31 22.93 41.15 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.68 15.68 19.71 28.13 31.92 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.00 8.75 10.94 12.60 20.56 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.75 9.00 10.59 11.25 11.50 Cashiers...................................................... 7.75 9.00 10.59 11.25 11.50 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.00 9.05 11.07 14.91 20.56 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 19.38 29.99 41.15 41.15 43.90 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.82 10.30 13.00 16.66 20.90 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.00 17.65 25.26 25.26 39.44 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.75 10.50 12.40 13.18 17.52 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.92 10.50 13.18 17.48 19.20 Tellers......................................................... 9.75 9.77 10.82 12.62 12.89 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.24 13.20 13.25 18.00 22.43 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.02 10.25 11.00 11.00 13.06 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 10.56 14.08 17.51 18.85 26.44 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 9.29 13.03 16.79 20.16 21.17 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.63 17.03 20.40 20.94 22.54 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 8.62 10.53 13.75 16.95 18.00 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 9.83 10.82 13.03 13.59 19.60 Data entry keyers............................................... 9.83 10.82 12.48 13.03 13.59 Office clerks, general............................................ 7.82 9.77 10.00 11.00 14.33 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.00 9.95 11.93 15.24 31.06 Construction laborers............................................. 9.00 9.34 11.06 14.50 20.50 Electricians...................................................... 12.00 13.00 15.00 32.11 33.33 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.25 11.76 13.50 19.94 24.47 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 14.00 14.00 28.00 30.01 37.28 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 11.00 13.05 13.50 15.00 20.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 11.00 11.76 18.50 20.48 24.47 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 11.76 16.00 20.48 23.06 31.06 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... $9.27 $11.00 $11.00 $17.71 $19.72 Production occupations.............................................. 7.73 10.00 14.97 24.14 27.23 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 14.50 14.50 19.23 25.07 30.00 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 7.11 8.24 9.84 11.39 13.31 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 7.11 8.18 9.59 11.23 13.00 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.55 22.90 27.23 27.23 27.23 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 9.75 13.80 23.07 24.14 24.36 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 8.77 10.88 13.80 16.81 18.88 Machinists........................................................ 13.25 16.50 19.00 20.16 20.50 Tool and die makers............................................... 17.00 20.25 31.16 31.16 31.16 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 10.30 10.50 14.00 17.13 30.92 Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................... 7.13 8.80 10.72 16.32 16.32 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 9.00 9.97 14.56 22.61 24.51 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.50 9.35 13.18 15.27 18.88 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.50 9.00 10.50 14.68 21.64 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.25 10.50 11.45 16.27 27.00 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 10.25 10.50 11.25 15.16 27.00 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.96 11.65 14.68 23.00 27.00 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 8.14 8.14 9.00 11.05 12.93 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.50 7.50 9.00 10.06 12.00 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.00 7.75 9.45 10.00 12.55 1 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. 2 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. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Huntsville, AL, May 2006 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $5.44 $6.07 $7.25 $9.75 $17.50 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 8.00 8.00 12.87 16.50 18.02 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 9.00 15.00 24.42 26.26 26.26 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.15 5.50 6.05 6.55 7.50 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.75 2.75 5.37 5.44 5.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.75 2.75 5.37 5.44 5.44 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.00 6.25 7.00 7.50 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.00 6.00 6.25 7.00 7.50 Personal care and service occupations............................... 5.42 5.85 7.07 7.41 8.73 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.00 7.74 9.03 9.66 11.16 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.74 7.50 9.00 9.62 10.50 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.50 7.30 7.71 9.53 9.53 Cashiers...................................................... 6.50 7.30 7.71 9.53 9.53 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.95 7.78 9.03 9.66 10.62 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.00 9.00 10.56 13.19 17.50 Production occupations.............................................. 6.54 7.00 7.50 9.00 12.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 5.50 6.25 7.67 9.00 10.25 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.25 6.25 7.00 8.75 10.25 1 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. 2 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. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Huntsville, AL, May 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $20.92 $16.71 $835 $671 39.9 $42,866 $34,782 2,049 Management occupations.............................................. 37.92 36.07 1,521 1,443 40.1 78,704 75,026 2,075 General and operations managers................................... 43.86 43.03 1,773 1,721 40.4 91,275 89,500 2,081 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 35.30 31.15 1,412 1,246 40.0 73,415 64,800 2,080 Education administrators.......................................... 40.33 40.05 1,602 1,602 39.7 81,529 79,740 2,022 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.35 29.84 1,296 1,193 40.1 67,399 62,059 2,083 Cost estimators................................................... 29.46 32.50 1,178 1,300 40.0 61,274 67,600 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 37.83 41.04 1,523 1,642 40.3 79,219 85,363 2,094 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 34.60 30.58 1,384 1,223 40.0 71,972 63,611 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.16 33.46 1,443 1,418 41.0 75,048 73,736 2,135 Computer programmers.............................................. 24.43 24.06 982 962 40.2 51,083 50,045 2,091 Computer software engineers....................................... 40.93 43.50 1,690 1,740 41.3 87,905 90,480 2,148 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 40.95 43.50 1,638 1,740 40.0 85,178 90,480 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 40.92 44.62 1,725 1,749 42.2 89,690 90,973 2,192 Computer systems analysts......................................... 36.25 34.15 1,456 1,383 40.2 75,694 71,906 2,088 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.87 33.70 1,359 1,348 40.1 70,654 70,096 2,086 Engineers......................................................... 38.02 36.88 1,526 1,481 40.1 79,348 77,002 2,087 Aerospace engineers............................................. 42.30 42.50 1,692 1,700 40.0 87,980 88,406 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 36.62 33.70 1,491 1,348 40.7 77,515 70,096 2,117 Electrical engineers.......................................... 36.57 33.70 1,489 1,348 40.7 77,421 70,096 2,117 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 35.44 37.60 1,426 1,517 40.2 74,156 78,907 2,093 Industrial engineers.......................................... 36.73 38.00 1,469 1,520 40.0 76,393 79,042 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.09 22.11 924 884 40.0 48,026 45,978 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 23.10 21.55 924 862 40.0 48,045 44,824 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.10 22.07 1,161 883 41.3 60,377 45,912 2,148 Physical scientists............................................... 31.27 27.59 1,310 1,104 41.9 68,117 57,387 2,178 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.00 29.95 1,159 1,178 38.6 44,622 45,312 1,487 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.97 29.44 1,128 1,144 38.9 43,386 44,048 1,497 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.80 29.44 1,127 1,154 39.1 43,116 44,048 1,497 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.86 29.44 1,124 1,154 38.9 43,217 44,048 1,497 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 18.27 16.95 731 678 40.0 37,901 35,246 2,075 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.11 21.57 992 837 39.5 51,565 43,534 2,053 Registered nurses................................................. 25.29 24.93 1,006 997 39.8 52,331 51,844 2,069 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.37 14.34 591 574 38.5 30,752 29,827 2,001 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.13 9.05 397 361 39.2 20,646 18,762 2,038 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.41 9.13 370 362 39.3 19,234 18,824 2,044 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ $9.41 $9.13 $370 $362 39.3 $19,234 $18,824 2,044 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.55 12.85 610 558 41.9 31,710 29,037 2,179 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.00 11.96 440 478 40.0 22,881 24,877 2,080 Security guards................................................. 11.00 11.96 440 478 40.0 22,881 24,877 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.41 9.62 416 372 40.0 20,778 17,680 1,996 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.34 12.50 598 575 44.8 31,112 29,900 2,332 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.82 14.38 632 625 45.8 32,887 32,500 2,380 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.27 10.00 365 366 35.5 18,966 19,011 1,847 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.20 8.78 315 332 34.3 16,403 17,264 1,784 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.07 8.36 295 320 32.6 15,359 16,640 1,693 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.63 12.31 750 479 40.2 38,989 24,918 2,093 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.24 19.71 894 807 40.2 46,469 41,976 2,090 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.04 10.94 486 440 40.3 25,257 22,880 2,098 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.13 10.59 404 424 39.9 20,996 22,027 2,073 Cashiers...................................................... 10.13 10.59 404 424 39.9 20,996 22,027 2,073 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.57 11.07 504 443 40.1 26,222 23,032 2,087 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 34.14 41.15 1,371 1,646 40.1 71,268 85,592 2,087 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.04 13.00 560 516 39.9 29,114 26,853 2,074 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.40 25.26 976 1,011 40.0 50,747 52,547 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.60 12.40 500 474 39.7 25,990 24,671 2,063 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.92 13.18 547 492 39.3 28,443 25,561 2,043 Tellers......................................................... 10.95 10.82 438 433 40.0 22,782 22,506 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.29 13.25 611 530 40.0 31,795 27,560 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.98 11.00 470 495 42.8 24,442 25,740 2,226 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 17.57 17.51 703 700 40.0 36,542 36,421 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.25 16.79 645 671 39.7 33,377 34,862 2,053 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.28 20.40 771 816 40.0 40,096 42,434 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.82 13.75 544 550 39.4 28,078 28,600 2,032 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.01 13.03 560 521 40.0 29,134 27,096 2,080 Data entry keyers............................................... 11.95 12.48 478 499 40.0 24,866 25,958 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.79 10.00 428 400 39.7 22,278 20,800 2,065 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.19 11.93 609 477 40.1 31,683 24,804 2,086 Construction laborers............................................. 12.42 11.06 497 442 40.0 25,837 22,996 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 21.60 15.00 864 600 40.0 44,938 31,200 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.92 13.50 646 596 40.6 33,595 31,013 2,111 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ $25.13 $28.00 $1,045 $1,120 41.6 $54,336 $58,238 2,162 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 14.07 13.50 588 600 41.8 30,558 31,200 2,172 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 17.66 18.50 703 740 39.8 36,554 38,480 2,069 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.29 20.48 803 819 39.6 41,756 42,603 2,058 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.37 11.00 575 440 40.0 29,886 22,880 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.49 14.97 655 588 39.7 34,050 30,551 2,065 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.60 19.23 841 769 40.8 43,724 40,000 2,123 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 10.08 9.84 403 394 40.0 20,975 20,467 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 9.98 9.59 399 384 40.0 20,762 19,947 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 23.27 27.23 931 1,089 40.0 48,393 56,638 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 19.09 23.07 763 923 39.9 39,653 47,986 2,077 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.72 13.80 549 552 40.0 28,543 28,704 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 18.05 19.00 722 760 40.0 37,542 39,520 2,080 Tool and die makers............................................... 25.67 31.16 1,027 1,246 40.0 53,402 64,813 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 16.04 14.00 630 520 39.3 32,764 27,040 2,042 Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................... $11.34 $10.72 $432 $407 38.1 $22,467 $21,177 1,980 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.98 14.56 636 582 39.8 33,069 30,285 2,069 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.15 13.18 520 527 39.5 27,025 27,404 2,055 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.48 10.50 502 420 40.2 26,111 21,840 2,091 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.18 11.45 573 460 40.4 29,788 23,920 2,101 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.91 11.25 562 450 40.4 29,218 23,400 2,100 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 16.60 14.68 664 587 40.0 34,523 30,543 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.82 9.00 393 360 40.0 20,422 18,720 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.26 9.00 371 360 40.0 19,269 18,720 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.35 9.45 374 378 40.0 19,458 19,656 2,080 1 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. 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. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Huntsville, AL, May 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $20.95 $16.26 $836 $644 39.9 $43,464 $33,301 2,075 Management occupations.............................................. 37.62 35.50 1,509 1,420 40.1 78,337 73,846 2,083 General and operations managers................................... 45.63 44.28 1,846 1,771 40.5 94,966 92,111 2,081 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 35.30 31.15 1,412 1,246 40.0 73,415 64,800 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.40 29.96 1,298 1,198 40.1 67,509 62,317 2,083 Cost estimators................................................... 29.46 32.50 1,178 1,300 40.0 61,274 67,600 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 37.83 41.04 1,523 1,642 40.3 79,219 85,363 2,094 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 35.38 30.58 1,415 1,223 40.0 73,590 63,611 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.00 33.82 1,480 1,467 41.1 76,979 76,274 2,138 Computer programmers.............................................. 25.89 27.66 1,042 1,106 40.2 54,176 57,533 2,093 Computer software engineers....................................... 40.93 43.50 1,690 1,740 41.3 87,905 90,480 2,148 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 40.95 43.50 1,638 1,740 40.0 85,178 90,480 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 40.92 44.62 1,725 1,749 42.2 89,690 90,973 2,192 Computer systems analysts......................................... 36.38 35.45 1,461 1,425 40.2 75,990 74,090 2,089 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.20 34.00 1,372 1,360 40.1 71,352 70,720 2,086 Engineers......................................................... 38.15 37.21 1,531 1,488 40.1 79,618 77,397 2,087 Aerospace engineers............................................. 42.30 42.50 1,692 1,700 40.0 87,980 88,406 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 36.62 33.70 1,491 1,348 40.7 77,515 70,096 2,117 Electrical engineers.......................................... 36.57 33.70 1,489 1,348 40.7 77,421 70,096 2,117 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 35.44 37.60 1,426 1,517 40.2 74,156 78,907 2,093 Industrial engineers.......................................... 36.73 38.00 1,469 1,520 40.0 76,393 79,042 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.18 23.18 927 927 40.0 48,223 48,219 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 23.10 21.55 924 862 40.0 48,045 44,824 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 29.28 26.82 1,215 1,073 41.5 63,167 55,779 2,157 Physical scientists............................................... 31.27 27.59 1,310 1,104 41.9 68,117 57,387 2,178 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.36 23.55 878 895 39.3 38,564 38,741 1,725 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 19.69 19.43 788 777 40.0 40,824 37,502 2,073 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.83 19.00 1,009 760 39.1 52,493 39,520 2,032 Registered nurses................................................. 24.39 24.93 965 997 39.6 50,175 51,844 2,057 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.67 9.16 415 366 38.9 21,573 19,053 2,023 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.85 11.96 434 478 40.0 22,567 24,877 2,080 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.85 11.96 434 478 40.0 22,567 24,877 2,080 Security guards................................................. 10.85 11.96 434 478 40.0 22,567 24,877 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.44 9.62 431 420 41.3 22,415 21,840 2,148 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... $13.34 $12.50 $598 $575 44.8 $31,112 $29,900 2,332 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.82 14.38 632 625 45.8 32,887 32,500 2,380 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.13 10.00 348 340 34.3 18,078 17,680 1,785 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.71 8.50 285 320 32.7 14,819 16,640 1,701 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.24 8.00 244 185 29.6 12,679 9,620 1,539 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.79 12.31 756 477 40.3 39,328 24,814 2,093 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.24 19.71 894 807 40.2 46,469 41,976 2,090 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.04 10.90 486 440 40.4 25,261 22,880 2,099 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.04 10.72 400 427 39.8 20,807 22,214 2,072 Cashiers...................................................... 10.04 10.72 400 427 39.8 20,807 22,214 2,072 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.56 11.07 504 443 40.1 26,209 23,032 2,087 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 34.14 41.15 1,371 1,646 40.1 71,268 85,592 2,087 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.81 12.91 551 505 39.9 28,659 26,250 2,075 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.03 17.65 961 706 40.0 49,975 36,712 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.78 11.75 467 470 39.6 24,259 24,440 2,059 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.31 13.18 478 474 38.8 24,849 24,671 2,019 Tellers......................................................... 10.95 10.82 438 433 40.0 22,782 22,506 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.29 13.25 611 530 40.0 31,795 27,560 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.98 11.00 470 495 42.8 24,442 25,740 2,226 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 17.57 17.51 703 700 40.0 36,542 36,421 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.74 17.06 662 681 39.5 34,430 35,420 2,056 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.18 20.39 767 816 40.0 39,889 42,411 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.86 15.87 540 635 39.0 28,100 33,010 2,028 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.90 13.03 596 521 40.0 31,002 27,096 2,080 Data entry keyers............................................... 12.42 12.48 497 499 40.0 25,841 25,958 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.96 10.00 434 400 39.6 22,589 20,800 2,061 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.19 11.68 609 467 40.1 31,681 24,288 2,086 Construction laborers............................................. 12.42 11.06 497 442 40.0 25,837 22,996 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 21.60 15.00 864 600 40.0 44,938 31,200 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.82 13.50 643 566 40.7 33,439 29,426 2,114 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 25.13 28.00 1,045 1,120 41.6 54,336 58,238 2,162 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 14.07 13.50 588 600 41.8 30,558 31,200 2,172 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 17.66 18.50 703 740 39.8 36,554 38,480 2,069 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.29 20.48 803 819 39.6 41,756 42,603 2,058 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.37 11.00 575 440 40.0 29,886 22,880 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. $16.41 $14.75 $652 $588 39.7 $33,887 $30,551 2,065 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 19.59 16.24 804 718 41.0 41,788 37,342 2,133 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 10.08 9.84 403 394 40.0 20,975 20,467 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 9.98 9.59 399 384 40.0 20,762 19,947 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 23.27 27.23 931 1,089 40.0 48,393 56,638 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 19.09 23.07 763 923 39.9 39,653 47,986 2,077 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.72 13.80 549 552 40.0 28,543 28,704 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 18.05 19.00 722 760 40.0 37,542 39,520 2,080 Tool and die makers............................................... 25.67 31.16 1,027 1,246 40.0 53,402 64,813 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 16.04 14.00 630 520 39.3 32,764 27,040 2,042 Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................... 11.34 10.72 432 407 38.1 22,467 21,177 1,980 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.98 14.56 636 582 39.8 33,069 30,285 2,069 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.15 13.18 520 527 39.5 27,025 27,404 2,055 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.34 10.50 497 420 40.2 25,831 21,840 2,093 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.02 11.25 567 450 40.5 29,496 23,400 2,105 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.77 11.11 556 444 40.4 28,936 23,107 2,102 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.82 9.00 393 360 40.0 20,422 18,720 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.26 9.00 371 360 40.0 19,269 18,720 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.35 9.45 374 378 40.0 19,458 19,656 2,080 1 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. 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. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Huntsville, AL, May 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $20.74 $19.10 $825 $765 39.8 $39,793 $38,532 1,918 Management occupations.............................................. 39.36 39.90 1,575 1,596 40.0 80,394 78,475 2,042 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.31 30.21 1,170 1,178 38.6 44,830 45,556 1,479 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.27 22.33 970 893 40.0 50,436 46,446 2,078 Protective service occupations...................................... 17.30 15.98 751 701 43.4 39,058 36,444 2,258 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.14 13.85 606 554 40.0 31,308 28,434 2,068 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.88 16.99 635 680 40.0 33,039 35,339 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.86 13.85 594 554 40.0 30,385 28,162 2,045 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.85 19.54 674 781 40.0 35,051 40,637 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.93 15.16 557 606 40.0 28,965 31,522 2,080 1 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. 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. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Huntsville, AL, May 2006 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $19.48 $17.31 $17.52 $27.95 Management, professional, and related...... 32.56 31.92 30.48 35.25 Management, business, and financial...... 34.78 31.78 31.43 39.42 Professional and related................. 31.87 31.95 30.22 33.51 Service.................................... 9.14 9.44 8.62 – Sales and office........................... 15.06 16.34 12.39 19.18 Sales and related........................ 16.69 19.99 10.68 – Office and administrative support........ 13.66 12.07 13.92 16.68 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 15.44 12.18 18.14 26.70 Construction and extraction............. 14.99 12.10 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 15.77 12.25 19.39 23.60 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 14.35 11.30 13.63 19.88 Production............................... 16.00 13.23 13.15 20.05 Transportation and material moving....... 11.54 10.25 14.72 – B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.2 5.2 7.5 4.0 Management, professional, and related............................... 2.1 5.9 6.2 4.5 Management, business, and financial............................... 2.3 7.4 5.4 4.3 Professional and related.......................................... 2.6 8.2 7.1 3.2 Service............................................................. 6.5 9.6 3.6 – Sales and office.................................................... 3.5 4.5 1.4 26.5 Sales and related................................................. 3.7 7.7 1.8 – Office and administrative support................................. 3.5 5.1 2.8 17.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.6 2.9 7.0 3.7 Construction and extraction...................................... 5.3 1.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.4 5.3 7.1 8.1 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.7 4.7 10.3 6.9 Production........................................................ 6.4 8.1 10.7 6.1 Transportation and material moving................................ 10.5 7.2 18.7 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Huntsville, AL, May 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $19.03 $13.50 $760 $540 40.0 $39,531 $28,080 2,077 Management occupations.............................................. 28.05 26.56 1,130 1,062 40.3 58,343 55,245 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.85 32.50 1,354 1,300 40.0 70,399 67,600 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 41.93 43.74 1,677 1,749 40.0 87,222 90,973 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.98 34.00 1,479 1,360 40.0 76,928 70,720 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 38.56 36.30 1,542 1,452 40.0 80,203 75,504 2,080 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 18.27 16.95 731 678 40.0 37,997 35,246 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.24 19.00 1,029 760 39.2 53,513 39,520 2,040 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.15 8.50 395 310 38.9 20,538 16,120 2,024 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.08 10.02 491 401 40.6 25,513 20,840 2,112 Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.82 19.38 885 804 40.6 46,039 41,818 2,110 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 23.40 28.13 941 1,125 40.2 48,941 58,500 2,091 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.61 10.87 562 450 41.3 29,243 23,400 2,148 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.16 19.33 631 544 41.6 32,823 28,270 2,165 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 34.08 41.15 1,363 1,646 40.0 70,877 85,592 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.17 11.75 484 492 39.8 25,157 25,561 2,068 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.89 11.75 468 470 39.4 24,356 24,440 2,048 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.20 12.79 472 474 38.7 24,557 24,671 2,014 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.80 8.62 449 345 38.1 23,361 17,932 1,980 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.22 11.06 489 442 40.0 25,413 22,996 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.30 13.05 505 540 41.1 26,274 28,080 2,135 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 13.83 13.45 553 538 40.0 28,757 27,976 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 13.62 12.92 535 516 39.3 27,806 26,849 2,041 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.12 16.01 725 640 40.0 37,694 33,301 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.01 10.25 443 410 40.2 23,014 21,320 2,090 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.02 10.50 445 420 40.4 23,150 21,840 2,102 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.49 10.50 466 420 40.6 24,255 21,840 2,111 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.28 9.25 371 370 40.0 19,310 19,240 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.45 9.45 378 378 40.0 19,656 19,656 2,080 1 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. 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. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Huntsville, AL, May 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $22.45 $20.06 $896 $783 39.9 $46,543 $40,518 2,073 Management occupations.............................................. 40.67 37.62 1,630 1,507 40.1 84,737 78,374 2,083 General and operations managers................................... 55.09 52.40 2,225 2,202 40.4 115,721 114,504 2,101 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.48 29.80 1,263 1,192 40.1 65,665 61,982 2,086 Management analysts............................................... 37.97 41.04 1,529 1,737 40.3 79,525 90,314 2,094 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.98 32.44 1,411 1,299 41.5 73,354 67,531 2,159 Computer programmers.............................................. 27.17 27.66 1,098 1,106 40.4 57,073 57,533 2,100 Computer software engineers....................................... 38.16 38.58 1,602 1,526 42.0 83,321 79,352 2,184 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 35.32 35.00 1,413 1,400 40.0 73,469 72,800 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 39.22 39.43 1,678 1,575 42.8 87,272 81,900 2,225 Computer systems analysts......................................... 33.44 31.25 1,345 1,260 40.2 69,944 65,499 2,091 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.91 32.99 1,322 1,320 40.2 68,761 68,619 2,089 Engineers......................................................... 37.88 38.00 1,524 1,521 40.2 79,230 79,102 2,092 Aerospace engineers............................................. 42.26 41.11 1,690 1,644 40.0 87,892 85,509 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 35.23 32.50 1,447 1,308 41.1 75,246 68,016 2,136 Electrical engineers.......................................... 35.15 32.25 1,444 1,308 41.1 75,087 68,016 2,136 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 35.44 37.60 1,426 1,517 40.2 74,156 78,907 2,093 Industrial engineers.......................................... 36.73 38.00 1,469 1,520 40.0 76,393 79,042 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.61 23.18 945 927 40.0 49,117 48,219 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 24.16 21.77 966 871 40.0 50,250 45,288 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 30.24 26.82 1,258 1,073 41.6 65,393 55,779 2,162 Physical scientists............................................... 31.27 27.59 1,310 1,104 41.9 68,117 57,387 2,178 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.89 22.19 836 888 40.0 43,189 45,321 2,067 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.19 22.50 979 801 38.9 50,917 41,671 2,021 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.26 9.16 402 366 39.2 20,928 19,053 2,040 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.40 8.00 254 294 30.2 13,184 15,307 1,570 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.14 8.00 242 200 29.8 12,598 10,400 1,547 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.13 8.00 231 164 28.4 12,021 8,528 1,478 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.70 11.07 544 443 39.7 28,307 23,032 2,066 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.66 10.90 422 426 39.6 21,938 22,173 2,057 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.95 11.07 430 443 39.3 22,358 23,032 2,041 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.91 13.59 596 544 40.0 31,010 28,267 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.57 11.04 463 442 40.0 24,076 22,967 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.47 13.25 619 530 40.0 32,174 27,560 2,080 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... $18.73 $18.05 $749 $722 40.0 $38,962 $37,548 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.20 17.50 728 700 40.0 37,851 36,400 2,080 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.41 20.66 777 826 40.0 40,381 42,973 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.01 15.87 641 635 40.0 33,306 33,010 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.76 10.00 471 400 40.0 24,468 20,800 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.42 26.68 947 1,242 40.4 49,223 64,605 2,102 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.74 20.48 831 819 40.1 43,235 42,603 2,085 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 19.38 20.32 769 813 39.7 40,002 42,255 2,065 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.81 20.48 822 819 39.5 42,763 42,603 2,055 Production occupations.............................................. 17.19 16.32 685 622 39.8 35,614 32,323 2,072 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 22.51 22.00 931 856 41.4 48,438 44,533 2,152 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 9.61 9.22 385 369 40.0 19,994 19,171 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 9.61 9.22 385 369 40.0 19,994 19,171 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 23.84 27.23 954 1,089 40.0 49,593 56,638 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 20.17 23.07 805 923 39.9 41,879 47,986 2,077 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.98 11.30 595 452 39.7 30,926 23,504 2,064 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.98 14.62 556 585 39.8 28,933 30,410 2,069 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.05 11.91 607 476 40.3 31,582 24,773 2,098 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.41 23.00 828 920 40.6 43,079 47,840 2,111 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.35 17.78 774 711 40.0 40,247 36,982 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.21 7.50 368 300 40.0 19,152 15,600 2,080 1 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. 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. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Huntsville, AL, May 2006 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $23.98 $23.98 – $19.35 $19.14 $20.57 Management, professional, and related............................... 30.56 30.56 – 31.45 32.60 27.04 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 35.16 34.80 38.54 Professional and related.......................................... 30.76 30.76 – 30.46 31.90 25.79 Service............................................................. – – – 9.88 9.14 12.96 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 15.03 15.06 14.80 Sales and related................................................. – – – 16.64 16.75 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 13.85 13.61 15.11 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 27.04 27.04 – 13.97 13.73 16.44 Construction and extraction...................................... – 30.73 – – 12.44 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 23.88 23.88 – 14.90 14.66 16.85 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 22.96 22.96 – 11.89 11.66 15.68 Production........................................................ 24.36 24.36 – 12.83 12.64 – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.54 18.54 – 10.64 10.26 14.08 Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.3 2.3 – 2.3 2.5 5.4 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.9 5.9 – 1.9 2.1 4.4 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 2.3 2.3 7.9 Professional and related.......................................... 5.8 5.8 – 2.3 2.6 5.2 Service............................................................. – – – 5.4 6.5 9.5 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 3.2 3.5 7.6 Sales and related................................................. – – – 3.6 3.7 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 3.3 3.4 7.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.6 5.6 – 3.0 2.9 6.3 Construction and extraction...................................... – 2.0 – – 1.5 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 3.6 3.6 – 3.9 3.8 7.8 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.2 3.2 – 4.1 4.1 6.5 Production........................................................ 1.2 1.2 – 4.2 3.9 – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.5 14.5 – 6.4 6.8 5.7 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 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. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. 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. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Huntsville, AL, May 2006 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $19.68 $19.52 $18.77 $18.77 Management, professional, and related............................... 31.36 32.47 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 34.84 34.44 – – Professional and related.......................................... 30.47 31.87 – – Service............................................................. 9.87 9.10 – – Sales and office.................................................... 14.03 13.92 21.72 21.72 Sales and related................................................. 14.28 14.36 22.18 22.18 Office and administrative support................................. 13.89 13.66 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 15.80 15.74 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 14.99 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 16.53 16.49 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.43 14.37 13.66 13.66 Production........................................................ 16.08 16.00 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.62 11.38 13.66 13.66 Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.0 2.1 12.6 12.6 Management, professional, and related............................... 1.7 2.0 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 1.9 1.8 – – Professional and related.......................................... 2.3 2.6 – – Service............................................................. 5.5 6.7 – – Sales and office.................................................... 4.6 5.2 15.5 15.5 Sales and related................................................. 11.2 11.5 16.0 16.0 Office and administrative support................................. 3.4 3.6 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.8 4.1 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 5.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.9 6.7 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.6 5.8 6.7 6.7 Production........................................................ 6.3 6.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.3 11.7 6.7 6.7 1 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. 2 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. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. 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. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Huntsville, AL, May 2006 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... $13.66 $21.94 $13.89 - $13.59 $28.30 - - - Management, professional, and related............................... – 33.54 – - 22.72 36.06 - - - Management, business, and financial............................... – 39.63 – - 22.72 35.56 - - - Professional and related.......................................... – 30.36 – - – 36.18 - - - Service............................................................. – – 9.11 - – 9.97 - - - Sales and office.................................................... – 21.29 14.59 - 12.82 15.21 - - - Sales and related................................................. – 36.22 15.61 - – 16.08 - - - Office and administrative support................................. – 17.69 11.23 - 12.74 15.10 - - - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 12.23 22.35 16.60 - – – - - - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 19.24 16.46 - – – - - - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 16.35 11.83 - – 11.61 - - - Production........................................................ – 16.66 – - – – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ – 12.46 11.99 - – 12.99 - - - B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 11.1 4.2 3.1 - 3.0 0.8 - - - Management, professional, and related............................... – 4.6 – - 8.0 .5 - - - Management, business, and financial............................... – 1.2 – - 8.0 .6 - - - Professional and related.......................................... – 3.2 – - – .8 - - - Service............................................................. – – 7.4 - – 15.9 - - - Sales and office.................................................... – 26.2 1.5 - 4.0 5.6 - - - Sales and related................................................. – 28.3 1.4 - – 33.9 - - - Office and administrative support................................. – 20.2 1.4 - 3.6 2.2 - - - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... .2 3.8 8.6 - – – - - - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 5.7 7.0 - – – - - - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 6.3 13.2 - – 11.7 - - - Production........................................................ – 6.8 – - – – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ – 12.5 13.8 - – 13.6 - - - 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 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. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Huntsville, AL, May 2006 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 174,600 149,800 24,800 Management, professional, and related............................... 57,900 45,000 12,800 Management, business, and financial............................... 11,200 10,100 1,100 Professional and related.......................................... 46,700 35,000 11,700 Service............................................................. 33,600 28,000 5,600 Sales and office.................................................... 36,500 32,900 3,600 Sales and related................................................. 16,100 15,700 – Office and administrative support................................. 20,400 17,200 3,200 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 13,600 12,600 1,000 Construction and extraction...................................... 5,700 5,400 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7,900 7,200 700 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 33,100 31,300 1,800 Production........................................................ 19,400 19,100 – Transportation and material moving................................ 13,600 12,100 1,500 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Huntsville, AL, May 2006 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 6,577 6,561 16 Total in sample....................................................... 347 335 12 Responding........................................................ 229 218 11 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 69 68 1 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 49 49 0 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.