NC BL 04/00/2007 Table: Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, Bulletin 3135-53, July 2006 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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........................................................... $18.04 3.5 34.9 $16.68 3.9 34.8 $25.78 3.1 35.3 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 26.89 3.7 34.7 24.17 4.5 35.0 35.13 3.9 33.9 Management, business, and financial............................... 26.37 5.1 39.0 25.82 5.7 39.5 29.32 6.6 36.9 Professional and related.......................................... 27.10 3.9 33.2 23.37 5.0 33.2 36.43 4.7 33.3 Service............................................................. 11.73 6.2 31.3 9.91 5.0 30.3 19.50 3.2 36.5 Sales and office.................................................... 14.05 4.2 34.5 13.75 4.6 34.3 17.06 4.0 36.4 Sales and related................................................. 14.24 8.4 32.9 14.14 8.6 32.8 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 13.95 3.5 35.3 13.52 4.0 35.2 16.86 3.7 36.2 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 21.49 9.1 39.5 22.21 10.6 39.6 18.37 .5 39.2 Construction and extraction...................................... 22.12 13.2 39.1 23.03 14.1 39.3 16.83 10.8 38.3 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20.67 8.6 40.0 21.00 11.0 40.0 19.61 7.0 40.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.69 6.3 38.5 16.53 6.6 38.8 19.13 3.6 34.7 Production........................................................ 17.76 2.7 38.7 17.75 2.7 38.7 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.42 11.3 38.4 14.87 12.6 39.1 19.07 3.9 34.5 Full time........................................................... 19.03 3.6 39.5 17.60 4.0 39.7 26.67 3.5 38.3 Part time........................................................... 11.09 8.4 19.3 10.75 9.5 19.4 14.52 3.0 18.0 Union............................................................... 23.47 4.1 36.4 20.60 7.4 36.6 26.29 3.7 36.2 Nonunion............................................................ 16.03 3.7 34.4 15.95 3.8 34.5 20.45 12.2 28.3 Time................................................................ 17.98 3.6 34.7 16.49 4.1 34.6 25.78 3.1 35.3 Incentive........................................................... 18.86 6.3 37.9 18.86 6.3 37.9 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.18 6.7 39.8 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 14.51 5.2 33.4 14.48 5.2 33.4 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 19.09 3.6 37.4 18.76 3.7 37.7 24.30 5.5 33.6 500 workers or more................................................. 23.86 3.6 35.8 21.40 6.0 36.0 26.16 3.8 35.6 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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), Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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........................................................... $18.04 3.5 $19.03 3.6 $11.09 8.4 Management occupations.............................................. 29.37 10.0 29.45 10.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 21.31 18.6 20.49 20.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 39.94 3.1 39.94 3.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.17 3.7 36.53 3.6 – – Education administrators.......................................... 23.57 32.9 23.55 33.8 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.68 5.3 23.69 5.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.46 3.5 20.46 3.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.66 3.9 28.50 4.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.49 13.9 24.49 13.9 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.87 17.2 19.89 17.6 – – Architecture and engineering occupations Level 9 .................................................. 28.19 2.6 28.19 2.6 – – Engineers Level 9 .................................................. 28.19 2.6 28.19 2.6 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 22.66 10.9 22.66 10.9 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 19.87 3.5 19.50 6.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 20.49 2.2 – – – – Social workers.................................................... 21.25 2.5 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.10 10.4 35.49 9.1 11.82 27.0 Level 6 .................................................. 15.96 3.4 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.49 19.9 20.86 21.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 40.70 6.2 40.71 6.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.14 20.2 35.14 20.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.97 13.8 37.97 13.8 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 46.11 19.2 47.42 20.4 24.71 30.6 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 49.85 8.5 50.05 8.7 – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 28.64 4.1 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.68 10.7 33.93 10.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.65 27.1 21.49 28.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 44.28 .5 44.28 .5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.49 26.7 34.49 26.7 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.82 13.7 32.08 14.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 44.66 4.0 44.66 4.0 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.13 15.7 29.35 16.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 43.47 2.9 43.47 2.9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 39.04 12.1 39.42 11.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 42.28 4.1 42.28 4.1 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... $36.96 10.7 $37.41 10.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 41.97 5.5 41.97 5.5 – – Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 46.47 1.7 46.47 1.7 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 23.03 17.8 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.11 18.1 14.61 7.8 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.48 4.4 16.46 4.4 – – Designers......................................................... 15.04 6.3 15.04 6.3 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.81 3.9 24.82 4.4 $24.79 9.8 Level 5 .................................................. 18.90 10.8 18.53 12.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.60 2.9 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.21 5.3 26.58 5.1 25.04 7.7 Level 9 .................................................. 25.00 5.9 24.95 6.4 – – Registered nurses................................................. 25.46 4.1 24.92 3.8 26.82 9.1 Level 7 .................................................. 19.90 3.7 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.59 4.2 27.57 3.5 25.04 7.7 Level 9 .................................................. 23.59 3.4 23.38 3.6 – – Therapists........................................................ 24.12 24.4 24.37 26.2 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.63 2.3 16.55 2.6 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.59 4.6 12.60 5.0 12.51 5.4 Level 2 .................................................. 11.45 11.4 11.43 12.0 11.86 7.7 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.15 2.9 12.18 3.8 11.99 6.0 Level 2 .................................................. 12.30 5.0 – – 10.85 3.6 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.59 1.6 – – 11.34 1.5 Level 2 .................................................. 11.37 5.3 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.23 9.3 12.17 10.2 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 20.03 12.6 22.15 12.3 – – Police officers................................................... 26.58 5.6 26.58 5.6 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.58 5.6 26.58 5.6 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.97 16.6 – – – – Security guards................................................. 8.97 16.6 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.14 4.4 8.84 3.5 6.61 2.0 Level 1 .................................................. 7.04 2.8 7.74 7.6 6.78 3.2 Level 2 .................................................. 8.26 3.4 – – 6.41 5.3 Level 3 .................................................. 8.49 10.6 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 9.64 5.2 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 10.11 5.0 11.07 4.9 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.12 8.8 5.13 9.5 5.12 9.7 Level 2 .................................................. 4.74 10.5 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 5.63 5.4 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.29 5.3 – – 4.41 3.3 Fast food and counter workers..................................... $8.82 8.9 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.28 6.8 $12.59 7.5 $9.03 10.7 Level 1 .................................................. 11.07 11.0 11.65 13.1 8.74 11.4 Level 3 .................................................. 13.80 7.9 13.83 8.1 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.71 5.6 12.02 6.4 9.03 10.7 Level 1 .................................................. 11.29 10.0 11.97 11.5 8.74 11.4 Level 3 .................................................. 12.89 8.6 12.90 8.9 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.10 4.3 12.47 4.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 12.18 8.0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.00 9.5 13.00 9.5 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.24 16.2 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.05 14.9 13.74 11.2 11.48 27.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.68 5.9 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 10.80 3.5 10.83 3.5 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.24 8.4 16.40 9.3 7.63 2.7 Level 3 .................................................. 10.32 4.0 10.45 3.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.65 16.6 20.07 16.4 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.85 3.9 11.15 5.6 7.47 5.0 Level 3 .................................................. 10.17 5.4 10.29 5.0 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.80 8.3 – – 7.60 1.8 Cashiers...................................................... 9.80 8.3 – – 7.60 1.8 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 9.95 3.6 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 9.88 2.9 11.68 12.6 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.95 3.5 14.46 4.0 10.75 7.0 Level 1 .................................................. 9.36 7.6 12.79 6.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.08 3.3 10.03 3.7 10.57 3.8 Level 3 .................................................. 12.37 2.9 12.59 2.8 11.44 9.1 Level 4 .................................................. 14.89 3.9 14.93 4.2 14.46 10.5 Level 5 .................................................. 14.78 6.1 14.78 6.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.50 5.8 18.71 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.42 9.3 15.63 9.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 21.71 10.2 22.19 9.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.19 2.4 13.58 3.2 10.77 3.5 Level 3 .................................................. 11.85 5.3 12.63 5.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.63 2.9 13.74 3.1 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.54 5.5 14.73 5.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.04 6.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.77 8.6 13.77 8.6 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.59 3.8 12.39 9.4 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 12.77 13.1 12.80 13.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.63 27.8 – – – – Order clerks...................................................... $13.83 4.0 – – – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.66 22.9 $18.37 12.3 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.79 6.7 14.61 7.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.81 7.8 15.42 8.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.56 9.1 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.98 6.4 13.66 6.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.81 7.8 15.42 8.3 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.24 6.7 13.77 8.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.90 8.4 – – – – Data entry keyers............................................... 11.93 6.4 – – – – Word processors and typists..................................... 16.15 4.2 16.23 4.2 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.95 5.2 13.38 4.9 $9.53 7.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.73 8.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.93 5.3 13.93 5.3 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.12 13.2 22.31 13.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 22.86 7.6 22.86 7.6 – – Highway maintenance workers....................................... 16.17 7.8 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.67 8.6 20.67 8.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.01 7.6 17.01 7.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.19 9.5 22.19 9.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.46 6.9 25.46 6.9 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.91 3.5 19.91 3.5 – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.91 3.5 19.91 3.5 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.88 15.4 22.88 15.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.90 12.5 18.90 12.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.91 6.2 24.91 6.2 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 26.17 25.4 26.17 25.4 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.23 6.2 17.23 6.2 – – Production occupations.............................................. 17.76 2.7 18.14 2.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.42 4.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.64 6.1 12.64 6.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 20.67 4.0 20.67 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.63 9.1 18.63 9.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.77 7.4 17.77 7.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.79 6.1 17.79 6.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.87 10.6 27.20 6.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 27.52 6.7 27.52 6.7 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 20.00 7.8 20.00 7.8 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 19.58 5.7 19.58 5.7 – – Machinists........................................................ 15.61 8.1 – – – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.82 .1 19.82 .1 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. $18.61 11.3 $18.61 11.3 – – Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 11.47 15.2 – – – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.26 12.7 16.35 12.2 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.42 11.3 15.90 10.7 $10.06 18.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.99 12.2 9.46 12.8 6.98 1.9 Level 2 .................................................. 12.30 11.9 12.46 12.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 17.05 14.1 17.14 14.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.66 2.7 14.52 2.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.11 5.6 18.11 5.6 – – Bus drivers....................................................... 17.35 6.6 – – 13.88 5.8 Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.76 2.8 – – 14.76 2.8 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.70 10.8 18.70 10.8 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.20 4.3 18.20 4.3 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.16 12.2 11.88 14.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.16 14.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 14.59 5.7 14.59 5.7 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.26 18.8 10.42 21.2 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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), Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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........................................................... $16.68 3.9 $17.60 4.0 $10.75 9.5 Management occupations.............................................. 28.73 11.7 28.76 12.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 21.18 20.1 20.27 22.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.77 3.6 38.77 3.6 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.22 6.1 23.16 6.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.04 4.4 20.04 4.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.22 4.2 28.09 5.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.48 14.7 24.48 14.7 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.08 18.2 19.06 18.5 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 19.94 4.2 19.94 4.2 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 19.50 3.7 18.95 7.6 – – Social workers.................................................... 21.12 2.4 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 19.79 24.1 21.89 18.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 14.08 21.8 13.52 19.5 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 14.44 14.5 14.07 13.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 13.53 31.0 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 16.67 14.8 16.20 11.1 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 16.78 14.9 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.19 3.8 16.19 3.8 – – Designers......................................................... 15.04 6.3 15.04 6.3 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.48 4.0 24.15 4.7 25.33 10.5 Level 7 .................................................. 19.02 1.7 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.67 5.3 25.91 4.9 25.04 7.7 Registered nurses................................................. 26.64 5.4 26.42 6.6 26.98 9.4 Level 8 .................................................. 27.03 3.9 28.45 .2 25.04 7.7 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.10 5.4 12.10 5.8 12.09 6.7 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.43 .9 – – 11.18 2.3 Level 2 .................................................. 11.37 5.3 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.43 .9 – – 11.18 2.3 Level 2 .................................................. 11.37 5.3 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.49 12.8 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 9.27 20.3 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.14 4.4 8.84 3.5 6.61 2.0 Level 1 .................................................. 7.04 2.8 7.74 7.6 6.78 3.2 Level 2 .................................................. 8.26 3.4 – – 6.41 5.3 Level 3 .................................................. $8.49 10.6 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 9.64 5.2 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 10.11 5.0 $11.07 4.9 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.12 8.8 5.13 9.5 $5.12 9.7 Level 2 .................................................. 4.74 10.5 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 5.63 5.4 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.29 5.3 – – 4.41 3.3 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.82 8.9 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.51 10.3 11.78 10.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.93 13.4 11.42 14.9 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.81 8.0 11.06 8.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.18 12.3 11.76 13.3 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.37 6.8 11.68 6.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 12.44 8.5 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.28 17.6 13.71 13.0 12.23 31.8 Child care workers................................................ 10.42 3.4 10.44 2.3 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.14 8.6 16.32 9.6 7.63 2.7 Level 3 .................................................. 10.32 4.0 10.45 3.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.65 16.6 20.07 16.4 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.80 4.0 11.10 5.8 7.47 5.0 Level 3 .................................................. 10.17 5.4 10.29 5.0 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.66 9.3 – – 7.60 1.8 Cashiers...................................................... 9.66 9.3 – – 7.60 1.8 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 9.95 3.6 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 9.88 2.9 11.68 12.6 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.52 4.0 14.03 4.4 10.57 7.1 Level 2 .................................................. 9.85 3.1 9.80 3.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.05 2.6 12.36 2.3 10.64 8.6 Level 4 .................................................. 14.49 4.5 14.50 4.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.45 6.7 14.45 6.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.15 8.0 18.43 8.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.36 9.5 15.56 9.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.60 12.5 21.07 12.1 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.00 2.5 13.38 3.1 10.57 3.4 Level 3 .................................................. 11.47 5.7 12.28 5.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.34 2.5 13.44 2.6 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.35 6.5 14.53 6.6 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.59 3.8 12.39 9.4 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 12.77 13.1 12.80 13.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.63 27.8 – – – – Order clerks...................................................... 13.83 4.0 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... $13.91 7.6 $13.54 8.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.56 9.1 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.02 7.1 12.44 6.8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.62 7.0 12.96 6.6 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.03 14.1 23.06 14.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.00 11.0 21.00 11.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.18 9.1 17.18 9.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.55 12.3 24.55 12.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.92 4.6 28.92 4.6 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 24.92 19.3 24.92 19.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.19 19.2 20.19 19.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.26 4.0 28.26 4.0 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 26.17 25.4 26.17 25.4 – – Production occupations.............................................. 17.75 2.7 18.13 2.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.42 4.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.64 6.1 12.64 6.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 20.67 4.0 20.67 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.63 9.1 18.63 9.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.77 7.4 17.77 7.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.79 6.1 17.79 6.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.02 11.1 27.50 6.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 27.52 6.7 27.52 6.7 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 20.00 7.8 20.00 7.8 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 19.58 5.7 19.58 5.7 – – Machinists........................................................ 15.61 8.1 – – – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.82 .1 19.82 .1 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.61 11.3 18.61 11.3 – – Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 11.47 15.2 – – – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.26 12.7 16.35 12.2 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.87 12.6 15.35 11.6 $8.15 15.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.99 12.2 9.46 12.8 6.98 1.9 Level 2 .................................................. 11.89 11.6 11.90 12.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 17.17 14.7 17.17 14.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.33 2.6 14.52 2.5 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.85 11.2 18.85 11.2 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.36 4.6 18.36 4.6 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.95 11.8 11.65 14.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.16 14.3 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.82 16.7 9.96 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 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), Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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........................................................... $25.78 3.1 $26.67 3.5 $14.52 3.0 Management occupations.............................................. 32.80 9.1 33.14 9.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.54 13.2 32.10 14.1 – – Education administrators.......................................... 38.27 5.5 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.18 2.9 26.53 2.6 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 23.38 4.6 23.38 4.6 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 41.56 4.5 43.25 5.4 16.84 13.9 Level 7 .................................................. 35.23 3.6 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 43.68 .8 43.70 .8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.08 26.2 36.08 26.2 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 57.77 12.6 61.58 10.1 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 41.02 6.7 41.53 6.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 44.28 .5 44.28 .5 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 41.82 1.2 42.61 1.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 44.66 4.0 44.66 4.0 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 39.81 5.0 40.81 4.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 43.47 2.9 43.47 2.9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 39.04 12.1 39.42 11.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 42.28 4.1 42.28 4.1 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.96 10.7 37.41 10.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 41.97 5.5 41.97 5.5 – – Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 46.47 1.7 46.47 1.7 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 14.17 10.7 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.61 8.6 26.06 8.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.03 6.4 25.09 6.8 – – Registered nurses................................................. 22.82 2.8 22.77 3.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 23.40 3.5 23.37 3.8 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.34 2.5 16.34 2.5 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.24 5.7 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.92 4.1 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 24.78 3.0 25.25 2.8 – – Police officers................................................... 26.58 5.6 26.58 5.6 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.58 5.6 26.58 5.6 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.07 2.6 14.57 3.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.62 3.3 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.82 2.7 14.38 4.2 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.81 3.3 14.45 5.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... $16.86 3.7 $17.13 3.4 $13.31 11.4 Level 2 .................................................. 13.10 4.8 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.21 1.4 17.26 1.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.38 3.3 16.38 3.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.01 5.3 16.49 4.1 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.51 4.4 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.13 4.3 18.13 4.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.41 3.2 18.41 3.2 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.98 4.9 17.98 4.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.41 3.2 18.41 3.2 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 15.10 4.1 15.09 4.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.63 3.6 – – – – Word processors and typists..................................... 16.56 3.1 16.72 2.2 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.09 6.7 14.97 4.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.87 6.3 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.83 10.8 17.57 10.5 – – Highway maintenance workers....................................... 16.17 7.8 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.61 7.0 19.61 7.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.10 1.0 20.10 1.0 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.07 3.9 20.09 4.5 14.65 9.9 Level 5 .................................................. 18.93 4.6 18.93 4.6 – – Bus drivers....................................................... 18.23 3.9 – – 14.65 9.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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), Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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........................................................... $18.04 3.5 $19.03 3.6 $11.09 8.4 Management occupations.............................................. 29.37 10.0 29.45 10.5 – – Group II.................................................. 22.66 15.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 26.49 14.5 – – – – Education administrators.......................................... 23.57 32.9 23.55 33.8 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.68 5.3 23.69 5.5 – – Group II.................................................. 21.14 5.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.60 2.9 – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.87 17.2 19.89 17.6 – – Group II.................................................. 18.51 21.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 27.64 5.0 – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 22.66 10.9 22.66 10.9 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 19.87 3.5 19.50 6.1 – – Group II.................................................. 17.48 12.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 20.46 2.9 – – – – Social workers.................................................... 21.25 2.5 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.10 10.4 35.49 9.1 11.82 27.0 Group I................................................... 10.11 18.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 33.05 8.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.45 10.8 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 86.01 15.1 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 46.11 19.2 47.42 20.4 24.71 30.6 Group III................................................. 42.66 8.8 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 86.01 15.1 – – – – Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 49.85 8.5 50.05 8.7 – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 28.64 4.1 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.68 10.7 33.93 10.8 – – Group II.................................................. 36.14 9.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 34.49 26.7 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.82 13.7 32.08 14.1 – – Group II.................................................. 37.88 7.0 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.13 15.7 29.35 16.2 – – Group II.................................................. 35.69 8.5 36.42 8.9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 39.04 12.1 39.42 11.4 – – Group II.................................................. 39.72 7.1 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.96 10.7 37.41 10.0 – – Group II.................................................. 39.28 8.4 39.92 7.4 – – Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 46.47 1.7 46.47 1.7 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 23.03 17.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. $20.19 15.7 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.11 18.1 $14.61 7.8 – – Group I................................................... 10.11 18.1 14.61 7.8 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.48 4.4 16.46 4.4 – – Group II.................................................. 17.38 8.5 – – – – Designers......................................................... 15.04 6.3 15.04 6.3 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.81 3.9 24.82 4.4 $24.79 9.8 Group II.................................................. 22.33 4.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 26.80 6.6 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 25.46 4.1 24.92 3.8 26.82 9.1 Group II.................................................. 24.63 5.5 24.79 7.4 24.26 7.2 Group III................................................. 25.48 6.3 23.80 4.4 – – Therapists........................................................ 24.12 24.4 24.37 26.2 – – Group II.................................................. 21.38 31.6 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.63 2.3 16.55 2.6 – – Group II.................................................. 16.55 2.5 16.55 2.6 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.59 4.6 12.60 5.0 12.51 5.4 Group I................................................... 12.12 4.4 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.15 2.9 12.18 3.8 11.99 6.0 Group I................................................... 11.98 2.9 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.59 1.6 – – 11.34 1.5 Group I................................................... 11.57 1.8 – – 11.00 2.2 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.23 9.3 12.17 10.2 – – Group I................................................... 11.93 10.5 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 20.03 12.6 22.15 12.3 – – Group I................................................... 8.93 15.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 25.52 3.1 – – – – Police officers................................................... 26.58 5.6 26.58 5.6 – – Group II.................................................. 26.58 5.6 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.58 5.6 26.58 5.6 – – Group II.................................................. 26.58 5.6 26.58 5.6 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.97 16.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.97 16.6 – – – – Security guards................................................. 8.97 16.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.97 16.6 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.14 4.4 8.84 3.5 6.61 2.0 Group I................................................... 8.04 5.0 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 10.11 5.0 11.07 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 10.11 5.0 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.12 8.8 5.13 9.5 5.12 9.7 Group I................................................... 5.12 8.8 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... $5.63 5.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 5.63 5.4 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.29 5.3 – – $4.41 3.3 Group I................................................... 4.29 5.3 – – 4.41 3.3 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.82 8.9 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.82 8.9 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.28 6.8 $12.59 7.5 9.03 10.7 Group I................................................... 12.03 7.2 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.71 5.6 12.02 6.4 9.03 10.7 Group I................................................... 11.78 6.0 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.10 4.3 12.47 4.8 – – Group I................................................... 12.22 4.5 12.65 5.0 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.24 16.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.24 16.2 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.05 14.9 13.74 11.2 11.48 27.2 Group I................................................... 11.33 12.5 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 10.80 3.5 10.83 3.5 – – Group I................................................... 10.62 5.2 10.66 5.5 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.24 8.4 16.40 9.3 7.63 2.7 Group I................................................... 9.25 6.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.25 4.0 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.85 3.9 11.15 5.6 7.47 5.0 Group I................................................... 8.87 8.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.13 5.9 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.80 8.3 – – 7.60 1.8 Group I................................................... 9.80 9.1 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.80 8.3 – – 7.60 1.8 Group I................................................... 9.80 9.1 – – 7.60 1.8 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 9.95 3.6 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 9.88 2.9 11.68 12.6 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.95 3.5 14.46 4.0 10.75 7.0 Group I................................................... 12.74 3.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.86 7.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 21.71 10.2 22.19 9.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.19 2.4 13.58 3.2 10.77 3.5 Group I................................................... 12.78 2.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 14.08 7.5 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.54 5.5 14.73 5.8 – – Group I................................................... 13.34 5.3 13.51 6.0 – – Group II.................................................. 16.61 2.0 16.61 2.0 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.59 3.8 12.39 9.4 – – Group I................................................... $11.59 3.8 $12.39 9.4 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 12.77 13.1 12.80 13.2 – – Group I................................................... 12.70 20.0 12.73 20.2 – – Order clerks...................................................... 13.83 4.0 – – – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.66 22.9 18.37 12.3 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.79 6.7 14.61 7.2 – – Group I................................................... 14.04 7.2 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.98 6.4 13.66 6.5 – – Group I................................................... 14.05 7.2 13.70 7.2 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.24 6.7 13.77 8.2 – – Group I................................................... 13.06 7.4 – – – – Data entry keyers............................................... 11.93 6.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.93 6.4 – – – – Word processors and typists..................................... 16.15 4.2 16.23 4.2 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.95 5.2 13.38 4.9 $9.53 7.1 Group I................................................... 11.95 4.8 12.35 3.8 9.53 7.1 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.12 13.2 22.31 13.2 – – Group I................................................... 15.15 4.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 26.78 3.5 – – – – Highway maintenance workers....................................... 16.17 7.8 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.67 8.6 20.67 8.6 – – Group II.................................................. 21.08 8.6 – – – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.91 3.5 19.91 3.5 – – Group II.................................................. 19.91 3.5 – – – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.91 3.5 19.91 3.5 – – Group II.................................................. 19.91 3.5 19.91 3.5 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.88 15.4 22.88 15.4 – – Group II.................................................. 22.95 15.3 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 26.17 25.4 26.17 25.4 – – Group II.................................................. 26.17 25.4 26.17 25.4 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.23 6.2 17.23 6.2 – – Group II.................................................. 17.18 6.5 17.18 6.5 – – Production occupations.............................................. 17.76 2.7 18.14 2.6 – – Group I................................................... 17.01 3.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.63 6.2 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 27.52 6.7 27.52 6.7 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 20.00 7.8 20.00 7.8 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 19.58 5.7 19.58 5.7 – – Machinists........................................................ 15.61 8.1 – – – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.82 .1 19.82 .1 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.61 11.3 18.61 11.3 – – Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... $11.47 15.2 – – – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.26 12.7 $16.35 12.2 – – Group I................................................... 16.49 18.3 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.42 11.3 15.90 10.7 $10.06 18.9 Group I................................................... 13.07 10.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.67 6.6 – – – – Bus drivers....................................................... 17.35 6.6 – – 13.88 5.8 Group I................................................... 13.88 5.8 – – – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.76 2.8 – – 14.76 2.8 Group I................................................... 14.76 2.8 – – 14.76 2.8 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.70 10.8 18.70 10.8 – – Group I................................................... 16.45 17.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.83 8.6 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.20 4.3 18.20 4.3 – – Group I................................................... 18.67 13.8 18.67 13.8 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.16 12.2 11.88 14.9 – – Group I................................................... 11.16 12.2 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.26 18.8 10.42 21.2 – – Group I................................................... 10.26 18.8 10.42 21.2 – – 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), Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.88 $10.75 $14.88 $23.34 $30.33 Management occupations.............................................. 13.77 18.15 29.98 38.09 43.30 Education administrators.......................................... 10.20 10.20 13.77 38.89 43.30 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.87 19.53 23.64 28.65 31.48 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 11.29 13.09 16.35 27.50 29.47 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.50 16.40 21.66 21.66 34.10 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.87 17.58 20.25 22.75 24.85 Social workers.................................................... 17.44 20.01 20.80 22.75 26.00 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.90 16.23 30.90 46.12 54.09 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 26.41 26.41 41.15 54.59 75.74 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 30.37 45.66 50.12 51.72 68.96 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 25.45 26.41 26.41 29.19 41.03 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 9.50 17.73 37.52 46.92 50.87 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 13.91 16.14 37.52 41.00 48.99 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 13.16 15.73 27.25 40.50 45.27 Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.25 29.50 39.16 49.88 53.83 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 22.33 27.25 34.80 47.96 54.27 Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 36.67 45.33 46.92 50.57 50.67 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 15.74 15.74 16.64 29.83 41.49 Teacher assistants................................................ 6.75 6.75 7.40 10.70 15.40 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 11.25 13.46 17.65 20.24 20.24 Designers......................................................... 10.90 13.15 14.36 17.80 18.75 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.90 19.60 23.23 27.87 31.67 Registered nurses................................................. 18.93 21.92 25.73 29.53 30.60 Therapists........................................................ 12.67 14.18 19.50 30.51 46.34 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.05 15.63 16.66 17.34 18.42 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 10.78 12.48 13.58 16.11 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.95 10.72 11.92 13.20 14.45 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.85 10.40 11.30 12.49 13.67 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.00 9.00 11.92 13.81 15.24 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.14 8.00 22.68 25.41 29.76 Police officers................................................... 23.34 24.85 27.77 27.77 29.76 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 23.34 24.85 27.77 27.77 29.76 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 6.75 7.00 7.14 7.14 18.21 Security guards................................................. 6.75 7.00 7.14 7.14 18.21 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.95 6.96 7.70 9.68 10.53 Cooks............................................................. 7.00 8.00 10.53 10.75 13.55 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.85 4.35 4.50 5.45 6.75 Bartenders...................................................... 4.50 4.50 5.15 6.75 8.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... $3.85 $3.85 $4.35 $4.35 $4.95 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.96 7.63 9.68 9.68 9.68 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 9.67 12.20 14.20 17.06 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.21 9.65 11.33 14.17 14.74 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.50 10.11 11.80 14.20 14.86 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 6.75 6.75 6.75 9.27 13.67 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.33 9.00 11.24 14.82 18.00 Child care workers................................................ 9.10 9.27 11.16 11.52 12.09 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.84 7.86 11.04 18.84 26.54 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.84 6.92 8.96 11.04 12.18 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.75 7.86 11.04 11.04 11.04 Cashiers...................................................... 6.75 7.86 11.04 11.04 11.04 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 8.50 9.50 9.50 9.79 12.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.84 6.92 6.92 9.58 14.75 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.08 10.68 13.22 15.93 19.55 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 14.29 16.49 24.23 25.69 26.95 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.95 12.00 13.10 14.13 16.96 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.83 12.25 14.92 16.96 17.71 Tellers......................................................... 9.44 9.76 11.40 13.18 14.01 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.10 9.64 11.52 13.91 15.93 Order clerks...................................................... 11.06 12.04 13.59 15.00 18.54 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.66 7.75 16.05 20.41 20.56 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.49 10.59 14.84 17.82 19.63 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.49 10.59 13.22 16.89 18.88 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 9.70 11.12 13.41 14.87 17.35 Data entry keyers............................................... 9.70 9.70 12.00 13.83 14.87 Word processors and typists..................................... 13.41 14.60 15.37 17.38 19.18 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.45 9.77 12.16 15.72 18.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.10 15.65 24.00 27.80 27.80 Highway maintenance workers....................................... 12.33 14.01 16.16 20.39 20.81 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.00 16.97 19.00 23.80 31.14 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 15.64 17.90 19.34 22.59 24.91 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 15.64 17.90 19.34 22.59 24.91 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 16.11 18.00 20.24 31.86 32.29 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 16.97 19.99 31.72 32.29 32.29 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 13.32 15.24 18.00 18.90 20.02 Production occupations.............................................. 10.00 12.11 16.40 23.77 28.39 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 18.56 25.56 28.21 30.84 32.20 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.19 13.20 17.60 28.19 28.19 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 13.62 14.25 18.00 27.96 28.55 Machinists........................................................ $12.30 $13.17 $15.12 $17.41 $18.43 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 13.00 14.97 20.00 20.25 27.96 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.38 14.79 14.79 23.83 28.39 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 6.75 6.75 11.80 14.25 16.40 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.60 11.75 12.27 21.46 27.66 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.96 10.61 14.50 19.81 25.31 Bus drivers....................................................... 10.70 13.90 20.11 20.11 20.11 Bus drivers, school............................................. 11.10 11.80 13.90 17.80 19.53 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.33 14.75 17.54 24.06 26.05 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.75 15.00 16.67 19.97 26.05 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.36 7.96 9.80 13.80 15.60 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.96 7.96 7.96 10.75 15.60 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 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), Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.70 $10.00 $13.98 $21.28 $28.39 Management occupations.............................................. 10.20 15.38 29.56 35.91 49.16 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.21 19.23 22.45 27.69 29.89 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 11.29 13.09 14.81 27.50 29.47 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.50 16.40 21.66 21.66 22.34 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.14 17.58 20.01 21.00 24.71 Social workers.................................................... 17.44 20.01 20.80 22.75 26.00 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 7.00 8.90 15.89 26.41 35.49 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 8.75 9.25 14.54 16.23 19.91 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 9.25 13.91 15.59 17.73 26.98 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 9.25 14.52 15.73 17.73 26.98 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 11.25 13.46 16.80 18.75 20.24 Designers......................................................... 10.90 13.15 14.36 17.80 18.75 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.73 20.22 23.28 28.27 30.60 Registered nurses................................................. 18.36 23.08 28.27 30.60 31.67 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 10.43 11.92 13.00 14.88 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.75 10.25 11.22 12.48 13.16 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.75 10.25 11.22 12.48 13.16 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.00 9.00 11.89 13.58 14.88 Protective service occupations...................................... 6.75 7.00 7.14 7.14 18.21 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.95 6.96 7.70 9.68 10.53 Cooks............................................................. 7.00 8.00 10.53 10.75 13.55 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.85 4.35 4.50 5.45 6.75 Bartenders...................................................... 4.50 4.50 5.15 6.75 8.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.85 3.85 4.35 4.35 4.95 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.96 7.63 9.68 9.68 9.68 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.14 8.50 10.91 14.20 15.55 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.00 8.50 10.91 13.00 14.20 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.72 9.45 10.91 14.20 14.20 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.46 9.10 11.24 14.82 18.00 Child care workers................................................ 9.10 9.27 11.16 11.24 11.52 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.84 7.80 11.04 18.84 26.54 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.84 6.92 8.96 11.04 12.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.75 7.80 11.04 11.04 11.04 Cashiers...................................................... 6.75 7.80 11.04 11.04 11.04 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 8.50 9.50 9.50 9.79 12.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.84 6.92 6.92 9.58 14.75 Office and administrative support occupations....................... $8.90 $10.49 $12.98 $15.38 $18.49 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.10 16.15 21.71 25.69 25.69 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.84 12.00 13.10 13.94 15.57 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.83 12.25 14.28 16.96 18.00 Tellers......................................................... 9.44 9.76 11.40 13.18 14.01 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.10 9.64 11.52 13.91 15.93 Order clerks...................................................... 11.06 12.04 13.59 15.00 18.54 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.24 10.59 12.38 16.00 18.49 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 9.91 10.49 11.66 16.00 18.49 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.45 9.44 11.59 15.72 18.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.75 16.65 27.37 27.80 27.80 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.47 16.97 19.00 29.75 31.86 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 16.97 19.49 23.80 32.22 32.29 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 16.97 19.99 31.72 32.29 32.29 Production occupations.............................................. 10.00 12.11 16.40 23.77 28.39 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 18.56 25.56 28.21 30.84 32.20 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.19 13.20 17.60 28.19 28.19 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 13.62 14.25 18.00 27.96 28.55 Machinists........................................................ 12.30 13.17 15.12 17.41 18.43 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 13.00 14.97 20.00 20.25 27.96 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.38 14.79 14.79 23.83 28.39 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 6.75 6.75 11.80 14.25 16.40 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.60 11.75 12.27 21.46 27.66 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.96 9.25 13.80 17.54 25.31 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.33 14.91 17.54 24.35 26.05 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.50 15.00 16.67 20.29 26.05 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.36 7.96 9.75 13.80 15.30 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.75 7.96 7.96 9.80 14.50 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), Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $13.27 $16.14 $21.66 $30.68 $46.74 Management occupations.............................................. 20.68 25.81 33.06 38.89 43.30 Education administrators.......................................... 24.98 33.06 38.89 43.30 43.30 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.08 22.30 23.89 30.68 34.09 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.83 21.78 23.50 24.85 27.69 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 17.21 30.31 40.60 49.98 55.41 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 33.40 43.15 51.72 66.64 98.96 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.93 33.00 40.50 48.99 53.52 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.25 39.78 40.50 48.95 51.72 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.13 38.88 40.50 43.91 52.71 Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.25 29.50 39.16 49.88 53.83 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 22.33 27.25 34.80 47.96 54.27 Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 36.67 45.33 46.92 50.57 50.67 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.49 9.92 11.20 14.80 25.80 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.81 17.23 22.18 26.51 48.80 Registered nurses................................................. 19.56 21.08 22.18 24.47 26.51 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.25 15.44 16.21 16.66 18.42 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.28 13.20 14.36 16.38 17.13 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.82 12.74 13.67 14.59 16.38 Protective service occupations...................................... 20.69 22.68 24.55 27.77 30.20 Police officers................................................... 23.34 24.85 27.77 27.77 29.76 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 23.34 24.85 27.77 27.77 29.76 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.27 12.30 13.59 14.99 19.07 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.24 12.28 13.40 14.74 19.07 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.24 11.80 13.22 14.74 19.07 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.47 14.49 16.60 19.18 20.56 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.40 14.87 15.74 17.55 18.41 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.40 14.14 15.74 16.56 17.49 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.07 16.89 18.55 19.63 21.75 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.56 16.89 18.55 19.63 20.03 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.18 14.08 14.87 16.14 19.18 Word processors and typists..................................... 14.60 14.87 16.14 19.18 19.18 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.40 13.34 14.21 14.97 19.14 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.08 13.17 16.34 21.81 22.61 Highway maintenance workers....................................... 12.33 14.01 16.16 20.39 20.81 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.16 17.27 19.95 21.12 21.90 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.37 17.47 20.11 20.11 25.70 Bus drivers....................................................... 10.52 19.18 20.11 20.11 20.11 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), Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2006 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.28 $11.74 $15.91 $24.35 $31.38 Management occupations.............................................. 10.20 18.15 31.22 38.29 43.30 Education administrators.......................................... 10.20 10.20 13.77 38.89 43.30 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.87 19.38 23.43 28.65 31.87 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 11.29 13.09 15.25 27.50 29.47 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.50 16.40 21.66 21.66 34.10 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.87 17.58 20.32 21.78 23.08 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.45 20.25 35.25 48.51 54.43 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 26.41 26.41 43.15 54.59 97.51 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 30.37 45.66 50.12 51.72 68.96 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 9.50 18.95 38.06 46.92 50.87 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 13.91 15.90 38.00 42.67 48.99 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 13.16 15.73 27.86 40.50 45.67 Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.40 29.99 39.90 49.88 53.83 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 23.71 28.25 35.05 48.01 54.27 Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 36.67 45.33 46.92 50.57 50.67 Teacher assistants................................................ 6.75 10.46 12.89 17.05 25.80 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 11.25 13.46 17.65 20.24 20.24 Designers......................................................... 10.90 13.15 14.36 17.80 18.75 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.81 19.85 22.85 27.17 31.09 Registered nurses................................................. 19.56 21.15 24.47 28.80 30.60 Therapists........................................................ 12.67 12.67 14.18 37.97 49.71 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.25 15.63 16.21 16.73 18.42 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 10.78 12.74 13.58 15.68 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.95 10.72 12.15 13.25 14.45 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.00 9.00 11.89 13.64 14.88 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.14 21.68 24.19 27.77 30.20 Police officers................................................... 23.34 24.85 27.77 27.77 29.76 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 23.34 24.85 27.77 27.77 29.76 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.63 7.70 9.68 9.68 10.75 Cooks............................................................. 10.42 10.53 10.53 11.00 13.59 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.85 3.85 5.15 5.15 6.75 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.33 10.36 12.63 14.20 17.06 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.29 10.00 11.99 14.20 14.86 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.85 10.91 12.30 14.20 17.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... $9.27 $11.16 $14.82 $14.82 $17.58 Child care workers................................................ 9.10 9.30 11.16 11.24 12.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.84 9.79 11.80 23.27 26.54 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.84 8.66 11.04 11.04 13.14 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.84 6.84 8.96 12.54 16.88 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.64 11.53 13.50 16.00 20.11 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 15.15 16.98 25.69 25.69 29.16 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.79 12.25 13.18 14.82 16.96 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.83 12.25 14.92 16.96 18.00 Tellers......................................................... 10.00 10.55 13.18 13.52 15.37 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.10 9.64 11.52 13.91 15.93 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.08 16.05 20.27 20.56 28.32 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.49 10.59 14.18 16.89 19.80 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.49 10.59 12.38 16.00 19.30 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 9.70 11.35 14.13 15.13 17.67 Word processors and typists..................................... 13.41 14.60 15.89 17.97 19.18 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.45 10.08 12.94 15.72 18.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.25 16.16 25.00 27.80 27.80 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.00 16.97 19.00 23.80 31.14 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 15.64 17.90 19.34 22.59 24.91 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 15.64 17.90 19.34 22.59 24.91 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 16.11 18.00 20.24 31.86 32.29 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 16.97 19.99 31.72 32.29 32.29 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 13.32 15.24 18.00 18.90 20.02 Production occupations.............................................. 10.50 12.35 16.88 23.83 28.39 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 18.56 25.56 28.21 30.84 32.20 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.19 13.20 17.60 28.19 28.19 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 13.62 14.25 18.00 27.96 28.55 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 13.00 14.97 20.00 20.25 27.96 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.38 14.79 14.79 23.83 28.39 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.65 11.75 12.44 21.46 27.66 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.96 10.63 15.00 19.81 25.70 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.33 14.75 17.54 24.06 26.05 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.75 15.00 16.67 19.97 26.05 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.96 7.96 11.80 13.80 15.61 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.96 7.96 7.96 10.90 15.60 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), Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2006 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.75 $6.92 $8.18 $12.25 $20.18 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 6.75 6.75 7.40 9.92 27.85 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 6.75 7.50 33.40 41.15 41.15 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.56 19.52 23.89 29.53 35.00 Registered nurses................................................. 18.36 23.87 27.87 30.60 35.28 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.15 11.21 12.25 12.49 16.74 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.00 10.63 11.77 12.49 14.33 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.00 10.40 11.21 12.25 12.49 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.35 6.50 6.96 7.00 8.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.35 4.35 4.35 6.75 6.75 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.85 4.35 4.35 4.35 4.95 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.99 7.25 7.50 11.27 11.27 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.99 7.25 7.50 11.27 11.27 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.00 8.33 8.46 9.85 31.61 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.75 6.92 6.92 8.16 9.18 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.75 6.92 6.92 7.50 8.90 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.75 6.75 7.14 8.20 9.89 Cashiers...................................................... 6.75 6.75 7.14 8.20 9.89 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.50 8.00 9.90 12.35 14.51 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.09 9.44 10.08 12.08 13.09 Office clerks, general............................................ 6.75 7.81 10.40 10.75 10.94 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 5.68 6.75 8.95 12.62 16.15 Bus drivers....................................................... 10.52 10.70 13.90 14.61 19.18 Bus drivers, school............................................. 11.10 11.80 13.90 17.80 19.53 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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 $15.91 $752 $626 39.5 $38,277 $32,693 2,011 Management occupations.............................................. 29.45 31.22 1,213 1,199 41.2 63,061 62,365 2,141 Education administrators.......................................... 23.55 13.77 1,025 1,057 43.5 53,321 54,974 2,264 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.69 23.43 946 936 39.9 49,206 48,684 2,077 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.89 15.25 792 615 39.8 41,184 32,001 2,071 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 22.66 21.66 883 838 39.0 44,912 45,044 1,982 Community and social services occupations........................... 19.50 20.32 712 711 36.5 37,027 36,973 1,899 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 35.49 35.25 1,295 1,227 36.5 52,966 54,922 1,492 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 47.42 43.15 1,800 1,574 38.0 72,089 61,636 1,520 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 50.05 50.12 1,860 1,880 37.2 65,402 67,663 1,307 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.93 38.06 1,230 1,313 36.2 49,447 55,005 1,457 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.08 38.00 1,170 1,303 36.5 45,088 54,804 1,406 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.35 27.86 1,071 1,156 36.5 41,377 47,172 1,410 Secondary school teachers....................................... 39.42 39.90 1,424 1,371 36.1 57,886 56,052 1,469 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 37.41 35.05 1,346 1,227 36.0 55,039 51,866 1,471 Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 46.47 46.92 1,703 1,759 36.6 67,789 69,183 1,459 Teacher assistants................................................ 14.61 12.89 450 403 30.8 18,458 16,057 1,264 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.46 17.65 650 672 39.5 33,796 34,944 2,054 Designers......................................................... 15.04 14.36 596 574 39.7 31,007 29,869 2,062 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.82 22.85 946 871 38.1 48,523 45,299 1,955 Registered nurses................................................. 24.92 24.47 947 965 38.0 48,762 50,186 1,957 Therapists........................................................ 24.37 14.18 915 777 37.5 43,637 43,995 1,790 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.55 16.21 661 648 39.9 34,387 33,717 2,077 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.60 12.74 481 442 38.2 25,028 22,984 1,986 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.18 12.15 465 456 38.2 24,188 23,693 1,986 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.17 11.89 485 476 39.9 25,235 24,731 2,074 Protective service occupations...................................... 22.15 24.19 906 968 40.9 47,120 50,311 2,127 Police officers................................................... 26.58 27.77 1,063 1,111 40.0 55,290 57,762 2,080 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.58 27.77 1,063 1,111 40.0 55,290 57,762 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.84 9.68 344 350 38.9 17,850 18,200 2,018 Cooks............................................................. 11.07 10.53 422 421 38.1 21,938 21,902 1,981 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.13 5.15 185 180 36.0 9,456 9,373 1,843 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... $12.59 $12.63 $490 $458 38.9 $23,332 $22,697 1,853 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.02 11.99 466 453 38.8 21,885 22,697 1,821 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.47 12.30 482 455 38.7 22,970 22,697 1,842 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.74 14.82 536 508 39.0 27,188 23,960 1,979 Child care workers................................................ 10.83 11.16 409 429 37.7 20,178 20,592 1,863 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.40 11.80 664 472 40.5 34,543 24,544 2,106 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.15 11.04 444 441 39.9 23,104 22,957 2,073 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.68 8.96 464 344 39.7 24,118 17,888 2,064 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.46 13.50 568 538 39.3 29,518 27,997 2,041 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.19 25.69 848 963 38.2 44,106 50,096 1,988 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.58 13.18 535 524 39.4 27,794 27,248 2,047 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.73 14.92 576 596 39.1 29,966 30,992 2,034 Tellers......................................................... 12.39 13.18 476 494 38.5 24,777 25,699 2,000 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.80 11.52 509 461 39.8 26,465 23,962 2,068 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 18.37 20.27 706 720 38.4 36,718 37,419 1,999 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.61 14.18 558 532 38.2 29,028 27,651 1,987 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.66 12.38 523 495 38.3 27,206 25,750 1,992 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.77 14.13 540 536 39.2 28,068 27,893 2,039 Word processors and typists..................................... 16.23 15.89 616 608 38.0 32,053 31,632 1,975 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.38 12.94 528 506 39.5 27,146 26,187 2,028 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.31 25.00 884 992 39.6 45,978 51,601 2,061 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.67 19.00 827 760 40.0 42,957 39,520 2,078 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.91 19.34 796 774 40.0 41,409 40,227 2,080 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.91 19.34 796 774 40.0 41,409 40,227 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 22.88 20.24 915 810 40.0 47,469 42,078 2,075 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 26.17 31.72 1,047 1,269 40.0 54,438 65,978 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.23 18.00 688 720 39.9 35,778 37,440 2,077 Production occupations.............................................. 18.14 16.88 723 675 39.9 37,593 35,110 2,073 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 27.52 28.21 1,087 1,128 39.5 56,527 58,677 2,054 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 20.00 17.60 800 704 40.0 41,595 36,608 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 19.58 18.00 783 720 40.0 40,728 37,440 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.82 20.00 793 800 40.0 41,229 41,600 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. $18.61 $14.79 $745 $592 40.0 $38,717 $30,763 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.35 12.44 648 491 39.7 33,706 25,522 2,062 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.90 15.00 656 591 41.2 34,079 30,742 2,144 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.70 17.54 806 711 43.1 41,886 36,982 2,240 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.20 16.67 805 700 44.2 41,844 36,400 2,299 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.88 11.80 474 472 39.9 24,623 24,544 2,072 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.42 7.96 414 318 39.8 21,532 16,557 2,067 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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........................................................... $17.60 $14.79 $699 $585 39.7 $36,051 $30,160 2,049 Management occupations.............................................. 28.76 29.98 1,200 1,199 41.7 62,417 62,365 2,170 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.16 22.29 926 892 40.0 48,172 46,365 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.06 14.81 760 592 39.8 39,498 30,794 2,072 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 19.94 21.66 791 838 39.7 41,142 43,563 2,063 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.95 20.01 686 700 36.2 35,649 36,415 1,881 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 21.89 17.06 839 665 38.3 37,264 23,942 1,702 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 14.07 14.52 527 494 37.5 21,769 19,634 1,547 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 16.20 15.59 591 552 36.5 22,681 21,047 1,400 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.19 16.80 639 600 39.5 33,236 31,200 2,053 Designers......................................................... 15.04 14.36 596 574 39.7 31,007 29,869 2,062 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.15 23.23 918 873 38.0 47,739 45,396 1,977 Registered nurses................................................. 26.42 28.27 1,007 1,060 38.1 52,363 55,127 1,982 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.10 11.92 458 442 37.9 23,835 22,984 1,971 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.84 9.68 344 350 38.9 17,850 18,200 2,018 Cooks............................................................. 11.07 10.53 422 421 38.1 21,938 21,902 1,981 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.13 5.15 185 180 36.0 9,456 9,373 1,843 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.78 10.91 458 436 38.9 21,079 21,060 1,790 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.06 10.91 429 436 38.8 19,375 20,072 1,752 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.68 11.12 452 436 38.7 20,842 21,684 1,785 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.71 14.82 548 630 39.9 28,319 32,760 2,066 Child care workers................................................ 10.44 11.16 414 446 39.7 21,285 23,202 2,039 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.32 11.80 661 470 40.5 34,380 24,440 2,107 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.10 11.04 442 441 39.9 22,998 22,957 2,073 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.68 8.96 464 344 39.7 24,118 17,888 2,064 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.03 13.18 554 524 39.5 28,756 27,248 2,049 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 21.07 21.71 808 868 38.3 42,024 45,151 1,994 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.38 13.10 528 524 39.5 27,472 27,248 2,052 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.53 14.90 571 597 39.3 29,705 31,034 2,045 Tellers......................................................... 12.39 13.18 476 494 38.5 24,777 25,699 2,000 Customer service representatives.................................. $12.80 $11.52 $509 $461 39.8 $26,465 $23,962 2,068 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.54 11.66 518 460 38.3 26,938 23,899 1,989 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.44 11.49 479 423 38.5 24,892 22,021 2,001 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.96 11.59 514 464 39.6 26,338 24,103 2,032 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.06 27.37 913 1,095 39.6 47,471 56,930 2,058 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.00 19.00 840 760 40.0 43,628 39,520 2,078 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 24.92 23.80 996 952 40.0 51,659 49,504 2,073 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 26.17 31.72 1,047 1,269 40.0 54,438 65,978 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 18.13 16.88 723 675 39.9 37,573 35,110 2,073 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 27.52 28.21 1,087 1,128 39.5 56,527 58,677 2,054 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 20.00 17.60 800 704 40.0 41,595 36,608 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 19.58 18.00 783 720 40.0 40,728 37,440 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.82 20.00 793 800 40.0 41,229 41,600 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.61 14.79 745 592 40.0 38,717 30,763 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.35 12.44 648 491 39.7 33,706 25,522 2,062 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.35 14.31 636 552 41.4 33,041 28,704 2,153 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.85 17.54 816 750 43.3 42,397 39,000 2,249 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.36 16.67 819 702 44.6 42,541 36,483 2,317 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.65 11.80 465 472 39.9 24,150 24,544 2,072 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.96 7.96 396 318 39.8 20,580 16,557 2,066 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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........................................................... $26.67 $22.18 $1,021 $872 38.3 $48,832 $45,242 1,831 Management occupations.............................................. 33.14 34.14 1,274 1,365 38.4 66,238 71,001 1,998 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.53 24.42 1,051 937 39.6 54,659 48,726 2,060 Community and social services occupations........................... 23.38 23.50 912 871 39.0 47,399 45,296 2,028 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 43.25 41.87 1,537 1,519 35.5 60,312 57,113 1,394 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 61.58 53.29 2,262 1,971 36.7 79,837 70,956 1,297 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 41.53 40.60 1,487 1,519 35.8 59,206 57,113 1,426 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 42.61 40.50 1,553 1,519 36.4 60,049 56,500 1,409 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 40.81 40.50 1,487 1,519 36.4 57,897 56,500 1,419 Secondary school teachers....................................... 39.42 39.90 1,424 1,371 36.1 57,886 56,052 1,469 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 37.41 35.05 1,346 1,227 36.0 55,039 51,866 1,471 Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 46.47 46.92 1,703 1,759 36.6 67,789 69,183 1,459 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.06 22.18 997 870 38.3 49,923 45,072 1,916 Registered nurses................................................. 22.77 22.18 862 870 37.9 43,774 45,072 1,922 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.34 16.21 654 648 40.0 33,991 33,717 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... 25.25 24.55 1,039 983 41.1 54,012 51,106 2,139 Police officers................................................... 26.58 27.77 1,063 1,111 40.0 55,290 57,762 2,080 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.58 27.77 1,063 1,111 40.0 55,290 57,762 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.57 14.13 568 556 39.0 29,547 28,904 2,027 Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.38 13.40 558 532 38.8 29,022 27,664 2,018 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.45 13.40 557 524 38.6 28,972 27,248 2,005 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.13 16.89 656 642 38.3 34,097 33,390 1,991 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.49 15.89 623 615 37.8 32,404 31,970 1,965 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.13 18.55 691 687 38.1 35,921 35,727 1,981 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.98 18.55 678 687 37.7 35,241 35,727 1,960 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 15.09 14.73 587 581 38.9 30,525 30,235 2,023 Word processors and typists..................................... 16.72 17.35 629 629 37.6 32,724 32,705 1,958 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.97 14.57 580 568 38.7 30,160 29,557 2,014 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.57 16.34 703 654 40.0 36,549 33,996 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.61 19.95 785 798 40.0 40,797 41,494 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 20.09 20.11 803 805 40.0 41,777 41,837 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2006 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $16.68 $14.48 $18.76 $21.40 Management, professional, and related...... 24.17 19.15 28.58 26.43 Management, business, and financial...... 25.82 23.27 27.86 26.44 Professional and related................. 23.37 17.40 28.98 26.43 Service.................................... 9.91 9.71 10.03 12.33 Sales and office........................... 13.75 14.01 12.49 15.61 Sales and related........................ 14.14 14.63 – – Office and administrative support........ 13.52 13.28 12.91 15.34 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 22.21 21.13 21.83 27.61 Construction and extraction............. 23.03 22.73 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 21.00 18.01 – 29.20 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 16.53 13.80 16.75 23.43 Production............................... 17.75 13.67 16.25 25.92 Transportation and material moving....... 14.87 13.92 17.66 15.01 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........................................................... 3.9 5.2 3.7 6.0 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.5 9.0 4.4 7.8 Management, business, and financial............................... 5.7 11.7 6.2 17.7 Professional and related.......................................... 5.0 9.9 5.2 7.3 Service............................................................. 5.0 5.6 4.0 6.5 Sales and office.................................................... 4.6 7.9 3.7 7.9 Sales and related................................................. 8.6 10.0 – – Office and administrative support................................. 4.0 7.7 4.6 8.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 10.6 14.6 4.9 8.9 Construction and extraction...................................... 14.1 17.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 11.0 12.4 – 10.8 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.6 9.4 7.4 7.9 Production........................................................ 2.7 6.8 6.4 4.7 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.6 16.2 12.3 18.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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........................................................... $15.40 $13.50 $612 $526 39.7 $31,380 $27,221 2,038 Management occupations.............................................. 21.67 15.38 940 726 43.4 48,901 37,748 2,257 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.89 14.52 517 494 37.2 21,237 19,634 1,529 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 14.07 14.52 527 494 37.5 21,769 19,634 1,547 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 16.20 15.59 591 552 36.5 22,681 21,047 1,400 Food preparation and serving related occupations Cooks............................................................ 10.93 10.53 417 421 38.1 21,683 21,902 1,983 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.21 14.20 513 568 38.9 21,669 21,060 1,640 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.85 13.00 459 455 38.7 18,569 17,680 1,566 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.83 14.20 494 568 38.5 20,699 21,060 1,614 Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.62 14.82 584 630 39.9 30,158 32,761 2,062 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.65 12.54 676 502 40.6 35,152 26,083 2,111 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.12 11.04 443 441 39.9 23,049 22,957 2,072 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.74 7.25 466 273 39.6 24,208 14,217 2,062 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.48 13.63 570 532 39.3 29,617 27,683 2,045 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.70 13.18 533 520 38.9 27,704 27,040 2,022 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.73 27.37 902 1,095 39.7 46,903 56,930 2,064 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.01 17.00 720 680 40.0 37,409 35,360 2,077 Production occupations.............................................. 14.02 13.00 558 520 39.8 28,992 27,040 2,068 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.06 13.50 578 516 41.1 30,044 26,813 2,137 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.77 17.11 758 750 42.7 39,410 39,000 2,218 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.62 15.00 748 680 45.0 38,868 35,360 2,339 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.36 8.00 413 320 39.8 21,445 16,640 2,069 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.35 7.96 372 318 39.8 19,325 16,557 2,066 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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........................................................... $20.28 $16.88 $806 $668 39.8 $41,824 $34,736 2,062 Management occupations.............................................. 36.61 35.66 1,465 1,373 40.0 76,198 71,399 2,081 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.55 22.29 899 892 39.9 46,756 46,361 2,074 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.36 27.50 964 1,100 39.6 50,133 57,200 2,058 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.76 15.49 655 600 39.1 34,062 31,200 2,033 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.74 24.26 946 950 38.2 49,198 49,375 1,989 Registered nurses................................................. 26.42 28.27 1,007 1,060 38.1 52,363 55,127 1,982 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.20 11.61 437 464 39.0 22,705 24,153 2,027 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.93 10.91 387 431 39.0 20,139 22,425 2,029 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.15 10.91 395 432 38.9 20,557 22,445 2,025 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.39 10.91 405 436 39.0 21,044 22,697 2,026 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.80 13.10 546 524 39.5 28,311 27,248 2,052 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.30 13.10 527 524 39.6 27,406 27,248 2,061 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.30 14.52 558 596 39.0 29,022 30,992 2,030 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.74 11.52 507 461 39.8 26,340 23,962 2,068 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.08 15.02 634 589 37.1 32,944 30,615 1,929 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.38 11.79 528 472 39.4 26,816 24,103 2,005 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.98 26.58 974 1,063 39.0 50,646 55,286 2,027 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 26.13 23.80 1,044 952 40.0 54,313 49,504 2,079 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 25.84 23.80 1,033 952 40.0 53,711 49,504 2,079 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 28.33 32.22 1,133 1,289 40.0 58,933 67,018 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 21.09 18.47 842 739 39.9 43,789 38,418 2,076 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 27.52 28.21 1,087 1,128 39.5 56,527 58,677 2,054 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 21.74 19.89 870 796 40.0 45,218 41,371 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 18.01 14.72 712 589 39.5 37,024 30,618 2,056 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.33 15.74 772 612 42.1 40,128 31,845 2,189 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.80 13.63 592 545 40.0 30,784 28,350 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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........................................................... $23.47 $20.60 $26.29 $16.03 $15.95 $20.45 Management, professional, and related............................... 33.13 23.97 35.75 24.24 24.19 26.44 Management, business, and financial............................... 29.52 – 29.52 25.91 25.82 28.48 Professional and related.......................................... 33.64 23.97 36.91 23.30 23.28 24.09 Service............................................................. 16.44 11.63 19.80 9.65 9.59 – Sales and office.................................................... 17.80 18.73 17.47 13.59 13.59 13.66 Sales and related................................................. 14.58 – – 14.23 14.23 – Office and administrative support................................. 18.21 21.31 17.27 13.21 13.20 13.66 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 24.58 26.95 17.94 16.68 16.37 – Construction and extraction...................................... – 27.02 16.90 – 16.52 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 23.73 26.80 18.72 16.84 16.22 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 19.69 19.90 18.32 15.04 14.90 – Production........................................................ 22.42 22.43 – 15.08 15.08 – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.23 15.37 18.22 14.99 14.68 – 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........................................................... 4.1 7.4 3.7 3.7 3.8 12.2 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.7 13.2 4.2 4.6 4.7 15.6 Management, business, and financial............................... 6.5 – 6.5 5.6 5.7 17.6 Professional and related.......................................... 5.3 13.2 4.7 5.2 5.3 12.4 Service............................................................. 3.9 7.5 4.6 4.8 4.8 – Sales and office.................................................... 6.3 19.6 3.9 4.8 4.9 8.9 Sales and related................................................. 22.2 – – 8.5 8.5 – Office and administrative support................................. 5.5 13.6 3.7 3.9 3.9 8.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.0 4.0 4.4 5.6 4.8 – Construction and extraction...................................... – 2.7 16.7 – 6.2 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 8.1 9.7 3.9 8.1 6.7 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 10.1 11.8 2.3 7.9 8.1 – Production........................................................ 8.4 8.4 – 7.0 7.0 – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.7 20.9 2.4 13.6 14.1 – 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2006 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $17.98 $16.49 $18.86 $18.86 Management, professional, and related............................... 27.09 24.31 21.17 21.17 Management, business, and financial............................... 26.99 26.49 21.23 21.23 Professional and related.......................................... 27.12 23.38 – – Service............................................................. 11.62 9.75 – – Sales and office.................................................... 13.73 13.34 16.38 16.38 Sales and related................................................. 13.00 12.86 22.02 22.02 Office and administrative support................................. 14.10 13.62 12.86 12.86 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 21.49 22.21 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 23.03 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20.67 21.00 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.05 15.83 22.68 22.68 Production........................................................ 17.76 17.75 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.46 12.35 22.68 22.68 Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.6 4.1 6.3 6.3 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.8 4.7 4.7 4.7 Management, business, and financial............................... 5.5 6.3 5.1 5.1 Professional and related.......................................... 4.0 5.0 – – Service............................................................. 6.1 4.4 – – Sales and office.................................................... 5.2 5.8 10.3 10.3 Sales and related................................................. 11.8 12.1 4.6 4.6 Office and administrative support................................. 3.9 4.5 3.4 3.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9.1 10.6 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 14.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 8.6 11.0 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.6 5.8 9.1 9.1 Production........................................................ 2.7 2.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.0 7.9 9.1 9.1 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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........................................................... - $20.71 - - - - $16.06 - $13.74 Management, professional, and related............................... - 29.26 - - - - 20.79 - – Management, business, and financial............................... - 35.53 - - - - 19.79 - – Professional and related.......................................... - 22.87 - - - - 20.91 - – Service............................................................. - – - - - - 10.99 - – Sales and office.................................................... - 21.49 - - - - 14.85 - – Sales and related................................................. - – - - - - – - – Office and administrative support................................. - 16.11 - - - - 14.85 - – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - 26.14 - - - - – - – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - 25.20 - - - - – - – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - 18.00 - - - - – - – Production........................................................ - 18.40 - - - - – - – Transportation and material moving................................ - 16.10 - - - - – - – 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........................................................... - 2.9 - - - - 6.3 - 0.0 Management, professional, and related............................... - 18.2 - - - - 10.0 - – Management, business, and financial............................... - 16.5 - - - - 32.2 - – Professional and related.......................................... - 9.4 - - - - 8.1 - – Service............................................................. - – - - - - 2.9 - – Sales and office.................................................... - 20.0 - - - - 13.3 - – Sales and related................................................. - – - - - - – - – Office and administrative support................................. - .3 - - - - 13.3 - – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - 12.5 - - - - – - – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - 19.7 - - - - – - – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - 3.9 - - - - – - – Production........................................................ - 1.1 - - - - – - – Transportation and material moving................................ - 14.4 - - - - – - – 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2006 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 517,700 434,800 83,000 Management, professional, and related............................... 143,000 101,600 41,300 Management, business, and financial............................... 34,600 28,900 5,700 Professional and related.......................................... 108,300 72,800 35,600 Service............................................................. 97,500 81,500 16,000 Sales and office.................................................... 162,300 148,300 14,000 Sales and related................................................. 58,300 57,500 – Office and administrative support................................. 104,000 90,800 13,200 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 29,200 23,600 5,600 Construction and extraction...................................... 16,800 14,200 2,600 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 12,400 9,500 2,900 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 85,800 79,700 6,100 Production........................................................ 46,200 46,100 – Transportation and material moving................................ 39,500 33,600 5,900 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2006 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 22,518 22,417 101 Total in sample....................................................... 288 257 31 Responding........................................................ 172 145 27 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 82 79 3 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 34 33 1 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.