NC BL 03/00/2008 Table: Huntsville-Decatur, AL, Bulletin, May 2007 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 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........................................................... $20.48 2.0 36.7 $20.03 2.3 36.4 $22.56 3.6 38.1 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 32.48 1.7 38.1 33.92 2.0 38.2 28.40 3.5 37.6 Management, business, and financial............................... 35.40 2.9 40.0 35.86 2.6 40.0 33.16 11.7 39.7 Professional and related.......................................... 31.70 1.7 37.6 33.31 2.3 37.7 27.65 2.8 37.3 Service............................................................. 11.06 5.4 32.5 9.15 4.5 30.7 16.36 8.4 39.1 Sales and office.................................................... 15.09 3.5 37.1 15.33 3.9 36.9 13.03 3.7 39.1 Sales and related................................................. 17.10 4.3 35.7 17.14 4.3 35.7 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 13.65 2.9 38.2 13.77 3.4 38.0 13.13 3.9 39.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 16.25 6.0 39.4 15.27 3.8 39.3 22.30 12.1 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 15.52 6.6 39.2 14.91 5.0 39.1 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 16.83 7.0 39.6 15.56 6.0 39.5 24.33 6.5 40.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.67 5.7 37.0 14.65 5.8 37.3 15.60 12.4 28.6 Production........................................................ 16.17 6.8 38.5 16.20 6.8 38.5 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.26 9.4 34.9 12.03 10.2 35.4 16.44 12.3 27.9 Full time........................................................... 21.82 2.2 39.7 21.58 2.6 40.0 22.78 3.6 38.6 Part time........................................................... 10.83 14.3 23.6 10.72 15.0 23.6 13.82 13.9 25.1 Union............................................................... 24.18 1.8 39.1 24.18 1.8 39.1 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 20.26 2.2 36.5 19.72 2.6 36.2 22.56 3.6 38.1 Time................................................................ 20.53 1.9 36.5 20.06 2.1 36.2 22.56 3.6 38.1 Incentive........................................................... 19.57 13.1 39.8 19.57 13.1 39.8 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 21.22 3.8 39.5 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 19.57 2.7 35.3 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 17.34 8.4 34.6 17.34 8.4 34.6 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 18.43 8.8 37.4 18.31 10.0 37.3 19.32 8.3 38.8 500 workers or more................................................. 26.60 2.8 38.8 29.35 3.6 39.6 23.42 4.5 37.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 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........................................................... $20.48 2.0 $21.82 2.2 $10.83 14.3 Management occupations.............................................. 37.91 4.9 37.91 4.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.07 4.2 31.07 4.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.39 8.2 43.39 8.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.96 11.6 37.96 11.6 – – General and operations managers................................... 47.78 19.6 47.78 19.6 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 38.88 17.1 38.88 17.1 – – Financial managers................................................ 23.89 7.3 23.89 7.3 – – Education administrators.......................................... 32.10 4.9 32.10 4.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.77 5.1 32.81 5.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.24 3.9 24.33 4.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.05 12.1 27.05 12.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.28 5.8 37.28 5.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 46.47 7.6 46.47 7.6 – – Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 20.21 15.6 20.21 15.6 – – Cost estimators................................................... 29.74 7.3 29.74 7.3 – – Management analysts............................................... 39.97 7.6 39.97 7.6 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 32.33 13.3 32.33 13.3 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.86 4.5 36.86 3.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.11 6.5 25.11 6.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 29.50 11.5 30.30 9.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.00 2.8 32.84 2.5 – – Level 10.................................................. 34.02 6.3 34.02 6.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.06 4.9 44.60 6.5 – – Level 12.................................................. 49.23 9.6 49.23 9.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.68 13.3 35.68 13.3 – – Computer programmers.............................................. 27.62 3.8 26.30 2.9 – – Level 8 .................................................. 28.23 1.7 28.23 1.7 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 41.39 3.3 42.18 5.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.04 1.5 34.04 1.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.87 8.3 42.87 8.3 – – Level 12.................................................. 51.32 7.5 51.32 7.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.52 13.9 35.52 13.9 – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 38.07 8.7 39.62 6.5 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 44.01 11.3 44.01 11.3 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 37.94 19.2 37.01 20.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.46 1.9 34.25 1.7 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 30.68 5.0 30.68 5.0 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.47 2.6 36.11 1.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.67 8.3 19.67 8.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.87 2.2 29.87 2.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 36.17 9.4 36.17 9.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.34 1.8 33.34 1.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.69 2.0 37.69 2.0 – – Level 12.................................................. 45.56 3.9 45.56 3.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.32 10.5 38.32 10.5 – – Engineers......................................................... 40.60 1.0 39.88 1.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.25 .5 34.25 .5 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.69 2.0 37.69 2.0 – – Level 12.................................................. 45.56 3.9 45.56 3.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.26 3.9 41.26 3.9 – – Aerospace engineers............................................. 45.25 2.4 42.91 5.7 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 38.32 3.3 38.32 3.3 – – Electrical engineers.......................................... 38.32 3.3 38.32 3.3 – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 36.63 8.9 36.63 8.9 – – Industrial engineers.......................................... 38.07 7.3 38.07 7.3 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.76 8.5 24.76 8.5 – – Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 23.09 16.3 23.09 16.3 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 31.91 11.6 31.91 11.6 – – Physical scientists............................................... 32.55 13.2 32.55 13.2 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 19.91 12.0 23.03 15.9 – – Counselors........................................................ 20.55 10.6 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.05 2.5 27.06 2.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 32.51 1.1 32.57 1.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.34 5.0 30.34 5.0 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.66 3.0 28.67 3.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 32.85 2.1 32.85 2.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.98 9.1 29.98 9.1 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.59 8.9 26.59 8.9 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.69 8.5 22.69 8.5 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.50 1.2 30.50 1.2 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 30.85 15.2 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.85 15.2 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.52 14.2 22.96 14.4 11.87 8.6 Level 8 .................................................. 24.65 11.7 24.65 11.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.07 15.1 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.10 5.8 26.77 5.9 20.27 13.2 Level 9 .................................................. 25.07 3.0 25.00 2.8 – – Registered nurses................................................. 25.62 5.5 25.63 5.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.02 3.0 24.94 2.9 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.48 4.0 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.99 5.8 11.15 5.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.49 3.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.43 7.9 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.42 4.0 10.43 4.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.33 4.4 10.34 4.5 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.90 10.4 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 17.12 12.0 17.57 11.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.23 4.8 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.01 2.5 17.01 2.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.22 11.1 23.22 11.1 – – Police officers................................................... 20.20 8.1 20.20 8.1 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.20 8.1 20.20 8.1 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.85 6.1 11.07 6.1 – – Security guards................................................. 10.85 6.1 11.07 6.1 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.03 1.6 10.63 6.0 6.30 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 6.17 9.0 7.01 12.7 5.80 14.5 Level 2 .................................................. 7.18 3.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 6.84 3.2 – – 6.72 .0 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.61 7.1 13.61 7.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.17 13.2 14.17 13.2 – – Cooks............................................................. 7.73 8.2 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.70 21.3 – – 4.85 17.0 Level 1 .................................................. 4.52 30.9 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.42 27.2 – – 4.75 21.6 Level 1 .................................................. 4.32 33.9 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.90 .9 – – 6.79 .7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.02 2.2 – – 6.83 1.5 Level 2 .................................................. 6.83 .7 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.88 1.5 – – 6.80 .6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.05 1.9 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.42 10.5 11.11 7.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.27 5.8 8.84 4.7 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.54 4.8 10.16 3.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.25 5.9 8.83 4.9 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.61 6.2 10.26 3.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.62 5.8 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.05 24.0 – – 14.48 40.4 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.10 4.3 19.38 7.1 9.06 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.79 12.4 – – 8.10 11.6 Level 2 .................................................. 9.74 7.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.42 6.8 – – 8.83 2.0 Level 4 .................................................. 13.06 2.5 13.33 2.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 29.02 17.2 29.02 17.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.59 14.6 17.59 14.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.39 17.6 22.39 17.6 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.62 3.8 12.85 9.0 8.59 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.38 10.4 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.85 6.6 – – 8.78 2.1 Level 4 .................................................. 12.65 1.7 12.97 3.5 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.30 5.7 10.15 .9 8.16 4.4 Cashiers...................................................... 9.30 5.7 10.15 .9 8.16 4.4 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 10.74 12.3 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 12.14 6.1 13.59 10.5 8.72 1.3 Level 3 .................................................. 10.19 4.7 – – 8.92 3.5 Level 4 .................................................. 12.09 11.1 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 36.43 10.9 36.43 10.9 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.65 2.9 13.81 3.1 11.27 9.0 Level 1 .................................................. 9.35 7.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.62 3.7 10.71 3.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.03 6.4 12.21 6.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.34 1.6 13.23 1.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.89 6.9 18.88 2.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.55 5.3 17.54 5.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.99 16.9 25.99 16.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.13 24.2 24.13 24.2 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.26 2.8 12.28 3.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.80 2.4 11.81 2.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.39 3.8 12.35 4.1 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.85 8.0 12.80 8.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.55 5.9 12.45 6.8 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.59 .3 11.59 .3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.60 3.2 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.36 8.1 14.36 8.1 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.69 6.0 11.03 5.3 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 17.96 9.8 17.96 9.8 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.26 5.0 15.39 4.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.28 1.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.87 3.0 13.87 3.0 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.31 3.6 18.31 3.6 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.24 6.8 12.40 6.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.21 6.1 13.21 6.1 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 15.22 11.2 15.22 11.2 – – Data entry keyers............................................... 12.90 5.1 12.90 5.1 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 11.44 9.8 11.59 10.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.52 6.6 15.71 6.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.12 4.2 30.12 4.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 19.72 29.0 19.72 29.0 – – Electricians...................................................... 21.25 8.8 21.25 8.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.83 7.0 16.86 7.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.46 3.4 12.46 3.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.16 4.9 15.16 4.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.53 8.3 21.53 8.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.04 13.0 20.04 13.0 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 14.41 7.5 14.41 7.5 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.25 5.6 18.25 5.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.32 12.2 17.32 12.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.15 3.2 21.15 3.2 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.58 3.2 20.58 3.2 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.05 10.7 15.05 10.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.17 6.8 16.59 7.0 8.83 6.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.42 .8 8.28 1.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.38 4.9 9.49 5.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 20.22 5.4 20.62 4.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.41 6.4 15.43 6.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.25 5.2 17.25 5.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.96 1.3 18.96 1.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.30 1.4 25.30 1.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.36 1.6 16.53 2.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.10 8.5 20.10 8.5 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 10.07 3.6 10.35 3.4 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 10.07 3.7 10.35 3.5 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 22.21 4.5 22.21 4.5 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 19.67 6.0 19.67 6.0 – – Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 14.59 5.3 14.59 5.3 – – Machinists........................................................ 18.59 2.9 18.59 2.9 – – Tool and die makers............................................... 27.11 .8 27.11 .8 – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 16.74 26.0 16.74 26.0 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.81 2.6 16.19 3.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.07 8.5 18.97 8.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.64 3.3 13.80 3.4 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.26 9.4 13.12 9.4 8.03 7.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.87 6.0 8.12 4.8 7.51 8.7 Level 2 .................................................. 10.76 3.1 11.04 2.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.65 16.9 14.65 16.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.23 16.1 16.23 16.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.42 17.0 17.42 17.0 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.68 15.6 14.49 12.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.95 22.7 14.95 22.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.01 20.0 19.01 20.0 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.24 9.4 14.22 9.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.10 21.3 19.10 21.3 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 17.96 23.4 17.96 23.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.43 5.5 10.79 4.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.23 4.9 9.54 4.6 8.28 6.5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.43 2.3 8.51 1.1 8.28 6.5 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.63 5.0 9.60 5.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.65 3.2 8.24 1.6 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 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........................................................... $20.03 2.3 $21.58 2.6 $10.72 15.0 Management occupations.............................................. 38.99 5.1 38.99 5.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.88 5.0 30.88 5.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 46.37 7.4 46.37 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.71 13.7 42.71 13.7 – – General and operations managers................................... 47.78 19.6 47.78 19.6 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 38.88 17.1 38.88 17.1 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.24 4.9 33.29 4.9 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.27 1.4 25.40 1.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.05 12.1 27.05 12.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.28 5.8 37.28 5.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 46.47 7.6 46.47 7.6 – – Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 20.21 15.6 20.21 15.6 – – Cost estimators................................................... 29.74 7.3 29.74 7.3 – – Management analysts............................................... 39.97 7.6 39.97 7.6 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 36.26 14.1 36.26 14.1 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.52 4.6 37.56 3.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.11 6.5 25.11 6.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 29.50 11.5 30.30 9.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.33 2.7 33.18 2.4 – – Level 10.................................................. 34.02 6.3 34.02 6.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.06 4.9 44.60 6.5 – – Level 12.................................................. 49.23 9.6 49.23 9.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.90 5.6 45.90 5.6 – – Computer programmers.............................................. 27.62 3.8 26.30 2.9 – – Level 8 .................................................. 28.23 1.7 28.23 1.7 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 42.34 2.7 43.22 5.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.04 1.5 34.04 1.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.87 8.3 42.87 8.3 – – Level 12.................................................. 51.32 7.5 51.32 7.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.46 1.5 43.46 1.5 – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 39.94 8.7 41.94 4.5 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 44.01 11.3 44.01 11.3 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 37.94 19.2 37.01 20.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.46 1.9 34.25 1.7 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.39 2.6 36.03 1.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.67 8.3 19.67 8.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.87 2.2 29.87 2.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 36.17 9.4 36.17 9.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.34 1.8 33.34 1.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.69 2.0 37.69 2.0 – – Level 12.................................................. 45.56 3.9 45.56 3.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.86 12.1 37.86 12.1 – – Engineers......................................................... 40.60 1.0 39.86 1.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.25 .5 34.25 .5 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.69 2.0 37.69 2.0 – – Level 12.................................................. 45.56 3.9 45.56 3.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.35 4.7 41.35 4.7 – – Aerospace engineers............................................. 45.72 3.1 43.19 6.9 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 38.32 3.3 38.32 3.3 – – Electrical engineers.......................................... 38.32 3.3 38.32 3.3 – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 36.63 8.9 36.63 8.9 – – Industrial engineers.......................................... 38.07 7.3 38.07 7.3 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.76 8.5 24.76 8.5 – – Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 23.09 16.3 23.09 16.3 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 30.40 15.7 30.40 15.7 – – Physical scientists............................................... 32.55 13.2 32.55 13.2 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 23.85 12.8 24.11 13.6 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.38 19.4 21.86 20.0 12.20 9.6 Level 8 .................................................. 24.65 11.7 24.65 11.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.30 27.1 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.36 11.5 25.27 13.3 20.16 14.5 Level 9 .................................................. 27.00 4.3 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 25.27 8.5 24.97 9.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.00 4.3 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.48 4.0 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.66 6.4 10.85 6.7 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 10.85 6.4 11.08 6.5 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.85 6.4 11.08 6.5 – – Security guards................................................. 10.85 6.4 11.08 6.5 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.94 1.2 10.67 6.7 6.30 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 6.14 9.3 6.94 13.2 5.80 14.5 Level 2 .................................................. 6.88 .9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 6.72 .0 – – 6.72 .0 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.58 7.2 13.58 7.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.14 13.3 14.14 13.3 – – Cooks............................................................. 7.00 7.7 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.70 21.3 – – 4.85 17.0 Level 1 .................................................. 4.52 30.9 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.42 27.2 – – 4.75 21.6 Level 1 .................................................. 4.32 33.9 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.90 .9 – – 6.79 .7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.02 2.2 – – 6.83 1.5 Level 2 .................................................. 6.83 .7 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.88 1.5 – – 6.80 .6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.05 1.9 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.60 15.6 10.36 11.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.20 6.3 8.77 5.3 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.37 5.2 8.88 3.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.18 6.5 8.75 5.6 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.90 5.1 8.28 3.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.43 5.6 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.11 31.3 – – 14.48 40.4 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.14 4.3 19.38 7.1 9.10 2.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.84 13.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.74 7.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.42 6.8 – – 8.83 2.0 Level 4 .................................................. 13.06 2.5 13.33 2.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 29.02 17.2 29.02 17.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.59 14.6 17.59 14.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.39 17.6 22.39 17.6 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.65 3.8 12.85 9.0 8.63 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.38 10.4 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.85 6.6 – – 8.78 2.1 Level 4 .................................................. 12.65 1.7 12.97 3.5 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.43 5.7 10.15 .9 – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.43 5.7 10.15 .9 – – Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 10.74 12.3 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 12.14 6.1 13.59 10.5 8.72 1.3 Level 3 .................................................. 10.19 4.7 – – 8.92 3.5 Level 4 .................................................. 12.09 11.1 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 36.43 10.9 36.43 10.9 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.77 3.4 13.95 3.6 10.69 7.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.35 7.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.66 4.0 10.70 4.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.62 7.2 12.72 7.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.18 1.7 13.15 1.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.77 7.5 18.80 2.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.99 5.4 17.99 5.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.99 16.9 25.99 16.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.50 26.4 24.50 26.4 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.26 3.0 12.29 3.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.80 2.4 11.81 2.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.42 4.2 12.36 4.5 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.85 8.0 12.80 8.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.55 5.9 12.45 6.8 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.59 .3 11.59 .3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.60 3.2 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.36 8.1 14.36 8.1 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.69 6.0 11.03 5.3 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 17.96 9.8 17.96 9.8 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.23 6.0 16.23 6.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.84 3.3 13.84 3.3 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.72 4.8 19.72 4.8 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.84 8.8 12.84 8.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.21 6.1 13.21 6.1 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 15.22 11.2 15.22 11.2 – – Data entry keyers............................................... 12.90 5.1 12.90 5.1 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 11.44 10.4 11.60 10.6 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.91 5.0 15.11 4.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.46 3.4 31.46 3.4 – – Electricians...................................................... 21.25 8.8 21.25 8.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.56 6.0 15.60 6.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.69 4.7 12.69 4.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.16 4.9 15.16 4.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.15 6.5 20.15 6.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.16 9.6 18.16 9.6 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 14.41 7.5 14.41 7.5 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.25 5.6 18.25 5.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.32 12.2 17.32 12.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.15 3.2 21.15 3.2 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.58 3.2 20.58 3.2 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.05 10.7 15.05 10.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.20 6.8 16.63 7.0 8.83 6.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.45 .8 8.31 1.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.38 4.9 9.49 5.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 20.22 5.4 20.62 4.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.41 6.4 15.43 6.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.25 5.2 17.25 5.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.96 1.3 18.96 1.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.30 1.4 25.30 1.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.36 1.6 16.53 2.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.10 8.5 20.10 8.5 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 10.07 3.6 10.35 3.4 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 10.07 3.7 10.35 3.5 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 22.21 4.5 22.21 4.5 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 19.67 6.0 19.67 6.0 – – Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 14.59 5.3 14.59 5.3 – – Machinists........................................................ 18.59 2.9 18.59 2.9 – – Tool and die makers............................................... 27.11 .8 27.11 .8 – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 16.74 26.0 16.74 26.0 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.81 2.6 16.19 3.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.07 8.5 18.97 8.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.64 3.3 13.80 3.4 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.03 10.2 12.89 10.2 8.00 7.8 Level 1 .................................................. 7.87 6.0 8.12 4.8 7.51 8.7 Level 2 .................................................. 10.54 3.1 10.78 2.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.64 17.5 14.64 17.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.80 19.3 15.80 19.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.42 17.0 17.42 17.0 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.64 16.2 14.47 13.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.95 22.7 14.95 22.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.54 20.6 19.54 20.6 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.26 9.7 14.23 9.8 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.43 5.5 10.79 4.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.23 4.9 9.54 4.6 8.28 6.5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.43 2.3 8.51 1.1 8.28 6.5 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.63 5.0 9.60 5.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.65 3.2 8.24 1.6 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 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........................................................... $22.56 3.6 $22.78 3.6 $13.82 13.9 Management occupations.............................................. 34.85 13.1 34.85 13.1 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.15 2.5 27.15 2.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.34 5.0 30.34 5.0 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.68 3.0 28.68 3.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.98 9.1 29.98 9.1 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.58 9.0 26.58 9.0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.12 2.7 28.23 2.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 24.07 1.6 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 25.81 7.0 25.92 7.1 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.87 5.5 11.87 5.5 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 20.07 8.3 20.18 7.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.16 2.7 17.16 2.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.22 11.1 23.22 11.1 – – Police officers................................................... 20.20 8.1 20.20 8.1 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.20 8.1 20.20 8.1 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.40 4.9 12.58 4.8 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.15 3.6 12.33 3.5 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.15 3.6 12.33 3.5 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.13 3.9 13.14 4.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.35 7.3 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.38 7.6 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.90 2.9 13.54 3.8 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.96 6.5 13.23 5.7 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.17 3.0 15.17 3.0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.33 6.5 24.33 6.5 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.44 12.3 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 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........................................................... $20.48 2.0 $21.82 2.2 $10.83 14.3 Management occupations.............................................. 37.91 4.9 37.91 4.9 – – Group II.................................................. 20.31 6.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.80 8.1 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 47.78 19.6 47.78 19.6 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 38.88 17.1 38.88 17.1 – – Financial managers................................................ 23.89 7.3 23.89 7.3 – – Education administrators.......................................... 32.10 4.9 32.10 4.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.77 5.1 32.81 5.1 – – Group II.................................................. 22.20 4.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 31.24 3.2 – – – – Buyers and purchasing agents Group II.................................................. 17.36 8.6 – – – – Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 20.21 15.6 20.21 15.6 – – Cost estimators................................................... 29.74 7.3 29.74 7.3 – – Management analysts............................................... 39.97 7.6 39.97 7.6 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 32.33 13.3 32.33 13.3 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.86 4.5 36.86 3.8 – – Group II.................................................. 26.91 8.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.86 2.2 – – – – Computer programmers.............................................. 27.62 3.8 26.30 2.9 – – Group II.................................................. 26.50 3.6 26.50 3.6 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 41.39 3.3 42.18 5.2 – – Group III................................................. 45.77 4.0 – – – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 38.07 8.7 39.62 6.5 – – Group III................................................. 40.89 6.5 40.89 6.5 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 44.01 11.3 44.01 11.3 – – Group III................................................. 48.74 7.5 48.74 7.5 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 37.94 19.2 37.01 20.7 – – Group III................................................. 40.17 8.2 38.67 8.3 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 30.68 5.0 30.68 5.0 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.47 2.6 36.11 1.4 – – Group II.................................................. 26.90 4.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.74 3.1 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 40.60 1.0 39.88 1.7 – – Group II.................................................. 34.37 17.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.16 1.8 – – – – Aerospace engineers............................................. 45.25 2.4 42.91 5.7 – – Group III................................................. 37.30 1.5 37.30 1.5 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 38.32 3.3 38.32 3.3 – – Electrical engineers.......................................... 38.32 3.3 38.32 3.3 – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 36.63 8.9 36.63 8.9 – – Group III................................................. 39.80 4.7 – – – – Industrial engineers.......................................... 38.07 7.3 38.07 7.3 – – Group III................................................. 39.80 4.7 39.80 4.7 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.76 8.5 24.76 8.5 – – Group II.................................................. 25.32 8.9 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 23.09 16.3 23.09 16.3 – – Group II.................................................. 24.03 17.4 24.03 17.4 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 31.91 11.6 31.91 11.6 – – Physical scientists............................................... 32.55 13.2 32.55 13.2 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 19.91 12.0 23.03 15.9 – – Counselors........................................................ 20.55 10.6 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.05 2.5 27.06 2.5 – – Group II.................................................. 31.45 .8 – – – – Group III................................................. 30.64 4.3 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.66 3.0 28.67 3.0 – – Group II.................................................. 31.73 .4 – – – – Group III................................................. 29.98 9.1 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.59 8.9 26.59 8.9 – – Group II.................................................. 31.33 1.1 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.69 8.5 22.69 8.5 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.50 1.2 30.50 1.2 – – Group II.................................................. 31.01 .4 31.01 .4 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 30.85 15.2 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.85 15.2 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.52 14.2 22.96 14.4 11.87 8.6 Group II.................................................. 21.12 4.0 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.10 5.8 26.77 5.9 20.27 13.2 Group I................................................... 12.11 5.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.66 5.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 32.34 10.3 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 25.62 5.5 25.63 5.8 – – Group III................................................. 26.21 5.0 26.27 5.4 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.48 4.0 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.99 5.8 11.15 5.9 – – Group I................................................... 10.64 5.2 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.42 4.0 10.43 4.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.42 4.0 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.33 4.4 10.34 4.5 – – Group I................................................... 10.33 4.4 10.34 4.5 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.90 10.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.90 10.4 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 17.12 12.0 17.57 11.6 – – Group I................................................... 11.14 7.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.86 10.2 – – – – Police officers................................................... 20.20 8.1 20.20 8.1 – – Group II.................................................. 20.20 8.1 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.20 8.1 20.20 8.1 – – Group II.................................................. 20.20 8.1 20.20 8.1 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.85 6.1 11.07 6.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.72 7.3 – – – – Security guards................................................. 10.85 6.1 11.07 6.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.72 7.3 10.93 6.9 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.03 1.6 10.63 6.0 6.30 2.6 Group I................................................... 6.87 4.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.06 .8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.61 7.1 13.61 7.1 – – Group II.................................................. 15.06 .8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.17 13.2 14.17 13.2 – – Group II.................................................. 16.27 9.0 16.27 9.0 – – Cooks............................................................. 7.73 8.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.73 8.2 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.70 21.3 – – 4.85 17.0 Group I................................................... 4.70 21.3 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.42 27.2 – – 4.75 21.6 Group I................................................... 4.42 27.2 – – 4.75 21.6 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.90 .9 – – 6.79 .7 Group I................................................... 6.90 .9 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.88 1.5 – – 6.80 .6 Group I................................................... 6.88 1.5 – – 6.80 .6 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.42 10.5 11.11 7.0 – – Group I................................................... 9.80 6.1 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.54 4.8 10.16 3.1 – – Group I................................................... 9.55 4.9 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.61 6.2 10.26 3.8 – – Group I................................................... 9.63 6.5 10.33 3.9 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.05 24.0 – – 14.48 40.4 Group I................................................... 10.25 19.3 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.10 4.3 19.38 7.1 9.06 2.6 Group I................................................... 11.09 2.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 27.34 10.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.39 17.6 22.39 17.6 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.62 3.8 12.85 9.0 8.59 .9 Group I................................................... 10.45 1.8 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.30 5.7 10.15 .9 8.16 4.4 Group I................................................... 9.33 11.8 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.30 5.7 10.15 .9 8.16 4.4 Group I................................................... 9.33 11.8 – – – – Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 10.74 12.3 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 12.14 6.1 13.59 10.5 8.72 1.3 Group I................................................... 10.47 3.2 11.60 6.4 8.73 1.2 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 36.43 10.9 36.43 10.9 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.65 2.9 13.81 3.1 11.27 9.0 Group I................................................... 12.19 1.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.64 6.1 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.13 24.2 24.13 24.2 – – Group II.................................................. 23.75 24.9 23.75 24.9 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.26 2.8 12.28 3.4 – – Group I................................................... 12.27 3.2 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.85 8.0 12.80 8.7 – – Group I................................................... 12.85 8.0 12.80 8.7 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.59 .3 11.59 .3 – – Group I................................................... 11.59 .3 11.59 .3 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.36 8.1 14.36 8.1 – – Group I................................................... 13.69 4.9 13.69 4.9 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.69 6.0 11.03 5.3 – – Group I................................................... 10.69 6.0 11.03 5.3 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 17.96 9.8 17.96 9.8 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.26 5.0 15.39 4.7 – – Group I................................................... 12.32 5.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.78 2.4 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.31 3.6 18.31 3.6 – – Group II.................................................. 20.60 3.1 20.60 3.1 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.24 6.8 12.40 6.7 – – Group I................................................... 10.99 8.8 11.11 9.2 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 15.22 11.2 15.22 11.2 – – Group I................................................... 14.11 9.9 – – – – Data entry keyers............................................... 12.90 5.1 12.90 5.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.90 5.1 12.90 5.1 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 11.44 9.8 11.59 10.0 – – Group I................................................... 10.35 4.2 10.48 4.3 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.52 6.6 15.71 6.0 – – Group I................................................... 11.47 3.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.61 6.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 19.72 29.0 19.72 29.0 – – Electricians...................................................... 21.25 8.8 21.25 8.8 – – Group II.................................................. 21.25 8.8 21.25 8.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.83 7.0 16.86 7.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.00 3.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.33 9.7 – – – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 14.41 7.5 14.41 7.5 – – Group II.................................................. 15.12 4.4 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.25 5.6 18.25 5.6 – – Group II.................................................. 20.62 3.5 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.58 3.2 20.58 3.2 – – Group II.................................................. 22.66 5.4 22.66 5.4 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.05 10.7 15.05 10.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.17 6.8 16.59 7.0 8.83 6.1 Group I................................................... 15.05 7.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.28 7.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.10 8.5 20.10 8.5 – – Group II.................................................. 18.70 10.7 18.70 10.7 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 10.07 3.6 10.35 3.4 – – Group I................................................... 9.49 4.6 – – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 10.07 3.7 10.35 3.5 – – Group I................................................... 9.47 4.5 – – – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 22.21 4.5 22.21 4.5 – – Group I................................................... 22.06 4.7 – – – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 19.67 6.0 19.67 6.0 – – Group I................................................... 20.00 7.5 – – – – Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 14.59 5.3 14.59 5.3 – – Machinists........................................................ 18.59 2.9 18.59 2.9 – – Tool and die makers............................................... 27.11 .8 27.11 .8 – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 16.74 26.0 16.74 26.0 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.81 2.6 16.19 3.6 – – Group I................................................... 14.05 11.3 14.48 9.6 – – Group II.................................................. 18.52 8.2 18.52 8.2 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.64 3.3 13.80 3.4 – – Group I................................................... 11.68 8.0 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.26 9.4 13.12 9.4 8.03 7.7 Group I................................................... 11.60 10.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.68 12.6 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.68 15.6 14.49 12.5 – – Group I................................................... 13.47 17.8 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.24 9.4 14.22 9.5 – – Group I................................................... 13.92 10.3 13.90 10.5 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 17.96 23.4 17.96 23.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.43 5.5 10.79 4.4 – – Group I................................................... 10.43 5.5 10.79 4.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.23 4.9 9.54 4.6 8.28 6.5 Group I................................................... 9.24 4.9 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.63 5.0 9.60 5.6 – – Group I................................................... 9.65 4.9 9.63 5.4 – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.75 $10.30 $15.75 $28.06 $39.80 Management occupations.............................................. 19.77 27.64 33.08 45.87 61.54 General and operations managers................................... 11.11 36.52 44.71 75.95 75.95 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 27.64 27.64 31.80 52.64 62.73 Financial managers................................................ 16.68 19.06 24.04 29.43 30.56 Education administrators.......................................... 26.24 29.63 31.32 35.46 36.38 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.64 23.21 31.35 38.12 47.79 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 14.32 14.79 18.26 26.36 29.33 Cost estimators................................................... 25.20 25.68 32.50 32.50 32.50 Management analysts............................................... 32.32 33.35 43.21 46.80 47.11 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 19.73 22.50 31.35 31.35 61.05 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 23.00 26.82 34.37 46.26 51.87 Computer programmers.............................................. 18.28 24.73 28.87 31.04 36.72 Computer software engineers....................................... 23.69 30.51 46.00 49.80 55.42 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 23.00 26.67 45.75 46.41 47.69 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 27.16 35.50 46.73 49.80 59.22 Computer systems analysts......................................... 23.41 27.26 37.11 46.89 56.40 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 24.35 27.91 32.74 33.35 33.35 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.46 30.24 35.87 43.92 49.64 Engineers......................................................... 31.52 34.18 39.17 45.86 51.74 Aerospace engineers............................................. 35.10 36.80 44.06 51.60 57.31 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 27.18 33.40 33.70 42.64 57.12 Electrical engineers.......................................... 27.18 33.40 33.70 42.64 57.12 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 27.45 35.00 37.85 41.25 45.58 Industrial engineers.......................................... 27.45 35.00 38.65 44.26 45.58 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 15.89 18.06 25.46 30.24 34.48 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 14.23 16.81 21.60 26.80 34.48 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 16.76 17.31 30.31 44.16 50.88 Physical scientists............................................... 16.76 16.90 30.10 44.16 54.38 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.84 15.84 18.03 19.23 23.93 Counselors........................................................ 17.41 18.03 19.23 19.70 21.89 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 7.10 22.75 29.93 34.20 37.96 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 7.10 24.66 30.63 34.60 38.22 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 7.10 22.90 29.72 33.16 36.72 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 7.10 7.10 25.66 32.44 38.04 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 23.51 27.41 31.33 33.46 35.46 Secondary school teachers....................................... 21.82 25.38 30.39 36.55 39.96 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 21.82 25.38 30.39 36.55 39.96 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 9.55 13.00 21.36 30.78 39.50 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 12.50 17.13 22.62 31.16 45.14 Registered nurses................................................. 18.77 20.64 25.59 28.59 33.42 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 12.62 13.31 16.00 17.00 17.80 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 9.50 10.00 11.34 13.14 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.10 9.36 10.00 10.94 12.92 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.00 9.36 10.00 10.92 12.50 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 7.80 9.50 10.00 11.22 16.50 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.50 12.51 16.82 21.92 26.03 Police officers................................................... 15.83 17.21 21.92 21.92 22.07 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 15.83 17.21 21.92 21.92 22.07 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 7.65 8.25 11.85 12.55 12.57 Security guards................................................. 7.65 8.25 11.85 12.55 12.57 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.15 6.00 7.00 9.10 13.07 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 9.62 10.25 12.80 15.75 20.00 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 9.23 10.77 13.75 17.98 20.00 Cooks............................................................. 5.75 6.00 6.50 9.25 10.41 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.38 3.00 5.15 5.85 6.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.38 3.00 5.15 5.85 5.85 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.50 7.00 7.15 7.75 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.00 6.50 6.95 7.00 7.85 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.74 7.55 10.08 12.31 13.95 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.50 7.00 9.44 11.15 12.91 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.50 6.74 8.85 12.16 13.55 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.53 8.50 13.87 20.00 23.90 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.98 9.05 11.41 20.94 41.67 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.19 16.21 19.40 29.25 29.25 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.50 8.38 10.00 11.41 20.26 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.90 8.00 8.84 11.00 11.50 Cashiers...................................................... 6.90 8.00 8.84 11.00 11.50 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 8.00 8.38 9.00 10.49 16.35 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.52 8.50 10.04 11.41 21.23 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 18.41 31.19 41.67 44.04 44.04 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.99 10.37 12.59 16.40 19.34 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.00 17.65 19.72 40.56 40.56 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.08 10.97 12.00 13.60 14.30 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 7.25 11.50 13.48 13.62 16.44 Tellers......................................................... 10.08 10.30 11.26 13.15 13.93 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.79 13.00 13.46 17.22 18.00 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 7.14 10.08 11.00 11.00 12.54 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 12.00 12.70 17.60 20.51 28.29 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 9.00 11.80 14.38 18.94 21.62 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.39 15.25 17.87 21.62 23.11 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 8.99 8.99 11.25 14.38 16.43 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.59 12.60 13.42 20.29 20.29 Data entry keyers............................................... 11.59 11.59 12.60 14.14 14.14 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.00 10.00 10.37 12.00 16.35 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.65 10.75 12.90 15.25 32.70 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 12.15 12.15 17.60 27.59 32.89 Electricians...................................................... 12.90 13.25 15.25 33.27 33.52 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.75 11.70 14.00 21.85 27.74 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 8.00 13.30 14.00 15.50 20.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.00 12.15 18.20 21.20 24.98 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 12.15 16.23 20.17 23.66 31.92 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.77 11.00 12.00 18.42 24.83 Production occupations.............................................. 8.00 10.00 14.57 22.48 27.50 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 15.50 15.50 16.11 22.63 33.51 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 7.33 8.41 9.51 11.59 13.00 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 7.33 8.41 9.51 11.59 13.00 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.35 14.00 27.50 27.50 27.50 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 10.50 14.50 24.22 24.22 24.65 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 10.75 12.39 14.50 18.35 19.39 Machinists........................................................ 15.00 17.00 19.00 20.72 21.00 Tool and die makers............................................... 17.60 22.00 32.70 33.57 33.57 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 10.55 10.94 15.00 17.64 33.32 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 8.08 9.78 15.29 23.21 25.03 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.66 9.03 13.61 15.65 19.40 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.00 8.50 10.50 13.50 20.49 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.00 10.10 11.00 15.91 28.19 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 10.10 10.75 11.00 15.25 28.29 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 11.00 12.00 12.85 28.19 28.19 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.03 9.25 9.75 10.96 13.32 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.00 7.78 8.75 10.00 12.06 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.00 7.92 9.78 10.50 12.24 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.50 $10.00 $14.48 $27.50 $41.67 Management occupations.............................................. 19.82 27.64 35.01 51.92 61.58 General and operations managers................................... 11.11 36.52 44.71 75.95 75.95 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 27.64 27.64 31.80 52.64 62.73 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.37 23.21 32.50 42.96 48.22 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 14.32 14.79 18.26 26.36 29.33 Cost estimators................................................... 25.20 25.68 32.50 32.50 32.50 Management analysts............................................... 32.32 33.35 43.21 46.80 47.11 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.89 25.97 31.29 38.46 61.05 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 23.08 27.81 36.76 46.41 52.46 Computer programmers.............................................. 18.28 24.73 28.87 31.04 36.72 Computer software engineers....................................... 26.20 32.52 46.00 49.80 55.42 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 23.00 31.82 46.00 46.41 47.69 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 27.16 35.50 46.73 49.80 59.22 Computer systems analysts......................................... 23.41 27.26 37.11 46.89 56.40 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.46 30.24 35.87 44.06 50.12 Engineers......................................................... 31.25 34.18 38.65 46.43 51.92 Aerospace engineers............................................. 34.86 35.87 44.06 51.60 60.58 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 27.18 33.40 33.70 42.64 57.12 Electrical engineers.......................................... 27.18 33.40 33.70 42.64 57.12 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 27.45 35.00 37.85 41.25 45.58 Industrial engineers.......................................... 27.45 35.00 38.65 44.26 45.58 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 15.89 18.06 25.46 30.24 34.48 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 14.23 16.81 21.60 26.80 34.48 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 16.76 16.90 27.69 44.16 54.38 Physical scientists............................................... 16.76 16.90 30.10 44.16 54.38 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 19.70 19.70 24.23 24.23 32.47 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 9.00 11.11 20.20 25.88 39.50 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 12.50 15.00 20.00 27.25 45.14 Registered nurses................................................. 20.00 22.50 25.59 27.25 31.92 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 12.62 13.31 16.00 17.00 17.80 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.75 9.45 9.94 10.77 13.08 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.50 8.21 11.64 12.55 12.55 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 7.50 8.21 11.64 12.55 12.55 Security guards................................................. 7.50 8.21 11.64 12.55 12.55 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.15 6.00 7.00 9.00 13.08 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 9.62 10.25 12.31 15.75 20.00 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 9.23 10.77 13.75 18.75 20.00 Cooks............................................................. 5.75 5.85 6.40 8.75 9.25 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.38 3.00 5.15 5.85 6.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.38 3.00 5.15 5.85 5.85 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.50 7.00 7.15 7.75 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.00 6.50 6.95 7.00 7.85 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.25 6.74 8.75 10.26 13.15 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.00 6.74 8.30 10.07 10.26 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.00 6.74 7.00 8.79 10.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 5.90 7.64 15.87 20.00 23.90 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 9.14 11.41 20.94 41.67 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.19 16.21 19.40 29.25 29.25 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.52 8.38 10.00 11.41 20.26 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.20 8.15 9.15 11.00 11.50 Cashiers...................................................... 7.20 8.15 9.15 11.00 11.50 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 8.00 8.38 9.00 10.49 16.35 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.52 8.50 10.04 11.41 21.23 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 18.41 31.19 41.67 44.04 44.04 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.99 10.37 12.60 16.43 20.29 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.00 17.65 17.65 40.56 40.56 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.00 10.97 12.00 13.60 14.30 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 7.25 11.50 13.48 13.62 16.44 Tellers......................................................... 10.08 10.30 11.26 13.15 13.93 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.79 13.00 13.46 17.22 18.00 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 7.14 10.08 11.00 11.00 12.54 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 12.00 12.70 17.60 20.51 28.29 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 8.99 12.24 16.43 19.78 21.85 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.50 17.51 19.70 21.62 23.11 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 8.99 8.99 12.40 16.43 16.43 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.59 12.60 13.42 20.29 20.29 Data entry keyers............................................... 11.59 11.59 12.60 14.14 14.14 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.00 10.00 10.37 11.07 17.69 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.65 10.75 12.75 15.25 32.70 Electricians...................................................... 12.90 13.25 15.25 33.27 33.52 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.75 11.70 14.00 18.13 23.66 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 8.00 13.30 14.00 15.50 20.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.00 12.15 18.20 21.20 24.98 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 12.15 16.23 20.17 23.66 31.92 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.77 11.00 12.00 18.42 24.83 Production occupations.............................................. 8.00 10.07 14.70 22.63 27.50 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 15.50 15.50 16.11 22.63 33.51 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 7.33 8.41 9.51 11.59 13.00 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 7.33 8.41 9.51 11.59 13.00 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.35 14.00 27.50 27.50 27.50 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 10.50 14.50 24.22 24.22 24.65 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 10.75 12.39 14.50 18.35 19.39 Machinists........................................................ 15.00 17.00 19.00 20.72 21.00 Tool and die makers............................................... 17.60 22.00 32.70 33.57 33.57 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 10.55 10.94 15.00 17.64 33.32 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 8.08 9.78 15.29 23.21 25.03 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.66 9.03 13.61 15.65 19.40 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.00 8.29 10.10 12.85 21.16 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.00 10.10 11.00 15.75 28.19 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 10.10 10.75 11.00 15.25 28.29 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.03 9.25 9.75 10.96 13.32 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.00 7.78 8.75 10.00 12.06 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.00 7.92 9.78 10.50 12.24 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.00 $13.37 $20.83 $29.88 $35.46 Management occupations.............................................. 19.44 27.38 31.30 35.88 42.54 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 7.10 22.90 30.08 34.42 37.98 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 7.10 24.88 30.63 34.77 38.23 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 7.10 22.85 29.72 33.29 36.76 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.22 19.30 26.11 32.49 51.57 Registered nurses................................................. 18.25 20.00 26.14 30.14 33.58 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.36 10.00 11.34 13.00 13.18 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.36 16.78 20.42 22.53 26.06 Police officers................................................... 15.83 17.21 21.92 21.92 22.07 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 15.83 17.21 21.92 21.92 22.07 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.48 11.15 12.75 13.57 14.77 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.48 11.15 12.50 12.91 13.95 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.48 11.15 12.50 12.91 13.95 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.04 10.78 12.47 15.21 17.41 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 9.04 9.58 13.37 15.25 16.83 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 12.06 13.98 15.25 16.83 16.83 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.61 21.79 27.74 28.98 31.84 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.73 14.15 16.09 20.49 20.49 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.03 $11.39 $17.41 $29.64 $41.02 Management occupations.............................................. 19.77 27.64 33.08 45.87 61.54 General and operations managers................................... 11.11 36.52 44.71 75.95 75.95 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 27.64 27.64 31.80 52.64 62.73 Financial managers................................................ 16.68 19.06 24.04 29.43 30.56 Education administrators.......................................... 26.24 29.63 31.32 35.46 36.38 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.64 23.21 31.35 38.12 47.79 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 14.32 14.79 18.26 26.36 29.33 Cost estimators................................................... 25.20 25.68 32.50 32.50 32.50 Management analysts............................................... 32.32 33.35 43.21 46.80 47.11 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 19.73 22.50 31.35 31.35 61.05 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 23.41 27.17 34.29 46.26 51.87 Computer programmers.............................................. 18.28 21.60 27.41 30.52 32.26 Computer software engineers....................................... 26.20 31.82 46.00 49.80 55.42 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 23.69 31.82 46.00 46.41 47.69 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 27.16 35.50 46.73 49.80 59.22 Computer systems analysts......................................... 23.41 26.37 36.51 43.56 52.74 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 24.35 27.91 32.74 33.35 33.35 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.60 30.24 35.87 42.68 48.42 Engineers......................................................... 31.13 34.18 38.55 44.66 50.23 Aerospace engineers............................................. 34.62 35.87 42.68 47.02 53.61 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 27.18 33.40 33.70 42.64 57.12 Electrical engineers.......................................... 27.18 33.40 33.70 42.64 57.12 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 27.45 35.00 37.85 41.25 45.58 Industrial engineers.......................................... 27.45 35.00 38.65 44.26 45.58 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 15.89 18.06 25.46 30.24 34.48 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 14.23 16.81 21.60 26.80 34.48 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 16.76 17.31 30.31 44.16 50.88 Physical scientists............................................... 16.76 16.90 30.10 44.16 54.38 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.41 18.03 19.23 21.89 39.69 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 7.10 22.75 29.93 34.20 37.96 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 7.10 24.66 30.63 34.60 38.22 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 7.10 22.90 29.72 33.16 36.72 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 7.10 7.10 25.66 32.44 38.04 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 23.51 27.41 31.33 33.46 35.46 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 9.55 14.50 21.36 30.78 39.50 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 12.50 17.41 23.29 31.92 50.00 Registered nurses................................................. 18.73 20.15 25.59 29.11 33.58 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.20 9.50 10.00 11.61 13.18 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.10 9.36 10.00 11.00 12.92 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.00 9.36 10.00 10.92 12.50 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.85 12.55 16.82 21.92 26.03 Police officers................................................... 15.83 17.21 21.92 21.92 22.07 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 15.83 17.21 21.92 21.92 22.07 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 7.50 8.62 12.16 12.55 12.57 Security guards................................................. 7.50 8.62 12.16 12.55 12.57 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.00 7.68 9.62 13.07 18.75 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 9.62 10.25 12.80 15.75 20.00 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 9.23 10.77 13.75 17.98 20.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.00 8.46 10.26 12.75 13.95 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.50 8.30 10.26 12.16 13.55 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.00 8.30 9.67 12.75 13.95 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.38 10.35 12.47 25.78 41.67 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.19 16.21 19.40 29.25 29.25 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.30 9.00 11.00 13.11 21.23 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.90 9.00 11.00 11.00 11.50 Cashiers...................................................... 7.90 9.00 11.00 11.00 11.50 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.31 9.51 11.41 15.77 21.90 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 18.41 31.19 41.67 44.04 44.04 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.99 10.50 12.90 16.43 19.70 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.00 17.65 19.72 40.56 40.56 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.62 14.30 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 7.25 11.50 13.62 13.62 16.44 Tellers......................................................... 10.08 10.30 11.26 13.15 13.93 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.79 13.00 13.46 17.22 18.00 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.91 11.00 11.00 11.00 13.44 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 12.00 12.70 17.60 20.51 28.29 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 9.00 12.24 14.77 19.00 21.62 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.39 15.25 17.87 21.62 23.11 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 8.99 8.99 12.20 14.79 16.43 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.59 12.60 13.42 20.29 20.29 Data entry keyers............................................... 11.59 11.59 12.60 14.14 14.14 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.00 10.37 10.37 12.13 16.35 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.65 11.25 12.90 15.25 32.70 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 12.15 12.15 17.60 27.59 32.89 Electricians...................................................... 12.90 13.25 15.25 33.27 33.52 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.75 12.00 14.00 21.85 27.74 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 8.00 13.30 14.00 15.50 20.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.00 12.15 18.20 21.20 24.98 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 12.15 16.23 20.17 23.66 31.92 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.77 11.00 12.00 18.42 24.83 Production occupations.............................................. 8.24 10.50 15.29 23.13 27.50 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 15.50 15.50 16.11 22.63 33.51 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 7.53 8.92 10.25 11.59 13.00 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 7.53 8.75 10.35 11.59 13.00 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.35 14.00 27.50 27.50 27.50 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 10.50 14.50 24.22 24.22 24.65 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 10.75 12.39 14.50 18.35 19.39 Machinists........................................................ 15.00 17.00 19.00 20.72 21.00 Tool and die makers............................................... 17.60 22.00 32.70 33.57 33.57 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 10.55 10.94 15.00 17.64 33.32 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 8.25 9.87 15.29 23.21 25.03 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.66 11.85 14.99 15.65 19.40 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 9.75 11.00 15.00 22.36 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.00 10.50 11.00 17.73 28.19 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 10.10 10.75 11.00 15.00 28.29 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 11.00 12.00 12.85 28.19 28.19 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.03 9.75 9.75 10.96 13.32 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.75 8.00 9.00 10.90 12.24 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.00 7.78 9.78 11.50 12.24 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $5.85 $6.50 $7.64 $10.00 $19.23 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 8.00 8.00 13.43 13.43 15.26 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.50 15.00 17.20 27.25 27.25 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.15 5.85 6.50 7.00 7.50 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.00 3.00 5.15 5.85 5.85 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.00 3.00 5.15 5.85 5.85 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.35 6.75 7.00 7.50 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.00 6.50 6.75 7.00 7.50 Personal care and service occupations............................... 5.90 6.73 9.52 23.90 23.90 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.76 7.98 8.84 9.89 11.59 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.76 7.76 8.50 9.50 10.08 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.75 7.00 8.20 8.84 10.08 Cashiers...................................................... 6.75 7.00 8.20 8.84 10.08 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.76 7.76 8.70 9.54 10.08 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.00 9.00 10.97 13.48 17.73 Production occupations.............................................. 6.70 7.00 8.18 9.50 12.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.00 6.25 8.00 9.25 9.75 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.25 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 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........................................................... $21.82 $17.41 $867 $685 39.7 $44,158 $35,000 2,024 Management occupations.............................................. 37.91 33.08 1,516 1,273 40.0 77,261 66,186 2,038 General and operations managers................................... 47.78 44.71 1,934 1,788 40.5 99,487 92,111 2,082 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 38.88 31.80 1,555 1,272 40.0 80,873 66,152 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 23.89 24.04 956 962 40.0 49,701 50,003 2,080 Education administrators.......................................... 32.10 31.32 1,240 1,239 38.6 58,656 60,344 1,827 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.81 31.35 1,313 1,254 40.0 68,277 65,208 2,081 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 20.21 18.26 808 730 40.0 42,034 37,981 2,080 Cost estimators................................................... 29.74 32.50 1,190 1,300 40.0 61,869 67,600 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 39.97 43.21 1,599 1,728 40.0 83,133 89,877 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 32.33 31.35 1,293 1,254 40.0 67,249 65,208 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.86 34.29 1,515 1,444 41.1 78,787 75,109 2,137 Computer programmers.............................................. 26.30 27.41 1,059 1,113 40.2 55,046 57,868 2,093 Computer software engineers....................................... 42.18 46.00 1,739 1,840 41.2 90,418 95,680 2,144 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 39.62 46.00 1,585 1,840 40.0 82,412 95,680 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 44.01 46.73 1,855 1,869 42.2 96,463 97,198 2,192 Computer systems analysts......................................... 37.01 36.51 1,487 1,484 40.2 77,318 77,189 2,089 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 30.68 32.74 1,246 1,310 40.6 64,767 68,099 2,111 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.11 35.87 1,447 1,435 40.1 75,268 74,601 2,084 Engineers......................................................... 39.88 38.55 1,599 1,544 40.1 83,174 80,309 2,086 Aerospace engineers............................................. 42.91 42.68 1,716 1,707 40.0 89,247 88,766 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 38.32 33.70 1,548 1,348 40.4 80,501 70,096 2,101 Electrical engineers.......................................... 38.32 33.70 1,548 1,348 40.4 80,501 70,096 2,101 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 36.63 37.85 1,475 1,546 40.3 76,684 80,396 2,093 Industrial engineers.......................................... 38.07 38.65 1,523 1,546 40.0 79,184 80,396 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.76 25.46 991 1,018 40.0 51,510 52,957 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 23.09 21.60 924 864 40.0 48,032 44,928 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 31.91 30.31 1,310 1,212 41.1 68,126 63,047 2,135 Physical scientists............................................... 32.55 30.10 1,363 1,204 41.9 70,888 62,608 2,178 Community and social services occupations........................... 23.03 19.23 901 769 39.1 44,975 40,000 1,953 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.06 29.93 1,000 1,089 36.9 38,174 41,656 1,411 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.67 30.63 1,071 1,133 37.3 40,490 42,998 1,412 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.59 29.72 1,014 1,114 38.1 38,629 41,924 1,453 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.69 25.66 865 944 38.1 32,755 35,316 1,444 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.50 31.33 1,164 1,215 38.1 44,587 46,422 1,462 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.96 21.36 918 854 40.0 47,642 44,429 2,075 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.77 23.29 1,055 868 39.4 54,321 44,304 2,029 Registered nurses................................................. 25.63 25.59 979 989 38.2 50,049 50,586 1,953 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.15 10.00 436 400 39.1 22,666 20,800 2,032 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.43 10.00 409 400 39.2 21,271 20,800 2,040 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.34 10.00 407 400 39.4 21,174 20,800 2,048 Protective service occupations...................................... 17.57 16.82 709 685 40.4 36,472 35,610 2,076 Police officers................................................... 20.20 21.92 808 877 40.0 42,023 45,583 2,080 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.20 21.92 808 877 40.0 42,023 45,583 2,080 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.07 12.16 443 486 40.0 23,033 25,293 2,080 Security guards................................................. 11.07 12.16 443 486 40.0 23,033 25,293 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.63 9.62 427 360 40.2 21,199 16,640 1,995 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.61 12.80 608 577 44.6 31,410 29,999 2,307 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.17 13.75 645 625 45.5 33,296 32,500 2,350 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.11 10.26 394 410 35.5 19,913 20,176 1,793 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.16 10.26 350 380 34.5 17,617 18,721 1,734 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.26 9.67 339 354 33.0 16,897 17,856 1,646 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.38 12.47 780 490 40.3 40,574 25,480 2,094 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.39 19.40 900 776 40.2 46,794 40,352 2,090 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.85 11.00 519 440 40.4 26,968 22,880 2,099 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.15 11.00 405 440 39.8 21,036 22,880 2,072 Cashiers...................................................... 10.15 11.00 405 440 39.8 21,036 22,880 2,072 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.59 11.41 546 456 40.1 28,372 23,733 2,087 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 36.43 41.67 1,462 1,667 40.1 76,047 86,680 2,088 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.81 12.90 552 500 39.9 28,664 26,000 2,076 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.13 19.72 965 789 40.0 50,183 41,018 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.28 12.00 486 480 39.6 25,288 24,960 2,059 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.80 13.62 496 490 38.7 25,783 25,493 2,014 Tellers......................................................... 11.59 11.26 463 450 40.0 24,100 23,425 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.36 13.46 574 538 40.0 29,866 27,997 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.03 11.00 472 495 42.8 24,561 25,740 2,228 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 17.96 17.60 718 704 40.0 37,355 36,608 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.39 14.77 611 575 39.7 31,702 29,900 2,060 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.31 17.87 733 715 40.0 37,924 37,170 2,071 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.40 12.20 486 481 39.2 25,281 25,012 2,039 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 15.22 13.42 609 537 40.0 31,660 27,903 2,080 Data entry keyers............................................... 12.90 12.60 516 504 40.0 26,828 26,208 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.59 10.37 464 415 40.0 24,114 21,565 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.71 12.90 630 516 40.1 32,750 26,834 2,085 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 19.72 17.60 806 770 40.9 41,924 40,040 2,126 Electricians...................................................... 21.25 15.25 850 610 40.0 44,206 31,720 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.86 14.00 684 620 40.6 35,569 32,240 2,109 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 14.41 14.00 603 600 41.8 31,334 31,200 2,175 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.25 18.20 726 728 39.8 37,773 37,856 2,069 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.58 20.17 814 807 39.6 42,348 41,954 2,058 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.05 12.00 602 480 40.0 31,310 24,960 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.59 15.29 659 600 39.7 34,275 31,179 2,066 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.10 16.11 826 718 41.1 42,943 37,357 2,136 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 10.35 10.25 414 410 40.0 21,521 21,320 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 10.35 10.35 414 414 40.0 21,527 21,528 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 22.21 27.50 888 1,100 40.0 46,187 57,196 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 19.67 24.22 786 969 39.9 40,852 50,380 2,077 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 14.59 14.50 584 580 40.0 30,352 30,160 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 18.59 19.00 743 760 40.0 38,658 39,520 2,080 Tool and die makers............................................... 27.11 32.70 1,084 1,308 40.0 56,381 68,016 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 16.74 15.00 657 540 39.3 34,183 28,080 2,042 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.19 15.29 644 612 39.8 33,509 31,805 2,069 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.80 14.99 547 600 39.6 28,422 31,179 2,059 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.12 11.00 520 440 39.6 26,727 22,880 2,037 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.49 11.00 584 455 40.3 30,353 23,635 2,094 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.22 11.00 572 440 40.2 29,718 22,880 2,089 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 17.96 12.85 718 514 40.0 37,192 26,728 2,071 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.79 9.75 432 390 40.0 22,445 20,280 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.54 9.00 382 360 40.0 19,839 18,720 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.60 9.78 384 391 40.0 19,973 20,342 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. 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, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 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........................................................... $21.58 $16.40 $864 $652 40.0 $44,888 $33,806 2,080 Management occupations.............................................. 38.99 35.01 1,564 1,346 40.1 81,210 70,000 2,083 General and operations managers................................... 47.78 44.71 1,934 1,788 40.5 99,487 92,111 2,082 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 38.88 31.80 1,555 1,272 40.0 80,873 66,152 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.29 32.50 1,332 1,300 40.0 69,270 67,600 2,081 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 20.21 18.26 808 730 40.0 42,034 37,981 2,080 Cost estimators................................................... 29.74 32.50 1,190 1,300 40.0 61,869 67,600 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 39.97 43.21 1,599 1,728 40.0 83,133 89,877 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 36.26 31.29 1,450 1,252 40.0 75,411 65,083 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.56 36.72 1,545 1,518 41.1 80,316 78,953 2,138 Computer programmers.............................................. 26.30 27.41 1,059 1,113 40.2 55,046 57,868 2,093 Computer software engineers....................................... 43.22 46.00 1,785 1,840 41.3 92,814 95,680 2,148 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 41.94 46.00 1,678 1,840 40.0 87,241 95,680 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 44.01 46.73 1,855 1,869 42.2 96,463 97,198 2,192 Computer systems analysts......................................... 37.01 36.51 1,487 1,484 40.2 77,318 77,189 2,089 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.03 35.34 1,444 1,416 40.1 75,088 73,609 2,084 Engineers......................................................... 39.86 38.12 1,599 1,525 40.1 83,129 79,290 2,086 Aerospace engineers............................................. 43.19 44.06 1,727 1,762 40.0 89,825 91,639 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 38.32 33.70 1,548 1,348 40.4 80,501 70,096 2,101 Electrical engineers.......................................... 38.32 33.70 1,548 1,348 40.4 80,501 70,096 2,101 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 36.63 37.85 1,475 1,546 40.3 76,684 80,396 2,093 Industrial engineers.......................................... 38.07 38.65 1,523 1,546 40.0 79,184 80,396 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.76 25.46 991 1,018 40.0 51,510 52,957 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 23.09 21.60 924 864 40.0 48,032 44,928 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 30.40 27.69 1,261 1,107 41.5 65,574 57,589 2,157 Physical scientists............................................... 32.55 30.10 1,363 1,204 41.9 70,888 62,608 2,178 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.11 24.23 947 921 39.3 41,587 40,000 1,725 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.86 20.52 875 821 40.0 45,321 42,682 2,073 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.27 20.00 1,038 800 41.1 53,979 41,600 2,136 Registered nurses................................................. 24.97 25.00 989 1,000 39.6 51,425 52,000 2,059 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.85 9.94 422 388 38.9 21,937 20,160 2,023 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.08 12.20 443 488 40.0 23,049 25,376 2,080 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.08 12.20 443 488 40.0 23,049 25,376 2,080 Security guards................................................. 11.08 12.20 443 488 40.0 23,049 25,376 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.67 9.62 441 410 41.3 22,925 21,320 2,148 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.58 12.31 609 577 44.8 31,679 29,999 2,332 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.14 13.75 647 625 45.8 33,663 32,500 2,380 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.36 9.70 352 352 34.0 18,327 18,283 1,769 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.88 9.00 288 332 32.4 14,983 17,254 1,687 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.28 8.30 240 175 29.0 12,494 9,100 1,508 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.38 12.47 780 490 40.3 40,574 25,480 2,094 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.39 19.40 900 776 40.2 46,794 40,352 2,090 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.85 11.00 519 440 40.4 26,968 22,880 2,099 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.15 11.00 405 440 39.8 21,036 22,880 2,072 Cashiers...................................................... 10.15 11.00 405 440 39.8 21,036 22,880 2,072 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.59 11.41 546 456 40.1 28,372 23,733 2,087 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 36.43 41.67 1,462 1,667 40.1 76,047 86,680 2,088 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.95 12.91 557 504 39.9 28,963 26,208 2,077 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.50 17.65 980 706 40.0 50,962 36,712 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.29 12.00 486 480 39.6 25,283 24,960 2,058 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.80 13.62 496 490 38.7 25,783 25,493 2,014 Tellers......................................................... 11.59 11.26 463 450 40.0 24,100 23,425 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.36 13.46 574 538 40.0 29,866 27,997 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.03 11.00 472 495 42.8 24,561 25,740 2,228 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 17.96 17.60 718 704 40.0 37,355 36,608 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.23 16.43 643 657 39.6 33,413 34,174 2,058 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.72 19.70 789 788 40.0 41,012 40,980 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.84 12.40 500 496 39.0 26,016 25,798 2,026 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 15.22 13.42 609 537 40.0 31,660 27,903 2,080 Data entry keyers............................................... 12.90 12.60 516 504 40.0 26,828 26,208 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.60 10.37 464 415 40.0 24,129 21,565 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.11 12.90 606 516 40.1 31,523 26,834 2,086 Electricians...................................................... 21.25 15.25 850 610 40.0 44,206 31,720 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.60 14.00 634 560 40.7 32,977 29,120 2,114 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 14.41 14.00 603 600 41.8 31,334 31,200 2,175 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.25 18.20 726 728 39.8 37,773 37,856 2,069 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.58 20.17 814 807 39.6 42,348 41,954 2,058 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.05 12.00 602 480 40.0 31,310 24,960 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.63 15.29 660 600 39.7 34,341 31,179 2,065 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.10 16.11 826 718 41.1 42,943 37,357 2,136 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 10.35 10.25 414 410 40.0 21,521 21,320 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 10.35 10.35 414 414 40.0 21,527 21,528 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 22.21 27.50 888 1,100 40.0 46,187 57,196 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 19.67 24.22 786 969 39.9 40,852 50,380 2,077 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 14.59 14.50 584 580 40.0 30,352 30,160 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 18.59 19.00 743 760 40.0 38,658 39,520 2,080 Tool and die makers............................................... 27.11 32.70 1,084 1,308 40.0 56,381 68,016 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 16.74 15.00 657 540 39.3 34,183 28,080 2,042 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.19 15.29 644 612 39.8 33,509 31,805 2,069 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.80 14.99 547 600 39.6 28,422 31,179 2,059 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.89 11.00 518 440 40.2 26,930 22,880 2,089 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.47 11.00 583 440 40.3 30,341 22,880 2,097 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.23 11.00 572 440 40.2 29,746 22,880 2,090 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.79 9.75 432 390 40.0 22,445 20,280 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.54 9.00 382 360 40.0 19,839 18,720 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.60 9.78 384 391 40.0 19,973 20,342 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. 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, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $22.78 $21.36 $879 $823 38.6 $41,536 $39,562 1,823 Management occupations.............................................. 34.85 31.30 1,381 1,239 39.6 66,957 64,069 1,921 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.15 30.08 1,001 1,095 36.9 38,096 42,193 1,403 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.68 30.63 1,070 1,133 37.3 40,488 42,998 1,412 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.58 29.72 1,013 1,114 38.1 38,603 42,049 1,452 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.23 26.51 1,070 973 37.9 54,623 49,870 1,935 Registered nurses................................................. 25.92 26.65 975 980 37.6 49,485 50,207 1,910 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.87 11.34 469 446 39.5 24,404 23,171 2,055 Protective service occupations...................................... 20.18 20.42 818 817 40.5 41,874 42,474 2,075 Police officers................................................... 20.20 21.92 808 877 40.0 42,023 45,583 2,080 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.20 21.92 808 877 40.0 42,023 45,583 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.58 12.75 487 510 38.7 23,162 22,921 1,841 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.33 12.75 476 487 38.6 22,450 22,921 1,820 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.33 12.75 476 487 38.6 22,450 22,921 1,820 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.14 12.47 526 499 40.0 27,251 25,697 2,074 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.23 13.39 529 535 40.0 27,295 26,596 2,064 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.17 15.25 607 610 40.0 31,115 31,720 2,051 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.33 27.74 973 1,110 40.0 50,602 57,699 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. 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, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $20.03 $17.34 $18.31 $29.35 Management, professional, and related...... 33.92 32.08 32.52 37.07 Management, business, and financial...... 35.86 27.53 35.42 41.48 Professional and related................. 33.31 33.09 31.62 35.21 Service.................................... 9.15 9.36 8.73 – Sales and office........................... 15.33 16.82 12.45 19.56 Sales and related........................ 17.14 20.81 10.83 – Office and administrative support........ 13.77 12.20 13.93 17.10 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 15.27 12.50 18.96 26.77 Construction and extraction............. 14.91 12.22 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 15.56 12.77 20.45 20.21 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 14.65 11.67 14.33 19.86 Production............................... 16.20 13.48 13.82 20.03 Transportation and material moving....... 12.03 10.69 15.49 – B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.3 8.4 10.0 3.6 Management, professional, and related............................... 2.0 8.4 8.0 4.0 Management, business, and financial............................... 2.6 8.4 11.2 3.4 Professional and related.......................................... 2.3 7.9 6.8 2.8 Service............................................................. 4.5 6.5 3.7 – Sales and office.................................................... 3.9 4.4 1.3 26.0 Sales and related................................................. 4.3 6.7 1.6 – Office and administrative support................................. 3.4 4.9 2.1 16.8 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.8 3.0 7.0 1.7 Construction and extraction...................................... 5.0 .4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.0 5.4 7.1 13.8 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.8 4.6 9.0 7.9 Production........................................................ 6.8 5.3 8.8 7.1 Transportation and material moving................................ 10.2 7.2 17.8 – 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, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 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........................................................... $19.05 $13.40 $766 $530 40.2 $39,802 $27,560 2,090 Management occupations.............................................. 29.02 27.64 1,169 1,106 40.3 60,368 57,493 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.50 22.92 1,060 917 40.0 55,113 47,674 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 43.16 46.00 1,727 1,840 40.0 89,782 95,680 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 37.85 38.10 1,514 1,524 40.0 78,732 79,248 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 39.91 38.10 1,597 1,524 40.0 83,022 79,248 2,080 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.02 17.38 881 695 40.0 45,794 36,150 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.52 20.00 1,081 800 42.3 56,190 41,600 2,202 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.54 9.00 410 315 38.9 21,324 16,380 2,024 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.58 10.26 511 410 40.6 26,588 21,343 2,113 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.89 18.41 930 818 40.6 48,347 42,518 2,112 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 23.76 29.25 956 1,170 40.2 49,705 60,840 2,092 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.96 11.00 618 440 41.3 32,160 22,880 2,150 Retail salespersons............................................. 17.20 19.33 716 849 41.6 37,247 44,156 2,165 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 36.36 41.67 1,454 1,667 40.0 75,630 86,680 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.42 12.24 495 490 39.8 25,729 25,493 2,072 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.42 12.00 489 480 39.3 25,412 24,960 2,046 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.70 13.62 491 490 38.6 25,513 25,493 2,009 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.17 11.00 431 360 38.6 22,387 18,703 2,005 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.39 12.15 496 486 40.0 25,769 25,276 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.80 13.30 526 560 41.1 27,367 29,120 2,138 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 14.46 13.45 578 538 40.0 30,070 27,976 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 13.90 13.00 546 520 39.3 28,394 27,040 2,042 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.68 16.00 707 640 40.0 36,768 33,280 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.51 10.50 462 420 40.1 24,000 21,840 2,084 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.47 11.00 461 440 40.2 23,973 22,880 2,090 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.02 11.00 484 440 40.3 25,169 22,880 2,094 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.51 9.78 381 391 40.0 19,789 20,342 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.69 9.82 388 393 40.0 20,153 20,434 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. 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, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 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........................................................... $23.54 $20.08 $939 $793 39.9 $48,774 $41,177 2,072 Management occupations.............................................. 42.41 38.36 1,699 1,566 40.1 88,363 81,411 2,084 General and operations managers................................... 55.87 55.05 2,257 2,202 40.4 117,362 114,504 2,101 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 35.95 33.35 1,439 1,334 40.0 74,828 69,368 2,081 Management analysts............................................... 40.14 44.42 1,605 1,777 40.0 83,481 92,402 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.63 33.35 1,480 1,334 41.5 76,944 69,360 2,159 Computer programmers.............................................. 27.36 28.87 1,105 1,155 40.4 57,474 60,050 2,100 Computer software engineers....................................... 41.01 41.67 1,722 1,655 42.0 89,543 86,039 2,184 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 36.56 32.52 1,462 1,301 40.0 76,043 67,637 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 42.67 43.43 1,826 1,737 42.8 94,962 90,343 2,225 Computer systems analysts......................................... 33.76 30.83 1,358 1,248 40.2 70,604 64,875 2,092 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.26 34.93 1,415 1,400 40.1 73,556 72,800 2,086 Engineers......................................................... 39.82 39.46 1,600 1,578 40.2 83,191 82,073 2,089 Aerospace engineers............................................. 43.19 44.06 1,727 1,762 40.0 89,825 91,639 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 38.00 35.13 1,544 1,408 40.6 80,286 73,216 2,113 Electrical engineers.......................................... 38.00 35.13 1,544 1,408 40.6 80,286 73,216 2,113 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 36.63 37.85 1,475 1,546 40.3 76,684 80,396 2,093 Industrial engineers.......................................... 38.07 38.65 1,523 1,546 40.0 79,184 80,396 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 25.70 26.72 1,028 1,069 40.0 53,446 55,578 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 24.69 22.63 988 905 40.0 51,353 47,070 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 31.42 27.69 1,307 1,107 41.6 67,943 57,589 2,162 Physical scientists............................................... 32.55 30.10 1,363 1,204 41.9 70,888 62,608 2,178 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.75 23.30 870 932 40.0 44,966 47,120 2,067 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.81 20.48 966 730 38.9 50,209 37,964 2,023 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.66 9.94 419 396 39.3 21,768 20,592 2,042 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.27 8.30 244 185 29.5 12,679 9,620 1,534 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.19 8.30 241 180 29.4 12,528 9,360 1,530 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.07 8.30 226 157 27.9 11,731 8,174 1,453 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.70 11.41 544 456 39.7 28,303 23,733 2,066 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.98 11.16 434 423 39.6 22,584 21,996 2,057 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.30 11.41 443 456 39.2 23,052 23,733 2,040 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.00 13.46 600 538 40.0 31,201 27,997 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.04 11.26 481 450 40.0 25,036 23,425 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.22 13.46 569 538 40.0 29,588 27,997 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.20 17.87 728 715 40.0 37,855 37,170 2,080 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.96 21.62 798 865 40.0 41,520 44,965 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.05 15.00 602 600 40.0 31,301 31,200 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.54 27.59 953 1,242 40.5 49,559 64,563 2,105 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.40 20.72 814 829 39.9 42,314 43,098 2,074 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.21 20.17 802 807 39.7 41,699 41,954 2,064 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.09 20.62 833 825 39.5 43,332 42,892 2,055 Production occupations.............................................. 17.41 15.65 694 612 39.9 36,068 31,845 2,072 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 25.43 25.07 1,050 993 41.3 54,613 51,611 2,148 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 9.92 9.51 397 380 40.0 20,632 19,777 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 9.92 9.51 397 380 40.0 20,632 19,777 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 22.79 27.50 912 1,100 40.0 47,399 57,196 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 20.81 24.22 831 969 39.9 43,225 50,380 2,077 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.39 11.92 611 474 39.7 31,751 24,648 2,064 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.91 15.43 596 617 40.0 31,012 32,096 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.69 13.32 633 533 40.4 32,928 27,706 2,099 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.85 21.32 846 891 40.6 44,016 46,331 2,112 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.51 18.40 780 736 40.0 40,580 38,272 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.61 8.25 384 330 40.0 19,988 17,160 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 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........................................................... $24.18 $24.18 – $20.26 $19.72 $22.56 Management, professional, and related............................... 31.07 31.07 – 32.50 33.97 28.40 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 35.42 35.89 33.16 Professional and related.......................................... 31.27 31.27 – 31.70 33.36 27.65 Service............................................................. – – – 11.06 9.15 16.36 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 15.08 15.32 13.03 Sales and related................................................. – – – 17.10 17.14 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 13.62 13.73 13.13 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 27.25 27.25 – 14.82 13.43 22.30 Construction and extraction...................................... 30.42 30.42 – 13.50 12.44 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 24.58 24.58 – 15.86 14.21 24.33 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 22.89 22.89 – 12.17 12.07 15.60 Production........................................................ 23.77 23.77 – 13.00 13.03 – Transportation and material moving................................ 19.83 19.83 – 11.08 10.74 16.44 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........................................................... 1.8 1.8 – 2.2 2.6 3.6 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.6 5.6 – 1.7 2.0 3.5 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 2.9 2.6 11.7 Professional and related.......................................... 5.5 5.5 – 1.7 2.3 2.8 Service............................................................. – – – 5.4 4.5 8.4 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 3.6 3.9 3.7 Sales and related................................................. – – – 4.3 4.3 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 2.9 3.5 3.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.4 5.4 – 7.7 3.3 12.1 Construction and extraction...................................... 4.1 4.1 – 7.9 2.3 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 2.5 2.5 – 7.7 4.2 6.5 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.0 3.0 – 4.0 4.1 12.4 Production........................................................ 1.1 1.1 – 4.3 4.3 – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.1 14.1 – 6.3 6.5 12.3 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $20.53 $20.06 $19.57 $19.57 Management, professional, and related............................... 32.39 33.81 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 35.05 35.45 – – Professional and related.......................................... 31.70 33.31 – – Service............................................................. 11.08 9.11 – – Sales and office.................................................... 13.93 14.05 22.78 22.78 Sales and related................................................. 14.48 14.52 23.27 23.27 Office and administrative support................................. 13.65 13.76 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 16.61 15.52 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 14.91 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 17.76 16.21 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.68 14.66 14.15 14.15 Production........................................................ 16.17 16.20 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.12 11.87 14.15 14.15 Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 1.9 2.1 13.1 13.1 Management, professional, and related............................... 1.5 1.9 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 2.5 1.8 – – Professional and related.......................................... 1.7 2.3 – – Service............................................................. 5.6 4.6 – – Sales and office.................................................... 4.9 5.6 15.0 15.0 Sales and related................................................. 12.1 12.2 15.5 15.5 Office and administrative support................................. 2.9 3.5 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.6 4.4 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 5.0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7.8 7.7 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.8 5.9 10.5 10.5 Production........................................................ 6.8 6.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.3 11.2 10.5 10.5 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 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........................................................... $13.88 $22.67 $13.94 - $13.99 $29.50 - $8.23 - Management, professional, and related............................... – 34.93 – - 22.13 37.70 - – - Management, business, and financial............................... – 41.36 – - 22.13 36.71 - – - Professional and related.......................................... – 31.45 – - – 37.94 - – - Service............................................................. – – 9.13 - – 10.28 - 8.16 - Sales and office.................................................... – 20.93 15.15 - 13.24 15.65 - 10.51 - Sales and related................................................. – 33.40 16.36 - – 16.68 - – - Office and administrative support................................. – 18.01 10.91 - 13.07 15.52 - 11.34 - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 12.42 22.61 13.52 - – – - – - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 19.93 13.52 - – – - – - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 16.61 12.42 - – 11.85 - – - Production........................................................ – 16.91 – - – – - – - Transportation and material moving................................ – 12.88 12.60 - – 13.53 - – - 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........................................................... 9.4 4.1 4.6 - 2.9 0.8 - 2.9 - Management, professional, and related............................... – 4.2 – - 10.1 .6 - – - Management, business, and financial............................... – 1.1 – - 10.1 .7 - – - Professional and related.......................................... – 2.6 – - – .6 - – - Service............................................................. – – .7 - – 15.5 - 2.7 - Sales and office.................................................... – 25.6 3.7 - 3.6 6.3 - 12.1 - Sales and related................................................. – 33.6 3.4 - – 33.2 - – - Office and administrative support................................. – 18.0 2.8 - 2.8 2.9 - 7.4 - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 1.9 6.0 17.9 - – – - – - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 4.5 17.9 - – – - – - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 6.8 12.6 - – 12.1 - – - Production........................................................ – 7.4 – - – – - – - Transportation and material moving................................ – 12.7 13.2 - – 13.2 - – - 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 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, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 190,000 155,000 35,000 Management, professional, and related............................... 65,700 46,500 19,200 Management, business, and financial............................... 12,800 10,500 2,300 Professional and related.......................................... 52,900 36,000 16,900 Service............................................................. 38,300 29,500 8,800 Sales and office.................................................... 38,200 34,300 3,900 Sales and related................................................. 16,500 16,400 – Office and administrative support................................. 21,700 17,800 3,800 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 14,700 12,700 2,000 Construction and extraction...................................... 6,500 5,700 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 8,200 7,000 1,200 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 33,100 32,000 1,100 Production........................................................ 19,500 19,400 – Transportation and material moving................................ 13,600 12,500 1,100 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, Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA, May 2007 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 7,532 7,046 486 Total in sample....................................................... 362 333 29 Responding........................................................ 235 208 27 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 72 70 2 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 55 55 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.