NC BL 06/00/2007 Table: Memphis, TN-AR-MS, Bulletin 3135-61, February 2007 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 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........................................................... $18.22 5.8 35.5 $17.76 6.5 35.4 $21.99 1.2 36.1 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 29.25 3.7 37.7 30.09 5.0 38.6 26.82 1.9 35.2 Management, business, and financial............................... 33.27 8.1 40.6 33.56 9.1 41.2 30.99 9.0 36.1 Professional and related.......................................... 26.75 4.8 36.1 27.16 7.1 36.6 25.99 2.3 35.0 Service............................................................. 9.56 4.2 32.9 8.24 3.7 32.4 17.17 3.6 36.5 Sales and office.................................................... 17.95 10.8 34.8 18.17 11.2 34.7 12.92 3.9 36.9 Sales and related................................................. 24.39 19.5 35.5 24.52 19.6 35.5 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 14.07 1.7 34.4 14.13 1.8 34.3 13.18 3.6 36.7 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 19.00 7.8 39.9 18.88 8.5 39.9 20.49 5.0 39.8 Construction and extraction...................................... 15.49 1.7 40.0 15.29 1.8 40.0 17.88 8.0 39.7 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 26.76 11.3 39.8 26.77 12.2 39.8 26.75 8.3 39.9 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.14 8.8 34.8 14.10 8.9 34.8 17.06 8.8 38.1 Production........................................................ 13.95 13.4 39.8 13.85 13.5 39.9 19.13 20.0 39.2 Transportation and material moving................................ 14.24 10.4 32.5 14.23 10.5 32.5 15.25 12.4 37.2 Full time........................................................... 19.67 6.8 40.0 19.29 7.7 40.1 22.47 1.5 39.0 Part time........................................................... 9.45 6.6 21.1 9.30 6.9 21.4 13.21 4.9 15.3 Union............................................................... 20.90 6.7 37.2 19.03 9.8 36.1 24.17 1.4 39.3 Nonunion............................................................ 17.90 6.4 35.3 17.65 7.0 35.3 20.77 1.7 34.5 Time................................................................ 16.21 4.6 35.7 15.42 5.2 35.6 21.99 1.2 36.1 Incentive........................................................... 35.18 14.3 33.7 35.18 14.3 33.7 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 16.55 8.5 40.0 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 18.02 7.4 34.5 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 14.42 3.5 34.7 14.42 3.5 34.7 17.14 11.0 36.5 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.87 16.0 36.6 17.88 16.6 36.5 17.57 6.8 38.1 500 workers or more................................................. 22.59 5.0 35.4 22.66 7.0 35.3 22.41 1.4 35.9 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 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), Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 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........................................................... $18.22 5.8 $19.67 6.8 $9.45 6.6 Management occupations.............................................. 38.76 10.4 38.74 10.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.47 13.0 23.47 13.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.81 7.2 26.81 7.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 23.28 15.8 23.28 15.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.87 17.5 42.87 17.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 48.36 19.9 48.32 19.9 – – General and operations managers................................... 55.41 22.1 55.41 22.1 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 32.31 6.4 32.31 6.4 – – Financial managers................................................ 30.76 9.3 30.76 9.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.39 10.8 32.39 10.8 – – Education administrators.......................................... 36.09 11.6 36.09 11.6 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.03 6.3 26.03 6.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.59 4.9 19.59 4.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.00 5.9 27.00 5.9 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.42 8.7 20.42 8.7 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 19.12 4.5 19.12 4.5 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 26.31 4.6 26.31 4.6 – – Financial analysts.............................................. 26.31 4.6 26.31 4.6 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.28 7.2 32.29 7.2 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 42.98 8.2 42.98 8.2 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 27.17 11.9 27.17 11.9 – – Engineers......................................................... 34.00 3.4 34.00 3.4 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 22.02 29.6 22.06 30.7 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 14.94 10.5 14.94 10.5 – – Counselors........................................................ 15.40 16.6 15.40 16.6 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.57 3.5 27.58 3.9 11.59 13.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.97 7.1 9.71 9.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.82 5.4 25.60 6.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.63 .6 33.63 .6 – – Level 11.................................................. 28.38 11.0 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.15 5.8 29.14 5.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 28.38 11.0 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 28.99 6.7 28.99 6.7 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.93 2.6 31.64 1.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.15 5.0 27.28 5.4 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.46 3.4 31.14 2.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.78 4.4 25.87 5.1 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.85 3.1 31.62 1.6 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... $31.01 0.8 $31.97 1.5 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.03 1.0 32.01 1.4 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.65 8.2 10.58 10.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.00 7.3 9.71 9.1 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.04 10.0 24.75 9.6 $26.96 17.7 Level 5 .................................................. 18.34 2.5 19.39 9.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.41 12.4 18.42 12.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.98 5.3 24.12 5.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.89 4.5 25.09 5.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.34 14.5 28.03 13.6 34.35 20.9 Registered nurses................................................. 28.26 6.3 27.45 4.5 32.98 15.4 Level 7 .................................................. 25.51 1.6 25.55 1.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. – – 24.41 5.9 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.56 .8 22.53 .7 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 23.45 2.1 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.54 1.8 16.42 3.0 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.01 5.3 11.07 8.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.11 9.4 9.11 9.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 13.82 13.0 14.30 10.5 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.39 1.0 11.39 1.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.39 1.2 11.39 1.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.39 1.2 11.39 1.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.39 1.2 11.39 1.2 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.36 9.7 10.44 10.7 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 11.99 21.6 12.25 21.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.74 4.0 11.88 4.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.70 7.2 13.71 7.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.83 7.4 16.83 7.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.36 1.9 18.36 1.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.14 1.0 22.14 1.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 21.97 5.0 21.97 5.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.14 5.9 24.14 5.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 21.69 16.0 21.69 16.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 26.51 1.6 26.51 1.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers.......................................................... 22.92 12.5 22.92 12.5 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 16.77 2.1 16.77 2.1 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.59 3.8 15.59 3.8 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.59 3.8 15.59 3.8 – – Police officers................................................... 19.76 3.1 19.76 3.1 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 19.76 3.1 19.76 3.1 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers Level 3 .................................................. $11.58 4.8 – – – – Security guards Level 3 .................................................. 11.58 4.8 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.42 4.1 $7.88 9.4 $5.53 7.2 Level 1 .................................................. 5.57 10.2 6.73 11.4 4.79 13.5 Level 2 .................................................. 5.33 7.5 – – 4.84 2.7 Level 3 .................................................. – – 7.85 30.6 – – Cooks............................................................. 8.95 7.8 9.07 11.6 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.60 15.2 – – 3.07 27.0 Level 1 .................................................. 3.55 .0 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.08 21.2 – – 2.91 28.1 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.73 2.6 – – 6.96 .5 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.73 2.6 – – 6.96 .5 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.71 7.3 11.55 8.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.18 10.0 9.14 5.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.98 11.5 9.98 11.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.27 4.0 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.31 11.1 11.37 9.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.18 10.0 9.14 5.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.45 4.5 11.45 4.5 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.56 11.9 11.95 9.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. – – 9.43 4.8 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.54 8.3 – – – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 10.80 10.7 10.80 10.7 – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 10.80 10.7 10.80 10.7 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.59 12.7 10.61 15.8 10.49 10.9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.01 8.1 – – 9.56 12.8 Sales and related occupations....................................... 24.39 19.5 28.29 19.7 7.36 3.1 Level 1 .................................................. 7.11 3.4 – – 6.56 3.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.06 4.1 10.51 4.5 8.04 8.5 Level 3 .................................................. 9.40 20.0 9.79 23.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.58 5.3 14.79 4.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 38.66 18.2 38.66 18.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.48 10.4 24.48 10.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 24.40 11.5 24.40 11.5 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.80 2.4 11.11 2.2 7.35 3.2 Level 1 .................................................. 7.11 3.4 – – 6.56 3.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.13 4.8 10.51 4.5 8.08 8.6 Level 3 .................................................. 9.40 20.0 9.79 23.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.95 8.3 14.29 5.5 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... $8.27 7.7 $9.31 11.7 $6.80 0.9 Level 1 .................................................. 6.92 1.3 – – 6.63 2.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.83 12.9 – – 6.96 4.3 Level 3 .................................................. 9.73 24.1 9.79 24.7 – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.27 7.7 9.31 11.7 6.80 .9 Level 1 .................................................. 6.92 1.3 – – 6.63 2.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.83 12.9 – – 6.96 4.3 Level 3 .................................................. 9.73 24.1 9.79 24.7 – – Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 11.92 12.2 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 12.04 4.6 13.43 10.2 8.67 .3 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 27.72 17.1 27.72 17.1 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.07 1.7 14.39 1.8 11.98 3.2 Level 1 .................................................. 9.62 2.5 10.33 1.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.14 2.2 11.97 3.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.06 2.9 12.06 3.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.13 2.8 15.20 2.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.99 6.7 17.00 6.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.71 4.0 19.71 4.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.47 10.2 19.47 10.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.00 4.9 13.37 4.8 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.48 3.4 15.69 3.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.96 3.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. – – 13.91 7.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.55 7.5 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.03 8.3 17.03 8.3 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.47 5.3 15.73 5.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.01 10.7 16.12 8.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.18 11.3 17.18 11.3 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.88 7.6 14.13 8.5 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.83 4.5 14.83 4.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.85 5.0 15.85 5.0 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.66 3.2 11.67 4.1 9.03 3.5 Level 1 .................................................. 10.42 3.1 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.48 4.4 15.48 4.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.52 2.3 12.52 2.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.76 5.7 14.76 5.7 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.88 7.8 16.88 7.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.73 11.6 13.73 11.6 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.11 4.0 14.11 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.59 4.9 14.59 4.9 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.83 3.6 12.91 3.7 – – Data entry keyers............................................... 12.72 5.3 12.72 5.3 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.46 5.1 12.68 5.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.00 3.4 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.92 2.5 11.92 2.5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. $15.49 1.7 $15.49 1.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.62 .8 12.62 .8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.32 4.9 14.32 4.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.90 4.6 19.90 4.6 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 13.89 1.7 13.89 1.7 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 19.03 3.3 19.03 3.3 – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 19.46 1.7 19.46 1.7 – – Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.60 1.5 12.60 1.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 26.76 11.3 26.87 11.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.19 10.2 18.19 10.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.48 3.3 25.48 3.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 33.86 8.6 33.86 8.6 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.73 3.5 18.73 3.5 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.19 11.7 20.22 11.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.11 13.1 18.11 13.1 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.91 10.0 21.91 10.0 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 12.68 14.8 12.68 14.8 – – Production occupations.............................................. 13.95 13.4 13.98 13.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.23 2.4 9.27 2.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.12 6.5 13.12 6.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.87 8.4 14.87 8.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.92 8.5 16.92 8.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.51 6.7 21.51 6.7 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.78 3.6 17.78 3.6 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.84 4.3 17.84 4.3 – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.10 19.8 10.10 19.8 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.24 10.4 15.16 13.2 $11.31 4.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.62 3.6 8.77 3.4 8.39 8.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.05 4.3 10.14 5.8 9.56 8.2 Level 3 .................................................. 13.13 4.8 13.78 6.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.26 3.2 19.77 4.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.34 6.1 20.34 6.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.48 1.4 20.51 1.6 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.17 10.9 17.87 11.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.42 17.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. – – 20.07 5.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.02 3.6 21.02 3.6 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.48 10.2 18.48 10.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.02 3.6 21.02 3.6 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.53 12.3 11.54 12.8 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.06 6.4 9.83 7.6 10.41 10.4 Level 1 .................................................. $8.45 4.4 $8.52 4.7 $8.36 8.6 Level 2 .................................................. 11.79 4.2 11.70 4.2 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.06 5.9 11.41 3.1 10.82 10.8 Level 1 .................................................. 9.02 5.7 10.04 5.1 8.66 8.3 Level 2 .................................................. 11.49 4.8 11.33 4.4 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.35 6.4 8.42 6.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.93 3.1 8.00 2.0 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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), Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 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........................................................... $17.76 6.5 $19.29 7.7 $9.30 6.9 Management occupations.............................................. 39.58 12.1 39.58 12.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.77 8.0 26.77 8.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 21.81 16.8 21.81 16.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 51.06 22.0 51.06 22.0 – – General and operations managers................................... 61.53 23.3 61.53 23.3 – – Financial managers................................................ 30.76 9.3 30.76 9.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.39 10.8 32.39 10.8 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.28 6.7 26.28 6.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.11 6.0 20.11 6.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.84 6.0 26.84 6.0 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 19.12 4.5 19.12 4.5 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 26.31 4.6 26.31 4.6 – – Financial analysts.............................................. 26.31 4.6 26.31 4.6 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.64 7.3 32.64 7.3 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 42.98 8.2 42.98 8.2 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 27.86 13.8 27.86 13.8 – – Engineers......................................................... 33.56 4.2 33.56 4.2 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 20.52 17.7 21.02 17.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.89 8.8 24.91 9.6 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 24.03 14.6 24.03 14.6 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.28 11.0 24.91 10.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.81 6.2 23.94 6.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.86 4.5 25.06 5.0 – – Registered nurses................................................. 28.45 6.9 27.54 5.0 33.61 16.0 Level 7 .................................................. 25.61 1.5 25.61 1.5 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.81 1.1 22.81 1.1 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.98 5.6 11.05 8.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.11 9.4 9.11 9.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.14 13.9 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.39 1.2 11.39 1.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.39 1.2 11.39 1.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.39 1.2 11.39 1.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.39 1.2 11.39 1.2 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.32 10.2 10.39 11.2 – – Protective service occupations Level 3 .................................................. 11.58 4.9 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... $6.20 4.2 $7.39 9.4 $5.53 7.2 Level 1 .................................................. 5.55 10.2 6.68 11.6 4.79 13.5 Level 2 .................................................. 5.33 7.5 – – 4.84 2.7 Cooks............................................................. 8.55 7.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.60 15.2 – – 3.07 27.0 Level 1 .................................................. 3.55 .0 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.08 21.2 – – 2.91 28.1 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.70 2.5 – – 6.96 .5 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.70 2.5 – – 6.96 .5 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.55 8.6 11.56 9.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.15 11.2 9.26 6.8 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.30 13.1 11.63 11.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.15 11.2 9.26 6.8 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.62 14.4 12.41 11.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. – – 9.70 5.2 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.54 8.3 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.04 15.7 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 24.52 19.6 28.48 19.7 7.36 3.1 Level 1 .................................................. 7.11 3.4 – – 6.56 3.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.06 4.1 10.51 4.5 8.04 8.5 Level 3 .................................................. 9.36 22.5 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.58 5.3 14.79 4.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 38.66 18.2 38.66 18.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.48 10.4 24.48 10.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 24.40 11.5 24.40 11.5 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.80 2.4 11.14 2.2 7.35 3.2 Level 1 .................................................. 7.11 3.4 – – 6.56 3.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.13 4.8 10.51 4.5 8.08 8.6 Level 3 .................................................. 9.36 22.5 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.95 8.3 14.29 5.5 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.23 8.0 9.29 12.3 6.80 .9 Level 1 .................................................. 6.92 1.3 – – 6.63 2.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.83 12.9 – – 6.96 4.3 Cashiers...................................................... 8.23 8.0 9.29 12.3 6.80 .9 Level 1 .................................................. 6.92 1.3 – – 6.63 2.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.83 12.9 – – 6.96 4.3 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 11.92 12.2 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 12.04 4.6 13.43 10.2 8.67 .3 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 27.72 17.1 27.72 17.1 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.13 1.8 14.46 1.9 12.07 3.3 Level 1 .................................................. $9.62 2.5 $10.33 1.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.21 2.2 11.98 3.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.02 3.3 12.02 3.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.26 2.9 15.34 2.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.04 6.8 17.05 6.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.84 4.3 19.84 4.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.07 10.0 20.07 10.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.05 5.1 13.46 4.9 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.44 3.6 15.64 3.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.96 3.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. – – 13.91 7.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.59 8.1 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.97 8.7 16.97 8.7 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.40 5.6 15.67 5.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.11 12.0 17.11 12.0 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.88 7.6 14.13 8.5 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.83 4.5 14.83 4.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.85 5.0 15.85 5.0 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.66 3.2 11.67 4.1 $9.03 3.5 Level 1 .................................................. 10.42 3.1 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.73 4.8 15.73 4.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.88 6.2 14.88 6.2 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.16 8.3 17.16 8.3 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.17 4.8 14.17 4.8 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.88 3.5 12.96 3.6 – – Data entry keyers............................................... 12.71 5.4 12.71 5.4 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.57 6.2 12.73 6.1 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.29 1.8 15.29 1.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.37 3.5 19.37 3.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 26.77 12.2 26.87 12.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.09 10.5 18.09 10.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.22 5.6 24.22 5.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 33.68 9.4 33.68 9.4 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.73 3.5 18.73 3.5 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.61 11.7 20.61 11.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.11 13.1 18.11 13.1 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.91 10.0 21.91 10.0 – – Production occupations.............................................. 13.85 13.5 13.88 13.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.23 2.4 9.27 2.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.12 6.5 13.12 6.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.18 8.2 15.18 8.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.90 8.7 16.90 8.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. $21.09 6.9 $21.09 6.9 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.31 1.0 17.31 1.0 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.33 1.2 17.33 1.2 – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.10 19.8 10.10 19.8 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.23 10.5 15.16 13.4 $11.31 4.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.62 3.6 8.77 3.4 8.39 8.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.05 4.4 10.15 5.9 9.56 8.2 Level 3 .................................................. 13.14 4.9 13.80 6.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.29 3.3 19.82 4.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.54 6.1 20.54 6.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.39 1.6 20.42 1.7 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.20 10.9 17.92 11.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. – – 20.09 5.7 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.58 10.3 18.58 10.3 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.43 12.2 11.45 12.6 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.06 6.4 9.83 7.6 10.41 10.4 Level 1 .................................................. 8.45 4.4 8.52 4.7 8.36 8.6 Level 2 .................................................. 11.79 4.2 11.70 4.2 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.06 5.9 11.41 3.1 10.82 10.8 Level 1 .................................................. 9.02 5.7 10.04 5.1 8.66 8.3 Level 2 .................................................. 11.49 4.8 11.33 4.4 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.35 6.4 8.42 6.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.93 3.1 8.00 2.0 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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), Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 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........................................................... $21.99 1.2 $22.47 1.5 $13.21 4.9 Management occupations.............................................. 33.96 9.0 33.79 9.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.54 6.1 29.90 4.5 – – Education administrators.......................................... 40.72 1.5 40.72 1.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.44 13.6 22.44 13.6 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.36 13.8 16.36 13.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.67 2.6 28.76 3.2 10.95 1.6 Level 2 .................................................. 10.84 1.0 10.89 1.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.74 3.7 26.59 4.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.74 .5 33.74 .5 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 31.82 5.6 31.80 5.6 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.01 2.1 32.36 1.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.78 4.5 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.26 1.3 32.26 1.3 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.45 .7 32.45 .7 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.03 .9 32.06 1.5 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.05 1.0 32.10 1.4 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.44 4.4 11.58 5.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.91 1.0 10.89 1.4 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.83 2.9 23.21 3.7 21.07 8.0 Level 7 .................................................. 25.05 2.1 25.26 1.7 – – Registered nurses................................................. 26.43 8.1 26.63 9.0 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 19.81 3.1 19.83 3.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.83 7.4 16.83 7.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.12 1.8 18.12 1.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.14 1.0 22.14 1.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 21.97 5.0 21.97 5.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.14 5.9 24.14 5.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 26.48 1.3 26.48 1.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 26.51 1.6 26.51 1.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers.......................................................... 22.92 12.5 22.92 12.5 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 16.77 2.1 16.77 2.1 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.59 3.8 15.59 3.8 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.59 3.8 15.59 3.8 – – Police officers................................................... 20.35 1.8 20.35 1.8 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.35 1.8 20.35 1.8 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 12.80 7.6 12.80 7.6 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... $11.51 6.8 $11.54 8.7 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.32 7.5 9.92 8.7 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.32 7.5 9.92 8.7 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 14.55 2.2 14.55 2.2 – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 14.55 2.2 14.55 2.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.92 14.0 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.18 3.6 13.43 3.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.37 1.4 12.37 1.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.56 4.2 13.56 4.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.59 10.6 15.59 10.6 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.72 6.2 16.72 6.2 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.72 6.2 16.72 6.2 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.58 1.9 13.58 1.9 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.04 2.4 12.47 2.2 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.88 8.0 17.88 8.0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 26.75 8.3 26.87 8.4 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.15 13.5 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 19.13 20.0 19.13 20.0 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.25 12.4 15.25 12.4 – – 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 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), Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 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........................................................... $18.22 5.8 $19.67 6.8 $9.45 6.6 Management occupations.............................................. 38.76 10.4 38.74 10.4 – – Group II.................................................. 24.99 8.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 35.17 10.1 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 55.41 22.1 55.41 22.1 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 32.31 6.4 32.31 6.4 – – Financial managers................................................ 30.76 9.3 30.76 9.3 – – Education administrators.......................................... 36.09 11.6 36.09 11.6 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.03 6.3 26.03 6.3 – – Group II.................................................. 19.77 5.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 29.92 4.8 – – – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.42 8.7 20.42 8.7 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 19.12 4.5 19.12 4.5 – – Group II.................................................. 18.03 4.8 18.03 4.8 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 26.31 4.6 26.31 4.6 – – Financial analysts.............................................. 26.31 4.6 26.31 4.6 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.28 7.2 32.29 7.2 – – Group II.................................................. 19.36 5.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 36.27 4.9 – – – – Computer software engineers....................................... 42.98 8.2 42.98 8.2 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 27.17 11.9 27.17 11.9 – – Group II.................................................. 21.54 8.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 35.11 3.8 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 34.00 3.4 34.00 3.4 – – Group III................................................. 35.11 3.8 – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 22.02 29.6 22.06 30.7 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 14.94 10.5 14.94 10.5 – – Group II.................................................. 14.81 7.5 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 15.40 16.6 15.40 16.6 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.57 3.5 27.58 3.9 11.59 13.2 Group I................................................... 10.62 8.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 27.46 4.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 32.98 1.2 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.15 5.8 29.14 5.8 – – Group III................................................. 26.33 14.2 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 28.99 6.7 28.99 6.7 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.93 2.6 31.64 1.3 – – Group II.................................................. 25.65 6.8 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.46 3.4 31.14 2.2 – – Group II.................................................. $24.78 7.9 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.85 3.1 $31.62 1.6 – – Group II.................................................. 24.15 8.2 25.94 2.9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.01 .8 31.97 1.5 – – Group II.................................................. 26.96 9.1 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.03 1.0 32.01 1.4 – – Group II.................................................. 26.77 9.0 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.65 8.2 10.58 10.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.65 8.2 10.58 10.1 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.04 10.0 24.75 9.6 $26.96 17.7 Group I................................................... 14.08 3.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.08 4.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 30.21 13.1 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 28.26 6.3 27.45 4.5 32.98 15.4 Group II.................................................. 25.17 2.6 25.25 2.6 24.39 1.9 Group III................................................. – – 28.99 13.1 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.56 .8 22.53 .7 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 23.45 2.1 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.54 1.8 16.42 3.0 – – Group II.................................................. – – 15.95 1.2 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.01 5.3 11.07 8.1 – – Group I................................................... 9.84 8.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 14.38 6.8 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.39 1.0 11.39 1.0 – – Group I................................................... 11.39 1.0 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.39 1.2 11.39 1.2 – – Group I................................................... 11.39 1.2 11.39 1.2 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.36 9.7 10.44 10.7 – – Group I................................................... 9.12 17.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 13.63 7.5 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 11.99 21.6 12.25 21.8 – – Group I................................................... 9.29 12.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.00 3.2 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 21.69 16.0 21.69 16.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 26.51 1.6 26.51 1.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers.......................................................... 22.92 12.5 22.92 12.5 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 16.77 2.1 16.77 2.1 – – Group II.................................................. 17.18 2.0 17.18 2.0 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.59 3.8 15.59 3.8 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.59 3.8 15.59 3.8 – – Police officers................................................... 19.76 3.1 19.76 3.1 – – Group II.................................................. $21.49 3.2 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 19.76 3.1 $19.76 3.1 – – Group II.................................................. 21.49 3.2 21.49 3.2 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.42 4.1 7.88 9.4 $5.53 7.2 Group I................................................... 6.28 5.3 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 8.95 7.8 9.07 11.6 – – Group I................................................... 8.72 9.5 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.60 15.2 – – 3.07 27.0 Group I................................................... 3.60 15.2 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.08 21.2 – – 2.91 28.1 Group I................................................... 3.08 21.2 – – 2.91 28.1 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.73 2.6 – – 6.96 .5 Group I................................................... 6.73 2.6 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.73 2.6 – – 6.96 .5 Group I................................................... 6.73 2.6 – – 6.96 .5 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.71 7.3 11.55 8.2 – – Group I................................................... 10.25 9.5 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.31 11.1 11.37 9.9 – – Group I................................................... 10.31 11.7 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.56 11.9 11.95 9.7 – – Group I................................................... 10.58 12.5 12.10 9.4 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.54 8.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.54 8.3 – – – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 10.80 10.7 10.80 10.7 – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 10.80 10.7 10.80 10.7 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.59 12.7 10.61 15.8 10.49 10.9 Group I................................................... 9.49 15.3 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 24.39 19.5 28.29 19.7 7.36 3.1 Group I................................................... 10.12 6.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 33.00 10.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.48 10.4 24.48 10.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 24.40 11.5 24.40 11.5 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.80 2.4 11.11 2.2 7.35 3.2 Group I................................................... 9.37 4.4 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.27 7.7 9.31 11.7 6.80 .9 Group I................................................... 8.10 6.6 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.27 7.7 9.31 11.7 6.80 .9 Group I................................................... 8.10 6.6 9.13 11.2 6.80 .9 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 11.92 12.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.92 12.2 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 12.04 4.6 13.43 10.2 8.67 .3 Group I................................................... $11.70 8.6 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 27.72 17.1 $27.72 17.1 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.07 1.7 14.39 1.8 $11.98 3.2 Group I................................................... 13.20 1.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.93 4.5 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.48 3.4 15.69 3.4 – – Group I................................................... 14.64 4.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.99 6.8 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.47 5.3 15.73 5.2 – – Group I................................................... 14.35 5.7 14.81 4.7 – – Group II.................................................. 17.09 8.9 17.09 8.9 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.88 7.6 14.13 8.5 – – Group I................................................... 13.85 7.4 14.04 8.8 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.83 4.5 14.83 4.5 – – Group I................................................... 14.26 7.9 14.26 7.9 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.66 3.2 11.67 4.1 9.03 3.5 Group I................................................... 10.79 3.1 11.67 4.1 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.48 4.4 15.48 4.4 – – Group I................................................... 14.11 4.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.30 7.5 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.88 7.8 16.88 7.8 – – Group I................................................... 13.73 11.6 13.73 11.6 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.11 4.0 14.11 4.0 – – Group I................................................... 13.96 4.2 13.96 4.2 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.83 3.6 12.91 3.7 – – Group I................................................... 13.23 3.6 – – – – Data entry keyers............................................... 12.72 5.3 12.72 5.3 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.46 5.1 12.68 5.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.54 6.0 12.80 5.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.49 1.7 15.49 1.7 – – Group I................................................... 12.69 2.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.36 4.5 – – – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 13.89 1.7 13.89 1.7 – – Group I................................................... 14.02 1.2 – – – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 19.03 3.3 19.03 3.3 – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 19.46 1.7 19.46 1.7 – – Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.60 1.5 12.60 1.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 26.76 11.3 26.87 11.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.91 6.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 28.34 11.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 33.86 8.6 33.86 8.6 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.73 3.5 18.73 3.5 – – Group II.................................................. $19.13 3.6 $19.13 3.6 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.19 11.7 20.22 11.7 – – Group II.................................................. 20.62 11.5 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.91 10.0 21.91 10.0 – – Group II.................................................. 21.91 10.0 21.91 10.0 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 12.68 14.8 12.68 14.8 – – Production occupations.............................................. 13.95 13.4 13.98 13.3 – – Group I................................................... 12.20 4.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.62 6.0 – – – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.78 3.6 17.78 3.6 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.84 4.3 17.84 4.3 – – Miscellaneous production workers Group I................................................... 10.72 17.9 – – – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.10 19.8 10.10 19.8 – – Group I................................................... 10.10 19.8 10.10 19.8 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.24 10.4 15.16 13.2 $11.31 4.0 Group I................................................... 12.44 9.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.51 4.9 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.17 10.9 17.87 11.4 – – Group I................................................... 16.55 15.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.22 .8 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.48 10.2 18.48 10.2 – – Group I................................................... 17.05 16.8 17.05 16.8 – – Group II.................................................. 22.22 .8 22.22 .8 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.53 12.3 11.54 12.8 – – Group I................................................... 11.41 12.0 11.42 12.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.06 6.4 9.83 7.6 10.41 10.4 Group I................................................... 9.97 6.8 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.06 5.9 11.41 3.1 10.82 10.8 Group I................................................... 10.93 6.9 11.10 3.1 10.82 10.8 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.35 6.4 8.42 6.3 – – Group I................................................... 8.35 6.4 8.42 6.3 – – 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), Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.50 $10.08 $14.37 $21.21 $32.95 Management occupations.............................................. 17.63 24.04 34.13 46.56 58.42 General and operations managers................................... 27.04 27.36 58.42 81.52 135.53 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 26.67 29.39 31.11 36.06 39.92 Financial managers................................................ 20.24 24.04 24.42 39.88 47.15 Education administrators.......................................... 19.57 28.38 42.96 42.96 42.96 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.31 19.47 23.81 29.14 40.39 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 17.31 17.31 19.69 19.71 25.95 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 15.34 16.37 19.47 19.47 23.81 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 21.64 21.83 24.26 28.85 31.99 Financial analysts.............................................. 21.64 21.83 24.26 28.85 31.99 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 17.29 21.97 33.08 38.26 44.32 Computer software engineers....................................... 33.08 35.22 37.45 47.58 58.13 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 17.81 18.13 25.88 31.75 38.92 Engineers......................................................... 30.51 30.51 31.75 34.71 45.63 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 12.06 15.38 18.41 31.73 39.32 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.00 11.29 11.96 16.35 18.66 Counselors........................................................ 10.86 11.02 11.54 15.14 38.02 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.96 17.22 30.94 33.61 35.86 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 17.22 21.85 27.74 33.32 42.71 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 17.22 20.63 26.00 34.33 44.13 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.34 30.49 32.41 33.61 33.68 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 23.18 27.38 33.61 33.68 33.68 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 23.28 27.91 33.61 33.68 33.68 Secondary school teachers....................................... 27.23 32.41 32.41 32.41 32.45 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 27.23 32.41 32.41 32.41 32.45 Teacher assistants................................................ 6.15 10.59 11.19 11.19 12.53 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.25 18.69 24.50 27.50 33.34 Registered nurses................................................. 20.70 23.00 26.10 29.00 34.06 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 15.65 20.39 23.35 26.08 26.62 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 17.24 20.64 25.00 26.62 27.81 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.74 15.60 16.50 18.00 18.21 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.50 7.50 10.42 13.00 16.56 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.87 10.56 11.62 11.80 13.27 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.68 10.83 11.62 11.80 13.05 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 7.50 7.50 10.00 11.82 15.53 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.56 7.56 9.25 15.75 22.82 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 9.90 12.19 26.02 26.33 26.38 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 26.02 26.02 26.02 26.33 27.13 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers.......................................................... $19.67 $20.94 $20.94 $26.88 $26.88 Fire fighters..................................................... 12.03 16.76 17.35 18.91 18.91 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 12.43 15.95 16.09 16.15 17.45 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 12.43 15.95 16.09 16.15 17.45 Police officers................................................... 13.61 14.05 22.82 23.60 23.60 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 13.61 14.05 22.82 23.60 23.60 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 4.50 6.54 7.84 10.09 Cooks............................................................. 6.34 6.60 8.00 10.50 12.19 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.62 4.50 5.82 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.62 4.25 4.25 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.40 6.00 6.65 7.25 8.81 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.40 6.00 6.65 7.25 8.81 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.00 7.87 10.34 12.41 15.75 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.00 7.63 10.00 12.17 15.75 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.00 7.87 10.34 12.33 15.75 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.63 7.63 7.63 9.32 10.73 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 7.00 8.00 11.25 11.50 14.50 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 7.00 8.00 11.25 11.50 14.50 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.50 8.50 9.43 12.20 17.16 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.00 8.66 13.26 28.38 66.56 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 12.28 14.10 17.44 39.37 39.37 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.28 14.00 17.44 39.37 39.37 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.51 7.00 9.10 11.66 15.80 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.25 6.65 7.00 9.32 11.66 Cashiers...................................................... 6.25 6.65 7.00 9.32 11.66 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 9.10 9.37 10.64 12.50 19.65 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.50 10.00 12.00 12.00 17.61 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 17.50 19.29 24.77 40.29 40.29 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.56 11.48 13.68 16.36 18.38 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.00 12.75 15.75 17.56 19.38 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.32 12.75 15.11 18.38 19.71 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.00 10.90 13.30 14.25 22.44 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.00 12.69 16.22 16.95 17.19 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.50 9.20 10.45 12.16 13.19 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.40 13.25 14.88 17.46 18.21 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 11.02 14.09 16.79 18.18 24.82 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.16 13.25 13.50 15.10 16.83 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 8.50 11.32 13.94 14.15 14.57 Data entry keyers............................................... 8.50 11.32 12.85 14.15 14.57 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.56 10.00 12.15 14.37 14.37 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.50 13.00 14.70 18.00 20.23 Construction equipment operators.................................. 12.40 12.88 14.21 14.68 15.39 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 13.40 15.63 20.00 20.46 25.00 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... $13.00 $14.86 $20.00 $21.55 $25.43 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 10.47 11.00 13.00 14.15 14.43 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.50 17.00 26.93 37.98 41.89 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 21.64 31.27 37.98 39.26 39.26 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 15.00 16.37 19.01 20.29 21.98 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 10.33 16.15 20.70 24.61 27.34 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 15.00 19.95 22.75 27.33 27.34 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.33 10.33 10.33 16.15 20.37 Production occupations.............................................. 10.00 10.50 12.04 17.32 20.63 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.70 17.35 17.68 17.68 19.00 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.40 17.35 17.68 17.70 19.00 Helpers--production workers..................................... 6.25 6.25 9.34 13.42 14.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.00 9.06 11.60 18.15 21.73 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.00 13.81 19.05 21.16 21.59 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.00 15.00 19.05 20.62 27.00 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 8.65 9.50 10.00 12.98 14.43 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.25 7.58 9.47 11.50 15.45 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.25 7.50 11.14 12.80 17.12 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.58 7.58 7.58 9.47 11.50 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 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.25 $9.75 $13.70 $20.12 $30.91 Management occupations.............................................. 17.63 20.24 34.50 46.56 58.42 General and operations managers................................... 27.36 27.36 58.42 81.52 135.53 Financial managers................................................ 20.24 24.04 24.42 39.88 47.15 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.31 19.69 23.81 29.85 41.40 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 15.34 16.37 19.47 19.47 23.81 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 21.64 21.83 24.26 28.85 31.99 Financial analysts.............................................. 21.64 21.83 24.26 28.85 31.99 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 17.07 23.91 33.21 38.31 44.65 Computer software engineers....................................... 33.08 35.22 37.45 47.58 58.13 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 17.81 18.13 30.51 31.75 34.71 Engineers......................................................... 30.51 30.51 31.75 34.71 45.63 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 6.15 7.25 21.98 27.64 30.88 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 17.22 20.63 25.03 28.75 30.74 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.04 18.69 24.54 27.50 33.48 Registered nurses................................................. 20.86 23.17 26.10 29.00 34.06 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 15.65 21.13 23.54 26.20 26.62 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.50 7.50 10.38 13.00 17.06 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.68 10.83 11.62 11.80 13.05 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.68 10.83 11.62 11.80 13.05 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 7.50 7.50 10.00 11.00 16.04 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 4.25 6.50 7.61 9.03 Cooks............................................................. 6.34 6.60 8.00 10.00 11.85 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.62 4.50 5.82 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.62 4.25 4.25 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.40 6.00 6.65 7.25 7.75 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.40 6.00 6.65 7.25 7.75 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.00 7.63 10.00 11.98 15.75 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.00 7.63 10.00 12.43 15.75 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 5.65 7.25 10.00 13.11 15.75 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.63 7.63 7.63 9.32 10.73 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.75 8.50 9.09 11.13 17.16 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.90 8.66 13.51 28.38 66.56 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 12.28 14.10 17.44 39.37 39.37 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.28 14.00 17.44 39.37 39.37 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.51 7.00 8.97 11.75 15.80 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.25 6.55 7.00 8.97 11.66 Cashiers...................................................... 6.25 6.55 7.00 8.97 11.66 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 9.10 9.37 10.64 12.50 19.65 Retail salespersons............................................. $7.50 $10.00 $12.00 $12.00 $17.61 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 17.50 19.29 24.77 40.29 40.29 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.56 11.44 13.73 16.53 18.38 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.00 12.75 15.75 17.06 19.30 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.32 12.36 15.00 18.38 19.71 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.00 10.90 13.30 14.25 22.44 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.00 12.69 16.22 16.95 17.19 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.50 9.20 10.45 12.16 13.19 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.40 13.25 15.87 17.46 18.27 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 11.02 14.88 16.83 18.18 24.82 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.05 13.25 13.50 14.11 16.83 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 8.50 11.32 13.94 14.15 14.57 Data entry keyers............................................... 8.50 11.32 12.85 14.15 14.57 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.56 10.00 13.50 14.37 14.69 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.50 12.90 14.46 18.00 20.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.97 16.91 26.54 39.26 41.91 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 18.27 29.82 37.98 39.26 39.26 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 15.00 16.37 19.01 20.29 21.98 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 15.00 16.74 20.70 24.61 27.34 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 15.00 19.95 22.75 27.33 27.34 Production occupations.............................................. 10.00 10.50 12.03 17.25 20.18 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.70 17.35 17.68 17.68 19.00 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.70 17.35 17.68 17.68 19.00 Helpers--production workers..................................... 6.25 6.25 9.34 13.42 14.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.00 9.06 11.50 18.15 21.73 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.00 13.81 19.05 21.16 21.59 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.00 15.00 19.05 20.62 27.00 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 7.89 9.50 10.00 12.98 14.43 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.25 7.58 9.47 11.50 15.45 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.25 7.50 11.14 12.80 17.12 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.58 7.58 7.58 9.47 11.50 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), Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.02 $13.28 $19.65 $29.80 $34.58 Management occupations.............................................. 27.04 28.74 30.40 42.96 42.96 Education administrators.......................................... 30.40 39.69 42.96 42.96 42.96 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 14.14 18.35 20.32 26.53 33.33 Community and social services occupations........................... 10.99 11.26 14.18 17.13 38.02 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.19 21.46 32.41 33.68 37.48 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 20.19 24.90 29.57 36.88 47.57 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.28 32.41 33.61 33.68 34.58 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.60 33.61 33.61 33.68 33.68 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 26.75 33.61 33.61 33.68 33.68 Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.08 32.41 32.41 32.41 32.41 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.08 32.41 32.41 32.41 32.41 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.59 10.96 11.19 12.53 12.53 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.86 17.77 22.98 25.68 30.95 Registered nurses................................................. 18.81 22.46 25.67 29.08 36.91 Protective service occupations...................................... 13.61 16.09 18.91 23.60 26.38 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 26.02 26.02 26.33 26.38 26.38 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 26.02 26.02 26.02 26.33 27.13 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers.......................................................... 19.67 20.94 20.94 26.88 26.88 Fire fighters..................................................... 12.03 16.76 17.35 18.91 18.91 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 12.43 15.95 16.09 16.15 17.45 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 12.43 15.95 16.09 16.15 17.45 Police officers................................................... 14.05 14.41 23.33 23.60 23.60 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.05 14.41 23.33 23.60 23.60 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.82 12.19 12.19 15.02 17.06 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.91 8.93 11.37 14.50 14.50 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.71 8.57 11.37 11.93 12.17 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.71 8.57 11.37 11.93 12.17 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 14.50 14.50 14.50 14.50 15.13 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 14.50 14.50 14.50 14.50 15.13 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.50 8.33 10.89 17.00 17.69 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.98 11.71 12.93 14.46 16.56 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.39 14.19 15.72 19.42 19.42 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.39 14.19 15.72 19.42 19.42 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.41 12.40 13.63 14.88 16.42 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.33 11.71 12.15 13.40 13.83 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.93 15.07 15.63 21.93 24.02 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... $10.45 $27.70 $28.87 $31.67 $35.84 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 9.00 9.09 10.33 12.21 23.29 Production occupations.............................................. 7.90 7.90 23.18 26.02 27.27 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.90 11.66 16.05 20.04 21.26 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), Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.25 $11.00 $15.61 $22.97 $34.58 Management occupations.............................................. 17.63 24.04 34.13 46.56 58.42 General and operations managers................................... 27.04 27.36 58.42 81.52 135.53 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 26.67 29.39 31.11 36.06 39.92 Financial managers................................................ 20.24 24.04 24.42 39.88 47.15 Education administrators.......................................... 19.57 28.38 42.96 42.96 42.96 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.31 19.47 23.81 29.14 40.39 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 17.31 17.31 19.69 19.71 25.95 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 15.34 16.37 19.47 19.47 23.81 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 21.64 21.83 24.26 28.85 31.99 Financial analysts.............................................. 21.64 21.83 24.26 28.85 31.99 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 17.29 21.97 33.08 38.26 44.32 Computer software engineers....................................... 33.08 35.22 37.45 47.58 58.13 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 17.81 18.13 25.88 31.75 38.92 Engineers......................................................... 30.51 30.51 31.75 34.71 45.63 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 12.06 15.38 18.41 31.73 39.32 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.00 11.29 11.96 16.35 18.66 Counselors........................................................ 10.86 11.02 11.54 15.14 38.02 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.19 22.03 32.41 33.68 36.85 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 17.22 21.85 27.71 33.32 42.64 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 17.22 20.63 26.00 34.33 44.13 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.08 32.09 32.45 33.68 34.58 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 23.70 27.91 33.61 33.68 33.68 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.60 31.24 33.61 33.68 33.68 Secondary school teachers....................................... 29.80 32.41 32.41 32.41 32.45 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.88 32.41 32.41 32.41 32.45 Teacher assistants................................................ 6.15 9.78 11.19 12.53 12.53 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.97 18.69 24.38 27.26 32.67 Registered nurses................................................. 20.50 22.96 26.00 29.33 34.06 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 15.44 20.00 23.35 26.18 26.62 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.04 15.50 16.59 18.18 18.21 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.50 7.50 10.52 13.00 16.52 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.87 10.56 11.62 11.80 13.27 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.68 10.83 11.62 11.80 13.05 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 7.50 7.50 10.00 12.24 15.97 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.56 7.56 9.25 16.09 23.60 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 9.90 12.19 26.02 26.33 26.38 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ $26.02 $26.02 $26.02 $26.33 $27.13 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers.......................................................... 19.67 20.94 20.94 26.88 26.88 Fire fighters..................................................... 12.03 16.76 17.35 18.91 18.91 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 12.43 15.95 16.09 16.15 17.45 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 12.43 15.95 16.09 16.15 17.45 Police officers................................................... 13.61 14.05 22.82 23.60 23.60 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 13.61 14.05 22.82 23.60 23.60 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.50 5.40 7.25 9.72 12.19 Cooks............................................................. 6.34 6.60 8.50 11.85 12.19 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.63 8.48 10.57 14.50 15.75 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.63 8.48 10.35 13.11 15.75 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.91 10.00 10.95 15.75 15.75 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 7.00 8.00 11.25 11.50 14.50 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 7.00 8.00 11.25 11.50 14.50 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.75 8.62 9.54 12.20 17.16 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.25 11.43 17.61 30.10 66.56 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 12.28 14.10 17.44 39.37 39.37 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.28 14.00 17.44 39.37 39.37 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.00 8.25 10.17 12.00 17.61 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.00 7.50 8.45 10.80 12.25 Cashiers...................................................... 7.00 7.50 8.45 10.80 12.25 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.00 10.92 12.00 17.61 17.61 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 17.50 19.29 24.77 40.29 40.29 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.96 11.79 13.94 16.61 18.75 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.01 13.33 15.75 17.79 19.38 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.00 12.75 15.30 18.38 19.71 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.00 10.90 13.62 17.45 23.60 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.00 12.69 16.22 16.95 17.19 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.75 10.45 11.30 13.08 14.06 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.40 13.25 14.88 17.46 18.21 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 11.02 14.09 16.79 18.18 24.82 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.16 13.25 13.50 15.10 16.83 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 9.00 12.00 13.94 14.15 14.57 Data entry keyers............................................... 8.50 11.32 12.85 14.15 14.57 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.56 11.00 13.24 14.37 14.37 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.50 13.00 14.70 18.00 20.23 Construction equipment operators.................................. 12.40 12.88 14.21 14.68 15.39 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 13.40 15.63 20.00 20.46 25.00 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 13.00 14.86 20.00 21.55 25.43 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 10.47 11.00 13.00 14.15 14.43 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... $13.97 $17.59 $26.93 $37.98 $41.89 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 21.64 31.27 37.98 39.26 39.26 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 15.00 16.37 19.01 20.29 21.98 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 10.33 16.15 20.70 24.61 27.34 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 15.00 19.95 22.75 27.33 27.34 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.33 10.33 10.33 16.15 20.37 Production occupations.............................................. 10.00 10.50 12.04 17.32 20.63 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.70 17.35 17.68 17.68 19.00 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.40 17.35 17.68 17.70 19.00 Helpers--production workers..................................... 6.25 6.25 9.34 13.42 14.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.58 9.47 12.50 20.25 22.36 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.00 15.00 20.25 21.19 21.73 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.00 15.00 19.05 20.62 27.00 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 7.89 9.50 10.00 13.00 15.47 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.58 7.58 9.47 11.20 12.92 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.70 10.00 11.14 12.63 14.05 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.58 7.58 7.58 9.47 11.50 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), Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $4.25 $6.25 $7.50 $11.34 $16.00 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 6.88 10.96 10.96 10.96 12.00 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.08 18.00 25.00 28.50 35.00 Registered nurses................................................. 23.00 25.00 27.50 28.50 83.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.62 6.00 7.25 9.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.62 4.25 4.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.62 4.25 4.25 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.54 6.65 7.25 9.03 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.00 6.54 6.65 7.25 9.03 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.50 7.50 8.73 15.41 17.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.25 6.51 7.00 7.50 10.00 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.25 6.51 7.00 7.50 10.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.25 6.50 6.51 7.00 7.15 Cashiers...................................................... 6.25 6.50 6.51 7.00 7.15 Retail salespersons............................................. 5.50 6.75 8.17 10.55 12.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.33 10.00 12.00 14.74 15.21 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.75 8.50 8.60 10.17 10.25 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.00 6.50 10.17 15.35 18.73 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.00 6.25 9.00 12.81 17.69 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.00 6.50 11.21 14.40 18.00 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 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........................................................... $19.67 $15.61 $787 $614 40.0 $40,214 $32,210 2,044 Management occupations.............................................. 38.74 34.13 1,629 1,370 42.0 84,095 71,265 2,171 General and operations managers................................... 55.41 58.42 2,185 2,337 39.4 113,605 121,520 2,050 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 32.31 31.11 1,310 1,175 40.5 68,133 61,125 2,108 Financial managers................................................ 30.76 24.42 1,221 1,028 39.7 63,477 53,450 2,064 Education administrators.......................................... 36.09 42.96 1,433 1,719 39.7 70,151 82,489 1,944 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.03 23.81 1,031 941 39.6 53,604 48,916 2,059 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.42 19.69 794 788 38.9 41,311 40,955 2,023 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 19.12 19.47 762 779 39.9 39,640 40,502 2,073 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 26.31 24.26 1,044 970 39.7 54,290 50,450 2,063 Financial analysts.............................................. 26.31 24.26 1,044 970 39.7 54,290 50,450 2,063 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.29 33.08 1,294 1,354 40.1 67,297 70,393 2,084 Computer software engineers....................................... 42.98 37.45 1,762 1,550 41.0 91,610 80,581 2,131 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 27.17 25.88 1,118 1,035 41.2 58,156 53,835 2,141 Engineers......................................................... 34.00 31.75 1,453 1,391 42.7 75,531 72,327 2,222 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 22.06 18.41 855 664 38.8 44,485 34,507 2,017 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.94 11.96 576 478 38.6 29,429 25,000 1,970 Counselors........................................................ 15.40 11.54 587 441 38.1 29,588 23,566 1,922 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.58 32.41 1,033 1,216 37.4 41,474 48,621 1,504 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.14 27.71 1,114 1,061 38.2 44,678 41,890 1,533 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 28.99 26.00 1,101 1,001 38.0 44,147 40,045 1,523 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.64 32.45 1,191 1,217 37.6 46,987 48,621 1,485 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.14 33.61 1,178 1,260 37.8 46,306 50,408 1,487 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.62 33.61 1,195 1,260 37.8 47,108 50,408 1,490 Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.97 32.41 1,196 1,216 37.4 47,397 48,621 1,483 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 32.01 32.41 1,199 1,216 37.5 47,508 48,621 1,484 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.58 11.19 382 392 36.1 15,857 15,663 1,499 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.75 24.38 965 923 39.0 50,103 47,986 2,024 Registered nurses................................................. 27.45 26.00 1,054 1,007 38.4 54,815 52,360 1,997 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.53 23.35 877 896 38.9 45,610 46,587 2,024 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.42 16.59 651 645 39.7 33,872 33,530 2,063 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.07 10.52 437 415 39.5 22,746 21,580 2,054 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.39 11.62 449 443 39.4 23,352 23,016 2,051 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.39 11.62 452 443 39.7 23,489 23,016 2,062 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.44 10.00 412 360 39.5 21,431 18,720 2,053 Protective service occupations...................................... $12.25 $9.25 $503 $370 41.1 $26,154 $19,240 2,136 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 21.69 26.02 869 1,041 40.0 45,172 54,126 2,083 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 26.51 26.02 1,063 1,041 40.1 55,278 54,126 2,085 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers.......................................................... 22.92 20.94 1,210 1,110 52.8 62,902 57,716 2,744 Fire fighters..................................................... 16.77 17.35 887 920 52.9 46,109 47,822 2,749 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.59 16.09 618 644 39.6 32,125 33,465 2,061 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.59 16.09 618 644 39.6 32,125 33,465 2,061 Police officers................................................... 19.76 22.82 787 933 39.8 40,948 48,526 2,072 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 19.76 22.82 787 933 39.8 40,948 48,526 2,072 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.88 7.25 314 294 39.9 15,933 15,288 2,023 Cooks............................................................. 9.07 8.50 355 340 39.2 17,511 17,059 1,932 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.55 10.57 462 420 40.0 23,908 21,840 2,069 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.37 10.35 451 414 39.6 23,295 21,524 2,049 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.95 10.95 473 438 39.6 24,409 21,840 2,043 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 10.80 11.25 432 450 40.0 22,473 23,400 2,080 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 10.80 11.25 432 450 40.0 22,473 23,400 2,080 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.61 9.54 420 381 39.6 21,466 19,074 2,022 Sales and related occupations....................................... 28.29 17.61 1,146 710 40.5 59,477 36,920 2,102 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.48 17.44 1,057 785 43.2 54,983 40,819 2,246 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 24.40 17.44 1,060 785 43.5 55,138 40,819 2,260 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.11 10.17 444 404 39.9 22,983 21,008 2,069 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.31 8.45 365 330 39.2 18,832 17,160 2,022 Cashiers...................................................... 9.31 8.45 365 330 39.2 18,832 17,160 2,022 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.43 12.00 561 480 41.8 29,167 24,960 2,172 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 27.72 24.77 1,109 991 40.0 57,660 51,530 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.39 13.94 570 550 39.6 29,598 28,600 2,057 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.69 15.75 626 630 39.9 32,532 32,760 2,074 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.73 15.30 627 612 39.9 32,578 31,799 2,071 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.13 13.62 556 545 39.3 28,886 28,332 2,045 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.83 16.22 593 649 40.0 30,855 33,738 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.67 11.30 459 440 39.3 23,861 22,880 2,045 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.48 14.88 613 589 39.6 31,872 30,632 2,059 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.88 16.79 673 672 39.9 34,981 34,927 2,073 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.11 13.50 553 540 39.2 28,735 28,080 2,036 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.91 13.94 516 558 40.0 26,844 28,993 2,080 Data entry keyers............................................... 12.72 12.85 509 514 40.0 26,457 26,728 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.68 13.24 501 484 39.5 25,891 24,993 2,043 Construction and extraction occupations............................. $15.49 $14.70 $619 $588 40.0 $32,195 $30,568 2,079 Construction equipment operators.................................. 13.89 14.21 555 568 40.0 28,885 29,557 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 19.03 20.00 761 800 40.0 39,586 41,600 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 19.46 20.00 778 800 40.0 40,478 41,600 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.60 13.00 504 520 40.0 26,218 27,040 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 26.87 26.93 1,076 1,077 40.1 55,963 56,014 2,083 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 33.86 37.98 1,364 1,519 40.3 70,942 79,000 2,095 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.73 19.01 752 756 40.2 39,118 39,333 2,089 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 20.22 20.70 809 828 40.0 42,049 43,056 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.91 22.75 877 910 40.0 45,579 47,320 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 12.68 10.33 507 413 40.0 26,368 21,491 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 13.98 12.04 561 482 40.1 29,188 25,043 2,088 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.78 17.68 711 707 40.0 36,990 36,766 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.84 17.68 714 707 40.0 37,106 36,766 2,080 Helpers--production workers..................................... $10.10 $9.34 $404 $374 40.0 $21,002 $19,427 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.16 12.50 611 500 40.3 31,204 26,000 2,058 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.87 20.25 733 810 41.0 38,109 42,118 2,132 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.48 19.05 782 762 42.3 40,680 39,624 2,202 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.54 10.00 462 400 40.0 24,006 20,800 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.83 9.47 390 379 39.7 20,265 19,704 2,062 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.41 11.14 453 444 39.7 23,574 23,067 2,066 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.42 7.58 333 303 39.5 17,313 15,762 2,055 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 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........................................................... $19.29 $14.88 $774 $591 40.1 $40,116 $30,732 2,079 Management occupations.............................................. 39.58 34.50 1,685 1,404 42.6 87,618 73,018 2,214 General and operations managers................................... 61.53 58.42 2,446 2,337 39.8 127,218 121,520 2,068 Financial managers................................................ 30.76 24.42 1,221 1,028 39.7 63,477 53,450 2,064 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.28 23.81 1,045 952 39.7 54,315 49,514 2,066 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 19.12 19.47 762 779 39.9 39,649 40,502 2,073 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 26.31 24.26 1,044 970 39.7 54,290 50,450 2,063 Financial analysts.............................................. 26.31 24.26 1,044 970 39.7 54,290 50,450 2,063 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.64 33.21 1,312 1,397 40.2 68,226 72,667 2,090 Computer software engineers....................................... 42.98 37.45 1,762 1,550 41.0 91,610 80,581 2,131 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 27.86 30.51 1,163 1,220 41.7 60,495 63,465 2,171 Engineers......................................................... 33.56 31.75 1,441 1,391 43.0 74,949 72,327 2,234 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 21.02 22.30 830 882 39.5 34,932 35,811 1,662 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 24.03 25.03 961 1,001 40.0 40,664 40,045 1,692 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.91 24.52 971 928 39.0 50,494 48,277 2,027 Registered nurses................................................. 27.54 26.00 1,056 1,007 38.3 54,909 52,341 1,994 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.81 23.54 887 902 38.9 46,109 46,883 2,021 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.05 10.52 438 415 39.6 22,771 21,580 2,060 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.39 11.62 452 443 39.7 23,489 23,016 2,062 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.39 11.62 452 443 39.7 23,489 23,016 2,062 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.39 10.00 411 360 39.6 21,385 18,720 2,058 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.39 6.66 298 267 40.2 15,471 13,861 2,093 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.56 10.50 464 420 40.1 24,107 21,840 2,086 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.63 10.35 463 414 39.8 24,071 21,524 2,070 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.41 11.98 493 449 39.7 25,647 23,361 2,067 Sales and related occupations....................................... 28.48 17.61 1,154 724 40.5 60,000 37,653 2,107 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.48 17.44 1,057 785 43.2 54,983 40,819 2,246 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 24.40 17.44 1,060 785 43.5 55,138 40,819 2,260 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.14 10.30 445 404 40.0 23,160 21,008 2,079 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.29 8.25 364 330 39.2 18,935 17,160 2,037 Cashiers...................................................... 9.29 8.25 364 330 39.2 18,935 17,160 2,037 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.43 12.00 561 480 41.8 29,167 24,960 2,172 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 27.72 24.77 1,109 991 40.0 57,660 51,530 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.46 14.15 574 564 39.7 29,848 29,351 2,065 Financial clerks.................................................. $15.64 $15.75 $625 $630 39.9 $32,496 $32,760 2,077 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.67 15.29 625 612 39.9 32,525 31,799 2,076 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.13 13.62 556 545 39.3 28,886 28,332 2,045 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.83 16.22 593 649 40.0 30,855 33,738 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.67 11.30 459 440 39.3 23,861 22,880 2,045 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.73 15.87 626 635 39.8 32,547 33,010 2,069 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.16 16.83 686 673 40.0 35,695 35,006 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.17 13.50 559 540 39.4 29,049 28,080 2,051 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.96 13.94 518 558 40.0 26,956 28,993 2,080 Data entry keyers............................................... 12.71 12.85 508 514 40.0 26,431 26,728 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.73 13.79 509 552 40.0 26,472 28,683 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.29 14.46 612 578 40.0 31,813 30,077 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 26.87 26.54 1,076 1,062 40.1 55,968 55,199 2,083 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 33.68 37.98 1,358 1,519 40.3 70,609 79,000 2,096 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.73 19.01 752 756 40.2 39,118 39,333 2,089 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 20.61 20.70 824 828 40.0 42,859 43,056 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.91 22.75 877 910 40.0 45,579 47,320 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 13.88 12.04 558 482 40.2 28,999 25,043 2,089 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.31 17.68 692 707 40.0 35,995 36,766 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.33 17.68 693 707 40.0 36,055 36,766 2,080 Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.10 9.34 404 374 40.0 21,002 19,427 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.16 12.50 611 500 40.3 31,290 25,917 2,064 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.92 20.60 735 824 41.0 38,237 42,848 2,133 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.58 19.05 788 762 42.4 40,958 39,624 2,205 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.45 9.60 458 384 40.0 23,807 19,966 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.83 9.47 390 379 39.7 20,265 19,704 2,062 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.41 11.14 453 444 39.7 23,574 23,067 2,066 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.42 7.58 333 303 39.5 17,313 15,762 2,055 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $22.47 $20.94 $876 $885 39.0 $40,850 $41,667 1,818 Management occupations.............................................. 33.79 30.40 1,325 1,153 39.2 65,778 59,284 1,947 Education administrators.......................................... 40.72 42.96 1,614 1,719 39.6 77,712 82,489 1,909 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.44 20.32 849 762 37.8 44,130 39,624 1,966 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.36 14.18 616 532 37.7 31,073 28,655 1,899 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 28.76 32.41 1,067 1,216 37.1 42,520 48,621 1,478 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 31.80 29.53 1,189 1,107 37.4 46,484 43,188 1,462 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.36 33.61 1,213 1,260 37.5 48,125 50,408 1,487 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.26 33.61 1,213 1,260 37.6 48,070 50,408 1,490 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.45 33.61 1,221 1,260 37.6 48,392 50,408 1,491 Secondary school teachers....................................... 32.06 32.41 1,200 1,216 37.4 47,632 48,621 1,486 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 32.10 32.41 1,203 1,216 37.5 47,756 48,621 1,488 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.58 11.19 409 392 35.3 16,239 15,663 1,402 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.21 22.98 904 906 38.9 46,374 46,043 1,998 Registered nurses................................................. 26.63 25.80 1,038 1,014 39.0 53,966 52,728 2,027 Protective service occupations...................................... 19.83 18.91 866 920 43.7 45,054 47,822 2,273 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 26.48 26.33 1,061 1,053 40.1 55,172 54,766 2,084 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 26.51 26.02 1,063 1,041 40.1 55,278 54,126 2,085 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers.......................................................... 22.92 20.94 1,210 1,110 52.8 62,902 57,716 2,744 Fire fighters..................................................... 16.77 17.35 887 920 52.9 46,109 47,822 2,749 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.59 16.09 618 644 39.6 32,125 33,465 2,061 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.59 16.09 618 644 39.6 32,125 33,465 2,061 Police officers................................................... 20.35 23.33 811 944 39.8 42,155 49,084 2,071 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.35 23.33 811 944 39.8 42,155 49,084 2,071 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 12.80 12.19 468 426 36.6 19,332 17,059 1,510 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.54 12.17 452 487 39.2 22,952 25,314 1,989 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.92 9.18 384 357 38.8 19,275 17,137 1,943 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.92 9.18 384 357 38.8 19,275 17,137 1,943 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 14.55 14.50 582 580 40.0 30,255 30,164 2,080 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 14.55 14.50 582 580 40.0 30,255 30,164 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.43 13.20 515 492 38.4 26,317 25,350 1,960 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.72 15.72 650 629 38.9 33,414 32,691 1,998 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.72 15.72 650 629 38.9 33,414 32,691 1,998 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.58 13.63 519 515 38.2 26,987 26,790 1,988 Office clerks, general............................................ $12.47 $12.15 $472 $473 37.9 $23,794 $23,693 1,908 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.88 15.63 710 625 39.7 36,942 32,500 2,066 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 26.87 28.87 1,075 1,155 40.0 55,891 60,050 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 19.13 23.18 749 927 39.2 38,955 48,214 2,036 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.25 16.05 567 642 37.2 26,557 28,644 1,741 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $17.76 $14.42 $17.88 $22.66 Management, professional, and related...... 30.09 27.30 32.43 30.83 Management, business, and financial...... 33.56 27.87 38.06 36.46 Professional and related................. 27.16 26.46 26.78 27.50 Service.................................... 8.24 7.47 8.66 9.55 Sales and office........................... 18.17 15.15 20.32 21.39 Sales and related........................ 24.52 16.43 – 40.85 Office and administrative support........ 14.13 14.10 13.15 15.17 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 18.88 15.60 18.76 33.32 Construction and extraction............. 15.29 15.09 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 26.77 24.77 19.29 33.32 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 14.10 10.98 15.11 16.18 Production............................... 13.85 11.78 15.38 16.21 Transportation and material moving....... 14.23 10.20 14.92 16.18 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........................................................... 6.5 3.5 16.6 7.0 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.0 9.2 10.5 5.6 Management, business, and financial............................... 9.1 10.7 13.4 14.8 Professional and related.......................................... 7.1 17.0 12.5 5.0 Service............................................................. 3.7 6.6 7.8 11.0 Sales and office.................................................... 11.2 5.9 33.2 4.1 Sales and related................................................. 19.6 11.4 – 3.8 Office and administrative support................................. 1.8 4.0 3.0 2.8 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.5 3.3 11.4 11.6 Construction and extraction...................................... 1.8 2.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 12.2 24.4 14.3 11.6 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 8.9 5.0 9.3 20.0 Production........................................................ 13.5 10.9 11.3 6.6 Transportation and material moving................................ 10.5 7.1 10.6 22.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 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........................................................... $16.27 $14.15 $654 $560 40.2 $34,020 $29,120 2,091 Management occupations.............................................. 29.79 19.71 1,406 1,058 47.2 73,103 54,999 2,454 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.98 19.69 999 788 40.0 51,968 40,955 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.77 8.30 386 332 39.5 20,082 17,264 2,055 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.77 8.30 386 332 39.5 20,082 17,264 2,055 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.17 5.65 289 226 40.4 15,047 11,756 2,100 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.30 11.25 494 449 40.2 25,706 23,361 2,090 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.43 15.61 772 624 39.7 40,166 32,460 2,067 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.56 8.45 375 330 39.2 19,493 17,160 2,039 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.61 7.50 298 300 39.1 15,489 15,600 2,034 Cashiers...................................................... 7.61 7.50 298 300 39.1 15,489 15,600 2,034 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.45 14.37 572 575 39.6 29,760 29,890 2,059 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.23 16.53 649 661 40.0 33,748 34,384 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.60 17.79 664 712 40.0 34,532 36,999 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.72 14.37 509 575 40.0 26,450 29,890 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.09 14.43 604 577 40.0 31,383 30,014 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.77 23.00 999 920 40.3 51,946 47,834 2,097 Production occupations.............................................. 11.82 10.50 473 420 40.0 24,588 21,840 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.73 12.46 462 498 39.4 24,047 25,917 2,050 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.27 11.36 440 454 39.0 22,855 23,629 2,027 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 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........................................................... $21.36 $16.36 $856 $654 40.1 $44,247 $33,966 2,071 Management occupations.............................................. 46.39 38.77 1,849 1,551 39.9 96,143 80,648 2,072 General and operations managers................................... 61.53 58.42 2,446 2,337 39.8 127,218 121,520 2,068 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.92 24.26 1,066 970 39.6 55,458 50,450 2,060 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.16 17.77 801 711 39.7 41,642 36,962 2,065 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 26.31 24.26 1,044 970 39.7 54,290 50,450 2,063 Financial analysts.............................................. 26.31 24.26 1,044 970 39.7 54,290 50,450 2,063 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 31.41 30.01 1,254 1,202 39.9 65,193 62,510 2,076 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 27.80 30.51 1,140 1,220 41.0 59,274 63,465 2,132 Engineers......................................................... 30.40 30.51 1,258 1,220 41.4 65,440 63,465 2,153 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.36 25.03 997 1,001 39.3 39,752 38,946 1,568 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 24.03 25.03 961 1,001 40.0 40,664 40,045 1,692 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.22 25.25 978 965 38.8 50,871 50,194 2,017 Registered nurses................................................. 26.01 26.00 991 1,007 38.1 51,548 52,341 1,982 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.81 23.54 887 902 38.9 46,109 46,883 2,021 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.28 11.99 529 480 39.8 27,489 24,939 2,069 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.39 11.62 452 443 39.7 23,489 23,016 2,062 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.39 11.62 452 443 39.7 23,489 23,016 2,062 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.80 7.75 312 310 40.0 16,228 16,124 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.49 9.96 420 398 40.0 21,818 20,713 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.49 9.96 420 398 40.0 21,818 20,713 2,080 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.53 10.34 461 414 40.0 23,986 21,505 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 37.51 17.61 1,550 726 41.3 80,583 37,729 2,148 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 26.00 25.51 1,114 1,020 42.8 57,903 53,065 2,227 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.99 11.66 531 465 40.9 27,638 24,205 2,127 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.62 11.16 456 446 39.3 23,716 23,213 2,041 Cashiers...................................................... 11.62 11.16 456 446 39.3 23,716 23,213 2,041 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.46 13.62 575 545 39.8 29,915 28,332 2,069 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.77 15.29 589 612 39.9 30,619 31,799 2,073 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.28 14.86 568 594 39.8 29,546 30,909 2,069 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.75 13.62 545 545 39.6 28,320 28,332 2,060 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.77 16.23 591 649 40.0 30,720 33,748 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.93 11.71 477 468 40.0 24,824 24,357 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.64 14.73 622 589 39.7 32,323 30,632 2,066 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. $17.16 $16.83 $686 $673 40.0 $35,695 $35,006 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.64 13.50 534 540 39.1 27,753 28,080 2,034 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.76 11.47 510 459 40.0 26,545 23,847 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.59 17.50 704 700 40.0 36,593 36,400 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 27.13 26.93 1,086 1,077 40.0 56,472 56,014 2,081 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 17.88 16.91 719 677 40.2 37,385 35,181 2,091 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 21.76 22.75 870 910 40.0 45,252 47,320 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.94 22.75 878 910 40.0 45,633 47,320 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 15.52 15.15 625 616 40.3 32,524 32,011 2,096 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.10 10.81 444 432 40.0 23,085 22,483 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.24 12.92 660 517 40.6 33,585 26,562 2,068 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 21.19 21.09 881 845 41.6 45,793 43,959 2,161 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 21.78 20.60 963 824 44.2 50,096 42,848 2,300 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.84 9.60 434 384 40.0 22,553 19,966 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.42 8.10 375 324 39.9 19,517 16,848 2,072 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.89 11.14 481 446 40.4 25,007 23,175 2,103 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.00 7.58 316 303 39.5 16,422 15,762 2,052 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 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........................................................... $20.90 $19.03 $24.17 $17.90 $17.65 $20.77 Management, professional, and related............................... 28.63 – 32.79 29.31 30.53 24.69 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 33.86 34.23 30.99 Professional and related.......................................... 30.70 – 32.79 26.22 27.46 22.85 Service............................................................. 17.75 – 18.07 8.79 8.23 16.05 Sales and office.................................................... 15.59 15.65 14.68 18.16 18.38 12.68 Sales and related................................................. – – – 24.81 24.89 – Office and administrative support................................. 16.16 16.16 – 13.82 13.88 12.85 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 22.47 23.09 20.94 18.26 18.23 19.42 Construction and extraction...................................... 18.56 – 17.98 15.26 15.21 17.60 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 23.88 23.24 – 28.78 29.08 22.34 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 21.09 21.02 – 12.83 12.84 11.58 Production........................................................ 20.08 19.58 – 13.05 13.07 – Transportation and material moving................................ 21.50 21.57 – 12.71 12.71 12.12 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........................................................... 6.7 9.8 1.4 6.4 7.0 1.7 Management, professional, and related............................... 8.1 – 1.9 4.3 5.3 2.6 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 8.0 9.0 9.0 Professional and related.......................................... 6.3 – 1.9 6.1 8.0 3.4 Service............................................................. 1.6 – 1.1 3.9 3.7 6.9 Sales and office.................................................... 6.6 7.0 23.1 11.5 11.8 2.7 Sales and related................................................. – – – 19.5 19.5 – Office and administrative support................................. 5.2 5.4 – 2.4 2.5 2.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.9 5.2 2.9 9.9 10.2 13.5 Construction and extraction...................................... 7.9 – 10.2 1.9 1.9 10.6 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.2 5.0 – 17.4 17.8 25.9 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 17.6 18.5 – 6.7 6.8 13.5 Production........................................................ 2.0 3.7 – 9.3 9.4 – Transportation and material moving................................ 24.7 25.5 – 8.1 8.2 4.2 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $16.21 $15.42 $35.18 $35.18 Management, professional, and related............................... 27.43 27.66 49.99 49.99 Management, business, and financial............................... 30.16 30.04 69.14 69.14 Professional and related.......................................... 25.72 25.56 – – Service............................................................. 9.53 8.20 – – Sales and office.................................................... 13.64 13.68 40.51 40.51 Sales and related................................................. 12.74 12.78 47.51 47.51 Office and administrative support................................. 14.03 14.09 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.34 17.04 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 15.00 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 22.67 22.27 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 13.59 13.53 – – Production........................................................ 13.95 13.85 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.34 13.31 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 4.6 5.2 14.3 14.3 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.5 4.8 10.8 10.8 Management, business, and financial............................... 4.6 5.1 16.1 16.1 Professional and related.......................................... 5.3 8.4 – – Service............................................................. 4.2 3.6 – – Sales and office.................................................... 3.0 3.2 22.7 22.7 Sales and related................................................. 10.2 10.3 23.2 23.2 Office and administrative support................................. 1.9 2.0 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 2.0 2.1 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – .7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.4 5.7 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 8.8 8.9 – – Production........................................................ 13.4 13.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.6 10.7 – – 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 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........................................................... - $16.94 $17.16 - - - $18.85 - - Management, professional, and related............................... - 29.20 35.20 - - - 25.30 - - Management, business, and financial............................... - – 48.85 - - - 31.47 - - Professional and related.......................................... - 27.50 24.68 - - - 24.18 - - Service............................................................. - – 10.74 - - - 10.88 - - Sales and office.................................................... - 19.19 14.36 - - - 14.10 - - Sales and related................................................. - 23.25 14.90 - - - – - - Office and administrative support................................. - 15.20 13.77 - - - 14.15 - - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - 23.34 28.55 - - - – - - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - 24.35 28.70 - - - – - - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - 13.35 17.21 - - - – - - Production........................................................ - 13.64 15.78 - - - – - - Transportation and material moving................................ - 11.98 17.33 - - - – - - 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........................................................... - 14.6 3.9 - - - 3.6 - - Management, professional, and related............................... - 5.1 9.5 - - - 7.6 - - Management, business, and financial............................... - – 15.1 - - - 2.3 - - Professional and related.......................................... - 8.6 9.2 - - - 9.5 - - Service............................................................. - – 18.4 - - - 7.1 - - Sales and office.................................................... - 12.8 5.2 - - - .6 - - Sales and related................................................. - 18.2 9.5 - - - – - - Office and administrative support................................. - 14.0 2.7 - - - .3 - - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - 5.6 18.9 - - - – - - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - 2.4 19.5 - - - – - - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - 16.0 7.5 - - - – - - Production........................................................ - 16.5 11.3 - - - – - - Transportation and material moving................................ - 16.2 8.2 - - - – - - 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 557,000 491,900 65,100 Management, professional, and related............................... 120,900 83,600 37,400 Management, business, and financial............................... 40,800 35,600 5,300 Professional and related.......................................... 80,100 48,000 32,100 Service............................................................. 116,400 100,300 16,100 Sales and office.................................................... 168,800 162,100 6,800 Sales and related................................................. 62,200 61,700 – Office and administrative support................................. 106,600 100,400 6,200 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 47,400 43,900 3,400 Construction and extraction...................................... 32,600 30,200 2,400 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 14,800 13,800 1,000 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 103,400 102,000 1,400 Production........................................................ 31,800 31,200 600 Transportation and material moving................................ 71,700 70,900 800 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2007 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 21,762 21,717 46 Total in sample....................................................... 365 325 40 Responding........................................................ 214 178 36 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 90 87 3 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 61 60 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.