NC BL 03/00/2008 Table: Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY, Bulletin, July 2007 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 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........................................................... $18.78 3.7 34.5 $17.56 4.0 34.8 $25.15 5.7 33.1 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 28.98 3.1 35.0 27.18 3.1 35.4 33.80 5.5 33.9 Management, business, and financial............................... 28.09 6.1 38.5 27.15 5.3 40.1 35.15 18.8 29.8 Professional and related.......................................... 29.31 3.4 33.9 27.19 2.9 33.5 33.63 6.5 34.6 Service............................................................. 12.01 6.2 30.5 10.47 5.5 30.2 16.93 7.4 31.4 Sales and office.................................................... 14.34 3.4 33.8 13.84 3.2 34.0 18.82 9.5 32.7 Sales and related................................................. 13.44 6.1 31.7 13.20 5.9 31.8 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 14.75 4.0 34.9 14.17 4.3 35.2 18.34 9.5 32.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 22.71 9.5 39.6 22.98 10.4 39.6 20.37 3.9 39.5 Construction and extraction...................................... 23.74 12.3 39.3 24.04 13.3 39.3 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 21.15 10.4 40.0 21.39 11.5 40.0 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.77 6.8 38.6 16.74 7.0 38.9 – – – Production........................................................ 17.39 4.0 38.6 17.38 4.1 38.6 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.05 11.5 38.7 15.93 12.4 39.3 – – – Full time........................................................... 19.88 3.8 39.4 18.54 4.1 39.8 26.68 5.3 37.7 Part time........................................................... 11.42 7.7 18.9 11.27 8.8 19.4 12.44 12.0 16.4 Union............................................................... 23.67 5.0 36.4 20.95 8.4 36.5 26.27 5.1 36.3 Nonunion............................................................ 17.01 3.7 33.9 16.94 3.7 34.5 18.98 15.7 22.1 Time................................................................ 18.72 3.9 34.3 17.39 4.2 34.5 25.15 5.7 33.1 Incentive........................................................... 19.46 6.3 38.2 19.46 6.3 38.2 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.53 6.9 39.8 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 15.05 5.2 32.8 15.04 5.4 33.3 15.60 18.9 21.6 100-499 workers..................................................... 21.06 4.5 37.1 20.08 4.0 37.5 27.61 12.2 34.6 500 workers or more................................................. 23.92 5.0 35.3 22.31 6.4 35.6 25.59 6.7 35.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 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........................................................... $18.78 3.7 $19.88 3.8 $11.42 7.7 Management occupations.............................................. 33.60 10.9 33.88 11.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.22 20.6 24.58 24.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.58 4.0 40.58 4.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.40 4.4 39.90 4.2 – – Education administrators.......................................... 30.90 43.4 30.90 43.4 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.83 4.6 23.64 4.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.37 4.4 21.37 4.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.26 7.7 25.26 7.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.68 6.5 27.60 7.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.09 9.5 23.52 8.9 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.78 8.6 26.27 10.9 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.61 5.0 26.73 4.9 – – Architecture and engineering occupations Level 9 .................................................. 28.53 1.0 28.53 1.0 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 22.63 14.3 23.98 14.7 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 20.01 3.3 19.40 6.6 – – Social workers.................................................... 21.60 3.8 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 51.55 14.6 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.87 7.1 32.52 7.1 15.97 13.3 Level 7 .................................................. 16.66 22.0 16.27 21.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 29.91 12.2 29.91 12.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.37 3.2 37.37 3.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.84 15.9 28.42 18.8 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 38.12 20.7 40.89 23.9 – – Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 60.98 25.3 61.21 25.4 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.47 8.7 32.47 8.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 16.83 32.8 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 34.90 11.0 34.90 11.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.27 3.8 37.27 3.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.28 30.5 26.28 30.5 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.57 10.7 32.57 10.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 35.07 14.0 35.07 14.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.91 6.3 36.91 6.3 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.21 12.0 32.19 12.1 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 36.99 1.6 36.99 1.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.61 .0 37.61 .0 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.19 .3 35.19 .3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.98 .0 34.98 .0 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.60 7.1 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.48 6.9 20.65 6.5 – – Designers......................................................... 18.15 14.6 18.15 14.6 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.81 3.5 23.40 4.4 25.44 12.3 Level 5 .................................................. 19.80 12.2 19.41 13.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.93 3.7 19.81 3.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.39 4.1 27.88 3.2 26.10 8.2 Level 9 .................................................. 24.03 2.0 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 25.77 4.4 24.96 3.7 28.09 9.4 Level 7 .................................................. 20.69 4.1 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 28.29 4.0 29.86 .5 26.10 8.2 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.56 2.0 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.65 8.9 13.75 9.7 12.51 6.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.06 9.0 – – 11.87 4.4 Level 4 .................................................. 15.25 2.5 15.33 2.3 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.47 7.4 13.78 8.7 11.77 2.7 Level 2 .................................................. 11.91 4.1 – – 11.87 4.4 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.17 3.2 – – 11.46 2.9 Level 2 .................................................. 11.71 5.3 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.11 20.6 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 19.44 13.5 21.24 12.9 10.48 23.6 Level 3 .................................................. 16.62 5.8 – – 16.81 8.2 Police officers................................................... 25.59 6.8 25.59 6.8 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 25.59 6.8 25.59 6.8 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.82 2.7 9.54 2.8 7.22 2.5 Level 1 .................................................. 7.80 2.1 8.61 5.4 7.50 1.5 Level 2 .................................................. 8.68 4.0 – – 6.72 5.2 Level 3 .................................................. 9.84 12.1 10.45 9.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.00 5.6 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 11.13 5.9 12.39 7.8 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.47 6.2 5.65 6.7 5.34 9.2 Level 2 .................................................. 4.87 11.6 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 6.27 5.7 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.42 4.4 – – 4.58 1.2 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.41 5.4 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.78 7.2 13.01 7.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 12.05 11.0 12.32 12.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.39 10.9 13.39 10.9 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.29 6.0 12.39 6.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 12.44 9.8 12.70 10.9 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.70 4.5 12.78 4.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 13.81 5.3 14.10 4.7 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.01 25.2 – – – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 14.36 20.5 – – – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 14.36 20.5 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.88 12.0 13.91 9.2 9.84 13.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.42 4.4 8.89 5.8 8.22 5.0 Level 4 .................................................. 14.45 8.2 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 9.54 13.3 10.77 2.3 – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 9.47 4.4 – – 8.99 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.49 1.0 – – – – Recreation workers.............................................. 9.47 4.4 – – 8.99 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.49 1.0 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.44 6.1 15.43 8.2 8.40 1.2 Level 3 .................................................. 10.82 3.9 10.88 4.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.44 19.8 27.44 19.8 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.24 3.6 11.36 4.4 8.25 2.8 Level 3 .................................................. 10.70 4.8 10.75 5.1 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.21 8.3 – – 8.24 2.5 Cashiers...................................................... 10.21 8.3 – – 8.24 2.5 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.34 3.8 11.89 11.1 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.75 4.0 15.35 4.5 11.17 6.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.15 4.7 – – 8.86 2.9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.48 5.2 10.42 5.7 11.10 2.6 Level 3 .................................................. 12.42 4.1 12.76 4.0 11.11 7.7 Level 4 .................................................. 15.23 3.3 15.25 3.7 15.08 9.0 Level 5 .................................................. 15.84 6.1 15.84 6.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.28 5.0 19.46 4.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.48 5.2 24.48 5.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.88 10.3 16.07 10.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.10 12.1 22.66 11.5 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.95 3.4 14.36 4.0 11.12 4.4 Level 3 .................................................. 11.36 4.2 11.92 1.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.95 2.3 14.05 2.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.35 8.2 15.35 8.2 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.95 6.8 15.12 7.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.05 6.3 18.05 6.3 – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 15.91 9.0 – – – – Tellers......................................................... 12.08 3.4 12.91 9.8 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.19 13.4 13.15 13.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 21.16 21.2 – – – – Order clerks...................................................... 14.35 4.2 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.04 7.7 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.66 7.4 12.66 7.4 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.47 7.6 17.49 8.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.58 7.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.36 8.9 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.92 9.6 15.74 10.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.58 7.3 – – – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.95 6.6 12.91 10.7 – – Word processors and typists..................................... 15.16 5.0 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.19 6.4 13.61 5.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.95 4.3 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.19 5.7 14.19 5.7 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.74 12.3 23.76 12.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.15 10.4 21.15 10.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.68 10.1 17.68 10.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 25.20 9.9 25.20 9.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.62 2.7 30.62 2.7 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 24.19 16.2 24.19 16.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.13 17.6 21.13 17.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.27 2.4 29.27 2.4 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 26.61 24.7 26.61 24.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 17.39 4.0 17.74 3.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.57 3.6 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.63 7.6 11.63 7.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 20.51 .4 20.51 .4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.71 8.2 17.71 8.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.19 7.9 18.19 7.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.43 7.2 18.43 7.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.87 10.2 28.11 6.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 28.19 6.3 28.19 6.3 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 17.83 .8 17.83 .8 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 20.13 5.4 20.13 5.4 – – Machinists........................................................ 16.44 7.7 – – – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.41 .9 19.41 .9 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.98 11.9 17.98 11.9 – – Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 12.13 16.6 – – – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.81 11.8 16.90 11.3 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.05 11.5 16.58 11.1 9.82 14.8 Level 1 .................................................. 9.26 10.9 9.58 12.5 7.95 5.4 Level 2 .................................................. 13.51 5.3 13.57 5.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 19.16 18.9 19.46 19.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.21 5.7 16.50 6.1 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.01 10.0 20.01 10.0 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.79 7.1 19.79 7.1 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.27 11.9 11.85 15.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.35 13.6 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.90 17.0 10.06 19.0 – – 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), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 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........................................................... $17.56 4.0 $18.54 4.1 $11.27 8.8 Management occupations.............................................. 31.59 11.1 31.74 11.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 24.37 22.1 23.53 26.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.90 4.2 39.90 4.2 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.93 5.1 23.90 5.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.46 4.8 21.46 4.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.38 4.4 29.59 4.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.52 8.9 23.52 8.9 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 25.07 7.8 25.19 7.9 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 20.46 3.3 20.46 3.3 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 20.23 3.4 19.65 6.7 – – Social workers.................................................... 21.60 3.8 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 23.84 16.4 23.80 16.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 14.63 21.8 14.12 20.3 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 14.98 15.4 14.62 14.7 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 17.84 14.1 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.65 6.5 20.65 6.5 – – Designers......................................................... 18.15 14.6 18.15 14.6 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.40 4.1 25.39 4.3 25.44 12.3 Level 7 .................................................. 19.61 4.2 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.39 4.1 27.88 3.2 26.10 8.2 Registered nurses................................................. 27.65 5.7 27.36 6.8 28.09 9.4 Level 8 .................................................. 28.29 4.0 29.86 .5 26.10 8.2 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.30 10.2 13.36 11.0 12.54 7.8 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.81 1.0 – – 11.46 2.9 Level 2 .................................................. 11.71 5.3 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.81 1.0 – – 11.46 2.9 Level 2 .................................................. 11.71 5.3 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.11 20.6 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 9.59 19.9 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.61 3.5 9.30 3.3 7.10 1.4 Level 1 .................................................. 7.76 2.2 8.61 5.4 7.43 1.3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.68 4.0 – – 6.72 5.2 Level 3 .................................................. 8.48 1.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.00 5.6 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 10.89 6.2 12.17 8.1 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.47 6.2 5.65 6.7 5.34 9.2 Level 2 .................................................. 4.87 11.6 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 6.27 5.7 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.42 4.4 – – 4.58 1.2 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.38 5.8 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.11 10.7 12.23 11.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.80 14.4 12.04 16.1 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.42 8.9 11.54 9.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 12.14 12.9 12.44 14.4 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.13 7.2 12.24 7.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 13.92 7.3 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.50 19.1 14.56 13.5 10.04 26.2 Level 2 .................................................. 8.26 8.2 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 9.03 13.9 10.77 2.3 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.20 5.9 15.12 8.0 8.33 .7 Level 3 .................................................. 10.79 4.2 10.88 4.2 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.23 3.7 11.36 4.4 8.17 2.6 Level 3 .................................................. 10.67 5.1 10.75 5.1 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.17 8.7 – – 8.04 .5 Cashiers...................................................... 10.17 8.7 – – 8.04 .5 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.34 3.8 11.89 11.1 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.17 4.3 14.70 4.7 11.11 6.8 Level 2 .................................................. 10.18 5.2 10.11 5.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.48 4.2 12.76 4.0 11.13 9.4 Level 4 .................................................. 15.07 3.7 15.09 4.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.20 5.4 15.20 5.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.59 4.9 17.89 4.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.15 10.6 16.38 10.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.10 12.1 22.66 11.5 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.44 2.8 13.82 2.8 11.04 4.6 Level 3 .................................................. 11.36 4.2 11.92 1.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.77 2.2 13.86 2.3 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.27 7.5 14.40 7.5 – – Tellers......................................................... 12.08 3.4 12.91 9.8 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.19 13.4 13.15 13.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 21.16 21.2 – – – – Order clerks...................................................... 14.35 4.2 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.20 5.5 14.91 5.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.36 8.9 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.37 5.0 13.90 4.3 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.03 7.2 13.42 6.2 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.04 13.3 24.07 13.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.39 11.5 21.39 11.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.68 10.1 17.68 10.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.62 2.7 30.62 2.7 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 25.78 17.6 25.78 17.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.13 17.6 21.13 17.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.27 2.4 29.27 2.4 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 26.61 24.7 26.61 24.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 17.38 4.1 17.74 3.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.57 3.6 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.63 7.6 11.63 7.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 20.51 .4 20.51 .4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.71 8.2 17.71 8.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.16 8.4 18.16 8.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.43 7.2 18.43 7.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.87 10.2 28.11 6.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 28.19 6.3 28.19 6.3 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 17.83 .8 17.83 .8 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 20.13 5.4 20.13 5.4 – – Machinists........................................................ 16.44 7.7 – – – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.41 .9 19.41 .9 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.92 13.1 17.92 13.1 – – Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 12.13 16.6 – – – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.81 11.8 16.90 11.3 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.93 12.4 16.41 11.7 9.03 14.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.24 11.1 9.58 12.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.51 5.3 13.57 5.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 19.46 19.3 19.46 19.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.72 3.2 14.97 2.5 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.95 10.3 19.95 10.3 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.79 7.1 19.79 7.1 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.27 11.9 11.85 15.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.35 13.6 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.90 17.0 10.06 19.0 – – 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), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 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........................................................... $25.15 5.7 $26.68 5.3 $12.44 12.0 Legal occupations................................................... 51.55 14.6 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 36.05 4.9 37.25 4.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.69 3.0 37.69 3.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.31 3.9 31.50 9.0 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 46.17 29.2 56.94 22.7 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 37.44 2.6 37.44 2.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.69 3.0 37.69 3.0 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.57 5.4 38.57 5.4 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 39.41 3.7 39.41 3.7 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 36.99 1.6 36.99 1.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.61 .0 37.61 .0 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.19 .3 35.19 .3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.98 .0 34.98 .0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 19.85 4.9 19.85 4.9 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 24.02 5.2 24.27 4.7 – – Police officers................................................... 25.59 6.8 25.59 6.8 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 25.59 6.8 25.59 6.8 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.02 6.4 14.48 4.8 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.99 2.0 13.99 2.0 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.74 1.5 13.74 1.5 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.07 10.9 – – 9.63 9.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.59 2.8 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 9.56 4.9 – – – – Recreation workers.............................................. 9.56 4.9 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.34 9.5 19.19 9.1 11.67 10.6 Level 2 .................................................. 13.01 1.5 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.45 5.1 16.46 5.8 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 18.05 6.1 18.39 5.9 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 22.37 5.8 22.37 5.8 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.44 8.0 – – – – 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 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 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........................................................... $18.78 3.7 $19.88 3.8 $11.42 7.7 Management occupations.............................................. 33.60 10.9 33.88 11.3 – – Group II.................................................. 23.81 15.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 29.93 15.6 – – – – Education administrators.......................................... 30.90 43.4 30.90 43.4 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.83 4.6 23.64 4.7 – – Group II.................................................. 22.18 4.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 27.33 7.0 – – – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.78 8.6 26.27 10.9 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.61 5.0 26.73 4.9 – – Group II.................................................. 26.17 6.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 30.07 6.4 – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 22.63 14.3 23.98 14.7 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 20.01 3.3 19.40 6.6 – – Group II.................................................. 15.62 8.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 21.07 1.9 – – – – Social workers.................................................... 21.60 3.8 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 51.55 14.6 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.87 7.1 32.52 7.1 15.97 13.3 Group II.................................................. 24.91 15.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.31 5.1 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 38.12 20.7 40.89 23.9 – – Group III................................................. 47.56 26.5 – – – – Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 60.98 25.3 61.21 25.4 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.47 8.7 32.47 8.7 – – Group II.................................................. 26.55 26.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.33 3.2 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.57 10.7 32.57 10.8 – – Group II.................................................. 32.38 17.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.05 5.5 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.21 12.0 32.19 12.1 – – Group II.................................................. 33.09 15.7 33.08 16.1 – – Group III................................................. 37.68 3.9 37.68 3.9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 36.99 1.6 36.99 1.6 – – Group III................................................. 37.61 .0 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.19 .3 35.19 .3 – – Group III................................................. 35.18 1.4 35.18 1.4 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.60 7.1 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.48 6.9 20.65 6.5 – – Designers......................................................... 18.15 14.6 18.15 14.6 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.81 3.5 23.40 4.4 25.44 12.3 Group II.................................................. 22.64 4.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.18 11.7 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 25.77 4.4 24.96 3.7 28.09 9.4 Group II.................................................. 24.73 5.1 24.52 6.6 25.34 7.5 Group III................................................. 27.11 10.0 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.56 2.0 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.65 8.9 13.75 9.7 12.51 6.1 Group I................................................... 13.40 9.5 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.47 7.4 13.78 8.7 11.77 2.7 Group I................................................... 13.55 7.6 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.17 3.2 – – 11.46 2.9 Group I................................................... 12.17 3.5 – – 10.62 .9 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.11 20.6 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 19.44 13.5 21.24 12.9 10.48 23.6 Group I................................................... 13.33 20.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.27 5.6 – – – – Police officers................................................... 25.59 6.8 25.59 6.8 – – Group II.................................................. 25.23 6.9 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 25.59 6.8 25.59 6.8 – – Group II.................................................. 25.23 6.9 25.23 6.9 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.82 2.7 9.54 2.8 7.22 2.5 Group I................................................... 8.62 3.4 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 11.13 5.9 12.39 7.8 – – Group I................................................... 11.13 5.9 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.47 6.2 5.65 6.7 5.34 9.2 Group I................................................... 5.47 6.2 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 6.27 5.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 6.27 5.7 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.42 4.4 – – 4.58 1.2 Group I................................................... 4.42 4.4 – – 4.58 1.2 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.41 5.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.41 5.4 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.78 7.2 13.01 7.5 – – Group I................................................... 12.42 7.7 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.29 6.0 12.39 6.4 – – Group I................................................... 12.33 6.9 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.70 4.5 12.78 4.8 – – Group I................................................... 12.82 5.0 12.92 5.3 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.01 25.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.01 25.2 – – – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 14.36 20.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.98 19.7 – – – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 14.36 20.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.98 19.7 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.88 12.0 13.91 9.2 9.84 13.7 Group I................................................... 10.43 10.9 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 9.54 13.3 10.77 2.3 – – Group I................................................... 8.57 11.8 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 9.47 4.4 – – 8.99 1.0 Group I................................................... 9.47 4.4 – – – – Recreation workers.............................................. 9.47 4.4 – – 8.99 1.0 Group I................................................... 9.47 4.4 – – 8.99 1.0 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.44 6.1 15.43 8.2 8.40 1.2 Group I................................................... 9.81 5.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 25.70 12.0 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.24 3.6 11.36 4.4 8.25 2.8 Group I................................................... 9.46 7.0 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.21 8.3 – – 8.24 2.5 Group I................................................... 10.20 9.1 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 10.21 8.3 – – 8.24 2.5 Group I................................................... 10.20 9.1 – – 8.24 2.5 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.34 3.8 11.89 11.1 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.75 4.0 15.35 4.5 11.17 6.3 Group I................................................... 12.97 4.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.99 7.7 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.10 12.1 22.66 11.5 – – Group II.................................................. 22.53 14.0 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.95 3.4 14.36 4.0 11.12 4.4 Group I................................................... 12.92 3.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.69 7.4 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.95 6.8 15.12 7.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.85 5.5 12.97 5.9 – – Group II.................................................. 17.92 4.1 17.92 4.1 – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 15.91 9.0 – – – – Tellers......................................................... 12.08 3.4 12.91 9.8 – – Group I................................................... 12.08 3.4 12.91 9.8 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.19 13.4 13.15 13.7 – – Group I................................................... 13.08 20.0 13.03 20.4 – – Order clerks...................................................... 14.35 4.2 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.04 7.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.04 7.7 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.66 7.4 12.66 7.4 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.47 7.6 17.49 8.2 – – Group I................................................... 14.52 5.3 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.92 9.6 15.74 10.7 – – Group I................................................... 14.53 5.3 14.06 4.3 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.95 6.6 12.91 10.7 – – Group I................................................... 13.13 7.5 – – – – Word processors and typists..................................... 15.16 5.0 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.19 6.4 13.61 5.7 – – Group I................................................... 12.17 6.1 12.56 4.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.74 12.3 23.76 12.3 – – Group I................................................... 16.40 2.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 27.91 3.0 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.15 10.4 21.15 10.4 – – Group II.................................................. 22.36 10.9 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 24.19 16.2 24.19 16.2 – – Group II.................................................. 25.91 17.4 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 26.61 24.7 26.61 24.7 – – Group II.................................................. 26.61 24.7 26.61 24.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 17.39 4.0 17.74 3.3 – – Group I................................................... 16.43 2.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.41 6.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 28.19 6.3 28.19 6.3 – – Group II.................................................. 28.21 6.5 28.21 6.5 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 17.83 .8 17.83 .8 – – Group I................................................... 18.57 5.2 – – – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 20.13 5.4 20.13 5.4 – – Machinists........................................................ 16.44 7.7 – – – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.41 .9 19.41 .9 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.98 11.9 17.98 11.9 – – Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 12.13 16.6 – – – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.81 11.8 16.90 11.3 – – Group I................................................... 16.85 18.6 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.05 11.5 16.58 11.1 9.82 14.8 Group I................................................... 14.49 12.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.20 8.8 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.01 10.0 20.01 10.0 – – Group I................................................... 19.04 19.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.28 9.0 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.79 7.1 19.79 7.1 – – Group I................................................... 21.38 16.2 21.38 16.2 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.27 11.9 11.85 15.0 – – Group I................................................... 11.27 11.9 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.90 17.0 10.06 19.0 – – Group I................................................... 9.90 17.0 10.06 19.0 – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.20 $11.04 $15.43 $24.36 $32.18 Management occupations.............................................. 10.30 22.51 31.87 42.11 61.82 Education administrators.......................................... 10.30 10.30 23.94 61.82 61.82 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.48 19.45 23.17 27.51 30.81 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 16.86 24.42 24.52 26.15 39.88 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 15.71 22.41 28.03 30.71 34.91 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 13.45 16.00 21.66 21.66 33.52 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.24 18.11 21.17 21.17 22.94 Social workers.................................................... 19.47 21.17 21.17 21.17 27.32 Legal occupations................................................... 28.33 46.27 56.25 62.58 62.91 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.00 20.94 29.68 39.55 52.17 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 19.71 24.34 31.43 41.79 58.79 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 41.79 41.79 51.53 72.65 96.37 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 15.30 24.93 32.50 39.55 53.33 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 15.91 20.06 31.96 38.66 52.14 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 15.30 18.62 32.74 38.66 51.78 Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.93 28.01 35.05 46.08 53.33 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 23.50 27.54 34.85 40.01 46.53 Teacher assistants................................................ 7.89 8.12 8.56 12.34 19.49 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 11.00 15.10 18.75 29.00 30.90 Designers......................................................... 10.35 13.50 18.75 21.25 26.77 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.63 19.29 23.67 26.68 31.67 Registered nurses................................................. 19.29 21.91 24.84 30.24 32.10 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.87 15.74 16.14 18.16 18.16 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 11.53 14.00 15.43 16.60 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.26 11.43 12.98 15.22 17.37 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.18 10.55 11.85 13.27 14.88 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.00 9.00 15.43 15.43 15.43 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.39 8.00 22.59 26.87 29.64 Police officers................................................... 18.93 23.15 26.87 29.64 29.73 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 18.93 23.15 26.87 29.64 29.73 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.95 7.40 8.05 10.12 11.92 Cooks............................................................. 7.31 7.75 11.53 13.39 14.83 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.85 4.50 4.60 7.15 7.27 Bartenders...................................................... 4.50 4.50 7.15 7.15 9.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.85 4.35 4.60 4.60 4.95 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.00 8.50 10.12 10.12 10.12 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 9.93 12.64 14.47 17.14 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.51 10.05 12.63 14.20 17.00 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.50 11.14 12.64 14.20 17.00 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 6.75 6.75 7.35 15.30 16.09 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 6.44 7.62 14.99 20.15 20.15 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 6.44 7.62 14.99 20.15 20.15 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.20 8.50 9.55 15.30 17.38 Child care workers................................................ 7.15 7.20 9.28 11.68 12.26 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 8.00 8.50 8.50 9.50 13.00 Recreation workers.............................................. 8.00 8.50 8.50 9.50 13.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.75 8.25 11.54 13.15 24.25 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.50 8.00 9.20 11.54 12.76 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.50 8.26 11.54 11.54 11.54 Cashiers...................................................... 7.50 8.26 11.54 11.54 11.54 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.50 7.75 8.25 10.25 16.88 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.12 11.26 13.87 16.60 21.65 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.94 17.27 22.85 28.15 28.15 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.35 12.56 13.50 15.00 17.66 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.23 12.75 13.63 17.66 19.95 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 12.71 12.71 15.51 16.82 18.25 Tellers......................................................... 10.10 10.20 11.88 13.81 15.13 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.00 9.50 11.44 15.24 16.60 Order clerks...................................................... 12.25 14.15 14.15 14.15 15.00 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.09 9.09 9.09 10.67 13.56 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.45 10.34 12.67 15.40 15.40 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.66 13.79 16.42 21.31 24.22 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.70 12.96 14.42 19.47 22.92 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 9.99 10.12 12.79 14.08 17.40 Word processors and typists..................................... 12.20 13.38 14.47 17.36 18.11 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.75 10.17 12.00 15.99 18.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.98 16.21 25.65 28.50 28.50 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.47 16.25 19.49 25.10 32.29 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.48 18.35 21.36 32.20 32.63 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 17.48 19.49 32.20 32.63 32.63 Production occupations.............................................. 10.00 12.25 15.00 21.75 28.53 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 19.17 29.21 29.21 30.90 32.22 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.18 14.42 14.85 18.07 29.12 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.50 14.98 18.75 28.28 28.95 Machinists........................................................ 13.62 14.80 15.72 18.44 21.70 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 14.50 14.50 17.99 20.50 28.28 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.16 14.79 14.79 18.69 28.53 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 6.75 6.75 12.75 15.56 17.30 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.33 12.00 12.37 24.22 28.43 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.96 11.25 14.50 19.06 24.86 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.31 14.75 17.97 24.86 28.90 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.00 14.75 17.17 22.40 31.07 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.75 7.96 9.50 14.00 15.38 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.96 7.96 7.96 9.50 14.80 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.05 $10.30 $14.79 $22.22 $30.49 Management occupations.............................................. 10.30 19.08 31.87 37.54 51.81 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.48 19.71 23.54 28.13 30.68 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 14.40 16.35 28.03 29.71 30.71 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.94 17.30 21.66 21.66 23.23 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.38 18.11 21.17 21.17 22.94 Social workers.................................................... 19.47 21.17 21.17 21.17 27.32 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.45 16.06 20.06 30.03 41.82 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 8.45 8.45 15.30 17.92 20.06 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 12.51 15.30 17.24 18.62 25.99 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 11.00 15.10 18.75 29.00 30.90 Designers......................................................... 10.35 13.50 18.75 21.25 26.77 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.73 20.90 25.33 29.26 31.67 Registered nurses................................................. 19.29 23.67 29.68 31.67 32.78 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 10.55 14.00 15.43 15.43 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.05 10.45 11.63 12.96 13.62 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.05 10.45 11.63 12.96 13.62 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.00 9.00 15.43 15.43 15.43 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.15 7.15 7.39 7.39 19.16 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.95 7.39 8.05 10.12 11.53 Cooks............................................................. 7.31 7.75 11.00 13.39 15.14 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.85 4.50 4.60 7.15 7.27 Bartenders...................................................... 4.50 4.50 7.15 7.15 9.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.85 4.35 4.60 4.60 4.95 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.00 8.50 10.12 10.12 10.12 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 8.50 11.28 14.20 17.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.15 8.50 11.14 14.20 17.00 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.50 10.05 11.28 14.20 17.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.20 8.40 10.13 15.55 20.14 Child care workers................................................ 7.15 7.20 8.40 11.68 11.77 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.63 8.25 11.54 13.15 24.25 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.50 8.00 9.20 11.54 12.56 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.50 8.26 11.54 11.54 11.54 Cashiers...................................................... 7.50 8.26 11.54 11.54 11.54 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.50 7.75 8.25 10.25 16.88 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.12 11.00 13.54 15.95 19.47 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.94 17.27 22.85 28.15 28.15 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.23 12.50 13.29 14.88 15.68 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.23 12.75 13.61 17.66 18.25 Tellers......................................................... 10.10 10.20 11.88 13.81 15.13 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.00 9.50 11.44 15.24 16.60 Order clerks...................................................... 12.25 14.15 14.15 14.15 15.00 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.35 12.66 14.42 16.50 19.47 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.52 12.66 14.09 16.50 18.86 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.75 10.00 12.00 15.99 18.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.98 16.21 28.50 28.50 28.50 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.00 16.25 19.50 30.49 32.29 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.48 19.56 25.10 32.54 32.63 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 17.48 19.49 32.20 32.63 32.63 Production occupations.............................................. 9.75 12.25 14.98 22.02 28.53 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 19.17 29.21 29.21 30.90 32.22 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.18 14.42 14.85 18.07 29.12 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.50 14.98 18.75 28.28 28.95 Machinists........................................................ 13.62 14.80 15.72 18.44 21.70 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 14.50 14.50 17.99 20.50 28.28 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.16 14.79 14.79 15.98 28.53 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 6.75 6.75 12.75 15.56 17.30 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.33 12.00 12.37 24.22 28.43 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.96 10.63 14.34 18.07 24.86 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.15 14.50 17.56 24.86 29.46 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.00 14.75 17.17 22.40 31.07 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.75 7.96 9.50 14.00 15.38 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.96 7.96 7.96 9.50 14.80 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.63 $15.53 $22.16 $30.39 $43.27 Legal occupations................................................... 28.33 46.27 56.25 62.58 62.91 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 20.71 27.15 34.73 41.95 53.33 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 13.00 26.50 41.79 52.14 96.37 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.32 28.31 35.76 45.30 53.33 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.25 30.53 36.96 46.57 54.14 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.03 32.18 38.66 47.43 54.47 Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.93 28.01 35.05 46.08 53.33 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 23.50 27.54 34.85 40.01 46.53 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.35 15.82 20.59 23.06 24.47 Protective service occupations...................................... 17.08 21.68 24.46 27.92 29.73 Police officers................................................... 18.93 23.15 26.87 29.64 29.73 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 18.93 23.15 26.87 29.64 29.73 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.98 12.64 13.90 15.98 17.55 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.14 12.64 13.90 15.98 17.34 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.14 12.64 13.90 15.75 17.34 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.00 8.50 9.00 13.00 16.60 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 8.00 8.50 8.50 10.50 13.00 Recreation workers.............................................. 8.00 8.50 8.50 10.50 13.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.63 13.73 17.76 22.29 26.37 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.34 15.98 18.01 19.95 25.05 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.38 19.95 22.92 24.22 26.37 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 10.39 12.20 14.04 16.97 18.11 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2007 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.25 $12.35 $16.35 $25.65 $33.15 Management occupations.............................................. 10.30 22.51 31.87 42.11 61.82 Education administrators.......................................... 10.30 10.30 23.94 61.82 61.82 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.48 19.16 23.17 27.51 30.58 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 16.86 23.36 26.15 27.29 39.88 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 15.55 23.67 28.03 30.71 34.91 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.94 17.30 21.66 22.26 41.06 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.08 18.11 21.17 21.17 22.94 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 15.30 23.34 30.52 40.03 52.54 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 21.83 26.90 34.01 42.40 72.65 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 41.79 41.79 51.53 72.65 96.37 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 15.30 24.93 32.26 39.55 53.33 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 15.91 20.06 31.96 38.66 52.14 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 15.30 18.62 32.60 38.66 51.81 Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.93 28.01 35.05 46.08 53.33 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 23.50 27.54 34.85 40.01 46.53 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 11.00 15.10 18.75 29.00 30.90 Designers......................................................... 10.35 13.50 18.75 21.25 26.77 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.35 18.92 23.51 26.10 31.09 Registered nurses................................................. 19.29 21.01 24.13 29.68 31.67 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 11.45 14.00 15.43 16.98 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.45 11.44 13.63 15.62 17.70 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.39 17.08 23.79 27.77 29.73 Police officers................................................... 18.93 23.15 26.87 29.64 29.73 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 18.93 23.15 26.87 29.64 29.73 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.70 8.05 10.12 10.12 13.06 Cooks............................................................. 10.50 10.63 12.00 13.95 15.14 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.85 3.85 5.15 7.15 7.70 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.62 10.30 13.07 14.99 17.14 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.55 10.14 12.64 14.20 17.00 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.50 11.14 12.85 14.20 17.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.00 9.37 13.61 16.80 20.14 Child care workers................................................ 9.28 9.37 11.68 11.77 12.06 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 9.99 11.54 16.86 30.22 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.00 9.00 11.54 11.54 12.77 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.00 8.00 8.81 12.77 17.27 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 12.26 14.15 16.88 22.85 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.30 17.49 22.85 28.15 28.15 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.30 13.00 13.91 15.13 18.09 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.23 12.75 13.87 17.66 19.95 Tellers......................................................... 10.20 11.04 13.81 15.13 15.13 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.00 9.35 11.33 15.24 16.60 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.45 10.34 12.67 15.40 15.40 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.66 13.79 16.38 21.65 24.57 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.70 12.66 14.42 16.50 23.17 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 9.99 9.99 12.51 14.08 18.11 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.00 10.32 12.15 15.99 18.03 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.98 16.21 25.65 28.50 28.50 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.47 16.25 19.49 25.10 32.29 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.48 18.35 21.36 32.20 32.63 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 17.48 19.49 32.20 32.63 32.63 Production occupations.............................................. 10.50 12.75 15.00 22.02 28.53 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 19.17 29.21 29.21 30.90 32.22 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.18 14.42 14.85 18.07 29.12 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.50 14.98 18.75 28.28 28.95 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 14.50 14.50 17.99 20.50 28.28 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.16 14.79 14.79 18.69 28.53 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.38 12.00 12.37 24.22 28.43 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 11.63 15.38 19.06 24.86 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.31 14.75 17.97 24.86 28.90 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.00 14.75 17.17 22.40 31.07 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.96 7.96 12.45 14.00 15.38 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.96 7.96 7.96 10.05 14.80 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2007 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.15 $7.50 $9.00 $12.76 $19.66 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 7.90 10.00 13.02 20.00 30.00 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.97 21.20 24.23 30.17 32.10 Registered nurses................................................. 19.01 24.88 29.55 31.67 37.04 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.20 11.60 12.39 12.93 12.93 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.20 10.94 12.39 12.39 12.93 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.20 10.25 11.60 12.68 12.93 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.15 7.15 7.15 16.67 19.16 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.60 7.15 7.39 8.00 9.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.35 4.60 4.60 7.15 7.27 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.35 4.35 4.60 4.60 4.95 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.20 7.20 8.50 9.85 12.12 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 8.50 8.50 8.50 8.74 10.50 Recreation workers.............................................. 8.50 8.50 8.50 8.74 10.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 7.50 8.15 8.80 10.15 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.15 7.50 7.75 8.25 10.05 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.15 7.47 7.50 8.75 10.15 Cashiers...................................................... 7.15 7.47 7.50 8.75 10.15 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.00 9.12 10.15 12.71 15.09 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.73 10.10 11.16 12.56 12.71 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.25 7.45 8.48 12.15 14.25 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 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 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 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........................................................... $19.88 $16.35 $784 $643 39.4 $39,883 $33,405 2,006 Management occupations.............................................. 33.88 31.87 1,413 1,275 41.7 73,465 66,290 2,168 Education administrators.......................................... 30.90 23.94 1,338 1,307 43.3 69,556 67,975 2,251 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.64 23.17 966 973 40.9 50,254 50,570 2,126 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.27 26.15 1,025 1,046 39.0 53,299 54,386 2,029 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.73 28.03 1,055 1,121 39.5 54,846 58,311 2,052 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.98 21.66 942 866 39.3 47,301 45,044 1,973 Community and social services occupations........................... 19.40 21.17 708 741 36.5 36,794 38,531 1,897 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.52 30.52 1,196 1,137 36.8 50,644 50,070 1,558 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 40.89 34.01 1,577 1,361 38.6 69,034 62,128 1,688 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 61.21 51.53 2,280 1,932 37.3 80,740 69,561 1,319 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.47 32.26 1,169 1,141 36.0 47,797 47,855 1,472 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.57 31.96 1,171 1,141 36.0 46,837 46,640 1,438 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.19 32.60 1,164 1,166 36.2 46,077 47,855 1,431 Secondary school teachers....................................... 36.99 35.05 1,305 1,241 35.3 52,291 50,070 1,414 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.19 34.85 1,248 1,227 35.5 49,826 49,067 1,416 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.65 18.75 816 750 39.5 42,419 39,000 2,055 Designers......................................................... 18.15 18.75 720 750 39.7 37,444 39,000 2,063 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.40 23.51 897 885 38.3 46,258 46,010 1,977 Registered nurses................................................. 24.96 24.13 950 950 38.1 48,438 49,400 1,941 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.75 14.00 525 501 38.2 27,303 26,052 1,985 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.78 13.63 532 511 38.6 27,645 26,579 2,006 Protective service occupations...................................... 21.24 23.79 839 930 39.5 43,128 48,160 2,030 Police officers................................................... 25.59 26.87 1,007 1,075 39.3 52,353 55,881 2,046 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 25.59 26.87 1,007 1,075 39.3 52,353 55,881 2,046 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.54 10.12 371 368 38.9 19,207 18,086 2,013 Cooks............................................................. 12.39 12.00 479 461 38.7 24,926 23,982 2,012 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.65 5.15 203 180 36.0 10,419 9,373 1,843 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.01 13.07 509 512 39.1 23,972 23,322 1,842 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.39 12.64 485 490 39.2 22,945 23,177 1,851 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.78 12.85 499 506 39.1 24,026 23,504 1,880 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.91 13.61 552 520 39.7 28,606 27,040 2,056 Child care workers................................................ 10.77 11.68 428 467 39.7 21,967 24,286 2,039 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.43 11.54 616 461 40.0 32,048 23,995 2,078 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.36 11.54 453 461 39.9 23,550 23,995 2,073 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.89 8.81 472 352 39.7 24,544 18,304 2,064 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.35 14.15 603 566 39.3 31,298 29,422 2,040 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.66 22.85 874 914 38.6 45,450 47,524 2,006 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.36 13.91 564 556 39.3 29,318 28,933 2,041 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.12 13.87 591 558 39.1 30,748 28,995 2,033 Tellers......................................................... 12.91 13.81 497 518 38.5 25,821 26,922 2,000 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.15 11.33 523 453 39.8 27,218 23,566 2,069 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.66 12.67 500 475 39.5 26,021 24,697 2,056 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.49 16.38 669 640 38.2 34,764 33,287 1,987 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.74 14.42 610 577 38.8 31,725 30,000 2,015 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.91 12.51 500 495 38.7 25,444 21,764 1,970 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.61 12.15 540 480 39.7 27,741 24,952 2,038 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.76 25.65 940 1,026 39.5 48,869 53,352 2,056 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.15 19.49 846 780 40.0 43,940 40,539 2,078 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 24.19 21.36 967 854 40.0 50,181 44,429 2,074 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 26.61 32.20 1,064 1,288 40.0 55,344 66,976 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 17.74 15.00 707 600 39.8 36,739 31,200 2,070 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 28.19 29.21 1,114 1,168 39.5 57,952 60,757 2,055 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 17.83 14.85 713 594 40.0 37,081 30,888 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 20.13 18.75 805 750 40.0 41,867 39,000 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.41 17.99 776 720 40.0 40,366 37,423 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.98 14.79 711 592 39.6 36,988 30,763 2,057 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.90 12.37 670 480 39.7 34,862 24,960 2,062 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.58 15.38 682 614 41.2 35,476 31,914 2,140 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.01 17.97 869 790 43.5 45,192 41,081 2,259 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.79 17.17 888 723 44.9 46,173 37,586 2,333 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.85 12.45 473 498 39.9 24,560 25,896 2,072 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.06 7.96 400 318 39.8 20,800 16,557 2,067 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 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 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 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........................................................... $18.54 $15.43 $738 $613 39.8 $38,041 $31,491 2,052 Management occupations.............................................. 31.74 31.87 1,335 1,275 42.1 69,412 66,290 2,187 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.90 23.17 982 975 41.1 51,056 50,688 2,136 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 25.19 28.03 1,000 1,121 39.7 52,014 58,311 2,065 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 20.46 21.66 812 866 39.7 42,216 45,044 2,064 Community and social services occupations........................... 19.65 21.17 712 741 36.2 37,020 38,531 1,884 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 23.80 20.06 922 752 38.7 42,019 33,405 1,765 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 14.62 15.30 550 574 37.6 22,689 20,656 1,552 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.65 18.75 816 750 39.5 42,419 39,000 2,055 Designers......................................................... 18.15 18.75 720 750 39.7 37,444 39,000 2,063 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.39 26.00 965 979 38.0 50,191 50,895 1,977 Registered nurses................................................. 27.36 29.68 1,043 1,113 38.1 54,212 57,876 1,981 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.36 14.00 506 476 37.9 26,315 24,752 1,970 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.30 9.50 363 348 39.0 18,817 18,086 2,023 Cooks............................................................. 12.17 11.53 469 461 38.6 24,406 23,982 2,005 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.65 5.15 203 180 36.0 10,419 9,373 1,843 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.23 11.28 476 446 38.9 21,895 21,996 1,790 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.54 11.14 448 446 38.8 20,214 20,904 1,752 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.24 11.72 474 446 38.7 21,886 21,996 1,788 Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.56 15.55 581 661 39.9 30,078 34,372 2,066 Child care workers................................................ 10.77 11.68 428 467 39.7 21,967 24,286 2,039 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.12 11.54 606 461 40.1 31,495 23,995 2,083 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.36 11.54 453 461 39.9 23,550 23,995 2,073 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.89 8.81 472 352 39.7 24,544 18,304 2,064 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.70 13.91 580 555 39.5 30,130 28,791 2,050 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.66 22.85 874 914 38.6 45,450 47,524 2,006 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.82 13.63 546 540 39.5 28,376 28,080 2,053 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.40 13.63 567 545 39.3 29,463 28,350 2,046 Tellers......................................................... 12.91 13.81 497 518 38.5 25,821 26,922 2,000 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.15 11.33 523 453 39.8 27,218 23,566 2,069 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.91 14.42 570 564 38.2 29,624 29,307 1,987 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.90 14.09 534 559 38.4 27,774 29,047 1,998 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.42 12.00 532 480 39.7 27,285 24,952 2,033 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.07 28.50 953 1,140 39.6 49,563 59,280 2,059 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.39 19.50 855 780 40.0 44,441 40,539 2,078 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 25.78 25.10 1,031 1,004 40.0 53,445 52,208 2,073 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 26.61 32.20 1,064 1,288 40.0 55,344 66,976 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 17.74 15.00 707 600 39.9 36,759 31,200 2,072 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 28.19 29.21 1,114 1,168 39.5 57,952 60,757 2,055 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 17.83 14.85 713 594 40.0 37,081 30,888 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 20.13 18.75 805 750 40.0 41,867 39,000 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.41 17.99 776 720 40.0 40,366 37,423 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.92 14.79 717 592 40.0 37,281 30,763 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.90 12.37 670 480 39.7 34,862 24,960 2,062 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.41 14.75 684 602 41.7 35,579 31,304 2,168 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.95 17.56 869 761 43.5 45,166 39,553 2,264 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.79 17.17 888 723 44.9 46,173 37,586 2,333 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.85 12.45 473 498 39.9 24,560 25,896 2,072 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.06 7.96 400 318 39.8 20,800 16,557 2,067 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 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 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 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........................................................... $26.68 $23.46 $1,006 $914 37.7 $48,090 $45,616 1,802 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 37.25 35.57 1,333 1,245 35.8 54,535 53,347 1,464 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 56.94 41.95 2,100 1,567 36.9 79,143 64,595 1,390 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 37.44 35.76 1,332 1,252 35.6 54,345 53,347 1,451 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.57 36.96 1,376 1,315 35.7 56,188 53,347 1,457 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 39.41 38.66 1,415 1,419 35.9 57,089 53,347 1,448 Secondary school teachers....................................... 36.99 35.05 1,305 1,241 35.3 52,291 50,070 1,414 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.19 34.85 1,248 1,227 35.5 49,826 49,067 1,416 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 19.85 20.59 772 796 38.9 39,231 41,387 1,977 Protective service occupations...................................... 24.27 24.46 955 983 39.4 48,976 51,106 2,018 Police officers................................................... 25.59 26.87 1,007 1,075 39.3 52,353 55,881 2,046 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 25.59 26.87 1,007 1,075 39.3 52,353 55,881 2,046 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.48 13.90 571 556 39.5 28,255 28,904 1,951 Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.99 13.90 556 556 39.8 28,924 28,904 2,068 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.74 13.90 546 556 39.7 28,373 28,904 2,066 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 19.19 18.25 733 723 38.2 37,977 37,617 1,979 Financial clerks.................................................. 18.39 18.09 693 705 37.7 36,012 36,650 1,958 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 22.37 22.92 855 885 38.2 44,472 46,039 1,988 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 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 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2007 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $17.56 $15.04 $20.08 $22.31 Management, professional, and related...... 27.18 21.55 31.68 27.77 Management, business, and financial...... 27.15 24.60 29.25 27.89 Professional and related................. 27.19 19.96 32.75 27.71 Service.................................... 10.47 10.33 10.34 12.67 Sales and office........................... 13.84 13.93 12.96 16.47 Sales and related........................ 13.20 13.49 – – Office and administrative support........ 14.17 14.37 13.36 16.23 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 22.98 21.86 22.72 28.58 Construction and extraction............. 24.04 23.71 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 21.39 18.01 – 29.73 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 16.74 14.40 17.13 23.10 Production............................... 17.38 14.07 15.62 25.71 Transportation and material moving....... 15.93 14.67 19.61 15.67 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........................................................... 4.0 5.4 4.0 6.4 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.1 6.4 4.0 7.8 Management, business, and financial............................... 5.3 10.9 5.8 16.1 Professional and related.......................................... 2.9 6.6 5.5 8.1 Service............................................................. 5.5 6.2 3.8 6.5 Sales and office.................................................... 3.2 5.3 3.8 9.1 Sales and related................................................. 5.9 7.9 – – Office and administrative support................................. 4.3 8.3 4.7 9.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 10.4 14.6 3.8 8.1 Construction and extraction...................................... 13.3 16.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 11.5 13.6 – 10.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 7.0 9.1 10.4 9.6 Production........................................................ 4.1 6.9 7.7 7.1 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.4 15.2 13.9 15.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 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........................................................... $15.94 $14.20 $634 $566 39.8 $32,519 $28,766 2,040 Management occupations.............................................. 25.13 19.08 1,121 792 44.6 58,278 41,200 2,319 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 14.37 15.30 538 557 37.4 22,078 20,656 1,537 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 14.62 15.30 550 574 37.6 22,689 20,656 1,552 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.82 14.20 537 568 38.8 22,613 17,680 1,636 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.49 14.20 484 568 38.7 19,527 17,680 1,564 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.65 14.20 525 568 38.5 22,026 17,680 1,614 Personal care and service occupations............................... 15.61 15.55 623 661 39.9 32,211 34,372 2,063 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.20 11.54 609 461 40.1 31,668 23,995 2,083 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.30 11.54 450 461 39.8 23,415 23,995 2,072 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.82 8.00 468 320 39.6 24,333 16,640 2,059 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.60 14.42 614 567 39.3 31,905 29,494 2,045 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.14 13.81 551 545 38.9 28,640 28,350 2,025 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.71 28.50 942 1,140 39.7 48,953 59,280 2,065 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.01 17.00 720 680 40.0 37,411 35,360 2,077 Production occupations.............................................. 14.39 13.44 572 538 39.8 29,762 27,955 2,068 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.80 13.83 612 553 41.4 31,822 28,766 2,151 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.29 17.00 788 800 43.1 40,946 41,600 2,239 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.03 16.00 777 725 45.6 40,368 37,700 2,371 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.43 8.25 415 330 39.8 21,582 17,160 2,069 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.46 7.96 376 318 39.8 19,550 16,557 2,066 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 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 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 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........................................................... $21.50 $17.27 $856 $687 39.8 $44,401 $35,714 2,065 Management occupations.............................................. 37.55 36.69 1,504 1,413 40.1 78,214 73,457 2,083 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.12 23.17 962 927 39.9 50,012 48,198 2,074 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 25.24 28.03 999 1,121 39.6 51,958 58,311 2,059 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.57 24.96 978 975 38.3 50,877 50,700 1,989 Registered nurses................................................. 27.36 29.68 1,043 1,113 38.1 54,212 57,876 1,981 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.52 11.92 449 475 39.0 23,359 24,694 2,028 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.23 11.14 399 446 39.0 20,771 23,177 2,030 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.47 11.14 408 446 39.0 21,209 23,177 2,026 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.70 11.14 417 446 39.0 21,695 23,177 2,027 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.24 13.54 563 540 39.6 29,231 28,080 2,053 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.73 13.50 544 540 39.6 28,301 28,080 2,061 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.89 13.04 542 522 39.0 28,206 27,123 2,030 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.08 11.33 521 453 39.8 27,068 23,566 2,069 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.07 15.18 634 569 37.1 32,950 29,603 1,931 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.11 13.10 558 524 39.5 28,450 26,707 2,016 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.13 27.47 1,019 1,099 39.0 52,998 57,146 2,028 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 26.83 25.10 1,073 1,004 40.0 55,790 52,208 2,079 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 26.74 25.10 1,069 1,004 40.0 55,593 52,208 2,079 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 28.75 32.54 1,150 1,302 40.0 59,802 67,683 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 20.35 18.44 813 728 39.9 42,254 37,869 2,076 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 28.19 29.21 1,114 1,168 39.5 57,952 60,757 2,055 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 18.79 14.85 751 594 40.0 39,077 30,888 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 21.94 20.49 878 820 40.0 45,642 42,619 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 18.65 14.91 738 588 39.5 38,358 30,555 2,056 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.99 17.17 849 631 42.4 44,123 32,802 2,207 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 15.37 15.05 615 602 40.0 31,979 31,304 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 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........................................................... $23.67 $20.95 $26.27 $17.01 $16.94 $18.98 Management, professional, and related............................... 32.73 24.53 34.96 27.39 27.43 26.64 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 27.16 27.15 27.31 Professional and related.......................................... 32.18 24.53 34.44 27.52 27.59 26.24 Service............................................................. 16.05 11.93 18.46 10.21 10.21 10.30 Sales and office.................................................... 18.78 18.38 18.92 13.79 13.69 – Sales and related................................................. – – – 13.29 13.29 – Office and administrative support................................. 18.91 20.82 18.33 14.05 13.90 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 26.70 28.08 20.37 17.16 17.16 – Construction and extraction...................................... 26.89 28.00 – 17.83 17.83 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 26.29 28.24 – 16.49 16.49 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 19.84 20.00 – 15.22 15.24 – Production........................................................ 21.89 21.95 – 15.02 15.02 – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.29 17.06 – 15.46 15.49 – 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........................................................... 5.0 8.4 5.1 3.7 3.7 15.7 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.6 13.7 5.5 2.8 2.9 13.8 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 5.1 5.3 14.5 Professional and related.......................................... 6.5 13.7 6.7 3.0 2.9 24.3 Service............................................................. 4.9 7.5 5.9 5.2 5.5 11.9 Sales and office.................................................... 9.4 21.4 10.6 3.4 3.3 – Sales and related................................................. – – – 5.9 5.9 – Office and administrative support................................. 8.9 15.8 10.6 4.4 4.4 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.1 3.5 3.9 5.7 5.7 – Construction and extraction...................................... 4.5 2.8 – 7.8 7.8 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 9.5 8.3 – 7.8 7.8 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 12.8 14.1 – 7.3 7.3 – Production........................................................ 10.1 10.4 – 6.4 6.4 – Transportation and material moving................................ 21.2 25.8 – 12.4 12.4 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2007 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $18.72 $17.39 $19.46 $19.46 Management, professional, and related............................... 29.18 27.38 22.80 22.80 Management, business, and financial............................... 28.75 27.77 22.86 22.86 Professional and related.......................................... 29.32 27.21 – – Service............................................................. 11.90 10.30 – – Sales and office.................................................... 14.12 13.51 15.91 15.91 Sales and related................................................. 12.28 11.97 19.70 19.70 Office and administrative support................................. 14.92 14.28 13.40 13.40 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 22.70 22.97 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 24.04 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 21.02 21.27 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.85 15.77 24.07 24.07 Production........................................................ 17.39 17.38 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.45 13.03 24.07 24.07 Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.9 4.2 6.3 6.3 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.2 3.2 5.5 5.5 Management, business, and financial............................... 6.7 6.1 5.8 5.8 Professional and related.......................................... 3.5 2.9 – – Service............................................................. 6.0 4.9 – – Sales and office.................................................... 4.2 4.2 8.5 8.5 Sales and related................................................. 9.6 9.5 8.7 8.7 Office and administrative support................................. 4.5 4.8 4.4 4.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9.7 10.7 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 13.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 10.8 11.9 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.9 6.1 13.3 13.3 Production........................................................ 4.0 4.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 7.8 7.7 13.3 13.3 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 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........................................................... - $20.96 - $22.81 - - $16.87 - - Management, professional, and related............................... - 30.84 - – - - 22.12 - - Management, business, and financial............................... - 38.77 - – - - 20.06 - - Professional and related.......................................... - 23.47 - – - - 22.38 - - Service............................................................. - – - – - - 11.58 - - Sales and office.................................................... - 21.75 - 21.35 - - 16.03 - - Sales and related................................................. - – - – - - – - - Office and administrative support................................. - 16.41 - 20.94 - - 16.03 - - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - 27.05 - – - - – - - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - 26.05 - – - - – - - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - 17.85 - – - - – - - Production........................................................ - 18.17 - – - - – - - Transportation and material moving................................ - 16.36 - – - - – - - 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........................................................... - 3.1 - 12.2 - - 5.7 - - Management, professional, and related............................... - 19.3 - – - - 7.8 - - Management, business, and financial............................... - 18.2 - – - - 32.6 - - Professional and related.......................................... - 10.9 - – - - 5.7 - - Service............................................................. - – - – - - 3.4 - - Sales and office.................................................... - 18.5 - 17.2 - - 12.3 - - Sales and related................................................. - – - – - - – - - Office and administrative support................................. - 3.3 - 23.4 - - 12.3 - - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - 11.0 - – - - – - - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - 18.0 - – - - – - - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - 5.6 - – - - – - - Production........................................................ - 3.2 - – - - – - - Transportation and material moving................................ - 14.0 - – - - – - - 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2007 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 529,000 434,700 94,300 Management, professional, and related............................... 144,100 99,400 44,600 Management, business, and financial............................... 33,300 28,100 5,100 Professional and related.......................................... 110,800 71,300 39,500 Service............................................................. 111,200 85,000 26,200 Sales and office.................................................... 163,100 146,100 17,000 Sales and related................................................. 54,500 53,500 – Office and administrative support................................. 108,600 92,600 16,000 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 26,500 23,800 2,800 Construction and extraction...................................... 16,100 14,400 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 10,400 9,400 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 84,100 80,400 – Production........................................................ 45,300 45,000 – Transportation and material moving................................ 38,800 35,500 – 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2007 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 20,246 19,623 623 Total in sample....................................................... 288 257 31 Responding........................................................ 167 138 29 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 85 83 2 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 36 36 0 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.